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NCTM's new Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All
aims to ensure high-quality
mathematics education for all
students. But what does high-quality mathematics education look like? Another
way to come at this question is to ask, "Why do we teach mathematics in school?
What do we want students to learn?" The most common responses I see to these
questions, especially in policy documents such as Principles to Actions or the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
(CCSSM), are that
students should learn mathematics—
Borrowing from Eric Gutstein, I
call these reasons the "classical perspective" on mathematics education. The
classical perspective, building on a strong research base about how students
learn mathematics with understanding, suggests a particular vision of
high-quality mathematics education. This vision generally emphasizes conceptual
understanding, problem solving, making connections across representations and
mathematical concepts, and engaging in reasoning and argumentation (in other
words, engaging students in the Standards for Mathematical
Practice). Within the classical perspective, equity is primarily seen as
providing all students with access to this vision of high-quality
I am a strong supporter of the
classical perspective. However, there are other reasons that we might teach
mathematics in school, which often receive less attention in major policy
discussions. In addition to the goals listed above, I believe that students
should study mathematics to—
I call these goals the "equitable-curriculum
perspective" on mathematics education. Equity is framed in the classical
perspective as providing students with access to well-taught mathematics; in
the equitable-curriculum perspective, equity is framed as teaching a form of
mathematics that values and integrates issues of diversity and social justice.
Although the Common Core is not
perfect (I recommend Usiskin's excellent analyses here, see sessions
505, and here), I
do think the Standards for Mathematical Practice—and especially Standard 4:
Model with mathematics—provide an opportunity to integrate these goals into
school mathematics (see Koestler, Felton,
Bieda, and Otten for more on the practices). However, I am deeply concerned
that the Practices will be underemphasized as new standardized tests are
implemented and as they play an increasing role in student and teacher
In the following weeks, I will
unpack the equitable-curriculum perspective and will discuss Complex
Instruction (see here and here) as one way to achieve greater access for all students in both the classical and
equitable-curriculum perspectives.
What do you think? What other
reasons are there for teaching mathematics? Which of the five goals that I
described resonates with you? What potential concerns or challenges do you see
with these forms of mathematics?
Mathew Felton is an assistant
professor of mathematics education in the department of mathematics at the
University of Arizona and will be starting in the department of teacher education
at Ohio University this fall. He is a coauthor of Connecting the NCTM Process Standards and the CCSSM Practices. His
research focuses on supporting current and future teachers in connecting
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JP Morgan Chase has agreed to a record $13bn settlement over mislabelled mortgage securities that federal and state authorities said stoked the financial crisis.
The Department of Justice announced the settlement on Tuesday, saying the bank "acknowledged it made serious misrepresentations to the public, including the investing public" over the quality of residential mortgage-backed securities it sold ahead of the financial crisis.
The deal includes $9bn in payments to investors and $4bn in relief to consumers, mainly homeowners, harmed by the conduct of JP Morgan Chase and the two failed banks it took over during the crisis, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual.
The agreement resolves a major part of a series of complaints against the largest US bank over mortgage securities that investors incurred huge losses on.
Economist Richard Wolff told Al Jazeera that the settlement was a case of "too little too late."
"It sounds like a lot less than one half of the profit it earned last year, to make up for years of unethical or illegal activity," he said.
"To put this in perspective only $4bn will go to help so called struggling homeowners when about four millionpeople lost their homes.
"Big investors are taken care of most of the time with most of the money.
"How do you continue to justify a private banking system that is constantly exposed for doing illegal and unethical things?"
The settlement came after months of tough talks between regulators, justice authorities and the bank.
At one point at the end of September, when the Justice Department reportedly was hours away from suing the bank, chief executive Jamie Dimon met in Washington with Attorney General Eric Holder to keep the deal discussions going.
Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman said the figure was far larger than JP Morgan Chase's opening offer.
"JP Morgan Chase's initial offer was $3bn," he said.
"Eventually they settled for $13bn, which gives you an indication of the concessions JP Morgan chase was willing to make."
The agreement announced on Tuesday clears most of the civil allegations over mortgage securities against the banks.
However, the Justice Department said the deal still does not absolve the bank or its employees from possible criminal charges.
"Through this $13bn resolution, we are demanding accountability and requiring remediation from those who helped create a financial storm that devastated millions of Americans," Associate Attorney General Tony West said in a statement.
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RE: corrected last line Re: FOR COMMENT/EDIT - YEMEN - attack on presdiential palace
Released on 2012-10-10 17:00 GMT
|2011-06-03 17:06:09
The Saudis had problem with the Houthis on their own border, trying to
invade Yemen and occupy it would be an absolute nightmare.
