Patroness of the Little Way College Seminary
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Barako Bull bests Alaska in Commissioner’s Cup’s first overtime game
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Barako Bull arrested a two-game skid with a huge 93-91 overtime victory over the Alaska Aces, Tuesday night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Holding a nine-point lead at 83-74 with only five minutes left in regulation, Barako Bull buckled and allows the Aces to storm back in the game. Alaske went on an 11-2 run as they tied the score at 85-all with two free throws from import Damion James.
The prolific Alaska import had a golden chance to win the game but he settled for a jump shot at the then of the fourth quarter to force an overtime period.
In the extension, neither team could put baskets together. With 2.5 seconds left, Solomon Alabi scored on a putback off his own miss to give Barako a two-point lead. However, Alaska got lucky as RR Garcia was whistled for a technical foul with Barako Bull’s second delay of game warning.
James uncharacteristically missed the technical free throw and Dondon Hontiveros’ game-winning three-point attempt clanked off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
Alabi led Barako Bull once more with 23 points, 19 rebounds, and four blocks but the Energy’s hulking import got a lot of help from the locals specially down the stretch.
Dave Marcelo scored 18 points, including a crucial basket for Barako Bull in the overtime period, while adding eight rebounds. Sol Mercado added 15 points with three rebounds and four assists while JC Intal and Carlo Lastimosa added 12 each.
James led Alaska with an amazing stat line. The import had 39 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, three steals, and three blocks in more than 45 minutes on the court. However, he did not get enough support from the locals as only Vic Manuel scored in double digits. RJ Jazul and Ping Exciminiano were their third leading scorers with eight apiece.
Now at 4-2, Barako Bull tied Rain or Shine for the third and fourth spots. Alaska on the other hand falls to 2-4 for a three-way tie with NLEX and KIA for the 8th to 10th spots.
The Main Man: Alabi was steady throughout the game for Barako Bull. With no Sonny Thoss, no one could contend with his size so it was easy for him to clean up after his own miss in the overtime period.
Honorable Mention: Marcelo played his best game of the conference so far as he posted 18 points and eight rebounds while doing a good job in defending the shaded area alongside Alabi.
Game Turning Point: Barako Bull banked on a big shot by their import but they needed a bit of luck as James missed a free throw and Hontiveros clanked a three-point attempt.
Stat of the Game: Barako Bull dominated the rebounding battle with 59 compared to only 47 for the Aces.
Next Games:
Barako Bull versus Rain or Shine on Feb. 27 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum
Alaska versus KIA on March 3 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum
The scores:
BARAKO 93 – Alabi 23, Marcelo 18, Mercado 15, Lastimosa 12, Intal 12, Pascual 6, Garcia 4, Lanete 3, Chua 0, Hubalde 0.
ALASKA 91 – James 39, Manuel 13, Exciminiano 8, Jazul 8, Baguio 6, Menk 6, Hontiveros 3, Dela Rosa 2, Espinas 2, Dela Cruz 2, Casio 2, Banchero 0, Abueva 0.
Quarter scores: 22-21, 45-43, 66-65, 85-85, 93-91.
Mayweather is ‘biggest challenge of my life’ – Pacquiao’s trainer
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Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who turned 55 on Thursday, has seen it all during a legendary career as a cornerman to the world’s greatest fighters.
But he told AFP Thursday that training Manny Pacquiao to face the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather in boxing’s most lucrative fight yet will be “the biggest challenge of my life”.
Roach has trained a string of world champions such as Bernard Hopkins, Julio Cesar Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya. He has been in Pacquiao’s corner for 15 years, been voted US trainer of the year seven times, and endures a constant battle against Parkinson’s disease.
Yet he still insisted in an exclusive interview that beating Mayweather would top all that.
“It’s the biggest challenge of my career, by far,” the American said in Macau, where he is preparing China’s Zou Shiming to challenge Thailand’s Amnat Ruenroeng for the IBF flyweight championship at Cotai Arena on Saturday.
“Floyd’s undefeated. He’s talented, He’s unique. Here’s a guy I first saw when he was five years old in the gym. And he was a good fighter then,” Roach said.
The unbeaten welterweight Mayweather (47-0, 26KOs) faces eight-division champion Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38KOs) in Las Vegas on May 2 in the richest fight of all time.
“He’s trained himself his whole life. He’s a natural fighter and he makes the moves himself, I mean Floyd is a self-made fighter. He was born into this sport. He just grew with it.
“I’m happy this fight is here. Yes, it’s the biggest challenge of my life but I think it’s going to be the greatest moment of my life also.”
Roach spoke to AFP straight after getting off the phone to Los Angeles, when he had received a special greeting.
“I just talked to Manny,” said Roach. “He wanted to call me. He sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and he had the whole gym singing to me!”
