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ATHENS, Ga. -- Officials won't say why it took a week to hear George Zinkhan's cell phone "ping" - the clue that led them to his car - and aren't interested in finding out more precisely when he died, a fact that could show whether the dangerous armed man roamed Athens for several days while police looked for him.
In the days after they wrapped up the case of the 57-year-old professor who murdered three people -- including his wife, a former Augustan -- then killed himself late last month, police won't answer those two questions about their own investigation.
"We're not discussing any cell phone issues, laptops or anything else," said Jim Fullington, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Athens office. "All I'm going to say is we used every available resource and capability to try to locate him."
But telecommunications and pathology experts have possible answers.
The ping that led officials to Zinkhan's Jeep in a secluded area on the Jackson-Clarke county line could have been the signal Zinkhan's cell phone sent to a transmission tower as its battery died, according to Albert Gidari, a Seattle attorney who specializes in electronic surveillance and communications law.
"If it's off, the carrier might know from the last signaling" where the phone is, said Gidari, who explained that a cell phone sends a final signal when it is powered down or when the battery dies.
A phone can't stay charged an entire week, which is why Zinkhan's may have sent out a last signal when the battery gave out six days after the murders, he said.
Police sometimes need a federal court order to get a cellular carrier's records to search for a phone, according to Gidari.
But finding Zinkhan's phone "had nothing to do with the legal process," Fullington said.
Authorities can find a phone quickly if it's in an urban area with a lot of cell towers that they can use to triangulate its location, said Lee Tien, senior staff attorney with Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy public interest group.
But the remote area where Zinkhan intentionally crashed his Jeep may have had only one cell tower nearby, giving authorities a large, general location to search, according to Tien.
"If the phone is making a connection to only one tower, you don't have the advantage to say it was hitting on this tower at a particular time and another tower 10 minutes later," Tien said.
Some officials were convinced Zinkhan had fled the area after ditching the Jeep, but as time passed and he had not contacted anyone, used a credit card or did anything else to indicate he was alive, investigators enlisted the help of cadaver dogs.
The dogs found Zinkhan's body last Saturday - exactly two weeks after he killed his wife, Marie Bruce, 47, Tom Tanner, 40, and Ben Teague, 63, outside Athens Community Theater. The body was completely covered in a shallow grave that he dug himself before he committed suicide.
A state medical examiner determined Zinkhan killed himself five to 14 days before.
"That's not unreasonable to give a wide berth like that," said Dr. Michael Baden, chief pathologist for the New York State Police. "Buried bodies decompose more slowly than unburied bodies."
Officials could have examined stomach contents and made other observations to get a more precise time of death, Baden said, but thoroughness is more important when investigators need to know when a victim died in order to begin looking for suspects and pinning down times in their alibis.
"That all becomes less significant in a situation where he killed himself," Baden said.

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ST. LOUIS Luther Ingram, the R&B singer and songwriter best known for the hit "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," has died. He was 69.
Ingram died Monday at a Belleville, Ill., hospital of heart failure, friend and journalist Bernie Hayes said Tuesday. He had suffered for years from diabetes, kidney disease and partial blindness, his wife, Jacqui Ingram, said.
Ingram performed with Ike Turner at clubs in East St. Louis, roomed with Jimi Hendrix in New York and was the opening act for Isaac Hayes. He recorded through the 1980s and performed in concert until the mid-1990s, when his health began declining.
"His instrument was his voice; his heart and head were his inspiration," said Hayes, a St. Louis journalist, disc jockey and author of "The Death of Black Radio."
Ingram was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Jackson, Tenn. He started writing music and singing as a boy in a group with his siblings after his family moved to Alton, Ill., in 1947.
He had a five-year association with Memphis, Tenn.-based Stax Records during the height of its success. In 1971, Ingram and songwriter-performer Sir Mack Rice co-wrote "Respect Yourself" for the Staple Singers, which turned into Stax's biggest hit.
Ingram recorded "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," in 1972 on Koko Records, which Stax distributed. The song was No. 1 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart and was later a hit for Barbara Mandrell.
His other popular songs include "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)," "I'll Be Your Shelter" and "You Never Miss Your Water."
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A "musical visitation" will be held Sunday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in East St. Louis. He is to be buried Monday at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Belleville.
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Rich Cimini of ESPN New York thinks you can "bet the rent" on Mark Sanchez being the Jets' opening-day quarterback. He acknowledges that the camp competition between Geno Smith and Sanchez is Smith's to win, but he is unsure of Smith's leadership skills and handle on the offense, especially after a "lackluster performance" during spring and summer practices.
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Hi, My name is Shannon Rogers and I am only brand new to FFA and still trying to get my head around it all :) I was told about this amazing place a while ago and I finally got time to sign up and Upload some of my works! I'm sorry if this is not the place to Introduce myself as I have no Idea, so if it isn't I do apologize!
