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The Homecoming Coalition Liaison program serves as a way to branch out and reach campus organizations and expand the reach of the Homecoming Coalition leading up to and during the annual University of Kentucky Homecoming Week!
Awesome perks? Attend all the Homecoming Events, be a part of campus tradition, behind the scenes involvement with Homecoming, and the opportunity to be in a leadership role at the University of Kentucky!
The University of Kentucky Student Government Association (UKSGA) represents all University students in several critical ways. UKSGA exists to protect and expand student rights while striving to better represent the student body in relations with the University and community groups. We are also known for organizing political forums, providing funding for student organizations, supporting the homecoming coalition, and hosting fun campus-wide events like Cram Jam and the Student Involvement Fair.
Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) is the official student organization of the UK Alumni Association. STAT's mission is to connect students and alumni to support UK through service work, events, and community. TEAM WILDCAT, a subcommittee of STAT, is the athletic spirit-based organization at UK. Each year TEAM WILDCAT works to improve the student section at games by hosting bus trips to away games, poster-making parties, and more. During Homecoming STAT/ TEAM WILDCAT sponsors the pep rally.
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Another painting!
This is a 12x8" oil painting.
It's based on a photo I took from, yep you guessed it, when I went to the beach a few weeks ago.
I just love the beach!
When I'm making a miniature model I like to listen to podcasts, but when I'm painting I prefer listening to music.
Music directly from a cd, instead of from my computer, so I listen to the whole album from start to finish which rarely happens nowadays since my mp3 player is permanently on shuffle.
For this painting I was kicking it old school and listened to some Michelle Branch, the Walk the Line soundtrack, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Joni Mitchell.
What do you like to listen to when you're creating?
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My premise is that there are left-brain aspects of music, and right-brain aspects, that can occur independently. My beginning here owes much to the late Jonathan Kramer's awesome book The Time of Music. The left brain, generally speaking, is verbal, and works by means of logic and analysis and categorization, and also keeps track of time. The right brain, timeless and intuitive, perceives expressive nuance and qualities that are more difficult to put into words. In conventional classical music, or perhaps conventional any music, the LB and RB aspects tend to support each other, though divergenges can be used to create tension. For instance, a tapered decrescendo (RB) at the end of a movement will support a coda's role of being the end of the piece (LB, since time sequencing is processed by the left brain); or a crescendo can serve the same function, but one or the other tends to happen. (A mezzoforte ending without ritardando is perceived as an interruption.) The transitional theme in a sonata has the logical role, which we perceive (LB) in the harmonic syntax, of creating the tonal ambiguity needed to move to a new key; this is normally accompanied by RB qualities of greater rhythmic restlessness and increased momentum, so that the music's expressive quality mirrors its logical function. Frequently the composer's ability to match the expressive feel to the syntactic role is what makes a sonata form more or less compelling. For instance, what seems a little Biedermeier-ish and self-indulgent about Hummel at times is that his transitional themes can be languid and unhurried, and without the razor-sharp harmonic directedness that makes Beethoven's transitional areas so taut and gripping. There is a slight mismatch between mood and logical function.
Of course, classical composers very often intentionally mismatch expression and meaning, as Haydn likes to do by beginning a string quartet with what the right brain clearly recognizes as a closing gesture:
This (from the Op. 50/6 String Quartet, and it's one of Kramer's examples) sets up a cognitive dissonance because the left brain knows that the piece is only beginning and that this theme has to fulfill an opening role, while the right brain feels it as a finalizing gesture. I think Beethoven does something similar in the harmonic rhythm of his late piano sonatas: the left brain expects the phrase structure to be defined by the harmonic syntax, but the unpredictability in the timing of his chord changes creates an expressive dissonance, harmony refusing to support the phrase rhythm. In any case, we can posit a kind of musical normalcy in which expressive (RB) and logical (LB) qualities are closely associated in time, with here and there a momentary disjunction to tease the brain and create tension.
There is a branch of (let's call it for now) experimental music, however, in which LB and RB qualities are radically separated out. The classic paradigm for it is Reich's Come Out, or perhaps equally Piano Phase. Most people who listen to Come Out, probably even for the first time, know that the phrase "Come out to show them" is going to go out of phase with itself. Since the left brain can grasp this at once and anticipate it, from a logical point of view there ought to be no point in listening to the piece. But what happens is that the texture of that process is completely surprising, and that rhythmic and timbral illusions happen as microbits of the phrase start to perceptually associate with each other. It's fascinating because you know (LB) that the process is a simple linear one, yet you hear (RB) unexpected patterns that you couldn't have anticipated. The dissonance between cognition and perception is not just momentary, but globalized across the duration of the piece.
Examples are easily multiplied. JLA's Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing follows a linear progression from minor seconds in the first section to major seconds, then minor thirds, mixed minor and major thirds, and so on up to major sevenths at the end. (I kid John that when I start hearing tritones I know his pieces are half over, though it's only true of a handful of them.) If you know what's going on (and you can figure it out by ear if you listen a certain way), you can keep mental track of the form of the piece. But the sections are so long, and so vaguely textural, that more commonly the mind gives up trying to keep track and can only lose itself in the sensuous surface. And there are other complications: the textures and orchestrations move back and forth among different phases in a huge palindrome that your left brain could track if you were intent enough on it. But again, what's more interesting is knowing that the music has some kind of order, but losing yourself in the vast color fields of tremolo and arpeggio. There is a left-brain aspect to the piece and a right-brain one, each intriguing, but they operate separately, and not in tandem.
This is not merely a Downtown or post-Cage phenomenon, either; I think (and Carson and I were noting the resemblance) the same principle underlies Babbitt's and much serial music. For instance, All Set runs through every permutation of the groupings of the six solo instruments. If you have the kind of brain trained to count cards in blackjack, you could conceivably keep track of the groupings as they go by and predict the timing of the piece's ending. Of course, probably nobody listens to All Set this way. The piece is a riot of wildly changing lines and textures, but one thing that adds to the enjoyment of it is that we know it's not just a crazy random improvisation, that there's really a fanatically rigorous symmetry to it of which we're hearing the results that are too complex to track mentally. Right-brain aspects of the piece are virtually random, but our left brain tries to get us to squeeze the phenomena somehow into the order we know (if only by reputation) is in there somewhere.
