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Microsoft resists US order to turn over emails held overseas
Posted Aug 31st 2014, 06:02am by Reuters
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Stock trading? There's an app for that
Posted Aug 22nd 2014, 11:03am by James Griffiths
... service get notified right away so they can actually trade behind that." The Japanese stock market is also getting more app-friendly. On Tuesday, online brokerage SBI Securities said users ...http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1579021/stock-trading-theres-app
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China confirms Microsoft under investigation for breach of antitrust regulations
Posted Jul 29th 2014, 09:11pm by Adrian Wan
... supervision to ensure there are no monopolies or unfair trading practices and also often takes the lead in bribery and corruption investigations and allegations of intellectual property rights abuses. ...http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1562077/china-confirms-microsoft-raid-anti-monopoly-probe
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Apple may be open to a deal on patent row over Siri
Posted Jul 10th 2014, 04:55am by Sophie Yu, BIEN PEREZ
... in 2004 and received approval in 2009. "It took five years to issue the patent, which shows that the patent office is very prudent and careful in granting such rights," Yuan said. Apple, ...http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1550672/apple-may-be-open-deal-patent-row-over-siri
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... in a US$37 billion company that mean he's now worth close to US$8 billion, Liu still controls 84 per cent of voting rights at JD.com If that causes corporate governance concerns, it makes his ... US$430 million for the two previous years. Investors can be sure Liu does not miss any important decision-making if he is away- with majority control of voting rights, all board decisions require ...http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1537237/after-ipo-success-jdcom-chief-seeks-oust-alibaba-no-1-online
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... share right away, but making a phone that is ideal for a certain customer and hoping it takes hold. "We wanted to make a device that's great for one person," Bezos said. "It's like a certain ... AT&T had exclusive rights to the iPhone in the US until 2011, when Verizon and eventually others got it, too. Amazon's stock rose US$8.76, or 2.7 per cent, to close Wednesday at US$334.38. ...http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1536107/amazon-unveils-its-first-smartphone-ability-recognise-world-around-it
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The Rev. Jeff Cottingham is the keynote speaker at this year's Memorial Day service.
Cottingham is the minister of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
The public is invited to the 10 a.m. event at the Gothenburg cemetery on Monday, May 27.
American Legion vice commander Jack Ostergard is master of ceremonies.
Chaplain Bill Hayward will give the invocation. Ostergard will lead those gathered in the pledge of allegiance.
Barry McDiarmid of Gothenburg will sing the national anthem.
Stan Johnson of the American Legion, Diane Harm of the American Legion Auxiliary, Steve Hecox of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Donna McConnell of the VFW Auxiliary will place wreaths on the graves of veterans.
At the end of the service, the Gothenburg Honor Guard will fire a salute and play taps.
In case of rain, the program will be at the Senior Center.
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My friend and I had a rather extended stay here while we studied in Granada, and we couldn't have asked for a nicer place to be based during our months in Granada. The house itself is modern and stylish, with a wonderful roof terrace and spacious living room. The location of the house was great, equal distance (about 15/20 minutes... More
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SafePlace is recruiting for a 10-hour Facilities Assistant position. The announcement and job description can be reviewed below. If you are not interested in applying, but know someone who might be, please share the announcement and job description with them.
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La La La Human VoiceA workshop in voice and meditation for young peopleAaaaaah! Life starts with a cry. This 1st mark of existence expresses basic life force: I am fully here, listen to me, look at me, play with me!Ever since humans had vocal cords singing has always been an expression of this basic vitality, of wanting to communicate, to be heard, seen and to be in touch. The Workshop:In this workshop we will playfully explore some of the endless possibilities of our voices, verbally and non-verbally, as individuals and as a group.We will be exploring various ways to warm up body& voice to create favorable conditions for improvisation with our body speech and mind. The art of improvisation will be one of our main topics. We will also explore the ancient tradition of circle songs. Meditation Practice:We will offer small sessions of sitting and walking meditation. The instructions on mindfulness and awareness are perfectly adaptable to any field of performance.The Teacher:Dorothea Gädeke, based in Freiburg/Germany, has worked as a stage and film actress for 25 years, followed by a 3 year in-depth medical and musical study of human voice. Currently she is working as a voice coach for opera singers, actors and dancers, for young priests, for instrumentalists and very often for school teachers.She also works as voice therapist in the university clinic in Freiburg, and as radio speaker.She loves to sing, solo and with others. As a meditation practitioner in the Shambhala lineage she is experimenting continually combining the practice of meditation into the performing arts. What to bring:Comfortable clothing, warm socks, a tennis ball, inquisitiveness and humour.Tid: fredag 4 april kl. 19.00 – 21.00, Lördag 5 april kl. 10.00 – 18.00, Söndag 6 april kl. 10.00 – 18.00Pris: 900:- (500:- för arbetssökande/studerande)Plats: St. Eriks Gymnasium, Polhemsg. 35 (Fridhemsplan tunnelbanan) Entré B8.För vem? - Kursen vänder sig till unga människor mellan 18 – 30 år.Anmälan och Information: Ursula Ralston - firstname.lastname@example.com, 0736- 95 01 62, Frida Weidenhaijn firstname.lastname@example.com – 0739- 59 95 04
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Portland Main Street is celebrating 10 years as a Michigan Main Street community in 2013! Our Organization and Finance Committee has put together a "decade report," marking the changes that downtown Portland has seen over the past decade. To download a copy, please click on the link below.
Take a quick photo tour of downtown Portland below and experience everything our downtown has to offer!
Located at the confluence of the Looking Glass and Grand Rivers, downtown Portland is a unique destination that offers something for the entire family!
We have four dining establishments, a coffeehouse and bakery, ice cream shop, and two floral/gift shops! And that's just a small sampling of the many great businesses that we have in our downtown.
We also have nearly nine miles of finished river trails running directly through downtown Portland. Bring the bikes, the rollerblades, or just walk our trails and then cap off the day by visiting one of our fine restaurants or ice cream shop.
Click here to download a map of our river-trail system!
Located approximately half way between Lansing and Grand Rapids, downtown Portland is your perfect "day trip" getaway! Take a trip down I-96 and exit at Kent Street to find downtown Portland. Experience the laid back, small town charm that Portland has to offer!
Spend a day on the river of your choice! Some cities boast that "a river runs through" their city. Portland is the only Michigan Main Street community that gives you the choice of two!
Downtown Portland -- We're Looking Grand!
The monthly meeting of the Portland DDA Board of Directors has been changed from Thursday, August 21, 2014 to Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 3:30 pm at Portland City Hall.
