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At Home with...
Ray Pérez
An interview by
Roberto Ernesto Gyemant
May 2005, Caracas, Venezuela.
A gunslinger. Thats what Ray Pérez looks like. Tall, thin and
, with a narrow waist, all the better for holding six shooters. Squinty eyes and the sideways smile of the confident marksman - one who can sight-read music. On some of his roughly 35 album covers he even wears a cowboy hat typical of the Venezuelan
. Then you hear his nickname is El Loco Ray.
His bands he conceived of, composed, arranged, played piano and sang for Los Dementes, Los Calvos and Los Kenya, among others were the voice of the youth of Caracas in 1967, Caracas
en la Cuarentona
, the year of the Cuatricentennial (400 years) of its founding. The same youth that Richie Ray (Las Caraqueñas), Ray Barretto (A Maracaibo and No Olvida a Caracas) and Pete Rodriguez (Arranca en Fa) celebrated in songs from the same period.
Los Dementes were the voice of the
gente del este
, the people of the working class barrios of San Agustin, La Pastora, and the infamously revolutionary and salsa-crazy 23 de Enero. The songs on their debut LP, which translates as World Alert! The Crazy Men Have Arrived often began with whistling, horn honking, and the sounds of a class full of loco kids, exploding quickly into raw and exciting descargas. Lightning fast timbales are heard as trombones come on like the horns of an eighteen-wheeler. Rays montunos, insistent and full of feeling, turn on a dime into swinging boogaloo breakdowns, serving notice to country-club groups like the massive Billos Caracas Boys: the inmates have taken over the asylum.
Ray has passionate followers in Europe, notably in Italy, Germany, France and Spain. Luis Silva, better known as Melon of Lobo y Melon, told journalist Alfredo Churion that Ray is a salsa idol in Mexico, where he still plays live on occasion. Colombia has long appreciated Rays
, and I have heard that his version of Feliz Cumpleanos is the song of choice at birthday parties in Cali and Barranquilla. But Ray has been little appreciated in the U.S, which save for maybe el Niche and Oscar tends to ignore the critical contributions of countries like Panama, Colombia and Venezuela in the history and corpus of Afro-Antillean music.
For the record,
La Salsa Llego con los Dementes
(1967) came out long before they were using salsa as a marketing term in Nueva York. And if you can find that original LP for sale on Ebay, expect to pay upwards of $200 for it, or for any from that period. As for original pressings of Los Calvos as a record-seller in Cartagena told me, those are MI.
Mision Imposible
are blessed in that Ray made use of a brilliant array of gifted
and singers, including the charismatic Perucho Torcat, his partner in crime, who died tragically in Boston at the age of thirty-two, the golden-throated Carlin Rodriguez, and brilliant scatman Calaven (Carlos Yanez), a singer comparable in innovation to Francisco Fellove or Amado Borcela Guapacha. Ray himself sings
con un feeling muy especial
on some of his most powerful songs, such as Asi Mueren los Valientes, Rio Manzanares, Emae Emae and Adios Madeira.
His percussion sections featured drum and timbal legend El Pavo Frank Hernandez, Alberto Naranjo, master of Venezuelan folkloric rhythms, Alfredo Padilla, later of La Salsa Mayor, and the great conguero Nene Quintero. If you are suffering from an overdose of
salsa matancerizada
, just put on one of Rays LPs. But be forewarned, as Perucho (QEPD) sings in El Trigueño Cintura:
Destrozando el piano viene
aqui El Trigueño Cintura
es mas salsa que el pescao
tiene mucha sabrosura.
La agilidad de una avispa
tiene el trigueño en sus manos
trae un coco que arrebata
que lo goza hasta el gusano.
*trigueno: brown-skinned, mestizo
Thank you for having me in your home, maestro. Its a great honor to meet you. What is your full name?
My name from baptism is Ramon Epiphanio Pérez Rivas. I was born in Barcelona, Anzoategui state, Venezuela the 25th of december, 1938. Thats the date the authorities gave me, because the birth rolls disappeared in a fire. My mother told me I was born on april 7, 1937. So I have two birthdays.
And your parents?
My papas name was Ramon Ernesto and my mama, Asuncion.
My name is Roberto Ernesto.
I am Epiphanio.
And who gave you the nickname Ray?
Well, that was in the United States, diminutive for Ramon. I remember alternating with Ray Barretto in Maracaibo in 1965, he said the age of kings (
) was over, but I said now is when its just beginning.
And what were your beginnings with music?
Bueno, it started in middle school, there is a photo over there, at twelve years old, with the tuba, because my father was professor of music in San Juan Bosco school. So he made a band, and I liked the trumpet, but because no one would play tuba because it was so heavy he made me play it. I touched a piano keyboard now and again but I was on the tuba.
What did your father play?
Trumpet, piano, he was a Sunday school music teacher too.
Was your mother a musician as well?
She sang. And cooked really well.
What was the first group you were involved in?
It was a group we made with a cuatro, which is a Venezuelan tipico instrument, a drum and maracas. This was in 51, 52.
You already knew Venezuelan folkloric music.
Claro, we sang aguinaldos, in the carnavales we made comparsas where we played folkloric music, el carrite, la lancha de nueva esparta
Did your father teach you that?
Those things were learned in school and at home, but, yes, I learned them with him.
In 1952, were there radio stations in Barcelona playing popular music?
Yes, there were Radio Emisora Unida and Radio Vargas, and they played Venezuelan music, but I had a shortwave radio in the house and I listened to Radio Mayague, from Havana, Cuba. I heard all those stations, from Puerto Rico, even the BBC in London. I heard classical music
On the Cuban and Puerto Rican stations did you hear Musica Antillana?
Yes, I heard seis chorreao, the mapeye, all the kids used to listen to it. I liked Puerto Rican music, because there was a program called la guitarrista y la lora (the guitar player and the parrot). It was on at seven at night, and it gave news about crimes (sings) Ba pa dibee dibee pa pa pa, pa na pa, din din din they killed him on the corner of I dont know where it talked about murders, it was a newscaster that spoke and sang. And from Havana, I heard the salsa programs, the orquestas
Like Aragon, Beny More
No, I dont remember their names. There was a septet, or a quintet, I dont remember the name, later I got a record of theirs. They had a hit with La Campana, (sings) tocame la campana campanero. Later Mangual Jr. recorded it.
The first charanga I saw, it was in Barcelona during the second world war, the ships came, and because my father was a musician, they came to my house and played flute, violin, marimbula, bass they didnt have a piano. Guitar, tres. I was a little boy.
What was your childhood like?
I went to school in the morning and the afternoons. At midday I went home, I had to go sell tobacco because my father had a little tobacco store. I sold the tobacco, went back home, and went to school again. At night we played with the boys on the corner. Or we could make music, I got a cuatro, they got a
and we played.
I left school at twelve, I left to work. I kept studying, but I had to work to help because I had eighteen brothers and sisters.
My father earned, in that era, 150 bolivars a month. Which was nothing. So I left to work, I picked coffee.
Yesterday I bought a piece of bubaloo gum that cost 150 bolivars.
Thats what my father made. Bueno, when I turned seventeen he died, and we migrated to Caracas, so I had to keep working. I got a job at the Remington brand company, adding machines. I took some courses at night school. So in the year 1958, when we had the problem with Marco Pérez Jimenez, Pérez Jimenez fell and I bought a guitar, and I started to play guitar thats how my life as a bohemian started, I played guitar
Somebody told me you know about Ray Pérez, he learned to play piano on the adding machine keyboards at Remington.
(Laughs) No, what what it was, I put the calculators on different operations, 99, 01, like that, and each one had a rhythm I synchronized them to make music, they would go takata takata tit tit tit this was in the late 50s, 55-56.
You are almost twenty years old. What was Caracas like back then?
Ah bueno, it was different. You couldnt walk in the Plaza Bolivar with a t-shirt, the only ones who could were tourists and those accompanied by police, because it was out of respect for the Liberator, you had to wear a suit also the climate was different, it was cold, Caracas was cold for whatever government business, to go to court, you had to go in suit and tie.
What about racism?
Among the people there was never racism. Here black, white, Indian, trigueño (mestizo) are all the same. Thats something you hear nowadays, racism. There was never discrimination. The only ones who were different were the the blacks in Higuerote (Barlovento), but they are from Africa. Poor people, we all went to school together, in the same classroom, of every color, even Chinese, there were Italians, Arabs, Russians, Catalans we went to the same school.