Once I get my brain familiarized with all this, I will be out and about checking out all your work. For what I have seen so far I am totally blown away. So much talent here, so for now I'll be over here under my little rock trying to figure it all out :)
If you have some spare time, I would really love for you to come over to my little corner of FAA and say hello and make a (Kind) comment lol, if any of my work catches your eye. So firstly thank you for taking time out to read this and I hope I get to become your new friend here on FFA :) Keep Smiling and stay safe!!!!!!
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I have put up a sample Image of my Work!!
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Posted by: Wendy J St Christopher on 4 Years Ago
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Hi, Shannon -- welcome to FAA! :-)
This is exactly the place to introduce yourself and your work to the ranks. I had to laugh while reading this in your bio --
. . . Photographers are very mean. First, they frame you, then they shoot you, then hang you on the wall,"
Oh dear! :-)
Posted by: Isabella F Abbie Shores on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
LOL Great :)
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There are some helpful links on the Need Help - Start Here tab, at the top of the main forums
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Hi Wendy, very nice to meet you and I really appreciate you taking time out to say hello. I was starting to think there were no friendly people around here lol, with over 20 Views and no one had left a comment, then you came along :) So thank youuuuuuuuuu as I thought I walked into a lonely planet lol.
Yeah that saying a beauty, once I heard it I had to use it, it's a classic :)
Thank you once again, it's wonderful people like you that help people smile and keep the world going around :)
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Posted by: Andrew Pacheco on 4 Years Ago
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Welcome to the mix, Shannon!
Hi Abbie, sorry you must have sent that while I was replying to Wendy lol. Thanks for the pointing me to the help section, much appreciated :) I'm slowly getting my way around, so much to learn and so many corners to take lol.
And thank you for your kind words on my Image Storm Over Ruin, it has been one of my best Sellers :)
Once again thank you so kindly for taking time out to give me some tips and look at my work, I'm forever grateful :)
Thank you
Thank you so much Andrew, a pleasure to meet you mate :)
Posted by: Roy Erickson on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Good morning Roger - beautiful work you have. So you don't feel that it's all a bed of roses here - just don't forget - roses grow on thorny bushes. That being said - welcome. BTW - do you know what time it is - these folks are mostly not up yet. Except for Abbie - but she is across the pond and about to go to bed.
Posted by: Janice Drew on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Hi Shannon...welcome aboard. You have some great images. A quick suggestion though...separate your images into galleries for easier viewing. Add some descriptions to your wonderful artwork.
Love this:
Hi Roy, Yeah I understand mate :) Its all good, just happy to be here :) I appreciate you stopping by buddy, very much appreciated!!
Hi Janice, thank you for your kind words! I only signed up today and trying to get it all organized. So I promise I will have a write up about them all and put them into Galleries :) once again thank you so very much :) Yeah that Image Pelicans Pride won the Front Cover of the Almanac here in Australia for 2012 and won me over $7000 worth of Prizes
Video Here of the Announcement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eyx_z-dxcs
Posted by: Janice Drew on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Congratulations, Shannon. They chose well. I'm always drawn to seascapes. That one immediately caught my eye.
Posted by: Roseann Caputo on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Hi Shannon,
Welcome! Always nice to have another digital artist in the mix.
I like this one:
Thank you Janice, yeah I think it was also a lot of luck, there was so many brilliant entries and as I hardly enter any Competitions I was so excited to be the winner, it was a very proud moment that is for sure :) Thank you once again, very much appreciated :)
Hi Roseann, very lovely to here from you :) Yes as I have noticed there are so many Amazing Artists here, it's breath taking to say the least!! There is no doubt I will gain so much Inspiration from so many fantastic works here on FAA. I'ts only day one for me, but I'm already spell bounded lol.
Thank you for your kind words, I'm forever greatful :)
Posted by: Brian Wallace on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome Shannon. Wishing all the best here at FAA !
Hi Brian, thanks a million mate, really appreciate you dropping buy to say hi :)
Posted by: Carmen Hathaway on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome Shannon -- great looking portfolio -- enjoy the view(s) :)
~ Carmen Hathaway ~
Hi Carmen thank you so much, I appreciate you stopping by and for your very kind words, thank you :)
Posted by: Anne Norskog on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Hi Anne, thank you so much, it's a very nice to meet you :)
Posted by: Phyllis Wolf on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome, Shannon!
This photo reminds me so much of sights I would see during my daily kayak paddles in the inlets and bays when I lived in Florida. Very nice capture.
Posted by: Janine Riley on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome aboard Shannon , beautiful work you bring with you.
Posted by: Rich Franco on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome and hope you enjoy your stay. Great images, just need more!!! Lot's of good information here, all over and good people too. You don't look like a shy person, so ask away,whenever you have a question.
Good Luck!
Posted by: Jean Noren on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome Shannon, I enjoyed your site but it didnt take me long to go through it... put up more!
Posted by: See My Photos on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Print the poster! This is how you properly join FAA. Great images.Welcome.
