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Over the past month, Iran's oil diplomacy has been more active than ever and Iran's Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh hosted important meetings, the most important of which was the four-nation meeting with his counterparts from Venezuela, Iraq and Qatar on February 17 with the objective of bringing stability back to the market and improving crude oil price.After the meeting, Zangeneh said Iran supports any measure that would help stabilize the market and boost crude prices. The Tehran meeting followed an oil ministerial meeting between Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela in Doha.Zangeneh welcomed cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, saying that the "decision by OPEC and non-OPEC members for freezing their production ceiling with the objective of market stability and improvement in prices in the interest of consumers and producers has won Iran's support, too.""Although it is a primary step and more steps must follow, this beginning of cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC countries for improving the market conditions is a source of happiness and we support any measure for the stability of market and improvement of prices," said the Iranian minister.Asked about the effect of the recent meeting with OPEC and non-OPEC ministers on oil prices, he said: "We have to wait and see its impact on the prices."Touching on the readiness of certain non-OPEC countries for cooperation, Zangeneh said: "Russia, as the largest producer of oil in the world, Oman and other countries have announced their solidarity, which is a positive step."New Chapter in Iran-Siemens CooperationZangeneh hosted Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser on February 22. After the meeting, Zangeneh said Siemens is one of the major suppliers of rotary machinery and electricity generation equipment in the world. "With Siemens' cooperation, Iran can turn into the hub of manufacturing and export of equipment," he said.The minister said Iran needed Siemens's gas compressors and machinery to revive its ramped-up production bid which fizzled out after Western companies downed the tools under the sanctions regime.Siemens blocked the delivery of gas turbines and compressors which Iran had bought to be used in its oil and gas projects."The equipment was for South Pars phases, LNG (projects) and some of the Iranian refineries, the release of which has started after the annulment of sanctions," Zangeneh said.He said more than 30 compressors had been seized, adding that Siemens has agreed to help Iran for the delivery of compressors and turbines and their launch in Iran. Zangeneh said Siemens can jointly produce equipment with Iranian companies for exports to regional countries, including Iraq, Central Asia and elsewhere.The minister told Siemens it could start joint ventures with any Iranian company and export equipment to regional markets using the Siemens brand. Siemens was already planning to work with Oil Turbo Compressor Company. "We hope a new chapter will open in cooperation between Iran and Siemens during the post-sanction (era)," he said. "Iran needs to withdraw more gas, requiring it to purchase rotary machinery and wellhead compressors, and Siemens can be a good partner for Iran in this field," Zangeneh said.'We want to pick up where we left off,' Siemens said in a statement, citing its engagement in Iran since 1868, especially in the energy sector and rail transportation. 'We see great pent-up demand.'Siemens stopped doing new business in Iran in 2010 but last month signed deals to work on Iran's railway infrastructure worth up to 1.5 billion Euros ($1.7 billion) in anticipation of Western sanctions against Iran being lifted.'We never left the country and stand by our commitment also in difficult times, always in compliance with international regulations. We'll now be stepping up our efforts toward continuing this long tradition,' Siemens said.Iran, Oman Discuss Gas PipelineOn February 21, Zangeneh met with Oman's foreign minister, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, in Tehran. After the meeting whose main theme was the construction of Iran-Oman gas pipeline, Zangeneh said: "In this meeting, we discussed the issue of joint investment in refining, oil storage, [petroleum] products and the development of petrochemical industries in both countries."He said that the relations between Iran and Oman would improve following the recent lifting of sanctions.For his part, Bin Alawi said studies on a planned pipeline to carry gas from Iran to Oman would have been completed in six months. "Muscat agrees with all details of the construction of Iran-Oman gas pipeline," he said.Noting that his meeting with Zangeneh aimed at examining projects and expanding relations in the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors between the two countries, the Omani minister said his country favors enhanced ties with the Islamic Republic given Iran's oil and gas potential.He said: "The objective is to deliver Iran's gas to world markets through Oman." Bin Alawi said prospects of economic, trade and oil cooperation were also discussed in his meeting with Zangeneh. "All Oman coasts are ready for enhanced maritime cooperation with Iran," he added.Petchem Exports to Georgia Iran's petroleum minister met with Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze in Tehran on February 16. Iran and Georgia negotiated over exporting gas from Iran to the Caucasian state, as well as joint investment in the petrochemical sector, said Zangeneh.Speaking to Shana after meeting Kaladze added, "Iran will supply the feedstock and will also cooperate with the Georgian companies in the investment."He said Georgia has the advantage to export Iranian goods to Europe and said it will communicate to the Iranian private sector for investment ventures."Studies have to be carried out in this area which we hope can be completed and lead to investment," the minister said.It was decided that Tehran and Tbilisi will introduce their qualified companies to cooperate, said Zangeneh.Kaladze also expressed hope that Iran-Georgia relations would improve after the lifting of sanctions. "Negotiations about the volume and price of gas will continue and meetings are expected to be held in this regard," he said.Noting that there are two options for Iran's gas exports to Georgia; namely Azerbaijan and Armenia, Kaladze said more details of Iran's gas exports to Georgia will be discussed in future meetings.Oil Export to Ghana On February 14, Iran's petroleum minister met with Ghanaian Minister of Petroleum Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah. After the meeting, Zangeneh said Tehran is keen on enhancing ties with Ghana and is ready to export crude oil, as well as petroleum products to the African country. He said the two sides have prepared an MoU which they will sign within the following 24 hours. The meeting was in line with the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and enhancement of ties with the African country, he added. "Ghana produces a little amount of crude oil, has not tapped much of its reserves and is yet to exploit its resources," said the Iranian official.He said Accra needs little imports of crude oil, adding the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum during the meeting announced its readiness to ship consignments of crude oil and petroleum products to Ghana. The Iranian minister of petroleum further said an Iranian delegation will travel to Ghana to help the country in downstream, refining and distribution network sectors. 'They [Ghana] have also called for training their personnel by Iran and the two countries will cooperate in this field as well,' Zangeneh said. 'We are keen on enhancing our ties with Ghana,' he added.For his part, Armah-Kofi Buah said Ghana needs Iran's oil and gas support to become the hub of power generation in the African continent. He said he discussed cooperation in the upstream and downstream sectors, noting that Ghana could benefit from Iran's oil and gas potential.Iran, Venezuela Hold Close ViewsBefore the four-nation meeting in Tehran, Zangeneh met with Venezuela's oil minister Eulogio del Pino.After this meeting, Zangeneh stressed that Tehran and Caracas have always held very close views on oil, adding that Iran supports Venezuela's efforts for improvement in the oil market and the market stability."In this meeting, in addition to exchanging views on issues related to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, crude oil markets and cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, we had good negotiations on Tehran-Caracas bilateral relations after the removal of sanctions," he said. Oil Exports to JapanOn February 15, Zangeneh hosted Katsuyuki Kawai, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.He said crude oil exports make up a significant part of Iran-Japan relations, adding: "We expect Japan and Japanese state firms to bring their petroleum imports from Iran to the level it was before the sanctions were imposed on Tehran."He said international sanctions did not let Iran and Japan broaden their energy cooperation in the past, adding that the two sides can cooperate in oil refining, LNG, petrochemicals, joint investment and financing of projects."I believe that Japanese companies are presented with big opportunities," said Zangeneh.He said that Shinzo Abe plans to visit Iran this year, adding that Kawai-led delegation's visit was a preparatory step for the Japanese prime minister's future visit. (Source: Iran Petroleum Monthly)**1664
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Re: Re: Re: Limit question
This is of course not true if you allow x to be a complex number, which
is exactly what Mathematica normally does in such cases.
On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 08:13 PM, Otto Linsuain wrote:
> As for the limits Limit[1/x, x->0] and Limit[Tan[x],x->Pi/2], without
> specifying a direction, the correct answer is that they don't exist.
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The combination of heat, sweat, and friction in your nether regions is not only uncomfortable, it can be unhealthy. Tight and nonbreathable clothing traps heat and moisture, which can encourage the growth of candida, and lead to an unbearable yeast infection. That's not the only thing you have to worry about. When bacteria travels from back to front, it increases your risk for contracting an uncomfortable urinary tract infection (UTI) as well. These can both be prevented if you pay special attention to what you wear below the waist.
Cotton undies: Cotton is lightweight and breathable, which are both good qualities when it comes to your lady parts. Underwear made from all cotton are recommended for lighter types of exercise like yoga or strength training where you're not moving a ton. With something like running or biking, the cotton will absorb your sweat, become heavy, and shift around a lot, and could actually become irritating to your skin in that area.