The Yemenis are a hardened, warrior culture, and the Saudis are a soft,
leisure culture. The Yemenis would kick Saudi butt.
From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
On Behalf Of Reva Bhalla
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:59 AM
To: Analyst List
Subject: Re: corrected last line Re: FOR COMMENT/EDIT - YEMEN - attack on
presdiential palace
first thing tehy would do is mass their forces on the border to control
the refugee flow, smuggling, etc. they can't pick a side in this fight.
and sending in peace keeping forces could turn bloody
From: "Kamran Bokhari" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 9:56:06 AM
Subject: Re: corrected last line Re: FOR COMMENT/EDIT - YEMEN - attack
on presdiential palace
Deploying a couple of thousand troops in Bahrain (a wealthy state with a
functioning security force) is one thing. Intervention in Yemen (a lawless
country) will require a much larger commitment that the Saudis just don't
On 6/3/2011 10:45 AM, Michael Wilson wrote:
Saudi Arabia, in trying to prevent civil war in its southern neighbor and
preserve the military as the most capable institution in the country, has
also been pressuring Mohsen to avoid taking action that would pit military
forces against each other and accelerate the country toward civil war
so at what point do they intervene...do they wait till civil war or
comments below
On 6/3/11 9:38 AM, Reva Bhalla wrote:
i dont know where that history part came from in the last line. this is
the corrected version
At least four bodyguards were killed and 10 Yemeni officials sustained
injuries in a June 3 attack on the presidential palace in Sanaa, according
to a Yemeni government source. The blast, caused by at least two
projectiles fired from a location south of the presidential compound,
targeted a mosque within the palace. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh
was reportedly in the mosque when the attack occurred and was reported to
have suffered a minor injury to the head. Yemen's deputy prime minister
and speaker of parliament were also among those reported to have been
injured in the blast.
parliament speaker is critically injured - reuters (some twitter even says
It is reasonable to assume, as the Yemeni government is claiming, that
armed tribesmen loyal to Sadeq al Ahmar of the Hashid tribe were
responsible for the attack on the presidential palace. This is in spite of
claims by al Ahmar media outlets that the government staged the attack in
order to justify an intensified offensive against the opposition. Over the
past week, al Ahmar tribesmen have been battling with pro-Saleh forces
across the capital following the second collapse
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110523-continuing-tensions-yemen of a
GCC-mediated peace deal on May 22 that aimed to force Saleh out within a
30-day time period in return for immunity. The June 3 attack on the
presidential palace can be seen as a tit for tat move by the al Ahmar
tribesmen following the May 23 attack (and follow-on attacks) by Saleh
forces on the al Ahmar compound in northern Sanaa.
Govt immediately responded
the government immediately shelled the home of Hamid al-Ahmar, one of Mr.
Saleh's main tribal rivals and an opposition leader. Mr. Ahmar's home sits
roughly a mile south of the presidential palace.
The al Ahmar tribe is heavily armed and capable of pulling off a mortar
attack on the presidential palace from a position they hold south of the
palace. Notably, the conflict so far remains primarily tribally-driven
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110527-yemens-tribal-troubles. This
latest attack on the presidential palace does not appear to hve been
carried out rebel military forces. Brig. Gen. Ali Mohsen al Ahmar,
commander of the first armored brigade and northwestern division, has led
a wave of military defections against Saleh, but has so far refrained from
committing his forces to the al Ahmar fight against Saleh. Saudi Arabia,
in trying to prevent civil war in its southern neighbor and preserve the
military as the most capable institution in the country, has also been
pressuring Mohsen to avoid taking action that would pit military forces
against each other and accelerate the country toward civil war.
Still retaining a significant amount of support among Yemen's most elite
military units in the capital, Saleh can be expected to use the attack on
the presidential palace to justify an escalation of attacks on his
opponents, claiming that he cannot be expected to negotiate with people
who are trying to kill him. Street clashes in Sanaa will intensify in the
coming days, further stressing an economy already on the brink of
collapse, but the battle between pro and anti-Saleh forces remains a
protracted one. Neither side
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110531-dispatch-gridlock-yemeni-conflict of
this conflict so far has an overwhelming advantage in men and armor to
fight toward a decisive end. Large-scale tribal sieges on Sanaa are not
without precedent, but Yemen would first have to witness a significant
broadening of tribal alliances beyond the Hashid, large-scale military
defections (especially within the Republican Guard) and the participation
of military forces loyal to Mohsen for the opposition to tip the scale
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Would you open an email from Don Draper? As mentioned in Part I of this 3-part series, I did in fact open an email from Don Draper without having a clue who Don Draper was. When I did open it, I loved what I saw.
