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Posted 29 December 2007 - 11:58 PM
Just the facts on SB 777
By: ROBERT TYLER - Commentary
Forget everything you learned in kindergarten about the difference between boys and girls. According to Gov. Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature, schoolchildren can now choose their own sex. I'm not talking about choosing "sexual behavior or sexual preferences." Kids are going to be taught that they have the right to completely ignore their physical anatomy and choose the status of being "male" or "female."
Ignore your common sense, ignore your chromosomes and ignore your anatomy. This is what your politicians want to teach your kids in school. After all, California's kids have mastered reading, writing and arithmetic, haven't they? In October, California Senate Bill 777 was signed into law. Senate Bill 777 eliminates Education Code 212, which currently defines "sex" as "the biological condition or quality of being a male or female human being." And worse yet, SB 777 redefines the term "gender" for all schoolchildren by adding Education Code 210.7, which will read: "'Gender' means sex, and includes a person's gender identity and gender related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth." In short, this redefinition of gender states that you are what you choose to be regardless of your anatomical make-up.
SB 777 also uses this redefinition of gender to forbid educators from discriminating against any individual employee, student or other person based upon that individual's unspoken claim of being male or female, regardless of his or her actual sex.</SPAN>
Advocates for Faith and Freedom, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to pro-family issues, filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court, San Diego, on behalf of the California Education Committee LLC, a project of California Family Council. Members of the California Education Committee include school board trustees, educators, parents and students.
The lawsuit argues that the redefinition of gender should be declared unconstitutionally vague as no school administrator or teacher would ever know whether they are unlawfully discriminating against a person based on their chosen sex. For example, how is it possible for an educator to segregate the boys from the girls if each individual has the ability to randomly self-define their sex regardless of their anatomy? Should educators really have to face the possibility of being sued for discrimination every time they segregate boys and girls or should they just be responsible for asking every child what sex they choose to be that day?
The lawsuit also argues that SB 777 is vague because Education Code section 51500 prohibits any teacher or school district from giving instruction or sponsoring any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias against persons based upon their gender or sexual orientation. Is a "discriminatory bias" being promoted when a high school chooses a homecoming king and queen or when a teacher discusses the role of a mother and father after reading a classic English novel?
Education Code section 220 prohibits discrimination based upon a person's self-defined gender in "any program or activity conducted by an educational institution." And Education Code section 200 requires "equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state."
If the school must treat a biological male as a self-defined "female" in "any program or activity" and in the "educational institutions of the state," does this require schools to allow the self-defined "female" to access female facilities? If persons can legally self-define their sex, shouldn't they be entitled to be treated that way regarding access to all public facilities? Sound outlandish? Not really.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has already adopted policies allowing boys to use girls' restrooms and locker rooms ---- and vice versa! You can read LAUSD's Reference Guide 1557 on the district's Web site.
It even tells teachers they need to refer to students using the student's preferred pronoun. And of course, it prohibits the teachers from disclosing a student's chosen gender to the student's parents. Since LAUSD has such a strong academic record, don't you think all school districts should duplicate this program?
Our schools should not be used as incubators for social experiments and our kids should not have to be subjected to the radical agenda of Sacramento politicians. It's time for our schools to get back to the basics and fend off these ridiculous efforts to brainwash our kids.
Posted 30 December 2007 - 12:03 AM
Revealed: 'Gay' plans to target 2-year-olds
5th-grade students could be handed 'Coping With Sexual Orientation
Posted: December 17, 2007
11:49 p.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Children as young as two years of age are in the bull's-eye of coming changes in California's school curriculum, which "gay rights" advocates now admit will alter the very foundation of information presented to public school classrooms.
A list of school resources, sponsored by a homosexual-advocacy group called Safe Schools Coalition, suggests that for those who are only two years old, there's "Felicia's Favorite Story," which tells how she was "adopted by her two mothers."
The list also promotes a book called "Are You a Girl or a Boy?" by Karleen Jiminez, a resource for children ages 4-8 when advocating homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism and other alternative lifestyle choices.
It's described as "A sweet book about a gender-different kid."
Other resources being promoted in light of California's adoption of SB 777 as state law include books authored by officials for Planned Parenthood and the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network.
One book, called "Tackling Gay Issues in School," is for kindergarten through grade 12, and offers a "rationale (for the inclusion of les/bi/gay/trans issues in school)." It features recommended "extracurricular" activities for classes.
The promotion of such materials has coincided with the recent admission by Equality California, a homosexual advocacy group that worked to have SB 777 passed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, that the bill really does edit all school curricula in California. For months while California lawmakers discussed Senate Bill 777, opponents worried about its usefulness in censoring public school curricula to include a pro-homosexual bias. Supporters, however, steadfastly maintained that it only clarified anti-discrimination laws already on the books. They still hold that stance, with statements this week from both Schwarzenegger's office and Equality California.
Sabrina Lockhart, a spokeswoman for the governor, insisted it is a "technical bill" intended to clarify anti-discriminations laws.
"It simply takes anti-discrimination language used in other areas of [state law] such as employment and puts that in the education code," she said.
And Ali Bay of Equality California told WND the new law "doesn't require that any specific curriculum be included in California's classrooms."
Technically it is correct that the law doesn't "require inclusion." But opponents say it does now ban anything that can be "perceived" as being discriminatory, up to and including references to "mom" and "dad" or "husband" and "wife."
"The terms 'mom and dad' or 'husband and wife' could promote discrimination against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured," said Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for Capitol Resource Institute.
"Parents want the assurance that when their children go to school they will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic not social indoctrination regarding alternative sexual lifestyles. Now that SB 777 is law, schools will in fact become indoctrination centers for sexual experimentation," she said.
The new law demands, "No teacher shall give instruction nor shall any school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of a characteristic [including perceived gender.]"
And Karen England, a spokeswoman for Capital Resource who is a primary organizer behind the Save Our Kids plan to put the issue before voters and ask them to reject it, noted that even Equality California's own materials are assuring constituents the law will ban curriculum that fails to meet the pro-homosexual standard cited.
"All along, Capitol Resource Family Impact has maintained that the true agenda behind SB 777 is to infuse school curriculum with pro-homosexual, and other controversial lifestyles, propaganda. The proponents of the bill countered that this was not true and the law would merely 'streamline' anti-discrimination laws for schools. Based on our 20-year experience with the homosexual lobby, we know that a common tactic is to maintain innocence and then utilize vague language to push a radical agenda. We expected the same of SB 777 and we are already witnessing the same pattern," England said.
"Last week the sponsor of SB 777, homosexual rights group Equality California, released their 2007 legislative scorecard. The scorecard featured a description of the each of the bills the group sponsored or considered homosexual-friendly," she said.
"For the first time, the group admitted that SB 777 'prohibits curriculum that is discriminatorily biased against LGBT people.' Understand that the entire time the group was pushing this bill through the legislature, they vehemently denied that it would affect curriculum. After the bill had passed, they now reveal their true agenda," England said.
The report card specifically said SB 777 "prohibits curriculum that is discriminatorily biased against LGBT people and other protected groups."
"In fact, SB 777 will affect curriculum and public education programs. The proponents lied to lawmakers and to the public," England said.
"One website features curriculum programs for teachers to use in introducing 'homosexual history' to their students as young as 5," she said.
Among titles now being recommended for use in public schools is "A Family Counting Book," intended specifically for those students in pre-kindergarten who are yet learning to count, she noted.
The recommended resources address "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues that schools are encouraged to have in their collection. All of these are suitable for classroom and library use to address the prescribed learning outcomes or any effort to make your school a (sic) affirming space for all students, staff, and families," according to the website.
Another "resource" is about "A 10-year-old [who] asks her lesbian grandmother a heartwarming question," "What's a lesbian?"
Others feature stories about a boy who makes a card for his mother "and her partner" for Mother's Day, and another for "pre-kindergarten" is a coloring book called "Beach Party with Alexis" which is described as "a super story with people of color and gay/lesbian parents."
For older children, such as those in fifth grade, there's a book called "Coping With Your Sexual Orientation" and it is "especially designed for the public school system."
