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Hmmm…I think Jesse is very astute. Reading comics in the 70s/80s/90s was very much like LOST, and you never questioned if the writer was "making it up as they went along" because you knew DAMN WELL they were. That was the point!
I think in the 15 or so years he wrote the X-Men Chris Claremont left a metric ton of plot threads untied. But it never really bothered me, as long as the storylines stayed interesting. Sure, there was the occasional dud issue (Kulan Gath? Really?!?) but I knew that the next issue would probably go back to being a great read. That pretty much sums up my LOST watching experience for the last 6 years, too.
That said, a nice magazine article giving us whatever additional backstory Dalton had would be nice. I didn't need it in the show itself, but I'm still curious to know if THEY knew the answers…
And that's exactly how I feel after watching the conclusion. All the minutia of this or that, or why doesn't matter. What a profound and moving experience. I didn't care that we didn't get all of the answers. That was an amazing ending for those characters. It's the next morning and I'm still emotional about it.
Hm. Lost.
I haven't watched the finale yet. My wife and I just watched last weeks ep online last night. Hopefully can get to the finale today…
We've watched the whole run. Every episode. I've found the show to be interesting, intriguing, curious, heart-wrenching, ludicrous, thoughtful, ridiculous, engaging and dull.
At the end of the day I can't say that I liked Lost. There were times, like season 3, that I hated it. But, my wife still liked it so I kept watching.
I think my problem is, outside of Desmond, I don't really like any of the characters. I'm not sad to see their story end. I'm not going to miss them. In fact, at this point, I am just ready to be done with it and move on.
Well put, Dan. I've been avoiding your blog until I saw the finale, which I just finished. Since I've avoided all post discussion I have no idea how people are reacting yet. But I do know that when we're all sitting playing dominoes in the nursing home we'll still be talking about this show. And yeah, I held back tears each and every time a character got the memories! Gah, I can't believe I admitted that.
That is the exact attitude to have if you want to truly enjoy a series like LOST. As with most worthy endeavors in life, it is about the journey. No other show has sparked my interest more, made me theorize more, or disagree with other's theories more than LOST. It was a statisfying end to an extremely unique journey where the community of fans following the show truly added to the experience. After all was said and done, they left some of the shows mysteries in the hands (and minds) of the fans. Good call.
I do not care about that answers either. But the whole finale was some lame-ass afternoon soap opera even my grandma wouldn't bear. Hell, it felt like Oprah wrote the damn script.
As you, my favorite shows are always ones that try to surprise me. But that finale wasn't surprising at all. In my opinion, it betrayed the whole series concept. I've been reading comics my entire life, and I've never seen such a crappy way to tie a knot.
PD: And it's "Namaste".
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AAFP President Jeff Cain, M.D., questions the wisdom of withholding any therapeutic option that could help smokers kick the habit during the 2013 annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
There's probably not a patient panel in the world that doesn't include its share of patients affected by tobacco use or obesity. Given the extreme morbidity and mortality associated with these two public health scourges -- to say nothing of the immense sums expended each year on medical care related to these issues -- it's hard to imagine that policymakers would hesitate to pull out all the stops to combat them.
Yet it wasn't until 2011, after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that Medicare began paying for tobacco cessation counseling for all tobacco users covered by the federal benefit program rather than only for those diagnosed with a tobacco-related disease or symptoms of such a disease. And it took until November of that year for CMS to announce it would begin paying for preventive services to reduce obesity(www.cms.gov).
Even in the medical community, questions still remain about how best to approach management of patients with these issues. That became clear during the 2013 annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, June 15-19 in Chicago, when AAFP delegates helped shape new policy in the aptly named "House of Medicine."
Don't Restrict Smoking Cessation Options
As one of the creators of Tar Wars, an AAFP tobacco-free education program for fourth- and fifth-grade students that is now in its 25th year, smoking cessation is a major issue for AAFP President Jeff Cain, M.D., of Denver. So when a resolution that seemed to question the usefulness of key anti-tobacco interventions came up for debate, Cain was quick to protest.
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- Although Medicare has begun paying for tobacco cessation counseling and some preventive services to reduce obesity, many private health insurers still don't.
- Recent actions by the AMA House of Delegates show that questions about how best to approach management of these public health issues remain among members of the medical community.
- At last month's annual meeting, AAFP delegates to the AMA staunchly defended patient access to anti-tobacco pharmacotherapy and supported a measure declaring obesity to be a disease.
As originally submitted, the resolution asked the AMA to
- inform physicians and public health professionals about the documented long-term efficacy of nonpharmaceutical abrupt-cessation smoking cessation protocols;
- encourage research on and evaluation of smoking cessation protocols that promote abrupt cessation of smoking without reliance on pharmaceuticals; and
- petition The Joint Commission to amend (its) requirement regarding smokers being discharged from hospitals to recognize smoking cessation protocols with documented efficacy, not reliant on pharmaceuticals, as smoking cessation options.
Pointing to the extreme morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco use in the United States in reference committee testimony on June 16, Cain questioned the wisdom of withholding any therapeutic option that could help smokers and other tobacco users kick the habit.
"To discourage the public from using pharmacotherapy would be a disservice to our patients," Cain said, citing recent findings from the Cochrane Reviews(onlinelibrary.wiley.com) and information from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendations on preventing tobacco use in adults and pregnant women(www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org), each of which upheld the efficacy of both pharmaceutical options and counseling interventions to help smokers quit.
American Association of Public Health Physicians delegate Kevin Sherin, M.D., added his perspective, saying that when positive patient outcomes are the goal, it's important to not let the means overshadow the end. "With pharmaceuticals, without pharmaceuticals -- that's up for debate. But if there's an intensive therapy that will help our patients -- well, that's the bottom line," said Sherin.
Other speakers also raised concerns about the effectiveness of abrupt cessation compared with pharmaceutical interventions and counseling, noting that the AMA has endorsed the U.S. Public Health Service's clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update(bphc.hrsa.gov), which concluded that clinical interventions significantly increase long-term quit rates compared with those among patients who quit "cold turkey." Still others objected to the idea that the AMA was being asked, in effect, to advocate (i.e., expend funds on) smoking cessation protocols already being promoted by their own industry backers.
Those concerns and others led to the resolution's author offering an amendment to strike the first and third resolved clauses, leaving only the call to encourage closer examination of abrupt cessation protocols that don't include use of pharmaceuticals.
"By recognizing obesity as a disease, we can better focus treatment for our patients," AAFP resident delegate Michelle Cooke, M.D, tells AMA delegates.
In the end, delegates agreed, voting to adopt the amended measure.
What's in a Name?
Two measures that came before the same reference committee dealt with the concept of obesity as a disease state.
One, an AMA Council on Science and Public Health (CSPH) report, determined that in the absence of a single, authoritative definition of disease, the lack of "a sensitive and clinically practical diagnostic indicator of obesity," and uncertainty regarding whether this recognition would improve or exacerbate patient outcomes, the AMA would be premature in labeling obesity a disease. Council members recommended, rather, that the AMA reaffirm earlier policies naming obesity as "a major public health problem" and supporting research and education regarding the efficacy of obesity screening and interventions.