Now, I think it's safe to say that there are listeners for whom this mode of listening is just never going to be enjoyable. They're used to tons of music in which the expressive and the logical go hand in hand, and if you grab those elements and hold them apart at maximum distance, their brains just won't derive any pleasure from it. As a non-musician friend once said to me about such a piece, "I'd call it art, but I wouldn't call it music." The bit of fun that Haydn had opening a string quartet with a closing gesture has been expanded into a joke whereby the entire piece is not what it seems. Clouds of Forgetting sounds like undifferentiated sheets of arpeggios: it is actually a linear interval progression superimposed over a textural palindrome. All Set sounds like rowdy chaos: it is actually a fanatical symmetry carried out on every possible level. Come Out sounds like a series of complexly related rhythmic patterns: it is actually a mechanically linear phase relationship. One could take examples from Niblock, Glass, Ashley, Xenakis, Tenney, Polansky, Michael Byron, and much other serial or process-oriented (post)minimalist music. Lief Inge's 9 Beet Stretch is a prime example: it's just ambient noise until someone tells you it's Beethoven's 9th slowed waaaaay down.
One way pieces in this category differ greatly is the extent to which we are tuned into the left-brain idea; it's much more obvious in Come Out than in All Set. But the idea can influence the way we listen even if we're only vaguely aware of it. I listen to Music of Changes differently than I do to the Boulez Third Sonata; I know Cage's notes are the results of a gobal chance process, and that on some level Boulez chose, or somehow placed, each note individually. The distance between sound and idea can also vary infinitely. At some point, perhaps, the sound and idea grow too unrelated so that creative tension is dispelled, and that point may differ for various appreciative listeners. An argument can be made that Clouds of Forgetting can be enjoyed merely sensuously without one even intuiting the underlying organization, but while some are willing to simply "experience" without understanding, I think in general there's something in us that makes us want our music to make sense, no matter how "meta-" and oblique that sense might be. In any case, I'm not drawing any distinct lines between genres, but using sonata form and process pieces as two extremes that can be clearly differentiated. I can't even guess where my own music lies along this continuum.
"It's only as good as it sounds" is a favorite motto of mine, but I am too much a new-music insider to be immune to the pleasure of feeling the cognitive dissonance between how a piece sounds and how I know it was written, trying to hear through the notes the structure that I've been led to believe is there. If we don't recognize the final-cadence gesture of Haydn's opening, we miss his endearing witticism, but if we don't know that All Set is an elaborately precise structure, we miss the joke of the entire piece. And, to venture back into an old and allegedly discredited terminology for a moment, it seems to me (as I wrote in Music Downtown) that the willingness to separate the sound and the idea of a piece and let them complete each other in the listener's mind is something that Uptown and Downtown composers shared in common, opposed by the neo-Romantic Midtowners in-between who clung to a more "intuitive" (that Midtown word par excellence) union of expression and meaning.
I don't think I'm saying anything particularly new, nor introducting concepts not in vernacular use. But I do think that a lot of music lovers and a lot of composers think this "boring" brand of music in which the underlying idea is so far from the surface is kind of insane, and that we need a vocabulary for clarifying what those of us who enjoy it hear in it. I also think we need to understand how it works in order to compose it better. Both sides of our brains clamor for fulfillment from music, and Haydn and Adams (and Niblock and Young and Glass) both grant it, even if the difference in scale is so vast as to constitute a difference in kind. Perhaps some people's brains are simply not wired to enjoy such music: we have no reason to be convinced physiology doesn't play a role. When we fail to make the distinction explicit, though, I think we set up an undifferentiated new-music world in which Clouds of Forgetting seems obviously more boring next to, say, the Christopher Rouse Trombone Concerto - whereas, in fact, I think its pleasures are greater, though they lie across a different, and perhaps non-obvious, mental plane. [UPDATE: And why does it seem boring? Because the left brain, which keeps track of time, can't find anything to latch onto - though not necessarily because there's nothing there.]
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Amazon Selling New Lady Gaga Album for 99 Cents -- Today Only
Amazon's MP3 store is selling Lady Gaga's new 14-track album, "Born This Way," for just 99 cents -- today only. Not surprisingly, the title had already become the store's top digital album by 9 a.m. ET.
The same album is selling at iTunes for $11.99. iTunes is also selling an exclusive 15-song version of "Born This Way" with a slightly different track listing for $15.99. If purchased by May 29, the more expensive version will include a remix of the single "Judas." The $15.99 version was iTunes #1 album Monday morning while the $11.99 version was #4. A splash page at Gaga's web site links to iTunes exclusive version of the album.
Why would Amazon sell "Born This Way" at such a low price? Market share and Cloud Drive. Amazon has long discounted MP3 albums and tracks to help lure customers. Its MP3 store mobile app puts low prices front-and-center by highlighting daily free songs, 69-cent songs and album deals.
But now Amazon has another reason to push digital albums. The new Cloud Drive file storage service - which is facing stiff competition from Google and, soon, Apple -- is being prominently advertised next to "Born This Way" to induce customers to get 20GB of free storage with the purchase of this or any album. In other words, you can spend 99 cents and get $20 worth of storage for a year.


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Monday, April 30, 2012
Review of Gobble Green Vegan Frozen Meals, Day 1
The first wrinkle was that when we ordered our food, it was scheduled to arrive a month later. They indicated that you can get it next week instead by ordered $25 of extra food, so we did so thinking it would arrive on Monday or Tuesday. After a week of not being able to get in touch with them by phone and having a few cryptic and unhelpful email exchanges it finally arrived on Saturday, without the extra food we ordered (hopefully we don't get charged).
Anyway, aside from the customer service issues (perhaps they are overwhelmed by the response to their group buy offer), here's the rundown on day one of the food.
"Hash Browns" & Mushroom Tofu Scramble w/ Cheese (not pictured: strawberry oatmeal and peanut butter cookie):
The hash browns were really tasty (although not crispy like hash browns usually are), but the tofu scramble was inedible (it tasted like plain tofu with vinegar, and adding salt did not help). Definitely the worst tofu scramble either of us had ever had; I really hate wasting food but couldn't finish it. Perhaps the tofu had gone bad?
We also ate a strawberry steel cut oatmeal (which Sarah liked, but I thought was too sweet and funny tasting, although the texture was good) and a delicious peanut butter cookie (it looked like fake meat when it arrived, but was quite good nonetheless).
