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Structural Transformation in Employment and Productivity : What Can Africa Hope For?
Chapter 1. Output, Demographic, and Employment Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
- Louise Fox, Alun Thomas, and Cleary Haines
- Published Date:
- April 2017
Structural transformation has become a widely used macroeconomic measure of the quality of the economic development process.1 It is widely accepted that in order for it to happen, two processes have to be going on simultaneously: (1) a shift of GDP out of agriculture into modern industrial and service enterprises, and (2) following output, a shift in employment out of agriculture into the new nonagricultural enterprises, which necessarily involves migration and urbanization (economic densification). A demographic transition, resulting in a lower number of dependents and slower growth of the labor force, usually accompanies the output and employment transitions and facilities the shift of the labor force as the growing modern sector can absorb a larger share of new entrants to the labor force when there are not so many entering.
Since the mid-1990s, sub-Saharan Africa has had its longest continuous expansion in over 50 years. Economic growth averaged about 4 percent per annum among upper-middle-income countries and about 6 percent per annum among low-income sub-Saharan African countries. These growth rates surpass those of middle- and low-income Asia over this period (Figure 1). Moreover, during the recent financial crisis, the growth rate among low-income countries (LICs) in sub-Saharan Africa was broadly unaffected, in contrast to the sharp downturn among LICs in Asia.
Figure 1.Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: Real GDP Growth
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook Spring 2013.
However, even though the growth rate among sub-Saharan African economies has been very strong, the output structure of the economies has changed only moderately (Figure 2). Separating countries according to the level of per capita GDP in 2012, with threshold levels at $1,025 and below for LICs and $1,026–$4,035 for low-middle-income countries (LMICs), shows that in both types of countries, agriculture is falling as a share of GDP by about 8 percentage points combined with a corresponding rise in the share of services. At the same time the aggregate industry share remained fairly fat and manufacturing represents only about 7 percent of output in low-income sub-Saharan African countries.
Figure 2.Selected Regions: Development of Sectoral Output Shares
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
The economic structure has changed more swiftly among LICs in east Asia.2 The agricultural share in these countries was higher at the beginning of the period than the share in sub-Saharan Africa, and fell by 15 percentage points of GDP. Moreover, in contrast to the experience in sub-Saharan Africa, the industrial sector made a large contribution to the output transformation. The manufacturing output share has risen by 4 percentage points in low-income east Asian countries and in the LMICs there, the manufacturing share continued to increase over the period. More important, in east Asian LMICs, by 2010, industry (including manufacturing) accounted for about one-third more output than in sub-Saharan Africa. The evolution of output shares in south Asia was closer to that of sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the LMICs (where India dominates).
The low manufacturing output share is mirrored by the low share of manufacturing exports in total exports in sub-Saharan Africa. This assessment is based on two-digit industry export data from Comtrade.3 The share of manufacturing goods in the export basket of low- and low-middle-income sub-Saharan African countries is very low, at between 10 percent and 20 percent on average over the past two decades. For east and south Asian countries, manufacturing export shares have historically been much higher, although they did take a sharp hit in the LICs of south Asia during the global financial crisis. Thus, the industrial sector among LICs and LMICs in sub-Saharan Africa is less competitive than in Asia, and, for LICs, more dominated by nontradables such as construction (see shaded yellow area in Figure 2.1, left panel).
Sub-Saharan Africa's demographic trends are also different; fertility is higher and the demographic transition is happening much more slowly. Between 2000 and 2010 the labor force grew at a rate of only 1.2 percent per annum in east Asia and 1.7 percent per annum in south Asia, but 2.6 percent per annum in sub-Saharan Africa. The median age in sub-Saharan Africa is 18—seven years younger than the median age in south Asia, which is the next youngest region (Figure 3). These population trends suggest that the number of youth entering Africa's working-age population will be rising for years to come. Between 2005 and 2020 the working-age population is projected to increase by over 200 million people, continuing the trend of the past decade. This trend is not expected to decline soon because a rapid, systematic reduction in fertility rates has yet to occur in sub-Saharan Africa. In the 1970s the fertility rate in Asia and Latin America was identical to the rate in Africa today, but Africa's fertility rate is falling much more slowly than in those regions at that time (Filmer and Fox 2014).
Figure 3.Sub-Saharan Africa: Population by Age Group, 2005–20
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision.
Employment Transformation
How does the sub-Saharan African employment pattern compare with other regions? The previous section contrasted the output transformation in sub-Saharan Africa with the one happening in east and south Asia, and found large differences, especially with east Asia. The employment transformation shows similar gaps, especially in the lower-middle-income countries. The employment structure was estimated for the following categories (a mix of sector and employment type):
- Agricultural employment – predominantly farmers working on small holdings and consuming a significant share of their production, but including more commercialized farmers as well. Wage work in agriculture as a primary activity is included in this category as well as fishing and primary forestry (collecting wood and other forest products).
- Household enterprise (HE) employment – unincorporated, nonfarm businesses owned by households. This category includes self-employed people running unincorporated businesses (which may or may not employ family or other workers) and family members working in those businesses.
- Wage employment (industry or services) – includes all labor force participants who report working outside the agricultural sector and receiving a payment for their work from an unrelated individual. It includes the public and private sectors. This category is divided into the industry and service sectors as the relationship between output growth and employment is expected to differ. The former is more likely to be tradable, while the latter is more likely to be the public sector.
- Unemployed – labor force participants not in employment according to this paper's broad definition.
These categories were chosen because the first two categories correspond to the Lewis-type "traditional employment" while wage employment is mostly, but not entirely, "modern" sector employment—the type of employment that should expand during a structural transition.
For the employment analysis, countries were divided up even further than in the output analysis presented in Figure 2. For comparison purposes, the upper-middle-income countries were included, and the resource-rich countries split out. The reason for the latter category is that resource-rich countries have a significantly different output–employment relationship than the non-resource-rich countries. The resource-rich countries are those whose ratio of resource exports to total exports was above 80 percent between 2008 and 2012, except for Botswana, which is categorized as an upper-middle-income country because of its high unemployment level.
The majority of Africans in low- and low-middle-income countries still worked in agriculture (either on their own family farm or as wage labor on other farms, or both) according to the regional estimated employment distribution in 2010 (Figure 4).4 For the LICs, this is not too surprising as the share of agriculture in GDP is still substantial. It is well known that the transformation in employment by sector always lags the transformation in output (more capital per worker is needed to employ people in more productive jobs).5 The high share of employment in agriculture in the LMICs is more surprising given the decline in the output share. Only in upper-middle-income countries has employment in agriculture almost disappeared.
Figure 4.Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimated Distribution of Employment by Country Type and Sector, 2010
Sources: Country household surveys; IMF, African Department database; and authors' calculations.
The next largest category of employment is household enterprises, which are unincorporated, nonfarm businesses owned by households. They include self-employed people running businesses that may employ family members without pay but also self-employed people who run a business that employs a small number of nonfamily workers on a casual basis. The vast majority (70 percent) of nonfarm enterprises today are pure self-employment—just the owner operating the HE. About 20 percent of these enterprises include a family member in the operation, and only 10 percent have hired someone outside of the family.6 Taken together, the analysis shows that 80 percent of the labor force in 2010 was in household farms and firms—a segment commonly termed "the informal sector."
