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Can you talk and drive?
The UK's Department of Transport has launched a free game that demonstrates how hard it is to listen while driving, addressing the fact that 30 per cent of young drivers admit sending text messages from behind the wheel. The game, and statistics, come as part of the DoT's THINK! campaign, which is particularly aimed at young …
If the public were treated like adults they'd wish for a nanny state.
@Mat Child
I don't hear you arguing against the mobile phone ruling itself? Is that too going too far? You didn't say, but you did give a classic absurdist "slippery slide" argument, which can be applied to everything with equally silly implications. By the same "logic", a "Quiet please" sign in a library is a precursor to a totalitarian state.
All the examples you gave are already covered under the law "driving without due care and attention" which is applied, in the most part, with discretion. There's a safe way to have a conversation in a car (a passenger usually provides a 2nd pair of eyes). There's no safe way to use a mobile.
Yes, people acting immaturely require a nanny. Only children are forgiven for not understanding, or being answerable for, the consequences of their actions.
Advocating full personal responsibility, necessitates treating people as adults; with sentences to match to seriousness of the consequences. Death by dangerous driving entailing the same punishment as manslaughter by any other deadly implement.
As for cops doing it too; that's just the "two wrongs" reasonings. They shouldn't be doing it either.
Talking on a phone and driving is bad...
... but talking on a phone whilst in a queue of traffic, or stopped at the side of the road with your engine running and your handbrake on not so much. Unfortunately, due to the fact our legislators and our police are morons there is not difference between the two.
@jake: Text messages are far less rude than phone calls and don't expect the recipient to drop everything, including ongoing conversations, just to find out something that can be said in a few words.
Turning the Problem Upside-Down
Isn't trying to keep track of the colours of the shirts of people passing by during a ride more distracting than talking to someone (and just as unrelated to traffic safety)?
It's quite obvious that the test was designed so that people would fail it. There was no phone or even a hands-free device involved in the process and the participants were only required to notice a question had been made, so it was actually even less distracting than having a passenger on board. And we've all somehow managed to survive such situations, haven't we? ;-)
So what does all that say about the test and it's relevance?
Aren't passengers just as distracting?
The answer is 'they can be' but generally they aren't. Why? Because a responsible adult having a conversation with you while you drive is hopefully also at least peripherally aware of what is going on on the road. So if you're in a situation that requires your concentration, the other person in the car can shut up for a minute. Or, if they are oblivious, they can at least look around and discover that they should shut up for a minute when you don't answer immediately.
Children, in general, should be ignored when in the car, as should your drunk mates.
Ontario recently passed a bill banning cell phone use while driving. It comes in to effect some time in the fall. Hands-free kits are still allowed because enforcing a band on those would be near impossible, particularly the ones that wire in to your car stereo.
@jake: Text messags
See this happening all the time in London - probably because you can keep the phone in your lap so "it's less obvious". However the big prize goes to the guy I saw a few weeks ago texting while on his scooter, doing about 20mph on the A3 near Clapham Junction...
Gravestone as I'm sure that's where he's heading.
What a waste of our money
I just goes to show that the Civil Servants in the DfT are a waste of space!
And it doesnt work on firefox!
But the rabbit was funny!
Why does that old chestnut of "surely talking to a passenger is just as dangerous as talking on the phone?" come up every time this is mentioned? Are people still too thick to have clicked that a passenger knows they are talking to a driver who has other things to concentrate on so will understand there will be breaks in the conversation, can see the road conditions a driver is experiencing so knows when to shut up, and has a vested interest in not crashing? Clear enough for you lot yet?
It's frightening enough to venture onto the road as a vulnerable user in the first place without knowing that people are so unaware of how their concentration is affected by different distractions.
And as for the guy who doesn't understand the popularity of text messages: just what rock have you been living under for the last decade?
@Talk and Drive
The police are trained to understand the issues and so have a basic clue, unlike people exemplified by those on here who can't work out why a phone conversation is more distracting than a passenger.
They will also be talking to people who know they are driving and will understand if they have to pause the conversation.
And they ought to be making short, to-the-point calls, not to be gossiping about completely irrelevant subjects which lead them into forgetting they are supposed to be driving.
re: Talk and drive
ahhh, JMB, you miss the point. Police, by dint of their 26 weeks of night school, have recieved extensive training in how to drive and use radios, cell phones, and computers safely.
yes, I actually had a cop give me this as an excuse... until i pointed out that i've got over 10 years experience talking on the phone, troubleshooting hardware, and listening to the radio simultaneously... and that my experience came from the work environment where a mis-step had the potential to result in a fried nerd.
got out of THAT one... :)
of course these days, as a motorcyclist, i rant over everyone who cuts me off and almost creams me, regardless of cell phone usage.
talking to phone vs passenger
Surely the key difference is that a passenger sitting next to you knows when to shut up?
Presumably a driving game, where you simply avoid knocking people over whilst vocalising "yeah, uh-huh" undermined their case.
