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Setup is easy. Insert batteries into the big button pad, and then connect the game pad to the Xbox 360 console.
Insert batteries
Connect the big button pad
Up to four big button pads can be connected to a console at the same time.
Note When the infrared receiver is connected to the console, the lights around the console's power button will illuminate green. Connecting the receiver doesn't affect the connection of other wireless controllers.
To turn on your console and the big button pad
Point the big button pad at the infrared receiver, and then press and hold the Xbox Guide button or the Start button. The receiver will connect to each big button pad that the receiver detects.
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Game pad buttons
The big button works as a directional pad. Use this button and the A , B , X , Y , Back, Xbox Guide , and Start buttons to move around and control the Xbox Dashboard.
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The big button pad doesn't interfere with other wired or wireless controllers. You can use the big button pad together with other connected wired or wireless controllers for team gameplay.
For example, if you have a wireless controller assigned to section 1 on the power button, both the wireless controller and the green big button pad affect the green player in the game. Similarly, the second wired or wireless controller corresponds to red, the third corresponds to blue, and the fourth corresponds to yellow.
Cleaning your big button pad
Clean by using a dry cloth or a slightly damp cloth. Using cleaning solutions or trying to clean connectors might damage your controller.
Important The Xbox 360 Big Button Pad controller is for use only with an Xbox 360 console that has an Xbox 360 Big Button Infrared Receiver attached.
The Xbox 360 Big Button Pad is designed to automatically connect to your Xbox 360 console when you press any button. If the controller doesn't connect, try the following:
If you've checked these things and the controller still doesn't work, try the following:
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Andreas Koop
designgruppe koop / DE
born 1970, is an grafik-designer (Dipl.-Designer and Master of Advanced Studies; ZHDK zürich). He runs for more than 15 years a studio near the alps.They collect a lot of national and international awards. Besides the projects in »classic« print-/editorial- and online-medias, corporate designs, strategy consulting and signage systems his work is dedicate to write and talk about design. he´s publishing books, columns always interessted in the context and connection of design to society, historie and politics. beyond that, andreas koop makes contributions to the young and now constitutive discipline design resaerch.
Angela Morelli
information designer / UK
gained her MA in Communication Design from Central St Martins in London, where she specialized in information design. Her first degree was in Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and she has an MA in Industrial Design from Milan. She has collaborated with a number of research and commercial organizations in Europe and works in London as information designer. She is associate lecturer at Central St Martins in London.
Arlene Birt
Minneapolis College of Art and Design / US:
Narrative Information Design
Arlene Birt is a visual storyteller, artist and design educator. Through her work, Arlene frames every-day actions within the context of the big picture in order to communicate consumers´ roles in social and ecological sustainability. Arlene´s work on sustainability which rides the line between art and education has been presented internationally and featured in Creative Review (UK), U.S. News and World Report, BusinessWeek.com, worldchanging.com, SEED Magazine, and at the Barcelona Design Museum. Arlene has received a Fulbright fellowship, a 2010 Art(ists) on the Verge fellowship, several art grants and was a finalist for the prestigious 2010 Bush Fellowship. She holds a masters from Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), teaches design techniques to communicate sustainability at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (US) and works with companies around the world to improve their sustainability communication.
Arnault Garcia
Born in Paris in 1968, Arnault Garcia chooses to express via the graphic arts. graduate from ESAG in 1994 (Mets de Penninghen), he started by multimedia with the development of CD-ROM. The arrival of Internet was the biginning of his interest for digital world. He works for agencies and famous brands (Valois, Virgin, Manutan, Crédit lyonnais, Netgem, ) as freelance at once in the domains of printing and digital technologies.
He pursues towards large printing format, after a short passage towards green materials. Interested in ecodesign, he takes back the road of creative works, and music production.
In 2004 he joins the French Alliance of the designers (AFD-1st professional organization of the design in France with 1451 members)There he initiated a cycle of conferences with other designers, about ecodesign subject from 2006 till now, in order to create a think tank about design and sustainable developpement. Hes the AFD president since 2009. He worked on a charter about sustainable developpement in design.
Today he carries on with the creation of the website "ecodesigners.fr" to collect talents and informations about sustainable developpement.In 2010 he also created with other people the collective called "Les6D (a network for the ecoconception with multiple skills).
Barbara Hahn & Christine Zimmermann
B+C design / CH:
Visualizing Sustainable Development
Barbara Hahn (*1981, Germany) and Christine Zimmermann (*1976, Switzerland) have been collaborating on and realizing projects in the area of communication design since 2004. In February 2008 they founded their own graphic design studio Hahn und Zimmermann in Bern, Switzerland. Within this framework they have been working on projects in the fields of communication design, information visualization and design research for domestic and foreign clients (such as Bank Julius Baer, brand eins Wissen, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, New York Times Magazine) and self-initiated projects. Furthermore since 2007 they have been working part time as research scientists at Bern University of the Arts where they initiate and carry out research projects within the research area of Communication Design with a special interest in the research field of Knowledge Visualization.
Daniela Pock
Seri / AT:
The 3 big indicators of sustainable development
Daniela Pock (*1982, Austria) is part of the recently formed communications team of the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), one of the leading research institutes in the field of sustainability. With its scientific projects, SERI supports the vision that by reducing our use of natural resources it is possible to provide a fulfilled and happy life to all people, everywhere, now and for future generations. Daniela studied Sociology, Politics and Communication in Vienna and Sydney (Australia) with a focus on culture & identity and currently pursues her studies of photography at the Prague Photo School.
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Helena Wimmer (*1981, Austria) is a graphic designer and the co-founder of the Vienna-based design agency Studio Deluxe.
Born into a family of enviromental activists it has always been her aim to leave a positive impact in the world. After her degree at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (in MultiMediArt) and several years of professional experience she decided to combine her passion for design with enviromental awarenes: Studio Deluxe, a graphic design agency with focus on sustainability, was born.
Ever since Helena Wimmer and her partner Sarah Kehrer communicate sustainable ways of producing, consuming and thinking through graphic design.
Jan- Christoph Zoels
Experientia Torino / ITA:
Smart Meters
Jan-Christoph Zoels is a founding partner of Experientia, where he is in charge of user experience design. In his work, Jan-Christoph Zoels focuses on peoples experience of mobile services and applications, and on using information technology to support simplicity. As a senior associate professor at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, he led the Applied Dreams initiative, and has worked with a wide variety of clients as director of information architecture at Sapient and senior designer at Sony Design Center USA. He received his masters degrees in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA, and the Academy for Art and Design in Berlin, Germany. He has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, the Jan Van Eyck Academy (Maastricht, Netherlands), at Samsungs Innovative Design Laboratory (Seoul, Korea) and Domus Academy, Milan.
