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Allocation: The process of prorating a support payment across each of a payor's cases. i.e. If a payor of support has two cases, one charging $50 and the other charging $100, and made one payment of $75, $25 would be applied to the first case and $50 to the second.
Arrearage: The total amount of the unpaid obligation owed by a payor of support.
Bench Warrant: A contempt warrant issued for a persons arrest for failure to comply with a court order. A bench warrant can be issued for failure to appear to a hearing, such as a show cause hearing, to which a person's appearance has been required through a court order or by failing to comply with an enforcement order issued by the Court.
Child Support: An amount of money that a person is legally obligated to pay toward the expense of raising a child or children pursuant to the order of the Court.
Consent Order: An order in which the provisions are agreed upon by both parties involved. Some consent orders may require the signatures of both parties and possibly for those signatures to be notarized.
Coupon: The preprinted notifications returned with each payment. The coupon is used to identify the payor making the payment and the account for which the payment is intended. NOTE: If a payor has more than one case, he/she cannot choose where a payment is intended with a coupon. The payment or payments will be individually allocated across each of the payor's cases.
Custodial Parent: The party with whom the child resides and who has either sole legal custody or joint custody with designation as the primary caretaker.
Custody: Please see Joint Legal Custody, Joint Physical Custody, Sole Physical Custody, and/or Sole Custody.
Department Of Human Services (DHS): The State of Michigan agency providing public assistance to families. This agency is responsible for the Office of Child Support and the SDU. It is formerly known as the Family Independence Agency or the Michigan Department of Social Services. Learn more about this agency at http://www.michigan.gov/dhs
Domicile: The state of residence for the minor child(ren). If the custodial parent wishes to relocate the minor child(ren) to another state, he/she must first obtain permission from the Court.
Default Order: An order which resulted when one or both of the parties did not appear for a court hearing.
Federal Tax Refund Offset: A program in which a payor's arrears are certified to the IRS so that the payor's tax refund can be intercepted and applied to his or her past due support obligation. A federal tax refund offset will first be applied to any outstanding arrears owed to the State of Michigan and only after that debt is settled will the refund be applied to arrears owed to the custodial party.
Income Withholding: A Notice and Order served on a payor's source of income with the intent to garnish support payments. The source of income is required to comply with the withholding request and forward the payments directly to the State Disbursement Unit (SDU).
IV-D: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the federal legislation that created the child support program.
Interactive Voice Response System (IVR): A phone system that provides callers with information and answers to frequently asked questions such as recent payment or enforcement information. The IVR also serves as a link between payers and the Friend of Court or SDU.
Joint Legal Custody: Means that parents will communicate and cooperate with one another and attempt to reach mutual decisions regarding major issues affecting their children. This decision making process includes, but is not limited to: major medical decisions, educational decisions, and religious upbringing, if any.
Joint Physical Custody: Means that children live with one parent part of the time and the other parent part of the time. This time does not have to be equal. The parent who has care of the children at any given time is responsible for routine decisions regarding the children.
Legal Residence: The home address for either parent whose order grants joint legal custody. If either parent wishes to move more than 100 miles from the other parent, he/she must obtain permission from the Court.
Medical Support: The Court ordered obligation to provide health insurance coverage and/or payment of medical expenses.
Non-Custodial Parent: The natural or adoptive parent who is absent from the child(ren)'s home and who usually has a court ordered obligation to support the child(ren), also referred to as the payor or obligor.
Order: Every direction of a judge or Court to a person, made or entered in writing and not included in a judgment.
Parenting Time: A provision of a Court Order specifying the schedule in which the minor child(ren) will spend time with the non-custodial parent. The provision may indicate specific days of the week with start and stop times, it may reference the standard Friend of Court parenting time schedule, or it may reflect "reasonable" as agreed upon by the parties.
Referral: An order from the Court for the Friend of the Court to review a provision(s) of an existing order with regard to the current circumstances surrounding the issue and determine whether the order should be modified.
Show Cause: A Court Order demanding the appearance of a party who has violated a provision of a previous Court Order. The party whose appearance is required is given the opportunity to tell the Court why he/she should not be held in contempt for failure to comply with the order. The Court will then determine an appropriate sentence.
Sole Custody: Means that the children live with one parent and that parent is responsible for making major decisions regarding the children.
Sole Physical Custody: Means that the children live primarily with one parent.
State Disbursement Unit (SDU): The state run agency, federally mandated to receive and distribute support payments.
Spousal Support: A court ordered financial obligation from one spouse or former spouse to another spouse or former spouse.
State Tax Offset: A program in which the Michigan State Treasury Department is requested to intercept a payor's tax refund so that it can be applied to his or her past due support obligation.
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by Stephen Becker 19 Aug 2010 8:29 AM
Today in the roundup: A Fort Worth filmmaker on KERA, music notes and Contemporary Theatre of Dallas returns to West Texas.
STORIES BEHIND STORIES: On Aug. 27, KERA (Ch. 13.2) will broadcast Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio. The documentary looks at a program founded by the architect in which college students design houses for the poor using salvaged and donated materials. Fort Worth native Jeff Fraley helped produce the film, and he tells dfw.com about how he got involved after its director showed up in his office with more than 100 hours of footage ready to be cut into a film.
MUSIC BITS: Bridges & Blinking Lights guitarist Mark Montoya explains how his band could break up just months after releasing a new album – one that Paul Slavens broke down on Tracy by Track no less! (DC 9 at Night) … Natalie Merchant talks about spending seven years making an album ahead of her stop at the Winspear Opera House tonight. (dfw.com) … NPR has asked every female musician it could find about what it's like to be a woman in the music biz these days. (npr.org)
CLOSE TO HOME: On Friday, Contemporary Theatre of Dallas will open Blue Moon Dancing. The play centers on regulars at a West Texas dance hall and is written by Ed Graczyk, who also wrote Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, which is set in the same town. So you might be surprised to know that Gracyk only lived in the state a couple of years before returning to his native Ohio. "It's fascinating that this man is so utterly enthused with the few years he lived in Midland," CTD artistic director Sue Loncar tells dallasnews.com. "He gets these people and he really likes these people."
Blue Moon Dancing
Bridges & Blinking Lights
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Ed Graczyk
Jeff Fraley
Sue Loncar
bill holston
8/19 @ AT&T Perf Arts Center, Patio Sessions, Downtown Big-D. Doug Burr performing from 5:30-7:30pm. Free.
Brock Dewald at Fort Brewery & Pizza
@ Fort Brewery & Pizza
All ages welcome. Dogs welcome. Seating is first come first served.
@ Texas Theatre
DRY CLEANING (UK) – The South London group of Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dow...
Parade of Flesh Presents: DRY CLEANING
PARADE OF FLESH PRESENTS: DRY CLEANING and NOURISHED BY TIME in Dallas at Te...
Music: Indie
Pinchas Zukerman Chamber Concert
@ Southern Methodist University - Caruth Auditorium in Owen Arts Center
Pinchas Zukerman Chamber Concert, featuring members of the Dallas Symphony O...

