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In each column, The Support Authority discusses resources, tools, and other elements of IBM Technical Support that are available for WebSphere products, plus techniques and new ideas that can further enhance your IBM support experience.
This just in...
As always, we begin with some new items of interest for the WebSphere® community at large:
Several new product add-ons have been released for IBM Support Assistant Version 4, including one with content for Lotus® Notes Version 8, and another to help answer questions and troubleshoot problems with IBM Support Assistant itself. In general, product add-ons extend the function of IBM Support Assistant with information sources and data collection scripts associated with a particular IBM product. Hundreds of different product add-ons are available for a wide variety of products across all IBM Software brands.
Work continues on new and existing tools in IBM Support Assistant Version 4. This monthâs releases:
- IBM Trace and Request Analyzer for WebSphere Application Server, which was introduced in the previous Support Authority column, is now in IBM Support Assistant, in addition to the already-available download in alphaWorks.
- An update to the IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java™ - Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer.
- An update to the IBM Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer. Version 2.8 includes missing pictures in the readme/help files.
- An update to the IBM Pattern Modeling and Analysis Tool for Java Garbage Collector. Version 2.6 fixes defects in the Java 6 garbage collection trace parser.
The last two tools in the list above are examples of tools that we originally released and supported through alphaWorks, then released in IBM Support Assistant as well. In the future, expect to see a closer coordination between upgrades of tools in alphaWorks and IBM Support Assistant, and more frequent upgrades.
Several new and interesting installments of the WebSphere Support Technical Exchange series are scheduled for September. Of particular note:
- Several presentations on Specialized Data Collectors in IBM Support Assistant for WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ (which might be particularly relevant as a complement to the main topic in this article).
- A new "Open Mic" session on WebSphere performance.
- A presentation on tuning the WebSphere JVM.
Check the WSTE Web site regularly for other sessions.
The IBM Support Web site for WebSphere offers a collection of maintenance download wizards to help you identify and download maintenance packages for various versions of WebSphere Application Server and other products. See the wizard for WebSphere Application Server V6.1 for an example.
Take advantage of the WebSphere Application Server forums and the forums for other WebSphere products on IBM developerWorks. These forums are a great place to ask questions and get answers from the broad community of WebSphere experts.
Finally, a reminder that WebSphere Application Server V5.1 is slated to reach the end of its normal period of support at the end of September 2008. If you have not already done so, make plans to migrate to a newer version (see this Migration planning for WebSphere Application Server document for assistance), or contact your IBM Support representative.
Continue to monitor the various support-related Web sites, as well as this column, for news about other tools as we encounter them.
And now, on to our main topic...
What is data collection, and why automate it?
A previous installment of this column introduced IBM Support Assistant Version 4.0, which provides a complete platform from which you can perform many problem determination tasks, such as:
- Search and browse support information for many IBM products.
- Obtain step-by-step guidance for common problem determination tasks.
- Collect diagnostic information.
- Run tools to analyze the diagnostic information.
- Open PMRs with IBM Support.
All these functions are tightly integrated within the IBM Support Assistant, providing a powerful range of capabilities for both self-help situations, and for times when you need to collaborate with IBM Support. (See the IBM Support Assistant features page for a complete list of features.) This article focuses specifically on the functions designed for collecting diagnostic information, examines the various alternative methods provided, explains how to install and configure them, and also how to use them in practice.
Automated data collection is one of the most valuable troubleshooting features provided with the IBM Support Assistant. Data collection is the process whereby diagnostic information is gathered from an application or system to help identify the source of a certain behavior or issue.
The IBM Support Assistant Collect Data feature uses symptom-specific scripts to automate the cumbersome and repetitive tasks involved in data collection, such as gathering error messages in logs, setting traces, and so on, or gathering any javacores or heap dumps for analysis using various tools. Many data collection scripts automate the MustGather documents that already exist for gathering problem-analysis data. After the a script runs, the gathered information is packaged so that you can easily analyze it yourself, send it to IBM to be analyzed, or process it with tooling that can generate reports and recommendations on how to fix the problem.
Here are a few of the many benefits of automated data collections:
- Customization: Automated data collector scripts can be specific to products and symptoms; targeted data collections gather just the right amount of information specific to the problem at hand so it's easy to transfer and analyze.
- Efficiency: It is much faster to invoke the automated data collector than to ask a human operator to follow a few dozen steps in a troubleshooting document. There is less time spent between a support analyst and the system operator regarding questions on the various steps.
- Repeatability: Automated data collections can be repeated over and over with similar inputs without fear of human error. This also leads to fewer "repeat collections," as results from a trusted collection script will produce the same information every time.
- Simplicity: Automated data collections require lesser knowledge of the system and can be executed by operators unfamiliar with the working nature of the software product.
- Privacy: Some user information, such as passwords and keystores, is automatically masked and hidden by the automated data collector scripts. This promotes better customer privacy for sensitive information.
Data collection options
IBM software is used in a multitude of processing environments; a development machine, such as a notebook or desktop computer, has different applications and user access restrictions versus a server running a different set of enterprise applications. To cater to these different scenarios, the IBM Support Assistant provides different mechanisms for running data collection:
- Standalone workbench
The IBM Support Assistant Workbench can be installed on a Windows® or Linux® desktop system so you can collect data from the local system. The workbench-based collection has a nice graphical interface that provides an intuitive organization of collection scripts and easy analysis of collected data. This is a logical choice for collecting data from desktop applications, such as IBM Rational® Software Architect.
- Workbench with agents
Using the same workbench described above, in conjunction with IBM Support Assistant agents installed on remote systems, you can collect data via the workbench's interface while running the actual collection on another system. This is a logical choice for collecting data from application middleware, such as IBM WebSphere® Application Server.
- Portable collector
A portable collector can be generated from the workbench for use on another system. The portable collector is a lightweight application that provides a text-based interface for running collector scripts for a specific product. It also provides a silent execution mode when run with a response file. This is a logical choice for collecting data from application middleware in cases where you do not have agents set up.
Figure 1 illustrates these different collection options.
