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Visionary Peace Activist: Actor/Director/Published Writer/Photo-Journalist/Poet/Painter/Traveller/Linguist/Speaker/Historian. Designed original Canadian Actor's Equity logo, best photo tribute to Toronto's 1992 World Series Champs. His portrait painting "My Honey and Me" launched 1st Toronto Arts Week etc.
The First World March for Peace and Nonviolence: Why I am happy to endorse it: by LAURENCE CHERNIAK. Being invited to endorse and participate in the First World March for Peace and Nonviolence is one of the most thankful, highest, moments, in my life. I am most grateful to begin my contribution with putting in to words, why I am thrilled to have been offered this opportunity. The 1st World March For Peace and Nonviolence will accelerate major steps in guiding the consciousness of humanity up to new levels of encouraging each other with loving kindness. I absolutely know that it is a deep part of our natural human instinct to get along. All the negative energies to make war is merely old fashioned trait. Peace among the vast majority of humans has led us, in the beginning of this millennium, to the threshold of every person being able to have their dreams/goals realised. Achieving our dreams/goals has become an inherent part of the cherished responsibility, we have undertaken to ourselves, for our planet's, happy future, and survival. Our responsibility in being the most advanced species on our planet, by virtue of having recorded our history and of all the other species (who are unable to record their culture for themselves) is constantly on display, to each of us, every day. "That we all get along" is contrary to the many false claims, reports and studies, by too many politicians who claim that people do 'not' get along - and that if you do not really know someone personally, then that person should not be trusted; that whoever you do not know could be a terrorist. Politicians should not be allowed to delve into any more fear mongering. Politicians should not be allowed to define and moralise the population's behaviour. Politicians should not be allowed to treat the people like we are all in kindergarten. Politicians should just do their work which is to administer our government's systems. Subsequently politics, as it has evolved, over the centuries should stay where it came from. That is, to be left in the past. Every day, all over the world, billions of people, who do not know each other at all, are a part of the following example which demonstrates that, in fact, we get along with each other, very nicely and with meticulous precision. On all of the worlds's super highways, driver's vehicles are moving along at various (sometimes high) velocities, often with barely any distance between their vehicles. Almost 100% of all drivers and/or their passengers/cargo arrive safely to their destinations and back. As well, billions more people also get along, driving, on country back roads, in villages, towns and cities. With even (only this one example) of heightened awareness I have every good reason to believe that The World March for Peace and Nonviolence will succeed in its dreams and goals. I urge everyone to come along and join us in this most noble and worthy effort. Through the internet and other means of sharing information it continues to become impossible for politicians and avaricious persons to send us into wars for their financial greed. We now have abundant historical precedents (and patterns of behaviour/traits) which are proofs that many of the same people who have created wars and turmoil in the past have done so, for main purpose of financial gain, via financing those who produce weapons of war and to proliferate conflict. As a result of this natural (over many years) build up of documented reports and artifacts, university libraries, thousands of institutions and the media have vast records of who started and financed each and every war. During the past recent centuries,these records show the elite's clear patterns of making vast amounts of money from wars. Nonetheless, we are now, (after starting in the 1960's), more than ever, on the threshold of discovering new planets in the Multi-Verse where the human race will live and thrive. Such activities will bring us out of possible extinction; that one global disaster will destroy the numerous, wonderful studies we have done of all the species on this planet which provides us with an amazing, enriched and meaningful way of life. We have naturally recorded so much to provide, all the inspiration necessary, to encourage each person to enjoy pursuing their dreams/goals. We can be so thankful to every kind of the artists who, more than any other beings, brought us out of living in caves because of starting to record all of history by the drawings that they did on the walls, of their sanctuaries, in caves. We can truly, heartily, congratulate ourselves for having transcended the bewilderment of each and every human being who has past through this life. Every single one of us, at night, has gazed up to the distant stars and wondered when and where and what is meaningful about all this dust in the wind. Spiritualism through our intuition now is giving us all the answers to the heretofore secrets of the Multi-Verse. We