For those as young as age 3, there's "The Different Dragon," which "shows how the wonderful curiosity and care of a little boy, along with some help from one of his moms, leads to magical and unexpected places "
There also are offered several elementary school "lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender" lesson plans, produced by the Buena Vista Lesbian and Gay Parents Group, among others.
Rounding out the multimedia offerings are videos such as "Different and the Same," a series of nine videos which is described as good, but not great because none of the videos specifically condemns "homophobia."
GLSEN also has produced another resource, "Tackling Gay Issues in Schools," substantiating the "rationale" for including such teachings in California classrooms.
WND already has reported how the Gay Straight Alliance has forwarded instructions to its California chapters with information on how to make sure homosexuality is taught in public schools, and its warning having students and parents simply "tolerate" homosexuality is not enough.
"Tolerance education is an important first step, but we need to push further," the instructions said. "Infuse LGBTQ curriculum into history, social science, and literature classes," is the organization's plan.
WND also has reported how thousands of requests for information about homeschooling and Christian school are bombarding organizations that support those efforts.
A spokeswoman for a ministry called Considering Homeschooling said she already has seen an overwhelming increase in requests for information about homeschooling.
As a result, spokeswoman Denise Kanter told WND that her group is sending out 5,000 DVD packages to churches around the state that include basic "how-to" information to provide parents a direction to turn when they choose to protect their children from the new school agenda.
Another group's website, Discover Christian Schools, has been getting almost 4,000 visits per day as parents seek alternatives, co-founder Harold Naylor Jr. said. Besides the referendum being pursued by England's organization, WND also has reported on work by the non-profit Advocates for Faith and Freedom to file a lawsuit challenging a SB 777.
Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:29 PM
sorry, that's all i could say
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:46 PM
When I have kids and I still live in the US or California, definitely private schools. Or I might teach them myself
Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:51 PM
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 05:14 PM
A person born a girl says: "I never liked wearing dresses and I always liked playing football, therefore I must be a boy."
A person born a boy says: "I like wearing dresses and plucking my eyebrows, therefore I must be a girl."
Who said that boys can't wear dresses and that girls don't like playing football? Who indoctrinated these kids into believing that their behavior is either "feminine" or "masculine"?
Is it not time we accepted that there are all kinds of men and women? That there are men who like shopping and women who don't? That there are women who like cars and men who don't? That there are men who like gossiping and women who don't? That there are women who like to educate themselves and men who don't? And that these men and women have been around since the dawn of mankind, or else we would not have had such inane labels like "tomboy" and "sissy."
Edit, PS: And that not all "sissies" and "tomboys" are gay or lesbian!
Edited by nairi, 29 April 2008 - 05:18 PM.
Posted 29 April 2008 - 06:16 PM
A person born a girl says: "I never liked wearing dresses and I always liked playing football, therefore I must be a boy."
A person born a boy says: "I like wearing dresses and plucking my eyebrows, therefore I must be a girl."
Who said that boys can't wear dresses and that girls don't like playing football? Who indoctrinated these kids into believing that their behavior is either "feminine" or "masculine"?
Is it not time we accepted that there are all kinds of men and women? That there are men who like shopping and women who don't? That there are women who like cars and men who don't? That there are men who like gossiping and women who don't? That there are women who like to educate themselves and men who don't? And that these men and women have been around since the dawn of mankind, or else we would not have had such inane labels like "tomboy" and "sissy."
Edit, PS: And that not all "sissies" and "tomboys" are gay or lesbian!
An interesting video...My instructor says this is better than all the lectures on this subject...
Posted 29 April 2008 - 07:47 PM
Are you saying that the desire to have a sex-change is not a choice? I think that in 99.9% of the cases, people would not feel the need to have a sex-change if our society would start recognizing that the labels "feminine" and "masculine" are empty as they stand now. A person born with female sex organs is feminine by definition, whether she likes shopping, interior design, and the latest glossy magazines, or whether she prefers to fly a plane, study physics, and drink beer. Similarly a person born with male sex organs is masculine by definition, whether he likes to get into fights with other people, be addicted to porn, and play with his train collection, or whether he likes to get a manicure, cry when he watches a sad movie, and knows how to do laundry without mixing colors.
And once again, none of these preferences determine one's sexual orientation! Just because you're a guy and you like shopping, does not make you gay! And just because you're a girl and you don't like wearing high heels, does not make you lesbian!
Edited by nairi, 29 April 2008 - 07:49 PM.
Posted 29 April 2008 - 08:25 PM
I think sexual preference is a choice. I'm not buying everything that video is saying. No one is born a certain way. To have a certain life. Fate. Whatever you want to call it. To live in a certain place. Have a certain partner. Whatever.
Life is what you make out of it and the only way you can do that is by making choices. Not having those choices already chosen for you. It's just that each choice has a consequence that you have to be willing to accept and deal with no matter how big or small they may be.
Also the psychological triggers in humans and the unforgettable innate human nature to want to do things that are considered 'forbidden.'
Something I don't understand is why homosexual people have been trying to "stand out" so much lately. And also why they are so heavily advertised by the film industry as "funny" and "laughable" in comedy films. Almost every comedy film I see has some sort of "gay joke" at least hidden in it. That is, if it's not shoved in your face by people who are trying to force you to think it's funny.
Edited by Zara, 29 April 2008 - 08:26 PM.
Posted 29 April 2008 - 08:47 PM
But I do think you should be forced to go to the bathroom that anatomically matches your body. I don't think the girls would enjoy having to use the seats that the boys have "baptised" in their own special way.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 10:31 PM
what happened to normal life (old fashion life, now) where something dangling meant boy and the other a girl??
so a woman gets pregnant, the doctor is showing the embryo through ultrasound and he puts a microphone to the belly and asks the embryo what sex it wants to be???
this is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard...most ridiculous after our schools gay and lesbian club going on yacht trips for no reason all expenses paid
Posted 29 April 2008 - 10:34 PM
they advocate homosexuality but if i step outside and tell people to be straight ill be a bad guy, right?
Posted 29 April 2008 - 10:41 PM
Posted 29 April 2008 - 11:02 PM
you don't put two plugs together, you put plugs into outlets
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Posted 30 April 2008 - 12:12 AM
All zygotes are intially female, if mutation occurs, then it turns male, otherwise it proceeds in it's natural course into a female baby!
And the reproductive organs grow outward as opposed to remaining inward.
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At frogatto we manage our translations (and translators ) on Transifex, which allows us to update translations much faster, by using their command-line program to pull the translations stored there.
1) It reduces bureaucracy for translators, as they wouldn't even have to be on the forums to contribute (which is kind of a mixed bag for games - in frogatto we've had a good deal of work done by people we hadn't known, but they tend to not work for as long on it as a forum regular would).
2) Better than 1) is that we don't have to muck around with forum attachments, etc., or giving commit access to one and every translator; It's just a matter of a project maintainer pulling the translations from the site.
3) The coordinators of the translation teams can add more members to help them, which is kind of a corollary to point 1).
Right now is probably not the best time to do too much work on translation, given the current state of development; But we'll leave this topic for discussion on the merits of moving the translation catalogs to transifex.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Washington Post Co., Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch ANF, -4.71% is expected to report fourth-quarter earning of $1.96 a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet.
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Topic: Anyone else have (and love) the Boba Fett Unleashed figure?
I got it pretty recently, in one of the many repacks (thanks hasbro!). Its one of my favorite Star Wars collectibles. It looks great, with good detail and pose. Its very dramatic. I love how itshows Boba's escape from the sarlac. Definitely my favorite figure from the unleashed line.


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GRAHAM � A Graham man pleaded guilty to assaulting his handicapped mother before taking the keys to her van.
Kendall Wayne Miller, 38, of Martin Avenue, Graham, then drove her 2000 Dodge Caravan away from their residence May 5 and was charged with driving while impaired.
On Thursday, a judge threw out charges that Miller stole the van, ending a brief trial and hearings that were held Wednesday.
Miller drove her van because he�d been drinking and his vehicle was equipped with a DWI Interlock ignition device � preventing it from being started. Miller was convicted of DWI in 1996, 2001 and 2005, court records showed.
