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Is Obama the Antichrist?
More than one Christian friend has suggested to me, in all seriousness, that President Obama is the Antichrist. I haven't taken such suggestions too seriously, but recently a video has shown up on Youtube that seems to claim that Jesus identified Obama as the Antichrist. Some Christians have been startled by this (and the video is wildly popular) and believe that the evidence is compelling. The video is found here.
The anonymous narrator introduces his provocative four-minute video by asking if Jesus identified the name of the Antichrist, then says, "I will report the facts; you can decide" (reminiscent of Greta Van Susteren's tagline on her show on Fox News). The narrator then notes that in Luke 10.18, Jesus says, "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan falling from the heavens."
He then begins to link several hypotheses together. First, he claims that Luke 10.18 was written originally in Greek, but that Jesus spoke these words in Aramaic, "which is the most ancient form of Hebrew."
Second, he observes that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and claims that the Aramaic that Jesus spoke would have been quite similar to the Hebrew that is spoken today and, presumably, similar to the Hebrew of the Old Testament.
Third, he then says that Jesus spoke these words in Hebrew, and retranslates the text as follows: "I saw Satan falling as lightning from the heights, or from the heavens."
Fourth, he discusses the Hebrew words for 'lightning' and 'heights.' He notes that the word for 'lightning' is baraq.
Fifth, he claims that Isaiah is the source of the Christian understanding of Satan or 'Lucifer' (Isa 14.12 in the KJV).
Sixth, Isa 14.14 has Satan say, "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High."
Seventh, the Hebrew word in Isa 14.14 for 'heights' is bamaw, and this is surely what 'heavens' means in Luke 10.18.
Eighth, the Hebrew letter waw is sometimes transliterated as a u or o.
Ninth, the waw is used in Hebrew as a conjunction.
Tenth, in Hebrew poetry baraq obamah literally is translated "lightning and the heights" or "lightning from the heights." Eleventh, if Jesus' words in Luke 10.18 were spoken in Hebrew by a Jewish Rabbi today he would say, "And I saw Satan as baraq ubamah." He concludes his narration by asking, "Did Jesus reveal the name of the Antichrist? I report; you decide." There is a disclaimer at the end of the video that simply says the correlation is striking, but not that the narrator is claiming that the President is the Antichrist.
This video was followed up by another by the same narrator. You can see it here.
It essentially argues the same point, but changes a couple of points (without warrant).
What can we say about these videos and the linguistic argument used? Of the eleven points noted above, the fourth and eighth are the only ones that are indisputable: the Hebrew word for lightning is baraq; and the waw is sometimes transliterated as a u or o. The seventh point comes close to being correct: the Hebrew word for height is bamah, but the plural is used in Isa 14.14, bamot (pronounced baw-moat). As for the rest of the points, some are debatable, while others are factually wrong.
Taking them in order:
(1) It is debatable whether Jesus spoke most of the time in Aramaic; he may have done much of his teaching in Greek. It is also not true that Aramaic is the oldest form of Hebrew.
(2) and (3) A sleight of hand has occurred here: First, it is claimed that Jesus spoke in Aramaic, but then it is claimed that he spoke in Hebrew. Which is it? Although the characters for both languages are the same, the vocabulary has some key differences, especially in vowel points but also often in the very consonants used.
(5) and (6) Is Isaiah really the source for the Christian view of Satan? It may contribute to our understanding, but even that is disputed. The one passage that may speak about Satan is indeed Isa 14. But part of the reason for this being so interpreted is due to the influence of the KJV. At v. 12 the King James says, "O Lucifer, son of the morning!" The word lucifer, however, is simply a transliteration of the Latin Vulgate at this point. It is not another name for Satan.
The Hebrew word, helel means 'morning star' or 'shining one.' Most modern translations (the NKJV is the only exception I found of the translations I checked) do not translate helel as Lucifer; rather they have 'shining one,' 'day star,' 'morning star,' etc. (cf., e.g., NET, ASV, RSV, NRSV, ESV, TEV, REB, NIV, TNIV, NAB, NJB, HCSB). Of course, there are still excellent scholars who believe that Isa 14 is ultimately a reference to Satan, though in the historical context it was directed at the Babylonian king.
(9) This is true, but irrelevant. To have the idea of 'lightning from the heights' would normally require a preposition, not a conjunction (see next point).
(10) It seems to be an illegitimate leap to say 'lightning and the heights' means the same thing as 'lightning from the heights.' Indeed, there is a perfectly good Hebrew word that means 'from': min. But that would produce baraq min-bamot. It's getting more difficult to see the validity of the narrator's linguistic points.
(11) When all is said and done, the evidence is simply bogus. Jesus didn't speak in Hebrew, and the Hebrew that is given here does not mean 'lightning from the heights.' Baraq ubamah means 'lightning and height.' But that can hardly be the underlying Aramaic (which is not Hebrew) for the Greek text of Luke 10.18. Thus, a linguistic leap from Greek to Aramaic to Hebrew, with the grammar and vocabulary changing along the way, is required to make Luke 10.18 mean what the narrator wants it to mean. This is hardly a case of "I report; you decide." It is rather a case of "I'll tell you only part of the evidence, and will use some fancy exegetical gymnastics to make everything fit; and based on the skewered evidence, you decide."
Now, to be sure, the President did say at one public meeting that the rumors that he was born in a manger are not true (!). I didn't care for that comment (though it was in reaction to what many pundits, conservative politicians, and comedians had sarcastically said), nor do I care for many, if not most, of his policies. Perhaps he's a little full of himself. And certainly there has been hype about him that goes beyond reason, some that is even blasphemous (e.g., Evan Thomas, of Newsweek, who said that Obama was 'sort of God' on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, to which Matthews replied, 'yeah.' It's that kind of rhetoric that is more persuasive than the video, since it reflects the opinions of so many Americans and even the global community). But is he the Antichrist? In the least, the linguistic torturing required to make the biblical evidence say this is beyond the pale of reason and, perhaps, sanity.
This Op-Ed was originally published at Parchment and Pen, a theology blog hosted by Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.
