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The House is gearing up for a battle over spending taxpayers money on sports sponsorship. The focus is on NASCAR but you cannot cut NASCAR without affecting all sports. The UFC recently inked a deal with the US Marines and many Mixed Martial Artists ("MMA") have been sponsored by Military divisions. If the measure passes these expenditures would cease.
Republicans are divided over topics that usually unite them (spending cuts, military and NASCAR) and the Democrats are excited to have the distraction. At the heart of the battle is the $80 million dollars spent on sports sponsorships and the return on that investment. The proponents say $20 million a race is way too much. While supporters of the sponsorship programs, like Army National Guard Director Lt. Gen. William Ingram Jr. say "the program is effective. " Without the draft, the Military needs to find ways to reach their target demographic.
There is no question that the Military's target demographic is watching NASCAR and UFC type events. The in-content exposure is valuable and hard to miss. When marquee brands like Nike are cutting TV and Print spending by 40% in favor of Team and Event sponsorships it seems like an odd move by the House to pressure the Military in exactly the opposite direction.
As the US Marines learned with their UFC deal, there are other valuable sports properties that allow the Military to reach its target demographic and not spend $20 million per event. The model in play with the UFC makes a ton of sense for The Marines. The Marines are getting in-content branding on the most sought after sports property around. They get interaction with the athletes, digital placement on the UFC's website and more.
Unlike NASCAR or other sports like Bull Riding, MMA also opens the door to real engagements with the target demographic. This engagement can go well beyond the recruiting phase too. We all have seen the UFC and Marine marketing program. The House should be looking at ways to get more for the expenditures. Ideas like:
MMA Athletes showing up during Basic Training to help during Combatives Training.
Military discounts on Merchandise and Tickets.
Armed Forces MMA Team – While on Active Duty the ability to train and compete at the amateur level (like they do with other sports like Boxing and Wrestling).
Veterans that were on the Armed Forces Team get immediate entry into TUF and their Pro card is paid for, in return they continue to represent their Branch of service. Guys like Brian Stann should be a sponsored athlete and a part of a program that helps transition the soldier athlete to a professional athlete.
Lifetime free entry in signature events like Grapplers Quest and NAGA for active Military and Veterans.
Ideas like those will only enhance the ROI. From a MMA perspective the price the Military allegedly spends on one race would fund all of the above programs for several years. Every service member will learn some form of hand to hand combat during their enlistment. There is no reason not to offer MMA as a Team Sport on the bases. The opportunity to enhance the return on investment has never been better.
The House needs to realize that it is less about how much they spend and more about how they spend it. If NASCAR has become too expensive then find other sport properties that reach the same demographic. If you can find sports like MMA that weave into the basic structure of current Military life then you can find others. You don't have to spend $20,000,000 per race to reach your target demographic. You don't have to kill off your marketing plans because one part of the plan has become too expensive. Just replace it. The sport of Mixed Martial Arts would welcome this budget and the branding would be dominant and active 24/7 like our Military.
K-Swiss Taps Out of MMA
K-Swiss the parent company of Form is exiting the Mixed Martial Arts landscape. Form was one of the few companies that had a true endorsement model and activated around the athletes and sport. According to the companies Edgar filings they bought Form in 2010 for $1.6 million and lost about $3.7 million before tapping out.
From their public filing:
13. Form Athletics
On July 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement ("Purchase Agreement") with Form Athletics, LLC ("Form Athletics") and its Members to purchase Form Athletics for $1,600,000 in cash. Form Athletics was established in January 2010 to design, develop and distribute apparel for mixed martial arts under the Form Athletics brand worldwide. The purchase of Form Athletics was part of an overall strategy to enter the action sports market, however, during the third quarter of 2011, the Company decided to no longer pursue operating in this line of business, as discussed below. Operations of Form Athletics have been accounted for and presented as a discontinued operation in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company was obligated to pay additional cash consideration to certain Members of Form Athletics in an amount equal to Form Athletics' EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 ("Form CPP"). The purchase price of $1,600,000 and the net present value of the initial estimate of the Form CPP was capitalized. The fair value of the Form CPP was determined each quarter based on the net present value of the current quarter's projection of Form Athletics' EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012. Any subsequent changes to the Form CPP was recognized as interest income or interest expense during the applicable quarter.
The acquisition of Form Athletics was recorded as a 100% purchase and the Form CPP liability was recognized and accordingly, the results of operations of the acquired business were included in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements from the date of acquisition. A trademark asset totaling $3,150,000 and goodwill of $539,000, were recognized for the amount of the excess purchase price paid over fair market value of the net assets acquired. The amount of goodwill that was deductible for tax purposes was $507,000 and will be amortized over 15 years.
At July 23, 2010, the acquired assets and liabilities assumed in the purchase of Form Athletics was as follows (in thousands):
Balance at
July 23, 2010
$ 39
Intangible assets
Total assets
$ 3,728
Current liabilities
$ 18
Form CPP
Total liabilities
Contribution by K•Swiss Inc.
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$ 3,728
Since Form Athletics began operating in early 2010, operating results prior to the Company's purchase of Form Athletics were not significant and pro forma information was not materially different than what was reported on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
During the second quarter of 2011, after a review of sales, backlog, cash flows and marketing strategy, the Company determined that its investment in the Form Athletics goodwill and trademark was impaired and recognized impairment losses of $3,689,000 (see Note 5) and reversed the Form CPP liability of $2,110,000, which was recognized as interest income.
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Media outlets ranging from The Wall Street Journal to all the top MMA websites have reported on the issuance of arrest warrants for several executives from the online gaming and poker sites such as Pokerstars.com and FullTiltPoker.com and that the government has shut down those URL's . The Mixed Martial Arts industry claimed "It's sponsors were shutdown" and one infamous agent said, "In the short-term, it will severely impact fighters' sponsor revenue, which traditionally matched their show pay for our televised clients. I would venture to say the poker industry is equal to apparel industry as the No. 1 sponsor of fighters outside the UFC."
We wanted to look into this situation and the billion dollar industry that will be impacted by these bans and the effects, if any, on the sport of MMA and the game of Poker..
A couple things that we need to make sure are clear: This is a US based ban that has a minimal impact on the overall international gaming market, and secondly, this is the US; these executives and companies are innocent until proven guilty.
The sponsors that the Mixed Martial Arts industry have been talking about are actually not the sites that have been taken down. The sponsor of the Mixed Martial Arts industry that is the most prominent is FullTiltPoker.net. The site that has been banned by the US Government is Fulltiltpoker.com. The difference is the .NET site is for entertainment and learning purposes and the .COM is the pay-for-play site. You would think that agent would know who his "number 2" sponsor is. That is, unless he did his deals with FullTiltPoker.com.
It is actually feasible to assume that the Full Tilt corporation will spend more in the US on its .NET presence since that is all they will be allowed to do. Many of the sites that are reporting on this story also earn income from the online gaming industry. I am not sure why or how they could misreport the information.
