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McDkp is a DKP addon that supports pluggable rulesets for running DKP auctions. The addon is split into two main pieces: the Auction framework and Rulesets. The manner in which auctions are run can be modified by the rulesets, but is largely independent between rules. Meanwhile, the specifics of how bids are parsed, how much DKP is charged, etc, are maintained in the rulesets. Included in the initial release is the % based DKP system used by Deus Modus on Stormrage, where DKP is accrued at an hourly rate of 60 dkp and gear is auctioned off at a constant % (based on ilevel of the item, and a few other specifics). For example an i245 costs 30%. The person with the highest DKP who bids wins. The mod is still very much in beta, but auctions are working well using the following command:
/mcdkp auc [ItemLink]
Currently, there is no way for open users to import DKP into the mod. I'm interested in hearing other users' needs here, please leave a comment or PM me with how your guild keeps DKP. (On the web? In an existing addon?)
UI will be added for this mod over time.
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The Jamestown Jammers have led the Pinckney Division almost the entire New York-Pennsylvania League season, but right now their lack of hitting recently has become a big concern.
A brilliant pitching duel between three pitchers from State College and Shane Carle and Roberto Espinosa of the Jamestown Jammers took place before the Spikes scored twice in the ninth inning for a 2-0 victory on Friday night at Diethrick Park.
The loss was the second straight for the Jammers (33-22) and left them clinging to a one-game lead over State College (32-23).
Batavia (29-24) is also in the pennant chase and has closed to within three games after beating Williamsport, 5-2.
Carle, who has been a relief pitcher for most of the season, got the start for the Jammers was brilliant, allowing no runs, just four hits with four strikeouts and a walk.
Espinosa then came in for the final two innings and, after a scoreless eighth inning, ran into problems in the ninth for the Jammers and was saddled with his second loss in three decisions.
Steven Ramos started off the Batavia ninth with a bunt single. Cesar Valera was batting when catcher Andrew Dennis tried to pick off Ramos, but threw wildly allowing Ramos to reach third.
Valera was eventually hit by a pitch from Espinosa and then Brett Wiley broke the scoreless duel with a sacrifice fly to left fielder Justin Maffei.
Espinosa tossed a wild pitch followed by David Washington's single to center field. Valera moved to third on the hit and then stole home on the front end of a double steal with Washington for an insurance run.
The Jammers came back with back-to-back singles by Edwin Escobar and Edwin Espinal, but Jacob Booden (4-0) bore down and retired Andrew Dennis on a popup to second baseman Mason Katz, struck out Justin Maffei and got Adam Frazier to ground out.
It was a frustrating night at the plate for the Jammers as they were 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position and overall stranded 10 batters. Jamestown, which managed just five singles, threatened to score in the sixth and seventh inning as it left runners on second base against Mitch Harris and Booden.
Jamestown plays State College at 7:05 p.m. today with first place on the line. Then on Sunday, Auburn visits for a 4:05 p.m. game and on Monday for a 7:05 p.m. contest.


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FAIRFIELD, Alabama --- It's now illegal to fire a gun in Fairfield. The City Council tonight passed an ordinance to place an official ban on the books.
The city didn't have an ordinance forbidding the unlawful discharge of a firearm, Police Chief Leon Davis Jr. said. He urged the council to pass the ordinance. Councilmen present unanimously passed it; Councilman William Murray was absent.
In other matters, the council tabled a vote on an ordinance that would ban weapons from city property, except in certain circumstances with the permission of the mayor.
Council President Pro-Tem F.D. Scott said the city needs to seek an opinion from the state attorney general on the proposed ordinance.


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1. The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee reportedly approached a prominent New Yorker this week about running against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010. Who is the potential candidate?
a) George Pataki.
b) Michael Bloomberg.
c) Jim Walsh.
d) Caroline Kennedy.
2. Village elections and St. Patrick's Day were on a collision course this year, with both scheduled for March 17 -- the third Tuesday in March. What is the state Board of Elections' solution?
a) Move the elections to the next day.
b) Ban politicians from marching in any parades that day.
c) Shutter all taverns until the polls close.
d) Paint all the polling places green.
3. Syracuse University, recognizing that the annual MayFest celebration has caused rowdy off-campus behavior in the past, is trying to change things up, in part by introducing a new name for the event. What is the name?
a) StudyFest.
b) MayNotFest.
c) Syracuse Cultural Festival.
d) Syracuse Showcase.
4. SU is opening a new art gallery in the old Hot Shoppe downtown to showcase university work. What will the name of the gallery be?
a) Hot Shop.
b) Cool Shop.
c) Orange Gallery.
d) Armory Gallery.
5. Newlyweds Dan and Gretchen Bryant went directly from their wedding ceremony to the Carrier Dome last weekend for the SU-Georgetown basketball game. What was one of the signs made by the bridesmaids?
a) "Love is in the air, and so is Jonny Flynn!"
b) "No honeymoon for the Hoyas."
c) "Something borrowed, something blue, something beaten, and that's you."
d) "Our friends got married and all we got were Dome dogs."
6. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand removed two rifles from under her bed that she and her husband had kept there. What reason did she give?
a) They were getting too dusty.
b) She decided she was being a little paranoid.
c) Because of the press coverage, everyone knew where they were.
d) There were no more deer in the closet.
7. Carousel Center announced the first occupant in the mall's expansion. What will it be?
a) The main branch of the Onondaga County Public Library.
b) McDonald's.
c) A green energy learning center.
d) The Erie Canal.
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. d
6. c
7. c
8. False. Auwaerter is merely sitting on Angelo Puccia's Park Couch sculpture at the corner of Erie and McBride.


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A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of two rapes in Scottsdale was charged Saturday as an adult, according to officials.
Danny Jackson was charged as an adult "based on his age and seriousness of the charges," said Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
Jackson faces multiple counts of sexual assault, kidnapping and burglary, Cobb said.
Jackson was being transferred Saturday to the Maricopa County Jail for booking, Cobb said.
Police announced Jackson's arrest Friday, one day after they cleared their original suspect — 22-year-old Ryan Festa because his DNA did not match samples taken from the crime scenes.
Police said preliminary DNA samples from the crimes matched Jackson and at least one victim had identified him as the attacker.
Jackson was arrested in the 10000 block of North Scottsdale Road in a retail-center parking lot. Police said he lives on the same block and attends a high school, which was not identified.
Police said he had been apprehended before for similar crimes, but they would not elaborate.
In both Scottsdale attacks, the assailant entered first-floor apartments through unlocked patio doors of women who live alone, police said.
The attacker likely lurked in the bushes watching them through open blinds and curtains, police said.
The first attack happened at 11 p.m. on Oct. 18 at the Camden San Paloma Apartments.
The attacker entered and left naked, police said. The woman, 49, had just finished showering when he attacked, police said.
The second assault occurred about 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Saddletree Apartments, which is across Shea Boulevard from Camden San Paloma.


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On June 11-13, a three day track racing event will be held at the National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine, Minnesota to benefit the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. This is the Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic and registration for it is now open. The race is part of the Nature Valley Grand Prix stage races. Other stages are at Saint Paul, Cannon Falls, Minneapolis, Menomonie and Stillwater. The Nature Valley Grand Prix is part of the volunteer-run event Nature Valley Bicycle Festival.
The Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic follows a dual omnium program. This will allow separate races for sprinters and another for endurance specialists. It has two categories for men (Pro-I-II) and women (Pro-I-II-III).
David LaPorte, executive director of Nature Valley Grand Prix, explains how the charity came to have track racing in its program, "Track was a part of the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival for the first three years, from 1999-2001, culminating with the 2001 Elite Track Nationals We brought it back in 2008, but the economy forced us to take a year off in 2009. Now it's back, this time we hope for good. By bringing track racing under the same media and marketing umbrella as the Nature Valley Grand Prix, we hope to gain national exposure for this sport even in non-Olympic years."
The online registration closes on June 4. Forms and other details can be downloaded here.


