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but on the othere hand, the council might not be thinking of naruto to take up the exam coz he has already proven his self from his high class missions that a chuunin does.
but on the othere hand, the council might not be thinking of naruto to take up the exam coz he has already proven his self from his high class missions that a chuunin does.
Screw the exams. Maybe only for a funny anime filler. Naruto is most likely gonna go str8 from genin to the Rokudaime Hokage.
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Aside from his two training sessions, Naruto has been in missions non-stop since after the time-skip.
have you guys noitced how easy the anbu die back in the chunin exams they dropped like flies which I don't understand lol. I wonder if naruto will be in the anbu?
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I don't think naruto can follow orders well enough to be an anbu.
Since the chunin exams are substitutes for real war and a real war has been declared theres no need for the exams.
The Alliance wants naruto under village arrest (house arrest) he won't be going on missions anymore.
Kakashi might just declare him a chunin since he's the hokage now.
Naruto is too ignorant to be hokage right now if he where in the kage summit he would be trying to shout the other kages into agreement without any solid reasoning.
There is no point in giving naruto any ninja ranks. Since he mastered the Sage mode, he is beyond any shinobi levels.
Maybe after Naruto taking the exam!! genin wolud be able to become Hokage without passing the chuunin test...
I think the abilities a chuunin requires are, however, basically (sorry if it's not the right word) and the elders will vote against a Naruto Hokage with genin rank
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Well, can Naruto honestly even lead a team during a mission? Would he be able to make good plans that won't be comprised of "Let's just go kick their butts!" ? I doubt it. Shikarmaru was taken because of his tactical brilliance, not because he was the strongest.
What I'm saying is that sure, Naruto may have Hokage+ level of power at the moment, but does that qualify him to be Hokage if he can't even lead a mission (chuunin) or mentor some kids (jounin)? He has brawn, but I don't believe he has quite enough brains at the moment when it comes to taking account lives other than his own.
(Remember the old Gaara as a more extreme version of what Naruto would be like during the exam, if he had to take it.)


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Oh and badass Morrienoah Jin avy. I saw that pic before, was gonna use it myself, but didn't have a sig, lol. looks awesome.
Finished with Volume1 .. I really like it so far . It's just a shame that the chapters have few pages , but the long scroll down pages and colors are a plus . Volume 2 Here I come ..
btw : thanks for the tip , Roku..
Set Made By Maximo .
Yeah , till now not that much action but Im only at volume 1 , but it has a nice story line ..
ask roku he is the expert..
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Id say its worth reading, and roku i know will.. why else would he recommend it to so many others?
I'm gunna have to check this manga out tomorrow
So how are you guys liking it so far?
@Lelouch: did you get to volume 3 yet?
Damn I love this manga.
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Cross, try it out.. whats to lose? It is really good.. just read it to at least the end of volume 3.. then if you dont like it give it up.. unless you honestly just cant stand it, anyway..
Btw Roku, Have you tried noblesse yet? It starts a bit slow, honestly, but once you get farther into it it becomes quite good, i think... It doesnt have the action i thought it would, though.. So im a bit disappointed there, but its pretty good nonetheless.. It is not too far behind trace, id say. :-p


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February 29, 2012
New York University Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 207, April 2012
What motivates substantive presumptions about how to interpret statutes? Are they like statistical heuristics that aim to predict Congress's most likely behavior, or are they meant to protect certain underenforced values against inadvertent legislative encroachment? These two rationales, fact-based and value-based, are the extremes of a continuum. This Note uses the presumption against extraterritoriality to demonstrate this continuum and how a presumption can shift along it. The presumption operates to diminish the likelihood that a federal statute will be read to extend beyond the borders of the United States. The presumption has been remarkably stable for decades despite watershed changes in the principles — customary international law and conflict of laws — that once supported it. As the presumption's normative justifications have diminished, a new justification has grown in importance. Today, the presumption is often justified as a stand-in for how Congress typically legislates. This Note argues that this change makes the presumption less defensible but even harder to overcome in individual cases.
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Leinster made it two narrow wins out of two in Pool Five of the 2012/13 Heineken Cup after defeating the Scarlets 20-13 on Saturday.
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Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of this as a first airboat? I know that building one from scratch seems to be most advisable. I do plan on doing that, I even have a set of scratch plans that I drew up some years back. Thanks...
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Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of this as a first airboat? I know that building one from scratch seems to be most advisable. I do plan on doing that, I even have a set of scratch plans that I drew up some years back. Thanks...
Hey Tdonily,
There's nothing wrong with using a "KIT" as a first airboat. It gets you out on the water with all the trial and error (mind you it can be fun as well as frustraiting). It also helps you understand how these are made (well at lease a general Idea for the wooden ones) and can help you out even more when trying to scratch build one later on. The Dumas line of boats are great as the wood is good and instructions are usually easy to follow as well. Whatever your decision, have fun doing it!!
Happy building!!
Also, has anyone any experience with the Windy boat from Dumas?
The Original 28" version Swamp Buggy is an excellent way to get your feet wet in airboats....A much better choice than the BIG Swamp Buggy , which is harder to build due to it's tunnel configuration.
There are some mods that can be implimented during construction that would make it more fun to run though. They are easy to do and add no additional cost.
Change it from a pusher configuration to a tractor configuration.
Move the radio compartment from the front (as kit stock) to a more rearward location.
Relocate the fuel tank so it is behind the engine instead of under it.
Use a bigger engine than specified. Specs say a 15-19 engine, but then this kit was designed MANY years ago. It can easily handle more power. A .25 is a good mid-range size that allows some decent speed. You could also go all out and go with a .40, but for this you would have to construct a bigger engine pylon for it to fit.
A decent .25, .28, .30 or .32 would fit right in. The only mod for this would be to add a little height to the engine pylon so the prop has clearance. (just add ply spacers to the bottom of the pylon mount to increase height).