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The top nominees are in for this week's installment of TV5's Top 5 on 5. WNEM is looking for the best barbecue in Mid-Michigan.
The top nominees are JD's BBQ in Saginaw, Bone Daddy's in Midland, Rusty Saw Smokehouse in Bay City, That Guy's BBQ in Bay City and Home Boy BBQ in Flushing.
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At SQLTrainer.com, LLC we understand that the technical challenges faced by businesses today are much greater in both scope and complexity than they have ever been. Businesses today are faced with understanding both local IT infrastructures as well as cloud-based technologies.
Founded in 1998 by Ted Malone, SQLTrainer.com is a technical consulting, training and content development firm dedicated to the following core principles:
SQL (pronounced See-Quell) stands for Structured Query Language, which is at the heart of every modern-day relational database system. Since many technology solutions today rely on some form of database storage or interaction, it was only logical to find a way to incorporate SQL into the name of the organization. Given that one of our core principles is to be a mentor/training above everything, the name SQLTrainer made sense. Since we also wanted to represent our embracing of the cloud, it seemed logical to add the ".com", referring to the biggest "cloud" of them all.
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Preparations for PASS Summit 2014 in Seattle, Washington are well underway. We are very excited to have this year's event back in Seattle and look forward to bringing you some great sessions and activities throughout the event.
Tune in to this week's TechNet Radio special to listen to Jennifer Moser, Lara Rubbelke, Ann Bachrach and SQL RockStar, Thomas LaRock talk about the "data gene" and why you don't want to miss this year's event.
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We are excited to announce the release of a SQL Server AlwaysOn template in the Microsoft Azure Portal Gallery. This offering was announced in Scott Guthrie's blog post along with several other exciting new features.
This template fully automates the configuration of a highly available SQL Server deployment on Azure Infrastructure Services using AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
AlwaysOn Availability Groups, released in SQL Server 2012 and enhanced in SQL Server 2014, guarantee high availability for mission-critical workloads. Last year we started supporting Availability Groups on Azure Infrastructure Services. The main components of such a configuration are two SQL Server replicas (a primary and a secondary), and a listener (DNS name). The replicas are configured for automatic failover, and each replica is contained on a distinct Virtual Machine. The listener is a DNS name that client applications can use in their connection string to connect to the current primary replica. The image below shows a depiction of this setup.
Other components required are a file share witness to guarantee quorum in the configuration to avoid "split brain" scenarios, and a domain controller to join all VMs to the same domain. Similar to the SQL replicas, there is a primary and secondary domain controller to prevent a single point of failure for the domain. The SQL replicas are deployed to an availability set to ensure they are in different Azure failure and upgrade domains. Likewise, the domain controller replicas are in their own availability set. The configuration is depicted in the image below.
Setting up the Availability Group configuration requires a long set of steps and a decent time commitment. In order to dramatically simplify this, we have released a SQL Server AlwaysOn template in the Azure Gallery. This template fully automates the configuration of a highly available SQL Server deployment on Azure Infrastructure Services using an Availability Group. Currently, this feature only supports SQL Server 2014 Enterprise images.
The SQL Server AlwaysOn Template, depicted below, is found in the Gallery under "Virtual Machines" and "Recommended".
After selecting it, it will show a description of the configuration that will be created, and the option to specify some arguments. This is depicted in the picture below.
The only arguments required are a Resource Group (an identifier of the deployment) and administrator credentials. From that point on, all settings are optional and will be auto-generated based on these 3 inputs. The domain Sysadmin account, the local SQL Server accounts, and the SQL Server service account password will be auto-generated based on the credentials entered. The names for all resources being created will be based off of what was entered for Resource Group name. The SQL Server service account name and the domain name will be auto-generated but will not be based on the Resource Group name or credentials. If you wish to customize any of these arguments, simply go to the other configurations and change the values entered for any setting. One argument that you may want to change is the Listener name, which your applications will use to connect to SQL Server. By default, entirely new resources will be provisioned for you. You have the option to select an existing domain for the deployment. In future updates, there will be more options to add existing resources to your configuration.
After the template has executed, 5 Virtual Machines will be created under the resource group: 2 Standard A5 VMs for the SQL Server replicas, 2 Standard A1 VMs for the Domain Controller replicas, and 1 Basic A0 VMs for the file share witness. This is depicted below:
You can RDP to one of the SQL Server VMs to see the Availability Group configuration as depicted below:
Try out the SQL Server AlwaysOn Template today by going to the Azure portal: http://portal.azure.com/
I am pleased to announce previews of new NoSQL database and search services and the evolution of our Hadoop-based service. Available as previews today are Azure DocumentDB, a fully-managed transactional NoSQL document database-as-a-service, and Azure Search, which enables developers to easily add search capabilities to mobile and cloud applications. Generally available today, Azure HDInsight, our Hadoop-based solution for the cloud, now supports Apache HBase clusters.
With these new and updated services, we're continuing to make it easier for customers to work with data of any type and size – using the tools, languages and frameworks they want to -- in a trusted cloud environment. From Microsoft products like Azure Machine Learning, Azure SQL Database and Azure HDInsight to data services from our partners, we're committed to supporting the broadest data platform so our customers get data benefits, in the cloud, on their terms.
Preview of Azure DocumentDB
Applications today must support multiple devices, multiple platforms with rapid iterations from the same data source, and also deliver high-scale and reliable performance. NoSQL has emerged as the leading database technology to address these needs. According to Gartner inquiries, flexible data schemas and application development velocity are cited as primary factors influencing adoption. Secondary factors attracting enterprises are global replication capabilities, high performance and developer interest.*
However, while NoSQL technologies address some document database needs, we've been hearing feedback that customers want a way to bridge document database functionality with the transactional capabilities of relational databases. Azure DocumentDB is our answer to that feedback – it's a NoSQL document database-as-a-service that provides the benefits of a NoSQL document database but also adds the query processing and transaction semantics common to relational database systems.
Built for the cloud, Azure DocumentDB natively supports JSON documents enabling easy object mapping and iteration of data models for application development. Azure DocumentDB offers programming libraries for several popular languages and platforms, including.Net, Node.js, JavaScript, and Python. We will be contributing the client libraries to the open source community, so they can incorporate improvements into the versions published on Azure.com.
Preview of Azure Search
Search has become a natural way for users to interact with applications that manage volumes of data. However, managing search infrastructure at scale can be difficult and time consuming and often requires specialized skills and knowledge. Azure Search is a fully-managed search-as-a-service that customers can use to integrate complete search experiences into applications and connect search results to business objectives through fine-tuned, ranking profiles. Customers do not have to worry about the complexities of full-text search or deploying, maintaining or managing a search infrastructure.
