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IT SANK LIKE A STONE; 1300 feared dead as ferry goes down in Red Sea storm.
THEY were only a few hours from home.
But of the army of poor workers crammed aboard the doomed ferry Al-Salam Boccaccio 98, precious few will see their families again.
Around 1300 people died as they slept when the 12,800-ton Egyptian ship vanished from radar screens and sank like a stone into the Red Sea.
Few passengers had time to escape. Less than 200 made it into lifeboats.
But some survivors were plucked from the sea after treading water for at least TEN HOURS.
Most of those lost were Egyptians heading home from Saudi Arabia after working in low-paid jobs in the oil-rich kingdom. Some had stayed on in Saudi to work after making the pilgrimage to Mecca.
As investigations into the cause of the disaster began, experts focused on the safety standards of the ship.
It was an old-fashioned roll-on, roll-off ferry similar in design to the Herald Of Free Enterprise, which sank off Zeebrugge in 1987 with the loss of 187 lives.
Some analysts asked whether, like the Herald, the al-Salam was sunk by water flooding its car deck.
Others pointed to alterations to the 36-year-old ship which may have affected its stability. Four extra decks were added to its superstructure to enable it to take more passengers.
Shipping expert David Osler, of Lloyds List, said yesterday: "There is a big question mark over the stability of this kind of ship.
"It would only take a bit of water to get on board and it would be all over. The percentage of this type of ferry involved in this type of disaster is huge."
The Al-Salam's owners insisted it was safe.
But as hundreds of frantic relatives waited for news of the missing, one of them asked: "How can they put all these passengers in such an old ship that was not fit for sailing?
"Somebody should be blamed."
The Al-Salam set sail from the Saudi port of Duba at 6.30pm (4.30pm UK time) on Thursday. It had arrived from the main Saudi port of Jeddah and was heading for the Egyptian port of Safaga, 120 miles away across the northern Red Sea.
A spokesman for Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said there were around 1400 passengers and 96 crew aboard.
More than 1100 of the passengers were Egyptians, but there were also around 100 Saudis.
The weather at the start of the voyage was bad, with high winds and a raging sandstorm. Conditions got no better as the ship headed west.
Coastal stations lost contact with the Al-Salam at 8pm. And at some point between midnight and 2am, the ship disappeared from the radar.
The only distress call received was picked up by another ferry.
The Al-Salam's skipper reported that his vessel was in imminent danger of sinking. No time for the call was revealed.
A signal from one of the ship's automated distress beacons was received at RAF Kinloss in Moray at 11.58pm (1.58am Egyptian time).
The Al-Salam sank 57 miles off the Egyptian coast. The water in the area is up to 1000metres deep.
In the hours after the disaster, bad weather and darkness hampered the search for survivors.
Four Egyptian navy ships reached the scene on Friday afternoon, about 10 hours after the sinking.
Rescuers reported "dozens of bodies" floating in the water.
But by last night, 203 people had been rescued. Most had made it into lifeboats, but more than 30 were plucked directly from the shark infested waters.
A Royal Navy assault ship, HMS Bulwark, diverted from patrol and headed for the scene, but turned back again after the Egyptian authorities said its help was not needed.
Relatives waiting on shore complained bitterly that they had received no information from the authorities.
Teacher Ahmed Abdul Hamid, whose cousin was unaccounted for, said: "There is nobody to tell us what is going on. We are in a complete blackout."
The Al-Salam was owned by an Egyptian firm and registered in Panama.
It was once operated by Townsend Thoresen, who also owned the Herald Of Free Enterprise, but was built at a different yard to a different design.
The ship was based in Italy from 1970 to 1999, when it moved to the Red Sea.
One shipping expert, Frenchman Yvan Perchoc, said the Al-Salam was one of several Red Sea ferries to have been given extra decks so it could carry more passengers.
Perchoc said such ships usually sit very low in the water. He added: "One can wonder about their stability."
Modern roll-on, roll-off ferries are far safer than older ships. And unions condemned the practice of sending vessels no longer considered fit to work in Europe to poorer countries.
Andrew Linington, of the National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers, said: "Ships like this would not be allowed to sail in European waters. It is fundamentally wrong that they are allowed to go on beyond their sell-by date."
But a spokesman for the Saudi branch of insurance company Lloyds said the al-Salam met all safety requirements.
A sister ship of the ferry, the Al Salam 95, sank in the Red Sea last October after a collision with a cargo ship. Two passengers died in a stampede of people trying to escape.
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The "Angelic Beeings" and "BEEdlam Bees" came away the dual spelling victors at the annual "GRATE" Altus Spelling Bee, held March 29 at the WOSC Band Hall. The elimination between the two teams was a battle back and forth. Finally when both teams misspelled the word "bibliopegy", the officials declared a tie for the championship spellers.
The champion team members of "Angelic Beeings" from the First Christian Church were Judy Colston, George Dosher, and Heather Erickson. Ruth and Phil Carson and Brenda Risner were the team sponsors. Rev. David Player, Sid Willis and Jim Parrish on the "BEEdlam Bees" represented Altus Mini Storage. Joe and Kathy Stafford of The Sign Farm in Elmer provided specialized license tags stating the honor for the winners.
Sixteen teams gave their best shot at spelling the words pronounced by Col. William Spangenthal, Commander for the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base. The pronouncer was dressed in a customized t-shirt labeled "Jenius", emphasizing the importance of spelling.
The traveling plaque for the best spelling team from the Altus Air Force Base will have an engraved plate designating the honor going to "Spelchekers To" for the 97th Mission Support Group with team members Col. Mike Greiner, Lt. Col. Jeff Nelson, and Lt. Josh Cousins. Their sponsors were the Nub and Cyndie Smith Agency, LLC. After being engraved, the plaque will be displayed at the base library.
Some teams also wore costumes focused on various themes. The "Angelic Beeings" won the Best Costume Award as they wore choir robes and golden halos. The second place costume honor was given to the Altus Siding & Windows' team "Bee All You Can Bee" with members Steve Jensen and Stephanie Jensen, sponsored by Cris and Steve Jensen. Third place costume honor was awarded to Jami Fincham, Rhea Wolbrink, and Shaquana Cooper, dubbed "Queen Bees" from the Department of Human Services/Child Social Services, and the team was sponsored by Erin and Ryan Howard. The "Spelchekers To" won 4th place award in the costume category.