However, not everyone had glowing reviews for this MarketingProfs email. As discussed in Part II, Joanna Roberts shared some reasons why she deleted the email without ever opening it.
I'd highly encourage you to take a few minutes to read both Part I and Part II before continuing below. It will help set the stage for what you are about to read.
Now that you are all caught up …
MarketingProfs Shares The Data
MarketingProfs took a risk. They broke some of the "rules" Joanna cautioned email marketers against. They used a from name that was not necessarily recognizable by all recipients (at least, not to Joanna and me). They used a pop culture reference – again, one that was lost on Joanna and me.
But did it work?
I asked Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs that very question. Here is what Ann had to say:
Note: These are Ann's words, verbatim. Emphasis in various sections is mine.
Don's email earned a 25-30 percent increase in open rates from previous B2B Marketing Forum emails (depending on segment, hence the varying percent), and with double the click-thru rate.
We did experience a sizable jump in unsubs from Don's mailing as well. But our unsub rate per mailing is pretty low anyway — so we didn't see it as significant.
The mailing also netted 3 sales in the first hour. On the other hand, purchasing an event registration is not an impulse buy — it's not like we were selling, say, t-shirts or tires. So we weigh other metrics more heavily when we consider the success of this email (and any event email, for that matter) — i.e., more people looked at this message and clicked through — which will definitely net indirect sales down the road, based on our history with selling event seats.
The idea for this email came to me in the shower (it's where I do my best thinking — you?), but truly I can't take credit for it, because the genesis of the whole concept came from our Event Marketing team (led by Jo Roberts) and the way they positioned the event: "This is Not Your Father's B2B" with the retro graphics — and complete with the concept that this is the premier B2B event for marketers, but not just ANY B2B marketer.
The positioning is a little edgy — implying it's not an event for everyone, but only forward-thinking B2B marketers who want to embrace the new challenges and opportunities inherent in digital marketing — especially social, content, search. So I thought — I wonder if anyone is annoyed by that? And who would be? And then suddenly Draper — the poster child for old-school tactics, broadcast techniques and the campaign-centric, one-and-done approach — came to me. Not literally. Because my shower isn't that big. And it would have been a little weird, too.
Team member Corey O'Loughlin ran [with the concept] and hired a copywriter to handle it. Corey provided the writer tons of guidance on the creative — including the email's overall look and feel. We loved the results.
It's without a doubt probably one of the emails I'm most proud of our team for producing almost ever at MarketingProfs — not only because I love the way that it really got people really excited on social channels. I also had a number of folks on our list reach out to me personally with kudos — so that was cool. The buzz was pretty awesome for us — and our job is just to keep that buzz going and translate buzz into butts-in-seats.
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- 3 sales in the first hour.
- One of the emails that Ann is most proud of the team for producing.
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The 640-792 TPTECH exam is required for Cisco CCT TelePresence certification. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of the skills required to perform onsite support and maintenance of Cisco TelePresence System components and operating software. The exam also tests a candidate's ability to work effectively with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC).
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32% 1.0 General Networking Knowledge
- 1.1 Fundamental VoIP technology
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- 1.1 Fundamental VoIP technology
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- 2.8 Identifying Cisco TelePresence 500 cabling
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- 2.10 Identify and locate the serial number and Codec MAC address of
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- 3.7 Perform remedial procedures on TelePresence
- 3.8 Safety, warning, and pre-caution
- 3.9 Perform password recovery on a primary codec
- 3.10 Verify basic IP phone functionality is operational
- 3.11 Factory reset for different IP Phones
- 3.12 Use the hardware tools needed for repair
- 3.1 USE SSH for CLI connection
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Putting up with a VERY upset Severus last night. I wonder if Severus realizes I side with Loo on this... better keep it quiet though don't want to have him yelling at me most likely because I have no qualms smacking him around. No matter how much I love him. Lunarians, are Lunarians are soul-mates, lifemates are all decided LONG before we even come into existence. So Angius pissed off the Potters/Weasleys and so forth Sevvie does that mean you rather have Tivona depressed or even dead??
*Scowls* No... but...
No buts! What done is done but at least support them, Goddess know they're going to need it in the months to come. I hope they enjoy Hawaii this weekend though, they both need a break. Athena, only knows what Tivona has been through this last month being turned back into a teenager and such, so let them be happy!
