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After having reviewed the definition my the previous post (The definitions), the next step is to respond to some questions. Do you need MySQL High-Availability? That question is quite obvious but some times, it is skipped. It can also be formulated "What is the downtime cost of the service?". In the cost, you need to […]
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Finding your MySQL High-Availability solution – The definitions
As my first contribution to the MySQL Performance Blog, I joined Percona at the beginning September, I chose to cover the various high-availability (HA) options available for MySQL. I have done dozen of MySQL HA related engagements while working for Sun/MySQL over the last couple of years using Heartbeat, DRBD and NDB cluster and I'll […]
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One of the top MySQL Cluster (NDB Cluster) experts in the world.
An expert on all things High Availability, including DRBD and Heartbeat.
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Half of the Waffle Grid team.
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Yves joins us after a tenure of several years as a senior consultant at Sun/MySQL. Together with Matt Yonkovit, he plans to work on WaffleGrid (…
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The Percona team has kept on expanding. We are very pleased to announce the addition of Morgan Tocker and Matt Yonkovit!
Morgan has been with us for a while. Before joining Percona, Morgan worked as a Technical Instructor for MySQL (and then Sun Microsystems) in…1990's as a DBA, System Administrator, and all around techie. Before joining Percona, Matt worked at MySQL and Sun Microsystems as a Solution Architect helping to…. He will be a valuable member of both our consulting and development teams.
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Three key things to know about moving MySQL into the cloud.
The question "what problems will I have when migrating to the cloud" gets asked often enough. If by cloud you mean Amazon EC2, then from a technical perspective there isn't much that changes. The biggest thing that changes is just how you pay your bill. Having said that, there's still a few potential gotchas: There […]
Onsite and Remote – getting best of both worlds
At Percona we provide services both Onsite – visiting the customers and Remote – logging in to their systems or communicating via email,phone,instant messaging. We believe both approaches have their benefits and drawbacks and mixing them right way allows you to get your problems solved most efficient way.
When would you use SAN with MySQL ?
One question which comes up very often is when one should use SAN with MySQL, which is especially popular among people got used to Oracle or other Enterprise database systems which are quite commonly deployed on SAN. My question in such case is always what exactly are you trying to get by using SAN ?
Faster MySQL failover with SELECT mirroring
One of my favorite MySQL configurations for high availability is master-master replication, which is just like normal master-slave replication except that you can fail over in both directions. Aside from MySQL Cluster, which is more special-purpose, this is probably the best general-purpose way to get fast failover and a bunch of other benefits (non-blocking ALTER […]
Recovery beyond data restore
Quite frequently I see customers looking at MySQL recovery as on ability to restore data from backup which can be far from being enough to restore the whole system to operating state, especially for complex systems. Instead of looking just at data restore process you better look at the whole process which is required to […]
How much overhead DRDB could cause ?
I was working with the customer today investigating MySQL over DRBD performance issues. His basic question was why there is so much overhead with DRBD in my case, while it is said there should be no more than 30% overhead when DRBD is used. The truth is – because how DRBD works it does not […]


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A S MOST Bristolians probably know, the clock mounted over the entrance of the Corn Exchange in Corn Street has three hands. It's one of those things we proudly show to visitors. There's the little hand, the big hand … and the other big hand. The big hands show the time in minutes, one of them Greenwich Mean Time and one of them Bristol Time.
So what time is it really in Bristol?
Well that depends on who you believe. You can either believe the movement of the sun, or you can believe the government…
For most of human history, we didn't have efficient mechanical clocks, so the time of day was simply calculated from the position of the sun in the sky – known as "solar time" or "apparent solar time". That's why people had sundials.
This worked fine in a pre-scientific age when most people got up when it was light, worked in daylight and then knocked off when it got dark, or perhaps carried on working a little longer by the light of candles, rushes or lamps.
Efficient timekeeping, though, became an essential part of technological and industrial progress. Many historians will tell you that the adoption of set hours, regulated by efficient clocks, is the true foundation of the modern world rather than, say, the steam engine.
Greenwich Mean Time came about because Britain was a seafaring nation, and by the 18th century ships were carrying chronometers – the best clocks available – set to this time in London so that they could calculate their longitude.
By the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Greenwich Mean Time and efficient chronometers were the Royal Navy's secret weapon, because it meant that British ships could be navigated much more efficiently than those of rival nations.
But Greenwich Mean Time is just that – the time as calculated at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. It is the solar time in that exact spot, and nowhere else.
The correct solar time in Bristol, meanwhile, is over ten minutes behind. If you want to be precise about it, College Green is ten minutes and 23 seconds behind GMT. Other points within Bristol's city boundaries can be several seconds either way of that.
Until Victorian times, every town kept its own time, usually worked out by a local resident with some scientific knowledge, and this is how clocks in churches and public buildings were usually set.
Even when stagecoaches were introduced, it made little difference that Bristol and London were 10 or 11 minutes apart, though by the 1820s the mail coach from Bristol to London was so reliable and punctual that people all along the route were said to set their watches by it.
That Bristol eventually had to fall into line with London is partly due, as with so much else in Bristol, to Mr Brunel.
On June 30 1841 the first Great Western Railway train arrived here. The GWR operated on Greenwich Mean Time; it's said that some Bristol dignitaries, setting off for the great day, arrived ten minutes late.
By the 1850s, all of Britain's rail companies were operating on Greenwich Mean Time, or "Railway Time" as it became known. For some years this caused all manner of confusion to provincials who were still setting their clocks and watches to their local time. Plymouth, for instance, was a full 17 minutes behind London.
In Bristol, we came up with a compromise. The clock on the Exchange, which was then at the heart of the city's business district, adopted its two minute hands. It seemed sensible, but most other public clocks, such as those on churches, remained set to Bristol time.
A lot of people resented this imposition of someone else's timekeeping. When the railway came to Exeter the local authorities firmly refused to adopt what was disparagingly known as "Cockney time" for many years.
In Bristol, one rural gentleman was said to have stood up in the main hall of the Commercial Rooms brandishing his grandfather's pocket watch and declaiming that "one hand was good enough for my grandfather and it is certainly good enough for me!"
But if it was the railways which posed a mortal threat to Bristol Time, it was the electric telegraph which administered the fatal blow. It arrived in Bristol, along the GWR rail line, in 1852.
(It would have arrived a lot sooner. Brunel wanted to bring the telegraph line as far as Bristol at the same time as his railway arrived, but he was over-ruled by the Great Western Railway Company directors, who said this newfangled nonsense was a waste of money, and would never catch on.)
The electric telegraph did catch on, and very quickly. Soon Bristol's newspapers carried breaking stories from London and then around the world with information conveyed to them by telegraph. Businesses, too, recognised the value of getting the most up-to-date information quickly.
One of the first local telegraph systems was installed to inform merchants in the Commercial Rooms about newly-arrived ships coming up the Avon.
The old system of messengers – they were called "Pill watchers" – who would ride or run into Bristol with news of ships coming up the Avon, was done away with. Now a businessman would know when his ship was arriving and what it was carrying before it had reached the City Docks, and could start offering the cargo for sale ahead of any rivals. And of course that business might well be transacted by telegraph, too.
But of course this led to the absurdity of telegrams sent from London time-stamped as arriving in Bristol ten minutes before they had been sent.
So sentiment and local pride be damned; the needs of business, as always, took priority. In a debate in the Council chambers in September 1852, a mere three die-hards were overwhelmed in a vote. From now on, the Corporation resolved, Bristol would "regulate the public clocks by Greenwich time".
