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Moodle version: 1.9.6 (Build: 20091021)
Grades selected for column averages set to 'Non-empty grades'
Graded roles as enrolled student and manually assigned student.
If a student has multiple roles, the averages are counted multiple times.
John & Jeff got 50% for the quiz and James didn't get anything.
John is an enrolled student and manually assigned student.
Jeff & James is are enrolled students.
Average was 50 * 2 + 50 + 0 = 150 / 1 = 150.
Average should be 50 + 50 + 0 = 100 / 2 = 50.
Reason for difference is the scores were added multiple times to the total and non-emply grades were less because the count of students with graders was greater because of the multiple roles. ie: 14 students - 9 grades = 5 non empty grades when it should be 6.
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First note that
MDL-15277 may well be a duplicate of this bug.
Next note that MDL-25879 is somewhat related.
I got here be investigating a related but different problem. Some queries in the gradebook correctly check AND u.deleted = 0, and others, including the two involved here, don't. Because of this, we were seeing averages that looked like -6.7 (-3) (that is, an average of minus three users) because it was subtracting a number of ungraded users that included deleted users from a total number of users that excluded deleted users.
I have now turned Tim Lock's patch, and a patch by me to take into account the deleted users issue, into a branch here: https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19
However, grepping the gradebook code for "->gradebookroles" I find a number of other database queries which seem to suffer from similar problems, so I think we need to do a more careful review and try to fix all of them before we push this into 1.9. We also need to prepare a patch/branch for 2.0.
By the way, I am getting hassled about this in relation to the OU VLE, so I would like to get this fixed ASAP. I know you have a public holiday in Australia on Monday, but hopefully we can work on this in the remainder of next week.
OK, so reviewing all the mentions of ->gradebookroles in the code, as a plausible way to find all the DB queries that might be affected.
1. grade/import/lib.php line 175: Seems to be OK. Hmm... unless we should change
"AND ra.id IS NULL" to "AND (ra.id IS NULL OR u.deleted = 1)"?
2. grade/lib.php class graded_users_iterator::init(): Two queries here, both of which will duplicate users if they have multiple role assignments. Yes. For example, this is used by all the export code. If you have a user with two roles, then they are included twice in the export file.
(By the way, it is crazy the way this code is doing the $ofields stuff. Surely that is not really necessary!)
3. grade/report/lib.php grade_report::grade_report constructor: Just copies $this->gradebookroles = $CFG->gradebookroles; No problem.
(Note that there is a nasty use of Error here, that gives the wrong place to go for the setting admin->appearance->graderoles)
4. grade/report/lib.php grade_report::get_numusers method: No problem with the multiple roles thing, because it is using COUNT(DISTINCT ...)) in includes u.delete = 0.
5. grade/report/grader/lib.php grade_report_grader::load_users method: Oh look at the comment at the top "// the MAX() magic is required in order to please PG". No, Postgres was pointing out this bug, and you chose to ignore it!
Anyway the queries here are wrong, but this is probably masked by the fact that get_records_sql eliminates duplicate rows when it converts the recordset to an array. Well, one of the queries does a SELECT DISTINCT, but those tend to give bad performance. Mind you, I am not sure that SELECT ... WHERE EXISTS is particularly efficient either.
(I also wonder why this method cannot use the graded_users_iterator class? Anyway, I will just fix the existing code.)
There is horrible duplicated code here. Yes, I will refactor.
6. grade/report/grader/lib.php grade_report_grader::get_avghtml method: This is where we started, and my previous commits should have fixed this. I just reviewed the code again and tweaked the coding style a bit.
7. mentions in mod/assignment/lib.php are not relevant to us (and appear to be fine on a quick look.)
Note that there are mentions of gradebookroles in other places in Moodle 2.0. For example, in 2.0 there are separate queries in the user report that are not present in 1.9. For now, let's get 1.9 right, before porting the changes to 2.0.
Note, I just did a quick test, which I think covered all the code I changed, and I think it worked for me.
OK, all these changes pushed to https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19. I am looking for review and testing please.
Sadly, it occurred to me to search all the gradebook code for 'SELECT' and there are some more queries with problems.
8. In both grade/report/overview/lib.php and grade/report/user/lib.php inside the if ($this->showrank) { bit, it should ignore grades belonging to un-enrolled or deleted users when computing the rank, but it includes them. The OU does not use ranks, so I am not inclined to fix this, Perhpas we could file a separate MDL bug about that.
9. Drat! I missed the second query in graded_users_iterator::init(). I'll do another commit. Done.
But otherwise, I think we have now found all the problems.
One of the grader report queries was broken in groups mode. Thanks to Colin for finding that.
Acutally, I can feel a bit smug, because it was Tim Lock's original patch that broke that That is the only problem found so far, and I have just done another commit to fix it.
So, the state of play is that https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19 is, to the best of my knowledge, the correct fix for 1.9. However it needs more testing.
Prior to working through the 1.9 patch Ive had a go at reproducing this in 2.0 and have done so. I made student and non-editing teacher gradeable roles then made a user that was already a student also a non-editing teacher. Averages immediately become whacky.
Ill set this same situation up in 1.9, apply the patch and see how we go
ok. Looking at https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19 and I have that branch on my machine.
Youve added queries that look like this:
SELECT u.id, u.firstname, u.lastname, u.imagealt, u.picture, u.idnumber
FROM mdl_user u
FROM mdl_role_assignments ra
WHERE u.id = ra.userid
AND ra.roleid IN (4,5)
AND ra.contextid IN (14,3,1)
AND u.deleted = 0
The following also seems to resolve the issue of duplicate rows. Using a distinct instead of the exists.
SELECT distinct u.id, u.firstname, u.lastname, u.imagealt, u.picture, u.idnumber
FROM mdl_user u
LEFT JOIN mdl_role_assignments ra ON u.id = ra.userid
WHERE ra.roleid IN (4,5)
AND ra.contextid IN (14,3,1)
AND u.deleted = 0
Is there are reason Im not seeing for not doing it using an exists clause? The way youve done it certainly seems to work just fine but seems a little more complex so Im curious if Im not seeing something or if its just personal preference.
re the change in grade/import/lib.php, be wary of white space changes. They can make the integrators unhappy.
Otherwise I think it looks good
Thanks for looking at this.
In the past there have been nasty performance problems with SELECT DISTINCT queries, particularly where there are a lot of columns. This about what the DB has to do to implement it. Of course, we really ought to measure to confirm that the WHERE EXISTS (SELECT) version works better. I will try to do some basic timings of the queries on our live DB to see what I get.
I will get my colleagues to test the functionality on our acceptance test server. We want this bug fix ASAP.
