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VATICAN CITY, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Benedict XVI officially resigned as pope Thursday evening, leaving the Roman Catholic Church without a pontiff for the time being.
The moment was marked at Castel Gandolfo, about 15 miles southeast of Rome, where the former pope is now living and plans to reside for the next couple of months. Swiss Guards formally closed the doors to the papal apartment, signalling that they no longer guard the person of Benedict.
Vatican police will now guard the former pope, who remained behind closed doors. Benedict was just a couple of weeks short of serving eight years after succeeding the late John Paul II. He was the first pope in 600 years to resign.
A Vatican official explained in Italian outside the lakeside summer residence that the closing represented the end of Benedict's papacy.
The Chair of St. Peter is now empty — or "sede vacante" in Latin.
Earlier in the day, Benedict left the Vatican for the last time as pope, traveling by motorcade to a helipad at the train station.
To the sound of bells, the retiring pope was flown by a white Italian air force helicopter to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, with its 35 acres of grounds.
The helicopter landed at the summer residence at dusk, also to the sound of bells.
In his final day as pope, Benedict XVI told the cardinals charged with electing his successor he will be praying for them during the conclave.
The 85-year-old pontiff met with the cardinals, greeting them each individually as they kissed his ring before a golden throne in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace, The New York Times reported.
"I will be close to you in prayer," he told them, referring to the conclave to select a new pope, expected to begin much earlier than its original date in mid-March.
Benedict said he would behave with "unconditional reverence and obedience" toward his successor. Both will be residing in the Vatican, but Benedict will be away from the papal apartment in a restored convent on the Vatican grounds, officials said.
After he steps down, Benedict will be referred to as pope emeritus or Roman pontiff emeritus. The German-born pope will continue to be addressed as "Your Holiness" following his retirement.
Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).


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|I love biscuits. Almost as much as I love yeast breads...well, sometimes more. I especially like little biscuits. Ouisies Table is a fantastic resturant in Houston that serves these adorable little biscuits before brunch in all sorts of flavors, but my favorite always involve cheese. The copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits are usually my go to for biscuits at dinner, but when I saw these biscuits on Tastetastic Voyage, I had to try them. And I wanted to make them small, just like Ousies. They are so delicious. C ate three with dinner, I used a 2" cutter, so that doesn't seem that bad.
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream
Preheat oven to 500°F for 15 minutes before baking. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, garlic powder and baking soda. Add grated cheese and sour cream to flour mixture and mix well.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead gently for 1-2 minutes. Roll the dough out to ¾" thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
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DEAR ABBY: "Maybe Only One in Georgia" (Jan. 7), who asked whether she should have a second child, needs to understand there are no guarantees. Her 5-year-old could end up hating her younger sibling, or adoring her. Parents create a child because they want to share their union with a new life. Each child is unique and represents a life commitment, not just 18 years of hard work.
I am the youngest of four, the "surprise" baby boy when my parents were in their 40s. I loved them and they never made me feel unwanted. I adore my older sister. We were always close despite the eight-year age difference. My two brothers are very different than I am, and we don't have much to do with one another.
"Maybe" should not produce another child to be a playmate to the one they have. It should be done only if they're financially, emotionally and spiritually willing and capable of rearing another person. If not, they should enjoy the extra time, money and energy they'll have, and perhaps give a needy dog or cat a home. -- YOUNGEST CHILD IN SAVANNAH
DEAR YOUNGEST CHILD: I told "Maybe" I couldn't decide this for her, but would open up the question to my readers. And they sure had some comments! Here are a few:
DEAR ABBY: My advice is DON'T! I have two sons, 27 and 31. They hardly know each other and have no interest in what the other is doing. It breaks my heart, as they are the only close blood relatives they have.
I didn't have the younger one so the older would have company. I wanted another baby. I was 29, but wouldn't consider it at "Maybe's" age (38). How long does she think she can run that fast? -- MITZI IN DAYTON
DEAR ABBY: Most only children I know are spoiled and used to getting their own way, largely because they haven't had to share. My husband is from a large family and they are all close, even with a 20-year age span.
We recently dealt with issues related to elderly parents, and trust me, I was so thankful to have the help of my siblings. I feel it is unfair to raise a child alone if you're able to add to the family unit. -- GRATEFUL MOM
DEAR ABBY: I am a happy only child. I was raised by kind people. I have a positive self-image, was a self-reliant kid and am a confident, productive adult.
As a parent, I had a lot to learn. My husband, one of four siblings, reassured me that the quarreling and jealousy among our three was normal. They learned to fight and stick up for themselves -- something I had to master later.
As a child, I wondered what it would be like to have a brother or sister, but my imaginary friends were good company. When my aging parents were ailing, it might have been nice to have a sibling to share that with, but my husband was ample support.
"Onlies" can be very peaceful people. Most of us prefer to cooperate rather than compete. As kids, we're the center of the universe and responsible for everything. That sense of responsibility carries over into adulthood. -- ANNE IN ILLINOIS
DEAR ABBY: Have that second child if fate wills it. Your life will be richer for it. Your daughter will appreciate having a sibling, and you will wonder how you ever imagined life without him/her.
I was 6 when my sister was born. Yes, we went to different schools and had different friends. But we shared a bedroom as we matured and had many memorable times we still talk about today. There is no age barrier as time passes, and really, that gap closes earlier than you would think. -- BIG SIS IN FLORIDA
DEAR ABBY: Many kids, such as a classmate of your child, need a second temporary home -- if only for a play date away from their own house. Open your home to these opportunities. Expose your child to those less fortunate than she. On travels, visit a school (or community), so she can see how it differs from her own circumstances. Create independence in her, but also teach her the INTERDEPENDENCE she'll need for a balanced life. -- WYOMING TEACHER


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One for the the Minimalists! Our Rise Earrings feature clean lines and uncomplicated design. Created with a small disc of handcrafted, recycled plastic in marbled or patterned designs, layered with a plated ring, and finished off with a plated bar pendant. Lightweight & understated, yet beautifully unique.
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Salted Butter
Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented milk.
Salt is added to butter as a preservative, however the amount of salt from different butters vary. They can contain as much as 5%% salt or about 1 teaspoon per stick.
Salted butter is used extensively for food preparation. Butter is used for sauteing, frying, making sauces, and most especially in baking. Specially when sauteing or frying take into account its relatively low smoke point (around 350°F = 176°C).
Unsalted butter must be handles more carefully as it has no salt to help preserve it. Most baking recipes and higher quality recipe websites use only UNSALTED butter in their recipes. Since butter must have an 80%% minimum milk fat content, unsalted butter may actually have more fat or more water than salted butter and thus can affect crusts, short doughs and other high butter content recipes.
European style butters use cultured milk as a starter and the resulting butter thus have a slightly fermented acid note to them from the production of butyric acid. When highly cultured the butter will begin to have a cheesy note to it. This is also common in Mexico and Latin America.
Physical Description
Light in color, from a pale ivory to a slightly darker ivory beginning to appear slight yellow in color. In the eastern part of the US it is often sold either in 1 lb blocks or in 1/4 lb long sticks. In the western part of the US it is often sold in 1/4 pound sticks that are shorter and fatter than the long sticks sold in the east.


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Talks on Britain leaving the European Union began Monday with both sides saying they will focus first on an orderly withdrawal: a deal for citizens living in each other's territory, border arrangements between Ireland and the U.K. and the amount that Britain will pay to get out of previous EU commitments.
Both EU negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Davis said after the first negotiating session they were confident of quick progress but said major challenges lay ahead to meet the deadline of March 2019 for Britain to officially leave the bloc.
"In the first step, we will deal with the most pressing issues. We must lift the uncertainty caused by Brexit," said Barnier. "In a second step, we will scope our future partnership."
From his comments, it appeared that the Brexit talks will largely follow the EU's conditions and will center on the two sides' new relationship only once sufficient progress has been made on the withdrawal issues.