Dr. Daniel B. Wallace is a professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary who influences students across the country through his textbook on intermediate Greek grammar, which is used in more than two-thirds of the nation's schools that teach that subject. Dr. Wallace is also the senior New Testament editor of the NET Bible and coeditor of the NET-Nestle Greek-English diglot.


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Samantha's #CBR4 Review #6: Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, by Mark Harris
I don't know about you, but I love all the behind-the-scenes details of the film-making industry. I don't necessarily mean the bloopers and deleted scenes you get on the DVD, but rather the nitty-gritty of how the movie went from an idea to the images on the screen. The changes, the deals, the failures and successes … it's all so interesting. I also like thinking about movies in a greater context; where they stand in the history of film and in the broader narrative of society. Well, if you get into that stuff too, then do I have a book for you!
Mark Harris' Pictures at a Revolution follows five movies from their inceptions to their "highlight," the 1968 Academy Awards. The five films in question are Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Doolittle, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night. The main argument being put forward is that these five films exemplify Hollywood at a crossroads between road-show movies, old-style cinematography, censorship, and social neutrality; and the worldly influences of European film, new creative ideas, and a greater social awareness. In truth, each film is characterized by elements of both Old and New Hollywood (ok, except maybe Doctor Doolittle), but Harris makes a valid point in showcasing the ways in which their differences define them, and went on to define movie-making in the decades to come.
This is a fascinating book. I have to admit that as of this writing, I have actually only seen one of the five (that being Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), but in the course of a movie-viewing project I'm working on I'll pick up a few, and I plan on watching at least four of them in the near future. A friend forced me to promise I'd never watch Doctor Doolittle. Anyway. Harris has compiled the "true Hollywood story" of each of these movies, and they're all completely engaging. It's so interesting to learn about how some of the iconic names and titles of today's landscape got there. Mike Nichols was a stand-up comedian turned stage director whose first film credit was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Warren Beatty was a "difficult" actor, more known for his real-life exploits with women than for his desire to produce and eventually direct movies. Dustin Hoffman couldn't catch a break to save his life, and went through the entire production of The Graduate believing that he was completely the wrong guy for the role. There's also the stories of how the ideas changed hands, struggled to find directors or stars or distribution, went disastrously over-budget, and were either critical or public failures upon release. In particular, too, the story of Sidney Poitier's struggles as a trailblazer for actors of color is a really fascinating read. I'm pretty sure you could get an entire book out of his experiences. Also of note is the brief focus on the filming of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which was the last film in which Spencer Tracy appeared; the film wrapped two weeks before he died.
The ways in which these movies were influenced by what had come before, by the social and political climate in which they were created, and (mostly) by the workings of the industry and the monetary hopes of their creators is at once more simple and more complicated than one might expect. In many ways, movies are perhaps even less culturally relevant by design than we think, and it is mostly the public lens through which we view them that makes them appear important. When you consider that a script may have been written several years before it finally makes it to the screen, the point is driven home. Particularly in the volatile atmosphere of the 1960s in America, for some movies, their relevance happened by sheer accident; events that could not have been predicted lent a color or deeper meaning to a film released at the same time for good or ill. By expanding his focus to include the outside factors that helped to shape these five movies, Harris gives one a real sense of the place of film in our culture. It's a complex position, both influential and reflective by turns.
The only complaint I have about Pictures at a Revolution is that the chronology can be difficult to follow at times. Often the same people are involved, and the chapters are laid out so as to stitch the five movies together, so there were times when I had to check back a paragraph or two in order to understand that I was now reading about a different movie. All in all, though, a really great read. If you're interested in movies at all, I would highly recommend it, although it's another one that will expand your Netflix queue out of control. So many movies, so little time! When I grow up, maybe I'll finally convince people to just let me watch (and read about) movies for a living. Someday…

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"We're All [Ancient] Greeks Now When It Comes to Debt," an op-ed by senior Thad Titze, a native of Watertown and a Thomas Willing Institute fellow, is featured on the History News Network.
"Default and renegotiation of public debt is a practice nearly as old and constant as public debt itself. As the spotlight of sovereign debt returns to the Greek people — pioneers of public debt — it is important to recognize that throughout history governments have rarely been careful stewards of borrowed money," Titze wrote.
"...Throughout history, governments have usually not been careful stewards of others' money. Fiscal recklessness is as old and ubiquitous as civilization itself so even if the EU manages to solve its current problems, look for more problems in the future, in Europe and North America as well as the rest of the globe because when it comes to public indebtedness, we're all Greeks now."


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Day 6: Garibaldi Highlands (Squamish) to Squamish Civic Centre, 60km
Squamish is known as the recreation capital of Canada and yesterday more than 400 riders in BC Bike Race understood why mountain biking falls under that umbrella.
The usual daily rider contingent was enhanced by a solid 15% today, as roughly 50 people got into their riding gear and followed the pack as they ripped out onto the highly anticipated Day 6 singletrack. Just before the start gun went off, the group of guest riders gathered together beneath the large, arching bob logo for a VIP photo.
Shimano is the title sponsor for Stage 6, which had several activities in store for its visiting dignitaries. Sponsors, supporters, community members, and friends were all invited to sample a day in the life of "The Ultimate Singletrack Experience." Beyond the heaping serving of fantastic singletrack, Squamish style, the BCBR Base Camp opened its doors to the visiting VIPs and encouraged them to mix and mingle with the riders.
Back out on course, it didn't take long for the first Men's Open category team to cross the finish line.
It wasn't a huge surprise when the current and long-time yellow-jersey wearing Jamis / Santa Cruz powerhouse team flew around the corner and into sight. They finished the day in 2:44:03, with an overall time gap of cose to 8 minutes over the second place team, Kona. Barry Wicks and Kris Sneddon finished the stage in 2:50:50 to secure second spot in the overall GC. South Africans DCM Chrome 1, who finished in 2:52:15 are keeping third place in hand.
With only the short and snappy Whistler stage remaining, the podium spot could still shift hands.
