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Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe, Matt LeBlanc as Joey, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel, David Schwimmer as Ross and Matthew Perry as Chandler and Courteney Cox as Monica in Friends.
Jen reignites controversial Friends debate
18th Oct 2019 12:49 PM
JENNIFER Aniston reignited an age-old debate among Friends fans in the comments of her first-ever Instagram post.
The 50-year-old actress caused a stir when she joined the social media app this week, sharing an image of her reuniting with the entire cast of the hit '90s sitcom.
And now we're Instagram FRIENDS too. HI INSTAGRAM 👋🏻
A post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston) on Oct 15, 2019 at 6:03am PDT
Fans far and wide - including former US Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe - were quick to take note of the post.
She asked Aniston a question about her character, Rachel Green, and her post-finale relationship with David Schwimmer's character, Ross Geller.
"ARE YOU AND ROSS STILL TOGETHER!!???" Bristowe, 34, asked in her comment.
"Well we're on a break," Aniston replied.
One of the many, many times a frustrated Ross tells Rachel they were 'on a break'. Picture: Supplied
Bristowe shared the exchange in a separate post on her own account with the caption: "The one where I sh*t my pants."
As savvy Friends fans will note, the term "break" plays a significant role in the series. In season 3, episode 15, Ross became too jealous of Rachel's co-worker, Mark. Fed up, she suggested they take a "break".
A distraught Ross quickly found himself in bed with the girl from the local copy store and when Rachel found out, they were finished.
Although they would reconcile by the series finale, the question of whether or not Ross cheated or if they were indeed on a break was a running gag throughout the show.
Schwimmer was among Aniston's co-stars who welcomed her to Instagram.
On Wednesday, he shared a picture that features what appears to be Lego versions of his and Aniston's characters at the famous, fictional Central Perk coffee shop where a lot of the series took place.
Hi Jen! x
A post shared by David Schwimmer (@_schwim_) on Oct 15, 2019 at 2:47pm PDT
"Hi Jen! x," he captioned the snap.
Schwimmer's on-screen sister, Courteney Cox, welcomed her Friends co-star and real-life close pal with a bit of nostalgia as well, quoting her line from the first episode in a post dedicated to Aniston.
Hi Jen! Welcome to the social media world...it sucks. You're gonna love it! ♥♥♥
A post shared by Courteney Cox (@courteneycoxofficial) on Oct 15, 2019 at 3:56pm PDT
It comes as Aniston's longtime stylists, Nina and Clare Hallworth, offered a rare peek into the actress' impressive wardrobe.
In a photo posted on their Instagram, Aniston is seen standing in front of three giant rows of clothing and accessories.
🥊 📸 @nina.clare @jenniferaniston #knockout
A post shared by @ nina.clare on Oct 15, 2019 at 8:19pm PDT
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We covet their wardrobes, style and glamorous lives — and now we can add skin to the list.
These celebrities have the kind of flawless, glowing skin that we all know and love — here's how they get it.
These leading ladies have one thing in common: They all have fantastic, luminous, clear skin. But it doesn't just happen overnight. While genes do play a part, in most cases, healthy skin is the product of a great skincare routine and sensible habits. We found out the "skin secrets" that get these celebrities looking so damn good.
With a successful career, a hunk of a husband and a toned bod, Blake Lively really does have it all. While her life may be crazy, one thing is constant: Lively always flaunts flawless, glowing skin. Luckily, she's happy to share her skincare secrets with the rest of us. The actress credits her picture-perfect skin to a few hard-working products, a bit of common sense and the tips she's picked up from working with some of the world's best beauty therapists. To hydrate and even out her skin tone, Lively swears by Juno Transformative Lipid Serum. She religiously uses Per-fekt's Beauty Skin Perfection Gel, which is packed with antioxidants that help give skin that healthy glow. Lively's radiant look is also thanks to a sober lifestyle, regular oxygen facials and La Mer moisturisers.
