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So far in our On The Rise series this year, we've looked at talent on the ascension in front of the camera, with a cluster of actors and actresses who look set for great things. We've also highlighted promising cinematographers, writers and composers who've already proven their worth, and look like they're about to be more and more in demand as time goes on.
So to close things off, there was only really one option: the directors. While we believe that the auteur theory can be overblown -- filmmaking is about collaboration at its heart, as our previous On The Rise pieces demonstrate -- the movies we love simply wouldn't exist without directors and their visions. And one of the most exciting things about this job is discovering new filmmakers who look ready to deliver in a big way in the near future, and below, you'll find a dozen that have gotten on our radar recently, directors from whom we can't wait to see the next work. Take a look below, and let us know your own picks in the comments section.
All of the directors below have faced struggles in getting where they are, but none to the extent of Saudi Arabian filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour, who didn't just make the first feature film to be shown outside her native country, but has managed to do so in a nation where theaters are banned, and rights for women are severely limited. The size of her achievement is impressive enough that it risks overshadowing her film, "Wadjda" (which will screen at Tribeca next month, before Sony Pictures Classics release it later in the year), but fortunately, the film is so good that long after the backstory has been forgotten, her talents will remain apparent to pretty much everyone. The daughter of Saudi poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, she studied comparative literature at the American University in Cairo, and started off working in the oil industry, but found herself frustrated by its patriarchal nature, and turned to film. She directed her first short, "Who?" and followed it up with two others, "The Bitter Journey" and "The Only Way Out," which started winning prizes on the festival circuit, and then made the documentary "Women Without Shadows." Like that film, "Wadjda," which premiered at Venice last year, deals with the situation of women in Saudi Arabia, but it's never heavy-handed or polemical, instead serving as the context for a warm, funny and humane film that, while reminiscent of Italian neo-realism and more recent Iranian films, is very much in her own voice. It was one of the best films of last year, and we're sure that when the rest of the world catches up to it, they'll be just as excited to see what al-Mansour does next as we are.
2012 was a big year for director Rick Alverson, with two films hitting theaters: the acclaimed Sundance hit "The Comedy," and "New Jerusalem." This double-whammy meant that, by the time 2013 rolled around, Alverson had become a firm Playlist favorite. The prolific and articulate filmmaker was actually better known as a musician for some time, releasing several albums on indie label Jagujaguwar (behind Dinosaur Jr, Bon Iver and Foxygen, among others), mostly under the name Spokane. But the Virginia native, something of a polymath, wasn't going to stop there, and having made music videos for labelmates like Sharon Van Etten, and other artists including Bonny "Prince" Billy, moved into features with 2010's little-seen "The Builder." More attention came with "New Jerusalem," which starred Will Oldham and co-writer Colm O'Leary (who also penned and starred in "The Builder"), a smart and hypnotic drama about the friendship between an Afghanistan war veteran and a Christian. It picked up strong reviews at SXSW in 2011, but bigger things were to come at Sundance the following year, with "The Comedy." The idea of a look at aging Brooklyn hipsters might sound a little rote for the independent film world, but the film, which starred Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, is a savage, ugly and bleak satire that was one of the favorite films of 2012 for many Playlist staffers. It might have been divisive in some quarters, but it firmly cemented Alverson's place on the indie map for us. Next up is a reunion with Colm O'Leary on "Clement," a period piece, and "Entertainment," which Heidecker will be involved in, set to star abrasive cult comic Neil Hamburger.
Danish filmmaker and screenwriter Nikolaj Arcel is not necessarily a new name. His feature debut in 2004, the political thriller "King's Game," won him Best Director at the Danish Film Academy Awards which is not a bad way to start your career. Two solid features followed, but getting nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at last year's Academy Awards for "A Royal Affair" launched him into a new strata. Set in the 18th century, and focusing on mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark while chronicling an affair between the King's wife and the royal physician, the film starred Mads Mikkelsen and boasted two career-making performances from Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Følsgaard (both on their way to becoming bankable actors, Vikander arguably already there). But on top of that, the film is directed with an assured elegance, dramatic yet unshowy, focused on performances and storytelling fundamentals. If anything, Arcel feels like a completely reliable director who positions his actors for success, and it's hard to argue with that approach. So what's Arcel doing for an encore? Well, Hollywood has come calling. On tap is a feature adaptation of "The Power Of The Dog," the epic Don Winslow ("Savages") bestseller framed around the drug war and a 30-year struggle between a hard DEA agent and a family of cartel kingpins in Mexico, and also directing a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychological thriller "Rebecca" for DreamWorks and Working Title. It's not too shabby of a gig and proves that others are fully confident in his abilities.


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Seeking flexibility
Consumers are looking more to shopping when it suits them, Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays. We know retailers will have to pay a penalty rate for their staff; we are paying double time on a Sunday now. If retailers feel they cannot pay that, then no landlord should enforce trading hours on them. Some retailers say they cannot afford to pay the penalty rates, and cannot afford to open. But there are some staff, particularly young people, who love to work those hours. The people we find who like to work weekends and public holidays are young and often mothers with young children where there may have been a divorce so dad has got the kids on every second week or they are trying to pay the mortgage off. Dad is at home and can take the kids to sport and mum can go to work. They are happy to share that responsibility to ensure they have extra money coming in.
Russell Zimmerman, executive director of the Australian Retailers Association
Leisure time vital
People are working long hours now. There is a general sentiment there needs to be a better balance between work and leisure time. Now we have only 4½ days where the major retailers are closed. There is a feeling that enough is enough. It is appropriate there is time in the community for a couple of days' rest. Employers like to couch the issue as ''we are a 24/7 economy and in a modern economy we should have more flexibility'', but a lot of people view the flexibility as being one-sided. It's not just about the economy, it's about being able to have time with the family or whatever else you want to do in your leisure time. It's positive for employers to make sure people have appropriate leisure time, so they will feel rested and be more productive when they are at work. The distinction is becoming less obvious all the time, with the advent of technology, for example.
Mark Lennon, secretary, Unions NSW
After seven hours on your feet, the supermarket noises fuse into a post-industrial dystopian symphony. Every day, that sly, droning background hum of the fridges and fluorescents, layered behind the weekend Westfield buzz.
Scanner beeps count out the shift like a defective metronome and a thousand trigger-response customer conversations blend into a grey overview afternoon.
