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UPDATED LISTING OF HOTLINES (Feel Free to use the comments to add more) : Typhoon Ondoy Emergency Hotlines and Relief Operations

Rescue Operations

1. National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) (+632-9125668, +632-9111406, +632-9115061, +632-9122665) Help hotlines: (+65 734-2118, 734-2120)
2. Red Cross (143, +632-5270000)
3. MMDA (136)
4. Coast Guard (+632-5276136)
5. AIR FORCE (+63908-1126976, +632-8535023)
6. Senator Dick Gordon (+639178997898, +63938-444BOYS, +632-9342118, +632-4338528)
7. Senator Manny Villar (+639174226800. +639172414864, +639276751981)
8. Bureau of Fire Protection Region III (Central Luzon) Hotline: (+63245-9634376)
9. Go to GMA Facebook page & post complete addresses and names of people in need of immediate help.

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Thursday, Oct 1, 2009
Araneta Colisuem
3:00 UAAP Awards
3:30pm Men’s Finals Gm 2

Thursday, Oct 1, 2009
Araneta Colisuem
UAAP Awards
3:30pm Men’s Finals Gm 2

Tuesday, Sept 29, 2009
San Juan Arena
4pm Junior’s Finals Gm 2

Tuesday, Sept 29, 2009
San Juan Arena
2pm Women’s Finals Gm 2

Saturday, Sept 26, 2009
San Juan Arena
2pm FEU vs AdU Women’s Finals Gm 1

Ok let's start off with what you need to know.

First off, Rebound Magazine September / October Issue #2 should be available at National Bookstore now. This lays to rest questions re where and where to buy it when I wrote about it the first time it came out.

Second, it's the last issue of the year, with a 3rd issue, I am assured, in the works for next. As such, congratulations are in order to the publisher, editors and writers behind it because obviously we wouldn't even be talking about a 3rd issue if the 1st one wasn't a hit.

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UAAP Season 72: ADMU vs. UE (Seniors)
Araneta Coliseum

UAAP Season 72: ADMU vs. DLSZ (Juniors)

According to a letter issued by a CHED OIC Director, former ADMU player Jobe Nkemakolam, previously the subject of yet another UAAP Men's Basketball controversy, was eligible for College and therefore cleared to play during the time he was on their roster.

To recall, a certain Atty. Levito Baligod filed a complaint with the UAAP Board, claiming that Nkemakolam was not qualified to enter College and therefore ineligible. He presented evidence ie. a CHED statement issued Sept. 3, 2009 stating that Nkemakolam “has not met the academic requirements to graduate from high school, hence, he is not qualified for admission to college.” The document was signed by a Lilian B. Enriquez, Officer-in-Charge, Director III. Reports via inboundpass and uaapsports.com.

Also contested by Baligod was Nkemakolam's graduating from Reedley International School, providing evidence stating the school has no record of his attendance for Grade 12, the equivalent of 4th Year High School.

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UAAP Season 72; UE vs. FEU
Araneta Coliseum

So as everyone knows MJ shot his mouth off about how Bryon Russell 'threw wood into his fire'. Well guess what. In recent news, the Utah Jazz NBA D-League owner is offering a $100,000 donation to the charity of the winner's choice to see MJ play Russell play one on one.

Even earlier than that, Russell already said how willing he'd be to take him on, saying “I’ll play his a— right now, This is a call-out for him to come play me. He can come out here in his private jet and come play. He’s got millions of dollars. He can pay for the jet. He can meet me at the Recreation Center in Calabasas.” to Yahoo Sports.

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Accusation, accusal (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt).

These days, Mark Barroca is in the hotseat. FEU has recently said more or less, that the reason he isn't playing is either because 'the team expressed dissatisfaction with his play' and / or he 'gave in to temptation'. On the other hand, Barroca himself issued a statement detailing how sorry he is about what happened (whatever it is), and how he is moving on (again, from whatever it is).

The problem is, there cannot be any moving on, there cannot be any apologies or acceptance of apologies without primarily explaining what it is he's accused of having done.

Otherwise, there are two scenarios:

One: Either Barroca has been a victim of mismanagement - because you can't just kick a player out due to 'bad play' or

Two: He's getting away with murder - because if he sold a game, he has more than FEU or the UAAP to answer to.