AAFP Offers Resources, Tools to Address Tobacco Use, Obesity
In addition to the AAFP's Tar Wars program, which focuses on reaching fourth- and fifth-graders through a tobacco-free educational curriculum that volunteers -- many of them family physicians -- present in school classrooms across the nation, the Academy's Ask and Act program encourages family physicians to ask their patients about tobacco use, then act to help them quit.
The Ask and Act practice toolkit provides a comprehensive coding reference(139 KB PDF) that gives CPT and ICD-9 codes related to tobacco cessation counseling; a one-page chart that explains the new tobacco cessation Medicare benefits; numerous guides to help family physicians manage patients who are tobacco users; and more.
Americans in Motion-Healthy Interventions (AIM-HI) focuses on fitness as the treatment of choice for preventing and managing overweight, obesity and many other chronic conditions. AIM-HI defines fitness as encompassing three key components: physical activity, healthy eating, and emotional well-being.
The AAFP offers multiple tools for implementing AIM-HI in physician practices. Another key resource published in May, the e-book Diagnosis and Management of Obesity(0 bytes), is available as a free download.
The second, a resolution asking the AMA to officially designate obesity as a disease brought AAFP resident delegate Michelle Cooke, M.D., of Atlanta, to the microphone during the reference committee hearing. Specifically, the proposal asked the AMA to "recognize obesity as a disease state with multiple pathophysiological aspects requiring a range of interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention."
"In addition to the significant comorbid conditions associated with obesity -- heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, to name a few -- obesity has significant costs to our health care system," Cooke testified, citing a CDC statistic that estimated the nation spent $147 billion in 2008 on obesity-related care. "By recognizing obesity as a disease, we can better focus treatment for our patients," she said.
Others, including Illinois State Medical Society delegate Theodore Kanellakes, M.D., pointed out that regardless of the causes of obesity, which some opponents held out as a rationale for denying it disease status, "In order to get reimbursed, we need to take this step." His remarks referred to the fact that although Medicare covers a series of primary care visits for obesity counseling, private health insurers often do not provide the same coverage.
Cain seconded that notion, saying that classifying obesity as a disease would go a long way toward convincing health insurers to pay for treatment.
Robert Gilchick, M.D., M.P.H., an American College of Preventive Medicine delegate and a member of the CSPH, spoke against the measure, however, saying it would stigmatize obese patients.
"Why would we accept a definition of disease that would affect one-third of our population?" In some areas, he added, "one out of five kids would be affected by such a definition."
"We need to address the problems that are leading to that. Further medicalization isn't helping."
"If it's not a disease, what is it?" countered former CSPH chair and California Medical Association alternate delegate Melvyn Sterling, M.D., citing a litany of health conditions closely linked to obesity, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. "Obesity is a disease. It's harmful to patients; it's harmful to the economy. Let's call it what it is."
Despite the reference committee's recommendation that the resolution be adopted, the June 18 business session saw more spirited discussion on both sides of the issue, with one delegate offering an amendment that would add the words "medically complicated" to the resolution.
"Waiting to call obesity a disease until it's medically complicated is like waiting for a retinopathy to call diabetes a disease," Cain responded. His remarks sparked applause, and numerous other delegates chimed in, supporting the position that obesity is a bona fide disease that should be addressed before medical complications arise.
Ultimately, the amendment was defeated and the original resolution was adopted, along with the policy reaffirmation recommendations contained in the CSPH report.
There may be more to come on the obesity front: On June 19, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., introduced legislation that would direct HHS to develop a coordination plan for federal efforts to reduce obesity, as well as allow Medicare Part D coverage of obesity-related medications. The AAFP just this week announced its support of that proposal, known as the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (S. 1184).
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
Quality family entertainment...
So what's up in the Free Gamer world?
Hot news is that the project formerly called Portalized (featured a long time ago on FreeGamer) is now really open-source and renamed Pseudoform! It's still more of a tech-demo, but check this video out:
Or even more videos on the Pseudoform website!
More bloody family entertainmentIf you are a fan of real quality entertainment and not afraid of a retro look and this might excite you:
It is an upcoming remake of Monolith Software's 1997 hit Blood! Personally I think it was by far the greatest FPS of it's time, with a wicked sense of humor... but many people were put off by its bad successor Blood2.
So what's cool about Hypertension? It's based on the updated GPL Doom engine EDGE and is coming to Win/Linus/Mac/Dreamcast and GP2X probably as a FOSS indy title. Here is a nice interview, explaining what it is all about and which features are added (f.e. live action video sequences). So if you have not played Blood, this is definitely worth the wait if you aren't afraid of the retro look. (Remark: The Blood game media was released by Monolith for use but not under an FOSS license).
EDIT: It has come to our attention that Hypertension is illegally using the Blood art assets, which were only granted for use to the Transfusion project by the original Developer.
But I need a blood transfusion NOW!Ok ok! calm down, help is already there:
Transfusion is a great FOSS remake of Blood, too. It is based on the Dark Places engine, a much updated Quake 1 engine also used by the Nexuiz game (Which released a new version lately too). It is fully 3D and much of the media has been replaced with real models, but after finishing a more or less playable multiplayer version, development sadly stopped.
Hint: Updating it to a newer Dark Places version or turning it into a Nexuiz mod is probably not a lot of work, and the game is already a lot of fun! Personally I would love to see someone reactivate this project!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Blender Game Competition 2010
Dear diary...ermm readers *hust*... this is my first post on this blog so please be gentle with me! I am sort of helping out now and then since qudobup is busy with other stuff. Beeing a forum regular I had to help out of course, even if I might not have the time to post that often.
Ok now to the really important stuff: Blender (everyones favorite GPL 3D modeling application) also has a build in game engine. And what would be nicer than having a nice competition for game creation?
Here is a video of one of the winners from last year (not open-source!):
So why not join in that get a chunk of the $500 prize?
Why Blender game engine (BGE)?Wasn't the game engine always the stepchild of the project? Slow, bloated and buggy?
Well things change, and with this years open game project Yo Frankie! things have taken a leap towards greatness!
Speed has been greatly improved, physics are completely integrated and you can do great eyecandy with the OpenGL 2.0 GLSL shaders (here are some more features).
And things look even better with the upcoming Blender 2.5.
Getting started with the BGESo what can the BGE actually do for aspiring FOSS game developers? Well it is a "game-maker" for grown-ups... so if you want to make games and not learn how to become the the next John Carmack (tm) the BGE is for you. On a low level you need no programming at all, much can be done with the "logic blocks". And for more ambitious projects the BGE is fully scriptable with Python (which is one of the easiest and most comfortable programming languages).
And did I mention that games created are completely multi platform? Linux and MacOSX ports are just one click away!
A good first step would be to head over to blenderartists.com and surf a bit on their game engine sub-forums. There you will find free (some GPL or PD even if the license is not always 100% clear) templates (f.e. FPS or network) and many great tutorials.