Were your musical groups mixed?
Yes, but black more than anything, because the blacks here dominate percussion. There are some whites like El Pavo Frank (Hernandez), who I played with, and also Alfredo Padilla
Tomorrow I am going to a concert in El Pavo Franks honor in San Agustin.
Yes, I know, I have played there, but the times I have been there make me not want to go again, because there is no respect there one time when we got the musicians onstage to descarga, there was a shootout there, they killed someone this was years ago.
(Ray plays the song Uvas Verdes, an uptempo number with with a little jazz descarga in it of trumpets and piano. The vocals meander over the rhythm, los pollitos dicen, pio pio pio )
This is a childrens rhyme in calypso rhythm, calypso has a strong presence in the Oriente province. (The islands of Trinidad and Tobago lie 10 km off the coast of Venezuela)
I heard some Afro-Venezuelan people speaking a kind of English here, like a patois, but not like the one in Panama and Costa Rica.
Right, patois. That comes from the blacks from Guyana.
So when do you begin to play music professionally?
I started with a guitar, and made a trio we played romantic music, like the music of los Panchos, los Hi-Los, all the Latin and American music. I played in two trios, los Hambay, and later los Singers, which also had some success. Los Hambay had a cuatro and harps, it was Enrique, Hatencio, Gonzalo Pena and this humble servant
We played at the best restaurants and also on the Show de Renny. We recorded a 45 with RCA Victor, Marcianita, (sings) marcianita, da da da da The other side was La Muchachita del Interior. (Girl from the countryside)
With los Singers we recorded a song from the United States, Raindrops. I did a version in Spanish and it was a hit here. It was on a four song 45 RPM record, another song was Pissi Pissi Bao Bao. Since I was little I heard a lot of North American music thanks to my brother Luis Pérez, who played trumpet at the Sans Souci club in Maracaibo.
What kind of music did los Singers play?
It was rock. But not hard, no, it was the rock of the era.
And the songs you recorded, were they your compositions, arrangements, lyrics?
Yes. Later I made a quintet called los Mikers.
And you were getting paid. Was your mother happy when you came home with a check?
Claro. Everyone was happy. I was into music, I did tours, to the interior, to Colombia.
Singing rock, rock en espanol. So you were among the first to do rock en espanol, long before Shakira and Juanes
(Laughs) Exactly.
Have you heard los Amigos Invisibles?
They are good. They are Venezuelan.
So, I went to study at the conservatory in Maracaibo. People think I am a Maracucho, but I only lived there for three years. I am from Oriente.
You moved to Maracaibo in what year?
1962. It was the era of Chubby Checker, Ray Charles. I had a group called los Bobos del Twist. But then, after that, I got into my salsa. In Maracaibo I made the group Ray Pérez y su Charanga los Dementes really, but first I called it Ray Pérez y su Charanga. This is 1965.
What music influenced you?
No, the influence came from when I was a boy, because the influence we had was Billos (Caracas Boys), the old orquestas, Rafael Munozs orquesta but they stayed with that rhythm, they didnt add anything to it or transform it at all, so we called it
musica gallega
(spanish music/corny music). Because they stayed like that. And we were changing. In Caracas, they liked salsa. Well, they liked guaracha. It wasnt called salsa, but its the same guaracha. What happened was we played it with a different
, different
So I made my group, and we had a program on television called Fiesta con Ray Pérez y su Charanga on Canal 13, with Raul Bales Quintero.
Wow, just like that?
I was studying, I played clubs at night, and studied in the morning, sometimes I left the club at five in the morning to study at the conservatory at seven. I was auditing the classes, in there with six and seven year old kids to begin with well after six months I was doing arrangements because at the same time I was taking classes in harmony and musical dictation.
What songs did you play? Covers or originals?
They were my songs Mango Maduro, Rompe el Coco, I put on my music. We debuted in the club Trinidad in 1965, and alternated with Ray Barretto that year. That was his first visit to Venezuela, he went right to Maracaibo.
Is it true that they wouldnt allow you to perform as los Dementes?
My music professor wouldnt allow us to play as los Dementes because he said musicians cant be classified as locos, so we called it Ray Pérez y su Charanga. There was a patrol ready to take us off the stage if we went on as los Dementes.
Bueno, when I went to Caracas to play there, I started the group as los Dementes and we recorded. Thats where Descarga Cuatricentenaria, Rompelo, all those songs are made. The first one was done with Prodansa. But the company went under, and sold the record to Velvet. On Velvet I recorded six Dementes LPs and two by los Kenya.
Did anyone who played with your Charanga continue with los Dementes in Caracas?
No. They came but they went back to Maracaibo and I had to look for new musicians here. I found Alfredo Padilla (timbales), Nene (Quintero, congas), Enrique Vasquez the bassist, Juan Diaz on trombone, Rulfo Garcia on trombone, and Perucho.
The great Perucho Torcat. How did you meet Perucho?
Well, he is from Oriente, from the same region as I am. He was from Sucre, I am from Anzoategui. So, Paisanos. He was playing with a group of students, and I said Perucho, why dont you learn a few songs, because really I was going to have this kid Pastor record the songs, Pastor Lopez. But I dont know what happened to Pastor, so I told Perucho and he learned those songs, and we recorded. I recorded him when he sang, he tried to imitate Tito Rodriguez. And I said no, imitate me, and thats how he sang the songs.
The first LP was
Alerta Mundo
, 1967.
Llegaron los Dementes, los Crazy Men
. We took a photo in the park
Where did the name Crazy Men come from?
Ah some guys said I was crazy.
Thats where el Loco Ray comes from?
They said I was crazy, I went around inventing vainas (things), this kid is crazy.
They tell me I am crazy sometimes, too, traveling in Venezuela and Colombia looking for musicians from the late 60s. Actually, you have a line in one of your songs, Emae Emae, that says El malo en este mundo es ser diferente, y si tu eres cuerdo te dicen loco de mente (the bad in this world is to be different, and if you are sane, they call you crazy).
Thats how it is. Cuerdo is by the rules, correct. To us who have a way of doing things, an honest conduct, and we dont change from that, so they say the opposite about you. If I dont use drugs, they say the opposite, he must be a drug addict. But I have never used drugs.
When I listen to the music on that first LP, that hard trombone salsa, I hear the sounds of modernity, the big city in the 60s the horns are like cars and buses, trains the timbal, the percussion are like machines, motors, tin tin tin
Well, it was a new era. The groups then were septets with tres, la Sonora matancera or orquestas like Billos, Colombian vallenato orquestas so I used trombones, looking for a different timbre.
It wasnt that you were listening to Eddie Palmieri and his Perfecta?
No, no. Not yet. I heard Palmieri in Caracas, tu tu tu, ta ta, I liked that a lot. I had heard Mon Rivera and his trombones. It was that I liked the sound of the trombone because, among the instruments, the one that is most like a man is the trombone. The trumpet sound is more feminine. The trombone is more solid. But with los Kenya I did some arrangements for trumpet, which were forceful.
How did the people of Caracas react to the powerful sound of the trombones?
Ah bueno, the people went crazy. I played from Monday to Monday. I was on television on Monday, then I played dances Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday during the day and sometimes at night. It was pura rumba in Caracas.
Alerta Mundo was a big hit how many records were sold?
In one week to sell 10,000 records was a phenomenon. But those have kept selling. All the records, I have the tapes, they are mine.
The version of Rompelo on the
Lo Mejor de Ray Pérez
CD sounds different from the one on
Alerta Mundo
That was another version we recorded in 1969. The first version was recorded in 1965, 1966.
You have various versions of a number of your songs, you did a jazzier version of los Dementes Mi Salsa Llego with los Calvos, Sonero Soy with both los Dementes and los Kenya, and Emae Emae with los Dementes in the 70s (as Golpes de Pecho) so your music keeps evolving, like you keep reworking a theme you did one way once
Yes, thats right.
The music of Los Dementes, and the music of Sexteto Juventud, Federico y su Combo Latino was called music of the barrio. Why?
Bueno, because the high class people, the ones they call oligarchs now, the ones who had money, they danced to Billos, what we called musica gallega. The new music was of our generation, we gave the guaracha a different feeling.