Davis was heartened by the spirit of the talks, during which the negotiators, both interested in mountaineering, exchanged a walking stick and a hiking book.
Barnier said there will be one week of negotiations every month and the two sides will use the time in between to work out proposals. Both sides will put top advisers to work immediately on a border agreement between Ireland and the United Kingdom, aiming to make sure the Irish peace agreement and the common travel area should as unaffected by Britain's EU departure as possible.
While the EU negotiating team led by Barnier has been ready for months, British efforts on Brexit stalled even after it triggered the two-year process on March 29. An early election this month, in which British Prime Minister Theresa May lost her Conservative majority in parliament, only added to the problems.
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Time is pressing. After Britain's June 23, 2016 referendum to leave the bloc, the other 27 nations wanted to start the exit talks as soon as possible so they could work on their own futures, but Britain long seemed dazed by its own momentous move.
And even when May finally triggered the two-year unraveling process on March 29, she followed it up by calling an early election on June 8 that she hoped would strengthen her majority in parliament and thus her negotiating mandate with the EU.
The move backfired, May lost her Conservative majority in the vote and has been fending off critics of her leadership ever since.
Still, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson remained upbeat Monday, saying he thinks the Brexit negotiations will yield "a happy resolution that can be done with profit and honor for both sides."
Johnson also urged Europeans to look further down the road.
"The most important thing for us is to look to the horizon, raise our eyes to the horizon. In the long run, this will be good for the U.K. and good for the rest of Europe," Johnson said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.


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When there's a suspect in a crime and the evidence includes a handwritten note, investigators may call in handwriting experts to see if there's a match. In some cases, it might be the one piece of evidence that gets a suspect charged and eventually convicted. But what if it's a false match? How exactly do experts go about analyzing someone's handwriting?
In the world of forensic analysis, which includes crime scene investigation, DNA testing, fiber analysis, fingerprint analysis, voice identification and narcotics analysis, to name just a few of the disciplines, handwriting analysis fits into the area of questioned documents. Questioned document examiners (QDEs) analyze documents for signs of alteration, forgery and, when sample documents are available, handwriting or typing comparisons to determine or rule out authorship (and/or tie a document to a specific machine in the case of typing). Handwriting analysis is a tedious and methodical process that relies on extensive knowledge of the way people form letters, which characteristics of letter formation are unique and the physiological processes behind writing - the ways in which a person's fine-motor skills can affect his or her handwriting and leave clues about the author's identity.
The primary basis of handwriting analysis as a science is that every person in the world has a unique way of writing. When we were all kids in primary school, we learned to write based on a particular copybook - a style of writing. Which copybook our handwriting is based on depends on when and where we grew up (see Handwriting-L: Copybook Examples for good examples of copybooks from different countries and eras). So at first, we all probably wrote in a similar way to kids of our own age and location. But with the passing of time, those writing characteristics we learned in school - our style characteristics - became only the underlying method of our handwriting. We developed individual characteristics that are unique to us and distinguish our handwriting from someone else's. Most of us don't write the way we did in first or second grade. And while two or more people may share a couple of individual characteristics, the chance of those people sharing 20 or 30 individual characteristics is so unlikely that many handwriting analysts would say it's impossible.
First and foremost, handwriting analysts must be able to accurately distinguish between style characteristics and individual characteristics, which takes a lot of training. They can pretty much ignore the style characteristics, which are only useful for determining with a fair degree of certainty which copybook the writer learned from. The individual characteristics are what matter the most in determining authorship.
So the process of handwriting analysis when comparing two documents - one by a known author, one by an unknown author - starts not with checking for similarities, which any of us could do with a fair degree of accuracy, but instead with checking for differences. It's the differences that initially determine if it's possible that the same person wrote both pieces of text. If there are key differences in enough individual characteristics, and those differences do not appear to be the result of simulation (an attempt to disguise one's handwriting or copy someone else's), then the two documents were not written by the same person. Simulation has its own telltale characteristics, which we'll discuss in the next section. However, if the differences don't rule out a match, and there are significant similarities in the individual traits in the two documents, singular authorship becomes a possibility.
Moving from possibility to probability is where the heavy lifting comes in.


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|Instrument(s): Voice (SATB)
|Style: Renaissance
|Lyricist(s): Anonymous (10th century)
|Opus: Not known
|Date of composition: Not known
|Source: Cantiones quae ab argumento sacra vocantur, 1575
|Copyright: Public Domain
|Last updated: 2007/Apr/03. View change history
|Music ID Number: Mutopia-2007/04/03-949
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Musical text was taken from Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (1575) via Anthony Greening's edition found in The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems. Accidentals above the note are ficta not found in the original. Note values were halved. Slurs were added.
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The trillion dollar cancer industry has been waging an illegal and immoral war on Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski for years, attempting to stop him… that's right, STOP him, from saving the lives of cancer sufferers through the use of his patented breakthrough therapy, which uses a natural and non-toxic substance called antineoplastons. This video tells the story of how Dr. Burzynski, and the patients his therapy has cured of what are normally terminal cancers, have fought the FDA and the big drug companies who have continually and systematically tried to discredit and punish a man who's only purpose in life has been to develop and perfect a life-giving and non-toxic cure for the disease of the 20th century.
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THE DAY THE EARTH CAVED IN: An American Mining Tragedy. By Joan Quigley. Random House. 2007. Hardcover. 223 pages.
Before he began sinking into the ground, 12-year-old Todd Domboski noticed a wisp of smoke floating from the ground "like a smoldering match buried under damp leaves."
In Centralia, Pennsylvania, where an abandoned coal mine had been burning beneath the town for 19 years, the book explains, tiny fissures often punched through the topsoil, trailing bands of sulfurous steam.
This is not a Stephen King novel. It is a true story revealed in a book entitled, The Day the Earth Caved In, An American Mining Tragedy. Author Joan Quigley first visited Centralia at age 15 for her grandmother's funeral. The funeral, in fact, interrupted her family's annual Edgartown vacation.
On Valentine's Day in 1981 Todd was in his grandmother's backyard when he began to sink. He tried to pull himself up but plunged deeper. His hands and his waist disappeared into the slime and the "soggy earth kept melting, sucking him in and burying him." Steam rolled up from beneath his feet and below him gasses from the fire "gushed skyward, fanned by oxygen from the opening over his head." The gasses made a howling sound like the "roar of a tornado."
I'm going to die, Todd thought. But incredibly, he was able to latch onto a cluster of tree roots to stop the fall. He screamed, alerting his cousin Erik, who managed to pull him free.
The Day the Earth Caved in focuses mainly on the aftermath of Todd's plunge, when residents of this small but traditionally close-knit mining town struggled against each other, against self-centered politicians, and through layer upon layer of governmental red tape in an effort to get relief from what was eventually declared the country's worst mine fire.
The fire broke out in a garbage dump in 1962. As it reached the underground mining tunnels laden with millions of tons of anthracite coal, "it blazed throughout the coal like molten lava, spewing methane, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide."
Government efforts to control it were unsuccessful, largely because too little money was spent to do the job right — an old, blue-collar mining town had little political clout.
Strangely enough, the residents more or less ignored the fire until about the time of Todd's accident even though steam and sulfurous fumes rose out of vent pipes laid into the ground to release underground pressure. Mine fires, Ms. Quigley writes, were a part of life in coal country and the residents of Centralia — with a median income of about half the national average — were preoccupied with working and paying bills.
By the 1980s their babies were sleeping in homes equipped with carbon monoxide monitors; homes in which many stayed even when levels in some rooms reached almost three times the safety threshold.
The most absorbing and troubling part of this nightmarish story, aside from the blatant governmental abandonment of Centralia, is the fact that residents stayed despite the growing danger and illnesses. Some even downplayed the danger so the government wouldn't kick them out.