This supermodel, TV host and mum of four has a hectic lifestyle, but her skin shows no signs of that. In fact, her skin is as radiant and incredible as it was when she first started on the catwalks. Well, according to Klum, maintaining that youthful glow is easier than you think — and she firmly believes that the less complicated your skin regime is, the better. A few years ago, Klum launched her own skincare line, In An Instant. She swears that its products have balanced, detoxified and hydrated her skin, but they have also helped against premature ageing. Sure, she might be a little biased, but she's obviously doing something right! Klum religiously uses a cleanser, serum, moisturiser and sunscreen daily, as well as a scrub a couple of times a week. Along with sticking to a no-fuss yet effective routine, Klum also credits her flawless skin to sleep and getting her blood pumping through exercise.
This screen siren is enviable for many, many reasons, and her flawless complexion is one of them. The great news is, she has a refreshingly simple approach to skincare that any of us ordinary people can copy. First and foremost, Johansson never goes to bed with makeup on. Her other secret to flawless skin is to clean makeup brushes and sponges once a week. These are the golden rules of skincare, ladies, and Johansson knows what she's talking about. The blond bombshell has sensitive skin that is prone to breakouts, so her skincare regime works around those two "problems". Believe it or not, she just uses Cetaphil face wash (which you can buy at chemists and supermarkets) and a Clarins moisturiser. She also uses the Jurlique Purifying Mask once a week to clear out pores. If she breaks out before an event, Johannson will turn to the experts for a light-based acne treatment or a chemical peel. Last but not least, Johansson drinks two litres of water a day to maintain a clear complexion.
This stunning star has just been named as an SK-II ambassador and one glance at her luminous skin is all it takes to see why. Bosworth has that rare glowing-from-within look — but it's the result of a rigorous skincare routine and a lot of tender loving care. She uses a range of products that are perfectly tailored to her skin type. The beauty icon doesn't go a day without using the SK-II Cleanser to get rid of dirt and makeup, and the Facial Treatment Essence to hydrate the skin from deep down in the pores. To brighten and lighten, she uses the Cellumination Deep Surge Moisturiser, and when her skin needs some extra help (such as when she is travelling), she swears by the Skin Signature. This rich cream is super moisturising and is great for when your skin's looking a little dull. When she's home in LA, the petite star also sees a facialist for extractions. Bosworth believes that the lifestyle changes she made in her late 20s, such as switching to a healthy diet, exercising regularly and drinking tons of coconut water, is what has made her skin so vibrant.


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Writer Pearl Buck once called New York City "a place apart," and this giant urban center remains unlike any other in the world.
Museum-lovers will get to explore The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Shop till you drop at Fifth Avenue and Chelsea Market. When in New York City, make a side trip to see DM Weil Gallery in New Paltz, approximately 1h 45 min away. The adventure continues: wander the streets of Times Square, learn more about the world around you at American Museum of Natural History, shop like a local with SoHo, and look for gifts at FAO Schwarz.
Plan my New York City trip by asking Inpirock to come up with tips and suggestions.
The Route module can give you travel options from your home to New York City. June in New York City sees daily highs of 80°F and lows of 65°F at night. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 5th (Fri) so you can go by car to Eastham.
Things to do in New York City
Museums Shopping Parks
DM Weil Gallery
10:00am, Mon Jun 1
2:30pm, Thu Jun 4
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11:00am, Thu Jun 4
Eastham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. On the 6th (Sat), get engrossed in the history at Salt Pond Visitor Center and then kick back and relax at Cape Cod National Seashore. Keep things going the next day: examine the collection at Heritage Museums & Gardens, kick back and relax at Nauset Beach, and then deepen your understanding at Chatham Marconi Maritime Center.
To find ratings, maps, traveler tips, and other tourist information, read Eastham tour planner.
You can drive from New York City to Eastham in 5.5 hours. Other options are to fly; or take a bus. Expect little chillier temperatures when traveling from New York City in June; daily highs in Eastham reach 72°F and lows reach 57°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 7th (Sun) to allow time to drive to Boston.
Things to do in Eastham
Beaches Outdoors Parks
Cape Cod National Seashore, Heritage Museums & Gardens, Nauset Beach, Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
4:30pm, Sun Jun 7
Heritage Museums & Gardens
10:30am, Sun Jun 7
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Rich in museums, restaurants, shops, and historical sites, Boston attracts over 16 million visitors each year. New England's largest and most influential city, Boston ranks among the world's major centers of education and culture.