I think I'll go visit my husband and wife for the rest of the weekend, I miss them terribly not to mention I wish to give Solstice a giant big hug. My little bookworm sent us all a copy of a faery story she's working on, I think I saw Tivvy drooling over it precious. Loo stared at it for a moment before he got death glares all around, than he decides to read it.
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Reaching Diabetic Nirvana: Dream on, Alice
Jan Chait
June 29, 2010
Diabetes can be so darned annoying! I was taking three antibiotics and one was discontinued. Good, right? Well, I've had to increase my basal rates just a tad. I'm getting tired of my insulin needs going down when I'm taking antibiotics but, as soon as I stop one, my requirements going back up! And that means the infection or inflammation or whatever is going on…is still going on.
It almost makes me want to give up and let whatever is happening, happen. Almost. I'm not altogether stupid. I just want whatever is going on to stop. I can only take so many chronic health situations and, as far as I'm concerned, diabetes is enough.
Except…oh yeah. I also have arthritis and asthma. Frankly, diabetes is the least onerous of the three, as far as I'm concerned.
January 2 will mark 25 years since I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Who knows how long I'd had it before diagnosis. People can have Type 2 diabetes for a number of years before it's diagnosed.
At any rate, in the nearly quarter century since my diabetes was confirmed, I've probably experienced about all of the classic stages of grief as described by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross in her book On Death and Dying: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
If "acceptance" means that I'm ready for whatever comes, I don't think I've reached it yet. Besides, I'm still stuck in the "depressed" stage. Can you reach acceptance if you haven't yet passed depressed?
Back in the day, the depression was pretty bad. It's gotten a lot better. Not only have I gained some — if not total — acceptance, there are these wonderful pills out there… Or, as they say, "better living through chemistry."
I no longer assume the fetal position and cry. It's been years since I've muttered to myself, "I have to do this the rest of my life?" as I checked my blood glucose, gave myself an insulin injection, or took baby steps at counting carbohydrates. I'm pretty good at carb-counting. I understand why things happen and can make adjustments as needed on the fly.
Most importantly, I understand that things aren't going to work some of the time, no matter how much I know or how many times I've handled the same things with no problem. I'm usually accepting of that. However, not always. It is frustrating when you work to maintain the best control you can and "stuff" still happens; "stuff" that might not have happened if it weren't for too many years of living with diabetes.
It is better now than in the beginning, when "no," "don't," "can't" and other negative words were the only ones used when discussing diabetes care. I felt as if I were being stuffed into a box labeled "diabetic."
Fortunately, before I went totally bonkers, I got to a place where I was liberated from the box and taught how to fit diabetes into my life instead of changing my life to accommodate diabetes.
It's long been my contention that many people fail to work on managing their diabetes because they've only heard the negatives. Perhaps it was in the past and they believe it's still that way. Perhaps it's still that way in some places (in fact, I'm pretty sure of that).
I wonder what would happen if everybody newly diagnosed with diabetes (of any type) had one-on-one, individualized self-management education that allowed them to fit diabetes into their lives. Where nonjudgmental educators took individual preferences into consideration and tailored the sessions to address the needs of that particular person.
What if the education was free? What if the educators were paid a decent salary? What if everybody with diabetes got an update every year?
How many limbs would be saved? How many kidneys would continue to function? How many heart attacks and strokes would be prevented? Would there be as many blind people in the world?
Will enlightenment and peace — and acceptance — ever come to all of us? Will we achieve a kind of diabetic Nirvana?
It's a good dream, isn't it?
The more I read the more I find out. You have been struggling with this for twenty five years. I'm trying to remember when I saw you last. I think maybe at our 20th reunion in 1986. So much has happened and we have lost several classmates since then. Let's get in touch! Susie
Posted by: Susie Davis Jeffreys | Jun 30, 2010 07:10 PM
Love the recipes. Richard has been told that he is prediabetic and we are adjusting our diets and exercising more. He has lost 25 pounds and his blood sugar level has dropped to below normal now.
Posted by: Susie Davis Jeffreys | Jun 30, 2010 07:13 PM
I love Jan's last 5 paragraphs. What if? As for the costs of supplies, I'm now on Medicare and they don't pay for strips at all unless you're on insulin or an oral drug. I'm prediabetic and have been monitoring for 18 months now. Had great insurance until I retired. Doesn't it just make sense that if strips were paid for by Medicare/insurance companies now, wouldn't that be cheaper than paying for dialysis and surgeries later? If we had all the resources available to us, as Jan wrote about, I truly believe that the vast majority of us with this condition would be in much better control and would have far fewer serious problems later. Think about it.