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Your expert feedback is appreciated. Chime in, but try to be civil. I have updated season grades.
For those who want more, Jon Solomon quizzes Ray Melick and I on how we voted this week in the Harris Interactive and AP Top 25 polls, respectively, at Solomon's Wisdom.
GEORGIA: Big game for Knowshon Moreno, productive day for Matthew Stafford, but unable to put Auburn away. Grade: C-plus.
AUBURN: Kodi Burns continues to improve, and so do Auburn's fortunes. Will this performance buy Tommy Tuberville more time? Grade: B-minus.
OLE MISS: Very impressive day near The Grove, with 520 yards of total offense and only 12 passes attempted. Do the Gators still want a rematch? Grade: A-plus.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Three costly turnovers in the first quarter left a hole bigger than the Grand Canyon. South Carolina is better than it showed. Grade: F.
FLORIDA: The machine keeps rolling. Is Florida the best team in the nation? Forget college football, I'm talking about the NFL. Grade: A-plus.
ALABAMA: It took a half for the offense and defense to take charge, but the special teams played championship football for 60 minutes against Mississippi State. Grade: A.
MISSISSIPPI STATE: An impressive first half turned in by Jarrett Lee. The problem with State, in my opinion, isn't coaching. It's the lack of players. Grade: C.
VANDERBILT: Tim Tebow may get the Heisman hype, but D.J. Moore is the SEC's MVP. Impressive win, under a lot of pressure, at Kentucky. Grade: A-minus.
KENTUCKY: Remember what I've said all year long, that this is a transition year in Lexington. Grade: C.
LSU: An F for three quarters, an A-plus for the final period. Troy deserved better, but give LSU credit for an incredible comeback. Grade: B-minus.
.4..Ole Miss............2.98
.8..South Carolina..2.52
11. Mississippi St..1.65
Note about season grades: They reflect consistency over the course of the season and are based on the average weekly grades, not won-lost records.


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To the editor:
The Joe Niekro Foundation Midwest/Iowa Chapter would like to thank Trinity Regional Medical Center for letting us host our first Joe Niekro Support Group Meeting in Atrium Oct. 13. We had people come from throughout the state come to attend, and they commented on what beautiful hospital we have here in Fort Dodge.
We would like to extend a special "thank you" to Ted Vaughn, Daphne Willwerth and Ernie Albrecht for helping us coordinate this.
If you or someone you love has been affected by a bain aneurysm, hemorrhagenic stroke, FMD (fibromuscular dysplasia) or AVM (ateriovenous malformation), join us as we come together to support one another. Each meeting will feature a new topic and speaker so we encourage patients, families and friends to join us as we listen to others who have shared like experiences.
For questions or more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.
You may also reach us by phone: Barbara: (515) 302-8195 or Kathy: (515) 352-3548
Barbara Miller
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The mites at McKay Elementary might have a bigger bite than first thought.
Beaverton School District consulted with scientists at Oregon State University in March after dozens of students at McKay were found with itchy red bites, and a pest company trapped two mites. On April 4, Oregon State scientists identified the whirligig mites. Clover mites were also found.
The scientists, however, said neither mite bites humans, and the tiny red insects were ruled out as the culprits. McKay's principal sent a letter home to parents with the information.
"The mite caught in the sticky trap was a whirligig mite," wrote Bill Gerth, faculty research assistant with Oregon State University's Plant Clinic in a report to the district. "They are predators of other invertebrates and are not known to bite people. The good thing is that these should not be causing people any problems. In fact, since they are predators, they are likely reducing the numbers of other critters that could cause problems for people."
After finding conflicting information online about the whirligig mite's bite, The Oregonian contacted Oregon State University emeritus professor and entomologist Gerald Krantz about the tiny arachnids (yes, they have eight, jointed legs just like spiders).
Krantz, who has written articles and edited books about mites, was not involved in the McKay Elementary mite identification, and was asked only about the whirligig's interactions with humans.
In his email, Krantz cited two pieces of research that discuss the whirligig and offered the following response:
"Mites of the family Anystidae normally are predators that feed on small insects and on other mites. However, members of the anystine genus Anystis, often referred to as whirligig mites, do attack humans on occasion, feeding temporarily as parasites on subdermal host fluids.
Their bite may cause a litany of symptoms that includes a stinging sensation that persists for some time, accompanied by swelling and reddening around the bite site and the formation of a papule or thickening of the skin. Bite lesions often remain visible for several days."
When contacted by The Oregonian with the new information, district spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler said the district was unaware of the whirligig's potential. The district was scrambling on Tuesday to get a solid answer from the scientists who provided the report.
"We don't want to give conflicting information to parents," Wheeler said.
-- Wendy Owen


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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
CPO 1 meets in the Leedy Grange Hall
835 NW Saltzman Road, Portland, OR 97229
7:00 pm - Welcome
CPO Announcements and Discussion (neighborhood meetings and development status)
Community Announcements
Announcement of CPO 1 Officer Elections in October
"It's Your CPO" Open Mic
Area 93 Update
Washington County Commission Chair Andy Duyck will share with
us the latest developments in the ongoing saga of 2002 Urban Growth Boundary expansion Area 93. www.co.washington.or.us/LUT/Divisions/LongRangePlanning/area-93.cfm
Metro Update
Our Metro Councilor Kathryn Harrington will give us an update on Metro's work on the following subjects: Metro FY 13-14 budget highlights, Natural Areas Levy: next steps, Zoo bond update, Oregon Convention Center hotel update, and the Regional Active Transportation Plan (ATP). www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=39005
The ATP will make it easier to walk, ride a bike or take public transportation to your destination. The plan identifies a vision, policies and actions to complete a seamless green network of on- and off-street pathways and districts connecting the region and integrating walking, biking and public transit. The plan will be amended to the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) in 2014. http://library.oregonmetro.gov/files/atp_july2013_reduced2.pdf