I will re-base the branch onto the latest MOODLE_19_STABLE, including taking out the white-space only changes to grade/import/lib.php.
Will you then be able to do the 2.0 changes?
However, in this case I was wrong:
My query: 11,000 ms
Your query: 50 ms
Best query: 25 ms
SELECT u.id, u.firstname, u.lastname, u.imagealt, u.picture, u.idnumber
FROM mdl_user u
WHERE u.deleted = 0 AND u.id IN (
SELECT DISTINCT ra.userid FROM mdl_role_assignments ra
WHERE ra.roleid IN (5, 162)
AND ra.contextid IN (1161021, 830650, 32, 1))
That idiom seems to work better on other queries too, so I adoped it everywhere.
See the last commit on https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19 - note I have rebased this branch.
I also did a version with cleaned up history: https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19_simplehistory. I don't think there is any benefit in the full history, so I am proposing to use this version as the basis for a PULL request, once we have done a bit more testing here at the OU.
Grrr! I managed to screw up a few things. https://github.com/timhunt/moodle/compare/MOODLE_19_STABLE...MDL-20946_19_simplehistory now rewritten and fixed. I now think this is working on my development server. Time to put it on the OU's acceptance test server.
See how you go with your testing but it looks fine to me. I'm doing the 2.0 version now.
I think the 2.0 version is good to go.
repo: git://github.com/andyjdavis/moodle.git
diff: https://github.com/andyjdavis/moodle/compare/master...MDL-20946_roles_averages
Will of course reopen if any problems are detected during the ongoing OU testing.
Some review comments on the 2.0 patch:
- You've got a FROM {$CFG->prefix}role_assignments ra (second query)
- Don't we need the $enrolledsql bit in the queries in grade/lib.php ?
Reopening this as far as a bit more of work is needed with the queries just to check we are in the safe side.
Thanks for the effort! Ciao
Grrr! Why fail PULL-487 out-of-hand because it is the sister of PULL-486, which affects 2.0 where the code if different because of the enrol stuff?
And, if you actually bother to read what was written above, then you will see that I did test all the 1.9 queries on the OU's database. (700,000+ users, 100,000+ role assignments, 100,000+ contexts. 3,000+ courses - I think it is actually much more than that but I don't have the exact number right now.)
But if you want to do more testing with a bigger database, be my guest
I read this 100% (in fact I did that more than once), so I knew perfectly about your results above, so please, don't make false assumptions.
And they where failed because both are using the same (IN + subquery having DISTINCT) thing. I'm sure you tested it under PostgreSQL... but what happens with MySQL (yes, that tiny database that nobody uses).
So I think it's fair enough to dedicate some time for testing and comparing for one more week. The rest of the patch seemed perfect, and that was stated in the PULL request, so I really cannot see any problem with the decision.
Ok, in this issue we've created queries like this...
SELECT u.* $ofields
FROM {$CFG->prefix}user u
INNER JOIN {$CFG->prefix}role_assignments ra ON u.id = ra.userid
WHERE ra.roleid $gradebookroles
AND ra.contextid $relatedcontexts
WHERE u.id IN (
SELECT DISTINCT ra.userid
FROM {$CFG->prefix}role_assignments ra
WHERE ra.roleid $gradebookroles
AND ra.contextid $relatedcontexts
AND u.deleted = 0
ORDER BY $order
From what I can gather from the comments here and in the 2 pull requests Eloy and Petr are suggesting we try something like this...
SELECT u.* $ofields
FROM {$CFG->prefix}user u
INNER JOIN {$CFG->prefix}role_assignments ra ON u.id = ra.userid
WHERE ra.roleid $gradebookroles
AND ra.contextid $relatedcontexts
SELECT DISTINCT ra.userid
FROM {$CFG->prefix}role_assignments ra
WHERE ra.roleid $gradebookroles
AND ra.contextid $relatedcontexts
) uinner ON u.id = uinner.userid
WHERE u.deleted = 0
ORDER BY $order
Which is actually a variation we didnt try. I think... Anyhow, Tim, would you be able to test that variation against your dataset?
Andrew, I don't understand your comment. I don't think any of our queries have both a INNER JOIN {$CFG->prefix}role_assignments ... and a WHERE u.id IN (... Is that just a copy/paste error?
I thought Eloy was just suggesting we try removing the DISTINCT from WHERE u.id IN (SELECT DISTINCT ...
The switch from IN to JOINing a view is an idea that might be worth trying. My guess (and experience) would be that in cases where we have another way to limit the list of users (either $groupsql, or a join no grade_grades, the JOIN will perform worse, because the DB will probably evaluate the inner query for the whole role_assignments table, whereas we only need to think about a small subset of users. In the particular query you show, with no other restriction on userid, the JOIN may be slightly faster, or about the same speed, as the query I wrote.
Anyway, the only way to know is to test on a large example database on both Postgres and MySQL (and the other DBs if you can be bothered.)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/subquery-restrictions.html describes some mysql problems with IN (SELECT ...), we have already tested the JOIN (SELECT DISTINCT ...) approach in enrol related queries. I think we were bitten by this a few times before and after a few nights in stats hacking I am not using it any more - for uncorrelated subqueries the JOIN is better, EXISTS works fine for the rest. Please note 1.9.x supports older versions of mysql which may affect the results too.
Tim, apparently I cant reliably copy and paste. Sorry for the confusion.
So I believe we have 2 alternatives that need to be compared.
2) WHERE u.id IN (SELECT ra.userid... with no distinct in the inner query
3) JOIN (SELECT DISTINCT ra.userid...
) rainner ON u.id = rainner.userid
Tim's testing above found that EXISTS performed terribly.
I'm using mysql and Moodle 2.0. I used /admin/generate.php to create a whole bunch of users, course, role assignments etc. I'm just using Moodle's own profiling to get some numbers. The numbers Tim gets will be more valid as its based on real data.
First, I removed the distinct in the inner query. Execution time to view the grade report dropped 0.3%. Memory usage went up 0.1%. No effect essentially.
Now going to try using a JOIN instead....
Switching from IN to JOIN seems to make the grader report execution time 5% slower. Kind of weird but I suspect thats within the "random variation" range so it probably doesn't indicate that switching would be a bad idea.
Ive pushed the 2.0 version using JOIN to github so I can access from home. https://github.com/andyjdavis/moodle/compare/master...MDL-20946_roles_averages
What you should do is, having created the huge test database, then run the queries directly from the command-line (or phpMyAdmin, and the equivalent for other DBs). That lets you time just the query with minimal noise.
You should also use Explain to see how the database is processing the query.
Running both the JOIN and the IN versions of the queries directly in mysql query browser I get the following...