Jennifer Shirey
Carnegie Mellon University / US:
Campaigns for Behaviour Change
Jennifer Shirey has a passion for using design to make life better for people and the planet. She is a recent graduate of the Master of Design program in Communication Planning and Information Design at Carnegie Mellon University. Before attending Carnegie Mellon, Jennifer worked as a graphic designer in Stuttgart, Germany, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for four years. Her work with nonprofit agencies gave her a desire to learn how to use the human-centered design process to address peoples needs in a more holistic way. While at Carnegie Mellon, Jennifer focused on designing strategic communications design for social and environmental issues. Her video for Fitwits, a Pittsburgh-based project that encourages families to engage in conversations about health, was accepted into the Pittsburgh AIGA 2010 Context exhibition. Jennifers thesis project Designing for Behavior Change was honored with a kynamatrix 2010 Innovation through Collaboration award.
Karen Stanbridge
University of Reading / UK:
Key theories on behavior change from psychology
Karen Stanbridge is an Environmental Psychologist who has recently started working in information design research. Her current work involves investigating the publics reactions to the documents they are using in everyday life. She previously worked as a transport planner, with a focus on understanding peoples daily travel mode choices and the promotion of more sustainable travel mode choices over the private car. She gained her PhD by investigating the changes in travel behaviour associated with moving home, at the University of the West of England in Bristol. She is currently working in the Centre for Information Design Research at the University of Reading.
Maria Eugenia Perez Lizarazo
Saint Martins College of Art and Design / UK:
Technical Information for Sustainability
BSc Civil Engineering, BA Industrial Design and MA Multimedia Creation from Los Andes University in Bogotá, Colombia 1st year student of MA Innovation Management at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Professional work on hydrogeological and general environmental fields. R&D on design for these areas. Member of the Colombian Association of Engineers & Colombian Association of Hydrogeologists.
Martin Ashley
College of Communications London / UK:
Sustainable Typography
Senior lecturer at the London College of Communication. Past educational panel member of Baseline magazine, the international journal of typography.- A founding contributor to the Poems on the Underground project which has now become a part of London to all Tube travellers.
Martin Strele & Axel Steinberger
Kairos / AT:
Integral Ruedi Baur / CH
Martin: dipl. ing. sustainable agriculture & rural development, university of natural resources and applied life sciences, vienna (BOKU) post graduate diploma at the centre for advanced training in rural development (SLE), humboldt university berlin
Axel: 1968_ born in Munich, Germany. 1990-98_ studies in architecture and urban design at the Universität Stuttgart, 1998_ graduation dipl. ing architecture, 1998_ freelancer for exhibition and event design at «MerzSauterZimmermann» in Stuttgart, 1999_ freeelancer at «jourda architectes» in Paris, since 1999_ cooperation with Intégral Concept, Intégral Philippe Délis and Intégral Ruedi Baur et associés, 2002_ foundation of Integral Ruedi Baur Zürich, today_ partner and managing director in Zurich
Michael Hardt
University of Lappland / SE/DE:
Sustainable design
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Peter Putz
Studio Putz+ Vienna / AT:
Design for Eternity
Peter Putz: University of Applied Arts/Vienna; Study- and work stays in Poznan/-PL (1977/78); Montreal/CDN, Concordia University, artist in residence (1988/89); Paris/F, cité des arts (1990); New York/USA (1995). 1978 first animated film; 1980 lecturer in film and new media at several universities. Since 1980 work on The Eternal Archives project. 1988 Presentation in the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna,1994 published the book The Eternal Archives · Virtual Triviality. 1991 1995 ORF digital-draphics department, member of the redesign-team, cooperation with Neville Brody. 1996 start Studio Putz+ Medien · Grafik· Kunst in Vienna with focus on design for media, cultural projects (exhibitiondesign, catalogues, books. Focus: graphic design, media-analysis and -projects, illustration, fine arts, film, video, photography and web. Numerous exhibitions, lectures, awards and prizes. www.ewigesarchiv.at
Rashi Saxena and Kubilay Alton / Y4PT / India:
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Rashi SAXENA (First Speaker): BTech in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering; Currently pursuing MBA in Infrastructure Management at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India
(Mr.) Kubilay ALTUN (Second Speaker): MSc in Computer Science & Communications Engineering; currently working as Consultant, Intelligent Transportation Systems BLIC GmbH, Germany
Reinhard Komar
Institut für designforschung / DE:
Media Communication, Economy and Informationdesign
Reinhard Komar studied Design, Economics, Education and Social Science. He is a professor of design science and management, visiting professor and professor honoris causa in China, CEO of the Institute for Design Research and the new Green Bauhaus Foundation. He is a member of the Deutscher Werkbund. 2010 he received an award for his work of the German Commission of UNESCO.
Numerous essays and book titles, exhibitions, lectures, symposia and international conferences as well as a collection documents his works and activities as a designer, teacher and publicist.
His interests are focusing on theoretical and historical design science, design management, eco-design, construction of life-worlds, theory of the enterprise and sustainable development."
Sebastian Pernet
together with Jose Enrique Garcia, Maria Camarena and Tarun Mann / Y4PT / COL,BE:
Green Steel
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Will Stahl-Tiimmins
Peninsula Medical School / UK:
Seeing is Believing
Wills focus is the visual presentation of environment and human health data and information, using information graphics, interactive media, and visual communication to promote understanding. Currently, his research involves assessing the effects of differing information presentations on knowledge transfer, memory, and behaviour. As a trained graphic designer, with a BA in graphic design and MA in design research from the University of Wales, Newport his design education led to an enduring interest in information design, and the use of research methods to inform design practice. His PhD was titled Information Graphics in Health Technology Assessment, and focussed on the visual presentation of scientific research to decision-makers.


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Evening performances on all four dates start at 8 p.m. and special Saturday-afternoon "Family Affair" matinees start at 2 p.m.
This season will feature the 17 dANCEpROjECt company members sharing the evening programs with guest company HAPPENDANCE from Lansing.
HAPPENDANCE is a professional company of dancers, choreographers and teachers known for their original concerts, innovative school programs and outstanding instruction in which dance is emphasized as an element of life experience and learning. Long active in the Lansing community the company is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing. The company's appearance this season is co-produced by the Hope College Patrons for the Arts.
This season also marks the return of the "Family Affair" matinee, a free-admission event that encourages families with children, youngsters, seniors and community members with limited resources to attend live theater and dance. Featured on the afternoon program will be "Helix," a moving landscape of beings encased in cocoon like fabric; "…sur la table…," based on the dynamics that happen around the family table; and "Mit Kron und Schweif" (With Crown and Tail) a "fairytale" of contemporary dance based on the poem "Erlkonig" by Goethe. "Mit Kron und Schweif," featuring German music and lyrics, was choreographed by company member Helen Gay and co-produced by the Cultural Affairs Committee of Hope College.
The evening program will present alternating pieces from the two companies featuring pieces in keeping with the Halloween season. dANCEpROjECt will open with "Possessed," an ominous three-section work, followed by HAPPENDANCE's dark abstract piece "Wake," danced with beds and referencing nightmares, which was recently performed at Live Arts in New York City.
The second act will open with "…sur la table…" (dANCEpROjECt), which explores the traditions, dynamics and community that happen around the family table, followed by "Falling Lessons" (HAPPENDANCE), which examines a soloist's fear of failure.