Miller�s mother is wheelchair-bound and has Parkinson�s disease. When she refused to give him the keys, he flipped her recliner over while she was sitting in it. She used Life Alert to call police.
Her son was later stopped by Graham police on East Harden Street and charged with driving while impaired. Warrants said Miller drove left of center and hit a parked car before pulling away from it. The officer said Miller smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and was unsteady on his feet.
He was charged with DWI and misdemeanor hit-and-run resulting in property damage.
Police also charged him with felony larceny of his mother�s van and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. He was indicted on those charges.
Miller pleaded guilty to assault on a handicapped person, injury to personal property, DWI and the hit-and-run.
Superior Court Judge Rob Johnson dismissed a count of felony larceny and possession of a stolen motor vehicle at the close of the state�s evidence, finding that Miller didn�t intend to permanently deprive his mother of the van � a requirement in state statutes.
Johnson issued a 12-month active sentence on the DWI and an additional 150-day suspended sentence on the assault charge.
Miller will be on 48 months� probation following his prison release. He was ordered to pay court costs, $3,900 in attorney fees and $800 in restitution. Johnson ordered him not to go to his mother�s home unless the order was modified by a judge for supervised visits. Miller won�t be able to possess or be in control of a vehicle while on probation and isn�t allowed to consume alcohol outside his home.


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Vagina Monologues, Ensler Create Lively Discussionby Howard W. Hewitt • February 14, 2005 Share:
If a performance of The Vagina Monologues caused a stir on the Wabash Campus prior to Sunday night's performance, the reaction during and afterward was even more profound.
An overflow crowd jammed Ball Theater to see a female cast from Valparaiso University perform the monologues and hear Obie-Award winning playwright Eve Ensler speak afterwards.
"I've seen thousands of performances and performed a thousand times in this play but I've never seen this many men in the audience," Ensler said after the production. "It's hard to hear the word 'vagina' and for you to feel engaged, but you all passed through one to get here tonight."
She then engaged the crowd in a question and answer period which lasted nearly an hour.
"They were really thoughtful, careful, insightful, provocative, and important questions," Ensler said later. "I really thought the dialogue was one of the best I have had. There were a lot of points of view represented. People were respectful and asked things they deeply cared about. I felt like people really listened to each other. I was really impressed."
The monologues have been performed around the world since debuting in 1997. Ensler initially interviewed 200 women about their sexuality. She has interviewed hundreds more since to update and add to the chapters available for any performance.
But the give and take is what many were talking about afterwards.
"I thought it was wonderful," Curtis Eilers '06 said. "I liked how some real issues were raised. People weren't being overly polite in the question and answer period. I like how candid the cast was."
Candid might have been the key word of the night. For anyone unfamiliar with The Vagina Monologues there is no issue or word left unexplored in relationship to female sexuality.
"At first the public opinion at Wabash seemed to be that this was going to be very negative and attacking play against men," freshman Kyle Trusgnich said. "But when I saw it, I really embraced what they stood up for.
"I think most women do need to do exactly what they say – they need to be in touch with their bodies. Men have that growing up, we're in touch with ourselves but women generally are not."
Much of the play revolves around women's sexual self-awareness and building the self confidence to resist and speak out against sexual or physical abuse.
"I have a great respect for women and their sexuality," Trusgnich said. "I was brought up in a house being taught to respect women."
For someone like Ali Ahmed '07, the play was an on-going part of a personal rebellion.
"I've heard about the play before," he acknowledged. "My parents are conservative Muslim people so the topic of sex does not come up. I had heard negative things about the play ... that it talks about sex. I didn't know what to expect. So I came tonight and it was like this is completely different than I thought it was.
"I don't really see what the hub-bub was about. I think people were misinterpreting the actual message of the performance."
Ahmed said it was a wonderful thing to see women, or anyone, feel more empowered to talk about issues previously taboo.
"I probably rebel against my parents' strict, conservative values. So to actually bring up the topic of sexuality is not something to be ashamed of. If women feel more empowered then they don't have to be victims any more."
Ensler expressed real satisfaction after the performance that the play was so well received. Earlier in the day, she admitted she didn't know what to expect.
"This is the first time it's ever been done at an all-male school," she said. "But I like the idea of men collectively thinking about vaginas together and what it means to honor them and appreciate them and to hear what women have been through."
A collection was taken following the performance to benefit the Crawfordsville Family Crisis Center. Nearly $500 was collected with 90 percent going to the Crisis Center and 10 percent to the V-Day organization.
V-Day coincides with Valentines Day as a worldwide day to raise awareness about violence against women. The Vagina Monologues and Ensler's work around the world has helped raise $25 million in just seven years for the V-Day movement.
The positive response and huge crowd really pleased Jennifer Young-Abbott of the Wabash College Gender Issues Committee, which sponsored the performance.
"The worst thing that could have happened was apathy, if it came and no one cared," Young-Abbott said. "The interest shows there is a hunger here for talk of these things whether that's driven by a desire to talk about it or to wish it would be talked about. Whether they're coming from the right, the left, man, woman, homosexual or straight, we're all driven to talk about sexuality and tonight's performance is evidence of that."
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On homepage: Ensler talks with student Tony Lewis '06 as others wait their turn to get an autograph.
At top right: Ensler signs a book for Ali Ahmed '07
Center left: Ensler signed books until nearly midnight.
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Jplus wrote:Are we still going to meet sometime soon? Is the first week of March still a possibility? Should we pick some city in the Netherlands?
In order to have some starting material to discuss: how about Saturday 5. March in Amsterdam, with optional extension to Sunday 6. March?
Unfortunately, I can't offer a place to stay. Either somebody else has to offer a place or travellers have to arrange a place by themselves.
I'm all for the 5th in Amsterdam. Any XKCDians that feel like taking a train to Nijmegen after the meet are welcome to stay at my place.


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PITTSBORO � Page Vernon, who served as a district court judge for Orange and Chatham counties, died Wednesday morning of cancer.
Chief Resident District Court Judge Joe Buckner said she died at her home with her husband and close friends at her side. She had been gravely ill, and her death was not unexpected.
Vernon, 60, served as a district court judge for District 15B from 2008 to 2011, when she retired.
"Judge Vernon was the consummate district court judge,� Buckner said. �Page was hardworking, fair, firm and compassionate. She had an extra special spot in her heart for children facing challenges. It was the highest privilege to serve with her."
Vernon had two grown sons.
She dedicated her life to helping children and specialized in juvenile law.
Vernon served on the Orange-Chatham Juvenile Crime Prevention Council from 1992 through 2002 and was a founding board member of the Chatham County Education Fund, a nonprofit to foster excellence in the Chatham County Schools.
She also volunteered in schools and served as a volunteer mentor for Chatham County Together, a nonprofit focused on assisting at-risk youth in Chatham County.
From 2005 until 2008, when she was elected to be a district court judge, Vernon concentrated her professional work on providing assistance directly to children as a guardian ad litem for minors involved in the court system, rejoining the Orange-Chatham Juvenile Crime Prevention Council and supervising UNC law students working under the Domestic Violence Advocacy Project.
The 15B Bench and Bar nominated Vernon for induction into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
�Judge Vernon�s contributions throughout her career are characterized by a unique grace and generous heart that dignified and elevated the lives of citizens and the work of her colleagues in public service,� said the nomination letter from the 15B Bar and Bench to Gov. Pat McCrory. �She exemplifies those qualities of service recognized by induction into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Over her career Judge Vernon personified the virtues of citizenship, legal professionalism, and judicial service in a manner that inspires all those who have known and worked with her in the administration of justice.�
Vernon was honored Feb. 3 by a presentation of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, for her 30 years of service in the courts, schools, and communities of Orange and Chatham Counties.
A 1980 graduate of Santa Clara University Law School, Vernon began her legal career in 1981 as an assistant district attorney in Judicial District 15B, serving Orange and Chatham Counties through 1984, specializing in juvenile law.
In 1984 and 1985, she worked at the UNC School of Government, editing manuals for statewide use by prosecutors, clerks and judges.
