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The Sugarhill Gang ¿ Big Bank Hank, Master Gee and Wonder Mike ¿ will bring their old-school hip-hop to H Lounge at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races on Friday. (Submitted photo / January 17, 2013) |
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va.—
Sugarhill Gang made a musical mark in history when in 1979 they topped the charts with "Rapper's Delight."The 15-minute rap told us to "rock it to the bang-bang," as it rocketed up the charts making it the first hip-hop single to be a Top 40 hit.
The song continues to find audiences, even more than 30 years later (including a memorable appearance in 1998's "Wedding Singer" by a rapping grandma), and member Big Bank Hank (born Henry Jackson) said he's grateful for it all.
The Sugarhill Gang, which is made up of Big Bank Hank, Master Gee and Wonder Mike, will perform Friday night at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in the H Lounge. The group will go on after 9 p.m. following the Boogie Night event (see sidebar).
Big Bank Hank, who we'll call BBH, discovered rap and the beginnings of hip-hop in 1974 when artists like Pete DJ Jones were starting to break out with this new genre.
"People from Brooklyn and the Bronx started mixing turntables in the streets and in parks," BBH said during a telephone from his studio in New Jersey. "We had these big block parties. And rapping started coming in this format with DJs. It just exploded."
But music wasn't BBH's first priority. Instead, the Bronx native received a degree in oceanography.
"I used to watch TV shows with Jacques Cousteau and I was enthralled with it," he said. "I liked to fish and I always wanted to see what was underwater. It just took hold of me. My parents always stressed to me that education was power and I just kept moving on. I started playing football and I got a scholarship and followed my passion."
He was thinking of getting his master's degree when his friend was opening some pizza shops in Jersey. Although he was tossing pies for a living, BBH was "battling" in the park for fun with other rappers line for line.
BBH said after he won a Battle of the MCs three years in a row in New York City, he was starting to get name recognition.
It was Sylvia Robinson, who was the founder of Sugar Hill Records, who put Sugarhill Gang together.
"I had just done a battle at a park called MacKay Park (in New Jersey), and I just crushed everybody out there," BBH said.
Robinson had come to the pizza shop to see if he could live up to all the hype.
"Luckily the other Mike, which was Michael Wright (aka Wonder Mike) was across the street and we started battling back and forth and she was like, 'Oh my god,'" he said.
And then Master Gee (Guy O'Brien) was coming down the street, he said, and all three started battling. "(Robinson) said 'I got a group already,'" he said.
The song that put Sugarhill Gang on the map would be "Rapper's Delight," a 15-minute battle among the three friends.
"The record was done in one take," BBH said. "Nobody stopped or restarted. And the rest is history."
In fact, he said, the rap would have been longer but the 26-track ran out of tape.
"We could have went on for another 15 minutes," he said.


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DFIT8 is a powerful Windows application designed to perform differential item functioning (DIF) analyses utilizing the DFIT framework that evaluates the differences between item response functions. This approach was originally suggested by Rudner, Getson, and Knight (1980), then further developed by Raju (1988) and Raju, van der Linden, & Fleer (1995). DFIT is an advanced approach based on item response theory (IRT) that compares the item response functions for groups of examinees to determine if a test item is performing significantly different for one group. DFIT8 includes a detailed manual with background on the DFIT method, instructions for installing and running the program, and descriptions of the input and output files, enabling you to quickly perform the analysis you need.
To learn more about the DFIT framework before purchasing the program, please read the NCME Instructional Module on DFIT in Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 27(3). More information is also available in the complete DFIT manual that ships with the software, which is available for free download.
DFIT8 assesses differential functioning at both the item level (DIF) and the test level (DTF), and can be used for the dichotomous test data calibrated using 1-, 2-, or 3-parameter unidimensional IRT model as well as for polytomous test data (e.g., rating scale data) calibrated using Samejimas graded response model. The DFIT approach also makes possible several applications that are very useful in DIF research (e.g., differential bundle functioning). The DFIT framework offers two types of DIF, non-compensatory DIF (NCDIF) and compensatory DIF (CDIF). Like most item-level DIF indices, NCDIF assumes that all items other than the studied item are DIF free, and can be used like any of the other DIF indices. CDIF on the other hand takes into account the pattern of DIF across items, and can be used to investigate the effect of removing the DIF items on DTF.
