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Skip to comments.American Pie explained. The Song By Don Mclean
Posted on 02/06/2013 7:14:17 AM PST by navysealdad
Songs like Revolution by The Beatles, which was clearly suspicious of violent revolution and uprisings, as well as American Pie by Don McLean.
Many people think that the song American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly and other musicians in a plane crash, but Glenn presented a reading of the lyrics on radio and showed how it could also be seen as a warning against the danger of violent uprisings.
Ive never understood I drove the Chevy to the levee, I didnt know what that was. Lets just start there on the simple part because Chevy, just think of Chevy and mom and apple pie. Hes making a point here. Chevy, I drove my Chevy to the levee. This actually goes back into the 1950s and a Dinah Shore commercial for Chevy,
So America is the greatest country of all and it was an era that believed in America. I drove my Chevy to the levee. I drove the Chevy. I bought into the idea that America was the greatest.
So in the second verse he goes back to his childhood and he goes back to sock hops in the gym and the pickup trucks and
and here hes talking about the book of love, which was a song by the Monotones in 1957 and he asked her about faith. He asked her about faith and whether she believes, no matter what, if the Bible tells her so. That is the representation of the faith in the Fifties. He then talks about, do you have faith in rock and roll, that music will save your mortal soul.
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Who cares? As far as I'm concerned, he slapped together lines of disjointed thoughts that perhaps rhymed, and then drove people nuts trying to figure out what he meant.
Put it to bed, please.
I believe you are correct.
Now that we've put that behind us, who was "... so vain ..."?
how he missed the 'helter skelter' reference to charles manson and the tate/labianca murders is telling...
Carly's record producer.
But where does the flute fit in?
I heard it was Mick Jagger.
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I think I got the gist of "American Pie" the first time. The pubescent males, the naked girls, the warm apple pie...
As my brother said, "It used to be relevant, but now it's just a song DJs play when they want a bathroom break".
Jagger sang background on the song. Its about Warren Beatty.
Yep. It's only "explained" if Don is doing the explaining.
He was originally a folkie and is lifelong pals with apparently and unfortunately immortal Pete Seeger..
and yes..American Pie which came out in 1971 when i turned 14 is allegorical as all hell and was a major AM radio soundtrack to my own youth..which could be grating when compared to say Led Zepplin III or Allman Bros Filmore East both peaking about the same time
but whatever McLean meant I think we can bet it was not flattering to America or a traditional view of Christendom
The school of thought is that nobody wants a violent uprising, we have peaceful means to address our grievances. If our representatives no longer represent us, we have another peaceful means to remove/change them. And the justice system, ultimately the supreme court will be the safeguard of our rights and liberty.
In case you slept through the past few years, the Left had driven us to the inevitable point of 'civil war'. Unless we just meekly accept whatever comes our way.
I heard that once it became a big hit ($$$$$) someone asked McLean "What does it mean?" and he answered "It means I'll never have to work again."
Supposedly, it was Shirley McClain's brother, whatzhizname.
there was also a rumour it was about Kristofferson too...I think Carly banged both
not a bad gig for them back then...girl had some legs and lips
she always seemed vulnerable and less catty than the other Borscht Belt folkie cum soft rock chicks...i don't think she was a Brillstein girl like King and Nyro?
anyhow ..I liked her a lot..so did chicks..which helped
Carole King was too moany groany folkie...if I wanted folkie I would listen to Joni Mitchell
I thought this song meant "your disc jockey had a bad experience last night at the Dollar Burrito Bar and will be indisposed for the next 8 minutes and 33 seconds".
Well that's not how it used to be.
Good song but that was some tripping when he wrote it.
I mean it's just so obvious.
If you play it backwards it says 'you better enjoy this because 40 years from now music is going to suck'.
I thought it was James Taylor. Forty years later and he's still a smug piece of work. My wife insisted we see him perform a couple of years ago. It was the longest ninety minutes I've experienced in a while...
Does any one know the words to Louie Louie (Kingsmen)?This is another riddle wrapped in an enigma.
It's a brilliant song by a brilliant songwriter. "Vincent"...."On The Amazon....."And I Love You So"......"Narcissisma"....."Castles In The Air".....deep, thoughtful lyrics. I don't have much use for most modern music, but if you're going to say something, then do it well, and he does.
All that is pretty much how I understood the song. I didn't think it disjointed at all - a beautiful tapestry of lyrics and music. And very strong religious undertones. I sure Satan is laughing with delight watching a country murder its children by the millions.
I'd have to say that without a doubt there is some kind of way to see that there is something to be said regarding the way that things occurred. If not in the first place then certainly upon looking at what anyone would consider a sensible viewpoint. Any serious person can conclude that the absolute bottom line is that there is something to the idea that we would know that there is substance to what we are talking about. Don't get sidetracked on the notion that if this was not exactly what everyone thought then it would not be the thing being discussed. Nobody that looks at either way we agree on can be worried about that.
"Louie, Louie" is the state song of Washington State. Figures.
Last year Carly Simon gave an interview which she claimed the "vain" one was David Geffen. He was her producer way back when.
I always thought the line "drove my Chevvie to the levee but the levee was dry" was a reference to the murdered civil rights workers Goodman, Cheney, & Schwerner because their bodies were found in a levee.
Dunno, but he probably thinks the song is about him.
Except that the Beatles had already broken up by 1971 when American Pie was released.
And, "Them good ol' boys drinking whiskey and rye" referred to the Klansmen who killed the three activists.
Yeah . . . uh . . . yeah
A vile metal squirrel
Mates for knees...
Is this really Don Maclean's explanation? or someone's attempt at explaining it (again ?).
People have been badgering him (till today) to give his interpretation of it and he has REFUSED to do it.
Why is he explaining it now? (if true)
RE: As far as Im concerned, he slapped together lines of disjointed thoughts that perhaps rhymed, and then drove people nuts trying to figure out what he meant.
What about HOTEL CALIFORNIA?
Like American Pie, I've been trying to discover what this song is all about.