have come a long way from those times and are very ready to explore the vast, unending Multi-Verse and all its, (before) not too long ago, unknown elements. that awaits our curious minds in the pursuit of understanding each and every aspect of infinite wisdom. Our ancestors struggled and sacrificed , for many centuries, to bring us to this point in time. We must not disappoint their visions of the future, ourselves, or future generations. Let us honour, respect and value their visionary attributes which pursued their belief that all future generations of children would have the means to bring their dreams/goals to fruition. That each subsequent generation may embrace pursuing the future. That love and tenderness may always promote encouragement to each other. That everyone can be free to inspire each innocent, loving couple in bringing forth a family, is what we have clearly come to understand is the way, for our imagination, to fulfil life, liberty, love and the pursuit of happiness. We now can continuously explore and experience the unlimited frontier before us, of fulfilling each and every one of our ancestor's tender dreams and loving visions coming true, which would come out of a peaceful world. It is abundantly obvious that the reason we have children is not to send them off, to (die in) wars. I believe the World March on Peace and Nonvilence will diligently serve this purpose, to bring everyone together into a global family. A global family that will forever be united with the strength and purpose of never allowing any of the vicious and nasty past traits to come between people who (often unknowingly) became so used to putting the brakes on each other. Let us now join again and forever our hearts and resources to make this First World March on Peace and Nonviolence a proudly well planted signpost on eternity's yellow (golden) brick road for everyone. Let each person have the opportunity to be happy and live without any fear whatsoever (or/of) war's devastating negative energies. If each of us believe in The World March on Peace and Nonviolence then this world and the Multi-Verse will be a better place throughout time (as we know it), for us and our children. Thank you for taking the time to read through this and the following which are just two of the examples, I have deeply experienced of my wildest dreams/goals coming true...and if I can do it, then so can (not only anyone else, but everyone else). Dreams/goals that we can visualise are where we start. However when our dreams/goals come true, enough times, they combine energies and deeper rewards that often manifest themselves; which we never conceived of. The following are, two of my personal examples, which I am, of course, happy to share. As a published writer (especially in photo-journalism) which has been deemed, by several experts, as a valuable addition to our library on human behaviour I humbly present you with this first example of a wildest dream dream coming true. This was and still is a nebulous goal that I have never conceived of, coming out of the mists of time, until it was presented to me and deposited right in the palms of my hands. This first special memory happened more than 15 years after the publishing of the first book in the first trilogy (approximately 1997) of (the above mentioned) photo-journalistic books. This first trilogy features over 30 countries, in which (the first book) are highlighted, my photos and stories, in Morocco, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Nepal. Sooo... a, long time, friend of mine (Jack Herer) arranged an invitation for me to stay, overnight, (at one of his friend's home, who I was not at all sure I had ever met). I was going to arrive, from my travels, driving up the west coast of the USA from California, at about 2:30AM. I would find the key, to the front door, in a hidden place, was to let myself in, and go to a suite in the home where there were all the conveniences (including access to the kitchen) for me to enjoy and then go to sleep. I was to take some rest and then meet my host in the morning if they had not left, before I woke, to go to their work. That night after I found my way to and through their home; I was nicely settled in. I was gazing at a wall in the large area where I was specifically bedded, that was completely shelved with thousands of books, in alphabetical order. I could see that this was a wonderfully huge personal collection. As I gazed through them I saw the first of my above mentioned photo-journalistic books. I was only slightly taken aback and was certainly delighted to see it. I took it out of its place on the shelves and turned the front cover open. There in the light of that moment I could see I had signed it back in 1979 as one of the limited signed editions that the publisher (Sebastian Orfali of And/Or Press (now RONIN PUBLISHING in Berkeley, California. had sent out. As I gazed at this inside front cover I understood why I had this gracious invitation to stay for a few days at this home. I put the book back in its place and went to lay down and have some rest. During those variations of intermittent sleep, various thoughts came and went to me which gave me an insight into what I never imagined before. This is to say, that one day, now, I would be