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|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Willie J. Whipple
The effect of slavery had been to create distant and separate communities of blacks within the larger white communities of the nation, and the emancipation of the slaves did nothing to change this situation. Blacks lived, for the most part, in their own world and developed their own institutions and culture. Rag and the Blues are two of the earliest manifestations of music which was to be heard or understood by whites. Often Black families would forsake basic necessities in order to enjoy the pleasure of a small organ, or harmonium. Pianos were too expensive to purchase by a family for home use.2
The fact that few could read music seemed to stimulate rather than deter them in the production of a novel style for piano music. The style of piano-rag music called "jig piano" by some as a natural outgrowth of dance music practices among black folk. In piano-rag music, the left hand took over the task of providing the percussive-like dance rhythm, which the right hand in turn performed syncopated melodies, using motives reminiscent of fiddle and banjo tunes. This style of music for years was the exclusive possession of black communities; suddenly it was snatched from its original habitat, catapulted into the national spotlight and adopted by whites. The partnership of rag with a dance called the cakewalk is how this type of music made its most impressive showing; although the term ragtime was not used to describe the music used for cakewalking until 1ater.4
Other successful syncopated songs include "Cuban Cake Walk" (Brymn); "Bon Bon Buddy" (Will Marion Cook); "Under the Bamboo Tree" (Cole and Johnson) "When the Band Plays Ragtime" (Cole and Johnson); "Didn't He Ramble" (Cole and Johnson, under the non de 'plume of Will Handy); "Darktown Is Out Tonight" (Cook); "My Home Ain't Nothing Like This" (Jones); "Possumala" (Jones); "Wouldn't That Be a Dream" (Jordan); "Miss Dora Dean" (Bert Williams); and "Good Morning Carrie" (Smith).6
Scott Joplin (1868-1917) is generally called the "King of Ragtime". In his early teens he played piano in honky-tonks of villages and towns in the Mississippi Valley country. Joplin joined a white music publisher, John Stillwell Stark, to popularize his "Maple Leaf Rag" for piano. He also is known for his opera "Treemonisha", in which Joplin could find no publisher willing to accept.7
Other Rag Composers were Thomas Million Turpin (1873-1922), James Sylvester Scott (1886-1938), Scott Hayden (1882-1915), Louis Chauvin (1883-1908), Arthur Marshall (1881-1956), Sam Patterson (1881-?), Joe Jordon (b.1882), and Eubie Blake, who later write a show with Noble Sissle (b.1889) that made music history—Shuffle Along.8 Eubie recently had a broadway show which featured many of his songs entitled "Eubie". The show ran in Philadelpia before coming to New York.
In 1904, in the city of Atlanta, Ga., Financier Andrew Carnegie brought together a parcel of prominent Negro leaders including Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. DuBois, who discussed the advancement of the "Interests of the Negro Race." The personal and ideological clash between the two men is evident at the meeting, though there is agreement that the group should press for "absolute civil, political and publice quality." The group showed little fire in advancing familiar proposals for black self-help.
In 1905, in Buffalo, militant Negro intellectuals from 14 states organized the Niagara Movement, (a forerunner of the NAACP) in opposition to the conciliatory policies of Booker T. Washington as expressed in his 1895 Atlanta Speech. Delegates to the convention demanded the abolition of all distinctions based on race. In 1908, the first Negro sorrority was founded in New York on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The signers of the original charter of incorporation include Jane Adams, John Dewey, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, William Dean Howells, and Lincoln Steffens.
Matthew Henson, a Negro member of Admiral Peary's expedition, placed the flag of the United States at the North Pole. In 1910, the National Urban League was founded with Eugene Kickle Jones as the first executive secretary. Alpha Kappa Alpha was the name given the Negro sorrority formed in 1908.10
Ragtime playing had developed into a classical art thanks to the help of Scott Joplin and others. Along with the death of Joplin, the vogue of instrumantal rags in the classic style came to an end, along with the end of the major ragtime centers which had developed through the years. What emerged was a jazz-piano style of piano playing which derived its distinctions from improvisation.
It is interesting to note that few persons outside the Negro world had the opportunity to hear rag music as played by its legendary figures. The music which they composed was too difficult to be taken home and "tried on the Piano."11
When a woman gets the blues she hangs her head and cries,
When a woman gets the blues she hangs her head and cries,
But when a man gets the blues, he grabs a train and flies.12
"Like most Negro folk music, the blues tends to move in duple rhythms and have a syncopated melody. Its musical form parallels the poetic form, generally with an a-a'-b arrangement for the three-line text, each phrase consisting of four measures and the entire song of twelve measures. A blues form could be shortened to eight measures, for each line is typically condensed into a little more than two measures of the four-measure phrase, allowing for a 'break' at the end of each line, for improvisation on the accompanying instrument (or instrumental ens emble), during which the singer interjects spoken asides such as 'Oh Lordy' 'Yes man.' 'Oh play it', etc. The resulting effect is a call-and response structure, the instrumental improvisation representing the 'response' to the voice's 'call'."13
The blues melody derives from the altered scale in which the third, fifth, seventh, and ocassionally the sixth degrees are treated very casually, sometimes being lowered at other times being raised to the natural pitch levels of the major scale.14
Students should be directed in singing the C major scale:
Once these tones have been gone over several times, other tonal combinations might be sung to establish their relationship to the tone Do.
These exercises in combination with rhythmic exercises will help the class in understanding Afro-American music more fully. With respect to African music, in particular, it is the energizing force of rhythm that is important. The teacher might help students to better understanding of rhythm by clapping to get the feel of rhythm as a pattern of symbols in motion.
The teacher should explain that the clapping or arranging of beats systematically into time-frames called measures gives a feel of meter. The students should learn to distinguish between quarter and eighth note values by clapping exercises like this:
It is often difficult to distinguish between the difference between blues and spirituals. Many spirituals convey to listners the same feeling of hopelessness and despair as do the blues. The spiritual is religious, however, rather than worldly, and it tends to be more generalized in its expression than specific, more figurative in its language than direct, and more expressive of group feelings than individual ones.18
- Accent To place stress upon.
- Bar Line Vertical lines which divide a staff into measures.
- Blues A type of music characterized by a twelve-bar standardized harmonic pattern, and utilizes the blue notes of the scale (flat 3rd. and 7th).
- Break A brief flurry of notes played by the soloist during a pause in the ensemble playing.
- Chromatic Scale A series of tones going up or down in pitch in half steps.
- Flat To lower the pitch of a tone by one half step.
- Half Step The smallest interval between two adjacent notes in Western music.
- Improvisation The art of composing and performing extemporaneously; freedom to play or sing instantly at will within the harmonic bounds of a composition.
- Interval The distance from one tone to another tone.
- Measure A group of beats marked off by bar lines.
- Motive A recurrent theme in a musical composition.
- Nationalism An artistic movement dedicated to the promotion of certain national cultures through the use of folk elements and traditions.
- Phrase A section of a melody usually eight measures in length.
- Pitch The highness or lowness of a tone.
- Riff A short phrase repeated over and over again by the ensemble.
- Scale A series of musical tones going up or down in pitch, according to a specific scheme.
- Scatt Singing nonsense syllables instead of words.
- Sideman Any member of the jazz orchestra other than the leader.
- Syncopation A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset by shifting regular accents to weak beats.
- Tie A curved line which connects two notes of the same pitch.
- Tonal Center The keynote on which a composition is centered.17
No discussion of the origins of the blues would be complete without the mention of William Christopher Handy (1873-1958), who probably was among the first who composed, played and published a steady stream of blues, spiritual arrangements, marches, hymns, and miscellaneous songs. His collections include Blues: An Anthology (1941), and A Book of Negro Spirituals (1938). His books include: Negro Authors and Composers of the United States (1936), Father of the Blues (1941), and Unsung American Sung (1944).19
Except for some bands in New Orleans, bandsmen were expected to read music and to play the music as written. Bands were frequently called upon to play for funerals, particularly in southern cities. On the way to the cemetary it was customary for the band to play very slowly and mournfully a dirge or a Protestant hymn such as "Nearer My God to Thee", but on the way back the band would strike up a lively ragtime Song such as "Didn't He Ramble", or a syncopated march.21
Competition was an integral part of life for a bandsman. A town or city expected its brass band to bring back hornor from a competition, just like its baseball team. One band would literally play another off the streets by playing louder or more brilliantly or with sweeter tones.22
This is a tradition which has been passed down through the years. I can remember being a student at the then predominately black college, Alabama State University, and a member of the "Marching Hornets" band that the competative nature existed among its' members, of always doing our best in showing off our skills as musicians, bandsman, and in marching techniques. Whenever we performed at half-time, marched in parades, or at pregame ceremonies against such schools as Tuskeegee Institute, Tennessee State, Albany (GA) State, Alabama A&M, and others, there was always the "Battle of the Bands". There were no special awards given to the bands, but approval or dissapproval was left to the intensity of the cheers and applause of the fans watching the performance. Our motto was "The Price of Glory is High." We were always dedicated to go the "extra mile" to perfect a performance during rehersals. This motto, according to Dr. Thomas Lyle, Director of Bands, "has been a great inspiration for veteran bandsmen, and has been the key to their success in life."
In 1914 a group of New York composers, lyracists, and music publishers met and formed an organization to protect the performing rights of copyright owners of musical compositions. It became known as the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). This meant that such writers who previously had little protection from music pirates, and particularly black composers, would no longer be forced to retire to poverty while others made thousands of dollars on the sale or performance of their music.23
The Syncopate d Dance Orchestra and Brass bands were the precurors of Jazz. A prominant figure of the generation was Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1885-1942), who wae a composer, performer, and jazz historian. In Morton two traditions merged; those of the French colored-creoles who were music readers and played in strick style and the African uptown blacks of New Orleans, who were primarily improvisors. Another figure was James Reese Europe (1881-1919). Jim Europe organized a band during the first World War which won international acclaim in Europe and the United States. Jim Europe introduced certain innovations to his music such as writing up to as many as ten or twelve different parts for each group of instruments in his band, giving the misic a full and symphonic quality not heard in other bands at the time. Later this music would be called jazz, with the exception of improvisation.24
Jazz is written down but it's final product will not necessarily sound as though it were written because each performance of the basic material is different and because the players improvise differently each time the music is played. Jazz also uses the call-and response style of the blues, by employing an antiphonal relationship between two solo instruments or between solo and ensemble.25
Traditionally the history of jazz begins with a few pioneers of New Orleans and their Chicago-based groups—among them, King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band; Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers; trumpeter Louis Armstrong with his Hot Five and Hot Seven; and clarinetist Johnny Dodds, who made recordings with several of his groups (the Chicago Footwarmers, the Washboard Band, the New Orleans Wanderers, and the New Orleans Bootblacks). During the 1920's Chicago's South Side became the capital of Jazz.26
Joseph "King" Oliver(1885-1938) was the first jazzman from New Orleans to make a permanant impact on Chicago. One of Oliver's young proteges was the talented youngster named Louis Armstrong. Oliver plyed in Chicago at the Gardens and the Dreamland Cafe. By 1920 he had organized his own group, The Creole Jazz Band, which developed in to the finest ensemble of its time. Oliver's career as a bandleader took a turn for the worse because of three reasons, ill health, his best sidesmen left the band, and poor management.27
Jelly Roll Morton is regarded as the first true jazz composer because he was one of the first to write doww his jazz arrrangements in musical notation, and he was the originator of a large number of the pieces that became staples in the jazz repretory. Morton's career, like Oliver's, want into decline during the last years of his life.28
Louis Armstrong was born in 1900. His music career begin when he sang for pennies on the streets of New Orleans with other children. He learned to play the trumpet at the Waifs Home for Boys. In Armstrong's playing is reflected the best of the great trumpeteers who had preceded him and who were his spiritual or actual mantors including: Buddy Bolden's fiery, powerful tone, Bunk Johnson's lighter, sweet tone and imaginative phrasing, and King Oliver's delicate but firm style, with its inventiveness and with variety of tone. It was during the years after 1925, when Armstrong was playing for several bands, that he earned his world wide reputation.29
The musician credited with starting the big band movement was Fletcher Henderson(1898-1952). In New York, Henderson fell heir to the tradition established by James Reese Europe which included exciting music and unorthodox instrumentation. During the period of 1924-36, Henderson enlarged his band with the addition of alto and tenor saxophones, clarinets, and tuba to total sixteen players. The result was an original style which led the way for the big bands to follow.30 The next few years produced a number of Negro big bands led by such men as William "Chick" Webb (1907-39), Jimmie Lunceford (1902-47), Andy Kirk (b.1898), Erskin Hawkins (b.1914), who was guest artist at a homecoming celebration for Alabama State University in 1974, Cab Calloway (b. 1907), Lucky Millinder (1900-66), Don Redman with McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Luis Russell (1902-63), William "Count" Basie(b. 1904), and Duke Ellington (1899-1974).
Chick Webb was among the first to play at the new Savoy ballroom in Harlem—where he reigned over the birth of such Negro dances as the "lindy-hop" and introduced his singing protege Ella Fitzgerald to the entertainment world. Erskin Hawkins's band started out as a college group, the Alabama State Collegians, and made its reputation chiefly at the Savoy.30