And you lived in those barrios too.
Claro. I lived in el 23. Everywhere where the high people dont live, all the rest of Venezuela is a barrio, a big barrio.
What about your song No Salgas de tu Barrio (dont leave your barrio), which says si eres de la pastora, no te metes en el calvario (if you are from la pastora, dont go into el calvario).
Because they mess with you, the police, the people of the barrio (???). That was what it was like then, and its the same now. Those are all barrios of Caracas, like Brooklyn or the Bronx.
Looking at you, you look like an Italian guy from the Bronx.
(laughs) They just called me to go play there, and to go to Italy and France.
Wow, you are still playing then?
Claro, I play a lot in Mexico, where I have a little fame.
(Rays wife has come down from her office upstairs. His music is played everywhere in Mexico, she says.)
There were other groups playing salsa in Venezuela, Nelson y sus Estrellas had a lot success in Colombia, also Principe y su Bonche, I have a great LP by a group called Peter y sus Brothers sexteto
They were some guys from el 23. They still live there.
Really? Can you give me dates for this discography of los Dementes?
Alerta Mundo: Llegaron los Dementes
La Salsa Llego
were 1966,
Manifestacion en Salsa
Manicomio a la Locha!
were 1967, in 1968 was
Primer Aniversario
Soneros Somos
and Los
Dementes en el 68
You recorded a lot in a few years!
Claro. In 1967 I recorded two productions of los Dementes and two of los Calvos.
How did you have time to compose all those songs, playing live almost every day?
Well, on Sundays I sat with my guitar, and wrote.
I have noticed that you give a lot of advice in your songs. Emae Emae says si quieres amigo mio llegar a viejo, no bonches todos los dias porque no es bueno, busca siempre de los ancianos un buen consejo, se sencillo Buena gente y sin complejos (friend of mine, if you want to live a long life, dont party every day because its not good, always look for a good word from your elders, be simple, good people, without complexes). Did you write those lyrics?
All of them. All the songs have a message. It says there to be simple, dont make problems.
Tell me about the costumes on your LP covers, because it looks like you were having a lot of fun.
Claro, mucho. I got those in the wardrobe department of Radio Caracas Television, Canal 8. We came out like that, so we continued it.
Who did that crazy laughter, ahahahahahahahaa!
Ah, that was Angel Pérez, the bongocero. He lived in Europe for a long time, but now he lives here again.
Is that the Dementes yell?
Yes. Los Kenyas is Kooi Kooi. Whenever I did a new group, something came out of it.
You were lucky to have such artistic freedom. Like most of los Calvos, mixing salsa and jazz and surf rock, was really experimental.
I did the song El Trigueno Cintura on
Manifestacion en Salsa,
its eight minutes long, it has a long jazz piano solo.
Thats an amazing song. The coro says Es mas salsa, que pescao, (Its more salsa than fish) which Piper Pimienta Diaz used to say with the Latin Brothers, I think Jimmy Sabater said it on one of his LPs. Did they hear it from your song?
Piper heard it from los Dementes LPs, they sold a lot in Colombia.
Do you know Fruko too? How do you view him as a musician?
Fruko is a friend of mine. He is one of the bravos.
Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz famously rocked the Feria in Cali in 1968. Did they also come to Caracas?
Yes, we alternated with them. That was on Canal 8. Palmieri also came, Ray Barretto, la Broadway. Pete Rodriguez, Joe Cuba. Los Corraleros de Majagual, Orlando y su combo from Colombia that was an era, there was work, there was money in Caracas. We played in the plazas of the barrios all over Caracas, recorded live TV shows there
Another song from the period says que vengan los hippies
The hippies loved our music.
Caracas in la cuarentona (the cuatricentennial, 1967)
There you go. Thats from
La Salsa Llego
. I did another version of that song with el Negrito Calaven. Do you know him?
Ive never heard anything really like him before. Tell me about him.
His real name was Carlos Yanez, but he was called Calaven. He sang with such a rich feeling, they compared him to Miguelito Valdes, but it wasnt like that, he was a natural singer. This is a kid that sold mangos in the street, he liked to sing, he was from the barrio. Originally he was from Barlovento.
So I met him in el 23, we saw each other on weekends because I worked in the Remington factory. He liked to sing, I liked to play piano. We met and hung out on Saturdays, went to nightclubs and played, he sang. We did it for the love of music, not for money. Thats how our friendship began.
He was a really warm black man, and very flashy. He didnt have much formal education. When he hit it big, everyone was calling him, looking for him to sing here and there, he sang in the barrios, in the street, with any band that set up. After los Calvos, he sang with Federico.
He drank liquor, and liquor killed him. Even when the doctor forbade him from drinking, he couldnt stop. I tried to tell him, look he died on May 28, 2003.
Who were the members of los Calvos?
El Pavo Frank on drums, Pedro Garcia on conga. He was a Cuban, he passed away. Miguel Silva on bass, Araujo and Lewis on trombone and trumpet. (Ray Pérez composer/arranger on piano)
Journalist Alfredo Churion called los Calvos one of the most innovative experiences in Venezuelan popular music. He quotes El Pavo Frank as telling you that the combination of calypso and salsa rhythms with jazz on los Calvos was like wearing a tuxedo with rope sandals. What was it like recording those two LPs?
Right. It was ahead of its time. We had fun in the studio with los Calvos, also with los Dementes. Even though Calaven had been the singer of Pedrozas orquesta, he had never recorded. Both Los Calvos LPs I did for RCA Victor. (
Estos Son los Calvos
Y Que Calvos!
Did you ever play live?
No. With los Kenya we played live on the show de medianoche, Canal 8.
Tell me about los Kenya. That LP
Siempre Afro Latino
is amazing.
Right, thats the first one, we called it
El Kenya
. We named it that for all the children dying of hunger in Kenya. That has the songs Te Pongo a Valer, Hoculele
Te Pongo a Valer, with Carlin Rodriguez and Calaven what a combination!
Yes you liked it?
Its amazing. I cant categorize it. It has rock, salsa, funk, afro
That song has everything in it. It was a hit in Venezuela but in general that music was really ahead of its time, people were used to los Dementes, to the hard Latin beat.
Again, you seemed to have had total artistic freedom.
All the groups were my productions. So, I had to find a sound, a style for each group.
You make it sound like thats easy to do. What does Te Pongo a Valer mean?
Thats about a guy who puts his girlfriend to work so she can get self-esteem, and she doesnt recognize what hes done for her it was my message to the musicians who said I had treated them unfairly, some of the musicians of los Dementes. So I gave it back to them, like the Jewish proverb that says who lives by the sword
All the songs have messages. There is another song we did called Pa la Cola (get in line), we did that for Federico, for Sexteto Juventud. Dimas sings on that one and he says hay que estudiar, hay que tocar y leer (you have to study, you have to read and play). Because Federico played guiro, he didnt read music. Olinto of Sexteto Juventud neither. I told them, but they didnt want to study.
Who were the musicians of los Kenya, and how many LPs did you record?
Thats Alberto Naranjo on drums, Luis Arias and Luis Lewis on trumpets, Miguel Silva on bass, Pedro Garcia Guapacha on congas, Cosa Buena on bongos. With los Kenya we I recorded four, two for Velvet and two for Discomoda.
Who was Larry Francia, the singer on
Ra! Rai! con Ray Pérez y sus Kenya
He was a mechanic, Edmundo was his name, but we called him Larry. He sang, and I recorded him on that one LP. I recorded other songs from that LP later, like Muchacho Barrigon.
And who sings on Asi Mueren los Valientes, El Alacran, Emae Emae
Wow. Playing piano and singing? Can you do that live?
Claro. La Paloma, the merengue, I sang that too. Adios Madeira.
A beautiful song. With trumpet.
And trombone.
You have some boogaloos, and in many of your songs the influence is there, the high hat, hand claps, the swing. One minute you are going in one direction, then poom, there is a swinging montuno bridge
Bueno, the boogaloo is the same son. The boogaloo was also from our era, we played it and lived it.
What year did you go to New York?
In 1969, on and off through 1971.
Why did you go?
I went to study, and also to get out from under the women. I went to study with el maestro Nick Rodriguez, Panamanian. He gave me an exam, harmonizing, like that, but he said, No, man, you dont need to study, what you need to do is write.
