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Shadow Priest max dps, again
I'm still seeing a problem in many, many blogs and reports. I'm going to repeat, reworded, a previous message. Actually, I'm going to repeat only a small portion of the earlier post.
How to select your rotation for maximum DPS. In a word, don't.
We shadowpriests have four basic damage spells, plus two "always useful" spells. Our rotations are basically made up of SW:P, SW:D, MB, and MF, and we always seem to have to add VE and VT. (If you're a NElf, you had better also be including starshards as a fifth, but I digress.) Here is how to build for absolute, maximum dps from these spells.
Select six buttons on your bar, all in a row. (Seven for the Nelf).
Determine which of SW:D and MB have the highest DPS.
Put VE on button 1. VT on button 2. SW:P on button 3. If you've got SS, put it on button 4, otherwise put your higher of SW:D and MB there. Put the other next to it, and finish with MF.
IF you are purely burning, press button 3, then 4, 5, 6 (and 7 if applicable). Now every time your cast stops, press the leftmost button that's ready.
If you're providing sustenance – VE or VT – start with them. Same rule then applies – press the left-most button that's ready, regardless of what it may be.
Oh, if you're REALLY wanting to crank, you can probably get a bit more dps (at horrible dpm) by ignoring VE/VT, and clicking the leftmost button that is lit REGARDLESS of your casting state. Yes, you'll clip MF pretty much all the time. A surprisingly high proportion of time, you'll actually do more dps – more damage from the 'blast' than you got from the 'tick'. Rarely, you're sacrificing two ticks — and you'll be back there soon enough. You will run out of mana.
Are there variations and caveats? Sure. But… This beats a rigid spellsequence as it optimizes your spell order based on damage and cooldown opportunity. Slipping in a manaburn or a shackle or… that's advanced. This is the basics. Master it first. THEN add the extras. You'll be pleased at the result, I think.
Have fun.
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An update from my continued investigation on spell haste (most reading from shadowpriest.com)
Current spell haste numbers
1 damage = 1 dps
1 spell haste = .5 dps
2.4 spell haste numbers
1 damge = 1 dps
1 spell haste = 1 dps
Capped spell haste = 785!!! lmao
point where u can fit 2 mind flays between 5/5 imp mind blast = 144 spell haste.
confirm / deny from your own studies anyone?
From my own playing, at level 49 what I'm doing is pulling with Mind blast, backing up and popping a Shadow Word: Pain, backing up and hitting MF until in my face, then pop my bubble and Mind blast again. If he aint dead, which he usually is, then I hit wand for a couple seconds.
I keep playing with different sthings, but I like pulling with my long cast Mind Blast. The cooldown on it is up as soon as I'm done Mind Flaying.
I can't imagine what things look like at higher levels yet.
Prioritized casting is the way to go.
Also consider that a Spriest is not in the group to do the most damage. They are there for the utility. VT is always #1, mana efficiency is dependant on this spell as well. Maybe Spriests shouldn't have anything to do with max DPS, but should be all about max utility.
VT+VE is utility. Both are damage output based. Both require you to be alive, with enough mana to sustain that damage. As your gear gets better, you will have less opportunity to use SW:D, because critting yourself for 3-4.5k isnt an option where bosses revel in randomly targeted damage. As bosses randomness gets crazier, the threat generated from VE goes through the roof, so you will find yourself threat capped much of the time (even with a well geared tank, and hunters with a misdirect rotation going).
To sum up:
Survival > Utility > DPS
Once you start raiding shadow priests do have a hard time managing aggro. Also from my very brief experience in Zul'Aman, the boss fights are MUCH longer than the ones in Karazhan and I couldn't keep SWD and MB up without running out of mana. Using VE, VT, MF I had to drink 3 potions on the first boss.
I've never considered *not* casting VE unless the mob has about a SWD amount of life left.
Survival > Utility > DPS
I agree with this, but our utility stems directly from our dps, hence this post 🙂
@RaydenUni – For sure VE is amazing and in most situations should be kept up but there are exceptions. I rarely put it up against Tidewalker anymore, due to getting beat down by 15 murlocks on the few occasions i've tried.. even some well timed fades didn't help. Another fight to be careful on is Vashj, I do use it on Vashj but not until the striders are under control and I do not recast it before a new strider spawns.
These are rare cases but i'm sure there's more
"I've never considered *not* casting VE unless the mob has about a SWD amount of life left."
I meant to say VT. I never consider not casting VT unless the mob is going to die before it does any good.
VE I often don't cast. If it's a quick trash mob I don't feel it's worth the GCD time it takes to cast it. Or on fights where I am severely threat limited I also don't cast it. Or fights where the healing simply doesn't matter I don't cast it. In all other cases it costs practically no mana, lasts forever, and will counter the damage I'm doing from SWD. Obviously a large number of trash when you aren't using a paladin tank can cause threat problems from it, but then VT will do that too. There are of course the really rare fights where VE should not be used in any case. I forget the boss, but one of the pairs in Mech or Arc or over in that region does something bad (heals himself?) anytime someone gets healed. So VE means invincible boss. Other than that it's just a threat issue.
VT is different, if you aren't going to cast VT then the group would be better off with a mage or a warlock.
On starshards: wrong. NE shadow priest here. Starshards (generally) does too little DPS compared to your shadow spells for you to worry about, and most shadow priests rolling along in 3/3 FSW, will have better returns from shadow spells (which provide mana back to their group via VE) than starshards. Starshards should never be used in lieu of another shadow spell, but it is good to use to fill in gaps when all your cooldowns are down (MB, SW:D), all your dots are up, and say you have a 1.5 second gap before you need to refresh an instant dot or use SW:D.
My spell priority is as follows:
3. VE (unless extremely aggro sensitive or trash fight)
7. Starshards (which I rarely use)
Well, yes and no, in my case, raid buffed, starshards does about 300-400 damage a tick, whereas SW:P does 800-1000 damage a tick, as does my Mind Flay, so I tend to prioritise those over Starshards, and only fit it in if I have a 1.5sec gap before I need to refresh an instant dot or SW:D. I experimented a little with starshards on Dr. Boom, and I was consistently doing more DPS without it than with it. Though now that I'm replacing FSW with T6, I guess I should go back and see if that idea still holds.
First, wow, I'm glad to see this post. I've never discussed WoW with those that might know more about it then I! Nor have I done much research on how to play my SP for best effect. I'm about to hit 70; it's nice to see I don't work that much differently then others. Not that's it's not good to be original, but I digress.
I have on my top-most bar, in no particular order:
SW:D, MB, MF, VT, VE, SW:P and various others I always forget about. PS? Oh yeah, useful occasionally.
At any rate, I cast in the following order, at maximum range:
VT (Because it takes the longest to cast, I'm not yet in combat)
SW:D (but only if it actually will kill)
Oh, and I bubble just before they get to me, and whenever I need it.
Star shards? Haven't used that since the earlier levels. Never seemed to fit or do much damage! I'm a NE so are you saying it's worth it? Can you expand?
@Mapstra: Using downgraded PS before starting on your VT will save you a GCD whilst in combat. Something to consider if mobs keep reaching u before they die.