With Azure Search developers can easily provision a search service, quickly create and tune one or more indexes, upload data to be indexed and start issuing searches. The service offers a simple API that's usable from any platform or development environment and makes it easy to integrate search into new or existing applications. With Azure Search, developers can use the Azure portal or management APIs to increase or decrease capacity in terms of queries per second and document count as load changes, delivering a more cost effective solution for search scenarios.
Retail platform provider Xomni is already using Azure Search to help the company manage its cloud infrastructure. "We have the most technically advanced SaaS solution for delivering product catalogue data to the retail industry in the market today," said Xomni CTO Daron Yondem. "Integrating Azure Search into our platform will help solidify our leadership as datasets and faceted search requirements evolve over time."
General availability of Apache HBase for HDInsight
In partnership with Hortonworks, we've invested in the Hadoop ecosystem through contributions across projects like Tez, Stinger and Hive. Azure HDInsight, our Hadoop-based service, is another outcome of that partnership.
Azure HDInsight combines the best of Hadoop open source technology with the elasticity and manageability that enterprises require. Today, we're making generally available HBase as a managed cluster inside HDInsight. HBase clusters are configured to store data directly in Azure Blob storage. For example, customers can use HDInsight to analyze large datasets in Azure Blobs generated from highly-interactive websites or can use it to analyze sensor and telemetry data from millions of end points.
Microsoft data services
Azure data services provide unparalleled choice for businesses, data scientists, developers and IT pros with a variety of managed services from Microsoft and our partners that work together seamlessly and connect to our customers' data platform investments-- from relational data to non-relational data, structured data to unstructured data, constant and evolving data models. I encourage you to try out our new and expanded Azure data services and let us know what you think.
*Gartner, Hype Cycle for Information Infrastructure, 2014, Mark Beyer and Roxane Edjlali, 06 August 2014
PASS VP of Marketing Denise McInerney – a SQL Server MVP and Data Engineer at Intuit – began her career as a SQL Server DBA in 1998 and attended her first PASS Summit in 2002. The SQL Server Team caught up with her ahead of this year's event, returning to Seattle, WA, Nov. 4-7, to see what she's looking forward to at the world's largest conference for SQL Server and BI professionals.
For those who've never attended or who've been away for a while, what is PASS Summit? PASS Summit is the world's largest gathering of Microsoft SQL Server and BI professionals. Organized by and for the community, PASS Summit delivers the most technical sessions, the largest number of attendees, the best networking, and the highest-rated sessions and speakers of any SQL Server event.
We like to think of PASS Summit as the annual reunion for the #sqlfamily. With over 200 technical sessions and 70+ hours of networking opportunities with MVPs, experts and peers, it's 3 focused days of SQL Server. You can take hands-on workshops, attend Chalk Talks with the experts, and get the answers you need right away at the SQL Server Clinic, staffed by the Microsoft CSS and SQLCAT experts who build and support the features you use every day. Plus, you can join us early for 2 days of pre-conference sessions with top industry experts and explore the whole range of SQL Server solutions and services under one roof in the PASS Summit Exhibit Hall.
Nowhere else will you find over 5,000 passionate SQL Server and BI professionals from 50+ countries and 2,000 different companies connecting, sharing, and learning how to take their SQL Server skills to the next level.
What's on tap this year as far as sessions? We've announced a record 160+ incredible community sessions across 5 topic tracks: Application and Database Development, BI Information Delivery, BI Platform Architecture, Development and Administration; Enterprise Database Administration and Deployment, and Professional Development. And watch for over 60 sessions from Microsoft's top experts to be added to the lineup in early September.
You can search by speaker, track, session skill level, or session type – from 10-minute Lightning Talks, to 75-minute General Sessions, to 3-hour Half-Day Sessions and our full-day pre-conference workshops.
And with this year's new Learning Paths, we've made it even easier to find the sessions you're most interested in. Just use our 9 Learning Path filters to slice and dice the lineup by everything from Beginner sessions to Big Data, Cloud, Hardware Virtualization, and Power BI sessions to SQL Server 2014, High Availability/Disaster Recovery, Performance, and Security sessions.
Networking is at the heart of PASS Summit – what opportunities do you have for attendees to connect with each other?PASS Summit is all about meeting and talking with people, sharing issues and solutions, and gaining knowledge that will make you a better SQL Server professional. Breakfasts, lunches, and evening receptions are all included and are designed to offer dedicated networking opportunities. And don't underestimate the value of hallway chats and the ability to talk to speakers after their sessions, during lunches and breaks, and at the networking events.
We have special networking activities for first-time attendees, for people interested in the same technical topics at our Birds of a Feather luncheon, and at our popular annual Women in Technology luncheon, which connects 600+ attendees interested in advancing role of women in STEM fields. Plus, our Community Zone is THE place to hang out with fellow attendees and community leaders and learn how to stay involved year-round.
You mentioned the networking events for first-time attendees. With everything going on at Summit, how can new attendees get the most out of their experience?Our First-Timers Program takes the hard work out of conference prep and is designed specifically to help new attendees make the most of their time at Summit. We connect first-timers with conference alumni, take them inside the week with community webinars, help them sharpen their networking skills through fun onsite workshops, and share inside advice during our First Timers orientation meeting.
In addition, in our "Get to Know Your Community Sessions," longtime PASS members share how to get involved with PASS and the worldwide #sqlfamily, including encouraging those new to PASS to connect with their local SQL Server communities through PASS Chapters and continue their learning through Virtual Chapters, SQLSaturdays, and other free channels.
How can you learn more about sessions and the overall PASS Summit experience? A great way to get a taste of Summit is by watching PASS Summit 2013 sessions, interviews, and more on PASStv. You can also check out the best of last year's Community blogs.
Plus, stay tuned for 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview Edition on September 9 to get a free sneak peek at some of the top sessions and speakers coming to PASS Summit this year. Make sure you follow us on Twitter at @PASS24HOP / #pass24hop for the latest updates on these 24 back-to-back webinars.
Where can you register for PASS Summit? To register, just go to Register Now – and remember to take advantage of the $150 discount code from your local or Virtual PASS Chapter. We also have a great group discount for companies sending 5 or more employees. And don't forget to purchase the session recordings for year-round learning on all aspects of SQL Server.
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This blog post was authored by: Sahaj Saini, PM on the Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) team.
In this blog post, we'll provide a quick overview of Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) vs. Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) systems, how to identify triggers for migrating from SMP to MPP, key considerations when moving to Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS), and a discussion about how to take advantage of the power of an MPP solution such as APS.