Thongs: This style prevents wedgies and panty lines, but it turns out it's not the best choice health-wise. Since it's tight fitting, stays close to your body, and slides back and forth as you exercise, it's perfectly designed to move fecal bacteria to your vagina, which can lead to UTIs or vaginal bacterial infections. For your workouts, I'd say thong be gone.
Boy shorts: This undies style offers fuller coverage so it may help keep your tushy warm during colder workouts. You may not find them as comfortable though since the crotch might ride up. Extra material down there isn't good for moisture management either, so if you prefer this style, make sure they fit well and stay put when you move.
Wicking undies: Some are made of synthetic material such as nylon or polyester, while others use nature's bounty, made of comfy merino wool. These panties are specifically made to move moisture away from you sensitive parts, so you can rest easy wearing these while sweating it out, especially on longer workouts.
Bottoms with built-in wicking underwear: If your exercise shorts or pants have a wicking panel sewn in, known as a gusseted crotch, then you may wonder why anyone needs to wear undies at all. Underwear isn't necessary, but it all comes down to personal preference. If you feel more comfortable having a layer between you and your bottoms for controlling sweat or odor, it won't hurt to wear undies; just make sure they're made of breathable cotton or are designed for wicking.
Going bare: If breathability is a top concern when it comes to your special area, then wearing nothing seems like the perfect option, right? The issue with this is that if your workout bottoms don't contain a wicking panel in the crotch, you'll end up with the same problems you would if you were wearing nonbreathable undies. So check your shorts or pants before going commando.
Aside from what you wear down there, the number one way to prevent infections is to remove your sweaty clothes as soon as your workout is complete, and take a shower ASAP. Use warm water and a mild soap, and refrain from using douches, scented powders, or sprays.
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The Vacuum
by Sara Wilson Etienne
When people describe the vast emptiness of outer space, it sounds very familiar to me. In fact, most of us recognize the vacuum. It's the place where we write every day.
We tell stories that fill up the emptiness. We create protoworlds and set them spinning in the darkness. And we hope against hope that they will have enough gravity to pull in more material. To grow bigger and bigger. To become a planet that we can populate with our audience. Maybe we'll even find a moon to cast its light on the whole shebang.
But the vacuum is a lonely place. We sit in the blackness with only far-away stars to keep us company or guide us. Occasionally comets shoot by to wow or destroy us. But most of the time, it's just us.
So how do we survive? More than that… how do we keep ourselves out there, keep ourselves building worlds, when we have no idea if we are doing it right?
Recently I've had several heartbreaking conversations with incredibly talented writer friends. I don't know whether it's the tough market or just one of those unfair things, but they've found themselves out in the darkness and have started to ask themselves "Am I really a writer?"
I mean, how do we know? In a business where we often receive more rejection than encouragement, how do we keep going? Sometimes we send our stories out into space and hear nothing back. Even with the cheering of our friends and family and critique groups, the silence can be deafening.
Here's the answer that I came up with, it may not be your answer, but I'm going to share it anyway.
You have to be louder than the silence.
After many rejections, after working on my novel for seven years and not knowing if I was getting anywhere, I decided that I was the only one that was going to declare myself a writer. And I just let my eyes adjust to the darkness.
I know I am a writer because I put pen to paper. Or more like, finger to keyboard. I'm a writer because I love to tell stories, even when I hate it. I'm a writer because my brain is constantly making things up. Sure some of it is neurotic, about how my coffee pot will overheat and my computer will melt and even if I find a back-up copy of my book no one will want to read it anyway. But they are stories nonetheless. I'm a writer because when I avoid my writing it makes me grumpy and when I finally get those words down it is a relief. Some days I even feel weightless.
I write to stay sane.
I write to make myself happy.
I write because in my hearts of hearts, I truly believe I have worlds in me that deserve to exist.
Every writer is standing out there in the darkness trying to build a new world. No agent or contract or award can help you do this. I won't deny that a little moonlight might help you see things clearer, but the act of writing has to come from you. And you can't let solar winds or comets or supernovas stop you. And even though it might feel impossible, you write because you want to or you feel compelled to or you love to, not because someone has told you that you can.


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Violin, Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
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- Boston Conservatory - Violin and Chamber Music Faculty
- Brandeis University - Instructor of Violin and Viola
- Gramercy Trio - Violin
- American String Teachers Association - Chamber Music Editor for American String Teacher and Chair of Studio Teacher's Committee.
- Play On, Inc - Founder and Director
- Blog: http://justtuningin.wordpress.com
Sharan Leventhal, violin, has toured four continents as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Since winning the Kranischsteiner Musikpreis at the 1984 International Contemporary Music Festival in Darmstadt, Germany, she has built an international reputation as a champion of contemporary music. Her more than 150 premieres include works written by Gunther Schuller, Ben Johnston, Virgil Thomson, William Kraft, Pauline Oliveros, Taina León, Simon Bainbridge, Scott Wheeler, and Fred Hersch.
Equally active in traditional venues, Leventhal has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra; the Toledo, Milwaukee, Gulf Coast, Topeka, Dayton and Albany symphonies; and the Wisconsin, Cleveland, and Santa Rosa chamber orchestras, among others. She is a member of the Gramercy Trio, the Kepler Quartet, and the Boston Artists Ensemble; was a founding member of Marimolin; and has appeared with the Muir Quartet, the Apple Hill Chamber Players, Present Music, and the Boston Chamber Music Society.
Leventhal has received grants from Chamber Music America (2011), the Fromm Foundation (2011), the Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording (2011, 2006, 2003, 1999, 1992), the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation (1992), American Academy of Arts & Letters (2007), Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust (2011, 2008), and the National Endowment for the Arts (1993, 1988, 1987), among others.
Recordings include the string quartets of Ben Johnston with the Kepler Quartet (New World 2006 and 2011), the violin and piano works of Virgil Thomson (Northeastern Recordings, 1990), Gramercy Trio (Parma Recordings, 2008; Naxos, 2007; Newport Classic, Ltd., 2004), and discs by Marimolin (GM Recordings, 1988 and 1996, and Catalyst/BMG, 1995). She has recorded broadcasts for the BBC, ORF (Austria), Musikradion (Sweden), WGBH-Boston, and WNYC.
Leventhal teaches at The Boston Conservatory and Brandeis University, and has served on the faculties of Michigan State University and Berklee College of Music. Summer teaching includes the Wintergreen Music Festival, Interlochen Arts Camp, the Asian Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong, and Apple Hill. She presents concerts, seminars, master classes and lectures throughout the United States, South America and Europe, and during the 1990s taught regularly at the Bruckner-Konservatorium in Linz, Austria. She received her BM from Boston University and her MM from Yale University, while studying with Joseph Silverstein, having studied previously with Thomas Moore and Sally Thomas, among others.
Leventhal is active in the American String Teachers Association, where she serves as chamber music editor for the organization's publication (American String Teacher), and chair of the studio teacher's committee. From 2012-14, she served as president of the Massachusetts chapter. Leventhal is the founder and director of Play On, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting active participation in music making. Her music blog is titled, Just tuning In.


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I have never made anything out of plastic type stuff before. So I'm pretty stuck on what to use. I am a leatherworker, so I am stumped.:facepalm
I have acess to discarded signs from a sign shop, but I don't know what it's made of or what adhesive to use (other than duct-tape).
How thick should the styrene/plastic/sintra/cardboard/duct-tape/aluminum/resin/fiberglass/tanned ewok skins/etc. be for the different areas of the helmet?
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Well, mom hasn't been on here to say much about us in fur-ever! My fur brother and sisters are all doing great. Kenny, my terrier fur brother has just moved to NC as my hooman sis has finally settled down and can keep him with her! That's awesome for Kenny and that leaves just the 3 of us furkids at Mom's
I haven't been up to much. I still love to play and chase things like crazy. I am Mom's official running buddy. Our longest run to date has been 14 miles! That was pawsome!! I really like those days when we are up before the sun comes up and we're able to cover miles and miles like that. I have my very own water bottle mom brings just for me :) I don't like the summer heat too much, so Mom curtails the long runs then to just a couple of miles :) We've even run 2 5Ks (3.1 mile) races together with lots of other people and their dogs! Those are fun and Mom says, raises money so that other furkids can find their eventual families.