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Hello Everyone who calls in at Jumbled Crafts and thank you for your visit. This is a schedule post from me so I hope your week is going well.
Today is the start of a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and we are always happy to have you join us with your take on our themes. You have 2 weeks to enter and if you are stuck for a project then the team have some great ideas if you visit the TIOT blog.
The subject this time is Letters, Numbers or Both so I am sure you will have lots of ideas that we didn't think of.
I am not good at making cards for men but I needed to make one for Vic's birthday so I used the challenge to spur me on. Lots of layers added to a large card. Background papers from Papermania and a piece of sparkly card from my daughter. Other elements found on Google or made by me in Paint Shop Pro and printed out. The hearts on the right are die cuts and fastened together with fine ribbon. Definitely numbers and letters for the challenge.
Hope you will join us there and also join in at Tag Tuesday as well. You still have a week to join in the textures challenge.
I love this amazing project Chrissie - just super!
This is a wonderful projekt, Chrissie.
Vic will be pleased with this fabulous card Chrissie. Loved the sentiment as well.
that is wonderful card chrissie!
Beautiful card- hope Vic will love it!
A creative design as usual, Chrissie. Love the fantastic clock!
A fabulous card Chrissie, Vic will love it.
What a great card - love the colours especially.
Love the richness of colour and pattern.
I swear Chrissie, I have NO idea how this post got past me. My bad. I am usually not two days late visiting, so please forgive me.
Everything about this is gorgeous from the clock to the border to the hearts. It feels neutral to me. It may not be as manly as some I've seen on the internet, but it is manly enough to honor the man you love. I know Vic was quite happy when he received it. It's a true gem.
Men cards are so difficult! I think Vic will like this, these are great colours for men. I love the clock element, brilliant!


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Robbed and kidnapped, Ohio man pulls own gun and shoots attacker
11:00am Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a man was robbed, then kidnapped, was able to pull his own handgun and shoot his attacker.
From the article:
A man who told police that he shot a robber in the neck on the Hilltop on Friday evening claims he was abducted at gunpoint and was being driven to a cash machine to withdraw money, Columbus police said yesterday.
Police identified the dead man as Larry N. Mausali, 24, of Parkersburg, W.Va. The shooter was Kenneth Owens, 46, who told police that Mausali took his wallet, then tried to rob him of more by driving him to a bank machine at gunpoint about 7:25 p.m.
In the car, Owens took out his own handgun and shot Mausali near the intersection of N. Hague and Sutton avenues, he told police. Owens described his version of events to police at the shooting scene. Mausali was taken to Mount Carmel West hospital, where he died minutes after the shooting.
Police are investigating and will forward their findings to the Franklin County prosecutor's office for a final determination on whether the shooting was justifiable, they said.
The Dispatch article fails to identify the victim as a CHL-holder (and the reporter has not yet replied to an email inquiring if he checked), but it seems likely that he was.
This is far from the first example of an Ohio resident protecting themselves with a firearm. And this, like many cases in the past, received a great deal of attention, having been picked up by the Associatd Press and republished nationwide. That is why I find it strange to have read quotes from two different law enforcement officers in recent weeks saying that they were unaware of a concealed handgun licensee having used a gun to defend themselves.
Unfortunately, quotes such as these are used by reporters to offset the other statement constantly being repeated these days by law enforcement - that there just haven't been any problems caused by license-holders. This, the enterprising anti-self-defense journalist asserts, proves that while their anti-self-defense rights friends were clearly wrong about the mayhem they predicted would ensue if we passed this law, the pro-self-defense was also wrong, since no one seems to know of any license-holders who have protected themselves.
The problem is, of course, the claim that there have been no cases of license-holders using a gun to defend themselves is entirely, provably false.
Each time we become aware of a self-defense case involving an Ohio concealed handgun licensee, we record the details of the incident on our website. To date we have documented more than 60 cases that have involved concealed handgun licensees protecting themselves or others when attacked. The map at right documents just those cases through the end of 2012.
There is something important to keep in mind as you browse the map. Anti-self-defense rights legislators and journalists are fond of claiming that the debate over concealed carry laws are an example of the divide between rural and urban. They claim that people in the cities don't like concealed carry, while people in rural areas do. This is why they opposed statewide preemption of local gun control laws, claiming that localities should be able to decide for themselves on what gun control is necessary at the local level.
But of course when one looks at the areas where people have successfully been able to defend themselves when attacked, they are almost all occurring in the exact areas where these anti-self-defense rights legislators claim people oppose concealed carry.
As you look at the map, imagine what might have happened to the innocent victims involved in those incidents had the anti-self-defense rights legislators had their way over the past ten years. Imagine how many children might be orphaned, or dead. Imagine how many spouses would be widowed. Imagine how many rapes. Imagine how many funerals. Imagine ... and shudder.
Thankfully, the anti-self-defense rights extremists didn't get their way, and each year, more and more lives are saved, thanks to the efforts of the many who have come before, fighting the daily fight to first recover, and then improve our laws.
The fight to improve our laws continues. There are still too many places in Ohio where the right to bear arms for self-defense is denied. Our self-defense laws still consider people guilty until they prove themselves innocent. There is work to be done to make sure that more people, who are attacked like this gentleman was, get to return home to their families.
Chad D. Baus is the Buckeye Firearms Association Secretary, BFA PAC Vice Chairman, and an NRA-certified firearms instructor.