Posted by: Lynn Palmer on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
You have some great work, welcome to FAA!!
Posted by: OTIL ROTCOD on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Hey WELCOME TO FAA Shannon!
Amongst your works I like this one.
A strong image. great work.
Posted by: Angelina Vick on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Hi Shanon, welcome to FAA!
Posted by: Pencil Paws on 4 Years Ago
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Welcome Shannon, your work is amazing. This is my favourite:
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Welcome Shannon,
Well done images. Crisp, clear, inviting. Look forward to seeing more.
Posted by: Richard Rizzo on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
welcome to FAA, Shannon.
Posted by: Carolyn Marshall on 4 Years Ago
4 Years Ago
Welcome, Shannon. Great images you have added. Looking forward to seeing your new work as you add it.
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Damon turns to Bonnie for a help after having a violent encounter with a spirit of werewolf Mason Lockwood whom he suspects is still mad at him.
In the spirit of Halloween, "The Vampire Diaries" brings back some dead characters when it returns next week. As Mystic Falls prepares to celebrate the traditional Illumination Night, the town is invaded by spirits of the dead. One of them is werewolf Mason Lockwood who may hold a grudge against Damon after he and Alaric conspired to kill Mason.
While Damon turns to Bonnie to get help in finding the reason behind the ghosts' surprising power, Elena convinces Jeremy to use his connection to the other side to help her find a new way to reach Stefan which leads Jeremy to a terrible choice. Additionally, Alaric discovers a long-hidden clue to the past.
Also returning in "Ghost World" are Bonnie's grandmother Sheila and vampire Lexi. The episode will air Thursday, October 20 at 8/7c on The CW.


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Hi. I'm online and happy to answer your question today. I am a retina specialist.
What do you mean that you noticed a shadow over your left eye? Do you mean that you vision is blocked, as if a curtain or veil was over your vision?
Have you noticed any flashes of light or spots/bugs in your vision at all?
Are you available to chat?
has this shadow gotten larger at all?
I see that you are offline. I'll switch over to the Q&A system. This system works a lot like 'text messaging' but an email is sent to each of us anytime something is posted to this thread. We can continue to work on your question there..... :)
More like a cloudy blurry vision it hasnt gottent worst and it feels irritated. i have notice a bit of flashes. When my eye was dilated the doctor didnt see any detachment.
The doctor was an ophthalmologist
Is a retinal detachment serious?
Hi Dr. Rick thank you so much for following up that is very nice of you.
The retina specialist found inflammation and swelling in my eye he prescribed Pred Forte one drop 4 times a day for 2 weeks and the following week 2 times a day. But when i went to Walgreens they gave me generic (prednisolone). He didnt see a retina detachment thank god.
I have a follow up with him in 3 weeks.
How long do you think i will see results?
Hi Dr. Rick
Sorry to bother with the same thing. I still havent seen any improvement i have been using the drops since tuesday.
I know i am getting inpatient. Does it take that long to for the cloudy vision to clear?
Hi Dr. Rick..
I hope you are having a good week.
I just wanted to let you know that i feel like my eyesight is changing before a used to feel a dark shadow over my eye but now i feel like my glasses are dirty. Can this mean that my vision is slowly recovering?
Sorry to be so impatient sometimes it gets so aggravating. Thank you so much for all your advice.
Hi Dr. RIck,
I hope u are having a good weekend.
Quick question on wednesday i go down to 2 drops per day what will happen now?
Thats good have fun!!
I still cant see a big difference. Starting wednesday i go down to 2 drops per day. What can i expect after that?
Thank you i will try to get them. From your previous experience with patients have u seen quick recovery from the inflammation?
Hi Dr. Rick, i just wanted to let you know that today i went to get my blood test results(the retina specialist wanted me to do a couple of tests) they are came back good. My doctor sent me to get a second opinion to an ophthalmologist who saw me today at 4pm and he dilated my eyes and took pics of my eye and he said that the drops seem to be working because he doesnt see inflammation and to just be patient for the blurriness to go away.
Exactly what u said give it time. Thanx for your advice and patience.
Hi Dr. Rick, i hope you had a nice thanksgiving...
Quick questions can i take a immune booster vitamin that i got from GNC while on the drops.
BTW i have been using the eye drops twice a day even thought things arent getting worst i still have the blur
I am glad you had a nice day :-)
My day was pretty good. Thank you for answering.
I hope the packs win!!
Hi Dr. Rick:
Sorry to bother with the same question/problem.
My eye is still blurry and i am starting to panic. I feel like am starting to have anxiety. When i went to get the second opinion the ophtamologist informed me once i am off the drops he was very confident that the eye would go back to how it was. Is this true?
Ok thank you soo much. I was trying to look online for information but the bit of info i found seems scary.
Hi Dr. Rick,
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Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 27, 2007
The pollution produced by light trucks, SUVs and minivans is only half a percent higher than that produced by conventional cars, based on a recent study. But researchers say that this tiny difference becomes enormous when considering the number of light trucks moving along the nation's highways.
