paul smith , having bravely lost his two challenges to arthur abraham in germany , now finds himself in pole position for a third successive joust against a reigning world super-middleweight champion . only this time the elder of liverpool 's fine family of four fighting brothers will not be boxing for a title , even though it is against a far more formidable champion . andre ward , still ranked by many among the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the world despite 17 months out of the ring , sees smith as the ideal warm-up opponent , possibly before a rematch with carl froch . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fisherman in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . sailing peacefully across a river , the men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , which was first practiced in 960 ad . the men , pictured in southern china , release a cormorant bird , which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp , returning it to the fisherman 's reed raft . paul smith -lrb- right -rrb- throws a punch towards arthur abraham during their title fight in berlin in february . andre ward -lrb- left -rrb- poses with his many title belts after defeating edwin rodriguez in november 2013 . kell brook could have had his much-craved battle of britain ... if eddie hearn had not been so ` disrespectful ' , claims amir khan 's dad shah . read more here . virgil hunter , california-based trainer of both ward and amir khan , says : ` smith is who we want and i 'm told it 's a done deal . but it wo n't be for andre 's belt even though it will be over the 12-round championship distance . ' the wba have ordered their two super-middle world champions -- ward ` super , ' froch ` regular ' -- to meet in a unification fight . froch declared willingness if ward returns the compliment by travelling to the uk , having won their first meeting in the us . ward -lrb- left -rrb- lands a left jab on carl froch before going on to win their title bout in new jersey in 2011 . froch -lrb- left -rrb- stands alongside james degale before a television appearance in liverpool last july . ward said he would make the away trip but only as far as london , not to nottingham where froch has long desired to box on his hometown city ground . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- erykah badu 's naked stroll through downtown dallas , texas , for a music video has earned her a disorderly conduct citation . the singer shed her clothes as she walked through dealey plaza until she was nude and then fell near where president john f. kennedy was assassinated . hunter declares : ` andre would have gladly taken carl straight away . ' badu said the video was `` shot guerrilla style , '' without a crew and in one take march 17 . a dallas police spokeswoman said earlier in the week that they wanted to press charges against badu because children were present , but no one had called police or filed a complaint that day . police now have their witness . `` one witness did come forward yesterday , thus leading to the charges filed today , '' a statement from dallas police said friday . a citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to badu , who is a dallas resident , police said . `` after much discussion , it has been determined that this charge best fits her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard -lsb- sic -rsb- to other individuals and children who were in close proximity , '' the police statement said . if convicted , badu could be fined $ 500 , police said . `` it will be up to her as to how she wants to proceed further with this case , '' police said . `` she can contest it in a court of law or simply pay the fine . '' but now it appears the wba are granting the so-called son of god licence to shake off the ring rust where he almost always fights , in his native city across the bay from san francisco . froch , meanwhile , is turning his attention to his other remaining ambition before retirement -- a first appearance on the las vegas strip , against the namesake son of mexican legend julio cesar chavez . step into oakland 's oracle arena , paul smith . good luck to him , in every sense of the phrase . julis cesar chavez jr -lrb- centre -rrb- celebrates after winning the wbc world middleweight title in june 2011 . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fishermen in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . the stunning images were captured on the river li in guilin , china , by a russian photographer called viktoriia rogotneva . the 45-year-old , from st petersburg , was captivated upon visiting the fishermen in the town . ` every fishermen has a reed raft , a few trained cormorants and a small source of light - usually a kerosene lamp , ' he said . badu and her representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment . she did post a series of short messages on the social networking site twitter last weekend , soon after the `` window seat '' video was released on her web site . ` in the morning the fishermen go to the river and let the cormorants go . the birds are very hungry and dive into the water to catch big carp . ' sailing peacefully across the river , the men men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , first practiced in 960 ad . a man releases a cormorant bird , which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp , returning it to the fisherman 's reed raft . the fishermen quite literally just take the carp right out of the bird 's mouth