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EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT - 6/13/2007Copyright © 1997-2006 Eurobasket
Men News*****************************************************
Nenad Markovic didn t have much time to mourn the title KK Bosna lost in a dramatic finish.
He revealed his list of basketball players who will be invited for the first stage of NT preparations.
Players who are not in the limelight will get a chance to qualify for the NT preparations beginning from 03rd of July.
There are some surprises. Nenad Markovic invited Bavcic to this camp despite he has been considered to be among the 12 players despite his poor performances during the the series against Siroki.
Most interesting will be the appearance of Goran Suton (208-C-85), Nemanja Calasan (206-F/C-85, college: Midland CC), Goran Bajic (209-C-83) and Dino Hodzic (190-G-90).
It is evident that there are almost no players from Zenica, Tuzla and Hercegovina which is a surprise since these regions are dominating the competition in younger categories. Some names of Bosnians playing abroad are also missing like there are Dragan Tubak (216-C-87), Sabahudin Hodzic (217-C-84, college: Casper CC), Edin Alispahic (207-F/C-88), Husein Pistoljevic (188-G) and Nedim Pajevic (206-F-85, college: Weber St.).
Dino Hodzic
Nemanja Gordic (195-G-88)
Aleksej Nesovic (189-G-85, agency: World Sport Agency)
Muhamed Pasalic (190-G-87)
Nicola Sormaz (-G)
Nihad Djedovic (196-G-90, agency: Beo Basket)
Goran Majstoric
Eldin Camdzic (184-G-90)
Adnan Husika
Milan Milosevic (205-F/C-85)
Ante Masic (200-G/F-85)
Bozo Djurasovic (200-F-87)
Dusko Albijanic (210-C-86)
Elmedin Kikanovic (210-C-88, agency: Beo Basket)
Aldin Klinac (206-C-90)
Goran Bajic
Amar Suljagic (210-C-88)
Edin Bavcic (210-F-84, agency: Beo Basket)
Oliver Stevic (201-F-84)
Jadranko Jusufagic (208-F)
Nemanja Calasan
Faruk Basic (200-G/F-84)
Goran Suton
The argentinian coach, Daniel Allende gave the list of 15 players that will be part of the chilean National Team in the upcoming Super 4.
Marcelo Hernandez (188-G-79)
Patrick Saez (191-G/F-79)
Erik Carrasco (181-G-83)
Leonel Mendez (184-G-75)
Evandro Arteaga (178-G-83)
Rodrigo Espinoza (183-G-81)
Lino Saez (195-F-77)
Francisco Avello (190-F-83)
Carlos Troll (202-F-79)
Christian Diaz (199-F-82)
Emilio Paris (196-F/C-74)
Pablo Coro (197-F/C-69)
Patricio Briones (213-C-72)
Claus Prutzmann (204-C-79)
Jorge Valencia (206-C-77)
The teams invited for the tournament are Argentina, Uruguay, Panama and Chile as the host. The Super 4 will be played between June 29 and July 1.
Coach Neumann John who worked in Cyprus in the early 90's as head coach of Pezoporikos (now AEK Larnaka) gave an interesting interview to Nemanja Bjetov and CyBasketball.com. The coach who was credited for discovering Darrell Armstrong wants to return to Cyprus and take over APOEL Nicosia.
After finding out about Coach Johnny Neumann's declaration of interest in the head coach position at Dentalcon APOEL, CyBasketball.com conducted an exclusive interview with the legendary coach. Neumann has letters of recommendation from coaches like Pat Riley, Phil Jackson and George Karl and he worked with Jack McCloskey of the Detroit Pistons. One can only imagine the added caliber his presence would give to basketball in Cyprus as the head coach of Dentalcon APOEL.
Could you please introduce yourself to the readers of CyBasketball.com?
Hello my name is Coach Neumann John .
When did you first realize what you wanted to do for a career? What was it about basketball that attracted you?
When I was 5 years old I started to play basketball and ever since I have loved the game with all my heart. I used to watch my older brother play when I was younger.
What is your basketball philosophy?
I like to play pressure defense and an up-tempo game and I love my teams to be able to shoot 3-point shots.
What do you consider your biggest success?
My biggest success was when I was at Pezoporikos and won the first basketball game in a European cup. The next one was coaching the Lebanese National Team and for the first time in the history of the country to qualify for the World Championship. The reason these two things stand out so much for me is because of the players I coached and the people I worked with.
How would you describe the contribution that you've made to the game of basketball, and the most important thing that you think you've done?
I feel that almost every country I have been in, I have been able to accomplish something that no other coach has done before. A good example of this is when I coached P.A.O.K in Greece and we were the first team to beat Aris in seven years. I feel that I have been blessed by God and given the opportunity to coach some great players. I give all the credit to the players, because without good players that want to learn and get better you can never be a really good coach.
I know it's hard to single out particular moments, but is there one or two in your career that stand out as the most exciting or thrilling?
I believe that helping young players reach their dreams and watching them develop as men is a feeling that only a coach can feel.
Was there a particular experience that you remember from the time you were coaching in Cyprus that had a big effect on you?
All the love and happiness showed to me by the people of Cyprus.
We all know the career influence attribute to Darrell Armstrong's 'discovery' in Cyprus, but what has this meant to your coaching career?
In reality, really nothing at all. I have coached 15 players that have gone onto the NBA, but the players from Cyprus that I coached certainly helped Darrell a lot. Costas, Tony, Christos, Michael, and Nikos were a joy to coach and we had a Dream Team. But when Darrell called me from the States to thank me, I told him that maybe I opened a door for him, but he was the one that made the NBA.
Do you have an interesting story to share with us from the time you were coaching Pezoporikos?
Yes, of course, but we had so many good times that to single out one story is not really fair.
How would you compare the level of the basketball in Cyprus to the level of the game in the other European countries where you coached throughout the years? What is the essential difference?
I think the level of play has gotten better and more people enjoy the game, but the team I coached in Larnaca, we could have played with any of the teams now.
What's your next big challenge?
I am in the process of talking with teams now about where I will coach this coming season, but to be honest I would love to come back to Cyprus and coach again. I have just returned from coaching in China and I would be honored to coach the APOEL basketball team. This would be my next challenge to bring the championship back to APOEL. I have won many championships since leaving Cyprus and the challenge of coaching APOEL and developing the team and playing in Europe would be something. I coached APOEL for a few games in the cup before I left Cyprus and it was fun, but the problem was not having the foreign players that I selected to play with the players from Cyprus.
Scheduled just one month before the FIBA U19 World Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia, the 21st edition of the World Basketball Tournament of Douai has been one important stage in the preparation campaign of teams hoping to win the world title. Among the six teams (USA Elite Team, Lithuania, France, Germany, Australia and Israel) that confirmed their participation at the Douai tournament, besides the USA Elite Team being formed by Coach Linzy Davis who selected great Southeastern US high school players this year, Israel and Germany did not qualify for the next U19 World Championship. A new formula applied to the World Tournament of Douai, Northern France, consisted of a small championship allowing each team to meet each other and the best international players to face one another. This year, the World Tournament was held from June 6th to 10th in Carvin and Douai.
The French team led by many talents (EB Pau Orthez's trio Ludovic Vaty-Alexis Ajinca-William Molas, French champion Adrien Moerman of Chorale Roanne, Le Mans players Nicolas Batum and Antoine Diot, etc.) was one of the favourite teams of the 2007 edition. Latest FIBA U19 World Champion Australia was in Northern France for the first time and did its best to challenge great European teams. Lithuania tried to recover after the defeat against France in the final of the last UMCOR U18 European Championship in Greece. As far as talented individuals are concerned, the USA roster looked less impressive than in the last few years (the 2005 and 2006 teams had been truly amazing, with some NBA prospects like Kevin Durant, Chase Budinger, LaMarcus Aldridge or Thaddeus Young involved in the 2007 Draft) but the group of Coach Linzy Davis was once again competitive. Israel, with an impressive roster, was in Douai to prepare the U20 FIBA European Championship which will take place in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and Gorica, Italy, next July while Germany of Coach Emir Mutapcic came with the hope to surprise one of the other squads during the tournament.