The Television lineup is still full of various cash poker games and anyone that can go to an Indian Reservation Casino or most of the Casinos in Las Vegas offer both electronic and live cash games. Many states have "poker rooms" that allow cash games and in houses across the US family and friends come together for friendly cash poker games. Poker is a game that dates back to the earliest settlers of this country. Poker is a part of America's history and future.
Full Tilt Poker is on record saying:
"Dublin Ireland (April 15, 2011) – Full Tilt Poker is saddened by today's charges against its CEO Raymond Bitar and offers its full support to Mr. Bitar and Nelson Burtnick.
Online poker is a game of skill enjoyed by tens of millions of people in the United States and across the world. And, Full Tilt Poker remains as committed as ever to preserving the rights of those players to play the game they love online.
Mr. Bitar and Full Tilt Poker believe online poker is legal – a position also taken by some of the best legal minds in the United States. Full Tilt Poker is, and has always been committed to preserving the integrity of the game and abiding by the law.
"I am surprised and disappointed by the government's decision to bring these charges. I look forward to Mr. Burtnick's and my exoneration", said Mr. Bitar.
Unfortunately, as a result of this action, Full Tilt Poker has decided that it must suspend "real money" play in the United States until this case is resolved. However, Full Tilt Poker will continue to provide peer-to-peer online poker services outside of the United States."
We tend to agree with Mr. Bitar's claims. While we cannot reasonably or responsibly talk about the legal issues these 11 executives are facing, as we said they are innocent until proven guilty. What we do know is that many of the greatest legal minds contend that poker is a game of skill not chance and therefore not technically gambling. I love the game of poker myself. I have played on FullTiltPoker.net and we have a family tradition where we all gather over Thanksgiving and have a Texas Hold Em Tournament.
Online gambling and online poker just got a lot less convenient in the US. The courts are going to be forced to determine if online gambling and poker should be legal and if legal, who regulates the industry.
If you're in the U.S., when you point your browser to any of those three gambling sites, you see a scary message: The U.S. government has seized the domain names of the three sites, preventing gambling transactions and anything else:
The Government claims that these businesses manipulated the banks in order to process these transactions (almost all of them conducted electronically) using wire transfers, credit cards and other means of commerce.
The problem gets a bit dicey when you realize that these three online gambling organizations are not based in the U.S. For instance, PokerStars' headquarters is on the Isle of Man, a self-governed British Crown Dependency located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. Here is an image of their headquarters.
Even if the US Government wins the judgement there is no guarantee that the Isle of Man or the other host countries where these business' operate and are based will comply with the US extradition request or asset seizure request. There is huge disagreement about the legality of online gambling. Not to mention the economic impact these small countries would feel if these large industries ceased to exist.
Are we supposed to believe the banks and credit card companies did not notice billions of dollars of transactions coming and going out of very small countries? Bank of America calls me if I use my card in a store that is outside of my normal shopping habits but they could not detect the billions heading to Ilse of Man or Costa Rica?
Since we are talking about US law and online gambling being illegal in the US, some questions obviously arise. The US Government is for the people, by the people, right? A recent poll of US citizens with over 3100 responses indicates the people are siding with the poker companies. 52% of those asked said online gambling should be legal and that it is a victimless crime, 33% said as long as it was regulated and only 15% said no. So 85% of the people polled feel as if online gambling should be legal and if we were asking them about poker only the percentage would be in the mid to high 90's.
Last but surely not least, Full Tilt Poker specifically is just a platform. The laws that are being violated if online poker is illegal are being broken by the users of Full Tilt Poker, not the company itself. If the Government prevails in it's case against Full Tilt and others, are the Internet providers who connect the users responsible? Or how about the poker table manufacturer? Full Tilt is not a wagering company or betting company. They are the virtual version of a Card Room; they merely provide a service to those who wish to test their skills against others for fun, prizes or money. It is duly regulated and licensed by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission.
The residents of the US seem to want to be able to play poker and gamble online and poker seems to be at its all time high in popularity. The few in opposition of the game and its legality should be reminded of Las Vegas. It was a relatively unregulated home to the Mob who handled and profited from the gambling industry. The US Government did not shut down Las Vegas, they cleaned it up and regulated it. The Mob was servicing millions of tourists (the voting public) and the Government found a way to keep them playing. Now Vegas represents a billion dollar industry.
For a company that has always found a way to brand itself (NSFW) in a industry valued in the billions we think the fight has just begun.
Or look at China. Some of Las Vegas's biggest "whales" came from Asia and specifically China. China took a small island that had historically been plagued with prostitution and some of the lowest numbers trade jobs in the region. It has been transformed to a Chinese Las Vegas. Many of the same casinos located in Las Vegas have locations there. It has become extremely successful and transformed the economy of the region.
The law makers and media do not need to worry about the MMA athletes who are sponsored by websites still operating and very much in need of promotion. We need to ask our Senate and Congress to try to find a way to do what the majority of the people want and legalize poker and online gambling. Virtual gaming will help our economy and could create jobs here in the US if we found a way to embrace rather than erase this business.
Jason Genet
Mixed Martial Arts Gold Mine?
We have been blessed to work with some amazing athletes and sponsors over the past few years. They both shared one thing in common, they gain exposure when they perform, and in that performance they have a 50% or greater chance to loose. Throughout this time in the sport of MMA, fighters complain that they do not earn enough and the sponsors claim to not be able to identify the return on investment (ROI) involved.
One of the big issues is that the athletes are usually too busy to market themselves correctly and do not have the right representation helping them find the time and tools to build their own fame outside of the events. The sponsors rarely activate the sponsorship and roll the dice on the event. Yet the athlete they are paying has little to no control over the event, if they show the sponsors logos or the very important walkout. Some brands have paid mid five-figures per fight to have their shirt worn during the walkout and post-fight coverage.
Many opportunities to engage the consumer and potential consumers are often missed or ignored and the activation is almost non-existent. The major promotions like the UFC regulate and restrict which sponsors are allowed and even charge the Brands a sponsorship participation fee. This fees can sometimes be in the mid to high five figures per year. They are not given anything that any other brand is given. You would think that this "tax" would increase the sponsors desire to get more for their investment. Instead it appears to have only reduced the amount the sponsors are willing to pay, made the sponsors focus more on if the event will be televised, and at the same time weeded out the small to medium apparel companies from the mix and removed their ability to support athletes. That is at least what they will have you believe. The fact is, many have just used this "tax" as a reason to leave the sport because they never developed an ROI.
We have brought in many non-endemic sponsors that are focused on the athletes and are willing to look at the events as "bonus" exposure while working with the athlete in a true endorsement fashion. One of the UFC's major sponsors, Bud Light and it's parent company, is arguably one of the largest Sports Marketing agencies in the world. They are also one of the most successful.