In the women's category team Luna Chix's Catharine Pendrel and Katerina Nash continued to dominate with their aggressive riding style. To take the top podium spot they posted a 3:13:39 for the day's ride, which is a terrific time for the two world-class athletes. Rocky Mountain's Alison Sydor and Lea Davison maintanted their tight grip on second place by posting a 3:21:28 finish for the day. Third place went to Oak Bay Bikes Lisa Ludewig and Dawn Anderson who posted 3:51:37.
The GC standings haven't shifted since Day 1: Luna Chix hold onto their jerseys for the duration, with the two-three punch not shifting either. These girls knew where they were meant to be.
Once again, in the Womens Solo Category, North Vancouver's Megan Rose retained the yellow jersey for the sixth time this week after posting a stage winning 3:50:44.
Team of 2 Mixed category riders Georgia Gould & Ryan Trebone maintained their significant lead in the category with a quick time for the day, 3:10:08.
One last stage for the racers to tackle in Whistler!
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This Time of Year………..Fear the Friedman
The hands of time are moving quicker, the sands in the hourglass falling at an alarming rate….Yes, it is that special juncture in the Major League Baseball season when the days finally fall towards single digit working towards the July 31st M L B Non-Waiver Trade Deadline that the anxiety and impatience leads to lopsided deals.
The unpredictability of this entire trade charade keeps all of us wondering until the final period is typed on that Press Release, or the official "Approval" stamp slams upon the trade document in the New York M L B offices in Manhattan. You can never be sure just what is actually going on, especially within the Tampa Bay Rays camp.
I swear to anything and everything holy that the Rays conduct a stealth boot camp ever season to prepare for just these final fleeting moments. The Rays organization has effectively mastered the art of the Samurai "air of silence". Still, I would think if you are a MLB GM, you kind of even a courtesy call by Rays Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman a call to action.
How effective has he been on trimming and honing this Rays roster and farm system towards the Rays lean and mean standards? Heck, I consider our farm system to be the "Minka Kelly" of farm systems. Red hot top prospects with a side order of 3,000 hits. Friedman has taken a system that was not in shambles but uncoordinated at times and turned it into a fine tuned concerto.
When was the last time you heard about a Rays trade before the rest of the baseball World knew about it? Still think each Rays desk has a cyanide capsule or dome of silence to keep idle chatter from hitting the mainstream. Kind of proud of that fact actually. It is so easy for one tongue to wag and then the World hears the vibrations.
Take 2010 for example. If you would have told me the Rays would trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the last days before the Trade Deadline for RP Chad Qualls, I would have reserved you an ample living quarters in the fluffy padded room at Windemere.
Somehow this deal got sign, sealed and delivered without fanfare, media knowledge or even a single cricket chirping before its announcement. Sure the trade was about eliminating a pricey Bullpen piece while the Rays added another veteran, even if it was a higher than normal risk for the Rays.
That is what is so intriguing about this time of the baseball season. Sometimes I wish I could be that "fly on the wall" just to see the process. Get to understand the Rays parameters and guides to the deal….Heck, we could market it and sell at least 100 copies to just baseball top tier guys. Seriously, if the Rays could bottle their trade success and finesse, it would be award winning.
Even if the Rays go into pure "buying" mode, you could see them still effectively shift a few attractive assets towards another roster while stockpiling more potential trade bait and appetizers for another day.
In a "buyer's" mode the Rays could still bring in a few future commodities that will eventually mature and provide stability and increased productivity. I know it sounds a lot like I am reciting a insurance binder, but the reality is the Trade deadline is about insurance.
No matter if you are in "Buyer" or "Seller" mode, you want to assure your top tier management figures, your roster and farm system, plus your fan base that a move of this caliber at this time of the season will reap benefits towards your team's goals, or help reduce future overhead limitations like a heavy salary so the Rays would have the cha-ching to go get that valued replacement part.
The art of the deal is a highly skilled and honed system that should bring results. You do not have to be a car salesman to get a great bargain this time of the year. Dangle a pitcher who is having a breakout season, finally burst through the wall of productivity or has a attractive present or future salary structure and you just have to sit back and take the phone calls.
Mix a great potential deal with the likes of Rays Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman with his senior counsel of Gerry Hunsicker, and these two could take an average deal and make it shine for years. All you have to do is look at the Rays and Chicago Cubs deal for emotional roller coaster Matt Garza.
Sure the Cubs got a guy who potential is as tall as the Sears Tower, but in my opinion, Friedman got a King's ransom in return. One of the pieces of this puzzle that was sent to Chi-town, OF Fernando Perez has already been released and is on another team's roster. In return the Rays got a new urban and M L B "Legend" ( Sam Fuld), an outfielder (Brandon Guyer) previously not in the Rays 2011 major league roster framework who made Fantasy owners giddy with his first game stats (10 points).
Add to that mix a shortstop who is only playing at the Class-A level, but who scouts and baseball gurus have gushed and gone all flustered with that has risen up the prospect charts like a rocket (Hak-Ju Lee). Suddenly it seems like Friedman and Hunsicker sold Garza when his talent and potential both reached their ceiling.
Wondering if the same magic will fall in the Rays hands before the final seconds of the 2011 Trade Deadline. Will it be a monster player haul, a salary dump or even the Rays taking on a player in their " walk" season who could help them waltz into the post season.
Still think the biggest horror I would face if I were to ever become a M L B GM is hearing Friedman's voice on the other end of the phone……Hopefully it will be a congratulation call, not a trademark Friedman "kick the tires" conversation….Those have ended badly lately.