I talked shortly to the tournament's director Jean-Pierre Ciesielski while watching the end of the game involving Australia and Germany on Day Four of the event and asked him why the formula had changed into a small championship this year. « For budgetary reasons, we had to change the formula and not go through semi-finals and finals this time. Our usual partner decided to withdraw last February and we had to find another one. As far as the competition is concerned, everyone seems to find this new formula very interesting as all teams face each other. »
The first day of the tournament took place in the small town of Carvin where three interesting games were played in front of a nice local attendance. The first game between Lithuania and Australia ended up with the Emus victory 84-76. « Australia is a team to be reckoned with at the next U19 World Championship in Serbia! » told Jean-Pierre Ciesielski. In the second game of the day, the young US team with great prospects like Jordan Hamilton, Laron Dendy, Tracy Smith or James Fields (all approached by major NCAA coleges with great basketball programmes) largely defeated Germany 112-88. In the third game, Israel surprised France by winning with a close margin 90-86. Richard Billant's team seemed to have come on the court to play a scrimmage game while the Israeli team of Coach Gino Yaakov showed up to win the game.
The next day, two games were played at the Lycee Corot in Douai (Germany vs. France and Australia vs. Israël) and a third one was held in Carvin (USA vs. Lithuania).
In the presence of French Technical Director Jean Pierre de Vincenzi, France won against the German team 82-71 but always looked like they could become more steady especially in defense. Israel led by power forward Omri Casspi (Israel's Final Four semi-finalist with his club Hapoel Galil Elyon) also impressed the attendance and remained undefeated after a very athletic game won 85-72 against Australia. This was the first shock of the tournament and Israel, despite a poor offensive start by their star Casspi, could not avoid the Emus to take the lead at half-time: 37-29. Israel came back in the third quarter with better intentions especially in defense (43-43) and Australian shooter Patrick Mills was limited to a 37% shooting average from the field. Casspi (21 points, 6/10, 3/6 from 3-point range, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block-shot in this game) was excellent in the money time and Australians could not avoid the defeat: 74-85, final score.
Elsewhere on that day, Team USA of Coach Linzy Davis could never chalenge their tough Lithuanian opponents who left no chance to the American players.
On Friday night in Douai, Israel beat Germany without any trouble. The next game of the day was a convincing demonstration by the Emus who left no chance to the young US team. Australians had a great shooting average of 71% and Coach Linzy Davis's players never defended well during 40 minutes. Australia led by center Andrew Ogilvy (18 points), guard Patrick Mills (21 points) and forward Ben Dowdell (14 points) in offense won the game 118-76.
The game that many observers wanted to attend on that day was France vs. Lithuania. On the one hand France wanted to take its revenge from last year when Lithuania beat the French squad in Douai, on the other hand Lithuania wanted to prove that the defeat at the last Euro 2006 against France was just an unforeseen event. It was for sure one of the best games in this tournament: 25-21 for the French squad after the first quarter. Nicolas Batum of France and Martynas Gecevicius of Lithuania are excellent from all ranges on both sides. Lithuania came back in the second quarter and even took the lead by 11 at the half. Local fans started to have doubts as Lithuania was still ahead but great plays by Batum, Diot and N'Diaye allowed the French team to be in front: 89-85 with 1'40'' remaining before the final buzzer. Gecevicius and team mates could never come back and Richard Billant's young men won the game 94-87.
On the following day, after Germany's fifth and final defeat against Australia (95-72), their opponent 'du jour' in this tournament, Israel defeated Lithuania (without Gecevicius, left on the bench to rest) in front of a nice attendance. I attended this game which definitely crowned Israel as the 2007 Douai Tournament winner. Despite a great start by the players of Rutenis Paulaskas (17-19 for Lithuania at the end of the first quarter), Israeli guards Gal Mekel, Yoad Bet Yosef and Dori Assaf were quick and ran the court well, allowing their team to end the first half with a short advantage: 45-41. Coach Yaakov's team was not challenged in the second half and Omri Casspi (8/13 from the field, 21 points and 2 rebounds) finally could score several easy baskets in fastbreak situation: 91-65, final score. Lithuania recorded 25 turnovers in this game.
In the evening, France (without Ajinca, also left on the bench by Coach Billant) beat the USA Elite Team after a very offensive game by both teams: 114-98. US player Jordan Hamilton scored 32 points and grabbed 7 rebounds but this was not enough against Edwin Jackson (29 points) and his team mates.
Great moments that the Douai attendance wished not to miss were the three-point shootout contest as well as the dunk contest. In the shootout contest, BC Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius' recruit Martynas Gecevicius who had missed the game against Israel scored three-pointers like a real clockwork regularity. He and Emu forward Clint Steindl battled until the last attempt missed by the Aussie. Gecevicius, among the best young players voted by FIBA Europe last year, was the three-point shootout winner. France's invited Third National Division player Olivier Gnahore won the dunk contest given that ASVEL's French U19 National Team player Edwin Jackson missed his last bid.
On the last day of the tournament: Israel finished undefeated and won against a very chalenging USA Elite Team 112-88. Australia finished second after beating France 86-90 in a last game of very high level. Nicolas Batum finished as best scorer for France in this game: 35 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Australian player Patrick Mills had 20 points against the French NT. No problem for Lithuania against Germany earlier that day (73-86, 21 points for Lithuanian forward Marius Valukonis).
Created in 1986, the World Tournament of Douai has always attracted the best international U19 basketball teams. More than thirty players who previously took part in the event have been or are now playing in the NBA (Tony Parker, Carmelo Anthony, Andrei Kirilenko, Luol Deng, Rudy Gay, Daniel Gibson, etc.). Once more, many NBA scouts came to Northern France to observe young talents this year. Former Croatian star Danko Cvjeticanin was among the several scouts seen on the sideline in Douai. Glory days' champions Pat Durham (ex-SLUC Nancy, Le Havre, Vitoria, Golden State Warriors, etc.) and Derrick Lewis (ex-EB Pau-Orthez, Mulhouse, Reims, SLUC Nancy, etc.) as well as local stars like Baptiste Bataille (guard currently playing at Northeastern University, NCAA) also came to the Lycee Corot last weekend. They strongly supported the superstars of tomorrow and the organizers of the great World Tournament of Douai.
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All tournament team:
Point Guard : Patrick Mills (182-G-88) of Australian Institute Sport (AUS) - AUSTRALIA
Shooting Guard : Martynas Gecevicius (193-G-88) of Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (LTU) - LITHUANIA
Small Forward : Nicolas Batum (201-F-88) of Le Mans Sarthe Basket - FRANCE
Power Forward : Omri Caspi (204-F/G-88) of Hapoel Galil Elyon (ISR) - ISRAEL
Center : Andrew Ogilvy (211-C/F-88) of Australian Institute Sport (AUS) - AUSTRALIA
MVP : Omri Caspi - ISRAEL
Best scorer : Jordan HAMILTON - USA
By Bertrand Larsimont on 2007-06-12
Big first for the young players of category cadet basket ball
The Federation Gabonese of Basketball (FEGABAB), that directs Mrs. Sylvie KOTHA NZAMBA decides to organize the first edition of the national championship in category cadet of the 17 to July 22, 2007 in Port Gentil.