after the hungry animals return with their haul . she tweeted that `` there were children there . i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized . '' these breathtaking early morning images were captured by 45-year-old viktoriaa rogotneva from st petersburg , russia . ` the cormorants then return to the surface of the water , and the fishermen take the fish right out the bird 's beak , ' rogotneva added . the elderly fishermen of guiliin spend between two and three hours on the lake each every morning , and while cormorant fishing only produces about 4kg of carp per day , the men are determined to keep this special practice alive . to control the birds , the fishermen tie a ring near the base of the bird 's throat , which prevents them from swallowing any large fish , but allows them to eat smaller fish with no discomfort . the images were all shot on the river li in guilin , china , which is in the southern part of the country . heading out in the dawn 's light , each man is equipped only with a reed raft , a few trained cormorants and a small kerosene light source . the elderly fishermen spend anywhere between two to three hours per day on the lake , despite the low yields from cormorant fishing . on average , the men will only produce about 4kg of carp per day , but are still determined to keep this beautiful practice alive = . this fishermen bring up the birds from when they are tiny chicks , so the cormorant is more of a pet than a hunter . this way of fishing is ` absolutely ecologically safe , ' says rogotneva , who insists that the fishermen catch only as much as they need . rogotneva said : ` these fishermen bring up their birds from when they are very small chicks , so you can almost call the cormorant a pet , like you would a dog . ` it is an absolutely ecologically safe way of fishing . every fisherman just catches as much as he needs for his family and they are never greedy . ' i really enjoy looking for these unusual moments , they make for beautiful photos . '
citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to erykah badu . the singer shed her clothes as she walked through dealey plaza in dallas , texas . badu was filming a music video in the march 17 incident . if convicted , badu could be fined $ 500 , police said .
paul smith , having bravely lost his two challenges to arthur abraham in germany , now finds himself in pole position for a third successive joust against a reigning world super-middleweight champion . only this time the elder of liverpool 's fine family of four fighting brothers will not be boxing for a title , even though it is against a far more formidable champion . andre ward , still ranked by many among the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the world despite 17 months out of the ring , sees smith as the ideal warm-up opponent , possibly before a rematch with carl froch . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fisherman in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . sailing peacefully across a river , the men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , which was first practiced in 960 ad . the men , pictured in southern china , release a cormorant bird , which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp , returning it to the fisherman 's reed raft . paul smith -lrb- right -rrb- throws a punch towards arthur abraham during their title fight in berlin in february . andre ward -lrb- left -rrb- poses with his many title belts after defeating edwin rodriguez in november 2013 . kell brook could have had his much-craved battle of britain ... if eddie hearn had not been so ` disrespectful ' , video was `` shot guerrilla style , '' without a crew and in one take march 17 . a dallas police spokeswoman said earlier in the week that they wanted to press charges against badu because children were present , but no one had called police or filed a complaint that day . police now have their witness . `` one witness did come forward yesterday , thus leading to the charges filed today , '' a statement from dallas police said friday . a citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to badu , who is a dallas resident , police said . `` after much discussion , it has been determined that this charge best fits her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard -lsb- sic -rsb- to other individuals and children who were in close proximity , '' the police statement said . if convicted , badu could be fined $ 500 , police said . `` it will be up to her as to how she wants to proceed further with this case , '' police said . `` she can contest it in a court of law or simply pay the fine . '' but now it appears the wba are granting the so-called son of god licence to shake off the ring rust where he almost always fights , in his native city across the bay from san francisco . froch , meanwhile , is turning his attention to his other remaining ambition before retirement -- a first appearance on the las vegas strip , against the namesake son of mexican legend julio cesar chavez . step into oakland 's oracle arena , paul smith . good luck to him , in every sense of the phrase . julis cesar chavez jr -lrb- centre -rrb- celebrates after winning the wbc world middleweight title in june 2011 . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fishermen in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . the stunning images were captured on the river li in guilin , china , by a russian photographer called viktoriia rogotneva . the 45-year-old , from st petersburg , was captivated upon visiting the fishermen in the town . ` every fishermen has a reed raft , a few trained cormorants and a small source of light - usually a kerosene lamp , ' he said . badu and her representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment . she did post a series of short messages on the social networking site twitter last weekend , soon after the `` window seat '' video was released on her web site . ` in the morning the fishermen go to the river and let the cormorants go . the birds are very hungry and dive into the water to catch big carp . ' sailing peacefully across the river , the men men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , first practiced in 960 ad . a man releases a cormorant bird , which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp , returning it to the fisherman 's reed raft . the fishermen quite literally just take the carp right out of the bird 's mouth after the hungry animals return with their haul . she tweeted that `` there were children there . i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized . '' these breathtaking early morning images were captured by 45-year-old viktoriaa rogotneva from st petersburg , russia . ` the cormorants then return to the surface of the water , and the fishermen take the fish right out the bird 's beak , ' rogotneva added . the elderly fishermen of guiliin spend between two and three hours on the lake each every morning , and while cormorant fishing only produces about 4kg of carp per day , the men are determined to keep this special practice alive . to control the birds , the fishermen tie a ring near the base of the bird 's throat , which prevents them from swallowing any large fish , but allows them to eat smaller fish with no discomfort . the images were all shot on the river li in guilin , china , which is in the southern part of the country . heading out in the dawn 's light , each man is equipped only with a reed raft , a few trained cormorants and a small kerosene light source . the elderly fishermen
paul smith , having bravely lost his two challenges to arthur abraham in germany , now finds himself in pole position for a third successive joust against a reigning world super-middleweight champion . only this time the elder of liverpool 's fine family of four fighting brothers will not be boxing for a title , even though it is against a far more formidable champion . andre ward , still ranked by many among the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the world despite 17 months out of the ring , sees smith as the ideal warm-up opponent , possibly before a rematch with carl froch . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fisherman in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . sailing peacefully across a river , the men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , which was first practiced in 960 ad . the men , pictured in southern china , release a cormorant bird , which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp , returning it to the fisherman 's reed raft . paul smith -lrb- right -rrb- throws a punch towards arthur abraham during their title fight in berlin in february . andre ward -lrb- left -rrb- poses with his many title belts after defeating edwin rodriguez in november 2013 . kell brook could have had his much-craved battle of britain ... if eddie hearn had not been so ` disrespectful ' , their title bout in new jersey in 2011 . froch -lrb- left -rrb- stands alongside james degale before a television appearance in liverpool last july . ward said he would make the away trip but only as far as london , not to nottingham where froch has long desired to box on his hometown city ground . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- erykah badu 's naked stroll through downtown dallas , texas , for a music video has earned her a disorderly conduct citation . the singer shed her clothes as she walked through dealey plaza until she was nude and then fell near where president john f. kennedy was assassinated . hunter declares : ` andre would have gladly taken carl straight away . ' badu said the video was `` shot guerrilla style , '' without a crew and in one take march 17 . a dallas police spokeswoman said earlier in the week that they wanted to press charges against badu because children were present , but no one had called police or filed a complaint that day . police now have their witness . `` one witness did come forward yesterday , thus leading to the charges filed today , '' a statement from dallas police said friday . a citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to badu , who is a dallas resident , police said . `` after much discussion , it has been determined that this charge best fits her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard -lsb- sic -rsb- to other individuals and children who were in close proximity , '' the police statement said . if convicted , badu could be fined $ 500 , police said . `` it will be up to her as to how she wants to proceed further with this case , '' police said . `` she can contest it in a court of law or simply pay the fine . '' but now it appears the wba are granting the so-called son of god licence to shake off the ring rust where he almost always fights , in his native city across the bay from san francisco . froch , meanwhile , is turning his attention to his other remaining ambition before retirement -- a first appearance on the las vegas strip , against the namesake son of mexican legend julio cesar chavez . step into oakland 's oracle arena , paul smith . good luck to him , in every sense of the phrase . julis cesar chavez jr -lrb- centre -rrb- celebrates after winning the wbc world middleweight title in june 2011 . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fishermen in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . the stunning images were captured on the river li in guilin , china , by a russian photographer called viktoriia rogotneva . the 45-year-old , from st petersburg , was captivated upon visiting the fishermen in the town . ` every fishermen has a reed raft , a few trained cormorants and a small source of light - usually a kerosene lamp , ' he said . badu and her representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment . she did post a series of short messages on the social networking site twitter last weekend , soon after the `` window seat '' video was released on her web site . ` in the morning the fishermen go to the river and let the cormorants go . the birds are very hungry and dive into the water to catch big carp . ' sailing peacefully across the river , the men men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , first like you would a dog . ` it is an absolutely ecologically safe way of fishing . every fisherman just catches as much as he needs for his family and they are never greedy . ' i really enjoy looking for these unusual moments , they make for beautiful photos . '
paul smith, having bravely lost his two challenges arthur abraham now finds pole position third successive joust only this the elder liverpool 's fine family of four fighting brothers not boxing a title, even against a far more formidable champion andre ward, still ranked by among five pound despite 17 months out sees smith as the ideal warm-up opponent, possibly before a rematch carl froch with just a bird, a gas lamp a net, each morning fisherman in china keep a special, thousand year old tradition alive sailing peacefully across a river, the men fish without the aid a rod with this unusual method, which was first 960 ad. the men, pictured southern china release a cormorant bird, then dives retrieves a carp returning the fisherman 's reed raft paul smith -lrb- right throws towards arthur abraham during their title fight berlin. andre ward -lrb- left poses his many title belts after edwin rodriguez november. kell brook could have had his much-craved battle of britain... if eddie hearn had so ` disrespectful, claims amir khan 's dad shah. read here. virgil hunter, california-based trainer both ward amir khan says : ` smith who we i ' told it. but wo n't for andre 's belt even will over the 12-round championship distance. ' the wba have ordered their two super-middle world champions -- ward ` super, froch regular meet a unification fight. froch declared willingness if ward returns the compliment by travelling the uk, having won their first meeting the us. ward -lrb- left lands a left jab carl froch before going win their title bout new jersey in 2011. froch -lrb- left stands alongside james degale before a television appearance liverpool last july. ward said make the away trip but only as london, not nottingham where froch has long desired box on his hometown city ground -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- erykah badu 's naked stroll downtown dallas, for a music video has earned the singer shed as dealey plaza until nude then fell near where president john kennedy was assassinated. hunter declares : ` andre would gladly carl straight. ' badu said the video `` shot guerrilla style, '' without a crew and in one take march 17. a dallas police spokeswoman earlier they wanted press badu because children present, called filed that police now their witness. `` one witness did come yesterday, thus leading filed today '' dallas police friday a citation misdemeanor disorderly has mailed badu, who a dallas resident, police `` after much discussion, this charge best her conduct when disrobed without disregard -lsb- sic to other individuals children who, '' the police statement if convicted, badu could 500 police `` it will up her as further, '' police. `` she can contest in or simply pay. '' but now appears the wba are granting the so-called son god licence shake the ring rust where almost always fights, in his native city across san francisco. froch, meanwhile turning his other remaining ambition before retirement -- a first appearance the las vegas strip, against the namesake son mexican legend julio cesar chavez step into oakland 's oracle arena, paul smith. good luck him, in every sense julis cesar chavez jr -lrb- centre celebrates after the wbc world middleweight june 2011. with just a bird, a gas lamp a net, each morning fishermen in china keep a special, thousand year old tradition alive the stunning images were the river li in guilin, china by called viktoriia rogotneva the 45, from st petersburg was captivated upon visiting the fishermen. ` every fishermen a reed raft, a few trained cormorants a small source light - ' he badu and her representatives did immediately. she did post short messages last weekend, soon the `` window seat '' video ` in the morning the fishermen go let. the birds very hungry dive big carp. ' sailing peacefully across, the men men fish without the aid a rod with this unusual method first practiced 960 ad. a man releases a cormorant bird, dives retrieves a carp returning the fisherman 's reed raft the fishermen quite just take the carp right the bird 's mouth after the hungry