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Tide junior comes off the bench for career-high 28
Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at 3:30 a.m.
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TUSCALOOSA | Earnest Shelton got a wake-up call on Tuesday night -- and it's a good thing for the Alabama basketball team that he did.
Shelton, a junior guard from Memphis, was out of the Crimson Tide starting lineup for the first time this season against Southeastern Louisiana, but came off the bench to score a career-high 28 points in an 83-76 Alabama win. Twenty-one of those points came in the second half, and they were much-needed production for the Tide, which did not put the game away until the final minute.
"Coach [Mark] Gottfried told me before the game that Emmett [Thomas, who started in Shelton's place] played great in the last game, so he was going to start," Shelton said. "But he told me to be ready when my name was called, and Coach O [Orlando Early] told me to keep my head up. I didn't take it as a negative. I didn't take it any way, except that I wanted to be ready to play."
"To be honest, I wanted to challenge Earnest a little," Gottfried said. "In the first two games, he had played 54 minutes and had two rebounds. He was 1-for-10 from the 3-point line. We can't be a great team playing like that.
"When you take someone out of the starting lineup, they either pout, or get perturbed, or they play. I thought Earnest played both ends of the floor tonight and was terrific."
The Tide, as a whole, was not terrific, although Gottfried said some of the credit should go to lightly-regarded Southeastern Louisiana.
"I thought for the first five or six minutes, we had our cool jacket on," Gottfried said. "We acted like we thought they were going to come in here and play left-handed. It's a lesson we have to learn, that Division I basketball players are good players."
The two teams were close for much of the first half. Alabama eventually took its largest lead, nine points, on an Antoine Pettway three-point play with 2:24 remaining in the half. But the Lions, playing with a decided size disadvantage, whittled the lead back to seven points by intermission, and climbed right back into the game in the second half.
Alabama still led 49-46 with 14:16 to play, but a technical foul on Pettway led to two Lion free throws, and John Walker scored a basket on the ensuing possession to give Southeastern Louisiana a 50-49 lead at the 13:39 mark. There were 10 lead changes over the next six minutes, and neither team was able to build an edge of more than four points. With 1:50 to go, the score was still tied at 73-73 when Shelton -- who had 19 points in the game's final 11 minutes -- hit a 15-foot jumper that put Alabama ahead to stay.
"I just didn't want to lose," Shelton said. "My teammates started looking for me in the second half and were doing a great job of setting screens and getting me the ball."
Alabama hurt its cause with mediocre foul shooting, hitting just 26 of 43 attempts in the game.
In addition to Shelton's career night, three other Tide players were in double figures. Kennedy Winston had 19 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Evan Brock added 13 points -- also a career high -- and center Chuck Davis had 11.
Southeastern Louisiana (1-1) had five scorers in double figures, even though three of the Lion starters fouled out of the game. Jonathan Walker had 19 points off the bench to pace the Lions, while guard Amir Abdur-Rahim added 17 points despite foul trouble that limited him to 23 minutes of floor time.
Alabama is now 2-1 on the season. The Tide will travel to Providence on Saturday.
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This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/531,449 entitled "Techniques for Parallel Execution of XML Type Operators, Methods, Functions and SQL/XML Publishing Function," filed on Dec. 19, 2003; which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
The present invention relates generally to information systems and, more specifically, to techniques for managing XML data associated with multiple execution units.
With support for XML type data as a native data type in information management systems, such as a relational database system (RDBMS) or object-relational database system (ORDBMS), users can store contents of XML documents in such systems. For example, in the context of a relational database, XML data may be stored in columns of a relational table. Users can invoke XML type operators or methods to query the XML data via a SQL query. However, there is an inherent scalability problem with such queries when the number of XML documents stored in such tables increases, in that the queries take too long to process. The same scalability problem also exists when using SQL/XML publishing functions, such as XMLELEMENT and XMLAGG, in a query to construct XML from data stored in the relational table.
Although relational database systems often include a parallel query (PQ) execution framework to address the SQL query scalability issue, such a framework cannot be applied to XML type operators, methods, SQL/XML publishing functions, XML-based user-defined functions, and the like, because XML type values conventionally returned by such operators, methods and functions may contain execution unit-specific information that is not sharable among other parallel execution units that may be working to service a common request. Hence, prior technologies offer no effective solution to address the scalability issue that exists with queries that manipulate XML data on a relatively large scale, even when users can add additional hardware resources to the system, for example, additional CPUs, additional memory and additional nodes to a computing cluster or grid.