Indeed since the creation of this institution, no national competition of youngsters has been instituted in Gabon, after the first edition of the junior the last year to Lambarene, the FEGABAB launches the challenge to not only organize the second edition of the junior in end of July, but as the all new young cadet category, for this first edition that will take place of the 17 to July 22 in Port Gentil, will also be sponsored by the Town hall of this city economic of Gabon;
Here are leagues that will have this distinguished honor to participate in this first edition:
The League of the Maritime Ogooue (LIBBOM) with three teams, the league of the middle Ogooue, the league of the Woleu Ntem, and the new league who has just been born Ogooue Lolo.
The Salem Stampede beat the Portland Chinooks 126-125 at Portland State University. Guard Blake Walker (6'5''-G/F-82, college: Portland St.) led a group of four Stampede players with 20 or more points. Walker finished with 26 and 10 boards. Guard Mike Tabb (6'6''-F-82, college: San Jose City JC) continues his solid season and finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Antone Jarrell (6'7''-F, college: Portland St.) scored 22 and added 11 boards. Nick DeWitz (6'8''-F, agency: Court Side, college: Oregon St.) scored 20 with 12 rebounds.
Shammgod Wells led Portland with 39 points with more than half of his points coming at the free throw line.
David Jackson added 33 points for the Chinooks.
Salem is now 14-3 on the season and sits in first place in the Western Conference playoff race.
The Chinooks dropped to 15-6 and are solid title contenders.
" We never hung our heads even though some events caused the game to seem impossible to win" Commented Salem Head Coach Joe Becerra . "Our guys stuck together and we got the ball off the rebound and all the way down for a layup without the ball touching the floor on our last posession." "Mike goes to the basket hard and it paid off on the game winning drive." Tabb was fouled with 5.9 seconds to go in the game and Portland hanging on to a one point lead. Tabb hit nothing but net on both attempts sealing the victory.
The game marked the debut of Kevin Tyner (6'0''-G-84, college: W.Oregon) a spectacular guard who finished as Western Oregon University's all time assist leader with 600. Tyner was a four year starter and finished his career with an all conference season and numerous marks on Western's all time lists.
"Kevin made his pro debut with us last year in Tacoma. He had a triple double and just dominated"
"He was late getting back into the States after a great rookie season in Germany with Tries Karden.
He was first team all league and led the league in scoring." Becerra stated. " We like to think we are
the quickest team in the league and he may be the quickest guy we have now."
" I have not seen a point guard in our league that I would take over Will Funn (6'2''-G-82, agency: 123 Podium, college: Portland St.) or Kevin. So we are excited to
get Kevin back in a Salem jersey. He played some solid floor minutes and plays with so much composure."
Tyner finished with four points four assists 2 steals and 2 rebounds in the win.
Salem hosts the Central Oregon Hotshots this Friday in Salem. The Hotshots are aptly named as they are a
high scoring fast break team with solid shooters up and down the roster.
Defending champions St. George's Slayers survived a scare from nemesis Urban Knights, escaping with a 55-54 victory as the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)/National Basketball League (NBL) tipped off its 2007 season last night at the National Arena. The league continues this evening with newcomers Majesty Gardens facing Tivoli All-Stars at 6:00 p.m. and Arnett Gardens taking on Harbour View Lakers at 7:45 p.m. at the National Stadium courts.
Down by as many as 11 points in the third quarter, Slayers came roaring back in their usual fashion to cut the lead to 52-50 before a timely three-pointer from Leon Chung put them on top 53-52 for the first time since early in the first quarter. The lead was short-lived, however, as Linton Murray's layup put Knights back in front with 0.20 seconds left. The champion's never-say-die attitude chipped in and Kali McCarthy found a wide open Rohan Robinson under the basket for the winning basket. Robinson led Slayers with 12 points while Murray had a game-high 17 points in a losing effort for Knights. Andrew Whilby added 13 points also for Knights.
NBL Selection team roster for Sister City basketball tournament, Jakarta, Indonesia
Name Height Position Team
Lau Er Kheng 178cm G Klang WCT Land
Wee Chuan Chin 180cm G Klang WCT Land
Hong Kah Hau 186cm G Melaka Chinwoo
Chai Chze Hian 180cm G Melaka Chinwoo
Tee Chun Guan 187cm F YSL
John Ng Yew Seng 190cm F Klang WCT Land
Francis Loh Hoo Won 190cm C/F Melaka Chinwoo
Chin Choon Siong 195cm C/F YSL
Toh Chin Thiam 193cm C/F YSL
Auyong Kah Weng 188cm C/F YSL
average height:186.7cm(6-2)
Kuala Lumpur, represented by Malaysia's NBL selection, failed to pass its first assignment via a 68-97 loss to favorite Seoul team, represented by mighty Seoul University, in the 2007 Sister City Tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Yang Woo-sub, Cha Jae-young, Ha Jae-pil and Bang Kyeung-soo combined for a total of 66 points to pilot the South Korean surge.
Chin Choon Siong, John Ng Yeo Seng and Malaysian national team member Francis Loh Hoo Won led the
The first impression for our beloved national team in FIBA Qualifying in JAPAN is they can beat anybody here in Asia except maybe the powerhouse CHINA. With the line up presented are compose of PBA All Stars and more than half of it were born outside the Philippines or Fil - foreigner .Meaning they learned their basketball mainly in USA. And does it stopped there?
The forgettable finished of Centennial team in 1998 showed what we really got but excuses prevented them from the watchful eyes of disappointed basketball fanatics. Unfamiliarity of amateur basketball rules and a very short time in getting to know each other are the biggest reason why we were not on the top three.
And now, it seems the height is the most legitimate reason why we are struggling to be on top of this region. The presence of three or four seven-footers in other countries line up intimidated us a lot. It is also the excuse we got in Tehran, Iran, and it is probably the reason why Chot is considering slight changes in RP line - up with tall players who can run and the first thing in his mind are Williams, Norwood and Anthony Washington (206-C, college: Portland St.)
As the Chinese paraded a seven-footers decades ago, putting the ball on the rim is hardest thing for them to do. It is not the situation anymore as they have a seven foot- five giant with very soft touch of the ball plus a couple of walking and running walls.
To make things worst, we are now bracketed with Iran, Jordan and China. The group of WALLS which is considered by Coach Reyes as " Group of Death". Gone are the days being anxious to be bracketed against the Koreans and Chinese. The Middle East countries have proven to be part of the elite group.
All the teams are team to beat. They are tougher and bigger, and the only assurance is that we have a bigger heart. For many of us here in the Phils, we are better and we can give them a tough fight and like Ed said , lets give them hell.
Crvena Zvezda succeeded to finish semifinal series with 2-0 against Hemofarm so eternal rivals will fight for Serbian title in the play-off final!! Red and white team beat Hemofarm in game #2 91:81 in Belgrade. They had fantastic support of their fans during the whole game. Zvezda's superstar Milan Gurovic (207-F-76, agency: Beo Basket)'s 3-point shot 51 seconds before the end for 81:74 resolved question about second finalist and destroyed hopes of Hemofarm that they can fight for Euroleague for next season. Gurovic also was MVP of the game netting 37 points and grabbing 9 rebounds with index value 38. Pero Antic (210-F-82, agency: Interperformances) scored 13 including 6 rebounds for Crvena Zvezda while Hemofarm got double - double 16 points and 12 rebounds from center Vladan Vukosavljevic (206-F/C-84, agency: Beo Basket).
Crvena Zvezda - Hemofarm 91:81
Crvena Zvezda: Stewart, Markovic 10, Popovic 2, Kovacevic 3, Misanovic 5, Gurovic 37 (9 rebs), Radivojevic 6 (6 as), Dragicevic 4 (7 rebs), Antic 13 (6 rebs), Cvetkovic 8, Aleksandrov 3
DNP: Kovac.