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We believe that the earth gives abundantly for our well being. Wool is an abundant, renewable and natural resource that offers us warmth and comfort as apparel, bedding, rugs, upholstery, and so much more.
Our Fascination with Wool
Examining an individual fleece is like reading a story that only gets told once.
Details in a single fleece can be a record of how dry last summer was, which plants grew plentifully in the pasture, and the whether lambing took place early or late that year. The fleece selection and design decisions we make for each batch is our compilation of these unique stories, serving as a constant reminder that diversity brings balance.
Taking a microscopic look at individual wool fibers reveals even more reasons to love this natural fiber. Wool is the only natural protein fiber with elasticity; that's what makes it great for knitted apparel because no matter how many times you wear your piece, it will return to its original shape after washing. Wool is also highly absorbent. Its ability to retain a massive amount of water, combined with its breathability, means wool always works in your favor because it feels dry next to your skin even when it's wet. Tiny pores in the outer cuticle allow moisture to pass through the fiber and regulate temperatures all year long. Moisture gets trapped inside the cells in the winter to create warmth, and is wicked away from the body to evaporate and keep you cool in the summer. Wool is also fire, stain and wrinkle resistant, insulating, sound proofing, more durable than cotton and synthetics, and it's sustainably produced by animals that are valued by humans and the environment.
Above all, my favorite reason for working with wool is the extensive range of textures and colors it offers.
The attributes of wool can vary wildly from breed to breed, from one individual to another, or even one year to the next. In addition, crimp styles in wool contribute to endless design applications. If you look closely, you'll notice that the fibers zig-zag or fall in ringlets and every variation in between. The crimp allows the spinner to trap different amounts of air between the fibers when they are spun. Higher crimp wool makes soft, puffy yarns like those used to knit hats and sweaters, while lower crimp wool makes strong, dense yarns like the ones used to weave rugs and upholstery fabric. With wool, the creative possibilities are endless.
Fiber Animals we rely on at our mill include sheep, alpaca, rabbits, and goats. A few Pacific Northwest breeds we favor include Targhee, Rambouillet, Romney, Shetland, East Fresian, Huacaya (alpaca), German Angora (rabbit), and Angora (goat). We also do special projects with locally raised sheep breeds such as Coopworth, Corriedale, California Variegated Mutant (CVM), Wensleydale, Teesewater, Lincoln, Cotswald, Cheviot, Jacob, Icelandic, Dorset, Lacaune, Finnish Landrace, Yak, and more.
Non-Superwash
Our products are minimally processed in order to maintain the natural and diverse textures and colors of wool. Minimally processed means we select high quality wool by hand and avoid the use of additives in processing.
We do not produce or purchase superwash wool, thus all our products are considered Non-Superwash. Superwash, or Hercosett Treatment, is a method of chemically removing the scales from wool before processing and sometimes coating it in a polymer in order to make the finished fabric un-feltable (machine washable).
The Small Batch Wool Community
Fiber animals are not the only ones we rely on at our mill. We also depend on Pacific Northwest and domestic farmers, other US mills, and an army of needle, hook, and shuttle slinging fiber artists all over the world. The balance or imbalance of this complicated network of people is an integral aspect of small batch wool production. We work hard to make transparent decisions that bring balance to the whole community.
With so many diverse needs in play, we remain united by our shared love of wool and common dependence on the natural world. We view greater understanding and balance across the whole community as the path to sustainability.


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Romney urges donors to 'open their wallets' for his father
ROS KRASNY • Reuters
Sep 22, 2012 • Last Updated September 22, 2012 • 3 minute read
Having declared that his presidential campaign does not need a makeover, Republican Mitt Romney raised millions of dollars at two fundraisers in southern California on Saturday to help bankroll the final weeks of the race.
"I'm not even going to be able to go home today. We're just coming to town to see you and keep the campaign going," Romney told a well-heeled crowd at the Grand Del Mar Resort hotel in Del Mar, California, about 12 miles from his beachfront house in La Jolla.
Some 650 supporters - including diet guru Jenny Craig - paid from $1,000 to $25,000 a head to hear Romney's 40-minute speech in Del Mar, have their photograph taken with the candidate and eat roast chicken breast served on a bed of Israeli couscous.
Spencer Zwick, the campaign's national finance chairman, assured donors their money would be spent wisely: to build a "massive ground game across the country in those swing states" and buy more television advertising.
The second Saturday event, at the Beverly Hilton, pulled in $6 million, Romney said at the start of his remarks.
About 1,500 tickets were sold at three tiers: $1,000, $15,000 and $50,000. Guests were entertained by comedian Dennis Miller and songwriter/producer David Foster.
With his standing in the polls slipping, Romney has been under fire from some in his party who feel he has not spent enough time visiting political swing states versus hob-nobbing with wealthy donors.
President Barack Obama spent the day campaigning - and also raising funds - in Wisconsin, a battleground state and the home of Romney's running mate, Representative Paul Ryan.
Romney had no public events on Saturday. He will fly to Denver on Sunday afternoon for a rally and among other stops will have a two-day bus tour in Ohio Tuesday and Wednesday.
Local resident Matt Romney, the second of the candidate's five sons, introduced his father and urged attendees to "open their wallets" at least one more time to help get the Republican's message out before Nov. 6.
"It's our turn, you guys" said the elder Romney, 65, who was wearing dress pants and a sport jacket.
'DOESN'T NEED A TURNAROUND'
Boarding a plane in San Francisco on Saturday, Romney declined to answer a reporter's shouted question of whether he will soon adopt a more "aggressive" strategy.
But he told the crowd in Del Mar Saturday's event was his "last fundraiser in San Diego."
In an interview to be broadcast on Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," Romney rejected calls for changes, pointing out that in national polls he is in a tight race with Obama.
"It doesn't need a turnaround. We've got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president to the United States," Romney said in excerpts from the interview released by CBS on Friday.
At the Del Mar event, Romney lauded some local California entrepreneurs, including Ada Regan, owner of "Strawberry Hill," an historic mansion in Hillsborough, near San Francisco, where Romney raised funds on Friday night.
Regan's late husband Barrie, an electrical engineer and Italian immigrant, designed components that were used in the U.S. space program.
Pressing a familiar theme, Romney said Obama does not understand what it takes to build a business but rather wants government to play a larger top-down role.
"They DID build their business," Romney said of the Regans.
In Los Angeles Romney criticized Obama's support for certain union measures and said the key to improving education in the United States was "to put the kids and the parents and the teachers first, and the unions and their interests behind."


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This remarkable hybrid was registered by us at the RHS in England after first flowering. Christian attracts attention with its crimson red flower colouration and the unusual shape of the lip. In cultivation it proves to be vigorous, healthy and robust. Size-wise, it belongs to the smaller hybrids.
Certainly an eye-catcher at the front of any orchid bed!
Strong blooming-sized rhizome with at least one flowering shoot.