Consequently, the burden is shifted to applications, which are required to include non-trivial code to deal with the scalability issue. For example, an application may have to open multiple database connections and run multiple XML type queries concurrently, and then merge those query results inside the application.
Based on the foregoing, it is desirable to provide a technique for servicing information requests associated with XML data that are serviced by multiple execution units.
The present invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and in which:
Techniques are described for managing XML data associated with multiple execution units. The term "execution units" is used to generally describe, for non-limiting examples, operating system processes, threads within a process, or processes executing on different nodes in a distributed computing environment.
In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, that the present 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 avoid unnecessarily obscuring the present invention.
A technique for managing XML data associated with multiple execution units, so that "consumer" execution units are ensured the ability to use XML data coming from other "producer" execution units, is described. Such a technique is applicable when, but for the described technique, (1) an XML type value would be produced in a particular form by one execution unit and (2) the value is supposed to be used, or consumed, by another execution unit that is unable to process data in that particular form. In general, such a technique involves transforming the XML type value into a canonical form that can be shared by all relevant execution units.
According to one embodiment, it is detected that work that will be performed by a first execution unit will cause the first execution unit to generate XML data for use by a second execution unit. Information is generated for causing the first execution unit to perform some work, where the information is annotated to cause transformation of XML data that is generated by the first execution unit to a canonical form that is useable by the second execution unit. For example, a database query optimizer, in building a query plan, detects that the first execution unit would produce XML data that includes pointers to memory that is exclusive to the first execution unit. Therefore, the optimizer sends SQL statements to the first execution unit for execution, where the execution of the SQL statements causes the first execution unit to transform its typical output to a canonical XML form that can be used by a consumer execution unit, before passing the output to the consumer execution unit.
Examples of canonical forms to which various XML type values may be converted include simple alphanumeric text/characters, serialized data values representing a particular XML construct, and a compressed form; or the XML type values may include a reference, such as a logical pointer, to a memory location in persistent storage. The canonical form used may vary from implementation to implementation, and may be relative to the context of the XML processing being performed and the capability of the available computing resources.
In one implementation context, the techniques enable database users to invoke XML type operators, methods, functions, etc., to query XML documents that are stored natively in a database system, using a parallel-executing SQL query that includes resource-intensive XML operations. Non-limiting examples of such XML type operators, methods and functions include SQL/XML publishing functions, such as XMLElement( ), XMLForest( ), XMLConcat( ); XML querying operators, such as extract( ), extractvalue( ), existsNode( ), xmlIsValid( ); and user defined functions returning XML types. Hence, scalability challenges are overcome, with respect to querying potentially massive XML documents stored in a data source. Furthermore, the techniques may be utilized, for non-limiting examples, by a mid-tier application that spawns worker threads to process XML data from a database or other data sources; for the management of XML data-related workload that is spread across multiple database servers, such as with a distributed database; and for the aggregate processing of XML type aggregate operators, such as XMLAGG.
XML type data, which may be represented as image payloads, are designed to be multi-formed to perform efficiently for different environments. The techniques described herein are applicable in any contexts or systems in which XML type data can take any of a number of forms. XML serialization forms represent data for XML constructs as a series of data units, such as a series of bytes representing characters or bits, bytes or octets representing binary values. An image can be generated that includes a payload and a payload type field, where the payload includes particular serialized data that represents particular data for a particular XML construct in the selected form. The type field includes data that indicates the selected form.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/428,393 entitled "Techniques for Transferring A Serialized Image of XML Data" is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes as if fully set forth herein. The reference describes several XML serialization forms. In addition, new serialization forms may be developed in the future and used with embodiments of the present invention. As described therein, a serialized image is constructed from serialized data by adding other information employed to use the serialized data after it is sent, such as length of the serialized data and information about how the serialized data is generated. Furthermore, the reference describes a combination of fields that composes a serialized image of XML data.
Often, servicing a request such as a database query or, generally, any request for information, is facilitated by distributing work across multiple execution units, such as according to a parallel query (PQ) framework implemented in a database server, or across a distributed database. For example, a PQ execution engine can spawn multiple worker execution units, each of which processes one partition of a database table which necessitates executing XMLType operators, such as existsNode, xmlIsValid and xmlTransform, in parallel. A PQ coordinator execution unit can then take the XMLType values sent from each execution unit, aggregate the values, and send them to the requesting client. Since XML operators such as XMLIsValid and XMLTransform are CPU intensive, parallel execution improves the performance of the query in relation to serial execution.