Hemofarm: Bakic 10, Joksimovic 4, Suput 13, Markovic 7, Nesovic 11, Radinovic 8 (4 rebs), Topic 5, Borisov 3, Simonovic 4, Plisnic, Vukosavljevic 16 (12 rebs)
DNP: Rakic.
Helios: Sasa Doncic, Smiljan Pavic, Dario Krejic, Jure Mocnik.
Union Olimpija: Dwayne Lee, Marko Rakocevic, Slavko Duscak.
Geoplin Slovan: Davor Marcelic.
Zlatorog: Zan Vrecko, Bosko Stojakovic, Terry Williams, Jack Ingram, Slobodan Ocokoljic.
Alpos Sentjur: Mario Novak, Matej Krusic, Elvis Kadic.
Kraski zidar Jadran Kras: Martin Atanasovski, Samo Majerle.
Brian Boddicker (204-F-81, agency: EM-PA, college: Texas) has according the terms of a contract for the next season with Grupo Capito Valladolid. He will play with Bud Eley that recently extended for one more year his contract with the Valladolid Team's.
This season Brian Boddicker has played with Selcuk Universitesi Konya in the Turkish League when he was the top 2 scorer with 19.1 points per game.
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Sacramento upset the Houston Comets 82:67 at home today to climb back on top of the Western conference. Houston meanwhile suffered their 7th consecutive loss and continue to pile up this negative franchise-record.
Tina Thompson (6'2''-F-75, college: USC) had an impressive night for the Comets but received little support from her teammates. She nailed a jumper to make it 28:32 at the start of the third quarter. But the Monarchs answered with 9:0 run to edge ahead to 44:30. Later on the advantage kept growing and reached a 53:36 mark before the end of the third. Houston just managed to cut the lead to 53:61 in the final frame but as far as it got. Kara Lawson (5'8''-G-81, college: Tennessee) led the Monarchs with 24 points. Nicole Powell finished with 17 points, while Rebekkah Brunson (6'3''-F/C-81, college: Georgetown) scored 14 points for the winners. Tina Thompson seemed to battle alone as she poured in 33 points and grabbed 6 boards in a losing effort. Latasha Byears added 9 points. The Comets outrebounded the Monarchs 29:20 but committed massive 26 turnovers. The Monarchs bench outscored their opponents 33:18.
Sacramento improved to 6-3 record to occupy the top spot in the West. Houston are at 0-7 at the bottom of the ladder.
Sacramento - Houston 82:67
Sacramento: Kara Lawson 24 points, Nicole Powell 17, Rebekkah Brunson 14, Yolanda Griffith (6'4''-C/F-70, college: Florida Atlantic) 10
Houston: Tina Thompson 33, Latasha Byears 9.


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Lip lift
A lip lift is a plastic surgery procedure that modifies the cosmetic appearance of the lips by reshaping them to increase the prominence of the vermilion border; and to enhance the facial area above the lips into a more aesthetically pleasing shape. In corrective praxis, a lip lift procedure is distinguished from lip enhancement, the augmentation of the lips, which can be effected with a non-surgical procedure.
- Techniques
There are surgical and non-surgical techniques for effecting lip lift and lip augmentation to the lips. The surgical techniques include incisions below the nose and in the periphery of the lips area of the face, the perioral area; other techniques effect the surgical incisions from inside the mouth.
- Surgical aesthetics
The aesthetic ideal of a mouth with youthful lips — shaped like a lozenge — features an upper lip with a pronounced Cupid's bow, and much fullness to each lip; however, such an ideal physiognomy declines with age, and the lips shrink and lose anatomic definition, as the lips sag, which affects the aesthetics of the smile, by revealing less of the teeth during a relaxed smile.[1][2] The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported 3.2 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed to mature patients, aged 55 years and older, in 2008. The patient demand for facial rejuvenation indicates that most requests do not include the mouth, which results in a surgical outcome that is aesthetically deficient.[1][3][4][5][6] In the 1980s, when collagen, originally the principal filler for the lips, proved limited in effecting permanent correction, plastic surgeons then developed surgical techniques for lifting and augmenting the lips, and correcting aesthetic defects and deformities.[7]
Surgical procedures[edit]
A systematic review regarding "non-filling" procedures for lip augmentation classified lip lift techniques in four surgical categories: the direct lip lift (DLL), indirect lip lift (ILL), corner of the mouth lift (CML), and the V–Y lip advancement (VYLA).[8]
Direct Lip Lift (DLL)[edit]
The "gull-wing lift" is an effective surgical technique for increasing the prominence (display) of the vermilion coloring of the lips, by removing skin (and other tissues) as required, ether directly from or from above the white line of skin that borders onto, and sets off, the vermilion of the lips (the white roll). The incisions remove tissue and significantly alter the shape of the lips by moving up the vermilion from both peaks of the Cupid's bow outwards to the commissures, the corners of the mouth. Incisions are also made below the lower lip to increase the projection of the vermilion of the lower lip. This gull-wing lip lift usually requires an OR time of approximately 20 minutes; post-operatively, the swelling of the lips subsides at 1–2 weeks and the tightness subsides at 2–4 months. Asymmetry, under-correction, and hypertrophic scarring are possible complications.[1]
Indirect Lip Lift (ILL)[edit]
Subnasal Bullhorn ILL[edit]
A technical variant of the gull-wing lip lift is the sub-nasal lip lift (bull-horn lip lift), which involves the removal of either an ellipse or a curved-edge ellipse of tissue from under the nose. The skin then is raised, and sutured to lift the lip and expose more of the upper-lip vermilion.[2][9] Depending upon the indications of the patient, this technique can increase the drooping the corners of the mouth (commissures); thus, the sub-nasal lip lift often includes a corner-lift surgical step.[6] In the corner lift procedure (external angle oral commisuroplasty), triangles of tissue are resected from above the commissures, thereby elevating the corners of the mouth.[3] A descending wedge of tissue can also be removed to add contour to the Cupid's bow or to reduce bulky lips.[2]
Thread Lip Lift[edit]
Another variation is the thread lift, in which a square stitch is placed from one nostril to the other and down to the peaks of the Cupid's bow. This variation has fallen out of favor because the results are short-lived.[citation needed]
Double Duck Lip Lift[edit]
Another variation is the Double duck lip lift, in which the columella of the nose is not incised.
Corner of the mouth lift (CML)[edit]
Another variation of the procedure consists of a lenticular excision of the white skin surrounding the upper oral commissure in order to lift this part of the lips. This technique has also been dubbed "Smile Lift".
V-Y lip augmentation[edit]
Another variation of the procedure is for a surgeon to make an incision inside the mouth to loosen the mucosa and vermilion, which are then advanced and secured, leaving a portion of scar tissue inside the mouth which may take 2–4 months to heal.[3] Yet another technique uses a "W" incision inside the mouth to create several "V" flaps, which are then used in a V-to-Y plasty technique to advance the vermilion of either or both lips.[3] This procedure leaves no exposed areas inside the mouth, but can be painful and has a lengthy recovery period.[5]
Although surgeons report patient satisfaction with these techniques to be "high," no one variation has been sufficiently applauded to become the standard procedure.[7] Most of these methods result in an increase in the amount of vermilion visible. Quantitative data exists for the V-Y lip augmentation, for which statistically significant increases in upper vermilion height and surface area have been measured.[7] A systematic review regarding "non-filling" procedures for lip augmentation published in 2014 showed that philtrum length decreases with Indirect Lip Lift techniques, but not with V-Y lip augmentation.
Complications which may arise from lip lift surgery include:
- Numbness
- Stiffness
- Pain
- Parasthesia
- Lip distortion
- Lip lengthening
- Smile deformation
- Speech impediment
- Visible scarring
In particular, the technique of removing skin at or directly above the white roll has been singled out as resulting in unfavorable scarring and stiffness in the lips.[2][4][10]
Advancements and improvements in non-surgical fillers available for lip enhancement has reduced demand for the lip lift procedure.