@Lauchis: What kind of gear/bonus dmg are we looking at to get that kind of dmg? -Is it full 25-man raid buffs, food, flasks, weapon oil etc? Or solo grinding? Asking as a healer who's guild just has hit ZA and trying out Shadow again for the first time in a very long time..
Just throwing my 22 cents in from raiding experience:
So far, my guild downs raids like Mag's Lair and Gruul's with grim efficiency and more often than not, the healers of the guild prefer that I actually *not* cast SW:D most of the time. With Tier 4 or better (+ enchants, gems, etc.) it does enough damage back to me that it puts excess stress on healers that should be spending their attention on the tanks. Plus, laying off SW:D saves me a good deal of threat generation so I don't have to get tangled in the GCD as often from Fade. Not to mention (though I will anyway), abstaining from SW:D helps keep my mana in check. There are a few times that I will use it like spawns or shields that need to be killed ASAP, but other than that, I don't touch that spell in raids.
Just a few thoughts from my war journal.
Seeing as I'm one of the better geared people in the guild, I start off by casting SWP rank1 x3, VT, pop my dmg boost trinket SWP (proper rank this time). Then I hit MF a few times to give the tank-s a bit more time to build up threat. After that, it's the usual:
VE is rarely used due to threat issues.
why is it i never see a rotation including Devouring Plague
I have a major problem , my stats are spell power: 2413
hit rating : 375
crit chance: 19.27
haste rating: 194
mana regen : 400
my gear score is almost 14.000, im lvl 80
my spell rotation: VT-SWP-DP-MB-MF-SWD and my dps is only 2000 (2K).
Gem your gear with haste & crit, Haste cap is arround 785 and your haste ratings way low, Your crits good and hits good anyway like I said gem your gear with haste & crit or int. Also do faction grind like Hodir for epic shoulder enhancment and thers also faction grinds for head and cape enchantments. Regem your gear Nicoleta HASTE= faster rotations, Also learn to use your TAB buton…tab dot tab dot tab dot


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Morning Choices
I'm in the habit of reading the newspaper the first thing each morning.
I'm convinced it's a bad habit. So today I turned first to a random page from "The Essence of Tao," an anthology brilliantly and inspiringly compiled by Maggie Pinkney.
Above is the page, a single Marcus Aurelius quote. I pondered it over coffee and Wheaties topped with banana and apple slices.
Beneath the book is the "news" from the New York Times. I left the Times for later. Much later.
When I finally turned to the paper, I saw its wrenching, haphazard chronicle as an infinitesimal part of a universe — one that is "a single life, comprising one substance and one soul."
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New York Times movie critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott held their annual joyless, ridiculously political summer movie conversation on the front of Sunday's Arts & Leisure, focusing on the glut of superhero movies: "Super-Dreams Of an Alternate World Order – The Modern Comic Book Movie Has Become a Hollywood Staple. But Exactly What Is It Selling?" Dargis managed to make a villain out of President Reagan, while Scott chimed in by complaining that movie superheroes are "avatars of reaction" and that the last X-Men movie was insufficiently attentive to the civil rights movement (really).
The reliably liberal Dargis also tried to ruin the summer movie seasons of 2008 and 2011, with lectures on "separate and unequal" roles for women in movies. On Sunday she made the same points, adding a hit on "the Reagan years" that seems there only to validate the conservative joke that liberals blame everything on Ronald Reagan.
Dargis: One problem is that public intellectuals like [Edward] Wilson no longer have the forums they once did. There are oppositional voices, yes, yet they can be difficult to hear in the contemporary media context, with everyone always selling the exact same thing at the exact same moment. A recent editorial in The Columbia Journalism Review points to a reason: "Six companies dominate TV news, radio, online, movies, and publishing. Another eight or nine control most of the nation's newspapers." The media consolidation that traces back to the Reagan years has had enormous deleterious consequences on American movies. We're at a paradoxical moment when new digital technologies have created more and more stuff, movies included, even as the consolidation of the media gives us fewer real choices.
Scott: But comic book fans need to feel perpetually beleaguered and disenfranchised, marginalized by phantom elites who want to confiscate their hard-won pleasures. And this resentment -- which I have a feeling I'm provoking more of here -- finds its way into the stories themselves, expressed either as glowering self-pity or bullying machismo. There are exceptions: Mark Ruffalo's soulful Hulk (though not Eric Bana's or Edward Norton's); most of the X-Men. But even that crew of mutant misfits turned protectors of humanity exists in a circumscribed imaginative space. As Ta-Nehisi Coates pointed out in a New York Times Op-Ed article last summer about "X-Men: First Class," that film noticeably refrained from connecting its chronicle of prejudice and outsider-dom in postwar America to the contemporaneous drama of the civil rights movement.
To do so would have been too risky. And much as they may fetishize courage and individualism, these movies are above all devoted to the protection of a status quo only tangentially (or tendentiously) related to truth, justice and the American Way. The DC and Marvel superheroes, champions of democracy in the '40s and '50s and pop rebels in the '60s and '70s, have become, in the 21st century, avatars of reaction.
Dargis: They're certainly avatars of reaction in how they justify and perpetuate the industry's entrenched sexism. You just have to scan the spandex bulges in "The Avengers" to see that superhero movies remain a big boys' club, with few women and girls allowed. Yes, there are female superheroes on screen, like Jean Grey from the "X-Men" series, but they tend not to drive the stories, while female superheroes with their own movies never dominate the box office. Most women in superhero movies exist to smile indulgently at the super-hunk, to be rescued and to flaunt their assets, like Scarlett Johansson's character in "The Avengers," whose biggest superpower, to judge by the on- and off-screen attention lavished on it, was her super-rump.
The movie industry has also adapted to survive, yet it persists in recycling maddeningly troglodytic representations of women that its embrace of superheroes has only perpetuated and maybe exacerbated. For all the technological innovations, the groovy new Bat cycles and codpieces, superhero movies just recycle variations on gender stereotypes that were in circulation back in the late 1930s, when Superman and Batman first hit. The world has moved on -- there's an African-American man in the Oval Office, a woman is the secretary of state -- but the movie superhero remains stuck in a pre-feminist, pre-civil rights logic that dictates that a bunch of white dudes, as in "The Avengers," will save the world for the grateful multiracial, multicultural multitudes. What a bunch of super-nonsense.


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What would Jesus do? Why, he'd get himself an iPhone and download the first app approved by the Catholic Church, of course!
Confession: A Roman Catholic app, is designed to help Catholics through the sacrement with the aid of modern technology, says the New York Daily News.
Little iApps, a three-man (trinity, if you will) company out of Indiana developed the app after Pope Benedict XVI's message last year about the importance of a Christian presence in the digital media world.
U.S. & World
"Our desire is to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology," said Patrick Leinen, of Little iApps.
"Taking to heart Pope Benedict XVI's message from last years' World Communications Address, our goal with this project is to offer a digital application that is truly 'new media at the service of the word."
The firm said the content of the app was developed with the help of Reverend Thomas Weinandy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Reverend Dan Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Little iApps said Bishop Kevin Rhoades, of the Diocese of Fort Wayne in Indiana, officially authorized the app for Catholics to use.