Many practical computational contexts rely on distribution of work across multiple execution units. In addition to parallel execution of a database query in which each participating worker execution unit executes the query on an assigned portion of the relevant data, as previously described, another example implementation context is where each participating worker execution unit executes a portion of a larger query according to an overall query plan, where passing of XML data occurs among the participating worker execution units. Another example of an implementation context is where XML documents are stored in tables that are partitioned, where different groups of rows may be processed by different database management server instances and/or stored on different physical memory mechanisms (e.g., disk drives). Yet another example of an implementation context is where execution of XML type aggregate operators may rely on a particular aggregator execution unit to aggregate XML data values that are provided by other worker execution units.
However, in the foregoing scenarios, without a technique for passing XML type values in a canonical form among parallel or distributed execution units, often work cannot be executed by parallel or distributed execution units because the XML type values generated by each execution unit may contain execution unit-specific data that is not sharable by other execution units, including the PQ coordinator execution unit. For example, because XML documents are often quite large and the XML data has associated context, a given execution unit that is working with XML data may rely heavily on temporary storage of XML data in, and pointers to, execution unit-specific memory rather than loading vast amounts of XML data into shared main memory. Hence, in embodiments, XML image payloads generated by various execution units are transformed into a canonical form so that the payloads are sharable among PQ and/or distributed execution units. In a canonical form, the image representation of the XML data type values does not contain any references to the execution unit-specific data that is not accessible by other execution units.
A query optimizer is a component of a database server that generates an execution plan to execute queries received by the database server. An execution plan defines the steps and operations performed by a database server to process a query. A query optimizer generates execution plans that are optimized for efficiency. When determining what steps to include in an execution plan, and the order in which the steps are performed, a query optimizer accounts for many factors that affect efficiency.
To determine an efficient execution plan for a query, a cost-based query optimizer typically relies on persistently stored table statistics to estimate the costs of alternative execution plans, and chooses the plan with the lowest estimated cost. Table statistics are used to estimate important optimizer cost parameters such as the selectivity of predicates and predicate clauses (i.e., the fraction or percentage of rows in a table that match some condition). Examples of table statistics include table cardinalities (the number of rows in a table), the number of distinct values for a column, the minimum and maximum value in the column, and histograms, which is data that specifies the distribution of values in the columns, i.e., the number of rows that have particular column values for a column or the number of rows that have a column value that falls within a range.
For example, any software application or module that integrates and/or coordinates services hosted by multiple data sources (e.g., a database, a web service, a web site, and the like), which requires performance of work by multiple execution units, operators or functions that produce XML type information, may perform the method of
For another example, in the context of parallel query framework, the method may be performed by a query coordinator or optimizer that coordinates the distribution of, and may summarize the results of, work across multiple execution units that execute in parallel.
For another example, in the context of a distributed database (sometimes referred to as a database cluster environment), the method may be performed by a query optimizer that analyzes a query request, builds a query plan, and coordinates execution of the plan among multiple database server instances in the cluster; and/or the method may be performed at some level by one or more of the database server instances, when coordinating the execution of the work assigned to a respective instance.
At block 102, it is detected that a portion of a plan to service a request for data will cause a first execution unit that will perform the portion to generate XML data for use by a second execution unit. For example, during the formation of a query execution plan (sometimes referred to as a "query tree") in response to reception of a user query, a database query optimizer or coordinator detects that one execution unit, in executing the plan, would produce XML type data for consumption by another execution unit.
At block 104, information is generated for sending to the first execution unit to cause the first execution unit to perform the portion of the plan. In one embodiment, the information generated for sending to the execution unit is one or more database commands, such as SQL fragments. In another embodiment, the information generated for sending to the execution unit is a query execution plan, from which the first execution unit can execute its respective portion of the plan that is specified in the plan.
At block 106, the information is annotated with an annotation that causes XML data generated by the first execution unit to be transformed into a canonical form for use by the second execution unit. In an embodiment, the canonical form is canonical in the sense that all execution units that will execute a portion of the plan are able to use the data in such form. Therefore, the canonical form represents the XML data payload in a "sharable" form among multiple execution units.
In one embodiment, the annotation is an operator that causes the XML data to be transformed. Furthermore, the annotation may include arguments for the operator, which contribute to sufficiently specifying the canonical form such that the data can be transformed. In one embodiment, it is the first execution unit, when processing the information, that performs the transformation of the XML data that is generated by the first execution unit to the canonical form.