- San Miguel Moragas, Joan; Vercruysse HJ; Mommaerts MY (Jan 14, 2014). ""Non-filling" procedures for lip augmentation: A systematic review of contemporary techniques and their outcomes". J Craneomaxillofac Surg. 42: 943–952. PMID 24534683. doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2014.01.015. web http://www.drsanmiguel.com/
- Aiache AE. 1997. Rejuvenation of the Perioral Area. Dermatology Clinics 15(4);665–72.
- Austin HW. 1986. Lip Lift. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 77(6);990–994.
- Fanous N. 1984 Correction of Thin Lips: "Lip Lift". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 74(1) 33–41.
- Greenwald AE. 1987. The Lip Lift. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 79(1);147.
- Jacono AA, Quatela VC. 2004. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 6;172–177.
- Rohrich RJ, et al., 2000. Early Results of Vermilion Lip Augmentation Using Acellular Allogeneic Dermis: An Adjunct in Facial Rejuvenation. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 105(1); 409–416.
- Weston GW, et al., 2009. Lifting Lips: 28 Years of Experience using the Direct Excision Approach to Rejuvenating the Aging Mouth. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 29(1);83–86.
- Wilkinson TS. 1994(a). Practical Procedures in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.[citation needed]
- Wilkinson TS. 1994(b). "Lip lift" resection. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.[citation needed]
- San Miguel Moragas J. 2014. Non-filling" procedures for lip augmentation: A systematic review of contemporary techniques and their outcomes. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. pii: S1010-5182(14)00016-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2014.01.015.

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Armstrong Family Roots Run
By Colleen Schreiber
ARMSTRONG, Texas – The Armstrong family of South Texas is a legendary one. Here in this remote area, the family's roots run deep, and stories passed down from generation to generation are rich with history. The focal point of that history centers around the ranching industry and the establishment of the Armstrong Ranch.
It is this one-family town 50 or so miles south of Kingsville that Tobin Armstrong and wife Anne have called home for 51 years. Armstrong came back to the family ranch after serving in the Air Force during World War II. He managed the ranch alongside his uncle Tom, and then in the 1970s took over full management.
Cattle and polo ponies have long been the ranch's mainstay. Tom Armstrong introduced Santa Gertrudis cattle back in the 1940s, and they've been running on the Armstrong ranch since.
What was made on the ranch stayed on the ranch.
Tobin was quoted once saying, "It's always been a no-frills ranch operation. What you really have to sell is the surface production of the land. Livestock is the harvesting mechanism."
The ranch dates back to 1852, a year before Captain Richard King established the King Ranch. It was then that James Durst, Tobin Armstrong's great grandfather, purchased 92,000 acres of the La Barreta grant from the Balli family for 1600 pesos. Today 50,000 acres of that original Spanish land grant make up the Armstrong Ranch.
The land came to the Armstrong family through marriage when Tobin's grandfather, John Armstrong, married Mollie Durst, daughter of James Durst. Armstrong, however, had to fight to regain the Durst property after it had been unlawfully taken from the family during the days when early settlers' fates were in the hands of Mexican anarchists.
The Armstrong family was originally from Tennessee. In 1872 young John Barclay Armstrong left Tennessee to seek his fortune on the unsettled Texas frontier. It was a rough and tough time along the Mexican border. There was constant pillaging and marauding by revolutionaries and bandits.
A special force under the command of Leander H. McNelly, one of the great Texas Ranger captains of the time, was called in to do battle of their own. Armstrong was one of the few chosen to join McNelly's "Special Forces" unit.
Armstrong, later given the title "McNelly's Bulldog," spent two years wiping out 5700 outlaws who were pillaging and destroying everything in the Nueces Strip. Perhaps Armstrong's greatest recognition came when he all but single-handedly captured notorious gunman John Wesley Harden, for which he received a $4000 reward.
Armstrong used the reward money to set himself up in business in Austin. It was here that he met, courted and later married Mollie Durst. He was 28; she 23. They had seven children.
In 1882 the Armstrongs left Austin and moved to the isolated La Barreta property. The tiny cabin they called home was named "Las Agujas" (The Needles). Far from civilization, the Armstrongs received fresh supplies every three weeks, hauled some 25 miles by wagon from the Kenedy Ranch boat landing.
In 1897 Armstrong began building a new house and completed it two years later. The site, Tobin says, was chosen because of the sweet water near the surface, something uncommon to the area.
The house was made out of masonry with sleeping quarters separate from the kitchen and living quarters. Tobin's father, Charles, born in 1886, was 13 when the family moved into their new home. It's the same house Tobin and Anne call home. Here the couple has entertained heads of state, diplomats, presidents and vice presidents, cabinet members, and even the Prince of Wales.
When Armstrong moved his family to South Texas, the cattle industry was just beginning to take shape, thanks in large part to the arrival of the railroad. In 1904 the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad, better known as the "Brownie," linked the isolated ranches to the outside world.
John Armstrong's promising career, however, was cut short when he suffered a fatal heart attack in May 1913. The 50,000-acre ranch was left to the five surviving Armstrong children. Charlie, Tobin's father, then 26, was in the real estate business in Brownsville when his father died. Being the oldest living son, he came home to run the family ranch.
Young Charles, a Yale University graduate, took on management responsibilities of the Armstrong Ranch during a particularly difficult time. Political turmoil once again troubled South Texas, as did world war, low livestock prices, a mandatory dipping program to eradicate the fever tick, and a killing drouth. Those were only a few of the challenges of the day.
"In 1932 the market was so dead that my father shipped a couple of loads of old cows to Fort Worth and they didn't bring enough to pay the freight," Tobin Armstrong says.
At that time the Armstrong cow herd was primarily Shorthorn breeding with some Durham influence. After Charlie took over, he and his brother-in-law, John Bennett, became interested in crossbreeding, and in 1919 they bought the ranch's first Brahman bull from Al McFaddin and A.P. Borden.
Hereford cattle came next, around the mid-1930s. James A. Whittenburg had drouthed out in the Panhandle and arranged to pasture 1000 of his Hereford cows on the Armstrong Ranch. Armstrong says his father later bought those cattle and that herd was the foundation for the Armstrong cattle for many years to come. A three-way cross using Shorthorn, Hereford and Brahman cattle was used until the 1940s.
As part of the ranch business, Tobin's father also raised polo ponies and Thoroughbreds for the Army Remount program. Tobin recalls that at one time when he was just a kid, his father had 235 Thoroughbred horses on the ranch.
Tobin and his brothers grew up on a horse with a polo mallet in one hand and a rope in another, he says. He won his first big polo tournament playing with his father at Meadowbrook Club when he was 19.
Polo was to be one of Tobin's lifelong pleasures. In 1977 the family entertained Prince Charles at the ranch, and in honor of his visit arranged a polo match there. The polo field, originally named after the Armstrong childrens' beloved tutor, was renamed Windsor Park West.
Tobin's father died in a car accident in September 1941. Tobin's uncle Tom, his father's younger brother, took over the reins. Tom Armstrong, like those before him, had already made a name for himself. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, he had a distinguished career in World War I and for 26 years ran the South American operations for New Jersey Standard Oil.
Tobin's oldest brother, John B. Armstrong (V), worked alongside his uncle until 1948. He then struck out on his own and established his own ranching operations in Texas and in Alabama, where he became the leading breeder of Santa Gertrudis cattle. Later he and his wife Etta, one of the heirs to the King Ranch, moved back to Texas and John became actively involved in management of the King Ranch. He went on to claim numerous accolades in the cattle industry.