In a break, I read how they want to open the shops whenever they want, extend ''ordinary hours'' - something about killing off penalty rates - but it's getting busy again.
Five thirty-five and the after-work rush sets in, like a hornet's nest waking. Customers swarm the checkouts, each basket and trolley a momentary glimpse into the rest of their night.
It's not all throwaway small talk. There's a pensioner counting out $40 in silver, the three-day-dry junkie 40¢ short for a pack of cigarettes, the red-faced banker in Hugo Boss disputing the price of a banana. He probably makes more in an hour than I make in a fortnight. Sunday shift, time and a half, enough this week to cover the mortgage.
Dan Watson, Chippendale
Business wants to open at times when a critical mass of users makes it profitable and the business attractive to more people. For businesses, there is no more consideration than this.
I can't see business collectively consulting with the wider community about the social ramifications of allowing more services to operate outside the traditional times. Will they provide out-of-hours childcare, take an interest in the need to be with children on special occasions, or understand that the relations we have are easily fractured and strained by work commitments that go beyond the traditional working week?
Traditional - now that is not about this or last century. It is about a fabric of our society. The way we raise families, meet our partners and commune with others, on the weekends and in the evenings. Traditional is about quality of life into the centuries ahead.
John H. Davies, Rooty Hill
I began working on Sundays in the 1970s. In those days, it seemed as though I was the only person on the streets.
Very few shops were open from midday on Saturday until 9am on Monday. The pubs did not open on Sundays, the roads were empty, people had very little else to do but to unwind and enjoy each other's company.
Nowadays, just about everything is open, people are rushing to get to the shops or work and the roads are congested almost 24/7.
People are walking around texting or tweeting each other but generally have no time to relax and spend time with their family and friends.
Have our lives improved? I think not.
I have my doubts that opening on Sundays is truly good for the economy but if it is, at what price to humanity?
Geoff Martin, Kingswood
Let businesses open whenever they like. Let employees work 40 hours a week but whenever it suits them.
Pay no extra for ''overtime''; rather, hire extra people who are happy with the odd shifts. Play a bit of time-sheet Tetris and everyone will be happy: more jobs, more opening hours and no one gets overworked.
Craig Deubler, Bondi
While I can understand businesses needing to be open on Saturdays and late at night, I don't understand the push to be open at all hours. Retail is in the doldrums, so how will opening longer beef up turnover? Surely, the same amount of cash will be spent but operating costs will be higher. It makes no sense.
The social cost of forcing workers into more unsociable hours will be felt in the loss of helpers at Saturday sport, the missed family barbecue, the grandparent/parent not visited, the loss of a healthy 24 hours' relaxation, dogs not walked in sunshine … the list is endless.
And what is gained? Most workers will lose out on life but gain a few pence extra on which they will pay tax.
With the leftover benefit in hand, will they buy more ''stuff''? I don't think so.
Maybe the only area that will benefit from the new time-poor is the takeaway food industry. With state and federal bodies already on the warpath against poor diets, that doesn't make a lot of sense, either.
Helen Lyons-Riley, Melrose Park
Absolutely. Business hours shouldn't be held to conventions. Look at models used in the US, where a lot of retailers open until 10pm seven days; some are open 24 hours. Banks open six to seven days from nine to five.
It gives the consumer greater options and is a great method for combating online competition that businesses are whingeing about, because people could actually go into a store outside their lunch hour.
If all businesses were 9-5, Monday to Friday, all business would cease outside those hours and any form of weekend trading would be a myth.
Businesses need to be upfront with employees and consumers about their operating hours, as well as their employer expectations, and should pay accordingly for the hours worked and when those hours occurred. If someone doesn't want that job because of it, go find another one because someone will come along and that role will be filled.
Adrian Pretsel, Artarmon
As an Aussie expat who has spent much of his life doing business around Asia, I believe the five-day week won't be an option for much longer. The international playing field has been levelled and Australians are competing against the rest of the world for business and, as a result, their very jobs.
The days of getting paid more by the hour and working fewer hours than the rest of Asia are inevitably coming to an end.
I love the ''lucky country'' but we can't export our minerals and import cheap Chinese goods, then expect not to have to compete.
Philip Callender, the Philippines
The Monday to Friday working week should be retained. It ensures that families spend time together and people are free from work to socialise.
Businesses should not be able to operate at any time because there is no need for it. People have only so much to spend and so much banking to do. Extended shopping hours do not increase how much shopping people do and extended banking hours don't increase the amount of banking people do.
I do not believe the argument that extended shopping hours are required for the tourism industry. Who bases their decision on where to go on holidays on the availability of weekend shopping?
John Bertacco, Sydney
From an outside perspective, I have long since dispensed with the idea of the normal eight to five, Monday to Friday routine.
If I get rewarded by working the long hours, it is my prerogative, provided my working times do not harm others and my performance does not suffer or cause damage to the project I am working on.
Likewise, if the banks or shops were prepared to reward me for working weekends, then I would do it as a means to an end.
Peter Freid, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
We are looking at this from the wrong perspective. When I think about restructuring the working week I think of less work, not more. The five-day week is so last century.
It evokes thoughts of a workers' utopia that offers a three-day weekend and flexible hours. When I say flexible I do not refer to it the way big business intends it.
Stephen Dyer
A flexible working week may not be the best option for many Australians, with the greater emphasis we are seeing on the work-life balance debates and studies; but by no means should we exclude it as an option.
It can be extremely viable and rewarding for certain segments of the population.
Specifically, if we are looking at the younger entrants into the workforce, they can benefit greatly from increased incomes if they choose to work during the weekend (paid at a higher rate compared to weekday opening hours), allowing them to start the wealth creation process much sooner.
It can provide a much-needed source of employment, especially if we are talking about specialist and professional trades, where graduate positions are extremely competitive. While this may not be applicable to high-profile graduate positions, cadetship and short-term internship programs may benefit from the extended working week.
Pavel Boguslavsky
After travelling overseas and witnessing first hand the pros and cons of strictly enforced weekends, I have come to the conclusion that a) we need to encourage family, sport and community life and b) the extra hours only marginally benefit the small shopkeepers but hugely benefit the larger retailers in crushing competition from smaller rivals.
There has been a slow and relentless ratcheting down on the various restrictions (trading hours , penalty rates etc ) that kept the weekend sacrosanct. Now we are faced with open slather and the final nail in the coffin of weekend team sport activities, family get-togethers and organising meals with friends.