Did you play in New York?
Claro. I played with Kako y sus All Stars, when I got up on the piano everyone got up to sing, Cheo Feliciano, Chivirico Palmieri instead of playing piano took the timbal. Patato, Totico, Chombo Silva this was on Second Avenue, Kakos after hours. Later we left at six for a musicians breakfast on Broadway. That was a rumba I also played with Cortijo and Ismael Rivera, with Rudy Calzado.
They paid you?
Claro. I charged fifty dollars. I played on weekends. Saturday there was mass, they always played in the church. Salsa.
Salsa in the church?
Claro, you didnt know? The best parties were in the church. We played with la (Orquesta) Broadway, Zervigon called me. And the priests sold the aguardiente. These said that this is a house of God, and Gods children should enjoy themselves in the house of God.
That makes sense.
They had big stages. I played in a church in Connecticut also. And during the party they would announce tomorrow the mass is at such and such hour
Did you record in New York?
Yes, I recorded for Musicor. Al Santiago called me, I got up and recorded.
Your songs?
No, for other people. I did some arrangements for people too. Some songs for Orlando Contreras I did some arrangements for Pete Rodriguez, and I gave him some of my songs which he later recorded. Dame Felicidad and Bossa Triste (from the LP
Pete Rodriguez Now!
, Tico, 1970). Vicentico Valdes recorded my song Donde la Tarde Muere, and Lola Flores recorded my song Muchacho Barrigon, which I still pays me royalties from Spain.
You returned to Caracas in 1971. Journalist Lil Rodriguez, author of Bailando en la Casa del Trompo, says that Venezuelan musicians in general didnt leave and move to New York, like many others who became stars in Latin America, because the local reception was so warm to the culture of salsa, the environment was so nourishing. The fact that your trip was so short is further evidence for her theory. Why did you go back?
I went and came back in 1969, then I went back to Nueva York and came back again in 1971 because, with the women there, I couldnt do it anymore. The women there are great but the women here
And the cold didnt bother you?
No, I like the cold. The cold opens your appetite, and you have to arrive bundled up, well dressed.
Perucho went with you both times?
Perucho was there with me, he worked with Ray Barretto.
There are two Los Dementes LPs that came out at that time, one is
Estamos Caminando
on Iglee, the band is like naked, coming out of a forest.
No, that wasnt me, when I left to go there, I left the name to the guys so they could keep working as los Dementes.
It has Catalina, Mi Salsa Llego, La Cenicienta
Those are mine, I play on those. Mi Perrita, Floro, those too. La Cenicienta, thats a song an Argentine friend of mine gave me, and I recorded it. Alfredo Padilla sings. But I never heard of that label.
What about
Psiquiatria Popular SA
Yo Tengo un Guia
by los Nuevos Dementes, both on Velvet? Perucho sings on
Psiquiatria Popular
Thats not mine, thats Cholo Ortiz on piano. Perucho came back and recorded that with them. They did that while I was in Nueva York.
Alfredo Padilla played timbales on those LPs.
Yes, but El Pavo Frank is the master. El Pavo Frank is the first drummer that played there up north, that, well, they had to take off their hats to him, Tito Puente, all those people
A genius. And another musician that returned to Venezuela.
When I was there, thats when I met Pacheco. He was promoting a 45, Sonero. He played it for me in his office. He said, What do you think, Ray, if I take this to Venezuela? I told him this is a stunner, a hit as soon as it gets there. And it was. That was the first record he hit with here. It was also a hit in Nueva York thats what made me make my own label when I got back here.
What label?
Pyraphon. I did 50 productions, of various groups. Of Venezuelan music, third world music. The LP
Ray Pérez y su Mae Mae
came out of that. Also
Lo Mejor de Ray Pérez
, I recorded those in 1969 when I first came back, recorded my boleros, my sones for el Palacio de la Musica (Palacios records) El Tribilin, Adios Madeira, those were songs that were hits here, in Cali, everywhere. Later I did two LPs for Sergio Cecchis Melser label.
What about the LP
Perucho y El Loco Ray
on Palacios?
That was in 1971, we came back to record.
Aqui Estoy de Nuevo
(Palacios) was at the same time. I was always working. Perucho recorded an LP in Nueva York, backed by Ray Barrettos orquesta and Eddie Palmieris band, on Fonseca. Its called
Homenaje a Perucho En Nueva York.
What happened with Perucho? Was it drugs? There are so many stories, Fania conspiracy stories, it was drugs, Justo Betancourt killed him, Fania killed him
Bueno, Perucho, he was a healthy guy. He smoked a little marijuana, but wasnt into drugs. When he died we had come back from Nueva York and were playing here, at the carnavales. I had my label, Pyraphon, and Perucho worked with me we did the LP
Ellos Lo Hacen/They Do It
, which has both of us on the cover. This is 1972. So Justo Betancourt came here and talked to Perucho, to take him with him to play with his orquesta. I said Perucho, OK, go. If you have work there, no problem. But I told him, Whatever you can do over there, we can do here. No, he said, you know, I want to be international. I told him that when our records are released here, you will be international.
He worked at the Corso the first time we went to Nueva York, but he came back. When he went with Justo, he had some problems there, he was always hanging around Justo because as he was a singer, he didnt have anything to do during the day. He wasnt a mechanic or anything like that. I think he had a problem with Justos wife. You know how Cuban women are. She was jealous with her husband. I think she threw him out of the house. So he left the house, and one day I got the surprise, at midday. They called me collect, I accept its Justo Betancourt, "Ray, come get Peruchos body."
Perucho died. Nelson Pinedo told me that what happened was this. They went to play in Boston, and it gets cold in Boston. It was springtime, when it gets real cold sometimes. When they got back from the show, Justo told Perucho to stay in his house. But because Perucho felt
with Justo s wife, Perucho stayed down below. I guess there was a window open, and he felt cold, so he went into the car and closed the windows and turned on the car to run the heater. When they opened the car in the morning he was dead from monoxide inhalation. It was an accident. Nobody killed him, he died from inexperience. I imagine he came home tired from the show, from the dance
Wow. How old was he?
He was maybe thirty two, thirty three. A good singer. He danced incredibly, like El Gran Combo. He moved all over the stage he was a real showman.
(Ray plays the beautiful Canto a un Sonero, which he wrote for Perucho. The coro says Perucho se marcho, sin decirnos un adios (Perucho left us, without saying goodbye).
Your connection with Fania was made in New York?
I worked in the RCA building in Nueva York, the same building as Johnny Pacheco, Masucci, Tito Puente, Charlie Palmieri, they all had offices there. It was 55 Broadway, next to the Ed Sullivan theater, on the corner where all the musicians were.
When I came back to Venezuela for the second time, Palacios was representing Fania. I heard about Teo Hernandez, he was singing in el Cueva del Oso, which was a huge disco. He was a hit. I went to see him, and I liked his voice, so I recorded him. Later I got his brother to sing too. We recorded four LPs as los Dementes.
Mi Deuda de Amor
, Estamos en Guerra, Yo Soy el Propio Guaguanco
There have been quite a few Best of Ray Pérez compilations, and each one has different songs. Did you get paid for those compilations?
No, no, no, they dont pay me.
How about the
Lo Mejor de Ray Pérez
CD for sale on descarga.com? Do you get paid from that?
I have to call that guy.
Nobody calls you to pay you in this world, you have to call them.
Thats not right, if you hadnt written those songs, recorded them, they wouldnt have a business. You put food on their table.
(Ray plays one of his rare but well-regarded boleros. His wife, a retired professor of labor and collective bargaining law, approaches. He sings boleros beautifully, she says.)
Being a big star in Caracas, a singer too, in the sixties and seventies, there must have been a lot of women around
(Big smile)
Claro que si.
Interviewing musicians years later, it seems like people release their compositions and dont pay them royalties, they come to their homes and steal their LPs and memorabilia, I like to think that during the time when they were stars, they lived it up, I mean
(Smiles) I enjoyed myself.
That makes me feel a little better.