Centralia is a focal point in the Quigley family's success story. The author's great-grandparents raised their family there and her grandfather's distinguished career as a mine inspector began when he dropped out of the third grade to work at the mines.
That her own parents left Centralia and succeeded in providing their children with such things as a Vineyard vacation is a jarring contrast to those who fought to stay while the earth burned hotter and hotter beneath them — something an outsider may never truly understand. Ms. Quigley's connection to Centralia is what inspired the book, and The Day the Earth Caved In succeeds in exposing wrongs that need to be exposed so such failures of justice are not endlessly recycled.


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About Apple security updates
For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security page. You can encrypt communications with Apple using the Apple Product Security PGP Key.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
Apple Support 1.2 for iOS
Released August 30, 2017
Available for: iOS 9.0 and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept analytics data sent to Apple
Description: Analytics data was sent using HTTP rather than HTTPS. This was addressed by sending analytics data using HTTPS.
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|Dotted Eighth Sixteenth
Sometimes you will see swing notated as above, as a quarter and eighth triplet. And then some have talked about more modern swing as being eighth notes fairly straight with an accent or stress on the second eighth note. This can be used as a teaching tool, especially for folks who haven't heard much music with a swing feel. However, this is where it gets frustrating as an jazz educator, because I don't believe that you can teach a student how to swing if they don't listen to jazz! Swing rhythm is more than just "put a stress on the second eighth note." There's a whole rhythmic vocabulary that you hear from players who have digested a great number of jazz albums.
|Listening to this album and many others might shed some light on the subject....
This brings me to my next theory, which regards Quarter Notes. I've noticed that some of the drum students at PSU will play only quarter notes on the ride cymbal. I've heard older cats do that, but in this case, it never really felt good, so I told some of the students that I didn't think they should only play quarter notes on the ride cymbal, that they should "keep the ride cymbal dancing."
"Yes, but our teacher, Alan Jones, told us to do that."
OK, I guess I didn't want to contradict Alan Jones, who is a great drummer and also a very dedicated and experienced educator. However, I kept this in the back of my mind.
|Mel Brown
|I called this guy to make the gig, but he was always late!
Anyway, these are just theories. I'm interested in bridging the gap between the teaching of jazz and the "university of the streets" way to learn. I mostly learned by listening and going to jazz clubs and trying to piece it together while older cats yelled at me on the bandstand. I don't want to yell at my students, but I do want to see them improve. Maybe there are no shortcuts, but at least I can lead them down the quickest route.....


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Friday Recaps: St. Pius Edges BT; Lovett Beats Westminster
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In a big night of football around the state, St. Pius earned a big win in Region 6-AAA while Lovett outlasted Buckhead rival Westminster 10-7. See below for these recaps and more.
Class AAAAAA
Alpharetta 41, Centennial 23: It was a shootout between quarterbacks as Alpharetta's Joshua Dobbs threw four touchdown passes in the Raiders' fifth straight win. Centennial's Chase Rosenberg was able to get the Knights within 11 on two long touchdown throws in the third quarter, but Dobbs hit his fourth on an 81-yarder to Blake Rowlinson late in the third. The Knights lost for the first time in four games.
Central Gwinnett 37, Dacula 20: Visiting Central Gwinnett held 15-14 lead at the half until pulling away in the second half. Eman Westmoreland threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns to lead Central Gwinnett. Justin Brownlee had eight receptions for 160 yards, two scores and also added an 18-yard touchdown run. Nate Hartford carried the ball three times for 51 yards and two touchdowns.
Chattahoochee 48, Lambert 14: Travis Marshall threw for 277 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown pass to Avery Ward, and ran for a 6-yard touchdown. C.J. Leggett had scoring runs of three and five yards, and Chase Nelson found the end zone on runs of four and 21 yards. Justin Jackson had a 92-yard fumble return for a touchdown for host Chattahoochee.
Collins Hill 40, Duluth 0: Tyler Herman was 15-of-22 passing for visiting Collins Hill with touchdown throws to C.J. Davis and Gary Richardson. Thomas Harris had 147 yards rushing on 28 carries, and R.J. Burnette and Tyler Henderson had rushing scores. Cornerback Quinton Jones had an interception return for a touchdown and an interception. Collins Hill converted two 2-point conversions and Mitchell Blanchard added a 35-yard field goal.
East Coweta 38, Douglas County 33: Visiting East Coweta held on after building a 31-13 lead at halftime. Douglas County worked its way to the 11-yard line of East Coweta before a tackle-for-loss allowed time to run out on the final drive. Demarcus Godfrey rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns, including East Coweta's final score in the third quarter. Bryce Gemmel was 14-of-21 passing with two touchdowns for East Coweta.
Johns Creek 34, North Forsyth 7: Chase Solomon had rushing touchdowns of 55 and 30 yards as Johns Creek routed host North Forsyth. Quarterbacks Jack Deweese and John Grayson accounted for a touchdown each, as Deweese had a 4-yard run and Grayson threw a 40-yard scoring pass to Andrew Szambelan. Kyle Fowler made field goals of 49 and 47 yards.
Langston Hughes 17, Tri-Cities 13: Kenny Moxey passed for 255 yards and a touchdown to help lead visiting Langston Hughes past Tri-Cities and clinch the Region 3-AAAAAA championship. Keion Davis added 122 yards on the group and Keyshaun Clark added a 6-yard rushing score. Hughes improved to 8-1 on the season, while Tri-Cities fell to 3-6.
McEachern 61, Harrison 21: Host McEachern utilized a strong rushing attack, led by Ty Clemons' two touchdown runs of 67 and 73 yards and two touchdown passes, to dominate Harrison. Ty Griffin and Ryan Sherman also contributed with two rushing scores to help improve McEachern's record to 7-2 on the season, while dropping Harrison to 4-5.
Mill Creek 49, Habersham Central 0: Jacorey Lewis rushed nine times for 155 yards and touchdowns of 43 and 56 yards in host Mill Creek's blowout win. Of his five completions, three Daniel David passes went to Michael Cheeks for touchdowns of 36, 41 and 78 yards. Devozea Felton (56 yards) and Jordan Sylvain (46 yards) also added rushing touchdowns.
Milton 49, Cherokee 7: Running back Peyton Barber led the way for visiting Milton with 11 carries for 125 yards and three touchdowns, one from 54 yards out. Treyvon Paulk added 85 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and quarterback A.J. Bush had a rushing score of nine yards. Milton returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
North Cobb 45, Marietta 32: Quarterback Tyler Queen threw touchdown passes to Cameron Albright and Xavier Borishade, and rushed for a score for visiting North Cobb. North Cobb picked up two touchdowns on defense, getting a fumble return from Eghosa Agbonghae and an interception return from Hakeem Sawyer. J'Vonte Herrod added a 4-yard touchdown run.
Parkview 38, Berkmar 7: Parkview hosted Berkmar and survived an early 7-0 deficit, but pulled away in the second half. Justis Rosser rushed for more than 100 yards and scored touchdowns from 16 yards and 14 yards. Mac Marshall added touchdowns to Demonte Dawson for 41 yards and Keanu Mole for 31 yards. Richard Walker also scored on a 14-yard run.
Walton 21, Etowah 16: D.J. Smith had a touchdown catch and two touchdown runs against visiting Etowah. Smith, who amassed 109 receiving yards and 88 rushing yards, stepped in after Alabama commit Tyren Jones left the game in the second quarter with an injury. Walton quarterback Price Wilson was 13-for-18 for 152 yards. Walton's defense benefited from three Etowah fumbles and an interception.
Wheeler 31, Woodstock 9: Wheeler's Kyonte Maxwell and Jacobi Green rushed for touchdown runs of six and five yards, respectively, against visiting Woodstock. Quarterback Elijah Staley threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Devontae Jackson, and Jevan Sampler had a 21-yard interception return for touchdown. J.D. Barron added two field goals for Wheeler.