The daily balancing process was long and cumbersome. It would take me an hour and a half to complete because it was manual and I was being interrupted several times with the other demands of my job. Now, I run the money through the machine and let it do the work. It has reduced the time it takes to count and balance every day to just minutes.
We have multiple drawers that we count down on a daily basis and we wanted to improve our end-of-day process. With automation, we have been able to reduce the time it takes to close out the day by more than 50% and it now takes less than 1 minute to count a drawer.
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The quality of education in Meegahakiula's preschools is low. Teachers are often absent and have no standard syllabus to follow. The community lacks understanding about the importance of early childhood care and development. As a result, preschools don't monitor attendance.
Students in higher grades also struggle to access quality education and instruction. In rural schools, there are few teachers who are trained in core subjects, leading to gaps in information. School committees aren't active or organized and the community does not generally prioritize education.
The health status of children in the community is worrying. Low family income and lack of information prevents parents from forming healthy habits, such as growing their own fruits and vegetables. As a result, children and mothers are malnourished.
Limited access to health care, clean, safe drinking water, and proper washrooms leaves children vulnerable to sickness and infection. Teenage pregnancy and low birth weight are also common issues.
Protecting the rights of youth in Meegahakiula is vital. Most community members are unaware of children's rights and cannot advocate on their behalf. Youth lack opportunities to learn how to defend themselves and promote important causes.
No organized children's groups exist and there are few safe spaces for children. This prevents them from playing and socializing with one another in healthy ways. Youth also have few chances to participate in community conversations.
The Meegahakiula community is located in a rural area of Sri Lanka. It is home to almost 20,000 people. Most families depend on local resources for survival and more than 79% are farmers. However, constant droughts have led to food shortages and children often go hungry. When crops fail to grow during the dry season, people earn income by collecting and selling firewood. This has led to deforestation and is quickly depleting the area's natural resources.
The most vulnerable children often come from families in isolated areas without roads. The steep terrain makes it extremely hard to access health care when sick or pregnant, and children struggle to get to schools that are far away. Although educators recognize issues, such as lack of safe drinking water and clean washrooms, little has been done to address them. As a result, many students drop out.
Train teachers and provide them with better educational resources for their students.
Develop partnerships between parents, caregivers, and school committees.
Improve nutrition practices and bring malnourished children back to health.
Provide more families with access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation facilities.
Increase availability of health services to the community and help staff treat patients more effectively.
Boost family diets by creating home gardens and supporting crop production.
Strengthen ability of children, community members, and the government to advocate for child protection issues.
Develop youth groups and provide opportunities for young people in leadership and skills development.
Create support systems for children who are at-risk of abuse or have had their rights violated.
Monitor and follow up with children in the community to ensure they are protected and safe.


3/27/15 FYSF, Win a BestBottoms Dragon Scales Cover and Inserts!
This week's giveaway features an absolutely gorgeous new print from BestBottoms! Dragon Scales is really stunning and who doesn't love a rainbow of bright colors with added shading and texture. This cover is gorgeous and gender neutral.
Sloomb is back in stock at Diaper Junction and we couldn't be more excited about it! Fitteds, wool and flats, oh my! Cloth diaper in style and luxury when you purchase Sloomb products at Diaper Junction!
Our featured FYSF brand this week is Diaper Rite! Diaper Rite is our exclusive brand and you'll only find these great products on sale at DiaperJunction.com!
In my experience, most people who use cloth diapers are inspired to do so by someone they know. In person.
Already a GroVia fan or are you dying to try them? Well this is your chance? This week we're giving you a chance to win a GroVia Sampler Pack!
Finding a diaper or diaper combination that works well overnight seems to be sort of a big issue for parents. Once you find it, you're golden, but it often comes with a bit of trial and error.


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Patricia Locke Get a Round To It Necklace, featured in Silver with the color story, Celebration. Length Measures: Adjustable 20" - 22", Pendant Measures: 9", Sterling Silver Overlay. Handmade in USA.


The german phone code 08548 represents Vilshofen-Sandbach in Bayern.
Note for calls from abroad: In addition to the German country code (+49 or 0049) you can omit the foregoing zero of the dialling code for Vilshofen-Sandbach. So you can dial +498548... and add the number of the phone line you want to reach.
Wich place is a "must see" for a tourist in Vilshofen-Sandbach?