: The CD
Lo Mejor de Ray Pérez
is available on descarga.com, and compilations of his best work with Los Dementes, Los Kenya and Los Calvos are slated for release in 2007. This article is dedicated to two greats of Venezuelan music journalism
Ray Pérez Selected LP Discography
Los Dementes
Los Dementes -
(Alerta Mundo) Llegaron Los Locos/The Crazy Men
on Prodanza (later Velvet) 1966
Los Dementes -
La Salsa Llegó con los Dementes
on Velvet 1967
Los Dementes -
Manifestación en Salsa
on Velvet 1967
Los Dementes -
Manicomio a Locha!
on Velvet 1967
Los Dementes -
Primer Aniversario
on Velvet 1968
Los Dementes -
Soneros Somos
on Velvet 1968
Los Dementes -
Los Dementes en el 68
on Velvet 1968
Los Dementes -
Estamos Caminando
on Iglee (USA) 1970
Los Dementes -
Psiquiatrico Popular
on Velvet 1970
(Not rays music, perucho sings)
Los Nuevos Dementes -
Yo tengo un Guia
on Velvet 1971
(Not rays music, nor perucho)
Los Dementes -
Vuelven los Dementes
on Discomoda 1973
Los Dementes -
Mi Deuda de Amor
on Fania 1975
Los Dementes -
Estamos en Guerra
on Fania 1976
Los Dementes -
Yo Soy el Propio Guaguanco
on Fania 1977
Los Dementes -
on Fania 1977
Los Dementes -
De Locos...
on disqueras unidas 1978
Los Dementes -
Lindo Amanecer
on LD Venezuela 1981
Los Dementes -
El Dictador
on Promus 1981
Los Dementes -
Exitos de Los Dementes
on Velvet 1981
Los Dementes -
El Trigueño Cintura
on Pyra Phon 1990s
(same as manifestacion)
Ray Pérez y los Dementes
Pura Salsa....
on Discomoda 1996
Los Dementes -
El Tiempo Pasa, Pero Mi Salsa Llego
on Palacio 2005
Los Kenya
Los Kenya
El Kenya
on Velvet 1968
Ray Pérez y sus Kenyas -
Ra! Rai!
on Velvet (later Pyraphone) 1968
Los Kenya -
Ronda del Guaguancó
on Discomoda 1969
Los Kenya -
Los Kenya
on Discomoda 1969
Los Kenya -
Estamos en todo
on Discomoda 1970
Ray Pérez y sus Kenya -
Un Nuevo Dia
on Pyraphon (Discomoda) 1972
Los Kenya, Ray Pérez -
Siempre Afro Latino
on Pyraphon 1990s
(same as El Kenya)
Los Calvos
Los Calvos -
Estos son los Calvos
on RCA VICTOR 1967
Los Calvos -
...Y que Calvos!
on RCA VICTOR 1968
Ray Pérez
Phidias Presenta a Ray Pérez y su Mae Mae 1969
Ray Pérez y Perucho Torcat
They Do It
on Pyraphon 1970
Ray Pérez y su Orquesta -
Perucho y el Loco Ray
on Palacios 1971
Ray Pérez y su Orquesta -
Aqui Estoy de Nuevo
on Palacios 1971
Ray Pérez y su Ritmo
Piano Bar
on Discomoda 1972
Ray Pérez y su Orquesta
Muchacho Barrigon
on West Side 1972
Ray Pérez -
Yo Soy el Rey de la Salsa
on Melser 1973
Ray Pérez con el Grupo Casabe
on Columbia/CBS 1974
Ray Pérez y su Orquesta
on Pyraphon 1990s
Lo Mejor de Ray Pérez
on Melser (Discomoda) 1974
Lo Mejor de Ray Pérez
on Ghetto 1973-4
Ray Pérez
Centenario de Salsa Interpreta Ray Pérez
on Sonoramico 1999
Ray Pérez
on Sonoramico 2000
Ray Pérez
Exitos de Ray Pérez
on Sonoramico 2005
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As Oakland braces for Wednesday's general strike, potentially the biggest demonstration in the East Bay since the Vietnam War, Mayor Jean Quan found herself under fire, both from her own Police Department and a neighboring mayor, for her handling of the Occupy Oakland protests.
In a letter posted on its website Tuesday, the Oakland Police Officer's Association said Quan is sending conflicting orders and that "we need real leaders now who will step up and lead -- not send mixed messages."
"On Tuesday, we were ordered by Mayor Quan to clear out the encampments at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza and to keep protesters out of the plaza. We performed the job that the mayor's administration asked us to do, being fully aware that past protests in Oakland have resulted in rioting, violence and destruction of property," the letter states. "Then, on Wednesday, the mayor allowed protesters back in -- to camp out at the very place they were evacuated from the day before."
There are now more than 100 tents on the plaza lawn. The Oakland teachers union has paid for at least nine portable toilets at the camp and there is a new food station, medical aid available from the California Nurses Association and freshly planted gardens that protesters say will sprout to feed the occupiers.
The police union said that adding to their confusion was a memo issued to all city workers Friday giving all employees permission, except for the department's 645 police officers, to take the day off or demonstrate on their breaks.
"Is it the city's intention to have city employees on both sides of a skirmish line?" the union letter states.
For her part, Quan issued a statement Tuesday saying she hopes the general strike is peaceful and puts the issues of the 99 percent front and center.
"I am working with the police chief to make sure that the pro-99 percent activists -- whose cause I support -- will have the freedom to get their message across without the conflict that marred last week's events," Quan said.
The general strike, the first of its kind in Oakland since 1946, could bring thousands of people to downtown Oakland.
Organizers are urging residents to stay home from jobs, keep children home from school and disrupt commerce, including at the Port of Oakland, to dramatize support for what they see as income disparity and economic inequality.
Port Executive Director Omar Benjamin said workers will not be encouraged or discouraged from exercising their First Amendment rights.
But the memo makes it clear that they are expected to show up for work, and it reminds them that some labor contracts prohibit workers from "engaging or taking part in any strike, slowdown or interference of any operations or activity of the port during their work hours."
Hundreds of Oakland's public school teachers plan to take part in Wednesday's general strike, and the nurses association is encouraging its members to participate in the events downtown, which will include rallies, a cook-off, speakers and marches on banks.
"Nurses are part of the 99 percent. We see the health impacts of job loss, home foreclosures, and poor nutrition related to the economic crisis," said Martha Kuhl, an Oakland nurse. "Nurses care for patients who delay or forgo needed medical care because of the cost, and see more stress-related disease, inability to afford medications, and rising numbers of the uninsured."
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin said she will march part way with residents who plan to trek 10 miles from Richmond to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. McLaughlin said Quan made a "big mistake to have the police attack and raid the movement" last week.
"I think that (attack) was a major mistake and I think Mayor Quan is trying to reverse herself and that's what she should do," McLaughlin said in an interview.
During the Oct. 25 protest, demonstrators were overcome with tear gas and some were hit with projectiles during a violent clash with police. One man, Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen, 24, of Daly City, suffered a skull fracture and remains hospitalized.
In many videos, Olsen is seen falling to the ground, but it has not been determined what caused the skull fracture. At least five police agencies were on scene that night but none are taking the blame for launching anything that could have hit Olsen.
Quan said the initial investigation continues. "We want to be swift, but we must also be thorough," Quan said.
Whatever the outcome of the investigation, it was a costly night. The police union said the raid on the camp and the night protest cost the city more than $1 million. Karen Boyd, a spokeswoman for the city administrator, said final expenses are still being tallied.
Strike organizer Tim Simons said that the mood for the strike is expected to be more festive than angry.
On Tuesday, many people leaving work said they planned to join the strike.
Lexie Jackson, who would only say she is a government worker in Oakland, said she supports Occupy Oakland in theory.
"I am taking a personal day on Wednesday. America needs a lot of help right now. Just don't fight the police for it," she said.
Meanwhile, city leaders said Oakland will be open for business Wednesday. "And we have urged downtown businesses to stay open as well," Boyd said.
In Chinatown, a business district close to the center of the protests, merchants on Tuesday were planning for the safety and livelihood of their shops, their employees and their customers, said Oakland Chinatown Chamber board member Carl Chan. He said he worries that the strike is an "opportunity to take over and cause trouble."
"Our message is pretty strong: We will be open for business, and we have to live on. We may support the cause, but we cannot afford to be counterproductive," Chan said. "We hope the Occupy Oakland movement will not become the Destroy Oakland movement."
