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MEMPHIS — Senator John McCain, who says he will court the African-American vote this year and campaign in places Republicans often shun, plans to speak here on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said his thinking about Dr. King had evolved since 1983, when, as a freshman in Congress, he voted against establishing a national holiday in his honor. He has called his vote a mistake.
On his campaign plane this week, Mr. McCain said he had changed his mind after learning more about Dr. King. He noted that less than a decade later he bucked some Republicans in his home state, Arizona, to support a state holiday for Dr. King.
"Well, I learned that this individual was a transcendent figure in American history, he deserved to be honored, and I thought it was appropriate to do so," Mr. McCain said on his plane on Monday. "And my home state of Arizona, I was not proud that we were one of the last states to recognize Dr. King's birthday as a holiday, and I was pleased to be part of the fight for that recognition."
Mr. McCain will address the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Dr. King once led, at an event on Friday morning at the National Civil Rights Museum; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is competing for the Democratic nomination, is also scheduled to attend. The visit comes as Mr. McCain plans to begin campaigning in African-American communities that usually get little attention from Republicans.Continue reading the main story
"I know that I'm not going to get a majority of the African-American vote," Mr. McCain said last week in a radio interview on "The Tavis Smiley Show." "But I'm going to campaign all over this country. I'm going to go to South Philadelphia, I'm going to go to the Black Belt in Alabama, I'm going to go all over America, and I'm going to communicate, I'm going to talk with, I'm going to share the frustrations, the hopes and the dreams that the African-American community has."
The Democrats are pointing to Mr. McCain's vote against the King holiday — and his votes against civil rights legislation in 1990 and in support of stripping funds from a commission to encourage observance of the holiday — to question his commitment to civil rights.
"Instead of using his biography tour to reinvent himself for the general election, John McCain should explain why he thinks voters should trust him to protect the rights and dignity of every American after getting it wrong during his quarter-century in Congress," said Damien LaVera, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee.
The year Mr. McCain voted against establishing the federal holiday for Dr. King, the bill passed the House by 338 to 90, with most Republicans supporting it. It then passed the Republican-controlled Senate and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, who had initially opposed the measure. Asked this week why he had voted against it, Mr. McCain said, "I just had not had a lot of experience with the issue, that's all."
While running for president in 2000, Mr. McCain said in an interview on "This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts" on ABC that he had voted against the King holiday because he "thought that it was not necessary to have another federal holiday, that it cost too much money, that other presidents were not recognized."
In 2000, he brought up the bitter battle over establishing a state holiday in Arizona, which he at first had opposed, while arguing that the people of South Carolina should decide whether to fly the Confederate flag over the Capitol.
"I believe it's an issue that the people of South Carolina can settle," he said on "Meet the Press" on NBC, "just as we in Arizona settled the very divisive issue over the recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King as a holiday. When I was fighting for that, I resented it a great deal when people from Washington and pundits and politicians and others came to my state to tell us how we should work out a very difficult problem."
Mr. McCain later wrote that his failure to keep a consistent position on the flag — he had initially called it "a symbol of racism and slavery" — was an act of cowardice, and that he had believed the flag should be lowered from the Capitol.
Although Mr. McCain now plans to begin reaching out to African-American voters, he and the other leading Republican presidential candidates skipped a televised debate last year that centered on issues of importance to black and Hispanic voters, citing scheduling conflicts.
Mr. McCain recalled this week how he had learned of Dr. King's assassination while he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, through a propaganda radio program broadcast into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement. "If there was bad news — like a hurricane, or Martin Luther King's assassination or Bobby Kennedy's or any of the others — then they would broadcast it right away," he said. "If it was an event like the Moon landing, well, that was not worthy of our notice."
When he was asked about Senator Barack Obama's proposal to honor César Chávez, the activist for farm workers' rights, with a national holiday, he said he would consider it. "My initial leanings are, why not?" Mr. McCain said.Continue reading the main story


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Can you tell I'm excited about opening presents?!
A large Christian population in Delhi ensures Christmas is celebrated well (despite attempts of certain political groups to sabotage it). However, growing up it wasn't a big deal for my family. When my brother and I were little, we would have a small tree decorated with cotton wool, and perhaps a gift each, purportedly from Santa. That practice stopped as soon as we were about 10 years old. Christmas became just another day to curl up in bed with a book, enjoying the holiday.
Family breakfast on Christmas day
Christmas became a huge deal again, after my marriage into a family that takes it very seriously. I've been enjoying the celebrations for the last few years but with a baby, the pleasure in Christmas has grown tenfold. For our family, it's more a cultural than a religious celebration, so we don't attend mass. Here's a glimpse at all the traditions we observe in the Chawla household.