writing in this very sequence of what Is intended to be an inspiration for you dear reader and your involvement with The World March for Peace and Nonviolence...and thereby express my good fortune to you, on this side of these words to any who care to share in the future of a peaceful existence. When I arose in the morning my host had left me a note in the kitchen that he would be back and he would bring lunch to enjoy on one of his decks, provided the rest of the morning was as beautiful as the day had started out, when he left. I walked directly to the book shelves, took out my book and set it on the pillow that had comforted my head and then went about my morning's ablutions. After a nice little bath, shower and breakfast I returned to my lodging area, picked up that book and signed for a second time with the current date in 1997. I had, for the first time in my life signed one of my books for a second time. I thought to myself that was an experience that very few author's might ever have had. Since that book I have signed several books, (up to now) as many as four or five times in these over, last almost 13 years including forcing my sometimes (shy) friend Jack Herer, while on our 2006 tour through western Europe) to do the same, plus signing each others books, as well, while on that tour. The second example, happened over 25 years ago in approximately March of 1987. This story is about my most famous painting which has been reproduced approximately 30,000,000 (million times). The painting is entitled "My Honey and Me". It depicts a female mime with a male mime standing directly behind her with his head nestled next to hers while resting on her shoulder. I painted them, dressed in rainbow outfits, with their arms entwined around each other. Above them, (in what appears to be a night scene), in the distance, is a rainbow, which arcs, from one side of the painting to the other. Above that rainbow is a traditional set of fireworks exploding up in the sky cascading down over and into the rainbow, depicting the workings of love going off all around them. It is a perfect scene of love with several musical notes, from under the rainbow, coming into the foreground. I was asked, by an old friend (the well known respected writer and member of the Executive Council, Tom Hendry (Board of Directors) to donate the use of this painting to help launch the Toronto Art Awards Foundation's First Annual Toronto Arts Week in 1987. I was happy to do this. That in itself was a normal dream/goal come true. During the next several months leading up and into October 1987, millions of reproductions were made. It appeared in posters, magazines, flyers, newspapers and on television etc, This painting (for the event it represented) was reproduced and displayed all over the Greater Toronto Area. All that was more of the dream/goal coming true but the best was yet to come - a wildest dream come true, was in store that, once again, I had no idea was going to happen until it was staring at me, right in my face. On the night of the Awards which was the kind of banquet associated with events like Hollywood's Academy Awards I fulfilled my obligations to attend the ceremonies at the Toronto Convention Centre. About an hour after entering the event while speaking with some of other celebrities that night, two of them (John Hirsch and Tom Hendry who were talking with me, asked) if I had noticed that there were 6 mimes (from Quebec) there, that evening, walking around the audience dressed like the mimes in my painting? I turned and held my breath for a few moments as the mimes were beckoned to come over to where we were by John and Tom who introduced them to me. They did not say a word. I thanked them for being there, they nodded their heads and used their body language to have me pose with them for photos. That night we did a few photo sessions of them posing around me, like the mimes in my painting. My painting had come to life. Those moments gave me the absolute belief that there is such a thing as "wildest dreams coming true". The degrees of my gratitude for these and the other wildest dreams coming true has filled me with tremendous depths of humility and compassion. I would like to close these writings with extending an invitation to you. Please come along and give your support to The 1st World March for Peace and Nonviolence. I promise you the rewards that will come out of this for all of us will provide to each of us many "wildest dreams coming true" like we could never have imagined. Sincerest regards, LAURENCE CHERNIAK
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Some of the Holy Fathers were "Antiochenes" too, such as St. John Chrysostom. The Alexandrian methodology has provided us with much of our Old Testament typology. If you want to see classic Alexandrian exposition, ask the question, "Why are there lots of instruments mentioned in the Psalms, while we don't use musical instruments in worship?" The Alexandrians basically sidestep the question and give the harps, timbrels, etc. an allegorical reading to represent our various spiritual faculties.
St. John Chrysostom is not one of the Desert Fathers, Iconodule.
If anything I have posted has been illuminating, please remember that I merely reflect the light of others...but also it's me.