Let us begin with a scenario. Emma is the Database Administrator at Adventure Works Cycles, a bicycle manufacturing company. At Adventure Works, Emma and her team are using traditional SQL Server SMP as their data warehousing solution. The company has been growing rapidly and with growing competition in the bicycle industry, the business analysts at Adventure Works Cycles would like quicker insight into their data. Emma is now facing the following challenges with the SMP deployment –
In order to overcome these challenges, Emma and her team evaluate the purchase of a larger, expensive and more powerful set of server and storage hardware to their datacenter. This approach would solve their problem but only for the short-term as the data growth is expected to explode in the next 12 months. With data growth that Adventure Works is expecting to see, even the bigger and more powerful SMP solutions would hit a wall very quickly. Emma would like to see a solution that scales as their data needs grow.
Before we jump into solving Emma's problems, let's quickly define what SMP and MPP are. Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) is a tightly coupled multiprocessor system where processors share resources – single instances of the Operating System (OS), memory, I/O devices and connected using a common bus. SMP is the primary parallel architecture employed in servers and is depicted in the following image.
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) is the coordinated processing of a single task by multiple processors, each processor using its own OS and memory and communicating with each other using some form of messaging interface. MPP can be setup with a shared nothing or shared disk architecture.
In a shared nothing architecture, there is no single point of contention across the system and nodes do not share memory or disk storage. Data is horizontally partitioned across nodes, such that each node has a subset of rows from each table in the database. Each node then processes only the rows on its own disks. Systems based on this architecture can achieve massive scale as there is no single bottleneck to slow down the system. This is what Emma is looking for.
MPP with shared-nothing architecture is depicted in the following image.
Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) running on a Microsoft Analytics Platform System appliance is implemented as an MPP shared-nothing architecture. It consists of one control node and storage attached compute nodes inter-connected by Ethernet and Infiniband. The control node hosts the PDW engine – the brains of the MPP system – that creates parallel query plans, co-ordinates query execution on compute nodes, and data aggregation across the entire appliance. All nodes, including control and compute, host a Data Movement Service (DMS) to transfer data between nodes.
For more details on PDW architecture, you can read the Architecture of the Microsoft Analytics Platform System post.
To realize the value offered by MPP, Emma and her team purchase a Microsoft APS appliance and begin transitioning to MPP. Let's take a look at how they adapt their solution to take full advantage of APS's shared nothing MPP architecture.
As previously mentioned, APS is based on a shared nothing MPP architecture which means that nodes are self-sufficient and do not share memory or disks. The architecture, therefore, requires you to distribute your large tables across nodes to get the benefits of the massively parallel processing. APS allows the definition of a table as either distributed or replicated. The decision to choose one versus the other depends on the volume of data and the need for access to all of the data on a single node.
A distributed table is one where row data within the table is distributed across the nodes within the appliance to allow for massive scale. Each row ends up in a one distribution in one compute node as depicted by the image below.
To take advantage of the distributed nature of APS, Emma modifies the large tables, typically Fact and large dimension tables, to be distributed in APS as follows:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[FactInternetSales]
[ProductKey] [int] NOT NULL,
[OrderDateKey] [int] NOT NULL,
[ShipDate] [datetime] NULL
DISTRIBUTION = HASH(ProductKey),
As you can see, this is a typical DDL statement for table creation with a minor addition for distributed tables. Tables are distributed by a deterministic hash function applied to the Distribution Column chosen for that table. Emma chooses Product Key as the distribution column in the FactInternetSales table because of the high cardinality and absence of skew, therefore distributing the table evenly across nodes.
If all tables were distributed, however, it would require a great deal of data movement between nodes before performing join operations for all operations. Therefore, for smaller dimension tables such as language, countries etc. it makes sense to replicate the entire table on each compute node. That is to say, the benefits of enabling local join operations with these tables outweigh the cost of extra storage consumed. A replicated table is one that is replicated across all compute nodes as depicted below.
Emma designs the small tables, typically dimension tables, to be replicated as follows:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[DimDate](
[DateKey] [int] NOT NULL,
[SpanishDayNameOfWeek] [nvarchar](10) NOT NULL,
By appropriately designing distributed and replicated tables, Emma aligns her solution with common MPP design best practices and enables efficient processing of high volumes of data. For example, a query against 100 billion rows in a SQL Server SMP environment would require the processing of all of the data in a single execution space. With MPP, the work is spread across many nodes to break the problem into more manageable and easier ways to execute tasks. In a four node appliance (see the picture above), each node is only asked to process roughly 25 billion rows – a much quicker task. As a result, Emma observes significant improvements to the query execution time and her business can now make better decisions, faster. Additionally, Emma can grow the data warehouse to anywhere from a few terabytes to over 6 petabytes of data in by adding "scale units" to APS.
With SQL Server SMP, Emma and her team were using ETL processes via a set of SSIS packages to load data into the data warehouse – (1) Extracting data from the OLTP and other systems; (2) Transforming the data into dimensional format; and (3) Loading the data to target dimension or fact tables in the Data Warehouse. With increasing volumes of data, the SSIS sever in the middle becomes a bottleneck while performing transformations, resulting in slow data loading.
With APS, Emma and her team can use ELT instead, to Extract the data from the OLTP and other systems and Load it to a staging location on APS. Then, the data can be Transformed into dimensional format not with SSIS but with the APS Engine utilizing the distributed nature of the appliance and the power of parallel processing. In a 4-node appliance, four servers would be doing the transformations on subsets of data versus the single node SSIS server.
This parallel processing results in a significant boost in data loading performance. Emma can then use the Create Table As Select (CTAS) statement to create the table from the staging table as follows.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[DimCustomer]
DISTRIBUTION = HASH (CustomerKey)
SELECT * FROM [staging].[DimCustomer];
By switching to an ELT process, Emma utilizes the parallel processing power of APS to see performance gains in data loading.
In conclusion, Emma and her team have found answers to their SMP woes with MPP. They can now feel confident handling the data volume and growth at Adventure Works with the ability to scale the data warehouse as needed. With ELT and the power of parallel processing in APS, they can load data into APS faster and within the expected time-window. And by aligning with APS's MPP design, they can achieve breakthrough query performance, allowing for real-time reporting and insight into their data.
Visit the Analytics Platform System page to access more resources including: datasheet, video, solution brief, and more..
To learn more about migration from SQL Server to the Analytics Platform System
Today, we are making available a new version of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA), a free tool to help customers migrate their existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014. Microsoft released SQL Server 2014 earlier this year, after months of customer testing, with features such as In-Memory OLTP to speed up transaction performance, In-Memory Columnstore to speed up query performance, and other great hybrid cloud features such as backup to cloud directly from SQL Server Management Studio and the ability to utilize Azure as a disaster recovery site using SQL Server 2014 AlwaysOn.