Duke Ellington was born in Washington, D. C. He organized an orchestra and later moved to New York, where the orchestra became a vehicle through which he expressed his creativity. It came to represent the ideal big "swinging band." Two of Duke's sidemen, trumpeteer James "Bubber" Miley and trombonist Joseph "Trick Sam" Nanton became experts in the use of the rubber-plunger mute to give an almost human sound to their playing. In 1939 Billy Strayhorn (1915-67), pianist-composer, joined Duke's orchestra as an arranger. The collaboration between the two men was so close that often neither could identify which part of a musical work was his. By 1970 Duke Ellington had written more than 2,000 compositions. Some of his successful songs are: "Mood Indigo", "In a Sentimental Mood", "Solitude", "Sophistocated Lady", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good". That Ellington was a composer with serious intentions became evident with his recording of such works as "Black and Tan Fantasy"(1932), "Blue Harlem" (1935).31
Kansas city became a magnet for black musicians because of its location in the early 1930's. It was the midway point for East-West. A new form of music evolved with the exchange of ideas of musicians who would spend time exchanging ideas while enroute to various destinations. All would join in the playing at the beginning of a number, then each would take his turn at improvising on the chorus, and finally they would all play together again to bring the piece of music to a close. The procedure allowed for any number of visitors to participate in the playing and at the same time allowed the musicians to display their improvisatory skills. The band of count Basie established itself as an avant-garde group from which other bands borrowed ideas heavily. Among the bestknown record albums of Basie's works are "One O'clock Jump", "April in Paris", "Jumping at the Woodside", "Blues by Basie", and "A Night at the Apollo".32
In 1929, the Negro Musicians Association was formed and chartered. It was comprised of a group of black professional musicians in need of rehersal facilities. The building is located in the East District of Kansas City, and is used now as a clubhouse, recital hall and museum.
The Mutual Musician's Foundation Building was a center for the development of the "Kansas City Style" of jazz, serving as a second home, training ground, and source of jobs for approximately 90 percent of the musicians who helped create the powerful Kansas city sound of the 1930's, and the 1940's. Many of the nations leading jazz men were or are members of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, Inc., (which was formed in approximately 1917, following the organization of the Musicians union Local #627, named so after pianist Pete Johnson's "627 Stomp") include band leaders count Basie, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, and George F. Lee. Singer Julia Lee, trumpeter "Hot" Lips Page, tenor saxophonist, Dick Wilson, Hershal Evans and Lester Young; alto saxophonist, Charlie "Bird" Parker; and drummer Baby Lovett are also members of the Foundation.
- A. Preparatory work assigned previous to scheduled day for listening lessons:
- ____1. Research by class in the following areas:
- ________a. Composer: Biographical materials, etc.
- ____________(1) General education: schools attended and academic achievements.
- ____________(2) Musical training: teachers and schools (if any).
- ____________(3) Musical activities: positions held and professional endeavors.
- ____________(4) Non-musical experiences: activities participated in outside the realm of music.
- ____________(5) General information about the composer's music.
- ____________(6) Interesting anecdotes concerning composer.
- ________b. Music History: History of the development of music during the time of the composer.
- ________c. General History and Cultural Accomplishments:
- ____________(1) Study of the most important developments in
- the history of that time, and the achievements of the prominent music figures of the period.
- B. Discussion of the above assignments on the day of listening lesson:
- ____1. Discussion of the composer:
- ________a. Biographical information about composer.
- ________b. Composer's contribution to the art of music.
- ________c. Discussion of compositon to be played:
- ____________(1) Musical form of composition.
- ____________(2) Program or absolute music.
- ____________(3) Instrumentation or voice.
- ________d. Discussion of the conductor and performing group of the recording to be presented.
- ____2. Corrolation with other subjects of the curriculum:
- ________a. Social Studies
- ____________(1) Discussion of the historical background of the period during which the composer lived.
- ____________(2) Report on the geograohical location of the composer's place of birth.
- ____________(3) Political figures and developments during this period.
- ________b. Physical Sciences:
- ____________(1) Discussion of famous schintists of the period, and their relationship, if any, to the composer.
- ____________(2) Discuss ion of the fundamentals of acoustics.
- ____________(3) Scientific explanation of the principles of tone production of the various musical instrumets.
- ____________(4) Scientific inventions and discoveries that might have influenced the music of the period.
- ________c. Literature:
- ____________(1) Assigned readings on famous authors and their writings that were popular during the lifetime of the composer.
- ____________(2) Oral reports and discussion about the composer.
- ____________(3) Written reports on the composer and his music.
- ____________(4) Creative writing of lyrics to musical compositions.
- ____________(5) Writing of interpretive essays on musical compositions.
- ____________(6) Relating poetic meter to musical rhythm.
- ________d. Fine Arts:
- ____________(1) Drawing pictures that the music or title suggests.
- ____________(2) Painting or sketching a picture of the composer.
(3) Discussion of art and architecture of the period in music history. (4) For sculpture, creating clay models of musical subjects. (5) Making a comparison of the art and music forms of the period. e. Mathematics: (1) Discussion of time signatures and note values in music, and their relationship to mathematics. (2) Research on the mathematical principles involved in equal-tempered tuning of the piano. (3) Selection of musical instruments and research on the mathematical dimensions of these instruments. g. Phsyical Education: (1) Folk dances (or social dances) from the period of the composer, perfommed by students. (2) Calisthenics performed with a musical background. (3) Discussion of famous athletic events and athletes of the time of the composer.33
"Black expressiveness" or the reason blacks act the way they act, can be defined as the readiness or predispsition to express oneself in a manher characterized by vital emotionalism, spontaniety, and rhythm. Western society, particularly in America, is gripped by tension, strain, frustration, and other stresses that significantly lowers the quality of life.34
When the African people heard music, it was believed that the rhythmic sound synchronized the rhythms of the cells in their bodies and minds. Because music was seen as the link to the force of all things, hearing impelling rhythms placed them in harmony with the rhythms of planets, and other airy bodies, earth, waters, plants, in short, the universe. They thought that this harmony enriched life, giving one abundant health.35
Songs embody metaphor, giving shape and dimension to the evocation of the soul or spirit, or the rhythmic force. These songs and other expressive vehicles are functional, as is black art, in that their unity for conveying feeling is obvious and numerous in example. Easing the pain of damaged human spirits and expediting the attainment of joyous states are noteworthy uses.36
Some concrete suggestions follow for liberating the artist in yourself and/or in those with whom you work. These were derived from the different ways blacks in the folk culture have used them to increase their survival chances. With reference to all of the advisory suggestions, there is no order or sequence in their use. Frequency and variety are the important factors for maximum effectiveness. Do as many different ones, singularly or together, as often as you can, and be guided mostly by the way you feel.
Whistling, humming, and singing are ways of making contact with feelings and expressing them.
Cultivate your interest in and skills at playing a musical instrument, or create an instrument of your own.
"Signifyin" is particularly useful in expressing feelings of anger and disgust. This can be a monologue or a written attack. Competitive "signifying" can be a substitute for physical sparring if the two participants are of equal verbal agility and the competition is appropriately officiated.37
Braggart "rappin" is useful in bolstering feelings of self-esteem. During the 1970's and 80's, popular musicians used "rapping" in their recordings.
Coin your own nickname to crystallize your experience of yourself in an emotionally straining situation. The nickname helps you reduce the strain to a managable size and enhances the process of working through, even though it may initially appear derogatory, downing, or just plain uncomplimentary. Nicknames are useful, too, in interpersonal situations where personal feedback is desirable. In educational situations, particularly in literature involving stories, dramas, or poems with prominent characters, have children give nicknames to characters as a way of communicating understanding of the characters' personalities, motives, interests, etc.
Do physical exercises to the rhythm of music. The interface of sensual rhythm with the repetitiveness of exercise movements wards off boredom and the physical discomfort often associated with the sterility of exercise. A beat gives your movements a sharper time and makes the exercise more enjoyable.
Dance along to popular recordings, moving not necessarily to vogue patterned steps but as your own rhythms steer you. Let your body sway as loosely as possible to the music, without effort to guide the movement.
Choreograph your story of emotional troubles. This can be solo movement or you may direct the movement of others to fashion a musical-drama of your being.
- A. General Purpose
- ____To help school-age youth more fully appreciate the liberating value of a good education and realize that ultimate human freedom lies in knowledge.
- B. Method
- ____Show group members the attitude of the black folk community toward the liberating powers of education as it is reflected in numerous spirituals by having them listen to recordings or sing in unison. The often thinly veiled but profound and deep educational desire and determination for satisfaction thereof is expressed in many of the spirituals. Play recordings, if possible, while the group follows written words of the song. Then have group members share their reflections on resolves that they might with respect to their own lives as related to attaining the benefits of a good education.
- 1. To help group members realize that when education is defined as enlightened training for a place in society and for individual personal development, it was highly respected in Africa.
- 2. To have group members come to a realization that for thousands of slaves the desire for education was intense and that this desire continues in the black community today.38
- 1. Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans (W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1971), p. 310.
- 2. Ibid., p. 312.
- 3. Ibid., p. 313.
- 4. Ibid.
- 5. Ibid., p. 316.
- 6. Ibid., p. 317.
- 7. Ibid., p. 318.
- 8. Ibid., p. 325.
- 9. Ibid., p. 327.
- 10. Ploski, Herry A. & Daiser, Ernest. AFRO USA (Bellwether Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1971), pp. 21-22.
- 11. Southern. Music of Black Americans p. 332.
- 12. Ibid., p. 334
- 13. Ibid.
- 14. Ibid.
- 15. Simmons, Otis D. Teaching Music in Urban Schools (Crescendo Publishing Co., Boston, 1975), p. 63.
- 16. Ibid., p. 44.
- 17. Forcucci, Samuel L. Let There Be Music (Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, 1969), pp. 262-270.
- ____Roach, Hildred. Black American Music: Past and Present (Crescendo Pub. Co., New York, 1976), pp. 191-193.
- ____Rooker, James (ed.). Making Music Your Own(Silver Burdett Co., New Jersey, 1968), pp. 277-280.
- 18. Southern. Music of Black Americans p. 336.
- 19. Ibid., p. 338.
- 20. Ploski & Daiser. AFRO USA pp. 21-22.
- 21. Southern. Music of Black Americans p. 343
- 22. Ibid.
- 23. Ibid. p. 352.
- 24. Ibid., p. 344.
- 25. Ibid., p. 379.
- 26. Ibid.
- 27. Ibid.
- 28. Ibid., p. 380.
- 29. Ibid., p. 381.
- 30. Ibid., p. 385.
- 31. Ibid., p. 386.
- 32. Ibid., pp. 388-389.
- 33. Apicella, Anthony J.; Giampa, Attilio J.; & Apicella, Margarita B. Simplicity in Music Appreciation (Parker Pub. Co., Inc., New York, 1974), pp. 1-2.
- 34. Pasteur, Alfred B. & Toldson, Ivory L. Roots of Soul (Anchor Press/ Doubleday, New York, 1982), p. 4.
- 35. Ibid., p. 73.
- 36. Ibid.
- 37. Ibid., p. 269.
- 38. Ibid., pp. 270-271.
Evans, David. Big Road Blues (Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1982).
Gerland, Phyl. The Sound of Soul (Henry Regery Co., Chicago, 1969).
Glassman, Judith. The Year in Music (Columbia House, New York, 1979).
Marris, Middleton; Levitt, Morris; & Smith, Ernest. The Black Book (Random House, New York, 1974).
Hurston, Zora Neal. The Santified Church (Turtle Island Press, Berkeley, California, 1981).
Lyttelton, Humphrey, The Best of Jazz II: Enter the Giants 1931-1944 Taplinger Pub. Co., New York, 1982.
Morris, Berenice Robinson. American Popular Music of the 20th Century (Franklin Watts, Inc., 1974).
Ploski, Harry A. & Kaiser, Ernest (Ed). Afro U.S.A. (Bellwether Pub. Co., New York, 1971).
Turner, Frederick. Remembering Song (Viking Press, New York, 1982).
Bessom, Tatarunis, and Forcucci. Teaching Music in Today's Secondary Schools (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1974).
de Lerma, Dominique-Rene. Black Music in Our Culture (Kent State Univ. Press, 1970).
Pasteur, Alfred B. & Toldson, Ivory L. Roots of Soul (Anchor Press/Doubleday, New York, 1982).
Mapp, Edward, Directory of Blacks in the Performing Arts (Scarecroe Press Inc., Metuchen, N. J., 1978).
Dennison, Sam. Scandalize My Name: Black Imagery in American Popular Music (Garland Pub., Inc., New York, 1982).
Roach, Hildren. Black American Music: Past and Present (Crescendo Pub. Co., New York, 1976).
Simmons, Otis D. Teaching Music in Urban Schools (Crescendo Pub. Co., Boston, 1975).
Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans (W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1971).
Includes a performance of Scott Joplin's Original Rags transcribed from the original player-piano rolls.
The Story of Jazz (Folkways F J 7212)
Narrated by Langston Hughes especially for young people but equally rewarding for adults, including excerpts from documentary recordings of ragtime and early blues.
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake (Columbia C2S-847)
The performer plays old standards.
Traditional Blues (Folkways F A 242102)
Old Rags (Audiophile 49)
Golden Treadury of Ragtime (Audiophile 89-82)
Piano Works of James Scott (Audiophile 76-77)
Piano World os Scott Joplin (Audiopile 72-72)
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FLINT, MI -- Flint entrepreneur Walethia Aquil will unveil her new downtown storefront with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 20.
After four years of operating her international etiquette business online, Aquil decided to reach out to the local market by opening Grace and Charm Academy in Suite 207B of the Thompson building, 412 S. Saginaw St. in downtown Flint.
Grace and Charm Academy is an etiquette school that offers workshops and one-on-one training for men and women – both young professionals and those who are professionally established – to learn to evaluate business and social settings and determine what language, dress and behavior is appropriate.
Business and social etiquette topics covered include introduction, handshaking, business card presentation, technology etiquette, dining skills and more.
Aquil also operates My Dreams Do Come True and UP Woman out of the second-floor suite.
My Dreams Do Come True is a not-for-profit program that accepts new and lightly used dress donations and gives them to girls who couldn't otherwise afford to attend events like prom and homecoming.
UP Woman, or Undeniably Powerful Woman, is a program that provides Grace and Charm Academy services to young women in the community who could not otherwise afford them.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Aquil at (810) 334-5427 or email@example.com.