A businessman recently told me that he felt freer in China than here in Australia as you "can do anything". While I applaud small business people's get up and go, they will tend to chafe at any rule/money penalty/barrier that stops them "doing anything " they desire. It is interesting that the businessman who told me that was enjoying a nice Sunday afternoon with 30 friends in a Sydney park.He doesn't like to live in China or work on Sundays. How ironic.
As long as the rules are applied fairly across the board so that no one is getting a competitive advantage we should go back to a strict 9 to 5 Monday to Friday and a half day on Saturday. Any employee working more than 20 hours a week for more than three months should be automatically deemed permanent.
We all have to make decisions about how rich we want to be in dollar terms against how much we want to enjoy our lives. Big business are trying to take this choice away from us and let their middle managers make it for us instead.
Robert Bennett

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Recruits of Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, learn basic swimming techniques from water survival instructors May 12, 2014, during water survival qualification on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits swam 25 meters, learned how to create makeshift flotation devices using their utility uniforms and packs, leapt from a tower into deep water and shed heavy gear in 10 seconds or less while underwater. Each exercise simulates a water survival technique recruits may need if they become Marines. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate July 11, 2014. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)
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Sensors and Devices Group
Microsoft Research Cambridge
Sticker Circuits, 21 July 2013. Presentation at Sketching in Hardware 2013, Xerox PARC, California, US.
.NET Gadgeteer: A New Platform for K-12 Computer Science Education, 8 March 2013. Presentation at the ACM Computer Science Education conference SIGCSE 2013, Denver, Colorado, US.
.NET Gadgeteer: A platform for custom devices, 4 March 2013. Presentation at University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, US.
Clouds, atoms and .NET Gadgeteer, 22 July 2012. Presentation at Sketching in Hardware 2012, Portland, Oregon, US.
NUI panel, 12 Jan 2012. Brief presentation during CES panel discussion, Las Vegas, US.
Research in the Sensors and Devices group. 19 November 2008. Presentation to the Knowledge Media Lab, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Surface computing and beyond: More expressive interaction. 18 November 2008. Presentation at the UK-Japan HCI workshop held at the British Embassy, Tokyo, Japan.
Surface computing: The post-PC experience. 8 October 2008. Presentation at the UKDL Event on Touch Screen Technology and Interactive Display Technology, Cambridge, UK.
ThinSight: Versatile Multi-touch Sensing for Thin Form-factor Displays. 26 September 2008. Invited paper presentation at HCI 2008, Liverpool, UK.
Casting a wider net: New applications for wireless sensing. 18 October 2007. Keynote presentation at IEEE SenseApp, Second IEEE International Workshop on Practical Issues in Building Sensor Network Applications, Dublin, Ireland.
Casting a wider net: New applications for wireless sensing. Presented 30 May 2007 at the first SensorNet 'North West UK Sensor Network Day' at Lancaster University.
wasp: A platform for prototyping ubiquitous computing devices. Presented 2 June 2006 at the 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering Challenges for Ubiquitous Computing, Lancaster University.
Just what you need: Simplifying electronic devices. Presented 27 April 2005 at the International Forum 'Less is more - Simple Computing in an Age of Complexity'.
Track and trace for the global supply chain using RFID. Presented 3 November 2004 at Cambridge University Computer Lab as part of the Wednesday Seminar Series.


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The Childcare Microenterprise Program at the International Institute of New Hampshire (IINH) celebrated its first graduation on Friday, March 29, 2013. Congratulations to the graduates on their successful completion of the program!
The Childcare Microenterprise Program provides refugees with the skills and training required to start a licensed childcare business in their homes. The program offers up to 60 hours of instruction in:
- Financial literacy
- Business operation
- Health & safety
- English as a second language for childcare providers
- CPR and First Aid certification
During the six weeks of training, refugee students were able to learn from local educators, including the Manchester Fire and Health Departments, the New England Poison Center, the Small Business Administration and many others who spoke about creating a successful childcare business.
At the ceremony, the twenty-two graduates received certificates of completion from IINH program staff, including Program Coordinator Erin Morrell and Microenterprise Development Specialist Jane Skantze. Two student speakers spoke about their experiences in the program and their hopes for the future. The ceremony was followed by a potluck of international dishes prepared by the students themselves.
The next Childcare Microenterprise Program session is scheduled to start in late Spring and is accepting applications on a rolling basis. If you are interested, please contact email@example.com for more information.


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Wednesday: Newsy Snacks For Busy People
Written by Pip Lincolne
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The best bits of the internet in one easy-to-click post:
Japan is preparing to defend itself against North Korea. At the ABC.
North Korea warns foreigners in South Korea to evacuate. At the BBC.
English newspapers reflect the divided feelings about the death of Margaret Thatcher. At The NY Times.
Derryn Hinch has been charged with contempt after blogging about the Jill Meagher case. At news.com.au.
Apparently the PMs 'new look' does not bode well. Read on here.
A block that was worth $175 000 a few years ago is now worth $8m. OMG. Full story is here.
Concern grows as a bird flu epidemic threatens China. At the ABC.
Suspected asylum seekers have arrived by boat in Geraldton. More here.
Network Ten says The Shire and Being Lara Bingle played a part in their $243m loss. At the ABC.
Beyonce is honorary chair of The Met Ball, says TIME.
Step back in time through the REAL 1969 Mad Men offices of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. At TIME.
Instagram cracks down on 'thinspo' (thin inspiration) images. More here.
Around the blogs:
The work of Brian Sanders at Whorange.
Great products for wild, curly hair at Justina Blakeney.
Little Rowan and Little Wren at Bloesem.
Milk Chocolate Brownies at Cook Republic.
A great joke at S**t Preschoolers Say.
Gorgeous booties at Handmade Romance!
Trashy, fluffy bits:
Diane Kruger is the new face of Chanel.
Ben Affleck's daughter on a pony.
Russell Brand is crushing on the Kardashians?
Morrissey can't stand Margaret Thatcher.
Hoping you have a sterling day, peeps!
x Pip
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This quote is from a public debate that took place last Wednesday in the European Parliament and a shameful example of the continuing prejudice in the OSCE region that makes today's hearing so necessary.
Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to welcome the Personal Representatives here today to not only discuss their work in Europe, but also the numerous issues impacting minority communities in our own country that they will be addressing during their official visit to the United States.