Figure 1. IBM Support Assistant data collection options
Choosing the right IBM Support Assistant data collection method for your environment will be based on factors such as your level of pre-planning, how many systems will be serviced, target platform for data collection, whether they are connected, the authority required to install, the authority required to run, and so on. Table 1 summarizes these factors.
Table 1. Selecting data collection method
|Standalone workbench
|Workbench with agents
|Portable collector
|Performs data collection on:
|System where the workbench is installed
|System where workbench or agent is installed
|System where portable collector is installed
|Authority required to install
|Any system user
|Workbench installs as any user agent requires root/admin
|No install, only need to extract ZIP file
|Authority required to run
|Any system user
|Local: Any system user
Remote (agent): root/admin
|Any user
|Requires JRE on system
|User interface
|Graphical UI
|Graphical UI
|Text-console UI
|Silent execution
|Yes (with response file)
|Platform support
|Windows, Linux
|Agent: Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris
|Any platform where a 1.4.2 JRE or higher is installed
|Disk space footprint
|Approx. 100MB for workbench
|Approx. 100 MB for workbench,
Approx. 350 MB for each agent
|Approx. 10 MB
The role of product add-ons in customizing data collections
Product add-ons provide a way to extend the IBM Support Assistant with product-specific capabilities. Product add-ons contain the actual data collection scripts you will run, which have been created specifically for the needs of each product. Any number of product add-ons can be added to your workbench to prepare for performing product-specific data collections on the machine the workbench is installed on, or to generate specialized portable collectors. Similarly, product add-ons can also be added to your agents to prepare them for performing product-specific data collections remotely initiated from a workbench.
Product add-ons are installed and updated through the IBM Support Assistant Workbench Updater. Look for updates periodically as new versions of add-ons may become available.
Collection using the standalone workbench or workbench with agents
This section describes the process by which you can perform data collection using the IBM Support Assistant Workbench. Using the workbench, you can collect data either from the machine the workbench is installed on, or from machines on which IBM Support Assistant agents are installed.
Getting started using standalone workbench
On supported Windows and Linux systems where you have the IBM Support Assistant Workbench installed, you can perform data collection locally. The workbench must first be customized by adding the product add-ons for the products from which you wish to collect data. Deploying the product add-ons to the workbench can be done from the workbench itself using the Update => Find new ... => Product Add-ons menu option.
Getting started using workbench with agents
The IBM Support Assistant provides remote troubleshooting capabilities (including remote data collection) by way of IBM Support Assistant agents, which you can install on the systems you wish to manage. These agents must be registered with an IBM Support Assistant agent manager, which serves as a directory of the agents, and provides other services to help provide secure communication between IBM Support Assistant Workbenches and IBM Support Assistant agents in your distributed environment. To access the agents registered with a particular agent manager, each IBM Support Assistant Workbench must be registered with the same agent manager.
In environments where you want to perform data collection remotely, you must set up an IBM Support Assistant agent manager and your agents on the systems from which you wish to collect data. A typical IBM Support Assistant deployment in a customer environment is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Typical deployment of workbenches, agent manager, and agents
As displayed, there is one agent manager in the environment, which needs to be set up before any agents are installed. The agent manager must be present, as it provides services to secure communication between the IBM Support Assistant Workbenches and IBM Support Assistant agents. It also ensures that the workbenches know where to find the agents. Depicted in Figure 2 are multiple remote agents. Each system on which you wish to perform remote data collection will require an IBM Support Assistant agent. These agents provide a remote endpoint with which the workbenches communicate to access the data collection services.
After the agent manager and agents are set up, you can register your IBM Support Assistant Workbenches to enable them to access your remote systems. During the installation of the agent manager, you will have created two unique usernames for use with IBM Support Assistant, ISAAdmin and ISAUser. The ISAAdmin username should be registered and used by workbench users that intend to administer which data collections are available to run on the remote systems. Workbenches registered using the ISAUser username can only execute data collections on agents that administrators (ISAAdmin users) have set up for them. (See the documentation included with the IBM Support Assistant Workbench for information on how to register your agent manager with a workbench.) Workbench registration is handled via the workbenchâs Agent Access properties panel (Figure 3).
Figure 3. ISA Workbench Agent Access registration panel
Similar to the way product add-ons can enable the workbench to perform local product-specific data collections, by adding product add-ons to your agents you will be able to perform product-specific data collections on the machines your agents are installed on.
Deploying product add-ons to the agents is a two-step process, as shown in Figure 4:
- Download the desired product add-ons from IBM into a local repository within the workbench.
- Transfer the desired product add-ons onto the agents.
As mentioned earlier, only workbenches registered with the ISAAdmin username can be used to set up product add-ons on agents, whereas the process of running data collections can be done from any workbench registered with the ISAUser or ISAAdmin username.
Figure 4. Two-step process for deploying product add-ons to agents
For more information on how to set up the agent manager and agents, register the workbench with an agent manager, or add product add-ons to your workbench and agents, see the documentation included as part of the IBM Support Assistant agent installation package and workbench.
Collecting data with the workbench
Data collection can be performed from your workbench once you have completed the steps above to set up your environment. Start by navigating to the Analyze Problem activity panel either via the Launch Activity button, or the Analyze Problem link on the workbench welcome page (Figure 5).
Figure 5. Data collection is in the Analyze Problem activity
On the Analyze Problem activity screen, select the Collect Data tab to see the Collect Data panel (Figure 6).
Figure 6. Collect Data panel
From here, you specify what data you want to collect and how:
To begin, you can select a case (Label 1 in Figure 6). The case specified in this area will be where any data collection output will be stored. Cases are meant to be areas where users store information about a particular problem they are trying to diagnose, much like a detective's case file. By clicking on the Select button, you can either select an existing case, or create a new one.
Next, you will select the system (2) from which you wish to collect data. If you have not set up data collection from agents, you will automatically be collecting from your local system (My Computer). If you do have data collection set up from agents, you will see your local system plus the list of all IBM Support Assistant agents connected to the agent manager with which your workbench is registered. You will be prompted to provide credentials for any remote system you attempt to access; in this case, you must provide a valid user ID and password for a root user (for Linux and UNIX® systems) or administrative user (for Windows systems) account.