To the extent that the employment transition consists of moving labor to the nonfarm wage employment segment, by 2010 most sub-Saharan African countries had not made much progress.7 Mirroring the output transformation, of the roughly 15 percent of the labor force in the wage sector in 2010, most were found in the services sector. Two types of wage employment — "formal" wage employment (where the employee has a contract and may be entitled to social protection), and "informal" or casual wage employment—are grouped together because most of the data sets do not allow a consistent disaggregation of wage employment into these categories. However, using a subset of countries, it was estimated that in the LICs and LMICs, about half of all nonfarm wage employment was in formal jobs.
Comparing sub-Saharan Africa to other regions using only sector of activity, shows that at similar levels of income, Asian countries have more employment in industry and less employment in agriculture (Figure 5). For this comparison, data from the Groningen sector database were used (de Vries,
Figure 5.Sectoral Shares of Employment Low- and Low-middle-Income Countries, 1990 and 2010
Sources: Groningen Growth and Development Center (GGDC) 10-Sector database; de Vries, Timmer, and de Vries (2015); and World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Timmer, and de Vries 2015); this contains a smaller set of sub-Saharan African countries than is shown in Figure 4, but a robust set of Asian countries. The agricultural sector charts reveal a reduction in the share of the labor force in agriculture in Asian economies as they advanced, but not a strong relationship in sub-Saharan Africa. Workers leaving the agricultural sector end up in both industry and services, but the share of employment in industry is much greater in Asia than in sub-Saharan Africa for a given level of GDP per capita. This picture also mirrors the output changes shown in Figure 2.
To compare regional performance on the basis of the distribution in Figure 4 (sector and employment type), the comparison sample was restricted to the few benchmark Asian countries (see Appendix Tables 2 and 4 for a GDP per capita comparison and final country list). Unfortunately, lack of employment data for the south Asian countries restricts the employment comparison to the east Asian economies plus Bangladesh.
An assessment of employment ratios across countries using the sector and employment type categories reveals that the differences between low-income sub-Saharan African and Asian countries are not stark. The share of the labor force in agriculture is not unusually high in sub-Saharan Africa, since Cambodia and Lao P.D.R. (countries with 2012 GDP per capita values ranging from $1,000 to $1,400) still have 50 percent or more of their labor force in agriculture (Table 1). Sub-Saharan African low-income countries are substantially poorer than this, on average, so the share of employment in agriculture is expected to be higher. The share of employment in HEs is actually smaller in sub-Saharan Africa than in the comparator countries, again reflecting lower income in sub-Saharan Africa. But in the LMICs, the differences become more obvious. The ratio of the employment share to the GDP share for agriculture in LICs in sub-Saharan Africa was 2.3 in 2010, while it was 2.4 in Bangladesh. But for sub-Saharan African LMICs, the same ratio was 3.4, much higher than in the comparator countries. Agricultural productivity is higher in the Asian countries as well, which has helped to reduce rural poverty to well below sub-Saharan African levels (Regional Economic Outlook Fall 2012). Labor is also more concentrated in the HE sector in LMICs in sub-Saharan Africa.
|Income level
|Sub-Saharan Africa
|Lao P.D.R.
|Sub-Saharan Africa
The low share of the labor force working in private industry is what makes the employment structure so different in low- and low-middle-income countries of Africa compared with the rapidly growing countries of Asia (Table 1). All the comparator countries have a larger share of employment in industrial wage jobs, because they have a high number of manufacturing jobs. Clearly the importance of agricultural commodity and mineral rents (as opposed to industrialization) in raising the per capita incomes of sub-Saharan African low-middle-income countries contributes to this discrepancy. Resource-rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa have not created much private wage employment at all. Unlike the low- and low-middle-income non-mineral exporters, the majority of the wage employment in resource-rich countries is in the public sector and high resource rents can create an economic structure unfriendly to private sector labor-intensive industry (Filmer and Fox 2014).
The lack of jobs in export-oriented manufacturing is not the only factor setting Africa apart. As discussed, a sluggish demographic transition means that the labor force is growing much faster in Africa than in Asia or Latin America. This lack of demographic transition complicates the employment transformation, because even with non-agricultural, modern private sector enterprise growth as rapid and labor intensive as occurred in the past 20 years in east Asia, a similar employment transition could not occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The enterprises would not be able to absorb the same share of the labor force because the labor force would be too big. For example, because Vietnam's labor force grew at only two-thirds of the pace of Senegal's over the past decade (2.1 versus 3.1 percent per annum), every dollar invested in creating labor-intensive manufacturing jobs will have a stronger effect on the structure of employment (measured as a share of the labor force) in Vietnam than in Senegal. In other words, Senegal needs 50 percent more investment in manufacturing than Vietnam needed just to bring its share of employment in industry to the level of Vietnam. In addition, the higher dependency level can be expected to result in lower private savings, reducing capital available for investment in the modern sector.
In sum, by the end of the past decade, the output transformation appeared to be underway, but moving toward services, not toward industry. The employment structure, however, reveals that looking at the output transformation only by sector in sub-Saharan Africa is deceptive. A large share of the growth in nonfarm employment was in household enterprises, not in the modern industrial and service enterprises that are expected during structural transformation. And the majority of Africa's labor force still worked in its least productive sector—agriculture—which had yet to experience the substantial productivity growth seen in rapidly growing economies outside Africa. Meanwhile, the demographic transformation was also lagging the output transformation, which made it difficult to transform the employment structure quickly.
The countries included as part of sub-Saharan Africa are shown in Appendix Table 1.
Countries from this region are chosen because they experienced successful transformations with large increases in industry output and employment while they were still low-income countries. The only low-income country in Latin America is Haiti, but it has not experienced much structural transformation owing to political turmoil and the ongoing effects of natural disasters.
Obviously it is not the only measure used; other dimensions include the quality of institutions and the adequacy of levels of living and opportunity. But see the discussion in African Center for Economic Transformation 2014 as well as the fall 2012 Regional Economic Outlook for why the concept remains relevant.
See Appendix Table 2 for the list of Asian countries.
Data are available at comtrade.un.org/db.
For technical details on how the employment profile was created, see Fox and others 2013.
One well-known demonstration of this point is found in Timmer 1988.
See Fox and Sohnesen 2012 for an analysis of this sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Note that any paid nonfamily employee will be included in the category of wage employment.
Non-farm wage employment includes all labor force participants who report working outside the agricultural sector and receiving a payment for their work from an unrelated individual. It includes the public and private sectors.


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- Tie cilantro sprigs together with kitchen string.
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- Add onion, garlic, ginger and pepper to the pan. Cook, stirring, until the onion is soft, 3 to 6 minutes. Mix in tomatoes, broth, cumin, the okra, cilantro sprigs and half the bell pepper. Reduce heat to medium; partially cover. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the okra is soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in chickpeas and salt; cook for 4 minutes. Remove from the heat; discard the cilantro sprigs. Stir in harissa (or hot sauce). Serve sprinkled with the remaining bell pepper and cilantro leaves, if desired.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Following Thursday's emphatic doubleheader sweep, the Orioles opened a six-game road trip with one of their more uplifting wins, in Friday's dominant outing from new O's starter Ubaldo Jimenez. But since their brief return to the top of the American League East, it's been all downhill.