In contrast to earlier versions of DFIT, DFIT8 uses a complete point-and-click Windows interface. The following example shows the main options window for a set of dichotomously scored items:
DFIT8 employs a recently developed significance test for NCDIF and DTF. The test is called the item parameter replication (IPR) method and provides a means of deriving cutoff values that are tailored to a particular data set. The IPR method begins with estimates of item parameters for the focal group and the sampling variances and covariances of these estimates. Based on these initial estimates, a large number of replications (typically 1,000 pairs) of item parameters are simulated. Then the cutoff value for each alpha level is determined by the empirical sampling distribution of NCDIF/DTF obtained under the null hypothesis that focal and reference groups have identical parameters. The IPR method produces cutoff values for each item.
The significance of CDIF is not tested directly. Instead, items with large CDIF are removed one by one until DTF reaches non-significance by a chi-square test. Those removed CDIF items are then considered significant.
The IPR is easy to use for practitioners because it is implemented within the DFIT software program; practitioners are only required to provide estimates of item parameters, their variances and covariances, and ability estimates for the focal or reference group.
The complete DFIT8 PDF manual that ships with the software is available for download. This manual provides extensive coverage of both the background and operatinon of DFIT8.
A fully functioning trial copy of DFIT8 is available for download. This package includes the complete PDF manual. The trial copy can be unlocked for permanent use when payment arrangements have been completed.
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FORTUNE -- Facebook's recently announced plans for a sprawling $120 million housing community near its Menlo Park campus will include affordable employee homes and a laundry list of amenities like a pub, convenience store, bicycle repair shop, hair stylist -- even a doggy day care. One perk missing from that list: daycare for kids.
The tech giant is not in the minority. Bay Area companies often plan expansive offices with gyms, kitchens, game rooms, and other lavish perks to attract and retain the brightest workers. But onsite child care centers rarely make the list of amenities. Only 7% of companies nationwide offer on-site daycare to employees, according to a 2012 National Study of Employers, a percentage that has stayed held since 2005. Meanwhile about one-third of Fortune's Best Companies to Work For list offer the convenience to parents with young kids.
Facebook (FB) and local developer St. Anton Partners designed the 394-unit housing project with feedback from employees in focus groups. St. Anton is building the project, while Facebook will subsidize just 15 units set aside for employees to meet state requirements for affordable housing.
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Despite the lack of child care, a Facebook spokeswoman says the company offers plenty of other cushy perks to parents. Couples who give birth or adopt get $4,000 in "baby cash," and the company also gives generous four-month maternity and paternity leave to all employees. She would not say whether child care is a benefit planned for the future. "We offer a number of benefits to make our employees' lives better, and we are constantly evaluating potential new offerings," she says.
While some companies have found cost savings with improved productivity and lower absenteeism, on-site child care does not typically hit the top of the HR agenda -- especially in a weak labor market, says Rachel Connelly, a Bowdoin College economics professor and co-author of the book, Kids at Work: The Value of Employer-Sponsored On-Site Child Care Centers.
There's the cost: A 10,000-square-foot on-site center that can handle 100 kids might cost $1.7 million to $2 million to build, according to Reed Construction Data, which tracks building statistics. Then there's the added challenge of state regulations, liability risks, and operational costs, says Jennifer Sabatini Fraone, associate director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family, which studies work life balance issues.
"It's more complicated than hiring a few babysitters," she says. "It's difficult to develop a sound business case for them because the ROI often can be nebulous."
Many companies outsource the job to professional daycare centers. But even so, if a company's daycare doesn't have enough spots to fill employee demand, it can frustrate workers, adds Connelly. "So it's either 'go big' or nothing," says Connelly, "and a lot of them choose nothing."
Instead, says Fraone, many companies offer dependent care assistance plans that help parents pay for child care with pre-tax dollars or access to referral services like Care.com, which helps parents find pre-screened providers.
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Google (GOOG) and Cisco (CSCO) are among the few big tech firms that offer on-campus child care. Cisco has two centers on its San Jose, Calif., campus, and Google has four centers specifically for "Googler kids" near its Mountain View headquarters.