There is no missing the event involvement Bud Light has in place with the UFC. Their approach to their MMA Fight Team is less about big in-event placement on the athlete and instead more focused on outside the event endorsement. They use their athletes in their retail point of sale advertisements, use the athletes image and likeness in their bar and restaurant advertising, produce webisode series promoting the athletes and more. They make sure they ingrain their brand and athletes at every possible outlet and event. It may be argued that they provide equal or greater promotion of these athletes than the UFC does.
So what are some of the solutions? The first step is for the Brands to realize they are sponsoring and endorsing an athlete. They need to have a plan in place on how they are going to extract value from the sponsorship and utilize these athletes. Instead of looking at it as a billboard type logo placement it must instead be viewed as a relationship. They have to get beyond being a fan of the athlete because that will only lead to the most expensive Facebook photo in the world. Second, they need to activate around the athlete and his or her platform. Use the events these athlete's participate in as spikes in exposure and capitalize on the ability the events have to engage the target consumer but do not make this the be all, end all effort. The athletes and their team need to make sure they have a platform to offer. The brands need to try to coordinate and cross promote whenever possible.
As you can see Wrangler does a great job with this. They offer a wide array of their shirts with various PRCA and PBR sponsor logos on the shirt along with their Wrangler logo. I know MMA has to get away from having seven competing fight brands on one tee shirt and shorts before they can offer this type of merchandise. As you will see in the slide show below it is not just Rodeo either, many sports employ this model. You are also not tied to using all of the brands as you see with the Wrangler shirt above.
Here is the Official NASCAR Team DuPont Jersey.
And here is a NASCAR fan wearing the same jersey.
Obviously there are no competing brands on this jersey but you see various brands showcased and the primary brand DuPont is prominent. The fans buy these jerseys for the same reason they buy NFL, NBA and MLB apparel because it is authentic looking.
I recently moved to the Central Coast of California and on any given day you see a slew of Cyclists riding through the hills, coast line, and throughout town. I started to notice the majority of them are wearing authentic team apparel. Either Radio Shack has started sponsoring every cyclist in the world or once again we are seeing fans and practitioners of the sport seeking authentic apparel. Here are some examples –
Here is the Team Radio Shack cycling uniform.
Here is the Team using the uniform
And once again here is a fan who has sought, purchased, and is proudly representing the brand in the exact same gear.
This is not really a sport specific phenomenon. The fact is NASCAR, NBA, Soccer, MLB, NFL, PBR, PRCA, Motocross, Indy Car and more derive a considerable amount of revenue from this type of merchandise. The brands exposure is extended beyond the athlete, the event, and the athlete's platform and the marketing provided by the Brand. The exposure alone is a tangible return on the sponsors investment and having your brand worn by your target consumer or applied to your target consumers personal property becomes an extremely valuable proposition for the brands supporting these athletes and Teams.
The majority of the MMA industry is missing this market and opportunity. From the athletes to the brands no one seems to be making any replica merchandise. There is no doubt that there is a demand for these types of products. There is no doubt that in these tough economic times we need the sponsors to be more successful then ever before and at the same time find a way to extend the engagement beyond the events.
The managers and agents in the sport of MMA need to get out of the patch business and get into the brand building business. They need to build the brands of the athletes they represent and help guide the brands that support those athletes to successful and controllable engagements. If you are merely trading logos for dollars based on exposure you did not create you are on the path to failure for you and your clients.
The athletes need to look for ways to connect with the fans and extract value for the sacrifices made. Depending on events and televised exposure you can not and do not control is a recipe for disaster. You need to yourself or have other people helping you build your brand and increase your exposure even when you are not fighting.
Brock Lesnar's sponsor Death Clutch has offered replica walk out tees in the past. They seem to be one of the few brands or athletes offering such items. In the past you used to be able to buy the Overeem Replica Fight shorts. The issue with fight shorts is that unless you can kick ass like The Reem you probably should not be wearing his shorts. It is kind of like showing up to your first BJJ class with 20 sponsors on your gi.
Here is the Death Clutch UFC 116 walk out tee:
We have had one client that fought 9 times and 3 of which were in the UFC and he had earned just under $100,000 for 3 years of work and 9 fights that he won, his MMA earnings were predicated on when or if he fought. The same client is now a millionaire based on competing 3 times over two years. He has months where he makes $50,000 and has consistently has earned a monthly income from his endeavors in and out of the Octagon. The difference has been focusing on building his brand and finding ways for his sponsors to earn their ROI. He has both endemic and non-endemic sponsors alike.
The authentic and replica tee shirts are a great opportunity to increase your brand, your sponsors branding, and your income as an athlete. You can go to any size event and you will see merchandise similar to what you see here and in our slide show. If the athletes do not create these then the brands should. Even the video games strive to ingrain authentic sponsors on the in-game characters on both the THQ and EA Sports MMA games.
This should not be ignored and it very well may be the lowest hanging fruit in the entire MMA market. If you trained would you wear replicas of your favorite fighters shorts or rash guard?
I am sure just about everyone in the US has seen that NASCAR fan who has their personal possessions or vehicles with logos from the brands that support their favorite athlete.
Here is a slide show that shows various sport jerseys and tee shirts and the fans that wear them. It is easy to see the potential market that is out there. A lot of these fans are cross over fans and are fans of many sports.


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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are now available in the ASN. The modeling and representation of the NGSS is supported by ASN Member, TeachEngineering digital library. Here is what was done:
Prior to modeling the NGSS standards, the Framework for K-12 Science Education (Framework) was added to the ASN repository as a separate, referenceable document.
The ASN representation/layout of NGSS (via properties hasChild/isChildOf) follows the NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) View but the data accommodates applications wanting to display performance expectations by topic as well. We created a controlled vocabulary consisting of each NGSS topic (which can be downloaded/referenced here), and tagged each NGSS performance expectation with the appropriate topic tag. Applications can then use these tags to create an associated "Topic View" of the NGSS.
Each ASN NGSS performance expectation has been aligned to the appropriate Math and ELA Common Core State Standard (CCSS) per the NGSS Common Core Connections section. We've opted to align to the official CCSS URI and not to the corresponding ASN CCSS URI. The ASN CCSS data contains the one-to-one mappings to the official CCSS URI's so chances are, your system has already ingested them.
The three dimensions of Science Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Disciplinary Core Ideas have been captured in the ASN NGSS. All of these statements while not "Original" to the NGSS are "Derived" from the previously mentioned Framework document. Where known, ASN has linked these "Derived" statements back to the original Framework sections. These "Derived" statements contain a seeAlso reference to the identified PDF pages on the National Academies Press website as well.