It is timely that your visit to assess tolerance and discrimination in the United States is taking place this month on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. A historic piece of legislation, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law July 2, 1964 by then President Lyndon B. Johnson to outlaw major forms of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin and religion in areas ranging from voting to employment and education. Despite many advances, our country is still far from realizing the goals of that legislation.
Our Supreme Court recently reversed laws that have long protected minority voting. African-American, Latino, and Native Americans continue to experience disproportionately high unemployment, incarceration, and poverty rates. Moreover, according to the most recent government reports, African-Americans and migrants make up the bulk of hate crimes victims in this country. Images of a wave of children trying to cross the U.S. southern border – under the most desperate and dangerous circumstances – have been exploited to fuel already high levels of anti-migrant prejudice in some circles in this country. These are all issues that will be rightly reviewed by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) this August when our country comes before the Committee.
The racial profiling of minorities, migrants, and Muslims in cities and at borders continues. Muslims, Sikhs, Jews and others continue to be targets of violence and hate as displayed by the tragic murders at Jewish centers in Kansas earlier this year - a testament to the need for participating States to adopt a set of concrete measurable actions to combat anti-Semitism during this year's commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the landmark Berlin Conference. As one of the original members of this Commission to call for the OSCE to address the problem of anti-Semitism in the region, I cannot underscore enough the need to move beyond words to action to address the problem.
Increased physical attacks on Muslim women in concert with the European Human Rights Court's decision to uphold France's ban on face veils a measure directed against Muslim women - and efforts in several countries to adopt laws that would hamper the production of kosher and halal foods, have challenged the notion of welcoming cities for members of minority religions in several OSCE states.
Last year our Commission hosted events with both Romani and Black (African Descent) leaders from Europe who similarly requested assistance to address the unabated violence and continuing discrimination impacting their communities. A review of the OSCE's 2003 Roma Action Plan revealed that despite the passage of a decade, the situation of Europe's 15 million Roma had not drastically improved. Testimonies we heard last year from Black European leaders during the tenth anniversary of the OSCE's first racism conferences revealed similar findings. The ODIHR's Annual Hate Crimes Report and the EU Fundamental Rights Agencies findings that Roma and people of African descent are the greatest victims of violent hate crimes underscores the negative experiences of these communities.
The shameful use of anti-Black racist remarks during last week's parliamentary debate by the far-right Polish MEP underscores the need for more efforts in the OSCE region to combat racism generally and specific initiatives for people of African descent.
I reiterate earlier calls for a US led international anti-racism fund that could address issues of violence and discrimination faced by minorities and migrants and, for a global State Department office that focuses on issues of people of African descent to complement ongoing tailored State Department human rights efforts for women, religious freedom, anti-Semitism, Muslims, youth, the LGBT community, and the disabled. As the world begins preparations for the International Decade for People of African Descent beginning in 2015, it is imperative that specific initiatives be tailored to address anti-Black racism in my country and abroad in addition to generally strengthening global efforts to fight racial discrimination.
Additionally, the OSCE needs to adopt a proactive strategy to promote diversity and inclusive policies and practices in the region to meet 21st century demographic changes that are leading the entire region to be more racially, ethnically, religiously, and otherwise diverse. The OSCE could and should assist in the development of inclusive political leadership and counter recent election gains by political parties on prejudiced platforms.
I look forward to reading a final report of your country visit to the United States and follow up conversations to discuss how we might join efforts to combat discrimination in this country and throughout the OSCE region.
Thank you.


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A Bartlesville man was lifeflighted to a Tulsa hospital following an Osage County accident on Tuesday afternoon.
According to information from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 6:56 p.m. Tuesday, about two miles west and one mile south of Bartlesville on County Road 2706, about 3/10 mile east of County Road 2145 in Osage County.
At that time, a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle driven by 52-year-old Joel Scott Cone was westbound, when the bike went left of center and struck an eastbound 2009 Isuzu truck driven by 22-year-old Brian Thomas Miller, also of Bartlesville.
Cone was then transported via "Airevac" to St. Francis hospital in Tulsa where he was admitted in critical condition with arm, trunk internal and trunk external injuries.
Neither Miller nor his passenger, 21-year old Nicholas James Green of Springdale, Ark., were injured in the incident.


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As every child knows, it takes one to know one.
A case in point is John Perez, the first openly gay Speaker of the California, an ardent and righteous advocate for educational programs and laws to protect the rights of the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community, particularly LGBT students who might be the targets of bullying and harassment because they don't always behave like the majority of kids around them.
Yet, Perez does not apply the same humanistic and decent standards to adults, especially those who dare to disagree or challenge him. He has earned a reputation as a bully, threatening and intimidating anyone who gets in his way politically, even members of his own party who from time to time to behave differently that he would like.
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, the La Canada-Flintridge Democrat is a prime example. After Portantinto cast the lone Assembly vote against the Democrats phony budget — $400 million short on revenue in July alone and soon to hit trigger points that will punish the poor more than anyone — Perez falsely claimed his colleague Portantino overspent his staff budget. He gave him until November to kowtow and kiss his ring of power or furlough his entire staff for 40 days over the holidays.
Portantino immediately went public with his budget and demanded to see all records of legislative spending under the California Public Records Act — an action that quickly prompted the state's two most prestigious papers, Sacramento Bee and LA Times, to file similar demands and follow up with lawsuits when the bully Speaker told them to shove it.
Like most bullies, Perez is a coward hiding his weakness with meanness. He conceded the principle and issued budget and financial documents for legislative spending that were soon exposed as phony as his claims to political correctness and a true liberal's respect for the diversity of society.
Now Perez has answered the lawsuit in court with a document that is so fallacious it could easily be construed to be perjurious — except he didn't sign it, and the head of the Assembly Rules Committee Nancy Skinner didn't sign it. The lawyer representing them did so secure in the knowledge that even if threatened with disbarment for lying to the court, he can claim the people who write the laws and control the people who enforce the laws were the liars. He was merely the liars lawyer.
"This lawsuit is both unfounded and unnecessary," says the Assembly's bully Speaker's introduction to the newspapers' lawsuit filed last week (Assembly-CPRA-response.rtf).
"It is
unfounded because the documents petitioners seek – to the extent they exist -
are protected from disclosure as preliminary drafts and/or correspondence. It is unnecessary because the Legislature has
already supplied the information
that petitioners claim they need in order to report on the money allocated for
individual Assembly members."