Vernon then joined the law firm of Barber Bradshaw & Vernon in Pittsboro, where she practiced through 2002.
From 2003 through 2005, Vernon worked at the Juvenile Criminal Law Clinic at the UNC School of Law and then at the Duke University School of Law�s Children�s Education Law Center.


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Dr. Geoffrey Chupp, director of YCAAD, evaluates and treats each patient's condition individually. Here, pictured in The Center, Dr. Chupp sees patients across a spectrum of airway diseases. Dr.Chupp is at the forefront of asthma and airway disease research. He maintains a compassionate manner in dealing with patients with severe chronic airway illness while keeping an eye toward the ultimate objective of curing asthma.
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To provide world class medical treatment to asthmatics and patients with difficult to control asthma and complicated airways disease. Afford to patients for whom conventional controllers have been unsuccessful, the opportunity to participate in innovative research.
YCAAD in the News
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Secretary Tillerson Delivers Welcome Remarks to State Department Employees
By DipNote Bloggers on February 2, 2017
On February 2, 2017, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered remarks to employees at the U.S. Department of State's Harry S. Truman Building. Speaking directly to employees for the first time since his confirmation and swearing-in, Secretary Tillerson said:
"In the days and weeks ahead we're going to have plenty of opportunity to discuss in more detail the goals, the priorities, and the strategic direction for our organization. But for now I really want to take a few minutes to communicate my high regard for the men and women of the State Department and share with you some principles for all of us to live by as we pursue our shared mission.
The individuals who comprise this department are among the finest public servants in the world. Many of you serve our nation abroad and have served our nation abroad. State Department staffers in the field are not just conduits for policies and plans; you are our emissaries of our nation and the ideals we stand for. When people see you, they see America.
When I wake up each morning, the very first thing I ask myself is: Are all of our people safe? The safety of every single member of our State Department family, regardless of where he or she is posted, is not just a priority for me. It's a core value, and it will become a core value of this department. This means the State Department family here in the U.S. and all those agencies serving under chief of missions abroad, including Civil Service; Foreign Service officers and specialists; locally engaged staff of host country and third-country nationals; interns, fellows, support contractors and implementing partners; and not least of all, the family members who support us at home and in our service to our country overseas.
The Foreign Service is not the only component of the State Department. The Civil Service workforce at the State Department plays an indispensable role in all we achieve, and we cannot attain success without the mission-critical services that you provide.
Though we often live in a world of headlines, working outside of the public eye does not make you any less essential to our operations. Your dedication, your intelligence, and your sound judgment are the brick and mortar elements of all we do. We all depend on your good work, and I know it will continue."
You can read his full remarks here , or watch them on YouTube here.
Editor's Note: This entry is also published on Medium.com/StateDept.


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Hot off the heals of dancing featured roles in "Step Up" and Florence and the Machine's music video "Spectrum," Costa Mesa ballerina Tara Gusman took her dance career to the primetime TV screen this month on "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars."
According to Nielsen Media Research, 12 million viewers watched Gusman, 24, in the season's first "Macy's Stars of Dance" performance, which opened the live results show Oct. 2 on ABC.
"The 'Macy's Stars of Dance' is a really big honor for the choreographer," Tara Gusman said in a phone interview. "And, if you're a dancer in it, you are considered one of the 'Stars of Dance.' So for me, doing 'Macy's Stars of Dance' is huge, because only the best dancers get picked for that."
The segment airs two to three times per season and has featured the likes of Travis Wong and Tiler Peck from New York City Ballet, Gusman said.
During the Oct. 2 segment, choreographer Shannon Mather transformed the "Dancing With the Stars" stage into a "Hunger Games"-themed battle zone equipped with smoke, fire, special effects and epic battle scene music.
The futuristic standoff featured the industry's best talents, including nine dancers from "So You Think You Can Dance" — all battling for dance floor supremacy.
Decked out in Capitol-style make up and avant garde costuming, Gusman was one of 19 dancers — and one of three on pointe — representing three "districts" of dance: contemporary, hip hop and ballet.
"I was excited to dance with a different group of people and just all professionals and people who work in the industry and [to] do something different than I do was really exciting for me, because I have an appreciation for all forms of dance," she said.
"I was really interested to see what the hip hop dancers and contemporary dancers were going to be like with ballet dancers in the piece they were in because that's not something you do every day," she continued. "Usually, you do a hip-hop dance, or you do contemporary. It's very rare that we all dance together."
At her side was a familiar face — dance partner Jason Glover, a Top 8 contestant from "So You Think You Can Dance." Glover, 24, and Gusman both dance together at Festival Ballet Theatre ballet company in Fountain Valley.
"If I had to partner with somebody else, I might have freaked out," she said. "In such a hectic environment, I felt very comfortable that I had somebody I trusted holding me and partnering me who is a good friend of mine."
But for Gusman, the cherry on top was meeting the judges and hosts in passing, as well as Sarah Palin and "Dancing With the Stars: All Stars" contestant Apolo Ohno.
Mather, whom Gusman teaches for at Mather Dance Company, encouraged her to audition for the role.
"I found out that night actually," Gusman said. "They picked me pretty quickly."
"Part of my excitement with getting the job was seeing if I could dance at that caliber, seeing if I could prove to myself — I don't need to prove anything to anybody else — that all of my ballet training can be beneficial for everything else too," she said.
Gusman has studied classical ballet technique for more than 19 years. At age 15, she left home to train on full scholarship at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre with hopes of joining the company.
Although she did earn her first professional adult credit as a slave girl in ABT's Le Corsaire, she was not chosen to join the company.
Feeling discouraged, Gusman decided to take a four-year break from ballet to nurse a back injury.
"Ballet is such a hard world," Gusman said. "And, I think I ultimately just got burned-out and I wasn't sure that I loved it anymore."
"I should not have let somebody make one decision that effected my whole life. But, you know what? That's the path that I took and it brought me to where I am now and I wouldn't change that for the world."
During her ballet purge, she landed a featured dance role in the "Movin' Out," a musical featuring some of Billy Joel's works, European tour. But, the tour was canceled mid-rehearsal.
In May 2009, she headed back to California, where she met her husband.
"The moment I met him, for some reason, I felt the need to dance again," she said.
More than two years later, Gusman is still dancing with more passion than ever.
"I just want to keep doing as many projects as possible," she said. "I mean, more things like Florence and 'Dancing With the Stars.'"
"My ultimate goal is I want dance until my legs fall off, and then I want to be an artistic director."
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Escape to reality
Vacations can make a difference
Some people think of a sandy beach and playing in the ocean or lake. Other people think of white-capped mountains and skiing down snowy slopes. But for some the ideal vacation includes more re-creation than relaxation. "Volunteer vacations" are the way to go for many service-minded vacationers. Programs such as the Sierra Club's Outings and Habitat for Humanity International's Global Village have long offered alternative travel opportunities for volunteers, but in recent years the trend has become increasingly popular. According to http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/, there were 3.7 million "long-distance volunteers" (those traveling more than 120 miles to volunteer) working at locations inside the United States in 2007-and no telling how many more volunteered outside the country.
Historically, "voluntourism" (a term coined in 1998 that underwent a radical connotation shift in 2000, see www.voluntourism.org/resources.html) has been the realm of the young adult, but today it's not just young individuals who are jumping at these opportunities. Entire families have started exchanging their Disney World adventures for more constructive (sometimes literally) experiences.
The McMillan family of Dallas, Texas, is one such family. The McMillans have been on three volunteer vacations with the nonprofit organization Globe Aware - two to Peru and one to Mexico. They began vacationing with Globe Aware when their two children were 5 and 7 years old. "We wanted to expose them to the realities of the world and instill in them a spirit of service at an early age," says Catherine McMillan. "It really makes them realize how lucky we are to have what we have."
Conversely, Catherine says, "it shows them that you can be happy with less-'stuff' is not what makes a person happy." When the family goes on their trips, "the kids don't complain at all. In fact, often they're better than some of the adults on the trip!" And Catherine says she's always inspired by her kids' interactions with local children. "On every trip they always make plenty of new friends and find kids to play with, despite the language and cultural barriers."