This was almost 30 years before Parliament decreed that the whole country should adopt Greenwich Mean Time. And so the second minute hand on the Exchange Clock showing Bristol Time was removed.
In the 1980s some folk decided that it would be a nice touch to restore it. The Temple Local History Group, which had been researching the stories of the city's older clocks, showed how the Bristol Time hand should be set at an angle of 62 degrees to the GMT hand.
The old minute hand was restored in 1989 and unveiled to a mystified public, as both minute hands were black. At the official starting of the restored clock, the Lord Mayor Kathleen Mountstephen (yes, you're still "Lord" Mayor even if you're a woman) was raised up on a cherrypicker with paintpot and brush to paint the hand showing Bristol time red.
The clock face and hands have been repainted a couple of times since then. At one point the GMT hand was pink, and for the time being the GMT hand is red and the Bristol hand is black. If you're ever confused, though, now and at any point in the future, remember that true Bristol Time is ten and a half-ish minutes behind London.
Not long after the electric telegraph caught on, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich started a system whereby it sent a signal to the whole system throughout the country at various times of day.
This time signal was the forerunner of the "time pips" we later had on the radio, and it ensured that the clocks throughout the railway and postal system were all set to the correct Greenwich time.
In 1852, shortly after the telegraph came to Bristol a local clockmaker named William Langford saw an opportunity. He arranged, for a fee, for a telegraphic line to be extended from Bristol's main Post Office in Small Street to his shop on Broad Quay.
In later years, Langford was able to make money out of this by selling the right time to various organisations around Bristol. They would pay to be connected to his system by wire, and this would regulate their clocks to within a fraction of a second.
His first customer, apparently, was Bristol Cathedral; one doesn't think of the Cathedral as being at the cutting edge of technology, particularly in Victorian times, but there you go. Other organisations soon followed, including W.D. & H.O. Wills and the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company and more than a dozen other firms. It was Langfords who made the famous Tramways Centre clock which remains a local landmark to this day.
William Langford was one of the leading clock and instrument makers of his time. This being Bristol, he also made nautical chronometers. Clocks made by Langford are much sought after by collectors and fetch top prices at auction.
The firm later moved to College Green, where another Langford clock can be seen, though the premises are now a music shop.
This was Bristol's first electrically-regulated clocks, which one assumes Langford made in order to show off the new technology.
Some years ago, the Temple Local History Group commissioned one of Bristol's most remarkable memorial plaques.
If you don't know about it, look for it next time you're on College Green. It is set into the pavement directly underneath the clock.
You can easily miss it as it's very small.
It is meant to show a line west of the Greenwich meridian and commemorates Langford's achievement. It was put in place by the Temple Local History Group in the 1980s.
As originally installed, it showed the line of longitude at the correct angle, but when the area was re-paved some years ago, the workmen simply re-laid it parallel to the shop-front.
The Langford clock, directly above the plaque, is no longer working, a state of affairs which many in Bristol consider a shameful state of affairs given its historic importance.
It was restored back in the 1980s, once more thanks to the efforts and fundraising of the Temple Local History Group, but has not been functioning since its drive shaft was accidentally broken some years ago.
(Former Temple Local History Group stalwart Julian Lea-Jones wrote Bristol Curiosities (Birlinn Ltd, 2007). Easily the best researched and most entertaining compilation of strange and curious local tales, it has quite a few more stories about Bristol's timekeeping than this article does… )


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WILMINGTON,NC (AP) — Keith Rendleman led four double-figure scorers with 19 points and North Carolina Wilmington defeated Hofstra 86-80 Saturday night.
Adam Smith added 18 points, K.K. Simmons 14 and Donte Morales 12 for the Seahawks (7-7, 3-1 Colonial Athletic Association), who are off to their best CAA start since 2005-06.
Rendleman was 7 of 10 from the field to lead a 52.8-percent shooting performance by UNC Wilmington (28 of 53). The Seahawks won their fourth straight and ended a seven-game losing streak against Hofstra.
The Seahawks committed 17 turnovers, leading to 27 Pride points, but held Hofstra to just eight assists.
Nathaniel Lester, who was 11 of 13 from the free-throw line, scored 23 points and Mike Moore had 22 to lead the Pride (6-10,0-4). Lester had 19 of his points in the second half.
Hofstra shot 39.4 percent from the field (26 of 66).
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Check out our basketball highlights from UNCW's win on the Buzz Peterson Show on WWAY on Sunday morning at 11:00am. We'll also have highlights and postgame reaction on Sunday's Coach's Corner on WWAY. The Coach's Corner airs at 6pm on Sunday.
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WILMINGTON,NC (UNCW sports release) — Led by Keith Rendleman's 19 points, UNCW, who placed four in double digit scoring, outpaced Hofstra, 86-80, in Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball action Saturday in Trask Coliseum.
The Seahawks, who extended their winning streak to four, evened their record at 7-7 and moved to 3-1 in conference play for the first time since the 2005-06 season. The Pride fell to 6-10 on the year and remained winless (0-4) in the CAA.
Freshmen guards Adam Smith and KK Simmons drained 18 and 14 markers, respectively while sophomore Donte Morales added 12 points of his own.
Hofstra was paced by its three seniors, with Nathaniel Lester leading the way with a double-double of a game-high 23 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Moore, who came into the game as the CAA's leading scorer, poured in 22 points and Dwan McMillan added 11.
Despite totaling a season-high 44 points in the first stanza, UNCW was unable to shake Hofstra, and found itself only up by five, 48-43, with 16:27 to go in the contest. But the Seahawks rattled off an 11-0 spurt, keyed by Rendleman with six points, to break the game open, 59-43, with 13:08 left in regulation.
The Pride took an early lead in the contest, building a 5-point lead at 18-13 off a trey from junior Stevie Mejia at the 11:42 mark.
But then the Seahawks' offense woke up, as back-to-back three-pointers by Smith and Morales gave UNCW the lead, 19-18, with 10:53 to play. The long bombs were part of a 9-0 Seahawk run which was capped by another Morales bucket at the 10:15 for a 22-18 advantage.
Later, the Seahawks used a 7-0 run to stretch their lead to as many as 10 when junior Matt Wilson put home two of his six points with 4:51 remaining in the first half to push UNCW's lead to 38-28.
Coach Buzz Peterson's team would maintain its advantage for the rest of the stanza, carrying a 44-37 advantage into the break. The 44-point outburst marked the most points the Seahawks had scored in a half all season.
The Seahawks would maintain their lead, never allowing the Pride to pull within eight until a short jumper from sophomore Stephen Nwaukoni cut the lead to six with only four seconds left on the clock.
UNCW continues conference play Thursday when it travels to Atlanta to take an upstart Georgia State program which has started the year 7-0 on its home court. Hofstra returns home to take on Northeastern on Wednesday.


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U.S. officials say Israel targeted advanced anti-ship cruise missiles near Syria's principal port city in an air attack carried out earlier this month, The New York Times reported.
The officials say the attack on July 5 near the city of Latakia targeted a type of Russian-made missile called the Yakhont that Russia had sold to the Syrian government, the Times reported on its website Saturday night. Russia is a key political ally and arms supplier of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.
The officials didn't provide details on the strike, including the extent of the damage and how many missiles were used. The Times reported that the officials declined to be identified because they were discussing intelligence reports.