Using JOIN: average time 0.0480 seconds
Using IN: average time 0.0469 seconds
Thats running each one half a dozen times and averaging the results. Again, switching from IN to JOIN actually makes the query marginally slower. The difference is so small I dont think it really matters either way. If Petr says there are potential problems with using the IN version then Im happy to go with the JOIN version.
Tim, are you happy to repeat this testing in the 1.9 version and update the branch in your repository? (depending on whether or not your testing differs wildly from mine).
No, I am not happy to re-test. I have got lots of other things to try to get done by the end of this week.
I have had previous experiences where a JOIN query like this was a performance disaster, and an IN query was better. There are potential problems with either way of writing the query, depending on the whims of the databases' query optimisers. The only reliable option is to test the performance, which we have now done.
We have some code (thin IN version) that performs well on our two main database, and has been tested to make sure it is functionally correct. It think we should integrate that.
If anyone else wants to do more work on this, then be my guest, but if we agonise this much about every change we make, then Moodle development will grind to a halt.
Sorry, that was a bit of a rant. The key point here is that we are not worrying about one query being 5% or 10% slower than another - that will always tend to depend on the exact statistics of the data in the various tables, and the way the query optimiser works in a particular version of a particular database.
The thing you do have to worry about is if a particular database query triggers a really pathological case in the query optimiser of some database. When that happens, the query can take 1000 times longer than necessary (e.g. minutes not miliseconds). That is what you have to worry about and avoid.
That is clearly not happening with either of the proposed queries, so we don't have to worry.
re the rant, don't worry about it. Our current process is prone to being rage inducing
Unfortunately, with you saying to use IN and Petr saying to use JOIN I don't feel that I am able to make this decision. Ultimately you and I can make whatever decision we like but if Petr doesn't agree then the fix will simply be rejected. I'll try and get Petr back to comment on this issue before I bother creating pull requests. I'm trying to avoid another
MDL-25718 (5 rejected pull requests so far).
My experience was that IN can be a performance disaster for mysql, until somebody actually proves it is good or wrong it should not hit any STABLE branch. At the moment it works only if students have one role, but that is probably majority of installs, we can introduce any major database change without testing because it may create serious performance problems for existing sites that use mysql, sorry.
To Tim: we are already using the JOIN method for enrolment queries and it seems to work fine so far, we did not test IN yet (if yes please tell me the file name and line number).
Andrew: your testing of IN x JOIN in 2.0 is not correct because the outer query is already limited by the enrol sql, the results in 1.9 may be different because the outer sql returns more data. You would have to change the enrol SQL to use IN too to get the results you wanted. Ideally the test should be done for a really large outer query (all users) and small number of inner query (enrolled users). You might want to create a new query just for that.
In any case the mysql manual clearly says that "IN" has performance problems, that is enough for reject if you do not prove the docs do not apply to this case:
A typical case for poor IN subquery performance is when the subquery returns a small number of rows but the outer query returns a large number of rows to be compared to the subquery result.
The problem is that, for a statement that uses an IN subquery, the optimizer rewrites it as a correlated subquery. Consider the following statement that uses an uncorrelated subquery: ...
So, following a discussion with Petr in dev chat:
1. The MySQL docs are http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/subquery-restrictions.html (still applies to 5.5 too.)
2. The correct solution is to rewrite the queries to be like the second query in this comment: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20946?focusedCommentId=107430&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-107430
3. Sorry, I don't have time to do any more work on this. We have already deployed my fix to our live servers, because we needed it, and it works fine on Postgres. I guess we will go on using that until we move to 1.9.12.
Chat log: http://moodle.org/mod/cvsadmin/view.php?conversationid=7100#c264809
Thanks Andrew. I did a quick review of the 1.9 code, and it looks OK to me. Fingers crossed for integration next week.
Tested on 1.9, 2.0 and 2.1dev. Averages are counted correctly now. Thanks Tim and Andrew for you work on this!
This issue is fixed in this week's 1.9.11+ and 2.0.2+. Thanks everyone


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12-8 ALTON-MARQUETTE 8:30 p.m.
12-14 at Massac County 8 p.m.
12-15 DU QUOIN 8 p.m.
12-21 HERRIN 8 p.m.
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Penny Hardaway HoopFest
1-11 DYER COUNTY 8:30 p.m.
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1-4 at West Frankfort 8 p.m.
1-5 at Benton 8 p.m.
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After learning that Mountain Ridge Middle School had its own mountain biking club, Linda Homstad's wheels started spinning.
At the time, Homstad was teaching at Ranch View Middle School, but the second the sixth-grade English teacher arrived at Rocky Heights Middle School after transferring from across town, she put those wheels in motion and created a club of her own.
"Having these trails right here, we just had to do it," said Homstad, who sponsors the club along with fellow teacher Cullen Hilsendager.
The school, located just south of Rock Canyon High School, backs up to the Highlands Ranch Community Association's Backcountry Wilderness Area trails. Despite the school's prime location, Homstad was pleasantly surprised at the turnout of interested students when the club gathered for the first time this fall.
"I was hoping for 10 students," she said. "We ended up with 44. We had so many kids that wanted to do it that we had to split it up over two days."
Homstad and Hilsendager head out on Wednesdays with the more advanced riders and spend Mondays with the beginners. Accompanied by about five parent volunteers each day, they split into small groups so everyone can ride at their own pace. The club plans on continuing to ride through mid-November and then pick back up in the spring, while having small-group rides on nice days throughout the winter.
When seventh-grader Jack Bartholomew first heard that the club was forming, he jumped at the chance to join. Biking for nearly four years, Bartholomew said riding helps him keep his mind clear, and since he isn't involved in any other extracurricular activities, it is the perfect chance for him to meet some new friends.
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Barry J. Whyte at Institutional Investor has a good read on one of the quirks of specialty exchange-traded funds. Namely: Why do so many "growth" ETFs have an outsized slug of Apple (AAPL) stock?
You could argue it's not a quirk at all — that Apple is the preeminent large growth stock on the market, and a huge value, to boot, after the recent selloff. Fair enough.
But index-tracking ETFs are often owned because they help investors spread their bets and diversify. Otherwise, why not just own favored stocks, like Apple's?
Many of these funds turn out to have a heavier dose of Apple's stock than the cap-weighted SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY). Just as notable: They vary widely in how much they own.
Some examples: Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG), 6.6%, SPDR S&P Growth ETF (SPYG), 6.2%, Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth (SCHG). Apple's just 3.2% of the plain-vanilla S&P 500 ETF at the moment. Data are sourced from XTF.com and fund-sponsor websites.