Is it about drugs? Is it about the founding of the Church of Satan in 1969?
It's driving me nuts and nobody even attempted to contact anyone from the Eagles to ask them this question...
RE: Now that weve put that behind us, who was ... so vain ...?
We now know who Carly Simon was referring to.
From Wikipedia:
A representative for Simon confirmed that the name whispered during the song is "David".
Multiple media outlets quickly reported that the subject was actually Simon's former boss at Elektra, David Geffen, and that the song had been inspired by her jealousy of the attention Geffen had lavished on label-mate Joni Mitchell.
The following day, Jim Hart, Simon's ex-husband and close friend, denied that the song was about Geffen.
Simon's publicist confirmed that the song was not about Geffen, but that there was indeed "a David who is connected to the song in some way, shape, or form," and Simon noted that when she first wrote the song in 1971, she hadn't even met David Geffen yet.
Vanity Fair noted that in addition to "David", "Warren" and an unintelligible name are whispered during the recording, revealing it was at least partially influenced by him all along.
Having said that, can someone trace who the mysterious ELEANOR RIGBY was?
Journalists have been pestering Paul and Ringo ( the last two living Beatles ), but they refused to give them an answer.
I once read, according to Don Mclean, that "American Pie" meant he never had to work again :-)
Any message that cryptic falls on deaf ears. Thus, the song is just noise, signifying nothing.
"A vile metal squirrel
Mates for knees..."
That's what I thought followed by:
And picks up turds
Along the way...
Could be. When my father was stationed in Mississippi he said that the counties which had levees were the only ones that WEREN'T dry.
Personally I think Starry, Starry Night is a better example of McLean's talent. Not a word nor a syllable wasted there. A very fine piece of music.
Big Don McLean fan here.
David Geffen with the wife of a close friend???
Naw, I don't think so.
Well, ok...it was Budewiser ... but close! :)
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Create web service core_grade_get_definitions. This web service will return rubric grading definitions. It accepts the following parameters:
- An array of course module ids (required parameter)
- An areaname such as 'submissions' (required parameter)
- Optionally set parameter activeonly to true to return only the active method
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I added Marina, it could be good to have your opinion about the web service function specification. i.e. optional parameters, missing parameters, suggested returned values, ..., it's all about opening Moodle to external application, the subject here being getting rubric grading definition.
After a first talk, it looks like it would be called: gradingform_rubric_export_definitions or gradingform_rubric_get_definitions
gradingform => component name
rubric => plugin name
export/get_definitions => method name
Also added David as a watcher.
First thing that I don't like is the ending definitionS - I'd suggest that a function returns only one definition.
Second, I wonder how external application can know areaid. In this case there should be another function that returns areaid.
What we can accept as parameters:
Module id + Graded area name (i.e. for assignments it will be "submission")
Context id + Graded area name
Area id
In this case we can say that each advanced grading method MUST declare a function
gradingform_XXXX_export_definition($areaid) (or ..._get_definition)
Actually we can have another function that would return all definitions used in course/module, for all grading methods used. Hopefully in the future there will be other grading methods and other modules will support advanced grading.
this would be
and those functions would search for available definitions and invoke gradingform_XXXX_get_definition from appropriate plugin
After talking to Marina, we thought we could implement one generic bulk function core_gradingform_get_definitions with parameters 'list of course id' and 'list of module id'. This function will basically call the plugin export functions (they don't exist yet).
Paul would it suit your need?
Can you also explain how you planned to use core_grade_get_rubric_grading_definitions into your client?
Hi Jerome, Marina,
The Lightwork client will need to use this web service as follows:
- Lightwork will have a list of assignments/assignment data (these are assignments that the Lightwork user is marking/managing)
On demand Lightwork performs a synchronization with Moodle and as part of this synchronization needs to refresh the advanced grading definition information for its assignments.
Using the generic bulk function that you propose with a list of course ids and a list of module ids would mean that we would be returned grading definitions for all the assignments of a course. This extra information would adversely impact Lightwork's synchronization.
Would it be possible to?:
Use a list of course_module ids instead (list of ids from table course_modules)
Add an additional parameter which is an optional list of instance ids (allowing us to get definitions just for the assignments we are interested in)
Note 1 - We are also adding a new grading method (the marking guide) and so I am imagining that its definitions will also be returned by this web service. See
Note 2 - Our idea when adding this function was that it will return the grading form definitions. We will also need to add another web service (I'll create another sub task for this) that will return all the instances of a grading definition, ie the marks and feedback for each student/item
Paul, let's say we have a function
core_gradingform_get_definitions($courseids, $moduleids = null, $contextids = null)
where each parameter can be array of integers, or empty
in your case you can specify
core_gradingform_get_definitions(null, array(123))
it will return you all definitions used in assignment where module id=123
I suppose that's about what Jerome had in mind. Is this ok with you?
I'm very glad by the way that you are creating a new advanced grading method. If you have any suggestions to the API let me know, I'll be happy to discuss.
Hm. That $moduleids smells. The advanced grading forms were built on the concept of contexts and areas (like files, comments or ratings in their new APIs), not course modules. Also, the suggested API does not take multiple areas per context into account.
So, considering grading forms as belonging to a "module" or "course" is OK from user perspective. But IMHO not a good approach in terms of API.
I agree with David, contexts are more convenient and would be more correct way.
I am just not sure that external interface knows the context ids. And if they don't they would need to make additional request to find them out. And we try to minimize the number of WS requests to increase the performance.
Hi Marina, David, Jerome,
Having a list of context ids as a parameter would be fine for us. Prior to calling core_gradingform_get_definitions we will be invoking another web service defined in
MDL-31683. This web service will have given us a list of assignments and we can include the context id for each assignment in this list.
till now the external functions decided what is the context type (COURSE, SYSTEM, USER...) and retrieve the context linked to the course/user/module/other id passed as parameter.
If we go with sending contextid we need to:
- implement a way for the client to get it - I suggest get_courses_content could send contextid of each course and module, get_courses could send contextid for each course, get_users for each user...