I gather you would recommend to hold onto the (old but not used) OS FP20 for a homebuilt project? I had already planned on reversing the engine facing as well as adding a second rudder. Being new to these, I wasn't aware of how under powered this boat was with the recommended 20 size. This kit would actually be my second that I've owned. The first met an untimely demise prior to completion of construction due to a move an kids. As did the second (scratch built) attempt at an airboat hull. It's been so long, I couldn't tell you how old this engine is. But I'm sure it's never had fuel through it, hense no rust. Plus, I've checked it for that latter culprit.
By all means, go with the FP20. This is a pretty powerful engine. More so than the LA20.
There are ways of reducing the overall weight of this hull to make it perform better. Weather building from scratch ( substituting lite ply for most of the wood) or building the kit ( lightening the formers with cut outs, which can also be done with a scratch built hull).
For general bashing around, the hull is very durable in it's design and should last a long time, even when lightened up. If you need more specific details, I can add those to this thread.
If I'm on the right track, in lightening, you're refering to creating a 'swiss-cheese' look to the internal parts to reduce some of the all-up weight once the boat is completed. As far as replacing some of the parts with plywood, what size do you recommend? Thanks,
Hey Travis,
Yes the swiss cheese effect works well....well not too many holes. You want to make sure that you keep the strength of the parts. Too many holes will lead to a weakness in the wood! As for size, I'm sure Pro will be posting shortly to help you on that one...he has helped me and is a little more knowledgeable in that area!
Ya, you could go the swiss cheese route, but chedder is bedder....:eek:
Boring some holes is one way to do it. What I like to do is to cut squares or rectangles. I'll use a ruler to measure off 1/4 - 3/8" all the way around the former/bulkhead, like you were going to make the part smaller. Then I put 2 upright portions, or 3, to keep the up/down strength and cut out the rest on my jigsaw. ( imagine a ladder...you have the sides and the rungs, all the space between was cut out) This still leaves the part with strength, but a lot lighter. The whole framework interlocks together for the remainder of the strength. It may seem flimsy at first, but once the deck and bottom sheeting goes on, it stiffens right up.
If you use lite ply, go with 1/8" for all the frame members and 1/16 ply sheeting. If you use regular ply, you can go down to 3/32".
I built a few hulls with a balsa/ply combination. I used 1/16 balsa backed with an identical piece of 1/16 ply, also 3/32 balsa with 1/32 ply. They worked very well, but more work is involved
I had one years ago. It was a little underpowered with an OS-10. I upgraded to a .20, and it screamed! Handled very well. Couldn't push over tall grass like the Big Swamp Buggy with a .60, but did quite well. I have pictures I need to scan and upload to my website...Quote:
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Also, has anyone any experience with the Windy boat from Dumas?
I know this was talking about nitro but do any of yal know if the Dumas airboats can be electric also? I am an electric guy and really dont like nitro. I would also want to start with a kit and since there are no electric kits it looks like I will be modding some way or another. Thanks in advance.
yes , some of the littler guys can be converted to EP ... ( not sure about the BIG SWAMP and such ... some ARE a bit on the heavy side )
stevens aeromodel waterboard is a great electric kit
WOW.. really old post. LOL 6 years. [X(]
'tis a very old thread! I'm sure some will still find it interesting.
Pics of my old Dumas Windy...
Had it a couple of season before I beat it almost to death. Gave it to a friend to rebuild & use it again. That was in the mid 80s!
Recently I've been using my Aquacraft Alligator Tours airboat, and building a Dumas Big Swamp Buggy, and another Dumas Windy. The Windy handles very well with a .20 sized engine. No need to lighten it, runs fine on the grass as well.
Old threads never die... :D
Hey, I just posted a video from last week of my 20 year old Windy Swamp Buggy. It's powered by an OS-15 and does great in the snow. It's a blast when the planes are stuck instide.
Cool video..thanks for sharing. Looks like it runs out really well.
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I know this was talking about nitro but do any of yal know if the Dumas airboats can be electric also? I am an electric guy and really dont like nitro. I would also want to start with a kit and since there are no electric kits it looks like I will be modding some way or another. Thanks in advance.
20 years ago we "electrified" a Windy with the motor from a GP Electric Cub, its nitro counter part used a .10 or .15. Was a little slow but well worth the effort.
These days with brushless motors and lipos you could set up an electric Windy that performs as well as nitro.
Check out the motor systems for electric airplanes, I'm sure there is one that will work well.
I've been considering converting mine to electric, and if starting from scratch I would do so with a brushless in-runner and lipo. The only issue I envision is keeping the water/snow out of the motor while maintaining adequate airflow for cooling. I would also keep the battery in the main compartment to keep CG low vs under the top hatch where the fuel tank resides.
I have ordered this kit and am waiting for it to arrive. I wll be using a Suppo 2217 brushless and a 3s 2200mah lipo. Should go like hell. Any build mods that will make the boat better. thanks.
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Here are my observations after having one for 20 years:
1. Seal boat with epoxy - Be sure to seal the entire boat and wood parts inside and out. I was a kid when I built this and didnt' seal the bottom of the hatch. Of course it warped and needed to be rebuilt. I sealed the entire craft with epoxy. It's heavy but the weight doesn't hurt and helps strenghten.
2. Reinforce rudder hinge tube - The rudder has a brass tube embedded with epoxy in the leading edge, which a pin passes through to hold it onto the vertical stab/engine mount area. My brass tube never totally came out but it has come lose from flipping the boat which puts a lot of pressure on the rudder. To ensure the tube is very secure I would install the brass tube as instructed, but then run a 2 inch piece of fiberglass over it and wrapped onto each side of the rudder. You can then use bondo or epoxy with micro balloons to smooth the edge caused from the tape.
3. Replace bow leading edge of boat with hardwood - The front end of mine gets beat up by (my friends) running it into things. Once, it cracked the front end open so I replaced the most forward piece of wood with a piece of hardwood sanded to shape (I may have actually used a 1/4 dowel epoxied into place). It seems to be holding up well now, only the paint chips off. I can't remember what the original leading edge was made of but it wasn't as strong as a solid piece of hardwood.
4. Use canopy latches to allow easy access to main hatch - Since you'll be using the main hatch for the battery, you'll need easy access. One idea would be to use canopy latches to make it easily accessible.