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\n LOS ANGELES -- Cheyne Gadson had 25 points and backcourt partner Tony Bobbitt added 18 and six rebounds and the Idaho Stampede (2-4) beat the Los Angeles D-Fenders 97-90 at the Toyota Sports Center on Saturday night. Antoine Walker added just four points, but led the team, along with Dontell Jefferson, with six assists. Walker, added to the roster on Thursday, led the Stampede in assists eight times last season.Read More
\n DES MOINES, Iowa -- The 2011 NBA D-League Champion Iowa Energy got 21 points from rookie guard Thomas Baudinet in their 103-89 win over Sioux Falls Saturday night. The win gives Iowa a sweep of the weekend series, and moves their record to 5-3 on the season.\n Both teams stalled out of the gate as neither team could muster a point in the first 2:52 of the contest. An Andrew Drevo layup opened the scoring for Iowa, who were down 22-20 at the end of the 1st quarter. Read More
\n CANTON, Ohio -- The Canton Charge's three-game winning streak was snapped at the hands of the Maine Red Claws, 103-81, at the Canton Memorial Civic Center on Saturday night. Canton now sits at 3-3 on the season, while Maine improves to 2-4 with the win.\n The game was closely contested early on throughout the opening quarter, as Canton trailed by just one at the break. The Red Claws came out of the gate quickly in the second period however, going on an 18-3 run to propel them to a 39-23 lead. Read More
FORT WAYNE, IN -- The Fort Wayne Mad Ants fell to the Springfield Armor 94-91 in overtime at the Memorial Coliseum. Despite both teams losing some of their starters to various NBA training camps, the two teams battled to the final buzzer. After a tightly contested opening 12 minutes of play the two teams were tied up and the end of the period. Defense reigned supreme in the opening frame as the Armor held Fort Wayne to 36 percent shooting from the field, but the Mad Ants countered by forcing Springfield into eight turnovers.Read More
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Idaho Stampede (1-4) saw the return of three-time NBA All Star Antoine Walker and had an excellent game from Willie Jenkins (23 points, five rebounds, four assists), but the Bakersfield Jam defeated Idaho 100-87 on Thursday night.
Walker, signed earlier in the day, made his first basket with 5:55 left in the third quarter and finished the night with seven points and five rebounds in 27:18 of play.
SPRINGFIELD, MA- Lance Hurdle led six players in double figures with a season-high 28 points as the Armor defeated the Maine Red Claws 97-89 tonight at the MassMutual Center. The Armor improve to 3-1 and currently sit atop the NBA D-League's Eastern Conference standings.
The Armor got off to a slow start tonight and trailed the Red Claws by as many as nine in the first quarter before closing the gap to 24-18 by the end of the first.
Four years ago, Walker Russell, a 6-foot point guard out of Jacksonville State built like a shower curtain rod, stepped onto the floor at Madison Square Garden and let himself dream a little.
Russell, the son of a New York Knicks scout by the same name, had been invited to Knicks training camp after a three-year career at Jacksonville State in which he set the school's Division I scoring record (a mark later broken by current Iowa Energy forward Nick Murphy).


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Is the video in the very first post the one everyone is talking about and enjoying? If so, how can anyone think that was good? It was embarrassingly bad.
No **** man. It is pretty bad when the vid from Tosh featuring a wanna be rapper who got run over by an ice cream truck is better. Lame.
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The Paternity of the H-Bombs: Soviet-American Perspectives
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There are major problems in the history of the American and Soviet hydrogen bombs. They are associated with the Teller-Ulam and Teller-Oppenheimer controversies, and the question of whether the design of the Soviet H-bomb was an independent conception. Because of the scarcity of documentary evidence, these problems have little chance of being settled if the histories of the two are considered separately within their national frameworks. Considered comparatively, however, they can help clarify these problems separately and convert them into different facets of this most important segment in the history of the thermonuclear age.The recently disclosed evidence on the history of the Soviet H-bomb, in particular, on Klaus Fuchs's key idea of radiation implosion, validates Edward Teller's view on the invention of the H-bomb, including his understatement of his own accomplishment and his concern about the benefits and head start that the Soviet H-bomb program could have gotten from Fuchs's espionage. In addition, the Russian perspective on the realities of illusory worlds during the Cold War helps us see these illusory worldviews as largely responsible for the intensity of the H-bomb debate in the United States.
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Volume 11, Issue 2 , pp 169-197
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- 2009-06
- 10.1007/s00016-007-0377-8
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- 1422-6944
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- 1422-6960
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- Andrei Sakharov
- Edward Teller
- Stanislaw Ulam
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Hans A. Bethe
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- Yakov Zeldovich
- Klaus Fuchs
- Vitaly Ginzburg
- Lev Landau
- Laszlo Tisza
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- Hydrogen bomb
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Calendar focuses on village
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A VILLAGE is to launch its own calendar following a photographic competition among residents.
The new 2015 calendar for Hartington illustrates the village through the seasons.
Staff from Leek School of Art, part of Buxton & Leek College, took on the tricky task of judging the 120 photographs submitted for the fund-raising project to aid the refurbishment of Hartington Village Hall.
Now 14 villagers, from schoolchildren to pensioners, will see their photos featured in the £7.99 calendar which goes on sale this month at the village flower festival.
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Janet Bray, chairman of the Friends of Hartington Village Hall, explained: "We have a lovely village hall with a sprung maple dance floor but it is in need of some updating, not least a new heating system.
"I think the staff from Leek School of Art did a brilliant job in choosing the images – even though my photo wasn't judged a winner."
Judge Anne-Lise Fraser, a lecturer at the School of Art, said: "It was a very difficult task to judge because so many wonderful photos were submitted but we eventually agreed on which prints should be included in the calendar.


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Thought I'd resurrect this thread instead of starting a new one...
Anyone with a later model Minox C notice that the CdS cell is engaged at 15? I was checking the camera before putting it away for the season and noticed 15 was too fast. Then I took it into the dark and it seemed like 15 again.
Unless this is a defect, I think 15 might be actually A with a low "limit" of 15.
The A setting will go to many seconds as it should.


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A system that facilitates semi-automatically producing an output relating to a multi-dimensional data object comprises an interface component that receives responses to one or more questions and produces commands that are a function of the responses. An execution engine executes the commands and manipulates the multi-dimensional data object in accordance with the responses. For example, the multi-dimensional object can relate to one or more of a data cube, a dimension, a data source, an attribute, a property, and a mining model.
1. A system that facilitates automatically producing an output relating to a multi-dimensional data object, comprising:
an interface component that receives responses to one or more questions and produces commands that are a function of the responses; and
an execution engine that executes the commands and manipulates the multi-dimensional data object in accordance with the responses.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/586,644 filed on Jul. 9, 2004, and entitled SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT FACILITATE SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS, and is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, filed on Feb. 9, 2005. The entireties of these applications are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, filed on ______.
The subject invention relates generally to multi-dimensional data, and more particularly to automatically updating/structuring multi-dimensional data to facilitate solving business-related problems.
The evolution of computers with respect to memory storage expansion and processing capabilities has enabled massive amounts of data to be accumulated and analyzed by complex and intelligent algorithms. For instance, given an accumulation of data, algorithms can analyze such data and locate patterns therein. These patterns can then be extrapolated from the data, persisted as content of a data mining model or models, and applied within a desired context. With the evolution of computers from simple number-crunching machines to sophisticated devices, services can be provided that range from video/music presentment and customization to data trending and analysis.