What utter contempt to the press and the public!
Not a word of truth in those word.
It took Stanford University students a matter of days to show that the "facts: Perez released about Assembly spending for staff and its self-indulgences were total lies not borne out by the "real facts." (Stanford-Analysis-Summary.pdf)(Stanford-AssemblySalariesRprt_Aug29.pdf)
"The sum of all spending in the reported budgets is $16,882,750.96,
which breaks down into $10,240,466.25 reported for staffer's salaries and
$6,642,284.71 reported for Members' offices' operating expenses. The sum of all Assembly Member Office
staffers' salaries is $34,038,564," wrote student researcher Evan Storms "That
means there is a $17,155,813.04 difference between all spending reported in the budgets, and actual spending on
staffers' salaries-and a $23,798,097.75 between the reported budgeted spending
on staffers' salaries and actual spending on staffers' salaries. ?
What the bully John Perez feels is unnecessary to report, to explain, to account for, is $17 million — twice what he public has claimed the Assembly spends.
That is $17 million that could be used to help local school district's pay for the unfunded state mandate that approved in the recent session's waning hours that "prohibit discrimination,
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characteristics, as specified, and to include a requirement that
school personnel who witness such acts take immediate steps to
intervene when safe to do so, a timeline to investigate and resolve
complaints, and an appeal process … "
A year ago, Perez, cousin of the well-know heterosexual Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, participated in the "It Gets Better" initiative and made a video tjat gave a glimpse into his psyche when he described what was like to grow up gay.
"No," Perez said,
when asked if he was bullied when he was younger. "I could always kick
anybody's ass who tried to do that."
"You hear some of
the most horrific stuff coming from people who don't know you're gay. Sometimes
it's malicious, sometimes it's naïve. I can't tell you how many times I've had
to come out. The
reality is, coming out is a never-ending process."
The greater reality is we are all struggling to come out and become all that we are. It isn't easy for anyone — yet "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as we define is our unalienable right as Americans.
That applies to everyone as well as those in the LGBT community and others who have faced greater hardships than most in the past. The perpetuation of bullying by John Perez doesn't move forward the struggle for true freedom for anyone.


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My baby skin got scar after insect bites, how?
since she's 2 months, her tight got the insect bites. that area turned red and it's like a coin. from red, it turn to dark colour like bruise and till now, she's 9 months, it leave a scar on her tight and people thought that's the birthmark. what should i do? doc said it's normal.since that, her skin will become reddish and swollen after got mosquito bite or insect bites.
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my baby have these scars too from bug bites.. her pedia said we should apply desowen cream or corticosteroids but i noticed her immune system weakens when i use this cream.. i need help tooooposted 06/26/2011 by NurseRea
I believe it is normal to get red swollen skin where youve been bitten by a bug or mosquito. And if your doc said that her scar was normal, I imagine it is. Babies arnt invincible nor are we, when we get hurt it usually scarsposted 01/08/2010 by Katrab
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The Voice ("Live Results Show") – The contestants face elimination; 50 Cent performs; Cee Lo performs with Kermit the Frog. (NBC)
Hart of Dixie ("Achy Breaky Hearts") – Zoe and Lemon both have a hard time accepting Ruby and Lavon's new relationship and decide to uncover Ruby's true intentions; Wade tries to avoid an awkward conversation with George. (The CW)
NCIS ("Gone") – As the team searches for an abducted teenager, Abby and Ziva work closely with a friend of the girl who witnessed the kidnapping; Gibbs turns to a former contact for help; Tony is jealous when Ziva makes plans with another man. (CBS)
Raising Hope ("The Walk for Runs") – The family participates in a 1K walk; Virginia and Burt feel the effects of aging; Jimmy has a difficult time supporting Sabrina when she gets into a fight with her ex-boyfriend. (FOX)
Ben and Kate ("Guitar Face") – After seeing Will's expression as he plays guitar, Kate is turned off and can't take him seriously; Tommy helps Ben get a job at the country club. (FOX)
NICK'S PICK: Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars [SEASON FINALE] – The eliminated couples return for a performance; the finalists perform an instant dance routine; the winner is announced. (ABC)
Emily Owens, M.D. ("Emily and the Question of Faith") – When Emily and Tyra discover that an infant has a condition, the parents are forced to make a difficult decision; a religious patient's faith is shaken; Micah is upset when Will breaks protocol. (The CW)
Go On ("Back, Back, Back … It's Gone!") – Misty May-Treanor tries to help Ryan get back into the dating scene by inviting him to play a game of beach volleyball with her friends; Danny starts to have feelings for Sonia. (NBC)
NCIS: Los Angeles ("Collateral") – As the team investigates the murder of a wealthy, retired CIA agent, Hetty's knowledge of the case is questioned. (CBS)
New Girl ("Eggs") – When Jess finds out that a friend is pregnant, both Cece and Jess worry that time is running out for them to have children; Schmidt asks for advice on how to please Emma (Carla Gugino). (FOX)
Rizzoli & Isles ("Class Action Satisfaction") – Jane and the team try to find the contamination source after a man dies from poisoning; Stanley's true feelings are revealed; Tommy and Lydia disagree about custody of their baby; Detective Korsak reunites with his ex-wife. (TNT)
The Mindy Project ("Teen Patient") – Mindy is put in a tough position when a teenage neighbor asks her for birth control; Danny receives a complaint about Morgan. (FOX)
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Tim played Larry in Will and Grace.
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Tim won LA Weekly awards for Best Solo Comedy Performance in Groundlings, Pretty Groundlings and Best Ensemble for Groundlings, Good and Twenty.
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Jute has been grown for food since 6000 B.C. and was reportedly eaten by Cleopatra for its health and beauty benefits. In recent history however, it has been relatively unknown for its range of culinary and health benefits. Instead the fiber-rich stem of the jute plant has been dismissed as just a source of for bags and ropes.
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- A high percentage of calcium, which contributes to strong teeth and bones.
Eating saluyot regularly helps control blood pressure & cholesterol, and lowers the risk of asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Dried saluyot leaves can be made into a tea believed to cure headaches, dysentery, stomach aches and ulcers
Saluyot can be added to any soup you make: chicken, beans, pumpkin and so on. It could also be stir-fried and eaten with rice or noodles. The longer it is boiled or fried, the more sticky it gets, so do not let it stew for too long.