The app can be purchased at the iPhone App Store for $1.99.


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Travis Barker took to his Twitter page on Saturday to remember his late bandmate and friend, DJ AM.
"Don't know how I am gonna play 2night but I am for AM," he Tweeted on Saturday, referring to a show he was set to play with his reunited band, Blink-182, at the Comcast Theater in Hartford, Conn. "My brother is gone. I love u and miss u, I'll never forget all the good times we had.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: A Look Back: DJ AM Coast To Coast
"I'll never forget everything we've been thru and every time I play the drums I'll think of you," he added in an additional Tweet.
The drummer and the DJ, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, had collaborated as the band TRV$DJ-AM. Together, they served as the house band at the 2008 Video Music Awards and released two volumes in a mixtape series called "Fix Your Face."
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But that wasn't all the pair shared. In September 2008, they survived a fatal Learjet crash that claimed four lives, including two pilots and two of Travis' friends and employees. Both stars were badly burned following the crash and hospitalized.
"U were an amazing friend/DJ/human being," Travis continued to Tweet. "Rest In Peace my brother, this really f***s me up."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, DJ AM was found dead in New York City on Friday. He was 36.
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Miller Park Zoo reindeer on Twitter
updates followers on reindeer life
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30, 2012]
BLOOMINGTON -- One of Miller
Park Zoo's most popular animals has gone digital. Rikka, one of the
zoo's reindeer pair, has opened her own Twitter account and can be
followed at
Zoo, are a large part of holiday-themed
special events, including Breakfast with Santa & the Reindeer on
Dec. 8, the nighttime Wild Lights event on Dec. 14 and 15, and the
popular "Can Reindeer Fly?" presentation on Dec. 16.
"We're always looking for ways to give people an inside look at
the animal world and the conservation efforts at Miller Park Zoo,"
says Jay Tetzloff, zoo superintendent. "This is prime time for
reindeer, who love the cooler weather and have their antlers fully
grown out. It's a great time to come to the zoo and visit."
The zoo and posts updates and photos on Facebook and can also be
followed on Twitter at
Rikka and Ealu have been at Miller Park Zoo since 2004. The
species, also commonly known as caribou, are native to the world's
arctic regions and are called by various names in different parts of
the world.
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For more information, contact Tetzloff at Miller Park Zoo,
309-434-2250, or Steve Fast at Bloomington Parks, Recreation and
Cultural Arts Department, 309-434-2413.
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Caraga State University faculty, Dr. Joycelyn C. Jumawan of the Department of Biology,...
The administrative manuals for the Office of Administration and Financeand the Income Generation Project (IGP), both crafted under the Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance, were duly approved by the Caraga State University Board of Regents during the 49th BOR Meeting (Special) per BOR Res Nos. 49-16 and 49-17, heldat Grand Regal Hotel, Davao City last October 17, 2019.
The Administration Manual was initially crafted by Dr. Luisito I. Tabada and was collaboratively enhanced by the seven (7) different offices under the VPAF. The IGP Manualon the other hand, was first crafted by a committee headed by Dr. Raquel Balanay with write-up and editing done by Dr. Erico Alan.
The OVPAF headed by Dr.Armie Leila M. Mordeno was grateful for the initiative and teamwork manifested by all the subsequent offices and unit heads who helped in completing the manuals, to wit: Office of the Resource Generation Management Services (ORGMS) Director Tomas M. Austral, Jr. with ORGMS Staff Mr. Kevin Pepito and Ms.Loveliz Nabong, General Services Director, Engr. Marilou G. Umpad, Human Resource Management Services (HRMS) Director Jenny Mae F. Bersabal, Financial Management Services (FMS) Director Ma. Victoria M. Labisto with FMS Staff Ms. Jovelyn Moral, Chief Accountant Ana Victoria T. Ducena, Chief Cashier Rizalyn B. Dy.
Other offices in the OVPAF, Chief Supply Officer Karl Mars Glenn R. Cane, Chief Procurement Officer Julius L. Ocmen, Records Office Staff Edelmar C. Juranes and Maria May C. Aenlle, Campus Security Chief Officer, Master George M. Tortola, Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance (OVPAF) personnel Aquessa R. Piamonte, John Peter M. Mongaya, Allen C. Catipan, and Kirby A. Abasolo for the consolidation and complete staff work, and most of all, the University President Dr. Anthony M. Penaso.
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Tahoe's glamorous history
Manny Munoz started styling hair in the South Shore at a time when singing legends like Frank Sinatra would saunter through the salon doors and Elvis Presley could electrify the city. "You never knew in this town who you would run into," Munoz said. "Tahoe's lost that human touch. It's all so corporate. It's not friendly like it used to be." Munoz moved to Tahoe in November 1974 because his wife, Pam, wanted to live in the mountains. He worked odd jobs around Stateline for six months before landing a job at Jerome's Hair Fashion salon in Harrah's Lake Tahoe. For a young man raised by Mexican immigrants in Southern California, the casinos represented what Munoz called "the big time." A glitzy stream of celebrities flowed through the South Shore, many of whom passed in front of Munoz's mirror. He styled Jane Morgan's hair — the American singer asked him to travel the world as her personal hair dresser, but Munoz refused on account of his wife — and Barbara Sinatra became one of his most loyal customers. Her husband liked one of Munoz's drawings so much he hung the image in his office, but Munoz was careful to avoid any mention of Marilyn Monroe within earshot of Barbara Sinatra. "She was really pretty, really sweet and really classy," Munoz said of the former model and Frank Sinatra's fourth and final wife. An autographed photograph of the Sinatras hangs by Munoz's chair in the Emerald Bay Hair & Nail Salon, the shop where he currently works. Just above the image is a framed photo from Neil Sedaka thanking Munoz for his work in a thick, black scrawl. The wife of the singer and composer came to Munoz to style her hair, but she maintained her aloofness. Some famous people were just like that, Munoz said, but most of them were cordial and kind. "She wouldn't break down and talk to me. I was too nosy," he remembered with a smile. Munoz saw Bette Midler stroll the casino floor on a film shoot, and heard Tom Jones open for Caesar's showroom. He cut the hair of Harvey Gross' wife and admired the fancy cars the casino magnet would exhibit downtown. The Killebrews, a family that changed the face of the the local ski industry, were some of his best clients. Margaret Park Pruett, a member of one of Tahoe original families, passed through his salon chair, while actress Jeanette Nolan would visit him before any South Shore parties. He watched Cher and her entourage light up the dance floor. "I never planned it, it just happened to me. They liked my work. I had fun doing the hair. Otherwise I wouldn't have met all these people," Munoz said. It was a gilded era of entertainment in Tahoe's history, and drug use went hand in hand with the electric nightlife. A fashion model once left three lines of cocaine on Munoz's mirror —it was his tip —while women would occasionally invite him into the hotel room. One particularly memorable client offered him "elephant tranquilizer" wrapped in a joint and invited him to relax on the bed before styling her hair. "It sounded kind of fishy to me," Munoz said. Munoz skipped the party and came home to his wife, a woman he said supported him throughout his career. It was Pam Munoz who convinced him to pursue cosmetology and to leave Pasadena for the high country. She served as Munoz's model during hairstyle competitions and helped him open their own shop in 1992 near Stateline. "If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be here. She was the brains of the family," Munoz said.The couple called the salon Manny's Hairloom, but the Marriott tore the building down when the new hotel went up. Munoz went back to styling hair at other people's shops, a dark period he called "very depressing." He met Julie Waller, owner of the Emerald Bay Hair Salon, five years ago and now works part time at Waller's salon. "He's a character," Waller said. "He's a lot of fun. He has a very caring heart. He takes such good care of his little old clients, some of whom have been with him for 100 years." Munoz picked up one of his longtime customers, Trudy Greenough, Wednesday from her home on Pioneer Trail. Since Greenough's husband passed away, Munoz drives the retired Lake Tahoe Unified School District teacher to Emerald Bay to style her hair. Neither can remember when they met, but Greenough said she would follow Munoz every time he transferred shops. When Munoz's wife passed away in 2009, he wanted to commemorate her memory, so he bound a series of his historic drawings in a calendar and dedicated the piece to Pam Munoz. The images take the viewer back to the city's early days, showing what sites in Tahoe and Virginia City looked like at the start of the 20th century. Munoz started drawing when he was 15 years old, but it remained a hobby as hair styling became his career. He plans to print one more calendar next year to mark his 75th birthday and celebrate his wife's memory. "I wanted to do something with her name on it. I had told her to wait for me. They say when you marry, pick a good wife so she'll take you to heaven. And she was wonderful," Munoz said.