He said the Alexandrian method is the method the Holy Fathers (desert fathers) used
If you re-read the OP, Cognomen, it seems that Gabriel takes Fr. Lazarus to mean the Desert Fathers: QuoteHe said the Alexandrian method is the method the Holy Fathers (desert fathers) used
The error, confusing Holy Fathers with Desert Fathers occurred elsewhere.
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Jacques le Divellec is one of the few chefs who had « asked » me to make a dinner with my wines. I was not a regular client of his restaurant but we had met, I had talked about what I do, and he had written to me that he would be pleased to make one dinner with me. We had prepared one dinner for someone who has asked me to make it by Le Divellec, and the dinner had been cancelled. We wanted it, we did it at the first possible opportunity. He invited me three or four times to check the recipes, and it was an occasion to talk about gastronomy with a man who is of the generation of Bocuse or Chapel or Alain Senderens or Troisgros more than of Guy Savoy, Philippe Legendre, Alain Dutournier. He has made a great number of books about cooking fishes, but as he told me, he can cook other products. What pleases me is that Jacques, who is over 70, behaved as a school kid before an exam. He was so anxious to perform. This attitude pleases me.
The opening of the bottles by 5 pm went extremely easily, as if it was so normal ! But I have had a big surprise. I had announced that the Latour 1934 was a bottle reconditioned in 2001. But I have wrongly read the label. Because, when I tried to pull the cork, it went in thousands of broken pieces. And I read the label printed by the castle : it is "recoated" in 2001, which means that the cork was not pulled out. Just a new label was put and a new capsule. This is extremely strange for me that someone brings a bottle to the castle just for one label. But it was a good surprise, as I prefer largely an original fill to a refilled bottle. I imagine that the castle decided to not recork because the fill was perfect (one millimetre below the basis of neck). I had bought it in auction probably a few weeks after the recoating, which was made to prepare a sale.
The people attending the dinner are five couples of young managers living in Swiss, whose origins are not all Swiss : Italian, Polonaise, Holland, France, but of course also Swiss. When I met them, I was extremely sad. Because the women are so pretty, so lovely, so full of pure beauty that I find it is a waste to put so many magnificent women on the same dinner.
As the weather is fine, I lead the group under the trees of Esplanade des Invalides to give some recommendations how to enjoy best the dinner to come and how to approach old wines. As a little wind announces the cold of the night, some women are shivering, which adds to my sadist pleasure.
The menu of Jacques Le Divellec is extremely vast :
Pieds de cheval de pleine mer / Carpaccio de turbot du pays breton / Bouquet printanier à la fricassée de casserons et coquillages / Grosses langoustines, au foie gras de canard poele / Mammifère rôti, échalotes confites, ail en chemise / Bar sur peau sauce lie de vin à la grenaille de Noirmoutier / Cassolette de homard à la nage de truffes / Bécasse rôtie sur canapé, purée de ratte / Comté affiné / Stilton / Composition fruitière d'agrumes.
Jacques, as we decided, has simplified the recipes, concentrated on the purity of the main product.
The Champagne Pommery 1987 never deceives me. I do not know why, but this year is not considered in champagne, but this one pleases me. Extremely easy to understand, easy to drink, it has a simplified message, but a message of pleasure. The oysters (horse's foot is the largest flat oyster) work magnificently with the champagne (I am more and more addict to this combination), but their size is much too large for so pretty mouths of the beautiful women. It should have been yearling's feet. What struck everyone is the complete continuity between the taste of the salted oysters with the taste of the champagne, gaining length with it.
The Champagne Krug Clos du Mesnil 1982 is a piece of glory. The profoundness of its structure is impressive. The turbot is the fish whose meat is the most spectacular when not cooked. It has taste, and has not the impression of a carpaccio. And with the Krug, it is spectacular. I could notice red fruits, smoke, tropical flowers in this imperial champagne.