The "Two Bees & a C" with Kiona Fowler, Mark Dabelstein, and Rallene May from the Altus Intermediate School won the Best Name accolades. Their team was sponsored The Sign Farm of Elmer. Another team called "We Bee Back" with Tony and Debbie Valerio was awarded second place name winner. This team was sponsored the Valerio family. The third place name winners were the "SpellGoodurz", sponsored by the Altus AFB Spouses' Club and included SMSgt Janet Dean-Gall, MSgt Jaime Garcia, and SSgt Jerome Duhn from the 97th Communication Squadron Group.
Winners for the best costume and best name were determined by State Senator Mike Schulz and State Representative Charles Ortega.
GPLC President Jacquelyn Parrish opened the spelling bee with a memorial tribute to charter GPLC board member Gail Miller. She acknowledged Mr. Miller's legacy to literacy and library services. She presented roses to his daughters Katherine Hale of Altus and Jeanine Berrong of Weatherford and presented to them a plaque with his photo to be displayed at the Altus Public Library. The roses were donated by Alex Rodriquez of Black Orchid.
Altus insurance agent and attorney David Braddock provided humor and steered contestants through the tense moments. "It was fun as usual," summarized Braddock, "and the fundraiser tallied money for the worthwhile service to literacy."
The spelling contest judges were James Patterson, Doctor of Physical Therapy from Valir Health, and Joan Wilcoxen, Executive Director for the Altus Armed Forces, YMCA.
Eddie Wilcoxen, former Oklahoma Poet Laureate, served as the contest timer and presented the door prizes.
The other teams participating were Beady Bees, Bee Commanders, The 'Bee'sons, Super Bees, The Thunder Bees, Treasure Bees, Western Warriors, and Worker Bees. All the team members received honey from the Broadway United Supermarket.
Other team sponsors or organizations represented that have not been mentioned included Bill and Shirley Olson, First Methodist Church Women/Country Kitchen, Aldonian Club, Fellowship Class of the First United Methodist Church, Chapter CM of PEO, Tom and Ellen Yates, Jackson County Treasurer's Office, Bob and Renee Howard, WOSC Foundation, ASCOG/Altus Workforce Center, and AMSCO Steel.
In addition to the individuals, groups and businesses that sponsored teams in support of this literacy fundraiser, other financial contributions came from Advantage Realty of Altus, Ag Preference, Altus Firefighters Local 2749, Altus Kiwanis, Altus Lions Club, Mary Ann Applebee, Kristen Balko, Donna (Hinton) Belli, Rick and Becky Cheaney, Pat Colville, Chapter GU of Duke PEO, Larry and Sharon Duffy, Steve and Jozette Esposito, Nancy Evans, First National Bank, William and Kiona Fowler, Steve Francis, David and Susan Grimes, Katherine Hale, Ruth Kizziar, Jackson County Home & Community Education, Jackson County Retired Educators, NBC Oklahoma, Jim and Jacquelyn Parrish, Mel and Jean Rader, Donna Revilla, Shamrock Bank, Stockmans Bank, VFW Youth Fund-Post 4876, Mary Beth Williams, Woodmen of the World, Lodge 111, and Harold and Margaret Worrell.
A total of $4,430 was collected by the end of March for the bee, in addition to a $1,000 Tinker Federal Credit Union Partnership Grant through the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition for this literacy fundraiser to benefit the programs and services of the literacy council.
Appreciation is also expressed to those making additional in-kind contributions or supplies which included Western Oklahoma State College, AAFB Public Affairs, Altus Printing, Altus Car Wash, Altus Times, Robert Preston of Aquathin, Jeanine Berrong, Cable One, Carl & Carmens, Karen Coggeshall, Ruth Ann Cross, Leslie Gelders of Edmond, Katherine Hale, KEYB Radio, KWHW Radio, Lowell-Times Funeral Home, Velda Mustard, Jim and Jacquelyn Parrish, Donna Smith, Southern Prairie Library System, Stockmans Bank, Tamarack Road Church of Christ, and The Enterprise.


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Scary Pumpkin
Creepy Jack-O-Lantern Mens Costume
Freak out your onlookers when you wear this Creepy Jack-O-Lantern Mens Costume. The black and white jester-like top comes complete with a hood and a scary pumpkin mask.
12' Pumpkin Hanging Prop
Some things are truly scary like this stitched together grinning pumpkin corpse. The 12' tall hanging prop has gnarly hands and a a mouth full of teeth ready to take a bite out of anything it can get. Get this decoration and get ready to scare up some Halloween fun.
Scary Pumpkin Screamer
Freak out your guests when you use the Scary Pumpkin Screamer. When you press the Pumpkin Screamer, it emits a creepy and loud scream that will send your visitors running for the door.
Hanging Scary Pumpkin Head
Your guests will never look at Jack-O-Lanterns the same way again after seeing the Hanging Scary Pumpkin Head. Place this vicious pumpkin head with black cloth detail in your entryway or landing for a scary good time.
Orange Pumpkin Hands
These wrinkled rotten orange gloves should probably only be paired with scary Jack-o-lantern costumes. Pumpkin Hands are creepy right up to the tip of the fingernail.
Scary Jack-O-Lantern Trio Airblown Inflatable
The best, and worst things in life come in threes. For example the Scary Jack-O-Lantern Trio Airblown Inflatable consists of three different sized pumpkins that will add just the right amount of spook to your yard!
Pumpkin Hands
What would happen if your pumpkin sprouted hands? That's a scary thought - make it happen when you add these gnarled green pumpkin hands to your jack 'o lantern on Halloween.
Pumpkin Carving Tattoo Grimace
…half-scary jack o' lantern look, Grimace has you covered. A fairly easy pattern to carve, Grimace will have you smiling through the night. Carve pumpkins like a pro - they'll grin at the Grimace carving tattoo. The three-step process makes it easy for anyone to carve like an expert and your…
Scarecrow Top and Mask Child Costume
Terrify and make the other kids tremble when you wear the Scarecrow Top and Mask Child Costume. Features brown shirt with leave and rib cage detail and scary pumpkin mask.
Pumpkin Tiki Torch
What could be more scary then a walkway lined with grinning pumpkins flickering in the night! Scare up some Halloween fun when you decorate with one or more of these spooky grinning shrunken orange Pumpkin tiki torch lights for a truly haunted Halloween.
AtmosFEARfx Jack-O'-Lantern Jamboree DVD
If you never thought pumpkins were scary, think again! This officially licensed AtmosFEARfx Jack-O'-Lantern Jamboree DVD will show you a side of jack-o-lanterns that you never knew existed!
Carving Tattoo Easy Pirate with Patch
Arrgh. Patch is our pirate, not too scary, not too friendly. As Patch keeps watch on your pumpkin, you can be sure no scallywags will trick your house.