Tobin started his adult career in the military. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps pilot training program during his senior year at Texas A&M University, and in January 1943 he received orders to report to Shepherd Field in Wichita Falls.
"That was not the best place to live — it was a place to get adjusted to the realities of military life," he recalls. "It was horrible. That wind would come sweeping down from Oklahoma and there was no door at the back of the house…"
Upon completion of his military duty, Tobin returned to the family ranch. It was 1945 and he was 23.
"I signed on to duty and rations with Uncle Tom, who I had been very close to as a kid. It was what I'd always wanted to do," Armstrong recalls.
Tobin says he was lucky in that he had several mentors to learn from. There was his uncle Tom, his older brother John, and Tom Lasater, a friend since childhood, who, when Tobin returned from the war, was in the early stages of developing the Beefmaster breed.
Each of these men, Armstrong says, had a philosophy much more oriented toward production than show ring performance.
"Most people in the cattle business at that time focused on the show ring," he remarks. "If you studied beef cattle, you studied the show ring champions, and their sire performance was measured not by production performance but how their offspring performed in the shows."
Such was not the case on the Armstrong Ranch. Production was always their primary concern. In the 1940s, Tom made the decision to try his luck with the new Santa Gertrudis breed. He did so by going straight to the best source, his good friend Bob Kleberg.
"Bob had a limited number of bulls to sell. He had to bull that whole King Ranch herd, and that was a big undertaking," Armstrong notes.
They offered to buy Kleberg's bull calves out of his commercial herd at weaning for $300 apiece.
"In 1947 that was a real nice piece of change — $300 for a $75 calf," Armstrong says.
"Every time they gathered this particular herd, Tom and I saddled up and rode through the herd. We were looking specifically at breed type, muscularity and balance. As the cowboys dragged the calves to the fire to be branded and castrated, we would tell them which bull calves we wanted to keep. We brought those calves to our ranch by the truckload."
Upon arrival the calves were branded, individually weighed and an estimated birth date was recorded. The bulls grew out on pasture for a year and then they were reweighed. They found that gain and growth rates of the animals was dramatically different.
They creamed off the high performers, the good converters, and those animals became their seedstock herd of Santa Gertrudis. The ones deemed below average were sold. Those too, Armstrong says, generated a nice piece of change for the ranch.
For years Armstrong bulls were gain tested at the Balmorhea and McGregor stations.
"Those early tests were 140-day tests," Armstrong says. "The cattle were fed a rough ration, — cottonseed meal and ground prairie hay. Rate of gain was the only thing measured."
What they discovered, and what Texas A&M agreed with, was that feed conversion and rate of gain were so closely related that it wasn't necessary to measure consumption to determine feed conversion.
"If it was a good gainer, it was a good converter," Tobin says.
It wasn't unusual for the Armstrong Ranch to have the top 10 bulls on test. There was one bull in all their years of testing that particularly stood out in every respect. Bull "13" was a product of artificial insemination, sired by King Ranch's T-58. His average daily gain was 3.7 pounds over the 140-day test period. That bull was bred extensively in the Armstrong Ranch AI program, and many of the cattle today are direct descendents of "13".
Tom and Tobin didn't just focus on their bulls' performance. They also gave a great deal of attention to reproductive performance on the female side as well.
"A lot of people early on made the mistake of focusing only on style, and in that way masculinity was bred into their cows. A masculine heifer does not breed regularly," Armstrong points out.
In 1947 they began palpating every cow, and the open ones went to town. Heifer calves kept back as replacements also had to be bred at 24 months or they went to the feedyard.
"We focused on raising cows that were sexually mature at an
early age and also a cow that had the ability to produce a calf
without difficulty," Armstrong notes.
In 1948, Armstrong stepped up the process of improving their herd by initiating an artificial insemination program. At that time AI was essentially only an idea and wasn't being used much at all in range beef cattle.
"We were freezing semen before most beef men knew it could be done," Armstrong remarks. "Of course, the other folks in South Texas thought we were crazy."
Even Bob Kleberg, who Armstrong considered to be the most scientific cattle operator in the industry, thought they'd lost a screw or two. But one particular incident later helped change Kleberg's opinion.
"Bob had a disaster in his purebred herd. He discovered that he had some infertile bulls because he'd missed a calf crop on his best cows," Armstrong recalls. "Bob heard that we were able to check semen quality, so he asked if he could send a load of herd bulls over.
"I told him that would be fine as long as he allowed us to freeze any semen we deemed outstanding. When I proposed that, Bob thought for sure we were crazy," he recalls.
They collected semen from bull T-58, which, Armstrong says was without a doubt Kleberg's best herd bull. Those genetics became the basis for the Armstrong herd.
In the 1960s Tobin also began focusing on carcass performance. It was just another of the tools he incorporated long before its time as a way of selecting to produce the best.
For those wanting to get in the livestock business or for the younger generation who still has a lot of learning to do, Tobin Armstrong offers this advice:
"I strongly urge anyone who wants to get into the cattle business to buy their cattle from someone who has a record of productivity on their animals. If that's not possible, then select cattle that clearly have good thriftiness about them," he says. "Own those cattle until they're at the packing house. The first bunch you sell, sell on a grid and find out from the outset what you're dealing with. Once you find out what your cattle can really do, how they perform, then the less agony you'll have down the road.
"The difference, the variation that exists between breeds and within breeds, is so enormous," Armstrong adds. "Identify animals not on looks alone but by testing them for productivity. Those will be the superior animals.
"Then keep only those animals that you have identified as being highly productive, and for gosh sake get rid of those that aren't.
"Don't tolerate barren cows," Armstrong stresses. "The number one basis for heifer retention should be whether or not she calved early. If she calved early, that means she's a fertile, healthy animal and I don't care what she looks like. If she doesn't have a calf by the time she's 32 months old, get rid of her," he concludes.
(Part two will focus on the present-day Armstrong Ranch.)
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Poulter makes strong start to title defense Down Under
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ryder Cup lightning rod Ian Poulter made a solid start to his Australian Masters title defense by firing a 67 to finish two strokes behind surprise leader Matthew Guyatt after Thursday's first round.
The dapper Englishman, mining a rich vein of form since leading Europe to victory over the United States in September, notched six birdies in perfect conditions at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne to be among three tied for second at five-under, including local favorite Adam Scott.
"Five-under was a decent day but I feel like this golf course, if you play really well, can lend itself to making plenty of birdies, especially in these conditions," the 36-year-old Poulter told reporters.
"I think with my game, I'd prefer it to be a little windier than what it was today. I play pretty well in the wind and this is a tricky golf course."
Poulter stormed to victory by three strokes in last year's tournament at nearby Victoria Golf Club on Melbourne's famed sandbelt, blitzing local challengers who crumbled in gale-force winds in the final round.
The world number 16 is less likely to get his wish for Friday's second round, when teeing off in the relative calm of the morning.
While Poulter and Scott compete for top billing at the A$1 million tournament, journeyman Guyatt upstaged them both with a sparkling 65, featuring eight birdies and a single bogey.
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'Worst police sketch ever' incredibly leads to arrest of armed robbery
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The local sheriff's department has had the last laugh after a drawing widely panned as the worst police sketch ever has helped catch their suspect
Paxman's knuckles wish viewers a 'good nite'
As the BBC's David Dimbleby, 75, gets a scorpion inked on his shoulder, Samuel Muston looks at the growing trend for body art among the Saga generation
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You know a food trend is big when the venture capitalists move in. Where there's meat, there's brass: gourmet burger chain Byron was recently on the market for £100m, while the admirable Hawksmoor group sold to private equity investors for £35m. That's an awful lot of beef-dripping fries.