The third act features HAPPENDANCE's funny and poignant "Chew it up, spit it out," recently performed at Triskelion Arts in New York City, and dANCEpROjECt's full 17-company-member "Out of the Ash," set to Aaron Copland's rousing Americana themed music to complete the program.
A costume sale will also take place in the Knickerbocker Theatre to help with the holiday spirit. Costumes from past Hope College dance and theater productions will be available at minimal cost for "trick-or-treaters" in need of a fun look.
Tickets for the full-length evening shows are $10 for regular admission, $7 for senior citizens and Hope staff, and $5 for children and Hope students. Admission is free to both "Family Affair" matinees.
Tickets are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Public tickets are also available for purchase online at https://tickets.hope.edu/ticketing. Tickets will also be sold at the door.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Avenue, between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St.


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- Being "found" by Philly Cuz, a second cousin from my Schwartz side. She's been kind enough to share photos and stories. Quite a trip down memory lane on both sides, and of course, an in-person visit is in our future. Thank you!
- Finally seeing the all-important McClure book to confirm the Scots-Irish connection. And while at Allen County Public Library, locating more records of the McClure fam in Adams County books on the open shelves. Thank you to ACPL staff and volunteers!
- Teaming up with a long-time Bentley researcher to try to fill in the blanks on William Tyler Bentley's life and family. We have a ways to go but have been making progress together. And it's wonderful to have connected with an actual Bentley cousin (hi Elizabeth) who's tracing her tree also. Thank you all!
- Being "found" by the son of a woman who sailed across the Atlantic with my Auntie Dorothy Schwartz, the WAC, on the oceanliner that defied the German subs. I never would have known about the magazine article describing that tense ocean crossing if not for him. Thank you!
- Scanning and indexing 31 years of notes and historians' reports from meetings of the Farkas Family Tree, my maternal grandma's family. One fabulous cousin retyped many barely readable documents for this project, and a number of cousins very patiently answered questions about who's who, so we can get this book into shape for the next generation to browse and keep (I hope!). Thank you!
- Are any descendants of Paula Schwartz and her daughter, Viola Weinberger, still alive? And do they want to be in touch with their US cousins?
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For advice contact Professor Peter Robbie (Engineering Sciences) or Professor Lorie Loeb (Computer Science).
1. Design Foundation (Prerequisites) (2 courses)
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- ANTH 18: Introduction to Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 56: Introduction to Research Methods in Medical Anthropology
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- PSYC 27: Cognitive Neuroscience
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- PSYC 40: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
- PSYC 43: Emotion
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- ENGS 44: Sustainable Design
- ENGS 75: Product Design
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- COSC 27: Projects in Digital Arts
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- COSC 67: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
- FILM 51: Game Design
- PBPL 43: Social Entrepreneurship
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Over 2000 km = planet; then Pluto, Eris are planets, Ceres is not and remains a dwarf planet. We have 10 planets.
Oh, and as to "why cut off and why?" the two proposed solutions (or 3 if you want the 2500 km value) are based on:
1) Self rounding.
2) Somebody hates planets in the vicinity of KBOs.
The self rounding is interesting. Clearly for a water droplet it's about 1 cm. But for gasses even less. For rocks, it takes a lot more gravity. So usually folks talk about "self rounding rocky" but then "which rocks" matters. It's "about" 2000 km diameter but with things like gravel self rounding at less than that and iron at more. So you want "self rounding" but the exact number will be a cherry pick in any case. Just make it more than 2000 km for most kinds of large rocks.
Now for #2, if you want Pluto, Eris, and any other KBO found kept out of the planet club just make the definition a big enough diameter to keep Mercury IN and Pluto OUT. That's 4000 km diameter. Bigger than 2000 km, so definitely self rounding. Big enough it's hard to say anything that big orbiting a star is NOT a planet. Keeps KBOs out of the club. Unless you found some really big think in the far reaches but then I'd assert an Earth sized KBO really ought to be called a planet anyway.
For examples of theoretical planet shapes (and why you really just want to pick a diameter or a mass as your cut-off value to avoid messes…) see:
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THE GIANT PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM STUNTED THE GROWTH OF MARS Article written: 10 May, 2018
These simulations incorporated recent geological evidence from Mars and Earth that indicate that Mars' formation period was about 1/10th that of Earth's. This has led to the theory that Mars was left behind as a "stranded planetary embryo" during the formation of the Sun's inner planets.
The orbit period of this oddball is about 2 years longer than Pluto's…
A "Weirdo" Asteroid Has Been Found In The Outer Solar System That Isn't Supposed To Be There 09 MAY 2018
Astronomers say they have detected an asteroid beyond the orbit of Pluto that is in the wrong place. But while odd, it could tell us more about our own beginnings.
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Some well regarded economists contend $20 a bushel soybeans and $10 a bushel corn and wheat are not only possible, but likely for this year and beyond.
Sounds like a good deal for grain growers and a bad one for livestock producers and consumers, but are such high prices really good for any of us?
The drought in the Midwest, and it has been one of historic proportions, adds to the price differential from planting time to harvest time for corn and soybeans this year.
Corn, for example, that went into the ground in May for a projected return of $5 a bushel, went into the combine worth more than $8 a bushel, if the grower bypassed a lucrative futures market at planting time or before.
While the unexpected $3 a bushel boost in corn prices may put a little extra jingle in the pockets of grain growers, it will conversely take at least an equal amount of money out of the pocket of livestock producers, especially poultry producers in the Southeast.
One solution has been for several highly placed political leaders, including governors in North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Texas and Arkansas to call for at least a temporary end to the federal mandate for alternative fuel production.
Ethanol producers were quick to fire back with a full salvo explaining why this would be a bad idea for grain growers and livestock producers alike.
So, the long-debated fuel versus food debate adds a third corner to the economics triangle: food versus feed versus fuel.
Though cotton growers don't have a proverbial dog in this fight — right now — the continued loss of cotton acreage to grain, primarily due to the run-up on prices — could easily add yet another F to the fray with fiber.
Monroe, N.C., grain and cotton grower Allan Baucom says the last thing any reasonable grain farmer would want to do is to put a livestock producer out of business. "They are our customers, our neighbors, our friends, and historically our most reliable partners in agriculture," Baucom says.
Basis for business decisions
As to taking of grain for use in ethanol production, the North Carolina grower says the political arena created a mandate for corn for fuel. An infrastructure was developed and grain growers made business decisions based on this mandate, Baucom says.
"Why in the world does the same political arena think they have the right to change the rules, based on one set of criteria," he asks?
"Ultimately agriculture, as a whole industry, is in this current predicament together. The different segments of the industry have to learn to work together better, rather than make political moves that may provide a temporary benefit to one segment, but a long-term detriment to the whole industry, the North Carolina grower adds.
Political involvement in the food-fuel-feed controversy reached a milestone of sorts in August when Governors Beverly Perdue of North Carolina, Nathan Deal of Georgia, John McDonnell of Virginia, Rick Perry of Texas and Mike Beebe of Arkansas filed petitions with the EPA to suspend the ongoing Renewable Fuels Standard mandate for corn-based ethanol production.