Well, that's it for now. Gotta go bark at a butterfly!
Well, I've settled right in. Guess this is really it! By now, everywhere else I've been, the humans would have shuffled me off. Sure glad I finally found the right home for me and all of my many talents, BOL.
My human, Andrew, is awesome! I follow him everywhere. We're in an advanced obedience class together now. He says there will be a test of some sort at the end. For something called a Canine Good Citizen--well, I think I'm already that! Guess the testers will find out on the test day.
Besides that fun, the human adult is working hard with me to learn how to retrieve a ball. She sure is excited whenever I manage to not drop in on my way back to her. I don't mind cuz there's always lots of treats when we play together.
My pal, Hunny, is my favorite to play with. Macy, the original pup here, is pretty pawsome, too. The old man Kenny tolerates me but he's good at making sure I don't go overboard with my puppy antics.
Overall, I'm one happy puppy right now. I'll keep all my pawpals updated on my future adventures! Bark atcha later.
So glad Mom finally is making it official and giving me my own Dogster page!
I'm the latest addition to my family's four-legged gang. I come from Northern Virginia Sheltie rescue and my wonderful foster mom, found my family especially for me! Although Mom wasn't looking for another dog, she found me hard to resist! I may be an annoying teenager in some ways but I do have a lot of charm, if I do say so myself :) I usued it especially hard on her and my boy (her son) Andrew.
He was just about heart broken when Mom said I was to go back to my foster mom, after spending about a week with the family while my foster mom took a much-deserved vacation at the beginning of October. Mom saw some potential in me, and basically caved, BOL.
So here I am, happy with my new family. And they're pretty happy with me, too. Well, except maybe when I get into the trash can--I love to do that!! Although Mom says my days of doing that are numbered---something called t-r-a-i-n-i-n-g is supposed to change my ways :) I already have had some of that training--I graduated top paws from my basic obedience course, BOL!! I dunno, that trash can is waaay more tempting than doing sits and downs for treats :)
I'm looking forward to the new year. I'm over one year old now and ready to complete my advanced obedience class with Andrew by my side. After that, they're gonna teach me something called flyball. Oh yeah, and did I tell you about the sheep?? Mom has taken me to play with those a couple of times already! They are the best dog toys, EVER!!! I love to chase them around the ring. Mom says I'm a natural but why wouldn't I be? I mean they run, smell awesome, and we get to be outside, too?? What pup wouldn't like all of that?!?
Well, gotta run for now but I'll bark atcha after the beginning of the year. I hope all of my new pup pals have a wonderful, happy holiday season!
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After being unhappy for years about his contract situation while Jerry Angelo was the Bears' general manager, Lance Briggs signed a contract extension today in Phil Emery's first offseason as general manager. And Briggs made it clear that it was much easier to negotiate with Emery in charge:
"I'm grateful. I'm just very appreciative right now that the work has been recognized and that it (the deal) got handled as fast as it did. This is by far the least amount of time I've ever had (in talks) with the Bears," Briggs said.
Briggs also said that he knows he will retire a Bear:
"My dream is to retire as a Bear and I know that I will retire a Bear," he said. "I'm just excited right now. I'm so juiced that everything happened fast and I can focus on preparing for a championship."The 7-time Pro Bowl linebacker is confident Bears will eventually reach a contract extension with Brian Urlacher as well:
"The Bears will do right by him," Briggs said. "He's coming off a great year. Hopefully we can play til we're 49 years old, if that's possible."
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The Rockford High School Rams girls varsity tennis team finished the regular season with a tie for first place at the Saturday, May 9 OK Red conference tournament. In the final conference standings, Rockford placed second behind OK Red champs Hudsonville by just one point. This week, the Rams' attention turned to the Thursday, May 14 Division I regional tournament. A non-conference match with Caledonia was scheduled for Monday, May 11. The Rams finished conference play with a 6-1-1 record, and a 9-1-1 overall record. The team won two invitationals.
At the conference tournament, the Rockford squad tied with Hudsonville at 50 points each. Lindsay Gauger and Meliah Mead earned first-place medals for the fourth doubles flight, topping the runners-up from Jenison, 6-1 and 6-0. Second singles player MJ Bothma, third singles player Alex Stembaugh, and the first doubles team of Jill Haverkate and Katie Rachon were awarded medals as runners-up in their flights.
Rain forced the conference event indoors at MVP in Rockford, Riverview and Ramblewood for the morning. By the afternoon, the rain stopped and the tournament moved back outdoors to the Jenison High School courts.
The Rams were to face a nearly identical slate for Thursday's regional tournament, except for Hudsonville. Ranked fifth in the state in Division II by high school tennis coaches, the Eagles moved to the Division II regional event.
Winning teams and top singles flights at the regional tournaments are eligible for the state finals, May 29-30. Last year's Rockford girls varsity tennis team was the first to qualify for the state finals in a decade, and finished in 15th place.


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March 20, 2010By Cameron Harris, Assistant Media Relations Director
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee baseball team is off to its best start since the 2003 campaign after putting behind a rough start and two rain delays to rally for a 9-4 victory to complete the series sweep over Canisius on Sunday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
"We dug ourselves a hole early on," UT Head Coach Todd Raleigh said. "It was kind of déjà vu of last Sunday but we were able to cut it off a little bit. I have to give credit to Carter Watson. It was a tough situation to put a freshman in. He made a senseless error on a bunt, but other than that I was pretty pleased with what he did. All of the pitchers that followed did a good job. Other than the first inning, we had a tremendous weekend. We had at least four double plays and stole a lot of bases today. To me, that was the difference in the game."
The Volunteers are now 5-1 on the season, marking their best start since opening with an 8-0 record in 2003, while Canisius dropped to 3-4 with the loss. The home sweep is UT's first since at Lindsey Nelson since taking all three games from LSU in 2008.
UT put its aggressive baserunning philosophy on full display Sunday, swiping nine bases in 10 attempts, led by three each from senior Matt Duffy and freshman Andrew Toles. The nine stolen bases marked the most for the Orange and White in a single game since it last stole nine against Morehead State on Feb. 8, 2003.
Duffy also went 3-for-3 with a walk, three RBIs and two runs scored at the plate and made a number of terrific plays defensively at third base to round out a solid all-around afternoon. Toles added two hits, a walk and a run as well, while senior Khayyan Norfork, who stole two bases of his own, had a single in the fourth to ensure that he has now hit safely in all six games this season.
Despite entering the game under less than ideal circumstances, freshman Carter Watson earned his first career victory after twirling 4.2 strong innings of relief. He allowed just one unearned run on two hits and four walks. Sophomore Zack Godley would later come on to close out the game, holding the Griffins to just one hit over the final 1.2 innings for his first save in a UT uniform. Tennessee now has four saves on the season from four different pitchers. That matches the team's save total for the entire 2010 season.
The Big Orange also put on a clinic defensively, turning four inning-ending double plays. That is the most in a single game since it turned four against USC Upstate on March 25, 2008. Through the first six games of the season, the Vols have only had three errors, just one of which has come from a position player.
"Honestly, in six games we've made three errors, two by pitchers," Raleigh said. "The one yesterday was a freak play with Khayyan on a line-drive double-play. Our double plays were the difference today. Not only that, but Duffy made a couple plays today that were unbelievable."
Following a delay of 35 minutes prior to the first pitch due to scattered showers in the area, UT starting pitcher Jerod Peper got off to a rough start, hitting the first batter and walking the second before play was halted due to more rain.
Play resumed one hour, 14 minutes later with Watson on the mound for the Vols. The rookie from Murfreesboro, Tenn., would make a throwing error that would bring a run in, but settled down after that, getting three consecutive groundouts. Canisius made the most of the outs, however, scoring two more runs to take a 3-0 lead after the first frame.
"(Jerod) struggled a little bit but I also think the rain hit him," Raleigh said. "We had two great performances (the last two days) so we had a lot of pitching left. I didn't know we were going to pitch like that the previous two days so I didn't feel any stretch in our bullpen. (Jerod) is going to be fine. It was only two hitters but it was an hour-and-something delay, so I didn't want to bring him back out there."
Tennessee would not wait long to respond though, tallying two runs in the bottom of the first on a double to center by junior Matt Ramsey and an RBI groundout by senior Tyler Horne.