The product/problem area (3) will update itself automatically to display the collections available on the specified system, based on the list of product add-ons installed on the workbench (for My Computer) or the selected agent. Once you have made your selection, you can click the Add button to add the selected collection to the collector queue (4). You can repeat this step as often as you wish to set up the data collections you need. Items can be removed from the collection queue by selecting the unwanted collection in the collection queue and clicking the Remove button.
Finally, once you have added all desired data collections to the collector queue, press the Collect All button to run the collections. Collections run one at a time, starting with the first one in the queue. As each collection runs, you will see status information about the collection in the Collector Status area (5). At the same time, you will notice a new tab display, called Current Status. If you select this tab, you will see the details of what is running for the current collection.
Many collections require user input. For example, many of the WebSphere Application Server collections require the application server root directory to be provided. Whenever input is required, the data collection will pause and a dialog box with the appropriate request is displayed (Figure 7). If at any time you wish to cancel the data collection in progress, simply click Cancel.
Figure 7. User prompt during data collection
As collections finish, they are copied into the case you specified. To view the collected data, select the link provided in the Collector Status area (Label 5 in Figure 6), which will open up your system's file browser to the directory in which the collected data was stored.
Troubleshooting during a collection
Data collection problems:
- For problems encountered before a data collection begins (for example, trouble connecting to an agent), check the IBM Support Assistant log and trace files for information. Navigate to Help => Support => View Log or Help => Support => View Trace menu options.
- For problems encountered while a data collection is running, check the Current Status tab to see what the script was doing and any problems it might have encountered.
- If you need to report a problem to IBM Support about the workbench itself, you can run the General Collection (part of the IBM Support Assistant 4.0 product add-on) on the workbench system to collect key information necessary for the IBM Support Assistant team to diagnose.
Determining agent manager status:
If a problem seems to be occurring with the agent manager, try these tips:
- From a command prompt, run
netstat -a. A list of current TCP/IP connections will be displayed. In the list, you should see the ports 9511, 9512, and 9513, and they should all be listening.
- A verification utility is provided to check agent manager status and health.
Run this command check for the text "Health Check Passed," which indicates that
the agent manager is successfully running:
[AgentMgr install root]/toolkit/bin/HealthCheck(.sh) -host <hostname> -RegistrationPW <AgentRegistratonPassword>
- If the agent manager is running, you should be able to access its information
panel from a browser. Open a browser to either of these URLs:
- http://{AgentManagerHost or IP}:9513/AgentMgr/Info
- https://{AgentManagerHost or IP}:9511/AgentMgr/Info
Determining agent status:
- Run
netstat -ashould show the port 9510 to be listening. Ports 9514 and 9515 should also be open locally for the non-stop service used for localhost communication.
- Run this command and confirm that the bundles listed below appear in the state
shown (but not necessarily in the same order):
[Agent install root]/ep/runtime/agent/agentCli(.sh) bundleAdmin bundles
com.ibm.esupport.autopd.core Active com.ibm.esupport.filexfer.casimpl.ca.core Active com.ibm.esupport.filexfer.casimpl.core Resolved com.ibm.esupport.client.product.System Resolved com.ibm.esupport.inventory.service Active com.ibm.esupport.inventory.interface Active com.ibm.esupport.product.core Resolved com.ibm.esupport.sec.core Resolved com.ibm.esupport.sec.os.core Active (This one defaults to Active but should function if just resolved.)
Collection using a portable collector
This section describes the IBM Support Assistant data collection option using the portable collector and how it can be used to collect data from systems where the IBM Support Assistant Workbench or agents cannot be installed.
The concept of a portable collector relates to exporting all of the files necessary to run a particular collection and running it in text-only console mode on a system other than the one from which it was exported. Portable collectors are generated from the IBM Support Assistant Workbench, and are clones of the IBM Support Assistant Workbench packaged data collector so that you can transport it to another machine and run it there from the command line. Since portable collectors run in text mode only, this makes them ideal for running remotely on a system that can only be accessed through a telnet session or a low-speed network connection. The portable collector simply unzips onto the problem machine and then it is ready to run. A portable collector is much smaller in size than the IBM Support Assistant application, and does not require the failing machine to have a network connection to run.
A portable collector might be a good choice for automating data collections when the problem machine runs an operating system that is not supported by the IBM Support Assistant Workbench or agent. A portable collector is also a good option when the failing system does not allow for remote root access, or if you are not likely to collect data from the failing system in the future, in which case you want a tool that is current, but that can be easily installed and removed from the failing system once data collection is done.
A typical deployment scenario for the portable collector is to install the IBM Support Assistant Workbench on one or more desktop systems in your environment, install the product add-ons you are interested in, and then generate portable collectors for specific products and run them on remote systems when a problem occurs.
How to generate portable collectors
A prerequisite for generating a portable collector is to have the IBM Support Assistant Workbench installed, after which you can generate portable collectors for the IBM products for which you have add-ons installed. To begin, navigate to the Analyze Problem activity via either the Launch Activity button, or the Analyze Activity link on the workbench welcome page (Figure 5).
On the Analyze Problem activity panel, select the Collect Data tab to display the Collect Data panel (Figure 6). Click the Create Portable Collector button (Figure 8).
Figure 8. Create portable collector
You will be prompted to select a product, output directory, and file name. The System Collector is selected as product by default, but you can choose any of the products that you installed as add-ons from the drop-down menu. Consider the sample portable collector deployment shown in Figure 1, where the WebSphere Application Server V6.1 add-on has been installed in the workbench. In this case, you would select WebSphere Application Server 6.1 as a product. Also be sure to provide a valid output directory and output file name, since both are required. Click OK, and the portable collector is generated in the output directory as a .zip file with the name that you selected for the output file name.
Be sure to generate a new version of the portable collector when updates for the product add-ons are available on the workbench. In this way, the portable collector will have the most recent version of the scripts that drive the collection.
Running the portable collector
To set up and run the portable collector on the system from which you want to collect data:
- Transfer the portable collector file to the target system. You can use FTP or any other file transfer utility that is supported between the IBM Support Assistant Workbench and the target system.