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American Samplers
The earliest known American sampler was made by Loara Standish of the Plymouth Colony about 1645. By the 1700s, samplers depicting alphabets and numerals were worked by young women to learn the basic needlework skills needed to operate the family household. By the late 1700s and early 1800s, schools or academies for well-to-do young women flourished, and more elaborate pieces with decorative motifs such as verses, flowers, houses, religious, pastoral, and/or mourning scenes were being stitched. The parents of these young women proudly displayed their embroideries as showpieces of their work, talent, and status.
In recent years, samplers have become important in museum collections as representations of early American female education. Many are signed, and some are inscribed with locations and the names of teachers and schools. The emergence of large numbers of these samplers has resulted in much research in diaries, account books, letters, newspaper ads, local histories, and published commentary that is helping to illuminate the lives of women in early America.
Many early samplers do not have the letters "J" and "U" in their alphabets because they were not part of the early Latin alphabet and so the letter "I" was used for "J" and the "V" for "U." The letter "s" is often replaced with the printers "s" which looks like the modern f.
There are 137 American samplers in the Textile Collection. The first was donated in 1886, the Margaret Dinsmoor sampler. In the 1890s the Copp Collection was received and it contained two samplers—one by Esther Copp and the other by her great niece Phebe Esther Copp. (The Copp Collection is an extensive collection of 18th-and 19th- century household textiles, costume items, furniture, and other pieces belonging to the Copps, a prosperous but frugal Connecticut family.) The earliest dated sampler in the collection was made in 1735 by Lydia Dickman of Boston, Massachusetts.
"American Samplers - Introduction" showing 72 items.
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Mary Louisa McCully's sampler
- Description
- This sampler features a picture of two children, a dog, a parrot, and a butterfly in a garden with a floral border. A dog symbolizes fidelity and watchfulness, a parrot suggests talkativeness, and a butterfly symbolizes immortality. These are appropriate motifs to go with young children. Mary worked her sampler in Patterson, New Jersey. Patterson was home to many textiles mills in 1840 and that may have been the reason her family came to live there. Her pattern was probably a Berlin wool work pattern. In 1820 with the introduction of Berlin wools comes the name Berlin wool work patterns. These patterns were hand painted on graph paper. The sampler is stitched with wool and silk embroidery thread on a cotton canvas ground with a thread count of warp 24, weft 24/in. The stitches used are cross, crosslet.
- Mary Louisa McCully was a cousin of Frank H. McCully, in whose memory the sampler was donated to the Smithsonian.
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Jane Winter Price's Sampler
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- This sampler features a footed bowl on a square base, holding a large bouquet of flowers. One flower has been shaded with dark red and orange-red paint over the stitches. Jane included the inscription:
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Jane Winter Price
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- To accompany her large bouquet of flowers, Jane Price used stanzas 2 and 9 from a verse accompanying a nosegay found in an English reader published in 1816. A small bouquet of flowers often given as a gift was known as a nosegay. The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 25, weft 28/ in. The stitches used are chain, stem, surface satin, cross, outline, herringbone, crosslet, and French knot.
- Jane Winter was born on March 17, 1818, to Richard and Catherine Winter Dunnington Price in Charles County, Maryland. She married Josiah Woods McHenry (b. May 14, 1815 in Christianburg, Virginia) on February 27, 1849, in Shelby, Alabama. They moved to Union Springs, Arkansas and had four children - Catherine Price (1850-), Barnabas Middleton (1852-), George Richard (1854-), and Jane Cornelia (1856-). By the 1870 census they were living in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, and she died there on January 11, 1899.
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Coastal Carolina University is located in Horry County within the city limits of Conway, S.C., and in close proximity to the resort areas near Myrtle Beach (often referred to as the "Grand Strand"). Consequently, there are many options for accommodations, dining and recreation. The following links provide information about visiting, living and learning in the area.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:38 PM GMT on March 14, 2008
The planet was much snowier and warmer than usual during the winter of 2007-2008, according to statistics released today by the National Climatic Data Center. Snow cover extent over the Northern Hemisphere during the period December 2007 - February 2008 was the fourth greatest on record, and was the greatest on record for January. Satellite-derived snow cover records extend back to 1967. Some regions of the Middle East, such as Baghdad, Iraq saw their first snow in living memory, and seasonal snowfall records were broken in Wisconsin and a few places in the Northeastern U.S. Surprisingly, the winter also ranked much above average in temperature--it was the 16th warmest December through February period in the 128-year global record. This puts the winter of 2007-2008 in the warmest 13% of all winters. Temperatures this winter were a bit cooler than recent winters because of an ongoing strong La Niña event in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which has dramatically cooled the ocean surface waters. By one measure (the surface pressure difference between Darwin and Tahiti), February 2008 was the strongest February La Niña event on record. The last time we had a winter this cool was during 2000-2001, which also happened to be the last time we had a major winter La Niña event.
Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for the winter of 2007-2008. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center.
A normal winter for the U.S.
December 2007 through February 2008 was about average in the contiguous U.S.--the 54th coolest winter on record in the 113 year period of record. The average temperature was 33.2°F (0.6°C), which was 0.2°F (0.1°C) above the 20th Century mean. It was the 18th wettest December-February in the 1895-2008 record. New York experienced its wettest winter on record, and the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Vermont experienced their second-wettest winter on record. Only the South received below normal levels of precipitation, mostly due to a dry winter in Texas.
All time winter snowfall records have already been set in some portions of the Northeast U.S. and Wisconsin. As of March 12, Madison, WI had accumulated 92 inches of snow, smashing the previous seasonal snowfall record of 76.1 inches (193.3 cm) of snow in the winter of 1978-1979. Two locations in the Northeast have set new winter snowfall records, and more records will fall if an average amount of snow falls in March. By the end of February, new snowfall records for the season-to-date were also set in both Telluride and Aspen, Colorado.
An exceptionally warm winter in Northern Europe and Asia, cold in Central Asia
Northern Asia and northern Europe experienced an exceptionally warm winter, with Sweden and Finland recording their warmest winters ever, and Norway, its second warmest. Conversely, Tajikistan recorded its coldest winter in 30 years, and heavy snows in Kazakhstan caused severe flooding when they melted. Snow storms and cold weather in China this winter killed 129 people and did over $21 billion in damage.
Why did we see a cool winter, if global warming is occurring?
It is important to understand the difference between weather and climate. Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get. What we experience in one particular season or year is "weather". Weather has a large variation from year to year, with cool seasons and years mixed in with warms ones. "Climate" is the weather measured on scales of tens of years or longer. One cool winter or year is not an indication that the climate is cooling back to normal. The climate is warming, and unless we see a series of several years of cool conditions, this year's cool winter merely represents a normal fluctuation of the weather. Relatively cool weather is to be expected globally during a strong La Niña event in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and relatively warm weather is expected during an El Niño event. We shouldn't expect to see record warmth for the globe unless an El Niño event is occurring.