While the three dimensions are not related hierarchically to any NGSS performance expectation (no hasChild/isChildOf relationships) they are linked via the ASN property, comprisedOf. comprisedOf states that the standard being described, comprehends or encompass, in whole or in part, the mearing, nature or importance of the standard being referenced. So in the case of NGSS performance expectations, each expectation is comprisedOf the various corresponding dimension statements. This horizontal linking of the dimensions to the performance expectations allows applications to create custom searches and views of the data like that found on the Next Generation State Standards website. An application can choose not to display the dimension statements by simply filtering out the "Derived" statements vs. "Original" statements.
For NGSS performance expectation, K-PS3-2, Use tools and materials provided to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on Earth's surface., we can see that it is comprisedOf of three statements (one from each dimension). The metadata for this ASN Statement contains the same three comprisedOf references:
Applications can find other NGSS performance expectations that are comprisedOf the same "Derived" Framework statements as well. For example, the following NGSS performance expectations share the common comprisedOf Framework statement - Sunlight warms Earth's surface.
If you need additional assistance or have further questions about the ASN, send us a message.
We have added a new Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) resolver to all our schemes. This makes it easier to browse and navigate through our various vocabularies like Education Level or Jurisdiction in a web browser. You can access the RDF for individual concepts by adding the ".rdf" file extension to any concept URI, or access the scheme's entire RDF file by visiting its URI.
Some examples:
ASN Jurisdiction - USA:
ASN Education Level - Middle School:
ASN Indexing Status - Yes (rdf):
You can view a running version of the sample code on JSFiddle.
*CORS support may vary between web browsers
We have enabled Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for all our ASN files (manifest and full RDF flavors). This allows web browsers to make requests that would otherwise be forbidden due to the same origin policy. For now, if you request _full or _manifest you receive a 303 redirect to where those files are stored in the cloud and you must use that URL for the request.
For example, you can now easily fetch an ASN manifest file directly with jQuery + AJAX:
Not all legacy web browsers support CORS so make sure to check prior to implementing.
We are proud to release ASN Search - a high throughput, low latency search API powered by the ASN open source dataset. This new web service enables free-text and faceted search with the ability to search and sort learning outcomes using any of the fields in the ASN metadata schema. We have taken the built-in power of ASN's "graph of learning outcomes" and wrapped it with an easy to use RESTful JSON API. ASN Search can integrate into any website or application that requires learning outcomes for meta-tagging, content correlation and/or data analysis. Try it out.

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My recent article Get to Know SQL Server 2012's SQL Server Data Tools prompted two questions to come to me via email and in the interests of sharing knowledge via search engines I thought I would answer them here rather than by simply replying by email (I hate that so much useful information gets trapped inside closed inboxes).
Question: How would you handle cases below, our main database has many objects already, we are using redgate source control to keep things under sourcecontrol but ssdt would be awesome. Our database has some invalid stored procs etc, unfortunately we do not want to drop them, underlying objects either don't exists or has changed etc There are linked servers or code referencing other objects stored in the database There are staging table named automatically in the database and we do not want to include them in the project and not drop them or touch them in a deploy
JT: The overall question here seems to be "how do we prevent SSDT from DROPping sprocs and staging tables that are in the target database but are not in the SSDT project?" Fortunately SSDT has an option within it to allow exactly what the questioner requires. When an SSDT project is published one has the option to set some properties relating to that publish. One of the settings is "DROP objects in target but not in project":
If that option is left unchecked (which is the default) then no objects will get removed from the target database.
Question: At my previous shop, I done a proof of concept with one of our databases, but never got it implemented as VS2012 (with SSDT) had not been released yet. Well, fast forward 9 or so months, and at my new shop (which is extremely agile) I've been tasked with setting up our db projects with SSDT so for the immediate short term goals/objectives we can;
3 days into it, and I've wrestled with 3 of our databases, reverse engineering them into TFS and getting them built etc. My question is, what are the best practices or guidelines for;
JT: There are quite a few questions there. Firstly I'll say that its great to hear of sandboxed environments and Continuous Integration (CI) being used – I openly advocate these techniques in my blog post Implementing SQL Server solutions using Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects – a compendium of project experiences.
Now, taking each question in turn:
Building and deploying your datadude projects within Visual Studio can become a real time hog; in my experience its not unusual for deployments to take many minutes and your Visual Studio environment will be unavailable for further development work during that time. For that reason I recommend investing some time in writing some msbuild scripts that will build and deploy your project(s) from the command-line.
Building and deploying your datadude projects within Visual Studio can become a real time hog; in my experience its not unusual for deployments to take many minutes and your Visual Studio environment will be unavailable for further development work during that time. For that reason I recommend investing some time in writing some msbuild scripts that will build and deploy your project(s) from the command-line.
I'll go further here and say that the script with which you use to build and deploy to your sandbox should be the same script as which you use for your production environment and everything in between. The script should take a parameter value to name the environment and then deploy appropriately.
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I'd probably argue that for the first question that they set those objects to "None" for build once they're in the project as well. That way they'll have the old code in version control, but can ensure that it's not being released to new servers. Any code pointing to it can also be deprecated because it won't work at all instead of partially working.
For the second person, your article at http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2010/07/21/a-strategy-for-managing-security-for-different-environments-using-the-database-development-tools-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx could also be helpful. (And I've got another small tweak to the "Role" portion of the script that I'll post there shortly.) For our team, we need to test our app with certain SQL Logins at this time. Those need to be released to the local servers and then run the permissions appropriate to each environment. If that person is in a similar situation, using those post-deploy permission scripts is very helpful. Of course, having the devs be a sysadmin on their local box may be the best/easiest solution.
Totally agree that situation #2 should be automated. Use SQLPackage or MSBuild to get that going and don't forget to get the latest release code before publishing. :)
So, what exactly qualifies as an "object"? It seems you're implying that Tables are classified as objects, what about stored procedures? What about constraints? What about indexes? What about views? What about logins?
@Tyler, to me anything in the project could be considered an object - tables, stored procs, constraints, views, logins. If there's a script/file for it, I was treating it generically as an "object". Set those to "Not in Build" and you'll still have the script that defined it, but won't try to work with it when you publish. It sounds like you might have a bigger question around this, though.
Jamie, could you advise whether there is a 2014 version of SSDT? or are we stuck with Sql Server 2014 and SSDT 2012?
@Marcus, VS2013 has SSDT built in and its own bits apart from those using the VS2012 IDE. (Also had a pretty quick hotfix applied to a recent build because the one included in the VS2013 update package ended up breaking builds. :) )
Because it uses the VS IDE to do its work, the "version" may not always seem to be in sync with SQL. MS doesn't have the same version numbers for VS and SQL so I don't know that those will ever line up perfectly, but as long as the internal bits still handle the appropriate SQL version, you should be fine. As it stands right now, the SSDT bits for VS 2012 and 2013 both support SQL 2005-2014 so you should be fine with either of those front-ends.