5. Redesign engine pod for motor - Since you're going with electric, you may want to totally redesign the engine pod. You don't need the tank area, but you will need a way to protect the motor.
6. Prop - You'll probably need a 3 bladed prop for clearance. I would recommend APC-E or nylon versus wood because the wood will swell when it gets wet.
7. Keel - Since I drive mine on the snow, I had to shave the keel to be only about 1/8" at the center, 0 at the bow and 1/16" at the stern. With the full stock keel it will not turn on the snow, but with this mod, I can skid and turn on the snow. However, it doesn't track in water so I built a flip down rudder that attaches to the stern which I flip down when ever I want to use it in water.
Good luck, it should be great!
I am building the lil swamp buggy right now. I am using an O.S. .10 LA engine and throwing a 6x3 3 blade prop. I was thinking about fiberglassing the bottom and partially up the sides....????? This is my first kit i have ever built so any hints or tips would be nice!! thanks
Well the swamp buggy kit arrived to day and I am about to get started. The kit looks ok and I will be adding one coat of fiberglass to it when it is all done. The Dumas directions are rather sketchy at best..
I'm almost finished with my Big Swamp Buggy, and the tank they reccomend for it does not fit where it supposed to.  Is it possible to mount the tank under where the plans say, on the lower level?


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But when I measure the voltage between the two outputs O I note 10v, it's right?
do I need to use the output of LM78L05 and the gnd of LM79L05.
First off you need capacitors from input to ground on both regulators.
Please, can you explain why i need capacitors to input?
How i can lower voltage to 3v3?
Please, can you explain why i need capacitors to input
1.0mF will be ok?
but i need to power an 23k256 too, that work with 3v3. How i can lower voltage to 3v3?
That part is an SPI device so you will have to lower the drive voltage from the arduino. What I have used for this is a 74LS07 open collector buffer. You get 6 in on IC package, the inputs come from the arduino and the outputs to the SRAM with a 1K8 or so pull up resistor to the SRAM's 3V3 supply. The output of this chip can be fed straight into the arduino.
why you are suggesting using a 74LS07 instead of the simpler option of a voltage divider?
Quotewhy you are suggesting using a 74LS07 instead of the simpler option of a voltage divider?Voltage dividers can often slow down the rise time of the edge given the capacitance of the input. On the Ada wave shield their version 1 had voltage dividers but they changed to level translators for version 2 because of the trouble the users were getting with dividers. With a buffer ( which I already had so that was a plus factor for that part ) the falling edge could be very fast and the rising edge controllable by the size of the pull up resistor.
So I don't see that using the 'LS07 improves the rise time.
You don't need the -5V supply at all. The INA122 will work down to 2.2V total supply voltage and its common mode input voltage includes ground. So ditch the 79L05 and connect pin 4 of the INA122 to ground instead. See Fig 5 on the datasheet.
Voltage dividers can often slow down the rise time of the edge given the capacitance of the input. On the Ada wave shield their version 1 had voltage dividers but they changed to level translators for version 2
QuotePlease, can you explain why i need capacitors to inputTo lower the impedance of the voltage source to prevent oscillation of the regulator.Quote1.0mF will be ok?For those parts you linked to then yes. But only if the part is actually made by the same manufacturer who wrote the data sheet.
QuoteHow i can lower voltage to 3v3?First off, many but not all standard-size Arduino boards have a 3.3V v.reg on board. You can add your own on other boards, but the zener idea may work. Secondly, if you have an Arduino board that runs at 3.3V rather than 5V, you canprobably power it off a 5V regulator ok. However, you'll be running a bit close on loading with powering from a 78L05, which can deliver only 100-mA. Would be better to use a 7805 v.reg, ie 1 Amp device.Thirdly, if you have mixed systems of 5V and 3.3V, you will need level-shifters to interfacethe 23K256 to 5V I/O pins on an Arduino.[Edit: I meant to say you can probably supply 5V to the Vin pin of a 3.3V board to powerthe 3.3V v.reg on the board].
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High stoops like these are a signature of this city. I'm not totally sure why. Perhaps you could tell me. Maybe these were additions to turn townhomes into flats to provide more and more affordable housing types?
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Did you know that Rudolph and the rest of Santa's reindeer are very much a modern addition to Christmas tradition?
The legend of Santa's reindeer began in the famous poem, "The Night Before Christmas." Written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822, it introduced the notion of Santa's sleigh being magically pulled by eight mythical reindeer.
Did you know that there is no Rudolph, the most famous of all the reindeer, in Moore's poem?
Rudolph wasn't born until more than a century later. In 1939 the Montgomery Ward company wanted to give away a Christmas booklet as a promotional gimmick. The store tapped one of its best copywriters, Robert L. May, to author the booklet. His vision led him to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, an underdog champion outcast for his glowing red nose. Printed in 1939, the booklet reached a distribution of more than 2.4 million copies through nationwide Montgomery Ward stores. By 1946, more than 6 million copies of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had been given out.
In 1949, Gene Autry recorded the musical version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer which went on to become the second best-selling song of all time ("White Christmas" is #1). And a special place for Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer in America's Christmas culture was codified in 1964, when an animated version of the story was telecast for the first time. That beloved show has been aired every year since, making it one of the top Christmas shows of all time.
Christmas is the Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, and is a central part of the winter holiday season. In Christianity the holiday marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. And although traditionally a Christian holiday, Christmas is widely celebrated worldwide by many non-Christians.
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Twelve first-year along with second-year and pediatric residency positions are available for this program of intensive training.
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The program has been fully accredited by the American Dental Association Council on Dental Education since 1970. Because the hospital is a major affiliate of the State University of New York Health Science Center and North Shore Health System, residents in General Practice Dentistry are integrated into the hospital's overall teaching program. This facilitates professional interactions and presents opportunities to fine tune clinical judgment.
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"We talked about it all week, and up until the last few games we have defended the 3-point line really well so it has been a real focus of ours," stated Payne. "With them having two of the top five shooters in the conference, it was obviously a big emphasis for us and I though I team did a fantastic job of executing."
Eastern Washington started the game 3-4 from the field but the Thunderbirds put up six quick points on second chance opportunities and forced four early turnovers to hold an 8-6 edge after the first five minutes of play.