After a scoreless second, the Vols struck big in the third, scoring three runs to take a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the game. With one out on the board, Duffy reached base on a hit by pitch. He immediately stole second and then swiped third without a throw when the fourth ball to Ramsey found the dirt. He would come home to score just seconds later when Horne lifted a sacrifice fly to left field. The big blow came on the very next pitch, however, when junior Charley Thurber blasted a two-run home run over the wall in right. It came on a free swing, as the Canisius pitcher had been called for a balk on the play.
While those five runs would prove to be enough in the long run, the Vols tacked on another run in the fourth when Duffy singled home Norfork. Canisius scored again in the top of the sixth, but Ramsey gunned down a runner trying to steal second to thwart any attempt at a comeback.
The Big Orange got the run back in the bottom of the stanza anyway when a sac fly from senior Josh Liles brought Toles home just one pitch after he had stolen third.
UT's final two runs came in the eighth inning, during which it stole three more bases. With one out, Toles singled to left and advanced to second on an error when the ball scooted by the left fielder. After a walk to Norfork, the speedy duo recorded the team's second successful double steal of the day. Although Toles would be thrown out at a very close play at the plate, the Vols still had runners on the corners. That quickly turned into two runners in scoring position thanks to yet another stolen base, this one by Liles, before Duffy brought both runners home with a bloop single to right.
The Volunteers will return to the diamond next Friday against Bradley at 5 p.m. at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. UT will then host Indiana at 4 p.m. on Saturday and Morehead State at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee baseball, visit www.UTSports.com/baseball and follow @VolBaseball on Twitter.


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Boston University and UMass opened the Hockey East slate in Amherst and with the Minutemen scoring the 3-2 victory, BU dropped one spot to #3 in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Hockey Poll this week. Miami earned 46 of 50 first place votes to retain their number one ranking after taking three of four points at New Hampshire this weekend. North Dakota, with one first place vote, is up to second, from fourth in the poll with BU at third with two first place votes and Denver at fourth and Michigan fifth. Vermont, at seventh, is up four spots and tallied the final first place votes after defeating BC 4-1 at home. The Eagles are 14th in the poll, down two spots from last week. UMass-Lowell is the only other Hockey East team in the poll at #13, up one spot from last week.
In the rest of Hockey East action in the past week Providence split two games with #9 Notre Dame in South Bend and Maine split a pair at home with Michigan State. HEA also swept three games with Atlantic Hockey as Northeastern beat Bentley and Merrimack beat Holy Cross and Army. The Terriers have a great opportunity to move back up in the poll since they are hosting #9 Notre Dame and #5 Michigan this week. Notre Dame continues its play against Hockey East schools as BC visits the Irish, a game the teams traditionally play on the eve of their football game.
Vermont looks to build on their good start as they visit Merrimack, who will also try to keep Hockey East undefeated against Atlantic Hockey as they play host to Connecticut. Northeastern will open their conference season with a pair of road games at UNH and UMass-Lowell, who will also play host to Colgate this weekend. Maine makes an odd road trip of UMass and UNH this weekend and Providence stays out of conference with a pair against Bowling Green.
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Once again the Evergreen Chorale, along with the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, will embrace the season with their annual Christmas production. This year holiday classics and the mini-opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" will be presented Friday evening and Sunday afternoon at two separate locations. Because both shows promise to draw a huge audience, the opera and musical selections will be performed at Denver's 100-year-old Central Presbyterian Church on Friday and at Rockland Community Church on Sunday.
The bands might not be very well known, but the familiar intimate stage, theater seating and stories about the musicians' songs and inspirations are making Conifer Loves Music a local attraction.
The music series kicked off its second round of shows last weekend at StageDoor Theatre — headlined by Denver/New York City-based band The Winchester Local and Texas rock band Lindby.
But before either band took the stage, Conifer's Ben Powell opened the show, performing his music live for the very first time.
By Penny Randell, for the Courier
The Evergreen Chorale will welcome a guest performance of "James and the Giant Peach" on Sunday at Center/Stage Theatre, acted and directed by the Phamaly Theatre Company from Denver. This professional-grade musical is for the whole family and promises to provide a festive path toward Thanksgiving.
Last Friday, Conifer's Venue Theatre Company kicked off its fourth season with a stage adaptation of the 25-year old Disney film "Beauty and the Beast."
Directed by Nelson Conway, the three-hour musical sees nearly 30 students from five area high schools share the story of how Prince Adam — transformed into the animalistic Beast by an enchantress after refusing her shelter — captured the heart of bookish but kind Belle.
Beginning this Friday, StageDoor Theatre in Conifer will present "Fiddler on the Roof," an ambitious production chosen to encourage as many high school students as possible to participate.
The senior high company at StageDoor took on the beloved musical, which premiered on Broadway in 1964 and then was made into a cherished movie in 1971.
By Andrea Tritschler, for the Courier
Hands reached for the brilliantly colored and intricately designed bowls in wild excitement to find the perfect one. A large number of the 600 hand-painted, ceramic bowls went home with guests at the eighth annual Mountain Bowls Project, a fund-raising event for the Mountain Resource Center.
On Oct. 18, the fund-raiser brought community members together for lunch and dinner with something special to take home. Each guest chose one of the bowls, which had been donated by the community.
By Kevin M. Smith, For the Courier
Nov. 3 will be a homecoming of sorts for John McEuen.
The California native, who is perhaps best known as a co-founder of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966, lived in Clear Creek for 20 years.
"It's nice," McEuen said in an interview, noting that Idaho Spring is close to skiing and not too far from the Denver airport. "There are nice people; it was a growing little town."
By Andrea Tritschler, For the Courier
Tucked away on the side of Pleasant Park Road is a small, old cemetery, so much a part of the landscape it often goes unnoticed.
But on Saturday, the Conifer Historical Society made Kemp Cemetery the star of its show, with a tour that highlighted why.
Storytellers use all sorts of devices to convey their tales — visual aids, sound effects, lighting and shadows. But few storytellers actually become the story themselves.
For biographical actors R.D. and Barb Melfi of Pine, this is the essence of their work — not merely acting the role, but living it.
The Melfis have portrayed William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Annie Oakley, as well as other historical figures, across the country at schools, festivals, shows and conventions, and in movies and commercials.
At the convention of Colorado's "Do Nothing Party," the villain A. Beast — pronounced "best"; the "a" is silent — enters to boos and hisses, and proclaims that he is "one of the convention plotters — I mean, planners."
These are only a few of the amusing moments that pervade the melodrama "Peril at the Polls."
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Gateway CDC Open Studio Tour 2013
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Welcome to the Prince George's County Gateway Arts District 9th Annual Open Studio Tour, home to one of the DC metro area's most innovative and exciting arts scenes. Attendees will experience the studios and galleries along the US Route 1 corridor, as we showcase professional artists representing almost every visual arts medium there is.
Call to Gateway Arts District Artists and Studios! Showcase your work during the 9th Annual Gateway CDC Open Studio Tour on May 11, 2013! The tour hours are from 12pm-5pm.
Please note that to participate in this event, studios must be located in the towns of Mount Rainier, Brentwood, North Brentwood, and within the city limits of Hyattsville, east of Queens Chapel Road.
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- Light refreshments
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The Gateway CDC envisions the Gateway Arts District as the heart of Prince George's County's arts beat. The CDC will work to make this vision happen, and ensure that the Arts District is lively, walkable, and bikeable, where people of all ages and backgrounds are shopping in local stores, eating at cafes and restaurants, and enjoying arts and entertainment venues. We are determined to make sure the Arts District will be recognized as the national model of a successful creative economy.


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Immigrants File Suit Against Immigration Agents
New York, NY —Ten immigrants from New Jersey - including two American citizens - are suing immigration agents and the federal authorities in charge.
They say the agents violated their constitutional rights in early morning raids at their homes. They're being helped by Seton Hall Law School.
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WHITTIER CA -- Pop N Go Inc. said that its model N9000 popcorn vending machines will incorporate "Pop N Go Tracker" management technology using AVT Inc.'s VMS software platform to provide real-time remote access to sales statistics and system status for each machine.
Machine owners and management personnel of chain stores will be able to track sales and system status in real time for each machine. Users will log onto the password-protected popngotracker.com website for access to machine information. A demo can be viewed at the website by entering "mypopngo" (username) and "n9000" (password).
The Pop N Go machine delivers fresh-popped popcorn, showcases video content through a 22" LCD topper and employs AVT's PC-based vending technology. Pop N Go began shipping the venders in late June. It began production in April and moved manufacturing to AVT's plant in Corona, CA.