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Woman threatens children with gun | Renton police blotter
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
A woman threatened three children with a gun Aug. 19.
The girls, two 6-year-olds and an 8-year-old, were playing in the backyard when they came running inside, yelling about a woman with a gun at about 5 p.m.
The girls claimed the woman was on the other side of the fence, by an apartment complex at 1500 block of Vashon Avenue. They said she yelled at them to get away from the fence while holding a black handgun at her side. The girls described the woman as white with curly brown hair.
Police searched the area and were unable to find the woman. The apartments in the two buildings closest to the incident were all either unoccupied or occupied by families that were not white.
Couple fights over custody of dog
A Seattle man allegedly broke a door during a dispute with his ex-girlfriend Aug. 28.
The two had separated and agreed upon joint custody of their dog Bugatti, but police were called to the woman's apartment in the 17400 block of 120th Lane when a fight broke out.
The woman thought the man had spent more time with the dog that week than was fair. During the fight, the man allegedly kicked a bedroom door and broke it.
When police caught up to the man, he said the dog was his and he wanted to prosecute the woman for theft of the dog. He also claimed the woman had mental issues and that the bedroom door was already broken. Police cited the man for malicious mischief.
Man loses fight with police dog
A Bellevue man was arrested for assault after fighting with his girlfriend Aug. 27.
Police were called to the 1200 block of Edmonds Ave near McKnight Middle School at 6:30 p.m. when a witness saw a man push a woman to the ground and drag her across the street.
Officers arrived and saw the two walking down the street. The man fled when he saw the police car. A K9 unit tracked him to some nearby sticker bushes.
The suspect suffered dog bites on his legs as he kicked the police dog away and grabbed its ears. He was arrested for assault.
Three caught swimming after hours at Henry Moses pool
A Renton man and woman, plus a Maple Valley man were arrested after swimming in the Henry Moses Aquatic Center after hours and trying to evade police Aug. 27.
Police arrived at the center at about 5 a.m. after a janitor heard splashing and voices in the pool. When the officers turned on flashlights, the three fled the area and got in a car as officers told them to stop.
They attempted the drive away, but had to stop at a dead end. Police finally corralled the vehicle in the parking lot.
The officers said the female driver was very apologetic and cooperative, while the males were not. She told police the two males had told her she didn't need to stop because it was just security, not the police.
She was cited for trespassing and released, while the men were arrested.
Woman hides under blanket, refuses treatment at hospital
A Renton woman was arrested for interfering with a health-care facility Aug. 27.
Police arrived at Valley Medical Center to find the 31-year-old woman unresponsive and unwilling to cooperate with doctors. The woman showed up at the hospital and claimed she was unable to walk due to severe neck pain. She promptly curled up in a ball on the bed, refusing to move and refusing any treatment.
She yelled nonsense words at the doctors trying to help her. When police officers showed up, they found the woman covered completely with a blanket. She continued to yell and talk in incomplete thoughts and refuse to allow anyone to help her.
After several more warnings, police tried to arrest the woman, but her body went limp and she started to yell "abuse!" Officers waited for an ambulance to transport her. She later identified herself as a Sovereign Citizen, a group which believes they answer only to common law and not federal or state laws.
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South Jersey was functioning as normally as possible Tuesday following the second snowfall in less than a week. Public works departments throughout the area, having vowed not to be taken by surprise, had most roads cleared in time for rush hour.
In Camden County, 60 vehicles had been dispatched by the public works department to keep traffic moving. Officials in Cumberland County said they had not run into any serious issues from the snow.
"All the reports I've gotten is they're staying on top if it," said Tony Surace, the Cumberland County freeholder who serves as liaison to the public works department. "Everything seems to be going okay."
County Spokesman Keith Wasserman said the same. The majority of Cumberland County's roads remained clear for the morning commute.
"For the most part, all the county roads were salted, and any that needed plowing have already been plowed," he said. "Things are pretty much under control. They'll just watch and see what they need to push."
Salem County Freeholder Ben Laury, who serves as the public works liaison, praised the efforts of Salem's road crews.
"They've done a fantastic job today," he said. "They've salted the roads so they don't freeze overnight. We were surprised by the first storm, but by five o'clock we were in good shape. I'm proud of our guys."
Commuters in Gloucester County had no trouble making their way along county highways, and the bridges between New Jersey and Philadelphia were fully functioning.
Although travel seemed to be under control, the snow was enough to cancel classes at Rowan University and close several of the area's school districts, including Deptford, Delsea, Glassboro, Monroe Township and Washington Township.
Area stores underwent the usual rush of customers running out for provisions.
"Yes, we do," said John Rollins, manager of Ace Hardware in Washington Township, when asked if the store had an influx of residents looking for snow shoveling supplies. Rollins said many people had been unprepared for Sunday's storm because of scant snowfall in recent winters.
"For the past few years, it's been nothing."
At the Acme in Woodbury, store manager Steve Williams said the store had a steady stream of residents looking to stock up on those time-honored snow storm purchases, bread and milk.
"It's about normal for a snowstorm," he said. "Milk, bread, rock salt, shovels, they were out here last night, and they were here first thing this morning."
As forecasters predicted, snow stopped falling during the early afternoon. By 3 p.m., sunlight had broken through the clouds.
In Pitman, the public works department was operating normally, with trash pickup unaffected by the weather. In a public statement, Public Works Manager Steve Alexander put it simply: "Looks like we lucked out on this one."


