It will be a richer segmentation model.

Apollo uses large volumes of data and scenarios from real companies to showcase how predictive analytics can be applied using SQL Server 2005. In the process, we are developing best practices and discovering new applications to help our customers boost sales. The same processes, methodology, and algorithms developed in Project REAL can be applied to any retailer looking to ensure more accurate inventory and sales forecasting.

Coming up with the weather system for a world is fun. We've talked about how cool would it be when you killed the blood god, that it rains blood.

We think we will again need a $50 billion bridge (for '07), so we are identifying that. It is a bridge. It is not meant to be an estimate of what the '07 fiscal year costs will be. ... That will be determined by events on the ground.

We will include in the budget submission an estimated 70 billion dollars. The actual figure, when we finalize, may be slightly higher or slightly lower than that.

We have made substantial investments in the region, and our new deficit projections will include costs of Katrina and Rita recovery. We believe that those increased outlays associated with the Katrina recovery efforts are a temporary event.