Accordingly, tasks that at one time required skilled mathematicians to perform complex operations by hand can now be automated through utilization of computers. In a simplistic example, many individuals, rather then utilizing a skilled accountant to compute their tax liability, simply enter a series of numbers into a computer application and are provided customized tax forms from such application. Furthermore, in a web-related application, the tax forms can be automatically delivered to a government processing service. Thus, by way of utilizing designed algorithms, data can be manipulated to produce a desired result.
As complexity between relationships in data increases, however, it becomes increasingly difficult to generate an output as desired by a user. For instance, multiple relationships can exist between data, and there can be a significant number of manners by which to review and analyze such data. To obtain a desired output from the data, one must have substantial knowledge of content and structure of such data and thereafter generate a complex query to receive this data in a desired manner. Furthermore, if the data must be manipulated to obtain a desirable output, the user must have an ability to generate algorithms necessary to make the required manipulations or outsource the task to a skilled professional. Thus, typically expert computer programmers and/or data analysis experts are needed to properly query a database and apply algorithms to results of these queries. Moreover, if data or relationships therebetween are significantly altered, the expert programmers and/or data analysis experts may have to return and reconfigure a database query and algorithms to manipulate data returned therefrom. Furthermore, if a user or entity desires a disparate output (e.g., desires to modify data analyzed and/or modify data output), then the expert must be summoned yet again to make necessary modifications. Due to complexity and number of relationships between data, these tasks can require a substantial amount of time, even with respect to one of utmost skill. Accordingly, cost, both in monetary terms and in terms of time, can become significant to a user and/or entity, particularly in a business setting, where data must be analyzed and manipulated to create a desired output.
Accordingly, there exists a need in the art for a system and/or methodology that can aid a user and/or entity in generating a desired output from a mutli-dimensional data structure without assistance from an expert.
The following presents a simplified summary of the invention in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview of the invention. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the invention nor delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the invention in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
The subject invention relates to novel systems and/or methods that enable a user that is not an expert in database manipulation to semi-automatically update a multi-dimensional object within a database to generate a desirable output. This is accomplished by way of providing the user with questions/selectable actions that enable the user to logically navigate through alterations that are to be undertaken with respect to the multi-dimensional object. In accordance with one aspect of the subject invention, updates can occur with respect to a data cube, a dimension related to one or more data cubes, attributes relating to a dimension, properties relating to an attribute, dimension, column, or any other suitable entity that can be associated with a multi-dimensional object (e.g., not simply a relational object).
The questions/selectable actions provided to the user can be obtained from a list of acceptable questions/selectable actions that are supported by underlying code. For instance, upon the user selecting a plurality of actions and/or responding to a series of questions, statements and/or commands can be generated that facilitate updating a multi-dimensional object to enable generation of a desired output. An execution engine receives these statements and/or commands and executes such statements/commands against the multi-dimensional object, causing such object to be manipulated as a function of the user's responses/selections to the presented questions/selectable actions. In accordance with an aspect of the subject invention, the questions/selectable actions can be presented to the user as a function of the user's current perspective of the multi-dimensional object. As an example, if the user is navigating through data relating to currency conversion, then the subject invention can provide the user with questions/selectable actions that assist such user in generating a customized currency conversion output (rather than, for example, providing the user with questions relating to sales analysis).
Various aspects of the subject invention can be applied to business-related problems, as such problems are often associated with disparate desired outputs for different customers. For instance, currency conversion may seem like a simple task where a first currency is multiplied by an exchange rate to enable a conversion to a second currency. In actuality, however, such conversion can be complex in view of disparate data types and variables associated with currency conversion. In one example, a bank may receive data relating to several disparate currencies and desirably convert such currencies into other currencies associated with subsidiaries of such bank. Accordingly, complex mapping may be necessarily undertaken to allow these currencies to be converted. Furthermore, different banks can receive data in different formats. For example, with respect to a first bank, a single data packet can indicate that data therein is associated with a particular currency. With respect to a second bank, however, the data packet provides no indication of a currency; rather, a separate data packet associated therewith provides information relating to the currency.
In accordance with another aspect of the subject invention, the questions/selectable answers provided to a user to assist such user in updating a multi-dimensional object and customizing a resultant output are extensible. For instance, over time business needs can alter. A service provider can update the questions/selectable answers to enable more functionality and a wider variety customized outputs for users of one or more aspects of the subject invention.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative aspects of the invention. These aspects are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the invention may be employed and the subject invention is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents. Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
The subject invention is now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the subject invention. It may be evident, however, that the subject invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the subject invention.
As used in this application, the terms "component," "handler," "model," "system," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a server and the server can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. Also, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components may communicate via local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the Internet with other systems via the signal).
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Upon receipt of the input, the interface component 102 generates commands to update/alter a multi-dimensional object 104 within a data store 106, and an execution engine 108 receives such commands. For example, the selectable questions and/or actions can be associated with templates that are then employed to generate the aforementioned commands. These templates can be associated with commands that are written in a declarative language, such as SQL or MDX, wherein such commands can set properties, create objects, and generate any suitable changes to the multi-dimensional object 104. The execution engine 108, which can reside on a server system with the data store 106, can then cause occurrence of the alterations as specified by the commands. For example, the multi-dimensional object 104 can be a data cube, which enables users to explore and analyze a collection of data from several various perspectives, usually considering three or more dimensions of the cube (or dimensions relating to the cube) at a single instance of time. Data cubes are multidimensional extensions of relational two-dimensional tables, and can be associated with numerous dimensions (e.g., well over three dimensions). Cubes are extremely useful as they can be indexed as a function of any dimension within the cube. Therefore, the commands can relate to appropriate indexing of a data cube (e.g., in accordance with multiple dimensions), processing of a data cube, and the like. It is understood, however, that the multi-dimensional object can be a dimension that is not owned by a particular data cube, a cell of the dimension, or any other suitable data that relates to the multi-dimensional object 104 (e.g., a data cube).
Upon rendering the appropriate updates as a function of the commands (which themselves are a function of the user input to the interface component 102), a manipulation component 110 can receive the updated multi-dimensional object 104 by way of the execution engine 108. For instance, the commands executed by the execution engine 108 upon the multi-dimensional object 104 can be queries that extract certain data indexed in a particular manner, and the execution engine 108 can cause such extraction. The extracted data can then be delivered to the manipulation component 110 that can use an algorithm or series of algorithms to manipulate the data in accordance with the input received by the interface component 102. Furthermore, the manipulation component 110 can cause alterations in data, properties associated with data, or the like and then store such changes in the data store 106 in connection with the multi-dimensional object 104. In accordance with another aspect of the subject invention, the execution engine 108 can cause updating of the multi-dimensional object 104 and storage of such updates upon the data store 106. Thereafter, the manipulation component 110 can access the multi-dimensional object 104 directly (without utilizing the execution engine 108 as an intermediary). Thus, any suitable obtainment of the updated/altered multi-dimensional object 104 is contemplated by the inventors of the subject invention and intended to fall under the scope of the hereto-appended claims.
To provide context with respect to the system 100 (as well as systems/methodologies described infra), one exemplary utilization of the system 100 is provided herein. A user can implement the system 100 by requesting that an operation be performed upon the multi-dimensional object 104 (e.g., by initiating an application that facilitates updating the multi-dimensional object 104). The interface component 102 can provide a user with a list of questions and/or selectable actions, wherein the user employs input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, and the like to answer one or more of the questions and/or select one or more of the actions. This input is received by the interface component 102, and other more granular questions and/or selectable actions can be presented to the user. The process of soliciting and receiving increasingly granular input can be continued until the interface component 102 has obtained sufficient information to determine a user's desired output or until the user cancels the process. For instance, the interface component 102 can provide a user with questions relating to currency conversion, where type of conversion and rules relating thereto can be gleaned from user responses to questions and/or selected actions.