- Connect to the target machine on which you want to do the collection. For example, you can use telnet.
- Set up the JAVA_HOME variable. The portable collector requires a JRE to be
installed on the system from which you want to collect data. For the tool to
work properly, the JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set to JRE Version
1.4.2 or greater. For example, on a Windows platform, if you have JRE 1.4.2
installed at c:\jre1.4.2, you would set JAVA_HOME using this command:
(Do not use quotes in the value of the SET command, even if your value has white space characters.) On a Linux, AIX®, Solaris™, or iSeries® platform, if you have the JRE installed in /opt/jre142, you would set JAVA_HOME using this:
SET JAVA_HOME=c:\jre1.4.2
Notice that the portable collector requires JRE Version 1.4.2 or later installed on your system. The Microsoft® JVM/JDK is not supported.
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jre142
- Extract the portable collector archive file into a directory on the destination system.
- Check the execute permissions from the directory where you extracted the
portable collector file. When running the portable collector on UNIX, iSeries,
or zSeries®, make sure that all the shell scripts have execute permission.
To give the file execute permission, use this command:
You are now ready to run the portable collector and collect problem data from the failing system.
chmod -R 755 `find . -name '*.sh'`
- Run the portable collector. Invoke the appropriate launch script from a
command line. For a Windows system, these launch scripts are batch files. For
other environments, they are shell scripts. Depending on the environment, start
the data collection by running one of the following launch scripts from a
command line:
- Windows: run startcollector.bat
- UNIX: run ./startcollector.sh
- iSeries: run ./startcollector_iseries.sh
- zSeries: run ./startcollector_zseries.sh
Once the collection is started, you will be asked to provide input to several questions, such as the name of the data collection ZIP file, and other product specific information.
For the WebSphere Application Server security problem example that was mentioned previously, you have to enter the WebSphere Application Server root directory, the Admin user name and password, other information about how the problem can be recreated, and so on (Figure 9).
Figure 9. Portable collector input prompts
Since the portable collector runs in a text mode, there are no selection lists or
entry fields for user input. Instead, available choices are presented as numbered
lists and you enter the number of your selection followed by the Enter key.
Input fields are transformed into prompts, at which time you enter your response
and press Enter. If necessary, you can stop the collector tool by typing
When the data collection is complete, the output is another ZIP file that can be manually transferred to IBM Support or back to the machine on which IBM Support Assistant Workbench is installed. On the workbench, the output ZIP file can be examined locally, and then sent to IBM Support for analysis, the same as with other collections performed in the IBM Support Assistant Workbench. Depending on the product for which it was generated, the portable collector can handle the details of the FTP transfer from the failing system to IBM. You will need to provide a PMR number so that the collected problem data can be associated with it. Figure 10 shows the FTP options available at the end of the WebSphere Application Server Security collection script.
Figure 10. Portable collector FTP prompt
Silent collection
Most data collector scripts in the IBM Support Assistant are interactive in nature and require responses to critical questions. These questions are asked during the data collection process with user prompts. For example, a WebSphere Application Server script might ask you which profile or node to collect data from. However, there are situations where this might not be useful:
- You want to run the same data collection multiple times and providing the same answer on multiple executions is cumbersome.
- You want to run the data collector without human interaction so that it can be kicked off automatically and completed without any operators.
In those cases, the "silentâ data collection capability of the portable collector is extremely useful. To achieve this, you first create a "response file" that contains the answers to all the questions for a certain run through the data collector. The next time the same data collection needs to be executed, you simply provide the response file when starting the portable collector and the answers that were previously provided will be used to answer all the questions. Response files can be tweaked and modified to vary the answers to perform different data collections too.
To create a response file, you simply invoke the portable collector with the
-record option, followed by the name of the response
file, For example, in a Linux environment, you would run:
./startcollector.sh ârecord was61-response.txt
When running in this mode, you will be taken to an ordinary interactive session, where you supply the responses to the script's prompts. In addition to influencing the current collection, however, your responses are also saved in the file that you named. Once the interactive session has completed, you can use this response file to execute the same script in the future without the need for explicit user input.
For example, to run the portable collector in silent mode in a UNIX environment using the response file that you recorded, run:
./startcollector.sh was61-response.txt
Figure 11 shows a sample input script file. The first line specifies the collection ZIP file name for the collection. The next "1" indicates that this file should be used for this script execution. The sequence of numbers following it navigates down through the menu tree, to reach the point where it can invoke the WebSphere Application Server security collection script. Next are the input fields where you supply the WebSphere Application Server installation directory. The final numbers and text represent your responses to various dialogues within the WebSphere Application Server Security collection script.
Figure 11. Sample response file
The response file is a plain text file, so you can edit it to change the user's responses as needed. For example, if you want to run the portable collector on a different system than the one on which the response file was recorded, you might need to adjust some of the values in the response file. Assuming the WebSphere Application Server security problem mentioned before, you might need to update the response file with the WebSphere Application Server installation directory, administrator user name, and password for the new system.
When using response files, remember that sensitive information, such as user names and passwords, might be stored in these files, so it is important that you manage these files in a manner that prevents unauthorized access to sensitive information. Also, not all data collections are suitable for the silent collection option. Some data collections always require some interaction with the user. For example, you might be asked to reproduce the problem during the data collection so the appropriate log and trace files are collected. In this case, silent collection is not capable to record and reproduce this step.
Now that you've learned about using IBM Support Assistant's data collection feature and how you can use it to automate the process of collecting problem determination artifacts, you're ready to actually do something with it. When you build a data collection, what you've built is just an archive file that can be opened with most data compression utilities. You can browse the contents yourself to look at log files, configuration files, and so on, if you are doing some self-help analysis. If you are working on a problem with an IBM Support Analyst, you can get the information to them by attaching the archive file to your Electronic Service Request, e-mailing it, or sending it via FTP to IBM. The transport mechanism might vary from one situation to the next, but the important point is that you've automated the steps to pull together the correct information for further analysis.