"That small difference becomes tremendously magnified when you consider the billions of miles traveled by automobiles every day in this country," said Timothy Buckley, the study's senior author and an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Ohio State University.
"There are easily tens of millions of light trucks on the roads every day."
While the findings are linked to vehicle driving, the conclusions derive from a study of air quality inside an inner-city parking garage, one of the many "micro-environments" found within cities.
It's the first study to take a comprehensive look at the concentration of certain automobile-related toxic air pollutants inside a parking garage, said Sung Kim, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral fellow with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The researchers found that the emission of key pollutants from light trucks - a category that includes SUVs and minivans - was 0.5 to 0.6 percent greater than the pollutant levels released by cars.
Buckley says that although he and his colleagues expected to see a bigger impact from light trucks, the seemingly tiny difference between a car and an SUV shouldn't be discounted.
The results appear online at the Articles in Press website for the journal Environmental Research. Buckley and Kim conducted the study with Francesca Dominici, also with the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins.
The researchers conducted their study in one eight-story parking garage in downtown Baltimore, Md. The garage has parking for 1,400 autos and is used by employees and visitors coming to a local hospital and university.
Vehicles were put into one of two categories - light trucks, which included SUVs and minivans, and cars, which included station wagons. A video camera set up at the garage entrance recorded the autos as they entered the facility.
The air within the garage was monitored eight hours a day, from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m., for 24 consecutive days. The monitors were used to analyze three kinds of pollutants that are emitted from nearly all gasoline-powered vehicles: carbon monoxide (CO), particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pPAH) and several volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
"These pollutants include known and suspected carcinogens," Buckley said. "Pedestrian exposure to high levels of these air toxics within parking garages is of concern because of the proximity and intensity of the vehicle activity within the semi-closed environment."
The researchers monitored air pollution and traffic in the garage during the summer of 2002. After the 24-day monitoring period, they watched the videotape, counting and classifying each vehicle as either a car or a light truck. They separated the vehicle counts into 30-minute blocks of time. Each 30-minute segment of videotape was matched with the same 30 minute segment of pollution data.
Light trucks accounted for about one out of every three vehicles using the garage. For some of the pollutants, the study's authors were able to attribute an increase in air pollution of 0.5 to 0.6 percent per vehicle for light trucks, relative to cars.
As expected, far fewer vehicles used the garage on the weekend (about six per half-hour) than the weekday (an average of 71 vehicles per half-hour.) This 12-fold reduction in traffic volume from weekday to weekend was matched by a 2- to 7-fold reduction in air pollution.
"The less than one-to-one reduction in pollution is likely due to surrounding traffic influences," Buckley said. "We didn't specifically measure air pollution coming from traffic outside the garage."
Buckley and his colleagues say that measured pollutant concentrations inside the parking garage are not very different from levels outside the garage. The researchers compared the concentrations of VOCs in the parking garage to VOC pollution data collected by an outdoor monitoring station in downtown Baltimore by a different group of researchers.
"Our goal was to give some perspective to the concentrations recorded in the garage, and we wanted some basis of comparison," Buckley said. "We were pleasantly surprised to see that the garage concentrations were in fact lower than what was measured at a nearby outdoor site."
However, Buckley cautions against reading too much into this comparison, since the time frame and measurement methods differed between the two studies.
"Ours is the first study that has described the concentration of vehicle-related hazardous air pollutants in a parking garage," he said. "We wanted to know what those concentrations were, and how they varied within and between days to better understand the health risk.
"Our conclusion is that they're comparable to, or even less than, concentrations seen in other urban settings."
Buckley plans to continue this research to better understand traffic-related "hotspots" and these areas contribute to air pollution. Future studies may include the type of fuel that a vehicle uses (i.e. gasoline vs. diesel) as well as the age, make and model of a vehicle, which all may factor into the amount of pollution it creates.
The study was funded through the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable Future, the Johns Hopkins NIEHS Center for Urban Environmental Health and grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Vanilla Visa gift card is one of the most popular Visa gift cards. You can purchase one at many drug or convenience stores and they come in denominations of $25, $50 and $100. They are accepted anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted but they cannot be used at merchants outside of the United States.
One of the nice features about the Vanilla Visa gift card is that they are replaceable when lost. Just contact Vanilla Visa online at Vanillavisa.com and a new card will be issued. There is however a $5.95 Re-Issuance Fee for replacing a card. The cards are not reloadable or returnable once purchased.
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POP's Got a New Editor-in-Chief: Dasha Zhukova
POP's Got a New Editor-in-Chief: Dasha Zhukova
>> POP has a new editor-in-chief to replace Katie Grand — as rumored, it's 27-year-old Dasha Zhukova, who has no previous editorial experience but is well-known in the fashion and art worlds as designer of Kova & T and founder of Moscow's largest exhibition venue, the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture.