Google, which topped Fortune's Best Companies to Work For list this year, touts a "family first" philosophy, offering new moms five-month paid maternity leave, $500 in baby cash, preferred parking spots -- even high chairs in all its company cafes. That's in addition to the long list of other employee perks like subsidized massages and a seven-acre sports complex.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel (INTC), meanwhile, has taken a different route to help out parents with young kids. To avoid the cost of building child care centers on each of its main campuses, Intel partnered with 17 local child care centers across the U.S. that are close to its offices. In exchange for Intel support and funding, those child care centers give admission priority to children of Intel employees and offer slots for backup daycare.
"Child care is one of the most intense things that new parents worry about," says Intel spokeswoman Gail Dundas. "To know Intel has vetted these child care centers and engaged with them makes a difference. It helps you make decisions."
At Yahoo (YHOO), CEO Marissa Mayer decided this year to extend the paid leave time for new parents -- a move implemented not long after she took heat for revoking the company's telecommuting policy. Now new moms get 16 weeks of paid leave, and dads get eight. New parents also get $500 to spend on baby-related items. Like Facebook, Yahoo has no plans for an on-site child care facility.
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MORGANTOWN - West Virginia practiced three times last week beginning on Tuesday and finishing Thursday.
There was no need for a Friday workout.
"I was happy with it," Coach Dana Holgorsen said. "If I wasn't happy with it, we would have practiced Friday."
Instead, the ninth-ranked Mountaineers (1-0) had two days off and returned to work Sunday to prepare for Saturday's 4:30 p.m. game against FCS No. 5 James Madison (2-0), at FedEx Field, in Landover, Md.
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"I think the guys are excited about playing this game," Holgorsen said. "I was worried about that, from the standpoint of having an off week this early in the year and getting away from our routine, which is what concerned me. But I liked the team's mentality as far as wanting to get back out there, wanting to practice and looking forward to playing another game."
The Mountaineers opened the season Sept. 1 with a 69-34 victory against Marshall and the second-most yards of offense in school history. Then came an open week in the second week of the season. That hadn't happened since 2000 and only two other times (1993, 1998) since joining the Big East in 1991.
To foster familiarity, Holgorsen had WVU come into the Puskar Center for the regular Sunday routine with medical treatments and team meetings. Monday was open so the players could be students before an ordinary three days of practice.
"I thought we got a lot done," Holgorsen said. "Tuesday and Wednesday was a lot of football. We put them in four or five situations and put the ball down and played. The competition was high. We told them to compete within the position. We told them to compete within the offense and defense."
Holgorsen toned it down Thursday and allowed his coaches to focus more on individual drills. The younger players scrimmaged for about 30 plays.
The Mountaineers didn't add anything to their repertoire. They weren't preparing for JMU. They were instead trying to be themselves.
"The thing we wanted to work on offensively was keeping our timing," Holgorsen said.
So much of what WVU does on offense is based on pace and precision. The players hurry from one play to the next and have to communicate things quickly. The routes receivers run that are typically in response to what the defense does. Running backs handle a lot of zone plays, when they have to read the offensive line's blocking and then slice through a gap.


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Last week at the Frick Collection in upper Manhattan, H. Perry Chapman, Professor of Art History at the University of Delaware and author of Rembrandt's Self-Portraits: A Study in Seventeenth-Century Identity, presented "Rembrandt & Dou: Rivalry in Self-Portrayal." In a riveting one-hour lecture, Professor Chapman argued that Rembrandt and his first pupil, Gerrit Dou, were forever aware of and informed by each other's distinct and diverging artistic styles—Rembrandt, rough and expressive; Dou, fine and polished—particularly while painting their self-portraits. Among the numerous self-portraits Professor Chapman cited in her discussion (around 60 survive by Rembrandt, 12 by Dou), the Brooklyn Museum's Portrait of a Young Man (Self-Portrait?) was among the smallest but for many the most surprising.
Recently discussed in the New York Times as a rediscovered treasure, Brooklyn's tiny portrait—its oak panel support measures only 6 x 5 inches—entered the Museum's collection in 1932 as an early self-portrait, completed by Dou in Leiden around 1631 when he was 18 and training under Rembrandt. (Rembrandt would leave Leiden later that year for greener, richer pastures in Amsterdam.) Several decades later, in the early 1990s, opinions about the painting, the painter, and the sitter shifted. Scholars demoted Dou's Self-Portrait to a contemporary copy after a Dou self-portrait.