We hope that this article provided you with a good introduction to the capabilities of the data collection functions provided by IBM Support Assistant, as well as the various alternative modes of operation available to suit different environments. The IBM Support Assistant Team welcomes your feedback, which you can send by using the Submit Feedback option from the Help menu in the IBM Support Assistant Workbench itself.
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I currently work for the council, through and agency.
I DO enjoy the occasional drink with a couple of friends.
I don't really play computer games any more, i tend to take more of an interest in more hands on and practical things.
I'm a proud furry, and attend what furmeets I can.
I keep replica fire arms, and I airsoft when i get the chance.
I've been told I'm very open with my opinions, I'm not afraid to speak my mind or step up. I don't like bullshit and I don't like bragging. and I'm always as honest as I can be.
I still technically live at home, though in a separate building from my parents.
I don't like to spend money on useless or pointless gubbins though I do enjoy going out for meals and such like. I don't watch much TV and I'm not lazy. I can't go a day with out doing some thing. that being said I can easily enjoy snuggling up for a day / night of films or games Etc.
I'm happy to talk to any one or meet new people and I like to think I'm a very friendly open person, but first impressions prove every thing to me.
If you were to ask me why I'm on OKC,
I couldn't give you a clear answer other than, I'm hoping to meet some one, but aren't we all if we're on here?
you'd have to message me though because I'll forget I'm on here, so don't be expecting any thing from me any time soon unless you catch my eye, in a nice way :P
I may add more or change this as I think of useful things to put.
Movies: mostly any thing that isn't too cheesy.
Shows: Family guy, south park, The x-files.
Music: Dubstep, 80's, to be fair mostly any thing.
Food, Curries, cheese, those chocolate pretzels.
My family.
My best friend.
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Discussion in 'Mid-Atlantic' started by Theshagger, Jan 28, 2013.
Anyone see hopslam in SE pa yet?
At bars or stores? I know Railroad Street Bar & Grill in Linfield got at least 1 case on Saturday but those may be gone by now. The case was stamped with 1-23-2013 - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...0850373138.179342.143314708138&type=1&theater
Just pick up a 6, should be arriving at you local shop too, depending on when they get there bells stuff in.
Supposed to be getting it in Southampton Saturday
Damn taking nearly a week to get from doylestown to southampton, what a shame it'll be a malt bomb by then.
Where in Doylestown?
Shangy's posted lists for bottles and draft for the philly area to their facebook/twitter a couple hours ago
Candlewyck, they got 3 case yesterday.
Well damn, I'm just as close to there as I am Southampton.
They posted that Wegmans is getting some too, I don't feel like going to check right now though lol.
Asked Shangy's when Chester County should be receiving some cases. Should be arriving tomorrow.
Ill stop in Wegmans tomorrow and check then. Maybe I will get lucky.
Was planning on doing the same. Hopefully it will be nothing like "Jingle All The Way"
Beer Heaven in Philly just got their Hopslam FYI
Bell's Hopslam locations in the 5-Philly counties now posted on our FaceBook Page
Updates all the time.
Son of a.....just called my local store to ask if they were getting in the Hopslam tomorrow. They said yes but very limited availability. Told them I came in 2 weeks ago to put my name on the list. Guy checks for my name....says it's not there. Guess I'll be making the trip up to Shangy's after all.
Got my 6-pack of Hopslam .... $22 +tax ... a 10% increase from 2012. It's delicious.
Where ?
Got my case. Happy.
I was at Shangys today and overheard 2 of the employees talking. They said they had around 215 cases left to be sold out of their Retail store.
I too was at Shangy's today to get my Hopslam. Asked the guy how much longer he expected the Hopslam to last. He said less than 2 weeks.
215 cases left after a few busy days...yeah they don't horde it at all, thanks for spreading the love Shangys.
Beer Shoppe in Ardmore sold out their bottles in an hour, minutes before my arrival... damn.
On tap at tjs
Distributed Bell's Hopslam to over 375 accounts in 17 counties. Further, I think either you mis-heard the retail employees or they were talking about what was left at that particular moment.
Say what you will about shangy's, at least I know if I want a case of Hopslam for the cheapest price around I can drive up there and guarentee that I can purchase one. How many other very highly rated limited release beers can you guarentee yourself a case of, and I don't even have to know anyone to get it.
Just snagged the first sixer as it was being stocked at the Giant in York. Looked like they had 3 cases total. $19.29 eek!
I think what he was saying is. You had 5 days of selling at high volume at your retail location and you still have 215 cases left for retail sale at that location while some of your larger accounts got 1 case for retail sale.
Nothing smells more of desperation than defending your business practice on a public forum. Smells of guilt to me.
This. It's good to be the king.
Why don't you people just get over it already, if you want some go get it, if not shut up. I'm going to Shangy's to get my case tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. I'm sure all you haters would do a much better job than Shangy's, right. By the way, they have been selling craft beer since before lots of you were born, so I think they can handle it.
Give them a break, I not anywhere near that place, but I would have no problem driving out there for a case if it means that much to me. With your logic you should be ripping on Tired Hands for not having a distribution license and hoarding all their delicious offerings for themselves, they are so selfish. I'm sure if shangy's was around the corner from you you would have 1 negative thing to say about them. Relax and go to Tired Hands and have a pint and think of all the poor folks who will never get to enjoy Tired Hands and if you still feel anger towards shangy's then well there's not much we can do.
Some people are very vocal in their disapproval of Shangy's handling of HopSlam and it's been that way for a few years. They're gonna do what they're gonna do, so I don't see the point in bitching to them or arguing about it.
In another thread Nima (of Shangy's ) detailed that there are two 'sides' of Shangy's: Shangy's Wholesale Distributor and Shangy's Retail Distributor. The vast majority of Hopslam is allocated to Shangy's Retail since over the year they are the largest seller of Bell's products. In other words, the concept is that the largest retailers of Bell's beers get the most Hopslam.
You can read the discussions on this thread (which is no locked down):http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/shangys-hopslam-thread.63073/page-3#post-888602
Want to know when hopslam is sighted on SE pa, I know that tjs tapped theirs last night....