Decorating the Christmas tree
This year it really felt like Christmas when we decorated our tree. We have a few Christmas trees in our backyard, which we rotate depending on their condition. The family came over to decorate with my mother-in-law's beautiful collection of ornaments. Some of these ornaments date back to her grandmother, and are still in phenomenal condition! The nativity scene was also displayed on the mantelpiece.
Scenes from the Chawla Christmas party
My in-laws are known for their annual Christmas parties; with loads of children running around, delicious food, caroling, and 'wassal'- a mulled rum concoction made by my father-in-law. This year was no different except that Fateh's (my son) friends were invited along with everyone from previous years, so we had a full house! Exhausting as it was, a good time was had by all. My favourite part was singing carols to Peggy Mohan's brilliant piano score.
Scenes from various Christmas parties we attended this year
Fateh and I were invited to many Christmas parties this year. We loved the Christmas spirit, the lovely Delhi winter weather and delicious food wherever we went. Saransh Goila (check him out here) had a special screening of "It's a Wonderful Life" in his home theater, and nothing could've pulled at the heartstrings more!
Cheers to Christmas eve!
Christmas Eve was family time, hosted by my sister-in-law. We played Christmas games like "Hissing and Clapping", where everyone was divided into two groups. The first group left the room, and each person was assigned a person from the other group. As they entered one-by-one they bowed to a person; if they bowed to the person who had picked them, we clapped and allowed them into our circle; if they bowed to the wrong person, they were booed out of the room. This was followed by dinner and opening a present each.
Christmas day
Christmas breakfast was at home, with the entire family ensuring a noisy yet festive environment. The morning began with bursting Christmas crackers. These were presents wrapped in a special way; people stood in a circle, holding one side each of these crackers and pulled. Whoever pulled harder got the present in the cracker. Breakfast and present opening was chaotic but so much fun! We followed the rule that the youngest member of the family opened a present, followed by the next in age, till we got to the oldest; and many rounds of this were repeated. This process took quite a while but ensured everyone enjoyed each present and the anticipation of opening it.
Christmas this year took me back to my childhood and I can't wait for next year.
Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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As you've probably heard by now — in fact, it's the reason you've been holding a candlelight vigil — Michael Irvin has been let go from ESPN. Perhaps surprisingly, It's not for any scandalous reasons... his contract was up, and ESPN opted not to renew it. The Playmaker's stay at ESPN, just like that, ends with a whimper. I know many of you would have preferred to see that Michael Irvin era end with Irvin getting caught trying to snort a line off of Dan Shulman's head.
Irvin says he wanted to spend more time on his, um, film career, and that ESPN didn't want him to. ESPN spokesman Bill Hoffheimer says the network wasn't at all displeased with Michael Irvin. Both sides are quick to point out that the departure has nothing to do with any standards of moral conduct. I'll understand if you choose not to believe that.
I realize that I'm about the only one on the planet, but I liked Michael Irvin in his role on ESPN. Without him, it's going to seem a little bit like a library on the Countdown set. At the very least, he got people riled up a little bit.
But now, he'll have all the time in the world to pursue a film career. His credits so far include The Longest Yard, a movie in which they cast virtually every football player with a passing interest, and... that's about it. Whatever makes him happy, I suppose, but that seems a little bit like Chris Berman leaving ESPN to pursue a career as a jockey.
Irvin not returning to ESPN [CowboysPlus]
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Events December 19-December 25, 2019
Various Authors noon, Dec. 14
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4223 30th Street, North Park
The history of Belching Beaver Brewery (980 Park Center Drive, Vista) is short, but with a number of projects near completion, its future's looking bright. A recent conversation with owner Tom Vogel turned up plans to convert the company's North Park non-brewery tasting room into a full-on pub. A kitchen and concise food menu will be added, but the focus will still be on the beer. Vogel and company plan on expanding offerings to include brews from their Vista contemporaries as well as other underrepresented boutique breweries throughout California that don't get their product distributed to San Diego.
Back at its Vista brewery, a beer garden is being constructed. Vogel describes the feel as park-like, says the outdoor addition will include fire pits, and expects it to open by month's end. Belching Beaver is also searching for a third location to accommodate a 30-barrel brewing system and tanks larger than their current fermentation vessels, which include three more 30-barrel tanks with a fourth on the way. The company will keep its current brewing facility, but is en route to eclipsing its production capacity thanks to new distribution to Los Angeles and Orange County, with an international avenue opening in a few months.