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3 cups fresh mushrooms, trimmed, quartered and sautéed
1. Browning and simmering the chicken. Before browning the chicken, sauté the blanched bacon or salt pork and remove to a side dish, leaving the fat in the pan. Brown the chicken in the pork fat, adding a little olive oil, if needed. Flame the chicken with the brandy, if you wish -- it does give its own special flavor, besides being fun to do. Then proceed to simmer the chicken in the wine, stock, tomatoes and seasoning as directed in the master recipe.
2. Finishing the dish. Strain, degrease, and finish the sauce, also as described. Strew the braised onions and sautéed mushrooms over the chicken, baste with the sauce, and simmer a few minutes, basting, to rewarm the chicken and to blend flavors.
Special note: To blanch bacon or salt pork: When you use bacon or salt pork in cooking, you want to remove its salt as well as its smoky flavor, which would permeate the rest of the food. To do so, you blanch it -- meaning, you drop it into a saucepan of cold water to cover it by 2 to 3 inches, bring it to the boil, and simmer 5 to 8 minutes; the drain, refresh in cold water, and pat dry in paper towels.


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Bryce Canyon National Park
What a busy month. After returning on Nov 15th, it has been three weeks of little to no photography. My days, evenings, sometimes nights have been mostly occupied with design and post processing behind a desk. Add the quickly approaching holiday season and if feels like time has completely disappeared.
In fact, the only time the camera has left the house was for a college football championship that I was asked to cover – which I gladly did. Next to landscapes and nature – sports photography is just as exciting and challenging. Both styles has that feel of a hunt for a perfect frame with no second chances. Here are 55 images from the game on Facebook. Congrats to our local team.
Today's Image – Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon is a land of hoodoos – several tall, thin spire rock formations. While preparing for this trip, I was warned several times that not only was I heading towards top tourist destinations but also top destinations for photographers. While prepared for the typical everyone has a camera in today's world situation, I was still shocked at the numbers. I am use to being alone until 7am or later and even this close to winter, it felt like every hiker in Zion National Park was carrying a tripod. In Bryce, the trails were lined with tripods all pointing in the same direction. When I arrived about an hour before sunrise, it felt like I was late to some party. I had also stumbled into several workshops on 3 different days.
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Dryer cooler air has won out this morning. However just to our South and West is a warm front that will lift North and stall across the region this afternoon, bringing a return to warmer and a bit more humid air North. This will allow a complex of storms to travel across the region this morning. Another chance of strong super-cell thunderstorms may form this afternoon due to a strong wind sheared environment. However with the best instability to our South along the River the strongest storms may stay just South of the region. None the less there is still the possibility of heavy flooding rains, strong winds, and large hail with any thunderstorms that can organize. An isolated tornado risk may occur if discrete super-cell thunderstorms can form this afternoon. This will all be dependent on how much sun can break out behind morning storms.
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Cool air rushes in behind Wednesday's system bringing pleasant sunny weather through the early part of the weekend. Another system brings more scattered showers and storms Sunday and Sunday night before more cool air returns.
The following is the seven day forecast for the Dayton metro area and a 50 mile radius around it. Other metro areas like Columbus, Cincinnati, and Portsmouth are not included. For those areas please request a separate
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Friday 6/6 - Mostly sunny. Winds NE 5 to 15 mph. High 78.
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Saturday 6/7 - Mostly sunny. High 81.
Sat night 6/7 - Partly cloudy. Low 64.
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Ringer Volume
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You schedule a time when ringer volume will be changed.
The primary use of these application is to don't disturb people during their night's sleep. It is useful for other regular events too.
"Ringer Volume" is very similar to Alarm Clock, but instead of ringing it change mobile ringer volume at a specific time.
1. To schedule ringer volume change, press MENU -> NEW. Then set time and volume level & CONFIRM.
2. To add more auto volume change: repeat step 1.
3. At the end press START button.
NOTE: To apply a changes in the schedule - press START button again.
* set mobile ringer volume level at a scheduled time,
* each day can have a different configuration,
* set vibration mode.
You change your ringer volume level several times at day. It can be automated - use "Ringer Volume" application.
Your Android mobile will be silent at night, noisy at work, quiet after work. You don't like to awake all your roommate at the middle of the night, "Ringer Volume" will help.
Turn off auto update for this application, because after update you need to start volume scheduler manually.
It is free for download, distribute and use.
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NOTE: After application update you need to START it manually.
ver 6.4.0 New option which let you select large green notification icons or small gray. Application STOP/START is required to apply the change.
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Works well but won't start up after restarting the phone. Nexus 5
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I'm using it due to the fact that I have a little child which goes to sleep at approximately the same time everyday. Works perfectly, and I often even forget that it's there!
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Seriously my most favorite app on android. I would pay for this app. It is not working on my new GS5 though?
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There is no seperate notification control when you turn down your phone for in office settings some alerts can be missed when you are busy not babysitting phone otherwise very decent app in the short time I have had it.
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One of my must-have apps. I use it to silence and restore my phone for church service and weekly meetings.
It takes two entries to silence and restore the volume. So you need to think through the schedule you want. I set the volume at 0 before the meeting and set it at 6 after. The only feature it lacked was an exception list for allowing certain calls through no matter what but Android 4.3 on my
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This app did exactly what I wanted it to do... thanks very much:)
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Works great but I don't need to know all the time when pulling down the notification screen. No option to change.


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De Blasio's Crime Record; DA Vance; Ask A Pilot; Pi Day
Friday, March 14, 2014
Two months in to the de Blasio administration, a look at his crime record and policy, from claims of lower violent crimes, but reports of a spike in panhandling arrests. Murray Weiss of DNAInfo and the head of the Bronx Defenders discuss. Plus: Ask A Pilot about that missing Malaysian airliner; Manhattan DA Vance on efforts to curb domestic abuse; and we celebrate Pi Day in the geekiest way possible.
Mayor de Blasio's Crime Record (Two Months In)
Bill de Blasio is touting the drop in violent crime during his first months in office. We look at his early record with Murray Weiss, criminal justice reporter and editor for DNAInfo, and the emerging de Blasio/Bratton policing strategy.
Then, Robin Steinberg, founder and executive director of Bronx Defenders, discusses the sharp increase in panhandling arrests under de Blasio and whether "broken windows" is making a return.
DA Vance Makes Tackling Domestic Abuse a Priority
At a time when crime numbers are down in New York City, domestic violence cases are up. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. explains how his office plans on addressing these kinds of crimes, and how the newly opened Manhattan Family Justice Center might help.