Posted by: Janet | Jul 03, 2010 08:28 PM
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KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYTH) today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 5,060,000 shares of its common stock at an initial public offering price of $16.00 per share, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 660,000 additional shares of common stock. KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals' common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading symbol "KYTH." All of the shares in the offering were offered by KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals.
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Farm Vehicle Regulations Meeting
Officer Jamie Medley, Kentucky State Police, will conduct a meeting on Commercial Vehicle Enforcement at it relates to farm vehicles 7 p.m. April 11 at the LaRue County Extension Office. All farmers should be aware of these regulations. For more information, contact Officer Medley at 502-4452-8983 or the Extension Office 358-3401.
Beef Producers to meet April 12
The LaRue County High School Speech and Debate Teams competed at the KHSSL State Speech and Debate Championships this past week at Western Kentucky University and returned home with top honors in both divisions.
The debate team placed fifth overall in the State Debate Tournament, while the speech team won third in the State Speech Tournament - the highest that LaRue County Speech has ever placed at the state meet.
Ian Mather won a state championship in Poetry; and Timmy Gibson won a state championship in Prose.
Representatives from Warm Blessings Soup Kitchen gathered at KNB for the transfer of the deed for the property at 609 E. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, in which Warm Blessings operates the meal program. Pictured from left are Cookie Walsh, Roger Ball, Jeanette Goodman, Carol Sargent, Bob Sargent, Linda Funk, Ken Dozer, Vickie Green, Joan Dale, Diane Sturdivant, Jack Ransdell and Sandra Cilyok. For more information about Warm Blessings, to volunteer or make a donation, call 737-2929.
Richard R. Pike, left, a student at Seton Home Study in Hodgenville, is honored by Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer as the fourth-grade essay winner in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's annual Poster and Essay Contest March 9 in Frankfort. Pike received a $100 savings bond and an Honorary Agriculture Commissioner certificate.
Gowdy and Vienise Hash of Taylor County celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 18, 2010.
A reception in their honor was hosted by their children at the Rolling K Ranch with more than 200 attending.
The couple were married on Sept. 24, 1960, in Celina, Tenn., by the Reverend Alex Nichols at the United Methodist Church.
Both retired from Fruit of the Loom.
They have two sons, Anthony Hash and Greg Hash; and four grandchildren.
LaRue County is under a flood warning.
The National Weather Service issued a severe weather advisory at 2:10 p.m.
The NWS advises drivers to use caution in flooded areas.
The annual Kentucky State Beta Convention took place in Louisville at the Galt House Hotel and the Kentucky International Convention Center on Feb. 24 and 25. There were more than 4,000 students in attendance at the convention. Students from all four LaRue County schools were represented at the state convention this year.
LaRue County Middle School had a record-setting 101 students attend the convention.
The LaRue County Farm Service Agency merged with the Hardin County office in 2008. Since then, LaRue County farmers have traveled to the Westport Road, Elizabethtown office to sign up for conservation, emergency loans and cost-share programs.
Beginning next month, they will have easier access to these services as the FSA office will move to new headquarters near the intersection of Lincoln Parkway and Sportsman Lake Road in Hardin County.
Country singer Miranda Lambert has a popular song out now, "The House that Built Me," about a woman who goes back to the home of her childhood to vicariously relive the precious memories that she formed there.
In a way, local home restorer Eddie Black is doing the same thing as he repairs and preserves a historic home on Greensburg Street in Hodgenville, a house that, like Lambert, "built him."
"The jailer is responsible for the jail – not fiscal court."
That was one of several points LaRue County Judge/Executive Tommy Turner stressed at a recent fiscal court meeting. The meeting was advertised heavily to address questions about the finances and workings of the LaRue County Detention Center.
Part of the meeting dealt with the question:
"But who becomes responsible when the jailer is not?"
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"Timeless comes to mind. When you listen to it, you can't tell what year the thing was made. And you don't even care."
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The beautiful main heroine of the smash RPG hit, Final Fantasy VII. Aerith fell in love with the game's hero, Cloud, before sacrificing her life to save the planet. She later guides the Lifestream to defend the world from Meteor. Aerith sold flowers for a living, and was 22 when she met Cloud. Her best friend in the game was Tifa.
Alternate spelling: Aeris
Alternate spelling: Aeris
Aerith smiled in her last moments.
Beküldő: Chika 2005. július 22.
See also Aeris.
Aerith Gainsborough, the main female heroine of Final Fantasy VII.
Ultimately saves the world through her sacrifice.
Aerith Gainsborough, the main female heroine of Final Fantasy VII.