But when asked about the most important of Belching Beaver's developments, Vogel cites the upcoming DAM Cancer Fundraising Benefit it will host in Vista on February 23. A collaboration with Smokin Beaver Brew Shop (146 North Kalmia Street, Escondido), it will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. and feature a special dual Beaver collaborative double IPA as well as an auction for items contributed by all of Vista's breweries. The reason for this coming together and assigned significance is the fact it will help to pay hospital bills for the wife of one of Smokin Beaver's owners. Tickets are available at Belching Beaver's tasting room or at the door at the event.
It's all about the Beaver. The seem to have beers for all tastes. And the idea of food at North Park sounds great.


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When last we saw Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, he was making movies about grieving doctors cutting off people's genitalia and making them wear strange body socks and live in brilliantly colorful houses.
And then, in December, a teaser for his next film leaked, and the world wondered: Could I'm So Excited really be that different from The Skin I Live In?
Based on the film's first full trailer, released by Total Film, the answer is yes, yes, and yes. Watch it below.
I'm So Excited will involve, in descending order of quantity: a lot of drugs, a lot of dancing, a lot of sexual touching, a lot of swooning, a lot of cameos from Almodóvar regulars, and one very upset psychic with bangs. ("What did you put in this cocktail," said psychic asks. The flight attendant responds, "An overdose of mescaline.")
At one point, Penelope Cruz also appears to run over someone while wearing a neon vest and waving.
The film's official description on IMDB is, in part, "When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment." Does this mean the producer-writer-director is jumping on-board the trend of apocalyptic comedies? One other morsel muy interesante: the original title of the film was Los Amantes Pasajeros, which means, literally, the lover-passengers.
Sony Pictures will release I'm So Excited in June. Cálmate until then.
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Following Up on the Industrial-Strength Reality of our Favorite Toolset
A GNET Slide That I Plan to Steal.
Last week's post about Power Pivot jobs at GNET really drew a lot of interest. I was thrilled to see so many resumes come in. A number of people were/are even willing to relocate across the country! We swamped "poor" Neelesh, heh heh. Good stuff folks.
But I also got a lot of questions – about their methodology, how to prepare oneself to play the "BIM" role in that system, how to get your own organization to see the promise of this approach, etc.
So I thought I'd interview Neelesh for the blog. He accepted, and here we are
Confirmation like this almost makes me jealous
True story: In college, I (Rob) majored in Computer Science, Math, and Philosophy. Trust me, that sounds more impressive than it was – I "gamed" the university system quite well and took a lighter course load overall than any of my friends. (I graduated Magna Cum Lazy.)
So I wrote a lot of Philosophy papers while my more responsible peers were learning to program in C++. Which was fine, because I was a lot better at Philosophy papers than I was at programming.
In a few of those papers, I thought I "invented" a new concept that was groundbreaking. Something that would shake the world of Philosophy to its very core. Old men in tweed suits were going to carry me around on their shoulders chanting my name. But then, back in reality, I discovered, a few weeks later, that some well-known philosopher had written about precisely that same thing decades ago. Happened more than once.
That burned me up. I chuckle, in hindsight, about how angry it made me to be "scooped" like that. One time, a wise professor advised me to view moments like that as "confirmation" rather than invalidation of my desire to be first. I laughed him off, thought he was patronizing me.
During the Q&A with Neelesh below, I realized I might be "cured" of that naïve problem. Sometimes it was like my own words were coming out of his mouth. But now it was exciting, thrilling. My wise old professor had been serious, and correct. It IS confirmation! And it feels good. I was just too young and brash to understand that back in the day.
MUCH more to it than confirmation though…
On multiple occasions during the phone interview I found myself yelling "THAT'S AWESOME!!!" See if you can spot those places…
ROB: You're a "traditional" BI pro who has very much "seen the light" in my opinion. But that transformation couldn't have happened all at once. When did you first start thinking that Power Pivot was going to transform the industry?
NEELESH: Yeah, definitely not all at once. I remember first seeing Donald Farmer's videos about "Gemini" in August of 2009. And I was puzzled about the strategy – here was Analysis Services modeling being performed in Excel! Did Microsoft expect all of us BI pros to stop using Visual Studio and start using Excel instead? It just seemed weird.
But then you spoke at our user group in February 2010 and made it clear that Power Pivot was aimed at the Excel pro. That made a lot more sense to me, and it got me thinking.