Tortilla Soup, Southwestern Salad, Signature Vegetable Soup
I thought that the Southwestern Salad was OK, but bland and too sour (so I added some agave, salt, and Sriracha). Sarah thought it tasted vinegary and "indescribably wrong" and "chemically."
The Signature Vegetable Soup tasted to me like it had spoiled a bit, although to Sarah it just tasted like soup made from canned vegetables.
The tortilla soup was definitely the best of the three, but was (yet again) too sour / vinegary for our tastes, and pretty salty as well. I still sort of enjoyed eating it, but by the end I was ready to quit and couldn't handle another bite.
So lunch was definitely not a winning meal.I got a solid stomachache afterwards, so we ate normal food for dinner instead. It seems likely that several of these dishes were left out too long before being frozen since they mostly tasted "off."
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Great food. Simple menu with the classics. Really good value. Service was also very fast and friendly.
- July 13, 2012 at 8:36 AM
I have been doing business with gobble green for a long time and I have kept with them for the quality of food. Though at times i noticed there customer service was not good, i am finally started to get good service. I noticed that they are responding to my questions quicker and just seem to have things under contorl. The only reason i continued to do business with them is the food is very affordable and is good quality. I hope they continue to provide quick answers whenever i have questions.
- July 16, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- Jon Fisher said...
I'm glad to hear you had a better experience. I should note that they eventually did send us another "vegan starter kit" for free (although it was a surprise, they didn't tell us they would do this), and the second time around nothing tasted spoiled. Not everything was great, but at least not spoiled. They also eventually responded to our requests for a refund for the extra dishes we ordered that never came. Sadly, it was after so long that we'd already had to reverse the charges via our credit card company.
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Appointee Bush Resume
Dear Constituents:
I want to be sure you know about my record:
€I attacked and took over 2 countries.
€I spent the US surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.
€I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy)!
€I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.
€I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
€I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
€In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did).
€After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.
€I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.
€In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
€I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.
€I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period.
€I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
€I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.
€I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history.
€I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
€I cut health care benefits for war veterans.
€I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
€I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
€I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.
€Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.)
€I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
€I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.
€I am the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.
€I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security" (only one letter away from BS).
€I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but I did it!!).
€I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
€I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
€I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
€I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World Court of Law.
€I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
€I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.
€I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
€The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
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€I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
€I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
€RECORDS AND REFERENCES: I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
€I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war.
€I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. (wink,wink)
€All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
€All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
€All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
€Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
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They didn't dance on air (despite the female chorus doing their thing on the wing of a plane), but from their first on-screen pairing in the 1933 RKO picture "Flying Down to Rio" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made terra firma a magical place to sort out life's romantic possibilities in rhythm.
From Friday to July 30 the Gene Siskel Film Center celebrates those possibilities with "Fred & Ginger: The Classic Astaire-Rogers Musicals of the 1930s." First up chronologically is the pre-Production Code-era "Rio," which is delightfully risque: At one point, a Yankee chorine, chagrined over how the men are going gaga over Dolores Del Rio, utters the classic double-entendre "What have these South Americans got below the equator that we haven't?" But the finest dancing came later, in each subsequent picture featuring Astaire and Rogers.


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We're pleased to announce Paul & Jacqui's biggest headline tour to date including two nights at Hull City Hall plus shows at Leeds Arena, Manchester O2 Apollo, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall before culminating at London's famous Royal Albert Hall.
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Mary Timman 5/21/2012 4:34:00 AMWhat a neat shot. I really love this and I bet the couple does too. I would have never thought to do this with a wedding couple....good for you! #1464172
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Over time I have noticed that, in on pocketed rock, limestone and sandstone particularly, there are ways for me to optimise the pull I get on any particular holds. This won't be a post of "This Is Better." it is a post of "Try this, and see if it makes a difference for you." There are several short observations here, some of which might be usefull.
Some of the people who come from "thin" rock areas have trouble at Red River (pocket heaven) and these suggestions have helped them in the past. YOUR MILAGE MAY VARY. I was struggling with a 2-finger pocket in springfield a few years ago, having to heavily weight it, then get into a side-pull on it. The shape of the pocket was giving me a pain, and my hand felt very awkward strained, plus, it kept popping out as soon as I stepped up so my shoulder was above the hold. This particular pocket was kind of tear-drop-shaped, horizontally symetricl, with the round end of the pocket facing me. I'd been placing my right hand in it, as it was to that side. Index and middle fingers were all I could get into it. (just two).
I decided that my index was getting too tierd to hold on, and switched to middle/ring finger in the pocket. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! A few things happened. First, I was able to put my fingers in alot further. Being deeper on the neer side, having the longer finger there helped alot, as opposed to extending my index finger and scrunching my middle finger to maximise the amount I had "in the pocket."
In this position, the longer finger was on the deeper end, so my fingers were in a more anatomical and comfortable position. The power was alot easier to generate. In addition, The transition from downward-puul to side-pull positions became a smooth roll, as opposed to a slipping motion. At least for me, the index finger is the hardest to turn. (I've dislocated it before, so that may be due to injury, and not be true for you, but BOTH of them are harder to turn.) Although my index finger is alot stronger, switching to the other two fingers is more natural, for me, and in some pockets allows me to pull ALOT harder on them. I started doing this pretty often, and I have noticed several benifits, aside of the immediate gain. Later on, when I go for a pinch or for a small edge, my index finger is not flamed out from pulling on pockets, plus, my over-all hand strength an coordination has improved, in part (I believe) due to this.
Another optimization that can be tried is to go for the inside (that being closer to you) edge of a pocket instead of the center. If you grab the pocket at 20 degrees from horizontal, your down-force won't suffer noticable, but what will happen is that as you stand up beside the grip, a side pull has already been attained. In other words, you don't have to worry about switching the grip or slipping out. You can balance better off of a multi-diectional hold. One more thing, though it may be obvious. When you go for Mono's (don't laugh... there are 5.10b/c's in Red River with One-finger- pockets in them) you can often "stack" fingers. This is accomplised by placing a second finger on top of the protruding part of the finger that is in the pocket. The not-so-obvious (IMHO) is that the index "stacks" alot better on top of the ring finger than vice-versa.