Roll up, roll up! See the tattooed man with no job and £71 a week to support his whole family
Tommy "The Duke" Morrison went for a walk on the Las Vegas strip one cold February morning in 1996 thinking of ways to spend the $38.5 million that was in his new contract. An hour later he was in a hotel suite surrounded by the people who loved him; everybody was in tears as he had just been told that he had tested positive for HIV in a routine pre-fight medical.
Ah, Maria Sharapova. Lots to talk about here: tennis, grunting, modelling contracts…
Police are hunting a rapist who has absconded from prison.
Lars Ohly, 56, quickly removed the picture after posting it on Instagram but couldn't stop the avalanche of comments in social media
We're British, and so when we do see some of that yellow thing in the sky, we want to make the most of it. If you're offended by flesh - perhaps it's your problem
Blimey o'eyebrows, it seems that everywhere I look there's a picture of model-of-the-moment Cara Delevingne.
But 23-year-old star says he's had enough of his most famous role
Welcome to the modern art museum, where hundreds of illustrators, graffiti taggers and fine artists offer up their services – with only one rule: you must take their work home on your skin.
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My Mate has a Audi Cabrio. The PAS pump was loosing fluid from a plug on the top of the pump next to the Banjo Bolt that feeds the Pressure accumulator (BOMB). The Brake Pressure warning light is flashing on on the dashboard.
The brake pedal feel has gone very hard.
I fitted a new O-Ring and a copper washer to seal the pump and refilled the system with G002000 Fluid (Pentosyn).
I bled the Rack by going from lock to lock till the Pentosyn tank was free of bubbles, but the pedal didn't improve the pedal move an inch at the most then pulses like ABS feedback. I Removed the ABS fuse the pedal still judders.
I tried empting the Pressure accumulator by repeatedly pressing the brake pedal without the engine running. but nothing changed the pedal is still hard.
I loosened the union on the bulkhead/firewall for the pipe from the Pressure accumulator to the servo it weeped fluid but not at the high pressure I was expecting. I then did the same at the servo supply and return unions it did flow out but not under high pressure.
The PAS works fine but the brake booster (servo) doesn't.
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Phil Borges' photographic exhibit, Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion, on display through November at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, presents a stunning glimpse at the Tibetan alternative to anger. Photographed in Tibet and in the Tibetan community in exile in Ladakh, India, the pictures present an otherworldly palate of human characteristics that, while unified through their Tibetan experience, are at the same time as diverse as downtown San Francisco.
Well, perhaps not. But looking at these surreal portraits, I saw Tibetans that look like Amish, Tibetans that look like Rastafarians, Tibetans that look like Arabs, Native Americans, Indians from India, and shriveled Italian grandpas. I saw my big Jewish nose on the face of one, and some even look Chinese.
It isn't surprising that Tibetans encompass such a range of physical characteristics, considering their geographic positioning at the headwaters of Asia. Most of the great rivers of Asia start in Tibet, including the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, the Mekong, the Yellow, and the Yangtze, as well as rivers that drain into the interior basins of Central Asia. These river corridors serve as natural travel routes between the Himalayan highlands and a diversity of lowlands, allowing for the assembly of Tibetan genetic stock from Turkish, Mongol, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Pakistani and Afghan blood, among others. Through this same geographic position, Tibet has inherited the role of gatekeeper of Buddhism, as the faith cycled around Asia, evolving into its various manifestations. Through Buddhism, the Tibetans succeeded in pacifying and demilitarizing the once fearsome Mongols, one of the greatest stories of pacification in history.
Borges' photos give credibility to the belief that cameras can capture a piece of the human soul. But the soul shards captured in these photos come from wells that seem inexhaustible beyond comprehension. Lifetimes of wisdom seep from the eyes of crippled children; a woman's stare is glassy and defiant, while one of her two husbands spins a prayer wheel in the background. If Chinese oppression could not dampen the radiance emanating from these people, then it's hard to imagine that a light-focusing box can steal anything that cannot be replaced.
One of the most striking photographs is of a man named Tseten, who shines in living color despite the black and white film that imprinted his radiance. Before the Chinese occupation, Tseten had a large herd of goats, and life was good. Now he lives in a refugee camp near Ladakh, where he has one goat and a tiny plot of land in which to grow vegetables. And life is good. "Because of my religion," he says, "I am happy living anywhere." According to his religion, true bliss is independent of external environment.
Those who embrace this concept into the marrow of their bones can remain happy in prison, in work camps, maybe even when they are being tortured with electric cattle prods or getting their teeth knocked out. There is no time for anger, because harboring anger would be a form of suffering far greater than torture, imprisonment, or forced labor. The Chinese, they believe, are acting out of anger, greed and ignorance, and as such they are already suffering greatly.
Moreover, through these malicious acts, the Chinese doom themselves to unfortunate future incarnations. For all of these reasons, the Chinese are in sore need of compassion from their Tibetan victims, rather than anger. Thus, it is not uncommon for Tibetans to look at the Chinese with sincere compassion. And by avoiding the path of anger themselves, they are helping to ease the twisted knot of angst that is choking the world, while securing for themselves fortunate reincarnations the next time around.
Judging by the depths of soul in the eyes of Tibetans, it seems likely that, Chinese occupation or not, to be reincarnated as a Tibetan is still a popular choice: a melting pot fountain of enlightened souls, bubbling at the headwaters of Asia. Looking at these pictures and reading the captions, it is bewildering that these people even exist. Even more bewildering is why the Chinese won't leave them alone. In the face of Tibet's struggle, my own problems seem petty and insignificant, and my responses to them immature and foolish. Even Sept. 11 cannot hold a candle to a fifty years of occupation, oppression, and the loss of 20 percent of Tibet's population. When I think of the American response to the terrorist bombings, red faces and bulging veins and myriad expressions of venomous outrage, I can only wonder what the result would be if our national response to the attacks was one of compassion toward those who have harmed us, rather than reentering the never-ending, self-perpetuating cycle of rage.


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You literally have to see it to believe it. This isn't new; it came out four months ago, but I just saw it today. It drives home like nothing I've ever seen the difference between a ghost mall in the US (which is usually simply closed down and then leveled or left to deteriorate until it's sold) and in China (where it can just keep on operating in what seems to be blissful disregard of reality).
Only one word keeps coming to mind as I watch it: sustainability. How long can places like this keep operating? How long can the charade continue? In most countries this wouldn't go on past a few weeks or months. In China it could be years and years. But one thing seems certain: it can't go on forever. Then again, this is China, and you just never know.
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Candidates in Boundary-Similkameen are making their last pitch to voters as the provincial election campaign enters its final week.
Voters who aren't voting in advance will cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 14. Most voters in Osoyoos, except those in institutions like Mariposa Gardens, will vote at the Sonora Community Centre from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Liberal candidate Linda Larson said she was planning to knock on doors in Grand Forks and Christina Lake Tuesday before spending the remainder of the campaign focusing on Osoyoos and Oliver.
Most people have been very polite at the doors, she said, although she doesn't press residents to say whether or not they are supporting her.
NDP candidate Sam Hancheroff said he was encountering apathy earlier in the campaign, but recently voters have been more engaged as they get down to choosing.
He expected to receive strong support in the Grand Forks area, but says he's also had a positive reception in the Okanagan Valley once people realize that he's a school trustee who is also a board member of the irrigation district.
The other candidates admit they've done less door knocking, although former Conservative Mischa Popoff, now running as an independent, says he's been going around to farms.
Green Party candidate John Kwasnica says he's done some door canvassing, although he's working in a full-time job during the campaign and was busy last week with candidates' forums and with a visit by family members.
Independent candidate Doug Pederson said he hasn't been knocking on many doors, but instead has been posting to the internet videos of himself speaking at candidates' forums.