Counting people, assigning a different value to them on the basis of colour and keeping a running total in your mind is not driving. It is not automated in the same way driving is (or walking or picking up that coffee cup beside your monitor) you have to think in a very focussed way.
The way you do when you're first LEARNING to drive, in fact.
Keeping a running total of arbitrary colour-based numbers (for the first time) - is a very different process from avoiding knocking people down on the road ahead of you. Add to that a misleading and distracting environment (the video) where you might wrongly anticipate needing your driving skills (to not run people over or steer into a wall) and ...
Well, it's almost as if they wanted to design a game where they could guarantee a large percentage of failure.
And then draw a spurious conclusion from that so they can go "See! See!"
This is neither an equivalnt or fair test. It sets you up for failure. In the same way they use nearly all statistical data, surveys, etc. their intent here is to say that the test is equivalent to driving whilst on the phone, but this is untrue.
Business as usual for government departments with social engineering on their mind, then.
That's not to say that talking on the phone whilst in a built up area with lots of pedestrians and junctions is a good idea; it clearly isn't (my father who was a driving instructor always turned the radio down or off when entering a built up area so he could fully concentrate) but bullshit propaganda like this is not what we need.
I guess they just can't help themselves.
The difference is that a passenger can see what the driving conditions are like and will STFU if it gets nasty. They can also act as an independent set of eyes on the road able to alert you to the car that just pulled out in front of you even if you didn't see it.
What does it prove?
I tried the game, and I am struggling to figure out what it tried to prove to me. It reminded me of my driving teacher asking me stupid question like, "How many animals have we passed in the last 30 min?" where I was supposed to have counted the cows on a field we passed 10 min ago. I usually wasn't able to recollect the cows altogether. Another point he made was about a statue of a deer in a garden, nearly none of his students noticed it he said. I didn't say it to him of course, but what I was thinking that it was a bloody relief. I mean, driving is about focus. It is about scanning the traffic, the surroundings and spotting potential hazards and make adjustments accordingly. Once you have either dismissed something due to it posing no threat whatsoever, like a bunch of lazy cows half a kilometer away on a field, or you have spotted a potential hazard and made the appropriate adjustments and passed it, you are to forget them and free up your brain to focus on what you are doing, i.e driving. If somebody spend their time counting coloured t-shirts and cows, and admiring statues in the garden while driving, I rather not drive with them.
Then I want to take a hit or two at the task in itself, I bet most people wouldn't be able to keep an accurate t-shirt score alone without the part of trying to pay attention to the woman. I didn't.
Then they ask me if I spotted something odd. Yeah, I did, I actually found several other things a lot more strange than the rabbit. For instance the large amount of people with coloured t-shirts, the large amount of pedestrians arriving from two different direction at the same time in some quiet street were more than one pedestrian at the same time would make you raise your eyebrow, and last, but not least, the fact that we drove through several rips in the fabric of space and time and still were able to maintain a static free mobile conversation which I might add seemed to me to happen in chronological order.
Ben, you would think that hands-free would be the same as talking with a passenger in the car, but it isn't. I have tried and it doesn't matter, hands-free or not, talking on the phone drags my focus away from traffic. I notice this because I manage to drive just fine, but I remember very little from it and usually miss my exit. I have also tried to figure out the reason for it. I think it is because when you are talking on the phone you are forced to keep the conversation running. When you have somebody in the car with you they see what you see and lets the conversation die down for a moment when you become busy with something slightly tricky in the traffic for a few seconds.
Distracted driving
"Using a phone from the car seems to be falling out of favour: more than 80 per cent of the public believe that talking on the phone increases the risk of an accident, even if a hands-free kit was being used."
Well, not necessarily out of favor then... people here in the US also say how dangerous talking on the phone while driving is, and then those very same people do it anyway, seemingly in increasing numbers.
@jake, you're missing the point -- some people don't want to have a full-on beginning-to-end conversation, so they text instead. In some situations, picking up the cell and talking is rude, while (if the text message "beep" isn't too loud) texting is just fine. The people texting while driving are missing the point too though -- one feature of texting is supposed to be that it tolerates delays in the conversation; that is, if someone send me a text while I'm driving, I won't even look at that phone until I'm at my destination, or at least at a looong stop light.
A big problem people apparently have when they are driving while talking (even with a hands-free unit), is apparently people are ingrained to look at who they are talking to. If they are talking to a person they'll glance over.. (and still probably see the road out their peripheral vision at least). If they are on the phone, they'll look at the phone every so often, taking eyes off the road; if they are on hands-free, they'll keep looking at the hands-free unit's speaker. Why? I don't know, I think it's social or a human reflex.
That said, I think this should all be covered under wreckless driving, distracted driving, etc. A special law doesn't need to be made for each CAUSE of distracted driving, if police want to stop this dangerous texting while driving they should just resolve to enforce the existing laws.