- have more documentation about this way - I suggest every functions with contextid parameter should mention the function that return the contextid in its description.
To summarise my last comment, I'm ok with contextids as parameter.
OK. With regards to multiple areas, the call core_gradingform_get_definitions() should actually get an array of grading areas and each of these areas should either provide just the one active definition for that area, or even all present definitions with the information which of them is currently the active one.
For the current assignment, the returned structure would contain just one element as the assignment declares just one grading area. You can refer to how backup and restore of grading forms is implemented as it addresses the same issue.
is that what you mean:
- array of grading aera id
- active aera only
returned value:
array of grading definitions
Hi Jerome,
I think it should be as follows:
- array of context ids
- boolean active only flag
return value:
- array of grading areas with their definitions
not sure about the return. Don't we want to include information about courses/assignments where those definitions were found?
I would suggest return the array where each element has the following fields:
courseid: 13,
coursecontextid: 15,
moduleid: 123,
modulecontextid: 456,
moduletype: 'assignment',
areaid: 3,
areaname: 'submission',
gradingmethod: 'rubric',
definition: {...}
another question is what we want to see in definition?
There are two functions in grading methods API:
1. gradingform_controller::get_definition()
2. gradingform_controller::get_definition_copy(gradingform_controller $target)
They both already exist and plugins overwrite them to include definitions in their own format.
First one is great but the result contains real ids of definition, criteria and levels (in case of rubric)
The second one prepares the definition to be used in function gradingform_controller::update_definition() but it requires target controller (which we actually can make up before calling)
Not sure how you want to use the result.
forgot the flag whether grading method is active. And also noticed that some fields are always present in definition, no need to repeat them.
So, another option for returned elements:
courseid: 13,
coursecontextid: 15,
moduleid: 123,
contextid: 456,
component: 'mod_assignment',
areaname: 'submission',
isactive: true,
definition: {
areaid: 3,
method: 'rubric',
status: 20,
name: 'My first rubric',
description: '...',
Hi Marina,
A couple of points:
- I added timemodified which is useful when checking if the definition has changed since we last got the data
- I added criteria and levels which complete the rubric definition
- It might be better to have the area id at the top level with its area data
- I added our new marking guide advanced grading method
- Also, courseid,coursecontextid,moduleid. Do we need this extra data? Isn't contextid enough?
id: 3,
courseid: 13, ?
coursecontextid: 15, ?
moduleid: 123, ?
contextid: 456,
component: 'mod_assignment',
areaname: 'submission',
activemethod: rubric,
rubricdefinition (
method: 'rubric',
status: 20,
name: 'My first rubric',
description: 'my description',
timemodified: 13242
criteria: - rubric criteria array containing levels array for each criterion
markingguidedefinition (
method: 'markingguide',
status: 20,
name: 'My first marking guide',
description: 'my description',
timemodified: 13242
criteria: - marking guide criteria ....
What do you think?
timemodified and criteria and actually all other fields within definition are returned by plugin (as returned by gradingform_controller::get_definition)
in your example areaid will be different for those two definitions. And it is also part of definition by the way
regarding courseid,coursecontextid,moduleid - it's completely up to you, if you need it
I do not like the keys 'rubricdefinition' and 'markingguidedefinition'. In case you want to receive one module context in one element, I would suggest the following structure:
courseid: 13, ?
coursecontextid: 15, ?
moduleid: 123, ?
contextid: 456,
component: 'mod_assignment',
areas: (
submission: (
areaname: 'submission',
activemethod: rubric,
definitions: (
rubric: (
areaid: 3,
method: 'rubric',
status: 20,
name: 'My first rubric',
description: 'my description',
timemodified: 13242,
... - whatever additional information this grading method provides (criteria)
markingguide: (
areaid: 4,
method: 'markingguide',
status: 20,
name: 'My first marking guide',
description: 'my description',
timemodified: 13242,
... - whatever additional information this grading method provides
// here might be another grading area but at the moment 'submission' is the only one
Hi Marina,
Thanks for your feedback. We'll begin development based on your latest suggestion. I'm sure more questions will come up before we've finished!
My -1000 for contextids in these grade-related web service functions, and probably for ANY web service functions.
Context IDs are an internal system for Moodle development, which were added to make different things like categories/courses/activities appear more consistent for capability checking.
However, the main ID for COURSES is courseid, and for ACTIVITIES it's the moduleid. It makes no sense at all to have grading forms for categories or blocks (or even courses probably).
The web services should stick to these conventions. It's clearer and more logical for an external API, and it's easy for internal code to derive the contextid from them if required.
I agree with Martin on contextids. I'm looking into webservices API for uploading/downloading multiple files and am thinking about the same thing. It does put the burden on the webservices code to do all the appropriate lookup of the contextids when needed.
internal system for Moodle development, which were added to make different things like categories/courses/activities appear more consistent for capability checking.
Well, contexts definitely serve in more areas than just capability checks these days. For example, Questions, Comments, Tags or Ratings live in them and it is substantial to use the contextid when referring to their location.
It makes no sense at all to have grading forms for categories or blocks (or even courses probably).
Not really. When grading forms API was being designed, this aspect was considered. Finally it was decided that the grading forms should not be coupled with activities modules exclusively. As an example, grading forms could be shared per course_category (like questions do) in the future. Or, if someone wants to use a rubric directly in the gradebook (for manually created grade items), then the context of the rubric would be the course.
The web services should stick to these conventions
But, what if one day we are going to implement a WS to handle Comments or Ratings? IMHO we can't hide context from the outer world, it's just too essential for correct and unique addressing.
So, if we drop context from the WS discussed here, we will offer the access to just a subset of all available grading forms. We would give access only to those that are already linked with a course_module. That means that for example shared rubric templates are not available via WS...
As we didn't come up to an agreement in yesterday chat, I indicated that for the moment we are dealing without them, see the Moodledocs. I'll update this information once we are sure how to deal with client dev "element" id.