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Create technology-rich classrooms where teachers demonstrate technology instructional strategies using an array of devices.
Technology focused on student applications and implementation.
Instructional strategies and framework will be inclusive of technology tools and resources.
Professional development provided using a variety of delivery methods.
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HOLLOW SQUARE PRESS
TOM'S BOOKS >
BAKER'S DAUGHTER, MILLER'S SON
BOY AT SEA
THE CURSE OF VILMA VALENTINE
A FEVER OF THE MAD
GHOST GUITARS
SOME TRICKS OF DESPERATION
TOM'S SONGBOOK
JONATHAN'S BOOKS >
A HOWLING IN THE NIGHT
RANTS, RAVES, RUMINATIONS, AND RAMBLIFICATIONS
SIREN SONG
THE TURBERVILLES OF GREENSBORO, ALABAMA
THE EARLY YEARS: 1970 - 1975 >
ALEX IN WONDERLAND, 1970
RYAN'S DAUGHTER, 1970
SHAFT, 1971
THE GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT, 1971
THE WRATH OF GOD, 1972
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS, 1972
THE LAST AMERICAN HERO, 1973
THE HAPPY HOOKER, 1975
THE MIDDLE YEARS: 1976 - 1981 >
GODZILLA VS. MEGALON, 1976
BOARDWALK, 1979
BLOW OUT, 1981
THE CHOSEN 1981
SO FINE, 1981
TATTOO, 1981
THE FINAL YEARS, 1982 - 1987 >
EASY MONEY, 1983
HARRY AND SON, 1983
THE LAST DRAGON, 1985
A GATHERING OF OLD MEN, 1987
AN ASSORTMENT OF LYRICS
THE DARWIN THEORY
THE STONEWALLYA KID
A STRING OF BANJOS
OLD SAWYERVILLE
GHOSTS OF SAWYERVILLE
HOLLOW SQUARE CEMETERY
PIE LAB
SPRING >
1. Bulbs, Redbud, & Crabapple
2. Azalea, Iris, & Dogwood
3. Magnolia & Dootsie
SUMMER >
1. Black-Eyed Susans, Day Lilies, & Four O'clocks
2. Crepe Myrtle
3. Tiger Lilies, Althea, & Naked Ladies
4. AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
AUTUMN >
1. FALL: THE EARLY SIGNS
2. OCTOBER
3. FALL: THE REST OF THE SEASON
WINTER >
1. WINTER'S ON THE WAY!
2. THE PROGRESS OF WINTER
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Michael Cimino: Two Masterworks
It is a revelation to see both "The Deer Hunter" and "Heaven's Gate" in the same week.
I first saw "The Deer Hunter" at an invitational pre-release screening in 1978. I had enjoyed Michael Cimino's "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" and had looked forward to seeing his next. That early movie, good though it was, had not prepared me for the accomplishment of 'The Deer Hunter." It was generally well-received, earning 5 Academy Awards for best picture, director, supporting actor, sound, and editing plus a generous array of nominations and awards from other organizations.
There were quibbles. Too long, some said. Too brutal, some said. North Vietnamese soldiers could never do such bad things, some said. The ending, with the cast joining together singing "God Bless America" at a bar after the funeral of one of their friends, was too rah-rah America and said that the War in Vietnam was justified. Could it have been meant ironically? No, too sincere for that. But on the whole, a much honored movie.
With "Heaven's Gate" it was a much different story. New York Times critic Vincent Canby gave it the most negative review of his, or anybody else's for that matter, career. Other early reviews were not positive. In panic, United Artists, who released the movie, spread their panic to the director, and the movie was pulled from release after one week. They recut it, losing over an hour of running time, and released it again some months later. By that time the stink of disaster about the movie was such that hardly anyone attended that version (which totally lacked the magic of the longer cut). It is considered one of the worst movie financial disasters in history and reputedly led to the fall of United Artists and the destruction of the careers of Cimino and principal star Kris Kristofferson.
At the time of the botched release of "Heaven's Gate my friend Tom Miller was working as unit publicist on Brian De Palma's "Blow Out," then shooting in Philadelphia. He, like I, had admired the earlier movie and was eager to see this one, no matter what. Too, Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer on "Blow Out," had shot both "The Deer Hunter" and "Heaven's Gate." (His work is brilliant in all 3.) I had bought reserved performance tickets for the last (only) Saturday matinee it played at New York's Cinema 1 Theater. We got there in time for good seats, and it played to a packed house, not a single seat left. The audience seemed to be enrapt. There was an intermission, right after the bad guys get off the train and John Hurt is saying something poetic before becoming enveloped in train smoke. (The movie ran nearly 3 hours and 40 minutes, and there was only one matinee and one evening performance.) We ran into a friend of mine from Columbia at intermission, and he said, "It's not bad at all!" He was right. Both Tom and I left the movie thinking it some sort of masterpiece, an opinion we were able to share with the cinematographer, for he was in line to see the evening performance, the first time he would see the result of his work.
The movie had cost $44 million to make and earned only $3.5 million (well, it only ran a week, if that). It is my firm opinion that if United Artists had not panicked and left the movie in theaters it would have found more positive critical opinion at the time as well as an audience. It was greatly respected in Europe and reviews were positive after it appeared at Cannes. Would it have made a profit? Possibly. Certainly it would not have lost as much, worth something I would think. Had UA not abandoned it, I believe it might well have received multiple Oscar nominations, for star, supporting actor and actress, cinematography, score, possibly even picture and director. But pulling the movie as they did became big news and doomed any chance.
Wikipedia gives a reasonably accurate discussion of the movie, its production, initial reactions, and ultimate recognition as some kind of great movie. Rather than summarize that, I'll simply give you a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(film)
Instead, I want to discuss my thoughts upon my recent viewings of both "The Deer Hunter" and "Heaven's Gate."
"The Deer Hunter" portrays a community of Russian Orthodox first and second generation immigrants in a tough Pennsylvania steel mill town and what happens as three of their sons go off to Vietnam, returning, at least in part or no longer alive.
"Heaven's Gate" involves Slavic, German, Russian, and other immigrants in the American West in the 1880s, each group speaking mostly in their native languages and more often than not without being subtitled. In the earlier movie the immigrant population is shown as the truest Americans, loving and defending their new country no matter what.
An army doctor inquires of Nick (Christopher Walken), "Chevotarevich, is that a Russian name?" Nick's answer, "No, it's an American name." In the later movie the immigrants are portrayed as the hapless victims of the economic and political power structure of their new country. One of the autocrats in the Cattlemen's Association in justifying their list of 125 singled out to be shot or hanged says. "They're an ignorant, degraded gang of paupers. Their only stock in trade consists of having large numbers of ragged kids." Later on we get this exchange between J.B. (Jeff Bridges) and Averill (Kristofferson): J.B. – "It's gettin' dangerous to be poor in this country." Averill – "It always was."
Neither movie is a barrel of laughs.
When I first experienced "The Deer Hunter" I took the directorial and cinematographic approach to be setting the camera down in real-life settings and letting it capture life unfolding. Yes, there is something of that in the movie, but the more I view it the more I see how carefully patterned the whole work is. It begins with a community ceremony: a long sequence involving events in the hours before a wedding as the community prepares, the wedding itself, and the long post-wedding celebration and dance. It ends with another community celebration: the funeral and burial of one of the central characters, Nick.
This is a much shorter sequence than the one that opens the movie, appropriate since it is toward the end of a long movie and a bit of acceleration is proper. It begins with the mourners leaving the church, then the burial itself followed by a longer sequence as the mourners gather at a bar to drink and remember their dead friend. This is the closing sequence that ends with the group singing "God Bless America."
Both of these community events are brilliantly staged to look like the camera just happened to be there by accident. Both events are filled with character and even plot details that seem to happen accidentally in passing but that enrich the movie immeasurably.
There are parallel deer hunts. In the first, just before three comrades leave for Vietnam, they are accompanied by two of their friends. In the second, after Mike, the De Niro character, returns from Vietnam alone, he is accompanied only by the two friends who had not gone to Vietnam. Given the title of the movie, Cimino must have wanted us to attend to these sequences, and we do.
There were some negative comments re these sequences upon its original release, for they were filmed in the Rockies and not in the mounts of Pennsylvania. Then, and now, I believe that the two hunts were designed to have a soaring spiritual quality to lift the movie above being mere "realism." During the actual hunt sequences it is "One Shot" Mike who is shown with the snowcapped purple mountain majesties behind him. We see something of Mike's soul, and we see, in the second one, how that soul has been changed.
"The Deer Hunter" has often been labeled as a "Vietnam movie." Well, yes, and the surprisingly short central sequence takes place there. I see it more as a movie not about Vietnam, pro or con, but about how war and other chaotic events take their toll on people and communities. Vietnam just happened to be the convenient war at the time.
It is often considered a violent movie. When you watch it over time you realize how little actual violence there is in it. We have some major characters who are capable of violence and you can see it trying to bubble to the surface at times. But most of the overt violence is contained in the relatively short scenes in Vietnam: the brief battle before our three heroes are captured, the famous (in some circles infamous) Russian roulette sequence in the small makeshift Vietnamese prison, and the final Russian roulette sequence when Mike returns to Vietnam during the fall of the American efforts there to find his missing friend. Even here the violence is quick. There is, however intense suspense as the games are played. (It might not surprise you to know that Quinten Tarantino is a great admirer of the sequences.)
 English critic Robin Wood in his "Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan and Beyond' analyzes a gay subtext in the movie: "Nick both is and knows himself to be in love with Mike and Mike reciprocates that love but can't admit it, even to himself." I'd say that there is something to this subtext, but I prefer not to make too much of it. I certainly can't go along with Wood's conclusion that Nick shoots himself because "he has recognized that Mike offers nothing but a return to repression." Nick does not "shoot himself." It just happened that that time the bullet was in the chamber ready to be fired. Russian roulette is a suicidal game, and yes, we can take Nick as being suicidal, but I'm certain he was too good a Catholic boy to shoot himself intentionally. Also I believe that would rob the scene of its accidental nature, and I think such accidents are part of the theme; and it robs Walken's final moments as he recognizes his old friend again just before he pulls the trigger (Walken is brilliant here).
 Walken and John Savage in what are supporting role are both marvelous, as is Meryl Streep in her first major role in movies as the woman ostensibly loved by both Nick and Mike. Acting throughout is excellent. But over time for me Robert De Niro's work as Mike has emerged as the greatest in the movie and among the greatest in his career.
It is a quieter role than the others have, quieter than roles for which he is more famous. I admired his performance in 1978, and I admire it even more now. What he and Streep do with eyes and delicate body language and without dialogue in this movie is remarkable.
In a way the movie follows a trajectory from birth to death. That is, of course, the progression of life. The bride in that wedding is carrying a child, not that of her husband-to-be, as we learn from two sources including the husband. Who is the father is never made explicit, although the blondness of the boy makes one consider the possibility that the blond Nick is father to the child. But Steve – the bridegroom, soldier, wounded veteran – appears comfortable in assuming the role of father to his wife's child. Somehow this possibility, this never-explicated story, makes that ending in the bar even more touching. That, along with the coming together in sad harmony of this group of old surviving friends, provide a subtle lift that keeps the movie from leaving us in despair.
In a way the movie follows a trajectory from birth to death. That is, of course, the progression of life. The bride in that wedding is carrying a child, not that of her husband-to-be, as we learn from two sources including the husband. Who is the father is never made explicit, although the blondness of the boy makes one consider the possibility that the blond Nick is father to the child. But Steve – the bridegroom, soldier, wounded veteran – appears comfortable in assuming the role of father to his wife's child. Somehow this possibility, this never-explicated story, makes that ending in the bar even more touching. That, along with the coming together in sad harmony of this group of old surviving friends singing "God Bless America" provide a subtle lift that keeps the movie from leaving us in despair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LwGt9d1-lU
 "Heaven's Gate" is darker. If the former moves from birth to death, this one moves from youth to old age. Community is shattered. All friends are dead. Our hero, such as he is, years later has returned to his rich life in the East and to marriage, but he is empty, destroyed. There is no way that "God Bless America" could be sung at the end of this one.
 It begins in 1870 with a lone man, Jim Averill (Kristofferson), racing through empty streets to catch up with his Harvard College graduation class before they enter the auditorium where the ceremony is to be held. At the end he is alone again, a man rich with a trophy wife but almost inert with memory and regret and loss. That racing to catch up is echoed much later in the movie when finally he chooses to ride out to join the emboldened immigrant population as they confront their violent oppressors. That later action is almost the inverse of that in "High Noon," where the lone good man goes out to face evil without the support of the larger community.
The opening sequence in 1870 takes up a lot of screen time, with much attention paid to the speech of the college president (Joseph Cotton) and the valedictory speech by the impious college clown and great wit Billy Irvine (John Hurt). The auditorium is round, the audience happy but circumspect, and it has been invaded, as it were, by the line of uproarious, unruly graduates: the first of many examples in the movie of the circle being broken.
After the graduation exercise we move to the next big circle, a wave of dancers waltzing to "The Blue Danube." The sequence is introduced by a horse-drawn carriage racing around the drive encircling the dancers, and the multitudes of dancers themselves are whirling in individual circles of the pairs of dancers with the whole mass moving in a circular formation. Among other things, it is the best use of that waltz since "2001," and the sequence is breathtaking. Cimino elects not to break into this circle but leave it as a wondrous perfection. Every time a few bars of that waltz is heard on the soundtrack our memories are cast back to this perfect moment in time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_pfQvSP7I&t=59s
The waltz sequence is followed by one more circle. Bouquets have been tossed into the tree at the center of the circle where the waltz had taken place, and (we presume) undergraduate men are surrounding it in concentric circles through which the class of graduating seniors break through to attain the prize. Bloodied and happy, Averill and Irvine agree that life will never be this great again.
 And it is not. It is all downhill. From Averill and Irvine in that tree, we cut immediately to the interior of a train 20 years later, where a tired and worn Averill sits in the yellow light passing through the window of the train and the dust particles, a picture of a dejected and worn man.
So why that long and seemingly irrelevant beginning when our plot, such as it is, suggested loosely by the Johnson County Wars,
begins now? Why not cut it to shorten the long (think "Gone with the Wind" long) movie, since it has nothing to do with the story. Yes. But it has everything to do with the movie as a work of art.
For that is what I think it is.
 Those circles keep on repeating. Early on a shotgun blows a hole in a white sheet, the gun itself then poking through. The circle interrupted. This is the introduction of a major character, Nate Champion, played by Christopher Walken. Himself of immigrant stock and trying to get ahead in life, Nate is working as an enforcer for the cattle barons
intent on extinguishing the immigrant settlers. Nate is also a friend of Averill, and they share love of the prostitute with a heart of gold, Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert in an early and brilliant and naked – in more senses than one – performance. It was this movie that made me fall in love with this great actress).
At the time there were those who thought Huppert not beautiful enough to hold her own with the beautiful Kristofferson and Walken. Don't believe that for one moment! Clothed or not, she was gorgeous. She was great here and has been great ever since.
 There is the circle of the roller skating sequence that takes place in a multipurpose building called Heaven's Gate. As the earlier waltz sequence is introduced by a carriage circling the dance, this one is introduced by a single fiddler circling the floor on skates while
playing. In a way this sequence reminds one of the wedding dance sequence from "The Deer Hunter." It is followed by another circle, Averill and Emma's waltz to the main theme of the movie. Brilliantly, the throngs of skaters have all disappeared, leaving them alone except for the fiddler and the other musicians. Movie magic!
The skating sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGd_cytAIkQ&feature=emb_logo
 Their waltz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZfoi59-1to
 And that final great circle! The immigrant farmers and townspeople – men, women, children - ride out on every available horse, mule, and wagon to confront the cattle barons' army that pull their own wagons into a circle surrounded by the immigrants. Averill, who had initially been loath to join the settlers in their fight, finally decides to catch up with them in their battle. A classical scholar, he shows them how to make moveable barricades Roman-style to push toward the circle of cattle barons and their army. (Again, straight line pushing into circle.) And at dawn, as the attack begins, he rides in a large circle around the enemy.
A bloody battle ensues, heavy casualties on both sides. Over the hill rides the U.S. Army. No, not to help the settlers but their enemy. The battle is stopped, the hopes of the immigrant settlers thwarted. One of the saddest images in a movie filled with sadness is that of an immigrant woman with no hope left shooting herself through the mouth in despair.
But not all the bloodshed is over. One central character had been killed before the battle, and two more will die before we leave Wyoming.
To return to the East Coast a decade or more later. A yacht off Rhode Island. A rich and clean-shaven Averill has all the trappings of success including a beautiful trophy wife but broods over what has been lost. He lives, but he himself is lost.
 Both movies are filled with rue and sadness. The earlier one ends with a touch of hope. The later one does not. Why? I assume Cimino's vision had darkened during that time, but I know of no explanation for that. But my own mood had darkened. The nation had moved from a time when a President seemed to try to deal with the reality of serious problems to a newly-elected one whose approach was to ignore, the later time I refer to as "Mourning in America." If we ignore them they will all go away. The disruption of the workplace by the computer. The AIDS crisis. Discrimination against minorities. Put on a happy face! They did not go away.
As often happens in art, time has been more generous than initial reception. (Think of Van Gogh.) In 2012 a beautifully restored "director's cut" premiered to acclaim at the Venice Film Festival and later at the New York Film Festival. Subsequently this version has been released on DVD and Blu-ray in the Criterion Collection. (That's the one I have now.) The movie began receiving commentary much more positive:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/movies/michael-ciminos-heavens-gate-returns-to-film-forum.html?
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151120-heavens-gate-from-hollywood-disaster-to-masterpiece
That second article ends, "However unwelcome Heaven's Gate may have been in 1980, there hasn't been a more urgently topical film in 2015."
That statement is even more true in 2020.
And to me, it is a masterpiece. Like the one before it.
And before we return to posters, one more iteration of the circle being broken by the line, one I'd never noticed before today:
Terence Davies