The interface component 102 can generate commands in accordance with user responses and/or selected actions and the execution engine 108 can receive these generated commands. Thereafter, the execution engine 108 can update/alter the multi-dimensional object 104 and/or extract data in a manner that accords with the received commands. The updated multi-dimensional object 104 and/or data relating thereto can then be received by the manipulation component 110, and such component 110 can apply algorithms that comport with the responses and/or selected actions input by the user in response to provided questions and/or selectable actions. Thus, for instance, the manipulation component 110 can manipulate extracted (updated) data from the multi-dimensional object 104 and/or the entirety of the multi-dimensional object 104 can be modified to create an output that is desirable to the user (e.g., as a function of the responses and/or the selected actions). Therefore, in accordance with the previously mentioned currency conversion example, the user can generate a customized output with respect to currency conversion without requiring intricate detail with respect to structure and content of the multi-dimensional object 104 and/or expert programming skills.
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Upon receiving sufficient information (e.g., a lineage of questions/selectable actions has been traversed), the interface component 202 generates commands as a function of the received input, wherein the commands can be utilized to manipulate the multi-dimensional object 206 and/or extract information from the multi-dimensional object 206. The commands are received by an execution engine 210, and the execution engine 210 can notify the interface component 202 of receipt of such commands. Such an implementation of the system 200 can be beneficial if the execution engine 210 and the interface component 202 reside on disparate machines (e.g., the execution engine 210 is on a server while the interface component 202 is on a client). The execution engine 210 can then execute the commands against the multi-dimensional object 206 to modify such object 206 and/or extract data therefrom. For instance, properties relating to the multi-dimensional object 206 can be altered to modify an indexing thereof, dimensional indexing can be modified, objects relating to the multi-dimensional object 206 an be created, and the like.
A manipulation component 212 can access the modified/updated multi-dimensional object 206 and apply algorithms thereto to generate an output that accords with the input received by the interface component 202. Furthermore, the manipulation component 212 can directly access the multi-dimensional object 206 if a circumstance so calls, rather than accessing the multi-dimensional object 206 by way of the execution engine 210. The manipulation component 212 can thus update and/or modify the multi-dimensional object 206 by applying algorithms that correspond to the input received by the interface component 202 and solicited by the question/selectable action generating component 204. For example, if a user wished to output a currency conversion with certain rules, the manipulation component 212 can effectuate such rules upon the multi-dimensional object 206 being indexed in a desirable manner. Thus, the manipulation component 212 can provide a customized output as a function of the user input.
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A context recognition component 308 can assist the question/selectable action generating component 304 in determining which questions/actions from the question list 306 to initially present to the user. For example, the context recognition component 308 can determine a user perspective/context with respect to a multi-dimensional object 310 within a data store 312. For example, if a user is currently viewing the multi-dimensional object with respect to accounting numbers when initiating the interface component 302, the context recognition component 308 will recognize the current view and inform the question/selectable action generating component 304 to provide questions/selectable actions to the user that relate to accounting (and not, for example, currency conversion or time-related sales analysis). Thus, the user will be provided with a list of questions/selectable actions relevant to an output desired by the user, and such user will not be presented with superfluous and undesirable questions/selectable actions. Accordingly, the user will not be confused and/or frustrated with a substantial amount of irrelevant information.
Upon determining an initial question or list of questions and/or action or list of actions, the interface component 302 can present such initial list to a user. The user can respond to a desired question and/or select a desired action, and thereafter (if necessary) the question/selectable action generating component 304 can present additional questions/actions to the user from the question list 306. The context recognition component 308 may not be necessary at this point, as the initial questions/actions can be associated with a chain of related questions/actions to present to the user. The interface component 302, after receiving sufficient information as a function of the questions/selectable actions, can generate commands to update the multi-dimensional object 310 to enable production of an output as desired by the user of the system 300. The commands can be received by an execution engine 314 that executes the commands against the multi-dimensional object 310 and updates such object 310 as a function of the responses to the questions/selected actions. A manipulation component 316 then manipulates the updated multi-dimensional object 310 to produce an output that is desired by a user of the system 300. For instance, a customized view of sales data with respect to time can be output by the manipulation component 316 and presented to the user of the system 300.
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As the system 400 obtains input by way of soliciting information through a series of questions and/or selectable actions, the system 400 is desirably extensible given changing user/business needs. Accordingly, the system 400 includes an updating component 414 that receives updated questions, selectable actions, and underlying code to effectuate updating the multi-dimensional object 410 from a service provider 416. For instance, the service provider 416 can be communicatively coupled to the updating component 414 and inform the updating component 414 of questions, actions, and/or code that is available for utilization with the system 400. The updating component 414 can then update the question list 406 with additional questions/selectable actions supported by the system 400. In accordance with one aspect of the subject invention, users can be made aware of new/additional functionality of the system 400 and thereafter be provided with an opportunity to purchase such functionality. Any suitable updating system and/or method, however, is contemplated and intended to fall under the scope of the hereto-appended claims.
Upon receiving requisite input from the user (through responses to questions/selectable actions), the interface component 402 generates commands to update the multi-dimensional object 410. An execution engine 418 receives these commands and executes such commands against the multi-dimensional object 410. Thus, properties can be set, objects can be created, and the like to enable generation of a desired output. Moreover, the commands generated by the interface component 402 can be utilized as a query to extract desired information from the multi-dimensional object 410. This information can then be passed to a manipulation component 420 that utilizes algorithms to alter the received data and generate an output in accordance with the user responses. In accordance with another aspect of the subject invention, the execution engine 418, rather than simply retrieving information, can itself modify the multi-dimensional object 410 and store such modifications within the data store 412. Thereafter, the manipulation component 420, if necessary, can make further modifications to the multi-dimensional object (or data related thereto) and output such modification (if any) to the user.
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With respect to the selection of initial questions/actions provided to the user 504, such selection can be provided by way of a question list 508 and aided through utilization of a machine-learning component 510 and a context recognition component 512. For instance, the context recognition component 512 can analyze the user's perspective of a multi-dimensional object (or data therein) and one or more questions from the question list 508 can be provided to the user 504 as a function of such analysis. The machine-learning component 510 can further assist in providing most-pertinent questions/selectable actions to a user. For instance, the machine learning component 510 can watch utilization of the system 500 over time and generate inferences with respect to questions/selectable actions that are to be provided to the user 504.
As used herein, the terms to "infer" or "inference" refer generally to the process of reasoning about or inferring states of a system, environment, and/or user from a set of observations as captured via events and/or data. Inference can be employed to identify a specific context or action, or can generate a probability distribution over states, for example. The inference can be probabilistic—that is, the computation of a probability distribution over states of interest based on a consideration of data and events. Inference can also refer to techniques employed for composing higher-level events from a set of events and/or data. Such inference results in the construction of new events or actions from a set of observed events and/or stored event data, whether or not the events are correlated in close temporal proximity, and whether the events and data come from one or several event and data sources. Thus, the question/selectable action generating component 506, with aid from the machine-learning component 510, can provide the user 504 with only pertinent questions/actions. In one example, the machine-learning component 510 can monitor the interface component 502 over time and notice patterns of action of the user 504 and/or other users that relate to such user (e.g., users in a substantially similar department of a business). Furthermore, the machine-learning component 510 can delete questions/selectable actions from the question list 508 if the user 504 has, in the recent past, selected such questions/actions (e.g., because it can be inferred that the user 504 will not want to repeat what's previously been done).