And most people there will freely share their .blend files with you which include all art assets, scripts and so on in neat package (open them in Blender, press "p" and the game starts). However not all of it is really licensed in a FOSS way, but at least you can use these as great tutorials. Overall one could say that this is a great way of distributing the "source" of complete FOSS games (code, art, music etc).
Other sites worth noting are GameBlender and maybe the new Blender Games. And of course for all your Blender news: Blender Nation!
So my excuses for these more game development related news... but you will find some nice games to play (done in Blender) in the many links I provided :p
But next time there will be more traditional gaming news!
Update: Some seriously nice eye candy!This was just released and looks really nice!
Head over to the Blenderartists thread for more info (and .blend download!).
Oh and yes you are free to use it in your own projects!


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
JARs on the classpath
As you may have seen the directory structure of countless J2SE projects, there is a directory to store the 3rd party class libraries of the project. Under the "lib" directory, you can place your Java class libraries in JAR format and they will be added to the classpath when the Android application is running.
Or will they? If you remember the APK format, there is no such thing as directory for libs in JAR format, particularly because the Dalvik VM is simply not able to execute ordinary Java class files in those JARs. You can find JARs on the device but these JARs contain class files in DEX format (Dalvik VM's class file format) inside so the extension of these files is misleading. Then where are those JARs from the lib directory that we "added to the classpath"?
You might have guessed it: these JARs are unpacked, processed by the dx tool just like the classes under the src directory and are placed into the same classes.dex file where the application resides. One application is one DEX file and JARs containing Java class files are not "added to the classpath", they are converted into DEX format and added to the DEX file of the application. Unlike in OSGi, an Android installable package cannot share code with other system components, only services.
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- Vinay Guntaka said...
Its really nice to see the post.
I am also a newbie to the android Programming
i had some issue related to adding third party jars to android.
i have explained the issue in my blog
if u dnt mind pls slove my issue i need u r help
sorry for navigating to my blog pls help me from this issue
In my blog i have explained the entire process that i did
waiting for u reply....!
Vinay Guntaka
- June 26, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Gabor Paller said...
So this Drools thingy generates .class files on the fly?
You have to convert them off-device with dx.
All the dynamic languages (e.g. Ruby) has this problem. You have to examine whether that library really generates bytecode on the fly or whether it generates some bytecode first from some description that it does not modify later. In the latter case you just add those generated files to the .class files and let dx incorporate those into the .dex file. In the former case there is no solution.
- June 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Hi Gabor,
Thanks for posting reply,
Is there any other way to implement this drools in android
pls give me your valuable suggestions,
at any cost i have to complete this issue.
and i am trying this from last one month.
R & D : Done in last 3 days
if i am able to convert the user-defined object (which is stored in a .txt file) to .dex file than i can
implement (upto my Knowledge).
if this issue is solved then we are first to implement.
pls need u r suggestions....!
waiting for u r reply
Vinay Guntaka
- June 30, 2010 at 6:40 AM
hi vinay
were you able to run drools on android ? I am in the same boat, and stuck :)
- June 6, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- ProfVersaggi said...
I'm also very interested in the integration of DROOLS and Android. Has anyone found a way to integrate the two?
- December 27, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- ProfVersaggi said...
I've run across the work of a very bright man in the UK who did it as part of an integrated systems he was working on ... and I got his code working up to the point where it died loading the DRL rules.
I think this might shed some light on things but it's fast getting into true software engineering and I'm just not there yet ....
Here is his codebase:
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The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are starting to look into Apple's new subscription service. Right now just looking into the matter and it may not even ever develop into a formal investigation or any actions against Apple. The European Commission is also carefully monitoring the situation as well.
The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are looking to see if Apple's new subscription service is in violation of any U.S. antitrust laws since it appears as if it is forcing the media companies' customers into using iTunes as a payment service thus giving Apple a 30 percent profit cut for themselves. The other issue is the fact that the publishers will not have the ability to link to outside sources for users to get their content and will also not be able to have different prices amongst the different sources for their content which could definitely pose antitrust problems for Apple.
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U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Tom Watson suffers finger injury
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Published: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 | 9:45 a.m.
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Tom Watson made news on SiriusXM's PGA Tour Radio Network show "Fairways of Life with Matt Adams" on Tuesday morning.
The eight-time major champion explained to Adams that he's currently unable to hit golf balls as the result of a mishap that caused him to jam, or dislocate his pinkie finger.
"I had a little accident yesterday," Watson told Adams."We were walking and I dislocated my little pinkie finger. I'm going up now to see the doc and get it X-rayed. I popped it back into place, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. It's a little stiff right now. It'll probably prevent me from hitting balls for a week or two, but other than that everything is good."
Nothing serious, it seems, but we'll keep a watchful eye.
Watson also talked to Adams about following PGA Tour events closer these days as the Ryder Cup gets closer and closer.
"It's been very interesting being a part of this process," Watson said. "You look at Scott Stallings winning on Sunday and he jumped from way, way back to 11th or 12th on the Ryder Cup points list just with that one victory. That's what's going to happen early on in the season. But the usual suspects are there. You've got the Johnson boys -- Zach and Dustin -- Dufner and Phil Mickelson are right up there. Jimmy Walker has one twice -- once at the end of last year and once this year. He's right at the top of the list right now. It's starting to gell out. The process from my standpoint, is to watch these players as they play, see how they deal with the pressure. That's the most important thing to me -- how these players deal with the pressure."
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Sometimes you just need to get to where you're going. But why do it on a bike? It's fun; convenient in the spring, summer and fall; and if you're headed to Bristol from Middlebury or visa-versa, it only adds about 20 minutes to your trip. Both my colleague Brian King and I regularly ride this route. He rides from Bristol to Middlebury and back everyday, and I frequently ride to Bristol for an interview, meeting or my favorite beer around — the Bobcat's Chewy.
Since I'd rather ride than drive, here's my preferred Bristol-Middlebury commute.
Length: 23 miles (11.5 each way)
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 40 minutes - 1 hour 20 minutes (one way only)
In terms of riding routes, there are certainly better loops around Addison County. But if you live in Bristol and want to grab something that you need in Middlebury or if you live in Middlebury and need to meet up with someone in Bristol, this is an easy and enjoyable way to do it.
Beginning in Middlebury, head North on Washington Street past the co-op. When you get to the fork between Washington Street Extension and Seminary Street Extension, bear left on Washington Street Extension.
Pedal past the old Middlebury cemetery and when you get to Halpin Road keep going straight onto Painter Road. Follow Painter to the end and hang a left on Munger Street. Pedal up a little hill and coast the rest of the way until you cross the New Haven River and hit the stop sign at River Road.
Once at River Road take a right, climb the hill and pedal on over to Route 116. At 116 take a left and ride to the four-way light where Routes 17 and 116 meet up. Turn right and head east up Stoney Hill Road and find yourself in beautiful Bristol — "the gateway to the green mountains."
Grab some ice cream, a beer, a sandwich or whatever else you need to do. If it's hot out don't forget to stop by Bartlett Falls or any of the adjacent swimming holes.