A block by Lori Parkinson of the defensive end led to a 3-point basket in transition for Maylinn Smith to extend margin to 14-8 in favor of SUU. The T-Birds made it an 8-0 run on a jumper from Hailey Mandelko to stretch it to a ten-point lead just past the halfway mark of the opening period.
The difference would grow to 24-10 after two more scores from Parkinson and Mandelko. Freshman guard Bethany Montgomery then put up five quick points with a three from the wing followed by a steal for a lay-in to spark a 10-0 run that brought the Eagles back within four.
Smith sank a pair of free throws for Southern Utah, ending a four-minute scoreless drought late in the half, to set the count at 26-20. Mandelko added two more at the line but Lexie Nelson connected from the outside for Eastern Washington and Hodgins dropped in a jumper to cut the deficit to 30-29 at the break.
Southern Utah shot 34.6 percent in the opening half but outscored the visitors 10-1 on second chance opportunities. Both sides came up with 16 rebounds over the first 20 minutes.
The Thunderbirds got behind the EWU defense for two fast break layups to start the second half but Nelson knocked down another 3-point basket to keep Eagles within one. Marquelle Funk answered with a three of her own to put SUU up 43-39 with just under 15 minutes remaining.
Jade Redmon and Laura Hughes teamed up for six straight points to put the visitors ahead by a count of 45-43 approaching the 13-minute mark. Smith earned a trip to the line to even up the score and Funk sank another shot from the outside to put Southern Utah back in front, 49-46.
The lead went back-and-forth in the closing minutes with the momentum shifting to the Thunderbirds as Desiree Jackson took a steal coast-to-coast and was grabbed from behind on an intentional foul that gave SUU two free throws and a 59-57 edge with less than four minutes left.
Parkinson pushed the margin to three with another foul shot, but a layup by Nelson had the Eagles down by just one. Robbins and Hughes each put in a basket off an offensive rebound to keep it a one-point game and Eastern Washington took the final possession with 22 seconds remaining. The ball was deflected out of bounds on a drive by Nelson to set up one last shot for EWU with three seconds on the clock. Hodgins took the inbounds pass and stepped behind a screen to fire an open jumper that bounced off the back of the rim and Parkinson corralled the rebound as time expired to seal the 62-61 win for the Thunderbirds.
Mandelko scored 15 points to lead four Thunderbirds in double figures as Jackson put up 12, Funk had 10 and Parkinson recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Hughes posted a game-high 16 points on 6-9 shooting with Nelson and Hodgins turning in totals of 13 and 12 respectively.
Eastern Washington outshot Southern Utah 43.8 percent to 37.0 percent and held a 30-16 advantage in bench scoring but the T-Birds recorded a 38-33 lead in overall rebounding and forced the Eagles to commit 19 turnovers. The game featured eight ties as well as eight lead changes.
"I thought it was a great effort. We had some great production inside, some good production outside," commented Payne. "People stepped up and did the things that needed to be done tonight."
SUU returns to the road next week for visits to Montana and Montana State. The Thunderbirds open the trip against the Bobcats on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. before taking on the Grizzlies next Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Coverage of Southern Utah basketball is available online at www.suutbirds.com.


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Directions to Thaniza Beachfront ResortAddress: 117/11 Moo 6, Bann Thai, Rin Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand
Average rating: 74%
Rooms from: US$ 26.15
Directions to Thaniza Beachfront Resort
Only 3 1/2 hours from Bangkok - the fastest travel option takes you by plane from Bangkok to Koh Samui (there are many flights every day) and by express boat from Koh Samui to Koh Pha-ngan (Haad Rin pier). You may also FLY from Bangkok, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, or Singapore directly to Samui or Suratthani. or take a TRAIN to Suratthani. Sleepers are recommended. Or you can take a BUS from Bangkok to Suratthani. VIP or Super VIP busses are recommended - they go directly to Koh Pha-Ngan. If you arrive in Suratthani you then need to take a BOAT, a beautiful ferry trip from Koh Samui or Suratthani to Koh Pha-Ngan. You can choose between different ferries or the express boat. Once you arrive at the international port Thongsala, just get taxi, or tell the taxi guy at Thongsala pier that you're going to Thaniza beachfront Resort in Haad Rin. The taxi ride will take you about 20 minutes. If you get ferry from Koh samui to Haad rin pier just 10 minutes walk from pier to resort


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Ornamental berries are sources of color for the fall and winter landscape. As the leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs drop, certain plants will reveal clusters of brightly-colored berries. Some evergreen plants produce ornamental berries during the fall months. Many of these berries will stay on the plants long into winter, which adds seasonal interest throughout the colder months. Ornamental berries come in a variety of colors: black, white, purple, blue, red and orange. Hollies, pyracantha and nandina are great for color in the landscape and in holiday decorations.
One conversation with Belinda Messmer and it's obvious that she's passionate about her family, her faith and permaculture gardening. In fact, the Grovetown resident hopes to become a certified consultant and share the premise behind permaculture gardening with others.
"Permaculture gardening is using science in a design style of gardening to reach many different purposes," said the mother of four. "When we do permaculture gardening, we look at how everything is divided into zones and we work to reduce the carbon footprint."
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Kenneth Flanagan Murray and Julia Ella Luedtke applied for a marriage license on July 31, 2013, and were married Oct. 19, 2013, in Augusta.
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Obamacare meeting
The CSRA Republican Women's Club will hold a public meeting Wednesday, Nov. 13, with Georgia State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who will discuss what Obamacare will mean for Georgians, at The Garlic Glove, 4534 Washington Road, Evans. RSVP on Facebook at CSRA Republican Women's Club or email at email@example.com.
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Dr. Bob Lehn, of Martinez, has been recognized as the 2013 Maranatha Baptist Bible College Alumni of the Year in Preaching Ministry. His recognition was announced on Aug. 30 at Maranatha Baptist Bible College during its Alumni Weekend. Dr. Lehn graduated from Maranatha in 1975 and now serves at Westside Baptist Church.