Kick off your visit on the 8th (Mon): explore the world behind art at Museum of Fine Arts, then stop by Brookline Booksmith, then take a stroll through Charles Street, and finally shop like a local with Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Get ready for a full day of sightseeing on the 9th (Tue): take a stroll around TD Garden, then wander the streets of Newbury Street, and then get a taste of the local shopping with Copley Square.
To find maps, where to stay, and other tourist information, read Boston travel itinerary planner.
Traveling by car from Eastham to Boston takes 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus; or do a combination of bus and ferry. In June, daytime highs in Boston are 76°F, while nighttime lows are 60°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 9th (Tue) to allow time to travel to Camden.
Things to do in Boston
Shopping Neighborhoods Nightlife
Brookline Booksmith
1:30pm, Mon Jun 8
Newbury Street
2:30pm, Tue Jun 9
Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. Start off your visit on the 10th (Wed): see the interesting displays at Owls Head Transportation Museum, then look for gifts at Maine State Prison Store, and then take your sightseeing to a higher altitude at Mount Battie. Get ready for a full day of sightseeing on the 11th (Thu): do a tasting at Sweetgrass Winery and Distillery, savor the flavors at Beth's Farm Market, then view the masterpieces at Ducktrap Bay Trading Co, and finally do a tasting at Cellardoor Winery.
To find other places to visit, reviews, traveler tips, and other tourist information, read our Camden online trip maker .
You can fly from Boston to Camden in 3 hours. Other options are to do a combination of flight and taxi; or drive. Plan for slightly colder temperatures traveling from Boston in June, with highs in Camden at 68°F and lows at 51°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 11th (Thu) to allow time to travel to Washington DC.
Things to do in Camden
Shopping Museums Nature
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Sweetgrass Winery and Distillery, Maine State Prison Store, Beth's Farm Market, Cellardoor Winery
Maine State Prison Store
12:00pm, Wed Jun 10
Owls Head Transportation Museum
10:00am, Wed Jun 10
Cellardoor Winery
3:00pm, Thu Jun 11
The capital of the United States, the District of Columbia contains the lion's share of the country's most treasured monuments, memorials, and public museums.
Let the collections at National Air and Space Museum and The National Archives Museum capture your imagination. Change things up with these side-trips from Washington DC: Sagamore Spirit Distillery (in Baltimore) and National Museum of the Marine Corps (in Triangle). There's lots more to do: explore the world behind art at National Gallery of Art, pause for some photo ops at Vietnam Veterans Memorial, get engrossed in the history at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and hunt for treasures at Eastern Market.
To see reviews, traveler tips, ratings, and other tourist information, you can read our Washington DC route builder .
Fly from Camden to Washington DC in 5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of taxi and flight; or drive. Plan for somewhat warmer temperatures traveling from Camden in June, with highs in Washington DC at 86°F and lows at 69°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 14th (Sun) to allow time to travel to Orlando.
Things to do in Washington DC
Museums Breweries & Distilleries Shopping
Sagamore Spirit Distillery, National Museum of the Marine Corps
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Theme Park Capital of the World
For most people, any mention of Orlando immediately conjures up images of sprawling theme parks filled with characters plucked right out of popular animated movies.
Start off your visit on the 15th (Mon): enjoy the sand and surf at Discovery Cove. On the 16th (Tue), you'll have a packed day of sightseeing: admire the masterpieces at Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, buy something for everyone on your list at The Mall at Millenia, then discover the magic at Happily Ever After Fireworks, and finally indulge your taste buds at Winter Garden Farmers Market.
For maps, where to stay, other places to visit, and other tourist information, use the Orlando trip itinerary maker .
Fly from Washington DC to Orlando in 4.5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of train and flight; or drive. In June in Orlando, expect temperatures between 91°F during the day and 73°F at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 16th (Tue) so you can travel to Miami Beach.
Things to do in Orlando
Theme Parks Beaches Outdoors
Winter Garden Farmers Market, Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
Happily Ever After Fireworks
3:30pm, Tue Jun 16
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
10:00am, Tue Jun 16
10:00am, Mon Jun 15
The World's Playground
Separated by water from the neighboring city of Miami, Miami Beach sits on a barrier island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
On the 17th (Wed), explore and take pictures at Lincoln Road, shop like a local with Aventura Mall, and then look for gifts at Perfect Gifts South Beach. On the 18th (Thu), you'll have a packed day of sightseeing: shop like a local with Village of Merrick Park, then browse the different shops at Bayside Marketplace, then kick back and relax at South Beach, and finally wander the streets of Collins Avenue.