Baltimore turned in a pair of listless starts and watched a lethargic offense -- kept alive only by Nelson Cruz -- struggle against the AL's second-lowest-ranked pitching staff again Sunday in a disappointing 5-2 loss in the rubber match vs. the Twins. The defeat saw manager Buck Showalter use five pitchers after right-hander Miguel Gonzalez, as the team's bullpen continues to pick up innings at an alarming clip.
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Gonzalez, who is averaging slightly more than five innings a game through six starts, gave up three earned runs and exited after loading the bases with two outs in the fifth. At 60 pitches through four innings, Gonzalez walked four in his final frame, including a bases-loaded pass to Kurt Suzuki that ended his afternoon in favor of lefty Troy Patton.
"I don't even know what happened," Gonzalez said of his rough fifth inning. "I thought I was throwing the ball well and they were just being patient. The first four innings, they were being aggressive and it's crazy to be in that situation, throwing a lot of balls and walking guys. That's not me."
It marked the second time this season that Gonzalez has failed to get out of the fifth inning and the righty, who also allowed six hits, was actually let off the hook by a Twins lineup that went 1-for-8 off him with runners in scoring position. Over their past five games, the Orioles have had just one starter, Jimenez, go more than 5 1/3 innings as the team continues to tax its 'pen in the early part of the season.
"It's been a challenge for us, because I've been trying to protect our bullpen pieces, but we continue to get some short starts," Showalter said. "I'm not going to put those guys in harm's way. I know Zach [Britton] probably could have finished, but I'm trying to save the bullets. Fortunately we have a day off, but we're going to go through a period here after the off-day where those types of things are going to catch up with you. You just can't have it."
The lineup didn't do much the past two days to take any pressure off the pitching. An O's offense that scored one run in a 17-inning stretch finally broke through on Twins starter Phil Hughes in the sixth. Or, more aptly put, Cruz did. The Orioles slugger, responsible for their last pair of runs with Friday's sixth-inning homer, went deep again to cut the deficit to two.
Cruz sent Hughes' 1-0 cutter off the third deck, traveling an estimated 416 feet, to extend his team lead in homers to nine. The long ball also drove in Manny Machado, who singled, and gives Cruz an impressive 29 RBIs as he continues to lift an Orioles lineup missing Chris Davis.
But that was all the Orioles would get as they stranded the bases loaded in the seventh and put a pair on in the ninth with nothing to show for it.
"I certainly feel like I'm throwing the ball better than I was at the beginning of the year," said Hughes, who has posted three consecutive quality starts. "I can still be better, but I'd like to keep it going."
The O's finally chased Hughes from the game in favor of reliever Anthony Swarzak after a pair of one-out seventh-inning singles from J.J. Hardy and Delmon Young. Rookie Jonathan Schoop worked a two-out walk to bring on Caleb Thielbar against Nick Markakis, who had extended his hitting streak to 12 with a first-inning single. Markakis hit a sharp comebacker to the mound, but Thielbar got a glove on it and was able to make the play to keep the Orioles from scoring.
The Twins extended their lead back to three with a pair of runs off O's reliever Ryan Webb in the seventh inning, and Showalter lost his challenge in the process.
After a one-out double, Webb intentionally walked Jason Kubel and Suzuki made him pay, doubling past the glove of a running Cruz in left field. Chris Colabello crossed the plate and Hardy fired home in an attempt to get Kubel, who was ruled to have slid in before Matt Wieters applied the tag. Showalter came out to argue the play and, after a 58-second review, the call was confirmed.
"It can go both ways," Markakis said. "When we are hitting the ball and scoring runs and not pitching well, it looks bad. And when we are not scoring runs, it looks bad. That's part of being a team and getting on the same page and doing things the right way.
"Teams are going to go through their struggles. Everybody is going to do it. I wouldn't say we are struggling right now, we just didn't have a series like we wanted to. And we just got to put it past us."


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Victoria's Secret apologises for using headdresses in show
FUNNILY enough, the Victoria's Secret show, which sees some of the world's most beautiful women saunter down a runway in sparkly underwear, received plenty of attention last week.
But it wasn't always for the right reasons.
The Native American community was outraged to see model Karlie Kloss sport a leopard-print bikini, turquoise jewellery, and a floor-length headdress.
Headdresses are traditionally worn by Native American war chiefs and warriors as a symbol of respect, the feathers earned through acts of compassion or bravery.
"We have gone through the atrocities to survive and ensure our way of life continues," Navajo Nation spokeswoman Erny Zah told an interviewer.
"Any mockery, whether it's Halloween, Victoria's Secret - they are spitting on us.
"They are spitting on our culture, and it's upsetting."
Victoria's Secret promptly apologised, promising to remove Kloss's controversial outfit from future broadcasts and any promotional material, saying it "had no intention to offend anyone".
The lingerie company can't have been paying much attention.
The on-going trend of Native American culture being appropriated by fashion has seen a number of ranges pulled from stores.
When will they learn?
In October, Gap withdrew a line of T-shirts with the slogan "Manifest Destiny", a reference to the 19th-century belief held by Americans that they should expand across the continent, which resulted in the occupation and annexation of Native American land.
Last year, Urban Outfitters came under fire for using "Navajo" to describe and market a collection of products, knocking off the aesthetic (not to mention trademark) of an actual Native American tribe.
The tribe filed a lawsuit in February.
And it's not just fashion that's at it.
Last week, No Doubt pulled their video for "Looking Hot", which featured Gwen Stefani looking like she had dressed up in one of those Halloween "sexy Native American" outfits.
In it she sings, "Do you think I'm looking hot? Do you think this hits the spot?"
No, Gwen. Just no.


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Happy New Everything!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
I realized in that moment...change was awesome! Change is needed. Change is necessary. So now...I've never been as excited for a new year as I am right now. I am charged and ready to take the bull by the horns. So what, everything is changing? I got this! This is how it should be. What an opportunity to have everything change at the same time! Sure, there's more responsibility and a ton more work to be done, but I know I'm capable. Is it scary sometimes? Heck yes! Do I ever want to go hide somewhere? Sure! Will I? Never!
I'm writing this blog just in case you might be dealing with the same kind of change. I just wanted to let you know you can do this! It's okay to be scared sometimes, but don't let it paralyze you. Keep moving towards the change you want to see. Make it work for you. I believe in you.
A couple things that are helping me along the way
My new favorite Bible verse: Hebrews 13:5b (Amplified version)
And a quote that came to me the other day while I was being quiet:
Don't mistake my meekness for weakness. I AM STRONG. Or my tears for wavering. I AM UNMOVABLE. Or my quietness for fear. I AM FEARLESS.
So...here's what I want you to do. Keep me posted right here on how your new year is going and how you're embracing change! I can't wait to hear your awesome stories! Love you guys so much and I couldn't be more grateful to have you in my life!
Happy New Year! Happy New You! Happy New Everything!