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Junior Matt Clemons of Oswego fired a 804 series Jan. 29 in a 3-0 victory over Baldwinsville at Lighthouse Lanes in Oswego. It is the highest series of the season for a CNYCL or OHSL bowler and the first 800 of the year. Clemons' award score included a 299 game.
It's the second straight season Clemons has rolled a 800 series in league play. He was the first player in CNYCL history to hit the milestone at the start of the 2011-12 season.
Clemons also has a perfect game to his credit this year. The left-hander led the CNYCL with a 232 average entering league play this week for the first-place Buccaneers. Clemons' career-high series is 831 (2010 junior league competition).


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Anand "Bill" Julka's gift, the largest in CSU history dedicated to scholarships, is for students who pursue degrees in teaching, nursing, engineering and computer science.
"I want to make sure that financially disadvantaged students can finance their education and when they graduate have a job waiting for them," said Julka, 60, the president and founder of Smart Solutions Inc., a technology company in Beachwood.
It is unknown how many students will be helped by Julka's gift because the tuition scholarships will fill gaps not met by grants, work-study and other financial aid, said CSU President Ronald Berkman. He said the gift is expected to provide about $300,000 annually for scholarships.
"One of the things we are learning nationally in higher education is that even a small deficit of $1,000 to $1,500 is one of the main reasons a student decides not to enroll or not return to college," Berkman said. Tuition at CSU is currently about $8,000 a year.
Berkman said that since he arrived on campus last year he has spoken to Julka and as many other CSU alumni as possible of the need for scholarship money. In recognition of Julka's donation, CSU will name its new Education and Human Services building Julka Hall.
Julka said he is honored.
"I feel very grateful and fortunate that I am able to give back to the community that has given so much to me," he said.
Julka ended up in Cleveland almost by chance and never left.
After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology in India, Julka came to the United States with little more than his degree, seeking a master's in industrial engineering.
"Three schools had the program I was interested in, but Cleveland State had the lowest tuition and was the only one who offered all their classes at night so students could work during the day," he said.
So he chose Cleveland over campuses in Minnesota or California.
"I fell in love with the city the moment I set my eyes on it," he said.
He worked at Eaton Corp. while attending CSU and stayed there after receiving his master's degree in 1974. He founded Smart Solutions in 1983.
Julka, who lives in Moreland Hills, serves on the board of the CSU Foundation, which will administer his gift. He donated $100,000 for scholarships about four years ago, he said.
He said the current gift was prompted by the tremendous financial need of students, especially during the current recession.
"The president approached me and the development office approached me and they impressed on me to act now versus later," he said.
While the $6 million gift will not be used until it generates interest after being invested, Julka plans to give a cash donation so some scholarships can be awarded this fall, Berkman said.
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Fewer New Orleans cops on the streets means fewer arrests each year, but is the NOPD wasting time putting away non-violent, minor offenders?
That's one argument made in a new report by the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a local watchdog group. At the same time, the report highlighted continued cooperation between police and prosecutors, leading to a sustained higher rate of felonies ending in convictions, a bright spot in a city struggling to improve its criminal justice system and still burdened with high crime and a history of dysfunction.
Forty-five percent of felony NOPD arrests resulted in felony convictions by April, which is up from 24 percent in 2007, the report says. Despite the progress, New Orleans is still far below the national average for large cities, at 54 percent.
Join NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reporters Naomi Martin and Helen Freund for a live chat today (Wednesday) with the commission's president, Rafael Goyeneche. The chat is from 11 a.m. to noon.
Goyeneche, who worked as an Orleans Parish prosecutor in the 1980s, has been the commission's president for 15 years.
Among the report's findings:
- Police and prosecutor cooperation led to the highest proportion of felony arrests resulting in a felony conviction since 1999: 45 percent of 2012 felony arrests resulted in a felony conviction, as of April. That's up from 24 percent in 2007 and 42 percent in 2009. Nevertheless, that arrest-to-conviction rate for felonies is well below the national average of 54 percent.
- Cannizzaro's office is refusing more cases for prosecution, and judges are dismissing fewer cases, trends that the report says is likely due to improved screening processes within the district attorney's office.
- Reduced arrests did not correspond to fewer serious crimes reported.
- Police are issuing more summonses, or citations with court dates, instead of arresting people accused of minor offenses.
- But police are still spending too much time booking people with minor crimes, including traffic offenses and out-of-parish warrants and traffic attachments.
- Prosecutors refused charges for one-fourth of all homicide arrests and one-third of all sexual assaults brought to them in 2012.
- Of 89 people arrested for homicide in 2012, 16 had been convicted of homicide as of April, and four cases were lowered to lesser felonies.
- Of 95 people arrested for sexual assault in 2012, 24 had been convicted of a sex crime as of April, and 15 cases were lowered to a lesser felony.
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Release Date: April 19th, 2013
R|1 hr. 39 min.
Plot Summary
Majo Tonorio (Gina Rodriguez), a talented hip-hop artist, is offered a record deal from a sleazy producer. She faces a difficult choice between selling out for money or staying true to herself and her music.
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera, Joseph Julian Soria, Braxton Miltz, Pete "Chingo Bling" Herrera
Directors: Youssef Delara , Michael D. Olmos
Genres: Drama
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JACKSON, MI – Jackson Public Schools has moved one of its bus stops after learning a registered sex offender is living in a house at its original location.
Parents were notified on Monday, March 17, that the bus stop used by Middle School at Parkside students has been moved about a block south of its original location at Blackstone and Trail streets, Craig Frazier, JPS transportation director said.
While state law prohibits registered sex offenders from living or working within 1,000 feet of a school zone, that law does not apply to bus stops. However, Frazier said JPS is making this adjustment as a safety measure.
"We'd rather be safe," Frazier said. "We'd rather go overboard for the safety of our kids."
JPS was alerted to the situation on Thursday, March 14, when a man living in a house by the original bus stop location told the bus driver he was a registered sex offender, Frazier said. The man has apparently just recently moved into the house, he said.
The driver immediately notified Frazier of the situation, and it was confirmed the man is on the sex offender registry, he said.
District protocol is to give parents a 24-hour notification of a change to a bus stop, Frazier said. But, when the driver saw the man sitting on his front porch as she approached the stop on Friday afternoon, March 14, she made an immediate decision to let the children off at what is now the new bus stop, Frazier said.
"This was an outstanding decision," Frazier said. "She was being proactive with the kids, and protecting the kids is our first priority."
JPS has approximately 3,000 bus stops, Frazier said.
"As soon as we are made aware of situations at a stop, we move it," he said. "We will continue to re-examine this stop to see if we need to make further adjustments."