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Pacman Shoes Give New Meaning To Shadow Boxing

Above title is my pathetic attempt to make this post slightly more entertaining than the pics I'm about to show you. No? Didn't work? So ok here are the pics of Pacquiao's fancy glow in the dark shoes then:

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By now everyone on the planet that's ever idolized him has heard his Hall Of Fame speech, and by doing so hopefully taken away something good out of it. Frankly, I didn't.

Which is not to say it detracts from his talent, ability and accomplishments. His greatness may have lessened, but certainly not what he's done with his career.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Araneta Coliseum
UAAP Season 72; Men’s Final Four 5:30pm UST vs ADMU

Saturday, September 19, 2009
Araneta Coliseum
UAAP Season 72; Men’s Final Four 3:30pm UE vs FEU

Junior’s Final Four 2:15pm - San Juan Arena
UAAP Season 72; ADMU vs UST Juniors
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Junior’s Final Four 12:30pm - San Juan Arena
UAAP Season 72; FEU vs DLSU Juniors
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Women’s Final Four 10:45am - San Juan Arena
UAAP Season 72; UST vs FEU Women's
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Women’s Final Four 9am - San Juan Arena
UAAP Season 72; AdU vs DLSU Women's
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Haha

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NBA Generations 109 - Wilkins 28, Hubbard 18, Ellis
11, Horry 10, Thomas 9, Robinson 8, Dial 8, Hardaway 7, Divac 6, Smith
4.

PBA All-Stars 86 - Caidic 15, Miller 14, Hontiveros
10, Patrimonio 9, Magsanoc 8, Villanueva 8, Paras 7, Santos 5, Yeo 5,
Taulava 3, Pingris 2, Duremdes 0, Arboleda 0, Thoss 0, Reyes 0.

Quarterscores: 25-26, 46-41, 79-60, 109-86

In preparation for the oncoming Hall of Fame weekend in the US (Sep 10-12), I've naturally been privy to all the hype, particularly when I go YouTube-ing (which I tend to do when I'm working bored). It's hard not to be. You can always tell what the NBA's trying to cook up if you notice an inordinate number of NBA sponsored YouTube videos re a particular player or event. For example, if it's All-Star weekend, nearly every basketball video on YouTube's front page is showing All-Star games, interviews leading to All-Star games, etc. (assuming of course, that you have a YouTube account), and so on.

At any rate, the one thing I know that's hard to find on YouTube are John Stockton related material, but since a few weeks ago, that's been radically changed. Highlights and more highlight reels abound, but today I think I've found the best.

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I'm a big Gmail / Google Reader / Gcalendar / G everything freak, so I was semi excited to find out Google's Calendar had 'Sports' categories now. Well guess what I found:

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First, a local video:

And now the lineups. For the NBA, we've got:

• Robert Horry
• Vlade Divac
• Tim Hardaway
• Dominique Wilkins
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• 5 to 6 up and coming talents from the NBA Developmental League or D-League.

From the PBA, we've got:

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Do you know what's rare in the NBA? Or in most pro, or even top amateur sports for that matter? No, not a 7 footer with great handles. No, not even a white guy Caucasian with hops. What's truly rare is a self-effacing, humble yet smart and intelligent athlete, but with skills. And when I say that, I mean someone who can play and act like a pro, knows, respects and understands the game yet doesn't feel the need to slap it in everyone's face like he's the biggest thing around (because he's already a big thing).

How rare is it? It's about as rare as a hiphop artist not going on about how big a house he has or how many honeys hang around him. It's about as rare as a reader of this blog who understands what 'self-effacing' means. You know, really rare.

Which is why I bring you a pic of disguised Steve Nash playing street hoops in China.

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I gotta admit I'm grasping at straws here. The UAAP Finals are still a few weeks away, and even then my team's almost nearly out the door (and deservedly so, since, well, let's admit it, they suck this year). At any rate, here's a look around what's going on, not necessarily in all of basketball, but mostly what's gotten me interested:

Rubio to stay in Spain - If you need more proof how drafts aren't all that relevant, then here it is. What was mostly considered the second coming of Pistol Pete has decided to wait out till he's 21 to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who owns his rights from when the NBA draft was held last June.

My opinion? Good for him. At 19 he has a world of opportunity available to him to improve even more in Europe, which is even better than a kid in the US trying to improve via competing in the College ranks. Sure the 'Wolves are gonna miss out on a crowd drawer, and they worked their ass off trying to get this deal, but you can't fault a kid for wanting to get better first and staying home. Heck, you can't even fault the kid for changing his mind because he's exactly that - a kid, and as such prone to such things.

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