Like all BI firms, at GNET we had been preaching the IT-driven BI methodology for years. "Go talk to the business, collect requirements, and then build the DW first. After a few weeks if not months, deliver the very first report."
This a real challenge, because not only are you asking business to wait more but there is an false assumption that ALL requirements are well defined to build a perfect data warehouse. We BI professionals know all too well, that it takes a lot of time and money to build out the "bottom up Data warehouse, first!" approach, and the idea that requirements will match data realities is a fallacy!"
ROB: "Fallacy." That's a great word. What kind of fallacy?
NEELESH: There are three realities of data that "bottleneck" every traditional BI project. One is that data is never actually stored in the manner that everyone thinks it is, so there's always a lot more re-organizing and re-shaping required than what anyone expects.
The second is that everyone assumes the business is static when in reality it is ALWAYS changing. The requirements you lay down today are always outdated, to varying degrees, by the time the project is "complete" some number of months later. It's hard to hit a moving target with a glacier.
The third is probably even more problematic – people are just inherently bad at understanding and communicating what it is that they actually need. The first time they start seeing reports, they start asking all kinds of questions and requesting multiple changes, even though you've built for them precisely what they specified.
ROB: That third one has been a key point for me too. I call it the "dark matter" of BI projects. So the problems with BI were known to you in early 2010, and now that you understood Power Pivot was aimed at the Excel pro…
NEELESH: I started to realize that Power Pivot could potentially address those problems. It didn't take us long to verify that it does, once we started applying it. The key point isn't even about technology really, it's about people.
The whole point of BI is to change behaviors – stop doing things that hurt the bottom line, and start doing new things that help. So in order to be effective, BI has to reach everyone whose behavior impacts the business.
BI Obviously Must Inform the Business.
But it Fails to Do That Unless the "The Biz" Informs BI!
"Reach" is a two-way street though. It's not just publishing to every important corner of the business, but factoring in their thinking as well. The "front line" is where everything happens, and out of necessity, there's a lot of business expertise on the front lines that IT cannot possibly assimilate. That expertise needs to drive the BI system even more than vice versa.
ROB: I agree 100%. That is the magic of Power Pivot that I see with my clients when their BIM/Excel Pros start leveraging Power Pivot, but we tend to be hired directly by the business rather than IT. So I'm still curious how a firm like GNET does it, since I expect IT is usually the one hiring you.
NEELESH: We sit down with an expert from the business, with Power Pivot open, and just start trying to answer some of their questions. In this step we're building reports right there in the room with them, during the first meeting!
Of course we immediately start running into those places where the data isn't stored in a way that supports answering their questions. That's good news though, since in the "old" way, those gaps sometimes wouldn't be visible until months of ETL/DW work had been poured in concrete!
ROB: We've made it a long way without hearing the term "Data Warehouse." Are DW's no longer needed?
NEELESH: At the end of the day, the DW is still absolutely needed. It must be built. But we definitely no longer build it first.
When we hold show up to those first "working" meetings with the business, we usually already have built an ODS – Operational Data Store. It's really just a "one stop shop" of existing data – a single SQL database that's an amalgamation of multiple different data sources from around the company.
We make zero transformations when we're loading the ODS. We just pump the data in, unmodified from its original source. The idea is just to have everything at our fingertips for the working Power Pivot sessions.
As we iterate with the business – either within a single session or across sessions – we THEN rapidly make changes in the ODS to support our Power Pivot modeling. This evolution eventually forms the design for what the "real" DW should look like when we do build it.
ROB: That sounds precisely like what we've been doing with databases from the beginning. Of course, we didn't have a DW "pedigree." We just started using databases in concert with Power Pivot, in a purely pragmatic, "address whatever needs have emerged today in our modeling efforts" manner. I knew we weren't doing "real" DW work but didn't know what to call it. I started calling them "Data Marts" but I suppose now I would consider calling them ODS's. Cool.
NEELESH: In our experience, 90% of organizations heavily use ODS's, even if they already have a DW. The ODS arises naturally in response to limitations and failures of their traditionally-designed DW. A lot of times, people start thinking the ODS is the DW, which remains hidden behind the scenes! So a supposedly "legitimate" BI solution driven by a DW devolves into an ODS with hundreds of one-off reports built against it.
So the ODS practice is widespread. It's just a natural human response to the problems. In many ways you are lucky you approached this fresh, with Power Pivot, and never went through the old way.
ROB: I knew it! But I did suffer the old way once, with the football project. That experience, and the contrast vs. the ODS / Power Pivot approach when I re-built it, really made me comfortable with our "no formal DW" approach. I never doubted its legitimacy as a problem solving approach. But… confirmation still feels good.