The "casserons" are small "calamars", and the Laville Haut-Brion blanc 1958 which had taken a golden colour took advantage of them. The nose is extremely elegant, and in mouth, it is a going process. The wine invades my mouth progressively, leaving its deep trace with a rare elegance. But it is with "bulots", very tasty "fruits de mer" that the Laville shines really. Objectively, it is not as brilliant as the 1955 and the 1948 drunk recently, but it is a great Laville.
The Bâtard Montrachet Domaine Ramonet 1992 is largely easier to understand, as it is a set of tastes that everyone knows. Laville seems to be an ancient wine compared to this mad rodeo horse. What a power! What a flash of myriads of lights. What is interesting is that a wedding for three will be formed. And I notice how it is easy to go from the langoustine to the foie gras and reversely. And the wine shows different aspects with the two. Obviously, the star is the langoustine, marvellously cooked.
The sea mammal (think of Moby Dick) has a meat which is intense, pronounced. And it is truly animal, not fish. With such a rare and unallowed meat, the Château Margaux 1962 will particularly shine. It seems that the year 1962 is magnificent to create precise combinations. Because one of the best combinations of the year 2005 had been a lobster made by Yannick Allémno with a Duhart-Milon 1962. Here, the combination is perfect. The Margaux uses its soft sensual charm, all in sweetness, to capture the male meat. Fabulous.
What is strange is that the Château Latour 1934 plays a similar strategy. Normally I have with Latour the image of La Fayette when Margaux is Gina Lollobrigida, but there, the Latour wants to play the Lady of Shangai. With the fish ("bar"), the wine performs extremely well, and it would be difficult in a blind tasting to say which is the youngest between the Latour and the Margaux, despite 28 years of difference. The density of the Latour is greater than the one of the Margaux.
But no need to choose between the two when comes the Cahors Clos de Gamot (Jouffreau) 1929 which will climb the stairs of "Festival de Cannes" largely as first. The fill was surprisingly high, the colour is of a young wine. Its nose is agreeable, but it is in mouth that the miracle happens. It is not a powerful wine, but what strikes is its balance. It is above any preconceived idea. Helped by the lobster and the truffle, it shines with an unexpected glory (unexpected at this level).
Some people will say that I have not any objectivity (which I confess), because when I take a sip of La Tâche Domaine de la Romanée Conti 1992 I am nearly ready to forget the two divine beauties sitting next to me. For the first time in my life I eat these small birds that our former president François Mitterand loved, and which are forbidden. The beautiful ladies will eat them with more courage than their husbands. The other bird works very well with La Tache, whose taste, enigmatic as I like, is a pure wonder.
The Château Chalon Jean Bourdy 1928 associated, very classically to a Comté not too old is generous, singing, and has pleased to everyone a tour table. I had added this wine to please my friend who organised this dinner for his birthday. He was happy.
The Château Loubens Sainte Croix du Mont 1926 has created an immense surprise to everyone at the table. When you say "Sainte Croix du Mont", it means a second wine compared to Sauternes. But believe it or not, the Château d'Yquem 1988 was a challenger compared to the Loubens! Yes. The Loubens has acquired a charm, made of tea, of citrus fruits, or mango, which gives it a personality which is unapproachable. The Yquem was of course very nice as usual, but it was largely more expected.
Among the smiles, the joyful talks, we had to vote. 8 wines got a vote among 11, and 5 wines got a vote of number one, which pleases me a lot, because it shows the general quality of the wines I brought.. I love that several wines can be considered as the best for the people attending such dinners. The Loubens 1926 got three votes of first, as did the Chateau Chalon 1928. The Chateau Latour 1934 got two votes as first and Krug 1982 and La Tache 1992 got one vote as first. The consensual vote would be : Loubens 1926 (two Loubens ranked first in two dinners, this is rare), Château Chalon 1928, Château Latour 1934 et La Tâche 1992.
My vote was : 1- La Tâche DRC 1992, 2- Cahors Clos de Gamot 1929, 3- Loubens 1926, 4- Château Chalon Bourdy 1928.
Concerning tastes, no vote was made, but the meat of the langoustine was for me the greatest. The greatest combination has been the lobster with the Cahors 1929. But the "bulot" with the Laville 1958 was a great match too.