Try this: hold your middle finger up to the first knuckle as if it were burried in a pocket about 1/2-1" deep. Put your index finger-tip on that knuckle (which shoud be bent) and pull on the "pocket". Not really comfortable, but surprisingly powerful. Now, try it vice-versa. The middle on top forces a much more "cling-grip" sort of position. That is less comforable, and far harder on your joints and tendons that the "open grip" acheived with the middle finger on the bottom (in the hole). I, for one, usually stack with the middle finger down. It is more comfortable, and seems (for me) to be a stronger position for the hand. Hope this comes in useful. AS always, I hope that I was clear.
Remeber, it's just some things to TRY. It might not work for you. Comments??? Follow-ups to E-mail. -T. PS. I don't claim to have invented finger stacking. That technique has been used for years, especially by the french &8^).
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-604?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Randall Leeds updated COUCHDB-604: ---------------------------------- Fix Version/s: 2.0 If someone else wants to close this as "Won't Fix", be my guest as that seems to be the consensus. I'm taking the uncontroversial stance of setting "Fix Version" as 2.0 so we can revisit this (if we want) and hopefully it doesn't remain open indefinitely. > _changes feed with ?feed=continuous does not return valid JSON > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: COUCHDB-604 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-604 > Project: CouchDB > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: HTTP Interface > Affects Versions: 0.10 > Reporter: Joscha Feth > Priority: Trivial > Fix For: 2.0 > > > When using the _changes interface via ?feed=continuous the JSON returned is rather > a stream of JSON documents than a valid JSON file itself: > {"seq":38,"id":"f473fe61a8a53778d91c38b23ed6e20f","changes":[{"rev":"9-d3e71c7f5f991b26fe014d884a27087f"}]} > {"seq":68,"id":"2a574814d61d9ec8a0ebbf43fa03d75b","changes":[{"rev":"6-67179f215e42d63092dc6b2199a3bf51"}],"deleted":true} > {"seq":70,"id":"75dbdacca8e475f5909e3cc298905ef8","changes":[{"rev":"1-0dee261a2bd4c7fb7f2abd811974d3f8"}]} > {"seq":71,"id":"09fb03236f80ea0680a3909c2d788e43","changes":[{"rev":"1-a9646389608c13a5c26f4c14c6863753"}]} > to be valid there needs to be a root element (and then an array with commata) like in the non-continuous feed: > {"results":[ > {"seq":38,"id":"f473fe61a8a53778d91c38b23ed6e20f","changes":[{"rev":"9-d3e71c7f5f991b26fe014d884a27087f"}]}, > {"seq":68,"id":"2a574814d61d9ec8a0ebbf43fa03d75b","changes":[{"rev":"6-67179f215e42d63092dc6b2199a3bf51"}],"deleted":true}, > {"seq":70,"id":"75dbdacca8e475f5909e3cc298905ef8","changes":[{"rev":"1-0dee261a2bd4c7fb7f2abd811974d3f8"}]}, > {"seq":71,"id":"09fb03236f80ea0680a3909c2d788e43","changes":[{"rev":"1-a9646389608c13a5c26f4c14c6863753"}]}, > in short this means that if someone does not parse the change events in an object like manner (e.g. waiting for a line-ending and then parsing the line), but using a SAX-like parser (throwing events of each new object, etc.) and expecting the response to be JSON (which it is not, because its not {x:[{},{},{}]} but {}{}{} which is not valid) there is an error thrown. > I can see, that people doing this line by line might be okay with the above approach, but the response is not valid JSON and it would be nice if there were a flag to make the response valid JSON. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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Sailor, Puppy Owner, Reader, Music Aficionado, Wine Lover, Runner, Traveller, Adventurer, Crewing the 2017/2018 Clipper RTW Yacht Race !
Smart, Sassy, Solvent, Sorted.
Who else am I? Hold on to your pants, darlings, this may go a bit walty…
In a nutshell, I'm a "yes man" but not in a sycophantic way…being a critical thinker is an exceedingly important part of being a good sailor and means you can't kowtow to others. My YES! is instead to the experience of life. I want to grab life by the scruff of its neck and squeeze out every last drop of adventure.
I'm in love with love and beauty. I'm entranced by people who strive to make the world a better place and hope that I will leave a happy mark too. I revel in the things my senses tell me – that deep wet-earth smell of a forest; the scent of jasmine wafting through a hot summer's evening; the sun on your skin and the wind in your hair…tasting salt on your lips. Being surrounded by nature is where I feed the wild woman inside me…that intuitive, instinctual part of me that is strong and empowered. Where I feel like I can scream YES into the howling maelstrom in front of me and laugh.
Figuring out Happiness
Being a dedicated optimist is hard work – not for the faint-hearted – and there have been periods in my life when the work of happiness has been just too hard. I have suffered with depression since my early teens…possibly before that. I've always managed to manage, though; It didn't really stop me from handling my day-to-day existence for very long. Then in December of 2015, I had a complete and utter meltdown. Not just the crushing, numbing nothingness of depression but also the dizzying horror of panic attacks too. It was, hands down, the deepest and darkest period of my life thus far. I felt like my life was over when in fact, it signalled the beginning of something else and my Clipper journey is part of me taking charge and healing myself. 2 important notes.
- If you are someone reading this who has been or is currently affected by depression then please get in touch. I'll happily help if I can and if I can't, I may be able to hook you up with people who can. I hope that by reading my story and following my adventure, I can show you that no matter who you are or where you started, you can do amazing things with your life.
- This is why I've chosen MIND as the charity to partner with in fundrasing over the next 2 years. They helped me and I want to ensure they can support others who've had to face their own demons. Too many people with mental health issues do not have the support I've been given by my friends, family, coworkers and healthcare providers. All of the people I know and love rallied from all corners of the globe and threw their support into helping me to heal. The only reason I'm able to do this race is down to them and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. They have helped me to rediscover parts of me that I'll need in this race. I love you all.
Choose life
And so here we are….this is my epiphany. My lightbulb moment. That to make my life my own, I have to follow my heart as well as my head. I have created a good life for myself through hard work and now I get to capitalise on that. Even if I do screw up, that's OK. It won't be for want of trying to get it right and I learnt from my parents the value of dusting yourself off and trying again. And again and again and again until you get it right. Thanks Mazo x
This is why I'm doing the Clipper Round the World Race. I have loved sailing ever since I stepped onto a dinghy in Albany, Western Australia in 1995 and again in Freemantle later that year (thank you Albany and Perth Rotary people!). I walked away from that to do the sensible thing in building a career and a reputation. Now it's time to go back to something I love. My dearest Popsie instilled in me a spirit of adventure and now I'm going to be one of 700 people per year who do something amazing. All with the patient support and guidance of the amazing staff, trainers and support teams at Clipper HQ!