Always fail in IE6
I hope they aren't basing the 19% pass mark on the test being taken online since it *doesn't bloody work* in IE6 (pressing the space bar has no effect so it always says you missed 8 questions). Since the number of people still using IE6 is not completely insignificant how much is that skewing their results? (There is a reason I have IE6 installed here still, no I'm not going into it).
Next up I was having trouble counting the number of pedestrians when paying no attention to the phone call what-so ever. The main problem being the small field of view of the camera with people I had already counted going out of view as you got closer then coming back into view again.
And finally that rabbit was just pointless. They ask us to concentrate on red and yellow shirts and ignore grey ones. Therefore although we know there is a grey object there it isn't something we need to concentrate on so missing it is expected. All it proves is either you're a normal human or exceptionally good at multitasking, both of which are fine.
Utterly rubbish test which proves absolutely nothing.
listen to women while driving?
counting tshirts?
Don't remember driving down a road and having to count tshirts....
The only reason that 19% of people got it right is because of the education system!
@AC 12:25 & Police
"And as for the guy who doesn't understand the popularity of text messages: just what rock have you been living under for the last decade?"
That guy would be me. One of the rocks I've been living under is the ceiling of the rooms containing the hardware that allows phone-to-phone text messaging to occur. I still don't see it as a useful tool. There are better non-urgent ways to communicate. Maybe my thoughts on the subject are colored by "talk" on old PDP-11 gear in the '70s ...
As for the police using phones while driving, yes, they are trained to do so. Doesn't make it a good idea, though ... and maybe I misled some people with mine. Despite having had a mobile telephone as long as they have been around (well, nearly ... my first was a Motorola Dynatac in the early 80s), and despite talking while driving the entire time with no accidents or close calls, I choose NOT to talk on the phone and drive, as of about 3 years ago. Why? Glad you asked ... read on.
Out of curiosity, I did five laps of Infinion^WSears Point in my old Datsun 510 just concentrating on the track, and then another five while talking on the phone (hands free). I averaged 4 tenths slower while talking. Bear in mind that I know the car very well (I've been racing it in one configuration or another for about 25 years), the track is my home track, and I was the only person on it at the time. Losing a full two seconds in five laps at race speeds equates to a serious concentration lapse ... After that little eye opener, me & mine stopped talking on the phone while driving. It just makes sense.
With your speakers muted no one can hear you phone.
I didn't see the bunny, or see him turn and wave. According to the flash show this is because I was distracted by the woman on the phone. How does that work then? I had my speakers muted because I couldn't be bothered to listen to it. So how does this explain me not seeing the rabbit turn and wave? Am I supposed to hear voices?
Maybe it's because I was too busy trying to remember the value of the red and yellow shirts, do arithmetic and keep a tally, instead of concentrating on the road.
Pointless invalidated test. A game indeed and you shouldn't play games when driving. Idiots.
Re: The Problem
"once you learn to drive, there is little conscious thought involved. "
As an Australian I certainly hope you aren't. Because I don't want to be on the same continent. let alone the same road as you.
And before you all start, yes I'd rather take my chances with the the auto-eroticists.
A townie obviously
"Driving is a privilege, not a right. It was time drivers in the UK were made to realise that."
I have to disagree, where public transport is available or cheap taxi's then I might agree but in the country it is an essential for life.
Some people can and some cannot
The ability to drive while talking on the phone varies hugely between drivers, so we punish all drivers, just because of a few dumb ones*.
I guess you need a test and certificate to filter the dumb ones out.
*Dumb ones: balance the phone on shoulder, unable to plug in hands-free, unable to negotiate a roundabout...
Idle question.
Just thinking, er, typing out loud...
To what extent does the brain having to work to understand GSM mangled audio as opposed to unmangled audio from a passenger, make a difference? If any?
Reaction time a factor? I'm too quick...
Did the test and apparently missed EIGHT questions! Given that I'd hit the space bar an estimated eight times during the test, I found it hard to believe there'd been sixteen questions in such a short space and I'd missed fully half of them. So, having got the number spot on and spotted the rabbit, I did the test again with my eyes shut.
Once again, I missed ALL EIGHT questions, with no distractions at all, apparently.
So I did the test again, blind again, and this time I didn't react to the questions as quickly - I deliberately slowed my reaction time down. And suddenly I discovered they've programmed some replies in!
This test is clearly optimised for numpties who have slow reaction times. Call me again when you've some programmers not in their seventies or suffering some sort of brain disorder (you can call me when I'm driving, apparently, as I react too fast even for the test to pick it up...)
Invisible bunny
The fact that the bunny is invisible to most people is because they took advantage of the search image phenomenon.
The instructions say that you should assign the values 2, 1 and 0 to red, yellow and gray t-shirts, and then sum the points value at the end. If you take that literally, then you would count the number of gray t-shirts, multiply that by zero, and add that to the total. But that would be pointless, so the vast majority of people will translate that into "ignore the gray t-shirts". They only form a search image for red and yellow t-shirts, so that is all they see. Anything gray is ignored because you don't have a search image for it.