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3 of California's Top Returning Kickers
By Anthony Ascarrunz
Posted On: 01/8/21 5:01 PM
The key to recognizing special teams is that it's a third of the game and it can make or break a football game at any moment. It also can usually result in good or bad field position for an offense or defense. The kicking game for these 3 student athletes has put them in a position to thrive and be recognized as one of best in California.
Cole Becker - 6'3, 205 lbs - Rocklin - Senior
Twitter: @colebecker01
Being 100% on 31 PATs last season, Cole Becker also was 90% on field goals making 14 out of 15 attempts in 11 games. Tied for first in the state of California in made field goals, Becker committed to take his talents to Colorado in November to continue his kicking career. Making a career long of 45 yards as a junior and constantly kicking the ball out of the endzone on kickoffs, Becker has proven to be one of best kickers in the state talent wise to go along with his statistics. Keeping his head all the way through a kick, Becker can kickoff the ball extremely well regardless if the ball is on
The key to recognizing special teams is that it's a third of the game and it can make or break a football game at any moment. It also can usually result in good or bad field position for an offense or defense. The kicking game for these 3 student athletes has put them in a position to thrive and be recognized as one of best in California. Cole Becker - 6'3, 205 lbs - Rocklin - Senior Twitter: @colebecker01 Being 100% on 31 PATs last season, Cole Becker also was 90% on field goals making 14 out of 15 attempts in 11 games. Tied for first in the state of California in made field goals, Becker committed to take his talents to Colorado in November to continue his kicking career. Making a career long of 45 yards as a junior and constantly kicking the ball out of the endzone on kickoffs, Becker has proven to be one of best kickers in the state talent wise to go along with his statistics. Keeping his head all the way through a kick, Becker can kickoff the ball extremely well regardless if the ball is on the right or left hash mark. The Colorado Buffaloes will be bringing in a stud of a kicker. Adrian Melesio - 5'11, 193 lbs - Patterson - Senior Twitter: @adrianmelesio_ The 2 Time All-Section and 2nd Team All-State Kicker from Patterson High School, was tied for first with Cole Becker for most field goals made in the state. Having made the 6th longest field goal last season from 49 yards out, Melesio will be a great addition to any special teams unit at the next level. He is a bit more of a narrow footed kicker but he can pin the ball on kickoffs near the goal line to put his defense in a good position. Some coaches prefer the near goal line kickoff to pin the opponent's offense behind the touchback line to gain an advantage. Melesio had a 70% success rate on field goal tries last year making 14 out of 19 and also made 100% of his PATs making 56 straight kicks. As a sophomore, he was tied for making the 2nd longest field goal in California from 54 yards. His good follow through with power drive will create more offers for him sooner rather than later. Josh Bryan - 6'0, 190 lbs - Sierra Canyon - Senior Twitter: @Bryan9Joshua The Notre Dame commit, has been on varsity every year of his high school career for the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers. In 3 seasons, Josh Bryan made 120 out 133 PATs and 22 field goals, having a career high of 47 yards. He has totaled 101 touchbacks in 246 kickoffs in those 3 years and also punted 48 times as a junior for 1830 yards with 17 punts that landed inside the 20 and has a career high punt of 60 yards. Bryan does have a big leg and does not over or under step on his kicks and punts. He puts good hang time on punts to give the punt coverage enough time to get down the field and pin the ball. Outside of his kicking game, what I believe helped him to be a highly recruited kicker is his ability to tackle and his experience playing meaningful linebacker reps as he racked up 172 tackles in 3 years. His tape does show good angles and pursuit with good form tackling. The kickoff coverage at any level is sometimes seen as a 11 vs 10 because normally the kicker is discounted for to due to lack of ability. But in this case, Bryan can actually play as a defender and can help the special teams unit in 2 phases.
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import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Binds to initialize phase.
 * Creates all required directories including:
 * - Plugins directory
 * - Test plugins directory
 * - iOS plugins directory
 * - Android plugins directory
 */
@Mojo(name = "unity-initialize")
public class InitializeMojo extends AbstractMojo {