Governor Cuomo on the Pre-K Back and Forth
Governor Andrew Cuomo discusses the continued back and forth between NYC and Albany over funding Universal pre-K throughout the city and state -- and other education issues like charters and 'common core" standards.
Is "Bossy" A Bad Word?
Sheryl Sandberg and the Girl Scouts are trying to ban the word "bossy," saying discourages young girls from taking on leadership positions.
Ask The Pilot: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
It's been a week since Flight 370 disappeared en route to Beijing. Patrick Smith, an airline pilot who blogs at AskThePilot.com, and author of Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel (Sourcebooks), talks about what is known and unknown about the flight and the search, and takes your calls and questions.
We Set a Record for Most Pi on the Radio!
To celebrate Pi Day, in collaboration with Record Setter, the Brian Lehrer Show set the WORLD RECORD FOR MOST DIGITS OF PI RECITED BY CALLERS TO A PUBLIC RADIO TALK SHOW. Watch the video evidence now.
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Time to celebrate Pi Day! March 14 = 3.14, get it? We've got a mathematician to explain why the irrational number that goes on and on and on... is both beautiful and elegant.
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Manulife Posts Fourth-Quarter Loss on Interest-Rate Declines
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Manulife Financial Corp., Canada's largest insurer, reported a second straight quarterly loss as low interest rates eroded investment returns. Chief Financial Officer Michael Bell, 48, plans to leave the company.
The fourth-quarter net loss was C$69 million ($69.3 million), or 5 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of C$1.8 billion, or 96 cents, Toronto-based Manulife said today in a statement.
Manulife said it recorded a charge of C$665 million related to "low interest rates." Falling rates reduce investment income while increasing costs from obligations to clients who bought guaranteed investment products.
"We would expect the impact of any future drop in interest rates to be less, now that we've done so much hedging," Bell said today in a telephone interview. "Having said that, we're not immune to further drops in interest rates."
Bell, who was named CFO in June 2009, is returning to Philadelphia, where his family moved in June 2010. "We have come to a mutual arrangement regarding his departure," Chief Executive Officer Donald Guloien said in the statement. The company is searching for a replacement.
"This is far from a positive as Michael had shown a very firm grasp on the company's operations," said John Aiken, an analyst at Barclays Capital in Toronto. Bell will be "difficult to replace," he said.
Manulife was expected to have a net loss of 10 cents a share, according to the average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Manulife fell 1.9 percent to C$11.88 at 4 p.m. in Toronto trading. The shares had gained 12 percent this year before today, the sixth-best performer on the 42-company S&P/TSX Financials Index.
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Guloien said the insurer restructured its U.S. annuity business and completed a "repositioning" of its product mix, part of a plan to make the company less sensitive to stock-market swings.
Profit from Canada declined 51 percent to C$241 million because of equity market and interest rate declines. Manulife's U.S. insurance business climbed 6.1 percent to C$434 million, while its U.S. wealth management business, which includes Boston-based John Hancock Financial, fell 89 percent to C$76 million.
"Wealth-management operations are still in turnaround mode," said Barclays's Aiken.
Profit from Asia declined 31 percent to C$285 million because of lower investment-related gains compared to the year-earlier period.
Manulife is the first of Canada's four main insurers to report fourth-quarter results. Great-West Life Inc., Canada's second-largest insurer, reported that profit rose 7.5 percent to C$500 million, or 52 cents a share.
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need help please with my triggers
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Because your light are reacting by pushing the test then your Plus III are working !!!!
What possible is that the pin that goes in the Plus III is not completely in the hole... you have to force a little bit to make contact.
PS. If you push the Mode button then release en push again until its indicate TXRX
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Thank you Sir ...
Both of PlussIII are the same manufactured same contry ..
I did all steps ..
What I found : TxRx not indecated it self ..
The indicating window ( on the top of unit ) is indicating .. (green )
When pushing ( test) It is indecating ( red) ...
But still not working ( not reciving ) any from the other ...
I appreciated dear if ant other suggisions . .
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Full name John Thomas Hearne
Born May 3, 1867, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
Died April 17, 1944, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire (aged 76 years 350 days)
Major teams England, Middlesex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
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Relation Brother - H Hearne, Brother - W Hearne, Cousin - TJ Hearne
|Test debut
|South Africa v England at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 1892 scorecard
|Last Test
|England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 17-19, 1899 scorecard
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|1888 - 1923
Only three bowlers (Rhodes, Freeman and Parker) have ever taken more first-class wickets than Middlesex and England's JT "Old Jack" Hearne. A fast-medium bowler with a textbook action, he took 3061 wickets in all, using guile and varied pace to lure batsmen into his trap. Three of his victims gave him England's first hat-trick against Australia, at Headingley in 1899, and it was a seriously illustrious trio: Clem Hill, Syd Gregory and Monty Noble. Three of his cousins and two of his brothers played for Kent, while Young Jack Hearne - who was said to be a distant cousin - also played for England. He was handy lower-order batsman, a useful slip, and a respected coach - he spent his retirement with Oxford University in the summers and, for six years, with the Maharaja of Patiala in India in the winters.
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HEARNE, JOHN THOMAS, one of the finest bowlers the game has ever known, who played for Middlesex and England died on April 17 after a long illness at Chalfont St. Giles in Buckinghamshire, the place of his birth on May 3, 1867. From 1891 to 1914 he held a prominent place among the very best bowlers, and finished his career with a record of 3,060 wickets, an aggregate surpassed only by W. Rhodes, 4,188, A. P. Freeman, 3,775, and C. W. L. Parker, 3,274.
Right-hand medium-pace, he took a fairly long run up to the wicket, and it would be difficult to recall a bowler with a more beautiful delivery, made as his left hand pointed down the pitch. Standing nearly five feet eleven inches, he brought the ball over with a perfectly straight arm, and such was his command of length that a batsman might wait many overs for a ball from which he was certain to score. Even on the best of wickets he got on quite an appreciable off-break and, varying his pace cleverly, he used at times to send down a fast ball which swung with his arm. On a bowler's wicket he could dismiss the strongest sides, and on one of the crumbling pitches which occasionally bothered batsmen forty years ago he was simply unplayable. The leading bowler, not only for Middlesex but for the M.C.C. in the days when the club programme included quite a number of first-class matches, he was called upon for an amount of work which would have tired out most men in a very few years, but his splendid methods served him so well that a career in first-class cricket, which opened in 1888, did not close until the 1914 war, and in 1923 at Edinburgh he took six wickets for 64 for Middlesex against Scotland.