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"This book belongs in the library of every parent and grandparent."–Atlanta Jewish Times
"Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah is a valuable must-buy for all Jewish parents, and not just for Hanukkah. Not only does Estroff give practical child rearing advice but her joyful approach to Judaism is a healthy antidote to religious skeptics." –Hadassah Magazine
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Well, for 2 weeks I attended a training camp for work. It was fun, but we didn't have computers while we were there all day and upon getting home each day I was exhausted and pretty much went straight to sleep.
Meanwhile, I learned how to survive a plane crash in the desert from the camp. Pretty cool!
In other news, last Friday my mom and sister got a new puppy! My family has never had pets before (besides the occasional fish and the bunny rabbit I had for a few months when I was 8) so we were pretty stoked. She is totally adorable and so sweet!
Meet London!
The woman who owned her before needed to get rid of her because she travels often for work and was working long hours during the week so she couldn't spend time with London.
She is a toy maltese/poodle mix and she's 12 weeks old. She's so little! London loves to play, but is cool just chillin' too.
She loves people and gets so excited when anyone comes over. Every time I go to my mom's house she runs up to me as soon as I get in the door and she'll put her paws up for me to pick her up! It melts my heart.
My sister Mallory came over the first day and we all got to hang out.
This sweet puppy is perfect for our family. I'm so happy God decided for her to come bless us. I love this little girl!


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First of all, let me start by filling you in on our December promo.
I have over 100 of these little nuggets! They are the "Season's Greetings" sentiment from our Christmas Sampler stamp set (the stamp is the same size as the stamp on the set). We will include one of these stamps with orders placed in December....but this will be done on a random basis throughout the month until they are gone. These are not sold separately.
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Our January tournament is only success through the volunteer effort of all of our parents.
Here is a list of the job assignments and a brief description.
Rink Director:
This volunteer should have previous experience being a rink director. This person is the 'go to' person on the rink and will have communication with the tournament room. Each rink will also have an EMT.
Time Keeper:
This volunteer runs the clock. We really need a lot of people to do this and there are two great ways to get experience ahead of time. Have a group of parents practice working the clock during team practices, scrimmages, and games. Also the IYHA website has a clock simulator. This is the EXACT model used at the SuperRink. Here is a link to it along with an instruction sheet.
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This volunteer keeps the scorebook, including shots on goal, goals, and penalties. The scorekeeper and timekeeper often work together. The scorekeeper will also announce the beginning of the game and the teams. There are instructions in the rink books. The rink director can also assist if needed.
Penalty Box:
This volunteer is responsible for letting players in and out of the penalty box. You will need to be watching the end of the penalty so the player can get back on the ice as soon as his/her penalty is complete! Sometimes players get upset, but be firm and positive. The rink director and EMT will assist if both penalty boxes are being used.
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By TERESA MASTERSON (Nbcnewyork.com)
Mon, Nov 30, 2009
Two men were brutally beaten by about a dozen bouncers at the 40/40 Club in Atlantic City this weekend. The frenzied attack was caught on tape.
New York City-based disc jockey "DJ Zeke" shot a video of what appears to be 13 staffers of the 40/40 Club kicking, beating and choking two patrons in a back parking lot early Saturday morning.
Police confirmed that the incident caught on tape is real. They responded to a call about the fight at 4:20 a.m. Saturday. Police said bouncers asked Tyrell Durant, 26, and Leonard Clark, 25, both of Neptune, N.J., to leave the club for being disorderly and when the two men gave the bouncers a hard time, the beatings ensued.
Durant later told police that club security also took his watch and money. Both men reported that they were also sprayed with a fire extinguisher by security personnel as they were taken out of the club, said police.
In the video, DJ Zeke "reports" from his couch, and then shows the footage he captured of the beatings behind the club, which is owned by famed rapper Jay-Z and his business partner Juan Perez.
"Just came back from Atlantic City; 40/40 club was jumping, but behind the scenes – in the back of 40/40 — was a different story," DJ Zeke says. "Jay-Z, if you see this, you will be ashamed of your security team because they're lackluster, unprofessional, and they're not even human."
The video begins with bouncers kicking a man on the ground in a back lot. One of the club's staff members then turns to punch a man who was standing to the side of the crowd and suddenly the whole crew of men in black clothes, some having the words "security" and "event staff" written on the back of their shirts, swarmed the second man, punching, restraining and choking him.
"When the cops want this shit, I've got this whole shit on ," DJ Zeke can be heard saying at the end of the video.
Police arrested Durant and Clark on charges of disorderly conduct and also collected a tape of the incident. Police said they are still investigating the incident
The 40/40 Club released a statement saying, "the 40/40 Club has no comment on the tape that is being circulated," and claims the incident was provoked. According to police, 40/40 reported that Durant struck security officer David Gulley in the face.
"There is a police investigation ongoing. The club has been open for four years, has a great rapport with the community, and we have a very professional security staff," the statement says. "The incident was provoked.


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It's new month, and a new year! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season. I took a much needed break from scrapping and designing and turned my attention to sewing gifts for my cuties. They love their pajamas and blankets. I still have a bunch left to do that I have promised them.
Before I went offline, I made this alpha for you for the road trip. I hope you enjoy it!
Here is the map for the rest of your trip. Links will be up for two weeks. Enjoy!
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We went here last Friday. Intense experience, beyond words.
Good Friday.
New car...
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Why I feel so tired today.
- I made fourteen 5 and 6 year olds become my factory workers, complete with uniforms. One kid almost got fired. Good help is hard to find these days...
- I inadvertently signed myself up for the Lynden Tribune to come and take pictures of my factory workers (hope they don't turn me in to the cops) and write an article about the after-school program.
- As I was talking to the reporter, I realized I have no idea how to explain the after-school program. That was embarrassing.