When you're all done, head back west on Main Street, down Stoney Hill Road and take a left on Route 116 at the four-way light. Pedal south and bear right on River Road. Head up a little hill and enjoy a nice coast down that hill you already road up. Pass the turn off to Munger Street and keeping heading west on River Road. Follow the New Haven River to your last hill and head on up to Lincoln Peak Vineyard.
You'll find yourself on Route 7, and you'll want to take a left and head south back to Middlebury. Watch out because big trucks and cars fly on Route 7, but thanks to extra wide shoulders the only serious concern is broken glass and torn tires that will bite you like an alligator if rolled over the wrong way. Take Route 7 to Exchange Street and head on down past Otter Creek Brewery and Cabot — hey, it's better than Route 7 at a single lane.
Roll down through the industrial park and you'll find yourself next to Greg's Meat Market. From here you can catch a show at the Town Hall Theater, pick up some food at any number of groceries or enjoy this weekend's Midd Summer Festival.


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When you search online for a possibility to pick up Sapphires for Animal Jam, you are possibly spotting webpages showing generators that promise to give you free Sapphires. That's why we realized it might be a nice idea to check them out to get to know if they honestly work and if they are safe to use.
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Animal Jam is an online game for mobile devices. You will improve your game progress with Sapphires extremely, that's the reason why so many Animal Jam players are searching for a way to hack them.
Many sites promote you an online tool that claims to hack Sapphires to your Animal Jam account. Most of them look pretty much like this one:
They offer you the Sapphires by simply choosing your platform and entering the desired amount. Sounds too good to be true? Let's see what happens if you enter it:
Looks like this tool is connecting to your account (what is weird since I have not stated anything about my account, so how can it already connect?!) and after a short time you'll see a message showing up… Only take some surveys or sign up somewhere and they'll hack you the Sapphires, they say.
Obviously, they will not! It's a fake, and they only want you to finish some surveys THEY get paid for!
Don't believe these tools, they all lie to you!
Please let me show you the reason why it doesn't work, isn't possible to work and what other alternative ways do work.
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The reason why this is a scam? Well, in general if something seems too good to be true, it actually is. The developer of the game Animal Jam, sells Sapphires and make their money with this.
All balances, your account and game progress and everything else within it is saved on their servers. Nobody else can connect to it and just cheat some additional Sapphires on it. It's just some generated entry fields that should make you believe it's "connecting", but the only goal of these websites is tricking as many people as possible to take the surveys, downloads or sign-ups, so the owner of the website makes money.
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All you have to do is downloading free Apps from the AppStore or Play Store, turn your credits you earn by doing this into a gift card and buy the Sapphires from the shop – no credit card or money needed, just a little bit of time to download and use some free apps (you can also delete afterwards).


text: Top of Mind: A Sustainable Struggle September 5, 2012 07:04 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jeanne Bernick Top Producer Editor Email I admit I struggle with the word "sustainability." In fact, as a journalist, I hold a reverent disdain for the noun; it's a big, long, plastic word that has varying definitions, depending on whom you ask. At a recent farm meeting, the moderator asked the audience to define "sustainable agriculture." The participants had a myriad of responses: one producer said "sustainable" meant organic; another explained it as simply being kinder to the land; yet another participant described sustainable agriculture as survival. One producer said: "When I hear the word 'sustainable,' it makes me think I'm doing just enough to hang on, just enough to keep the bank happy so they won't foreclose." Agriculture is in a period of accelerating change as we redefine the way farm businesses operate and their role and purpose in society, not to mention what people expect of farmers and their relationships with food companies and brands. So as we attempt to articulate what agriculture is doing to feed the world, we're scrambling to find words to keep up. Everyone involved in agriculture—me included—needs to get past trying to define sustainability. We must accept that contributing to the food supply is not enough, that if the soil, air and water used to produce food is damaged, good luck feeding anyone. That's the idea, anyway, behind sustainability. It's about making sure all our resources are not depleted or permanently damaged so we can farm into the future. Sustainability makes good business sense, too. Practices aimed at resource efficiency at the farm level have paid dividends for Dave Long of California, who has seen tangible benefits such as 40% less fuel usage per day. See how Long and other farmers, as well as companies in the ag and food industry, are addressing sustainability today. Sustainable Drought. It's hard to think about sustainability with so many producers still suffering from drought. Yet there might be a kernel of knowledge to be gained from this tough summer. For some time, sustainability experts have been forecasting a rise in food prices. They claim prices have been too low for too long and this has contributed to food companies not making sustainability a priority. If companies had to pay $15 a bushel of wheat instead of $9.50 today, operations managers would make darn sure there was no wasted flour in the manufacturing process. As unfortunate as the drought has been for crop and livestock producers, it might be the wake-up call the food industry needs to take sustainability more seriously. Good luck during harvest, and my thoughts are with those who will not have a crop to reap this year. Back to news


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The following crimes are from the week of March 10 to March 16, 2013.
March 11. 8000 block Cherokee Street. Complainant states that someone took a silver floral draw string bag from table where she was sitting. The following items were taken: one Visa card, Pa. Driver's License, blank check, an iPhone 4S. Reported at 10 p.m. on March 8.
March 11. 8000 block Cherokee Street. Security guard states that someone stole two MacBook Pro Laptops, 1st serial number WD024DJACTM and 2nd serial number W8024DPZATM.
March 12. 500 block W. Willow Grove Ave. Complainant states that a black male, 21 to 25 years old, small build, mustache, beard, eyeglasses, wearing a gray hoody and dark tan pants, stole four book bags containing four 13" MacBook Laptops, Serial numbers CO2FW02DH26, W892643J66H, W80243MSATM and W8024DNDATM.
March 12. Unit block E. Summit Street. Complainant states that between 10:30 p.m. on March 8 and 8:30 a.m. on March 9, someone stole change and insurance card from vehicle in driveway.
March 14. 8700 block Germantown Ave. Complainant states she observed a black male, 50-ish, 5'9" tall, wearing a black knit cap and camouflage khaki pants, put a bottle of Sterling vodka into his inner jacket pocket and leave store. Complainant asked him to return bottle and male stated he did not have anything and walked out.
March 15. 8000 block Stenton Ave. Complainant states that her friend and another person were in her house and the other person stole clothes, lotion, shoes, boots and underwear. Reported at 3 p.m. on March 14.
March 16. Unit block E. Sunset Ave. Complainant states that around 8 p.m. on March 15, she heard a loud noise and on the 16th discovered that a window in the porch area was open and wooden bench on porch was broken. Metal milk jugs were moved around. No entry was gained to home.
Summary – Seven crimes for week: one burglary, one retail theft, one theft from vehicle and four other thefts.
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Titanfall Alpha Sign-Ups Now Open for Xbox One
With a launch less than two months away, Respawn is looking to get some early feedback on its upcoming multiplayer shooter, Titanfall. The good news is, you'll be able to help the developer out by participating in the alpha.
Invites were sent out via email to a select group of potential applicants announcing the alpha, but even if you didn't get one, you'll still be able to sign up. All you have to do is log in with your Origin account, and you'll be added to the pool of possible early birds, too. Once you've applied, the prompts state those chosen will receive more information via email on how to download and play Titanfall on the Xbox One.