To find reviews, other places to visit, and tourist information, you can read our Miami Beach day trip website .
Getting from Orlando to Miami Beach by flight takes about 3.5 hours. Other options: drive; or do a combination of flight and bus. In June, plan for daily highs up to 89°F, and evening lows to 77°F. Finish your sightseeing early on the 18th (Thu) to allow enough time to travel to Key West.
Things to do in Miami Beach
Shopping Neighborhoods Parks
Aventura Mall, Bayside Marketplace, Village of Merrick Park
Aventura Mall
Conch Republic
Located just 140 km (90 mi) from Cuba, Key West is an island only about 6.4 km (4 mi) long and 1.6 km (1 mi) wide.
On the 19th (Fri), view the masterpieces at KEPart Studio-Gallery, take in the exciting artwork at Art On Duval Key West, then view the masterpieces at Alan S. Maltz Gallery, then see the interesting displays at The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, and finally take in the exciting artwork at Collections Key West. Get ready for a full day of sightseeing on the 20th (Sat): explore the world behind art at The Studios of Key West, then view the masterpieces at 7 Artists & Friends, then browse the eclectic array of goods at Sunset Celebration, and finally look for gifts at Rock House Masterpieces.
To find more things to do, ratings, photos, and other tourist information, use the Key West online trip itinerary maker .
Fly from Miami Beach to Key West in 3 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. Expect a daytime high around 88°F in June, and nighttime lows around 79°F. Finish your sightseeing early on the 20th (Sat) so you can travel back home.
Things to do in Key West
Shopping Museums Nightlife
Alan S. Maltz Gallery
12:00pm, Fri Jun 19
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
7 Artists & Friends
12:00pm, Sat Jun 20
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Major PR firms promise to play by Wikipedia's rules
Advertising giants like Ogilvy and Edelman have issued a joint statement to the skeptical Wikipedia community.
Tim Sampson— 2014-06-10 01:15 pm | Last updated 2015-12-11 12:27 pm
William Beutler is a public relations professional and a Wikipedian—a combination that would likely infuriate most other users of the free encyclopedia.
For years, editors of Wikipedia, the world's largest and most popular online encyclopedia, have been pulling their hair out and going to war over how to handle the issue of public relations editing on the site. Though some are in favor of a transparent form of paid advocacy editing, ideological purists insist that any sort of quid pro quo content changes must be completely banned.
But Beutler and a group of his fellow marketing professionals want to change the relationship their industry has with Wikipedia. They began that long journey Tuesday by making a pledge to the Wikipedia community promising to better understand and respect the community's rules.
The firms behind this promise are trying to undo the damage done by other PR companies who've chosen to blatantly disobey Wikipedia's rules rather than engaging with its editors. These nefarious actors used underhanded tactics like sockpuppetry—in which multiple dummy accounts are used to mask the edits of a single paid editor—to get around the community's ethical guidelines. This has only worsened the relationship between marketing firms and Wikipedia.
Beutler thinks these companies have given his entire industry a bad reputation.
"As someone who considers himself a Wikipedian but who also does public relations, it annoys me that whenever you hear about public relations and Wikipedia in the news it's because someone got caught with their hand in the cookie jar," Beutler said.
In February, Beutler convened a meeting of representatives from some of the nation's largest advertising and marketing firms, along with active Wikipedia editors and scholars for a discussion about how marketers might better engage with the notoriously prickly community.
In what Beutler hopes is the first step in improving relations between PR professionals and Wikipedians, he has released a consensus statement from this so-called Donovan House meeting, promising that those marketing firms represented will strive to "better understand the fundamental principles guiding Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects." Furthermore, the agencies promised to "act in accordance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, particularly those related to "conflict of interest."
The participating agencies included Ogilvy & Mather, Fleishman Hillard, Ketchum, Edelman, Peppercomm, Burson-Marsteller, Porter Novelli, Voce Communications, Allison+Partners and MDC Partners.