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STATE COLLEGE – The University of Pittsburgh men's and women's track teams are heading to State College, Pa. this Saturday, January 12, to compete at the Nittany Lion Challenge.
The Panthers will be returning to Horace Ashenfelter Indoor Track just seven days after completing a successful showing at the Penn State Relays. Pitt left State College with a first place finish, along with numerous career-best times.
Joining Pitt and Penn State at this weekend's meet is: Albany, Cornell, Maryland and Oklahoma. For the Panthers, they will take their No. 25 national ranking and look to build on it.
Senior Tashaun Hill will try to improve on his third place finish a week ago in the 60 meter hurdles. Hill will be one of 18 men's track student-athletes, along with fellow 60 meter dash participants Micah Murray and Reginald Steele IV to make the trip to Penn State this weekend.
Steele and junior Dan O'Toole look to be the busiest Panthers this weekend, finding themselves in four separate events each.
Taking part in the 800 meter run will be Tyler Castelli and Sam Negley, as both will also run in one of the two 4x400 relay entered.
The Pitt men's track team will also field individuals in the 3,000 meter run, high jump, 400 meter dash, 200 meter dash, pole vault and the Distance Medley Relay.
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Ian lands Prime Time spot
ENNISCORTHY journalist Ian Kehoe is stepping into the limelight as reporter with 'Prime Time' on R.T.E. television. The son of Carmel and Peadar was recruited by the national broadcaster after six years with the 'Sunday Business Post' where he rose to the rank of chief news correspondent.
'I won't be sitting in with Miriam O'Callaghan,' explained Ian, who expects to be handed investigative assignments with the current affairs programme.
He has already cut his teeth as a broadcaster on TV3's Vincent Browne show, as well as appearing with Daithí Ó Sé and Claire Byrne on afternoon television. He has also presented the morning business slot with Newstalk radio occasionally.
The former 'young journalist of the year' winner attended secondary school at the C.B.S. in his home town, where he was as member of the debating team.
He later took a course in journalism at Dublin City University, followed by master's degree in international relations and a scholarship at college in Sacramento, California. He is also qualified in the field of commercial law.
He is the latest in a line of Enniscorthy current affairs journalists/presenters, following in the footsteps of Enda Brady (Sky News), Aoife Kavanagh ('Morning Ireland') and Ivan Yates (Newstalk's breakfast show).
'I always liked writing and I was always nosey,' Ian Kehoe told ' The Guardian', explaining his choice of career. In recent times, he has grabbed attention for the 'Business Post' with his pieces on Anglo Irish Bank and on the lack of vetting for foster parents.
Now he hopes to bring his nose for a story from print to one of R.T.E.'s flagship programmes, starting on October 18
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SYNOPSIS: Andrew wins a radio contest to spend one night alone in a haunted theater on the 80th anniversary of the bloody murder/suicide that occurred within its walls. His prize: $50,000. His task: To spend 12 hours alone inside. The catch: The theater has been reportedly haunted ever since the tragedy 80 years ago, and has been plagued by a …Read More »
Film Review: WNUF Halloween Special (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Originally broadcast live on October 31, 1987, the 'WNUF Halloween Special' is a stunning expose of terrifying supernatural activity that unfolded at the infamous Webber House, the site of ghastly murders. Local television personality Frank Stewart leads a group of paranormal investigators including Catholic exorcist, Father Joseph Matheson and the prolific husband-and-wife team Louis and Claire Berger. Together, the …Read More »
Film Review: The Last Broadcast (1998)
SYNOPSIS: Bristling with equipment, two enthusiastic local access cable TV producers recruit an assistant and venture into a forest in search of the mythical and horrifying Jersey Devil. Days later, only one of the trio emerges. He becomes the prime suspect in the disappearances of the other two. However, a local filmmaker examines extensive footage found at the scene and …Read More »
Film Review: Sx_Tape (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Adam and Jill attempt to spice up their relationship by recording a sex tape in an abandoned mansion. Realizing they're not alone in their ominous surroundings, the couple discover some sex tapes shouldn't be made as their kinky adventure turns into a desperate fight for survival. REVIEW: Sx Tape is a paranormal found footage movie that is missing …Read More »
Film Review: Knight of the Dead (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Hunted by raiders, a band of crusading knights escort the holy grail through a valley of black death where they must hack and slash their way to freedom. REVIEW: Knight of the Dead, honestly I would have thought that it wouldn't have taken almost 50 years to make this bad pun into a movie. The question remains, is it …Read More »
Top 10 Sequels that Shouldn't have Been Made
Sequels in the movie industry are a fickle thing, they can add great plot points and depth to characters, or they can almost drag a franchise into the ground. Everyone can think of at least one or two sequels that might even be better than the originals (though this is really few and far between), but what about those additions …Read More »
Top 5 Best and Worst Horror Films of Mid-2015
Top 5 Best/ Worst Horror Movies of Mid-2015 As June is ready to roll into July it means that we have not only officially hit summer, but that the year is already half over. I know everyone usually waits to do a year end top 10 list, but what the hey, half the years already gone so why not a …Read More »
Film Review: P.O.E. Project of Evil (P.O.E. 2) (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Following up the successful "P.O.E.: Poetry of Eerie", some of the original filmmakers regrouped for this newest experiment which aims to bring the tales of Edgar Allen Poe to life through the distinct lens of Italian horror with spoken English. While the original film's focus was the poetic and macabre dimension of the infamous Boston author, this sequel focuses …Read More »
Film Review: The Brides of Sodom (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Set in a post apocalyptic world where vampires named for Greek gods, and witches rule. It is a classic vampire story with some real twists: The plot centers around a male vampire named Eros who falls in love with a human named Samuel. Eros wants to "save" Samuel and make him a vampire, but Eros evil vampire lover, Dionysus …Read More »
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SYNOPSIS: Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder. REVIEW: Mischief night, the night when teenagers run rampant, pulling pranks and playing tricks. Most common among these antics are toilet papering …Read More »
Film Review: Dead Fury (2008)
SYNOPSIS: Animated parody of such horror classics as "Evil Dead" and "The Hills Have Eyes". REVIEW: Frank Sudol's first animated undertaking he showed use the humor in the zombie apocalypse, how would he fair as he takes his characters out of the big city and drops them in secluded forest. This is the location for his next movie, Dead Fury, …Read More »
Film Review: Compound Fracture (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Michael Silna has just gotten custody of his only sister's son after she was murdered by her husband before his very eyes. To fulfill his sister's dying wish, Michael takes his nephew and wife and makes the journey home to his only other living relative: his estranged, eccentric (and extremely paranoid) father who is obsessed with building an unassailable …Read More »
Sequels and Remakes: Return of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead After the success of Night of the Living Dead, the partnership between George Romero and John Russo soon ended, with Romero continuing to write and direct his own set of sequels. John Russo continued to write, but mostly novels instead of scripts, except for the few exceptions were he ended up writing a script from …Read More »
Film Review: City of Rott (2006)
SYNOPSIS: Desperately losing his mind while searching for a new pair of shoes, an old man and his trusty Walker wander the City of Rott, saturated with thousands of rotting zombies, driven to feed the blood-hungry worms residing in their skulls. REVIEW: As a horror fan one of the things I always look forward to each year are the few …Read More »
Film Review: Low (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A lonely city girl finds herself taken hostage by disturbed outsider. Miles from home she must not only escape her captor, but also protect a dark and dangerous secret. REVIEW: Low is a low budget psychological thriller indie that plays on the concept that you really don't know the true person that you are talking to. Yes people might …Read More »
Film Review: The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
SYNOPSIS: In 1931 H.P. Lovecraft wrote his classic tale of alien horror, "The Whisperer in Darkness". Lovecraft is now considered one of America's foremost writers of horror fiction, standing alongside the likes of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe. REVIEW: Bold black and white scenes, no end credits but instead a cast of players, and a bunch of auspicious practical …Read More »
Sequels and Remakes: Night of the Living Dead Sequels
After the eventual success of Night of the Living Dead, it would take George Romero 10 years to make his triumphant return to his world of the now growing zombie apocalypse, and this time he would be without most of his original team, most notably writer John Russo. But that is not to say that Romero had disappeared from the …Read More »
Film Review: The Other Side of Sleep (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Loosely inspired by the director's own memory of a girl's disappearance from her village, the film follows Arlene (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a young factory worker living alone in a rural Irish community REVIEW: It's not uncommon to see horror movies made in foreign counties and then brought over to the United States. The most common of these movies will usually …Read More »
Film Review: Joy Ride (2001)
SYNOPSIS: Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer. REVIEW: With this being the age of the internet, many people think that they can hide in the shadows of a fake name and not be held …Read More »
Film Review: Roadside Massacre (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Five teens struggle for their lives after becoming stranded in a cannibal infested mountain town REVIEW: Texas Chainsaw… I mean Texas Roadside Massacre is a quaint little film with great dialogue and even better character development. Na, I just messing around, it's quite the opposite of both those statements. The characters are flat and boring, and the acting is …Read More »
Film Review: Killer Holiday (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A startling motive is revealed when psychotic killer Melvin 'Spider' Holiday stalks 8 unsuspecting teenage victims lured to an abandoned amusement park off old Route 66 REVIEW: Killer Holiday is one of those movies that you start to watch with little to no expectations for, and you aren't very surprised when it comes true. The first thing that you …Read More »
Sequels and Remakes: The Good, The Bad, and The Regrettable
Night of the Living Dead is a staple in the history of horror, be it with its bold casting choices, casting Daune Jones (a black man) as the lead character, something unheard of in 1968, or helping to spawn the cannibalistic zombie genre (even though they don't once use the word zombie in this film), and eventually putting the names …Read More »
Film Review: 7E (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A young man struggles with unexplained events inside of a New York apartment where tenants are not who they appear to be. REVIEW: When a title like 7E comes up it instinctively makes me thing of movies such as 1408 and Apartment 1303, which are movies where the rooms themselves are haunted by a paranormal entity. This is not …Read More »


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AUGUSTA– The Augusta Rollin Maddogs quad rugby team brought home their first win against Jacksonville this past weekend at the tournament in Atlanta. The team has gone from a developmental team to a DIII team in just under four years and has dramatically improved in skill level and team work since. In the 2012 season alone, the Maddogs competed in three tournaments in Jacksonville and West Palm Beach along with attending a clinic in Atlanta. They have been working hard both on and off the court to improve their success as a team.