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There were 79 entries with 76 contestants qualifying. Forty-four contestants picked all 10 games correctly, 21 contestants picked nine correctly, six picked eight correctly and five picked seven games correctly.
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- Mad Men packs a pocket square full of style. Big sellers these days are ties and ties with matching hankies. And for your viewing pleasure — here's a video
from Askmen.com on How to fold a pocket square in a straight fold, three-point, one-point and pouffe all in a 3-minute video — the more complicated folds are midway through.
What eles is styling at Isaac Baker & Sons?
- The store sold more blue jeans than dress slacks recently.
- The store's own brand of cologne is a hit — I love it!
- Callaway golf apparel — they've got it!
- Dress shirts – -always a winner at Isaac Baker. Mr. Parker (my hot, well-dressed hubby) loves them!
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The online marketplace announces pricing and policy changes for sellers.
Katie Evans
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If the marketplace changes eBay.com announced today could be summed up in two words, those might be the most apt.
EBay has released its first marketplace update of the year, and while it is a complex package of changes, the consensus from industry observers is that the updates are focused on making the marketplace more attractive to sellers, and specifically more attractive to them than selling on rival Amazon.com.
A brief statement released today by eBay announcing the changes is focused nearly entirely on merchants and how the updates will benefit them. "We believe the new pricing structure makes eBay the most competitively priced commerce platform in the U.S. today," it reads. "These changes continue to make eBay the partner of choice for merchants."
Michael Jones, head of merchant development for eBay, says that the new changes coupled with the fact that eBay doesn't compete with merchants by selling on its own, as Amazon does, makes eBay the best marketplace for sellers.
"We strongly believe we now are the most competitively priced marketplace for sellers," he says. "And we don't compete with sellers. We are not a retailer, we don't buy product and we don't make products. We are solely here to help sellers succeed and compete on a global basis."
The focus on merchants is likely a move to appease eBay sellers who feel eBay has gone too far in recent years to add safeguards that appeal to shoppers, says Scot Wingo, a longtime eBay observer and CEO of ChannelAdvisor, a vendor that helps merchants manage stores and list on marketplaces such as Amazon.com and eBay.
In 2012 eBay redesigned its site, making it cleaner and easier to navigate, updated its logo, and introduced new buyer protections. Wingo says many sellers think eBay has fallen short, however, in protecting them against dishonest buyers who use tricks to try to unfairly get discounts, circumvent return policies or try to get products for free.
"Ever since introducing all of the great buyer protections, many eBay sellers feel that eBay leaves them out in the cold whenever there is a claim," Wingo says. Under the new rules, if a buyer files an unreasonable claim against a merchant, for instance, stating that the item received was not new even though the seller listed it as a used item, and eBay finds in favor of the seller, eBay will remove any negative feedback or ratings the buyer posted regarding that sale. The new fee structure and such seller protections are aimed to address seller complaints, and to attract more sellers to eBay over Amazon, Wingo says.
"It looks like eBay is really coming out swinging against Amazon's marketplace (and others) as they are saying phrases such as 'We don't compete with our sellers' and 'We are the most competitive platform,'" Wingo writes on his ChannelAdvisor blog.
EBay even includes in today's release a chart that compares its new fees with those charged by Amazon in an effort to illustrate that eBay has the lower fees.
The chart compares final value fees charged to merchants operating eBay stores with Amazon.com's fees. It shows, for example, that a merchant operating an eBay store that sells a desktop computer will pay a final value fee of 3.2% of the selling price if it qualifies for eBay's top-rated seller discount, 4% if it does not. If sellers maintain a very high bar of performance, measured by customer feedback and shipping performance among other factors, they are rewarded with a 20% discount on their final value fee. The comparable fee on Amazon.com, eBay says, would be 6%.
Still, when examined, the fee changes don't always mean a better deal for sellers on eBay, Wingo says. Amazon's 6% includes payment processing, he says. EBay charges 3% for PayPal, so that even the sellers who get the eBay discount pay 6.2% compared to Amazon's 6%.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Wingo says, taking into account the new fee structure, eBay merchants whose average items sells for less than $100 and sell 12,000 items a month or less will likely save a bit, while sellers above those thresholds will pay slightly more.
"The average selling price on eBay is between $50 and $75," Wingo says. "I think they may have felt they were a little expensive for lower-priced items and a little too reasonable to those selling higher-priced goods."
He adds that eBay also cut final values fees in categories where its sales growth rate has been slowing. For example eBay's computer sales volume has been tapering and it decreased the final value fee it charges eBay stores for sales of such items. Meanwhile, sporting goods and collectables, which have been strong, collect a higher 9% fee.
Below are highlights of updates that will most impact eBay sellers:
Store fee cuts and free listings: Merchants operating the largest category of eBay stores, called Anchor Stores, which require them to meet certain seller performance ratings and allow them to manage up to 5,000 listings a day, will get a break on store fees. Store fees for Anchor stores will decrease by $120 a month to $179.95 from $299.95, or by $1,440 a year. Anchor store merchants will also get 2,500 free listings per month. However, listing fees for Anchor stores that list more than that amount will increase by 2 cents or 66% per listing. The other eBay store tiers, Basic and Premium, will not get a break on store fees. Basic stores will get 150 free listings per month and Premium will get 500 free listings. Premium listing fees after that amount is reached will increase from 5 cents to 10 cents and Basic listing fees will remain the same at 20 cents.
Final Value Fees: eBay is introducing flat-rate final value fees. EBay used to charge Final Value Fees after each sale based on the merchandise category and a complex calculation of the selling price with various percentages based on price tiers. EBay is simplifying the fee structure, which long confused merchants. Merchants without eBay stores will pay a flat 10%. Merchants with stores will pay between 4% and 9% based on four categories of merchandise.
Unpaid Items: In May, eBay will introduce changes to help merchants deal with unpaid items. Since eBay's infancy, consumers would go through a two-phase commitment—commit to pay, and then actually pay. This forced retailers to hold inventory, waiting for the consumer to pay. Recent updates that have addressed this include Immediate Pay, which lets sellers require a buyer to pay immediately using PayPal. Other updates in the pipeline for May include: Enabling a merchant to keep items available for purchase until the buyer pays, and cutting unpaid item claim filing times by two days.