Ultimately saves the world through her sacrifice.
Beküldő: ChibiTaryn 2003. augusztus 1.
Unlike what the previous poster believes, this the true name of one of the lead roles in the smash hit game Final Fantasy VII, this may have a connection to the "Mystil" spelling error in the game, supposed to be "Mithril".
just so you know, the character designer for all Final Fantasy gammes since Final Fantasy VII spelt the name aerith on his conceptual designs.
All Hail The Great Tetsuya Nomura...
All Hail The Great Tetsuya Nomura...
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Apple would have the capacity to provide these devices at a lesser cost than it usually establishes for iPhones for 2 rationales. The change to plastic isn't just a less expensive option to steel and glass casings, but the shift would likewise permit the business to utilize U.S. based providers to fasten the components and make the telephone numbers in the residence.)
In Any case, it might indicate the very first time that Apple is promoting distinct versions inside the I-phone lineup. The newest apparatus could be regarded an entry level handset although it may not fit the precise specifications and operation of authentic iPhones, it'd undoubtedly fit the demands and specs of other entry level devices working on Android and Windows-8.There are just two issues with this specific refusal yet.
To start, Schiller's comments abandon room for interpreting. He definitely said the corporation wouldn't make -cheap smart phones.- Low-Cost is frequently connected with second-grade or second-rate products, when in actuality it might mean a less-costly option for consumers also.In this column I'd like to present one to a mobile phone tracker program by the title of iLocalis. There are just two choices to pick from when signal up for iLocalis. When using iLocalis you may choose between two payment choices. Sam Jones the writer has been searching for An Affordable iPhone since his daughter said that she'd like one on her birthday.
The favored of the cellular telephone locating applications made for Apple's handset is called Locate My iPhone. Unquestionably one pitfall with Locate My iPhone will be that you will need to join a service called MobileMe and spend $99.00 every yr. You can even use iLocalis to deliver a transmission to your own cellular phone that can really push it to air a distant SMS text.


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Gallery: What the finished 'iPhone 5' is rumored to look like
It seems like we've been waiting forever for the iPhone 5 to make its debut, but now it looks like it's finally happening. These pictures are supposedly of an actual iPhone 5, built up by assembling a collection of repair parts already in the pipeline.
The Japanese Apple repair site iLab Factory says that they simply collected all of the repair parts needed to make a complete iPhone 5 at least cosmetically, and screwed them all together.
The resulting phone is longer and slimmer than the current iPhone 4S, with a larger screen and centrally mounted front facing camera. Back back panel has a brushed metal sheet in place of the current glass, which sounds like a good idea if you've ever tried to put a naked iPhone 4 on a slick surface. Without a case, the current phone has a tendency to slide off just about any surface you put it on.
What's clear is that the new iPhone still has the bottom mounted headphone jack and smaller sized dock connector that we saw earlier.
Of course this could all be a smokescreen, and I wouldn't put it past Apple to release some fake parts to throw speculators off the trail. I guess we'll have to wait until the official event to get the real scoop.
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Enjoy some good one-liners and bits from your favorite late-night comedians.
"Conservative rock star Ted Nugent says that he is thinking about running for president in 2016. Nugent said it's always been his dream. Then Democrats said, 'Ours too!'" –Jimmy Fallon
"Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he will not run for governor for a fourth term, though he hasn't ruled out running for president again. The voters have, he just hasn't." -Jay Leno
"Republicans are already trying to paint Hillary Clinton as too old to be president. In fact, a new ad claims she's so old that she could be a Republican." –Conan O'Brien
"Political experts are saying Joe Biden needs to start doing more fundraising if he wants to run for president in 2016. A lot of people are saying they'd definitely donate to a Biden campaign. Most of them are Republicans, but still." –Jimmy Fallon
"That Edward Snowden dude got out of Hong Kong, flew to Russia, has been in the Russian airport the whole week, but still no one can find him. When Sarah Palin today heard that he may be incognito, she called for a full scale invasion of Cognito." –Bill Maher
"Great news for NSA leaker Edward Snowden. He's just been named Cinnabon Customer of the Month in the Moscow Airport." –David Letterman
"NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been offered asylum in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia. Or as Snowden put it, 'Prison it is!'" –Jimmy Fallon
"Eliot Spitzer resigned from the governor's office five years ago after he was crushed by a pile of prostitutes or something. But now he's back and what makes this news especially interesting is that one of his opponents, a woman named Kristin Davis, is the madam who supplied him with call girls. It's the classics story of boy meets girl, boy pays for sex with girl, boy resigns in disgrace, and then boy runs against girl he paid for other girls for the office of comptroller. In Africa, they call it Hooker Matata." –Jimmy Kimmel
"Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced he is running for New York City comptroller, and one of his opponents is the madam who supplied him with hookers. There's a tough choice for the voters. One is involved in the most degrading profession of all time, and the other ran a whore house." –Jay Leno
