Active double bass ensembles include L ' Orchestre de Contrebasses ( 6 members ), Bass Instinct ( 6 members ), Bassiona Amorosa ( 6 members ), the Chicago Bass Ensemble ( 4 + members ), The Bass Gang ( 4 members ), the London Double Bass Ensemble ( 6 members ) founded by members of the Philharmonia Orchestra of London who produced the LP Music Interludes by London Double Bass Ensemble on Bruton Music records, Brno Double Bass Orchestra ( 14 members ) founded by the double bass professor at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts and principal double bass player at Brno Philharmonic Orchestra-Miloslav Jelinek, and the ensembles of Ball State University ( 12 members ), Shenandoah Conservatory, and the Hartt School of Music.

Sheets is a 1955 graduate of Fairmount High School and attended Ball State University in nearby Muncie.

Jim Davis has also collaborated with Ball State University and Pearson Digital Learning to create Professor Garfield, a site with educational games focusing on math and reading skills and with Children's Technology Group to create MindWalker, a web browser that allows parents to limit the websites their children can view to a pre-set list.

A study at Ball State University sponsored by Nabisco, the former parent company of Knox gelatin, found that gelatin supplementation relieved knee joint pain and stiffness in athletes.

Smaller schools such as the University of Notre Dame, Indiana State University, Ball State University, Butler University, the University of Evansville, IUPUI, IPFW, and Valparaiso University add to the mix.

The Ball State Cardinals have won several conference championships and earned a number of NCAA Tournament berths over the years, including:

* Bonzi Wells, a Muncie, Indiana native, was a four-year letterwinner at Ball State, finishing his career as the Mid-American Conference's all-time leading scorer, and leading the NCAA in steals.

* Ball State's highest finish in the NCAA Tournament came in 1990, when they defeated Gary Payton's Oregon State Beavers and Coach Denny Crum's Louisville Cardinals before falling to eventual champion UNLV by 2, 69-67.

The project followed SARA astronomers from Ball State University to the observatory and featured time-lapse images from various points around Kitt Peak.

In 1963, Harvey Ball, an American commercial artist, was employed by State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts ( now known as Hanover Insurance ) to create a happy face to raise the morale of the employees.

* Honorary Degree, Ball State University

The acting American Secretary of State George Wildman Ball described Erhard's plan to essentially buy East Germany from the Soviet Union as " half-baked and unrealistic ".

* Full text of writings of Louis XV in Ball State University's Digital Media Repository.

* Full text of writings of Louis XVI in Ball State University's Digital Media Repository

* The Ball State University Digital Media Repository Historic Children's Book collection provides online access to children's books from the 20th and 19th centuries.

The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973.

Historic attractions open to the public include the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library, Belle Isle State Park and the eighteenth-century Christ Church ).

* Lisa Winter, basketball player at Ball State University and Valparaiso University.

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After a series of rival leagues were organized but failed, ( most notably the American Base Ball Association, which spawned the clubs which would ultimately become the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers ) the current American League, evolving from the minor Western League of 1893, was established in 1901.

The most recent triple play, number 691, was recorded August 26, 2012 by the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.

However, as a tree does not lend itself well to an athletic mascot, especially considering Indiana State's in-state rivalries with the Ball State Cardinals and Butler Bulldogs, the university created an Indian mascot named Chief Quabachi, and his Princess, in 1969.

In April 2005, Musial played his harmonica to the tune of " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " to a crowd of near 12, 000 during the inaugural St. Louis vs. Springfield Cardinals game.

Since Anheuser-Busch's sale of the Cardinals in 1996, " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " has been played in the middle of 7th inning, with " Here Comes The King " at the top of the 8th.

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It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Ball State University Cardinals.

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In the Cardinals moved their training to City Island Ball Park, located in Daytona Beach.

On August 8, 2006, he recorded his 1, 000th career hit against Jason Marquis of the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

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Species of birds and waterfowl found in Ball ’ s Falls include the Eastern Bluebird, Indigo Bunting, House Sparrows, Cardinals, Mallards, Killdeer and many more.

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Maynard attended Ball State University, where he played for the at Ball State Cardinals football team.

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The Navy Ball, held in October on the day before a major regatta on Cayuga Lake, was an evening dance with a band for the purpose of raising funds to support the Cornell crew and other athletic programs.

Anticipating rapid growth after transitioning from a teacher's college to a large state school, the Ball State University Board of Trustees approved construction of a new athletic stadium one mile north of campus in 1965.