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Letter, Theodore Hyatt to My good friend [W. F. M.] Arny
Author: Hyatt, Theodore
Date: March 21, 1860
Theodore Hyatt of New York wrote this letter to W. F. M. Arny, an agent of the National Kansas Committee and friend of his brother, Thaddeus Hyatt. The main focus of the letter revolved around his brother Thaddeus, who was currently involved in a struggle with the government over whether or not he would testify in court regarding his support of John Brown. Theodore wrote, "I much fear my good brother has an exaggerated conception of the importance of his position." Apparently, he felt that his brother was attempting to make himself a martyr. The letter also included a brief mention of problems with freightage to Atchison and the competition between Atchison and Leavenworth.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Theodore Hyatt Collection, #402, Box 1, Folder 1
Item Number: 101793 Number of images: 3
Keywords: Atchison, Kansas Territory; Freight and freightage; Hyatt, Thaddeus; Hyatt, Theodore; Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891; Prisons; Railroads; Russell, Majors, and Waddell
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According to local reports, officer Sean McCutcheon discharged his gun in a school hallway Tuesday while on duty at Highland High School. Though the circumstances surrounding the incident are currently under investigation, Highland Central School District Superintendent Deborah Haab said it was an accident.
"No students or staff were in the area when the weapon discharged, and no one was injured as a result of this accidental discharge," Haab told reporters and parents during a meeting Tuesday evening (see video above). "Moving forward, I'm sure the board will be having a discussion about overall school security."
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The incident highlights a larger question, part of the national debate among legislators, teachers and parents: Should guns be allowed in schools as a protective measure, and if so, who should carry them?
In the aftermath of the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., school safety has become a key issue, prompting President Barack Obama to recommend individual schools make the choice of whether or not to enlist armed resource officers. Under a federally funded program, these "specially trained police officers" would be present in schools to "help prevent school crime and student-on-student violence."
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It's a charming but silly, ahistorical attitude. The fiction of "democratic Israel", based on a solid Jewish demographic majority, was artificially constructed via violent as well as legalistic ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
Consider this story, as recounted by a Jewish soldier present at the time of the massacres in al-Duwayima, Palestine, 1948:
"I wish to submit to you an eyewitness report given to me by a soldier who was in al-Duwayma on the day following its occupation… The man is one of us [member of the United Workers' Party (MAPAM)]…
"He opened his heart to me because there are not many hearts these days that are willing to listen. He arrived in al-Duwayma immediately after its occupation. The conquering army was the 89th battalion… They killed some 80–100 Arabs, women and children. The children were killed by smashing their skulls with clubs. There was not a single house without dead. The second wave of the army consisted of the battalion of the soldier who gave this eyewitness report… In the village there remained Arab women and men who were put in houses without food or drink. Then the sappers came to blow up the houses. One officer order a sapper to put the two old women into the house he was about to blow up. The sapper refused, and said that he would obey only such orders as were handed down to him by his immediate commander. So the officer ordered his own soldiers to put the women in, and the atrocity was carried out. Another soldier boasted he had raped an Arab women and then shot her. Another Arab woman with a day-old baby was employed in cleaning jobs in the yard… She worked for one or two days in the service, and then she was shot, together with her baby…
Cultured and well-mannered commanders who are considered good fellows… have turned into low murderers, and this happened not on the storm of the battle and blind passion, but because of a system of expulsion and annihilation. The fewer Arabs that remain the better."
Quoted by Eyal Kafkafi, 'A Ghetto Attitude in the Jewish State', Davar, 6 September 1979, as cited by Uri Davis in Apartheid Israel: Possibilities for the Struggle Within.
This is why when Israeli right-wingers flyer Jerusalem with ads saying "All of Israel is a settlement", they are way more precise and honest than is Beinart about the brutal history of Zionism. The difference between the land-obsessed colonialism, ethnic cleansing and violence of "democratic" and "non-democratic" Israel is merely the pace at which the crime is committed.
This is why the artificial distinction between "democratic" and "nondemocratic" Israel can only exist through a historical amnesia that "liberal Zionists" seem far more willing to make—surprise!—than Palestinians.
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Today, AMD finally makes available their long overdue 690 series of chipsets, with the initial launching of two RS690 IGP variants - AMD 690G and AMD690V. The discreet version of the AMD 690 (RX690), which was supposed to have launched in the same time frame however, is still nowhere to been seen at the moment. Originally rumored to debut somewhere in the first half of 2006, the RS690 is set to replace the aging Radeon Xpress 200 and Radeon Xpress 1100 in the integrated graphics market.
Generally, the RS690 are AM2 platform chipsets that support the full range of AM2 Athlon processors including the Athlon 64 X2 and FX dual core CPUs and dual-channel DDR2 memory up to DDR2-800. The RS690 will continue to feature a single PCIe x16 for discreet graphics support. AMD has also made some switches to some chipset functionality, moving audio and some PCIe lanes into the Northbridge, leaving the Southbridge to handle USB, Storage, LAN and PCI functions. The new chipset will still be using ATI's PCI Express based A-Link interconnect between the Northbridge and Southbridge. At present, most RS690 products will be paired with the existing SB600 Southbridge.
The main update to the RS690 family is its Radeon X1200 graphics core, an upgrade to the X300-based Radeon Xpress 200 and Radeon Xpress 1100 series. However, as IGP graphics go, the X1200 on the RS690 is really a cut-down variant of the Radeon X700 and does not share the architecture of ATI's X1000 series GPUs, meaning that it does not have decoupled pipelines and shader processing units. Built on an 80nm process, the 3D capabilities of the X1200 is based on a 400MHz DirectX 9, 4-pipeline engine, supposedly featuring two pixel and two vertex shaders. The X1200 IGP core will operate on the usual UMA memory architecture and will now be able to support a massive 512MB frame buffer; the Radeon Xpress 1100 only supports up to 256MB. Of course, the IGP will continue to make use of the HyperMemory function, and with this class of GPU, we highly doubt that anyone will need 512MB of locked shared memory, but more on that later.
What really differentiates the RS690 from the previous generation IGPs and its competition is its video processing capabilities. The RS690 family will have support for ATI AVIVO, making it capable of hardware acceleration of high-definition H.264 and VC-1 content. While this is a major feature of the chipset to enable next generation HTPCs supporting HD DVD or Blu-ray playback, given its limited GPU processing power and the way AVIVO functions we'll have to try that out first hand in the near future before we pass our verdict on this mode of usage. General video and DVD processing is also supposed to be of better quality, as the X1200 core is said to keep the 10-bit video processing unit like other AVIVO capable GPUs. This is a bit of surprise indeed since the Radeon X700 core itself didn't support AVIVO, but it looks like ATI incorporated AVIVO functionality from the X1000 series to keep the integrated GPU more current.