The alpha is currently only planned for the Xbox One version of Titanfall, though the PC and Xbox 360 will also be getting the anticipated new IP. Curiously, the Xbox 360 version has yet to be seen by anyone publicly, with Respawn focusing on the Xbox One version to this point. Not that that's a bad thing... for Xbox One owners.
Those of you with Xbox 360s eagerly anticipating all the action you've been seeing in previews and videos still have no idea how it will translate. We still don't even know what developer is working on the 360 version, as Respawn has been solely focused on the PC and Xbox One versions. It's a shame because there's a huge audience out there that has no idea what the game everyone is so hype for will look like on their consoles. There's not much time left for Respawn to show off the Xbox 360, but at least those of us with Xbox One's can look forward to hopefully taking part in the alpha when it begins.
Titanfall is due out on March 11 for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.


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August 9, 2010
District 4 - Oakland
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Oakland – Caltrans today announced that work has started on the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel on State Route 24 in the Oakland Hills. The four-year, $394 million project will relieve traffic congestion for more than 150,000 commuters daily and is partially financed ($197.5 million) by President Obamas American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project is beginning sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggers efforts to expedite Recovery Act funding.
"We went to the federal government and secured Recovery Act funding to jump start this project," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "This project is a perfect example of creating jobs for hardworking Californians while improving California´s transportation infrastructure."
The project will link Orinda to Oakland. When completed in 2014, the new northern bore and the existing northern bore will carry westbound traffic, while the two southern bores will carry eastbound traffic.
"The new configuration will eliminate the need to reverse the traffic direction in the existing center bore twice a day to accommodate morning and evening commuters, " said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
The project is a partnership between Caltrans, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, and the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency. In addition to Recovery Act dollars, the Fourth Bore Project is funded with other federal, state, regional, and local funds.
"Voters in Contra Costa County made this project a reality when they passed Measure J," said Maria Viramontes, Chairperson of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. " Measure J provides nearly 30 percent of the project´s funding. Without it, there would be no Fourth Bore Project."
The key feature of the second major construction contract is the Battery Tunnel, one of two short tunnels that will enhance the connection between the Presidio and Crissy Field. The top of the tunnel will ultimately provide a connection between the upper Presidio and Crissy Field area with new pathways and pedestrian and bicycle trails. In addition, a temporary bypass will be built that will allow traffic to flow unimpeded during construction. For more information about the Presidio Parkway Project, visit www.presidioparkway.org.
"This project will dramatically reduce congestion for Alameda County residents who make the reverse commute into Contra Costa County on weekdays, said Mark Green, Chairperson of the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency. "It will also help reduce backups on weekends when traffic tends to be less predictable."
Under Governor Schwarzenegger's leadership, California has obligated nearly $2.5 billion in Recovery Act funding to 946 highway, local street and job training transportation projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: http://recovery.ca.gov/


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Overview: Based on the multimillion selling Onimusha franchise, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is nothing less than epic. This time you fight as a young warrior named Soki, and your objective is to defeat the new warlord who is trying to gain complete domination.
Gameplay: Let me start off by saying you don't have to have any prior knowledge of the other releases in the Onimusha franchise. All you need to know is Dawn of Dreams begins fifteen years after the original trilogy. This time around you must defeat a different warlord who has similar objectives. It might sound like a regurgitated plot, but actually Dawn of Dreams is arguably the best release thus far. The updated camera angles and new characters make this game feel fresh. The battles are movie worthy, and the overall look is beautiful.
Graphics: As chewy as chicken teriyaki!
Sound: Dark and dramatic
Players: 1—2 (Co-Op)
Overall rating: 9 (out of 10)


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With the party conventions and the 2012 presidential elections inching closer and closer, the media has been reporting on the constantly changing horse race between former Governor Romney and President Obama in great detail with weekly national polls, petty arguments between the candidates, and the vetting of each other's pasts. Fed up with this coverage and the lack of attention to the real issues facing America, Obama and Romney have stunned the country today in announcing to join their campaigns and run together.
According to reliable sources within the administration, President Obama will make the official announcement tomorrow, telling reporters that Romney approached him about joining forces.
"The governor told me that he is sick of the division in the country and bickering over pointless, inconsequential issues. And in order to bring the country together and increase bipartisanship, we are joining forces," the president told reporters over the weekend. "Romney will, of course, run as my Veep," Obama continued to chuckles from the press, "but I am absolutely thrilled to have his advice, guidance, and counsel."
Since both Obama and Romney agree on almost every substantial and important issue, especially those with which a president has power over, rumors of joining campaigns have been circulating inside the Beltway for weeks. And top members of Congress, excited to finally move forward without gridlock, couldn't be more thrilled.
"I congratulate Romney and Obama for putting the interests of the country ahead of partisan fighting," Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said. "Their support for the NDAA bill, for torture, and the lack of concern for archaic notions of civil liberties shows that Washington is truly dedicated to fighting terrorism," Graham added.
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) sounded youthful as ever, saying, "I have applauded Obama's willingness to use military intervention around the globe in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Syria. And with Romney's promises to increase the military budget by $8 trillion, Iran is next." McCain spoke as he had his arm around Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke was also visibly excited, but showed a calm demeanor as he heaped praised on Obama and Romney.
"Instead of bickering over emotionally powerful, but minor, issues, we have two statesmen joining forces to allow the Fed to have unaccountable power to print money, bailout banks and politically-favored industries, devalue the currency, and manipulate interest rates," Bernanke said as he left his office on Sunday.
In response to this display of bipartisanship, Congressman Ron Paul has decided to run against what he calls the "Republicrat" Party. Fed up with the treatment Paul and his supporters have received from the leaders of the Republican Party, Paul has formed his own coalition against the Obama-Romney move.
In an intimate interview with economist Jim Grant, Paul made a final plea to the American people: "My libertarian views are pretty well-known, but now I am running solely under the platform of peace and the Bill of Rights. They are the War Party, we are the Peace Party...disaffected Democrats, frustrated Republicans, independents, Greens, and anyone who values constitutional rule of law now have a voice," Paul told Grant with a slight smile.
"Our coalition does not agree on everything, but we agree on what matters: and end to the American empire and a restoration of civil liberties."
While the Obama-Romney campaign currently has about 60% support among the American people, Paul's independent run has tremendous grassroots support and enthusiasm which should make this one of the most interesting presidential elections in recent memories.


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Grand Theft Auto Online's Launch Woes to Get Patched Today
Rockstar has sent out a press release earlier today, letting everyone know they were patching Grand Theft Auto 5's GTA Online problems.
As they say in the press release, GTA Online has had a series of technical problems since its debut on Tuesday, making it so that many players can't log into the game. In response, Rockstar has worked on an update that should fix some of these problems, if not all of them.
It's not unusual for an online game to experience many technical difficulties at launch, so it will take some time to iron out all of the wrinkles and get the game running smoothly for all players. But as of this writing, the update is live on the PlayStation 3, with the Xbox 360 update coming later in the day.