Saluyot Recipe:
1 cup jute leaves, washed and finely chopped
1 cup pumpkin leaves, washed and finely chopped
5 bitter eggplants, washed and finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. Ground coriander seeds
Add enough water or chicken broth for cooking the ingredients without sticking
Mix the ingredients in a pot and simmer for about 15 minutes on a low flame.
Lightly sauté garlic with ground coriander in a tablespoon of olive or coconut oil and add at the end. Salt to taste.
Where to Find Saluyot
It is recommended that you buy organically grown saluyot, as you would any other vegetable. But, because the leaves wilt quickly after picking, you're not likely to find it in your local grocery or even farmer's market in the US. Although you most certainly would in the Philippines or Egypt.
Saluyot Noodles
In the Philippines, a form of veggie noodle supplemented with saluyot has been developed to combat nutritional deficiencies. Products include canton and instant cup noodles and may soon be available in specialty stores in the West.
Grow Your Own Wrinkle Buster
Saluyot Harvest in Philippines
Although some jute plants produce bitter leaves and are not considered edible, we managed to find a seed source for an edible variety of saluyot at Nichols Garden Nursery in Oregon.
Although it can be found in the wild in many soil types, it grows best in nutrient rich soils. Saluyot doesn't tolerate drought, so be sure to water it at least weekly during dry weather. It will produce best in warm weather and the leaves should be picked frequently to encourage new tender growth. As fall approaches you can pull the entire plant and hang it to dry. The dry leaves can either be used for tea or added to soups during the cold months.
Add some saluyot to your kitchen garden and grow your own wrinkle buster. You might even want to experiment making your own facial masks and tell your friends you're using Cleopatra's Secret.
Cleopatra photo credit: Gabrielle Sinatra
Saluyot Noodles photo credit: Philippines Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology
Saluyot Harvest photo credit: who.log.why


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I was never much for traveling until the past few years when I started taking a lot more business trips to conferences and blogging events. Traveling can be stressful, messy and tiring. While it is fun to see new places, I absolutely despise seeing different public restrooms. Here's a few tips to actually make your Spring Break a little more enjoyable this year.
1. If you are taking a road trip, chose am official rest stop or Pilot Travel Center for bathroom breaks. Both places pride themselves on having clean restrooms. While this won't always be the case, you will probably have the best luck here.
2. If this year's trip means you'll be having a visit with the TSA, bring along an empty travel mug and a few tea bags. I like bringing along some chamomile tea to calm my nerves while I'm on a plane. While flying in itself doesn't make me nervous, making sure I make it to my flight on time can be very stressful.
3. Pack baby wipes in your bag. Even if you don't have a baby or child with you, having baby wipes on hands means you can readily freshen up. These are also great should you mistakenly spill your coffee or soda on yourself (raise your hand if you've done this one!).
4. Bring along a lavender or peppermint essential oil. Lavender will help calm you, and peppermint can energize you mentally and also help relieve mild headaches when placed on your temples.
5. Include a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide in your bag. Not only is it great for disinfecting cuts and scrapes or using as a whitening mouthwash, but you can use it to disinfect a lot of other things. Dirty toilet seat, anyone?
6. At night, make sure you take either a hot bath or visit the hotel's hot tub. The hot water along with massaging bubbles will relax your muscles and help you fall asleep faster. Most of my friends know where they can find me when I'm on a trip, because this is a must to help me sleep while away from home.
7. Choose your clothes wisely. I know how it is ladies. You want to look nice when you arrive, but do yourself a favor and plan some time for changing before arrival.
Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and your trip will be a lot more pleasant. Plan out your restroom pit stop before reaching your destination, so that you can spruce up your hair and make up and change clothing.
8. Leave room in your suitcase while packing. I've made the mistake of trying to jam-pack my suitcase so that I don't have to check a bag. More than likely you are going to be bringing back souvenirs or gifts, so make sure you have some room when you pack up that bag.
9. Bring your favorite foods, not just anything. When you're tired and stressed, you aren't going to want that dry granola bar. You're better off packing things you actually like, so that you aren't tempted to stop somewhere for food along the way.
10. When traveling with family, have one "go-to bag" for each person. This bag should contain favorite snacks, drinks, change of clothes, toys, games, so on and so forth. If this is to be a carry-on bag, make sure each person as everything they will need for at least one full night and the next day. This is good just in case those checked bags get lost or delayed.
While I'm by no means an expert on travel, these are just a few ways that I make my trips more enjoyable. What are some of your tips?


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Restaurant Review: Hawksmoor Spitalfields, E1
11:45 20 September 2012
The Hawksmoor comes with a bit of a reputation – more than one person has told me they serve the finest steak in our nation's capital.
Restaurant info:
Hawksmoor Spitalfields, 157 Commercial Street, E1 6BJ
Tube: Liverpool Street
Tel: 020 7426 4850
Web: www.thehawksmoor.com
Mains: from £12, steak from £20
Wine: from £18 a bottle
Children welcome: Yes
Disabled access: Yes
Now as a man who likes beef, I felt honour bound to put this bold claim to the test.
The Spitalfields restaurant has a bare-brick, psuedo industrial feel and was bustling on our visit.
From the menu it's clear meat is the main event – there is only one veggie option – and they take care with it. The beef is sourced from celebrated butchers The Ginger Pig and lovingly cooked in the proper fashion; grilled over charcoal.
Various cuts are also available from the specials board in different weights. Once they are gone the waiters cross them off. Chef isn't going to chop them down to your size.
We went for the chateaubriand which was only available in 750 gram size. A bit eye-watering at £12.50 per 100 grams, but we wanted to try the best.
While waiting for this feast in mouth-watering anticipation we tucked into a lobster cocktail which was absolutely fantastic, all muscular flesh and piquant sauce.
We also had the salmon which was nice, but a bit steep at £10 for four slices.
Then came the big one, resplendent in an earthenware pot that retained heat and kept the meat warm. I was glad we ordered medium rare, as it came out very, very pink – even red. Perfect for such a tender cut though and it fair melted in the mouth, with a cracking charred taste at the lightly singed ends of the cut.
We had peppercorn and béarnaise sauce, both excellent, and tasty creamed spinach and roasted mushrooms sides.