Ashley Heath, who originally conceived and co-launched POP with Katie Grand in 1999-2000, will serve as editorial director, helping Dasha with the reinvention of the magazine, the launch of a new website, a new London office — Katie Grand complained about the old POP offices regularly — as well as fostering an installation space in Berlin and a partnership with The Saatchi Gallery in London.
The magazine — first issue launches Sept. 1 — appears set to be more focused on art in addition to fashion than it was under Katie Grand's direction — according to Zhukova's statement: "We are working hard on a complete revamp of the magazine in order to provide a broader point of view focusing also on art, contemporary culture and the globalisation of all things pop-related."
Apparently "names of old-school editors, creative directors, and even pop stars and fashion designers were thrown around" before Dasha was settled upon, but now the focus is on recruiting a freelance team, which Ashley and Dasha interviewed together. No word on whether Dasha's best friend Olympia Scarry will serve as creative director as rumored, but an editorial board is already in place to provide guidance and inspiration, including Daphne Guinness; art director Julia Restoin-Roitfeld; artist and film director Sam Taylor-Wood; design critic Alice Rawsthorn; artist and art director Peter Saville; Rebecca Wilson, head of development at Saatchi Gallery; and David Davies, managing director of POP.
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1. Re: joining two tablesonedbguru Jan 17, 2013 11:01 PM (in response to elmasduro)No. There are any number of books and blogs and forums that can assist you in learning how to do joins. You have not shown us anything that you have tried. We are not here to do your job/homework for you. There may be some that will be willing to do your job for you... I am not.
Instead of doing a view like this, why don't you actually create a data and data2 table and start testing it for yourself.
2. Top-N QueryFrank Kulash Jan 18, 2013 12:42 AM (in response to elmasduro)Hi,
So you want to join the tables.
Sometimes, a row in data won't match anything in data2 (e.g., data.id=222), but you want to include that row from data anyway. That means you'll need an outer join.
Sometimes, a row in data will match 2 rows in data2 (e.g., data.id=111 matches both data2.txt='abc1' and 'bc2'). In this case you'll only want the row that matches on data.txt. In other words, some matches are better than others, and you only want to keep the best match for each row in data. That's a job for a Top-N Query , like this:
WITH got_m_num AS ( SELECT d.id , d2.* , DENSE_RANK () OVER ( PARTITION BY d.id ORDER BY CASE d2.txt WHEN d.txt THEN 'A' WHEN d.txt2 THEN 'B' ELSE 'C' END ) AS m_num FROM data d LEFT OUTER JOIN data2 d2 ON d2.txt IN (d.txt, d.txt2) ) SELECT id , txt , cid FROM got_m_num WHERE m_num = 1 ORDER BY id ;
3. Re: joining two tablesMost Wanted!!!! Jan 18, 2013 6:30 AM (in response to elmasduro)
WITH DATA AS (SELECT 123 ID, 'abc' txt, 'bc' txt2 FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 111 ID, 'abc1' txt, 'bc2' txt2 FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 222 ID, 'abc2' txt, 'bc3' txt2 FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 333 ID, 'abc3' txt, 'bc4' txt2 FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 444 ID, 'abc4' txt, 'bc5' txt2 FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 555 ID, 'abc5' txt, 'bc6' txt2 FROM DUAL), data2 AS (SELECT 'abc' txt, 1 cid FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 'abc1' txt, 2 cid FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 'bc2' txt, 3 cid FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 'abc3' txt, 4 cid FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 'bc5' txt, 5 cid FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 'bc6' txt, 6 cid FROM DUAL) SELECT DISTINCT ID, CASE WHEN (a.txt = b.txt) THEN a.txt ELSE a.txt2 END text, CASE WHEN (a.txt = b.txt) OR (a.txt != b.txt) THEN b.cid ELSE NULL END cid FROM (SELECT ROWNUM r, ID, txt, txt2 FROM DATA) a, data2 b WHERE r = cid;
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>General Running>Do You Have To Love Running To Run A Marathon
This is just some random post I found - But I think this applies
Has anyone read the excerpt of the new book that was in Competitor Mag this month? The Hanson brothers, as well as Jack Daniels have stated that you don't need to run more than 16 miles for a long run and gave some nice examples of why. I know there's been a lot of questions over the years about how the BT plans, many of which I have written, and how the runs aren't longer than 2.5 to 3 hours. Dr Daniel's was quoted as saying there is no physiological advantage to running over 3 hours. Yes, I do know there is a mental advantage for sure. One of the important reasons not to run more than 16 miles in a long run was that you should keep your long run within 25%-30% of your total weekly volume and this pertains to those running a 5k all the way up to a marathon. For example, if your long run is 16 miles, that means you are running around 48 miles per week. : )
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My longest runs for my first marathon were two 17 milers at about 2:40-2:45. Finished one of the tougher marathons just fine, no real pain apart from fatigue and the time was not really all that great but the goal was to finish and I did that in fairly good shape.