- Not realizing that the Lynden Tribune was the big newspaper for Lynden (kinda like Gazette-Times in Corvallis), I offered the writer to send in pictures that I would take on my $100 digital camera! That was double embarrassing.
- I messed up on making a pie crust for the top of my apple pie, TWICE today.
- Bjørn and I just got back from Community Group.
things i didn't know...
or forgot.
- to wear green to school! How bad of an idea was that, when I work with children?! (Note: I HATE being pinched!)
- the shamrock is part of St. Patrick's Day because St. Patty himself used it as a missionary tactic to talk to the Irish about the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. My only question is: what do you do when an Irish lad finds a 4-leaf clover?
- Only at Sumas can you openly talk about the religious roots of holidays without any fear of being politically incorrect.
- My Spring resolution (why limit resolutions to only the New Year?) is to not kill any of my plants! In my defense, out of 12 plants, only 4 died over the winter: 2 from thirst, 1 from a freak disease, and the other 1 had a serious smoking problem--I always told him it would catch up with him...some plants just never listen.
- Sauerkraut can tend to be a little "gassy" but cooking it in beer helps to neutralize the acidity of the sauerkraut. Recipezaar told me so! ;) Think I might try it with some spicy italian sausage tonight.
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What a day...
Bjørn and I have been stressing since last night about buying a car for sale down in Marysville. After driving down there last night (1 1/2 hrs from lynden), and waking up at 11:30pm to find out that Bjørn's car had overheated and he barely made it home, I was a little exhausted. And Bjørn was probably worse. We stayed up late trying to figure out everything financially and decide if we should get the car.
Needless to say it was a weird way to start my birthday. I then got a call at 6:30am from my boss asking if i could ride on a pre-school bus. I was already catching a ride to the school an hour before i was spose to be there, so I thought, 'at least i could get paid for my hour by riding the bus.' So I agreed. As soon as I got to Sumas, she had to drive me 15 min. down to the bus grounds (in Everson) and we missed the route by 5 min. After all that, I didn't work extra...but i did get paid extra. I didn't tell anyone it was my birthday, cuz it was such a funky start to a day it didn't really feel like a birthday...and I didn't want my boss feeling bad for me.
But my Aunt Kay, who was subbing the whole day at Sumas, bought me a cake at lunch (a delicious chocolate cake might i add), and had all my fourth grade kids sing me happy birthday. The rest of the afternoon passed with all the kids wishing me a happy birthday every time they saw me and saying, "You look so pretty", etc. 4th graders really can boost your self-esteem! She's a real gem.
I think in the end, I realized that birthdays are becoming less of a big deal to me. From being around kids, I remember thinking it was the BEST day ever! Now though, I feel like, "So you came out of your mom's wound one day, and now, we celebrate that day every single year?!" BUT of course, that's not to say I don't enjoy how special your friends and family make you feel on your birthday. :)
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On a certain surname mailing list at RootsWeb.com, there is a gentleman who wishes to begin publishing a new "such and such" family history newsletter in paper format charging folks $30-40 per year for 10 issues.
Ol' Myrt's suggestion is that the newsletter will reach more people if it is not limited to paper copies mailed to subscribers. Placing such a newsletter on the internet widens the audience who may even stumble across it through a Google search, 24/7 even years after the publication date. Paper copies succumb to the ravages of time. I suggested that if the file is created in Word or MS Publisher, etc., it can be converted to .pdf format, so the pages will print out the same for everyone, regardless of printer. Also there will be no attendant snail mail fees.
When the creator of the proposed newsletter replied to my suggestion, it was to say that:
-- He is worried folks would just forward the digital version of the newsletter to others without paying the subscription fee.
-- He is worried about people who do not have computers.
-- He didn't intend to live off the proceeds of his newsletter.
-- He wanted the newsletter to include copies of source documents.
WAY TO GO!! Providing copies of source documents proving family relationships is very valuable to his readers. But I am not concerned about people paying for something and sharing it willy-nilly with non-paying friends. Most are honest enough.
AFTER SLEEPING ON THE SUBJECT, Ol' Myrt realizes that the gentleman in question perhaps:
-- confuses a web site with the typical genealogy mailing lists where graphics are not allowed.
-- uncomfortable with the process of inserting a scanned copy of a source document and placing the "picture" in Word or MSPublisher (or any such word processing or newsletter creating program.)
Perhaps this wonderful researcher is great at research, but is more familiar with the old-fashioned "paste up" process of taping a copy of an ancestor's document on a page before printing the newsletter at the local photocopy shop.
So what do you think, DearREADERS?
1. Would you personally prefer a hard copy or a digital version of a newsletter to save or print out on your own computer?
2. Do you think that more people will benefit from the newsletter in hard copy or via the internet?
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
DearMYRTLE, your friend in genealogy
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March 19, 2013
William Kristol accused Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) of "running to the left of the Obama administration" during an appearance this weekend on Fox News Sunday.
Kristol's latest lashing out is likely in response to Senator Paul's victory in the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) 2013 straw poll. By a narrow margin, Paul bested fellow Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in that contest.
According to reports from the CPAC convention, there were "many attendees" donning "I Stand with Rand" t-shirts, a slogan made popular on Twitter during Paul's 13-hour filibuster earlier this month.
More specifically, Kristol probably saw himself reflected in Paul's CPAC comment, "The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don't think we need to name any names here, do we?" "The new GOP — the GOP that will win again — will need to embrace liberty in both the economic and personal sphere," he added.
Kristol heard the bell tolling for him and his ilk and decided to strike a vengeful note in response.
The Fox News Sunday commentary isn't the first time Kristol has bad-mouthed Paul in the press.
In an op-ed published in the Weekly Standard (an establishment Republican magazine he co-founded), Kristol called the libertarian-leaning senator the "spokesman for the Code Pink faction of the Republican Party." Kristol was referring to the liberal group of women focused primarily on anti-war issues.
It should come as no surprise to readers that Kristol feels threatened by the ascendancy of liberty-minded, small government, constitutionally consistent lawmakers. After all, Kristol brags about his support for "the Bush administration after 9/11, and fighting our enemies."
Unfortunately, several critical elements of our constitutionally protected freedoms have become casualities in the War on Terror that is so important to Kristol and his cronies. Due process and habeas corpus both lie dead among the rubble of markets and villages obliterated by Hellfire missiles fired from U.S. drones.
Of Senator Paul's effort to demand the White House answer the question of whether or not the president assumes the authority to target U.S. citizens inside the United States in the execution of its death-by-drone program, Kristol calls that "semihysterical."
And of those senators who chose to "stand with Rand" rather than "sit with Obama," Kristol saved some derision for them, as well. He writes in his Weekly Standard piece:
And as for the other Republican senators who rushed to the floor to cheer Paul on, won't they soon be entertaining second thoughts? Is patting Rand Paul on the back for his fearmongering a plausible path to the presidency for Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz? Is embracing kookiness a winning strategy for the Republican party? We doubt it.
The old guard of the Republican Party now considers the defense of the Constitution "kookiness" and labels all those who demand due process be followed before the life, liberty, or property of any American citizen is deprived by this government "semihysterical."