…Part Two of this interview is now live here.
You can find Neelesh Raheja on Twitter, on LinkedIn, and at various RC Airstrips in the Twin Cities Area.
I've been struggling with IT for over a year. The director of development has a certain amount of DW background and he wants to create a perfect DW with 100% felsh out of metadata before making the data from about four systems available to me. Meanwhile, I've created a number of ODS's just so I can get some work done and not just sit on my hands. Terribly frustrating, but I have been hostage to the time constraints of the dev group. They don't want to "waste" their time making a bunch of one-off ODS's, but that leaves the rest of the business wasting resources by making guesses instead of informed decisions. Perhaps this series will give me some ammo. :-/
Excellent interview, and I agree completely. I have been doing this approach at my company this year, to help drive out the design for the underlying data marts. This helps the business gain great confidence that they are going to get what they need. And it helps IT know that whatever data structures it builds in the data mart, will be used by the business.
Hi Colin
I hear you and feel your pain. Not knowing sufficient details, here are some generic pointers that may help you tackle IT objections. May be you have already tried some of these….
1. ODSs are critical to long term success of BI as ODS abstract DW from source system changes – ERP replacement, acquisitions (new systems), upgrade etc. Highly recommended to build ODS to feed DW tables. don't consider ODSs to be one off.
2. Single ODS is always better and its best to have one DB with all tables but a different schema for each source system.
3. Don't position PowerPivot as an alternative to DW. It is an enabler for better DW design. Use it to gather and/or explain requirements. Also help IT see the queries needed to source data in to DW and realize a better design of the model as needed by business.
4. Last but the most important one, build a PowerPivot model with the data you have, share it with other/more business folks. be sure to explain/demo how easy it was to build and don't forget to mention "you only wish if IT would leverage this tool it to accelerate the DW build process." Yeah…I call it peaceful negotiations!
All the best and watch out for the next post!
The biggest attention grabber here: "people are just inherently bad at understanding and communicating what it is that they actually need." This is probably one of the most underrated but important skill sets I look for when hiring.
I also find myself using the "poured in concrete" phrase when describing what I make here in the IT department. To often I get an incomplete request but am expected to read the person's mind and magically create what they want before they even know what they want.
Then, once I create something using an IT tool that is "poured in concrete", I inevitably have to get out a jackhammer to break up the concrete in order to handle the changes that the user wants.
I suppose surgery is another good analogy. An IT person wants to know what they're operating on before they go in for surgery so they don't have to keep opening the report up, then sewing it back together again.
We began using Power Pivot at my company earlier this year and I have noticed that I am now getting more intelligent Data Warehouse requests from the Power Pivot users. They are able to save me a lot of time. I definitely see Power Pivot not as an enemy of the Data Warehouse, but as a good friend.
I created a graphic in an attempt to illustrate how Power Pivot can not only report off ODS and DW, but also contribute to the interface between ODS and DW.
Each day at work, I live many similar experiences listed here. Sharing them is very appreciated.
I'm a VBA developer — the bridge between IT and Management. I have to tell you, that slide about "8 Days to add a column to a Report" is the reason I've been able to support my family for the last decade. So true.


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Using and misusing Scripture
God didn't give us Scripture to make us smug.
He gave it to make us holy.
Is it working?
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
He gave us Scripture so that we could come to know Him. Becoming holy is just the byproduct of really getting to know Jesus.
Christians misuse Scripture a lot. I'm with you there, Nathan.
But I can't agree that if we stick to really good Bible study methods, and make sure that we never cite Scripture out of context, and are really careful in our thinking about Scripture (and guard against self-righteousness), then we're safe. We're where God wants us to be.
No. There is nothing safe about being a Christian. Aslan is not a tame lion. And what He asks of Lucy is not what He asks of Edmund.
Many of the arguments I know of showing that Jesus never cited Scripture OOC are effectively circular. It's only in hindsight, we know (or more accurately, believe) that Jesus' interpretation of the OT passage is the correct one. Most of the time the Pharisees, who knew the Scriptures in context inside and out, couldn't recognize that the interpretation underlying Jesus' application of the Scripture was the correct one — because they weren't open to the Spirit.
For example, in Mark 4:12 Jesus cites Isaiah 6:9-10. But that was a word to Isaiah directed at Judah about the impending exile. Jesus use is exactly OOC. How does Jesus get to apply it to Roman era Judea? Because that application is validated by the Spirit of God. This is not a matter of logic; it is a matter of hearing God.