Available now, the SQL Server Migration Assistant version 6.0 for Oracle databases, greatly simplifies the database migration process from Oracle databases to SQL Server. SSMA automates all aspects of migration including migration assessment analysis, schema and SQL statement conversion, data migration as well as migration testing to reduce cost and reduce risk of database migration projects. Moreover, SSMA version 6.0 for Oracle databases brings additional features such as automatically moving Oracle tables into SQL Server 2014 in-memory tables, the ability to process 10,000 Oracle objects in a single migration, and increased performance in database migration and report generation.
Many customers have realized the benefits of migrating their database to SQL Server using previous versions of SSMA. For example:
SSMA for Oracle is designed to support migration from Oracle 9i or later version to all editions of SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014. The SSMA product team is also available to answer your questions and provide technical support at email@example.com
To download SSMA for Oracle, go here. To evaluate SQL Server 2014, go here.
If you're considering backing up your SQL Server database to the cloud, there are many compelling reasons. Not only will you have an offsite copy of your data for business continuity and disaster recovery purposes, but you can save on CAPEX by using Microsoft Azure for cost-effective storage. And now, you can choose to backup to Microsoft Azure even for databases that aren't running the latest version of SQL Server – creating a consistent backup strategy across your database environment.
SQL Server has these tools and features to help you back up to the cloud:
To show you how easy it is to get started with SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool, we've outlined the four simple steps you need to follow:
Prerequisites: Microsoft Azure subscription and a Microsoft Azure Storage Account. You can log in to the Microsoft Azure Management Portal using your Microsoft account. In addition, you will need to create a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Container: SQL Server uses the Microsoft Azure Blob storage service and stores the backups as blobs.
Step 1: Download the SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool, which is available on the Microsoft Download Center.
Step 2: Install the tool. From the download page, download the MSI (x86/x64) to your local machine that has the SQL Server Instances installed, or to a local share with access to the Internet. Use the MSI to install the tool on your production machines. Double click to start the installation.
Step 3: Create your rules. Start the Microsoft SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool Service by running SQLBackup2Azure.exe. Going through the wizard to setup the rules allows the program to process the backup files that should be encrypted, compressed or uploaded to Azure storage. The Tool does not do job scheduling or error tracking, so you should continue to use SQL Server Management Studio for this functionality.
On the Rules page, click Add to create a new rule. This will launch a three screen rule entry wizard.
The rule will tell the Tool what local folder to watch for backup file creation. You must also specify the file name pattern that this rule should apply to.
To store the backup in Microsoft Azure Storage, you must specify the name of the account, the storage access key, and the name of the container. You can retrieve the name of the storage account and the access key information by logging into the Microsoft Azure management portal.
At this time, you can also specify whether or not you wish to have the backup files encrypted or compressed.
Once you have created one or more rules, you will see the existing rules and the option to Modify or Delete the rule.
Step 4: Restore a Database from a Backup Taken with SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool in place. The SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool creates a 'stub' file with some metadata to use during restore. Use this file like your regular backup file when you wish to restore a database. SQL Server uses the metadata from this file and the backup on Microsoft Azure storage to complete the restore.
If the stub file is ever deleted, you can recover a copy of it from the Microsoft Azure storage container in which the backups are stored. Place the stub file into a folder on the local machine where the Tool is configured to detect and upload backup files.
That's all it takes! Now you're up and running with Backup to and Restore from Microsoft Azure.
To learn more about why to back up to the cloud, join Forrester Research analyst Noel Yuhanna in a webinar on Database Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery. You'll find out why enterprises should make database cloud backup and DR part of their enterprise database strategy.
The webinar takes place on Tuesday, 7/29 at 9 AM Pacific time; register now.
In this overview and demo, we will show you what sentiment analysis is and how to build a quick mashup that combines real-time access to multiple data sources using tools from Microsoft.
Sentiment analysis is one of the hottest topics in the Big Data space. Sentiment analysis is the process of analyzing customer comments and feedback from Facebook, Twitter, Email, and more. The purpose of the analysis is to understand the overall sentiment the customer is trying to convey. This could be a negative sentiment, when the customer is unhappy with a company or its product. Neutral sentiment, when the customer is only mentioning a company or product, in passing, without a good or a bad feeling. The last is positive sentiment, when a customer is happy or excited about a company or its product.
Traditionally sentiment analysis was complicated because it required a mixture of very complex platforms and tools. Each component required for sentiment analysis was offered from a different company and required a large amount of custom work. The difficulty is further exasperated by hard-to- achieve business requirements. When we discuss sentiment analysis there are 3 key business requirements we see repeated:
In the case of real-time access, business users need access to fresh data. In the world of social media, customer sentiment can change rapidly. With images and videos quickly being posted with re-tweets and Facebook 'like' capabilities, a good or bad aspect of a company's product can go viral in minutes. Business users need to have the ability to analyze data as it comes in, in real-time. We will show in our overview video and demo, how we can utilize Microsoft's StreamInsight technology for real-time data analysis and complex-event processing.
In the case of full granular data, in practice we have seen that using a traditional database system can hinder development. This is because a lot of the data that comes in for sentiment analysis such as email, is in a semi-structured or unstructured format. This means the data is not easily modeled into a database. The data does not come in a simple row/column format. Thus we utilize our Big Data technology that is meant for this type of data: HDInsight (Hadoop). HDInsight is essentially Hortonworks Data Platform running on Windows. In our case we utilize HDInsight to land all of the data, in its raw original format, into the distributed file system HDFS. This allows us to ingest any kind of data, regardless of structure, and store that data online for further analysis at low cost. The Hadoop software is open-source and readily available.
The most important area around delivering sentiment analysis to the business is access, making sure we are able to provide the data both in real-time (and high-fidelity) within the tools that our business users know and love. Previously when our customers were doing sentiment analysis on Hadoop systems, BI and SQL access was not available. This was not because the tools could not integrate with Hadoop systems. This was because they could not scale or have the same level of functionality. Some BI users have chosen Hive ODBC in Hadoop, which many claim to be slow and 'buggy'. Instead here we utilize one of our flagship technologies: PolyBase. With PolyBase we expose the data in Hadoop, and relational SQL Server, with one T-SQL query. What this means is users can use BI tools like Excel, SSAS, or other 3rd party tools. They can then utilize PolyBase within Analytics Platform System (APS) to query that data either in Hadoop, or Parallel Data Warehouse (SQL Server), or mash up the data from both systems!
