Notes of the Black Piano Keys. Black piano keys are called accidentals; these are the sharps and flats of the piano. On the keyboard, there are five black accidentals per octave. A sharp makes a note a half step higher in pitch. A flat makes a note a half step lower in pitch. On the keyboard, a noteâs flat is the black key directly to its left.
Grand Jury. Federal jurors are paid $40 a day. Jurors can receive up to $50 a day after serving 45 days on a grand jury. (Employees of the federal government are paid their regular salary in lieu of this fee.) Jurors also are reimbursed for reasonable transportation expenses and parking fees.
A grand jury is a specially appointed body that determines whether a prosecutor has gathered enough evidence to warrant a trial in a particular case. Used only in special cases, the grand jury serves as a conduit through which reasonable cases pass into the traditional trial system. The role of the grand jury is to determine whether the evidence gathered by a district, state, or federal prosecuting attorney creates a justifiable basis for an indictment. Though once used throughout the United Kingdom and some of Europe, modern-day grand juries exist primarily in the United States.