My suggestion:
I think the client developer just want one identifier per "element". I don't think the external dev cares how it is called in Moodle. He probably expect something called 'id'.
I think the web service documentation (automatically generated from the external descriptions) should explains it clearly. I see two solutions:
a) a parameter called 'id' with for description "This unique identifier is in fact the contextid of the grading dorm/comment/rating in Moodle"
b) a parameter called 'contextid' with for description "This is the unique identifier of this gradring form/comment/rating..."
Finally I think we would need some kind of table to explain to web service developer what are the unique identifier by element in Moodle core:
course => course id
user => user id
comment => context id
gradind form => context id
Thanks for the comment Jerome. However, my understanding of the situation is slightly different. IMHO Martin objects against using contexts in WS conceptually, not just in the syntax (param name). I can really see no point of calling the contextid as plain "id" as it actually makes the documentation more sucky (less self-descriptive).
Also note that the context id itself is not unique identifier of these "elements" (as you call them) above. You need the common "holy four" - context, component, area and itemid.
I agree that using context ids is not good for client applications since it requires them to store information that should normally be kept internal to Moodle. How about the following parameters?:
- array of course module ids
- areaname (e.g 'submissions')
BTW I just noticed that the core subsystem for this is "grading" not "gradingform" so the name of the function should have core_grading_ prefix if I remember the naming policy correctly.
If it is decided to keep hiding contexts from WS (which is IMHO not longitudinaly sustainable though), let me suggest that the name of the WS method somehow reflects the fact that it provides access just to some grading forms (those attached to course modules). Something like core_grading_get_activity_grading_forms_definition() but probably better.
Hi David, thanks for the clarification. Can you suggest a function that I should try to implement to understand how required/beneficial are 'context, component, area and itemid' as web service parameters. For the moment I'll try to implement core_comment_get_comments (
MDL-30094) without the "holy four". You mentioned that comments need the "holy four".
In the meanwhile I like Paul suggestion for the parameters. To not slow down Paul in his work, I think Paul you can start on implementing this function. Maybe just change the issue name for what David suggested.
Just a note for people who come over to talk about contextid, it was decided that contextid will not be used as web service function parameters. The functions will decide which is the right context following what the function is doing and the other parameters.
Hi Yang,
what's the status of this issue? Are you still working on it or is it to peer review?
Assigning to Andrew for peer-review. I'm not sure who to assign this issue to. I had to pick someone between Marina/David/Andrew, the grade experts that I know. You mainly need to review the code logic in get_definitions($cmids, $areaname).
Hello Jerome
Is this issue still under the peer-review? It seems like the status has been changed to "development in progress". Any feedback from the reviewer?
Hi Yang,
my peer-review (web service only, I don't know much about grading form):
- run moodlechecker / codechecker on it the new file. I can see some errors. https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_codechecker and https://github.com/marinaglancy/moodle-local_moodlecheck. Also try to have consistent indentation.
- you don't need the VALUE_REQUIRED, they are the default for parameters
- the array definitions ($warnings = array();, $result = array();,...) should not be all at the beginning. I would define them when it is necessary to define them. For example $rubric = array(); should be at the beginning of the inner foreach using it. This will save you to redeclare it a second time at the end of the foreach. Have a look to all these declarations and place them as close as you can from where you are using them.
- as recently decided warnings should not be used for skipping: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Errors_handling_in_web_services#When_to_send_a_warning_on_the_server_side. I don't think you need any warnings anymore you can throw exception all the time (I'm sure you should not use warnings for course not found or missing capabilities, and I suppose neither for all the grading errors)
That's all
Note when I'll send it for integration, I didn't test:
- relevance
- the grading form code logic: is there a core function doing the same thing? Is it 100% matching core featured? Is the capability and checks used matching 100% of what they allow the user to do in web interface?
Hi Jerome
This web service takes multiple cmids. My thinking is that if a user has the capabilities to view grading forms from all the courses but one, he should be able to retrieve the grading forms via the web service from the courses he is allowed to. If we threw an exception, it would prevent the user from getting any grading forms even if he is capable of.
Same reason for the grading errors. When an assignment was created and either rubric or guide was selected as the grading option, but the grading form has not been created yet. If an exception was thrown, no other grading forms of other cmids can be returned via the web service.
What are your thoughts on this?
Hi Yang,
I guess you are missing a different web service function that let you know what you should be asking for. We must follow what has been decided otherwise all web service functions will keep getting inconsistent. The current decision is, as mentioned in the Moodledocs:
If something is going to be skipped or not done (WRITE operation) then it's an exception. Warnings only inform (WRITE operation) about some decisions made by the functions. Warnings must never prevents the WRITE operation to happen. It's the same for a READ operation. The results will be always returned, with or without warnings. if something prevents the results to be returned then it's an exception, not a warning.
Hi Jerome,
We've read the page on the Moodle docs but I think we need to think about the implications.
Imagine the following scenario:
A web service client calls the get_definitions web service with 30 course module ids in its $cmids parameter that the user has previously had the permissions to view.
Since the previous web service call, for whatever reason, the user's rights to access one of these course
modules (module x) has been removed. This can be a normal and frequent occurence in Moodle.
It would NOT be sensible to throw an exception in this scenario. It would be much better to return the results for the 29 course modules that the user does have the rights to access plus a warning message informing them that they no longer have the right to access course module x.
What do you think?
In order to resolve your issue:
a) your client receives the exception error code
b) your client calls a ws function to update user's rights to access all of these courses
c) your client does a new call with correct courses
If you really don't like the current design (http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Errors_handling_in_web_services#When_to_send_a_warning_on_the_server_side) you are welcome to bring up the topic in the dev chat. Come over around 4PM Perth time when most of HQ is present.
Although I know it's a harder and more painful method, Jerome is quite correct here.
If the client does not have an up-to-date view of the data in Moodle, how can it be trusted to update the data? It may work for some particular web services in some particular cases, but there could be all sorts of unintended consequences if this was allowed for the general case.
Hi Jerome, By returning full information about the errors (instead of throwing an exception and stopping processing as you propose) the client is able to make an informed decision about the correct action to take.