Now we will show you how to use all of the tools from the SQL Server data platform to achieve sentiment analysis. This will allow you to quickly deploy and meet all 3 business requirements through a set of tools and platforms that are very easy to use, fully integrated, and 'just work' together.
Let's get started with the first video (~5 minutes) where we present sentiment analysis using Microsoft technologies. We show you how sentiment analysis works, and how the Microsoft products fit. We then follow up by discussing the architecture in detail surrounding StreamInsight, HDInsight, and Analytics Platform System.
Watch the overview video:
In the second video (~7 minutes), we show you sentiment analysis in action. The demo will include a full sentiment-analysis engine running in real-time against Twitter data along with a web dashboard. We then stream Twitter data to both HDInsight and Parallel Data Warehouse. Finally, we end the demo by showcasing PolyBase, our flagship technology. With Polybase we can do data mashups combining data from relational and non-relational systems. We will use Polybase to write standard T-SQL queries against this data to determine tweet analytics and how social sentiment is fairing for our marketing campaigns and products.
Watch the demo video:
We are pleased to see Microsoft acknowledged by Forrester Research as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Agile Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2014.
We are happy to see what we believe to be an affirmation in our approach and in the strength of our technologies. Our placement in this report reflects both high scores from our clients for product vision, as well as for client feedback collected as part of the customer survey. Forrester notes that "Microsoft received high client feedback scores for its agile, business user self-service and [advanced data visualization] ADV functionality. Clients also gave Microsoft BI a high score for its product vision". This feedback from our customers is especially gratifying to see.
Microsoft is delivering on our vision of making business intelligence more agile and accessible through the tools that people use every day. With the accessibility of Excel and the recent release of Power BI for Office 365, we aim to lower the barrier of entry for users and reduce the complexity of deploying business intelligence solutions for IT. Using Microsoft's business intelligence solution, companies such as MediaCom have reduced time to reporting from weeks to days, Carnegie Mellon is using data to reduce energy consumption by 30%, and Helse Vest is combining hospital data to visualize trends in real time.
We appreciate the recognition of our software in this report. Above all, we value our customer's voice in helping shape and validate this approach.
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 brings new performance and scalability gains by introducing In-Memory OLTP. In-Memory OLTP contains tables and indexes optimized for in memory. Transactions execute under lock-free algorithms to provide linear scalability and Transact-SQL stored procedures can be compiled in native machine code for maximum efficiency in processing.
Working with SQL Server customers on In-Memory OLTP engagements, a common pattern emerged around the desire for increased performance and scalability when using ASP.NET session state. Some early adopters modified their SQL Server objects to take advantage of In-Memory OLTP for ASP.NET session state, with great success. To learn more, read the bwin.party case study "Gaming site can scale to 250,000 requests per second and improve player experience". To further enhance this scenario, we have created a new provider to make it easier for customers to take advantage of SQL Server In-Memory OLTP when using ASP.NET session state.
This ASP.NET session state provider is fully optimized for In-Memory OLTP by calling natively compiled Transact-SQL stored procedures and by creating all tables as memory-optimized. The functionality of the provider was tested both internally and by external customers. The results showed the implementation was able to provide some significant gains at scale levels which would have previously exhibited a bottleneck on the database.
NOTE: While some testing has been done before the release, we recommend executing your own testing and validation to understand how this implementation behaves in your specific environment.
Setting up the provider requires two steps, installing the provider into the ASP.NET application and creating the In-Memory OLTP database and objects in Microsoft SQL Server 2014.
The provider and scripts can be accessed in two ways:
1. The package has been uploaded to NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.SessionState.SqlInMemory/
2. The source code is also accessible through CodePlex: https://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/125282
Download the ASP.NET Session State Provider for SQL Server In-Memory OLTP from the NuGet gallery by running the following command from the Visual Studio Package Manager Console:
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Web.SessionState.SqlInMemory
More information about the NuGet package can be found here:
Installing the package will do the following things:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <system.web> <sessionState mode="Custom" customProvider="SqlInMemoryProvider"> <providers> <add name="SqlInMemoryProvider" type="Microsoft.Web.SessionState.SqlInMemoryProvider" connectionString="data source=sqlserver;initial catalog=ASPStateInMemory;User ID=user;Password=password;" /> </providers> </sessionState> </system.web> </configuration>
Open the T-SQL script file "ASPStateInMemory.sql" and update the 'CREATE DATABASE' statement to replace the 'FILENAME' attributes to specify a path that will exist in your SQL Server machine where the memory-optimized filegroup should exist. For further considerations on placement of this filegroup see Books Online section Creating and Managing Storage for Memory-Optimized Objects
CREATE DATABASE [ASPStateInMemory]
NAME = ASPStateInMemory, FILENAME = 'D:\SQL\data\ASPStateInMemory_data.mdf'
FILEGROUP ASPStateInMemory_xtp_fg CONTAINS MEMORY_OPTIMIZED_DATA (
NAME = ASPStateInMemory_xtp, FILENAME = 'D:\SQL\data\ASPStateInMemory_xtp'
After updating the 'FILENAME' attributes, run the entire script for creating the In-Memory tables and the natively compiled stored procedures.
Additionally, create a periodic task in SQL Server to run the stored procedure 'dbo.DeleteExpiredSessions'. This procedure removes the expired sessions and frees up the memory consumed.
NOTE: The memory-optimized tables are created with a durability of SCHEMA_ONLY to optimize for performance. If session data durability is required, then change the 'DURABILITY' attribute from 'SCHEMA_ONLY' to 'SCHEMA_AND_DATA'. More information can be found in Books Online sections Defining Durability for Memory-Optimized Objects and Durability for Memory-Optimized Tables.
SQL Server In-Memory OLTP has shown to greatly improve the performance of ASP.NET session state applications. This provider allows customers to optimize ASP.NET web farms to take advantage of SQL Server In-Memory OLTP using a packaged solution with ease.
For further considerations on session state with In-Memory OLTP, along with other solution patterns which have shown success with SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, please reference the whitepaper: In-Memory OLTP – Common Workload Patterns and Migration Considerations.
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You won't be the only one that turns white when you wear this horrifying Screaming Ghost adult costume! Give everyone the fright they've been waiting for in these ragged white robes and skull mask. Only the bravest of men will dare approach you.
Venetian Silver & White Mask
Add a touch of elegance to your costume when you conceal your identity with this silver Venetian mask trimmed with white feathers and flirt a little bit on Halloween.
White Rabbit Mask
Spook the neighbors whether it's Halloween or Easter when you have the White Rabbit Mask. This sinister, white rabbit mask features open eye holes, ears and face details.