Jack Hearne came of famous cricket stock. A nephew of old Tom Hearne and of George Hearne, both of whom played for Bucks and Middlesex, before the latter went to Catford Bridge, he was a cousin of G. G. Hearne, Frank Hearne and Alec Hearne, all distinguished professionals for Kent. His brother, Walter Hearne, also a good Kent bowler, broke down through knee trouble when he looked to have many years of success before him and then became scorer, as did Alec Hearne when his cousin died.
J. T. used to relate how chance helped him into first-class cricket. I was born and bred in Buckinghamshire, which, in my young days, did not have a county club or I might have got no further than that, but A. J. Webbe, having watched him on the Evelyn School ground, where Hearne coached, asked him to play in a Middlesex Colts match, and then against the Australians in 1888. He took two cheap wickets, but a further invitation for the next match against Surrey could not be accepted, one of the masters advising him that he was not qualified. By living with his brother in London this difficulty was overcome, but he still worked at Evelyn School during the summer, and in June 1890 he received a telegram asking him to play for Middlesex that very day.
I turned over my pitch-mowing job to someone else, dashed to the station, and from a newspaper found that Middlesex were playing Notts. When I arrived at Lord's just before lunch-time I saw 99 for no wicket on the score-board. Not until reaching the dressing-room did I learn that my side were batting. If Notts had been at the wickets I should not have played in that match. I remember Mr. Webbe leaning out of the pavilion window as I passed down the little alley to the players' room and saying, `It is quite all right but I nearly left you out.'
When Notts batted near the end of the day I bowled J. A. Dixon with a real beauty, and as we left the field the great Arthur Shrewsbury said to me, `Well bowled, young'un. If you bowl like that you will get someone else out to-morrow'--and I did--six for 62. That is how I began my connection with Middlesex and, barring a couple of matches missed through a strained arm, I went on playing for the county without a break until I retired from county cricket in 1914.
Next season at Lord's he took 14 Yorkshire wickets for less than five runs apiece, and in 14 matches the capture of 118 wickets for ten runs each put him top of the first-class averages. From that proof of ability he went steadily ahead, and in 1893 the fine reward of 212 wickets fell to him, while his aggregate rose to 257 wickets at 14.72 each in 1896; only Tom Richardson with 246 at 16.79 each fared nearly as well. In fact, that was Hearne's greatest year. He appeared for the Players against the Gentlemen at the Oval and Lord's, but those matches were comparatively of small importance in view of his doings against the Australians. With 56 wickets at 13.17 runs apiece he far surpassed the work of any other bowler during the summer against the touring team, though his rivals for fame included Robert Peel, George Lohmann, John Briggs, Tom Richardson and A. D. Pougher. He finished at Hastings for South of England by taking six Australian wickets for eight runs in 17 overs, 13 of them maidens. He also made 29 not out, the next highest score of his side to 53 by W. G. Grace. In the three Test matches that season he took 15 wickets at 14.1 each, dividing the honours with Tom Richardson, whose 24 wickets cost 18.7 each. At Lord's his bowling was not required until the second innings, when he sent down 36 overs for 76 runs and five wickets; but at the Oval, where Australia scored only 119 and 44, he took six wickets for 41 and four for 19--ten in all for six runs apiece, so having a large share in winning the rubber match by 66 runs.
An even more memorable game that season was at Lord's in June when M.C.C. avenged the disaster of 1878 by dismissing the Australians for 18, one less than the club fell for eighteen years previously. On that occasion Spofforth and Boyle brought undying fame to our visitors--in fact, made a name for Australian cricket in England. The revenge performance earned most renown for A. D. Pougher, who, going on to bowl with three wickets down for 18, disposed of five batsmen without a run being scored off him and the innings ended without addition. Yet Hearne took a greater part than did the Leicestershire bowler in gaining a single innings victory for M.C.C. In the first innings he sent down eleven overs for four runs and four wickets, and in the second, when the Australians put together a total of 183, he took, at a cost of 73 runs, all nine wickets that fell--the visitors batted one man short, Giffen being ill.
In the winter of 1897 he went to Australia with A. E. Stoddart, and his nine wickets for 141 in the first Test at Sydney helped materially in England's only win in the rubber of five matches, which all told yielded him no more than twenty victims. He took part in three Test matches in 1899--the first experience of a rubber of five in England--and at Leeds set up a record that still stands by doing the only hat-trick against Australia in a Test match in England. His victims were those formidable opponents Clem Hill, Sidney Gregory and M. A. Noble. He did three other hat-tricks; and another big achievement when meeting Australians occurred nine years earlier for Middlesex at Lord's, where he bowled W. L. Murdoch, the Australian captain and great batsman, for nought in each innings.
Besides coaching during several winters in India for the Maharaja of Patiala, Jack Hearne went to South Africa in 1891-92 and, with the two left-handers, J. J. Ferris and Nutty Martin, as colleagues, he claimed 163 wickets for less than seven runs each. South African batting was very weak at that time, and Ferris, the Australian, then qualified for Gloucestershire, with 235 wickets at 5.91 each, eclipsed Hearne's performance.
In fifteen different seasons Jack Hearne took over a hundred wickets; three times more than 200. From 1891 to 1904 the only exception was 1901, when the number fell to 99, partly, no doubt, because that was his best batting year with 522 runs, average 20.88. In addition to his exceptional effectiveness with the ball, Hearne scored 7,137 runs, average 11.04, and held 382 catches, mostly close to the wicket, where he was a dependable and often a brilliant fieldsman. Statistics vary as to J. T. Hearne's total wickets, but the runs scored and catches held are from Sir Home Gordon's Form at a Glance.
From 1891 to 1924 Hearne was engaged at Lord's, and the M.C.C. voted him, in lieu of a benefit, the sum of £500. Middlesex gave him the match with Somerset in 1900 as a benefit, and in 1920 he was elected a member of the Committee of the Middlesex County Club, an honour for a professional previously awarded only to William Gunn by Notttinghamshire in 1906. When acting as coach during many seasons at Oxford, Jack Hearne endeared himself to the University undergraduates in the same way that all who met him were impressed by the modest kindliness that marked his whole life.
To be on friendly terms with J. T. for fifty years, as I was, meant an education in cricket and good fellowship.
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FDA Issues Warning For Use Of OTC Cold Remedies In Children Under 2
The FDA issued a warning today that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines are too risky for children under the age of 2. The warning states that "serious and potentially life-threatening side effects can occur."