I'm not walking away from anything…I'm adding to my arsenal of experience. Of living life and making space for more. Of allowing myself to be myself and seeing where that takes me. Of allowing my heart to guide my decisions. To say yes.


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We have all seen the use of mobile phones, and more specifically smart phones taking the world by storm and helping us all achieve things on the move that would have been impossible previously. These mobile devices have made their way into the core of our daily lives, be it keeping in touch with your friends, getting weather updates, checking emails, ordering taxis, reading the news, or just playing games – we can now do all this from the palm of our hands.
Having penetrated so deeply into our lives, the internet has had to adapt to accommodate this mobile way of looking at things. Websites have to load faster, have suitable mobile interfaces and a responsive design. Here are some of the points you should consider when optimizing your website for mobile:
Mobile Interface
As mobile devices come with a different screen resolution than desktops and laptops, you will have to make sure your website displays well on the small screen and does not require too much zooming or scrolling. You have two options here: either you use a responsive design altogether, or you implement a separate mobile website interface that will redirect to when accessed from a mobile device.
The experts, and presumably also search engines, prefer the first option, but if, for any reason at all, this is not a suitable solution for you, make sure your website's mobile version is properly set in place. An easy solution comes from popular website building and hosting tools providing companies like GoDaddy, 1&1 and Web.com, which offer a wide range of automatically mobile-friendly themes and design templates. There are also companies like bMobilized offering solutions to the mobile-friendliness issue for affordable subscription fees.
Click to Call
This is a feature any mobile website should have in order to benefit from boosted credibility. With an easy-to-use click-to-call integrated feature, your visitors can engage with your support center or home office in no time. This is not only handy, it also provides visitors with a good reason to trust your business. This can work as a powerful marketing tactic, making them purchase your services, place an order on your e-Commerce site, or trust the opinions you express via your blog.
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Nowadays people use their social media accounts more and more via their mobile devices. Smartphones owners take snapshots and share them with their friends on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, click the "like" button whenever they see or read something interesting and Tweet about anything and everything. Integrating social media on your mobile website means making it easier for them to share your pages on various networks.
If your website has a logged-in version, make sure you add a Facebook and Google Plus connect option to enable your visitors to sign up faster using their social media accounts. This also increases the chances that they will share anything they like on your website via their Facebook or Google Plus networks.
With a dedicated Google algorithm update that will roll out internationally in April 2015, a website's mobile-friendliness gains even more importance. From now on, the question is no longer whether your visitors have a satisfying experience when visiting your website via a mobile device. The website's whole performance with search engines will depend upon its mobile-friendliness.
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This is an activity about the measurement of time. Learners model the rotation of Earth over one day by holding a flashlight for the Sun and a blow up globe, and record their observations. Then, they use those observations to create devices that... (View More) will track time and test their devices outside. This final part of this activity requires access to a sunny outdoor location for an extended period of time so learners can test their time measurement devices. (View Less)
Learners will investigate the reason for seasons on Earth. They will look at the circular orbit of Earth, year-long temperature and daylight hours across different latitudes, compare models of the Earth with and without tilt, investigate angle and... (View More) intensity of sunlight, and end with a discussion to solidify their understanding. The unit supports the process of modeling to determine an answer to a question. This is unit 2 of the GEMS Space Science Sequence for Grades 6-8, which is available for purchase (see related link). (View Less)
Learners will construct a model to show the relative size and scale of the Sun-Earth system, investigate the visible and electromagnetic spectrums, discuss solar flares and solar weather, develop a UV shield, and discuss the results of their... (View More) investigations. The unit is set in the context of solving a mystery and supports the idea that scientific explanations are based on evidence. This is Unit 1 of the GEMS Space Science Sequence for Grades 6-8, which is available for purchase (see related link). (View Less)
This activity, effective outdoors or indoors, demonstrates how insolation is affected by latitude by using a pair of thermometers, each taped to some cardboard, placed outside on a sunny day. A globe can also be used, outdoors or indoors. Students... (View More) learn that seasonal variations in temperature are the result of the heating of the Sun as a function of its peak angle and length of the day. A template for a folded paper structure to explore the effects of the angle of illumination on heating is included. The resource is from PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and Science - a collection of brief examples created by scientists and engineers showing how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes have real world applications. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
In this activity, students learn about the motion of the Sun in relation to the Earth, and how geographic directions are defined. Students use a tetherball pole (or an alternative) as a gnomon and the shadow the Sun casts to determine the exact... (View More) directions of north, south, east and west. The best tetherball pole to use is one that is in full sunlight for most of the day, one that is vertical and unbent, and one that is built on asphalt or concrete. This activity can be done as a whole class or individual project. Part 1 of this activity involves the initial marking of the tetherball pole shadow using chalk (about 10 minutes) and subsequent markings by one or two students (less than 5 minutes) every half hour over a four-hour period. Students keep a record of the gnomon's shadow by recording a sketch in their logs. Part 2 of this activity involves using a piece of string to connect the dots after the final observation, then bisecting this arc to determine north and south. The lesson includes discussion questions, background information about gnomons, and a math extension activity making and graphing the tetherball's shadow length at different times. This activity is the fifth lesson in the Ancient Eyes Look to the Skies curriculum guide. (View Less)
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It sounds like the weirdest thing you have even heard. It looks like the strangest thing you've ever seen.
But if you have excessive ear wax or ear pain, ear candles may help.
Plain and simple: you stick a hollow candle to your ear, lighting one end and placing the other end in the ear canal. After fifteen to twenty minutes, the candle will draw most of the wax and debris out of the ear canal.
Does it really work? Is it safe to use? Medical researchers say the process isn't very effective. However, people have been using ear candles for years, and most users describe the experience effective, pleasant and relaxing.
Caution is extremely important when doing an ear candling session. A paper plate or aluminum pie tin is highly recommended to protect the ears from hot wax or ash falling down the side.
The ear canal is a very sensitive part of the human body. Be careful when placing the candle to avoid injuries. Ear candles can be found in health food stores and many websites, and most places also offer instructional videos, DVDs and books on how to use it.
The process is also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy and it has being part of is an alternative medicine practice for many years. If you are interested in trying ear candles, make sure to go to an experience ear candling practitioner to learn how to safely use this interesting product.