Beutler, who runs the firm Beutler Ink, think's there is a significant gap to close between his industry and Wikipedia, and that the burden is upon him and his peers to embrace the site's culture and rules.
"It's amazing to me that 13 years in [to Wikipedia's existence] most people don't know how the sausage gets made," Beutler said.
The most important rule on Wikipedia dictates that all articles should be written from a Neutral Point of View. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales coined the "bright line" rule to describe what is or is not neutral editing. Wales said that "if you are a paid advocate, you should disclose your conflict of interest and never edit article space directly."
Though Beutler admits he used to edit articles directly on the behalf of clients prior to 2012. He and other PR professionals like Tony Ahn, have since sought a way to effectively promote their clients interests on Wikipedia that stays on the right side of the bright line—at least technically.
Beutler now discloses all his client relationships and doesn't make direct article edits himself. Instead, using Wikipedia talk pages behind the scenes, he will try and communicate with impartial volunteer editors to make changes on his behalf. This way, it's still a neutral party dictating what content should or shouldn't be on the site.
This could be an effective solution for other marketing firms, who have a strong interest in utilizing Wikipedia to enhance their client's reputation. After all, as one of the most visited sites in the world, Wikipedia pages often top the search engine results for any given person or company.
"Ogilvy has long had a policy that we do not edit Wikipedia for our clients and we strongly discourage our clients from editing as well," Ogilvy's managing director Marshall Manson told the Daily Dot. "We often get requests, however, and it's clearly an important platform for our clients."
One of the staunchest critics of paid advocacy editing is Wales himself. In response to Ahn's attempt at transparent Wikipedia marketing last year, Wales called his actions "revolting."
That being said, Wikimedia, the non-profit organization that backs the Wikipedia project, has bumped up against the bright line more than a few times itself. Wikimedia GLAM projects, in which libraries, museums and other such institutions become actively involved in editing and improving certain areas of Wikipedia—often employ paid editors. In one such controversy from earlier this year, one of Wikimedia's largest donors was accused of using part of her organization's $3.6 million donation to fund a paid editor position at Harvard University's Belfer Center—an academic institution run by her husband.
Beutler offers up the existence of GLAM projects, as evidence that paid editing is impossible to avoid, even for the most devote Wikipedians. So rather than banning it outright, he believes that conversations should begin that will help integrate professional marketing with the site.
Since releasing the Donovan House statement Tuesday morning, there hasn't been much direct response from rank and file Wikipedians yet. Regardless of what kind of reception these overtures are met with, Beutler and his colleagues expect they have a long road ahead of them.
"We want a conversation. It's as simple as that. And we appreciate that it will take a long time—and some real action on the part of the PR industry—to demonstrate our sincerity," Manson said.
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"My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
That's not my world. My world was a cracked sidewalk." —Al McGuire
Part 1 - MU is 5th best bet for a run based on who they've beaten
Note for Cracked Sidewalks readers: These two posts of emails I sent to several hundred people at other college basketball programs as well as sports reporters around the country. Therefore these are not rah-rah arguing points for Marquette, since our fans are not the primary audience on this. However, I think it is helpful every time we worry about our lack of depth and size to realize the old adage, "the other side has problems too." When you really look at which teams have the talent Coach McGuire said you needed to win, and which teams have shown the ability to beat the tough teams they would have to beat for an NCAA run, Marquette looks like one of the teams most likely to make a deep run in the tourney. With that:
2 criteria you should consider when filling out your Top 25 and NCAA bracket
Whether you are ranking the weekly Top 25, or just getting ready to fill out your NCAA bracket for an office pool in a couple of weeks, there are two factors that deserve strong consideration.
First, is the team able to beat ranked teams? By that criteria, UConn is clearly No. 1 in the country with an 8-1 mark that gives them at least twice as many wins against ranked teams as all but one other team (Marquette is 5-2). However, Wake Forest (4-0) and UNC (4-1) are the only two teams to beat three teams ranked IN THE TOP 10, and Oklahoma (4-0) and Missouri (3-0) are also undefeated against ranked opponents. Those are some pretty good bets to be at top of your rankings and going deep in your bracket.