He has also spent a lot of time talking politics and about local issues with patrons of Jojo's Café in Osoyoos.
While canvassing is a necessary part of any election campaign, Larson acknowledges that many people already have their minds made up.
"If I've turned some, I would think it's a small amount because I think people really have their politics pretty much in order in their heads," she said.
"If we've been able to say something that's made them change their minds, great, but there's not a lot of fence sitters."
There may be more on the fence this time than usual, she added, because of upheaval in government generally.
Kwasnica said he's encountered a lot of dissatisfaction at the door.
"Mostly people aren't very satisfied with the status quo right now, the way the government is and people are a little fed up with what's going on," the Green candidate said. "They do want a change, and they're not really sure if the Green party is the change they're looking for. I'm hopeful we'll get some votes from people who want the Liberals out and aren't really fans of the NDP."
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He said he's written a letter to the B.C. Utilities Commission asking them to review the rate structure, but he hasn't yet heard back.
As temperatures topped 30 C, Larson said it's been a little hot for door canvassing lately, although she keeps at it. People are almost invariably polite at the doors, she said, suggesting this may in part be because she's a woman.
Not everyone is polite though. She notes that one man abruptly shut the door on her.
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Dish talked with his assistant manager, Amy Sukaziriya, who gave us the scoop. "Tony is kinda like my uncle," she said. "He knows a lot of people in the Asian community, and that community is very supportive, so many of our customers are Asian. Many customers like Thai food and many like sushi, so why not offer both? We have really good-quality sushi. We have a very traditional sushi chef, and he's very picky about the fish he serves. Many families come in, and some order Thai and the younger people order sushi. Our Thai food is very traditional, and many people have told us it tastes just like it does in Thailand." As for the drinks, said Sukaziriya, "We're working on a sake bar where we'll have maybe as many as 30 different sakes as well as sake cocktails made with lychees and loganberries."
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Mayor Goodrum still has the first car he ever bought, or at least he did until he wrecked it into an overpass pillar on his way to Atlanta. He hadn't gotten far—not more than two hours from here—when he blew a tire and lost control of his 1958 Impala. That car was a thing of beauty—big, boxy, and green, with a glittery shine in the paint and a white leather interior. The mayor rarely drove that car; he had others through the years but always kept his baby safe and sound in the garage. He used to drive it to church every Sunday to keep the engine in good shape. He still had the original tires on when he wrecked her, which of course was the problem. Lord knows what he was thinking when he decided to drive that beautiful old boat all the way to Atlanta on rubber more than 40 years old.
The most amazing thing is that he walked away from the crash without so much as a bruise. He ran that big car right off the road and punched her into the pillar of an overpass. He had his cell phone in the car with him, and it still worked. First, he called 911, then dialed information and asked for Al's. When he couldn't get anyone at the garage, he called me at home. He's the mayor, after all, and I guess he's pretty much used to getting what he wants.
So that's how I found myself in my coveralls on the Sabbath, driving two hours each way to pick up a 1958 Impala and see what I could do. Turns out it was a beautiful day for a drive. The fall lasts a long time around here, and there was this sunshine warming all the leaves as they were falling; making them feel there had been some mistake; that they'd given up too early and turned their colors and dropped when there was still a day or two left of golden light. The fall always makes me hopeful in a sad kind of way. I rode down there in the tow truck listening to some Atlanta preacher trying to save my soul before it was too late. Seems to me most preaching is like the fall—hopeful in a sad kind of way.
When I got down there near the wreck, the traffic was backed up, even on a Sunday morning. I had to switch on my yellow flashers and run up the left shoulder to the crash. You wouldn't believe how many people in that line of cars flipped me the bird—on the Sabbath no less—thinking I was just using my lights to get ahead of them in line. You could barely see the car from the road, but all those folks were rubbernecking anyway, slowing everybody up because there just might be something awful to see.
It was lucky for me—and for the mayor—that the car landed on her wheels. All I had to do was winch her out of the ditch onto the flatbed of my truck. I could tell by the way she fishtailed out of the mud that something was seriously wrong with the front axle. I couldn't be sure, but my guess was she was pretty much a DOA.
You never know who you're going to meet when you get called to a wreck. People you've known in ordinary ways for years get turned into wide-eyed strangers by the popping sound of steel and glass. The mayor was pissed off and late to his speaking engagement in Atlanta. He didn't say a thing about the accident but was more than clear he wanted me to get that car on the truck and us back on the road ASAP. He always spoke like he was in a movie or something. Looking at him, it was easy to see he was a bit of a wreck himself: hands shaking, eyes sunk into his head. His loafers had mud in the tassels, but he'd straightened out his tie. Seemed like he'd drunk about 10 cups of coffee, too. The first thing he said after, "Morning, Al," was, "you got to get me to the airport."
"Where you flying off to, Mayor?"
"Not flying, Al, but I need a rental car ASAP. Got to get to that podium in Atlanta. I'll miss the salad course for sure, but I just might get a bite of the salmon if you step on it."
"So, Mayor, where's this airport then?"
"How the hell should I know, Al? You're the damn tow-truck operator. You're supposed to know where everything is!"
"You've got me a long way from home, you know."
"Shit, Al," was all he could say, and we sat there in the cab side by side for a moment or two. Quiet like. People usually need some time to realize what they've done, and so I give it to them once I've got their car hooked to the truck. Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they shout at me—as if I had anything to do with it. Sometimes they just stare out the window. Those are the good wrecks, of course, when the driver and other occupants of the car aren't strapped to a board in the back of an ambulance—or worse. I can tell a lot about a person from how they react when they've just crashed their car. What they worry about tells me a lot about what matters to them. Who do they call first when we get back to the garage? Who picks 'em up? Is it hugs and kisses and thank-God-you're-all-right or shouting and how'd-you-wreck-the-goddamn-car? Some worry about the money. Some are wracked by guilt. Some smile and laugh like they just got away with something. One guy even asked me to stop at an ABC store so he could buy some champagne to celebrate. "Always did hate that car," he said.
The mayor wasn't thinking about much other than his speech and how he could get to Atlanta. He deliberately did not look behind him at his wrecked Impala lying there just over his left shoulder. He's a man who is used to prioritizing his thoughts and not letting on what he's really thinking. I suppose you've got to be that way if you're a mayor—or a card player. He'd have time later to think about that car, but now he had to get to the podium at the Southern States Mayor's Association so he could deliver the keynote address, tell them all a thing or two. My diagnosis? The mayor was in serious denial.
He took out his cell phone and, just before the battery ran out, got directions to a Hertz rent-a-car joint at this small airport nearby. I wasn't sure they'd be open, and I had visions of driving the mayor all the way to Atlanta, which I knew he'd not be shy about asking of me. So we pulled into the airport-arrivals lane, yellow lights flashing as required by North Carolina state law whenever you've got a car in tow, his banged-up Impala up there, on display for all the world to see. The mayor didn't once look back as he jumped out of the truck, muddy loafers and all, and ran inside to the Hertz counter.
I saw the whole thing through the window. You should have seen the look on the face of the kid behind the desk. He looked right past the mayor at that crumpled Impala, my truck, and the flashing lights. His eyes bugged out just a little. He excused himself and walked all the way down to the end of the counter, where he spoke to someone on this red phone for about five minutes. Had to be his supervisor. Can I rent a car to a guy who just got out of a tow truck with his own wrecked car on it? The answer must have been yes because he was all smiles when he came back to where the mayor was standing—not so patiently, I might add. A few minutes later, key in hand, the mayor waved to me through the window, then hurried down the escalator toward the lot full of shiny new cars.
I waited till I saw him pull out of the lot in a big Cadillac convertible, and then I went off to find the highway, still shaking my head. Some folks manage to maintain a handle on their authority even when they've just about messed everything up.
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