According to the press release, here are some of the updates from this afternoon:
- For PlayStation 3 users, a PlayStation Network server issue was detected that was limiting the amount of possible concurrent users. This was preventing most players from accessing GTA Online altogether and as of this morning, that problem was resolved.
- There is an issue that is preventing some players from getting through the first tutorial mission across both platforms. Many players have been able to get through this with repeated retries, and we are working on unblocking this for everyone as soon as possible.
- This morning, we experienced some instability across the GTA Online services which is affecting even people who have progressed beyond the tutorial mission. We are identifying these issues now and are working to restore stability for users as soon as possible.
- For the time being and until we have been able to get everybody access to GTA Online and things are running smoothly, we have disabled the option of purchasable GTA$ cash packs. Players can however keep on earning GTA$ by pulling off Jobs and other profitable gameplay activities rather than purchasing cash packs.


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OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.
This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
A quaint little historic church.
Watercolors by Jowanna Gosselin, Nina Toepher, Carol Summers and oils by Maeona Urban for fall and winter.
Also see the Permanent Exhibit by Yachats Arts Guild at Ona.
Toad Hall has affordable framed watercolor art by Carol Summers. Talk to Valeria. You can also find Summers' art in Yachats at Mari's Books, Drift Inn, Ona Restaurant the Visitor's Center and Touchstone Gallery.
The Yachats Commons is the community center in the heart of Yachats on the central Oregon coast.
"The Church of the Agate Windows"
Yachats Arts Guild invite you to enjoy the
photographs and paintings of the guild in an
ongoing exhibit at the Yachats Public Library
We are a community theater, organized into a nonprofit theater, from an old group called One of Us. We do two shows a year, usually comedies. Our board consists of eight members and they meet once a month. We use our extra funds to help community groups and individuals in Yachats.
Polly Plumb Productions (PPP) is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization that was formed in 2015 by Burgundy Featherkile and Linda Hetzler.
Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program (YYFAP) is a fun, supportive, nurturing, inspiring, active, inter-generational, community-minded program. Come join the fun!
The Yachats Arts Guild is an organization, based in Yachats, OR, representing artists working in a wide range of media and living on the central Oregon coast. Our mission is to promote and support the arts.


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The federal District Court in Fresno denied a legal effort by Chico's AquAlliance and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance to stop water transfers this year.
The transfers under dispute were a proposed package of transfers by San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority.
The decision was made Friday, and the court document can be found here: http://goo.gl/bQjS9O
AquaAlliance and CSPA argued through legal documents that federal environmental review was inadequate because new information was available on delta conditions; It is likely the transfers would harm smelt, a small fish that lives in the delta and is listed as threatened on the Endangered Species list, the suit alleged.
The lawsuit was filed against the Bureau of Reclamation, which found "no significant impact" in its environmental assessment of the transfer package.
AquAlliance.net director Barbara Vlamis said the courts, particularly in lawsuits calling to halt the water transfer, "gives major deference to agencies."
The court document, indeed, states in its concluding discussion that "courts should defer to the agency on matters within the agency's expertise unless the agency has completely failed to address a factor that was essential to making an informed decision."
When the lawsuit was filed in June, Vlamis said it was a "shot across the bow from our region that has been treated like a resource colony for south-of delta."
Friday, Vlamis said she was disappointed in the court's most recent decision, but things may change again during this dry summer, and more injunctions on water transfers may be sought by her group and others.
One of the underlying themes, she said, is that water transfers throughout the state take place for protection of permanent crops, mainly trees. "This is absolute insanity," Vlamis said.
For many areas, groundwater is being pumped in large amounts, "so we can grow more permanent crops in the desert," Vlamis said.
The recent denial by the courts does not stop the efforts by AquAlliance to halt transfers, she said.
"I believe we are on the right side of history here. It takes people standing up and trying to change the paradigm," for change to occur, she said.
Contact reporter Heather Hacking at 896-7758.


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|Irish Soda Bread and a few St. Paddy's Day decorations
Monday, March 19, 2012
A Weekend of Irish Weather: Steak and Stilton Pies and Soda Bread
4 comments:
- Mary Hirsch said...
Oh my goodness gracious......I was knocked out by your St. Patrick's Menu. I am going to go back and try again. I love Saveur and will dig up that old magazine copy. Didn't you use those bowls for your French Onion Soup? And, your Irish Soda Bread display.....beads and all. Fabulous. I'm already happu I subscribed to your Blog. Mary Hirsch http://www.lightsonbrightnobrakes.com/
- March 19, 2012
- Cher Rockwell said...
Absolutely beautiful - both the steak pie & the bread.
Will have to bookmark the steak pie - that looks like a perfect Sunday afternoon dinner option.
- March 20, 2012
I'm not quite sure how I stumbled upon your blog (Quinoa something I think?) but I love it! Coronado is my hometown (although I am there now only in my heart and 2x a year for visits) and I love reading/seeing your menus and pictures of the local spots (Love Leroy's!) My husband is from Ireland and I thought I might offer a belated dessert for your next St. Paddy's feast. The Chocolate Guinness Goodness"(www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Guinness-Goodness-234304)is absolutely divine and a great ending to an Irish themed feast!
- March 27, 2012
- HolliDe said...
WOW! These recipes - BOTH of them - sound ahhh-mazing! And I love your modifications to the recipes. I'd probably do it your way. Your photgraphic and culinary skills are so inspiring to me, mon amie... <3
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Mount St. Joseph Academy graduated four strong players from its 2010 golf team and has changed coaches as well, but the Magic's early-season opponents have found the eight-time defending league champions to be every bit as formidable as in the past.
With a league tournament and three different rounds of PIAA playoffs lined up at the end of the schedule, the Mount begins playing regular season matches just a few days after practice begins in mid-August just to fit everything in.
With last Wednesday's 219-258 victory over visiting Villa Maria Academy at the Philadelphia Cricket Club's Militia Hill course, the Magic's record in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies already stood at 5-0. Opponents have had a long time to get used to these outcomes against Mount St. Joe's, which went through the AACA without a loss for several seasons even before an official league tourney was instituted in 2003.
This season, the Magic already own non-league wins over Great Valley and Radnor High School. Radnor is always a formidable foe in PIAA District 1, so the Mounties were pleased to pull out a 211-219 victory last Tuesday on the Raiders' home turf at St. David's Golf Club. Central Bucks East, which defeated the Mount in the District 1 tournament last year and then easily won the state team championship, has graduated three of its top four players from 2010.
Mount St. Joseph's graduation losses have been mitigated by the arrival of a rising freshman star, Isabella DiLisio. She led the Magic to Wednesday's win over Villa by firing a one-under-par 35 on the Militia Hill front nine.
Senior Maeve Elliott carded a 45 in that match, and the Mount got a pair of 46's from juniors Jessica Malone and Nicole Mischler. Rounding out the Magic's official team score were 47's from another talented freshman, Maggie Schoeller, and from senior team captain Taylor Bair.
A 48 by sophomore Alison Snakard and a 50 by senior Liz Doyle were not included in the official tally, but their rounds were still better than most of the scores from the Villa Hurricanes.