In one embodiment, the step of generating at block 104 includes generating information that, prior to annotating at block 106, would cause the first execution unit to generate XML data in a form that cannot be used by the second execution unit. Returning to the example in which a query plan is generated, the query optimizer recognizes that but for the annotation the first execution unit would produce XML data that needs to be passed on to a second execution unit for consumption, but that the second execution unit does not understand or cannot use the data in its typical, non-transformed form. Examples of possible incompatible forms are previously described herein.
Canonical Forms
In an embodiment, the canonical form is determined from information that describes preferences of each of multiple worker execution units that perform work associated with servicing the request. The determination of which of one or more XML serialization forms to embody in the canonical form may be based on any factors and may vary from implementation to implementation. In one embodiment, the determination is made based on the capabilities of the receiving or consuming execution units, which are described in a preferences list. The preference list includes data that indicates the serialization forms that can be used and understood by an execution unit source, such as an application server, application client or database client. Refer to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/428,393 for a description of preference lists.
In general, any given canonical form that is used is based on the context of its use. The canonical form is a form that all participating consumer execution units can understand and use. Non-limiting examples of canonical forms that may be utilized in various implementations include (1) serialization of the entire XML data produced by a given execution unit to represent the data according to a particular XML construct and insertion of the serialized data into the payload portion of an output image; (2) identification of shared memory space where representations of XML data produced by the given execution unit are persistently stored, such as a pointer to data items in a relational table of a database which is accessible by all relevant consumer execution units; and (3) compression of the XML data produced by the given execution unit according to a particular compression form that the relevant consumer execution units are able to decompress.
The "first execution unit" referenced in the method of
Producer Execution Unit Response to Reception of Annotated Information
In an embodiment, a worker execution unit acting in the context of an XML producer execution unit, e.g., the "first execution unit" of the method of
The described techniques enable parallel and/or distributed execution of XML type operators, methods and functions, thereby enabling application users to query XML data and publish XML data efficiently, and to scale the performance of such actions to meet the requirements of ever increasing volumes of XML data.
Computer system 200 may be coupled via bus 202 to a display 212, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) or a liquid crystal display (LCD), for displaying information to a computer user. An input device 214, including alphanumeric and other keys, is coupled to bus 202 for communicating information and command selections to processor 204. Another type of user input device is cursor control 216, such as a mouse, a trackball, or cursor direction keys for communicating direction information and command selections to processor 204 and for controlling cursor movement on display 212. This input device typically has two degrees of freedom in two axes, a first axis (e.g., x) and a second axis (e.g., y), that allows the device to specify positions in a plane.
The invention is related to the use of computer system 200 for implementing the techniques described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, those techniques are performed by computer system 200 in response to processor 204 executing one or more sequences of one or more instructions contained in main memory 206. Such instructions may be read into main memory 206 from another computer-readable medium, such as storage device 210. Execution of the sequences of instructions contained in main memory 206 causes processor 204 to perform the process steps described herein. In alternative embodiments, hard-wired circuitry may be used in place of or in combination with software instructions to implement the invention. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry and software.
The term "computer-readable medium" as used herein refers to any medium that participates in providing instructions to processor 204 for execution. Such a medium may take many forms, including but not limited to, non-volatile media, volatile media, and transmission media. Non-volatile media includes, for example, optical, magnetic, or magneto-optical disks, such as storage device 210. Volatile media includes dynamic memory, such as main memory 206. Transmission media includes coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including the wires that comprise bus 202. Transmission media can also take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generated during radio-wave and infra-red data communications.
Common forms of computer-readable media include, for example, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, or any other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM, any other optical medium, punchcards, papertape, any other physical medium with patterns of holes, a RAM, a PROM, and EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM, any other memory chip or cartridge, a carrier wave as described hereinafter, or any other medium from which a computer can read.
Various forms of computer readable media may be involved in carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions to processor 204 for execution. For example, the instructions may initially be carried on a magnetic disk of a remote computer. The remote computer can load the instructions into its dynamic memory and send the instructions over a telephone line using a modem. A modem local to computer system 200 can receive the data on the telephone line and use an infra-red transmitter to convert the data to an infra-red signal. An infra-red detector can receive the data carried in the infra-red signal and appropriate circuitry can place the data on bus 202. Bus 202 carries the data to main memory 206, from which processor 204 retrieves and executes the instructions. The instructions received by main memory 206 may optionally be stored on storage device 210 either before or after execution by processor 204.