Another scenario to consider is the case of multiple errors. Throwing an exception for the first error would mean that the client has no information about subsequent errors.
I will create a discussion topic to get feedback from other web service users since it would be good to open this up to a wider audience.
Cheers, Paul
Hi Martin, Jerome,
To answer your point, "if a client does not have an up to date view of the data in Moodle, how can it be trusted to update the data correctly?".
Continuing with the course module example and using error messages instead of an exception, the client will have full data for the course modules for which it has permissions and no data except a useful explanatory message for the course modules for which it's access rights have been withdrawn. I don't see why this would cause it to update the data incorrectly.
Another factor to consider is the amount of unnecessary processing required by forcing the client to re fetch all data just because of an enrollment change in one of many course modules requested. Certainly in an environment like we have at Massey with a very large number of courses and modules, performance is a very big factor in the successful uptake of a web service client.
How about the following? We add a "strictprocessing" flag to the web service function parameters. If set to true, an exception is thrown for all errors. If false, certain errors are listed and returned to the client through the warnings mechanism. Note that obviously some errors are always thrown as exceptions, e.g the user does not have the correct access rights to call the function.
Hi Martin, Jerome,
Please can you let me know whether or not my last suggestion would be acceptable, i.e. to add a "strictprocessing" flag parameter to the web service function which by default is set to "true" and makes the function behave as you require. When set to false, it returns error messages for course modules where the data cannot be returned instead of immediately stopping and throwing an exception.
Thanks, Paul
Hi Paul,
It looks to me that this "strictprocessing" parameter is just a solution to bypass the reason why we decided to throw exceptions.
The reason we return exception is too avoid bad client design where the client just deals everywhere with "corrupted" information and do not bother to sync anything. By returning exception Moodle forces the client to have synced data. I understand it's more work on the client to have synced information all the time, but at the end:
- you have a client for single users: an error happens, the client detects a missing info, your client syncs the information, and try again. The sync should never be very long for user use case.
- you have a client that do long and important system operations. In this case, it seems like a very important client, you most likely don't want to have any corrupted data all over the place.
At the end the issue could be more how to keep clients and Moodle data synced together?
Now if there is no solution for having proper synced data, you still can open a new issue where more people can talk about. Also if you can come up with some client code do demonstrate that there is no viable solution when the web service function execution is stopping, it could help to study/understand/resolve this problem.
Hi Jerome,
First of all it is not a question of corrupted information. For all our Web services we are returning
information for course modules where possible plus descriptive error messages when the data cannot be returned.
What our code is doing is dealing with errors appropriately and not just throwing exceptions without considering the implications. This is standard programming practice and good design.
One of the important aspects of Lightwork is its ability to provide descriptive information to teachers during or following the synchronization process. If we use your approach then it will be very difficult for us to do this.
Lightwork has been around for a number of years now and so we have a lot of experience with using web services to synchronize large quantities of data between a client application and Moodle. Please feel free to look at the client Java synchronization code at
I'm concerned that you continue to talk about "corrupted" data and really don't understand why you are not willing to consider my suggestion for a "strictprocessing" flag which defaults to your wishes.
This is an important issue for all our web services and so I'll need to add a section to our Lightwork design page that describes in detail all the errors that can occur in our web service functions and whether exceptions should be thrown or warning messages created. Since this affects all web services I'll create a web services discussion topic instead of continuing to use this issue.
Cheers, Paul
Hi Jerome,
Continuing on from our discussions outside of this issue, I am listing below how this web service will manage exceptions and warnings. Before reviewing the list, please could you read the user story that I have added at http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Lightwork#Using_Lightwork_with_Moodle_for_offline_marking
I have added this to explain how this web service might be used in the larger context of offline marking with Lightwork
1) In the test for moodle/grade:viewall capability for an individual cmid we will modify the code to throw an exception if the user does not have the capability for that course module
2) In the test where a course module is not found we will modify the code to throw an exception
3) In all other cases, the warnings will remain as warnings because they represent perfectly valid cases of a partially completed marking guide or rubric. There may not even be a marking guide or rubric for a course module. This is perfectly valid. It could be that the teacher has either not started it yet or maybe doesn't intend to use one (Moodle does not force teachers to use Marking guides or rubrics).
Let me know what you think,
Cheers, Paul
Hi Jerome
Incorrect cmid and missing moodle/grade:viewall capability have been changed from throw warnings to exceptions.
Thanks Yang/Paul. I'll check that after 2.3 release.
Important point, we came back on the decision to force throwing exception as more people suggested that bulk operations should not be stopping execution. I updated the doc: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Errors_handling_in_web_services#When_to_send_a_warning_on_the_server_side
Thank you for debating about it
Thanks Jerome
Incorrect cmid and missing moodle/grade:viewall capability have been changed back from exceptions to warnings.
Hello guys,
following the Moodle peer-review process, I reassigned the peer-reviewer to the component maintainer. If the component maintainer is unknown assign the peer-reviewer to moodle.com.
Note for the peer-reviewer: I understand the issue history is long. However you just need review the "Pull Master Diff URL". Then you can look at the issue history if anything seems strange. If any question you can contact me in private, I'll be happy to help. There is also a Moodledocs to help peer-reviewing web service contribution: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/How_to_peer_review_a_core_web_service_function. Thanks. Jerome.
Note: Don't forget to add your function to the WS API list: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Web_services_Roadmap#Core_web_service_functions (this is an automatic message)
Rebased with latest weekly release and successfully ran PHPUnit tests
Hi, sorry Paul, I actually forgot about this issue. Thanks for reminding.
And sorry again but I completely disagree with your approach. Though your code looks very neat and easy to read.
Maybe your code works for rubrics and marking guide and mod_assign but will fail completely for any other module supporting advanced grading or any other contributed advanced grading plugin.
Your check for capability 'assign:view' makes code not working for mod_assignment (and all non-core modules supporting advanced grading). Also you query table 'gradingform_'.$def->method.'_criteria' and it is completely up to grading method which table to use for storing data.