Class AAAAA
Allatoona 56, North Paulding 21: Visiting Allatoona ran its way past North Paulding. Josh Bautista had 28 carries for 344 yards and two scores. T.J. Herron added three touchdowns on 16 carries for 123 yards. Quarterback Jeremy Uzee threw for 174 yards and a touchdown while also scoring two touchdowns with his legs.
Kell 31, Pope 3: Host Kell scored the game's first 17 points in a battle of East Cobb rivals. Quarterback Matthew McGuigan was nearly perfect, connecting on 15 of 22 passes for 225 yards and a 35-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Langley. Langley also scored on a 9-yard run. Khalil Bell and Jamari Moore also ran for Kell touchdowns.
Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 31, Forest Park 17: Visiting Forest Park held the game close in the first half with a halftime score of 13-7. Mt. Zion-Jonesboro pulled away in the second half with 2 touchdowns from Montell Buchanan. Chris Hudley added 2 touchdowns, one receiving and one on a punt return. Deon Dawson also rushed for a score.
North Atlanta 19, Lakeside-DeKalb 14: North Atlanta picked up its first win of the season in thrilling fashion. Lakeside-DeKalb, which got 118 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Brad Earnest, took the lead with just over one minute remaining. Visiting North Atlanta responded with a game-winning touchdown pass from Joey Calcagno to Kwame Garcia. Fernando Carr added a touchdown for the victors.
Northview 40, Forsyth Central 33: Terrence Upshaw rushed for 152 yards and five touchdowns to lead visiting Northview past Forsyth Central in a game that was defined by strong offensive performances. Michael Branigan rushed for 136 yards and four touchdowns for Forsyth Central in the losing effort. D.J. Pearson passed for 246 yards and a touchdown for Northview.
Sequoyah 42, Cambridge 0: After giving up 48 points to Northview in a shootout win last week, Sequoyah picked up the pace on defense and posted its first shutout of the season. Sequoyah got 235 rushing yards and four total touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving) from Blake Ingleton. Dustin Dawson added a touchdown on the ground while quarterback Trent Dorner tossed the scoring strike to Ingleton.
Sprayberry 23, Osborne 17: Sprayberry scored 17 unanswered points en route to a 23-10 lead before holding on against Osborne. The victorious Yellow Jackets benefited from two touchdowns from quarterback Shane Young and a kickoff return for a score from Myles Wallace. Rodrigo Blankenship capped off the scoring for visiting Sprayberry with a 47-yard field goal.
Whitewater 42, Starr's Mill 0: Visiting Whitewater used a 35-0 halftime lead to run away from Starr's Mill. Kendall Conley and Christian Wafford each had two touchdowns on the ground to lead Whitewater. Jay Ashley threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Trevor Morgan who had 70 yards on three receptions.
Class AAAA
Lithonia 8, Redan 6: Frank Turner threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Micah Stewart in the third quarter for host Lithonia's only touchdown. On the 2-point conversion, Clark Jones Jr. ran it in to take an 8-0 lead. Redan threatened to tie in the fourth quarter with a 2-point try of its own, but defensive end David Johnson, a South Carolina commit who also had two sacks, made a tackle for loss to preserve the lead.
Marist 24, Chamblee 0: Visiting Marist controlled the pace of the game against previously unbeaten Chamblee, led by a 19-yard score from Griffin King. Marist also got touchdowns from Patrick Anhut, on a 15-yard pass from Myles Willis, and Steven Wallace on a 2-yard run. With the win, Marist takes over sole possession of first place in Region 6-AAAA from Chamblee.
Stockbridge 35, Locust Grove 0: Stockbridge jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and coasted from there to defeat Locust Grove. Trenton Earl rushed for two touchdowns, Malik Bryant added one on the ground and receiver Maetron Thomas took an end-around 70 yards for another score. Host Stockbridge also got a fumble return for a touchdown by Robert Beecham.
Class AAA
Buford 49, East Hall 6: Host East Hall managed just 171 total yards of offense in the loss. Zavior Hoxie rushed for a 1-yard touchdown and caught a 26-yard score from Montgomery VanGorder. Quinn Davis led Buford's ground attack with two rushing touchdowns. The visitors also scored on defense when Donte Gordon recovered an East Hall fumble in the end zone.
Cedar Grove 47, Woodward Academy 14: Johnathon McCrary threw three touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead Cedar Grove past Woodward. McCrary scored each of the victors' first two touchdowns on the ground before a Daletavius McGhee 74-yard fumble return made it 20-7. Deion Sellers had a receiving touchdown and an 81-yard rushing score for host Cedar Grove.
Jackson-Atlanta 22, Haralson County 20: Jackson quarterback Shadricus Ferguson rushed 15 times for 170 yards and two scores and also threw for a touchdown. Host Jackson totaled 275 total yards, including 204 on the ground. Quintavious Monday clinched the victory with an interception of a Haralson County pass on the Jackson 10-yard line with less than five seconds to play.
St. Pius 24, Blessed Trinity 17: St. Pius used a potent ground attack to get past Blessed Trinity in a Region 6-AAA thriller. For visiting Blessed Trinity, Spencer McManes racked up 73 of his 96 total passing yards on one scoring strike to C.J. Brazil. McManes added a touchdown run and the visitors took a 17-16 lead going into the fourth quarter on a Marc Nolan field goal.
St. Pius recorded 323 total rushing yards, 105 from Branden Mitchell and 104 from Ryan Braswell, and no passing yards. The Golden Lions scored the game-winner, a Braswell 1-yard plunge, at the end of a 12-play, 96-yard drive.
Class AA
Greater Atlanta Christian 42, Wesleyan 14: Quarterback Rafe Chapple led host Greater Atlanta Christian with his arm and his legs. Chapple threw a pair of touchdown passes, one each to Chris Williams and Peter Whiteneck. Chapple also ran for a pair of scores. Touchdown runs by Micah Abernathy and Corey Stevenson rounded out the scoring for Greater Atlanta Christian.
Lovett 10, Westminster 7: Visiting Lovett held Westminster to just 122 total yards. Willie Candler threw for 177 yards, including the game-winning 30-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Siegel in the fourth period. Also for Lovett, kicker Brendan McGowan nailed a 34-yrd field goal at the end of the first half. Westminster scored its only points on a 1-yard run by Cameron Seward in the first quarter.
Class A
Eagle's Landing Christian 55, Pace Academy 0: Quarterback Dalton Etheridge went down early forcing Eagle's Landing Christian to run the ball exclusively in its victory over host Pace Academy. Eagle's Landing Christian rushed 44 times for 491 yards. Keyante Green led the way with 210 yards and three touchdowns. Bryson Durden and Davis Reynolds both returned Pace Academy interceptions for touchdowns.
Landmark Christian 36, Holy Innocents' 3: Running back Jeremiah Kirkland continued his stellar season with 274 yards and three touchdowns rushing for visiting Landmark Christian. Quarterback Stockton McGuire completed seven of 14 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown to keep Landmark Christian undefeated in region play.
Mt. Pisgah 55, Fellowship Christian 0: Visiting Mt. Pisgah coasted to an easy win by dominating on both sides of the ball. Quarterback Aaron Winchester ran for 83 yards and two touchdowns. Winchester added a 20-yard scoring strike to Oz Dixon. Austin Harper and Rondy Brownlee each added a pair of rushing touchdowns for Mt. Pisgah.
Walker 20, Mt. Paran 3: Visiting Walker improved to a program best 9-0 behind a strong rushing attack. Bradley Moore, Evan Kasian and Cameron Bloebaum all ran for touchdowns. Patrick McPherson led all Walker runners with 70 yards. The Walker defense held Mt. Paran scoreless through the first three quarters and just 134 total yards.
Whitefield Academy 21, King's Ridge 10: Host Whitefield Academy overcame nine penalties in the victory. Richard Sherrell led Whitefield Academy with 111 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Everett Pollard added 68 yards and touchdown. Whitefield Academy outgained King's Ridge in total yards 221-215. Connor Burns threw a touchdown pass and kicked a field goal for King's Ridge.