"Despite his prostitution scandal several years ago, Eliot Spitzer is running for comptroller of New York. He's paying someone $800 a day to collect signatures to put hi on the ballot. He said it's the second best $800 he's ever spent." –Conan O'Brien
"With Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer running for political office, New York City is changing its nickname to "The City That Never Sleeps With Its Wife." –Conan O'Brien
"It turns out the Pakistan police pulled Osama bin Laden over for speeding. Pulled him over and wrote the guy a ticket. So listen. I don't want to hear any more of this nonsense about Pakistan being lenient on Osama bin Laden, OK?" –David Letterman
"Osama bin Laden once got a speeding ticket in Pakistan. This guy had no respect for the law! When SEAL Team 6 broke into the house, he said to them, 'Is this about that speeding ticket?'" –David Letterman
"According to a report from Pakistan, Osama bin Laden wore a big cowboy hat when he walked around his compound to shield him from being seen by U.S. drones. That's a good strategy. The Lone Ranger wears a cowboy hat, and nobody has seen him anywhere." –Jay Leno
"Pakistan now says Osama bin Laden was able to be avoided by wearing a cowboy hat. A Pakistani authority said, 'I guess he just got lost in a sea of other Muslims wearing a cowboy hat.'" –Conan O'Brien
"The United States is no longer the fattest country in the world. Please help us, Paula Deen. We're no longer the fattest country in the world. That's why they're bringing back Twinkies. The fattest people in the world now are Mexicans. And that's, of course, because they're all living here." –David Letterman
"A new report found that Mexico has passed the U.S. as the most obese country in the world. It doesn't mean we got skinnier. It just means they're fatter than we are. But don't worry – Twinkies are coming back next week, so we should be fine." –Jimmy Fallon
"Mexico has replaced the U.S. as the world's fattest nation. The U.S. is now number two. The Mexican government has done a lot of research. It turns out their people eat way too much Mexican food." –Conan O'Brien
"President Obama told a group of kids that broccoli is his favorite food. Then he said, 'Is Michelle gone? Cool, it's actually Skittles.'" –Jimmy Fallon
"According to the polls, Anthony Weiner is the favorite to become the next mayor of New York City. How many of you have seen the Weiner poll? Anthony Weiner is out front. Isn't that what got him into trouble in the first place?" -David Letterman
"It'll be a long campaign." -David Letterman
"All the guy has to do is stick it out." -David Letterman
"I hope the guy doesn't get cocky." -David Letterman
"Weiner has a firm lead and his popularity is swelling." –David Letterman
"The Supreme Court has overturned the Defense of Marriage Act. How about that? We don't need a Defense of Marriage Act. What we need in this country is a marriage cap. You're allowed three, and after that, you're done." –Jay Leno
"Until this morning, marriage in the united states was defined as a contract between one man, one woman and the producers of The Bachelor." –Jimmy Kimmel
"Same-sex married couples are now entitled to the same benefits as other married couples. That's great news for the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Batman and Robin, Abercrombie and Fitch, Ben and Jerry, me and Paul." –David Letterman
"If DOMA is unconstitutional that means the Constitution is gay. Of course, no real shocker. It was written by a bunch of dudes in wigs in the City of Brotherly Love, and it calls for a legislature that's n institution that bicameral. It's a bit curious. Plus, look at that aged parchment and fancy calligraphy. It looks like a gay wedding invitation." –Stephen Colbert
"The NSA says they have developed a robotic bird that looks and flies like a bird to use for surveillance. So if you see a bird outside your window tweeting with a BlackBerry, it's spying on you." –Jay Leno
"What a bad week for the stock market. Yesterday was so bad the numbers looked worse than a Paula Deen talk show on the BET network." –Jay Leno
"Stocks are dropping like a Super Bowl ring into Vladimir Putin's pocket. That is how bad it was." –Jay Leno
"President Obama gave a big speech on climate change. He believes global warming is getting worse because apparently he's sweating a lot more during his second term." –Jay Leno
"In the middle of all these scandals, President Obama got some good news today. The IRS ruled that he can write off the first half of his second term as a total loss." –Jay Leno
"At the Berlin Wall, Obama said no wall can stand against the people's yearning for freedom that burns in our heart – except for the one we're going to build on the Mexican border." –Bill Maher
"Over in the Senate, they found a way to get Republicans on board with immigration reform. They're going to militarize the border. They're going to build a border surge. … Sounds like something you eat at Taco Bell. Or something that happens after you eat at Taco Bell." –Bill Maher
"We're going to build 7,000 miles of new fencing and add 20,000 more – in addition to the 20,000 we have – border agents, enough to put one every 250 feet. They said if this does not keep Arnold Schwarzenegger from impregnating the help, nothing will." –Bill Maher
"I kid the Republicans, but whether it is border security or gun rights or gay issues, they always have the same fear -- someone coming in the back door." –Bill Maher


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Employees of the daily deal giant have filed a class action lawsuit claiming Groupon failed to pay them millions of dollars in overtime pay. It's another blow to an already shaky company, whose accounting is being questioned by the SEC. Groupon cancelled its IPO roadshow earlier this week.