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Stevie Wonder doesn't need the money, that's for sure.
Impressive bank account statements, however, haven't kept other rich stars from touring consistently throughout the years. Yet while acts like the Stones have continued to roll, Wonder has kept the tour buses parked in the garage for more than a decade.
Some fans were beginning to think the Motown music legend might never hit the road again, which is one of the reasons why the recent news of his 13-city tour was greeted so warmly.
That was certainly the case in this neck of the woods, where Wonder will perform Aug. 26 at Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord and Sept. 4 at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga (both shows are sold out). The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's previous Bay Area outing was in January 1995 at the Paramount in Oakland.
During a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles, the 57-year-old legend spoke first of what motivated him to finally mount another tour.
"The greatest inspiration was my mother," he says softly. "It was inspired by the kind of love that she gave me. She was so encouraging to me."
Wonder's mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, died last year at the age of 76. An Alabama native, Hardaway played a key role in her son's career, both as a staunch supporter and as a talented co-songwriter. She helped pen three of Wonder's best-known early-era songs - "I Was Made to Love Her," "Don't Know Why I Love You" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours."
"All I can do is celebrate her life, celebrate what she did and how it was, through her, I was able to do the things I was able to do in my life," Wonder says.
This tour, dubbed a "Wonder Summer's Night," is also Wonder's attempt to repay audiences for the huge difference they made in his and his mother's lives.
"Through the appreciation I've received from my fans, I was able to do things for her, in her life, that may have never happened (otherwise)," he says. "There's just an appreciation to you all for making those things happen, in my life and for my family. So, through song, I want to say thank you."
That gratitude will manifest through fan-friendly set lists that should share much in common with Wonder's better "best of" compilations. According to the shows' promoter, Live Nation, Wonder will be performing "all of his classic hits."
At the risk of overly simplifying things, Wonder's career can be broken down into four distinct periods. The first began in 1962, when Wonder, at 11 or 12, depending on whom you believe, signed a record deal with Motown founder Berry Gordy. Over the next nine years, he recorded a number of signature tunes, including "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours." He also penned tracks for other Motown acts, including "Tears of a Clown," which turned out to be a monster smash for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.
All of those songs remain fan favorites and, even four decades later, Wonder says he still feels good about playing them live.
"The reason that I do feel good about it is because I take myself, or put myself, in the place of the experience of it," he says. "While I'm doing a song, it's like the first time."
What's commonly referenced as Wonder's "classic period" began with the release of two albums - "Music of My Mind" and "Talking Book" - in 1972. The heart of the order was 1973's "Innervisions," 1974's "Fulfillingness' First Finale" and 1976's double-disc "Songs in the Key of Life," all of which, amazingly, managed to capture album of the year honors at the Grammy Awards.
That era produced such fan favorites as "Superstition," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "Boogie On Reggae Woman," as well as one legend that still swirls through music circles to this day.
As rumor has it, Wonder went into the `70s with most of his classic cuts already written, and he smartly parceled them out over time to create what is surely one of the most satisfying runs of consecutive albums in popular music history.
There is some truth to that legend, Wonder says.
"There were certain songs that I had that were complete," he says. "But a lot of them were not even born, or weren't complete. Or I may have had the melody and music and the basic idea for some of them."
Even greater fame and commercial success awaited Wonder in the `80s, which can be considered the third era of the songwriter's career. The decade began as the singer released what would become his first-ever platinum album, 1980's "Hotter Than July." Over the next few years, Wonder racked up a string of No. 1 singles, including the collaboration with Paul McCartney on "Ebony and Ivory," the uptempo "Part-Time Lover" and the ballad "I Just Called to Say I Love You."
He would also turn his attention toward helping others and social causes, participating in two high- profile charity singles - the African-famine-targeted "We Are the World" and the AIDS-directed "That's What Friends Are For."
Wonder's willingness to lend his voice to social and political causes has remained a constant throughout the years. For instance, he recently participated in the Live 8 concerts to raise awareness about global warming.
He shares Al Gore's concern for the environment, but says the issue that he currently finds most troubling is "the annihilation of human beings," particularly when it is in the name of religion.
"They are prostituting God," he says. "How can we know we are made in God's image and yet there would be those who would say, `OK, as much as we were made in God's image, we need to kill somebody.' It doesn't compute."
For timeline purposes, let's say the fourth and current era of Wonder's career began with the release of his soundtrack to the Spike Lee film "Jungle Fever" in 1991. Overall, it's been a comparatively inactive period for the singer-songwriter, at least in terms of recording full-length solo albums and touring. Since "Jungle Fever," Wonder has only released two studio sets, 1995's lightly regarded "Conversation Peace" and 2005's positively received "A Time to Love." But he's stayed busy with collaborations and guest spots, appearing alongside rappers Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes, as well as on "American Idol."
He's currently working on a gospel record he plans to dedicate to his mother, and says fans might even hear some of the new songs in concert. For the most part, however, he plans to keep the shows centered on the songs his fans all know by heart. Wonder says there won't be any drastic rearrangements of the hits. He intends to play them in the fashion that fans are used to hearing them.
"For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people," he says. "I want to give it to them again."
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in most cases, when a garage door opens or closes by itself, or when you find your door open, upon returning home, the problem is due to a short somewhere. this short is most likely to be in one of two places: either in one of your transmitters or in the wall button or its wiring. when there is a short in your garage door transmitter, you will often find the garage door is up upon returning home, even though you know you closed the door when you left the house. a short in your transmitter causes a continuous signal to be sent. as you are pulling out of the driveway the garage door closes fully and appears to stop, but as the carriage and arm run past the down limit and hits the header bracket it reverses, and the door begins to open, just as you start driving off down the road. you come home to find the garage door is up, as if someone else had opened your door. the best thing to do to troubleshoot the garage door problem is remove the batteries from your transmitters and try operating the door from the wall button. if the problem is intermittent, you may want to do this for a day or two to eliminate the transmitters as the culprit. if the problem persists, try removing the wall button wire at the motor head to ensure it is not a short in the wire to the button, then try operating the garage door with the transmitters only. if it stops the problem, replace the wires and test the wall button. it is a process of elimination.