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The takeover of Canadian stock market operator TMX Group by Maple Group, a consortium of financial institutions, was approved by TMX's shareholders, bringing to a close more than a year of sometimes acrimonious negotiations with shareholders as well as regulators.
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The approval of the $3.8 billion bid brings all of Canada's main securities exchanges under a single parent company that combines the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) with its main rival, Alpha. It also incorporates the Canadian Depository for Securities, which clears and settles all stock trades in Canada.
As a result, the new TMX will control some 85% of Canadian stock trading, adding Alpha's 20% share to the 65% it already controls through the Toronto Stock Exchange and junior TSX Venture Exchange.
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Ever since Jorge Lorenzo's #3 engine went up in smoke at Assen after the Factory Yamaha man was skittled by Alvaro Bautista in the first corner, MotoGP followers have been asking themselves whether Jorge Lorenzo will make it to the end of the season with the remainder of his allocation, or whether he will have to take a 7th engine and start from pit lane at some point. As each race goes by, the questions have become more urgent: will this be the race where Lorenzo finally runs out of engines, and hands Dani Pedrosa the advantage in the championship fight?
So how is Jorge Lorenzo doing with his engines? Is he, as many suspect, in imminent danger of losing an engine, and with it potentially his second World Championship? What strategies have his pit crew been using to manage with one engine prematurely withdrawn? And will those strategies be enough to see him through to the race at Valencia?
A few races after the first-corner crash at Assen, I asked Jorge Lorenzo's team manager Wilco Zeelenberg if he believed that Lorenzo would have a problem with his engines. "No," he told me, "it will just give the guys in the garage a bit more work swapping engines". Instead of following the standard pattern of using a pair of engines at the start of the season, then adding in engines slowly until the end, replacing older engines as they reach their mileage limits, Lorenzo's team have spent their weekends juggling engines, swapping them around in a concentrated effort to optimize mileage. They have of course been helped along they way by bad weather - there have been few weekends this year where at least part of some sessions has not been lost to the weather - but the strategy has so far proved successful.
The team's strategy has mainly been focused on getting as much mileage as possible out of Lorenzo's oldest engines - #1 and #2 were both introduced at the first race of the year at Qatar - while saving the later engines for use in the race. Lorenzo's #1 and #2 engines have been used in a total of 46 and 47 sessions respectively, including 7 races between them. Though they have not been raced since Germany (engine #1), at least one of the two engines has been used at every event this year. While those engines help carry a lot of the load during practice, Lorenzo's later engines (#4, #5, #6) have been spared, seeing most of their action during qualifying and during the race, when performance is at a premium.
That this has created an extra workload for Ramon Forcada and the rest of Jorge Lorenzo's crew is clear from the usage patterns. At the nine races that have taken place since Assen, Jorge Lorenzo has used three different engines at three races (Mugello, Laguna Seca and Indianapolis), and four different engines at two others (Brno and Motegi). At the Sachsenring, Lorenzo's team eked an extra race weekend out of his first two engines, and at Aragon, Misano and Sepang, either his #1 or #2 engines were alternated with later engines.
The contrast to a more traditional strategy is made clear when comparing Lorenzo's engine usage to that of Dani Pedrosa, the Repsol Honda man still having all of his engines available for use. Unlike Forcada, however, Mike Leitner and his team have not faced the task of juggling engine mileage, concentrating instead on working on set up. Of all the races since Assen, Pedrosa has only used three engines twice: Once at Laguna Seca, when Pedrosa had a new engine with upgrades which he had tested two weeks' previously at Mugello and liked; and once at Aragon, where Pedrosa's #6 engine was slotted into the bike for the Sunday morning warm up, ahead of being used on a regular basis. The rest of the time, Pedrosa has been working with the same two engines all weekend.
Pedrosa's more traditional engine strategy is clear from the session count for each motor. His #1 and #2 engines have 35 sessions each on them, having been used for the first seven and nine races respectively. Pedrosa's #3 engine has just 13 sessions on it before being shelved, that engine specification being superceded by a revised version of the engine that is a little smoother than the one they started the year with. Pedrosa's #4 engine has born the brunt since then, racking up 27 sessions and being shelved as a back up since Aragon. Meanwhile, Pedrosa's #5 and #6 engines have been introduced in an orderly fashion, slowly racking up the miles as expected from the start.
Will Jorge Lorenzo run out of engines before the end of the year? The championship leader is actually in better shape than he might have feared. With two races to go - a total of 12 sessions in which he will need two bikes with engines in them - Lorenzo has three relatively low-mileage engines. Motor #4 has the most sessions on it, having been out 11 times, including 3 races. Numbers 5 and 6 are not far behind, with 8 and 9 sessions on them respectively, as well as a race count of 3 for #5 and 2 for #6. Lorenzo's high-mileage engines, #1 and #2, are still available, but will be running to the very limits of their endurance now. Even if Lorenzo were to lose another engine, he should be able to make it to the end of the season without having to start from pit lane. But it would not be a comfortable situation to be in.
Lorenzo's biggest challenge may come not from an exploding Yamaha engine, but from the Honda's dreaded reliability. Dani Pedrosa has engines to spare, and nothing to lose by using them. Sound analysis of Honda's RC213V at recent races, undertaken by educated fans, is showing an increase in the maximum revs the engine is using. Pedrosa appears to have been given an extra couple of hundred revs to play with, meaning that he has a little more horsepower at his disposal. This would fit with the step forward which Pedrosa has made in recent races, winning 5 of the last 6 Grand Prix. That performance step was clearest at Aragon, Motegi and Sepang, where Pedrosa controlled the race utterly, following Lorenzo until it was time to get past, and then opening up a gap to the Yamaha man almost at will. There is no doubt that Dani Pedrosa is riding better than he ever has, but one possible factor in that improvement is the confidence of knowing he has a little more in the tank if he needs it.
The question of whether the engine which Lorenzo lost at Assen could end up losing him the championship is thus a little more complex than it at first seems. Lorenzo being forced to start from pit lane after taking a 7th engine now seems vanishingly unlikely. But the crash may have ended up handing Pedrosa a small but significant advantage in their battle. Lorenzo may not lose an engine, but he cannot afford to lose his concentration: one slip and the title could be gone.
Below are the engine usage charts for both Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa. The table shows a list of engines, with the number of sessions each engine has been used in, the number of races each engine has been used for, the status of the engine (active - currently in use, withdrawn - unavailable for use due to engine damage, shelved - available for use, but left unused for multiple races), the total Grand Prix at which the engine has been used, and a list of which Grand Prix the engine was used at. The Grand Prix names are using the three-letter abbreviations Dorna uses for the races.
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I was among those most concerned for Lorenzo, but always quick to point out a weather caveat. In that regard, things could not have worked out much better for him. For example: not only was this past race (and some practice time) run in the rain, it was shortened.
If not for the number of rained-out sessions, things would be much different now.
While being within the
While being within the tolerance limits is always ideal, one doesn't every really know when something is going to go boom (as evidenced by my RS125 having the main gear retaining bolt back out last time out destroying the crank). ANYTHING can happen in racing as we all know, and it ain't over until it's over...
Thanks for the analysis - top notch!
How many wet sessions have there been
Since Assen? A hundred? It surely made things less complicated for JLo.
I think the real danger for
I think the real danger for Jorge is not having to start from pit lane - he would probably still make the top 5 - but rather to have an engine blowing up during the race. They can minimize the risk, but not eliminate it. The same is true for Dani, of course, but it is much less likely.
In reply to I think the real danger for by gsx750f
And then there's Spies's grenaded engine...
What was the usage on Spies's engine that blew up at Indy?
What I find interesting about the Honda engine performance increase is that it is able to comfortably beat the Yamaha engine without running out of fuel. So the Honda has both reliability and engine management efficiency.