The FDA is still reviewing whether or not over the counter decongestants, antihistamines and cough suppressants are safe for older children, agency officials told Associated Press. A decision is expected by this spring, the deadline to notify manufacturers before production for next year's cold season begins.
Last October, drug companies quit selling many versions of over the counter cold medicines targeted at babies and toddlers after a vote of FDA advisers affirmed the drugs don't work in children under 6.
Dr. Charles Ganley, the FDA's chief of non-prescription drugs, worries that parents may still have these drugs at home, or that they may buy drugs meant for older children and instead give them to infants, according to an Associated Press article. "We still have a concern," Ganley told AP. "It falls out of people's consciousness. We're still in the middle of cold season right now."
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Health Commissioner for the city of Baltimore, led a petition last year to end the use of OTC cold remedies in children under 6. The petition, backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, was started because there is no evidence these OTC drugs ease cold symptoms in children so young, and therefore the benefits outweighed the risks of side effects. Today's move is a good first step, Dr. Sharfstein told Associated Press.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention support Dr. Sharfstein's position, and show that over 1,500 babies and toddlers visited emergency rooms during a two-year period because of OTC cold remedies.
"It's one thing if you're curing cancer, but we're talking about a self-limiting illness," said Sharfstein.
Medical specialists now recommend fluids, rest, saline drops and humidifiers to treat cold symptoms in children under 2.
For their part, the drug industry says OTC cold remedies are used almost 3.8 billion times a year in treating cold symptoms in children under 2, and that the drugs are safe.
However, health groups concede that there is a risk to children in cases of unintentional overdose. This can occur in cases where the same ingredients are used in multiple products that the child may ingest. Accidental overdose can also occur when medicines are measured with kitchen teaspoons instead of the dropper or measuring cap that comes with the product.
Following this warning, the FDA is now reviewing whether OTC cold medicines are safe and effective for any children under the age of 12. An internal FDA working group is reviewing whether to recommend the agency take any action for children ages 2-11. The deadline for the recommendation is next month.
Pending completion of this review, the FDA recommends the following guidelines to parents and caregivers that choose to use OTC cough and cold medicines in children ages 2 to 11:
- Follow the dosing directions on the label of any OTC medication,
- Understand that these drugs will NOT cure or shorten the duration of the common cold,
- Check the "Drug Facts" label to learn what active ingredients are in the products because many OTC cough and cold products contain multiple active ingredients, and
- Only use measuring spoons or cups that come with the medicine or those made specially for measuring drugs.
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The number of identified events differs with different combinations of alignment and transcript reconstruction algorithms. Each dot describes a sample. X and Y axes denotes sequencing depth and the total number of identified events. Samples were color-coded based on their combinations of upstream algorithms.
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Some mornings, don't you just feel like you need a mouthful of big, ripe melon. That's how I felt this morning. It's your body's way of telling you that you're not consuming enough sugar I believe. Or perhaps that you're in need of some comfort only a luscious casaba or overly ripe cantaloupe can bring. You feel like if you could just wrap your mouth around a ready-to-explode round ball of honeydew, all will be right with the world. Nature, she is a powerful master.
Completely changing subjects, how about Melissa Debling and her impressive topless beach photoshoot, featuring the super glamour models bodily assets mocking the very sun with their own gravitational majesty? Throw in some Red Bull and you have pretty much all I need to survive. So, take that, nature. Enjoy.


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The study is the first to compare cultural knowledge and beliefs among African-American, indigenous West African and West African immigrant men in an attempt to uncover the cultural components of the prostate cancer disparity. According to Odedina, both Nigerian men and West African immigrants to the United States are reported to have a lower incidence of prostate cancer than African-Americans, although some studies conflict regarding the magnitude of this difference.
The survey, conducted by Odedina and her colleagues in the United States and Nigeria, gauged the attitudes of African-American men, Nigerian men, and Nigerian men who have moved to the United States.
We decided to understand prostate cancer health disparities in African-American men by separating environmental and psycho-social factors from genetics, Odedina said. Since the Trans-Atlantic slave trade took so many men from West Africa -- more than a third of slaves came from the Nigeria region, alone -- African-American and West African men have similar genetic backgrounds, but much cultural dissimilarity.
Odedina and her colleagues surveyed 81 African-American men from Orlando, Florida; 121 Nigerian immigrants living in Houston, Texas; and 128 men in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The survey explored cultural beliefs thought to impact cancer survival, such as cancer fatalism, religious coping (the ability to use faith to help manage disease treatment), temporal orientation (a measure of an individuals focus on the past, present or future) and acculturation (the degree to which an individual from a non-dominant culture takes on the behavior and trappings of the dominant culture).
Among their findings, the researchers say that while African-American men may know more about prostate cancer, they are less likely to possess cultural beliefs and values that could improve cancer detection and control. In contrast to Nigerian men, Africa
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice provides a forum for clinically relevant research and perspectives that contribute to improving the quality of care for people with unhealthy alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use and addictive behaviours across a spectrum of clinical settings.
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice was previously published by NIDA and the journal's back content can be viewed here.
The science of addiction is now robust. But the quality of care received by most people affected by unhealthy alcohol and other drug use (from risky use to dependence) and addictive behaviors is often much poorer than, and separated from, mainstream health care. This journal meets an important need—to disseminate high-quality, clinically relevant research that should lead to the high-quality care our patients deserve, particularly in general health-care settings.
Richard Saitz MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM, is a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. He directs the Clinical Addiction Research & Education (CARE) Unit and the Division of Clinical Research Resources of the Clinical Translational Science Institute at Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, where he also serves as associate director of the Office of Clinical Research.
A primary care internist and a health services researcher certified by the American boards of addiction medicine and internal medicine, Dr. Saitz's primary areas of expertise are screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol and drug use, integrating substance-related and general health care (e.g., chronic disease/care management), and improving the quality of care for people with addictions across the spectrum of use, particularly in general medical care settings.
He is editor of Alcohol, Other Drugs and Health: Current Evidence, the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, immediate past president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), and former chairman of the BUSM/BMC Institutional Review Board. He has served on several Data Safety Monitoring Boards (including as Chairman) and is a member of a standing research review committee for the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). His research has been supported by US National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment ((SAMHSA/CSAT).


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Wolfram Alpha, available for both Android and iOS, offers up detailed answers to any math-related or number-centric question you could ever have. This computational knowledge engine can compute almost anything across 29 disciplines. You can get formula details, graphic representations and brief explanations to help you understand how the app arrived at a given solution. It will even tell you the meaning of life, if you ask it.