Computer system 200 also includes a communication interface 218 coupled to bus 202. Communication interface 218 provides a two-way data communication coupling to a network link 220 that is connected to a local network 222. For example, communication interface 218 may be an integrated services digital network (ISDN) card or a modem to provide a data communication connection to a corresponding type of telephone line. As another example, communication interface 218 may be a local area network (LAN) card to provide a data communication connection to a compatible LAN. Wireless links may also be implemented. In any such implementation, communication interface 218 sends and receives electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams representing various types of information.
Network link 220 typically provides data communication through one or more networks to other data devices. For example, network link 220 may provide a connection through local network 222 to a host computer 224 or to data equipment operated by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) 226. ISP 226 in turn provides data communication services through the world wide packet data communication network now commonly referred to as the "Internet" 228. Local network 222 and Internet 228 both use electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams. The signals through the various networks and the signals on network link 220 and through communication interface 218, which carry the digital data to and from computer system 200, are exemplary forms of carrier waves transporting the information.
Computer system 200 can send messages and receive data, including program code, through the network(s), network link 220 and communication interface 218. In the Internet example, a server 230 might transmit a requested code for an application program through Internet 228, ISP 226, local network 222 and communication interface 218.
The received code may be executed by processor 204 as it is received, and/or stored in storage device 210, or other non-volatile storage for later execution. In this manner, computer system 200 may obtain application code in the form of a carrier wave.
Alternative embodiments of the invention are described throughout the foregoing description, and in locations that best facilitate understanding the context of the embodiments. Furthermore, the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof. It will, however, be evident that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.
In addition, in this description certain process steps are set forth in a particular order, and alphabetic and alphanumeric labels may be used to identify certain steps. Unless specifically stated in the description, embodiments of the invention are not necessarily limited to any particular order of carrying out such steps. In particular, the labels are used merely for convenient identification of steps, and are not intended to specify or require a particular order of carrying out such steps.
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Created by the Institute of Education at the University of London, the website is designed to be used across the secondary curriculum through subjects including English, history, art, citizenship and religious education.
The educational program is the brainchild of Peter Rosengard, chairman of the 911 London Project.
After reading a newspaper article mentioning that 2,000 recovered pieces of the twin towers were being kept in a giant hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport, he thought London might get a piece to create a memorial.
Mr. Rosengard texted the mayor and, to his surprise, Mr. Johnson texted back immediately: "YES!!!"
A survey conducted by Mr. Rosengard's organization found widespread ignorance of the attacks among schoolchildren.
One child said, "September 11? Wasn't that retaliation for Afghanistan?"
Another thought the attacks were "about trade."
Sept. 11 wasn't being taught in any school because teachers didn't know how to teach it, but 90 percent of those surveyed said they want to include it in their lesson plans.
"Our program is about telling young people ages 11 to 16 what happened - its causes, its consequences," said Mr. Rosengard. "Children have to understand that it wasn't a video game. It could have been their mums, their dads, their brother or sister murdered by terrorists."


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The Haden Triplets, "The Haden Triplets" (Third Man)
What possible street cred could there be in a roots-country record sung by three New York-born, Los Angeles-reared sisters and produced by a guy who grew up in Santa Monica? Plenty, when the singers are Petra, Tanya and Rachel Haden, the triplet daughters of jazz luminary Charlie Haden, and that producer happens to be Ry Cooder.
It's worth knowing that before the triplets' dad earned his stripes in the jazz world, he spent many years performing country music with his family throughout the Midwest — a history he tapped in his 2008 album, "Rambling Boy," for which Tanya and Rachel were along for the musical ride.
So, no big surprise that his offspring absorbed a fondness for songs they tackle here such as the Carter Family's "Single Girl, Married Girl," the 1955 Kitty Wells hit "Making Believe" and the Louvin Brothers' existentially heartbreaking "When I Stop Dreaming." They're not utterly rooted in old-timey selections, however: They also take on Nick Lowe's sweet "Raining Raining."
Cooder's production is fittingly raw, putting no phony gloss on songs brimming with heart-on-sleeve honesty. Petra Haden has created a cottage industry with multitracked recordings showcasing the versatility of her own voice, but in tandem with her sisters, the vocal lines bring to bear the power of family harmony that's long been an important foundation of traditional country music. The Haden Triplets carry on that tradition marvelously.