Our waiter was well worth a mention – friendly and knowledgable, allowing us to try a few wines until we settled on a rioja we thought would complement the steak. And when a second dessert arrived by accident (we could only manage one) he winked and told us to keep it. We had the salted caramel ice cream – a taste sensation – and a rich and decedadent chocolate pie with popcorn ice cream. Suffice to say I almost passed out after eating that lot.
It was an absolute treat of a meal. Our bill was high, but you could have a great dinner there for a lot less.
Is it the best steak in London? Well, that's a very subjective call, but I would back it as one of the top three.


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Freestar SEL sometimes has trouble going into gear from "park" to reverse or drive - gets stuck - won't budge. Will move steering wheel around, push on brake - nothing; doesn't happen all the time but lately several times a week. Mechanic can't figure it out yet. What do you say?
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By Mike Lopresti, Gannett News Service
BEIJING This was two weeks ago from Kobe Bryant. An omen of what would be coming at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.
"We all want it as bad as we have ever wanted anything in our whole lives."
That should have been the signal to go to the nearest Beijing bookie and bet the fang zi. Right through Friday, when they torched Argentina 101-81 in the semifinals.
If the Dream Team is a distant memory, back with mailing letters, so is the idea that an American team full of NBA players cannot play defense. Cannot play together. Or cannot make the rest of the world look three steps slower and 20 points worse.
They have turned back the clock, Bryant and LeBron James and the guys.
"We haven't done anything yet," James begged to differ Friday night.
That would come Sunday against Spain in the gold medal game, a team the Americans have already beaten 119-82.
TEAM GOLD: U.S. faces Spain again
Here is the ironic part.
They are among the most recognizable faces in the entire Olympics, global stars in the same event as mostly anonymous archers and rowers. But American basketball dominance has been reborn because they have dampened their nature to be individuals, and grown to depend on one another.
Defense — and blowing through the competition in the Olympics — is a group activity.
Curious, what's happened. On the main marquee of these Games, they have been overshadowed by other individuals. One in the swimming pool, another on the track.
Star power is a foundation of their professional lives. But none of that matters to the issue at hand. Redemption is what matters.
They were put together as a team years ago, played together, stuck together. Olympics-bound NBA players did not even consider such an idea before, mostly because nobody believed they needed to. Wasn't zillion-dollar talent enough?
Not anymore. It has been eight years since the United States has won a major international basketball event. Eight ... long ... years.
Now men who dwell in lifestyles of the rich and famous are willing to devote large chunks of their summers to a common goal. They are willing to play for a college coach who spends most of every practice on defense.
"I think it's the character of our team," Mike Krzyzewski said. "It's why we're in the gold medal game."
Also why, in seven victories, no one has come within 20.
And it was only yesterday the world had caught up in basketball.
"Never thought you would need it, would you?" Dwyane Wade said of the idea of NBA bonding. "Even though we've got the best of the best, at the end of the day, we've got great individual players and we've got to make them great team players.
"We've built something here."
If anyone else hasn't noticed, the other teams have.
"What's different?" Argentina's Luis Alberto Scola said of the U.S. having beaten them at this same stage in 2004. "They're better."
"It's not just Kobe. You can put Carmelo (Anthony) in. You can put D-Wade in. You can put Chris Paul in. You can put Jason Kidd in. LeBron. Dwight Howard. I can keep going if you want.
"I wish it were only Kobe."
The U.S. rolled to a 30-9 lead Friday, then downshifted into cruise control and played its worst defense of the tournament. The lead shrank to six.
"Times like today, when things looked bad on the court, maybe in previous years would have went the other way," Wade said. "But we kept our heads. We stuck together and believed in each other. That comes with being around guys, spending time with guys."
Maybe, then, the humbling in the 2004 Olympics and the past two world championships can be explained as a necessary learning curve. No pain, no appreciation for what modern basketball requires, when the NBA Finals go to every corner of every continent.
The Dream Team never truly had to beat the world. These guys do. And they're winning by nearly as much.
"That experience (in 2004) is going to make this experience that much better," Anthony said. "I can't wait."
Neither can Wade. "We should go balls out from here. There's nothing to save."
Winning a gold medal makes a fine motivation. Losing one works even better.
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The Fall of Heaven, is a stunning success. Mosley deftly reworks "The Tempest Tales" into an incendiary piece of theatre that's both enthralling and engaging, drawing in the audience and never letting them go." -Broadwayworld.com"The Fall of Heaven is one hell of a show" -TheVitalVoice.com"The Fall of Heaven is an auspicious stage debut that will entertain audiences [and] could mark the rise of Walter Mosley as a powerful contemporary voice on the American stage." -City Beat"Engaging, fantastical morality play...take a well-worn theme - deceased returns to Earth with angelic guidance - and add the inimitable voice of Walter Mosley, best known for his series of Easy Rawlins suspense novels, and a nearly cliché mise-en-scène becomes a rich playground for examination of moral greys, along with a healthy dose of American racial politics." -St. Louis Magazine
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WINE is an implementation of the Win32 API on Linux/GNU, so that you can run programs written for Windows on your Linux installation. It normally reeks of office applications, spreadsheets and polka-dotted ties. Cedega, then, is a commercial version of WINE optimized for games. It runs a larger library of Windows games than plain WINE can. So far, so good, right? Now, common sense might dictate that the games should run slower in WINE or Cedega, because those things are busy translating the Windows-nonsense the games speak into something that Linux can understand, and that surely costs performance, no?
Common sense is wrong. These benchmarks say that Linux with Cedega or WINE runs the tested games 33 – 40% faster than Windows Vista. 40%! That's not just the fraction of fps that the hardcore crowd lusts for, that's a significant number.
So the best modern platform to play Windows games on is not Windows but Linux? Though this shows the great effort people have put into the WINE project, these games still take away your freedom so you can't legally share them with your best friends or modify them. That's why we need alternatives!
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For upload campaigns with a more restricted scope, it might be interesting to have several optional set of categories to pick from, e.g. for Monuments one could define:
(1) a list of monuments
(2) a list of types of views
for users to pick from. This would avoid them having to know the exact name of the category.
Ideally there would 4-5 such fields that allow to define lists of categories. As a delimiter of entries within the field, one could use "|". Displayed would be as a HotCat generated list of sub- or parent categories.