Kristol questions the "staying power" of any Republican who refuses to budge on the most critical constitutional questions of the day. He believes that the popularity of Rand Paul or any other elected official who zealously guards the few constitutional liberties we have remaining will be "very much of the short-term variety."
If Kristol's prediction is accurate, then when viewed through the long lens of history, the liberty of the United States and the existence of the Constitution that protected it might be just as fleeting.
For now, there is yet time for Americans to flex their electoral muscle and throw their collective weight behind candidates for office — local, state, and federal — who demonstrate rock-ribbed adherence to the principle of freedom upon which our nation was founded and who can be counted on to faithfully abide by the oaths of office they take to "preserve, protect, and defend" the Constitution of the United States.
If Americans fail to rise up and "stand with Rand" or any other lawmaker who vigorously challenges the unconstitutional usurpation of authority by this or any other president, Kristol may prove prophetic sooner than we'd like to imagine.
Readers are encouraged to find and elect men and women who will resist the consolidation of all power into Washington and who will stand up for the right of states to nullify every act of the federal government that exceeds the boundaries of its power given to it by the states in the Constitution.
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Made to order bag made with a zipper enclosure. The shawl size bag would be perfect for medium sized knitting/crocheting projects such as shawls, scarves, hats, etc. or could also be used as a travel bag, art bag or much more. The sock size bag would be perfect for small knitting/crocheting projects like gloves and socks or could also be used as a make-up bag or a bag to hold markers, crayons, and/or any art supplies.
This bag is made with high quality 100% cotton fabric.
Bag Dimensions (Approximate)
Sock 8″ W x 7″ T x 3″ D
Shawl 12″ W x 6.5″ T x 4″ D
I use quilt quality fabrics when making my bags with a light weight interfacing. Feel free to contact me if you would like a different size than what is listed or if you have any questions. Custom orders are welcome.
Since all bags are handmade and made individually sizes may vary slightly from bag to bag. The bag pictured is the medium size. The yarn is not included. All items are made by me from quality materials in a non smoking household. If you have any questions before or after you order, please feel free to contact me.
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In a new blog entry today, David Coallier has posted about two new offerings that are in the works for a web-based frontend to XDebug:
For quite a while in the PHP Community (And even myself) I have heard people asking about either an online tool to work on cachegrind output files or a cross platform tool that would have the ability to do what KCacheGrind does on Linux but for Windows and OSX.
He mentions the origin of the idea for a cachegrind app as a part of the Google Summer of Code (that did get accepted and will be worked on by Chung-Yang Lee). The other, Webgrind is an independent project from the other but looks equally as promising.
Check out Vinu Thomas' thoughts on the matter too.


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American Idol's biggest star right now may be Jennifer Lopez.
The waterworks that ensued after the judge told contestant Chris Medina he was going home solidified Lopez's own plot line in Fox's hit singing talent show.
"This is all new to me," the long-time pop star told host Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Thursday. "I'm used to having a script in a movie, or a big performance with a cane and a microphone, and I have all kinds of stuff going on… You're [not always] getting me."
The judge explained that "Idol" the real J. Lo. "This is the first experience… where I feel like people are getting to know who I am as a person. It's such a vulnerable place to be," she said.
The seriously strong dose of drama coming out of the "Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler's wackiness have replaced the harsh, snarky attitude of former judge Simon Cowell. It's safe to say that the dynamic of the judge's table is more touchy-feely than intimidating this season.
Medina's run is the perfect example. On the show a couple of weeks ago, the Illinois native was introduced as a promising talent standing by his fiance, who was severely disabled in a car accident. Judges Lopez, Tyler, and "Idol" veteran Randy Jackson asked to meet her and were clearly moved when she was brought into the audition room.
But Medina, 26, wasn't talented enough to make the cut for the top 24. Lopez's motherly instincts took over and there were even more tears when she gave the bad news.
"It was honestly a pleasure to meet you, that was a blessing for me," the Puerto Rican celebrity said. Once the "Idol" hopeful left, she broke down. "I just don't feel like I didn't tell him in the right way. I felt so bad. I don't want to do this anymore… I can't" Lopez said between sobs.
Reuters' Kevin Rutherford speculates that the show has given the 41-year-old's career a much needed boost, and on March 3, "Idol" will show the premiere of her new music video, "On the Floor."
And Lopez's popularity will only increase with her showcase of relatable sensitivity; Hollywood Life Editor-in-Chief told PopEater the moment proves the long-time superstar is not a diva.
"She spends her life being catered to, so she's not faced with people who are in such difficult circumstances and that show such courage in the face of tragedy. This really got through to her," the media exec analyzed. "She's no Angelina Jolie, but this was a breakthrough moment. The true test is whether or not this passion lasts."
Selected News: On Air with Ryan Seacrest, People, PopEater


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Conservation and Environment in Costa Rica: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Costa Rica - Monthly Update September 2010
As I mentioned last month we have been setting up and running a few new projects in Barra Honda over the last few months. Another of these projects is the Intensive Search Project, which is running along-side our three main projects - bat identification, mammal identification and butterfly identification projects.
The basic idea of the Intensive Search Project is to go out into the forest and look for anything that we can find. It's a tough job; walking through the forest and looking for the tiny things takes a bit of practice as the old saying goes "trying to see the wood from the trees". However, once you get the hang of it you can see many things that you don't normally take the time to look at, army ants carrying their prey, wasps building a new nest, bats nesting under an old tree, things that we would normally just walk straight past!
The reason we are doing this is to record exactly what there is in the park, from insects to animal tracks in the mud. This data then helps us with a lot of our other projects (animal prints can help us confirm species in the park, bat nests can help us do the same and insects are food for a lot of other animals in the area). It's also a great chance for us to show the volunteers some of the smaller parts of nature that are truly amazing!
The average army ant colony will attack and eat up to 100,000 prey animals each day! That's 100,000 less insects just from one group, some of these can be as big as tarantulas whilst others will be as small as crickets...basically anything that isn't quick enough or clever enough to get out of the way! Sounds terrifying but ask anyone who lives in area with army ants and we all say the same, army ants are great because they clean the house better than your mother would, it's pretty amazing to watch them doing it too!
According to the authorities September has officially been the wettest month in 2 years! We have certainly noticed some wet weather here, in fact it's rained almost every day and on some days it rained all day too! It's been fun working in a cooler climate though, we haven't been sweating as much as normal and it's refreshing to be able to stand outside and wash away the dirt as we work!
Happily we have finished a lot of our large maintenance jobs for now, so we didn't have to worry about rain stopping us from doing jobs like fixing the roads or clearing the drainage channels, this actually gave us a little more time to visit the waterfalls, which we have done 3 times this month with different people. Each time we visited we managed to see the waterfalls full to the brim which is just amazing to see, water crashing down from the top all the way to the bottom with a few areas in between where you can actually sit under the waterfall and keep completely dry! It was especially interesting one time when we were there as it started to rain heavily whilst at the waterfall. The water changed from crystal clear to chocolate colour in less than 5 minutes! Surprisingly this didn't stop anyone from freshening up in the water...I guess when your all dirty after a long walk and getting wet from the rain, a little dirt in the water doesn't really matter!