The inferior attribution remained until January 2011, when Dou scholars descending on New York for Old Master Paintings Week revisited the Brooklyn panel and unanimously returned it to Dou's body of work. Last week Professor Chapman confirmed the sitter's identity: a teenage Dou thinned in the face by the artist himself with a few strategically placed brushstrokes. (X-radiographs of the panel confirm a slightly plumper youth lurking underneath.)
The Brooklyn painting—Dou's earliest surviving self-portrait—is now on view for the first time since 1945 in the Museum's Beaux-Arts Court. Also on view in New York, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Dutch galleries, is Dou's mature self-portrait, painted again in Leiden but over forty years later at the height of the artist's career.


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Florian Effenberger recently posted statistics of the number of developers contributing to the LibreOffice project. Several months ago, Cedric Bosdonnat offered data on the number of contribution and contributors from the various sources. While Effenberger's post provides much less detail, it still provides a glimpse into the composition of the growing community.
According to commit counts it seems 54 developers from Oracle, everybody's favorite bad guy these days, has the highest employee count. This was a full 18% of all commits. As Italo Vignoli explained, "Oracle contributions are related to the OOo code that has been merged with LibreOffice, and in fact the number of commits has decreased dramatically during the last few months. There are, though, some former Oracle developers contributing on a volunteer basis to LibreOffice."
SUSE is next with 20 employees making contributions giving them 6.7% of commits. Known contributors follows with 3% from 9 contributors. Known contributors are those with a history of developing for OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice but not working on the behalf of or representing any known employer.
Next up is Canonical with 4 contributors making up 1.3 % of contributions. This is up from the one employee sharing two patches tallied in March. In response to criticism of Canonical, Vignoli was quick to point out that "Bjoern Michaelsen has been one of the most active ones since he has joined Canonical from Oracle in February, and is a key member of the ESC."
Red Hat and SIL employ two developers that contribute to LibreOffice making up .7% of contributions each. Several other firms provide .3% through one developer.
However, the largest number, equaling more than double all those listed so far with 68.3% of commits from 205 contributors, is attributed to the great Unknown. This most likely is comprised of independent volunteers, many of which who work on easier tasks and are getting comfortable with the source code. Vignoli said that some come and go, and then come back again as time and other commitments allow.
This small snapshot only provides a small look into the world of LibreOffice. More graphs and numbers are promised in August and with the release of LibreOffice 3.4.2. The main take-away from this graph is, as Florian Effenberger said, "it becomes obvious that the developer community is indeed well balanced between company-sponsored contributors and independent community volunteers."
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The DOT Monday declining to confirm a report that the long-awaited bike share program will launch Memorial Day, only stating that it will debut this month.
An agency spokesman said the city is "preparing for a May launch" and would not confirm the holiday weekend start date, which was reported Sunday in Crain's New York Business, citing Bloomberg administration sources.
A spokewoman for the Citi Bike program referred requests for comments to the DOT.
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PENITAS – La Joya Police Chief Jose Luis Del Angel, 44, went to be with the Lord on Thursday evening, May 12, 2011 in La Joya.
He served with the La Joya Police Department for 17 years—four years as a police chief and and 13 years as a private investigator. Chief Del Angel was born to Eustacio and Edelmira Del Angel on November 16, 1966.
He is survived by his children, Victoria, Vanessa, Valeria and Jose Luis Del Angel Jr.; and Norma Del Angel, mother of his stepson, Xavier Garcia; his father; brothers; Felipe, Sergio, and Jonas Del Angel; sisters, Carmen Moreno, Esmeralda Salinas, Mirtha Sandoval, and Zaida Garcia; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his mother and two brothers, Mario and Alfredo Del Angel.
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The giraffe is amazingly designed. The unique design of its lungs, heart, capillaries, and birth process all play vital roles in the giraffe's survival. The heart has to pump enough blood into the giraffe's brain while the capillaries have to prevent the high blood pressure from affecting the animal when it bends over to get a drink. The lungs, which are eight times the size of a human's, provide enough oxygen to the brain. The giraffe gives birth while standing up. Such a fall would mean certain death to the newborn except for the fact that the mother lowers its young to the ground slowly through use of the after-birth.