There MUST be function(s) inside grading methods plugins to return such information for external queries. Externallib should ONLY be calling API functions and make no direct queries to DB.
There are already functions get_definition_copy() and get_definition_for_editing() that return the definition. If for externallib we need definition with the original ids and not processed file links, feel free to add a new function to the parent class and overwrite it in rubrics and marking guide. This way contributed plugins that need to support externallib will implement this method as well.
The same with the capability to view the module (or definition) - it must be generic. Also please don't forget that 'mod:xxx/view' is not even a standard capability. Module may not define it. Besides this is not the only capability for user to view the advanced grading definition.
In case of both rubrics and marking guide user must have either capability 'moodle/grade:managegradingforms' or capability to view module but only in case an option 'alwaysshowdefinition' is on and definition is ready. Students can never see not active definition.
Well, the resume:
core_grade_external::get_definition() should not define structure for criteria and levels because this is rubric/guide - specific structure. This function should only define fields that are the same for ANY grading method (including non-core ones). Afaik externallib does not support free format in returned xml. In this case additional method-specific data (such as criteria/levels) should be returned in some serialised string.
core_grade_external::get_definitions() should call functions from grading methods and not do DB queries. Also capabilities check should be more generic and most likely be a callback to grading method again.
Actually I'm pretty sure we discussed it already.
I've spent some time recently looking for bugs in course categories creation in externallib. The result was one-line fix (see
MDL-38144) but it took a while to find out why. And this could be avoided if externallib did not copy the code but rather use the same functions as core (and created those functions if they did not exist).
Well sorry again to fail your work and that it took me a while to start reviewing.
Example of grading method that does not have table "criteria": https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=gradingform_checklist
Hi Marina,
Thanks for the feedback. The challenge here is to build this in such a way as to be entirely generic and to be practical and useable for a web service client that wants to manipulate and change rubrics and marking guides in its own client application. I will re think the design of this method and take on board your comments. Thanks also for the link to the contributed plugin which will be useful.
Cheers, Paul
Hi Marina,
I've redesigned based on your suggestions. The work is not quite ready for peer review yet since I still need to fix up capabilities, unit tests etc.
I have defined a new function get_external_definition_details() on gradingform_controller that can optionally be overridden by sub classes. If a grading method wishes to expose it's method-specific data it can override this function as I've done for rubric and marking guide. Other methods, such as checklist, can just return common data. I believe that this meets both the requirement to be generic and to return the method specific data that will make it useful for a web service client application.
Hopefully, I'll have this ready for you to peer review shortly although if you get a chance it would be great to have some early feedback!
Thanks, Paul
Hi Paul, great, that's even better - you found the way how to support different definitions. In core_grade_external::definition() I would also wrap plugin-dependend definition in tag containing plugin name as well to better readability and to avoid naming conflicts.
Hi Paul, sorry I did not realise it was waiting for peer review - I did not receive any message from the tracker. I like this solution very much.
Can you please correct phpdocs for return value in get_external_definition_details() in both rubrics and guide:
It does not return external_multiple_structure, it returns an array and actually in https://github.com/Lightwork-Marking/moodle/compare/master...MDL-31681#L0R150 you expect it to be array. Also parent function get_external_definition_details() must have more detailed phpdocs because this is what plugin developers will see. Also it should mention that the return value is expected to match the result of get_definition(). You don't need to send it to me for peer review again after that
Hi Marina, Jerome,
I've rebased, made the changes and rerun the unit tests but I haven't got the rights to move the issue to integration review. Would you be able to do that for me please?
Thanks, Paul
Thanks Paul (and Marina).
This looks like a good webservice function and the patch is almost perfect.
The only major thing I found is that you need to use format_external_text for returning text/format fields.
This documentation was updated earlier this year with these instructions:
Not sure the best way to do that with your code here (but checking for keys ending in format and then applying the change to both fields would probably work):
foreach ($details as $key => $value) {
$items[$key] = $def->{$key};
Other than that this code is good.
Can you make these changes and add a comment here? Then I'll take another look.
Cheers - Damyon
This needs the updates for handling external text before it can be integrated. Taking it out of integration for this week.
Moving this reopened issue out from current integration. Please, re-submit it for integration once ready.
I've updated the code so that all text/format fields are now processed using format_external_text.
Thanks, Paul
Hi Marina, Damyon,
Please could you re submit this for integration. After fixing the problems found by Damyon I've rebased with the latest weekly release and successfully re run the tests.
Thanks, Paul
Thanks for the updates Paul they look correct to me.
This has been integrated now - I added some commit to fix some indentation issues with the patch.
Can you make sure this is added to the list of core webservices for 2.5?
This page:
Thanks, Damyon
Thanks for your hard work. This issue has been integrated upstream and is now available via git (and in some hours, via mirrors and downloads).
Removing the dev_docs_required label as this is now documented in the embedded Web services documentation.


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Malone Pannell
RIPLEY – Malone Clifford Pannell, 89, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Rest Haven Nursing in Ripley. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Ripley Funeral Home.
Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Sidney Hurdle
HOLLY SPRINGS – Sidney L. Hurdle died Saturday, March 9, 2013, after a lengthy illness. He was a native and life-long resident of Marshall County. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi School of Law. He was a rural land developer, with projects in Mississippi, Ohio, and numerous other states. He was an attorney and once served as attorney for the Marshall County Board of Supervisors. He was a veteran and a member of First Baptist Church of Holly Springs.
Services will be 11 a.m. today at Holly Springs Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
He is survived by three sons, Lanier Hurdle, Mike Hurdle, both of Holly Springs and Frank Hurdle of Oxford; six grandchildren, Sidney Lanier "Sy" Hurdle III, Jamie Hurdle Ammerman, Cayce Hurdle, Jesse Hurdle, Albert Sidney "Ash" Hurdle, and Lucy Karr Hurdle; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Burch, Jason Burch, Joshua Ammerman, Sy Hurdle, Jesse Hurdle and Ash Hurdle.