Why did we see record snows this winter, if global warming is occurring?
Beware of global warming skeptics trumpeting record snowfalls this winter as an excuse to doubt that global warming is occurring. One should primarily look at global temperatures on a scale of decades to judge the validity of global warming. Dr. Ricky Rood, who writes our Climate Change blog, put it this way in his current blog, Creeping Onset of Spring and in an earlier blog, Water, water, water:
This year has been very snowy in the northern hemisphere. That it is snowy does not suggest that it is colder. If it gets warmer, it does not mean that we no longer see freezing temperatures in places like Michigan. If it gets warmer there is more water in the atmosphere, and when there is precipitation there will be more precipitation, and if it is below freezing, then that precipitation will be ice and snow. The high mountains near the coast, like the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada would expect more snow. This is also true for the high altitudes parts of Greenland and Antarctica. From a climate point of view it is more important to look at snow cover in the late winter and early spring. Is the snow melting earlier?
Figure 2. Average February arctic sea ice coverage as observed by satellites between 1979 and 2008. Image credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Arctic sea ice recovers a bit
It will be interesting to see if this year's heavy Northern Hemisphere snow cover melts earlier than usual, as this will have a big impact on the annual Arctic sea ice melt. We're starting off with more ice surface area in the Arctic than in the past four years--February 2008 Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent was greater than each of the previous four years, thanks to cooler than usual temperatures over much of the Canadian Arctic. However, this was still the fifth lowest ice extent on record for the month of February, and 8% below its extent in 1979 when satellite measurements began, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. February was the third straight month that a new monthly minimum Arctic sea ice record was not set, following a string of five months in a row where monthly records were set. The extra sea ice extent will help to reduce the amount of melting this summer, but this effect will probably be overshadowed by the fact that natural wind patterns have forced a large amount of thick, multi-year ice out of the Arctic this winter. This has left much of the sea ice very thin, making it very vulnerable to melting. For the first time on record, the edge of thin first-year ice has pushed beyond the North Pole. IF we get another relatively warm and sunny summer in the Arctic in 2008, we will likely see Arctic sea ice loss surpassing last year's astounding collapse.
Annual WeatherDance contest ready for registration!
Armchair forecasters, now's your chance to shine! WeatherDance, based on teams in the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments, allows players to predict which team's city will be hotter or colder on game day in each round of the Big Dance. Beginning March 17, players can make their forecasts at the Weather Dance Web site at: www.weatherdance.org. The site will be updated with cities promptly after NCAA seeding announcements. Team selection occurs March 16 for men and March 17 for women. First round Weather Dance selections must be entered by 11:59 p.m. EST March 19. Players can register now and receive periodic reminders as the game progresses.
"Officially, Weather Dance began as a class project to get students involved in weather forecasting, but we kept it around because it got popular. People think they can do better forecasting than the meteorologists. Well, here's their shot!" said Perry Samson, WeatherDance creator, co-founder of the The Weather Underground, Inc., and Professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan.
This is the third year for the game. Last year more than 2,000 people played. Most play merely for the thrill, but many science teachers involve their classes as part of meteorology units. The winning teacher will receive an invitation and $500 to join the Texas Tech/University of Michigan Storm Chasing team this spring for a day of tornado chasing. Other winners will receive a Weather Underground umbrella or a copy of the book "Extreme Weather," by Christopher C. Burt.
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Dangers of Lead Still Linger
by Dixie Farley
The hazardous substance lead was banned from house paint in 1978, U.S. food canners quit using lead solder in 1991, and a 25-year phaseout of lead in gasoline reached its goal in 1995. As a result of such efforts, the number of young children with potentially harmful blood lead levels has dropped 85 percent in the last 20 years, as shown in National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Interested in measuring the impact of lead solder's removal from food cans, the Food and Drug Administration funded collection of the data during the 1976-1980 period and has continued to support the survey efforts.
Similarly, FDA's 1994-1996 Total Diet Studies showed that, since 1982-1984, daily intakes of lead from food dropped 96 percent in 2- to 5-year-olds (from 30 micrograms a day to 1.3) and nearly 93 percent in adults (from 38 micrograms a day to 2.5). Yet in 1997, FDA approved a new, portable blood lead screening test kit for health professionals to use.
In the face of so much success, why is another screening tool even necessary?
Lead paint abounds in older housing. The deteriorating paint exposes youngsters indoors to lead-laden dust and paint chips and outdoors to exterior paint lead residues in nearby soil--residues that remain unless removed. Lead particles emitted by the past use of leaded gasoline are also in the soil, especially near major highways. Lead persists at some work sites and, occasionally, in drinking water, ceramicware, and a number of other products.
"The risk of lead exposure remains disproportionately high for some groups, including children who are poor, non-Hispanic black, Mexican American, living in large metropolitan areas, or living in older housing," the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted in its Feb. 21, 1997, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Indeed, CDC reports that nearly a million children under 6 still have blood lead levels high enough to damage their health. While CDC considers the blood lead level of concern in adults to be 25 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL) of blood, this level in young children is only 10 mcg/dL.
Based on CDC's levels, FDA's "tolerable" daily diet lead intakes are 6 mcg for children under age 6, 25 mcg for pregnant women, and 75 mcg for other adults. However, some risk exists with any level of lead exposure, says toxicologist Michael Bolger, Ph.D., chief of FDA's contaminants branch in the Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages. And harmful levels need never occur, according to Sheryl Rosenthal, M.S.P.H., R.D., a lead educator at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. "Lead poisoning is preventable and just should not happen today," she says.
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Question 1 of 30
Which paramilitary group abducted heiress Patty Hearst in 1974?
Palestine Liberation Organization
Symbionese Liberation Army
The paramilitary group called the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) abducted 19-year-old heiress Patty Hearst on Feb. 4, 1974. The SLA was an American left-wing revolutionary activist group led by escaped convict Donald DeFreeze.
Three Percenters
Question 2 of 30
What year were several key members of the SLA captured, bringing about the end of the paramilitary group?
In September 1975, four key members of the SLA, including kidnapped teenager Patty Hearst, were captured. The founder of the paramilitary activist group, Donald DeFreeze, had died in a May 1974 shootout with police, so the capture and imprisonment of the four SLA members in 1975 effectively ended the group.
Question 3 of 30
What is the name of the paramilitary group responsible for the 2001 kidnapping of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham in the Philippines?