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Marcas Grant | Tags: Three and out, David Wilson, DuJuan Harris, Eddie Lacy, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, James Starks, New York Giants, Rashad Jennings, Trent Richardson
Colts expect much from Richardson: The disappointment that was Trent Richardson's 2013 season has been well-documented. But the Indianapolis Colts expect the young running back to be much better in 2014. According to reports, the Colts believe Richardson can be a three-down back this season. Considering what Indy gave up to acquire T-Rich, it's no surprise that he'll be given plenty of opportunity to succeed this season. Hopefully a full offseason of getting comfortable with the playbook prevents a re-do of last season. Richardson won't go very high in a lot of drafts, but there is deep sleeper potential with a talented running back still trying to put things together.
Lacy to see lighter load: Eddie Lacy had a big rookie season. The Packers' rusher finished fifth in the NFL with 284 carries and made an immediate impact in just about every way imaginable. Some of that was due to injuries to key players like Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb. But while Lacy will remain a workhorse back in 2014, Green Bay reportedly wants to take steps to reduce his workload by incorporating James Starks and DuJuan Harris into the mix. Never fear, Lacy will still be among the top 6-8 fantasy running backs in 2014 and will still come off the board in the first round.
Jennings as a 'bell cow' back: If you had any questions about what the New York Giants were going to do with their backfield, wonder no more. According to general manager Jerry Reese, the team envisions Rashad Jennings as a "bell cow-type of back" who can contribute to the offense in multiple ways. Reese went on to mention that he believes David Wilson can still be a factor for Big Blue, but reiterated that the team is going to be very cautious with the RB's health. The news still keeps Jennings in the range of a mid-tier RB2, but he could move up a notch or two.
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HOUSTON (KTRK/CNN) - At Houston's METRO Rail crossings, where trains, cars and pedestrians all intersect, traffic signals are key.
"Nothing is more important than paying attention because we're talking about life," said Vera Bumpers chief of METRO police.
One wrong move and it could cost you. Just ask the driver of the Toyota that got smashed by a train last month.
"She was hit because she was trying to run the red light," Bumpers said.
It was the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 21. The train hammered the passenger's side, dragging the car and then pushing it into a pole.
Newly released video shows the impact from several angles. The result: the car was practically cut in two.
Somehow, the driver escaped with non-life-threatening injuries, first responders said.
"We're thankful for that," stressed Bumpers, who hopes this serves as a teaching moment. "You should be aware of your surroundings and make sure you're focused and paying attention."
Look at the lights and signals, but also listen for the train's horn, Bumpers said.
METRO is stepping up traffic enforcement efforts around the train, especially near the medical center.
The woman in the Toyota was fortunate. The next crash could be worse.
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Our Business Office staff helps you understand the bills and insurance coverage you are entitled to. You could receive several bills for your hospital visit. The hospital services bill is for your use of the hospital's facilities, such as operating room, emergency department, hospital room, equipment, x-ray and imaging, laboratory services, medications, service of technicians, etc.
You may also receive bills for the services of healthcare providers who are independent of the hospital, such as physicians (radiologists, your personal physician, surgeons, pathologists, and anesthesiologists) and ambulance companies.
If You Are Covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or Other Health Insurance:
At check-in, the employee assisting you will make a copy of your insurance identification card. With this information Montrose Memorial Hospital can submit your hospital bills to your insurance company for you. If you are covered by more than one health insurance policy, such as Medicare and supplemental policy, please present all of your current cards. If your healthcare coverage requires you to pay a co-payment to the hospital for hospital care, you will be asked to pay that amount before you leave the hospital.
If You Don't Have Your Insurance Card When You Come to the Hospital:
Within three business days, please:
Call us at 970-249-0817, or bring your card to the Business Office located on the hospital's lower level, or Mail a copy of the card's front and back to:
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We cannot bill your insurance company without the information on your ID card.
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App: Quip
Maker: Quip
Platforms: Android, iOS
Cost: $12
This year's winner for productivity is Quip, a word processor that's a lot like the one in Google Docs but without getting glitchy when there's no Internet connection. Quip started out as a browser app, and now runs natively on Android and iOS, taking on the native interface of its host. It's a collaborative environment that merges documents and messages together into a single update thread that's easy to understand and navigate. Anyone can see and edit shared documents in realtime regardless of device or platform. If a connection is lost, changes made on that device are synchronized as soon as the connection is restored, and there's no interruption in program functionality. Documents can contain spreadsheets, graphs, checklists and other objects, as well as live links to other documents. All objects and linked documents are editable by all collaborators at the same time. Quip employs a simple, elegant design that its makers say "helps you focus on writing, not ribbons."


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Walt Disney World Resorts Character Meet-and-Greets
Did you know you and your children can meet many Disney characters face-to-face at Walt Disney World? Of course you do. Do you know where they are? Maybe not.
One of the more surprising things about my recent trip to the Walt Disney World resorts in February was the number of character meet-and-greets in all 4 parks. My family and I have been 4 times since 2006, one trip to Disneyland, and when I lived in Southern California, we went to Disneyland at least once a month. I can honestly say I never saw the number of characters interacting with park goers be as many as in 2011.
I can speculate as to why, but firmly believe that John Lasseter's overseeing of the Disney Parks has a lot to do with it. When I first took my daughter to Walt Disney World in 2006, the only characters we saw were either at the EPCOT Character meet, during early Magic Hours at the Magic Kingdom, or at the Character meals. During all my trips to Disneyland, I can only remember one Character interaction: Captain Hook and Smee on Thanksgiving morning when the park was EMPTY.
Flash forward to 2011. In addition to the regular cast of characters at Hollywood Studios, which are very approachable by the way, we got to see Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. and Minnie Mouse in a nurses uniform filming something in front of the Brown Derby. Plus, Handy Manny at the Animation Courtyard. At EPCOT two hours after opening, we ran into both Stitch and Daisy Duck, with very short lines, at the front of the park. The EPCOT Meet-and-Greet indoor area was full with all the top-tier names.
Magic Kingdom saw Pluto, Chip and Dale, Fairy Godmother, the Evil Stepmother and Step sisters, Mary Poppins at the Carousal IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. Tigger and Pooh. Peter Pan, alone, and with no line. Woody and Jessie together, Capt. Jack, Jasmine, Frontier Donald, Buzz Lightyear and Future Chip and Dale. But the most surprising of all was Mickey and Minnie at Splash Mountain AND Space Mountain for over 4 hours! Both days we were in the park. This is in addition to the Celebration parade with a revolving cast, including the Mad Hatter, Baloo, Mr. Incredible, Mickey, Goofy and Mike Wazowski, plus the Castle show. And the talking trash can in Tomorrowland.
At Animal Kingdom, Goofy was outside at the gates, then inside Dinoland with Pluto. Flik, who I've never seen before, in between Africa and Asia, Lilo and Stitch near the Lion King and all the spots at Camp Minnie Mickey were full. We saw both Brother Bear, from, um, 'Brother Bear' and Terk from Tarzan.
So all in all, a great experience. My guess is that cast members are swapping out turns so the characters are in the parks longer. There was a noticeable size difference in Stitch at Animal Kingdom from when he went in for his pineapple juice to his return.