Jim and Christine Artmayer from Cincinnati, Ohio, met slightly more resistance from their three teenagers at Bethlehem Farm, a Catholic service community in Clayton, West Virginia. On their first day, they were told that in order to conserve water, they would be allowed only two showers each during their week there, and one of them would have to be a bucket shower. Electricity would be used sparingly. There would be manual labor. There would be morning and evening reflection and prayer. But the Artmayer teens were accustomed to their traditional family vacations (including one to Hawaii the previous year) and "did not want to be there," says Jim. "At least not at the beginning." They reluctantly warmed up to the idea, though. "The adults were there because they wanted to be there," Jim says, "but by the end of the week, the kids wanted to be there, too."
Jim's teenagers were especially appreciative of the climate of acceptance they found at Bethlehem Farm. "They found that no one was being judgmental and everyone was very encouraging. Back home, with their peers, praying is certainly not the 'cool' thing to do, but at Bethlehem Farm they realized it could actually be pretty neat to be reflective."
Both Catherine McMillan and Jim Artmayer say that the most important thing to keep in mind when preparing for a volunteer vacation is to keep an open mind and have no expectations, especially about what can and can't be accomplished. Catherine warns prospective volunteers that, "You can't change the world in one week. It takes time." Jim too urges patience but is quick to point out that, "People can do more than they think they can." Including giving up a week on the beach for the opportunity to make a real difference in someone's world.
Additional resources:
8 Volunteer Vacations (BudgetTravel)
Alternative Travel (interview with Alison Gardner)


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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Change of Season
The gentle sound of leaves lofting to the ground with soft plinks on a quiet foggy morning. This weeks submission for Photo Friday's theme "Change of Season". This print is available for sale and can arrive ready to hang on your wall.
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By Mrpushrod on Wednesday, November 16, 2016I test drove many vehicles. When it came down to it I liked the interior, ride and comfort better in the MKZ. And for $55k it is hard to find a creamy smooth 400HP engine. The other midsized luxury vehicles felt inferior. As if the Lincoln had a higher-end quality interior. Multicontour seats well thought out, leather and padded surfaces felt soft and supple. It feels like the Lincoln brand is trying harder since they have to thwart off the sport of American brand bashing that is constantly read in publications such as Consumer Reports. Furthermore, I test drove and ordered a MKZ with the Drivers Package that has dynamic torque vectoring which intelligently applies power to the rear wheels when driving aggressively. With the package on a test ride (not pushing to limits) I did not feel any torque steer or that much understeer typically associated with FWD and some AWD vehicles. And to boot in my opinion the road isolation & ride felt better in the Lincoln than a Caddy, Mercedes or BMW. Looking for true compromise, I passed on the summer only tires this time around. So if there is some impact from having AWD vs RWD it will most likely only be noticed at the track or by very aggressive drivers. That said 99.999999% of the audience buying these vehicles today are not going to the race track. They are looking for stable good grip on a variety of road conditions along with easy control and sure footed steering feel. That's what the average Joe wants behind the wheel and Lincoln delivers. The AWD with torque vectoring does its job and keeps torque steer under control and steering feel is precise; easy to thread the car through a needle. BTW, I am not an ignorant just looking to be the expert and to hear myself speak. I know the difference between the Lincoln and a true sport sedan and opted for the Lincoln. My other vehicles are; a Corvette, Pontiac G8 GT (RWD 6 liter), F150 and Road Glide. The only cons besides the Lincoln name: scant rear head room, smaller rear seat than some, and weight distribution with AWD (not 50-50% front and rear like a RWD sedan). One more comment. Consumer Reports issue with the push button gear selector is really a joke. Anyone that is off the baby bottle will not mind the change. I actually think it makes a lot of sense to free up the console. Hope other brands do the same. A common solution amongst brands through committee would be best
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – If there's one thing that fans of the Tennessee Tech baseball team have come to expect, it's that the team faces a tough schedule, year-in and year-out. This year's squad will not disappoint as the Golden Eagles revealed yet another beauty when they released their 2013 schedule.
Highlighting the schedule are seven opponents all ranked or receiving votes in the preseason poll. Local in-state power Vanderbilt, who is ranked No. 3 overall heading into the 2013 season, headlines the group. Tennessee, Western Carolina, Michigan State and Illinois are among those non-conference opponents who received preseason votes, while Austin Peay and Belmont represent the Ohio Valley Conference among the preseason poll vote getters.
"Over the years, we've always scheduled really tough," said head coach Matt Bragga." It's just what we've done. I think last year we played Texas Tech twice, Clemson, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, and Missouri State, who was a Top 30 club. It was a really good schedule and we've got another good one this year."
Perhaps the most noteworthy points of the Golden Eagles' schedule this year are home series against Big Ten opponents Illinois and Michigan State. Tech will open the 2013 schedule with a three-game series against the Fighting Illini on Feb. 15-17. The Spartans of Michigan State will make a two-game trip to Cookeville for a midweek series on March 5-6.
"Being able to bring in Illinois, Michigan State, and some other big name programs into our place where our fans can come and watch and enjoy is fantastic," Bragga remarked.
Also expected to perk up the interest of Tech baseball fans are one-game road trips to Tennessee (Mar. 26) and No. 3 Vanderbilt (Apr. 16). Golden Eagle followers will hope for the same result as last season's meeting in Knoxville with the Volunteers, as Tech upset Tennessee, 5-1.
"When you play the larger programs, normally their depth is very good," Bragga added. "And then their top line guys are very good. That's normally what you get from those top name programs. It's great for our guys to play those schools. Last year I think we won just two of the eight games we played against those top teams. That isn't good enough and we're better than that and are capable of being better than that."
Twelve of the Golden Eagles' first 13 games of the season will be home contests that include both the Illinois and Michigan State series as well as three-game stints against Bowling Green and Niagara. In-state rival Middle Tennessee marks the final home game in that grouping in what will be a home-and-away agreement.
"We've got our typical non-conference middle of the week scheduling going there," Bragga said. "Most of them are great rivalries, especially with the in-state schools. It's a great schedule. I think we have 33 home games and about 23 on the road. It's a little home-heavy, which I've always liked."
The Golden Eagles kick-off their OVC schedule with a trip to Richmond, Ky., on March 8 to take on the Colonels of Eastern Kentucky. Joining the Colonels on Tech's list of OVC road trips will be UT Martin (March 22-24), back-to-back OVC champion Austin Peay (April 5-7), Jacksonville State (April 19-21), and Southeast Missouri (May 10-12).
Among the OVC opponents to make the trip to Bush Stadium at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex are Morehead State (March 15-17), SIU Edwardsville (March 28-30), Eastern Illinois (April 12-14), Murray State (April 26-28), and back-to-back Atlantic Sun champion and new OVC in-state foe Belmont (May 16-17).
"Conference-wise, Austin Peay has now won the league two years in a row, which makes them the team at the top of our league right now, no question," Bragga remarked. "They're a very good team with a lot of good players coming back. They'll be the team to beat. Jacksonville State has been fantastic since joining the league. They'll be another really good team. Belmont is coming off back-to-back Atlantic Sun Championships, so they're obviously a good baseball team."
The Tech squad will play four home-and-away series this season, including three against long-time in-state rivals. Lipscomb, which marks the lone road trip for the Golden Eagles in their first 13 games, will return the trip on May 14. Middle Tennessee, which will make the Feb. 26 trek to Cookeville, will host Tech on April 9. Not to be left out, East Tennessee State will welcome TTU on April 2 before making the return trip to the Tech campus on May 1. Alabama A&M marks the fourth team to participate in a home-and-away with the Golden Eagles with the home match-up on April 24 and the road trip on March 19.
"Our guys understand that if we're going to compete at the highest level of college baseball, these are the teams that you have to be able to not just compete against, but you have to be able to beat," Bragga remarked. "We've always prided ourselves by playing the Michigan States, the Purdues, the Kentuckys, the Tennessees and so on, because I think it's a great barometer of where our program is at nationally. And that's what we want. Yeah we want to win the OVC. That's a goal we have. But we want to be able to compete nationally year in and year out as well."