The Police Department is also preparing by boarding up administrative offices at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
Lark Omura, a UC Berkeley student who was camped out at Occupy Oakland on Tuesday night, said the vast majority of people who are coming Wednesday are nonviolent, but acknowledged there are elements that will agitate.
"People can police each other's behavior. There is no official position (within Occupy Oakland on violence). We don't want (the general strike) to turn into anarchy," she said.
Some demonstrators, calling themselves the Oakland Liberation Front, have distributed fliers condemning pacifism and calling for "the complete annihilation of capitalism."
"Are you a pacifist?" the flier headline says. It goes on, "How dare you even ask for nonviolence, when violence has already been used by the police?"
Staff writers Hannah Dreier and Katy Murphy contributed to this report.
Due to the daylong
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A fugitive who has remained at large since early September after law enforcement officials say he dragged a Pulaski County sheriff's deputy down a road and led other deputies on a high-speed chase was captured and arrested late last week.
An off-duty Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper spotted the fugitive, David Cole Nash, 28, of Rolla, in Wesco, an unincorporated community in southwestern Crawford County, according to Sgt. Dan Crain, public information officer with the highway patrol.
Nash was arrested without incident, Crain said.
According to a patrol incident report, Nash was arrested on the following charges: felony theft of a motor vehicle; felony possession of a controlled substance - crystal methamphetamine; felony possession of drug paraphernalia; four felony warrants from Pulaski County for resisting arrest, resisting an officer, theft of a motor vehicle and second-degree domestic assault; a felony warrant from Dent County for resisting arrest; and felony warrants from Phelps County for failure to appear on domestic assault, first-degree property damage and theft.
The incident report stated he was placed in the Crawford County Jail.
Nash was last seen Sept. 2 after a high-speed pursuit in which Nash was able to elude authorities by driving down a trail and escaping on foot into a heavily wooded area in Phelps County.
Earlier that day, Pulaski County sheriff's deputy had received information that Nash was staying at a motel in the Interstate 44 and Highway 28 area in Pulaski County. They located Nash driving a Jeep sports utility vehicle in that area ad stopped him.
During the traffic stop, Nash attempted to offer false identification to deputies, but when that failed, he was ordered out of the vehicle, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Ronald Long.
That was when Nash accelerated, Long said, and dragged a deputy down the road a short distance, causing the deputy injuries to his arm and leg.
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Organic Yerba Mate
Organic Yerba Mate tea is both nutritious and stimulating containing natural caffeine, vitamins and minerals. Shade-grown to protect from direct sunlight, which can cause bitterness, maté tea is cultivated in the rainforest in South America.
Most South Americans, especially Argentines have drunk in its natural goodness for years, having recognized maté teas ability to calm the nerves while instilling an invigorating rush of energy and bringing about amazing clarity of mind. Full-bodied and roasted, yerba mate tea is composed of stems and leaves of the maté tree.
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I am having this very strange issue ever since updating to 1.82.0. I am on win8. When I start up my PC, I launch PMS w/o issue. My PS3 sees it fine. However, if I turn off my ps3 and back on some time later, it no longer sees the PMS, EVEN if I never close it on my PC.
In the task manager I see a 32-bit Java process listed w/ the PMS icon. Sometimes I can kill the process (which obviously kills the PMS interface), re launch it, and it'll reappear on the PS3. If I turn ps3 off again, same problem reoccurs... it's quite frustrating.
PS... sometimes I am not even able to kill the process in the task manager. If I reopen PMS, I'll have multiple instances of the Java task. I haven't noticed any strange messages in the traces.
I am running Java 7 update 21.
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LETTER: Residents should embrace UA students
Published: Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 8:13 p.m.
Dear Editor: It sure seems that we have a lot of people in Tuscaloosa that really despise students. They don't want them to vote. They don't want them to have nice places to live. They complain about the additional traffic.
That's ironic considering a lot of these same people make their living as faculty members teaching these students while being paid by state taxpayer dollars or have businesses that thrive off student spending. Then we find just in the last week that these very same despised students are breaking down some of the last walls that have held Tuscaloosa and the entire state back for generations.
Maybe it is time we embraced all university students as being what will finally lead Tuscaloosa into a more prosperous and unified future instead of fighting them and making sure they know they are not wanted here. Then perhaps more of those students will feel comfortable enough to call Tuscaloosa home after they graduate and further build upon and enhance the traditions so many cherish.
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Strictly Come Dancing returns for the 2013 live tour, featuring a brand new line-up of top celebrities and their dance partners from the smash hit BBC1 show.
Craig Revel Horwood, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli are back as the tour's formidable judges. They will be on hand to give their expert feedback and all important scores to the celebrities and their dance partners.
The celebrities who will perform on the tour are Team GB Olympian Louis Smith, dancing sensation and TV actress Lisa Riley, Tracy Beaker star Dani Harmer, much loved TV presenter Fern Britton, former England cricket captain and legend Michael Vaughan, West End star Denise Van Outen and former England Cricketer Phil Tufnell.
Strictly fans can watch their favourite dancing couples competing live for the votes and all important feedback of the TV judges and vote themselves via their mobile phone. Arena audiences will be able to experience Strictly's glitz, glamour and breath-taking choreography, courtesy of judge Craig Revel Horwood, who is directing the arena tour for the third year running.
This event takes place at The SSE Arena, Wembley, which has achieved Bronze Status for disabled access from Attitude Is Everything.
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An arena tour of the hit BBC1 show. As with the TV version, the show will pit celebrity dancers and their partners against the judges. Audiences at each venue will then be able to vote live from their seats via text message.
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I'm using ps3 media successfull for my ps3
Yesterday i bought myself a nokia n8 and i want to stream some vids to it.
Is there a way to do that with ps3 media server!?
What i already found out:
I searched a lot and found out that other media server can be accessed via f.e. : http://10.0.0.0.2:PORT/flashlib
When i enter http://10.0.0.0.2:5001 (ps3 default port) i get an empty page
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Acrylic "Soap Saver" Soap DishThe ridged bottom of this functional and attractive dish will keep bar soap out of the "goo" or hold a small brush or sponge. One piece for easy cleaning. 5¼" x 3½". Learn More
Non-Slip Scrub Brush - Ergonomic brush for all-purpose scrubbingThe rubber-coated, non-slip handle makes this a good brush for wet activities, such as counter or table scrubbing. Perfectly sized, the bristles just right for cleaning vegetables and fruit. 3½" x 2" overall; 2½" high. Learn More
Spray BottleWhether used in window washing or plant washing exercises, careful presentation of how to use this easy-to-spray, trigger-style bottle is important. Adjust the nozzle tip to emit a fine spray or a stream. Clear plastic. 8 oz., 3" diameter base, 7" high. Learn More
Colorful Pop-Up Sponge Sheets - Natural Cellulose Sponge 'UmsPliable, absorbent, not too thick, and easy for children to grasp. Cut into smaller pieces to make color-coded sponges for pouring or washing and scrubbing activities. 5" x 7". 4 sheets, one each color. Learn More
Cotton Terry Cloths - 2 piece coordinated setsThese 100% cotton fabric waffle-weave dishcloths are super-absorbent and are wonderful for washing or drying tables, hands, or dishes. Checked cloths are sold as a two-piece coordinated set. 12" square. Learn More
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Governors State University strives to support students in all aspects of achieving their academic and personal goals. Accordingly, the Student Concerns Program was developed by the Office of the Dean of Students to provide a centralized method that focuses on identifying and working with students who may be distressed or whose behavior is of concern.
The Student Concerns Program is designed to ensure timely outreach to students that are believed to be in distress or acting in a manner of concern, and connect them to resources best suited to address the conveyed concern. Since faculty and staff play a key role in identifying students who are in distress, the Student Concerns Program depends on referrals that identify students who might benefit from proactive outreach and assistance.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to report behaviors or concerns of any GSU student by using the Student Concerns Program online form to identify students and describe their area(s) of concern.
A more detailed list of concerns can be found below.
Completed Student Concern forms will be directed to the Office of the Dean of Students which will identify resources and personnel best suited to address the concern articulated by faculty and staff. Reports will be tracked for themes, repetition, and increased concern(s) to evaluate student and university trends.