animals return with their haul. she tweeted `` there children. i prayed theynt b traumatized. '' these breathtaking early morning images 45-year-old viktoriaa rogotneva st petersburg, russia ` the cormorants then return, the fishermen take right the bird 's beak ' rogotneva added. the elderly fishermen guiliin spend between on every, while cormorant fishing only produces about 4kg carp the men determined keep this special practice to control the birds, the fishermen tie a ring near prevents swallowing but allows with no discomfort the images all shot the river li in guilin, china which. heading out the dawn 's light, each man is equipped only a reed raft few trained kerosene light source the elderly fishermen spend, despite the low yields cormorant fishing on average, the men will only produce about 4kg carp are determined keep this beautiful practice =. this fishermen bring up the birds from when tiny chicks, so more a hunter this way fishing ` absolutely ecologically safe, ' says rogotneva insists the fishermen catch as. rogotneva said : ` these fishermen bring up their birds from when very small chicks, almost call a pet, like you ` it an absolutely ecologically safe way fishing. every fisherman just catches as needs for they never greedy. ' i really enjoy looking for these unusual moments, they make for beautiful photos '
paul smith , having bravely lost his two challenges to arthur abraham in germany , now finds himself in pole position for a third successive joust against a reigning world super-middleweight champion . only this time the elder of liverpool 's fine family of four fighting brothers will not be boxing for a title , even though it is against a far more formidable champion . andre ward , still ranked by many among the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the world despite 17 months out of the ring , sees smith as the ideal warm-up opponent , possibly before a rematch with carl froch . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fisherman in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . sailing peacefully across a river , the men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , which was first practiced in 960 ad . the men , pictured in southern china , release a cormorant bird , which then dives into the water and retrieves a carp , returning it to the fisherman 's reed raft . paul smith -lrb- right -rrb- throws a punch towards arthur abraham during their title fight in berlin in february . andre ward -lrb- left -rrb- poses with his many title belts after defeating edwin rodriguez in november 2013 . kell brook could have had his much-craved battle of britain ... if eddie hearn had not been so ` disrespectful ' , video was `` shot guerrilla style , '' without a crew and in one take march 17 . a dallas police spokeswoman said earlier in the week that they wanted to press charges against badu because children were present , but no one had called police or filed a complaint that day . police now have their witness . `` one witness did come forward yesterday , thus leading to the charges filed today , '' a statement from dallas police said friday . a citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to badu , who is a dallas resident , police said . `` after much discussion , it has been determined that this charge best fits her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard -lsb- sic -rsb- to other individuals and children who were in close proximity , '' the police statement said . if convicted , badu could be fined $ 500 , police said . `` it will be up to her as to how she wants to proceed further with this case , '' police said . `` she can contest it in a court of law or simply pay the fine . '' but now it appears the wba are granting the so-called son of god licence to shake off the ring rust where he almost always fights , in his native city across the bay from san francisco . froch , meanwhile , is turning his attention to his other remaining ambition before retirement -- a first appearance on the las vegas strip , against the namesake son of mexican legend julio cesar chavez . step into oakland 's oracle arena , paul smith . good luck to him , in every sense of the phrase . julis cesar chavez jr -lrb- centre -rrb- celebrates after winning the wbc world middleweight title in june 2011 . with just a bird , a gas lamp and a net , each morning , fishermen in china keep a special , thousand year old tradition alive . the stunning images were captured on the river li in guilin , china , by a russian photographer called viktoriia rogotneva . the 45-year-old , from st petersburg , was captivated upon visiting the fishermen in the town . ` every fishermen has a reed raft , a few trained cormorants and a small source of light - usually a kerosene lamp , ' he said . badu and her representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment . she did post a series of short messages on the social networking site twitter last weekend , soon after the `` window seat '' video was released on her web site . ` in the morning the fishermen go to the river and let the cormorants go . the birds are very hungry and dive into the water to catch big carp . ' sailing peacefully across the river , the men men fish without the aid of a rod with this unusual method , first
 The text is about Paul Smith, a boxer who has bravely lost two challenges to Arthur Abraham in Germany and now finds himself in pole position for a third successive journey against a reigning world super-middleweight champion.