Weekly mileage of 40 MPW for about 6 months anyway you can get those miles (obviously not 6 miles each day of the week, but with a 9-10 mile long run building up to 16-17 miles 3 weeks before the race) will let you finish the marathon just fine.
Mostly I think I want to run a marathon now because I worry at some point in my life, that opportunity will be gone physically as I age.
Man, you're ONLY 45. There are a lot of us that consider 45 a virtual youngster - It ought to be quite a few years before you break down...I know people in their 70's that run marathons so I wouldn't sweat age much unless you have some underlying health problems that are of concern for your future..
Run a marathon when you are good and ready and when you want to. I have a friend in his upper 50's that runs about 45/50 MPW and only runs 5K's.....and he's very competitive. He loves it that way.... He doesn't want to do the extra training required to properly run a marathon and he loves racing almost ever week...... What ever you want to run - run - you can never run a marathon and still be a great runner........
Run what feels good to/for you but most importantly what you want to run.......
Champions are made when no one is watching
Sometimes I hear people say "I'm not a runner" and I think back to the book, Born to Run. I believe all humans are runners, some just choose not to run.
I worry that just a 2.5 hour run will not quite get me marathon ready given my slow speed. I worry about boredom. I worry about not spending enough time quality time with the kids and husband. I worry about failure. I worry about being the last runner crossing the finish line after 6 hours or more. Geez.
On 2.5 hour runs: That's plenty long.
On boredom: Yes, some days, it will be boring. I'm guessing you're not jumping out of airplanes every weekend as it is. You'll find ways to deal with it - vary your course, run with a group, listen to podcasts.
On kids and husband: Or, maybe you'll inspire them and give them someone to look up to.
On failure: And, so what if you do? I'm sure you can Google a better quote but failure does not define you - if you're not failing, you're not trying in the first place.
On being last: And, so what if you are? Someone's gotta be last. Guess what? You get the same medal.
Now get out of your own way and get out there already, old lady!
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it's the fight in the dog. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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To see it as the "superbowl" of running is not correct. Maybe, if we are talking about Boston or the Olympics and you are an elite athlete.
For the rest of us mortals it is something completely different. Just about anybody could go out tomorrow and "run" a marathon. With time limits of 6 or 7 or 8 hours, I'm sure you could do one this weekend. After all, you are already running 30 MPW and have completed a number of half marathons. You could probably run the first 15 miles and walk the last 11 or so and "do a marathon" like many people do.
But would doing something like that really make you feel like you've accomplished anything?
Maybe a better approach is to just work on slowly increasing your longer runs and see how that goes. If you are finding that your weekend long run is getting to 15, 16, 17 miles and you are enjoying it, think about signing up for a marathon and set up a good training plan.
For me, I always find it more motivational to schedule my marathons as "destination" races, where I travel to some new place AND run a marathon. It doesn't have to be far or a necessarily expensive trip either. Just something special.
2016 Goals
2000 miles
Get ready for my 2nd Boston Marathon
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Welcome to the Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum web site. The museum had its beginning several years ago when a small group of people interested in local history and preserving the area's past, began meeting regularly. From this organization a museum was created.
The idea was to encompass the old school district #425, which included the towns of Shabbona, Shabbona Grove, Lee, Rollo and the surrounding area. Since this area includes DeKalb County and parts of Lee and LaSalle Counties, the collection of historical information spans a large area.
The museum opened its doors to the public in September, 1992 and is located in the old bank building on Highway 30 in Shabbona, Illinois. The main floor includes a large exhibit area, while the research information and library are found upstairs. Our growing collection of records include obituaries, cemetery books, marriage information, census records (microfilm), Shabbona newspapers (hard copies and microfilm), biographies, abstracts, church, school, military records and more.
The museum is open from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free.
NEW!! We now have a new website, check it out!!
After considering the cost of a new microfilm machine, we decided to go digital with our microfilmed newspapers. The cost is about half of what a machine would cost and it would have the capability of searching by name and date or browsing through a specific issue. We are still asking for donations to cover this expense. It will be well worth the cost. Thirty seven rolls of microfilm have been digitized, which includes copies of the Shabbona newspapers from 1917 - 1960 and the Paw Paw newspapers from 1874 - 1959. Of course when dealing with old records, there are a few missing issues. A link to the newspaper web page is found to on the left side of this page under Digital News. Enjoy!
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Attorney General John Kroger announced today that the federal government has awarded a $1.9 million Recovery Act grant to the Oregon Department of Justice to combat violence against women.
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Except as otherwise provided in sections 459c to 459c–7 of this title, the property acquired by the Secretary under such sections shall be administered by the Secretary without impairment of its natural values, in a manner which provides for such recreational, educational, historic preservation, interpretation, and scientific research opportunities as are consistent with, based upon, and supportive of the maximum protection, restoration, and preservation of the natural environment within the area, subject to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with other laws of general application relating to the national park system as defined by sections 1b to 1d of this title, except that authority otherwise available to the Secretary for the conservation and management of natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of sections 459c to 459c–7 of this title.