Second, does the team have enough talent to be ranked at the top and make a run? Legendary commentator Al McGuire said you need 3 ½ stars to win a championship, and according to the mock NBA draft from a couple of weeks ago, only 11 teams have three players expected to go in the 2-round NBA draft either this year or next. At the top of the list are UConn (6 projected draft picks, though Jerome Dyson may be out for the year to give them 5), and UNC (5). Since those two teams are at the top of both lists, they aren't a bad bet to make the title game. But this list may also give you a sleeper or two. UCLA is 0-3 against ranked teams, but they are the only other team with 4 projected NBA picks on the court.
The following two lists are how the teams would be ranked using these two different criteria. It might make a good cheat sheet when filling out that bracket or ballot:
Part 1 – Rankings According to Ability to Beat Ranked Teams
The following are the 48 teams that are currently receiving votes and/or in the top 40 of the RPI, ranked by how they have done against ranked teams. The first record is their record against teams ranked in the ESPN Top 25 when they played them (no bias against the AP, which would have only minor differences), and the second record only counts those games against Top 10 teams. The order was determined by giving teams a point for every win, taking away a half point for every loss, and adding 1/3 of a point for each game against a Top 10 team, win or lose. Judging just by their ability to beat ranked teams, the Four top teams and No. 1 seeds today would be UConn, Wake, UNC and Oklahoma:
1, Connecticut (8-1, 2-1)
2, Wake Forest (4-0, 3-0)
3, North Carolina (4-1, 3-1)
4, Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0)
5, Marquette (5-2, 0-0)
6, Louisville (3-1, 1-1)
7, Michigan State (3-1, 1-1)
8, Missouri (3-0, 0-0)
9, Duke (3-3, 1-3)
10, Ohio State (4-4, 1-1)
11, Pittsburgh (3-2, 2-0)
12, Arizona State (2-0, 2-0)
13, Washington (3-1, 0-0)
14, Gonzaga (3-2, 0-1)
15, Dayton (2-0, 0-0)
16, Clemson (2-2, 1-2)
17, Arizona (2-2, 2-1)
18, Syracuse (4-5, 0-1)
19, Minnesota (3-3, 1-0)
20, Villanova (3-4, 1-1)
21, Georgetown (3-6, 2-3)
22, California (2-1, 0-0)
23, Texas (2-3, 1-2)
24, Purdue (2-2, 0-1)
25, Florida State (2-4, 1-3)
26, UNLV (1-0, 0-0)
27, Xavier (1-1, 0-1)
28, Penn State (2-3, 1-0)
29, Temple (1-2, 1-1)
30, Butler (1-1, 0-0)
31, South Carolina (1-1, 0-0)
32, Utah (1-1, 0-0)
33, Utah State (1-1, 0-0)
34, Florida (0-0, 0-0)
35, West Virginia (2-7, 0-4)
36, Illinois (1-3, 0-0)
37, Memphis (1-3, 0-0)
38, LSU (0-1, 0-0)
39, San Diego State (0-1, 0-0)
40, Wisconsin (2-6, 0-1)
41, Brigham Young (0-2, 0-1)
42, Sienna (0-2, 0-1)
43, Saint Mary's (0-2, 0-0)
44, UAB (0-2, 0-0)
45, Davidson (0-3, 0-1)
46, Kansas (0-3, 0-1)
47, UCLA (0-3, 0-1)
48, Oklahoma State (0-5, 0-3)
Written by JohnPudner at 7:48 PM
Unwobbling Pivot said...
I believe you missed a program. This program has three games against the Top 25, which also are all against Top 10 teams (at the time of each contest). This program has a 1-2 record in those three games. If I understand your scoring system correctly, this program should be at #27, instead of the only Top 10 team they beat very recently (first one 1992). This program should have 1.000 pt. score vs. the erroneous #27, which should have 0.833 pts.
(This program: Duquesne)
Monday, February 16, 2009 11:51:00 AM
JohnPudner said...
Yes, you are right in the calculation. I did write that I had limited this list to teams that were either in the Top 40 in RPI and/or getting votes for the Top 25. So in essense, that's how I got the 48 teams, and the reordering was done based on the equation which you did correctly understand. The problem is that if I took every team, well first it took a long time to do these 48 and doing 343 would have taken forever, but also a lot of teams are 0-0 so there would have been a ton of teams tied with Florida.