Submissions to Student Concerns Program differ from those intended for the Campus Threat Assessment Team because they are early alerts of student concern intended to direct intervention to students in distress, not behavior significant enough to be a threat to the safety and well-being of others. If a submission is deemed a threat to the campus community, the report will be immediately forwarded to CTAT.
Student Concern Form (Level One): general concern about a student and/or his/her behavior
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Cancer Registry
The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 1.3 million cases of cancer will be diagnosed this year. And like most diseases, cancer is one whose cure will likely be found through research.
Begun in 1988, RMC's Cancer Registry offers both research and hope to area patients. The main purpose of the registry is to gather patient data, which is an important tool in cancer control. Benefits of such data gathering include:
- Evaluates the extent of cancer in the community
- Identifies high-risk groups to provide education and prevention information
- Enables the medical community to identify cancer trends
- Helps physicians and cancer teams to provide more effective patient care
- Provides timely, accurate information for application and research
Each patient's data is regularly reviewed by the hospital's multidisciplinary board-certified team of doctors, nurses, clinicians and technical personnel to evaluate the patients' progress, treatments and options. Each patient's data also is compared to other patients with the same type of cancer from the community. Using actual patient data helps provide the most realistic and effective treatment plans for each patient.
RMC's team of highly trained staff also works together to gather information for overall cancer research. RMC's registry has a wealth of information within its databases. Via the Alabama State Cancer Registry, the American Cancer Society is able to use that data collected by RMC and other registries across the country to further its research.
By maintaining a Cancer Registry, RMC is helping in the cause to find a cure.
For more information, please call Silvia Ramsey, RMC Cancer Registry Coordinator at (256) 235-5877.


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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - Valley artist Georgeann Waggaman wears many hats. Waggaman not only is an accomplished artist but also has been the Villas at Snowmass Club art curator for several years. That hat means that she selects the artists and communicates with them regarding hanging the show and all the details associated with that. Another one of Waggaman's hats for this en-plein-air show was to create the flier used for promotion.
So let's learn about her art and the pieces she has on display at the Villas. Like many of the plein-air artists, Waggaman likes to paint in our beautiful valley. Her pieces reflect the beauty of the Roaring Fork River, the Maroon Bells, Seven Castles on the Fryingpan, a Carbondale country road and a peaceful pond. She takes a sketchbook everywhere she goes to capture those ideas.
"As a child, I knew I wanted to be an artist," Waggaman said. "I started by making newspapers with stories and cartoons. My parents wanted to also be artists, but in those days few were given the opportunity because of needing employment. My parents worked very hard and were able to give me the opportunities they never had."
Waggaman attended the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design. Architecture also was a love of hers, so she majored in commercial interior design and took all her electives in illustration. Before computer-enhanced drawings, she would take the architects' blueprints and turn them into pretty pictures with trees, dogs and cars so people could envision the completed building.
Waggaman is inspired by English watercolorists, especially William Russell Flint.
"I bought a book of his paintings for $100 and still love looking through it," she said.
As a watercolor instructor at Colorado Mountain College, she is energized by students' enthusiasm.
"I really enjoy watching as they improve and get very excited when they start to really see," Waggaman said.
The en-plein-air show and sale is on display at the Welcome Center of the Villas at Snowmass Club until April 15. These pieces are a great way to take something from the valley. Other artists represented are Sue Tatem, Mike Otte, Anne Bayard, David Notor, Lyn Hemley, and Michael Kinsley. The Welcome Center is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For additional information, call 970-923-0391 or 970-925-2126.


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Police officer shot at on Sunshine Skyway
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8:32 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8:32 a.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - An off-duty St. Petersburg police officer was shot at as he was heading home in his personal vehicle around 4:30 this morning.
According to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report, the unnamed officer was driving home on Interstate 275 near the south side fishing pier ramp on the Sunshine Skyway when an older-model blue Honda pulled up beside his vehicle and someone in the car fired a gun and shot out the driver's side window.
The report said the officer was still in uniform and wearing a windbreaker with the word "POLICE" clearly noticeable on the sleeves.
The officer radioed his dispatcher, who relayed the information to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. Responding deputies searched the area, but did not locate the suspect's vehicle.
The officer was treated by EMS for minor cuts on his face from the shattered glass.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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STOCKTON - A 42-year-old man was beaten and stabbed when he was attacked by his ex-wife's boyfriend in central Stockton on Friday night, authorities said.
The victim was near El Monte Street and North Pershing Avenue about 9:35 p.m. when he was approached by a man who police identified as 53-year-old Donald Salter.
Salter punched the victim several times and cut him twice before fleeing the area in a white 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, license plate No. 4PAM006, police said.
Salter was described as a black man, 6 feet tall and 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair, authorities said.
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Men's Nike Zoom Hyperfranchise XD Basketball Shoes
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Whether you're just hanging out with your friends or hitting the court, the Nike Zoom Hyperfranchise XD gives you the lightweight strength you need to excel.
HAGR (High-Abrasion Green Rubber) takes center stage on these versatile kicks. What's HAGR? This durable rubber material is made to stand up to serious wear and tear on the court or the playground, while also offering you the support you need. You also get the benefit of a Nike Zoom unit in the forefoot, which supplies the superior low-to-the-ground feel that can give you the stability and impact protection you must have to challenge any opponent.
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myTexts pro
No distraction. Just text. Pure creativity. To go.
myTexts pro is Staff Pick and Featured Download at apple.com
This is the companion application for the all new myTexts Apps for iPad and iPhone.
"Less is more", as minimalist architect Mies van der Rohe says. Not only is this aphorism true in architecture, itâs true in writing as well.
Enter myTexts, software specifically designed with you, the writer, in mind.
* iDisk | Dropbox Support | iPad | iPhone Companion App
* Snapshots | Backups | Auto-Save | Templates (Snippets)
* Document | Media Browser with Preview (Quick Look)
* Statistics | Statistics for Selection | Word Frequency Count
* Preview (Paginated) | Markdown Support | Print/Export Formatted Documents
* Print (Export as PDF) incl. Page Numbers and Custom Footer
* Print/Export Groups (Complete Books for example)
* Support for Rich Text/ Word/Open Office/Text/HTML/Markdown Documents
* Gorgeous and Customizable Fullscreen View (Single Window Mode)
* Drag-and-Drop Sophisticated Quick Groups | iTunes-like Search
* Tags (OpenMeta Support) | Comments | Notes | Text Inline Search
I've written this new pro version to ensure a hassle free integration with Dropbox/iDisk/iPad/iPhone/whatever and to simplify the usageâ¦
Required OS: 10.6
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Once again - it is wrong - you can now toggle :-)
Second - it is more than a 'simple' text editorâ¦
And please write a mail - so we can fix the crash - for all others it is working fineâ¦
In Writeroom, you toggle by pressing ESC: that's what I call toggling. In MyTexts you have to go into Preferences.
Adding bells and whistles is not what minimalist text editors are about: there's Microsoft Word for that kind of thing.
And, yes, the app crashes on me every time I use it.
But if these issues are addressed, it could be fantastically good.
Sorry - but booth is wrong :-)
You can now toggle and once you've created a simple text document it will always be saved a s a simple text document
and there is a reason why it is not text by default - simple and distraction free is a big difference - snapshots, comments, texts, notes etc simply isn't possible with a simple text file
but maybe it just not the app for you - thats the good thing about having a choice. maybe WriteRoom fits your needs betterâ¦
@hertzchen : Well, no you can't 'toggle' between view modes; I wish you could, it would be easy to design the app that way. Instead, you have to SET a preference, which by definition means you can't toggle subsequently.
You can export to txt format, but this causes stability issues, because Mytexts constantly saves in its own proprietary format as well. The resulting duplication isn't handled well by the application, and it usually ends up crashing. I honestly can't see the point of a minimalist text editor that doesn't use txt format by default.
Of course you can store them in simple text files as well - but without notes, comments, tags, cursor location etc.
and with the latest update you can toggle between view modes
complicated? really???
The application is promising, very thoughtfully and elegantly designed, but MyTexts stores all documents in a proprietary format (you can still open them in another text editor, but they will then be cluttered with metadata, rendering them useless in that format), and Iâm really at a loss to understand why a minimalist text editor doesnât at the very least offer its users the option to store their documents by default in text format, and perhaps in Markdown as well: the proprietary MyTexts format is useless to me, and forced me to âexportâ my texts to text format every time I wanted to simply save them. The complicated setup seems to trigger stability issues, with the application frequently crashing after I exported texts to another format. The desktop version also needs polishing: one feature it lacks, for instance, is the ability to toggle between full-screen and window view on-the-fly, which is treated as a preference setting rather than something you can switch as you write.


