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NBA Capsules: Mavericks G Beaubois undergoes second foot surgery

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks guard Roddy Beaubois (boo-BWAH') has undergone surgery for the second time since fracturing his left foot while training with the French national team last summer.

Beaubois had the procedure Monday. The team didn't offer a time frame for what it said would be a full recovery.

The injury cost Beaubois most of his second season, when he was expected to be a key component for the Mavericks. Dallas won the NBA title without him playing in the postseason.

Beaubois re-injured the foot while trying to get ready for the season, then aggravated it again in the final game of the regular season. He averaged 8.4 points and 2.3 assists in 28 games.

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Revenue sharing still a dispute in NBA labor talks

NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner David Stern agrees with his players: NBA teams need to do a better job sharing revenues. They disagree over when that should happen, and what input the players should have in the system.

Players contend that a revenue sharing plan belongs in the new collective bargaining agreement. Owners say the plan is coming, but only after the CBA is settled.

"We're of the opinion that any shortfalls that they're suffering, that they can be rectified through revenue sharing," players' association executive director Billy Hunter said last week. "And while we've had some discussions about revenue sharing, they have not disclosed to us an iota of what their proposed revenue sharing plan might look like, what the contribution would be coming from the owners of the respective teams, et cetera."

Owners will be briefed on both collective bargaining and revenue sharing Tuesday during a Board of Governors meeting in Dallas, with the CBA set to expire at the end of Thursday. Owners and players then plan to meet Wednesday and/or Thursday, perhaps giving them one final chance to avoid a lockout.

The union would surely like details of the board's revenue sharing discussion, but isn't likely to get much.

"Whether or not that would precipitate a move by us beforehand or whatever has yet to be seen," Hunter said. "But, yeah, we would definitely like to know and see it. We'd like to not only see it, but to incorporate it as far as the collective bargaining. It should be incorporated in the CBA."

Not so, says Stern.

"We can't make the final push on revenue sharing until we know what the yield or not of the labor deal is," he said.

The sex industry in Tokyo – TOKYO ezine

Prostitution in Japan has existed throughout the country’s history.

While the Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956 states that “No person may either do prostitution or become the customer of it”, various loopholes, liberal interpretations of the law and loose enforcement have allowed the sex industry to prosper and earn an estimated 2.5 trillion yen a year.

The sex industry in Japan uses a variety of names.

Soaplands are bath houses where customers are soaped up and serviced by staff.  Soapland refers to the typical service which the women provide of washing and covering guys on an air mattress with suds, before going all the way. Customers usually have to pay an entrance fee at the front desk and a service fee, which is given straight to the girl.

Fashion health shops and pink salons are notionally massage or esthetic treatment parlors and image clubs are themed versions of the same (see Cosplay).

Call girls operate via delivery health services.

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