Reports: DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in California (AP)
AP - There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports.
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2008 ALMA Awards: A Star-Studded Affair
Kicking off the red carpet season, the 2008 ALMA Awards keeps becoming a bigger and bigger affair - with the evening’s host Eva Longoria leading the pack of celebrities on-hand Sunday evening (August 17).
Joining Eva was her all-star basketball playing husband Tony Parker, as well as attendees such as Disney stars Ashley Tisdale and Selena Gomez, along with Roselyn Sanchez and America Ferrera.
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Valgetal
Valgetal challenges you to complete basic math equations
by controlling the placement of falling numbers. If
you create a vertical column of three blocks, the number
on top must be the sum of the two below it. If it isn’t,
you are penalised by a reduction in the size of the
container, which immediately makes it harder to control
successive blocks precisely. (in Games)
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The Economist August 09 2008
The Economist August 09 2008 | PDF | English
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Miley Cyrus and Family Pedal Away!
Spending the second day in a row out with her family, Miley Cyrus was spotted bicycling through the streets of Toluca Lake, California on Sunday (August 17).
Wearing a pink t-shirt with “PEACE” written on it, the “Hannah Montana” starlet was accompanied by her mother, Tish Cyrus, as well as her brother Braison and little sis Noah.
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Beginning SQL Queries: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional)
# Publisher: Apress (April 9, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1590599438
# ISBN-13: 978-1590599433
Product Description
Clare Churcher’s Beginning SQL Queries is your guide to mastering the lingua franca of the database industry: the SQL language. Good knowledge of SQL is crucial to anyone working with databases, because it is with SQL that you retrieve data, manipulate data, and generate business results. Knowing how to write good queries is the foundation for all work done in SQL, and it is a foundation that Clare lays well in her book.
* Does not bore with syntax!
* Helps you learn the underlying concepts involved in querying a database, and from there the syntax is easy
* Provides exceptionally clear examples and explanations
* Is academically sound while being practical and approachable
What you’ll learn
* Write simple queries to extract data from a single table.
* Understand relational algebra and calculus and why they are important.
* Combine data from many tables into one business result.
* Avoid pitfalls and traps such as Cartesian products and difficulties with null values.
* Summarize large amounts of data for reporting purposes.
* Apply set theory to the problems of manipulating data and generating reports.
Who is this book for?
Beginning SQL Queries is aimed at intelligent laypeople who need to extract information from a database, and at developers and other IT people who are new to SQL. The book is especially useful for business intelligence analysts who must ask more complex questions of their database than their GUI–based reporting software supports. Such people might be business owners wanting to target specific customers, scientists and students needing to extract subsets of their research data, or end users wanting to make the best use of databases for their clubs and societies.
About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
Related Titles
* Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional
* Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006
* Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals
About the Author
Clare Churcher holds a Ph.D. in physics and has designed several databases for a variety of large and small projects. She is currently the head of the applied computing group at Lincoln University where her teaching has included analysis and design, database, and programming. She has supervised over 70 undergraduate projects designing databases for small projects.
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NSIS 2.39
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.
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‘Thunder’ rumbles past ‘Dark Knight’ with $26M (AP)
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) It took four of Hollywood’s biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy “Tropic Thunder” with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping “The Dark Knight” to second place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren: Out with Baby Honor
Enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon with family and friends, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren were spotted out with their baby daughter Honor Marie for lunch in Brentwood yesterday (August 16).
The “Sin City” starlet and her hubby took turns pushing around the stroller - which kept their little girl covered from paparazzi snapping up shots of the family throughout their dining excursion.
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