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Yoochun turns into a prince for new drama
He's played Prince Charming types before (the noble aristocrat in Sungkyunkwan Scandal and the chaebol in Miss Ripley), but now Park Yoochun is going to play an actual prince for Rooftop Prince, a new SBS drama to air in March. The story sounds like a fantasy fusion piece, unfolding around a Joseon-era crown prince who loses his beloved princess. He and his trusty vassals skip forward 300 years into the 21st century. How that happens we don't yet know, but that gives him the chance to meet a woman in Seoul bearing the same face as the dead princess. Insert joke here about how they all look alike? Read more on Dramabeans.


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Just in time for Mother's Day, Shon Gables Productions L.L.C. and The Mocha Manual Co. Inc. released The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy DVD, sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores and on www.walmart.com. This is a hip guide that turns the television into the girlfriend every pregnant Black and Latina woman needs during maternity and beyond.
The DVD is based on the book The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2005) by Kimberly Seals Allers, and features segments on fitness, medical matters, healthy eating, style, mental and spiritual wellness, family finances and care for newborns. It is hosted by nationally syndicated television host Shon Gables, a 2006 Network Journal "40 Under-40 Achievers" honoree.
"The DVD is down-to-earth, funny and chock full of information that speaks directly to women of color," says Gables, who has appeared in the Spike Lee film Inside Man and executive-produced last year's feature film release Lord Help Us.
It features the wisdom of a team of experts and celebrity moms, including filmmaker Spike Lee's wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, and Grammy-winning gospel artist DeLeon Sheffield.
"I'm proud to team up with Shon Gables to produce this groundbreaking DVD to help reverse the tide of poor statistical outcomes for births to Black and Latina women of all socioeconomic levels," says Allers, a former senior editor at Essence magazine and founder of The Mocha Manual Co., (www.mochamanual.com), an online retailer of maternity tees, infant wear, gift baskets, baby-shower invitations and party goods made exclusively for African-American and Latina mothers and mothers-to-be. African-American women, for example, are four times more likely to have a low birth-weight baby, twice as likely to have premature babies and four times more likely to die in childbirth.
The DVD retails for $6.96 and is prepackaged with a Mother's Day coupon for a free, 100-percent-cotton infant Onesie, plus a discount at www.mochamanual.com.
Winning Mom's Heart
Here are "The Top 10 Gifts for Mom That Won't Cost You a Dime" from the producers of The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy DVD!
10. Clean the kitchen and bathroom without being asked. Smells like roses, but cheaper!
9. Ask Mom for a list and run all her errands. Nothing helps tired feet more than getting off them!
8. Take Mom to church and really listen to the sermon and pray. For her, it's an answered prayer!
7. Get up early and serve Mom breakfast in bed. She'll appreciate having the tables turned!
6. Take the day off and answer Mom's phone. If a bill collector calls, say "It's Mother's Day. Give her a break!"
5. Take a 16-year-old's approach and tell Mom she's one of the most beautiful women you've ever met. Flattery always wins!
4. Write Mom a letter and tell her how much she means to you. (Don't mention the yelling!)
3. Ask Mom for some money, then hand it back to her with the words, "Happy Mother's Day!" It costs you nothing and for once she gets to keep her money.
2. Run Mom a bath, light some candles and shut the door. Bathroom-alone time is priceless!
1. Take Mom to see an old friend or relative she hasn't seen in years. Nothing revives youth like a good ol' hug!


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Hello, dear craft friends!It Victoria on the blog today with a wedding inspiration. There is a wide-spread tradition in Ukraine to give a sum of money for the couple as a wedding gift, so they can spend it for something they really need. But, surely, the gift still should look beautiful. So I've decided to make an envelope for wedding gift.
I wanted to create elegant look with a little hint of vintage style. So I've used my handmade flowers, lace, silver embossing on vellum and, of course, delicate and elegant Scrapiniec chipboard.
Love, Victoria.


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Poverty is a State of Multiple Deprivations, not just an Income Problem
Poverty is a state of multidimensional deprivations, including income. If the state of well-being implies comforts, lack of well-being (shall we say ill-being) characterizes the state of human suffering – called poverty. The poor live in a state of continuous discomforts, agony and insecurity due to a variety of deprivations – food, clothing, shelter, health and education, social exclusion, and so on. The suffering can vary from mild to extreme when the poor are simply battling for survival. They are in a state of chronic hunger and under-nutrition and are at the risk of losing their lives.
People, particularly in the South Asia and the sub-Saharan Africa, know what it means to live with chronic hunger, under nutrition and malnutrition. United Nations' 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aim to curtail the state of extreme deprivations still widespread in, what the so-called "developed world" used to call, the "third World". South Asia and the sub-Saharan Africa are currently the biggest pockets of world poverty and hunger in the world.
What makes the poor so helpless that they are forced to live in deprivations?
The answer is simple: lack of capabilities and freedom, according to 1998 Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's theory of development and poverty.
Poverty is Deprivation of Capabilities
Amartya Sen sees every person endowed with a certain set of capabilities. It is simply a matter of realizing these capabilities that will enable people to raise their standards of living, and escape poverty. Thus, human poverty is nothing but a state of capability deprivation. It also shows up as "lack of being able (incapability) to earn sufficient income."
What people are "capable" of becoming or doing (achieving) is influenced by many factors: economic opportunities; political liberties and social powers; health conditions and access to medical facilities; access to education and level of skill development; mental and emotional framework; and levels of motivation, encouragement and initiative. It is clear that people's capabilities are influenced by psychological, social, and political aspects. Now environmental factors are also emerging as another aspect that can't be ignored, resulting from global warming and climate change issues.
In this light, poverty at the most basic level, is a deprivation of human capabilities. Expanding capabilities increase well being and shrinking capabilities decrease well being. The set of capabilities required to escape poverty include basic capabilities as to have enough food, to be sheltered, to be clothed, to have good health and education, etc.
If in today's world of sheer abundance people are living in poverty, they are living in a state of capability deprivations coming from lack of freedom. This approach also recognizes the presence of poverty in the economically rich countries, again in terms of deprivation of capabilities.