As far as I know, all the characters will give autographs. And of course Disney just happens to sell autograph books with your favorite characters on them. But, I saw two things that I highly recommend. First, a pillowcase and a permanent marker. We got one of these for our daughter's 7th birthday slumber party. All the kids signed it. It's STILL on her bed, long after the gifts have been forgotten. Second, a large, blank Vinylmation. I saw this in someone's window at POP Century with about 10 autographs, I almost knocked on the door to congratulate them on such a fabulous idea. This year, my little girl used her 'Up' Adventure Book (just like Ellie!) and some of the characters drew little doodles. Squee!
Now, how to find them. For the most part, they were out in the open, if a little tucked off to one side. Mickey and Minnie were well off the beaten path, next to the rest rooms at Splash Mountain and in between the rest rooms and Space Mountain in Tomorrowland. Fairy Godmother was behind Cinderella's fountain in Fantasyland, where as Peter Pan was next to Philharmagic.
Just announced today, Disney will offer FastPasses to meet Mickey in the Magic Kingdom this spring in side the referbed Exposition Hall area just inside the park.
There are some also some phone apps to help you find them, but I think you'll do better taking your time in the parks, talking to cast members (they really are nice) walking those paths you've never been on before. As I like to say, to get the most from a Disney resort, you've got to get Just Off Main Street 🙂


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It's been a good year for headphones, with a huge range of innovations and interesting technologies released to the market. We've picked our favourite five pairs of the year.
Winner: Sennheiser HD 800 headphones
As a pair of headphones, the Sennheiser HD 800 outclasses everything else we've tested this year by a significant margin. The perfect combination of incredibly detailed sound quality and reasonably good long-term listening comfort makes them the perfect headphones for marathon sessions with your $20,000 home audio setup.
What's Hot: Incredible sound quality, comfortable
The Final Word: Despite the price we were very impressed with the Sennheiser HD 800 headphones. They consistently handled every bass and treble note we threw at them, and the build quality is exceptional.
Runner Up: Sennheiser MM 450 Travel headset
Whether these are headphones or not is up for question. Technically we suppose the MM 450 Travel is a headset aimed at mobile phone users — indeed, we performed the majority of our testing via Bluetooth with an Apple iPhone 3GS. The Sennheiser MM 450 bundles Bluetooth wireless connectivity and seriously good active noise cancelling into a folding, portable set of on-ear headphones that are exceptionally well built. It's a pity they suck up battery power like nothing else, though.
What's Hot: Great noise cancelling for an on-ear model, good Bluetooth implementation, good sound quality
The Final Word: Sennheiser's premier Bluetooth travel headset has great sound quality considering its portability. Good active noise cancelling and a flawless Bluetooth implementation make it even more appealing.
Highly Commended: Sony MDR-NC500D headphones
Sony's MDR-NC500D noise-cancelling cans are exceptionally stylish. The accompanying lifestyle imagery featured a super-suave traveller on a plane wearing his Sony headphones — presumably to keep the deafening din of other first-class passengers out of his ears, with a little help from Sony's active noise-cancellation technology. We'd definitely rate the MDR-NC500D's noise-cancellation implementation as one of the year's best — oh, and the sound isn't too bad either.
Highly Commended: Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 canalphones
Logitech's mid-range Ultimate Ears canalphones came onto our radar for their impressive mixture of sound quality, passive noise cancellation and comfort (which, given that they're a traditionally invasive in-ear design, is a remarkable feat).
What's Hot: Great sound quality, minimalist design, good noise isolation
The Final Word: Logitech's Ultimate Ears 700 in-ear headphones retain the sound quality, noise isolation and design hallmarks of the Ultimate Ears brand. These in-ear monitors will suit the discerning listener and provide a high level of comfort.
Highly Commended: Creative Aurvana Air earphones
Creative's Aurvana Air earphones are great mix of style and sound quality. They may not be the most comfortable earphones we've ever worn but they do distinguish themselves with an award-winning design and a clean, detailed sound.
What's Hot: Attractive design for over-the-ear ear-buds, detailed and lively sound
The Final Word: The Creative Aurvana Air ear-buds are well designed and brilliantly constructed. Their detailed, rich sound is an unexpected bonus, but their high price tag places them squarely in competition with some worthy alternatives.
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"It is my personal hope and prayer," Cooke says, "that this population will learn how to know the Lord personally."
AURORA, Colo. (PRWEB) April 10, 2014
In her debut book, "God's Prosperity" (published by Trafford Publishing), author Michaela Cooke offers a radical new theory for the slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis: a lack of faith.
"Because our economy is not getting any better, God wants all people who will actually hear and respect Him, to prosper," she says. "This book was written for their sakes."
An excerpt from "God's Prosperity":
"Jesus' Words in Matthew 13:15, 'For this peoples heart is waxed grass, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have closed; lest at any time they should see with their (spiritual) eyes, and hear with their (spiritual) ears, and should understand with their (spiritual) heart, and should be converted (in their hearts) and I should heal them.'"
Through a plethora of Scripture passages and a host of life lessons, "God's Prosperity" teaches the way Cooke believes God wants readers to live. Lessons include the importance of meditation, prayer, forgiveness, and tithing and presenting offerings to the church or the poor. The book discusses sinning by words and deeds, doing the law and being just.
Cooke presents lessons and provides scenarios showing how Jesus would live and what he would do when faced with the realities of today's challenges. "God's Prosperity" leads Christians through the Bible to help them understand what it takes to prosper and remain successful.
"It is my personal hope and prayer," Cooke says, "that this population will learn how to know the Lord personally."
"God's Prosperity"
By Michaela Cooke
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 296 pages | ISBN 9781426995705
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 296 pages | ISBN 9781426995712
E-Book | ISBN 9781426995699
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Michaela Cooke is a housewife who homeschooled three children. She wrote "God's Prosperity," her debut book, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. She lives in Colorado.
Trafford Publishing, an Author Solutions, Inc. author services imprint, was the first publisher in the world to offer an "on-demand publishing service," and has led the independent publishing revolution since its establishment in 1995. Trafford was also one of the earliest publishers to utilize the Internet for selling books. More than 10,000 authors from over 120 countries have utilized Trafford's experience for self publishing their books. For more information about Trafford Publishing, or to publish your book today, call 1-888-232-4444 or visit trafford.com.


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Parchment baked is my newly discovered favorite way of cooking. Parchment paper prevents food from sticking to the pan and makes cleaning a breeze. The food is cooked in its own juices and you have assurance that it won't dry out even if a bit overcooked. It is also a great idea for pot luck when everyone can bring their own "mystery" packets.
- .70 lb salmon steak or fillet
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 lemon, juice and zest
- 1/4 cup of chopped basil leaves
- Dash of salt and pepper
- Combine, chopped tomato, shallots, garlic, basil leaves and lemon juice into a small bowl.
- Season salmon with salt and pepper.
- Place salmon fillet in the center of parchment paper. Drizzle each fillet with 1 teaspoon of the oil and half of the mixed vegetables on top.
- Place packages directly on hot baking sheet in oven at 400 F and cook for 20 minutes.