I imagine that Pedrosa's throttle control has something to do with the fuel efficiency of the Honda too.
Stoner doesn't have to worry about engine life... wonder if his team will bump the rev limit up even higher than Pedrosa's for the Island?
So far, the increased Honda
So far, the increased Honda revs have been seen only only during Sepang Qual. I haven't bothered to look at race revs, since much of it was run in submarine mode. I'd guess that the riders can use the extra oomph during the race as needed, but that's not to say they can run the whole race at elevated power levels w/o running into fuel issues.
Hopefully PI will be dry. Then we can see if Honda has made a real fuel efficiency step, or has just uncorked the engine somewhat.
In reply to So far, the increased Honda by Geonerd
Super sleuthing
Got it, thanks Geonerd. Awesome work :)
You can't fight the laws of physics. Pedrosa's weight advantage allows him to use less gas to move the machine a certain distance and allows him to run a richer (safer) and more powerful mixture. The pedrosa/simoncelli clashes in the past on "identical" bikes demonstrated that pretty clearly. Sic would outbrake and out corner due to his extra weight providing more friction, then pedrosa would zip past on any straightaway.
The difference isn't as pronounced with Lorenzo, but its still a major issue as to gas consumption over 26 laps.
It's the reason I am opposed to GPS engine management, and tight fuel limits. Base the fuel limits on a combined weight of rider and machine, and then things will change.
Interesting theory
While I wholeheartedly agree Pedrosa's size is one of his biggest advantages the factories want it that way so it will stay.
At this point JL's engines are really a non-issue. Can't he secure the title with a win at PI? And if he takes a safe 2nd and chooses to use a new engine at Valencia can't he still win by taking 8th place, regardless of what DP does?
I'm thinking he would rather have his victory celebration at Valencia anyway. He certainly deserves it.
Engine mileage and allocation
Can any one shed some light on what is the mileage for a MotoGP engine please? And what happens to an engine when it completes its mileage? Does it cease to run or just slows down? A normal bike's engine would still perform ok even after 10/15K kms, what is specific about the MotoGP engines? I have not been able to understand this concept properly..
In reply to Engine mileage and allocation by REC500
its a race engine
I dont think there is a predetermined KM limit that the engineers have in mind. They will use the engines until the rider has probably determined that its slowed down via lap time analysis comparison or something ridiculous like that.
Its an extreme competition level race engine. Almost all top level race engines are rebuilt as often as the rules allow. Quarter mile top fuel drag engines are rebuilt after running for as little as 90 seconds. Of course it helps that their race is only 3-4 seconds long, but still. Tolerances are tighter, compression levels are higher, the engine spends more time in a higher rev range effectively decreasing its efficiency and power output. It breaks down faster and therefore becomes slower as it ages. It doesnt shut down or explode after reaching a predetermined mileage, but it ceases to be competitive in the arena of MotoGP.
Your store bought sportbike engine may be in a high state of tune compared to other bikes, and even it will slow down as its life progresses, but compared to a race engine, its in a very mild, if not down right slow, state of tune.
In reply to its a race engine by DK
There is a km limit on the
There is a km limit on the engines and most of the parts, set by the mfr at the beginning of the season.
In reply to There is a km limit on the by BrickTop
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Watched some of Aragon
Watched some of Aragon onboard.
Pedrosa was enjoying increased revs for that rate too, hitting high 16,6xx a few times, when pushing. Also lots of lower shift points, presumably at the request of the fuel computer. ;)
Lorenzo racing comfortably in his usual <= 16,300 range.
Yam haven't had to neuter the engine.
In reply to Watched some of Aragon by Geonerd
Update. Watched the rest of
Update. Watched the rest of Aragon.
Even as Pedrosa was pissing off into the sunset, he was still hitting high 16,5xx on the straights. Seems Honda has plenty of confidence in the unit. Krop's "Engine #6" may indeed be something new and improved. Without knowing how tight the race is for fuel, it's hard to say if the engine is inherently more efficient.
Honda vs Yamaha Engines
What is interesting to me is not only are Honda engines much more reliable, but they also seem to outrun Yamaha on the top end. An old retired mechanic friend of mine always said you can get the power off the top or the bottom, but rarely will you get both when it comes down to tuning without the computer side of it.
The output for both bikes is ridiculous, but it seems to me, that Yamaha are going to start to work overtime on improving their engines. More and more I am reading about Jorge stating more power is needed. Even in the practice sessions where he was holding the top speed for some time. He does bacause when he and Pedrosa get close to each other, or the sector has a long straight, the Hondas are always faster, everytime. They may have chatter, but they do not seem to be that much slower through the corner.
It seems like Yamaha is missing a key component in engineering somewhere. Masao Furusawa departure seems to have left a hole at Yamaha that has not been filled. All this just gives the title chase some suspense for me. The racing has been horridly uneventful in the front. If it was not for Moto3 and Moto2, the GPs would hardly be worth watching for casual fans. Motogp has actually fallen to Formula 1 like levels of entertainment. It would be nice to see the title come down to the wire due to a problem with Jorge Lorenzo's engines, (with nothing physically bad happening to him of course), because at one time it seemed like he was just running into the sunset alone. It would be good to see the nerves on high, and it all coming down to a last race battle that lasted the whole race. Dream or not, that would be great way to end this year. It would make up for some naps I took during the middle to end of a couple of races.
In reply to Honda vs Yamaha Engines by Averagerider
I have to disagree
"It would be nice to see the title come down to the wire due to a problem with Jorge Lorenzo's engines, (with nothing physically bad happening to him of course), because at one time it seemed like he was just running into the sunset alone."
I like tight championships too, but I wouldn't want to see Jorge's lead vanish because he exceeds # of engines or has some problem with an over-worked engine (as unlikely as that would be apparently).
If Dani won because of that it would ruin the whole season IMHO.
No worry
The manufacturers used 6 engines per season in the 800cc formula. Yamaha should have no issues reaching the reliability requirements for 81mm 1000cc engines, unless an unforeseen design flaw suddenly afflicts his remaining 5 engines.
Lorenzo will definitely make it to the end of the year. Will he have full power for his QP and RAC engines??????
I have no idea, and the people who know will probably never utter a word about it.


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A couple of weeks ago Netvibes announced a new "dashboard engine" to get real-time updates, single-screen style. If you liked Mashpedia you'll like this. To try it go to http://www.netvibes.com/en and click "Get Started". You'll get a page asking you to enter a keyword and then specify whether you're searching for News, an Artist, or a Brand. I choose a "News" search for Goldman Sachs. The first thing Netvibes did was give me a series of photographs to choose a theme from. Then after I chose one I got my dashboard.
I was a little taken aback by this screen when I saw it; the initial user interface is so slick and the actual dashboard is kind of — boxy. But who cares! Plenty of consolidated data is here and so what if the presenting modules don't have rounded corners? The default tab is for news and shows results from Flickr, Google News, Yahoo, and Google Blog Search. Each of the modules are customizable; you can change the number of items that show from a source, change the color, remove it entirely, etc. You can also edit the layout of the entire tab. (If you don't like a widget view there's also a "reader" view that makes the dashboard look more like a traditional RSS feed reader.)
Yes, this is only one tab of data! There are others; one for general information — more like a personalized portal than anything else — and three devoted to your actual search. There's one for videos, one for general chatter (on social networks and elsewhere) and one for your search across several different Google properties. If that isn't enough for you there's a tab across the top of the page that'll let you add more content modules, from news to travel. If you can't make up your mind there's also a list of essential widgets where you can start.
You don't need to be logged in to play with Netvibes dashboard, but if you get a (free) account you get more functionality, like the ability to share your dashboards.
I was really impressed with this. There tabs and the widget options mean you can pack a lot of data flows into one screen. The only thing I saw that you'll have to watch is that the modules don't update automatically that I could see, so you'll have to periodically refresh the page. This is an excellent companion to Mashpedia or Cpedia if you're using that.