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Want to break out of your shell?
How about adopting a turtle?
Among the nature-related programs and displays, the Wildwood Park Wetlands Festival on April 30 will feature "Adopt a Turtle." The festival kicks off a turtle research project, and wild turtles will be on-site ready for adoption.
Although it's called turtle adoption, the $20 donation does not allow the adopter to purchase the turtle and take it home. Rather, an identification tag will be put into the turtle. Then, the adopter can help release the tagged turtle back into the wetlands of Wildwood.
The adopter receives an adoption certificate that includes the turtle's identification number and a sticker that says "I adopted a turtle."
"Turtles are hard to miss while enjoying trails at Wildwood Park and often invoke questions," said Chris Rebert, environmental educator for Dauphin County Parks and Recreation.
Rebert said turtles play a significant role in the ecosystem and can be helpful in reducing pests. Baby turtles eat mostly insects, including lots of mosquito larvae.
"The program will collect and study data on turtle health, movement, population and reproduction," Rebert said. "The findings will help assess the overall health of the Wildwood ecosystem."
To gain more insight into the migrations and habitat uses of turtles, researchers are increasingly relying on the capture and recapture method using passive identification tags. Every time the adopted turtles are recaptured, information will be made available at Wildwood Lake's website.
Rebert said researchers have used passive identification tags for more than 25 years. They also use tags to identify fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
The microchip tags safely mark animals internally without altering external appearance. In almost all cases, tags stay with animals for their entire life cycles. The small size of the tags eliminates negative impact on animals with little or no influence on growth rate, behavior, health or predator susceptibility.
Wetlands Festival at Wildwood Park puts turtles up for adoption
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College World Series
North Carolina State upends North Carolina
North Carolina State's Carlos Rodon pitched eight shutout innings, and the Wolfpack knocked Atlantic Coast Conference pitcher of the year Kent Emanuel out of the game early in an 8-1 victory at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Rodon (10-2) held the No. 1 national seed Tar Heels hitless into the fifth inning. He allowed five hits and struck out eight.
It was the sophomore left-hander's second straight dominating performance against the Tar Heels. Three weeks ago, he allowed one hit and struck out 14 in 10 innings in a 2-1, 18-inning loss in the ACC tournament.
• Adam Plutko and two relievers limited LSU to five hits, and UCLA turned both of the Tigers' errors into runs in a 2-1 victory.
The Bruins will play North Carolina State. The No. 4 national seed Tigers will meet North Carolina in an elimination game.
LSU scored its only run on Mason Katz's fourth-inning home run.
Federer records first title of season on grass in Germany
Roger Federer won his first title of the year, overcoming a sluggish start to defeat unseeded Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
Returning to grass in his favorite warm-up for Wimbledon, the top-seeded Federer looked lethargic until the middle of the second set against a player he had never lost to in 14 previous matches. It was the first final on the tour this year involving two players 30 or older.
• Top-seeded Andy Murray rallied to defeat defending champion Marin Cilic 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 to win the Queen's Club tournament in London for the third time.
• Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova defeated Croatian teenager Donna Vekic 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the final of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England.
Auto racing
Force takes Funny Car to end long winless drought
John Force ended a 31-event winless streak, defeating Cruz Pedregon in the final round of Funny Car at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn.
Force, 64, posted his record 135th career victory. He powered his Ford Mustang to a 4.148-second run at 305.29 mph. Pedregon's Toyota Camry shut off approaching the finish.
Steve Torrence won in Top Fuel and Rodger Brogdon in Pro Stock.
Manziel tweet raises eyebrows at Texas A&M
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel still has three years of eligibility left at Texas A&M.
But a tweet he sent out early yesterday morning has some wondering how long he will stay.
Starting the tweet with an expletive, Manziel said stuff "like tonight is why I can't wait to leave college station… whenever it may be." The comment went out to Manziel's more than 350,000 followers from his verified account before it was deleted almost immediately. He soon followed with another tweet that read: "Don't ever forget that I love A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes."
A Texas A&M spokesman said that he does not expect a statement from Manziel or the university on the matter.
• Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison, a sophomore who is expected to start this season, was charged with simple battery after being accused of punching a bouncer. Gainesville, Fla., police said witnesses identified Morrison as the man who argued with a bouncer outside Kava Lounge early yesterday regarding a cover charge and said: "Do you know who I am? I am a UF football player. I am Antonio!" When the bouncer told Morrison he would have to pay full price, witnesses said Morrison punched the bouncer in the head.
• Simon Thornton beat Tjaart Van der Walt on the first hole of a playoff at the Najeti Hotels Open in Saint-Omer, France, to win his first PGA European Tour title.
• Rui Costa of Portugal kept his Tour de Suisse title after winning the final stage by 21 seconds.
— From staff and wire reports


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EUGENE -- No name appears on the Lane County ballot for Circuit Court Position 7.
Voters have to write in their choice. And that means ballots will have to be counted by hand, so the results won't be available for a week or more.
The Register-Guard reports incumbent Judge Jay McAlpin was appointed earlier this year but failed to file paperwork in time for his name to appear on the ballot.
Three challengers are hoping Lane County voters write in their name.
-- The Associated Press


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So I heard this song a while back thanks to my friend Jess, and completely agreed with her that it fit the Twilight Series (especially Twilight & New Moon) very well. But then, I suffered from premature Alzheimer's (joking...I just forget things xD) and I forgot I wanted to make a video with it. So flash forward to 3 days ago, I remembered and voila a new video!! And I dedicate this to you, Jess. Because you are an amazing friend whether we are complaining together or gushing about Rob together. You make my days brighter. Love you! I would have had this uploaded like 4 hours earlier if it hadn't been for a total Sony Vegas malfunction, but I hope you all enjoy :)
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Kate wore McQueen, as she is wont to do—but what about everyone else? Click through our royal-christening fashion survey. (Go here to see more on Kate's complete look—including her ruffle-front coatdress by Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton and her custom, silk-rose hat by Jane Taylor.)
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Temple Grandin, the animal scientist and author who grew up with autism, will be in Portland next week to promote her new book, "Animals Make Us Human" (Houghton Mifflin, 352 pages, $26).
Powell's Books will present Grandin at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Tickets are $26; they include a copy of the new book. All ages are welcome.
Grandin is also the author of "Animals in Translation."