Cheers Peter, much appriciated
And for those following the thread, there is now quite a bit more granularity in SSDT Publish options as to what you can ignore/drop. It's definitely worth a look at the later updates. Check http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/ for the latest news and versions.


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I used it last night at my house on my wifi network and it worked fine. I just tried it right now over mobile data on the T-Mobile network and it is not working. When I try to sign in, I get the message "sign in failed. Please check your internet connection". Obviously my internet is working just fine....
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Hi all,
Can you please try it again to see if it works now? In which country are you located and which provider are you using?
Hi all,
Can you please contact your ISP to make sure that *.teamviewer.com is available from the mobile network? And can you please also try to make a hotspot with your mobile device and try a connection from the computer when the computer is connected to the hotspot?
I am having a similar issue on iPhone 6 (t-mobile) Using wifi, i can connect. Over cellular, it just says connecting without actually connecting
My Teamviewer has stopped working from my Android device over T-Mobile within the past several days/weeks. Works alright if I disable data and rely solely on Wi-FI.
Hi all,
Can you please try it again to see if it works now? In which country are you located and which provider are you using?
I'm using Tmobile and it was working fine before on Tmobile but now I've to use wi-fi everytime I need to connect to my laptop at home. I tried both from Andriod and iOS devices.
I live in Chicago, IL and using the same laptop and T-Mobile from the same location.
This is the msge I get everytime I try to connect directly "A connection could not be established please check your internet connection". My data on my phone working greate.
Please help!
Hi all,
Can you please contact your ISP to make sure that *.teamviewer.com is available from the mobile network? And can you please also try to make a hotspot with your mobile device and try a connection from the computer when the computer is connected to the hotspot?
I have the same issue as this customer.
Im on t-mobile. i am from chicagoland area. I have an iphone 7 plus. I have version 12.1.76106 CL of the IOS App for Teamviewer. I am on IOS version 10.2.1. I am using LTE wireless data (this seems to be important) My hotspot is not on.
Here is what I have troubleshot so far.
This all started after that last server downtime/update teamviewer announced. (not saying thats cause, just that it started after that) Teamviewer has always worked for me on my current phone, current, IOS, and current carrier before. I cannot confirm if I have the same Teamviewer Build that it worked on as my phone auto updated IOS apps.
When I try to log into my account over wireless LTE I see "Operation Failed. Please check your internet connection and try again"
If I try over Wifi it works.
If i turn off LTE in settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options > Enable LTE > Off and force 4G everything works.
If I gain an active connection to a remote PC through the app over wifi or 4G and then switch my phone back to LTE the connection stays active and I am able to manipulate the remote PC without any time out.
If I close the connection (that i activated over wifi/4g and swapped over to LTE) then it brings me back to a blank blue computers screen in the teamviewer app.
I can turn off my phone or go on airplane and back or close the app or double tap home and slide the app up close. none of that matters when i go back onto the teamviewer app over LTE I will get a blue window with nothing on it on the computers tab of the teamviewer app.
If i go to settings and sign out. I will then see the normal login page on the Computers tab but when i enter my credentials i get, as stated above, "Operation Failed. Please check your internet connection and try again"
I am a Tech Advisor for a software company that troubleshoots high level excalated calls all day. I would be happy to help in any way with figureing this out.
In the mean time, i can still switch my phone over to 4G and everything works when I need to connect in a pinch but obviously this is not ideal.
I'm on Android and on Tmobile. Teamviewer hasn't worked properly since about 2 weeks ago or so.
Please work with Tmobile to get your software working on their network again. Thank you.
Using Samsung Galaxy note 5, note 3, and s7 edge. Non of them work as well on tmobile data. I tried logmein and logmein works fine.
I am in Chicago. Teamviewer is not working on T Mobil network. I spoke with T Mobil and they said it should work over thier network. They instructed me to ask the app developer if they are restricting cellular data and making the app only work over WiFi?
If any of you have iphones (not sure if you can do this on android) can you try switching to 4g and trying it like I did.
Over LTE Teamviewer does not work, but over 4G it does. SO obviously the T-Mobile cellular network works.
Its something about Teamviewer trying to connect over LTE
Here are my instrctions from above:
If i turn off LTE in settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options > Enable LTE > Off and force 4G everything works.
Update--- what I wrote above does not seem to be consistant.
On saturday night 4/22 at 11pm central timeteamviewer worked over LTE to get to the computers select screen and allow me to connect but its back to never working again.
Yesterday at lunch 4/26 at around 11:30 central time LTE and 4G did not work. (4g has been consistantly working for me) I had to go back into a wifi signal range to get to the computer select screen and connect to my PC, once connected I was able to go out of range and keep the connection open over LTE no problem as long as I didnt disconnect.
4g appears to be consistantly working again.
Yes I am having this issue as well. Teamviewer should be working actively with T-Mobile, clearly the affected carrier here, to resolve the issue.
Sorry I meant to imply that it's Teamviewer's responsibility to work with T-Mobile to resolve this issue. I don't know if they actually are though :(
Hi to all,
After changing the infrastructure, with the change of the IP addresses for TeamViewer, there have been some missed alignments and various issues by some internet service providers (ISPs)
They have come to Italy, Israel, the United States, China and others: all have been solved by the reference ISP; for these TeamViewer I believe has directed the various service technicians to circumscribe and solve the abnormal cases.
Among the various tests requested, to which the community contributed, were:
- verify reachability master1.teamviewer.com ... up to master12.teamviewer.com (via ping);
- Routing at least on first server master1.teamviewer.com (cmd -> tracert master1.teamviewer.com);
- cleaning the device cache;
- reading TeamViewer log files on some devices.
In some cases, after resolving the problem by ISP, some customers had to disconnect and reconnect their home routers to get a new IP assigned to them.
I personally do not think TeamViewer is happy with the lack of use of its product; Just as I do not really believe that T-Mobile wants to limit the use of its own band (more you consume ... more you spend).
I'm really convinced that this is a mere technical problem and that TeamViewer and T-Mobile are at work to understand and solve it.
Do you agree? Can you run some of the tests listed above?
Same issue like others, the app worked fine until suddenly after last update stopped.
The app works fine over wi-fi, tried to test the web addresses suggested in other posts, with result web page is up and running. switching to lower network speed does not fix the issue.The app developer needs to fix the issue. The app is working fine on a different network(AT&T). maybe it has to do something with IP6 address on my phone.
maybe it has to do something with IPv6 address on my phone.
Please fix it.
the whole purpose of the app is to have access to my computer when I'm not using Wi-Fi
Hi all,
Thank you for your contribution in this thread :)
I double checked the issue with our development.
The provider has a problem to connect to our servers when LTE is activated (as you can see in some previous posts, a workaround at the moment is to disable LTE).
So the provider has an ISP issue and they have to make sure that they can connect to our servers and they have to set *.teamviewer.com on their whitelist.