	@Parameter(property = "project", readonly = true, required = true)
	public MavenProject project;

	@Parameter(property = "unity.plugins.directory", defaultValue = "Assets/Runtime/Plugins", readonly = true, required = true)
	public String pluginsDirectory;

	@Parameter(property = "unity.test.plugins.directory", defaultValue = "Assets/Editor/Plugins", readonly = true, required = true)
	public String testPluginsDirectory;

	@Parameter(property = "unity.ios.plugins.directory", defaultValue = "Assets/Plugins/iOS", readonly = true, required = true)
	public String iosPlusinsDirectory;

	@Parameter(property = "unity.android.plugins.directory", defaultValue = "Assets/Plugins/Android", readonly = true, required = true)
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	@Override
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		final File testPluginsDirectoryFile = new File(String.format("%s/%s", this.project.getBasedir(), this.testPluginsDirectory));
		final File iosPluginsDirectoryFile = new File(String.format("%s/%s", this.project.getBasedir(), this.iosPlusinsDirectory));
		final File androidPluginsDirectoryFile = new File(String.format("%s/%s", this.project.getBasedir(), this.androidPluginsDirectory));

		try {
			if (pluginsDirectoryFile.exists()) {
				FileUtils.deleteDirectory(pluginsDirectoryFile);
			}

			if (testPluginsDirectoryFile.exists()) {
				FileUtils.deleteDirectory(testPluginsDirectoryFile);
			}

			if (iosPluginsDirectoryFile.exists()) {
				FileUtils.deleteDirectory(iosPluginsDirectoryFile);
			}

			if (androidPluginsDirectoryFile.exists()) {
				FileUtils.deleteDirectory(androidPluginsDirectoryFile);
			}
		} catch (final IOException e) {
			this.getLog().error("Failed to clean up existing plugins directories", e);
			throw new MojoFailureException("Failed to clean up existing plugins directories", e);
		}

		FileUtils.mkdir(pluginsDirectoryFile.getAbsolutePath());
		FileUtils.mkdir(testPluginsDirectoryFile.getAbsolutePath());
		FileUtils.mkdir(iosPluginsDirectoryFile.getAbsolutePath());
		FileUtils.mkdir(androidPluginsDirectoryFile.getAbsolutePath());