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Men's Swimming Rallies To Defeat UMBC
By ODU Athletics
NORFOLK, VA (Feb. 5) - Old Dominion's men's swimming and diving team closed out the regular season in dramatic fashion, coming back from an 18 point deficit to defeat UMBC, 124-114. With the win, the Monarchs finish the 1999-2000 season at 10-2 overall.
The Retrievers jumped out to the early lead, capturing the 400 medley relay, 200 free, 50 free and 200 IM, while the Monarchs were only able to win the 1650 free, and were down 38-54 going into the men's one meter dive.
Senior diver Kevin Harrison (Bethpage, NY) won the men's diving competition for the Monarchs to move the team closer, 52-58. However, UMBC scored first-place victories in the 200 fly and 100 free to move out to its largest lead of the day, 83-65.
Monarch freshman John Wall (Hoover, AL) then won the 200 back (1:53.90) and Monarch senior Jimmy Sullivan (West Palm Beach, FL) won the 500 free (4:35.77) to give ODU its first lead of the day, 94-92, going into the final diving event.
Harrison won the three-meter dive with a NCAA Deep Zone qualifying score of 317.93 to put the Monarchs up 107-95, but the Retriever's Kevin Goh won the 200 breast to pull UMBC back to within one point going into the final event, the 400 free relay.
Old Dominion's freestyle relay team of Matt Morrisette (Virginia Beach, VA), Greg Cardillo (Providence, RI), Sullivan and John Sax (Memphis, TN) won the 400 free relay with a time of 3:08.80 to secure the come-from-behind victory over the feisty UMBC squad.
The Monarchs return to action Feb. 23-26, as they seek to obtain their second CAA crown in three years at the CAA Championships in Fairfax, VA.
Final Score UMBC 114 Old Dominion 124 Event Winners 400 Medley Relay UMBC-Rausch, Giggey, Adaddi, Kleopa (3:30.49) 1650 Free ODU-John Wall (16:04.02) 200 Free UMBC-Evan Patrick (1:41.50) 50 Free UMBC-Medhi Adaddi (21.73) 200 IM UMBC-Kevin Goh (1:55.43) One Meter Dive ODU-Kevin Harrison (277.43) 200 Butterfly UMBC-Kevin Goh (1:53.100) 100 Free UMBC-Evan Patrick (46.6) 200 Back ODU-John Wall (1:53.90) 500 Free ODU-Jimmy Sullivan (4:35.77) Three Meter Dive ODU-Kevin Harrison (317.93 NCAA Deep Zone Qualifier) 200 Breast UMBC-Kevin Goh (2:06.60) 400 Free Relay ODU-Morrisette, Cardillo, Sullivan, Sax (3:08.80)


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John-Edward Kelly's latest saxophone CD release is one that we've been waiting on for a few years! Back in 2000, Mr. Kelly recorded these three concerti with the excellent Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic. Only now have they been released on the Neos label.
Most saxophonists are very familiar with the famous Concerto by Alexander Glazunov. It is easily one of the most often studied and performed works in the repertory. There has been a resurgence of interest in the work from an historical viewpoint, so much so that there will be a presentation at the World Saxophone Congress meeting in July on this topic. While this type of examination of the repertoire of a particular instrument is commonplace among other instrumentalists, it is not alway so with the saxophone. I believe the primary reason is that our body of music is relatively young, as is our instrument, and, therefore, has not attracted the scholarly examination into the origins or performances of the music. However, the new edition of the Glazunov Concerto from Baerenreiter, the new edition of the Debussy Rhapsodie from Henle, along with publications from Ethos, are presenting just this type of critical study of our music.
We can catch a glimpse into history through this recording from John Kelly. Mr. Kelly studied the Glazunov from the manuscript score with Sigurd Rascher. His rendition here makes good use of that preparation. Wrong notes in the printed version are corrected as well one tempo indication. The score was restored to the manuscript version and was used for this recording. If one is familiar with Rascher's quite different aesthetic regarding this concerto, you can hear the Rascher influence throughout. As presented here, the concerto is not a "show piece" or technical tour-de-force. It is a stately, Romantic presentation of the saxophone as Glazunov heard it back in 1933. We will remain indebted to Alexander Glazunov for providing us the only true Romatic-era concerto for the saxophone. It is with this realization, and from this perspective, that the concerto should be studied and performed. Mr. Kelly does an admirable job in all regards, even providing an excellent, self-composed cadenza in lieu of the published version. Printed articulations and phrasings are not taken as definitive, but this, again, reflects the era of composition. If you need to be convinced of this, just look at how many editions there are of the great violin concerti prepared by different performers throughout the years.
The two other compositions on the recording are music of today. Nicola LeFanu gave the saxophone quartet a wonderful work back in 1985 entitled Moon over the Western Ridge, Mootwingee. Ms. LeFanu offers a few words about her 1989 concerto: "My Concerto for Saxophone is a single movement work lasting about 20 minutes. It has a characteristic and unusual sound world, arising from its virtuosity (in the solo saxophone and strings, too) and also because it employs quarter-tones throughout. The concerto is full of energy and colour; it is essentially a lyric piece, concerned with fantasy and reflection."
As with many of the pieces composed for John Kelly, the 4+ octave range of the saxophone is used without reserve. The Concerto by Krysztof Meyer was composed in 1992-93 and consists of a lamenting, darkly-textured slow movement and a dramatic seven-sectioned, starkly-contrasted fast movement. The music is passionate, expressive, dramatic. The use of the saxophone is remarkable, utilizing the high register with an unhindered virtuosity. Mr. Kelly seems most comfortable with these types of pieces and he creates a riviting performance here.


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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A former pastor of an Indiana megachurch was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday on charges resulting from a sexual relationship he had with a teenage parishioner he was counseling.
Jack Schaap, 55, pastor for 11 years at the First Baptist Church of Hammond, had pleaded guilty to a federal charge of transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the northern district of Indiana.
The church, located in a Chicago suburb, has 40,000 members and typically has 15,000 people in church on a given Sunday. Schaap was employed by the church and the associated Hyles-Anderson College for about 30 years, according to a spokesman for the church.
The girl was 16 when the encounters began and turned 17 during the course of the activity, according to prosecutors. District Judge Rudy Lozano gave Schaap two years' more prison time than prosecutors had recommended and also ordered five years of supervised release.
Schaap had told the court before sentencing that he was stressed and burned out at the time of the offense from working 100-hour weeks, and also was suffering from prostatitis, according to the prosecutors' sentencing memorandum. More than 140 letters in his support were sent to the court.
But prosecutors noted in the memorandum that Schaap and his victim spoke on the phone or texted each other 662 times in one month, and they spent extended time together, which would suggest he managed to find breaks in his busy schedule.
"Rather than stress, exhaustion, depression or medical maladies... the findings of the government's investigation suggest that it was lust, hubris and poor judgment that prompted defendant's much-deserved fall from grace," prosecutors wrote.
Adultery is grounds for dismissal under the church's bylaws, and Schaap was fired last summer following an internal investigation.