We already reached out the provider and we kindly invite you to get in touch with them and ask them to grant you this access.
It seems to fix the problem on my Tmobile s7 edege after apply "reset to default" under Access Point Names.
Same issue here:
iPhone 7 with T-Mobile, in Chicago.
Doesn't work on LTE, but works on WiFi.
Disabling LTE doesn't seem to work for me.
Logs show multiple timeouts (first occurence is to master2.teamviewer.com:5938)
This is quite upsetting. Please fix.
Hey everyone, everythings been working for me all weekend and today over LTE.
How about the rest of you? we all fixed?
Working again for me
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Hey everyone, everythings been working for me all weekend and today over LTE.
How about the rest of you? we all fixed?
Hi all,
The issue should be fixed - I could already read, that most of you do not have the problem anymore.
Is here someone who still has problems with the connection?
Working here as well!
Thank you.
Just wanted to add my 2 cents that it's not working for me either. The workaround of turning off LTE does indeed work, as does going to WiFi. It just doesn't work on T-mobile LTE.
It worked for a few weeks on T-Mobile in the Los Angeles area for me but then stopped working again about the end of June 2017 and still isn't working as of now (end of July 2017). The app just keeps trying to connect to partner if on cellular network, but on wifi it works just fine. Is there a solution to this or what was changed since May 2017 that has caused it to crash again?
The issue was resolved temporarily for May 2017, but it is not working on cellular network for those of us on T-Mobile once again as of about the end of June 2017. Can you look into what you did in May to get it working?
This issue is still ongoing. I just got off the phone with T-mobile support and they have confirmed that *.Teamviewer.com is whitelisted. The issue first appeared for me when I got my new Galaxy S8 so I thought it was a device issue. However when I saw that it was happening for both Android and IOS, I knew this was something bigger. Here are the troubleshooting steps I've taken:
Lastly I emailed a copy of the event log from my phone to email@example.com. Please have your developers review this. The app keeps stating to check the Internet connection but the teamviewer app is the only application I have installed that can't seem to detect the mobile network.
Just to follow-up on this situation. I contacted both Teamviewer and Tmobile. The application logs state that Tmobile is blocking port 5938 which was confirmed by Teamviewer support. I passed this information along to Tmobile and they escalated it with a ticket. However I receive a voicemail 2 days ago stating they would not be unblocking the port with no explanation as to why it was blocked in the first place.
I don't know how many people on Tmobile use Teamviewer but unless a large number of people start screaming, the app will become almost useless. :manmad:
I fixed my problem by cellular data not working for my iPhone , because I moved to Fido before a week. I found a online guide about the cellular data not working and it worked for me.
Source: https://www.howtoisolve.com/fix-iphone-cellular-data-not-working/
in setting you need to put data for teamviewer ON
I used it last night at my house on my wifi network and it worked fine. I just tried it right now over mobile data on the T-Mobile network and it is not working. When I try to sign in, I get the message "sign in failed. Please check your internet connection". Obviously my internet is working just fine....
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The governor's remark revealed in a recording Tuesday instantly drew comparisons to the comment that haunted former Republican candidate Mitt Romney's bid for president last year and prompted harsh criticism from those seeking to unseat LePage in 2014.
Independent candidate Eliot Cutler said LePage's statement was "patently false and insulting" and demonstrated why LePage is not worthy of leading the state.
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Help with implementation of Leslie's library corps - feasability study is done, it just needs to be set up.
Team Members
Becca Montaño-Smith, Tracey Hughes, Erica Wilder, Amy Whitney, Alys Jordan
- Implementation plan for initial phase of LibraryCorps
- Plan for subsequent phases of a more comprehenisve LibraryCorps
- Poster presentation that successfully "sells" ALA membership on the value of this unique volunteer corps
Feasibility Study for a Library Corps
Possible models for volunteer+library matching service:
- Library Consultants Directory Online - "an online directory for libraries and library consultants"
- freecycle - "a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns"
- craigslist - "local community classifieds and forums - a place to find jobs, housing, goods & services, social activities, a girlfriend or boyfriend, advice, community information, and just about anything else -- all for free, and in a relatively non-commercial environment"
- Rhode Island Community Jobs - "a public e-mail announcement list that seeks to connect non-profit and public interest employers in the state with individuals seeking paid work that makes a difference in our communities"; from the Swearer Center at Brown University
Progress Report
- early February: feasibility study received and reviewed by team members
- February 25: BaseCamp account set up to help manage project
- March 8: 5-way conference call to discuss changes and additions to the project plan; additional tasks assigned; self-imposed weekly Friday deadlines for smaller tasks and reviewing new material added to BaseCamp by other team members
- March 26: work continues on survey to solicit feedback on the Library Corps concept from a wide range of people across the field
- April 26: conference call - survey set aside, to be included in marketing plan for Library Corps; team leader divided work up into 5 key elements to help team members think about the individual pieces necessary to reach the final goal of a coherent poster project; key elements were assigned and divided up by team members, to be worked on individually then submitted by May 7 in preparation for the next conference call
- May 10: conference call to discuss individual contributions to poster project (key elements assigned during last conference call); some of the same issues are coming up again for discussion, i.e. differing visions of how the Library Corps would work, level of control, who can be included; looking at the Library Corps as a phased project allows us to see how these many visions may be incorporated or considered for inclusion during different phases of the project; ultimately we are only making recommendations for implementation; having all these different points of view on the project, if they can all be respectfully considered and incorporated, will give us a rich and multi-faceted plan that we hope will speak to many members of the library community; work continues on individual key elements before the next conference call, scheduled for Wednesday, May 16
Team Mentor
Cheryl Bryan, Assistant Administrator for Consulting and Continuing Education, Southeastern Massachusetts Library System
Staff Liaison
Keith Michael Fiels, Executive Director, American Library Association


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Mohammed Salim Ansari, Vijay Mohan Jadhav and Mohammed Kasim Hafeez Shaikh were given the sentences a day after their conviction for the attacks in July and August last year which triggered worldwide headlines and reignited anger about women's safety in India.
"This court has to take a stern view of crimes against women so that a proper message is sent to society," Judge Shalini Phansalkar Joshi told a packed hearing of the sessions court in south Mumbai.
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Talk about youthful exuberance.
Week 33 was ruled by youngsters, with all five of the AT&T Goal of the Week candidates being some of the younger players in the league. Jack McInerney, Kekuta Manneh, Jalil Anibaba, Nick DeLeon and Kalif Alhassan all provided impressive goals this past week and who will win the award will be decided by you.
The 'Caps rookie is up for the award after finishing off a sweet tic-tac-toe passing play for his second of three goals in a 4-1 win over Seattle on Wednesday. The result propelled Vancouver to a record fourth Cascadia Cup title.
Cast your ballot for your favorite goal before voting ends! The winner is determined by the total number of votes cast online and via text and will be announced on Friday.