Though most people on both sides of the issue may think the Governors Perdue and Beebe acted in unison, that may not be the case and there may be some collateral damage to soybean growers because of some of the language endemic to Governor Perdue's petition request.
Charles Hall, executive director of the North Carolina Soybean Growers Associations says, "I noticed that Gov. Perdue specifically mentioned soybeans and biodiesel. I thought EPA was seeking comments on corn ethanol, so I was a little surprised to see soybeans included in the governor's request to wave the RFS volume "in whole" and not just the ethanol portion.
"If the request is granted, that would obviously have implications for the biodiesel industry, and I'm not sure biodiesel is really under much scrutiny or that a waiver of the biodiesel portion is needed," Hall says.
Also, Gov. Beebe from Arkansas only specifically mentioned corn ethanol in his letter and did not address soybeans and soy biodiesel. So there are some differences in the two governors' requests, he adds.
"I hate to see biodiesel tarred with the same brush as ethanol. There are some fundamental differences on the feedstock supply side. Soy biodiesel doesn't divert soybeans away from one intended use and allocate it to another. The biodiesel plants use soy oil, one component of the bean, as the feedstock. The soy meal, the other component, goes to livestock feeding as always," Hall says.
Under the 2005 U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard, a certain volume of the nation's transportation fuel must be blended with such non-fossil fuels as ethanol, which is distilled primarily from corn. This year's ethanol requirement is 13.2 billion gallons, up from 12.6 billion gallons in 2011. That figure is set to grow to 13.8 billion gallons in 2013.
Overall, the law aims to increase total use of renewable fuels in the U.S. to 36 billion gallons in 2022 from 9 billion gallons in 2008, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
Not the ideal source for ethanol
Though there is some level of agreement among all parties involved that ethanol from corn is not the ideal source of renewable energy, corn growers have been quick to step up production to meet their part of the mandate.
The same congressional act calls for a higher percentage of fuel to come from cellulosic sources. So far, virtually no ethanol is being produced from any source other than corn in the U.S.
There is no doubt the livestock industry is being hard hit by the high price of grain — none harder than the huge poultry industry in the Southeast.
In a plea for help, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, citing a study by the University of Georgia, complained recently that rising corn prices are costing chicken farmers in his state an extra $1.4 million a day.
In a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, the Georgia governor contends, "these additional input costs are not sustainable."
The clock is now ticking on the government's response to the petition from Governors Perdue and Beebe and will soon begin ticking on the late August petitions from Governors Deal, Perry and McDonnell.
The EPA has acknowledged receipt of the waiver petitions from the governors. Once that acknowledgment is formally published in the Federal Register, which happened in late August, the clock on the 30-day public comment period began to tick.
Publication also begins the clock on the 90-day window in which the EPA must rule on the petition request. Back of the envelope math puts that date sometime in the middle of November — after the U.S. presidential election.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) contends the petition is an illogical attempt by politicians to help their constituents.
"While the drought has reduced the size of this year's national corn crop, USDA says it will still be the eighth-largest in U.S. history.
"Moreover, this year's world corn crop will be the second-largest ever, trailing only last year's record," says Matt Hartwig, director of communications for the Renewable Fuels Association.
Hartwig points out that the ethanol industry also produces animal feed. In the ethanol production process one-third of every bushel used is returned to the feed market as high-protein feed, commonly called DDG or distillers dry grain.
University of Kentucky Agricultural Economist Will Snell says politicians may be too liberal with their use of numbers to describe the impact of the ongoing food versus feed versus fuel controversy.
Overall, only about 15 cents out of every dollar consumers spend on food can be attributed to the value of farm products. Packaging, storage, transportation, labor, profits, among other non-farm items comprise 85 percent of what we pay in the grocery stores for our food, Snell says.
"Actually in the short-run, we could see meat prices decline or at least stabilize due to the drought forcing herd liquidations and thus inducing higher short-term meat supplies," he adds.
As livestock inventories shrink, future meat supplies will be lower, pushing meat prices higher this winter and in early 2013.
The USDA is projecting meat prices to increase 3.5-4.5 percent and food prices overall to increase by 2.5-3.5 percent in 2012. Most consumers would likely be surprised to know that is only a 1 percent greater increase than has occurred over the past decade or so.
There is no minor surgery when it's happening to you. Likewise, there is no minor blip in the global production of grain or livestock, if that blip is happening on your farm.
It's likely in the short-term ethanol manufacturers and livestock producers will come to some middle ground, but same comfort zone for sustainable grain prices may be tougher to come by.


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Earlier today I published an article-- read it HERE-- about my trip up to Laika Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon to visit the set of the upcoming stop-motion animated film ParaNorman. What I got to see during the trip was absolutely incredible, with hundreds of people working in sync to complete work on the film. And the two men in charge of all of it are Chris Butler and Sam Fell.
During our lunch break the group of journalists on set, including myself, had the chance to sit down and talk with the directors about managing the epic production, picking the voice actors, and the serendipity of being in the middle of the zombie boom.
(NOTE: This is only part one of our two part interview. Come back tomorrow to see the second half!)
This production is operating at such an incredible scale, how do you keep your heads around it?
Chris Butler: We're lucky because we gradually get into it. You're not just dumped in with 250 people [laughs]
Sam Fell: Chris developed this forever.
Butler: It's been with me my whole life…I meant to say that happily [laughs]. And here's the baby newly born!
Fell: It is the great thing about animation is that you get to bake it properly over time and we've worked on it a lot. We worked together just the two of us before we had any crew and then we did the whole storyboarding thing where you draw the whole movie first and it's just a small group of people so we got our shit together before it was the whole big crew.
I think I understand what you are doing throughout the stages of pre-production and as things are being built but once the animators are on-set working, where are you guys?
Butler: [laughs] We stand in the corner with a megaphone going "Move it, no not that way, the other way!'"
Fell: At the start of the day we meet at about 7:00am to talk about what's ahead. And most of the time when we're in the thick of production like we are now we start out the day by reviewing people's blocks, rehearsals and shots so that's every shot in the movie at various points in its life we see it discuss it and then send it off to be worked on. And at any time there's dozens of these shots being worked on during the day. So we edit the shots that are ready into the movie and slowly the movie starts coming together, but really slowly. We build the movie first in storyboards, so we draw it all. Then we cut it together with temp sound, temp music and temp voices and then replace it bit by bit as it goes along over the two years.
Butler: And on this we've been able to give an individual animator a chunk of the film and that's worked out well for us because that animator has in their head in a scene and the can start to own it and have a sense of the continuity in the acting from one scene to the next.
Fell: They are actors really so giving them the opportunity to work through a whole scene is pretty amazing because then they get to tell the whole story rather than a fragment of it.
Let's say I'm an animator and I've sent you my rehearsal…
Butler: Not good enough! Do it again!
Do you go onto set with them and give specific directions?
Fell: Yes, and we watch it in edit, in the context and talk about it.
Butler: And we talk through it, frame by frame.
Fell: Sometimes they video themselves or somebody else acting it out.