Of the two chipsets launched today, the AMD 690G is classified under the mainstream segment and will feature the ATI Radeon X1250 graphics, while the AMD 690V is the low-end value equivalent with the ATI Radeon X1200 GPU. From what we gather, both the Radeon X1250 and X1200 have identical 3D performance with a 400MHz core. The only difference between the 690G and 690V is in their video output capabilities. The 690G supports TDMS, with DVI and HDMI (and HDCP) capabilities, in addition to regular VGA and TV-Out. The 690V only supports VGA and TV-Out modes, limiting its HD capabilities. The 690V also does not feature any external PCIe x16 slots.
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There seem to be two camps in this world when it comes to pumpkin eating. A camp of pumpkin haters and a camp of pumpkin lovers. There is no in-between either. For some reason the debate over this flavorful icon of autumn is very polarizing! I think there is one thing that both lovers and haters can agree on: PUMPKINS ARE THE HAPPIEST PLANTS ON THE PLANET! Of course this is coming from a pumpkin lover, but c'mon… can you look at a chunky orange pumpkin and not smile?
As a self titled pumpkin extremist {I put pumpkin in everything this time of year!} I was super excited to be a part of Callye's {aka Sugarbelle} pumpkin cutter collaboration. The challenge? Using a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter… make something. Yes, it is really that simple and broad and look at the amazing and creative results! I am in pumpkin heaven!
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Once upon a time a vampire named… um… not Edward… and not Bill… um his name was Mr. John. and he did not sparkle or make wind chime noises. He also didn't wear people as backpacks. He was extremely dashing and kind, {he was also undead and liked to drink blood sometimes.}
So he happened upon a human girl… oh, let's see her name was not Sookie or Bella… it was…. hmmmm, how about a nice traditional name like, I don't know: Elizabeth.
Mr. John, the vampire was immediately drawn to Elizabeth's bewitching scent. It was as though a perfume of sugar cookies was coursing through her veins and the cookie aura clinging to her was magical and intoxicating! He had to talk to her!
He was scared he would trip over his teeth when he approached her, so he went in prepared. He was a vampire with a plan:
"Miss Elizabetta. I have heard you make delicious cookies and I would be most honored if I could procure several of your culinary wonders." Mr. John held his breath… wait, no he didn't… vampire's don't breathe. erm, he waited nervously for Elizabeth's response.
She blushed furiously, which made Mr. John's mouth water. "Thank you kindly Mr. John. I would be happy to bake cookies for you. Can you pick them up in 3 days?"
Mr. John smiled a tiny smile so as not to scare off the sweet lady. He gallantly took her hand and kissed it, never taking his eyes off of hers. "I look forward to seeing you, I mean… seeing the cookies." and he dashed off with hope in his heart… vampires don't have hearts do they? Okay… he was SUPER stoked because not only was Miss Elizabeth going to make him cookies, she seemed to be rather enamored with him as he was of her!
The three days felt like an eternity to Elizabeth! She had previously been watching Mr. John for weeks, but never knew what to say to him. Now it felt like he had broken a spell and she had hundreds of questions for him. She made his cookies with all the love and skill she could put into them. She fretted over each royal icing detail and heat sealed them to keep fresh. Surely he would be able to see her affection for him through these cookies?
Mr. John nightly perched as a bat on a nearby lamp post and had watched his sweet Elizabetta work on his cookies, and other orders too… there was some serious high demand for her enchanted baking . He knew her hands worked special magic on his cookies in particular and he was in serious trouble of losing his non-existent heart to her. He swooped down and simultaneously assumed his manly form.
He stepped into her small cookie shop and the bell jangled over head announcing his return. Elizabeth breezed into the front room and her face beamed as she saw who had entered. "Mr. John! it is so good to see you!" she breathed. She ducked beneath the counter and came back up holding a box with slightly shaking hands. "Here they are."
Mr John took the box reverently and slowly lifted the top. He inhaled deeply and closed his eyes. He then examined each intricate cookie while Elizabeth shifted nervously, waiting for his response. She cleared her throat and said almost in a question, "I've been told they taste better than they look."
He suddenly looked at her intently and unwrapped a cookie. She found his gaze slightly more disconcerting than his silence. He slowly sunk his fangs into the buttery cookie and he knew at that moment… that first bite… that his non-existent heart was forever the property of Miss Elizabeth's!
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PEARL HARBOR, HI -- Fitness leaders from Commander, Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH), Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) and Naval Station Pearl Harbor (NAVSTA PH) participated in a two-day Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) Youth Fitness Training seminar on March 27 and 28.
"A lot of people who work in our fitness center have no problem training adults but don't have a large background training younger children," says Marc Meeker, CNIC program manager for Navy fitness.
Fifteen members of the region, including staff from Bloch Arena Fitness Center (Pearl Harbor, HI), NAVSTA PH Child Development Center and CNRH MWR youth sports department, received the specialized training to safely and properly train children.
"With the growing health care costs, it's not just the sailor we're worried about. Spouses and children are included in health care costs, too," Meeker says.
Special warm-up and exercise routines based around games like Follow the Leader and Simon Says are incorporated to make it more interesting and fun for children.
The youth-tailored training offered at the seminar covered a broad spectrum of topics, including exercises, strength training, program design, nutrition and response to cardiovascular activity.


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I don't know how much most of you will know about the current happenings in Australia, but we are in the middle of a massive investigation into the Church's cover up of sexual abuse. Today the highest ranked catholic in the country, Cardinal George Pell, appeared in court and admitted that members of the clergy covered up the sexual abuse of children. This was part of, I believe, the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child abuse in the church, but it comes just as the Royal Commission is about to really take off.