"It will be interesting and fun to see how our guys respond this year," added Bragga. "I really like our club and they love these types of challenges. They love playing schools like that are challenging. But they also know that when you go up against those schools, you're going to see some very fine baseball players."
Admission to all of TTU's home games in Bush Stadium at the Averitt Baseball Complex is free of charge. Game days and start times are subject to change.


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Back in early March, "prediction market" InTrade shocked the world by announcing it was halting all trading activity immediately.
InTrade, of course, was famous for offering betting on event outcomes like the US Presidential election (along with other events).
Now the company has posted the following message on its site, which says that it has discovered a $700,000 cash shortfall that must be rectified immediately in order to avoid liquidation.
The company also says it knows what happened to the money, and is pursuing legal claims against two parties.
April 5, 2013
We have now concluded the initial stages of our investigations about the financial status of the Company, and it appears that the Company is in a cash "shortfall" position of approximately US $700,000 when comparing all cash on hand in Company and Member bank accounts with Member account balances on the Exchange system.
If the Company is not able to rectify this cash shortfall position very quickly, the Company will become insolvent and therefore is very likely to go into liquidation.
Since March 10, 2013, the Company has been operating with new funds invested by current shareholders.
We are now very confident about the reasons which caused the current circumstance of the Company; however, for legal reasons we are not yet at liberty to document them to you. I can confirm that the Company, if it is able, intends to vigorously pursue two substantial monetary claims against two distinct parties for an aggregate amount greater than $3,500,000.
Because of these circumstances, the Company has now contacted all members with account balances greater than $1000, and proposed a "forbearance" arrangement between these members and the Company, which if sufficient members agree, would allow the Company to remain solvent.
The successful recovery in the future of even part of our intended legal claims, ought to allow the Company to provide full restitution to Members. We would also hope at that time, that the Company would be in a position to resume commercial operations. For now, we are in active discussions with current shareholders and possible new investors as we seek further investment in the Company to strengthen our financial position.
Please note that while we will try our very best to ultimately return 100% of Members' settled account balances, we can make no promise or assurance that we will be able to do so. It is possible that, even though we gain a sufficient number of Members to agree to provide forbearance to the Company, the Company may go into liquidation in the future.
By Tuesday, April 16, 2013, we expect to be able to inform our members if sufficient forbearance has been achieved. If so, we will then resume limited operations of the Company and we will be able to process requests for withdrawals as agreed. If sufficient forbearance has not been achieved, it seems extremely likely that the Company will be forced into liquidation.
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Master Class: By the Slice
Get added mileage out of your library of sliced audio files by playing their slices using a step sequencer or arpeggiator. Either option is more interactive than triggering the slices from a MIDI file. And because audio file slicing is easily done in most DAWs and sample editors, you can adapt this process to any file in your arsenal.
Step sequencing and arpeggiation are, by their nature, grid-based; steps are timed to note divisions. Therefore, working with grid-sliced audio will most closely align the results with the original, but that's no reason to limit yourself to grid slicing. Event-sliced audio, in which each slice holds a complete audio event such as a note or short phrase, often makes equally good fodder. Here, I'll illustrate both approaches using the step sequencers, arpeggiators and sample players in a variety of software applications.
Within Reason
If you're a Propellerhead Reason 4 user, then you have all the tools for both step-sequencing and arpeggiating sliced audio, and you have a lot of REX files with which to work in the factory library. The Dr.REX Loop Player is the obvious first choice for playing REX files, although Reason sample players NN19, NN-XT and Redrum offer useful playback options. The RPG-8 arpeggiator and the Matrix step sequencer are the logical choices for slice triggering, but the step sequencers in Redrum and the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer are viable alternatives.
FIG. 1: This Matrix sequence of tied 16th notes plays the Dr.REX slices in their original order and eighth-note timing, while its Curve pattern (not shown) manipulates the Dr.REX filter cut-off.
In Dr.REX, slices are triggered in left-to-right order by notes ascending from C1, MIDI note number 36. Dr.REX does not have gate and CV inputs for triggering individual slices, so circumvent that by encasing it in a Combinator and using the Combinator's gate and CV inputs. To make use of those, ensure that Receive Notes is enabled for Dr.REX in the Combinator's Programmer and cable the trigger module's outputs to the Combinator's inputs. (The trigger module does not need to be inside the Combinator.)
Working with Matrix is similar to using a trigger file on a sequencer track — you manage the trigger notes in a piano roll-style display (see Fig. 1). You cannot freely move notes in time, but you can shift them by whatever Matrix resolution (aka, step size) you choose. To ensure that the full slice plays at each step, create tied gates in Matrix by setting their velocity bars while holding the Shift key. Note that the velocity settings on Dr.REX determine whether the velocity bar values have any effect. Tied gates also ensure that consecutive steps used for the same slice will not retrigger. You can activate the Matrix Shuffle button to apply the song's global shuffle to patterns, but bear in mind that in Reason, shuffle is always 16th-note based.
One advantage to using a Matrix is that it can store up to 32 patterns, and you can automate pattern changes on a sequencer track. If the Matrix is inside the Combinator, you might assign a Combinator knob to select the pattern and then assign a MIDI controller to that knob. Don't forget that each Matrix Note pattern has an associated Curve pattern, which you can use to modulate other Dr.REX parameters such as filter cut-off (see Web Clip 1).
A Chord Apart
The hookup for the RPG-8 arpeggiator with Dr.REX or Redrum is the same as for Matrix except that if RPG-8 is inside the Combinator, then you need to ensure that Receive Notes for the RPG-8 is disabled (unchecked) in the Programmer. Otherwise, notes played by RPG-8 will be fed back and will prevent it from working properly. You also need to have a sequencer track for RPG-8 to feed it notes.
Redrum presents an interesting alternative to Dr.REX because you can load individual slices from one or more REX files into its pads, and because the individual pad controls differ from each other and from the individual slice settings in Dr.REX. That lets you cull the slices that are best for sequencing or arpeggiating and allocate them to the pads with the most useful options. Furthermore, each pad has a pair of effects sends and an optional separate output, greatly expanding the processing possibilities.
RPG-8 offers all the standard arpeggiator features and a couple of helpful extras: some unusual arpeggiation insert modes and a pattern sequencer with up to 16 steps. Insert modes 3-1 and 4-2 modify the chosen arpeggiation pattern by jumping one or two steps back in the pattern for every three or four steps forward. You use the pattern sequencer to insert rests (not to silence steps) in the arpeggiation pattern.
In Web Clip 2, I loaded 10 slices from a 30-slice piano loop into Redrum's 10 pads. I used the individual pad controls to shorten each slice to make them staccato; retune some of them; balance their levels; pan odd-numbered pads left and even-numbered ones right; and send the odd- and even-numbered pads to reverb and delay effects, respectively. I then used 4-2 insert mode and a 14-step pattern to create variations on upward arpeggiation.
The RPG-8 also serves as a MIDI-to-CV converter, allowing you to route MIDI mod wheel, pitch bend, aftertouch, expression and breath controller messages to Reason-device CV inputs. You can route these directly to Redrum, Dr.REX and effects-processor inputs or to a Combinator's modulation inputs, which you would then route using the Combinator's Programmer.
Going Live
Two features make Ableton Live 8 a standout for slice arpeggiation: It will automatically slice your audio files and create a slice-playback instrument with one mouse-click, and it has a high-powered arpeggiator. Live doesn't have a built-in step sequencer, although some are likely to appear when Cycling '74 Max for Live arrives. For the time being, you can build your own basic model using Live's MIDI effects (see the Sound Design Workshop "A Step in Time" in the November 2008 issue of EM) or use an external software or hardware step sequencer.
FIG. 2: Live devotes a Drum Rack pad to each slice and inserts a Simpler instrument into the associated chain to play the slice.
Live lets you slice an audio file by transients, gridlines or Warp markers. For grid-based slicing, you'll get better results by converting the transient markers closest to the gridlines to Warp markers and then slicing by those. (Double-clicking a transient marker converts it to a Warp marker.) You may need to move some transient markers slightly — which you do by Shift-clicking and dragging — to avoid clipping off the beginning of a sound. You don't need to move the Warp markers to gridlines, but triggering them with an arpeggiator or step sequencer has the same quantizing effect on the groove.