Mount St. Joe's 2011 varsity roster also features senior Allison Platt, juniors Jane Black and Margaret Mary Reilly, and sophomore Emma Feeney.
At the position of head coach, the Mount has made a Celtic shift from Scot Andrew Marr to Irishman Michael Dean. Hailing from County Antrim in Northern Ireland, Dean has qualified in events on both the British and the U.S. PGA schedules. Coming to the States eight years ago, he began working as a pro at the Sunnybrook Golf Club near Lafayette Hill, and for the last five years he's been affiliated with Cedarbrook Country Club in Blue Bell.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — We don't normally delve into matters concerning rookies, not with our main and rookie guru Drew Packham already on the case.
But it's been brought to our attention, courtesy of Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk, that the No. 1 overall pick in the June Draft will not go into this season as everyone's early favorite to win Rookie of the Year honors.
The player muddying up that distinction is Summer League Co-MVP and Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, whose grind from unheralded recruit to the sixth pick in the 2012 Draft is success story that resonates from his roots in his hometown of Oakland and all around the basketball world.
We left Las Vegas with the U.S. Senior Men's National Team in July, so the only thing we saw of the rookies is what we learned from DP's extensive reporting and what we could gather from the games on NBA TV. The one guy we did see up close, the aforementioned No. 1 overall pick Anthony Davis, looked pretty dang good in London in helping the U.S. win Olympic gold. So while Lillard will be the trendy pick for many, we're going to stick with Davis as HT's pick.
That said, Helin makes an interesting case for Lillard:
When I saw him at Summer League in Las Vegas he clearly was not. He was an explosive athlete. He can and did score and there were moments you pictured a Russell Westbrook like attacker. But he also showed way more polish as a rookie than scoring guards like Westbrook and Derrick Rose showed.
What is more, he goes on to a team with LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicolas Batum, as well as some other veterans. He's got a guy on the wing and an All-Star in the post to play off. Guys he can feed for open looks, guys who create lanes for him because the defense can't help. Yes, the talent he has to face (particularly at the point) is substantially better at the NBA level than Summer League, but he is in a position to succeed.
That is, if he is given the green light. If the goal of the Blazers coaching staff is to control him and not let a rookie make decisions, he will be limited.
What about Anthony Davis, you ask? He's going to be very good, he is going to come in as a defensive force, and in a few years he is going to be the best player out of this class.
Davis is a long, shot-blocking, rim-protecting big man but to really be effective doing that at the NBA level — to be Tyson Chandler or Dwight Howard — he must get stronger. Guys will be able to physically overpower him right now. Plus, the pace of the game and what he will be asked to do defensively will be an adjustment.
And really, you don't win the ROY award by playing defense. You've got to score. And while Davis can finish around the rim and while he has some midrange game, he is not going to be asked to score much. Offense they get from him will be a bonus. Eric Gordon will lead this team on the offensive end.
Like everything else involving the 2012-13 NBA season, this race will have to play itself out on the floor. And just like the MVP race and the battle to unseat Kevin Durant as the league's scoring champ, there should be a bevy of contenders in the mix.
But none of them bring the intangibles Lillard does to the party. His humble beginnings, on and off the court, resonate with so many people that a hot start to his season under first-year Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts could generate the sort of buzz that pushes him to the front of the race right alongside our pick, Davis.


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Regular readers of my blog may know that over the last year I have made available a suite of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports that provide visualisations of the data in the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012 Catalog. Those reports are available at http://ssisreportingpack.codeplex.com. As I have built these reports and used them myself on a real life project a couple of things have dawned on me:
Hence I have decided to take a different tack with the reporting pack. Taking my lead from Adam Machanic's sp_whoisactive and Brent Ozar's sp_blitz I have produced sp_ssiscatalog, a stored procedure that makes it easy to get at the crucial data in the SSIS Catalog. I will spend the rest of this blog explaining exactly what sp_ssiscatalog does and how to use it but if you would rather just download the bits yourself and start to play you can download v220.127.116.11 from DB v220.127.116.11.
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog]
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog]
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] 6
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] 6
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs'
//Return all failed executions
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_status_desc='failed'
//Return all executions for a specified folder
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_folder_name='My folder'
//Return all executions of a specified package in a specified project
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_project_name='My project', @execs_package_name='Pkg.dtsx'
Under the covers sp_ssiscatalog actually calls many other stored procedures and functions hence creating it on your server is not simply a case of running a CREATE PROCEDURE script. I maintain the code in an SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) database project which means that you have two ways of obtaining it.
You can download the latest (at the time of writing) source code from http://ssisreportingpack.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/70192.
Hit the download button to download all the source code in a zip file. The contents of that zip file will include an SSDT database project which you can open up in SSDT and publish just like any other SSDT database project. You can publish to a new database or any existing database, even [SSISDB] if you prefer.
Maintaining the code in an SSDT database project means that it can all get packaged up into a dacpac that you can then publish to your SQL Server. That dacpac is available in a zip file that is downloadable from DB v220.127.116.11:
The zip file actually contains two dacpacs:
SSISReportingPack.dacpac is the one that contains sp_ssiscatalog however SSISDB.dacpac represents all of the objects in the SSIS Catalog hence is a pre-requisite and has to be bundled along for the ride. Simply unzip these two files into a folder.
Ordinarily a dacpac can be deployed to a SQL Server from SSMS using the Deploy Dacpac wizard however in this case there is a limitation. Due to sp_ssiscatalog referring to objects in the SSIS Catalog (which it has to do of course) the dacpac contains a SqlCmd variable to store the name of the database that underpins the SSIS Catalog; unfortunately the Deploy Dacpac wizard in SSMS has a rather gaping limitation in that it cannot deploy dacpacs containing SqlCmd variables. Hence, we can use the command-line tool, sqlpackage.exe, instead. Don't worry if reverting to the command-line sounds a little daunting, I assure you it is not. Simply open a command-prompt and cd to the folder containing the unzipped dacpacs:
or the shortened form:
remembering to set your server name appropriately (here mine is set to "(local)" ).
If everything works successfully you will see this:
And you're done! You'll have a new database called [SsisReportingPack] which contains sp_ssiscatalog:
Good luck with sp_ssiscatalog. I have been using it extensively on my own projects recently and it has proved to be very useful indeed. Rest-assured however, I will be adding many new capabilities in the future.
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This seems awesome. I'll try it out soon.
Jamie, can I request some functionality? We're trying to get SSIS 2012 jobs to email failure info, since the default sysjobhistory is, honestly, useless (we might be able to get it by changing the subevent type, then the logging mode, of the job step.