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Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!
Ultimate Bible Quiz
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
Higher than Jonathan Wells would score on evolution, I betcha
Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!
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See "A Disservice To Atheism" on Dawkin's "The God Delusion" posted 1 February.ReplyDelete
I scored 100%. That's what you get after reading the Bible through and through on a daily basis for years. Of course, actually reading the Bible through and through prompted me to seek answers for many questions and eventually led me away from Christianity entirely. I suggest reading the Bible from cover to cover to everybody! http://theresafrasch.com/archives/298ReplyDelete
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."ReplyDelete
-Isaac Asimov
- Anonymous2/05/2007 2:22 PM
I also scored 100 percent. It felt good to click that last answer: Do you read the Bible?..."No." It just goes to show how ingrained this stuff is in people's heads--that even after 20 years away from it--I still score 100. At Sunday's lecture for ACA, Howard Miller said something to the effect of "You never get over it..." And he was SO right on.ReplyDelete
OMG - I scored 100% too. Which surprised me, because for several questions I was able to use my Bible knowledge to eliminate one or two, but still had to guess among the remainders.ReplyDelete
This makes me want to put together my own Bible Quiz at that site. Questions like "In Judges 11, Jephthah reached an agreement with God that resulted in his burning what when he returned home? A) a bush, B) frankincense, C) his only daughter, D) a chariot."
"What kind of tree did Jesus curse to death because it didn't have fruit for him when he was hungry? A) Apple, B) Fig, C) Cedar, D) The Tree of Knowledge."
Any more submissions?
Curt, you might be interested in this quiz from the Freedom From Religion Foundation:ReplyDelete
Stephen, thanks for the link.ReplyDelete
Sometimes I listen to the FFRF podcast, but it seems like the hosts are medicated or something. Last year I heard some comments about the ACA breaking ties with the FFRF - what was the rest of the story with that?
I took that test a long time ago. I scored a 91%. I really wanted to use by bible but I didn't. There were some questions I knew where to find them but not the actual answers.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/08/2007 3:32 PM
On the FFRF site, I only scored a 34:ReplyDelete
30 - 39: Congratulations! Better informed than most Americans
- Anonymous2/09/2007 12:04 PM
I scored 61%, and I've never read through the Bible. At best, the last time I touched one was several years ago. I just used guessing, some memory of what I've been told, and generous flipping of a quarter when I had it down to two choices.ReplyDelete
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The fifth book of the Old Testament.
Deuteronomy contains the three last discourses of Moses, which he delivered in the plains of Moab just before he was translated. The first discourse (chapters 1–4) is introductory. The second discourse (chapters 5–26) consists of two parts: (1) chapters 5–11—the Ten Commandments and a practical explanation of them; and (2) chapters 12–26—a code of laws, which forms the nucleus of the whole book. The third discourse (chapters 27–30) contains a solemn renewal of the covenant between Israel and God and an announcement of the blessings that follow obedience and the curses that follow disobedience. Chapters 31–34 describe the delivery of the law to the Levites, Moses' song and last blessing, and the departure of Moses.


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How to make orangettes: Slice ends off four oranges, score the peel from one end to the other, and remove the peels from the oranges.
Slice the peels into thin strips and trim the edges.
Using a medium size pot, place the peels in boiling water and blanch them for a few minutes. Rinse the peels, and repeat this process a second time. This is done to remove the bitterness of the peels.
Prepare the simple syrup by combining 8 ounces water with 8 ounces sugar in a saucepan. Bring the syrup to a simmer, place the peels in the pot, and simmer for 1 hour. [Don't do what Deb did, and not check on them, only to find that at 45 minutes the water had boiled off and many edges had begun to burn in the pan, and she wished she'd left the pot covered.] Once the peels have cooked, remove them from the pot, and place on a rack to cool and drain.
Melt 16 ounces dark chocolate over a double boiler. Dip the candied orange peels in the chocolate, remove them quickly, and let them cool on a piece of parchment paper. Store the orange peels in
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Here in the U.S., April marks more than the return of spring flowers and showers — it's also National Autism Awareness Month. Autism is a growing concern not just in the U.S., but around the world: it's estimated that 1 in 68 children has ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). That means that even if you haven't been personally impacted by autism, you likely know someone who has.
A diagnosis of ASD presents numerous challenges to families — challenges related to learning, to physical and social development, and (the number one thing we tend to concern ourselves with around this site) sleep. It's estimated that anywhere from 40% – 80% of children with ASD diagnoses have significant sleeping issues related to their diagnosis.
Why do Autism Spectrum Disorders Affect Sleep?
Unfortunately, there's no specific, easily-identified reason why children with ASD are more likely to have difficulty sleeping than those without. This is probably because ASD is a variable disorder in itself. The way it manifests, and the problems it causes, vary from child to child.
There are, however, some general theories as to why ASD may cause sleep disorders:
- Social Cues: Children with ASD typically have a harder time reading social cues than other children do. This can make socializing hard for ASD children; it can also make bedtime hard! ASD children are less likely to register the social cues that it's time to go to sleep (seeing their siblings putting on pajamas, listening to mom reading a bedtime story, etc.) They have difficulty seeing these as pre-bedtime rituals the way other children likely would.
- Increased sensitivity to light, sound, and/or touch: Some children with ASD under-respond to stimuli like light and noise; others over-respond. This is commonly referred to as Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). It should be noted that while a large percentage (70% – 80%) of autistic children also have SPD, autism and SPD are separate diagnoses. So a child can have one without having the other. Children who are hypersensitive to stimuli may have difficulty sleeping. For example, a child who's extremely sensitive to light may find even a dim nightlight distracting. Or a child who's hypersensitive to sound may be awoken by even the faintest noises. And a child who is extremely sensitive to touch may find the feel of sheets next to his skin unbearable.
- Low levels of melatonin: The hormone melatonin helps regulate the human body's circadian rhythms (or daytime/nighttime cycles.) For most of us, our melatonin levels rise when it gets dark outside, making us sleepy; then, they drop off when the sun comes up, helping us feel awake and alert. Children with ASD, however, have lower-than-normal levels of melatonin, which may explain why they sometimes have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep at night.
- Anxiety: Feeling anxious can make any child sleepless. Children with ASD, however, are especially prone to feelings of anxiety; a large percentage of children with ASD even suffer from anxiety disorders.
Effects of Sleep Disorders on Autistic Children and Their Families
Poor and interrupted sleep obviously affects a child with ASD's nights, but this kind of chronic sleep deprivation may also affect his daytime behaviors. Sleep deprivation has been shown to have the same negative effects on children with ASD as on non-autistic children: increased irritability and aggression, depression, increased hyperactivity and emotional problems, and behavior problems.
And of course, the child isn't the only one affected — parents and siblings feel the effects, too. Siblings, as well as parents, may suffer sleeplessness right alongside a child with ASD, and that kind of endless sleep deprivation can take a serious toll (maybe even put your marriage or relationship at risk.)
Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Get a Good Night's Sleep
The first step in helping your child with ASD get the rest she needs is to make sure that her sleep disorder isn't related to something else. Make sure that her sleeplessness doesn't stem from sleep apnea, teeth grinding, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), or another physical cause. Once you've ruled these out, you can begin implementing meaningful solutions.
Consider the following ways to help your child with autism get the sleep he needs:
- Keep a sleep diary: Keeping a sleep diary can help you identify any patterns in your child's sleep disturbances and then work on solutions that match the problem patterns. And if your child is older, it can be a way for him to take ownership of his sleep disorder and become a partner (instead of merely a bystander) in the problem-solving process.
- Develop a bedtime routine: Children with autism spectrum disorder must have predictable daily routines to help them feel safe and make sense of the world around them. Therefore, a bedtime routine (which is helpful for all kids) is especially crucial for ASD children. As you build a bedtime routine, try to build it with intention: don't include any patterns or routines that you know you'll have to break later (even if they'll make your life easier in the short term!) Also, keep in mind that children with autism don't respond well to abrupt and unexpected changes. So it's probably best to ease into the new routine.