Alex Boncayao Brigade
Aceh Security Disturbance Movement
Abu Sayyaf
On May 27, 2001, a Filipino Islamic paramilitary group called Abu Sayyaf kidnapped 20 people, including American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham. After the missionaries spent 376 days in captivity, the Philippine military found and rescued the abductees. Gracia Burnham was rescued, but her husband, Martin, was killed during the liberation.
Question 4 of 30
Who founded the paramilitary group Abu Sayyaf?
Osama bin Laden
Yasser Arafat
Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani
Abdurajak Abubarak Janjalani founded the Islamic separatist paramilitary group Abu Sayyaf in 1991.
Question 5 of 30
What year did the paramilitary Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) split from the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA)?
In 1969 the PIRA split from the Official IRA, a group that renounced violence.
Question 6 of 30
True or false: The paramilitary group PIRA ended its armed campaign in 2005.
In July 2005 the PIRA officially ended its armed campaign against the British government. The PIRA no longer describes itself as an armed force, and an independent report confirmed that the PIRA has decommissioned its weapons. At least two smaller violent splinter groups still exist.
Question 7 of 30
Which paramilitary group was responsible for the death of Israeli Olympic coaches and athletes in 1972?
Fruit of Islam
Black September
On Sept. 5, 1972, the Palestinian paramilitary group Black September stormed the Olympic Village living quarters of the Israeli team, killing two and taking nine hostages. In a subsequent shootout at the Munich airport, all nine Israeli hostages were killed — along with five terrorists and one German policeman.
Question 8 of 30
Which American anti-government paramilitary group is best known for its recent armed presence in Ferguson, Missouri?
Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers is best known for its armed presence in Ferguson, Missouri, during the protests of a controversial police shooting.
Three Percenters
Aryan Nations
Question 9 of 30
When was Oath Keepers founded?
Stewart Rhodes founded Oath Keepers in 2009. The group claims to have 30,000 members, including soldiers, veterans and law enforcement officers.
Question 10 of 30
What is the name of the FBI elite paramilitary group based in Quantico, Virginia?
Counter Terrorist Unit
Hostage Rescue Team
The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) was created in 1983 and is the U.S. government's non-Department of Defense full-time counterterrorism tactical team.
Counterterrorist Paramilitary Unit
Question 11 of 30
Which Zionist paramilitary group became the core of the official state army the Israel Defense Forces?
Haganah is a Hebrew word for "defense."
Question 12 of 30
How long did the paramilitary group Haganah exist in its unofficial capacity?
18 years
28 years
The paramilitary group Haganah existed in its unofficial capacity from 1920 to 1948. With the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, Haganah became an official military force.
38 years
Question 13 of 30
Which paramilitary group controls more than 60 percent of the cocaine that enters the U.S.?
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
The Colombian-based FARC controls more than 60 percent of cocaine entering the United States.
United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
National Liberation Army (ELN)
Question 14 of 30
How much money does the Columbian paramilitary group FARC earn annually from the illegal drug trade?
more than $100 million
more than $300 million
more than $500 million
Experts estimate that FARC earns between $500 and $600 million annually from trafficking drugs.
Question 15 of 30
True or false: The AUC is a paramilitary group that works with FARC in Colombia.
The AUC is an umbrella group of local and regional paramilitary groups that fight against FARC to protect the economic interest of local residents.
Question 16 of 30
Which American paramilitary group was founded in Dallas in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri?
New Black Panther Party
Huey P. Newton Gun Club
The Huey P. Newton Gun Club is the paramilitary group founded in Dallas in August 2014, after the Michael Brown shooting.
Black Riders Liberation Party
Question 17 of 30
Huey P. Newton co-founded which organization?
Black Panther Party
In 1966 Huey P. Newton was one of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party was a paramilitary organization that defended minority communities in the U.S. during the 1960s.
Black Action Movement
Question 18 of 30
This Palestinian paramilitary group was founded in 1987.
Hamas is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group. It was founded in 1987.
Mukhtar Army
Question 19 of 30
Where does the paramilitary group Hamas operate?
Hamas primarily operates in the Gaza Strip and West Bank of Israel.
Question 20 of 30
When was the paramilitary group the Three Percenters founded?
An American anti-government group known as the Three Percenters was co-founded in 2008 by Mike Vanderboegh. The group is particularly focused on protecting its constitutional rights regarding firearm ownership.
Question 21 of 30
Which American conflict inspired the Three Percenters' name?
Revolutionary War
The name Three Percenters refers to the percentage of American colonists who fought against the British in the Revolutionary War.
War of 1812
Civil War
Question 22 of 30
What is the name of the CIA's paramilitary operations unit?
Special Activities Division
The CIA's paramilitary operations unit is the Special Activities Division (SAD) and is sometimes referred to as the Special Operations Group.
Covert Rescue Team
Question 23 of 30
Which 9/11 terrorist was captured on March 1, 2003?
Osama bin Laden
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
On March 1, 2003, SAD operatives captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He was one of the architects behind the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that killed 3,000 people and injured thousands of others.
Ramzi Yousef
Question 24 of 30
Which American paramilitary group was involved in a 71-day standoff with the FBI in Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
Militia of the Dakotas
American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement (AIM) was involved in a 71-day standoff with the FBI after taking over the Indian community of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. By the end of the siege, two people were dead, 12 were injured and 1,200 had been arrested.
Question 25 of 30
Which U.S. city was the birthplace of the American Indian Movement?
Rapid City, South Dakota
AIM was founded in Minneapolis in 1968, when more than 200 people met with Native American community activists.
Fargo, North Dakota
Question 26 of 30
What is the name of the paramilitary group affiliated with the Church of Scientology?
Sea Org
The Sea Organization, also called Sea Org, was established in 1967.
Science Org
Hubbard's Navy
Question 27 of 30
Who founded the White Aryan Resistance?
David Duke
Jeff Berry
Tom Metzger
In the mid-1980s, Tom Metzger founded the White Aryan Resistance, a U.S. paramilitary group.
Question 28 of 30
What was the name of the American anti-communist paramilitary group founded in the early 1960s?
In the early 1960s, Robert DePugh founded an anti-communist paramilitary group called the Minutemen. DePugh was born in Independence, Missouri, where his father was a deputy sheriff. As an adult, he was deeply influenced by the House Un-American Activities Committee, used to suss out communist ties in America. His success with the Minutemen was relatively short-lived. In 1968 DePugh was indicted for bank robbery and sent to prison.
DePugh's Army
Question 29 of 30
True or false: The Guardians of the Oglala Nation worked with the American Indian Movement in Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
The Guardians of the Oglala Nation paramilitary group formed to hunt down members of the American Indian Movement in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The two groups were always at odds.
Question 30 of 30
Which paramilitary group fought against the Irish Republican Army and other separatist groups in Northern Ireland?