White Skull Mask
Admire the lovely bones and pearly whites in this Skull Face Mask! Showcase your headcase in this fabulous scary Halloween mask, which attaches with elastic strap and features see through mesh eyes. And the skull-bone's connected to the… Skeleton Gloves, sold separately.
White Cat Adult Mask
You'll be one fancy feline in the White Cat Adult Mask. For a purrrfect look use this white mask with gorgeous silver embroidery and cat ear detail.
White Skeleton Neck Mask
Complete your spooky bones costume when you have the White Skeleton Neck Mask. This awesome mask features skeleton skull and neck details to help make your costume even more believable.
White Bunny Mask Adult Costume Kit
Whether you want to be sexy or sweet, the White Bunny Mask Adult Costume Kit will complete your bunny costume (sold separately). This kit features a white bunny mask with pink eyelash detail and bunny ear attachment, tail and gloves.
Black and White Lace Skull Mask
Complete your spooky bride or groom costume when you have the Black and White Lace Skull Mask. This black, plastic mask features an intricate white lace overlay.
White Lycan Adult Costume
Take a bite out of Halloween when you wear the amazing and realistic White Lycan Adult Costume. This white werewolf costume comes complete with an awesome animotion mask, plaid shirt with fur arms and chest, and a pair of character hands.
Ninja Avenger White Boys Costume
HIYA! Practice your high kick in this Ninja Avenger White Boy's Costume. You'll have a hard time finding an opponent in this white shirt, pant, vest with gold dragon detail and face mask.
Soul Taker White Child Costume
Take all the souls you want and leave the rest for the next ghoul when you wear this Soul Taker White Child Costume. Spook everyone out on Halloween wearing this white hooded robe with ghosts graphics complete with attached face mask.
Ice White Mirror Ninja Child Costume
Use your stealth skills on Halloween to collect all the candy when you wear the Ice White Mirror Ninja Child Costume. This white tunic features an attached belt and comes complete with matching pants, wrist and ankle guards, a hood with mirror mask and white gloves.


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A light, fluffy pistachio flavored meringue french cookie with a cherry flavored buttercream.
White chocolate macadamia cookie.
Gluten-free, sugar-free, egg-free, low-carb 5-ingredient one-bowl wonder. Easy and chocolatey.
Delicious chocolate chip cookies with sunflower seeds - sweet and salty!
Flourless peanut butter M&M cookies.
Chocolate chip cookies with the added goodness of chai spice!
Luscious cookies that won't ruin your diet! Gluten-free and vegan!
As the aroma fills the room, the anticipation, waiting for that timer to ding, is excruciating!
Peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie bars.
This simple shortbread recipes gets a face life with sea salt and rosemary.
Macaroon with salty caramel filling.
banana whoopie pies with vanilla bean frosting.
Cranberry almond biscotti.
Intense white chocolate cupcakes baked with alfajor cookies inside and topped with rich dulce de leche.
Oatmeal carrot whoopie cookies with cream cheese frosting.
All the taste of homemade banana bread, in a healthy cookie.
Very chocolaty cookies! No added sugar and no added fat.
The best giant chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe ever!
A gluten free peppermint wafer coasted in chocolate and topped with crushed mint candies.
Made with just 4 ingredients these "Ugly But Good" Nut Cookies are super delicious.
This Italian dessert recipe has directions to make it with wheat flour or all purpose GF flour.
Just in time for Christmas! Lime Meltaway Cookies! Sweet, little, yummy, and easy to make!
Giant chocolate chip cookie big enough for two (or one).
Ooey-Gooey caramel goodness in a finger-licking good cookie bar.
These spiced almond cookies are a classic holiday favorites and are great for gifting.
Chewy, slightly nutty, perfectly spiced ginger cookies make awesome holiday cookies!
Great soft and chewy cookie recipe for Christmas!
Such a nice chocolaty snack or on a dessert table for Christmas!
These irresistible mint chocolate chip cookies are light, fluffy, and festive.
A delicate shortbread cookie loaded with finely ground pecans and coated in powdered sugar.
Classic for nearly 55 years, this cookie has history!
Homemade Muesli/Granola cookie premix recipe using your favourite granola or muesli!
Soft baked gingersnaps with salted date caramel and chocolate are perfect for Thanksgiving!
Cherry pistachio ice box cookies.
My all time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes using dark chocolate chip morsels. So good!
Sweet potato cranberry cookie.
Quick, easy, flourless, and easily gluten free.
Europe's favorite cookie transformed into the perfect creamy pie for Thanksgiving!
Great as a snack or on your Thanksgiving dessert table.
Homemade graham cracker cookies with toasted marshmallow and melted chocolate.
The perfect solution to leftover Halloween candy.
A festive, no bake, Halloween dessert.
These cookies can pass off as Alien OR Monster Eyeball Cookies! Spook up your cookie jar!
Turning the classic chocolate chip banana muffin into a chewy and soft cookie.
When you crave something sweet and gluten free.
Great tasty cookies kids will love!
homemade cookies cinnamon or cocoa.
Candied bacon tops this decadent chocolate cookie with white chocolate chips.
A soft, sweet & spicy apple cookie.
S'mores ooey gooey chocolaty marshmallowy graham cracker cookie bars.
Chewy, fudgy, (healthy!?!) melt in your mouth brownie bites.
Gooey and delicious!
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She still looks HOT in a bath tub!
Jessie James isn't the big rich music star some people may think she is. She struggled to break into the music world, having to go a route she didn't want to go, POP music. Her first "Country" single, "Boys in the Summer" released in June, was a minor country success but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
She's a country girl, and is young, starting in earnest to try to get a recording contract when she was 15. Deckers money matters a LOT to the family!
Yep! Jessie wants to hob knob with the Country Music World, and Nashville, TN, is where it's at. So, would the Titans be in need of a better #2 guy? I'll bet Deck has already got his agent talking to the Titans, because Jessie told him to!
The Titans have the 2nd year up and coming star, Kendall Wright, whom they picked with the 20th overall pick in the 2012 draft. He led the the team with 1079 yards last year. Decker beat that.
Wright only scored two TD's and fumbled twice! Decker beat that by a wide margin. Then the #2 guy for the Titans last year was 9yr Pro Nate Washington, and he only scored 3 TD's
The next most receiving yards came from TE Delanie Walker with just 579 yds & 6 TD's with 1 fumble. Tennessee would love to have Decker, IMO, and his girl Jessie would love to be there.
I would go even further to say that I think they would BOTH be trying to sign Decker to an LA team if there was one! I think that they would rather be movie stars than anything else, including football.