Thanks. I read it too fast and missed that. Yeah, Duquesne is probably headed for the NIT. If they finish great, who knows. But if they collapse, maybe nothing. I'm probably talking about them a year or two too early. Watch out for them over the next couple of seasons. The job Everhart has done over there is pretty amazing. Taking a 3-24 team that then has five players shot before he even coaches one game, then beating BC (away) that same year with a bunch of walk-ons. Now two years later, despite some defections: from near oblivion to relevance. One of the finest coaching performances of this decade.
(FYI: I didn't go there, but I know someone who does, so I have been keeping an eye on them.)
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by James S. Allan on January 1, 2001
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I now believe that God means literally what He says and writes, and that there is no reason to look for symbolism.
Dr. Allan is a former senior lecturer in genetics at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. He holds a B.S. in agriculture from the University of Natal, an M.S. in agriculture from the University of Stellenbosch and a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He currently serves as an international consultant in the field of dairy cattle breeding.
As a biologist in the field of population and quantitative genetics, I had believed in the theory of evolution for nearly 40 years. During that period of my life, the long-time requirements of the theory did not really concern me. Chance (genetic drift) and natural selection in response to gene mutation and/or environmental change seemed to be logically acceptable mechanisms for the assumed extent of adaptive radiation.
My research involved using biometrical methods of analysis. I was concerned to predict rates of genetic change as a result of applying artificial selection procedures of varying intensities, based on different kinds and amounts of information. The accuracy of prediction of the rate of genetic change can be assessed theoretically and the results can, in many cases and in the short-term, be checked empirically. The change in genetic merit (and associated phenotypic merit) from one generation to the next is due to changes in the relative frequencies of the underlying genes.
Over all those years, because I accepted the "fact" of evolution, I saw no reason to differentiate in principle between changes in relative gene frequency as a consequence of either short-term or long-term natural selection. To me, these forms of selection resulted in just the one simple principle of change in relative gene frequency, and the essence of the theory of evolution is change in relative gene frequency as a result of genetic drift and of natural selection in response to gene mutation and/or environmental change.
When, at a fairly advanced stage of my career, I became a Christian I began to read the Bible reverently and as intelligently as I was able. At that time most of my reading was focused in the New Testament and, as my main concern was to know more of Christ as my Savior, my opinion concerning the theory of evolution remained unchallenged. I did not, in fact, give it much thought.
One day, after I had been expounding on the universality of DNA as evidence for the theory of evolution, my wife, who had been a Christian much longer than I, asked me whether there was any reason for God to have used other genetic systems. Just one simple question, but it stimulated me to ask myself many more.
Was there any reason for God to have created life-forms on the basis of ABC … PQR … and XYZ as well as DNA? Were that so, would it have influenced my belief in the theory of evolution, or would I have interpreted it as a number of independent origins of life?
Was there any reason why God should not have created all forms of life as "variations on themes" and so have provided the observed orderly degrees of genetic and phenotypic resemblance as evidenced in taxonomic classification? Relatives tend to resemble one another in physical, functional and behavioral characteristics. This is a phenomenon which is basic to the science of genetics. The resemblance is due to the fact that relatives, sharing in the common gene pool of a reproducing population, have genes in common. The closer the relationship, the greater is the proportion of genes in common and, therefore, the greater is the degree of resemblance. The theory of evolution assumes a common origin for all forms of life and, therefore, infers that species, genera, families, orders, etc. are genetically related. They all do carry some genes with similar structure and function, yes, but did this imply genetic relationship in the normal, within-species sense, and was one at liberty to assume a common origin for all forms of life? Was there any reason why God should have created different species, genera, etc. in completely different ways and with completely different genes?
I then felt a need to ask questions of a more scientific nature about the validity of evolutionary assumptions. I present here two aspects arising out of such questions concerning the claimed evolution of man.