I hope that this will allow most of Australia to see how corrupt, archaic and inane the Catholic church is, as well as all religious institutions. I was wondering if you guys thought that this will have a negative effect upon the catholic church in the long run, and if these effects could ripple through to other states, such as the U.S. and the U.K.
here's a couple of links for your viewing enjoyment.
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All that slimey talk of his makes me want to go take a shower.
Can you believe that he - Cardinal George Pell - head of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia - did not know what the word "facilitate" means.- How embarassing.
I love that he was described as having a 'sociopathic lack of empathy' toward the victims.
Its good watching him squirm.
I doubt that this will make the church fall but every push counts.


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I am totally doing this to taunt you. That's how I roll.
Last week, Dr Jeff (fellow blogger and also a super-commuter – as in, his morning commute is Gateway to Hillsboro TC on MAX, then a transfer to the 57 to Forest Grove) encountered the all-too-familiar situation where he sprinted to a train at Gateway and hit the yellow door button, only to watch the train pull out of the platform without him. He blogged in a rather entertaining fashion about what happened, including the ensuing Twitter exchanges with TriMet.
And of course, me being me, I admittedly winced at the role played by the door buttons. Actually, when I die, someone needs to make sure that goes on my tombstone: "Fought the uphill battle of explaining how the MAX door buttons work" All joking aside though, it sounds like everything in this situation worked the way it should have, including the actions of the operator, even though that meant Dr Jeff missed his train.
Question: Why don't trains wait?
Some of this will be specific to Dr Jeff's situation, other parts more general because I know the issue comes up a lot. I get it that it's extremely frustrating to be on the wrong side of closing doors. I get it that it sucks to bolt for a train only to make eye contact with the operator from a few feet away and then watch the train leave. But there are a lot of factors as to why a train most likely isn't going to wait for a late runner, and they revolve around how a rail system works and are not about spiting the customer. I mean, it's not like there's a "How many late runners did I screw over today by closing the doors as they ran to my train?" club of operators who regularly meet, gloating "Excellent…" and tenting their fingers as members tell each other stories of stranding passengers. (Though now that I think about it, that sounds kind of fun. Memo to myself: start this club.)
I've previously written about why trains on the mall won't wait for you (short version – the pre-empts cascade which will delay buses if a train does not go when its signal is up). There are also other areas of the alignment where tight schedule timing means you really can't expect a train to wait for you, and Gateway is one of them, especially during rush hour.
TriMet TV had an episode about getting left behind, but it didn't go into a lot of detail about why trains, even more than buses, can't wait for you. It is more complicated for a train than it is for a bus to wait for a late runner. For one thing, as narrator Shirley mentions, a train waiting for people can make the trains behind it late. As an example, check out the schedule westbound at Gateway in the early morning:
Those "Blue Line to Gateway TC" trains listed in the above schedule are actually Green Line trains that are coming into Gateway from Ruby. They go up the auxiliary track into the pocket track, swap cabs, and then go out to Clackamas.
Green waiting in the auxiliary track for a Red coming off the fishhook. Both will be using the pocket track, scheduled about a minute apart with the Red Line going through westbound first, then the Green Line pulling in to swap cabs
I'm not positive which train Dr Jeff tried to get on, but based on the time I am guessing it was 43, which is one that comes into Gateway from the airport as a Blue Line to Hillsboro in the morning. If that's the case, then that train would've come up into the pocket track at Gateway, rather than the westbound mainline.
Gateway Review: The pocket track is the red one in the middle used (mainly) by westbound Red Line trains.
If the train he wanted was in the pocket track, that could be one explanation why it didn't wait. Trains in the westbound mainline track use signal 72, and that signal does not time out. In other words, I can come into Gateway in the westbound main track, call my signal and sit there, and it will stay permissive for me. However, trains in the pocket track use signal 74, which *will* time out after 90 seconds. So if I come into the pocket track, call my signal and get a green or yellow, but then sit there, after 90 seconds it'll time out and go back to a red.
Granted I wasn't there and I don't know all the circumstances surrounding Dr Jeff's train leaving that morning, but I'm just throwing it out there that it's a possibility that if his train was westbound in the pocket track, they did not have time to wait for late runners if they had a permissive aspect on signal 74 because it times out. And given how many trains are moving through Gateway at that hour, waiting to recall it can mess up the schedules of a lot of other trains.
Gateway isn't the only part of the alignment that can be a time sink if trains aren't running on schedule. Rose Quarter is another place where you can be locked out by a train making a conflicting move.
Parallel move through Rose Quarter
At Rose Quarter, Yellow Line trains can only make parallel moves with other Yellow Line trains (this is a conflicting move for everyone else) so if a Red, Blue, or Green westbound train gets to Rose Quarter off-schedule, they may have to wait for a Yellow Line to finish going through the interlocking before them. Then on the western side of the bridge is another area for conflicting moves – you may have noticed this eastbound if you are on a train sitting at Old Town/Chinatown or 3rd & Glisan for a while, or westbound if you get stopped on the bridge span at signal 14. Yellows and Greens can make parallel moves on the bridge, and Reds and Blues can make parallel moves, but Yellows and Greens can't parallel with Reds or Blues. And with a train on the bridge about every 56 minutes of the hour, that's a lot of opportunities for lost time waiting for a train to finish a conflicting move if the trains are not on schedule.
In other words…
Stop thinking of the trains as isolated vehicles.
They don't function in isolation, and a delay for a train in one part of the system can ultimately affect other trains in other parts of the system (the whole butterfly effect thing). I realize that the interconnectedness of the trains may not be readily visible to passengers who don't understand why a train can't wait just a few more seconds, but that doesn't make it any less the main reason why trains don't wait for you. And on a related note, I am not a fan of the "blame the operator" reactions from people who have no concept of what it's like to operate a train. Obviously, most people haven't operated trains, and so when people don't understand how something works at rail and they ask questions, that's perfectly fine. I am happy to answer questions as are many others. But it does rub me the wrong way when someone who has never operated a train makes assumptions about what will/won't affect a train's schedule, and then concludes that the operator must have acted out of spite. From the comments on Dr Jeff's post:
It *might* have put the driver a fraction of a second behind schedule. It is not that they are cutting off hundreds of extra riders, it is that they are cutting off that last guy who isn't really late.