Moreover, sequence of questions/selectable actions can be provided to the user 504 with aid from the machine-learning component 510. For instance, the user 504 can, historically, traverse through dimensions of a data cube in a particular order when preparing to undertake a certain task or desiring to generate a specific output. The machine-learning component 510 can watch the user 504 and learn tendencies given disparate user contexts, and inform the question/selectable action generating component 506 to provide the user with a mot pertinent set and/or sequence of questions/actions. In another example, the user 504 can historically first request a currency conversion to be output from the system 500 followed by an analysis of currency converted over particular periods of time. Thus, the machine-learning component 510 can learn these tendencies and inform the question/selectable action generating component 506 to provide the user 504 with particular questions/actions in a certain sequence.
Upon receipt of sufficient information, the interface component 502 generates commands to modify a multi-dimensional object 514 in a manner that enables the system 500 to produce an output in accordance with the received information. In accordance with one aspect of the subject invention, the multi-dimensional object 514 can be a cube, a dimension owned by a cube, data relating to a cube and/or dimension, and the like. Furthermore, the multi-dimensional object 514 can be stored in a data store 516, which can be RAM, ROM, or any other suitable data storage devices and/or formats. An execution engine 518 receives the commands and utilizes such commands to update the multi-dimensional object 514 in accordance with the input provided by the user 504. In accordance with one aspect of the subject invention, the data store 516 that houses the multi-dimensional object 514 and the execution engine 518 can reside together upon a server 520 (or server system).
Upon updating the multi-dimensional object 514 (e.g., adding objects associated therewith, updating properties associated therewith, altering indexing of the multi-dimensional object, . . . ), data necessary to generate a desired output is delivered from the execution engine 518 to a manipulation component 522. The manipulating component 522 can apply algorithms against the data, format the data in a manner suitable for display, and the like. In accordance with another aspect of the subject invention, the manipulation component 522 can package the commands created by the interface component 506, data retrieved by the execution engine 518, and algorithms that acted upon the data to enable the user 504 to complete a substantially similar task at a later time without having to re-input information. This package of data (which can be stored, for example, as an object) can be stored within a data store 524. While the manipulation component 522 is illustrated as storing the packaged data within the data store 524, it is understood that the system 500 can be modified to cause the packaged data to be stored within the data store 516 upon the server 520. After the manipulation component 522 operates on the multi-dimensional object 514 and/or data extracted therefrom by the execution engine 518, it provides a customized output that accords to the responses to the questions/selectable actions to a presentation component 526. The presentation component 526, can be, for example, a graphical user interface (e.g., a computer screen), a printer, speakers, a projector, or any other suitable device that can be utilized to present the output to the user 504. Thus, utilizing the system 500 of the subject invention, the user 504 (not an expert in computer programming) can manipulate the multi-dimensional object 514 and data associated therewith and cause a customized output to be produced.
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At 606, commands that alter a perspective of at least a portion of the multi-dimensional object are generated as a function of the responses/selections. For example, indexing of the multi-dimensional object can be altered. At 608, the commands are executed against the multi-dimensional object, thereby causing the at least portion of the multi-dimensional object to be altered. At 610, algorithms to execute against the altered multi-dimensional object (or a portion thereof) are selected as a function of the responses/selections to the questions/selectable actions. Thus, for instance, if the methodology 600 were utilized to perform a currency conversion, algorithms relating to currency rates could be applied against disparate currencies. At 612, algorithms are executed against at least the portion of the multi-dimensional object, thereby generating an output that is customized according to responses/selections to the provided questions/selectable actions.
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At 706, input is received, wherein the input is user responses/selections to the questions/actions provided to such user. For example, the input can be received by way of keystrokes, voice input, or any other suitable input. At 708, a determination is made regarding whether a sufficient amount of information has been obtained to enable the multi-dimensional object to be updated according to the user's wishes. If there is insufficient information, then at 710 the list of questions/actions is updated as a function of the received responses. For instance, the list of questions/actions can be populated with more granular questions/actions than those previously responded to and/or selected. After the list has been updated, the user answers the questions and/or selects one or more actions, thereby enabling the multi-dimensional object update tool to receive additional user input at 706. The list of questions/actions can be updated and user input can be received until sufficient information is obtained to enable updating of the multi-dimensional object. Once sufficient information is received, at 712 the multi-dimensional object is updated as a function of the responses/selected actions. This updating of the multi-dimensional object enables a user to semi-automatically perform complex data arrangements and calculations to generate a desired output. For instance, customized output relating to currency conversion can be generated through utilization of the methodology 700.
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At 804, responses/selections in accordance with the presented questions/actions are received. In particular, the user can make selections and/or answer questions in a manner that enables generation of an output that is customized for a particular business application. At 806, at least a portion of a multi-dimensional object is altered as a function of the selected actions/responses. For instance, a data cube can be indexed according to the selected actions/responses. At 808, algorithms to apply to the altered multi-dimensional object are selected as a function of the responses/selected actions. For example, if currency conversion is desired, the algorithms can be a simple multiplication algorithm that multiplies a current currency by a particular rate. Other more involved and more complex algorithms are contemplated by the inventors and intended to fall under the scope of the hereto-appended claims. At 810, the commands utilized to alter the perspective are packaged with the algorithms employed at 808, thereby enabling a user to later cause a substantially similar output to be re-generated without having to first respond to a plurality of questions and/or select a plurality of actions. For instance, the commands and algorithms can be packaged in the form of a graphical object, which the user can subsequently select to initiate such commands/algorithms.
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Moreover, some of the actions illustrated can be associated with various properties and availabilities. For instance, the addition of time intelligence can be available with respect to a cube and a dimension therein as well as be available in connection with a sourceless cube. In another example, account intelligence can be added with respect to a cube and/or dimension of a cube, as well as to a sourceless cube and a sourceless dimension. A table is provided below as to how context in which the listing of actions is available.
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In accordance with one aspect of the subject invention, measures (not shown) can be selected prior to (or after) a user choosing a desired calculation. For instance, due to constraints associated with a calculation engine, the measures can be divided into two disparate groups: physical measures and calculated measures. An exemplary listing of such divided measures is provided below:
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To further the above example, various time-related calculations can be effectuated against selected measures. For instance, year-to-date calculations, six-month moving average calculations, year over year growth calculations, and year over year growth percentage calculations can be chosen from the field 1206 to operate over the selected measures (described above). To initiate the calculations, a member of a multi-dimensional structure (e.g., a data cube) can be created, named, and assigned a null value (so that such value can be modified at a later instance of time). Thereafter, defined calculations can be operated against the selected measures, and the measures created relating to the calculations can be populated.
In accordance with another aspect of the subject invention, the physical measures selected can be placed within a grouping, wherein calculations are limited to such grouping. Due to engine constraints, however, the selected calculated measures may be specified with respect to each calculation involving such measures (although the specification can be done automatically upon selection of the measures). Such separation of physical measures and calculated measures does not affect functionality, but rather only affects code underlying the exemplary user interface 1202. The aforementioned calculation relating to year-to-date calculations, effectuated in MDX against a particular dimension, hierarchy, and member, with respect to selected measures is provided below.
Another exemplary calculation (six month moving average) undertaken in MDX with respect to a data cube is provided herein to further illustrate an exemplary embodiment associated with the subject invention with respect to calculating a time dimension. It is understood, however, that this calculation is merely one manner to calculate a time dimension with respect to a defined calculation, and other means of performing and storing such calculation are contemplated.