Butler: Actually, those are some of my favorite moments when you've got some of these guys like miming Courtney the 15-year-old cheerleader and performing her role on video thinking that no one will ever see it but we are secretly lobbying to have it on the DVD.
Fell: That version of the film is really funny.
How early do you get the voice actors in?
Butler: Really early because they animate to the voices because there is so much inflection and unique performance that is in the voice alone. We can storyboard and plan for it but when the actor gets into the studio they bring so much more to it and you want to be able to give all of that raw material to the animator. And sometimes they use the footage of the actor in the studio for a reference to give it a more naturalistic feel.
Fell: The hardest thing in animation is to get spontaneity. Because it's so not spontaneous, you've got to create it. That's the thing about this film; we've tried to give it a real sense of naturalism. I mean it's a comedy and there are some very broad things in there but it actually has a very dramatic heart to it. It's not a cartoon in that sense.
Butler: That main characters in the film are kids and we wanted it to feel like they are real kids and that it's told very much from their point of view. So we've had the majority of the main characters voiced by the appropriate age group and that in itself is tricky, but when you find them it's magic.
You really do have an incredible cast here in writing the project did you have certain voices in mind?
Butler: I did, and actually I think we were really lucky because we got pretty close to getting everyone we wanted on our first list. We wanted the main voice cast of the kids to harmonize so we would listen to their auditions mixed together with images of the characters. Some of the characters changed from where I started when I wrote them initially. Mr. Prenderghast was a frail, dapper creature and it was the character design by Heidi he became this huge, awful stinking looking creature and in rewrites it took on a different direction and we got John Goodman to voice it and it was perfect.
Is it a delicate balance between the humor and the horror?
Fell: Yes. This film works for a strong-willed five-year-old and certainly eight and up. And if we have a scary moment we'll often move quickly into a funny one.
Butler: The intention narratively is to turn things on their head, so even though it has zombies in it there are a few surprises along the way. It's not always the thing that you think would be scary that is the scariest. We have a movie within the movie where we set up the stereotype of the zombie in the beginning – it's got bad lighting and cutting, the whole bit – and we set up that premise that zombies are evil and going to kill you so that we can have fun with it and play with it. And we always bring it back to a laugh.
It's serendipitous that we're in the midst of a zombie boom.
Fell: I remember thinking about 12 years ago that somebody has got to make a zombie movie for kids, and luckily that hasn't happened yet. But it's actually become something more than a zombie movie.
Butler: This is influenced by all the movies and TV shows that I loved growing up and there's absolutely a zeitgeist of the same mentality that grew up watching Scooby-Doo and The Goonies and E.T. I'm just pleased that no one did it first. I used to watch Scooby-Doo and would, even as a kid, think 'why are they friends with each other?' It doesn't make any sense. Shaggy and Velma would never be friends. And Fred, the kind of guy who wears white cashmere and little neckerchief is probably not as interested in Daphne as she thinks he is. And so I thought if you take that to its logical conclusion then what if those characters were in a contemporary story – what would happen? And what would happen is that they would want to kill one another. And so this is a contemporary story of a group of kids who shouldn't get on and don't want to get on but they kind of forced together and that's part of the comedy of it. And it seems entirely appropriate to do a monster movie as stop-motion.


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Ask a Cicerone: What's the Hardest Food to Pair with Beer?
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Beer lovers often brag that when it comes to food pairing, beer will beat wine every time. But even so, there are some foods that just seem to resist a beverage match. We asked 8 beer experts for food-and-beer pairings that prove difficult, and whether there's any solution to the challenge of finding a delicious beer for these tricky dishes. Here's what they had to say.
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From February 26 – March 1, students and a faculty member from Barry's Department of English and Foreign Languages were honored with having their papers accepted at the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in Savannah, Ga. Barry's representatives included students Dianna Bellian, Yulia Nekrashevich, and Enrique Alvarado; faculty co-sponsor, Lillian Schanfield, Ph.D., professor of English, organized the roundtable discussion entitled, "Language and Logic in Lewis B. Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'"
Their papers focused on Carroll's mastery of language in his works "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There." Their research explored the myriad interpretations of the Alice stories and how they are depicted in contemporary pop-culture.
Additionally, the chapter's literary journal, "What Oft Was Thought," earned second place for the 2013-2014 Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Literary Arts Journal award.
Sigma Tau Delta was founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. The organization's central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who have contributed to the fields of language and literature.
For more information on Sigma Tau Delta, visit the Sigma Tau Delta website or the Department of English and Foreign Language's student organization page, or contact Dr. Lillian Schanfield or Dr. Andrea Greenbaum.


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canaan wrote:Lt. Dish wrote:Slightly OT, but I just don't understand why anyone would call their kid something like "Jim Bob" or "Bubba." My lack of understanding isn't even an urban or northeastern thing, imo; I just don't get why anyone anywhere would think that's a nice-sounding name.
Then again, my name is Broomhilda, so people in glass houses and all that...
do you go by Hilda? My name is actually Canaan so were in the weird name club
I really like the name canaan. Hip, biblical, and literati (e. e. cummings).
My name isn't Broomhilda, you silly goose.


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The Marion County Record, Hillsboro Star-Journal, and Peabody Gazette-Bulletin will print a very special "Dear Santa" keepsake edition of the newspapers on Dec. 21.
Publication will be normal Dec. 19. The special edition on Dec. 21 will include letters to Santa and drawings. Children may drop off letters or drawings at the Record or Gazette-Bulletin offices, at Kessler Kreations in Hillsboro, or mail them to Hoch Publishing Company, PO Box 278, Marion, KS 66861.
We will also announce our True Meaning of Christmas gift winner(s) in the Dec. 21 edition. Residents can contribute to this charitable offering by shopping at Carlsons' Grocery and Marion Health Mart Pharmacy stores for our Santa Bucks promotion this week and next. For every dollar spent and Santa Buck turned in, Hoch Publishing will contribute additional money to the True Gifts of Christmas fund.
Readers can also send checks directly for the fund or drop donations off at the newspaper office in Marion.


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Clothes for Men, Women, and Children, Shoes, Toys, Dishes, Books, Household and Decorative Items, Leather Furniture, Pillows, Women's Accessories, Plants for sale, Homemade Baked goods and more! Come join the fun and help support the church! Saturday June 2nd 2013 inside of Parish Hall. 708 Bessemer Avenure in Llano from 8AM to 2PM.
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Q. Do the equipotential bonding requirements of Part II of Art. 680 apply to storable swimming pools?
A. No. Electrical installations for storable pools must comply with Part I of Art. 680 [see 680.30]. They are not required to follow the equipotential bonding requirements of Part II. The requirements contained in Part I of Art. 680 include the locations of switches, receptacles, and luminaires.
A storable swimming pool is defined in 680.2 as an aboveground pool with a maximum water depth of 42 in. Storable pools are sold as a complete package that consists of the pool walls, vinyl liner, plumbing kit, and pump/filter device. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) requires the pump/filter units to have a minimum 25-ft cord to discourage the use of extension cords.