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CLEMSON, SC – Pittsburgh scored five straight points after Clemson took a 67-62 lead in the final seconds, including a Josh Newkirk jumper off an inbounds steal as the buzzer sounded. After several minutes of review, the shot was upheld and a 12-0 Pitt run spilled into overtime as the Panthers won 83-78 and secured fifth place in the final ACC regular season standings. The Panthers finished 23-8, 11-7 in the ACC. The Tigers finished the regular season 19-11, 10-8 in conference play. Clemson finishes no worse than a tie for sixth in the ACC standings.
Lamar Patterson hit a three-pointer from the baseline with just over two seconds left, part of a game-high 30 points for the red-shirt senior. That set up an inbounds play for Clemson, who turned it over underneath the basket and the ball bounced into Newkirk's hands. Pitt shot 50 percent for the game, the second time in as many games this season against the Tiger defense. The Panthers were also flawless at the free throw line, going 20-for-25.
The Tigers shot 47 percent as a team and made 9-of-23 from three-point range, 39 percent. Clemson executed at a high level in the first half, converting 15 of 26 shots for a blistering 58 percent from the floor.
K.J. McDaniels was not far behind Patterson's pace with a team-high 24 points. He made 7-of-18 field goals and missed just once in nine free throw attempts. Jaron Blossomgame (14), Rod Hall (12) and Jordan Roper (12) added double figures for the Tigers, who finished the regular season by doubling its 2012-13 ACC win total.
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Box Score | Box Score | Quotes | Notes | Photo Gallery
Coach Kelly Tulsa Recap Interview
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Coach Kelly Post-Game Press Conference
Coach Kelly Talks with the Media about Declan Sullivan
Irish Players Talks About Declan Sullivan
Irish Players Talk About The Loss To Tulsa
Game Highlights
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) – G.J. Kinne raced to the end zone, grabbed a baton and began conducting the Tulsa band. The celebration was on at Notre Dame Stadium after the Golden Hurricane pulled off one of the biggest wins in school history.
Kinne completed two long late passes to set up a go-ahead field goal by Kevin Fitzpatrick and John Flanders' end-zone interception sealed the upset with 36 seconds left Saturday, giving Tulsa a 28-27 win.
"I've never been a part of anything like that. It was an awesome feeling," Kinne said, describing the locker room after the victory – Tulsa's first over a BCS team since 1998, a win that snapped a 19-game losing streaks in those games.
"I'll tell you what we kept doing – kept reminding ourselves to play the next play," Tulsa coach Todd Graham said. "We didn't come here for a good showing; we came here to win."
For Notre Dame, it was a bad end of an emotionally draining week.
The Irish played just three days after the death of Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old student videographer who was filming the team's practice Wednesday when the lift he was in fell over on a windy day. Both teams wore shamrock decals with the letters DS on their helmets in Sullivan's memory. After the game, Irish coach Brian Kelly said it was his call to hold practice that day and that "in terms of the tragedy that occurred, there's never been a more difficult time in my life."
Back on the field, Notre Dame's chances for a winning season have shrunk, and the Irish lost starting quarterback Dayne Crist to a severe knee injury in the first quarter, one that will likely end his season. The Irish also played without leading rusher Armando Allen, whose collegiate career may be over with a hip injury.
"Obviously, the game didn't end how we wanted. But everyone did a good job of dedicating the game to Declan, his family, being supportive with that," said Tommy Rees, who replaced Crist and threw four TD passes but also pitched three interceptions.
"Obviously, a terrible, terrible tragedy, what happened," Rees added.
Kinne hit a 31-yard pass to Ricky Johnson on a critical third-and-26 and also connected on a 32-yarder to Genesis Cole to set up Fitzpatrick's 27-yard field goal with 3:23 left, putting the Golden Hurricane up 28-27.
Notre Dame drove down the field behind Rees, who hit a 26-yard pass to Michael Floyd that carried the ball to the Tulsa 32, as the Irish (4-5) tried to get in position for a field goal.
But on a second-and-8 from the Tulsa 19, instead of trying to get in position for a field goal, Rees lofted a pass toward the corner of the end zone for Floyd and Flanders picked it off. After the Golden Hurricane (5-3) ran out the clock, their players raced to the end zone to celebrate with the band.
"I under-threw the ball a little bit. But with Mike, he can even make bad plays good. That one is completely on me," Rees said.
"I cut the receiver off and it was a jump ball between me and him. I was in the right position, and I was just able to hang on to the football. I just made an unbelievable play," Flanders said. "I had a feeling it was coming to (Floyd)."
Crist was hurt in the first quarter when he was hit out of bounds after a 29-yard run by Tanner Antle and watched the second half on crutches from the sidelines.
Tulsa used its speed and quickness to stay close in the flag-filled game, scoring on a 66-yard interception return right before the half by Shawn Jackson and a 59-yard punt return by Damaris Johnson in the third. The Golden Hurricane also overcame 12 penalties.
Kinne ran 20 times for 78 yards while completing 18 of 34 for 196 yards. Rees, a freshman, hit 33 of 54 passes for 334 yard with Floyd hauling in 11 passes for 104 yards. He was the target for the final pass that Flanders picked off.
Rees' pass late in the second quarter was tipped by Tulsa's Curnelius Arnick and teammate Jackson caught in the air and raced for a TD. After the missed two-point conversion try, Notre Dame led 20-18 at the half.
Notre Dame got its first TD on a 10-yard pass from Rees to Floyd, but David Ruffer's extra point attempt was blocked by Cory Dorris, and Arnick picked up the ball and raced 98 yards to the other end for two points.
Fitzpatrick kicked a 37-yard field goal to make it 12-6, one play after Tulsa's Charles Clay couldn't hold on to an apparent TD pass with the ball coming loose after he hit the ground.
But Notre Dame came back behind Rees – he hit his first eight passes and 9 of his first 10 – when he threw to TJ Jones, who then lateraled to Wood completing a 23-yard scoring play.
The Irish then used some trickery for their next score as Bennett Jackson raced 20 yards, hurdling a tackler, on a faked punt. Rees then drilled a 21-yard pass to Tyler Eifert before hitting Floyd from the 4 for the score and a 20-12 lead.
Tulsa went 67 yards in nine plays on its first possession of the game. Kinne hit Damaris Johnson for a 9-yard TD pass to finish the drive.


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50th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 2, 1984
#3 Auburn 9 (Final: 11-1-0, #3)
#8 Michigan 7 (Final: 9-3-0, #10)
Bonus Feature: Auburn Wins 1984 Sugar Bowl, but No National Title by Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fall, 2008
What goes through a kid's mind when playing games: Ninth-inning of the World Series, one run down and I'm at bat with two outs . . . or a 20-foot putt to win the Masters, and so on.
How Auburn and Michigan Met in the 1984 Sugar Bowl
Auburn kicker Al Del Greco had been thinking along those lines for weeks. "Since the Alabama game," Del Greco said, "one of the coaches had me going to the 40-yard line. He'd say, 'Georgia beat (No. 2-ranked) Texas (in the Cotton Bowl), (and) Miami's leading (No. 1-ranked) Nebraska in the fourth quarter (of the Orange Bowl). Now, what you gonna do?'"
"When the score was 7-6 in the fourth quarter and we got the ball, I said on the sideline, 'Well, that's just what's going to happen.'"