Feedback: Another source of frustration for sellers is when they receive negative feedback or ratings, work with a buyer to resolve a problem and then have difficulty getting the poor feedback or ratings removed. This glitch especially irritated merchants because in order to qualify for the 20% top-seller discount on final value fees, merchants must have less than one half of 1% worth of negative feedback. Starting May 1, eBay will remove poor feedback and ratings when an issue is favorably resolved.
Easier account management: Sellers can update their shipping, payment and return policies in one central location. Also, in late May, eBay will allow sellers to select 'same day' from the handling options as well as exact order cut-off times. For example, a seller can say, "Ships today if ordered by 5 p.m. central."
Jordan Insley, owner of eBay electronics store Quick Ship Electronics, says the changes are an effort by eBay to fix headaches and hurdles merchants were encountering. "They are looking at this as an opportunity to clean up a lot of issues," he says. "EBay has done a great job bringing buyers back to the platform, now they are streamlining operations to make things easier for sellers." He also thinks the changes reflect eBay seeking to attract bigger merchants or to turn casual sellers in to full-time ones by making it easier and more affordable to manage a store with many listings and customers.
"The changes are appealing to those who are only selling on Amazon right now," Wingo says. "And eBay starting to amplify concerns about Amazon competing with their sellers for sales might keep exclusive eBay merchants selling only on eBay."


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: Wonderful web site. We bought a Toto Ultramax based on your reviews, and have been very happy with it. It's now time to buy a second toilet, but we're considering the lower profile Toto Supreme this time. It has the Power Gravity flush rather than G-max. I've read your other messages here and can only see where you've said that the Power Gravity "should be fine" -- do you have a firm comparison? Can other readers add their experiences? I like the sleeker look of the Supreme but I'm not willing to sacrifice performance.
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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
Fix Version/s: 2.2
Component/s: Resource
Testing Instructions:
Testing (easy):
1) Apply upgrade. Check there is no error during upgrade.
2) View an existing course containing a number of activities; check there is no error.
3) Edit an activity on existing course. Save and return to course. Check there is no error.
4) Add (or use existing activities) of each type supported by this change:
assignment, chat, choice, data, folder, forum, glossary, imscp, page, quiz, resource, scorm, survey, url, wiki, workshop.
5) Check that, with default settings, the descriptions do not display on course page.
6) Go through each activity. Edit it, tick the 'Description on course page' checkbox, save and return to course. Check the description now appears.
7) In the case of the resource and url activities, try choosing one of the options that cause a popup window to appear and make sure this still works.
Additional test (images) (easy)
1) Create a new Page resource. In the intro, add an image.
2) Turn on the 'description on course page' option.
3) Click 'Save and return to course'
4) Check that the image displays on course pageTesting (easy): 1) Apply upgrade. Check there is no error during upgrade. 2) View an existing course containing a number of activities; check there is no error. 3) Edit an activity on existing course. Save and return to course. Check there is no error. 4) Add (or use existing activities) of each type supported by this change: assignment, chat, choice, data, folder, forum, glossary, imscp, page, quiz, resource, scorm, survey, url, wiki, workshop. 5) Check that, with default settings, the descriptions do not display on course page. 6) Go through each activity. Edit it, tick the 'Description on course page' checkbox, save and return to course. Check the description now appears. 7) In the case of the resource and url activities, try choosing one of the options that cause a popup window to appear and make sure this still works. Additional test (images) (easy) 1) Create a new Page resource. In the intro, add an image. 2) Turn on the 'description on course page' option. 3) Click 'Save and return to course' 4) Check that the image displays on course page
Affected Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE
Fixed Branches:MOODLE_22_STABLE
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The file resource has option for whether to show description (on its page).
I would like to add a second option below that one, 'Show description on course page' (default off). If set, the description would appear on the course page below the link to the file, like:
- Spreadsheet file
This spreadsheet contains useful data that you should erase.
(Where the first line is the existing display & the second line is from description.)
This is only needed for file resources because these are the only ones where typically, you don't actually go to the page, i.e. in most cases they are set up so that once you click it immediately starts downloading the file.
There are two current workarounds for the lack of this feature:
1) Set display type to 'Embed' instead of 'Automatic' / 'Force download; this forces users to go via the intervening page when they click, this includes the description.
2) Add a Label below the file with the description.
I am probably willing to implement this feature (for Moodle 2.1 probably? Or 2.0.x), it should be easy - just want to check if there is support for it.
so far, david said +1
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MDL-30160 META: Major new features for Moodle 2.2
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MDL-29236 Filter settings for Label do not work
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MDLQA-2030 CLONE - A teacher can display an activity description on the course page
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MDL-11200 Resource Summaries should optionally display on course page
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MDL-16820 [API proposal] modules printing to the course page
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Sam, thanks for your suggested improvement. As I mentioned in the dev chat, I find it a bit weird to have a setting for the file resource only, though I can appreciate your reasoning.
For anyone reading this, please vote for this issue if you'd like it implemented.
Making the option available for all activity types that include an intro (via a setting in course_modules & standard_whatever_it_is controls) is possible instead, though it might be a bit of a larger change.
I've been looking at some other things and I now also think it would be more appropriate to make this available for all types; in particular there are cases where it would be useful for the url module as well (as that one, similarly, does not normally take you to a page where it displays).
Funnily enough I'm in a meeting where this was just raised as a suggestion - and then I find a tracker item added just a couple of weeks ago
I'd also suggest that there is an option to define whether the label is shown above or below the resource/activity. Sound fair?
Hi Mark, thanks for participating.
Interesting requirement - you mean you want it to show like:
This is some blah blah description
blah blah about something the user
hasn't got to yet and hasn't even
seen the title for.
__Activity title__
rather than
__Activity title__
Here is a description underneath the
title for the activity, like normal.
Sorry for the slightly leading wording in examples but that seems like a strange requirement. I'm wondering, would the latter one still benefit you at all?
Moodle display system doesn't currently support the order you want, so that would be a larger task.