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South West Peninsula and Severn Postgraduate Medical Education programmes, on behalf of Health Education England, South West, will be holding their annual educational conference on 28th September 2018 at Taunton Racecourse. This year, given it is the 70th Birthday of the NHS, the conference will consider the journey of postgraduate medical education, where it is today and speculate on what it may look like in future.
There will also be a variety of workshops which will provide an opportunity to discuss topical issues, gain a greater understanding of PGME related subjects and support educator development. This year it is our intention that one of the workshops be trainee delivered.
The conference aims to be an enjoyable and valuable interactive experience for all those involved in clinical postgraduate medical education. It will be of particular interest to Associate Deans, GP Associate Directors, Regional Advisers, Heads of School, Training Programme Directors, Directors of Medical Education, Clinical Tutors, Foundation Leads and College Tutors, as well as Clinical and Educational Supervisors.
All the speakers have an interest and considerable experience on the areas they will be presenting and there will be an opportunity for interactive discussion and networking throughout the day.
CPD recognition with the Royal College of Physicians will be applied for.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be no charge to those involved in educational roles in the footprint of Health Education England working across the South West. A programme will be available on this website shortly, but in the meantime registration for the Conference can be found on the link below.


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Ouachita WMA covers 232,000 acres of the Ouachita National Forest Lands in southeastern Oklahoma. The area is managed cooperatively between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the United States Forest Service. The area is located in southern Leflore county approximately 10 miles south of Heavener, Ok. on Highway 59. Located in the scenic, mountainous, oak-pine forest, the area's primary species is deer and turkey, more than 400 acres of food plots are planted annually for these species.
The Talimena Scenic Drive cuts the area in half running along the top of Winding Stair Mountain from Highway 271 to the Arkansas line. This drive offers many scenic vistas to pull off and enjoy the view. Some camping is available along the drive and at the Cedar Lake Camp ground.
WMA Driving Directions:
WMA Headquarters – From Heavener: 7 miles south on U.S. Hwy 59, 0.1 mile east on Fish Hatchery Rd, first building on right side of road.
U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center – From Heavener: 10 miles south on U.S. Hwy 59. (3 miles south of WMA Headquarters.)
U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center – From Talihina: 3 miles north on U.S. Hwy 271.
U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center (open seasonally) – From Talihina: 8 miles north on U.S. Hwy 271, turn east on Talimena Dr (State Hwy 1).
From Broken Bow: 40 miles north on U.S. Hwy 259, look for USFS/Ouachita WMA boundary signs.
From Mena, AR: 15 miles west on AR State Hwy 8, turns into OK State Hwy 63, look for USFS/Ouachita WMA boundary sign.
From Acorn, AR: 13 miles west on U.S. Hwy 270 to OK state line, look for USFS/Ouachita WMA
boundary sign.
From Queen Wilhelmina State Park, AR: 4 miles west on AR State Hwy 88, turns into OK State Hwy 1, look for USFS/Ouachita WMA boundary sign.
Game Species of Interest:
Deer: White-tailed deer are present in good population, but are highly sought after.
Turkey: Eastern wild turkeys are present in good numbers but are highly sought after.
Squirrel: Fox and gray squirrels are present in good numbers.
Furbearers: Coyote, bobcat and raccoon are available.
River-Otter: Otter's are present in the Black Fork Creek and Holson Creek drainages.
Black Bears: Good population of Bears.
Nongame Species of Interest:
Bald Eagle: Generally have a large population of eagles that winter on or around the WMA.
Description of Fish and Wildlife Management Practices:
Approximately 400 acres of food plots are planted annually, 20,000 acres prescribed burned, and about 800, 1/4 to ½ acres ponds on the area , to help all wildlife species with food and water. There are three larger bodies of water, (Cedar Lake, Crooked Branch, Boney Ridge) that are managed for fishing.
Camping and Facilities:
There are many primitive camping sites on the area, and two sites at Cedar Lake and Winding Stair Vista that have modern facilities. The area also has two shooting ranges, one on the south side, off Hwy. 63, and one on the north, off Hwy. 59
Fishing Opportunities:
Fishing opportunities for bass, catfish and sunfish exist at Cedar Lake, Crooked Branch, and Boney Ridge.
Ouachita WMA LeFlore - best general purpose map, pdf format (8.5x11)
Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) now available
Regulations: Seasons on public lands section of hunting regulations
Cedar Lake, Billy Creek and Winding Stair Mountain Recreation Areas are closed to hunting.
For additional information and area attractions:
Kiamichi Country Tourism
Heavener Chamber of Commerce
501 West First St, Heavener 74937
(918) 653-4303
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Post Office Box 52002
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2002
(800) 652-6552 or (405) 521-2409
Poteau Chamber of Commerce
200 South Broadway, Poteau 74953
(918) 647-9178
Talihina Chamber of Commerce and Ouachita National Forest Interpretive Association
900 Second St, Suite 12, Dept 03,
Talihina, OK 74571
(918) 567-3434


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The federal government is expanding the spy network, this time by adding an intelligence agency at the Department of Defense. The Defense Clandestine Service (DCS) is now active and operating under the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). According to the organization's website, DCS's mission will be to conduct:
human intelligence (HUMINT) operations to answer national-level defense objectives for the President, the Secretary of Defense, and senior policymakers. The civilian and military workforce of the DCS conducts clandestine and overt intelligence operations in concert with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and our Military Services to accomplish their mission in defense of the Nation.
The basic idea is that the new spies will work in conjunction with their counterparts at the CIA's National Clandestine Service to expand the scope of the federal intelligence community's surveillance operations.
Re-tasking the DIA to a more CIA-like reliance on human intelligence gathering is part of this mission.
To successfully carry out this new covert program, the Pentagon has provided the DCS with plenty of staff. As noted by the Washington Post in December, "When the expansion is complete, the DIA is expected to have as many as 1,600 "collectors" in positions around the world, an unprecedented total for an agency whose presence abroad numbered in the triple digits in recent years."
As the Washington Post story reports, not all of the new "collectors" will work undercover. Over the next five years, however, DCS will identify and train many more operatives who will be assigned to deep-cover positions and will work with the military's Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
It is this blending (convergence) of the civilian intelligence apparatus with the traditional military establishment that is not only worrisome and a threat to the Fourth Amendment, but may be a violation of the law, as well.
In the days since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the CIA has become nothing less than an armed unit of the U.S. armed forces. Routinely agents of this otherwise intelligence-gathering organization are deployed with special-ops soldiers on assignments in the "War on Terror." Continue reading @ The New American


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Some birthdays just aren't happy events. Science is noting the 25th birthday of the first documented instance of malware. The magazine uses the occasion as an opportunity to both track the evolution of the virus and its relatives (trojans, rootkits, etc.) and discuss why the problem is likely to still be plaguing us when the 50th anniversary rolls around.
Most of us were first exposed to the concept of malware with the arrival of the Morris Worm in 1988, which spread worldwide through the Internet, which existed primarily as an academic resource at the time. But the authors note that the Morris Worm was a relative latecomer. 1982 saw the first computer virus, Elk Cloner, the product of a Pittsburgh high school student that spread through Apple II systems via infected floppy disks.