Roach said Pacquiao could beat Mayweather but cautioned it would take a near-perfect performance and supreme concentration from ‘Pacman’.
– ‘No room for error’ –
“The strategy to win the fight is very complicated and very precise,” said Roach. “Manny has to make the right moves at the right time to win the fight and this time there is no room for error.
“Mayweather is very good at moving and when he gets you to follow him he will walk you into shots, score points and win rounds.
“But he does make mistakes here and there. Not a lot, but a couple and that’s something a southpaw like Manny can take advantage of.”
Roach clearly admires the ringcraft of Mayweather, but said the man known as ‘Money’ left a lot to be desired as a person.
“I think Manny will do the world a public service to beat this guy because he’s not a good role model,” said Roach.
“Manny’s a really good role model — he’s someone I would want my kids to look up to.”
– Stay or go? –
Pacquiao, who has carved out a parallel career in politics, arrived in training camp at Roach’s Wildcard gym in Los Angeles last Saturday, just as Roach was about to leave for China with Zou.
Roach revealed his first thoughts were to stay behind to help ‘Pacman’ prepare for Mayweather, but the Filipino superstar was having none of it.
“He came to camp early because the Philippines is crazy,” said Roach of the media and fan circus that follows the adored Pacquiao around.
“So I said to him: ‘I’ll see you on Monday’.
“And Manny said: ‘No, I’ll see you when you get home from Shiming’s fight. Go help Shiming win the world title. Because with you there he has a much better chance of winning. I can train myself for five days. I’m OK’.
“I think I should be with Manny who’s got the biggest fight of his life coming up but so has Zou. Not too many guys would do that but Manny’s such a nice person.”
Roach directed a blast at Mayweather’s father, Floyd Snr, who will be in the opposite corner come May 2.
Roach believes Mayweather would be better off with his uncle, Roger Mayweather, as his trainer.
“He was a really good fighter at five and I saw him grow up with his uncle Roger. I’m kind of happy that Roger is not the trainer any more because the father isn’t as good,” said Roach.
“The father gets so excited he can’t even talk in between rounds sometimes. Roger’s been there 90 percent of the time but he chose to have his father in the corner so I’m happy about that because I don’t think his dad’s that good.”
Inspirational – What Have We Become 90% People Cry After Watching This
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What Have We Become 90% People Cry After Watching This
Finding Happiness
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Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.
Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes.
Everyone was frantically searching for their name, pushing, colliding with each other, and there was utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes, no one could find their own balloon.
Now each one was asked to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker began: This is exactly happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is. Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, you will get your own happiness.
And this is the purpose of human life.
China’s third-ranked leader says to pay more attention to HK youth
05 Mar 2015 1 Comment
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s third-ranked leader wants greater attention paid to young people in Hong Kong, after they staged pro-democracy protests last year that shut down parts of the city for 2-1/2 months.
Zhang Dejiang, who heads China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, said last year’s “illegal acts” highlight an urgent need to focus on young people and possibly revive the idea of a patriotic curriculum, Hong Kong media said on Thursday.
The comments echo remarks last month by the head of China’s Hong Kong liaison office, who said Beijing aimed to tighten control of the global financial hub and warned that the central government could take a renewed interest in patriotic education, an issue that sparked mass protests in Hong Kong in 2012.
Zhang also urged Hong Kong and China to seek “specific solutions” to recent protests against traders and visitors from the mainland, and warned against those with “ulterior motives”, according to reports of a closed-door session of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing on Wednesday.
He urged political appointees from Hong Kong to “carry forward the honourable tradition of loving China, Hong Kong and Macau” and “contribute to safeguarding the country’s sovereignty, security and development, and maintaining its stability,” the official Xinhua news agency said.
The central government would give its full support to the chief executives of Hong Kong and Macau as they seek to “advance democracy and promote social harmony”, Premier Li Keqiang said at the opening of parliament in Beijing on Thursday.
The duration and intensity of last year’s democracy protests surprised government officials in Hong Kong and China.
The protesters, led by students, shut key thoroughfares to press their demand for open nominations in the next election of the chief executive in 2017, saying Beijing’s decision to limit a vote to pre-screened candidates was not good enough.
A former British colony that returned to Chinese Communist Party rule in 1997, Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” framework gives it separate laws and an independent judiciary but reserves key decisions for Beijing.
Anger at Beijing’s unwillingness to negotiate over the election of the next chief executive has upset residents, prompting a new wave of more radical protests against traders and mainland visitors, whom Hong Kong residents have long accused of flooding shopping malls and emptying store shelves.
Since the beginning of the year activists have staged weekend protests at malls, urging mainlanders to return home and advocating a greater Hong Kong nationalism and even independence.
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