So what they seem to be saying is "you are a prick because you didn't see something we specifically asked you to ignore". It's like asking someone to do a "Where's Wally?", and then saying they failed because they didn't count how many non-Wally people were in the picture. FAIL
Distracted driving
By Henry Wertz
"That said, I think this should all be covered under wreckless driving"
Umm, that should be RECKLESS driving, tho' 'Wreckless' is good!
"So how does this explain me not seeing the rabbit turn and wave?"
Because you have expcetiontally bad observational skills.
Talking on the phone, even handsfree, while driving is distracting, but it depends on the type of conversation. A conversation like the one in the game is not as serious as a work related conversation. Something general isn't much different to talking to someone in the car, but asking difficult questions that require thinking about does distract you, maybe not totally, but given the amount of near misses we all have while driving, even the slightest level of distraction makes a difference between missing that kid that just stepped out, and leaving a red smear on the road.
If they had wanted to make the test more relevant, they should have had the woman asking a question that actually made you think, even if its only 12 + 6, and have someone step out into the road in front of you, rather than a silly counting game.
It's so real!
Counting pedestrians? Personally I'm too busy trying to second guess where all the BMW driving twunts are randomly going to drive (indicators are, at the last check, not an optional extra).
CBs are different to phones...
I've always been of the opinion that the G729 codec used to compress voice down to 9.6kbps whilst doing a great job at keeping it comprehensible, increases the level of concentration required to understand compared to a standard CB radio. Therefore speaking on a mobile phone, hands free or otherwise, will always be more dangerous than speaking to a passenger, or even someone on a CB radio.
You think the police can drive?
ahahaha, they suck just as much as the rest of us!
Empathy with caller
Thanks to the commentors who pointed out that you get involved with the caller during a phone conversation and 'put yourself over there' rather than in the here and now. I switch my mobile off when driving (I hardly use it at all at other times) but I hadn't considered just how much that would distract me from concentrating on my immediate surroundings. I'm sure a campaign which highlighted this aspect would make a certain percentage of people think twice.
Is £60 and 3 points a deterrent ?
I was fined for speeding last year (39 in a 30 zone, clocked on a hand-held device - it's a fair cop, guv). The money was a bit annoying (plus the fact I had to get a reprint of the paper part of my licence - another £25). But what REALLY hurt was getting 3 points on my until-then clean licence.
The net result is that I am now ultra-cautious about knowing the speed limit for the road I'm on and sticking to it. So, in this one case of anecdotal evidence, 'safety cameras' have had their intended consequence. I think if someone was sitting on 9 points, they'd be even MORE paranoid than I am.
Go, but go safely !
It's a matter of intelligence
Intelligent people prioritise driving over talking whether it's on the 'phone, CB or to a passenger. If we ban any one of the three we should ban all three, anything else is hypocritical.
Hmm... tried the game and...
I don't see what its trying to prove.
I keep an eye on pedestrians but thats about it. I couldn't recall the number of t-shirts worn (as keeping count of each colour equally distracts). As long as you're aware of the surroundings (in terms of people/animals/cars/motorcycles) your driving should be OK. Whats more dangerous is the looking at your speedo/passing a camera as your not looking at the road but at the speed you are doing.
Out of interest, the woman on the phone would have got a stern No I'm driving - when she asked if it was OK to talk.
Once I was texting and going 35 in a 30...
And some kid ran into the side of my car from behind a white van.
Thank god I wasn't paying attention to the speed limits or she would have been all over my bumper.
This isn't even a joke.
"F1 drivers talk and race"
And if you were ever to hear the full radio traffic, you would regularly hear expletives from the drivers after receiving a message while negotiating trickly corners, or as was the case a couple of years ago, when FAILING to negotiate said corner.
It is the people like you that think there is no problem at all that worry me - I am well aware that conversations within my car get a little one-sided when the traffic gets heavy, or the road gets tight. My other half is also well aware of this, and does not get upset when I ask her to repeat stuff.
Yes this test is crap, but it is more sensible than blanket fines that statistically speaking are never applied. Same thing with seat-belts - the fine never had a great effect, whereas the educational efforts did.
@ David Ramsay
The necessity of driving still doesn't make it a right. You can hold a *licence* to drive a motor vehicle, but you can have your licence revoked.
Contrast that with a bicycle, upon which you do have a right to traverse Her Majesty's Highways. Even if you were arrested repeatedly for cycling offences the police have no way of stopping you riding under the road laws. Of course, they'd probably try and bodge an ASBO in instead...
Stilll a privilege, even in the country!
"Driving is a privilege, not a right. It was time drivers in the UK were made to realise that."
I have to disagree, where public transport is available or cheap taxi's then I might agree but in the country it is an essential for life.
No - it's STILL a privilege. Go drink and drive and get caught, and you'll discover soon enough that it's a privilege. Given that it's so important to people in the country, that's all the more reason why they should be careful to keep that privilege.