Shangy's has a list on their facebook page on where you can find it. Side Car in WC, PJ Whelihan's in WC/Dtown...about 50 other places.
Putting it on a list and actually seeing it on shelves/tap are two different things, I know that it came and went at beeryard and whole foods, Devon .
The Foodery has it today, one bottle limit, $5 per bottle.
Doesn't matter, by the time you read someones post at where they saw Hopslam it will most likely be gone by the time you arrive.
No more on tap at tjs, all gone
Rams Head will be tapping Hopslam and selling bottles sometime next week. No specific time or date it will only go on after one of our big beers kick. Check our website ramsheadbarandgrill.com for an announcement early in the week.


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FTSE 100 Sending Red Flag Signals 0 commentsApr 14, 2013 1:43 AM
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One of the best aspects of reading developing market activity is that it reduces any market to the opposing forces of supply and demand. It can be any organized market, anywhere. The factors of fear and greed universally apply to all investors/traders.
Reading developing market activity, in context with past price
behavior, is a short-hand way to follow what smart money is doing. Smart money represents the controlling influences behind price
movement. We recently did an analysis on the German DAX, [Different Country, Different Culture. People Are People, Charts Are Charts,
http://bit.ly/ZDvxeg]. What held true for that analysis equally holds
true for the FTSE 100.
The starting point for any analysis is defining the trend and doing it on a higher time frame to put a market into a context for decision-making. The market sends out a lot of information, captured in the bar ranges and location of the closes on a bar. The size of the range indicates the level of strength/weakness of price movement. The close tells us who
won the battle for that session, whether it is monthly, weekly, daily, or intra day time frames.
Smart money does not like to let it be known what its intent is when in the market, but their hand can be detected by reading the developing
market activity and the volume behind the effort. Neither the FTSE nor the DAX provide volume, so an important element is eliminated. As with any market, you learn to deal with what is.
The 2007 high is obvious and important. After a labored rally since the
2009 lows, much of which was spent in a sideways movement for three years, there was a strong rally breakout in January, fourth bar from
the right. The last three bars are the focus of attention. We need to
determine if the market is absorbing seller efforts, or if the effort of
sellers is overcoming that of buyers. A look at the more detailed
weekly may provide that answer.
The trend has been up since 2009, already identified as relatively
labored, so we know that buyers have proven themselves, and the
onus for a change in trend is on the sellers. The character of the
weekly chart should also help in determining the quality of the trend.
Right away, it becomes apparent that the quality of the trend is not
strong. Price has moved sideways since the late January breakout. The message from the market also alerts us to a lack of demand bar at 1.
The very small size of the bar tells us there was a decided lack of
demand, demonstrated by the inability to extend the range higher.
Occurring at the high of the rally, and under monthly resistance, the
market is signaling a red flag warning.
Prior to bar 2, six of the previous 8 ranges had weak closes, yet more
factual information provided by the market that speaks to the
character, or quality of the trend. Contrast those bars with the one
labeled 2. It shows Ease of Downward Movement, [EDM], and a
low-end close. That one bar also erases the buying effort of the
February and March, a second red flag warning.
Where are the buyers? An apparent lack of demand is noted by and
invites sellers to step in and take over.
The possible negative tone set by the monthly was reinforced on the
weekly. We can expect to see clearer detail of the same on the daily,
and it does not disappoint. The lack-of-demand March high leads to a
correction, but it stops within the supporting trading range activity
from February. When price fails to rally to new highs, a lower swing
high is created. What follows that high is another warning message.
We see EDM, three wide ranges lower with weak closes, erasing the
past two months' entire buying activity. The ability of price to slice
through so quickly is the market telling us that the buying effort during February and March was of a poor quality. A new swing low follows the lower swing high, and by definition, the daily trend has turned down,
at least for now.
The next rally stops at 2, not quite confirmed, but Friday's lower high,
lower low, and lower close will likely lead to more selling on Monday.
The monthly and weekly time frames remain up, not strongly, but still
up. The lack of strength is attracting sellers to step in and take
control. Temporarily, that control has been wrested away on the daily
chart. There is still some support in the 6150 area, and how price
responds to it, should it be tested, will provide more important
For now, the demonstrated weakness is a sign of caution. One needs
to take an inventory of holdings to see if there are stocks even
weaker, and they should be either sold or have close stops to keep
risk exposure contained. The same would hold true for one's entire
portfolio. Profit-taking may ease potential erosion should the apparent
price weakness show no ability to attract more demand.
An analysis like this makes decision-making more pragmatic, using the
available factual information generated by the market, always the final
arbiter. The emotional element is removed and reduced to dollars and
cents, or pounds and sense. It appears that is what the smart money
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The University of Maryland has been using distance technologies for over 25 years. It now boasts an impressive distance learning setup that includes six studio classrooms outfitted with high-definition cameras, videoconferencing, LCD displays, lecture capture, webcasting capabilities and an annotator which allows educators to write over displayed images.
The idea behind these technologies are old, but the equipment itself is new and is housed in the renovated Arnold E. Seigel Learning Center, which is affiliated with the university's School of Engineering. Every engineering class is streamed live and also captured to be stored for later on demand viewing. The live recording of lectures is what sets the University of Maryland's distance learning program apart from others.
"It's not like someone comes in and is recording some overly produced lecture for a subject. They're teaching a class so as a student at a distance you're getting the exact same education as you would if you were here on campus," says Marty Ronning, assistant director of Distance Education and Technology Services at the University of Maryland.
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Providing educational equality has always been the goal for distance learning at the university. The design of the renovated learning center and the technology inside reflect this desire. Each studio classroom has a Polycom videoconferencing system and two LCD displays by NEC. They also have Sony HD cameras, a Panasonic A/V switcher, an Extron annotator and Mediasite as a webcasting and lecture capture platform.