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the answer don sent has good troubleshooting information. thanks don.
i am sending you some other possibilities you can check. we have also seen the logic board on the opener that is operating correctly cause another opener to open intermittently. you can disconnect the power to the opener that is working ok to test this.
intermittent ghost openings on garage door openers is usually caused by radio frequency signal (rf) in the area. radio frequency confuses the logic board in the opener and it will open or close on its own.
to search for something in your home that might be causing rf, begin by removing the battery from 1 remote. if there is no change put that battery back and remove the other one. unplug one garage door opener, if there is no change plug that opener in and unplug the other one.
if you have lost or replaced a remote in the past, search through drawers and the couch and chair cushions for the missing remote and remove the battery. these are the most common reasons for intermittent openings.
to determine if the rf is coming from something in the garage or house, turn the house circuit breakers off one at a time. it is not possible to leave some circuit breakers off for several days to test. if you don't find anything causing the short range, you can schedule service and get a sears technician to check the openers. sears technicians carry a meter that will find the source of the rf signal.


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If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years, grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men. -- A Chinese proverb
Well, it is only a proverb, and maybe one best suited to a fortune cookie. Don't expect to find it as a statement of purpose in many executive suites today. With the revolving door at the top of Corporate America spinning faster than ever, the days when corporations spend countless hours and millions of dollars cultivating legions of executives for the top job are fast disappearing. As Gilbert F. Amelio's abrupt exit at Apple Computer or John R. Walter's surprise resignation from AT&T make clear, CEO succession has become a messy melodrama. And few companies seem to have the time, the luxury, or the patience to grow CEOs anymore.
Yet there are few management issues of greater importance to companies, their investors, or their employees than who will lead a corporation in the future. The recent blowups underscore the imperative for CEOs and their boards to do a better job of preparing for succession. And as the generation of executives whose careers began in the postwar years hits retirement age, the issue will play out in record numbers: Of the 500 companies in the Standard & Poor's index, 17% have CEOs who are 63 or older. According to Bain & Co., that's up from only 10% in 1993.
Already, headhunters are scouring the landscape for new chiefs at AT&T, Apple, Delta Air Lines, Raytheon, Quaker Oats, and Unisys. Close behind are a host of other corporate powerhouses that will soon have to decide who is most qualified to fill the CEOS shoes. For such high-profile companies as Walt Disney, Ford Motor, IBM, Coca-Cola, Citicorp, and General Electric, the question of succession is imminent and ongoing.
But how best to choose a new CEO? In the wake of one succession shuffle after another, it is fast becoming a major focus in management circles. In September, the National Association of Corporate Directors will convene a blue-ribbon panel to explore how boards should approach the issue. McKinsey & Co., the tony consulting firm, has just embarked on a major research effort dubbed "The War for Talent" to study the best practices in the recruitment, development, and retention of a company's talent pool.
Much of the spotlight on CEO succession comes in the wake of the bloody dustups that have filled the business pages of late. But in recent years, there also have been major changes in the way succession is planned and executed. In part, that's due to pressure from institutional shareholders. The massive downsizings that have weakened the bench strength of many companies have also played a role. They've made companies far more willing than before to go outside their ranks for a new CEO. Back in the late 1960s, only 9% of new leaders came from outside. Now, nearly a third of CEOs at the top 1,000 public companies are outsiders--and that number is likely to grow.
But the biggest change may simply be the influence directors now wield in the process. Choosing a successor was once the near-exclusive province of the outgoing boss, who would present his pick to a generally compliant board. Now, outside directors at companies ranging from Campbell Soup to Merck and General Motors are taking a far bigger hand in selecting the new boss. In a few notable cases, boards are even taking charge. "In the past, there was a huge onus on the CEO to groom his own successor," says Susan Gretchko of Deloitte & Touche Consulting. "Today, the onus for developing and finding a successor has moved to the board."
Of course, boards are hardly fail-safe either. Apple's directors now have three failed CEOs to their credit. But with the shift, many boards are redefining their own roles, as well as rethinking how much involvement the CEO should have in naming his or her replacement. They are taking more responsibility for the timing of the boss's exit, making succession planning a component of the CEOS yearly performance review, and in many cases, debating what is the right division of labor between the board and the outgoing chief. "When a CEO and the company are doing very well, he tends to get the benefit of the nod," says Richard L. Thomas, former chairman of First Chicago NBD Corp. and a director on several boards. But if the CEO is on the rocks himself, "the board tends to be more assertive."
Ideally, say observers, outside directors should control the succession process, interviewing all internal candidates for the top job and hiring a search firm to benchmark insiders against the best outside talent. "The most important thing a board has to do is to decide who has to run the place," says John H. Bryan, CEO of Sara Lee Corp. and a director at Amoco, First Chicago, and GM. "I have been on boards for almost 20 years, and the attention given to this is vastly ahead of what it used to be."
For many companies, it's a top-of-mind concern. GE Chairman and CEO John F. Welch, who plans to retire in 3 1/2 years when he turns 65, refuses to publicly discuss his much watched succession with U.S. reporters, but he recently told the French magazine L'Expansion that the issue has become "an obsession" for him. "It's on my mind constantly," said Welch. "Finding the right person is the most important thing I can do for the company."
TAILSPIN. At GE, there are roughly half a dozen serious candidates for Welch's job. But at the vast majority of corporations, there are far fewer, if any, logical internal successors. Most observers agree that if something happened to Microsoft Corp.'s William H. Gates III or Walt Disney Co.'s Michael D. Eisner, the stock of those companies would go into a tailspin. Yet Eisner--who has lost three potential successors, one to death and two to blustery public resignations--seems annoyed at the talk about who could assume his job. "I am 54 years old, and if it hadn't been for my bypass no one would be even talking about succession," says Eisner. While he says there are a handful of people "inside and outside" Disney who could take over, he concedes the company has no concrete succession plan.
Just what would happen at Disney and many other companies remains an enigma, in part because passing the baton to a new leader is fraught with risk and emotion. Most companies sidestep any talk of the boss's succession, partly to avoid the politics and drama that often engulf contenders for the top job. After all, public horse races can encourage ruthless elbowing among competitors, even as they advertise talent to prowling headhunters and rivals.
In testing his potential successors, GE's Welch has vowed not to repeat the very public process of elimination that he had to go through to become chairman and CEO in the late 1970s. Then, Welch was among seven top execs, a trio of whom were later named vice-chairmen and placed on the board until Welch was declared winner 14 months later at the end of 1980. "He felt it was divisive," says Noel M. Tichy, a University of Michigan professor who has worked with Welch. "People naturally took sides, and it created armed camps at the company." The scramble also cost GE precious talent: Immediately after being bypassed, four candidates left GE.
In that area now, GE is in a rare position. It boasts such bench strength that it has become a favorite poaching ground for headhunters. Indeed, GE dominates a BW survey ranking execs with CEO potential. Elsewhere, though, a paucity of executives with the right stuff has increasingly become the norm, putting pressure on boards to move quickly when they have a credible successor in-house. After all, in today's fluid market, the risks of having your top candidate plucked off are high. At H.J. Heinz Co., for example, Wall Street analysts publicly fret that the food company could lose President William R. Johnson to Quaker Oats Co. or another rival if longtime Chairman and CEO Anthony J.F. O'Reilly fails to retire in a timely fashion.
At other companies, the CEOs contract has been extended past original retirement dates because of uncertainty about succession. Sometimes, the CEO is unwilling to give up the corner office; elsewhere, boards feel no one is ready to step up. In the past year, boards at Avon, Coca-Cola, Gillette, and Ford have extended the contracts of CEOs past 65, their customary retirement dates.
Uneasy because some chieftains have paid scant attention to succession, some boards have now tied the process to CEO pay. At Ralston Purina Co., the board handed Chairman and CEO William P. Stiritz 600,000 stock options last year expressly linked to his developing a succession plan. The board "did not see an obvious successor in place," says Eric P. Marquardt, a senior vice-president at Compensation Resource Group Inc., which designed the plan. The result: Stiritz named two co-CEOs who will take over Sept. 30, when he will relinquish the job but stay on as chairman.
If Stiritz, 63, has dragged his feet, he's hardly alone. Confronting one's own succession can be daunting to the ego. "It's a little like writing a will," says Dennis C. Carey, vice-chairman of SpencerStuart, who has co-authored a forthcoming book on the subject. "Most CEOs don't want to think about it. They're consumed with the business and don't want to consider their own mortality."