And it did. Del Greco had to make a kick for Auburn to beat Michigan in the Sugar Bowl and win the national championship – though the storybook finish turned into a horror story for the Tigers.
Michigan, a three-and-a-half point underdog, scored on its second possession with quarterback Steve Smith rolling in from the 4 after an interception. Then they used a combination of solid defense and timely turnovers in keeping the Tigers off-balance.
Two turnovers and the workmanlike Wolverine defense kept the Tigers at bay – and off the scoreboard – in the first half. This was only the second time all season Auburn had been held scoreless at halftime. Michigan's defensive plan was geared toward stopping Auburn on first downs and limiting the number of carries by Jackson, who had handled the ball only eight times for 67 yards in the first half. The plan was working to perfection.
Finally, after Auburn's second series of the second half, Del Greco put the Tigers on the scoreboard with a 31-yard field goal. It came after a typical Auburn offensive drive with the Tigers controlling the ball for 6:17.
Nursing a 7-3 lead early in the final quarter, Smith was caught trying to pitch at the Michigan 48.
Linebackers Jeff Jackson and Gregg Carr were coming in. Jackson hit Smith as the quarterback tried to bring his arm forward to launch the pass upfield. The ball flew weakly into the arms of Carr, who pulled the ball in at the Wolverine 41 and advanced it to the 39.
The Auburn wishbone, which would spring Jackson for 131 yards, Tommy Agee for 93 and James for 84, was now operating at a high degree of efficiency, going to the 15 where Del Greco booted his second field goal, this one of 32 yards.
On the following Auburn series, at the end of a drive that consumed 7:21 while going 61 yards in 10 plays, Del Greco got to live his imaginary game: With seconds to go, for what might be for the national championship, he booted a 19-yard field goal.
"If you hit it good," said the 5-foot-10 senior kicker from Miami after the 9-7 victory, "the angle doesn't matter. And I hit it good. I knew it was in the moment it left my foot."
Just as Al Del Greco's coach had imagined, Georgia beat Texas (20-9) and Miami upset Nebraska (31-30).
However, that only set up a major injustice to Auburn. The next day fifth-ranked Miami, which had been lobbying voters from the time the Hurricanes got its Orange Bowl invite, leaped to No. 1, in what can only be construed as a political ballot. Third-place Auburn, after playing a schedule that included nine bowl teams and won a cumulative 70-percent of its games, remained at No. 3.
Though they both had the same 11-1 record, Miami's loss to Florida, 28-3, was the worst smudge on the resumé of any team to be named national champion. Auburn's only loss was to Texas, who by any measure was a Top-5 opponent. Also, it should be noted, Auburn beat Florida 28-21.
The only poll that ended with Auburn on top was the New York Times', in which, rare at the time, a computer was fed information and came up with its ranking.
"I kind of like that computer," Dye said wryly.
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
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Att: 77,893
Mich: Smith 4-yard run (Bergeron kick)
AU: Del Greco 31-yard field goal
AU: Del Greco 32-yard field goal
AU: Del Greco 19-yard field goal
| Team Stats
| First Downs
| Passing Yards
| Total Offense
AU: Jackson 22-130; Agee 16-93
Mich.: Rogers 17-86; Garrett 5-18
AU: Campbell 2-6-1, 21 yards
Mich.: Smith 9-25-1, 125 yards
AU: James 1-15
Mich.: Markray 3-60; Bean 3-37.
Miller-Digby Award recipient: Bo Jackson, Auburn tailback


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"We've embraced the notion that weather is different. I don't know why. I'm not a scientist," he told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Friday. "If you're not impressed with what the weather has been doing over the last few years, you're not keeping your eyes open."


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Legal experts 'can't believe' US general avoided jail time in sex assault case
Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair, 51, was initially charged with forcible sodomy and other counts of sexual assault based on allegations from a female US Army captain who served under him in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sinclair, who allegedly threatened the lives of the young woman and her family, was facing a sentence that could have put him behind bars for the rest of his life.
Yet last weekend, Sinclair's lawyer announced that the former rising star in the Army would plead guilty to adultery – a crime in the US military – and mistreating his accuser. The punishment that came down on Thursday reflected that change, absolving Sinclair of any prison time and instead sentencing him to a $20,000 fine and an official reprimand.
Sinclair, who could still face a reduction in rank and a lowered pension, announced his retirement immediately after the sentence was announced.
"This system worked. I've always been proud of my Army," he said, as quoted by Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press. "All I want to do now is go north and hug my kids and wife."
After the general's 20-year sentence was reduced to a plea deal worth a maximum of 18 months in prison earlier this week, the judge announced that jail time would not be necessary. He did not explain his decision-making process and prosecutors would not speak to reporters.
The original sexual assault charges accused Sinclair of forcing the younger woman to perform oral sex multiple times over a three-year period in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jamie Barnett, the victim's attorney, previously said his client stood by her claim that she was assaulted, but was happy with the plea bargain because she would finally be able to "move on with her life."
Sinclair previously pleaded guilty to possessing pornography on his computer while serving in Afghanistan, interfering with an investigation by deleting explicit pictures from his computer, and pressuring other junior officers to send him nude images of themselves.
The verdict announced Thursday is not satisfactory, Barnett said, calling the fine a "slap on the wrist."
"A sentence doesn't take away the pain and anguish that she has endured," he said.
The prosecution's main strategy was to attack the woman's credibility, implying that she had raised the charges fully aware they would damage the general's career because of the ongoing national conversation about sexual assault in the military. They specifically pointed to an incident during the pre-trial hearings in which the victim was accused of lying about a specific text message exchange between herself and the general.
"I can't believe it," retired Lt. Col. Gary D. Solis, a former military judge and current law teacher at West Point and Georgetown University, told AP of the sentence. He added that Sinclair "is an individual who should not be a general officer. He should have gone to jail and be dismissed from the Army."
Experts agree that had Sinclair not chosen to retire, an Army disciplinary board certainly would have forced him to do so. The only question remaining is whether the board will vote to reduce Sinclair's rank – a decision that would cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement. Before retiring, he earned approximately $145,000 annually in base pay.
Previous reports have indicated that Sinclair showed little emotion during the trial, even as the victim testified about the years of abuse she endured. His only act of public remorse before Thursday came as part of the plea agreement, which required him to admit guilt in front of his accuser.
"I failed her as a leader and as a mentor and caused harm to her emotional state," he said. "I created a situation over time that caused her emotional harm." He said later that he "maltreated" the Army captain and that she seemed to him to be "emotionally invested in a way I was not."
Members of the Service Women's Action Network said this case is just another example that the decision to prosecute officers for sexual assault must be taken out of the military's hands. A Senate bill sponsored by New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand proposing just that was defeated just weeks ago.
Ruth Marcus, an opinion writer for The Washington Post, has argued that such a measure is long overdue.
"Normally, an in many cases quite accurately, the critique of the current military justice system is that it fails to take victims' complaints seriously enough," she wrote in a column this week. "Commanding officers invested with the power to decide whether to pursue prosecutions may be inclined to sweep their buddies' wrongdoing under the rug, to view victims as culpable or to weigh the non-judicial desire to avoid losing a valued fighter."