Elk Cloner's payload was simply the display of some bad poetry. This set the standard for the first decade or more of malware, which focused primarily on annoying users with graphical displays or threats of damage their computer. The authors of the tribute note that this trend hasn't held; malware has become big business for both the offensive and defensive players. There is now both a multibillion-dollar antivirus industry, and its fight has become one largely against for-profit malware writers. Those coders now focus on keeping their viruses operating stealthily, so that they can continue to spew spam or extract financial information from unsuspecting users.
A happy and healthy malware industry
The authors note a number of trends that they expect will keep the malware industry happy and healthy for the foreseeable future. The first is simply the problem of eradicating it; the authors suggest that malware detection is an example of the "halting problem," as defined by Turing. A perfectly accurate detection program will never complete, while any approximations that finish scanning will necessarily suffer from a combination of false positives and missed malware. They're also not impressed with platform diversity as a solution, calling it a "double edged sword." Although it ensures that at least some computers will remain functional in the face of a malware attack, it also increases what they term the "attack surface": the more operating systems, the more likely that an attacker will find one with a vulnerability.
But the authors view two basic reasons as being the keys to a continued plague of malware. The first is one most of us are all too familiar with: user stupidity. As they put it, "there is no obvious 'fix' for human nature," a view they support by noting one case of "malware" that was nothing more than an e-mail message that encouraged users to cripple their computers by deleting an essential file.
But the biggest problems that the authors expect in the future comes from the increased sophistication that we expect not only from computers but from all of our electronic devices. They state that, "there is one basic fact in security: The more functionality, the more opportunities a developer has to make a mistake." This has left operating systems vulnerable in part due to the many programs that run on top of them, but it poses an even greater risk as more gadgets gain both connectivity and software sophistication. They suggest that the existence of proof-of-concept cellphone viruses is an indication that the first phone malware is imminent. They also expect that the threat will spread to other devices as PDAs, music players, and even appliances gain connectivity and software complexity.
It's hard to argue with much of their analysis, but there's one aspect of the problem that appears to have been left out. Our primary response to existing malware is software that both relies on user intervention and a dictionary of suspicious code. This raises a question of timing: it's possible that our increasingly sophisticated electronics devices will gain the capacity to host malware before they are able to support antiviral software. It seems likely that such a risk is more severe in cases where either the device makers or service providers lock the user out of full control over the device; malware writers won't face the same constraints.
Given the expectations and expertise of existing malware writers, it seems unlikely that we'll have the luxury of a gentle decade characterized by innocuous payloads of vulgar messages and bad poetry before we have to adjust to the dangers of viruses on platforms beyond the PC. Given the expectations of the authors of the perspective in Science, it might be a good idea to start making sure we can cope with the inevitable when it arrives.


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It's funny the things you take for granted when you're in the middle of them. Like, well, everything connected to this thrilling Grizzlies playoff run, including the characters and the language that have become part of the city's core.
For us, of course, no explanation is necessary. "Grit and Grind" is now as common around here as "y'all" and "cutting off the lights."
Outsiders may be aware that Memphis is "The Bluff City," but we have officially ditched that nickname. We are now the "We Don't Bluff" city and we all understand that we have Zach Randolph (Z-Bo) and, in an odd way, the Thunder's scowling Kendrick Perkins, to thank for it.
But beyond Memphis, there seems to be some confusion. Actual conversation I had with a friend from Kansas City:
Him: "What's with 'Believe Memphis' and the towels? That an Elvis thing?"
Me: "That's right. We believe he's still alive. It's our way of telling the world. It just so happens there's a basketball game going on at the same time."
OK, so I got a little chippy with my buddy. But he should have known better. He should have remembered 1985 when the national media came to Kansas City for the World Series and made all those hurtful cracks about opening their hotel room doors and stepping directly into cornfields.
In Memphis, we have put up with T.J. Simers of The Los Angeles Times and all his jokes about our runaway crime (which might have had more credence if every cop show on television wasn't set in South Central L.A.). Anyway, this time on the national stage is a crazy mix of celebrating new-found publicity, worrying about what others might have to say about us, and continuing to talk in GrizzSpeak.
Take "The Godfather." It was a novel and a popular Hollywood movie. But today it's a sure thing that more Memphians know of "Grindfather" Tony Allen than Vito Corleone.
Or consider my 21-year-old son Stephen as he was preparing for his final exams and all the studying that entailed. He captured the mood with a simple tweet: #grindforth.
We casually speak of "Tony being Tony" and every last one of us knows exactly what that means. It means for every two bad plays Tony Allen makes that drive you crazy, he makes four good ones that are equally unexplainable but that more than account for his mistakes. It's the Tony Allen Equation and no one on this planet can decipher it.
If the phrase is "he's being too unselfish," that's code for Marc Gasol going overboard on being the game's best point center and that he needs to take more shots – and perhaps receive an expletive-laced motivational speech from coach Lionel Hollins at halftime.
Sometimes, even a single letter via Twitter communicates the message: "Q!" most likely means that reserve Quincy Pondexter just buried one of his patented corner 3-pointers. Likewise, the words "too much" are most likely to be followed by the words "Keyon Dooling."
My friend from K.C. is starting to get into things, though, because after watching the last four games of the Clippers series and then the first two games of the OKC series he sent a text with a request: "Hey, can u get me one of those 'don't bluff' towels?"
I told him yes. But the Stromile Swift bobble head is in the mail.
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FOX hypes stories to claim "Christmas Under Siege"
FOX News is aggressively hyping several small controversies involving public holiday displays that don't explicitly mention Christmas in order to depict a widespread and sinister "attack on Christmas" by "secular progressives." Led by hosts Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, FOX News anchors have returned continually to several minor stories whose theme is the purported marginalization or persecution of Christians. A closer examination of each of these stories reveals that they hardly constitute an anti-Christmas trend.
Beginning on December 3, O'Reilly began a recurring segment on The O'Reilly Factor called "Christmas Under Siege." O'Reilly's December 7 "Talking Points Memo [1]" included a litany of anecdotes that appear to show an epidemic of anti-Christmas fervor sweeping the nation:
O'REILLY: All over the country, Christmas is taking flak. In Denver this past weekend, no religious floats were permitted in the holiday parade there. In New York City, Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg unveiled the "holiday tree," and no Christian Christmas symbols are allowed in the public schools. Federated Department Stores -- that's Macy's -- have done away with the Christmas greeting "Merry Christmas."
Moments later, O'Reilly revealed that this "siege" on Christmas is part of a sinister campaign by "secular progressives" to advance a radical agenda:
O'REILLY: Secular progressives realize that America as it is now will never approve of gay marriage, partial birth abortion, euthanasia, legalized drugs, income redistribution through taxation, and many other progressive visions because of religious opposition.
But if the secularists can destroy religion in the public arena, the brave new progressive world is a possibility. That's what happened in Canada.