YES they get their jollies about leaving behind a few and quite often its more than one rider running.
But most of the time our transit people here are dicks, and I'm going to bet that driver was too. And yeah, I get having to maintain a schedule, but seriously stopping for someone who is right at the door will not throw them off.
As I said above, it's really just more in the interest of not making multiple trains late that an operator often will not reopen doors for a late runner. It's not because I'm out to get you (I haven't started that club yet). Also keep in mind that there are a number of things outside an operator's control that can make their train run behind schedule:
– DOOR HOLDERS ("here I'll just hold the door open for you while you buy your tickets from the machine/walk from a block away/finish your conversation/etc"). Yes, you can get on the PA and ask people to stop holding the doors, but many door holders won't. And you can't just leave the cab easily to deal with it in person – leaving the cab requires getting permission from Control, keying out, exiting the cab, locking the door, walking back to whatever the problem is, dealing with the problem, keeping Control informed of the situation/outcome, walking back to the cab, etc.
– Slow orders (due to weather, track condition, etc) where you'll be running below the normal speed limit
– People who don't realize they're leaning against the bridgeplate button and therefore the ramp comes out at every. single. stop. Again, you can get on the PA and ask people to check if they've got something leaning against the button, but if it's in the trailing car and the person doing it is obliviously rocking out on their headphones, they're not going to hear you.
– Workers/walking inspections in the ROW, where in high speed areas you drop your speed to 35mph until you pass them. This is a safety issue and you do not violate it.
– Mechanical issues with your train or one in front of you
Please do not be this kind of driver. That train can't move until the Tahoe gets out of the way. Why the Tahoe driver thought it's a good idea to be hanging out over railroad tracks like that is anyone's guess, but this is hardly an isolated incident.
This happens all the time downtown – cars fouling the ROW because they just HAVE to get through the intersection before a train does. Problem is, trains take up more space than just that area between the rails. If the back of your car is hanging over the different color concrete, you're in the way.
All of these things can slow a train by seconds or even minutes, and those delays can really add up from one end of the line to the other, and there's not much you can do as an operator to control it. But the one thing that an operator *can* control to reduce delays is not reopening doors for late runners. So even if it looks like it might just cost an operator a few seconds to reopen the doors for you, you don't know what other delays they're going to be facing (or have already passed) which is why they really can't afford to wait for you.
Oh, and as for why an operator will sometimes make eye contact with you as you run to the train but still not open the doors? Glancing in the direction of movement is an instinctive response for someone who has made driving/vehicle operation their profession! And building on that, if the operator sees you doing something extremely stupid to run for their train (e.g. running in front of an oncoming train in the other direction or running up the ROW toward the train you want), don't expect your stupid behavior to be rewarded with a ride.
I'm just truthfully sayin'.


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Mississauga, incorporated in 1968, is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. In the 2016 Census Mississauga had a population of 721,599 . Mississauga is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality,and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades. Mississauga's growth reached a peak between the census years of 1986-1991, with the largest population growth in Canada (89,500). Sustained population growth has continued since, but at a somewhat slower pace. Mississauga is now the fourth most populous city on the Great Lakes, surpassing both the cities proper of Milwaukee and Cleveland over the last decade.
Mississauga has had only three mayors in its history. Dr. Martin Dobkin was the city's first mayor in 1974. He was then followed by Ron A. Searle. Searle was defeated by then-city councillor and former mayor of Streetsville, Hazel McCallion. McCallion is regarded as a force in provincial politics and often referred to as Hurricane Hazel, comparing her political force to the devastating 1954 storm that struck the Toronto area. McCallion has won or been acclaimed in every mayoral election since 1978, and in recent years has not even campaigned. In October 2010, McCallion won her twelfth term in office with over 76% of the votes. McCallion is the nation's longest serving mayor and was runner-up in World Mayor 2005.
Mississauga is bounded by Oakville and Milton to the west/southwest, Brampton to the north, Toronto to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south/south-east. Halton Hills borders Mississauga's north-west corner. With the exception of the southeast border with Toronto (Etobicoke Creek), Mississauga shares a land border with all previous mentioned municipalities.
In 2006, with the help of Project for Public Spaces,the city started hosting "My Mississauga" summer festivities at its civic square. Mississauga planned over 60 free events to bring more people to the city square. The square was transformed and included a movable stage, a snack bar, extra seating, and sports and gaming facilities (basketball nets, hockey arena, chess and checker boards) including a skate park. Some of the events included Senior's day on Tuesday, Family day on Wednesday, Vintage car Thursdays, with the main events being the Canada Day celebration, Rotary Ribfest, and Beachfest. The civic square is currently being reconstructed using federal stimulus money and will feature a permanent stage, a larger ice rink, media screens, and a permanent restaurant.
Absolute World is the landmark real estate in Mississauga a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario. The project was built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group. With the first three towers completed (Absolute City Centre 1 & 2 and Absolute Vision), the last two towers (Absolute World 4 & 5) were topped off at 50 and 56 storeys. Mississauga also boasts one of the largest shopping malls in Canada called Square One Shopping Centre, which is surrounded by many bars and restaurants, as well as City Hall, the Central Library, and Playdium. Mississauga also hosts a cultural festival named Carassauga each year to celebrate the diverse population.


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When classes begin next week, there will be many new faces at Union College. Along with the new freshman class, 12 new faculty members will join the campus community.
New faculty include:
- Dr. Kathy Blaydes-Walczak, assistant professor of psychology
- Dr. Shelia Chapman, associate professor of nursing
- Dr. Katie Egging, assistant professor of English
- Dr. Seongchun Kwon,professor of mathematics
- Dr. Margie Langley, assistant professor of educational studies
- Dr. Jay Miller, associate professor of computer information technology
- Dr. Diane Montgomery, assistant professor of theatre
- Dr. Faiz Salehi, associate professor of biology
- Dr. Ilie Vasilescu, associate professor of psychology
- Kristan Yates, assistant professor/coordinator of athletic training
Additionally, two current employees have joined the faculty: Carol Clouse, assistant professor of educational studies, and Dr. Sarah Hendrix, associate professor/director of social work.