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As a further example, if the radio button 1304 is selected and an account dimension is located and selected, then a determination can be made regarding whether there are any restrictions associated with the statements (e.g., formula) to be applied to the account dimension. If there is such a restriction, then the following exemplary MDX statements can be added around the formula for each time view that is associated with a restriction.
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Generally, however, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular data types. The operating environment 4010 is only one example of a suitable operating environment and is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of the invention. Other well known computer systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with the invention include but are not limited to, personal computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, distributed computing environments that include the above systems or devices, and the like.
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The system bus 4018 can be any of several types of bus structure(s) including the memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus or external bus, and/or a local bus using any variety of available bus architectures including, but not limited to, 8-bit bus, Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA), Micro-Channel Architecture (MSA), Extended ISA (EISA), Intelligent Drive Electronics (IDE), VESA Local Bus (VLB), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), Universal Serial Bus (USB), Advanced Graphics Port (AGP), Personal Computer Memory Card International Association bus (PCMCIA), and Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI).
The system memory 4016 includes volatile memory 4020 and nonvolatile memory 4022. The basic input/output system (BIOS), containing the basic routines to transfer information between elements within the computer 4012, such as during start-up, is stored in nonvolatile memory 4022. By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory 4022 can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory 4020 includes random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as synchronous RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM).
Computer 4012 also includes removable/nonremovable, volatile/nonvolatile computer storage media.
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A user enters commands or information into the computer 4012 through input device(s) 4036. Input devices 4036 include, but are not limited to, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, stylus, touch pad, keyboard, microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, TV tuner card, digital camera, digital video camera, web camera, and the like. These and other input devices connect to the processing unit 4014 through the system bus 4018 via interface port(s) 4038. Interface port(s) 4038 include, for example, a serial port, a parallel port, a game port, and a universal serial bus (USB). Output device(s) 4040 use some of the same type of ports as input device(s) 4036. Thus, for example, a USB port may be used to provide input to computer 4012, and to output information from computer 4012 to an output device 4040. Output adapter 4042 is provided to illustrate that there are some output devices 4040 like monitors, speakers, and printers among other output devices 4040 that require special adapters. The output adapters 4042 include, by way of illustration and not limitation, video and sound cards that provide a means of connection between the output device 4040 and the system bus 4018. It should be noted that other devices and/or systems of devices provide both input and output capabilities such as remote computer(s) 4044.
Computer 4012 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as remote computer(s) 4044. The remote computer(s) 4044 can be a personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a workstation, a microprocessor based appliance, a peer device or other common network node and the like, and typically includes many or all of the elements described relative to computer 4012. For purposes of brevity, only a memory storage device 4046 is illustrated with remote computer(s) 4044. Remote computer(s) 4044 is logically connected to computer 4012 through a network interface 4048 and then physically connected via communication connection 4050. Network interface 4048 encompasses communication networks such as local-area networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WAN). LAN technologies include Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI), Ethernet/IEEE 802.3, Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 and the like. WAN technologies include, but are not limited to, point-to-point links, circuit switching networks like Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) and variations thereon, packet switching networks, and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL).
Communication connection(s) 4050 refers to the hardware/software employed to connect the network interface 4048 to the bus 4018. While communication connection 4050 is shown for illustrative clarity inside computer 4012, it can also be external to computer 4012. The hardware/software necessary for connection to the network interface 4048 includes, for exemplary purposes only, internal and external technologies such as, modems including regular telephone grade modems, cable modems and DSL modems, ISDN adapters, and Ethernet cards.
What has been described above includes examples of the subject invention. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the subject invention, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the subject invention are possible. Accordingly, the subject invention is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, to the extent that the term "includes" is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term "comprising" as "comprising" is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.
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The issue of mental health tends to enter the public's awareness when a mentally ill person commits a violent crime — or when it's time to approve a budget (which always seems to come up far short for mental health services).
Take South Carolina. Gov. Nikki Haley has proposed a $11.3 million increase over last year's Department of Mental Health budget.
But the sad truth is that the added money, should it be approved, would not even make up for budget cuts at the agency in recent years.
From 2008 to 2012, lawmakers cut DMH's budget by 40 percent — more than any other state in the country.
And while it can be seen as insensitive to look at the issue as anything but humanitarian, shortchanging DMH ends up costing money — plenty of it.
On Sunday, in the first of a series of articles about mental illness, Post and Courier reporter Jennifer Berry Hawes described the financial burden placed on the public when mentally ill patients, with no place else to go for help, go to emergency rooms.
The state closed its mental hospital in Columbia more than a decade ago after medical science showed that most patients don't require long-term institutionalization. They can be treated with medications, therapy and some supervision.
But budget cuts have meant fewer services, locally and statewide. So when the mentally ill need help, they go to emergency rooms that are crowded, ill equipped to care for them and very expensive.
Indeed, at the Medical University Hospital, 12 percent of emergency room patients are mentally ill. And many there and at other hospital emergency rooms have to stay longer than expected — often days longer — because there are no mental health beds available. The Department of Mental Health has closed more than half its inpatient psychiatric beds in the past 10 years.
Each day that the patients are in an emergency room, perhaps handcuffed and requiring security guards, costs more money.
That is no way to deal with this public health challenge.
Mental health advocates want more group homes and day programs where people can get care and supervision in a humane and far more cost-effective way.
Everyone has his hand out at budget time, and DMH isn't the only area of public concern that needs more funding from the state.
However, it is often one of the most overlooked areas. The mentally ill don't have a strong collective voice to get legislators' attention.
But the cost of not taking appropriate care of people with mental illnesses is great: With proper treatment, many of them could be contributing members of society; in some cases, mentally ill people harm themselves and others; not providing services for them ends up inflicting high costs, both monetary and otherwise.
It's time for our legislators to recognize that mental illness is just that — an illness. It isn't a character flaw.
And it's time for lawmakers to find a way to increase funding to address it.
Providing adequate mental health services makes sense medically. It makes sense socially. And it makes sense financially.
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Fairfield's Veterans Day service was held today at the Veterans Section of Maple Hill Cemetery. The service included the laying of the wreath at the monument of the Unknown Service Person, a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps. Following today's service the First United Methodist Church served a lunch for all veterans and their guests.
24-year-old Clarence Hutchinson and 21-year-old Cole Tatum, both of Wayne City, were jailed Saturday night following an incident in northern Wayne County. Police were called to a location at county road 2000N and 575E on a report of a possible traffic accident, and spoke with Orchardville rescue personnel who had arrived on scene first. As they were talking, police said two men walked out of a nearby woods, one of them identified as Tatum. Both said they had shot a deer and were trying to "track the animal". After being given permission to search their vehicle, police found a gun case in the trunk. Police were then advised a third person, later identified as Hutchinson, was in the woods allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun. When police asked why it was necessary to carry a loaded hangun, Tatum allegedly said it was for protection and in fear of Hutchinson or himself "going to jail". Hutchinson was charged with possession of a firearm without a valid FOID card, while Tatum was charged with obstructing justice.
47-year-old Tawana Smith of Wayne City was jailed Friday night following a report of a domestic dispute at a home in Keenes around 8:45 p.m. Police said the home's occupant, Jerry J. Acord told them he had arrived home to get a glass of ice and came upon two occupants in the home. As he was leaving the home, one of the occupants allegedly got into an altercation with Acord, with the two landing on the ground in the front yard. Another occupant, identified as 47-year-old Tawana Smith, is accused of kicking Acord in the head multiple times during the alleged dispute. Smith was taken to the Wayne County Jail pending the setting of bond.