Once your Warp markers are in place, select Slice to New MIDI Track from Live's Create menu or from the clip or Clip view's Context menu (see Fig. 2). The ensuing dialog lets you choose the slicing method (choose Warp Marker) and a slicing preset. Slicing presets tell Live how to create the Drum Rack instrument that plays the slices. The two factory choices — Built-in and Built-in 0-Vel — work well; the latter ensures that each slice plays at its original level rather than being influenced by the velocity of the triggering note. Examine the presets and store your own in Library > Defaults > Slicing. I've included the one I prefer in Web Clip 3. Keep in mind that Drum Racks can hold send effects, so you can route individual pads to any combination of effects.
In the Event
For event-based slicing, as in the Redrum example, convert the transient markers for the events you want to capture to Warp markers. Again, you may need to adjust some transient markers. When you slice the file, you'll most likely have events that extend into unwanted territory. Fix that by adjusting the length settings for the Simpler instruments used to play each of the clips. Note that warping and tempo synchronization of the audio clip does not transfer to the slices — they play back as recorded. But if you move the audio clip to the Arrangement view and consolidate it (Command + J), that will lock in the warping and tempo, and you can then move the clip back to Session view for slicing.
Live's arpeggiator is easy to set up. Insert it before the Drum Rack holding your slices, and then set the Rate knob to match the size of your slices, set the Gate knob to 100 percent, dial in the desired number of repeats and choose from among the 18 styles. The Thumb, Pinky, Converge, Diverge, Random Other and Random Once styles are interesting choices for slice sequencing (see Web Clip 4). Random Other ensures that each incoming note is played before any are repeated, and Random Once repeats the same random pattern until the incoming notes change. If Hold is on (I assign a MIDI footswitch to it) and you continue to press at least one key, playing other notes toggles them in and out of the arpeggio.
By the Numbers
For a full-featured software step sequencer on a Mac, it's hard to beat Five12 Numerology 2 ($119). It's a stand-alone program that hosts Audio Units plug-ins and can sync to your DAW as a ReWire slave or using MIDI Clock. Pair it with a slice player, and you have a complete multitrack slice-sequencing solution.
FIG. 3: The drum loop shown in pHATmatik Pro has a quarter-note slice at each end and half-note slices in the middle. The Mono Note Sequencer''s StepLen settings ensure proper note-length playback.
Numerology tracks are tied to virtual racks of gear called Stacks. The simplest Stack for slice sequencing comprises the monophonic step sequencer, Mono Note and any Audio Units plug-in that will play sliced audio files. Here, I'll use iZotope pHATmatik Pro ($149.99), which plays REX files and lets you slice your own audio.
Beyond pitch, velocity and gate length, Mono Note gives you four individual step parameters: Groove (nudge the step early or late), StepLen (1/16th to 4x), Repeat (which also lengthens the step) and Divide (like Repeat but shortens the slice rather than lengthening the step). Groove and StepLen are especially handy for slice sequencing because they free you from needing equal-sized slices cut precisely on gridlines (see Fig. 3 and Web Clip 5).
You can create sequences as long as 128 steps and enter pitches with the mouse or incoming MIDI (step-by-step or in real time). Complete Stack setups (excluding Audio Units plug-in parameters) are saved as presets, which you sequence on Numerology's multitrack timeline or trigger manually from your computer or MIDI keyboard.
Beyond Monophonic
Powerful though the Mono Note sequencer is, you can go even further with discrete sequencing: using separate CV Sequencer modules for gating, pitch and velocity. If you want the gate and pitch sequences locked together — when working with differing slice sizes, for example — it's easiest to start with a Mono Note sequencer and then add a CV VelocitySeq module to generate an asynchronous accent pattern. You might then use the Mono Note's RandJmp lane to introduce some randomness into the sequence. For example, setting the RandJmp slider to 0.50 for a couple of steps causes the next step number after those steps to be selected at random half of the time (see Web Clip 6).
FIG. 4: The Matrix Arpeggiator sequences the arpeggiated notes in the order you specify using a graphical matrix. In the lower bar graph, alternate notes are adjusted to produce a swing groove.
Although step sequencing is Numerology's main function, it has many other tricks up its sleeve. For one, you can apply all the flexibility of its step-sequencing paradigm to arpeggiation with its Matrix Arpeggiator module. That module has 12 pitch rows whose pitches are automatically assigned in ascending order to the currently held notes. Matrix is polyphonic, and, instead of sliders, a note matrix is used to choose which note(s) play at each step (see Fig. 4). An accompanying gate and velocity sequencer offer all the step options previously described for the Mono Note sequencer.
The keyboard module visible at the top of Fig. 4 lets you generate chords with the mouse or incoming MIDI. Most important, the current chord is saved in Stack presets, letting you sequence chords on Numerology's multitrack Timeline (see Web Clip 7).
Your options for step sequencing and arpeggiating sliced audio files range from fast and straightforward solutions like using pre-sliced REX files in Reason to D.I.Y. alternatives as described for Live and Numerology. The latter requires more tweaking and, in the case of Numerology, building your sequencer from its modules. But the results are ample reward for the time spent.
Len Sasso is an associate editor of EM. For an earful, visit his Website,swiftkick.com.


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Pages for businesses are Facebook's most essential building block for advertisers. They're free, any business can have one, and they're a place for advertisers to make offers to their fans, provide photos, and interact with customers.
Facebook said today that as Graph Search allows people to find out which restaurants or movies (or anything else) their friends like, it places added importance on businesses keeping a relevant, up-to-date Page.
Graph Search has two obvious consequences for businesses:
- Advertisers with good reputations among users' friends will get more business than those with bad ones. This suggests that Graph Search is a threat to Yelp and Google's Zagat listings.
- If Graph Search drives more traffic to Pages, it will go some way to mollifying advertisers who were dismayed by changes to Facebook's News Feed algorithm change last year (sometimes called Edgerank) that reduced the number of fans that automatically see any given post on an advertiser's page.
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Every day people use Facebook and discover things from their friends and the businesses and brands they're connected to. Whether it's seeing a movie recommendation from a friend in their News Feed, finding out about a great sale from their favorite store's Page, or checking out a new game a friend just played, people are getting relevant information through the social graph. But beyond discovering things in News Feed, people on Facebook are also seeking out information via Facebook Pages: in fact, every day over 150 million people visit Pages, not just via their News Feeds. Today we're starting a limited beta release of Graph Search, enabling people to find information through the filter of their friends. The limited beta of Graph Search is available only to people who use Facebook in US English. The rollout will be gradual, starting with a very small number of users. With Graph Search, people can search the social graph by looking for things like "sushi restaurants that my friends have been to in Los Angeles," "hotels near the Eiffel Tower," or "TV shows my friends like." If you have a Page on Facebook, Graph Search can make it easier for people to discover and learn more about your business.
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PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. – The No. 2 Georgia College & State University golf squad was the most consistent in the 11-team field at the 19th annual Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships Tuesday, and consistency paid off with a championship trophy. The Bobcats fired rounds of 294, 294 and 293 en route to an eight-stroke victory at the par-72, 7,057-yard Callaway Gardens - Mountain View course.
Senior Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden) finished at even par and two strokes off the individual lead. The three-time All-American shot 72s in each of the three rounds, needing six birdies to balance out his four holes over par. The par-five seventh was a spot of brilliance for Johansson, carding birdies in all three rounds.
Junior Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) was sixth, carding a 73 following yesterday's pair of 74s for five-over par. Young had a solid round, taking advantage of his long game, carding birdies on two of the round's four par-fives. The former All-American posted a 12-hole stretch of par or better.
A spot behind in seventh was All-PBC Second Team selection Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.). The junior carded rounds of 73 and 76 before today's effort of 74, ending up seven-over par. Shida birdied three of the par-four holes, and had a great beginning to his back nine, at par or better for the first six holes.