Memorials may be made to Sidney L. Hurdle charitable fund, c/o Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, 315 Losher St. Suite 1, Hernando, MS, 38632.
Bobby Clark
PLANTERSVILLE – Bobby Kent Clark, 79, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was a member and former deacon of First Baptist Church of Plantersville. He was born April 6, 1933, in Bolivar, Tenn. He served one tour in Korea with the Tennessee National Guard, served one tour in Korea and one tour in Vietnam with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers, and retired after 20 years of service. He was a member of the American Legion Post 49. After his military service, he retired from Sears Roebuck as an appliance repairman.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Lee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Danny Balint officiating. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Evelyn (Hutchinson) Clark; his sons, Paul Kent Clark (Charlotte) of Birmingham, Ala. and Roy Allen Clark of Madison; five grandchildren, Alexis (Emmitt) Taylor of Jackson, Britt (Jared) Jones of Decater, Ga., Morgan Clark (Shanuna) of Hamilton, Jennifer (Ronnie) Self of Pontotoc, and Billy (Andrea) Earnest of Hamilton, Ala.; nine great-grandchildren, Jonathan, Trey and Ryan Taylor, Lydia and Emerson Jones, Myles Clark, Tyler and Paul Self, and Noah Earnest.
He was preceded in death by his parents, W. Anderson Clark and Mary Ivy Lightfoot; brothers, William (Buddy), Linwood, and Herbert; and sisters, Estelle and Ruth.
Pallbearers will be the deacons of First Baptist Church of Plantersville, Tommy Jackson, Marty Davis, Thomas Craft, Phil Griffin, Gene Williams, Chubby Jeffcoat and Joe Thompson.
Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Sanctuary Hospice, P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803.
For online condolences, visit www.leememorialonline.com.
Louise Kelly
TUPELO – Louise Austin Kelly, 98, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at her home in the Briar Ridge community. She was born Aug. 28, 1914, to Isaac Luke and Lou Ella Austin in Corinth, where she spent her early years. After moving to Tupelo, she met and married Woodrow W. Kelly, celebrating 61 years of marriage. They were co-owners of Kelly's Grocery for many years.
She was a charter member of Allen's Chapel Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school before her health failed. She loved to fish and work in her flowers. She was a loving mother, grandmother and a wonderful cook.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors with Bro. Sammy Washburn and Bro. Robert McCoy officiating. Burial will be in Gilvo Cemetery. A two hour visitation will be held prior to services.
She is survived by two daughters, her primary caregiver, Shirley Turner (Joe) and Pat Barber (John); one son, Steve Austin Kelly; one daughter-in-law, Janie Kelly (Ben Kelly, deceased), all of Tupelo; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow W. Kelly; her parents; one son, Ben Kelly; one granddaughter, Lesa Kelly; and one daughter-in-law, Shirley Kelly.
Pallbearers will be Terry and Woody Turner and Jason and Dale Kelly, grandsons, Dylan, Josh and Clint Kelly, great-grandsons.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com.
Danny Rea
HAMILTON – Danny Larry Rea Jr., 44, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Columbus. He was born June 1, 1969, in Aberdeen to Danny Larry Rea Sr. and Ruth Gail McGee. He had lived most of his life in Lowndes County and the last three years in Alabama. He worked at Tronox for the past 10 years as a supervisor. He was a member of Fig Hill Church.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Fig Hill Church with Bro. Ricky Kendrick officiating. Burial will be in Fig Hill Cemetery. Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home of Aberdeen is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Kim Perrigan Rea of Ethelsville, Ala; parents, Danny and Brenda Rea of Hamilton; three daughters, Ashley Rea of Columbus, Jessica Rea of New Hope, and Kyleigh Rea of Temple, Texas; one son, Bradley Rea of Columbus; one half-sister, Tamera Jones and husband, John, of Tremont; two grandchildren, Preston King and Anna Belle King.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Ruthie Rea; and a brother, Walter Grady Rea.
Pallbearers will be family.
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today the church. The body will lie in state at the church from visitation until service time.
An online guest registry and condolences may be accessed at www.tisdalelannmemorial.com.
Ethel Oliver
BALDWYN – Ethel Oliver 64, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility in Baldwyn. She was born April 8, 1948, to Rayford and Alberta Hawkins in Belzoni. She was a member of Sand Hill M.B. Church in Baldwyn.
Services will be at noon Tuesday at Sand Hill M.B. Church with the Rev. Danny Ramsey officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Agnew & Sons Funeral Home of Baldwyn is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include four sisters, Frances Woodard of Belzoni, Beatrice Anderson (Johnny), Bonnie Humphrey (Larry) of Milwaukee, Wis. and Francine Williams (Oliver) of Arlington, Texas; one brother, Raymond Hawkins (Mary Jean) of Belzoni; and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Oliver; and three sisters.
Family hour is one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the church.
Family and friends may sign the guest registry at www.agnewandsons.com.
Frankie Gray
CORINTH – Frankie Loyel Gray, 53, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Magnolia Regional Health Center.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Burial will be in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Magnolia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and noon until service time Thursday at the funeral home.
Terry Taylor
PONTOTOC – Terry Taylor, 64, died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Baldwin Nowell Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
Betty Hodges
BOONEVILLE – Betty Hatten Hodges, 74, of Booneville, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born Oct. 12, 1938, to Huey and Gladys Jackson Hatten. She retired as vice president of United States National Bank in Galveston, Texas.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today at McMillan Funeral Home with Bro. Russell Lormand officiating. Burial will be in the Booneville Cemetery.
She is survived by three daughters, Renee' Taillon of Memphis, Michelle Jackson of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Erin Hernandez of Dallas, Texas; four sons, Andrew "Jack" Julian of Bacliff, Texas, James "Jim" Lee, Jody Brown, both of Booneville, and Eugene Lee of Seattle, Wash.; four sisters, Nelva Ryals of Corpus Christi, Texas, Sue Odom of Pascagoula, Ruth Young and Catherine Stewart, both of Booneville; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman David Hodges; and her parents.