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Law Review Pasta LunchPosted March 9th, 2011 by Anonymous
Southeastern Intellectual Property Job FairPosted March 9th, 2011 by Debra K. Reh
Rising 2L and 3L students who are interested in attending the 7th annual SIPJF in Atlanta, GA on July 26, 2011 can find information at: http://law.gsu.edu/careers/sipjf The registration period for law schools is March 14th-April 25th. The list of participating employers will be sent to the Professional Development Office on May 4th along with Student Registration Forms. If you have let our office know that you are interested in participating, we will provide you with the list of employers as well as a student registration form. After you have reviewed the list, you can decide if you want to participate. If you do want to participate, you will complete the form and submit it to our office along with a $30 non-refundable student registration fee (payable online or by check) by May 16th.
If you would like to be added to the SIPJF distribution list, please e-mail Debra Reh at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Composite Photos - Sign Up OnlinePosted March 9th, 2011 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Composite Photography sessions are scheduled at the Law School on the following dates and times:
- Thursday, March 24, 2011, between 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM
- Friday, March 25, 2011, between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM
Location: BRANDEIS SCHOOL OF LAW - RM 071
The ONLINE SIGN UP FORM is now available. Please use the link below to select a photography appointment.
Questions? Please ask Ashley Wiggins.
Intelligent Design Debate - Free Chick-fil-A!Posted March 8th, 2011 by Anonymous
Professor Arnold Loewy of Texas Tech School of Law and our own Professor Russell Weaver will engage in a scholarly debate on this topic.
Time: 12:00-12:55 with time for Q&A built in (Will end promptly at 12:55 for the Structured Study Groups)
Free lunch from Chick-fil-A will be provided!
1Ls: Take the Spring Break Challenge!!Posted March 8th, 2011 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Spring Break is an important time for law students to review and outline, and can be a real boost in preparing for exams and catching up on study tasks. So 1Ls, be sure you take advantage of this time and take the Spring Break Challenge on March 22!
Here's how it will work:
- Enjoy your spring break (March 14 – 20), but catch up on your reading; catch up on your outlining; and intensely review your outlines (especially Contracts).
- On the Tuesday that you return from Spring Break, take the Challenge!
- The Challenge will consist of many objective-type (non-essay) questions covering only one subject – Contracts II.
- Your goal is to correctly answer as many questions as you can, in any order, in 30 minutes.
- All you need is a pen.
- There will be separate Challenges for Section 1 (Nowka) and Section 2 (Giesel) contracts classes.
- The student who answers the most questions correctly will be crowned the Spring Break Challenge Champion.
- Great prizes will be awarded to the first- through third-place finishers, including an iPod Touch 8G, 3,200 LexisNexis Reward Points, and Restaurant Gift Certificates courtesy of Kaplan PMBR.
Section 2 students: You take the Challenge on Tuesday, March 22, right after your Torts class, from 11:25 to 11:55, in Room 275.
Section 1 students: You take the Challenge on Tuesday, March 22, right after your Contracts class, from 11:45 to 12:15, in Room 175.
Last year's winners were Julie Simonson (champion), Lani Burt, Amanda Anderson, and Nancy Vinsel.
Attention 1Ls: How to Give an Effective Oral ArgumentPosted March 8th, 2011 by Kimberly K. Ballard
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Attention 1Ls: How to Give an Effective Oral ArgumentPosted March 7th, 2011 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Weekly Academic Success Tip - Be Smart During Spring BreakPosted March 7th, 2011 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Spring Break is almost here! How can you have an enjoyable break and boost your learning for finals? It is possible – consider the tips below:
- Spend time with family and friends. Make sure that you have some fun time and get some relaxation during Spring Break to re-charge your batteries for the last push through classes and exams.
- Plan ahead for your studying. Plan in advance what tasks you need to accomplish. Plan which days you will do those tasks. Plan what materials you need to take with you so that you do not forget something. For example, if you want to work on practice problems, be sure to copy them this week so you do not have to lug a study aid around with you.
- Be realistic about what you can accomplish during Spring Break. You are unlikely to study 15 hours a day every day. Instead of telling yourself that you will accomplish 100 tasks, make a list that you think you actually will accomplish.
- Get on a regular sleep schedule before you return to school. Catch some extra sleep hours to build up your stamina for the last push of the semester. Take some power naps in the afternoons.
- Take the time to play in active ways and not just in mental ways. By exercising, you can release stress and prepare your body for the marathon ahead. Enjoy the movement and healthy competition.
- Exercise your brain cells by doing lots of practice questions for each course. You accomplish several positives - better memory of the black letter law; better understanding of how to apply concepts; faster use of exam taking techniques and strategies; and greater confidence in the nuances of the law.
- Catch up on any back reading that was not completed before the break. Also, it is a good time to read for the first two days after break so that you do not feel behind when you start classes up again.
- Eat healthy foods. You are in training for exams now. The better your nutrition during the break, the better your body and brain will serve you. Keep up the healthy eating once you get back from break so that you will be at the top of your productivity and brain power during the remainder of the semester.
- Keep on track. By planning your studying, you can be more productive. By starting with the hardest task first, you can make your day more pleasant. By breaking tasks into small steps, you can cross them off more quickly for a sense of accomplishment. By focusing on your priorities, you can accomplish more of your study tasks.
- Stop by the Academic Success Office to check out study aids. A variety of study aids are available for Civil Procedure, Property, Con Law, Criminal Law, Business Organizations, Torts, Contracts, Tax, Trial Practice, Evidence, Decedents, Domestic Relations, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property, Criminal Procedure, Negotiable Instruments, Secured Transactions, and Real Estate Transactions.
- Take the 1L Spring Break Challenge on March 22! The Challenge will consist of many objective-type (non-essay) questions covering one subject – Contracts II. Your goal is to correctly answer as many questions as you can, in any order, in 30 minutes. All you need is a pen. There will be separate Challenges for Section 1 and Section 2 contracts classes. Great prizes will be awarded to the first- through third-place finishers, including an iPod Touch 8G.


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Art Appreciation Moment of the Day: Evan Shaner
Jumping back into the John Carter of Mars theme, Evan Shaner offers up his take on the John Carter franchise.
Here's my piece for Andy's John Carter of Mars week. I was only recently able to get a scan of it. I'll admit I'm a lot less familiar with Carter than Burroughs' other popular creation, but the idea of a confederate captain zapped to Mars while trying to hide from Apaches, well that's pretty neat.
I'm going to count this as my Frank Frazetta tribute as well. I discovered Frazetta's work in college and have since kept a large folder of his paintings, amazed at the way he played with contrast. For what it's worth I enjoyed his work in newspaper strips as well.