PBC Golfer of the Year Francisco Bide (Buenos Aires, Argentina) was one stroke out of a top-10 finish, taking 13th at plus-nine (75-74-76). Bide was at even par until the 11th in today's round.
Junior Matthew Yonz (Waycross, Ga.) bumped up six spots from yesterday, following an opening round 84 with a pair of 74 efforts, counting toward the team score in round two and three. Yonz was strong today, not carding a hole over par on the front nine. Both of the junior's birdies came on par-five holes.
The Bobcats' 17-over par bested USC Aiken by eight, and day-one leader Armstrong Atlantic State University by 13. UNC Pembroke's Jordan Walor won individual medalist, carding 70-72-72 for two-under par.
The PBC Championship has been an elusive one for the storied Georgia College golf program and head coach Jimmy Wilson. The 2010 victory marks just the second in program history, the first coming 10 years ago in 2000. The last PBC Championship team had a pair of GCSU Athletics Hall of Famers on the starting five in Alex McMichael and David Robinson. The Bobcats beat Francis Marion University that season by 13 strokes in two rounds of play.
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— From NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro
With just 24 days to go before Iowa, it appears the race for the Democratic nomination is no longer a tight 1-state contest, but a truly competitive race across the country.
In three new MSNBC/McCLATCHY/Mason-Dixon polls of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the national frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, leads in all three states but her lead is not outside the margin of error in any of those states. Her largest lead is three points, statistically insignificant. Her leading challenger, Barack Obama is nipping at her heels, trailing in Iowa by 2 points and trailing in New Hampshire and South Carolina by just three points.
John Edwards is a major factor in Iowa and South Carolina but trails badly in New Hampshire.
Iowa: Clinton nabbed 27%, followed by Obama at 25% and Edwards at 21%. No other candidate scored double-digits, including Richardson who came in at 9% and Joe Biden who rec'd 5%. As for the all-important second-choice category, all three Dem frontrunners are tied, with 30% picking Obama, 29% naming Clinton and 27% selecting Edwards.
New Hampshire: This is the tightest result for any New Hampshire Dem primary poll this year. Clinton gets 30% to Obama's 27%. Edwards barely cracks double-digits with 10%, with one in five primary voters undecided.
South Carolina: Clinton gets 28% to Obama's 25%. Edwards is a competitive third at 18%. [Note: An earlier version of this post accidentally reprinted the results from N.H.]
A few more macro observations about the surveys:
-- Bill Clinton is still VERY popular among Democrats, in most cases, more popular than all of the actual contenders, though Obama matches the FPOTUS in FAV rating in New Hampshire.
-- Hillary Clinton wins the experience issue by a landslide in all three states, while Obama wins decisively on change.
-- Hillary Clinton's support is what you'd expect: women, folks over 50 and union members.
-- Obama does very well among Democrats under 50. In fact, the biggest demographic gap is generational, not gender.
-- And here's a trend line the Clinton folks might want to worry about, in all three states, she's seen as having run the most negative campaign to date.
Let's get into the weeds of these Dem state polls, all of which were conducted Dec. 3-6. Each survey is of 400 likely caucus or primary voters with a margin of error of 5%.
Don't write off John Edwards. Of the big 3 candidates, the former North Carolina senator has the highest FAV rating, trailing only Bill Clinton in popularity. This could bode well on the second choice front.
Clinton is seen as the least honest and trustworthy and the candidate who least represents change. That's bad news for her because those are the two top things that Iowans are looking for. Her advantage is on issues and experience, a category in which she leads by a whopping 52% to 14% margin over Richardson.
How much progress has Obama made in this state? He's now the Democrat with the highest FAV rating (matching Bill Clinton).
Like Iowa, Hillary leads among women, but a quarter of women are undecided. Can Oprah make a difference for Obama here? Obama's support is overwhelmingly among independents and those under 50.
Also of note, we tested potential 2-way Dem primary matchups between Clinton and Obama and then Clinton v. Edwards. Edwards voters break overwhelmingly for Clinton in New Hampshire, while Obama voters break nearly 3-1 for Edwards. If Clinton and Edwards are sharing some supporters, doesn't that signal that those two may begin going after each other more so than Obama, gambling that the Illinois senator's support is younger and less likely to vote?
Looking at what voters most want in a candidate, Obama leads overwhelmingly on change and is seen as more honest than Clinton. That's good news for him, because those are two of the top three things voters are looking for in a candidate. Issues, though, is No. 1 and Clinton leads that by 12 points.
Obama may have dispelled those doubts among black voters, as he leads Clinton by 16 points among African-Americans. But among whites, Clinton leads by 16.
It's the same story here as the other two states, Hillary is seen as the least honest and trustworthy and doesn't represent change. Obama leads in both of those categories. Clinton leads overwhelmingly again on experience, but as in the other states, experience doesn't appear to be all that important to voters. She is seen as most right on the issues, which is important.


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This is hardly an original thought, but the more you think about it, the more LaDainian Tomlinson continuing his career with the Raiders makes sense.
The downside is obvious. Tomlinson has gained 1,840 yards on 515 carries over the last two years, averaging 3.6 yards per carry. He's averaged only 3.8 against the Raiders, a team which he has shredded for 2,017 yards and 25 touchdowns (rushing and receiving) in 18 games.
It brings to mind the last days of Roger Craig and Eric Dickerson in 1991-92, with the Raiders handing the ball to a past-his-prime back and getting little in return.
(Marcus Allen watched from the bench, but that's another story).
Tomlinson also ruled out the Raiders in his tear-streaked press conference after learning of his release from the Chargers.
"The Raiders are pretty set in the backfield," he said. "Even if they weren't, I wouldn't become a Raider."
As far as being set in the backfield, there has been a vacancy. And if Tomlinson reversed field, he wouldn't be the first to view Al Davis as a caricature from afar only to be captivated by him in person. Especially if Davis' name is at the bottom of a check bigger than he'll get anywhere else.
Other reasons it shouldn't shock anyone if Tomlinson ended up with the Raiders:
— There isn't going to be a huge market for Tomlinson and it's unlikely anyone will make him a lead back. He won't cost a fortune.
— Davis fondness for "greatness" goes beyond those those who started their careers with the Raiders.
In no particular order, here's a list of thirty-somethings he's brought to the Raiders with varying degrees of success in terms of production: Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson, Warren Sapp, Bob Brown, Lyle Alzado, Albert Lewis, Andre Rison, Pat Swilling, Bill Romanowski, Trace Armstrong, Tom Rathman, Ted Washington, Cedrick Hardman and others I'm sure I've neglected.
Think of L.T. as another Raider Hall of Famer in the media guide five years after he retires.
— Touchdowns.
In his public appearances over the past few years, it's been a constant theme with Davis. "We've got to score."
Tomlinson has 23 rushing touchdowns in his past two "down" years, plus another receiving. The recently departed Justin Fargas has 10 touchdowns in his entire career.
Steve Baker, the agent for Fargas, said via e-mail Saturday night his client was healthy enough to play. Fargas himself told the San Francisco Chronicle today he was lining up visits, with Kansas City being a possible destination. Nor did he rule out the 49ers.
Fargas wasn't cut because he was hurt. If he scored 10 touchdowns a year, rather than 10 in his career, he would have collected his $1.7 million bonus as well as his $755,000 salary in 2010.
— Davis doesn't believe in chemistry, so he's not going to worry if Tomlinson pouts about lack of use with Darren McFadden and Michael Bush still around.
As for how the rotation will work, that job belongs to Hue Jackson and Tom Cable.
— Tomlinson has never been disparaging of the Raiders in public. He's always downplayed the notion of his success against the Raiders, and reminded Bay Area writers on his yearly conference call about how the Raiders got the better of him his first few years in the league.
— Regardless of what Tomlinson said upon being released, who doesn't think there is some appeal to being in silver and black to help the Raiders end a 13-game losing streak to the Chargers which began in 2003?
— I threw out a net on this rumor today and got nothing in the form of a positive response. Nor did I get anything from anyone on background saying, "No chance. It won't happen, etc. . . ."
Which means it's nothing but a topic of discussion at this point.
Given the way Davis has operated in the past, one worth debate.