(b) Hunting and fishing regulations
The Secretary may permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the seashore in such areas and under such regulations as he may prescribe during open seasons prescribed by applicable local, State, and Federal law. The Secretary shall consult with officials of the State of California and any political subdivision thereof who have jurisdiction of hunting and fishing prior to the issuance of any such regulations, and the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with such officials regarding such hunting and fishing as he may deem desirable.
Source(Pub. L. 87–657, § 6, formerly § 7,Sept. 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 541; renumbered § 6,Pub. L. 91–223, § 2(c),Apr. 3, 1970, 84 Stat. 90; amended Pub. L. 94–544, § 4(a),Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2515; Pub. L. 94–567, § 7(a),Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2695.)
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–544and Pub. L. 94–567made substantially identical amendments by inserting provision which directed the Secretary to administer the property acquired in such a manner so as to provide recreational, educational, historic preservation, interpretation, and scientific research opportunities consistent with the maximum protection, restoration, and preservation of the environment.
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The Nazca lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. Their purpose remains unknown. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, & lizards. The lines are shallow designs made in the ground by removing the reddish pebbles & uncovering the whitish/grayish ground beneath. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. #mytumblr
The Nazca Lines are located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the pampa (a large flat area of southern Peru). The desolate plain of the Peruvian coast which comprises the Pampas of San Jose (Jumana), Socos, El Ingenio and others in the province of Nasca, is 400 Km. South of Lima, covers an area of approximately 450 km2, of sandy desert as well as the slopes of the contours of the Andes.
Nazca Lines in Peru were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD.[1] The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, and lizards.
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SPIDER: Scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD.
Peru. Puse este pin porque me gustan los dibujos, son distintos a otros que he visto y me pregunto si será porque son de América.
Nazca Lines: The Great Geoglyphs of Peru - The Big Riddle
In Perù, nel deserto di #Nazca, 13.000 linee formano più di 800 disegni. Il colibrì è uno dei geoglifi più famosi: la distanza tra gli estremi delle sue due ali è di 66 metri ed è lungo 94 metri.
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Firefox downloads top 1m in just over four days
Over a million copies of the open source browser Firefox have been downloaded in a little over four days after the 1.0 preview release was put up on the web, according to information at the SpreadFirefox blog.
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Frye: Hunting may get its economic due
We've heard for years that hunting is big business in Pennsylvania. Big, but largely under the radar and largely underappreciated.
Maybe no more.
A partnership of sportsmen's groups, tourism officials and businesses has launched a grassroots campaign meant to make people aware of the role hunting plays in supporting local economies and jobs. "Hunting Works for Pennsylvania" will be modeled after similar efforts underway in five other states.
The campaign will "talk about and educate folks on the economic benefits that hunters provide," said Vern Ross, former executive director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and co-chairman of the Hunting Works initiative.
Nearly one million people hunt in Pennsylvania each year, spending $986 million, according to the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation. That translates to $121 million in state and local taxes, 15,000 jobs, and a $1.6 billion ripple effect on the state economy, the group said.
One of the 60 groups affiliated with the program is the Pennsylvania Association of Travel and Tourism. Its executive director, Rob Fulton, said his group wants to "welcome and embrace every aspect of our travel and tourism industry," including hunters.
That would be a change of sorts.
Locally, for example, the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau markets outdoor recreation opportunities. That's included touting state parks and forests where hunting occurs, but never specifically hunting itself, said executive director Ron Virag.
This campaign might change that. Virag said the bureau is putting together its marketing "gameplan" for 2013-14 and may take a closer look at hunters and hunting.
"It's a niche market. But anything that brings people into the Laurel Highlands region is important to us," he said.
On another note
The Game Commission board may soon have a new member, and in record time.
Gov. Tom Corbett has nominated funeral director Tim Layton of Windber to fill the District 4 seat currently held by Dave Schreffler of Everett.
District 4 takes in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset counties.
Schreffler's term ends today. Board members can continue to serve for six months beyond their final day, however, or until a replacement is named.
Typically, it takes months for the governor's sportsmen's advisory council to interview board candidates, selections to be forwarded to the governor, a nominee to be named and the state Senate to confirm the appointment.
In this case, all of that — short of Senate confirmation, which is pending — happened in about two weeks.
Sportsmen's message boards have been abuzz as a result, with some wondering why things were different this time and whether it's indicative of a specific agenda on someone's part, political favoritism or something else.
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Indie Film Producer Ted Hope Announced As Streaming Video CEO
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When film producer Ted Hope ("21 Grams," "The Ice Storm") resigned his position as the head of the San Francisco Film Society after just a year in the Executive Director role the indie film world collectively wondered what he'd get up to next.
Hope quickly ruled out returning to film producing as his career in a sobering personal blog post.
Today Hope's fate has been revealed: he's taking on the role of CEO of the SF based streaming video-on-demand service Fandor.