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by Angela Guess Forbes contributor Joe McKendrick recently wrote, "Is cloud making a difference in Big Data efforts? Can it deliver the agility and scalability required to handle petabytes and exabytes' worth of data coming out of enterprises and the Internet of Things? The answer to both questions is 'yes, but,' according to highly engaging […]Read More →
Tamr Unveils Enterprise Platform for Scalable, End-to-End Data Unification
by Angela Guess A new announcement out of the company reports, "Tamr, Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., today introduced a new version of its scalable data unification platform that lets enterprises continuously deliver better data to decision-makers. The company also announced the addition of GE, Roche and Toyota Motor Europe as customers. Tamr is making the […]Read More →
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We Have a Priest
Author William Willimon told the story of an encounter he had with a woman dying of cancer. Exhausted from her battle with the disease, she clutched the crucifix that had been given to her by her grandmother when she was a little girl. It was a symbol of what Jesus meant to her. When Willimon entered the room, he asked if he should summon a priest. The woman held out the crucifix toward him, which depicted the body of Jesus nailed to the cross. She then said, "Thank you—but I have a Priest."
The Unhappy Sin
Essayist Joseph Epstein writes, "Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all." He goes on to say that envy makes us look "ungenerous, mean, and small-hearted." There's plenty of research to back up Epstein's statement. In fact, psychologists have found that envy decreases life satisfaction and diminishes well-being. It's correlated with depression and neuroticism, and the hostility envy breeds may actually make us physically sick.
What Sets Us Free
Recently I did some major damage to my shoulder. Several tendons and ligaments were torn and I had to have physical therapy for a few months. The therapist made an interesting statement as he massaged and manipulated the injury site: "You have to get blood to the damaged areas; it's the only way to heal it, even if it's painful." The only way to put right what is broken is to force blood into those areas, no matter how difficult the task, and allow the blood to carry away the scar tissue and heal the injury.
Voice of Reason
Except for technological advances, the first century AD wasn't much different than the 21st. The human condition can be depressingly consistent: injustice, exploitation, oppression, violence.
Compelling Grace
My friends in my Bible discussion group chuckled when I shared how I was trying to avoid God. I smiled, but it was no joke. His promptings to overlook my demands for justice and extend grace filled me with resentment. I felt like shaking my fist (as the prophet Jonah might have done) and screaming, "You want me to go where, and do what?!"
Portrait of Jesus
So what did Jesus look like? Did he resemble actor James Caviezel who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ? Probably not. Something like Warner Sallman's famous portrait Head of Christ? Uh, no—don't think so.
The Same God
People sometimes ask me, "How come the God of the Old Testament seems so cruel and harsh compared to the God of the New Testament?" To answer that question, I start by assuring them that He doesn't have multiple personalities—the God of the Old and New Testaments is the same God. He's "the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). I then explain that a good God can't tolerate sin—an uncomfortable truth for some to acknowledge.
Never Beyond God's Grace
My springer spaniel was recognized as one of the most talented, hardworking dogs in our hunting community. He would go out on thin ice to retrieve game when other dogs would turn back. Pursuing a pheasant through the thickest bramble and thorn—areas that other dogs would not enter because it was so dense—wasn't a problem. His determination was so great that he even made a retrieval immediately after breaking his leg! And yet, when he was just 18 months old, I wondered if he would ever be a good hunting dog. His determined personality seemed impossible to harness and I was ready to give up on him because it appeared he would never become an obedient companion.
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I sat in church with my head bowed and eyes lowered. I've failed God so, I thought. He must be very disappointed. Then my pastor said, "Look into Jesus' eyes. See how He looks at you, how He sees you." So I did. And in that moment, I wore the Samaritan woman's shoes . . .
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Following a tumultuous season in her life, Bethany Haley Williams battled with shame and brokenness. The journey was difficult, but through Jesus she experienced healing that transformed her life.
Fly to Jesus
George Whitfield, the Anglican preacher who was part of the Great Awakening in the American colonies, once said, "Come away, my dear brethren—fly, fly, fly for your lives to Jesus Christ, fly to a bleeding God, fly to a throne of grace . . . beg of God to give you faith, and to enable you to be close with Jesus Christ." Long before Whitfield encouraged believers to fly to Jesus, the writer of Hebrews encouraged weary believers to approach Him boldly and confidently as their Great High Priest (Hebrews 4:14,16).
The Tone of Grace
I once had a difficult interaction with one of my sons. He had made several poor choices requiring a serious conversation. My son had a tender heart, however (as he often does), and he took responsibility for his behavior. Though I was frustrated with him, I told him that I forgave him. Later, aware that something was still bothering my son, I asked what was going on. "Well," he replied, "you said you forgave me, but you didn't exactly say it in a lovely tone." My son picked up how I offered the right words, but the way I spoke told a different story. I said I forgave him, but I didn't interact with a tone of grace.
The First Witnesses
Who was the first group of people to be invited to see the Christ-child? Who was the first eyewitness of the resurrected Christ?
Pleasing God
I was thinking about some friends who are facing trials. Jake is about to lose his job because he won't compromise his convictions. Sheryl has been unemployed and soon her government assistance will run out. Sam had surgery to fuse together two vertebrae in his spine, but now he's feeling numbness on his right side.
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CIO Profiles: Edward Marx Of Texas Health Resources This tech chief learned the hard way: Trust but verify.
State Health Insurance Exchanges Choke On Health IT Politico: Politics aside, IT could be biggest barrier to 2014 readiness.
HHS Launches $150,000 Ocular Imaging Software Challenge Contest challenges developers to come up with software that integrates eye exam data and images with electronic health records systems.
57% Of Consumers Use Internet For Medical Questions New studies also find 88% of doctors believe online medical resources have improved the quality of care.
Maine Health Information Exchange Adds Medical Images HealthInfoNet, Maine's health information exchange, becomes first in the nation to support statewide sharing of X-rays, CT scans, and other medical images.
Clinical Goals Drive Paperless Hospital's IT Choices Danish hospital plans for an all-digital future, seeks technology that addresses healthcare delivery needs of the 2020s.
Mass. Safety Net Hospitals Land $628M For Transformation Health IT infrastructure improvements will be part of healthcare delivery changes supported by federal and state funding.
HL7 Recruits Clinicians To Improve Health IT Standards Health Level Seven launches program to incorporate clinician experience in electronic health record standards.