Jacques Le Divellec was extremely generous. He has proposed tastes that some of us had never experienced. He was motivated, and simplified every recipe for its best. The whole team was committed. He took the challenge and realised it. My wines performed, and I keep in mind the beauty of the women of this dinner, nearly equalling the charm of La Tache .


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The first opportunity of this New Year to participate in TSQLTuesday, we have been invited by David Howard (blog) to take a second shot at a previous TSQLTuesday.
This second shot is giving me fits. I have no clue if it is TSQLTuesday 26 or if it is TSQLTuesday 23. Is it some sort of amoeba of both TSQLTuesdays combined?
While I try to figure that out, how about we look at some pictures of what the New Year might have looked like as it was rung in. Let's begin with Paris.
Oooh…Aaaaahhh…Those are quite impressive.
Next up on our tour is where a twin resides for a famous lady. How did they ring in the New Year in New York City?
And now, let's DBCC Timewarp to the other side of the world. Here is what you might have seen if you were in Sydney Australia.
Ahhh. Yes, that did the trick. This little diversion sure gave me enough time to think about which TSQLTuesday this is. Et merci a Stuart Ainsworth (Blog | Twitter). Le Sujet qu'il a propose est celui laquelle dont je vais parler ce mois. Dans le TSQLTuesday qu'il a organise, il nous a invite de parler a propos des JOINS.
J'ai completement rate cet occasion de parler a propos de "Joins" en participantes dans TSQLTuesday. Voyez, TSQLTuesday 23 etait tenu pendant le premier semain au lieu de deuxieme semain ce fois ci. Et, maintenant, je vais terminer cet article en Anglais. I was going to write the whole thing in French, but will save that for another time. I should have a second chance to do that someday.
This second chance, gives me the opportunity to finally talk about a topic that has been on my to-blog list for quite some time. I hope this post will show some different ways of joining in TSQL. They are certainly methods I had never considered – until it was required.
Business Requirement
I have some tables that I need query. One of the tables has lookup information with a bitmask applied to the id field. Another table references this table but the ids can be a direct match or an indirect match to the id of the lookup table. For this case, they will always only differ by the value of 1 if the two values do not directly match. No other match possibility is considered for this example.
Based on this need, the solution dictates some sort of bitwise math. I have several examples of how a join could be written to accomplish this primary objective. I am only going to show the possible ways of performing this. In my environment these all yield the same results and the data is unique and large enough (4.2 million records). I will compare performance of these different queries in a later post as I demonstrate a query tuning method to drive the query down from nine seconds to 100ms or less. For the record, I would choose any of queries 5, 6, or 7 for this particular need based on plan cost and performance.
The JOINS
First up is the ANSI style INNER Join using addition in one of the conditions as well as an OR to fulfill the second portion of the business requirement.
PRINT 'Query 1 -- Join with Or and source+1'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV
INNER Join SourceType US
ON (PPV.SourceID = US.SourceID
Or PPV.SourceID = US.SourceID+1)
This is probably the easiest to understand and it performs well enough. Until running into this business requirement, I hadn't considered putting an OR in the JOIN conditions. But it makes sense considering that an AND can be used there.
Next is a NON-ANSI style of JOIN.
PRINT 'Query 2 -- Non-Ansi Join with Or and source+1'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV, SourceType US
WHERE (PPV.SourceID = US.SourceID
Or PPV.SourceID = US.SourceID+1)
Through 2008 R2, this works just as well as the ANSI JOIN already shown. I haven't tested in SQL 2012 but I do know that the NON-ANSI syntax of *= (for example) no longer works. I am not a big fan of this style JOIN because it is far too easy to end up with a Cartesian product.
Another type of JOIN that I like is the use of APPLY.