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NEW YORK -- ConAgra (CAG) has been dead in the water for the last month, and Thursday the bears stepped in.
OptionMonster's tracking programs detected heavy buying in the May 35 puts, with large blocks initially pricing for 15 cents. Volume continued to build, ending the session at almost 11,300 contracts -- more than 18 times previous open interest at the strike.
Puts lock in the price where shares can be sold in the food company, which gives them a strong inverse correlation. They can also generate significant leverage from even a small drop in the share price.That price action was evident Thursday because CAG continued to tick lower into the close, and those puts quickly doubled to 30 cents. The stock closed at $35.05, a decline of 1.35%. ConAgra shares spent most of April trapped below $36 and now appear to be forming a bearish "head and shoulders" pattern around that level. The company had benefited from a strong sentiment toward consumer staples earlier in the year, but its last earnings report missed estimates and the stock is now at levels unseen since 1997. Total option volume was 6 times greater than average in the session, with puts outnumbering calls by a bearish 14-to-1 ratio. Russell has no positions in CAG.
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I'm approaching the end of an enjoyable data warehousing project and we have collected some size/volume statistics around our Analysis Services 2005 cube. We have:
* 48 Dimensions. This includes role-playing dimensions.
* 751 Attributes and user hierarchies (!). So if a dimension has 5 attributes and 2 user hierarchies, this counts as 7.
* 21 Measure groups
* 68 Measures (including calculated ones)
This is all in one mother cube.
It currently only has 6 months worth of data and the fact table with the most data has 2,195,236 rows.
The dimension with the most members has 32,789 leaf-level members.
The fact tables are likely to grow considerably over the next few years. It may require partitioning in the future, but we don't feel this will be an issue for at least a couple of years.
The cube generally performs very well for user queries. They have been using it in anger for a while now without any performance problems of note – although the beefier production server is quite robust. Obviously, doing a regular cross join on thousands of members isn't a good idea (as with any AS implementation).
However, one thing that did make a noticeable difference (especially on dev/test where the servers are less beefy) is setting attribute relationship properties (Cardinality and RelationshipType). I have of course configured the attribute relationships to define aggregation paths for natural hierarchies. I had also heard that setting the Cardinality property and RelationshipType properties on the attribute relationships improves performance. We are now able to push more obscure buttons that were previously out of bounds.
When going through (all!) the attribute relationships, it became evident that about a quarter of them did not require one-to-many, which is the default Cardinality property. An example of this might be where you have a surrogate key as an attribute (which might be required as an attribute for reference dimensions) and a business key as another attribute in the same dimension. There would obviously be a one-to-one relationship between the two.
We are doing full cube processing, so I set all the RelationshipType properties to Rigid. You only need this set to Flexible if you are doing incremental processing for changing dimension members. The documentation out there (e.g. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms166553.aspx ) is unclear whether this improves query time; it makes sense that it would improve processing time.
As I said above, these 2 changes to the attribute relationship properties did seem to improve query performance. I did both the changes in one go so I'm not sure which is the most effective.
The whole cube now takes between 15 and 20 minutes to do a full process. There was a time when it was taking many hours. We traced it down to a query that Analysis Services was running against the warehouse relational database. It was doing a join between 2 views (about quarter of a million rows). We have a views metadata layer on top of the warehouse to allow reusability of business logic across reporting/analytical tools. The view on the RHS was joining back to the one on the LHS for a derived column. The execution plan showed a Cartesian type operation that was exploding the number of rows exponentially. All we had to do was change the ETL calculate the derived column and, hey presto, cube processing was reduced to 15 minutes.
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Oh, and before the anoraks out there mail me saying "did you know that 'performant'