Yes, many will quibble on this point. But there are some lulus in the New Testament. Ones that you cannot get around. My favorite is Matt. 2:23.
Mat. 2:23 "and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: 'He will be called a Nazarene.'" (NIV)
The only OT passage it could refer to is Judges 13:5.
Judges 13:5 "'... because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.'" (NIV)
My point is not to question the infallibility of Scripture. In fact, I'm assuming it. My point is to call into question our blind confidence in our kind of hermeneutical logic. We have been drawn into believing in humanist modes of thinking. We believe that with the right Bible study techniques, "rightly dividing the Word of God", we will be where God wants us to be.
This is the mistake of the Pharisees. Do not make it.
The only safety in Christianity is in the meeting of Word and Spirit in Jesus. And that means that from time to time the Spirit of the Lord will light up a Scripture to you irrespective of its meaning in the original context. That's what He did with Matthew. That's what He did with Jesus. He will say, "This is my word for you today. This is what applies here." And thus will draw you closer to Himself.
We are so taken by the eternal Truth of the Word of God, that we miss the intimacy of the particular truth of His relating to us moment by moment. It's a heart thing not a head thing.
I was teaching a Sunday School class a few months back about getting ourselves to a place where we can recognize God's voice (John 10:4,27). We were in the lesson about hearing God speak in Scripture and the pastor's wife shared this story. Her father, David, a retired pastor, had just recently died suddenly and unexpectedly. In her grief God had comforted her by "lighting up" a passage to her in the OT.
I Kings 3:6a "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart." (NIV)
Imagine the downer when the Scripture police — at the funeral — got on her case about taking the passage OOC! We helped her get some of the comfort back as the whole class could affirm that, yes, this was God's rhema to her.
This is where the checks and balances lie. The congregation of the faithful, listening to God will keep you from running off thinking you hear God, when you are really responding to other voices in the inner dialogue.
So what does this mean to the translator?
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On Thursday, November 5th, two dams holding millions of cubic meters of mining waste gave way – launching one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history.
Over 25,000 Olympic swimming pools worth of mud – contaminated with arsenic, lead, chromium and a variety of other heavy metals* – quickly overtook the nearby mining community of Mariana in Minas Gerais state. At least seventeen people were killed. Hundreds more have been displaced by the wall of sludge released in the dam collapse.
The mud surged through rural communities and into the Rio Doce, the major river in southeast Brazil. Since November 5th, it has been slowly working its way downstream — contaminating the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of people and turning protected forest and habitat into a desert of mud. The tragedy will continue to spread over 500 kilometers as contaminants from the sludge make their way towards the Atlantic coast, eventually endangering the Abrolhos National Marine Park.
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Since the disaster, Greenpeace Brazil has been working alongside local organisations to monitor the damage and demand a complete and independent investigation over the disaster's cause, as well the immediate financial compensation to the victims so they can try to put their lives back together.
The mining company in charge of the dam, Samarco (controlled by Vale and Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton), has acted irresponsibly in the face of this tragedy. There was no contingency plan for a situation like this, and at-risk communities were never prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. So far these companies have been fined one billion Brazilian reais (US$261 million), but this doesn't begin to cover the costs of the disaster.
Meanwhile, authorities in Minas Gerais state continue to cater to corporate interests over the public good. The operational license for the dam that collapsed was not recommended because of risk of destabilisation. Yet this year the government of Minas Gerais has proposed new legislation to accelerate environmental licenses for the mining sector. The state already has more than 700 waste dams, but only four public employees to monitor them.
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Over last few days, Greenpeace Brazil has been documenting and investigating the path of destruction caused by the Samarco dam rupture: listening to people's stories and docementinging the devastation. You can see more from this expedition here. And Greenpeace teams will continue to monitor and document as the mud's contaminants make their way to the ocean.
Thousands of lives are being radically affected – fishermen, ranchers, city-dwellers and the Krenak Indigenous people. The environment between Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states suffers immeasurably. There is no time to lose in supporting the victims, investigating and punishing those responsible for this tragedy and in minimizing the effects on the environment.
Stand in solidarity with the people affected by this terrible tragedy. Share their story to pressure those responsible. And visit here (site in Portuguese) for more ways to help.
Bruno Weis is the Communications Coordinator of Greenpeace Brasil.
*Correction: On 18 November, 2015 this blog was edited to reflect better information regarding contaminants in the mud. The line "full of dangerous metals like manganese and mercury" was changed to read "contaminated with arsenic, lead, chromium and a variety of other heavy metals."
Ellen Liang
This is so tragic and incredibly infuriating.