One great thing about all this rain is that we have had the chance to test our new weather system, which not only records the current weather every 15 minutes and saves it for download, but also predicts the weather for the next 6 hours with amazing accuracy, whilst testing it told us that it would be sunny in the next hour and it was, the first sun we had seen in about 2 weeks! Managed to get my laundry done and dry thanks to its predictions! We will be posting the weather results on the webpage each month starting from the end of October!
As part of our community work we often get asked to visit various schools, churches and public areas around the park to help out with big jobs and we also get invited to educational events to help raise conservation awareness. Next month we will be taking part in a cultural awareness day at one of the local schools, this day is perfect for the volunteers and staff to take part in as we have volunteers from all over the world, who are always happy to meet and get to know the local people from Costa Rica.
During this event we have been asked to cook a typical dish from each of our countries. Currently we have volunteers from England, France, Denmark and Sweden taking part in this event...plus a little bit from Peru I think (where I lived for many years). As I'm sure you can tell this is going to be an interesting day for us, all of us cooking something typical from our home countries to try and impress the Costa Ricans... could go completely wrong! Any suggestions for what to prepare for England and any other countries will be greatly received! Check out our page on Facebook!
Whilst on the subject of Facebook, take a moment to check out our Miss Bat competition as well, we have 12 different bats in this contest which we would like you all to vote on to help us select the best bat we have captured this year. Best is down to your opinion - best looking, best teeth, best laugh. Leave a comment as to why you think it's the best. All of the bats were captured during the bat project here in Barra Honda and have been digitally altered for the photos. We will be announcing the winner on the 7th of November! Join the Barra Honda Facebook group by searching for Projects Abroad Barra Honda National Park The Official Group.
Richard Munday
Conservation Coordinator
Barra Honda National Park
September 2010


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Ark. correction agency loses drug company account
The Arkansas Department of Correction says a pharmaceutical company has closed its account after the state last month acknowledged plans to use its anti-seizure drug phenobarbital in executions.
Department of Correction spokeswoman Shea Wilson told The Associated Press that West-Ward Pharmaceuticals officials notified the agency Wednesday that the company was closing the prison system's account. The agency said last month that it would use phenobarbital in executions, even though the barbiturate has never been used in U.S. lethal injections.
West-Ward's London-based parent company, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, said Wednesday that it objects to its products' use in capital punishment. Hikma also said it would no longer sell injectable phenobarbital directly to U.S. corrections departments.
However, Hikma spokesman Matthew Cole would not discuss specifics about Arkansas' account.
Arkansas doesn't have any pending executions.


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I Don't Argue with You: Raising Kids without Raising Your Voice
Practical rules for engagement.
Mar 8, 2008
by Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc.
Practical rules for engagement.
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(6) Melissa, September 3, 2008 1:10 PM
After having watched the clip, I couldn't help but buy the book immediately. My mother was a yeller and I vowed to never be the same. However, after "arguing" and "debating" with my strong willed 4 year old, it seems to be the only solution. Now, I know there is a "real" solution! Thanks Sarah Chana
(5) Dvirah, March 13, 2008 10:43 AM
Thanks for the Reassurance
I have been using this method for years and usually it works well. (My kids think I'm quite reasonable, most of the time!)However, I have occasionally come under critism from other parents for "ignoring" or "neglecting" my children by walking away from their arguments. Thank you for reassuring me that I'm on the right track!
(4) John, March 11, 2008 11:05 AM
Excellent advice. What a pity I had not heard this 50 yeats ago, then it certainly would have saved a lot of heartache.
(1) Crystal, March 9, 2008 3:41 PM
Great advice given in great manner.
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Business users and analysts make up the majority of our target personas in the business intelligence world. And it's not unique to SQL Server BI professionals that Excel is a preferred tool for analysis, pivoting and charting. We talk a lot about Power Pivot (yes, I remembered to put a space in the name that time!) and Power View as ways to model the source data (Power Pivot) and present it as compelling data visualizations (Power View). Presenting your organization's complex data as a simple set of compelling reports and flows is central to your value in the role of BI professional.
Related: Understanding PowerPivot and Power View in Microsoft Excel 2013
While we're all comfortable working with ODBC, JDBC, SQL, MDX, etc. as sources, things begin to breakdown when NoSQL data stores like MongoDB are thrown into the picture. MongoDB is a JSON document-oriented data store that enables flexible schemas and fast data loading by storing data as documents without requiring upfront stingent data schemas. While that may be a difficult concept to get your head around if you are a long-time OLTP or OLAP data modeler or DBA, just think of how many business users we may have lost already in this conversation!
The bottom-line to this discussion is this: As Big Data and NoSQL become more and more ubiqutous, you will need to start adding those sources into your BI solutions. In this post, I'm going to show you how I solved this problem for a customer recently by getting the data into an Excel spreadsheet, visualized in Power View, modeled in Power Pivot and transformed from JSON to SQL using Pentaho Data Integrator. Truly, a hybrid solution for sure, where we will leverage Microsoft common Office and database tools together with open source data stores (MongoDB) and an OSS data integration tool partner of Mongo Inc's, Pentaho on the back end.
Here is my example of how I solved this for a customer using open source databases such as MongoDB as a source for Power Pivot, extracting and loading data into the Mongo data store using the OSS Pentaho Data Integrator (sometimes called Kettle or just PDI). This is a natural solution because the end-users wanted to stay in Excel and the IT team is loading large amounts of quick-arriving Web log data in open source tools like Mongo & Pentaho. PDI comes loaded with native MongoDB adapters, so it natively knows how to connect to and traverse collections in Mongo data stores and also includes a JSON document parser. This makes the entire process of getting data into & out of MongoDB super easy.
Once you've built out a transformation that looks like my sample below, you can then join your Mongo data with the rest of your organization's data assets just like any other data source. The ability of tools like Pentaho to normalize NoSQL and unstructured data is key to enabling analysis like this, where the customer wanted to use Excel 2013 for end-user analysis.
Here is a good link to describe the proper configuration to connect to a MongoDB server with PDI. Make sure that you wire the MongoDB connection up to a JSON input step to parse the fields that you want to make available to Excel from your data store collection:
Ok, so now we have data in Power Pivot (almost forgot the space!) so that we can mash it up and generate models for Excel Power View and Power Pivot visualizations, including my sample below where I've included a lookup field for images that I can use as slicers:
From here, we are now in our comfortable Power Pivot environment working with data so that we have now enabled Excel-based analytics on MongoDB that can look like this:
The important take-away from this brief story is to use a data integration tool that can take JSON docs from MongoDB like in this example:
... And turn it into a feed that a tool like Excel can consume and display. Because you are working with JSON documents in a data store, your interaction is a bit different than with a traditional RDBMS. I did not go into any details of the Pentaho Data Integrator here because I am only using that as an example of how I solved this problem. There are other MognoDB data integration partners that do similar extraction and parsing as well.