Human Capabilities
Amartya Sen's arguments revolve around increasing people's capabilities so that they can enhance their well-being and escape from poverty. What are these capabilities? Consider a commodity such as a bicycle which has the characteristic of movement or transportation. Having a bicycle gives a person the capability of movement in a certain way, not possible without it. However, mere possession of the bicycle does not ensure such a capability, say if say the person is handicapped or does not uses it for whatever reason. But using the bicycle gives him the ability to do various things which will reflect in the standard of living. It is immaterial how he got the bicycle; it could have come from his own funds or gifted in some public welfare scheme. Similar arguments apply for any other item or a facility; say a computer and an Internet connection. If a person uses them, he becomes capable of doing things not possible in their absence.
Apart from physical resources there are other things that affect capabilities. Discrimination is a ubiquitous problem that excludes the poor from society's activities and processes. This social exclusion reduces people's capabilities that can lead to or sustain poverty. In societies with high gender bias women are at disadvantage; their freedom to move and participate in social activities is badly curtailed. It results in their loss of capabilities, making them more susceptible to poverty. Other examples are found in the racial discrimination of African Americans and Hispanics in the US or of the lowest caste people in India. As a result, poverty in these groups is higher than the society average.
Age is another factor that becomes important for the elderly. They need more frequent medical attention and resource support to maintain their health and mobility; when denied they begin to experience loss of capabilities. This makes them vulnerable to poverty.
The poor can't afford education and medical services on their own; having access to state facilities enhance their capabilities. Similarly, if the hurdles to their economic, social and political participation are removed they become more capable to take care of themselves.
Need to Rethink "Development"
Sen's idea of capabilities can't be properly understood without first revisiting the concept of "development". Today when people talk of progress or development they are merely talking of "economic development" which simply means expansion of the economy in terms of GDP growth. People play the role of producer of goods and services and also the end consumers. It is basically a production/consumption oriented progress – produce more and consume more, and call yourself developed. People are supposed to be more "developed" if they consume more. [Isn't it funny?] The standard of living is seen in the context of consumption of goods and resources – it is input driven. Everything is seen in the context of resources measured in money terms.
While standard of living is certainly important because it provides material well-being, people's well-being has many other dimensions apart from economic – after all they are psychological, social and political beings. Therefore, the primary focus of development should be people as human beings, not mere the economy. It means shifting from the resource driven "economic development" to end-result (well-being) focused "human development".
In this broader framework, Amartya Sen's human capabilities approach offers a more fundamental measure of progress and development, and also of poverty.
Development is Enhancing People's Freedom
Sen proposes that people lose capabilities when they lack freedom. Having freedom provides the space to develop capabilities. Therefore, all development, according to Sen, is development of human capabilities in the enabling environment of freedom.
Sen proposes that expansion of individual freedom is the goal of development; freedom is also the principal means of development. In this context, poverty is a state where people's freedom is badly constrained which results in their loss of capabilities. Therefore, development also means removing the major sources of "lack of freedom" such as the poverty; all forms of discriminations – racial, religious, gender or community based; neglected public facilities and poor infrastructure; lack of economic opportunities; social exclusion and political marginalization; and policies limiting human rights; and so on. In many societies where there is ethnic tension, we can surely include "the fear of violence or terror attacks."
Freedom provides the necessary space to acquire capabilities and use them to make one's life better the way one wanted. It is particularly relevant for the poor for its enabling and empowering impact.
Interestingly, the tiny Himalayan kingdom Bhutan follows a holistic approach to development that is attracting worldwide attention. Bhutan follows the principle of "gross national happiness' which includes several aspects of life such spirituality, culture, good governance and environment apart from economic well-being. This is perhaps the best model of sustainable development – given the looming climatic crisis around the world. India should consider it rather than habitually looking at the west for guidance.
Income Poverty Vs Capability Poverty
The traditional income poverty and Sen's capabilities poverty are not entirely distinct from each other. In general, increasing income improves the capabilities of people and vice versa. Basic essentials like education and health directly improve the quality of life and capabilities; they also improve the ability to earn more. Factors like age, gender, social roles, location, etc do affect the relationship.
The issue of unemployment offers an insightful comparison between income and capability poverty approaches. If unemployment only meant loss of income, it could be compensated by some form of income support (say, unemployment allowance), but in reality lack or loss of job has much deeper impact on a people's life than mere economic loss. It might include psychological damage, loss of motivation and self confidence, stress, depression, increase in ailments and morbidity, etc. The income poverty approach is blind towards such "human sufferings" which are clearly picked up by the capability approach through their adverse impact on the capabilities.
Conversion of income into capabilities is an important issue, particularly for the poor. For example, alcoholism is widespread in some poor communities and if the income earner habitually spends it on drinking he is doing nothing to improve his or family's capabilities. On the contrary, he might be degrading his capabilities. A better use would be to raise the nutrition level of family members (but that needs awareness and information, which the poor often lack).
Similarly there are other situations where good income does not automatically ensure better capabilities. For example, in the discriminated sections of society, say for instance, the lowest caste community in India even good enough income does not automatically ensures social or political equality. In such cases, belonging to a discriminated community becomes a disability (and a cause for reduced freedom).
Gender inequality is another hurdle when the income distribution within families is considered. In patriarchal societies male members always have the first right, leaving the females members rather deprived in everything. This deprivation ultimately shows up in the data for mortality rates, morbidity, literacy, undernourishment, medical-neglect, etc.
Poverty Reduction involves more than Economic Growth
The fact that higher economic growth does not automatically translate into lower poverty, is clearly observed in the development status of different provinces of India. There is a unique state in the southern part, Kerala, which has achieved faster reduction in income poverty despite rather moderate economic growth. It relied on the expansion of basic education, healthcare facilities and equitable land distribution to counter poverty. In comparison, the northern state of Punjab focused on economic growth and became prosperous, but also has higher poverty.
Likewise, though the economic reforms in India have opened up the economy throwing new opportunities but the social backwardness did not allow majority of Indians join the growth story. The support structure of high literacy level, quality basic education, good healthcare facilities, etc proved simply far too inadequate.
The message is clear: Anti-poverty programs must not focus on reduction of income poverty alone. Enhancement of human capabilities must also go hand in hand with the economic growth for it to be sustainable. The capability approach is more fundamental and comprehensive in nature as it shifts the focus from the means (resources) to the ends (human well-being), by putting the people in the center.