- The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
- Each giraffe has a specific set of markings unlike any other giraffe.
- The giraffe has two or three "horns" on its head called ossicones.
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- The giraffe has only seven vertebrae in its long neck.
- A giraffe's heart is over 25 lbs (11 kg) which allows it to pump blood all the way up its long neck.
- The giraffe actually has the longest tail—almost 8 ft (2.4 m)—of any mammal.
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The International Energy Agency's demand for government regulated power consumption comes on the back of some sobering figures. Apparently, there are more than 5.5billion power supplies sucking up energy to recharge the billions of devices in homes. This includes nearly 2billion tv sets and isn't helped by the fact that more than half of the global population subscribes to a mobile phone service. This figure is expected to triple by 2030 and, according to the IEA, the additional gadgets would mean a cost of $200bn to consumers. Longer battery life and the integration of low power components are already a priority for many manufacturers. For example, the IEA's suggestion of designing boards so energy is used only when absolutely necessary, has already been addressed in Microchip's nanoWatt XLP range (the microcontrollers can attain sleep currents as low as 20nA). So could government intervention work? Would the nanoWatt XLP range have been any different if it had been designed to conform with a government guideline? I'm sure that the power sector has the nous to push the concept of greener design without the threat of regulations. Here's an idea. Why not recover the money from certain expense claims and pump it into green electronics design? A few lessons on managing ecodesign would surely benefit more people than the maintenance of an MP's moat.
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Anybody on this forum know Huntington? I'm waiting for membership in the Fairfield County Nemba FB group to ask for advice on trails this weekend. Figured I'd throw it out there.
Anybody on this forum know Huntington? I'm waiting for membership in the Fairfield County Nemba FB group to ask for advice on trails this weekend. Figured I'd throw it out there.
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I sent a note to a couple of people who should be able to help you out. Stand by for a reply.
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What do you want to know? Huntington has some great trails. I haven't been there in a few weeks but I believe there is a lot of post Sandy cleanup still going on. Still if you are looking for trail recommendations, ride Rock & Roll in both directions, the Big Burn is fun, The Twisties is also good, too. If you are going to ride out past the Mica mines, then I would suggest following the trail counter clockwise.
If you want a guide, post up on either the CT NEMBA or FC NEMBA Facebook pages, or try Crankfire.com
Thanks for your help. I guess what I want to know is how to string a good loop together (what to look for, "follow this color blaze" or "turn left onto fire road and look on the left for the next ST section" type info) I'm trying to avoid spending too much time looking for trails or bringing my wife onto stuff that's waaaaay over her head.
I can't post to either of those pages as I am not a member and am waiting for membership to be approved.
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I don't know exactly where you will be in CT , but a couple of alternatives that are easier to follow is Trout Brook in Easton/Redding and Waldo in Southbury. Waldo has a trail that is mostly smooth , about 5 miles worth plus a dirt road. Again, if you need a guide, I be glad to show you and your wife around as long as the trails dry up a bit after the snow we had yesterday.


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on the fence about Simcity, will it get any cheaper than this?!?!!?!?!
sigh, just the other day i was reminiscing about how it seemed every game pre-order from amazon came with a $20 credit. unfortunately i don't want any of these games enough to pre-order. i have $45 in amazon credits and gift cards to use too.
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That Crysis deal is pretty good if you never played the first because it comes with the first in any flavor(PC/360/PS3)
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So are we fairly confident this is going to be the best pre order price for Sim City? I wanted the pc download version but I can just enter the key and let origin do everything for me anyways.
Also for those of you that want to get in on the beta without buying first check out this thread: http://slickdeals.net/f/5813474-Free-SimCity-beta-game-download-Facebook I got a beta key yesterday, the past 2 days the giveaway started at around 11:30 central. so you have 20 minutes to prepare Last edited by h4b1t; 01-24-2013 at 09:12 AM.. The Slickest Deal around is lower taxes!