The entire faculty is on campus now, preparing for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 21.


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The average single-family home in the East Bay Municipal Utility District used 135 gallons of water per person per day last year.
But it's hard to know just where that water went. Water meters are generally read every other month, and water districts don't typically have great software capabilities to give granular insight into their residential customers' water use.
Now WaterSmart Software, a small startup in San Francisco, is working with local water districts in California and other states to transform meter data into easy-to-understand home water reports that are mailed directly to homeowners or made accessible via the Web and mobile devices.
WaterSmart now has 15 water district customers in four states, and several more pending. Clients include the cities of Palo Alto, Cotati and Sacramento, the Soquel Creek Water District, and the East Bay Municipal Utility District, or EBMUD. The San Jose Water Company is not currently a customer.
The company helps households compare their personal water use to that of neighborhood averages, a technique known as "behavioral water efficiency" that seems to be effective at driving conservation and savings. WaterSmart has been described as Oower, but for water; Opower is the software-as-a-service company for the electric utility industry that celebrated its $116 million IPO earlier this month.
California water utilities are being asked to reduce their per capita water use 20 percent by 2020, and many water districts are eager to think of new, creative ways to encourage consumers to conserve water.
"We know that people regularly underestimate how much water they use," said Andrea Pook of EBMUD. "And the water bill isn't a hugely effective way for people to understand their use. The home water reports allow us to really target information."
EBMUD used WaterSmart Software with 10,000 residential customers during a one-year pilot. Residential customers were provided personal water use reports that compared their water use to similar sized homes in the area and made recommendations on ways to save water.
EBMUD was hoping for a 2 percent increase in conservation, but the pilot drove a 5 percent reduction in residential water use and was so successful that EBMUD is now expanding it to 100,000 customers.
In Palo Alto, about 75 percent of the city's residential customers are currently receiving quarterly Home Water reports. Residents living in single-family homes can also log on to WaterSmart's WaterInsight portal through any Web browser and mobile device to view more detailed water use history. City of Palo Alto Utilities staff can access customer data, track water savings citywide, and run analytics in WaterSmart's Water Efficiency Dashboard.
"The residents of Palo Alto have led the nation in innovation for decades, and we are extremely proud to help them move toward a water efficient way of life with our own innovation," Peter Yolles, Founder and CEO of WaterSmart, said in a statement.
As customers receive printed home water reports, they can update their profile on WaterSmart's website so that all information, from how many bathrooms they have to how many people live in the house, is current. That information helps WaterSmart customize conservation recommendations and encourage consumers to "pledge" to make specific changes, like investing in a more efficient toilet, replacing a shower head or replacing a grass lawn with drought tolerant plants.
"As customers pledge to take specific conservation measures on the website, engagement levels go way up," said Jeff Lipton, WaterSmart Software's marketing director. "And as we convert customers to digital, costs go down, because the utility no longer has to mail reports."
The City of Palo Alto has seen a significant increase in the number of calls and emails about water use and conservation from customers since it began working with WaterSmart last fall.
"People have been telling us 'these reports are incredible, can you tell me more?'" said Catherine Elvert of the City of Palo Alto. "People are really drilling down into their water use."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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Tesla Motors Inc., the electric-car maker, said it wants to study the remnants of a stolen Model S sedan that split in half and burned after a high-speed chase and collision in Los Angeles.
The company led by Elon Musk is working with Los Angeles police and fire officials investigating the incident that began early July 4 when an unidentified man stole the Tesla and led police on a high-speed chase. He later collided with several vehicles in West Hollywood and split the car into two parts when he crashed into a lightpole, triggering a battery fire, according to police reports. He was injured in the incident and was taken into custody.
"We've asked to take a look at the vehicle as soon as that's possible," Simon Sproule, a company spokesman, said in a phone interview. "There aren't so many S's involved in major crashes, and certainly not quite like this one, so we absolutely want to have a look to understand what happened."
The Palo Alto, California-based company's Model S, priced from $71,000, has a five-star rating for crashworthiness, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's highest designation. Tesla added a titanium plate in March to further strengthen the casing that protects its lithium-ion battery after NHTSA reviewed crashes that triggered Model S fires.
This week's Model S theft happened at a "dealership in the 5800 block of Centinela Ave." in western Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported July 4, citing Los Angeles police officer Christopher No. Tesla has a service center at 5840 W. Centinela.


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To explore this material further, watch a video based on the first section of this booklet, Climate Change: Lines of Evidence. For more climate resources, take a look at our site on Climate Change at the National Academies.Climate Change: Lines of Evidence
Warming World: Impacts by DegreeBooklet
Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch during which human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth's climate. This booklet, based on the National Research Council report Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia (2011) outlines the scientific information that makes it clear that emission reductions today matter in determining impacts that will be experienced over the next few decades and into the coming centuries and millennia. The booklet explains how policy choices can be informed by recent advances in climate science that show the relationships among increasing carbon dioxide, global warming, related physical changes, and resulting impacts. Expected impacts are identified and quantified when possible, including impacts on streamflow, wildfires, crop productivity, the frequency of very hot summers, and sea-level rise and its associated risks and vulnerabilities.


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Most of us will probably agree that using database indexes is good. Too many indexes and performance can actually be degraded.
As a general rule, which fields should be indexed?
Which fields should not be indexed?
What are the rules for using indexes while striking a balance between too many and not enough indexes in order achieve performance improvements, not degradation?


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Most domain extension lists i've found only list the ccTLD and TLD portion of the extension (e.g.
.uk) and don't list the full set of valid extensions for that ccTLD or TLD (e.g.
.co.uk, etc).
Without researching the registrar policies of every single ccTLD in the world, is there a way for me to compile/obtain a complete list of all current valid domain extensions in the world?