The Wayne County Historical Society will present a collection of historical slides of Fairfield scenes Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Fairfield Public Library meeting room at 300 SE 2nd Street. The collection is mainly the work of photographer Kenneth Hammack, who had photographed scenes from the early 1900s to show changes over time. His views are from the 1950s and 1960s, and include the Blackburn Poultry House, Brock Hotel and Phoenix Mill, along with other locations. The public is invited, and is asked to use the west entrance to the libaray.
Illinois State Police District 19 Interim Commander, Lieutenant Cory Ristvedt, has announced the activity and enforcement figures for October. Troopers wrote 252 speeding tickets, made six DUI arrests, issued 43 seat-belt tickets and three child-restraint tickets, 221 written warnings for speeding and made 26 criminal arrests. Troopers in District 19 also investigated 31 traffic crashes during October, none of which involved a fatality.
Frontier Community College in Fairfield is launching its new Construction Technology Program in January with the start of the 2014 Spring Semester. Gene Kollak of Fairfield will be the instructor. The two courses will teach students techniques applicable to building a large home, and will be housed in FCC's Workforce Development Center. More information is available by calling the college at 842-3711.
Donald Hutson has been named the new director of the Marion VA medical center. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says Hutson will oversee operations of the center effective December 15th. The center currently serves about 44,000 veterans a year in parts of three states. The facility had been under scrutiny after an August 2007 incident in which a surgeon resigned just days after a patient bled to death following gallbladder surgery. All inpatient surgeries were halted at the facility, with several deaths later determined to be cause by substandard care. The facility was cleared in 2011 to resume in-patient surgeries with low complication risks.
Illinois lawmakers are not due to return to Springfield until late January, but many indications are that they will be back sooner. The state's pension reform issue is expected to require a special session in December. Except for gay marriage legislation, many lawmakers are admitting that little got done in last week's veto session, and an agreement on the pension crisis could not be reached.


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The Poteau Lady Pirates were the only team to go through the 2011 LeFlore County Fast-Pitch Tournament undefeated as they claimed their fourth straight title.
The Lady Pirates defeated the Panama Lady Razorbacks 4-1 amid rain sprinkles Thursday night at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex.
The Lady Razorbacks, who were the only team to score on Poteau in this year's tournament, posted a "gift" — and seemingly unlikely — rally in the loser's-bracket game against Spiro. Thanks to three Spiro errors, two of which happened with two outs and leading 7-5, in the seventh inning, Panama took advanatge of the "gifts" to score three runs to rally for an 8-7 victory.
Poteau Gets Bye into Class 4A Regional Tournament
Poteau was expecting to begin the Class 4A playoffs in two weeks. The Lady Pirates will have to wait a week longer.
The Lady Pirates were awarded a bye in the Class 4A District Tournament and automatically will be in the Class 4A Regional Tournament, which will be Oct. 6-8. Poteau will have to wait, in all likelihood, until Oct. 3 before knowing where the Lady Pirates will be sent for their regional tournament as well as the teams with which they will be paired.
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All Tournament Team
Most Valuable Player — RaeLynn Caldwell, Poteau.
First Team
Brenna Vise, Meagan Ryburn — Poteau
Taylor Eaves, Stephanie Barcheers — Panama
Kaylee Cox, Braylin Gray — Spiro
Bryanna Warren, Katelen Morgan — Wister
Amber Holt, Heavener
Second Team
Sidnee Ward, Gabba Wilson — Poteau
Becky Brown, Chansley Coker — Panama
Tiffany Woods — Spiro
Montana Roll — Heavener
Whitney Johnson — Howe
Erin Holderfield — Pocola
Tara Hawkins — Talihina
Honorable Mention
Shelby Standridge — Poteau
Kendra Swindle — Panama
Meochea McKesson — Spiro
Jordan Kannady, Sadie Watkins — Heavener
Kacie Raines — Wister
Mikko Robertson — Arkoma
Courtney Brown — Howe
Madison Lomon — Pocola
Cortney Williams — Talihina
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Bruce Lincoln is one of the most prominent advocates within religious studies for an uncompromisingly critical approach to the phenomenon of religion-historians of religions, he believes, should resist the preferred narratives and self-understanding of religions themselves, especially when their stories are endowed with sacred origins and authority. In "Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars", Lincoln assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. The book begins with Lincoln's "Theses on Method" and ends with "The (Un)discipline of Religious Studies," in which he unsparingly considers the failings of uncritical and nonhistorical approaches to the study of religions. In between, Lincoln presents new examinations of problems in ancient religions and relates these cases to larger comparative themes. While bringing to light important features of the formation of pantheons and the constructions of demons, chaos, and the dead, Lincoln demonstrates that historians of religions should take religious things-inspired scriptures, sacred centers, salvific rites, communities graced by divine favor-as the theories of interested humans that shape perception, community, and experiences. As he shows, it is for their terrestrial influence, and not their sacred origins, that religious phenomena merit consideration by the historian. Tackling many questions central to religious study, "Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars" will be a touchstone for the history of religions in the twenty-first century.
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Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions, Middle Eastern Studies, and Medieval Studies at the University of Chicago, where he is also an associate in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics. He is the author of nine books, most recently Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Imagining Islands: Artists and Escape
This year's exhibition has been co-curated by the following 12 MA students:
Meryl Feinstein
Joseph Funnell
Stella Gray
Helen Hillyard
Charlotte Hopson
Amanda Mead
Sarah Moseley
Michael Nock
Sophie Partarrieu
Bojana Popovic
Amelia Smith
Sophia Susanto
We are grateful to the following lenders:
Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Frith Street Gallery
UBS Art Collection
Charles Avery Studio
The exhibition has been generously sponsored by:
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The MA course Curating the Art Museum, led by Martin Caiger-Smith, is aimed at art curators of the future.
Its purpose is to extend and develop graduates' art historical interests, expertise and scholarship into the area of curatorship and active engagement with collections and exhibitions in the museum and gallery realm.
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The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has named Chris Graham of Ripon, Wisconsin, as its new commissioner, just the sixth in the league's 104-year history. He will start December 1.
Graham, executive director of the NCAA Division III Midwest Conference the past 10 years, succeeds Joel Smith, who resigned this summer to become athletic director of Chadron State College.
RMAC Presidents' Council Chairman Dr. Stephen Jordan of Metro State says the presidents feel fortunate to have Graham leading the conference…pointing to his proven NCAA record and a his vision for the RMAC.
Graham says that with the RMAC's rich history and tradition, he sees great potential and success for the league.
He also sees a lot of similarities between Division III…which does not offer athletic scholarships…and Division II, and between the RMAC and the Midwest Conference…which has 20 sports.
The RMAC currently has 14 full members with about a half-dozen affiliate members in various sports. Graham says it may grow in the future, but he's not coming in with any specific plans in that area.
Graham was an all-Midwest Conference baseball and football player at Ripon College, and served as its Sports Information Director and assistant baseball coach from 1995 until he joined the league office in 2000 as Assistant Commissioner and Sports Information Director.
After moving up to executive director a decade ago, Graham has worked to elevate membership standards, student-athlete safety measures, awards and recognition, diversity, and student-athlete well-being.
The MWC became the first league in Division III to establish a conference-wide webcasting agreement providing live video of league contests, and he hopes to lead the RMAC in expanding in that area.
The RMAC is the most historic collegiate conference in the western U-S…founded in 1909 and with members in Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico and South Dakota.