PRINT 'Query 3 -- Cross Apply with Or and source+1'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV
Cross Apply SourceType US
WHERE (PPV.SourceID = US.SourceID
Or PPV.SourceID = US.SourceID+1)
This particular code segment is the equivalent of the first query shown. This is the last in the set of using basic math and an OR in the JOIN conditions. The remaining queries all rely on bitwise operations to perform the JOIN. Again, until this particular need, I had never even considered using a bitwise operation in a JOIN. First in this series is the NON-ANSI style JOIN.
PRINT 'Query 4 -- Non-Ansi with COALESCE and Bit compare'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV, SourceType US
WHERE (PPV.SourceID|1 = COALESCE(US.SourceID|1,Us.SourceID))
The big change here is in the where clause. Notice the use of COALESCE and the first comparison value in that COALESCE. This is called a BITWISE OR. From MSDN: "The bits in the result are set to 1 if either or both bits (for the current bit being resolved) in the input expressions have a value of 1; if neither bit in the input expressions is 1, the bit in the result is set to 0."
So I am comparing the bit values of 1 and the SourceID. The SourceID from RumorView will create a match meeting the requirements put forth thanks in large part to the BIT OR operation being performed on both sides of the equality in the WHERE clause. It is also worth mentioning that the COALESCE is completely unnecessary in this query but it I am leaving it as a pseudo reference point for the performance tuning article that will be based on these same queries.
Next on tap is the CROSS Apply version.
PRINT 'Query 5 -- Cross with Bit compare'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV
Cross Apply SourceType US
WHERE (PPV.SourceID|1 = US.SourceID|1)
And the last two queries that the optimizer equate to the same query.
PRINT 'Query 6 -- Join with Bit compare'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV
INNER Join SourceType US
ON (PPV.SourceID|1 = US.SourceID|1)
PRINT 'Query 7 -- Join with ISNULL and Bit compare'
,US.Source,Us.SourceID, PPV.SourceID
FROM RumorView PPV
INNER Join SourceType US
ON (PPV.SourceID|1 = ISNULL(US.SourceID|1,Us.SourceID))
The query optimizer in this case is smart and eliminates the ISNULL. These two queries use the same exact plan, have the same cost and the same execution statistics. The version with COALESCE is considered more expensive and takes longer to run than these queries. It is also important to note that the Cross Apply Join also produces the exact same plan as these two queries.
So there you have it. Many different ways to write the JOIN for this little query. Performance and results may vary. It is good to have a few different ways of writing this particular JOIN. During my testing, it was evident that various methods performed better under different circumstances (such as how the indexes were configured – which will be discussed in the follow-up article).
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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Congress has a lot to do.
They left for recess after the Senate fell just one vote shy of passing a healthcare reform bill. Now, our representatives are going to be eager to tackle other important issues.
Health care cannot get lost in the mix.
Some Republican lawmakers are still working on alternative repeal and replace plans. Others are working with Democrats to improve and strengthen current insurance markets.
This is important because until a new bill is passed, Obamacare remains the law of the land.
We just learned that every county across the country will have an insurance option in 2018. While that is a good sign, it is projected that 47 percent of counties will only have one carrier. So, while you may have coverage, there may still be no choice.
Also, exact premium increases for 2018 are not yet defined. Certain insurance companies, however, have already indicated that they expect double digit premium hikes next year.
Obamacare will have harsh impacts on Americans if it is not drastically altered.
Here is the bottom line: healthcare reform is not going away as a major agenda item. While improving the insurance markets is needed, it's only a band aid solution to the larger problem. There is going to be an aggressive push on the debt ceiling, budget and tax reform in the fall, but we need to keep pressure on members of Congress to find a way to overhaul the healthcare system.


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BOSTON — The Celtics keep rolling without Rajon Rondo.
Not even a late comeback by one of the NBA's best teams could keep Boston from beating the Los Angeles Clippers 106-104 on Sunday and improve to 4-0 since a knee injury ended their star point guard's season.
"A lot of people say that we don't have a chance to go to the playoffs, we can't do this, we can't do that," starting guard Avery Bradley said. "We know we have each other and we're going to go out there and fight for each other, no matter what, every single night."
The Clippers played without their own brilliant point guard. Chris Paul missed his seventh straight game with a bruised right knee cap.