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In its ongoing drive to attract value-conscious diners, Miami-based Burger King is introducing a French Fry Burger to its dollar menu starting Sept. 1.
A French Fry Burger?
Said a Burger King rep in an email: "The offering includes a savory flame broiled beef patty topped with crunchy Burger King french fries, crisp lettuce, ketchup and creamy mayonnaise all on a warm toasted sesame seed bun."
It looks like a basic hamburger topped with four fries, although the classic burger is dressed with just kethcup, mustard and pickle. The new burger has 360 calories and 19 grams of fat, according to The Associated Press.
A classic Burger King burger has 240 calories and 8 grams of fat.
I'm not sure I get it, but Burger King must know what it's doing.


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Simbioscity: You won't find the definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The word describes the business Denise Grabowski founded in 2011 and reflects her creativity and dedication to collaboration and sustainability, beliefs that characterize her business and philosophy.
"It's a made-up word," said Grabowski, a Georgia native and Savannah resident for 17 years. "Parasites take something from another to their detriment. Symbiotic organisms work together collaboratively, and it benefits both of them.
"With all the challenges communities face, rather than working against one another, if we can find a way to collaborate, have a common vision and dialogue and not compete … everyone is better off. That's the philosophy of what I do."
Grabowski gained a love and appreciation for the natural environment growing up in the Peachtree Corners area of Gwinnett County where her parents still live. She began designing things in her father's workshop and took part in home improvement projects such as building a retaining wall or a bridge across the creek in their back yard.
She worked in the yard with her mother, who is a master gardener.
"I grew up in the woods and played out in the creek, sort of a tomboy," she said. "I always loved being outdoors, which got me thinking about environmental engineering."
"I got it into my head that it would be cool to be a civil engineer," said Grabowski, "and wanted to design bridges."
Georgia Tech was just 20 minutes down the road, but wanting to stretch her wings, she chose the dual-degree program at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
"I could go three years to Furman and two years to Georgia Tech and get a degree from both."
After suffering through the first three calculus and physics courses, she changed directions. Furman had an individualized curriculum program where you could design your own major, so that's what she did. In 1994, Grabowski was the first person at Furman to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in environmental science.
Furman now has a formal environmental science degree program.
After graduation, she joined AmeriCorps, the domestic service program that's similar to the Peace Corps.
"I was thinking about joining the Peace Corps, but this was closer to home," she said. "It paid very little, but had an education bonus that provided tuition assistance for graduate school."
During her year at AmeriCorps, she worked with the National Resources Conservation Service in Marietta, was a volunteer naturalist at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell and worked with schools building outdoor classrooms and nature trails.
"A lot of it was very physical labor, which I enjoyed," she said.
She also worked on the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program under the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. She got her first exposure to city planning working as a research intern with the Atlanta Regional Commission, the regional planning agency for Metro Atlanta.
While she was working on the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program, Chatham County got a grant to start a local AAS program. The state coordinator passed Grabowski's name along, and, at 23, she was hired as the water quality planner in 1996.
"I jumped at the chance to move to Savannah," she said.
She moved by herself into an apartment on Whitaker Street across from Forsyth Park.
"Going from suburban Atlanta to that was a totally different lifestyle," she said. "I could walk or ride my bike to work or to the grocery store. I had this park that was my front yard. That is what really got me started thinking about urban planning … and the way our cities were designed and built. Why aren't there more places like this?"
With a new interest and direction, she left her job in 1998 and returned to Atlanta and Georgia Tech. She considered landscape architecture but chose city planning instead, earning her master's degree in city planning from Georgia Tech in 2000.
While attending graduate school and during the summer, she worked as an intern for the city of Port Wentworth. After graduation, she was hired as the principle planner for Port Wentworth and worked on their award-winning master plan. She spent two years there and another two as a senior planner for Effingham County.
While at Port Wentworth, Grabowski worked with Forrest Lott, one of the founders of Lott + Barber Architects, on the city's master plan. Through that connection and after a series of conversations, she left Effingham County and was hired in 2005 as Lott + Barber's director of community planning.
Her first project was the Rice Hope Development in Port Wentworth, based on the master plan she helped develop.
At Lott + Gardner, she developed a passion for green building.
"So much of the natural environment is heavily impacted by the built environment," she said. "It was … a natural connection for me to be interested in green building as a way for the built environment to respond responsibly to the natural environment in which we live"
After seven years with Lott + Barber, she decided to go out on her own.
"Lott + Barber is a great company, and we still team together on projects," said Grabowski.
During that time, she became very involved in volunteer work with the U.S. Green Building Council and was one of the founders and a past chair of the Georgia chapter and now serves on one of the national committees. USGBC is the national nonprofit organization that developed LEED, the green building rating system.
She is on the Healthy Savannah steering committee, the Community Council for Savannah Technical College, Friends of Massey and was elected to the Georgia Planning Association Board of Directors. Last year she co-founded another nonprofit, Designing for Health.
"Lott + Barber was very supportive of my volunteer work, but I wanted to be in a position where I could be as involved as I liked and have the freedom and flexibility to pursue a new or emerging field. But I also wanted to be responsible to my employer," she said.
Her husband's deployment to Kuwait was the final clarifying point. She left Lott + Barber, started Symbioscity in January 2011 and moved into an office with a view of Ellis Square at ThincSavannah.
Grabowski continued to work on Lott + Barber projects as a sub/consultant and developed her own clients.
"A lot of work I have even now is through contacts, who you know. I love doing volunteer and community work, and it's a great way to meet people you would not have otherwise met."
A lot of Symbioscity's projects involve public or community involvement. One such project she worked on while at Lott + Barber was Sustainable Fellwood, which transformed what had been a negative for the community into a vibrant neighborhood.
"It's one of those projects you feel really good to be involved in," said Grabowski.
Her clients include local and state government institutions and both private sector and nonprofits.
"I enjoy the diversity of doing both physical planning and policy work."
She recently finished a project developing a training program funded by a grant from the EPA for the Office of Children's Health, led by the Georgia Conservancy and assisted by Mother's and Others for Clean Air (Atlanta) and the USGBC-GA.
Starting her own business was a good move.
"I don't regret it for a moment. The flexibility and freedom are great," she said. "I can choose a project based on whether it makes sense to me."
Grabowski recently was named to the Georgia Forward "Young Gamechangers" class of 2012-13, an annual program that brings together 30 young innovative doers and thinkers to tackle a specific policy challenge. What role can Symbioscity Play in Savannah?
"Savannah has so much potential," said Grabowski. "In 17 years, I have seen it change dramatically. We can work to make the places we live and work better … for everyone. In my work, I always try to look at things from diverse perspectives and work with people with diverse perspectives as well.