Free England Force
Irish Freedom Force
Irish Freedom Force
The Ulster Volunteer Force was a loyalist paramilitary group founded in 1966.


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PRD Realty, owners of the triangular Bergen Tile building since 1934, want to make sure there's retail on the ground floor, not use it to meet the city's increasingly antiquated parking minimums, spots for 40% of the units.
While nearly everyone at the meeting, board members and commenters alike, agreed that the city's parking requirements don't fit in a zone near transit, some thought that, given the increased--and increasing--competition for spaces in the neighborhood, some spaces should remain in the building's basement, though not on the street level.
Restrictions on variance request
So the committee, which has only an advisory vote, agreed to support the request for a variance from the Board of Standards and Appeals, subject to several conditions: 12 parking spaces in the basement; no commercial entrance along Dean Street, with glass extending only some 40 feet from Flatbush; a six-story maximum height along Flatbush; and a two-story extension along Dean Street above the garage space.
The latter would meet context with its nearest neighbor along the south side of the street, but, of course, vastly out of context with the expected 34-story modular tower Forest City Ratner aims to build and the arena nearing completion.
Council Member Letitia James opposed the application as presented, as did the Dean Street Block Association, giving a push to the committee.
The matter goes to the full Community Board in May, and then to the Board of Standard and Appeals, which is not required to agree. The developer, said attorney Ray Levin, would "prefer not" to follow the conditions requested by the committee. Once a plan is approved, construction could take 18 months--meaning it would continue after the arena opening.
While Atlantic Yards was brought up only a few times, it remains a context. Reprising remarks he made at another committee meeting earlier this week, board member Lou Sones observed, "A lot of people in this neighborhood have been basically screwed."
Either they were kicked out by eminent domain or are inundated by bars, he said, adding, "It was a lose-lose for everybody in the area." (Well, certainly not for some retailers.)
Developer presentation
Video of Levin's initial presentation--though not the Q&A/discussion--is below.
Given the triangular site, as well as the presence of the subway below ground, to fit the full amount of parking, they'd have to build a ramp to go up, thus eliminating a lot of space, Levin said. Instead, the basement would be storage for the retailers and building residents.
He noted that, if they built as of right, because parking doesn't count against bulk limits, the building would be eight stories, even farther out of scale with with its adjacent neighbors, which on Flatbush Avenue are only a couple of stories but could be taller.
Levin later said that the site, given that it was across from the arena, was not seen as a "family-friendly location;" thus the tentative configuration was 25 studios, 20 one-bedroom unites, and eight or nine two-bedroom units. If the market changes, units could be combined.
This is consonant with Forest City Ratner's plans for smaller units in the first residential building. While there's clearly a desire for larger subsidized units, the arrangement of market and affordable units must mirror each other, and singles and couples would be more likely to pay the high market-rate rents, valuing location over tranquility.
Levin said the developer plans affordable housing, though he wouldn't guarantee it would be included at that site. The firm would participate in the 80/20 program, gaining tax breaks for making 20% of the units are subsidized and thus affordable or buying certificates that ensure that affordable housing gets built elsewhere in the city. Skeptical audience members suggested that the latter tactic would be far more likely.
Hardship, support, and criticism
Levin said the application includes a financial analysis that explained why it would be a hardship to build differently--a statement that drew some skepticism, given the increased demand for sites near the arena.
Levin maintained it was unfeasible. "We could develop a two-story commercial building with no parking," he said, but the developer doesn't want to do that. "He's a residential builder." PRD has built the Heritage in Park Slope, among other developments.
Then again, in 2008, the owner was aiming to rent the Bergen Tile site out as retail. PRD also has built the Atrium, a clothing store just down Flatbush Avenue. (Note fines over $10,000 for Department of Buildings violations.)
Regina Cahill of the North Flatbush Business Improvement District said the organization supported the configuration of the building, with retail--not parking--on the first floor. She said that, at six stories, the building was in scale with other properties in the neighborhood.
The Dean Street Block Association sent a letter (below) calling for, among other things, no parking at street level but some below ground; ground floor continuous retail on Flatbush Avenue; and a smaller number of units, meaning larger apartments, and thus a lower demand for parking.
It suggested there was no compelling reason to override the zoning along the Dean Street side of the building to allow a larger building envelope on that segment of the structure.
Council Member James sent a letter expressing skepticism about claims of economic hardship and criticizing the design of the building, suggesting the desire for uniformity crowded out the possibility for a varied structure. She suggested any variance be offered not for the entire parking facility, just the spaces not built.
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Johnny Moped's musical career kicked off with the band Genetic Breakdown (featuring Captain Sensible). After the Captain went to The Damned, the group recruited Chrissie Hynde and Slimey Toad. After Hynde's departure, they recorded a track for the Roxy album and released their own infamous Johnny Moped Official Bootleg Album before signing with Chiswick Records.'Basically...' assembles studio recordings Johnny Moped made for Chiswick between 1977 and 1978 plus a previously unissued Live At The Roundhouse session from 1978 which captures Johnny Moped's anarchic style perfectly.The witty, insightful sleevenotes to the album come courtesy of drummer Dave Berk.


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After six years in New York, Darrelle Revis believes his familiarity with the Jets will help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on both sides of the ball this coming Sunday.
"I'll spill the beans and let him know what we used to run," Revis said about what he plans to tell Bucs offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan, per the Tampa Bay Times. "What things Coach (Rex) Ryan might do. It's almost like stealing a little bit. That's what you've got to do."
Revis also said he has a "bunch of tips" on the Jets' receiving corps that he's been giving his fellow defensive backs. (Tip No. 1: Santonio Holmes is much better than the other guys, and he's not even healthy.)
Going up against rookie Geno Smith in the quarterback's first career start has to be a dream matchup for Revis. But the four-time Pro Bowl corner must have some doubts about his own readiness after not playing the entire preseason.
Revis was a full participant in Wednesday's practice, although he was oddly coy about his status for the game. Bucs coach Greg Schiano, meanwhile, said the team would monitor Revis to determine how many reps he'd play Sunday. We'll predict that Revis plays long enough to pick off the rookie quarterback one time.
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Posted 05 September 2013 - 07:58 AM
I don't have any ill will towards Revis at all... but man would it be sweet to see him get burned on a deep ball.
Probably not gonna happen, though.
Probably not gonna happen, though.
"My first thought was I looked and I saw who was second and [thought], 'Hey, I finally beat Belichick at something. I got him. I knew it would take time, but I finally got him.'"