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Dear Bruno,
Thank you for your article on the Rio Doce Disaster.
I don't have to tell you that millions of people are go...
Dear Bruno,
Thank you for your article on the Rio Doce Disaster.
I don't have to tell you that millions of people are going to be poisoned by the dam-collapse catastrophe.
Early this year I started a non-profit, MercuryFreeKids.org, sounding the alarm about mercury poisoning. I educate with my presentation Mercury101.com, the sources, symptoms, and solutions to Mercury Poisoning.
I want to help mitigate the consequences of this environmental catastrophe. If you can suggest how I can raise consciousness for you, and to logistically help the people with the cleanup of the basin, and the resulting healthcare disaster, let me know. I do not speak Portuguese, but I can contact people in the U.S., and maybe mobilize some help.
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Anderson Joubert
Where's the green Peace in Brazil? What are u guys going to do? Nothing???? Why???
19 November, 2015 at 15:33
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(Unregistered) Roberta Keehl
There's nothing much they can do now, but they're trying their best helping other gathering water and clothes for the ones who lost their hous...
There's nothing much they can do now, but they're trying their best helping other gathering water and clothes for the ones who lost their houses, also they have some members on the places the mud affected, recording everything to show what the media chose to hide.
As I said, they're trying their best, and I appreciate it.
22 November, 2015 at 1:29
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(Unregistered) KOUASSI
hello, I think well qu it has measurement has to take to mitigate has that on the ecological, environmental level
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Dilma, her Ministers, Lula should all go to jail. They are more concerned about protecting Samarco than anything else because of their corruption inst...
Dilma, her Ministers, Lula should all go to jail. They are more concerned about protecting Samarco than anything else because of their corruption instinct. They got lots of money from the Mining. This is a major crime against humanity.
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Please make manifestations on the climate summit in Europe against DILMA VANA ROUSSEFF, president of Brazil, the one most responsable for this tragedy...
Please make manifestations on the climate summit in Europe against DILMA VANA ROUSSEFF, president of Brazil, the one most responsable for this tragedy. It takes one hundred years to recuperate nature, sea, forest, mountains, fishes, animals, etc... and all villages! The fishermem are without water and food... The village's peaple don't have drinking water and the government doesn't care... It is the most dangereous and frightfull crime against nature in America! We are terrify with this awfull situation of desgrace and irresponsability... We charge our communist government that doesn't care about people and nature. Please, she is going to the conference wiht her environment minister. Make noise, please, for the dead people and animals !
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BHP Billiton - big mining, the biggest mining company in the world. Go after them!!!! They could give a flying fu*k at a brass monkey about the huma...
BHP Billiton - big mining, the biggest mining company in the world. Go after them!!!! They could give a flying fu*k at a brass monkey about the humans who suffer because of their greed.
They have torn mighty holes in the Australian landscape to become the biggest mining company in the world. My problem is this: whatever they bring up from under the Earth does not belong to them, it belongs to the people of that country. Whatever is mined in Brazil, belongs to the people of Brazil, not Dilma, not the govt., the PEOPLE of Brazil. Same for Australia. Whatever is mined out of the land, belongs to the people of Australia. Those huge mining companies are paid for just that, MINING. They can mine the resources, they can make millions from bringing that shit up from out of the ground, but THAT is their business, that is where their money comes from, NOT from owning anything they mine. THAT belongs to the country, to its people. And for a whopping mistake like this, it's part of the actual mining so it is the responsibility of the MINING COMPANY to fix. And to completely fix - to restore to its former state completely.
BHP Billiton's got this. But unlike BP and the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil needs to be honest, swift, immovable holding BHP Billiton to account.
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Kyle Larson says he does not want the NASCAR Cup series to race on a dirt track, after Tony Stewart mooted an Eldora race.
Stewart has overseen the emergence of the Eldora Speedway's dirt track race, culminating in a highly popular Trucks race - the third tier of NASCAR - and he now believes the circuit could host either the feeder Xfinity series or a Cup race.
Larson was part of the commentary team for last week's Eldora truck race and is a regular dirt racing competitor outside of his Chip Ganassi Racing Cup commitments.
He believes that the Cup series should not race on dirt tracks, having last done so in the 1970s.
"Tony [Stewart] is probably going to get mad [at me], but I would like to see it [the NASCAR calendar] just stay as it is," he said.
"Xfinity, maybe, but I wouldn't like to see Cup on dirt. To me, Cup belongs on the pavement and real road course tracks.
"If we went to Eldora I would be excited because I would be really fast and I feel like I would definitely have the best shot to win, but at the same time, I think we are fine not going there."