It is so wonderful that there are all types of helpful math apps out there for students of all ages. Many people have a distaste for math so maybe kids from this tech savvy generation will enjoy this new, fun way to learn. I also know that students can download a graphing calculator for free on their Smartphones as well, something I would've loved to be able to do when I had to buy a $100 calculator when I was in school.
I think you forgot a great one there:
I stumbled upon it looking for a way to help my three kids as a single father who can't afford a private tutor:
It's called MATH 42 (https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/math-42/id664457128?mt=8) , and helps them (and me ;)) to understand and solve a math problem step-by-step, by giving suggestions on how to solve it and defining unknown notions.
It also enables me to check up on them and their progress thanks to the integrated test mode.
Hope i helped,
As a maths graduate I do love math apps (wolfram is a life saver!). Found a neat new idea for a game last week and it's kept me busy all week. Check out Ruboku.
useful tips
Will the mathlab graphing calculator run on my samsung tablet s3?
Thank you for compiling this list. The stigma associated with math makes it hard to find fun, useful apps that can help with learning the concepts. I'd like to recommend a game called "El Mathador: Grab Math by the Horns". I'm certain that it will entertain, engage and most of all educate its players.
I have used many calculators but they all have bugs & the feel is not right. one day my friend should me a calculator named Calcoid Scientific Calculator i was shocked did not understand what did i just saw amazing job buy done. Believe me or not but the best calculator on Android is Calcoid Scientific Calculator.
if any wants to give his own formula than
I also like SCaVis http://jwork.org/scavis/
Students like it since it runs on Mac and Windows, and it is tottaly free. Also, a good chance to learn Python and Java, both are very popular languages


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The Logan County Autism Association (LCAA) needs your support for promotions with Bob Evans, Wednesday and has plans for their fourth annual walk.
In recognition of April as Autism Awareness Month, Bob Evans at all West Virginia locations will donate 15 percent of your purchase when you present a copy of the flyer "Dine to Make a Difference" when you check out. The donations will be made on both dine-in and carry-out purchases. A copy of the flyer is also available on the LCAA Facebook page and the website lcaawv.org. Take a photo of the flyer and keep it on your cell phone to take advantage of their generosity through April 30.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014, from 5 - 8 p.m., Wendy's at Chapmanville, W.Va., will host a Community Night and a portion of all sales will be donated to the LCAA. Members from the LCAA will be there to answer questions, provide resources and join you for dinner.
The 4th Annual Logan County Autism Walk will be held at Chief Logan State Park, Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Heroes 4 Higher will be on hand and there will be food, fun and prizes.
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If gold medals were awarded on heart alone, Lleyton Hewitt could envisage standing centre of the podium belting out the words to Advance Australia Fair after his effort against Novak Djokovic in third round Olympic singles action on Wednesday.
For the best part of two sets, the 31-year-old showed the second seed what took him to two Grand Slam singles crowns and the No.1 ranking while the Serb was still plying his trade in the juniors.
The gritty Aussie was ignoring anyone who dared suggest his best years had passed, riding the overwhelming support in his favour on Wimbledon's Centre Court to take the first set 6-4.
The crucial break came with Djokovic serving at 4-4.
Hewitt – who needed an ITF wild card to compete in what will likely be his last Olympic Games – had a window of opportunity at 0-30 only to see a pair of aces whizz past.
An off-forehand winner landed him a first break point but he did not convert until five points later when a Djokovic sliced backhand found the net.
A love game – including an overhead winner, an ace and a vintage backhand down the line – landed Hewitt the first set after 40 minutes.
Looking to up the ante and shake the dogged Australian, Djokovic pressed at 4-3 in the second set, a big forehand down the line bringing up break point. He converted and serving for the second set, entered into a crafty cat-and-mouse rally before Hewitt ripped a backhand up the line to land a break point.
A passing shot would get Hewitt back on serve but three games later, Djokovic chose his moment to go for broke, breaking serve with winners off both wings to get back on level pegging at a set apiece, 7-5 after 45 minutes.
Relieved to have edged the second set, Djokovic was in no mood to enter into a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga-like marathon, whisking his way through the decider 6-1.
He will face the marathon Frenchman in the quarter-finals.
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Orioles RHP Gonzalez loses edge in short spurt
NEW YORK There were only a handful of pitches Miguel Gonzalez wanted back. Too bad for him they added up to a tough loss.
Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run homer and Robinson Cano singled in two runs during a five-run fifth inning that helped the New York Yankees pick up an ineffective CC Sabathia and beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 Friday night.
Alfonso Soriano connected for a two-run shot in the fourth off Gonzalez (8-7), and Alex Rodriguez had an RBI single in the seventh inning of a late August game that felt more like October.
"Ichiro was waiting on the first-pitch fastball and the slider to Soriano stayed up," Gonzalez said. "I left the ball up and they're a good team, and they take anything you give and try and score."
The Orioles, who led twice early, have lost four of six.
Gonzalez, making his first start since Aug. 20, is winless in his last six decisions as a starter. Coming in, though, he had a 2.20 ERA over five starts in the Bronx. But in this one, he couldn't get an out in the fifth and was lifted trailing 5-4 with the bases loaded.
"It wasn't just Miguel tonight. He pitched as well as you'd want, but couldn't get over the hump," manager Buck Showalter said. "Miguel has pitched well this year and he'll get another chance. It was just that one inning that got away from him."
In a playoff-race twist, Mark Reynolds had three hits, including an RBI double when the Yankees batted around in the fifth. Last year he helped Baltimore reach its first postseason since 1997 with seven homers and 11 RBIs in seven games against New York beginning on Aug. 31.
An August pickup by New York from Cleveland this season, Reynolds was right in the mix as the Yankees gained ground in the wild-card race. They began the day 1 1/2 games behind the Orioles, who trailed Oakland by 3 1/2 for the second AL wild card.
"It makes it fun," Reynolds said. "I have so many good friends over there. Last year we wanted nothing more than to kick these guys' tails. Now I want nothing more than to beat them."
Sabathia (12-11) lasted 5 2-3 innings and yielded five runs on seven hits. In his last eight games, he has a 7.39 ERA.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi then relied on the majors' best bullpen since Aug. 16 (1.14 ERA) to hold off Baltimore. Shawn Kelley, Boone Logan and David Robertson, for four outs, paved the way for Mariano Rivera.
Robertson got more than three outs for the second time this week and for the third time all year. Rivera was perfect in the ninth for his 39th save.
Both starters were locked in early. Sabathia retired his first 10 batters and Gonzalez 10 of 11, allowing only a walk in the third - erased on a double play.