--Rex Ryan on being voted the most overrated NFL head coach
--Rex Ryan on being voted the most overrated NFL head coach
Posted 05 September 2013 - 09:16 AM
Rexy.....he may or may not get burned on a deep ball. Schiano already came out saying that Revis would be getting a lot of safety help over the top so it appears that it won't be a case of Revis Island. I guess he's just not ready for the 1 on 1 yet.
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When someone annoys u, it takes 42 muscles in ur face 2 frown. BUT, it only takes 4 muscles 2 extend ur arm & b!tch-slap that mother@*?!&! upside the head!!
When someone annoys u, it takes 42 muscles in ur face 2 frown. BUT, it only takes 4 muscles 2 extend ur arm & b!tch-slap that mother@*?!&! upside the head!!
Posted 05 September 2013 - 01:59 PM
I'm sure the play book hasn't changed either... Lol
Posted 05 September 2013 - 04:22 PM
which jet WR scares revis or any other defense .
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Posted 05 September 2013 - 06:21 PM
This is a overrated aspect of the game. It really doesn't make much of a difference.
Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:11 PM
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This is a overrated aspect of the game. It really doesn't make much of a difference.
I'm sure Tampa's advance scouts will have broken down those tendencies already, just as those working for the Jets would have thoroughly looked over the Bucs'. The only real insight Revis could probably provide that the Bucs don't have yet is on signals, but you'd think they would change from season to season anyway.
Posted 07 September 2013 - 06:26 PM
Honestly, I would think that the Jets would know Revis better than anyone and as such, would be able to expose his potential weaknesses.
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I love the FMP Fummofu end song/clip. Gintama end song sounds alright, the original one that is.
I love the FMP Fummofu end song/clip. Gintama end song sounds alright, the original one that is.
I liked samurai 7...DGM's sountrack is among the best so is Inuyasha...but then again their made by the same music director. There's a Bleach opening theme that i like and a bunch of others that i cant seem to think of at the moment!
old naruto, one piece, X anime, hunter x hunter.....can't decide which is the best.
dct21 I have all the OSTs to Bleach if you want them. Also DB had the best.
English Dragon Ball Z has the best music, i mean come on, what can beat Drowning Pool, Disturbed, and Dream Theater.and ofcourse, the awesome battle songs
I'll have to say InuYasha, including the new series. Always had great OSTs. Next is Bleach, they also have amazing OSTs. Love me some "Nothing can be explained".
"Once the threads of fate are tangled, they cannot be undone" R.I.P Kikyou
Obviously InuYasha. Soul Eater was pretty awesome too.
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A standard ophthalmic exam is a series of tests done to check your vision and the health of your eyes.
Routine eye examination; Eye exam - standard; Annual eye exam
First, you will be asked if you are having any eye or vision problems. You will be asked to describe these problems, how long you have had them, and any factors that have made them better or worse.
Your history of glasses or contact lenses will also be reviewed. The eye doctor will then ask about your overall health, including any medications you take and your family's medical history.
Next, the doctor will check your vision (visual acuity) using a Snellen chart.
Other parts of the exam include tests to:
Another magnifying device called a slit lamp is used to:
Color blindness is tested using colored dots that form numbers.
Make an appointment with an eye doctor (some take walk-in patients). Avoid eye strain on the day of the test. You may need someone to drive you home if the doctor uses eye drops to dilate your pupils.
The tests cause no pain or discomfort.
All children should have vision screening in a pediatrician's or family practitioner's office around the time when they learn the alphabet, and then every 1 to 2 years afterward. Screening should begin sooner if any eye problems are suspected.
Between ages 20 and 39:
Adults over age 40 who have no risk factors or ongoing eye conditions should be screened:
Depending on your risk factors for eye diseases and your current symptoms or illnesses, your eye doctor may recommend that you have exams more often.
Eye and medical problems that can be found by a routine eye test include:
Abnormal results may be due to:
This list may not include all possible causes of abnormal results.
If you received drops to dilate your eyes for the ophthalmoscopy, your vision will be blurred and sunlight can damage your eye. Wear dark glasses or shade your eyes to avoid discomfort until the dilation wears off, usually in several hours.
Many eye diseases, especially glaucoma and retinal detachment, are curable or can be treated if detected early.
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The Scarlets scraped past the Dragons 10-6 in a hard-fought Pro12 clash at Rodney Parade on Friday.
The Scarlets scraped past the Dragons 10-6 in a hard-fought Pro12 clash at Rodney Parade on Friday.
In a dull game, the Scarlets scored first through Jonathan Edwards, but two Jason Tovey penalties saw the Dragons remain in contention at the break.
Both sides struggled to break through opposing defences, although the Dragons' Lewis Robling missed three second half three-point opportunities. A late Dan Newton penalty sealed the visitors' win.
Despite being in play-off contention, the Scarlets made 14 changes for their visit to their Welsh rivals.
However, it was the hosts who initially struggled to impose themselves, particularly as the visitors opened up a 7-0 lead after 18 minutes.
After good hands from props Phil John and Deacon Manu, Newton eventually received the ball before the full-back drew the last defender and sent Edwards over.
But the Dragons ground themselves back into the match and reduced the gap to one point at half-time.
On 25 minutes, Tovey scored his first penalty and then added another after Scarlets' forward Kieran Murphy was sin-binned.
Another scrappy period followed in the second half and the first opportunity for points occurred for the visitors through Newton, but he missed the target.
With their main kicker, Tovey, off the field through injury Newport's Robling missed three chances himself.
It was backs to the wall for an inexperienced Scarlets' side missing their big stars, but Newton managed to slot the crucial penalty and garner them a vital win.
The scorers:
For Dargons:
Pens: Tovey 2
For Scarlets:
Try: J. Edwards
Con: Newton
Pen: A Thomas
Dragons: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Lewis Robling, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Toby Faletau. 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Danny Lydiate, 5 Rob Sidoli, 4 Adam Jones, 3 Nathan Buck, 2 Lloyd Burns, 1 Nathan Williams.
Replacements: 16 Steve Jones, 17 Phil Price, 18 Dan Way, 19 Jevon Groves, 20 Lewis Evans, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Anitelea Tuilagi, 23 Will Harries.
Scarlets: 15 Dan Newton, 14 Viliame Iongi, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Gareth Maule (capt), 11 Andy Fenby, 10 Aled Thomas , 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Kieran Murphy, 7 Johnathan Edwards, 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Sione Timani, 3 Deacon Manu, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Phil John.
Replacements: 16 Emyr Phillips, 17 Iestyn Thomas, 18 Peter Edwards, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Richie Pugh, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 George North, 23 Daniel Evans.
Venue: Rodney Parade
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gwyn Morris (Wales), Huw David (Wales)
Television match official: Tony Rowlands (Wales)


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