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Through a positive attitude in seeking innovation and excellence and by providing quality memory products and services, ADATA Technology serves as a bridge between work and everyday life while improving both work performance and individual quality of life. Chairman Li-Pai Chen expressed : 「To achieve sustainable management, companies must not only keep up with the global market and product development, but also constantly improve industrial technologies and undertake social and global environmental responsibilities. ADATA offers selected key memory components, adheres to strict manufacturing specifications and quality inspections, and has obtained the ISO14001 environmental management system certification and RoHS hazardous substance material specifications, to provide stable, compatible, and high-performance memory products. These efforts demonstrate ADATA's commitment to corporate social responsibility while maintaining company growth to contribute to global environmental protection, thereby achieving green corporate sustainable management.」▋ Social responsibility Human rights and equality
Follow management strategies and social responsibilities, adhere to national laws and regulations, conform to industry code of ethics, safeguard employees' rights and interests, continue to improve and seek excellence. The Company does not discriminate against employees' race, gender, age, marital status, political stand, or religious believes, and will not hire, qualify, and promote employees based on the aforementioned standards. Respect employees and their freedom in forming associations, never hire child labor and forced labor, arrange reasonable work and rest schedules, oppose and prohibit all human trafficking, and provide reasonable salary and welfare systems. The Company also demands various supply-chain manufacturers to adhere to EICC specifications, prohibit the hiring of child labor, follow national laws and regulations, conform to industry code of ethics, and maintain employees' legal rights and interests.Risk management
Through the ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 preliminary review methods, the Company assesses and identifies the environmental, health and safety risks in all operational activities and eliminates, replaces, and controls (engineering and operational), in priority, the high-risk operations for risk reduction. Additionally, the risks associated with changing machineries/equipment and chemical substances must be evaluated by health and safety professionals to devise appropriate and feasible improvement and protective measures before carrying out the changes.One million cumulative safe work hours
Through participating in the one million cumulative safe work hours event, ADATA demonstrates its commitment to constructing a safe workplace.Monitoring labor working environment
ADATA regularly monitors labor operations environments according to the Measures Governing Working Environment Monitoring specifications, analyzes the types of work exposures prior to test implementation, and devises the Operation Environment Measurement Plan and Sampling Strategy Plan according to the results of the analysis, to ensure that hazardous exposures are within the scope of testing. The test results are published on the environmental safety information bulletin and disclosed to workers.Employee health management
ADATA performs general and special hazard health check on an annual basis, and manages individual cases through tracking and grading the assessment results. The Company also organizes a variety of health promotional activities to promote health management.Evaluating and managing human hazards
To prevent musculoskeletal diseases induced by repetitive motions, the Company conducts questionnaire surveys to assess the level of influence of body soreness on work performance during employees' annual health checks, to identify high-risk groups and adopt necessary measures. Professional physicians will also accompany the environmental safety unit to carry out spot visits and devise improvement plans with unit supervisors to protect personnel health.Maternal health and management
To provide a friendly work environment for pregnant women, the Company devises yearly maternal health protection plans. Through physician's professional evaluations, individual differences will be considered for adopting graded management and site improvement measures to protect maternal health. Nursery rooms will also be provided at the workplace so that new mothers can manage both work and family care responsibilities.▋ Conflict minerals declaration
The mining and trading of conflict minerals financially supported armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries, and resulted in major bloody (armed) conflicts and human rights violations in the region. Therefore, the US Congress stipulated the Dodd-Frank Act in 2011 and formulated a law regarding conflict minerals in Section 1502, requiring a declaration of the use of any conflict minerals (3TG), including gold (Au), tantalum (Ta), tin (Sn), and tungsten (W), in products or manufacturing processes, to disclose whether any conflict mineral produced from DRC or adjoining countries are used.
To fulfill customer and legal expectations and to implement corporate social responsibilities (CSR), ADATA is committed to managing its supply chain, by promoting the Requirement to Prohibit the Use of Conflict Mineral and regularly tracing the sources of gold (Au), tantalum (Ta), tin (Sn), and tungsten (W) contents in the products, to ensure that the use of 3TG minerals in ADATA products are not from the conflict mineral mining area, thereby thoroughly implementing CSR.▋ Environment sustainable development EHS health policy
ADATA is committed to fulfilling its social responsibility. It strives for sustainable operations and has enthusiastically implemented an environmental and safety & health management system to ensure environmental protection and the wellbeing of people; focusing on resource usage and the improvement of people's lives.
To reach the above objectives, the company is committed to:
1. Implementing environmental protection and damage prevention is the common responsibility of all workers.
2. Abide by the government's environmental, health, and safety regulations, and commit to complying with other stakeholders' requirements.
3. Implement educational training and establish channels for communication, consultation, and participation, to increase all workers' environmental and safety awareness, and protect their rights.
4. Ensure all workers are encouraged to participate in environmental safety and health tasks, and to make constant improvements to the management systems and performance.
5. Develop green product designs and promote energy conservation, waste reduction, and resource recycling activities.
6. Provide safe and healthy work conditions, and carry out risk and health management, in order to reduce operational risks for all staff members. The objective is to have zero disasters.
7. Regularly audit and review environmental and safety management measures to ensure the relevance and effective execution of this policy.
ADATA will thoroughly execute the aforementioned environmental and safety policies and generate awareness among all workers under the Company management, and also disclose relevant information to the public.Environmental, health, and safety targets
To achieve zero pollution and zero occupational hazards, the Company is dedicated to promoting environmental protection, developing green products, effectively utilizing resources, preventing damages and control risks, and implementing environmental, health, and safety self-management in each unit to establish a green and safe workplace culture.▋ Specific environmental, health, and safety measures Energy management
ADATA is responsible in carrying out sustainable management, and voluntarily performs greenhouse gas (GHG) investigations for environmental protection. Calculations from independent investigations show that: The majority of GHG emitted by the Company which consists of 22.39% purchased electricity, 77.54% natural gas, and 0.06% of residual GHG from direct emissions generated through the use and production of company vehicles. The time period reflected by the data is between Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2019. The data is applicable to all plant sites reported here.
I. Scope and volume of GHG emissions
II. Type and volume of individual GHG emission
1.The Company completed replacing LED lighting equipment in the entire plant area, saving an annual 300,000 kw/h of electricity.
2.The Company's hot water system was changed from gas boiler to air compressor heat recovery system, saving an annual 65,000M³ of natural gas use.
3.Other energy conservation measures:
1.The Company established a dedicated energy management department to record energy use on a daily basis, and to provide immediate reporting upon identifying abnormal energy usage, thereby eliminating energy wastage.
2.Continue to encourage energy-saving concepts and practices, and promote the habit of turning off lights and air conditioners when leaving, and shutting off computers when off duty.
3.Provide factory-wide promotion of onsite air conditioning (AC) control methods: Configure wind speed and temperature settings to low power consumption mode.
4.Adjust water flow rates on site according to water requirements to fulfill the required standards and eliminate wastage.Waste control and resource recycling
To effectively control waste materials and achieve resource sustainability, total waste volume must be prioritized in waste control strategies before implementing resource recycling and final waste disposal. All consistent control operations are managed by dedicated personnel. Moreover, qualified waste cleanup and disposal contractors are strictly selected and audited from time to time to ensure all contracted waste disposals are legitimately and properly handled. We not only meet relevant environmental regulations and requirements, but also contribute to ameliorate growing environmental problems.


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