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Dollhouse�fan favorite�Enver Gjokaj�has landed a role as a series regular on Marvel's�Agent Carter.
According to�The Hollywood Reporter, Gjokaj will appear in the�Captain America�spin-off as Agent Daniel Sousa who meets Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) when she gets a new role at the Strategic Scientific Reserve.
TV's hottest men
In addition to�Dollhouse, Gjokaj's credits include�Extant, Rizzoli & Isles, Witches of East End�and�The Walking Dead.
Agent Carter�will air Tuesdays at 9/8c on ABC during the winter hiatus between the first and second half of�Marvel's Agents of�S.H.I.E.L.D.'s upcoming sophomore season.
Watch Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling rank their Beverly Hills, 90210 boyfriends in chronological order
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Jackson State History
In 1963, the Tennessee General Assembly responded to recommendations made in the Pierce-Albright Report by establishing a group of state community colleges. Jackson State was selected as the first such institution in West Tennessee.
Dr. F.E. Wright was appointed the first president of Jackson State on March 15, 1967, and served the institution with distinction until his death on May 15, 1976. Dr. Walter L. Nelms assumed the presidency in July of 1976 and led the college toward continued progress until his retirement in June of 1997. In July of 1997, Dr. Charlie D. Roberts, Jr., became Jackson State's third president and continued the journey to bring greater opportunities to the people of West Tennessee until his retirement in February of 2004. The current president, Dr. Bruce Blanding, began his tenure on February 16, 2004 and is leading Jackson State to a greater fulfillment of its vision to serve as the community's college.
Jackson State has continuously enrolled students since September 29th, 1967.


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There are a lot of scalability challenges we see with clients over and over. The list could easily include 20, 50 or even 100 items, but we shortened it down to the biggest five issues we see.
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By far the biggest bang for your buck is query optimization. Queries can be functionally correct and meet business requirements without being stress tested for high traffic and high load. This is why we often see clients with growing pains, and scalability challenges as their site becomes more popular. …[Read more...]


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Steak and Shake comes to Vienna
December 30, 2012
VIENNA — A '50s diner with a modern spin. That's how the managers and staff describe Steak and Shake, the newest restaurant to arrive in Wood County....
Have eaten at several of these in the midwest and the burgers and fries are tasty. Some of the ones back east here don't get it. If it is not prepared the steak n shake way it just *****. Keep your grills very hot and cook until the edges of the patties start to crisp. Otherwise you won't have a snowballs chance. Train your employees!
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Now we need a Whataburger and a White Castle or Krystal and I'll be happy.
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And WV is ranked 2nd in the country for having too many people who are over weight. If I was to come back home I would start a burger restaurant called " In and Out" this is what the Health craze people love eating out here in California. It is an 50's style restaurant that will beat any fat serving fast food restaurant. For a family of 4, the cost would be $20-25!
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The fries are good too!
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
January 06, 2010
RETECH and Renewable Energy World Highlight a Busy Conference Season
Momentum is building for two major renewable energy conferences scheduled for February. Coming to Washington, D.C. on February 3-5, the Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Expo (RETECH 2010) will feature more than 300 exhibitors and 250 speakers, including Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Dan Arvizu, director of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The conference is hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy. And for the seventh year, Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America, formerly called POWER-GEN Renewable Energy & Fuels, will bring together an array of clean energy professionals. This year, the event will pitch its tent in Austin, Texas, on February 23-25. Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Roger Duncan, general manager of Austin Energy, will be the keynote speakers. The conference is sponsored in part by DOE and is co-located with Photovoltaics World Conference & Expo.
Meanwhile, builders are gearing up for the 2010 International Builders' Show, coming to Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 19-22. Backers of large-scale solar power will also descend on Las Vegas at about the same time, January 20-21, for Solar Power Generation USA. Solar followers will then head to San Diego, California, on February 2-3 for the 2nd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA. The National Biodiesel Board then hosts the 2010 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo in Grapevine, Texas, on February 7-10. And if your travel budget is limited, there's at least one conference you can attend from home: the Virtual Energy Forum, which will be held online on January 27-28. Another batch of clean energy conferences is coming in May—we'll update you on those as the date draws near!


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Location: National Soil Erosion Research Lab
Title: WEPP: Model use, calibration, and validation Authors
Submitted to: ASABE Annual International Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: January 15, 2013
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Technical Abstract: The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is a process-based, continuous simulation, distributed parameter, hydrologic and soil erosion prediction system. It has been developed over the past 25 years to allow for easy application to a large number of land management scenarios. Most general or field agency users of WEPP rely upon existing or special databases and/or interfaces that have been developed, tested, and verified by others. This presentation describes WEPP model calibration and validation procedures, under ideal situations (where all necessary input data and runoff/sediment observations are available) as well as under more typical and less ideal conditions. Multiple case study applications of the model from the literature are highlighted and discussed in detail as examples of single storm hillslope profile and continuous simulation watershed applications. Current and future development efforts on WEPP are also described.


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WSJ: Author of 'The Lost Weekend' never recovered from his single success
Sober, Charles Jackson made the fateful choice to marry a woman, Rhoda, and began to play the ill-fitting role of a bourgeois paterfamilias, raising two daughters in Orford, a small town in New Hampshire.
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Thibodaux 18-year-old charged with murder
Published: Friday, February 7, 2014 at 6:47 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 7, 2014 at 10:12 p.m.
A Thibodaux 18-year-old was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree murder, authorities said.
Traveyon Blackledge, 128 Sugarcane Way, is also charged with contempt of court and felony distribution and manufacture of crack cocaine, arrest records show.
Contacted Friday evening, Lafourche Sheriff's Office spokesman Brennan Matherne would not reveal details because the arrest is part of an ongoing investigation.
"But I can tell you the incident itself didn't happen today," Matherne said.
Blackledge was being held in the Lafourche jail without bond on the murder charges, records show. His bond was set at $10,000 on the drug charge.
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VAIL - Danny Davis is ready to hit the slopes again.
The popular pro snowboarder broke his femur last August while doing training runs at the Burton High Fives event in New Zealand, putting him out of the mix for a while.
He had surgery here in Vail, and, now in town for the Burton U.S. Open, he's been out shredding.-
"I've been hitting those aspens you can see from Golden Peak, and rode with some locals from the Burton Store today who took me on some sick lines," he said. "They took us to the top of (Chair 6) and over to the next chair over there, we were ripping it. This run was on a great run, like a banked slalom the whole way down, tight turns in the trees."
He had a surgery on it in December here in Vail, and got a chance to check in with his doctor while he was here.
"He said it's the last x-ray he needed to see," Davis said. "The femur, the bone itself, no pain with that whatsoever. But there's still little things. I think my butt muscle is a little weak so I'm compensating for things, and then my knee gets a little sore, so I just have to stay on top of my stretching and icing ... I'll be doing PT for the next couple months, you definitely have to tend to it."
While he won't be returning to the competition scene until he's "157 percent," he says, he has been enjoying being back on the board while in town for the Open.
"Vail's a fun mountain," he said. "It's a great mountain to be in a snowboard contest and not be able to do it ... If we were at Stratton I'd be a little bit bored."


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Play Next Episode
Bursting with color from every surface, Kelly Kozma's new series, Play Next Episode, combines traditional craft with the painterly language of abstraction. Creating dynamic, organo-geometric drawings, in several works the artist begins by crumbling a piece of paper and then meticulously stitching along the lines created from the various folds. Her rule-based approach underscores the multiple strategies contemporary artists use to generate new imagery. Rather than starting each work with a particular visual outcome in mind, Kozma allows her process to inform the final creative product. She relates the act of making drawings with wrinkled paper to the act of relinquishing and gaining control. She states, "A push and pull relationship is present in each piece in which it is accepted that absolute perfection cannot be realized, yet the need and want to achieve it still remains. It is a cycle… that repeats itself over and over, sometimes to the point of obsession. In many of the works the mentality of giving up control is depicted by crumpling a blank sheet of paper at the start of the piece."