Visitation will begin at 11a.m. today and continue until service time at the funeral home.
Condolences may be left at www.mcmillanfuneralhome.com.
Mattie Young
ECRU – Mattie Young, 65, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Pontotoc. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Kenneth I. Roberson Funeral Home of Pontotoc.
Janet Kelly
WALNUT – Janet Renae Dees Kelly, 53, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at her home.
Services will be 10 a.m. today at McBride Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in County Line Baptist Church Cemetery in Walnut. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation will continue from 7 a.m. until service time today at the funeral home.
Paul Rorie
CORINTH – Paul Rorie died Saturday, March 9, 2013.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Church of the Crossroads. Burial will be in Forrest Memorial Park. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Family will receive friends from 1 to 2:45 p.m. Wednesday at the church.


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Chapter 9
Jeremiah sorrows greatly because of the sins of the people—They will be scattered among the nations and punished.
1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and
5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak
6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will
8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
9 ¶Shall I not
10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of
12 ¶Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not
14 But have walked after the
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 I will
17 ¶Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning
18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the
23 ¶Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his
24 But let him that glorieth
25 ¶Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the


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Hmmm....do the Kerr's represent Scotland, or England, the UK, etc?
I never thought about it before......
The Kerr's are Scotish and therfore represent GBR.
As to your original question Ptichka, I actually don't know! Northern Ireland is especially complicated eg. we represent britain in skating, Northern Ireland in football and Ireland in rugby and cricket!
Wow, thanks, I did not know N. Ireland had a team with Ireland in some sports!
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What's Better Than That Gold Statue?
I love the Oscars. The glamour. The dresses. It's really the only time I act very girlie, watching all the actresses glide down the red carpet, draped in beautiful couture, stunning diamonds adorning their wrists.
My favorite part? Fantasizing about what it would be like to win one of the writer awards, either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay. I like to think that without the writers, none of this would be possible. This is not true, of course, but a woman can dream, can't she?
My oldest son came home from college Saturday night for a quick visit. His brother and I picked him up from the train station, while my husband orchestrated a sushi dinner for us to enjoy upon our return. Since there are no sushi restaurants in his western Illinois college town, it was a nice treat for our freshman.
It had been about two months since we'd all been together, the longest we were ever apart. The four of us got caught up on each other's lives. We heard about his classes, his radio show, his suite mates. We played our favorite games until midnight, pausing too many times to count for anecdotes and laughter.
Sunday morning passed, lazy in our pajamas, with several cups of tea, coffee for my husband, and episodes of our oldest's favorite television show. More laughter. More conversation.
Even errands were fun simply because we were together. An excursion to the Morton Arboretum on a lovely winter day rounded out our time, and all too soon, he was on the train back to school.
I was having such a great time, I almost forgot about the Oscars.
I returned home from the train station and turned on the TV in time to see some of the red carpet arrivals, but somehow the spectacle had lost its luster. Sure, the dresses were pretty, but my heart just wasn't in it. I actually went to bed before the best actress award was even announced. I'd see it in the morning.
When I closed my eyes to fall asleep, I could still see my sons roughhousing in the family room just like they did when they were kids. I saw the smile on my husband's face when he welcomed his oldest home. And I felt the love the four of us are so fortunate to share.
Hollywood can have its red carpet, media barrage, and size 0 actresses.
I've already received my reward.
10 comments:
- Beverly Diehl said...
You know, it's actually true that without a decent script, a movie or role doesn't have a chance of success.
Now, a director or actor can take a great script and make a muddle of the movie anyway, but a good script is the essential foundation.
However, yes, all that pales in comparison to good family time. Make-believe vs. real, I'll take real every time.
- February 25, 2013 at 9:28 AM
- Kelly Hashway said...
My husband and I watched for about five minutes and changed the channel. I just get bored with awards shows. I bet if I was there it would be exciting. Kind of how I love to go to baseball games but I don't really enjoy watching them on TV.
- February 25, 2013 at 10:17 AM
- Leah Griffith said...
That's for sure Karen! You're family is your treasure/reward, the place you can always find your heart. I didn't watch the Oscars. Instead I watched a movie with my husband. He doesn't care for the Oscars. I could have viewed the Oscars in our guest room but being with my husband was way more important to me. Looks like we were both winners last night;)
- February 25, 2013 at 1:14 PM
- BECKY said...
Great post, Karen! And yes, it really is all about the writing....Just look at some of the biggest flops, like Ishtar. It had Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty in it, but even their acting ability couldn't save bad writing! And I so agree, too, about what's really important in our lives....it's not jewels and gowns, etc!
- February 25, 2013 at 9:21 PM
- Richard Bon said...
Sounds like a nice family weekend, Karen. And I don't blame you for bowing out of the Oscars, I can't ever sit through the entire show.
- February 25, 2013 at 9:35 PM
- Karen Wojcik Berner said...
Thanks a lot, everyone. :)
- February 26, 2013 at 9:04 AM
- Unpublished Life said...
Hi Karen,
Thank you so much for your amazing comment on my blog re: my things fall apart post.
Family is so important and I am so glad that you get to share special moments with your kids. Our family were together for the first time in 3 years a few weeks back, and I can't tell you how special it was to be together.
We drove each other crazy, but in a good way and I wouldn't trade them for the world!
Hope you are feeling better!
- February 27, 2013 at 9:53 AM
- Karen Wojcik Berner said...
Hi, Unpublished Life. Thanks for stopping by.
So glad you had a good visit with your family. Yes, I am feeling better, but it is still hanging on with a persistent cough. Oh well. I've heard these things are lasting for a long time.
- February 28, 2013 at 7:35 AM
- Deborah said...
The awards per se often seem a dull round of politicking - but love watching the faces of the losing nominees among the actors. What sincerity, what technique!
- March 2, 2013 at 8:26 AM
- Karen Wojcik Berner said...
THAT'S acting, right, Deborah? :)
- March 2, 2013 at 3:11 PM


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