	}

}

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An Authentic Dublin Pub Crawl in Celebration of St. Patrick's Day
March 10, 2018 by Linda Gasparello Leave a Comment
People who are no more Irish than the King of Siam or the Paramount Chief of the Bumangwato will, come March 17, celebrate an island nation famous for its skill with words and its fondness for drink.
It all began, of course, in the 5th century with a Romano Christian missionary from Britain, Patrick, who brought Christianity to Ireland. As a bonus, he chased the snakes out of Ireland. Where the fondness for something brewed, distilled or fermented came from is not recorded, but it is an intrinsic part of Irish life.
Life in Ireland often revolves around having a drink. It is treated much as we would treat having a cup of coffee. In Dublin once, I ran into a friend who I had not seen in a year: a serious man with a big job in government. He thought, in the Irish way, that we should catch up over a glass of something, although it was just after 10 in the morning. "I think Murphys is open," he said as naturally as someone in an American city would have said, "There is a Starbucks on the next corner."
In Ireland St. Patrick's Day was, until recent years, a somber religious festival. It was in America where the idea that the Irish could have a huge craic, as the Irish call a party, took hold.
Even so, the biggest celebrations, to my mind, are in Boston, Chicago and New York. But there are celebrations everywhere the Irish have set foot from Hanoi, Vietnam to Ushuaia, Argentina, off the tip of South America.
But if you are very lucky, you will celebrate in Dublin. And what better way than with an authentic pub crawl.
I know just a bit about pub crawling in Ireland because I was lucky enough to be involved in a wonderful Dublin pub crawl in 2012. It was not a bunch of celebrants struggling from one pub to another, but rather a work of planning art.
I was in Dublin for an engineering conference which coincided with the 60th birthday of one of our number, Sean O'Neill — by birth an American, but otherwise through and through Irish.
A pub crawl was organized by the engineers with precision: times, distances, and safety procedures.
There was a map and the 12 pubs were selected with fiendish skill. The early ones were fairly far apart. But as the crawl went on, they grew closer together, and the last two were next to each other — in consideration of possible loss of mobility.
We were urged to go with a buddy, eat something about halfway and, in case of pub fatigue, to call a taxi.
If you get to Dublin and want to try the engineers' crawl, here are the pubs in order: Toners, O'Donoghues and Doheny & Nesbitts on Baggot Street; Dawson Lounge on Dawson Street; Kehoes on St. Anne Street; Davy Byrnes on Duke Street; O'Neills and O'Donoghues on Suffolk Street; The International Bar and Stags Head on Wicklow Street; The Long Hall on Georges Street; McDaids and Bruxelles on Harry Street.
I think I made it as far as The Long Hall, one of Dublin's most famous bars, before I cried uncle, refused a last drink and hailed a taxi. Others persevered and, amazingly, lived to tell the tale.
You probably know that Ireland is so lush that its flora is supposed to support 40 shades of green.
Well, there is another shade of green not mentioned in the tourist brochures. It is the 41st shade and you see it in the bathroom mirror the day after a pub crawl. Surely, some of you will see it on March 18.
Photo: DUBLIN, IRELAND – SEPTEMBER 5, 2016: The Long Hall on September 5, 2016 in Dublin. The Long Hall is a famous landmark in Dublins cultural quarter visited by thousands of tourists every year. Editorial credit: Millionstock / Shutterstock.com
Filed Under: King's Commentaries Tagged With: drinking, holidays, Ireland, St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day and the Computer-Aided Drinker
March 7, 2013 by White House Chronicle Leave a Comment
I'm going to get right to it: If you want to do it up right on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, you really should go on a pub crawl. That's the time-honored way to enjoy a good deal of what the clergy in Ireland have been known to refer to as "the devil's buttermilk."
The important thing about a pub crawl is the crawl – visiting a number of establishments and not tarrying too long in any one. A real pub crawl in Dublin would begin as early as 2 p.m. and last until six or more establishments have been visited. Ideally, this should be accomplished on foot and in the company of friends, who can look out for each other in the the event that sudden loss of vertical stability should occur.
The crawl establishes a kind of discipline on the proceedings. You are advised to drink the native brew of Ireland, stout, usually Guinness, but there are other brands like Murphy's; or beer, the most popular in Ireland is Smithwick's ale from Guinness, but other low- carbonation beers are quite acceptable. But for safety, stay with Guinness, it's slow to draw (properly done, it can take five minutes or longer to get the head just right) and you can't drink it too fast.
As I've done on many a night in Ireland, along the way you might have a whiskey, Bushmills or Tullamore Dew. But these are, as Thomas Jefferson warned, "ardent spirits" and can cause an abrupt deterioration in vertical stability.
A good pub crawl can be undertaken anywhere in the world where liquor is sold. Remember it's not about getting drunk, but rather about good company and holding off inebriation; you parry with the demon drink, not succumb to him.
You may wonder how such indulgence, such frivolity, such selfishness, such pampering of the dark side of self, such willing abandonment of Christian rectitude, such sinning can take place during Lent? Rest easy, both the Anglican Communion (the Church of Ireland) and the Catholic Church give dispensation for drinking on St. Patrick's Day. Probably, they calculate the sinner will be punished more on March 18 than he can offend the rules of God and man on March 17.
There are few parts of the world in which St. Patrick's Day is not celebrated. Would you believe the wearing of the green and the flooding of the pubs is prevalent in Argentina?
For nearly 70 years, the pubs of Ireland were closed officially on the great day after over-celebration in the country in the early part of the 20th century. But the Irish started to feel left out of their own festival and overwhelmed by the greatest of all St. Patrick's celebrations: the convulsion that shakes New York every year in memory of the man who brought Christianity to Ireland in the 4th century, and possibly drove the snakes out of Ireland.
I'm excited to report on the eve of this St. Paddy's Day, science has wrested pub crawling from the poets and musicians and handed it over to mathematicians and engineers. At a conference in Dublin of largely PhD engineers that I was oh-so-lucky to attend last year, the engineers, having apologized that the timing was truncated and that the boozy perambulation couldn't start after lunch, but had to be delayed until evening, we were issued a pub crawl itinerary with engineering-type specs — and an awesome thing it was!
There were details of when the celebrants and "spiritual advisers" should arrive at each of the 13 pubs, how many drinks they should order at each pub, the precise time they should head to the next pub, and how to watch for danger and slowdown. It even suggested at which pub a sandwich should be eaten, and at which point of danger a taxi should be summoned and the whole project delayed a year.
The engineers laid out a vigorous tour of Dublin — one refueling station after another noted, no substitutions allowed. The engineered-pub crawl has a lot to be said for it; call it "structured imbibing" or "computer-aided drinking." It even has a default position – home to bed. Cheers! — For the Hearst-New York Times Syndicate
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