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Earlier today, the Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening of the 1983 Matthew Broderick classic (and a personal favorite), "WarGames." In front of a, sadly, less than packed house (or, happily, a more than empty house) the film was screened in its entirety, followed by a slightly disappointing panel discussion (I'll get to that) that included director John Badham and co-star Ally Sheedy. While in attendance, I learned a few things about "WarGames." Here are those 9 things that I learned.
1. The first scene is still frightening
I haven't seen "WarGames" from start to finish in quite some time. So long, in fact, that I forgot about the somewhat frightening opening scene featuring John Spencer as an Air Force officer who can't turn the key that will result in the launch of a nuclear warhead. The scene was a test (he didn't know that), but his failure to launch inspires the government to put the launch decision in the hands of a computer. (His failure to launch did not result in the inspiration for a Matthew McConaughey movie.) I like to think that Spencer's compassion here is what caught the eye of the Governor of
Vermont New Hampshire, eventually landing him the job as President Bartlet's "West Wing" Chief of Staff.
2. David Lightman (Broderick) and Jennifer Mack's (Sheedy) biology teacher, Mr. Leggett, is a prick
Sure we remember Lightman's joke that Leggett's wife is the first person to suggest the concept of reproduction without sex -- which still gets a laugh -- but we forget that Mr. Leggett makes a big to-do of handing both Lightman and Mack's biology test back to them with a big ol' F written and circled on the front of the test. Leggett got what he deserved with Lightman's quip.
3. Floppy disks are funny!
The first time Lightman inserts a gigantic floppy disk into his computer, the audience breaks out in laughter. Stupid people from 1983! What were they thinking with their early technology and all? OK, sure, it's a little jarring to see a giant floppy disk in 2012, but it's no more antiquated of a scene than when Lightman uses a phone book to look up a telephone number.
4. "WarGames" was really ahead of its time
I know, this isn't really a shocking statement. But I had forgotten that there's a scene in which Lightman and Mack make an airline reservation online. In 1983.
5. Being called "Mr. Potato Head" still makes me laugh
Even 29 years later, I laughed just has hard at the "Mr. Potato Head! Mr. Potato Head! Backdoors are not secrets!," line that is directed at Eddie Deezen's Malvin.
6. "WarGames" was originally titled "The Genius"
Director John Badham -- who was grossly underused during the post-film panel -- recalls that the original title for the film was "The Genius" and the original director was Martin Brest, who would eventually direct "Beverly Hills Cop." Badham states there was so much turnover with the cast, Broderick and Sheedy were certain that they would be fired, too. So certain that their fear was, at first, affecting their performance. Badham compared their early takes to that of the "Short Circuit" robot, Johnny 5.
7. Dabney Coleman is an ornery cuss
During the panel, Badham stated that, "Dabney is a war game of his own." This makes me like Coleman even more, for what it's worth.
8. Ally Sheedy has never seen "Animal House"
Answering a question about the influence of "Animal House" on early '80s movies, Sheedy admitted that she has never seen the John Landis comedy, stating that she was too much of a "book nerd" to have seen it.
9. The panel moderator was strangely obsessed with Sputnik
This was a shame. For whatever reason, the moderator asked about Sputnik seven times. Seven! Sputnik is not in "WarGames." When Badham and Sheedy were speaking, the panel was fascinating. Unfortunately, the moderator wanted the discussion to be some sort of an overly intelligent discussion about society as a whole -- in a "why are there wars?" type of way -- instead of learning more about the film itself. Sadly Badham and Sheedy took a backseat in the panel to a representative from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Which, whatever, that's all fine, I guess, but it felt like a discussion best saved for another time. The audience was there to hear about "WarGames" -- and we heard very little about "WarGames." (More than a few audience members left once it was apparent that Badham and Sheedy wouldn't be the primary focus of the panel.) But, hey, at least we got to see the film again on the big screen.
Mike Ryan is senior entertainment writer for The Huffington Post. He has written for Wired Magazine, VanityFair.com, GQ.com. He likes Star Wars a lot. You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter.


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Click here to view an interactive map of the Northern Ireland dataset as currently collated by CEDaR.
The map is generated through the NBN Gateway using their Interactive Mapping Tool.
This small Bacidia with a pale green, granular thallus requires the use of a microscope for certain identification. It is a species of damp calcareous rocks which has a thallus that on warm, sunny days seems to become almost invisible. The whitish to brown discs with a thick margin have a dark reddish brown, upper hypothecium. Spores, needle-like, > 25ųm long, conidia curved but never hooked like the top of a walking stick. Rather frequent in some urban habitats. In Ireland, very few records: North midlands and north-west.
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http://www.habitas.org.uk/lichenireland/species.asp?item=19029 Accessed on 2018-08-14.


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Small crowds at U.S. Cellular shock Lillibridge
Even though Brent Lillibridge is playing for his third team of the season -- the Indians -- he still considers himself part of the White Sox.
The super utility man played with the Sox from 2009 until June 24 of this season, when he was sent to Boston in the Kevin Youkilis trade.
After the Red Sox designated him from assignment, Lillibridge caught on with Cleveland and he was looking forward to playing in front of some big crowds when the Indians played the White Sox this week.
Instead, the Sox drew 20,206 Monday, 13,797 Tuesday and 20,166 Wednesday, even though they led the AL Central all three games.
With four home games left, the White Sox rank 24th out of 30 major-league teams with an overall attendance of 1,868,671.
Lillibridge was livid, as he expressed on Twitter Tuesday night.
"A first-place team with only 6 home games left and the lower bowl isn't even full," Lillibridge tweeted. "You're better than that Chicago."
Before Wednesday's White Sox-Indians game, Lillibridge didn't back off.
"Coming in here Monday, I didn't really know how the crowds have been since I left," he said. "I just assumed and thought they'd be big because this city is such a sports town. Since it's getting closer and closer to the playoffs, I thought there would be a lot more excitement and more people here at the ballpark. I got here and didn't really feel it. It was kind of weird."
Lillibridge said he received numerous negative replies from his tweet.
"I'm not calling out the fans at all because they've been nothing but good to me here," he said. "But at the same time, I just want to see a playoff atmosphere here. It's playoff time right now. I just want to see Chicago really embrace it. This is a team that no one expected to be here, even though we did when I was here.
"It's not a rebuilding year. They're here and I think it's a great opportunity to watch some great baseball. You say the fans don't have an influence, but they do. When people are in the seats yelling and screaming, you like it and it helps you play better."