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Toni Braxton and Babyface, "Love, Marriage & Divorce" (Motown)
Teary, weary and smooth, Babyface pretty much invented the new-school/ old-school sleek (but not slick) romantic adult R&B genre when he penned "Grown & Sexy." Braxton's powerfully tender, pleading voice could summon rain on the sunshiniest day. One thing that unites the pair is that each has gone through the pain of public divorce. That's why, 22 years after their "Give U My Heart" duet, Braxton and Babyface return with a bold, soul-soaked take on the state of separation.
Harking back to Motown's Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell glory days, the duo simmer through love's troubles ("Where Did We Go Wrong") and steam up the guilt-ridden "Hurt You" as if having a conversation over snifters of Drambuie. The wrung-out emotionalism of "Roller Coaster" is matched by the seductive swerve of "Sweat." These two are masters at such romantic rope-a-dope. Each singer goes it alone (BabyFace's "I Hope That You're Okay" and Braxton's "I'd Rather Be Broke" are best), but dramatic duets such as the pleading "Take It Back" cut deepest.
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In her "Imagine" series, Russian artist Katerina Eibatova fuses illustration and lettering to create a typographical ode to John Lennon and Yoko Ono. With a keen eye for detail and fine linework, Eibatova manipulates hair, plants and the cosmos to spell out the well known Lennon tune. Born in Leningrad, Russia, Karina studied classical art disciplines in St. Petersburg, fine art education in Sweden, and contemporary art in Moscow.
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DENVER — A fast-moving blizzard unloaded a foot of snow on the Denver area Tuesday night just as Colorado voters were dumping cold water on President Obama's re-election strategy.
Coloradans overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 103, a statewide ballot measure that would have increased the sales and income taxes to fund education. The lopsided outcome — the initiative lost by a margin of 64 percent to 36 percent — upended predictions that the measure probably would lose but that the vote would be close.
While they were at it, voters shot down anything that could pick their pocketbooks or cost them jobs, including school bond measures and a Denver proposal requiring businesses to give employees sick leave.
The Denver Post called the Election Day results "a killing field for tax measures." The implications were not lost on most political analysts, who noted that a tight-fisted electorate, still feeling pinched by the economy in 2011, could spell trouble for Democrats in 2012.
That includes the biggest Democrat of them all, Mr. Obama, whose campaign has made winning Colorado a crucial piece of its re-election patchwork.
"Tuesday's thumbs down on higher taxes, even with the emotional appeal of schools behind them, is one more sign that Colorado has cooled off on the kind of tax-and-spend big government that Obama represents. And that's not a good sign for Democrats in 2012," said John Andrews, director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University.
Another barometer for the 2012 election comes next week, when voters in a slew of other states go to the polls. While several states are considering low-level revenue raisers such as highway bonds, nothing on the Tuesday ballot matches the ambitions of Proposition 103.
The Colorado measure would have raised the state income tax from 4.63 percent to 5 percent and the state sales tax from 2.9 percent to 3 percent, both for five years, resulting in an estimated $3 billion for public schools and higher education.
Democrats rejected descriptions of Proposition 103 as a referendum on the economy or a harbinger of 2012. The measure was proposed during an off-year election with typically lower turnout on a ballot that was otherwise devoid of big names or races, Colorado Democratic Party spokesman Matt Inzeo said.
"We certainly see this as an isolated case. This was a ballot initiative that until a few weeks ago had very little visibility," he said. "I would hesitate to draw too many sweeping conclusions."
Democrats note that Mr. Obama has drawn enthusiastic crowds during his two recent visits to Colorado. "The message the president is delivering [on jobs] is receiving the same kind of positive reception that it's receiving everywhere else," Mr. Inzeo said.
Mr. Obama's victory in 2008 has been attributed in part to his ability to expand the electorate by drawing in new voters. While analysts agree that voter turnout will surge in 2012, the election results from 2010 and 2011 increasingly paint a picture of voters frustrated by the slumping economy.
Almost 1 million voters cast ballots in the Proposition 103 race, while more than 2 million voted in the 2008 presidential race. The president carried Colorado by a margin of 54 percent to 45 percent.
"Democrats are saying, 'We will change the electorate,' but the problem is every Democrat is advocating more spending or increased taxes," Denver pollster Floyd Ciruli said. "And in this swing state that Obama says is essential to his election chances, that message is not selling."
Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath, the Boulder Democrat who sponsored Proposition 103, agreed in his concession speech Tuesday night that the tax hike was an idea whose time had not come.


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