But it turned ugly quickly.
After Sabathia struck out Nate McLouth to open the fourth, Manny Machado laced an opposite-field liner that bounced over the wall in foul territory in right field for his 46th double. He advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Chris Davis' single.


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ENERGY: SDG&E applies to charge for power by when it's used
Optional change in billing for residential customers
If, in 2013, an average Oceanside homeowner did the typical American household's 400 loads of laundry a year and made sure to do laundry only on the weekends, the corresponding electric bill would be $60 less a year.
If that person made sure to wash dishes only after 10 p.m. every night, the bill would be reduced an additional $10 a year.
Shifting the times when customers use power is why San Diego Gas & Electric Co. applied to the California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday to create a time-of-day pricing option for residential customers. If approved, San Diego County customers will be offered the option of having their power priced on when they use electricity instead of how much they use.
Southern California Edison, which serves Southwest Riverside County, will put in its own application in September, with a planned start of 2014.
Under the current billing system, electricity is priced based on the time of year, the customer's location, and the amount the customer consumes. The utilities' request to the California Public Utilities Commission would discard the geographic and amount-consumed elements of pricing in favor of two optional systems that set prices on whether or not the electricity is used during peak, semipeak, or off-peak periods.
If the applications are approved, residents would have the option of using the new billing system starting in 2013, and small businesses would be required to use the new system, SDG&E officials said.
Edison customers would probably start shifting to time-of-day pricing in 2014, said spokesman Gil Alexander.
Consumer advocates expressed concern that while the new systems offer some advantages, customers who are elderly or have medical equipment at home may be unable to reduce their electrical use during expensive times. They also worried that customers will no longer be motivated to reduce their use.
Under the current system, the price for each kilowatt-hour of electricity rises as consumers use more, and the price changes based on which geographic zone customers live in, with inland users paying less than coastal users.
The framework proposed by SDG&E is already in place for some of the utility's largest customers, and if approved, it would be required for smaller commercial and industrial customers as well. But the utility is proposing two optional pricing systems for residential customers.
"We really believe that dynamic pricing, or time-of-day pricing, is just a natural extension of taking us into the smart-grid world," said Caroline Winn, vice president of consumer services for SDG&E. "It provides more options,and really more control of our energy costs."
For residential customers, electricity rates will be set in three periods: peak, which runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays; semipeak, which runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays, and off-peak, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays, and all weekends and holidays.
The utility then offers two ways to be billed based on these pricing systems. Under one time-of-day system, customers would pay 16.5 cents for peak, 7.9 cents for semipeak, and 6.1 cent for off-peak. The differentials are intended to encourage users to reduce their power usage during the day, either by becoming more efficient or by shifting energy-intensive uses such as running a dishwasher or charging an electric car, to nighttime.


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They shared their private hopes. At a "Caregivers" gathering, I asked participants to write a special bucket list: their personal archive of things to do before it's too late. Few talked about themselves, instead they spoke of "they" — a list of dreams for themselves and the people they care for. For a moment they were granted permission to dream as they revealed the cry of caregivers.
"I dream of taking my parents to the beach and walk in the sand. They both use walkers (and can't walk far). They used to love going to the ocean."
— Laverne, who is the caregiver for her parents.
They rarely ask for things for themselves. The nature of caregivers is about giving, not receiving. They perform selfless not selfish acts and I'm inspired by their dreams.
"Take my aunt out dancing — she loves to dance but only gets to do it at home."
— Tracy
Their lists celebrated life, balancing on a thin line between regret and hope. None were self-centered nor materialistic. No one wasted a wish on sky diving. Most acts were simple, reminding us of the everyday life caregivers and the elderly long for.
"Go to Superior Dairy to have ice cream with my sister."
— Stella
Their voices were gentle, like the touch of someone who takes care of others. Their stories have the power to capture and convey simple hopes.
"Travel to the coast. My husband is losing his sight, so we'll not be able to see the ocean (soon)."
— Shirley
Many dreamed of things they wanted to do before it was too late. I was struck by the frequent use of the word "we" — caregivers often speak in plurals. The lives of caregivers and those in need are intricately interwoven and intertwined. When one loses their sight, they both do.
"Take dad to Disneyland with family. He took us when we first came to America."
— Hadassah
They dream in stories, memoirs written in a few words. The back story here is a wish to go to Disneyland. But beyond just the travel, the family wants to step back into history and understand the power of a moment in the life of a family.
Stories allow us to imagine ourselves in the context of history. Generations relive an event and are given the opportunity to see themselves in the timeline of a family legacy.
"Peace among all family members."
— Anonymous
Too often, caregivers aren't allowed to show emotions and speak freely. Day after day, they live in the demanding world of giving care, while others (often family members) drop in and visit — and leave behind their unwelcomed opinions and recommendations. Like all humans, caregivers experience resentment, anger and frustration.
They may feel unacknowledged and not respected. They may want to scream out and demand family act like a caring family. But they often can't — and we only hear their cry if we listen closely when we ask about their dreams — and their simple but deeply emotional request for family "peace."
"Restore my dad's 1955 classic Chevy pickup."
— Elaine
A dream remains a secret until it's shared, then it has the potential to be real. Too often caregivers remain silent, too modest to make a list that family and friends can contribute to.
If others don't know your dreams, how can they help?
"He was a carpenter. I dream of building a cabinet together." — Kim
Great stories are built around simple acts, characters engaging in a project, a cause, a crusade that grows and quickly evolves into something greater. A novel could be written, beginning with a simple wish to build a cabinet together and the final act of life between father and child.
"To be able to go out for dinner without the worry of handling the walker, stairs, etc. ... like we used to."
— Harriet
Not all dreams are complicated. Sometimes caregivers cry out for just a little help. We can rally around them, even if for one evening. Helping hands may be all that's needed for both the one in need and the caregiver to become king and queen for a day.
"Visit my relatives back East before it is too late. There is dementia in my family and I fear that I may be in the first stages of that disease."
— Richard
When the end approaches, we're granted a unique vantage point: We understand the value of life before it's too late. The act of reconnecting, a final journey of life to create memories so we do not die alone. Time transforms into a new force when we see the finish line, it alters our dreams.
" Give my mother something to laugh about each day."
— Jan
"I wish people understood my feelings."
— Susan
"Freedom from guilt and fear."
— Bill
I believe we can grant these wishes, make the invisible visible, the unspoken heard. For a day, I heard a group of givers who had the courage to share their hopes. The ordinary became extraordinary in their dreams. We can listen. We can act. We can make this a wonderful world.


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