Load of rubbish
I tried with the volume up answering questions, failed by -2
Tried with the volume down, just tapping space, failed by -1.
Missed the 'obvious thing' both times, even though in the second I knew it was coming up.
This test proved nothing about texting.
Its more dangerous than drinking and driving
The title says it all.
This is totally pointless
The first thing I do when I speak to someone on the phone is tell them 'I'm driving', no matter who they are. If they want to continue the conversation after that, fine. If they don't we can speak later. They are then told "hold on a minute" whenever the driving situation gets complicated.
Nobody I converse with seems seems to have a problem with that.
This test is total rubbish - it assumes the goal is to pay attention to the woman on the end of the phone. It's not. The goal is to drive, and conduct your phone call with whatever spare capacity you have left.
Additionally, in dull situations like motorway journeys, having a conversation is a very good way to keep you from dozing off.
@AC Posted Monday 4th May 2009 10:16 GMT
"Hands-free is more dangerous than drink driving. 100% proven *FACT*."
Oh really? Proven by whom? Perhaps from the same source that told you Spain has safer roads. According to the EU....
.... the UK still has the safest roads in the EU with 50 fatalities per year per head of popualtion. Spain has 86. If you look some more, you'll find that per person, per kilometres of road, per kilometres driven, the UK has the least fatalities and the least injuries of any country in the EU.
The government needs to stop hounding motorists and make some attempt to fix the economy.
Richard Feynman
did an informal experiment years ago and found two different types of exclusionary intellectual activities. Unfortunately, I don't have his book at hand, and don't remember what they were.
I don't recommend driving whilst mentally doing one's tax forms; that way lies madness.
"Oh really?"
Yes - really. Your figures are three years out of date, sir, being as they are from 2005.
General de Trafico reported a drop of about a fifth in their 2008 figures, 2182 fatalities in 2008.
In the UK the total was 2946 for the same period. (Source: "The Road" [Magazine ot the Motorcycle Action Group], May/June, Page 19)
Britain has, in fact, one of the worst safety records in the EU.
Why is this so in my opinion?
1) Obsession with speeding to the exclusion of all else (tailgating, lane hogging, failing to signal, driving an unfit vehicle, driving whilst unfit cannot be caught by a camera, only by traffic police; and we have precious few of those left)
2) Lack of investment in road infrastructure (potholes abound and even when new infrastructure is put in, it is often inappropriate (e.g. "cheese wire" barriers))
3) Lack of investment in the railway system (if the trains, ran on time, went faster, were not overcrowded and did not charge obscene prices; people would use them)
4) Lack of investment in driver training (look at the new test centre shambles)
5) Morons like you lot who think it is safe to use a mobile phone and drive at the same time.
So many idiots
Why do people think that it's acceptable to not give the road their full attention.
It's not rocket science that the human brain has limited ability to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. When the consequences can mean people being killed, then we should try and reduce distractions.
The issue with using a mobile is that the sound quality is poor. Your brain has to do extra work to fill in the gaps, thus removing your attention from the road. (I think this appeared in an Australian study, but was quoted in New Scientist.)
Also, when talking to a passenger in the car, there's a shared understanding of when the driver needs to concentrate. Someone on the other end of the phone wouldn't have that.
Although it's not ideal for the emergency services (or taxi firms) to use radio:
1 - They don't have long conversations.
2 - They do it because they have to be able to communicate with HQ.
3 - The device is loud and easy-to-use (ie one button) which is less distracting than using a mobile, and much less distracting than texting.
None of those points really to normal mobile use.
Automatic taxis are coming.
This is all leading, slowly but inexorably, to the day when driving is taken out of our hands because we can't be trusted to do it properly.
There will be no user operated controls , in the current sense, in the car of the future. Instead you will enter your destination into the navigation system and the car will take you there. An automatic taxi.
No problem if you're too pished to stand so long as the nav sys knows where you want to go. And if it's your own car only you are going to be upset when you puke.
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I am Audrey and if you haven't yet met me, I am a boot camper who completely fell in love with CrossFit and have since been crashing your big kid workouts. I will be bringing you paleo recipes during the next 45 days of the paleo challenge (and beyond!). I hope these recipes prove to be delicious, fun and most importantly helpful!
I figured I'd start out with a recipe that literally blew my mind when I found it: paleo banana pancakes with only TWO (or three) ingredients!
Start by blending just the bananas and eggs together until well blended, but not frothy.
After blending, if the "batter" is too thin you can add the almond meal to thicken it up a bit and just whisk/stir to combine.
Next, melt a dab of coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Test the pan by adding just a drop of the batter - when the oil bubbles lightly, the pan is ready. Pour the batter in the pan in about 1/4 cup pours.
When bubbles start coming through the pancake, it is ready to flip.
Cook for a minute or so more on the other side, and check to see if it is browned. Done!
Continue until you use up all the batter. I would say I got about 12 pancakes out of the recipe.