(It already supports 'link with icon, then some text', so in other words, if I just fiddle about with what the modules do, the code to display it like that is already there. It doesn't currently have a way to display the other order. Not impossible to add it but more work.)
Hey Sam,
No problem.
If I was going to give more valid wording then I'd be saying something along the lines of:
"In the following resource you will see an example of something blah blah. Check it out first before you do the next blahblah.
_Activity Title_"
Maybe its just the way I design courses, but I tend to go
and rarely the other way around (which is the way you had it already).
For the users I'm currently dealing with, only having the option to have the context (label) underneath would be as useful as a chocolate teapot.
Hope this makes sense,
OK, I guess it kind of makes sense - but it doesn't fit well with how Moodle already uses that field.
For example, if you look at the order of the 'Edit' page (for a URL, say) it has the title first, then it has the description. It would seem odd to edit them in this order, then display them in the other order.
Similarly once you actually go into (e.g.) a Page, the page breadcrumb and/or heading displays first, and then (if displayed at all; there's an option) the description; not the other way around.
I think our course staff do want 'context' type text occasionally, but generally it wouldn't be associated with a single activity as such. It would be more like, here's what we are going to do in this week - and then there's a few activities that follow. It wouldn't really be the description of an activity.
Sorry but I don't think this issue can cover your requirement (unless somebody else disagrees...) - however if this issue is developed, the feature you want would be a potential extension to the then-existing code (ie we will have an option somewhere for 'Show description on course page' which would be an obvious place to add an additional option later), so it still kind of sort of helps you go in that direction...
I have completed development of this new feature, which is intended for Moodle 2.2; now requesting review. I did it in four logical parts which are separate commits:
1) New database field including all associated factors (backup, UI, etc). New feature constant that controls whether the UI appears.
2) New support for ->contentformat in cm_info (previously ->content had to be HTML format which was inconvenient for this use case because intro can be in any format)
3) Implement automatic behaviour for any module that doesn't have a _get_coursemodule_info function.
4) Added implementation for all modules except label (not applicable) and lesson (doesn't seem to have a description field). This commit also includes a little tidying up for the get_coursemodule_info functions to use the format introduced in Moodle 2.0.2 or so, including making the onclick links a bit nicer.
When reviewing the feature it may make more sense to look at the four commits separately rather than everything jumbled up.
For module developers, implementing this feature is done as follows:
a) Return true for FEATURE_SHOW_DESCRIPTION in your module's _supports function.
b) If you have 'intro, introformat' fields in your main table, and if you don't have a module_get_coursemodule_info function, then stop! You're done, it should work. There is no additional performance cost. (Used to be 1 query when building modinfo to get_field the name of your module; now there's 1 query which get_records the name, intro, and introformat.)
c) If you do have a module_get_coursemodule_info function, or your description is in some other field or something, then you need to implement this feature in your module_get_coursemodule_info function. Usually that looks like
if ($coursemodule->showdescription) {
$info->content = $mymodule->intro;
$info->contentformat = $mymodule->introformat;
NOTE: This feature always displays the description below the title, as discussed above. As a future change or a local customisation, it would be possible to extend this code to allow you to choose to have description above the title instead of below, which Mark requested above. This is not a trivial task and I am not going to do it personally, but here is a rough guideline of how that could be done:
a) Change the user interface from checkbox to a dropdown with options 0=no description, 1=description below, 2=description above.
b) Extend the cm_info/cached_cm_info interface by adding ->contentabove as a boolean value (& store this in all necessary places).
c) When ->showdescription is set to 2, set ->contentabove to true by default (so you don't have to change all the modules to take notice of the different value).
d) In print_section, make it accept ->contentabove and, if set, display content above instead of below. (This may also require some changes to CSS etc so that it displays OK.)
So although I haven't implemented it, this code certainly doesn't preclude implementing it later.
Sorry, just noticed the title is out of date (since Helen requested to make this work for all activity types).
Is anyone looking at this? It seems to have been assigned to Martin, but surely he doesn't read bugmail...?
Have attached screenshots of course page and forum settings with this patch, + html code of coursepage.
Yep, this looks very sensible, Sam.
I've only skimmed the diff, but it looks OK with the only possible performance issue being that modinfo could get too big on large courses.
About the UI, I know "Common module settings" makes sense from a modinfo point of view but from a user POV wouldn't it be good to have that checkbox right under the Description field? Is that possible to do cleanly, or would it be too many hacks?
Thanks Martin.
Re 1) it should not add description to modinfo unless you turn on the option, so even on a large course, so long as you don't turn it on for everything (in which case that would be a laaaaaaaarge course page) it won't get very big.
Re 2) I agree - this is because it adds it using the function that adds standard settings which gets called at that point, but I'll have a look to see if maybe I can insert it after existing field instead or something like that.
OK, since Martin thought it was okay, I'm now submitting for integration review.
Regarding the checkbox position, I have made a change as requested: after doing something complicated to rearrange its position in the form (there isn't an insertElementAfter, only Before) I realised I could just, uh, add it to the end of the add_intro_editor function. Much simpler. I rebased this in (it's part of my 'commit 1') and pushed the new commits.
As noted previously, reviewers might find it makes it easier to understand if you look at the commits one at a time.
Ho Sam,
I'm going to delay integration of this to next week, to have some more time to look @ some bits with more detail (running out of time this week).
We would quite like to know if this is going to be integrated into 2.2 before next week. (There is an OU deadline next Tuesday.) Do you think it is likely that, in the case that you reject the current patch, it would just be to make some further changes. Can you promise that you will not reject the idea completely? Thanks.
The main moodle.git repository has just been updated with latest weekly modifications. You may wish to rebase your PULL branches to simplify history and avoid any possible merge conflicts. This would also make integrator's life easier next week.
TIA and ciao
I'm sorry I must reject this because, or I've followed the process wrongly... or I think we can expect problems with those descriptions and any context-related information (filters, files...).
If you take a look to the currently-working label implementation, it calls format_module_intro() that perform some useful things like:
- preparing the pluginfile urls.
- setting the correct options['context'] so filters and friends will be applied ok.