Larson then expanded on why the Cup series should remain on circuits, raising the same NASCAR tyre supplier concerns that Brad Keselowski had mentioned on social media.
"I've raced the trucks," Larson said. "I feel like if Goodyear could make a way better tyre, [it would help] us to be actually able to use the horsepower, or even more horsepower, in our Cup cars on a dirt track.
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Larson added that he doubted dirt racing would be exciting enough for the Cup series.
"I've run dirt miles, I've run Knoxville, I've run Eldora, I've run Silver Crown [Indiana State Fair] stuff on the dirt miles and when it gets to race time they are not very fun," he said. "They end up just being single-file and really hard to pass around the very bottom inside wall.
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Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!ESRB:
Platform: Nintendo DS , DSI
Category: Puzzle
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Wireless DS Single-Card Download Play
So once again Nintendo utilizes its' Touch Generation of DS games and releases a sequel to the original Brain Age game. As with the original, the belief still remains that by playing a Brain Age 2 a few minutes a day you will get your brain into better mental shape. So I am sure that many are wondering if this game is a worthy successor to the original, and after some time with the game I would have to say yes it is.
I always hate addressing this section of my reviews for a simple game like this. It is evident from the visuals that the graphic presentation is not the main focus, as the game is really all about presenting puzzles and mental challenges. Regardless the visuals are clean and simple and they manage to get the job done. Just don't expect to be wowed with what you see. Bottom-line, Nintendo made sure that the visual presentation was not particularly horrible, and that it is sufficient for what the game is meant to be, a workout for ones brain.
The games sound is somewhat similar to the visuals, as it is not the most important thing in the game. That being said, the sounds that come out from the DS's stereo speakers is very clear. There is spoken dialog for some of the various tests and it is very audible and easy to understand. There is some limited music (e.g. Piano Training) and it too sounds clear and precise. Finally there are some limited sound effects which correspond to your results and they, like the rest of the sound, are clear and easy to hear. As you can tell I am having some difficulty writing in this section of the review as there is not a lot to say about the sound. The best way to sum this audio area is that what is there is very well represented and it manages do the game justice.
For those who have not played the original, or just need a reminder, the game's purpose is to keep your brain active by challenging you to complete mental exercises. The belief is that this in turn will cause various sections of your brain to become lively and better tuned, mentally speaking, resulting in a healthier brain. Having played the first Brain Age, and now the sequel, the main difference between the two is that the tests in Brain Age 2 seem have a better sense of creativity to them. As well this second chapter in the Brain Age series manages to improve some the voice recognition capabilities of the DS as well as the handwriting engine. Don't get me wrong, there are still some quirks now and then, but overall these DS features seem to have been improved somewhat and make for a more enjoyable game.
There are 17 mental challenges this time around such as rock-paper-scissors, serial subtraction, symbol match, math recall, number memory, high number and Sudoku. Each of the tests has a specific challenge to them and all provide some great mental challenges on the go. I found that mathematical challenges really provided some consistency for me as I was able to be somewhat successful at them. On the flipside, the word blend challenge was the most difficult for me as having different voices speaking at the same time with different words proved to be quite a test. Having to discern each word that each voice was saying really put my listening skills to the test. Regardless of my experience there is no doubt that anyone who buys this game will find that they will be more successful at one type of challenge while having some difficultly with another type. In many ways that is the beauty of this game as it can really show different strengths and weaknesses for different people. I should also mention that Brain Age 2 also marks the return of 100 new Sudoku puzzles. Overall the challenges in this sequel will appeal to all gamers out there.
Nintendo was also smart to include a new addition to the Brain Age series: multiplayer competition. The back of the box says that 2-16 people can partake in single-card download play. I only had the chance to play against a couple of people so I do not really know if 16 people can actually play this game at once even though the back of the box and manual say so. Regardless, what multiplayer play I experienced was quite fun. There are versus matches in such things as picture drawing, word scramble, number memory and change maker. Battling for brain supremacy is quite enjoyable and I even managed to have a few great games against my wife, who happens to be a teacher and understands a lot of these challenges quite quickly. My hope is that in the third chapter to this series that even more games are made available for in the multiplayer mode.
At the end of the day, there is not a lot that can be said about Brain Age 2. The new challenges in this sequel are creative, addictive and pretty enjoyable and the addition of the multiplayer content is a great bonus. If you like to mental challenges then Brain Age 2 is definitely for you, and even if you don' give this game a try as you may find yourself enjoying it more then you thought you would.


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