Finally, serve with bacon! Delicious toppings could include almond butter, raw honey, pure maple syrup, fresh berries, etc.
I thought they were absolutely delicious! I am excited to try this recipe with plantains next time.
Leftovers are easily refrigerated and popped into a toaster to reheat.
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ATLANTA (AP) - The loss stuck with them for a year, pushing the San Francisco 49ers in everything they did.
They didn't want to feel that way again.
Not to worry.
The 49ers are headed to the Super Bowl.
Bouncing back from a bitter loss in the 2012 NFC championship game, San Francisco cleared the hurdle it couldn't quite get over the previous season. And, boy, did the 49ers earn it, rallying from an early 17-0 deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 on Sunday.
"We worked so hard," said Frank Gore, who ran for a pair of touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 8:23 remaining. "We knew that we got here last year and it didn't happen. But we got back and we said to ourselves, as a team, that this time we've got to walk through the door. You really don't get opportunities like this."
The 49ers used to get them all the time, winning five Super Bowl titles in the 1980s and `90s. Now, with a clutch quarterback (Colin Kaepernick), a budding genius of a coach (Jim Harbaugh) and a big-play defense, they're ready to start a new dynasty.
They were one win away from playing for it all last season, until a fumbled return in the NFC championship game led to the winning field goal in overtime for the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants.
When the Falcons raced to their big lead by the first play of the second quarter, San Francisco (13-4-1) appeared headed for more disappointment.
But no one lost faith, and the 49ers pulled off the biggest comeback victory ever in an NFC championship game, according to STATS.
The previous record was 13 points _ Atlanta's victory over Minnesota in the 1999 title game, which sent the Falcons to what remains the only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. The AFC championship game record is 18 points, when Indianapolis rallied past New England in 2007.
"I don't really think it's destiny or anything like that written on the walls," 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith said. "It's the team that works the hardest, prepares the hardest, and has the best players and coaching staff. You pour all that in together and it comes out pretty good at the end."
The 49ers advanced to face Baltimore at New Orleans in two weeks, looking to join Pittsburgh as the only franchises with six Super Bowl titles. It'll be a brother-vs.-brother matchup, too; John Harbaugh coaches the Ravens.
But Jim Harbaugh wasn't concerned about a family reunion.
He was hoppin' mad when a disputed call went against the 49ers on Atlanta's potential winning drive in the closing minutes. Harbaugh leaped in the air, screamed at the officials and had to be restrained by his staff from charging the field.
But the 49ers stopped Atlanta on a fourth-down play at their own 10, as linebacker NaVorro Bowman reached in to swat the ball away from Roddy White on a pass across the middle with 1:09 remaining.
San Francisco ran off all but the final 6 seconds, not nearly enough time for Matt Ryan to pull out another improbable comeback.
The previous week, Atlanta (14-4) squandered a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter against the Seattle Seahawks, nearly becoming the first team to lose with such a daunting advantage in the final period of a playoff game. But Ryan completed two long passes in the final 30 seconds, and Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal for a 30-28 victory.
After Gore's second TD gave San Francisco its first lead of the day, the Falcons took the ensuing kickoff and used up nearly all the clock while going 70 yards. They might have reclaimed the lead if Harry Douglas had been able to stay on his feet while hauling in a 22-yard pass.
The defender slipped, leaving Douglas all alone down the sideline. But he tripped, too, doing well to make the catch without the ball hitting the turf. Harbaugh thought it did, challenging the call, but the referee ruled it a catch after looking at the replay.
That's when Harbaugh nearly lost it.
It all worked out, though.
"We rose up there at the end," Harbaugh said. "It was a great finish for our defense, an exclamation point on the game."
The Falcons ran up and down the field in the first two quarters, piling up 17 first downs and 297 yards for a 24-14 lead. Ryan played a nearly perfect half, completing 18 of 24 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Julio Jones. When Tony Gonzalez hauled in a 10-yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds remaining, restoring a double-digit lead, it looked as though Atlanta had weathered the 49ers' comeback.


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Mercurii, 26 die Martii; Anno Gulielmi et Mariæ Secundo.
Duke of Buckingham's Estate.
Fees of Officers of the House.
Southwarke Court of Conscience.
Westminster, &c. Courts of Conscience.
Wolstenholme's Estate.
A PETITION of several of the Creditors of George
late Duke of Buckingham, deceased, on the Behalf
of Themselves, and the rest of the Creditors, was read;
thereby setting forth, That, without the Assistance and
Favour of this House, the Petitioners are likely to be
deprived of their just Debts owing from the said Duke:
And praying that they may have Leave to bring in a Bill
for the better enabling the Trustees of the said Duke for
the Sale of the several Lands and Tenements settled on
the said Trustees, for the Payment of his just Debts.
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill accordingly.