But they cut a 98-83 deficit to 103-101 on a 3-pointer by Eric Bledsoe with 56 seconds remaining. Then Bradley drew an offensive foul on Los Angeles' Jamal Crawford with 26 seconds to go.
Paul Pierce then held on to the ball — and was surprised that the Clippers didn't foul him — before making a 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left to clinch the win and finish with a team-high 22 points.
"If we get a stop there (with) three or four seconds to go, we've got plenty of time," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said of his decision not to foul. "If I was going to do it, I would have fouled Courtney Lee early right when he got the ball."
But he didn't want to foul Pierce, an accurate shooter down the stretch whether from the field or the free throw line.
"Any time the game's on the line, whether he missed 15 in a row, we know the last one's good," Celtics guard Jason Terry said.
The teams played without the point guards voted starters in the All-Star game in Houston on Feb. 17. Rondo has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. With Paul sidelined, the Clippers have lost five of seven games, including their biggest setback and lowest scoring game of the season, 98-73 at Toronto on Friday night.
"We're just a little out of rhythm," Los Angeles forward Matt Barnes said. "Guys are just playing a little out of position, but that's no excuse."
The Celtics also are missing rookie forward Jared Sullinger after he had season-ending back surgery Friday.
But they moved within 1 1/2 games of the Milwaukee Bucks for seventh place in the East and 3 1/2 ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers for the final playoff spot in the conference.
Jeff Green and Leandro Barbosa scored 14 points each for the Celtics and led a 52-point contribution from the bench. The Clippers were led by Bledsoe, replacing Paul, and Crawford, who made a 3-pointer at the buzzer, with 23 points each. Blake Griffin had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Without Rondo, the Celtics were encouraged by coach Doc Rivers to take the open shot or move the ball quickly when they don't have it. That prevents opposing defenses from double teaming the ball handler.
"We beat a heck of a team and I'm very happy with that," Rivers said, "but in my mind we can be better, much better, than we were today."
The first half was one of the best of the season for the Celtics, and they headed to the locker room with a 59-40 lead.
"We're playing good in spurts right now," Pierce said. "We got stagnant at times. We didn't defend at a high level in the second half. … A win's a win, but we made it a lot more difficult than we thought it should have been."
Trailing 98-83, the Clippers began a 15-3 run with Griffin's free with 9:39 to play. Crawford's layup made it 101-98 with 3:18 remaining.
Terry then put Boston up by five when he beat the 24-second buzzer with a jumper with 1:09 left before Bledsoe made his 3-pointer.
Then Bradley took the charge.
"Jamal's a great player," he said. "I just tried to make it as hard as possible on him."
And Pierce hit his big 3-pointer.
"They were the aggressors and that's what we do to teams when we are the most successful," Crawford said. "They did that tonight."
The Celtics tied their season highs of 33 points after one quarter and 59 after two. And they did it with balanced offense, as 10 players scored between three and nine points.
They had 14 assists on their 20 baskets and just five turnovers in the half. On defense, they held the Clippers to 10 points on 4-for-18 shooting in the second quarter and forced 15 turnovers in the half.
The Clippers didn't score in the second quarter until Lamar Odom made an 11-foot turnaround 4:11 into the period, cutting Boston's lead to 39-32. Bledsoe made their second field goal more than two minutes later.
Notes: Backup Celtics C Jason Collins, playing more because of Sullinger's absence, had a season-high seven points. … Barnes returned for the Clippers after a one-game suspension for striking Minnesota's Greg Stiemsma on Wednesday. … The Clippers routed the Celtics 106-77 on Dec. 27 in Los Angeles.
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Tips for better laptop ergonomics
If you're like me (and everyone else at Griffin), you probably spend the bulk of your day in front of a laptop. Bad posture and desk setups can account for countless pains.
Save yourself the pain and take a couple of minutes to see how you could be doing it better.
I frequently stretch my back while sitting and I take walks around the office to stretch my legs.
How about you? How do you stay in good shape while glued to your machine?