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text: Cal Athletics Information on All Comers Meets at Edwards Stadium All Comers Meets Kick Off on Sat., Jan. 18 By Cal Athletics on Fri, December 06, 2013 Related Links All Comers Meet Info - Jan. 18 All Comers Meet Info - Feb. 8 All Comers Meet Info - Feb. 22 Waiver Form BERKELEY - Edwards Stadium in Berkeley will be the site of three all-comers meets just after the start of the New Year, with dates scheduled for Jan. 18, Feb. 8 and Feb. 22. The meets are open to participants age 13 and older and will feature junior high school, high school, open and masters divisions for men and women athletes. The entry fee is $5 per athlete, while tickets for spectators are $3 each. UPDATE FOR 2/8 All-Comers Meet: The hammer will not be contested and the javelin and discus will only be available to open athletes, not high school athletes or younger Click on the links below for more information, or email email@example.com with any questions. RECOMMENDED STORIES < > OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE < Men's Nike Gray Cal Bears Team Stripe T-Shirt $25.95 Buy Now > Cal Bears Nike Navy Blue Medium Training Duffle Bag $60.00 Buy Now > > Left Promo SHOP NOW > Right Promo MORE INFO > Bears On Pac-12 Networks Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Networks


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I got a new bike (just a Sun Streamway 7). I brought it home Saturday. Now I'm learning how to ride it.
Any pointers?
I do have the pedals off (which was suggested by other posters on past threads involving adult learners) and the seat is as low as I can get it. This enables me to push it along (like a dandy horse) as I practice my balance.
My plan is to take it out every other day and so far I've taken it out twice so far
Right now I can only balance myself, on average, a pathetic 4 seconds. The longest was 8 seconds.
I find that I can only practice for about 30 - 45 minutes before the saddle starts to kill me and my toes start to ache. I'm about 5 ft 1 1/2 inches tall so even with the seat being all the way down, I'm still a bit tippy toe.
Nevertheles, I'm keeping this thought in mind "progress not perfection" and plan to keep at it.
Any suggestions, pointers or guidelines you can offer to help with this goal?
P.S. I assumed being out in an empty parking lot after business hours would not attract attention. I was wrong. Yesterday I had two cyclists come over to see if I needed help.
Unfortunately, one was nuts and the other was drunk. Neither one were hotties. My luck.
The nut kept yelling that I didn't have pedals and kept asking me where the pedals were. After explaining 2x why I didn't have pedals, I just gave up and started to push myself toward the light and civilization. Mercifully he rode away with a very perplexed look on his face.
The drunk cyclist, came 20 minutes later. He also kept asking me where my pedals were except he kept circling me like a shark while I stumbled around on my bike. He finally left me alone muttering something like "how can you 'spec to learn how to ride with no gaddamn pedals". Maybe he really wanted a date. I don't know.
My friend said I should start carrying pepper spray. I think I'll just go in the early a.m.
For some reason I'm going to assume that nuts and drunks sleep late.


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Odds and ends from the NCAA men's basketball tournament, which will end with Peyton Siva and Louisville winning it all.
Bracket racket:
• What's become increasingly apparently in recent years is that the NCAA selection process is orderly and relatively equitable for the so-called "preferred" high seeds, but lower in the bracket, it can be a complete crapshoot. Oregon's No. 12 seeding was loony, California's round-of-64 rematch with UNLV is almost unprecedented, and both the Ducks and Bears get the favorable San Jose site.
• True, there wasn't a lot of seeding love thrown the Pac-12's way, but five teams made it, as opposed to the slim pickin's (two) of 2012.
• It's 30 years since Jim Valvano partied in Albuquerque, and 40 years since Bill Walton's 21-for-22 shooting night to beat Gene Bartow's Memphis State team in the final. No doubt he'd say it had something to do with John Wooden's Pyramid of Success.
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• I'm assuming Lorenzo Romar has had several extended conversations already with Mark Few on how to beat BYU.
• The South: The royalty region, with North Carolina, Kansas and UCLA.
• The stumbles of multiple bubble teams in their conference tournaments last week — Virginia, Kentucky, Baylor, Tennessee, Louisiana Tech — should tell us that a 68-team field is plenty.
• It was those missteps that helped open the at-large door for Middle Tennessee State, a team with exactly one win against the RPI top 100, and when has that happened?
• Jeff Goodman of CBSSports suggests that small-conference regular-season winners who get upset in their tournaments should get a second chance for the automatic bid by playing the tournament champ. Tough to see how that could fly, especially for TV. And remember, it's the leagues, not the NCAA, that determine how to award the automatic bid.
• Little did we know back in November, Washington was hosting three NCAA-tournament teams — Albany, Colorado State and Saint Louis.
• Kris Kassel, associate athletic director at Gonzaga, estimates there were 15,000 T-shirts from all sources sold in the first week after the Zags' initial No. 1 ranking March 4. Meanwhile, Fanatics.com, a retail website, says Gonzaga's 514-percent increase in March over a year ago tops all schools, and 65 percent of the sales have come from out of state.
• Gonzaga turned away people for its team banquet Friday night, capping it at about 800. Praising Mike Hart, the ex-walk-on, Few said, " 'Rudy' was a great story. But Rudy never got to play."
• What can you say about Adidas' new Adizero uniforms (Notre Dame, Cincinnati) that hasn't already been said, other than something nice?
• Bill Hogan, Seattle U athletic director, says coach Cameron Dollar will "absolutely" be back next season, and Johnny O'Brien, the former SU great, sees an "upswing" on the horizon, the men's program even getting a lift from the recent success of the women there. In addition to an 8-22 season, Dollar has to turn around the atmosphere at KeyArena, which was mostly dreadful this year.
• One way for WSU fans to look at it: Since Tony Bennett left, he's been to only one more NCAA tournament than Ken Bone. But I'm told the prospective talent for the Cougars might not be as abundant next season as some fans are projecting. Think of it this way: If you're not 9-9 in the conference — where Washington and Arizona State were this season — you're probably not good enough to make the NIT.
• About Ben Howland at UCLA: If you're still on the hot seat after a Pac-12 regular-season title, when won't you be? Bill Plaschke in the LA Times wrote over the weekend, "There is word that a $2.3 million buyout is already in place. There is a feeling that only a Sweet 16 appearance could save his job, and even that might not be enough." Even without injured Jordan Adams?
• Howland is advocating that Congress step in and do something about the NBA's 19-and-under "one-and-done" rule. Good luck with a group that can't agree on whom to send out for coffee.
• It says here Peyton Siva is going to be wearing nets in Atlanta on April 8, chilling with his Louisville teammates in one shining moment.
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