So I currently have the below code that will get the package that was run for a particular job/step (getting the actual job name will be done via tokens; I left placeholder code to find the most recent)
DECLARE @full_ssis_command VARCHAR(4000)
, @job_id UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
, @job_step_id INT
--get most recent failed SSIS package
SELECT TOP 1 @job_id = job_id FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory WHERE run_status <> 1 AND step_id > 0 AND message LIKE '%SQL Server Execute Package Utility%' ORDER BY instance_id DESC
--determine which job_step
SELECT TOP 1 @job_step_id = step_id FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory WHERE run_status <> 1 AND step_id > 0 AND job_id = @job_id ORDER BY instance_id DESC
SELECT @full_ssis_command = command FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps WHERE job_id = @job_id AND step_id = @job_step_id
IF @full_ssis_command LIKE '%.dtsx%'
SELECT RIGHT(LEFT(@full_ssis_command,CHARINDEX('.dtsx',@full_ssis_command)-1),CHARINDEX('\',REVERSE(LEFT(@full_ssis_command,CHARINDEX('.dtsx',@full_ssis_command)-1)))-1)+'.dtsx'
So, the next steps for me (and hence my request) would be:
* Having sp_ssiscatalog return only one result set, so that I can invoke it via sp_send_dbmail. It looks like I can do that by invoking:
EXEC ssisreportingpack..sp_ssiscatalog
@execs_package_name = @package_name,
@execs_status_desc = 'failed',
* Getting the full error message. I can query message from catalog.event_messages where event_name = 'OnError', and I'm using the underlying queries from the SSMS SSIS Dashboard to get a ton of info, but since yours is going to improve and mine will probably get to a happy point (for me) and stay there, I'd rather use yours.
Since the release of SQL Server 2012 I have become a big fan of using dacpacs for deploying SQL Server
13 days ago I wrote a blog post entitled Introducing sp_ssiscatalog (v22.214.171.124) in which I first made
Nice idea, and I really appreciate you taking the time to submit it - thanks.
Let me clarify though - do you want to get an error message (if one exists) when querying for a list of executions using:
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_status_desc='failed',@execs_package_name='Package.dtsx'
I'm not quite sure how that would work. If there are multiple executions returned, which one should it return an error message for? Are you suggesting (for example) that there should be an extra column that returns (say) the first error in the execution?
What is the best way to document an API ? Moreover, what is the best way to document a T-SQL API? Before
Dangit! Coworker just came across this post and heckled me - you asked a question about my request in November, and I never responded!
I did actually get something like my request working:
http://thebakingdba.blogspot.com/2012/11/sql-server-2012-ssis-getting-useful.html (and another version that uses SQL Sentry, so no extra job step)
Ideally, I'd call the sp_ssiscatalog as a "on failure" step, include the package name, and get back an email with the the messages from the failed execution set.
Right now, (unless I'm doing it wrong), I can either get all 5 results sets for a package, or all the failure messages for a package - but I can't get the failure messages from just the last execution.
(and I've added this to my RSS feeds, so I'll actually respond!)
hi mbourgon,
"but I can't get the failure messages from just the last execution."
I presume by "failure messages" you mean "events WHERE event_type='OnError""
Ok, so just let me just clarify something. Do you want to get the error messages for the most recent execution *without knowing the execution_id* of that execution?
Or, to put it another way, you want to say "I know my last execution failed. I don't know its execution_id and I don't want to have to go and dig around in order to discover it, simply show me the dang error messages!!!"
Am I getting close?
Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. For me as an ops guy, if I get woken by it at 2am, it needs to be very KISSable. And like I said, I've got my email job-step working, but obviously your code handles a bunch more variations than mine.
Thanks again!
Hi mbourgon,
I've just released a new version of sp_ssicatalog that (I hope) includes your feature request. Read more at https://ssisreportingpack.codeplex.com/releases/view/108938
Development of sp_ssiscatalog continues apace with a new release today (4th July 2013). In this release
I've also blogged about this release at http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2013/07/04/sp-ssiscatalog-v1-0-4-0-available-now-with-new-feature-view-most-recent-failed-execution-ssis.aspx
Since December 2010 I have been maintaining a suite of reports that can be used atop the SSIS Catalog
Downloaded and installed but when I run EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs' it returns an empty set. What am I missing?
Hi Thom,
Don't want to sound facetious but you do have some executions, right? Is there any data in select * from catalog.executions?
I don't have catalog.executions in ssidb or ssrsreportingpack and I'm not familiar with that table in another database.
You're going to have to trust me on this one, catalog.executions is *definitely* in SSISDB :) (its a view, by the way).
By chance did you mean internal.executions? No entries in it. The only schema in SSIDB is .Internal and the only schema in SSISReportingPack is .dbo
I don't yet see how tables are populated but do see one of my projects in Internal.Projects but I have over a dozen.
Oh. Was looking for a table. The view is there and no entries. So how does the table get populated? I ran multiple packages since installing.
You should always use catalog.executions rather than internal.executions, for two reasons:
-The SSIS team have promised they will strive to maintain backward compatibility for all objects in the catalog schema in future versions of SSIS. They have made no such promises about objects in the internal schema.
-The catalog schema implements a form of row-level security, ensuring that any consumer of the objects only sees data they he/she is allowed to see.
This is why sp_ssiscatalog only consumes from objects in the catalog schema.
My best guess as to why you see no data in there is that the data has been purged/cleaned up. Check the "Catalog Configuration" section of this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh479588.aspx for more info.
Hi Jamie,
I'm relatively inexperienced with the nuances of SSIS but when I read the article you referenced it talked about a "Integration Services Catalog" node. We don't have one and we're on SQL 2012. In reading further it is implied packages and projects are deployed with SSIS but we use TFS/BIDS. (makes me wonder why any project shows up) Article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg471509.aspx talks about 'Enable CLR Integration' and catalog.startup to automatically log on restart. I don't know what CLR integration is or how to enable. Cutting to the chase, Is it possible some installation or setup is required prior to utilizing your package? Is the method of deployment a factor? (SSIS vs TFS/BIDS)
Sorry about all the questions but didn't find any article which explains.
The Integration Services Catalog node should show up in SSMS's Object Explorer pane. Obviously you need to be using the SQL Server 2012 version of SSMS.
"Is it possible some installation or setup is required prior to utilizing your package?"
You do have to create the SSIS Catalog. When you expand the "Integration Services Catalogs" node in SSMS you get the option to do that (it is very easy).
"Is the method of deployment a factor? (SSIS vs TFS/BIDS)"
I don't really understand the comparison between SSIS & TFS/BIDS. SSIS is a product for moving data, TFS is a source control system, BIDS is the old name for the SSIS dev environment 9admittedly Microsoft do a errible job of naming their products).
To answer your question tho, no, the method of deployment does not affect the deployed package. There are a number of mechanisms to deploy packages (e.g. SSMS, PowerShell, command-line) but they all do the same thing under the covers.
Hope that helps.
Hello Jamie,
I now have the missing node and a plausible explanation of why I'm not seeing data. In SSIS 2012 you have a choice of using a project deployment model or package deployment model. The default is project deployment model. The first package I created, and the only one showing in SSIDB, was created using the project deployment model and all others were created using package deployment model. Since that first deployment the sole package showing in SSIDB was converted to package deployment model and is no longer being tracked by SSIS. It looks like in order to use your tools I will have to convert everything to project deployment model. That would be a real headache since we control them with config files instead of the parameters. I'll have to do some experimentation to see how big a deal it is.
Correct, my tools only work against the SSIS Catalog. In order to be using the SSIS Catalog then you need to be using the project deployment model.


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