Cloud-Based EHRs, Telemed Come To Rural Colorado Colorado Telehealth Network's broadband connectivity offers access to cloud-based EHRs, telemedicine, and a statewide information exchange.
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E-Prescribing Systems Still Finding Their Mojo Latest stats suggest doctors are smitten with e-prescribing, but training and clinical decision support still needed.
Grow Your Own Health Information Exchange While many healthcare organizations turn to private vendors to set up HIEs, others get good results by building their own.
Kaiser Permanente CEO: Meaningful Use On Right Course But government electronic health record incentive program still needs more emphasis on interoperability, says George Halvorson.
How To Improve Communication Between Clinicians Although mandated to communicate better with patients, some healthcare providers also are looking for tech tools that get info to staff faster.
Dictation And EHRs Don't Play Well Together Doctors who dictate their clinical notes before they're entered into an EHR have lower quality of care scores than those who type or enter structured data directly into the EHR, according to Partners Healthcare researchers.
North Carolina Fights Medicaid Fraud With Analytics In two years, IBM data mining software has identified $191 million in potentially false Medicaid claims.
Kaiser Permanente CEO: Health IT Must Focus On Quality KP CEO George Halvorson says too many organizations approach IT projects from the wrong angle. Start with the health care issues and savings will follow, he says.
Emerging Wireless Medical Technology Gets FCC Blessing FCC proposes increased spectrum capacity for Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) devices, paving the way for doctors to use patient-worn devices to monitor vital signs.
E-Prescribing Reaches Tipping Point Surescripts survey finds 58% of office-based physicians now issue prescriptions electronically. Meaningful Use e-prescribing requirements have played a large role in the technology's adoption.
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One Year ICD-10 Delay Just Right, CHIME Says College of Healthcare Information Management Executives says the government's recommendation to postpone compliance with the new medical billing code system until 2014 strikes the right balance.
Doctors' Tablet Use Almost Doubles In 2012 Apple's iPad has emerged as the dominant tablet platform, according to Manhattan Research survey.
Mobile Medical Apps Gold Rush Needs Scrutiny The problem with this kind of booming market? It attracts not only the best and brightest but also IT developers looking for quick profits with minimal investment of resources.
DOD, VA Agree On Joint EHR Architecture Approach outlined in Congressional report prioritizes acquisition of commercial software, including open-source applications.
Health IT Gap Between Large, Small Hospitals Widens Government investment in EHRs might increase the gap in health IT adoption rates between large and small hospitals.
10 Wearable Devices To Keep Patients Healthy Wearable devices equipped with sensors, Web connections, or both, help consumers and healthcare providers track health and fitness. Take a look at what's possible now.
Private Health Information Exchanges Take Over Enterprise exchanges owned by healthcare organizations account for most of the 40% annual growth in the market.
Towers Watson To Acquire Extend Health Benefits and talent management consulting firm plans to buy online health insurance exchange provider Extend Health for $435 million.
AT&T Moves Aggressively Into Remote Patient Monitoring AT&T inks deal with Valued Relationships Inc. to provide chronically ill patients with a remote monitoring service that connects them to caregivers.
Stage 2 EHRs Require Meaningful Patient Engagement Many of the government's proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria for e- health records won't be easy to meet. Here's how providers are meeting the challenge.
California Providers Reach Out For EHR Help Unusually large number of Californian docs ask state's regional extension center, CalHIPSO, for help meeting Meaningful Use regulations, but few have actually achieved MU so far.
Patients Like Active Video Games As Fitness Tools Most consumers believe that video games that force them to get up and move around can improve their health, says study from UnitedHealth Group.
Compromise On Health Data Access May Be Ugly Some hospitals and doctors oppose giving patients electronic data as quickly as required by proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations. Consumer groups want more speed--and the compromise likely won't please either side.
Consumer Groups Seek Tougher Meaningful Use Requirements Consumer Partnership for eHealth calls for quicker data transfer to patients, higher threshold for exchange of clinical summaries.
Patient Advocates Urge Fast Access To Hospital Data American Hospital Association's call for 30-day waiting period to access electronic records would harm patients, according to Society for Participatory Medicine.
Banner Health Achievement Highlights EHR Struggles Just 82 hospitals have completed the prestigious HIMSS Analytics EHR adoption program, and 17 of them belong to Banner. Is the bar for another EHR measurement--Meaningful Use--set too high?
Healthcare Providers Have Big BI Plans Advent of accountable care organizations and health information exchanges driving hospitals to invest in more business intelligence tools, KLAS survey says.
Health Insurers Proceed On IT Aspects Of 'Obamacare' Regardless of the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, health plans likely will implement the technology needed to meet its objectives, predicts one prominent IT consultant.
DOD Mobile App Eases Transition To Civilian Life Department of Defense expands menu of apps that aim to help military personnel deal with social situations and health issues.
Smart Pumps Play Catch Up With EMRs Healthcare providers want wireless EMR integration with smart pumps, but a KLAS study suggests the complexity of the setup deters many.
ACOs Need Better Data Transparency, Management Healthcare providers and insurers partnering in accountable care organizations must work to avoid data wars, says IDC analyst.
Dr. Oz Health Event To Feature EHRs Practice Fusion's electronic health record software provides data collection, real-time analytics, helping TV show as it screens 1,000 people in one day for common diseases.
EHR Vendors Ask For Meaningful Use Reporting Changes EHR software vendors say doctors and hospitals need more time to qualify for Meaningful Use Stage 2 and ask the feds to tweak their reporting requirements.
Cloud-Based Collaboration Brings Medical Expertise To Haiti Collaboration between IBM and the Colleagues in Care Global Health Network gives doctors in remote parts of the world access to evidence-based medicine.
How To Ease EHR Frustration EHRs can slow physicians' practices to a crawl, but evidence suggests they ultimately pay off.
CHIME: Providers Need More Time For Meaningful Use The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives wants the feds to grant more time for hospital and ambulatory EHRs to meet Meaningful Use Stage 2 criteria.
AHA Fights Meaningful Use Stage 2 Timing, Scope American Hospital Association asks the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to soften requirements, push back start date, and change timeframe for penalties.