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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to erect
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Parishes within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, in the
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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for
erecting Courts of Conscience in the City of Westminster,
and Liberties thereof; and for the Tower Hamlets, and
Out Parishes, within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, in
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A Petition of John Wolstenholme, Esquire, was read;
thereby setting forth, That the Petitioner's Father settled
divers Manors and Lands, of about Two thousand Pounds
per Annum, in the Counties of Middlesex, Northampton,
Lincolne, and Yorke, upon himself for Life; after, for the
Petitioner for Life; and after, to his First and other Sons
on his Wife to be begotten, in Consideration of whose
Marriage the Settlement was made: That the Petitioner
hath Four Sons, and Four Daughters; the eldest Son being
about Fourteen Years of Age: That, before the Settlement, divers of the Lands settled were in Mortgage for
Five thousand Pounds; and the Petitioner's Father, by
reason of the late Times, became much in Debt, for which
the Petitioner was engaged, to prevent his ruin; the
which Debts he is no ways able to pay, but by Sale of
some Part of the settled Premises: And for that the Petitioner's Wife, her Trustee, the Petitioner's Relations and
Brothers, to whom the Lands are settled in Remainder,
being deeply sensible of the Petitioner's Condition, are
consenting, that a Parcel of Lands, called the Frith, and
several Closes near Boston in the County of Lincolne, should
be sold, for the Payment of the said Debts, and praying
Leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Sale of the
said Lands, for the Purposes aforesaid.
Then the Order of Saturday last, for taking his Majesty's gracious Speech into Consideration this Day, was
And Mr. Speaker read his Majesty's Speech to the
And a Motion being made for a Supply to be given to
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Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow Morning
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Sector Director, Environment Department, Sustainable Development
Mr. Evans' main responsibilities include overseeing the implementation of the Bank's Environment Strategy, in particular, for integrating environmental objectives in lending and non-lending operations; providing leadership to the global environment agenda with internal and external stakeholders including the expansion and strengthening of global environmental partnerships. Evans is also a key spokesperson for the Bank on climate change and related programs, such as Carbon Finance, with a primary responsibility of implementing and integrating climate concerns into operational work.
Mr. Evans, a US national, joined the World Bank in July 2003. From 1988 to 2003, he held technical and managerial positions at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - his last ADB position was the Director for the Environment and Social Safeguards Division based in the Philippines. Prior to that, Mr. Evans work on environmental issues in developing countries included serving as advisor to the Thai National Environment Board from 1978-1981 and as Managing Director of an international environmental consulting firm based in Asia from 1982-1987.
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Cheech & Chong Blaze a New Trail With 'Get It Legal' Tour
Now, even as they inch closer to the AARP set, Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin plan to head out in January to bring their "Get It Legal" comedy tour to the ganja-loving masses.
The duo visited "Asylum Lockdown," and told us that once people come to their senses and legalize marijuana, Cheech and Chong will be "as rich as Warren Buffett." All we know is that watching them sing the "Acapulco Gold" jingle definitely makes us want to pass along some green. Spark one and see for yourself ...
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We met these two, way cool guys, in a South Miami movie theater just before the premier of "Up in Smoke" a long time ago. They were sitting in the front row facing the screen before the start and had gone unnoticed by all. At the 'right' time they stood up, turned around to all of us and said "Hay man,anybody got a joint". Of course EVERYONE began to light up as they walked from the front to the back. A cloud rose as the crowd sat. What a great time!
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UNDATED (AP) - Notre Dame ends the regular season as the No. 1 team in the AP college football poll. It's the first time the Fighting Irish have done that since their national championship season in 1988.
Notre Dame finished up a perfect 12-0 regular season last week and will play Alabama in the BCS championship game in Miami on Jan. 7.
The one-loss Crimson Tide remains No. 2 after slipping past Georgia in Saturday's SEC championship game.
Undefeated Ohio State, which is banned from the postseason because of NCAA sanctions, moves up a spot to No. 3. Florida is No. 4, Oregon is fifth and Georgia falls to sixth.
The rest of the top 10 remains the same with Kansas State, Stanford, LSU and Texas A&M at seven through 10.
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I am planning on making sloppy joes for a potluck, but I want to know about how many I can get out of a pound.
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This recipe from us says 2 lbs makes 16 sandwiches. I think it depends on whether you serve them or they serve themselves. My husband has a tendency to put the mixture on the bottom bun, put the top bun on and then smother the whole thing....which uses enough for 3 or 4 sandwiches personally.
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I think Sue made a good point. When serving themselves some people really load a sloppy joe . I have also seen many make it into more of a knife and fork type of meal with the filling spilling out of the bun and onto the plate from the inside.
Another thing I thought of is Bun size. I tend to buy larger Deli type buns as opposed to a smaller "wonder" bread (for lack of a better description) type roll. The Buns I normally buy take more filling than the smaller buns essentially resulting in fewer servings but larger portions.
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Thank you. I am buying the party size buns as this is a potluck , but I just want to make sure that I have enough buns for the meat and visa versa.
I have only used this recipe for us at home. Dh always fills his bun to the max so we only get a few out of them,,b ut then I have the monster buns.