"We have to be more responsible about the way we think about the natural environment," she said. "It's not 'Us vs. the Natural Environment'. We are the natural environment. We are all on the same planet, and the planet is getting smaller every day. I want to leave things better for my children and grandchildren. Savannah is ripe for those opportunities."
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Ever have prospects fill out your state and country fields as Alabama and Afghanistan? Either those are the most populous state/country or people just pick the first option. If you want to skip those fields on your forms altogether, Pardot can now auto-fill Country and State on a prospect record based on GeoIP information. The added data is filled in after a form, landing page, or form handler completion by a prospect.
You can enable the feature by going into your account settings and checking the box for Auto-fill Prospect Location Data from IP Address.
When data is automatically filled into the state or country field, you will see globe icon appear next to that data in the prospect record.
- The format is country name and state/province two-letter code (e.g. GA for Georgia)
- We do not fill in State for any non-US or Canada IP addresses. For those visitors we will only append country.
- We will not automatically fill in these two fields if any location data is already filled in for the prospect; this includes the Address One, Address Two, Country, State, City, and Zip fields. This prevents any possibility of address data not matching (e.g. you already had state info on a prospect but they visit your site from another country while on vacation).
- Since we use the IP address of the prospect, it may not always be 100% accurate. The prospect may be accessing your site while traveling, in another state or country. Also note that the IP address is of the prospect's actual location. The headquarters of his or her company may be in a different location.


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Cain placed on 15-day disabled list
ATLANTA -- Reversing an announcement made earlier Sunday, the Giants placed right-hander Matt Cain on the 15-day disabled list, scrapping their plans to start him in Monday's series opener at Pittsburgh.
Right-hander Jake Dunning will be recalled from Triple-A Fresno on Monday to fill Cain's spot on the active roster, vice president and assistant general manager Bobby Evans announced.
Evans responded affirmatively to a question in a text message asking whether the Giants reconsidered Cain's physical condition.
Cain was scratched from his scheduled start against San Diego last Tuesday when he cut the tip of his right index finger while trying to make a sandwich. Yusmeiro Petit replaced Cain and threw six shutout innings. In the following days, all indications were that Cain would rejoin the rotation Monday. On Sunday, he officially was named to start Monday. Cain said that he would be able to pitch without restrictions, a statement that was affirmed by Giants manager Bruce Bochy.
Cain's DL assignment is retroactive to April 24.
The Giants might consider filling Monday's vacancy with Tim Hudson, who would be working after receiving his regular four days' rest due to last Thursday's off-day. Using Petit again was another alternative.


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Reye's syndrome
Reye's syndrome is a rare but serious illness that is associated with the use of aspirin in children under the age of 18. Reye's syndrome causes swelling in the liver, and in the brain.
No one is really sure what causes Reye's syndrome. And, although Reye's syndrome is linked to the use of aspirin and medications that contain acetylsalicylic acid, kids who get it may also have a metabolic disorder. Most cases of Reye's syndrome have occurred when aspirin is given to children recovering from chickenpox or influenza.
Is Reye's syndrome serious?
Reye's syndrome is very serious. Years ago, almost half the kids who contracted Reye's syndrome died. Today, even with early diagnosis, almost 20% of all children who get Reye's syndrome die.
Can I prevent Reye's syndrome?
The only way to prevent Reye's syndrome is by avoiding giving aspirin or other medications containing acetylsalicylic acid to anyone under the age of 18 years who has the flu, chickenpox, or other viral illness. Check the over-the-counter medications you use. Many products contain aspirin. To be safe, use paracetamol.
How do I know if my child has Reye's syndrome?
Kids with Reye's syndrome may vomit a lot and be very sleepy. As the illness gets worse, your child may become irritable and confused, appear weak and/or paralysed, experience seizures, and lose consciousness.
How do I treat Reye's syndrome?
Reye's syndrome must be treated by a doctor. Your child may need to be hospitalised and receive intravenous fluids, diuretics (medications that can lessen brain swelling by causing fluid loss), anti-seizure medications, and medications that help prevent bleeding from liver damage.
Should I call the doctor?
Always call the doctor if you suspect your child has Reye's syndrome. The key to recovery is a quick diagnosis.
What you need to know about Reye's syndrome
- Reye's syndrome is a life-threatening illness associated with aspirin.
- Reye's syndrome must be treated by a doctor.
- To avoid Reye's syndrome, give your child paracetamol.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health. Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health and Health Insite.


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The wedding song 'Oh Promise me' doesn't seem so hokey now
Oh Promise Me
Oh, promise me that some day you and I,
Will take our love together to some sky,
Where we can be alone and faith renew,
And find the hollows where those flowers grew.
Those first sweet violets of early spring
Which come to whispers thrill us both, and sing,
Of love unspeakable that is to be,
Oh, promise me Oh, promise me.
The traditional season for weddings will soon be upon us. As I look back to a cold and windy February night, when BW and I married it seems like two lifetimes ago and at the same time it seems like it was only yesterday. How the time has flown.
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins, in our church, recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. I looked at them and remembered helping my parents observe their 63rd anniversary. I said to Mr. Robbins, "I'll bet it hasn't seemed that long has it?" With a sapient look in his eye and a smile and loving glance at his wife, he replied, "It seems like quite a while in some respects and in others, it seems like we were married just last year."
She nodded and smiled contentedly.
I remember a song by Eddie Albert. It was more of a recitation than a song as he was not a great singer. The lyric was, "Fall away, fall away when you're happy the years fall away. When you're blue the days go by a draggin', but when you are happy the years fall away."
Just last week when I was in my salad days I did not attend very many weddings. I do remember attending more shivarees than actual weddings. Neighbors, family and friends would surprise the newly married couple one evening and play pranks on them and then enjoy an evening of fellowship. The women would often put flour on the bride's face, slather her lips with garish lipstick, drape her with an old apron and make her sing them a song and answer embarrassing questions about her married life. Some would ride her around the yard in a wheelbarrow.
It seemed that the favorite trick of the men was to take the groom and throw him, unwilling as he was, either into a convenient pond or the horse trough. He usually thought he could resist but against three or more burley farmers he finally had to relent. It was all in fun. That tradition lies moldering in the corner with spider webs on it.
I began to attend weddings as friends and acquaintances began to marry. At least 50 percent of the weddings included the song, Oh Promise me. It seemed hokey to me and a bit melodramatic especially when sung by a squeaky voiced teenage girl. As I ponder the meaning of the lyrics it would be a great song for couples to include in their weddings today. Smarmy yes, but the meaning and intent are clear. Promise me that you and I will love each other at a level that is unspeakable. What a lofty dream. It is possible if you want it.
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Is Cinque Terre a realistic day trip from Montepulciano? I really want to go spend a day there? I rented a car, but I am not sure if there is a better way to do it. Should I drive all the way there? If I do drive where do you park to actually get to the first town? Should I take a train there? I am just wondering how the logistics would work and the best way to get there and get back?
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