Though O'Reilly rarely names these "secular progressives," he has made it clear that Democrats are the target of his attacks. On December 8, he told Representative Brad Carson (D-OK), who recently lost his bid for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma, that "progressive secularists have ruined the Democratic Party." On the December 7 broadcast of the nationally syndicated Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, he declared that "the people at The New York Times, the L.A. Times -- the far left wing of the Democratic Party -- they hate the fact that 82 percent of Americans are Christian." On his December 9 radio show, O'Reilly told a caller: "Remember, more than 90 percent of American homes celebrate Christmas. But, the small minority that is trying to impose its will on the majority is so vicious, so dishonest -- and has to be dealt with."
In fact, the evidence of any concerted "attack on Christmas" disintegrates when one examines the alleged examples.
While it's true that Denver's annual "Parade of Lights," held December 3-4, chose not to include the Faith Bible Church's religious float, the Downtown Denver Partnership, the private group that organized the parade, explained that because the small size of the parade forces it to turn down many floats each year, including a religious float would appear to be an act of religious favoritism. The Denver Post explained in a December 4 editorial [2]:
"We have a policy designed to not put us in position to make value judgments [such as] which religion gets in," says Jim Basey, president of the partnership.
Unlike other parades, such as Denver's St. Patrick's Day parade that stretches on for hours with dozens of floats and various groups just marching along, the Parade of Lights is limited in size and scope. It only lasts an hour, with elaborate floats that are often re-used from year to year. Organizers turn down many groups each year simply because there isn't time or room for everyone.
O'Reilly debuted the "Christmas Under Siege" series on December 3 with a segment on the Denver parade. In a teaser for the show that aired on FOX throughout the day, O'Reilly asked, "Is the city of Denver attacking -- I mean attacking -- Christmas?" During the show, when a guest defended the partnership's decision by explaining that the parade wasn't meant to honor any particular holiday but, O'Reilly insisted, "It's the Christmas holiday. That's the holiday!" Of course, other religions have December holidays as well.
Bloomberg and New York's "holiday tree"
On his December 6 radio program, O'Reilly was even more explicit in singling out Bloomberg for his choice of words: "Today, New York City, the mayor, Bloomberg, lit a tree but he will not call it a Christmas tree. It's a 'holiday tree.' 'Holiday tree.' The mayor of New York City will not call it a Christmas tree -- all right?"
But while Bloomberg apparently did refer [3] to the tree at Rockefeller Center as a "holiday tree" at the lighting ceremony on December 6, his choice of words is hardly indicative of a trend, as O'Reilly suggested. A press release [4] promoting the ceremony by Swarovski [5], the crystal company responsible for the 550-pound, 10-foot-wide crystal star atop the tree, touted "the 72nd Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree"; the Associated Press story [6] on the ceremony similarly referred to "the center's famed Christmas tree"; and a website [7] devoted to the tree by New York's local NBC affiliate, WNBC (which includes the live "tree cam"), is prominently titled "Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree."
Christian symbols in New York schools
New York City public school policy does not specifically ban Christian symbols. According to an article in the December 11, 2002, New York Times, "[t]he policy permits what it calls secular holiday decorations, including 'Christmas trees, menorahs and the star and crescent,' according to a memorandum that the schools chancellor's general counsel distributed a year ago. If one symbol is displayed, so should those of other 'beliefs or customs,' it said." The Times reported that the school board is basing its policy on a 1989 Supreme Court case: "In a 1989 decision involving displays in Pittsburgh, the Supreme Court ruled that a Nativity scene at the Allegheny County, Pa., courthouse was unconstitutional because it lacked secular symbols of the Christmas season, making it seem as if the county endorsed the religious message. But it said an 18-foot-tall menorah on the steps of City Hall was acceptable because it was coupled with a 45-foot-tall Christmas tree. The ruling essentially said context had to be considered in each case."
Federated Department Stores and "Merry Christmas"
While Federated Department Stores Inc. has apparently replaced "Merry Christmas" displays with "Happy Holidays" in many of its stores, this development received scant attention before FOX News began hyping [8] the so-called "Committee to Save Merry Christmas," which was apparently the first to complain about holiday displays at Macy's and Bloomingdale's, which Federated owns. O'Reilly devoted an entire segment to the story on the December 1 O'Reilly Factor in which he explained: "I understand this attack on Christmas. We do a lot of reporting on it."
But that "committee" appears to consist of little more than a single individual, Manuel Zammarano, and his website [9]. Moreover, the store allows individual stores to make their own decisions, according to its statement [10], as Media Matters for America noted [11] when O'Reilly devoted a segment to the story on the December 1 edition of The O'Reilly Factor. Anchor Chris Wallace also scoffed at Federated on the December 5 edition of FOX Broadcasting Company's FOX News Sunday, suggesting that Macy's is bowing to "political correctness":
Macy's, the department store featured in the Christmas movie Miracle on 34th Street, denies it's being politically correct in its advertising by using "Seasons Greetings" and "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." But perhaps there's a hint of the company's thinking in a statement on the corporate Web page, quote: "These expressions of goodwill are more reflective of the multicultural society in which we live." How about this: Bah, humbug!
Declaration of Independence "banned" from California school
Media Matters has documented [12] FOX News' peddling -- led by Hannity [13] -- of a false report that Stevens Creek Elementary School in Cupertino, California, banned the Declaration of Independence because it mentions God. FOX News managing editor and chief Washington correspondent Brit Hume (11/24); Wallace (12/5); FOX News contributor Newt Gingrich (12/6); and host John Gibson (11/26) all repeated this false claim. In fact, the school prohibited supplemental handouts by Williams to his students as part of a lesson on the role of Christianity in America's founding, including selected excerpts from the Declaration of Independence that made reference to God, following complaints by parents that Williams's teaching "crossed the line into evangelizing." Further, the Cupertino Union School District has noted that the Declaration is featured in the school's textbooks and is displayed in some school buildings.
On December 8, Hannity & Colmes presented a special "Take America Back" edition of their show live from Cupertino. But during the show, even the teacher at the center of the controversy, Stephen J. Williams, admitted [13]: "Well, my kids had read the Declaration [in school], so that's a little bit of a stretch."
Christmas trees and signs
Hume reported [14] on the "Political Grapevine" segment of the December 3 edition of Special Report that "Californians will once again have an official state Christmas tree" thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican. Hume explained, "Former Democratic Governor Gray Davis switched to the secular holiday tree four years ago. But Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the yuletide symbol will be the Christmas tree as long as he's in office," suggesting that Schwarzenegger had changed the tree itself. But according to an article [15] in the Sacramento Union, the only thing that has changed is the governor's choice of words; the display outside the state Capitol building featured a white fir tree both this year and last year, when Schwarzenegger called it a "holiday tree."
Hume also reported that "Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, had planned to scrap the 'Merry Christmas' sign on city hall and replace it with a politically correct sign reading 'Happy Holidays'" but that public outcry caused him to change his mind.
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- Diversity & Discrimination [16], Religion [17]
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- Religion [18], War on Christmas [19], Separation of Church and State [20]


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