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This unique introductory SQL tutorial not only provides easy-to-understand SQL instructions, but it allows you to practice what you learn using the on-line SQL interpreter. You will receive immediate results after submitting your SQL commands. You will be able to create your own unique tables as well as perform selects, inserts, updates, deletes, and drops on your tables. This SQL tutorial currently supports a subset of ANSI SQL. The basics of each SQL command will be covered in this introductory tutorial. Unless otherwise stated, the interpreter will support everything covered in this course. If you're already familar with the basics of SQL, you can still use this as a refresher, and practice some SQL statements.

SQLinForm is an automatic SQL code formatter for all major databases including ORACLE, SQL Server, DB2, UDB, Sybase, Informix, PostgreSQL, Teradata, MySQL, MS Access etc. with over 70 formatting options.

Tom Kelley, general manager at the world-renowned design firm, IDEO, presents five core practices that enhance creativity. Through entertaining stories and examples, he describes how these techniques help us all become more innovative in every aspect of our lives and lead to more success. For more details on his company, see http://www.ideo.com/

Many large companies are getting a jump on a major cultural and demographic shift away from suburban sprawl. The change is imminent, and businesses that don’t understand and plan for it may suffer in the long run. To put it simply, the suburbs have lost their sheen: Both young workers and retiring Boomers are actively seeking to live in densely packed, mixed-use communities that don’t require cars—that is, cities or revitalized outskirts in which residences, shops, schools, parks, and other amenities exist close together.

Dr. Moria Gunn visits with Mark Sherman, CEO of ZoomAtlas, and Wiki inventor, Ward Cunningham, to talk about the latest social networking trend, geo-social networking.

Tom Kelley, general manager at the world-renowned design firm, IDEO, presents five core practices that enhance creativity. Through entertaining stories and examples, he describes how these techniques help us all become more innovative in every aspect of our lives and lead to more success. For more details on his company, see http://www.ideo.com/

An evolutionary, not revolutionary, view of electric vehicles, battery ownership, the efficiencies of the internal combustion engine, etc... They made a good point that 0 emmision "at the tailpipe" electric cars simple move the pollution source up the chain, which might still be generated in very dirty ways.

A slightly out of date discussion of Software as a Service.

Ron Ashkenas talks about complexity in business. Large organizations are by nature complex, but over the years circumstances have conspired to add layer upon layer of complexity to how businesses are structured and managed. Well-intended responses to new business challenges—globalization, emerging technologies, and regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley, to name a few—have left us with companies that are increasingly ungovernable, unwieldy, and underperforming.

Gill Corkindale, executive coach and author of the Letter from London blog on HarvardBusiness.org describes why there is more potential for conflict at work these days, and some general approaches for how managers can deal with the situations

Steve pointed out that he doesn't design, but enables the client to design better, by helping organizations discover and act on new insights about themselves and their customers. The presentation title: "Well, we did all this research … now what?" poses the question that Steve showed us how to answer in providing a methodology to get measurable results, unblocking the research bottleneck and getting raw data from research directed through into the design process.

Collector Ravin Agrawal delivers a glowing introduction to 10 of India's most exciting young contemporary artists. Working in a variety of media, each draws on their local culture for inspiration.

In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.