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I would love to get Crysis 3 since I've never played Crysis 1, and have always wanted to. But I can't justify paying $40 for the game unless it has a good online multi-player mode. I absolutely loved Crysis 2, but you just can't play that game online at all with all the invisible hunters. They were so over-powered. Can anyone comment on Crysis 3 multi-player?
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IMO, moving away from BC and heading to Edmonton or Calgary to do your ticket is the way to go. Tons of work in Alberta and plenty of companies with varying portfolios to learn from
When I first started in this trade I worked for FREE for 6 weeks, then for a crap wage. If you have high expectations as a 1st year apprentice, get ready for disappointment. Paying dues and gaining experience is what this trade is about. Be prepared to be abused, but it is absolutely worth it when you finally have that Inter provincial Ticket.
It can be a tough go that's for sure, like frozen_ocean said it's worth it in the end if you can stick it through!
Any more news on the matter? I have hit many of the larger commercial companies in the lower mainland however none seem to hiring right now. I'm currently working in the refrigeration sector with unreliable hours, don't want to hop to a different company only to be in the same boat.
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Morningside College announces new faculty members
Morningside College recently announced nine new faculty members and one faculty member in a new position.
The new faculty members are Patrick Blaine, assistant professor of modern languages; Aaron Bunker, assistant professor of biology and chemistry; David Elder, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric; David Lambert, assistant professor of music; Jason Murray, visiting instructor of English; Michael Rohlena, visiting assistant professor of theatre; Jeremy Schnieder, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric; Kurt Spearing, assistant professor of biology and chemistry; and J. Jeffrey Zink, assistant professor of business administration and economics.
Jill Wilson is in a new position as assistant professor of music.
Blaine comes to Morningside after serving seven years as a predoctoral lecturer in Spanish, film studies, comparative literature and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Washington. He also worked for three years as a graduate staff associate in the school's language learning center and as assistant director of the Spanish language program. He previously taught and studied in Santiago, Chile, and studied in San Sebastián, Spain. Blaine has a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Washington.
Bunker comes to Morningside after serving as a teaching assistant at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He also has experience as a tutor, lab assistant and guest lecturer. Bunker has a doctorate in biomedical sciences with a minor in college teaching from the University of Missouri.
Elder joins the faculty after serving as a teaching assistant, writing assessment designer and managing editor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. While there, he was the runner-up for the Graduate Instructor of the Year award. Elder is a doctoral candidate in rhetoric and composition at Texas Christian University.
Lambert comes to Morningside after serving three years as director of jazz studies/low brass at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. He has a total of 12 years of teaching experience, and, among other things, has performed in Broadway productions, with a Guadalajara salsa band and with several jazz ensembles. Lambert has a doctorate in jazz performance from the University of Miami.
Murray joins the faculty after serving five years as a teaching assistant at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. He has a total of 14 years of teaching experience. He also is a published author of poetry and short fiction. Murray is a doctoral candidate in English at the University of South Dakota.
Rohlena comes to Morningside after serving as an adjunct faculty member at Wayne State College in Nebraska. He previously served as an adjunct faculty member at three other schools, including Morningside College. He currently is the director of visual design at LAMB Productions Theatre in Sioux City. Rohlena has a Master of Fine Arts in design/theatre technology with an emphasis in scenic design from the University of South Dakota.
Schnieder joins the faculty after having recently served as a teaching assistant, placement essay evaluator and assistant to the director of the general studies writing program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He previously was an instructor, writing center director and writing assessment coordinator at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Schnieder has a doctorate in rhetoric and writing from Bowling Green State University.
Spearing comes to Morningside after serving on the faculty at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn., and at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He has over 10 years of teaching experience at various schools. Spearing is a doctoral candidate in biological sciences at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Zink comes to Morningside after serving three years as a visiting assistant professor of economics at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. In all, he has over 15 years of teaching experience with various schools. Zink has a doctorate in economics from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Wilson is in a new position as assistant professor of music after serving two years as a visiting instructor of music education at Morningside College. She previously was an adjunct faculty member at Morningside and the director of the Leo Kucinski Academy of Music. Wilson has experience teaching music at all levels. She has a doctorate in music education from Boston University in Massachusetts.


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BRENHAM, Texas – The Blinn Buccaneers and Weatherford Coyotes split an afternoon double-header today at Leroy Dreyer Field.