And that code seems to be missing in the implementation, it uses sort of harcoded course context (double calling format_text??? for labels, uh) and misses pluginfile prepare and correct module context.
Another point that "stresses" me a bit is the extra traffic happening by fetching always the description in modules having xxx_get_coursemodule_info() own implementation. Perhaps we could try to avoid that? After all, the param, $coursemodule, has the information about description being requested yes/no, isn't it?
Finally, has the description output some css selector in order to be able to modify it from themes or so? Surely yes, just to be sure, I haven't reviewed the whole print_section() or whatever is in charge of that, lol.
So, I think it needs a bit more of work. Overall seems to be fine, great work!
Eloy: Thanks very much for review. Just to update, I was away last week but I will get back to this as soon as I can and hopefully can fix the issues raised.
Re two of Eloy's comments that I think probably (but not certain!) do not need addressing:
1) Re 'extra traffic happening by fetching always the description in modules having xxx_get_coursemodule_info() own implementation' - this is the most efficient way to implement it because xxx_get_coursemodule_info() always retrieves that table row already so doing this makes no extra work, although it does mean a few lines of extra code. I could make it do it automatically by default if you don't set it (like it does if you don't have a _get_coursemodule_info function) but this would mean an extra db query compared to doing it in the function, so I think it's probably better to encourage that. However it would be possible to implement even though it's slightly less efficient?
2) re 'double calling format_text for labels' I don't get it - this code isn't used for labels, that's one of the modules that doesn't have the feature.
Other problems identified with images, filters these definitely needs fixing - Tim added filter testcase, I put one for images which currently fails.
Once I get this working properly, will also do investigation of performance (#queries) with option on/off on multiple items on course page.
More notes:
Re the bug Tim identified with activity-specific filter settings, this already applies to Label as it does filtering using course context same way. So is probably a bug with existing system. I will try to fix as part of this but considering performance.
I see what Eloy means about double calling format_text for labels (that code was not changed in this work which is why I was confused). The first time when building modinfo cache it calls it with filter set to off (I guess just to turn to html), the second time when actually displaying 'live' on the page it filters it. I suppose that's OK. This might mean I can remove some of the changes because doesn't need a format option adding for content if we are going to always format_text to html first.
OK, submitting for integration again. I have done the following:
- Changed code to use format_module_intro as required. Images now work.
- Removed the change to add a contentformat parameter to cm_info_cached as this is not now needed (it's always using html).
- Retested performance. My test page has a number of activities with 'show description'; it uses 77 db queries before and after this change (i.e. I switched branches, and rebuilt modinfo). (I reloaded twice to avoid differences caused by short-term caches. This is the number it settles down to.)
Note that filter settings do NOT work (i.e. this uses the course filter settings not the module filter settings). However that is currently the case for label already and it is the same issue. So I have filed it separately as
Hi guys,
I've had a look over these changes and have had a play with the patch it certainly gets my +1 however I will leave it up to Eloy to actually integrate this so he can give it his once over as well given he's looked at it previously.
The only thing that I spotted that I think could be improved is the title on the new checkbox `Description on course page` perhaps `Display introduction on course page` or better yet check with Helen to see what she thinks.
I'll leave it up to you Eloy.
Thanks for the great work guys.
As agreed in dev chat:
'Display description on course page' with help string 'If enabled, the introduction / description above will be displayed on the course page just below the link to this activity / resource.'
Thanks Sam and Sam
Thanks Sam.
I discussed it with Helen and have updated the wording as she recommended (and rebased). The text is now 'Display description on course page' (i.e. added the word 'display') and we have also changed the wording of the help popup which was slightly inaccurate. Because the help popup has more room, it uses the phrase 'introduction / description' to make clear if anyone is confused on the screens where the above box is titled 'introduction'.
Additionally, I have filed
MDL-29250 about the inconsistency in terms where some modules use Description and others use Introduction. (That is not a prerequisite for this issue, it just came up.)
Sam, I'm reviewing this right now... side clarification that will not stop integration:
When talking above about performance concerns I was thinking above about to add the intro + introformat columns in the get record() calls in xxx_get_coursemodule_info() methods only if the passed $coursemodule->showdescription was requesting it.
Imagine one course (border case, I know), will 100 activities (all them assignments, pages and urls, the ones having custom xxx_get_coursemodule_info() implementation). And imagine we don't want descriptions to be shown in course page at all. We'll be fetching 100 texts for... nothing. And LOB handling uses to be way slower than int/varchar previous alternative.
So I was imagining some way to dynamically add those fields to the get_record() only if they have been requested.
As said, surely not critical right now, but I can imagine that "border case" becoming more and more common as long as we implement the xxx_get_coursemodule_info() in other modules.
Get you. But, get_coursemodule_info is only done on rebuild course cache, not on page view. So performance is really not that critical.
I did a rough performance test (on OU live 1.9 database) to see what effect this has. I was testing by running thousands of queries in pgadmin window so this might not be exactly representative but should be somewhat so.
for html pages (I was actually using the text of the page not intro, not sure they have intros in 1.9): approx 0.1ms/query if you don't include alltext, approx 1ms/query if you do. Obviously these html pages are likely to have a large quantity of content in each page, typically several KB.
for forums (the majority have no intro, if they do have one it's small): 0.1ms/query either way (no difference).
finally I used another table (ou specific) and did this on 11,000 rows where they DO have some text in a text field but in those rows it is less than 250 characters. I think that probably is more equivalent to a typical intro. In that case, it took approx 0.1ms/query either way; it seemed slightly faster if you don't include the textfield, maybe 0.09 instead, but not sure my testing was that accurate...
so in summary - I think at least in a high-performance installation of Postgres 8.x (db I was using), including a text field does not seem to significantly worsen performance vs. including only numeric fields, EXCEPT when the contents of that text field are large. In that case it does make a huge difference.
Nice, thanks for the complete testing and details, fair enough... and plz, don't migrate to Oracle, LOL.
And this has been integrated, thanks!
PS: I've forced, via extra commit one bump to 2011083100.02, because we were already using 2011083100.01 (@ integration).
git & cvs repositories updated with your gorgeous code. Many thanks!
Closing and ciao
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