- Evaluate the sleeping environment: If hypersensitivity is an issue for your child, evaluate their bedroom to see if anything there may be causing problems. Then, work to create a sleep environment that'll be restful and soothing for your child. That could mean installing thick carpet to muffle noise (if your child is sensitive to sound) or hanging room-darkening curtains (if your child is sensitive to light). For children who are sensitive to touch, weighted blankets have been shown to help. However, if you have a toddler, you may want to consider a weighted blanket for your toddler. It's less expensive considering they will be growing by leaps and bounds. In addition, you may even need to consider a custom-made bed designed specifically for autistic children if your child is getting out of bed and wandering the house at night, and you have concerns about their safety.
- Consider medication (but only as a last resort!) Vitamins and other supplements, like melatonin or iron, may help improve an ASD child's sleep and are considered good options, as long as they're administered under a healthcare provider's supervision. We advise that you always speak to your doctor before giving your child any supplements. Sleep medications should be a last-resort option, and they should only be used once a family has considered any sleep associations or schedule problems, and even then, we recommend they only be used in conjunction with some of the strategies listed above. Otherwise, the sleeping issues will likely return full force once the child stops taking the medication.
If you feel that your baby or toddler may be showing signs of ASD behavior, we recommend you consult your child's healthcare provider for further information and testing.
Today, we live in a day and age in which families affected by ASD have abundant resources for help and education available to them (although there's certainly room for more research into causes and treatments). And we here at the Baby Sleep Site count ourselves among those resources! We're dedicated to helping every child, including those with special needs like Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Spectrum Disorder can present many challenges for families, to be sure, but it doesn't have to mean years of sleep deprivation.
Have you been personally impacted by an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis? Share your story!
Please be sure to pick up your FREE copy of 5 (tear-free) Ways to Help Your Child Sleep Through the Night, our e-Book with tear-free tips to help your baby sleep better. For those persistent nighttime struggles, check out The 3-Step System to Help Your Baby Sleep (babies) or The 5-Step System to Better Toddler Sleep (toddlers). Using a unique approach and practical tools for success, our e-books help you and your baby sleep through the night and nap better. For those looking for a more customized solution for your unique situation with support along the way, please consider one-on-one baby and toddler sleep consultations, where you will receive a Personalized Sleep Plan™ you can feel good about! Sometimes it's not that you can't make a plan. Sometimes you're just too tired to.
Article Sources:
Autism Society
National Institutes of Health
Web MD
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
Science Daily
Autism Day-by-Day Blog
The National Autistic Society (based in the UK)
Autism Support Network
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Naughty Dog Considering New IP, Possible The Last Of Us Sequel Ideas
In just seven days, Naughty Dog will be releasing story DLC for its award-winning The Last of Us. This might not be the end for that world, though.
Speaking with Eurogamer, creative director Neil Druckmann talked about what he and game director Bruce Straley have been thinking about. ""We have started brainstorming some stuff," Druckmann says. "To be honest, some of them are sequel ideas, and some of them are brand new IP - we've spent the last few weeks brainstorming new IP."
For those concerned about what this means for the studio's work on Uncharted, rest easy. Naughty Dog has two development teams, with one devoted to the action/adventure series.
As for oft-requested PlayStation 4 version of The Last of Us, Druckmann didn't close the door. "It's something that we'll figure out as we move forward," he says.
Should The Last of Us get a sequel? Our own Ben Reeves doesn't think so. For more on the game's emotional ending, you can also read a recent contemplation by Matt Helgeson.
[Source: Eurogamer]
Our Take
I'm in the "no sequel" camp. I thought the story, while certainly not encompassing of The Last of Us' world, was complete. The characterization and the importance of the characters in that narrative felt whole (though I'm interested in seeing how the prequel DLC fares). Naughty Dog is expert at creating compelling worlds, and I want to see where the great minds there go next.


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The object detector described below has been initially proposed by Paul Viola [Viola01] and improved by Rainer Lienhart [Lienhart02].
First, a classifier (namely a cascade of boosted classifiers working with haar-like features) is trained with a few hundred sample views of a particular object (i.e., a face or a car), called positive examples, that are scaled to the same size (say, 20x20), and negative examples - arbitrary images of the same size.
After a classifier is trained, it can be applied to a region of interest (of the same size as used during the training) in an input image. The classifier outputs a "1" if the region is likely to show the object (i.e., face/car), and "0" otherwise. To search for the object in the whole image one can move the search window across the image and check every location using the classifier. The classifier is designed so that it can be easily "resized" in order to be able to find the objects of interest at different sizes, which is more efficient than resizing the image itself. So, to find an object of an unknown size in the image the scan procedure should be done several times at different scales.
The word "cascade" in the classifier name means that the resultant classifier consists of several simpler classifiers (stages) that are applied subsequently to a region of interest until at some stage the candidate is rejected or all the stages are passed. The word "boosted" means that the classifiers at every stage of the cascade are complex themselves and they are built out of basic classifiers using one of four different boosting techniques (weighted voting). Currently Discrete Adaboost, Real Adaboost, Gentle Adaboost and Logitboost are supported. The basic classifiers are decision-tree classifiers with at least 2 leaves. Haar-like features are the input to the basic classifiers, and are calculated as described below. The current algorithm uses the following Haar-like features:
The feature used in a particular classifier is specified by its shape (1a, 2b etc.), position within the region of interest and the scale (this scale is not the same as the scale used at the detection stage, though these two scales are multiplied). For example, in the case of the third line feature (2c) the response is calculated as the difference between the sum of image pixels under the rectangle covering the whole feature (including the two white stripes and the black stripe in the middle) and the sum of the image pixels under the black stripe multiplied by 3 in order to compensate for the differences in the size of areas. The sums of pixel values over a rectangular regions are calculated rapidly using integral images (see below and the integral() description).
To see the object detector at work, have a look at the facedetect demo: https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/tree/master/samples/cpp/dbt_face_detection.cpp
The following reference is for the detection part only. There is a separate application called opencv_traincascade that can train a cascade of boosted classifiers from a set of samples.
In the new C++ interface it is also possible to use LBP (local binary pattern) features in addition to Haar-like features.
|Paul Viola and Michael J. Jones. Rapid Object Detection using a Boosted Cascade of Simple Features. IEEE CVPR, 2001. The paper is available online at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/viola/Pubs/Detect/violaJones_CVPR2001.pdf
|Rainer Lienhart and Jochen Maydt. An Extended Set of Haar-like Features for Rapid Object Detection. IEEE ICIP 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 900-903, Sep. 2002. This paper, as well as the extended technical report, can be retrieved at http://www.multimedia-computing.de/mediawiki//images/5/52/MRL-TR-May02-revised-Dec02.pdf
Loads a classifier from a file.
|filename – Name of the file from which the classifier is loaded.
Checks whether the classifier has been loaded.
Loads a classifier from a file.
|filename – Name of the file from which the classifier is loaded. The file may contain an old HAAR classifier trained by the haartraining application or a new cascade classifier trained by the traincascade application.
Reads a classifier from a FileStorage node.
The file may contain a new cascade classifier (trained traincascade application) only.
Detects objects of different sizes in the input image. The detected objects are returned as a list of rectangles.
The function is parallelized with the TBB library.
Groups the object candidate rectangles.
The function is a wrapper for the generic function partition() . It clusters all the input rectangles using the rectangle equivalence criteria that combines rectangles with similar sizes and similar locations. The similarity is defined by eps. When eps=0 , no clustering is done at all. If , all the rectangles are put in one cluster. Then, the small clusters containing less than or equal to groupThreshold rectangles are rejected. In each other cluster, the average rectangle is computed and put into the output rectangle list.


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