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Core-Mark International argues consumers would be better informed with a "use-by" date set by the processor. Montana's milk-producing industry supports the current rule.
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The tax credit provides up to $8,000 to first-time homebuyers but is set to expire at the end of November. A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said senators agreed Wednesday to extend the existing tax credit for first-time homebuyers while offering a reduced credit of up to $6,500 to repeat buyers who have owned their current homes for at least five years.
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Talk about trend-worthy: A new cookbook by Colorado author Corinne Tobias focuses on the very latest in food trends, from farm-to-table to gluten-free to vegan to...infused. Wake & Bake is the state's first cookbook devoted to legal cannabis that has recipes for everyone from novice brownie-bakers ... More >>
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The airplane lost oil pressure in flight and was damaged in an encounter with rough terrain during a forced landing. The oil sump quick drain valve was replaced the day of the accident. On the first flight following the replacement, 2 quarts of oil were lost. The aviation maintenance technician retorqued the valve and the maintenance test flight was successful. The instructor departed on a local instructional flight with a student and about 50 minutes into the flight, oil pressure decreased and the engine revolutions per minute were fluctuating. The instructor shut down the engine and force landed the airplane. The installed oil sump quick drain valve, a Safe-Air 5000, had an extension of 1.9 inches. The approved Piper quick drain valve (Piper part number 492-172V) has an extension of 0.21-inch. Airworthiness Directive 81-11-02 R1 states that unapproved drain valves can cause inadvertent draining of oil when the gear is retracted and that only Piper approved parts should be used for the oil sump quick drain installation in this airplane model.
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Inspired by manager John Boles' remarkable recovery from back surgery, the Marlins overcame a five-run deficit to take a 7-6 lead into the ninth inning Wednesday night at Pro Player Stadium.
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We at Cato spend a lot of time sounding the alarm about the freedoms we're losing. But Thanksgiving is a good opportunity to step back and consider how life in the United States is different from life in most of the history of the world, and reflect on those freedoms we take for granted.
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The state budget under review by Gov. Deval Patrick this week contains additional funding for statewide food pantries and State Police patrols on roads and recreation areas in Dorchester and Mattapan. It does not contain new taxes or fees.
Lawmakers, in largely bipartisan fashion, agreed to the $32.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 last week, sending it to the governor's desk after a unanimous vote in the state Senate and just three dissenting votes from freshman Republicans in the House.
Legislators passed a temporary budget as they continued to deliberate on the final spending plan and provided time for Patrick, who has the option of vetoing or amending various items, to review the final bill once it reached his desk.
The budget increased by $58.7 million while in a six-member negotiating committee and drew on $350 million from the state's rainy day fund.
Lawmakers included $10.9 million for community colleges to use for matching the state's workforce development with its students. Patrick first pushed that issue in his state of the commonwealth address earlier this year.
The budget also includes $6.25 million for a popular youth violence prevention program known as the Shannon Grant.
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute received its own line item, pegged at $125,000.
School aid for cities and towns rose 5.3 percent, to $4.2 billion.
"Positive things happened in this year's budget particularly for Dorchester and Mattapan, despite difficult times," Sen. Jack Hart, a South Boston Democrat and assistant majority leader, said in a statement. "I am pleased that I along with members of the Dorchester delegation was able to preserve district priorities."
The all-Democratic Dorchester delegation includes Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz and state Reps. Martin Walsh, Linda Dorcena Forry, Carlos Henriquez, Russell Holmes, and Nick Collins.
According to Hart's office, the budget also includes $125,000 for the Massachusetts Beaches Commission. Other line items include funds for community mediation at UMass Boston, restoration of funding for the Boston Home, and additional money for homeless elder programs at Boston Medical Center.
The Department of Public Health would also receive level-funding for substance abuse programs.
The budget includes electronic benefit transfer card reform and a requirement for motor vehicle registration applicants to have "proof of legal residence."
"While if left to the devices of House Republicans this budget might look different, this document demonstrates to the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that we as a governing body are committed to jobs, government transparency, and local aid," House Minority Leader Brad Jones said in a statement.
The spending plan is among a flurry of bills lawmakers are ripping through as they look to July 31, the end of formal sessions.
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Apologies, I was looking at an older list of co-sponsors, but thanks also to Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry for her support of the Salary Reserve, which rounds out the entire Dorchester House delegation! You can see the list of House supporters here: http://providers.org/news/entry/100reps0423 [2]
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- Acute leukemia – The new or immature cells, called blasts, remain very immature and cannot perform their functions. The blasts increase in number rapidly, and the disease progresses quickly.
- Chronic leukemia – There are some blast cells present, but they are more mature and are able to perform some of their functions. The cells grow more slowly, and the number increases less quickly, so the disease progresses gradually.
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Hello, i'm Graphic / Web Designer from SP, Brazil. I work with design for web, UI / UX and i'm co-founder of the Estudio 9DT.
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Freelance Interaction Designer & Art Director
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