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Preschool and a 2 year old
My little boy, Gavin, just turned 2. I have really been debating on rather or not to sign him up for preschool. There is many pros and cons, and I'm trying to decide what will benefit him in the long run. Some of the pros are social skills, interacting with children his age, and getting a head start at school. Of course cons include separating myself from him, worrying constantly, and I'm not sure how he will handle being away from me. I'm sure a lot of other mother's have had the same concerns. How could I know when it is a good time to start this next adventure for my wild and fun-loving toddler? My husband agrees it will be good for him, but I'm having a hard time letting go. Seems like he shouldn't be old enough to even start yet lol. I just want what's best for him. Any advice?
yes preschool is important- they want to know some much more now when they start school. heck they are doing classes that i had in high school- they are now doing in middle school. and the same with middles school classes they are doing in elementary. my kids started school when they were two and so have my grandkids. my grandson is three and half. he goes half day. and yes even at two they can get alot of preschool
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The most important lessons a child learns are from home! Two is way too young to expect much peer socialization, and it really does not give them that much of a head start in school. Read to him, play wwith him, go places with him, let him develop his relationship with you and your husband more before you send him to school. Kindergarten comes soon enough!
My kids had TONS of peer socialization when they went to school at 2. They formed friendships, started learning how to work through what it was to be a friend and talked about their friends at home all the time. It is amazing what 2 year olds are capable of. :)
My girls were in preschool. They loved it and there were internet cameras set up where the girls went. Kaden is in speech therapy or I'd have him in preschool.
i am for preschool. i have a daughter that is 2 and she has been in early head start program since she was 1. its hard at first and you worrie alot but in the end its well worth it for the child. and you also get your break that every mom needs for a day to concentrate on yourself and what you need to get done.
I dont want to be closed minded when it comes to what will benefit my child. He is already so so smart. Hes already counting, knows how old he is, and he knows what absolutely everything is on his body. I know with sending him, it will give him a early start on preparing for actual school. Not only that, but it will prepare us both for when the times comes to be away from each other! He will barely go two hours without me, and I want to slowly start breaking that. He deserves to be around kids his age, and get to interact and learn social skills!
Both of my boys went to preschool, and it was a good decision for us. You may want to find a preschool that you can choose a two day, three day, or five day program. Mine were both 3 when they started, in a two day program, then went to three day when they turned 4. They learned good social skills and how to relate to other adults....although my youngest, to this day, insists I was mean to make him go for 2 WHOLE years!! (He's a bit of a Mama's boy :) )
going to preschool is best way to get social skills and i agree with most find one that has just a few days plan to lean your child into getting use to being a round. its best he learns now then later cuz if school starts and he dont want to leave you can have trouble. i know a mom that didnt work with her cild and well the little girl got kicked out of her school cuz she gave her teacher a bloody nose. it wasnt on purpose. the teacher graped the child and took her away from the mother but the child swong so fast to the point she biffed the teacher in the nose really good and she had a bloody nose.


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|249.80 ccm (15.24 cubic inches)
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|50.00 HP (36.5 kW))
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|67.5 x 69.8 mm (2.7 x 2.7 inches)
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|320 mm (12.6 inches)
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|220 mm (8.7 inches)
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|Weight incl. oil, gas, etc:
|103.0 kg (227.1 pounds)
|Overall height:
|1,100 mm (43.3 inches)
|Overall length:
|2,200 mm (86.6 inches)
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|815 mm (32.1 inches)
|1,480 mm (58.3 inches)
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A Delaware man has been arrested for eight counts of sex offenses against three juvenile girls while he worked as a tumbling coach for a Williamstiown company between November 2006 and last month.
Christopher Plumley, 22, of New Castle, Del., allegedly engaged fondling and sexual intercourse with the three girls, whose ages were not released by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office, while he was coaching Showtyme cheerleaders for a company called Cheer Central, on Glassboro Road in Williamstown, authorities said.
The offenses allegedly occurred on company property and at an unspecified location in Gloucester Township.
Plumley was fired in February.
He turned himself in to the county Major Crimes Unit today and was committed to the Gloucester County Jail in Woodbury in default of $300,000 cash bail -- $200,000 for the Gloucester County charges and $100,000 for the Camden County charges.
The case has been investigated by the Prosecutor's Office and Monroe Township police.
"As this is a continuing investigation, the Prosecutor's Office would appreciate if anyone with information about possible additional victims would contact us," said Prosecutor Sean P. Dalton.
Anyone with information may call (856) 384-5500 and ask for the Major Crimes Unit.
Six of the charges filed are second-degree offenses, including sexual assault and child endangerment, with maximum penalties of 10 years in New Jersey state prison.
Two counts of aggravated sexual assault by someone in a supervisory capacity over the victim are first-degree crimes that carry maximum penalties of 20 years in state prison.


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Sega deliver a Virtua Tennis tangent filled with fun and fan-service. However, after marketing heavily to the casual gamer it ends up being more of an in-joke than an accessible tennis game. Regardless, it demonstrates how much fun video tennis can be, roll on Virtua Tennis 4.
There was a moment in the late 90's when video game tennis came alive. Depending on your delinquency, you may have encountered this either in the Arcade, on the Dreamcast or later on the PlayStation 2. The game was Virtua Tennis and it combined a return to looser controls with realistic visuals. By balancing the player's direction of their character with that tennis star's abilities the game produced an experience that not only looked like real tennis but was endlessly playable.
In a family setting the visuals get siblings, parents and grandparents interested in the game. The various tennis players are instantly recognisable and the presentation is styled after that of a TV broadcast. If this is enough to get them to sit down and pick up a controller next to you, the semi-automatic controls mean that they can get started playing straight away. As long as they press a button at roughly the right time the game will try and hit the ball, even if it means a last minute dive.
The genius of the game however, is that beneath this simplicity there beats a proper tennis game. As you spend more time with the game you can develop different shots, tactics and techniques. What at first seems to be a basic simulation gives way to a nuanced control system that can be used to squeeze every last ounce of ability from your player.
Having run the series through a few iterations on each of the subsequent generations of console hardware, Sega are now straying from their serious sporting aesthetic. Today we are talking about Virtua Tennis because it is the chassis on which Sega Superstars Tennis has been built. Much like the playful re-imagining of the VW Beetle that was just a Golf under the new shell; Sega Tennis Superstars takes the old tennis game and applies a considerable new shell.
The main game structure itself is unchanged with the usual single and multiplayer modes. There is the recent addition of online play that complements the progress through local tournaments and competitions. But the difference in this game is the absence of any real life tennis players or courts. In there place we have an impressive array of characters drawn from other Sega games. This includes the widely known Sonic, Monkey Ball and Knuckles (well known to some at least), as well as the more obscure Space Channel 5 and Jet Set Radio characters. Each of these has their own themed home stadium and signature special moves which is the only real departure from the Virtua Tennis play mechanic.
The main addition to the game, apart from the aforementioned window dressing, is a range of unlockable mini-games. Most, although not all, of these retain a tennis theme. Each location offers a bizarre scenario where you are usually trying to get your shots off whilst avoiding zombies, exploding mines or lava balls. Add a few family or friends to these mini-games and you have the makings of a great rainy day game. Unfortunately, you have to put quite a bit of time into the main game to unlock each of these so you need someone in your tribe who is willing to put in some hours of play to gain full access to these mini-games.
Although my family had a good few hours messing around with these mini-games, as a whole Sega Tennis simply served as a reminder of how good Virtua Tennis is. The irony here is that by replacing the real players with these cartoon characters Sega have made there game considerably less attractive to a casual audience. Maybe they never intended it to garner wide appeal, but the addition of their various mascots seems to play to the hardcore market. Most people who brought the new Beatle had previously owned an old VW, so too the obscure characters and locations here serve as a big inside joke to those who have already played the games in Sega's (hardware manufacturing) heyday.
I was happy to spend some time with the game, and certainly had some fun. But ultimately I wanted to play a proper Virtua Tennis game again. I know this would easily appeal to more members of my family. And now the consoles are back in the living room it seems like an ideal opportunity to get granny and grandpa involved in some centre court action. Persuading them onto Sega Tennis Superstars will be considerably harder. I guess at the end of the day, the new Beetle just served as a reminder of what a good car the Golf is. Content over style is the decider again for me.
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