Business history is littered with CEOs who don't know when it's time to call it quits. Today's Harold S. Geneen or Harry Gray--both corporate architects who had to be pushed out by their respective boards at ITT Corp. and United Technologies Corp. after they allegedly sabotaged several potential successors--may well be Steven P. Jobs at Apple or John S. Reed at Citicorp. Jobs is now playing an ever larger role at the troubled computer company he co-founded. Unwilling to step completely aside, his presence complicates Apple's already difficult search for a new CEO. Meanwhile, the 58-year-old Reed has pushed out some of Citicorp's most talented executives; critics believe he has done so to ensure that no strong second-in-command emerges. The void led to a shareholder resolution last April urging Reed to name a clear successor. Although the resolution failed, a Citicorp spokesman says that Reed has brought several overseas executives to New York headquarters to give "broader experience to a new generation of management."
Yet while many companies stall in the face of inevitable transition, others have begun to develop new ways of maintaining a steady supply of CEOs-in-waiting. The goal is to cultivate talent and expose it to the board and the outside world, leading to an array of "best practices" that are gaining increasing acceptance (table, page 66).
The recent passing of the torch at Campbell Soup Co. may well rewrite the book on CEO succession. It is an unusual example of a board that took full charge of the process. The company elevated Dale F. Morrison, head of its international and specialty food operations, to CEO and president on July 15. To assure a smooth transition from 64-year-old Chairman and CEO David W. Johnson, the board assembled a succession committee in November of four outside directors headed by Philip E. Lippincott, the former chairman of Scott Paper Co. The group quickly decided to evaluate not only the two best inside candidates--Morrison and U.S. grocery President Robert F. Bernstock--but also to hire Thomas J. Neff of search firm SpencerStuart to round up the best outsiders.
The committee narrowed its external search to three final candidates from Neff's initial list of 19 outsiders. After interviewing the three, directors sent two of them to CEO Johnson before deciding on a single outside finalist. Lippincott also insisted that Neff do an unusually large number of reference checks--28 altogether--on the two outside finalists. "When you have really good inside people, you want to be sure that if you pick an outsider, it's somebody highly respected," says Lippincott.
Meantime, the committee interviewed both Morrison and Bernstock on three occasions and arranged for small groups of other outside directors to question them as well. The committee also grilled the seven execs who report directly to Johnson to get their impressions of the two insiders, and it arranged for headhunter Neff to interview Morrison, 48, and Bernstock, 46, for Neff's assessment.
In mid-June, after a private session with Johnson to get his review of the year-to-date progress of the internal candidates, the committee weighed its two insiders against the outside candidate. Although Morrison has been with Campbell for only two years, directors were especially impressed by the former PepsiCo Inc. executive's turnaround of the company's Pepperidge Farm business. Morrison, moreover, had lived outside the U.S. for six years, a key advantage because international growth is central to Campbell's strategy. On June 26, the group unanimously recommended Morrison. Three days later, the full board approved the choice.
All told, the outside directors met 15 times from early December to June and communicated by phone more often. "I felt I was no longer retired," says Lippincott. "But it's the most important job a board has. You have to be sure you have the absolute best person to take the organization to the next level."
EMPTY TALK? There, as elsewhere, one huge change may be the willingness of major companies to look outside their own ranks. While many companies still devote significant effort to grooming up-and-coming execs, a decade of downsizing has drained a lot of talent from the pool. It has also cut layers of management where high-potential executives once gained additional seasoning.
Some observers, in fact, now say that rapid changes in business and a mobile job market have made much of the talk about management development superfluous for the run-of-the-mill company. "Unless you're GE or somebody like that, it may no longer make economic sense to make major investments in development and training," says Robert Felton, a McKinsey & Co. partner. "Companies should think twice about spending a lot of time and money on someone who may walk out of the door anyway. A healthier attitude today may be to consider the world as your bench."
That's still an unusual view, one prompted in part by the inability of IBM and AT&T--companies that have spent more money and time on management development than most--to cultivate internal CEOs. "They prepared a wonderful group of executives for yesterday's business," says Edward E. Lawler, director of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. "By being so good at narrowing the gene pool, they replicated people who would have been good leaders in the past but not the future."
It didn't help, of course, that both corporations had monopolistic mind-sets as well as more narrow product lines. In contrast, GE's portfolio of businesses, ranging from hard-core industrial manufacturing and consumer-goods marketing to finance and broadcasting, has long provided broader developmental experiences for its executives. The companies' depth of talent is evident in the number of GE-trained executives who are now CEOs at other companies, from AlliedSignal and Owens-Corning to McDonnell Douglas and Stanley Works.
That's one reason the most closely followed succession in American business will be at GE. Insiders say that Welch has been testing more than a dozen CEO aspirants by rotating them through numerous assignments and giving them frequent board exposure. The leading contender--according to outside handicappers--is W. James McNerney Jr., one of several fortysomething stars in the company's stable. A Harvard MBA and former McKinsey consultant, McNerney, 47, came up through GE Capital, did three years in Asia, and became president of GE Lighting in late 1995.
CRASH COURSE. Welch has not put candidates through the now-infamous "airplane interviews" that his predecessor, Reginald H. Jones, used to sort out candidates. In those sessions, Jones abruptly called each contender into his office and asked who should be the next chairman if both were on the company plane and it crashed. "It's so much a part of the company's folklore that it wouldn't get the same spontaneity," says a GE executive.
While GE may remain in the forefront of management development, many other companies are investing big bucks and lots of time systematically grooming successors. Whirlpool Corp. has created what insiders there call "the bunker," a 15-by-25-foot room dedicated to tracking the progress of its top 500 managers. The four walls of the locked room are divided by regions of the world and contain the names, titles, and photos of the company's key talent. Whenever executives enter the room, any topic other than management development stays outside. "It's really made us much more focused during succession discussions," says Ed R. Dunn, corporate vice-president for human resources.
At Corning Inc., the CEO and the board meet every February for a discussion devoted entirely to officer-level succession issues. A week before the session, directors are given books that detail top candidates for key jobs: those ready now, good possibilities for three to five years out, and the long shots who may need up to a decade of seasoning. "The more time you spend on succession planning and having the board involved, the better," insists Chairman and CEO Roger G. Ackerman.
Years ago, companies pushed promising candidates up every 16 to 20 months, often through a single function. Today, there's greater emphasis on broader experiences over longer periods of time. "We ideally follow a two-plus-two-plus-two formula in developing people for top management positions," says Dan Phelan, senior vice-president and director of human resources at SmithKline Beecham Corp. Translation: The company wants its best people to gain experience in two business units, two functional areas such as finance and marketing, and two countries. Every time a vacancy opens among the top 300 jobs, it will consider the possibility of looking outside for talent. "A little new blood doesn't hurt," says CEO Jan Leschly. "If you're not the best person for the job, we'll show no hesitancy to go outside."
And what if disaster strikes? Planning for the unplannable is part of the process. Every year, Leschly meets with the board's remuneration and nominations committee to detail long-term succession plans, including who would follow if he were "hit by a truck."
Sometimes it takes a debacle for a company to become more systematic about choosing a new leader. After a contentious succession struggle at United Technologies in the mid-1980s over Harry Gray's refusal to leave, newcomer Robert F. Daniell pledged to ensure an orderly succession process the next time. He developed several internal candidates, giving them broad exposure to the board. "Daniell created a group of a half-dozen of us who went to every board meeting beginning in 1987," says current CEO George David.
After winning a three-year horse race between two executive vice-presidents, David was named president in early 1992, CEO in 1994, and chairman in April after Daniell's retirement. "From the time I was named president, Bob never allowed any ambiguity about succession whatsoever," says David. "Politics in organizations occur when there is ambiguity and uncertainty."
Still, for every board trying to tackle CEO succession in a head-on fashion, there remain many who leave it until too late or in the wrong hands. "The biggest single problem of boards of directors is that they are terrible at noticing when the CEO has stopped doing well," says Nell Minow, principal of Lens Inc., the activist investment fund. AT&T is an obvious example, with the company and its shareholders now paying the price. By allowing Robert E. Allen to control the outside search for his successor--even as his refusal to gracefully exit the CEO job prevented the company from attracting a top-drawer candidate--AT&T may have doomed the process from the start. Its board, sources say, met no other candidate for the job except Walter, the head of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Embarrassed by Walter's resignation after only nine months, directors say they are now conducting the search for a new CEO.
Truth is, you don't have to plan for centuries to groom a successor. But shareholders need active and involved boards attuned to the leadership needs of their companies. The sudden demise or departure of a CEO shouldn't confound an enlightened and prepared board.


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