Blake Whitter threw a complete-game shutout as the Bucs won the opener 10-0, but Weatherford captured the series finale 5-4 in 11 innings. The Buccaneers beat the Coyotes 5-1 on Friday.
Whitter was sharp in Saturday's opener, allowing just two hits and a walk over seven innings. He struck out four.
The Buccaneers, who drew 10 walks on Friday, continued take patient at-bats, coaxing seven walks from the Coyote pitching staff. Taylor Cobb went 1-for-3 with three RBIs and Hayden Vesely, Kevin Santana, Colin Kowal and Robert Gara each drove in runs.
The Buccaneers broke the game open with eight runs in the fourth inning. Four of Blinn's six hits came in the fourth, and three walks, a hit batsman and an error contributed to the big inning.
The Coyotes took the series finale on an 11th-inning sacrifice fly that proved to be the game winner. Karl Malecek started the game for the Bucs and went six innings, scattering five hits and a walk. He allowed four runs – one earned – and struck out four.
Michael Vielma, Trent Rape and J.C. Neighbors combined to hold Weatherford scoreless for 3 1/3 innings before the Coyotes finally got to Robert Dickey in the 11th. Cole Fiola led off the inning with a single, then advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and a ground ball to shortstop. A sacrifice fly from Trooper Reynolds pushed the game-winning run home.
The loss snapped a three-game Blinn win streak.
The Buccaneers (5-7) return to action Tuesday when they host Panola for a 3 p.m. double-header.
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3: a Brazilian thrash metal band that otherwise can not be defined by words alone
Just when you think you know what Kamala is all about, suddenly, you don't anymore. That's one of the secrets to this aggressive, dynamic, ever-evolving group of talented musicians. Kamala plays things in extreme fashion, that's all part of being a thrash metal band. They've been compared to Gojira, Sepultura, Machine Head, and In Flames. But unlike their peers, predecessors, and contemporaries, Kamala is relentlessly pushing the boundaries of their genre while staying true to the sound that has been attracting fans and other musicians to them for years.
The members of Kamala, guitarist and vocalist Raphael Olmos, bassist Diego Valente, drummer Nicolas Andrade, and guitarist/backing vocalist Andreas Dehn, all picked up and began playing their respective instruments by the time they were thirteen years old. It would be a journey of many miles and many years until they would all come together. With the exception of Dehn, who is from Mainz, Germany, the group was born in Campinas, in the Sao Paulo state of Brazil, where the band is now based out of as well.
At its core, the music of Kamala is thrash metal in every sense of the term, from the roaring guitars to the breakneck drumming, to the guttural, primal vocal growls. The distinction within Kamala and their music is in how they built off of that foundation. The band incorporates different ethnical elements into their music. For example, Kamala has utilized samples of the sitar and Mongolian throat singing to introduce diverse cultural atmospheres to their metal sound. And their live performances showcase such an astounding degree of energy that they've caught the eye of and shared the stage with bands such as Sepultura, Torture Squad, Almah, and former Iron Maiden vocalists, Paul Di'Anno and Blaze Bayley.
In 2012, Kamala released their third album, and first with their current line-up, The Seven Deadly Chakras. By continuing to develop their ethnically diverse sound, this new album proves to be the most exciting yet, as evidenced by the track, "Solar Plexus" and its upcoming music video. Part of the making of the album was filmed for their YouTube channel, where a great deal of other Kamala material can be enjoyed and experienced.
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Breaking through now. Suicide in the school hallway, no others injured.8 th grader. Prayers headed south.
wow...just wow.
oh my... that's terrible
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Suicide At Stillwater Junior High School - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports | Very sad
This happened in Mt. Vernon, IA last year. Kid killed himself in public part of the building.
That's horrible! Oh that poor, troubled child.
Poor kids.
I LIEK CHOCOLATE MILK - The Partisan Bat Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams Hmmm...I'm not a huge "weiner" Originally Posted by Angie "Yeah, Chris' weiner is a way bigger get than mine."
Last year there were two suicides in my high school, back to back Saturday and Sunday. I'll never forget that phone call or walking down the halls that next Monday. Bullying has settled down and I've actually stood up for a couple of kids this school year. Prayers go down to Stillwater, I know what you're going through
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