You can be forgiven for not knowing what Fandor is, after all, Netflix has been synonymous with movie streaming services for the better part of a decade now. Yet as Netflix drifts away from film in favor of television a oppotuniity has emerged for other services to fill in the gap.
So what kind of films can you find at Fandor? Well how about a few personal indie favorites? "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" (2012) and "Bellflower" (2011) are both available on the service. So are sci-fi cult classics like "The Day of the Triffids" (1962) and John Carpenter's "Dark Star" (1974). Of those four only "Bellflower" can be streamed on Netflix, which doesn't return any results for the poetic, experimental "Oversimplification".
The Fandor site is organized both by genre and by film festival, so if playing catch-up with the Indieratti is a goal the service can help with that.
In the press release announcing Hope's tenure the new CEO affirms his intention to "reboot" the film ecosystem.
"Our entire film culture remains structured around antiquated concepts of cinema, audience, and engagement," said Hope, "Fandor is part of a great systems reboot of this ecosystem, one that is as equally rewarding for the artist and the audience."
In an interview with Anne Thompson at Indiewire Hope explains the financial part of the filmmaker's rewards. Half the subscription revenue on curated titles goes to those who hold the rights on the films:
"It's done on a pro rata basis," says Hope, "based on the minutes viewed. If you have a short and it's ten minutes and 100 people watch ten minutes, that's 1000 minutes calculated overall viewing time. The more subscribers we have and the more work is viewed, the more people benefit. It's a sensible logic, it's how it should work."
Hope's tone after the resignation from SFFS had at times seemed downright pessimistic. This latest turn adds some always needed–forgive the play on words–hope back to the part of the indie world where the storied producer is an influence and inspiration.
It probably won't hurt Fandor's bottom line amongst Hope's most dedicated followers, either.
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The biggest criticisms to be levelled at South Africa's attempts to transfer ownership of the economy into black hands have been those of cronyism and the fostering of a get-rich-quick culture and a new wealthy black elite.
In the years following the end of apartheid, traditional South African companies rushed to find themselves black investors - so they could qualify as Black Economically Empowered - or BEE - companies.
The public saw many of their leaders, ANC stalwarts, being offered and getting lucrative positions on the country's most powerful boardrooms.
For many that was not surprising - the brightest and the best who fought against apartheid could well be expected to turn their minds to industry once the struggle was over.
More disheartening though was the sight of black investors who simply sold out as soon as they could to make a tidy profit.
Real black ownership of the economy seemed as remote as ever.
A fishy tale
Oceana is South Africa's biggest fishing business.
In 1994 it thought it had found the perfect black partner, Real Africa Holdings to whom it sold just over 22% of the company.
As chief executive Andrew Marshall explained, Real Africa didn't stay in black hands for long.
"The problem was that, over time, as the Oceana share price appreciated, the value of Real Africa appreciated as well and the black shareholders in Real Africa decided to cash in their shares and sold their holding to institutions that are predominately white - and so the net effect to Oceana was that we lost our black shareholding."
Oceana has done a new deal - this time its new partners are tied in, unable to leave, or transfer their shareholdings.
That's made easier by the fact that its own employees are some of those new shareholders.
But another black investment group, Brimstone, is now tied in for the long term.
Other approaches
Other companies are giving their new shareholders extra incentives to stay involved.
Old Mutual, the Anglo-South African financial services group lent the Brimstone group the money to buy a stake in Old Mutual.
Chief executive Jim Sutcliffe said: "The rate of interest on that loan depends on the contribution they make to our business.
"What we sought to do was not to have a faceless or artificial arrangement with somebody, but rather enter into a partnership with some people who will help us grow our business."
But some financiers are claiming that the BEE deals are storing up problems for the future.
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Black investors are getting deeper into debt as they buy up more and more of white corporate South Africa.
For the moment they can pay off the loans using dividends they earn from their new shares.
But what happens when the company hits a bad patch and can't afford to make these dividend payments.
Where does the cash come from then?
Soria Hay, the executive director at a debt and equity specialist Bravura explains:
"If the economic growth rate in South Africa were to go down companies will not be able to pay the dividends that the debts are being serviced with.
"For that reason black empowerment transactions will be unsuccessful in a down-turned economy. In that situation you will have an untransformed but economically unhealthy environment."
This is perhaps the most worrying aspect of the new black ownership deals that are being forged in South Africa.
They do seem to have a level of commitment not seen a decade ago.
But they depend upon continued growth.
Just like someone with a big mortgage depends on being in work to pay off the debt on their house, so South Africa's new black shareholders depend on their companies and their country to keep on working.
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Mark your calendars now. On Feb. 11 & 12, Antioch Church in Bend, Oregon will be hosting the Justice Conference. I won't be able to attend because I'll be in Mobile, Alabama speaking at a womens gathering @ Christ United Methodist Church. So if you are in the Mobile area, come join us there. But if [Read More…]