Cytochrome-c is a protein and is a gene product. It functions as a key enzyme in oxidation reactions and seems to occur in practically every living organism. There are 20 different amino acids. Cytochrome-c consists of a chain of 112 amino acids, 19 of which occur in exactly the same sequential order positions in all organisms tested. Differences in the identity and positions of the remaining 93 amino acids are considered to be the result of mutational substitution during the course of evolution. The amino-acid constitution of human cytochrome-c differs from that of many but not all other species. There are no differences in the cytochrome-c taken from humans and from chimpanzees, and only one difference between human cytochrome-c (the amino acid isoleucine in position 66) and that from the Rhesus monkey (threonine in that position). The numbers of differences in the cytochrome-c of various species compared with that of humans are: cow, pig and sheep (10), horse (12), hen and turkey (13), rattlesnake (14), dogfish (23), fly (25), wheat (35), yeast (44), etc.1 Information of this nature is used to construct phylogenetic trees of assumed genetic relationship. This is presented as evidence for evolution on a molecular level and, among other things, it is concluded that man and the chimpanzee have a relatively recent common ancestor. Assuming for the sake of argument that this is correct, does the constitution of cytochrome-c provide valid evidence for evolution?
The fact that cytochrome-c has a fixed number of 112 amino acids is an indication of the importance of the three-dimensional structure of the molecule, i.e., there is a structural constraint on the total number of amino acids. On the other hand, only 19 of the 112 are identical in all organisms tested. Since the identity and positions of the remaining 93 amino acids differ among organisms except, for example, in the case of man and chimpanzee, it is reasonable to conclude that there are no functional constraints on the substitution of these remaining amino acids.
Apart from the single gene controlling the constitution of cytochrome-c, humans and chimpanzees differ in many thousands of other genes. As a conservative estimate, let us say 5,000. What the theory of evolution is saying is that while humans and chimpanzees have evolved independently from a common ancestor so as to now differ in these 5,000 genes, there has been no change in the 93 amino acids specified by the cytochrome-c gene, and this in spite of there being no functional constraint on change in any of the latter. I find this to be an unacceptable claim.
According to Weaver and Hedrick,2 however, the lack of differentiation in the constitution of cytochrome-c between humans and chimpanzees is due to the very slow (0.3 x 10-9) estimated rate of amino acid substitution in cytochrome-c. How is this rate determined? It is estimated on the basis of the assumed time since the species diverged, i.e., the claim is assumed proven on the assumption that it is true. Must I accept this kind of reasoning? Is there any reason why God should not have created them in virtually the same form as we see them now?
The theory relating to the evolution of humans from their assumed ancestor in common with the chimpanzee requires millions of years of mutation, genetic drift and natural selection prior to the appearance of "modern man." However, when I consider mutation rates, the "cost" of the substitution of each new mutant gene in a population in terms of the number of "genetic deaths," the assumed number of mutant gene differences between evolutionary stages, and the population size necessary to accommodate such a large number of successive mutations, I find that there is a remarkable lack of evidence for the "evolution of man." My reasons are as follows.
Haldane3 considered this kind of information and came to the conclusion that the number of genetic deaths needed to secure the substitution of one gene for another by natural selection is in the region of 30 times the number of individuals in a generation.4 Using this figure, the cost of substituting 5,000 successive, independent mutant genes in a population of constant size can be calculated. On the basis of an average mutation rate of 10-6, the size of the population must be at least in the order of one million. This implies some 150,000,000,000 forerunners of "modern man," forerunners who are often represented as belonging to small groups of cave-dwelling hunters called australopithecines who roamed the African savannah. Why is there such a shortage of evidence in the form of fossils, tools, or whatever, for the existence of such vast numbers of australopithecine-like prehumans?
It could, of course, be argued that such vast numbers of individuals were spread over millions of years, but I find difficulty with this when I look not only at the lack of evidence, but at the reality of total population numbers.
According to the 23rd General Population Conference in Beijing in 1997, the total human population of the earth in that year was assessed to be in the region of 6,000 million, showing that there has been a remarkable increase over the past 200 years. Estimates of the population numbers back to the year 1500 and a prediction for the year 2080 are given in the following table.
No. (millions)
300 550 1,000 1,700 2,500 6,000 10,000
Extrapolation further into the past gives the following approximate numbers:
-2000 -1000 0 1000
I find these figures to be in close agreement with what one would expect from the biblical specification after the Flood in 2344 B.C. The assumed existence of thousands of millions of "prehumans" is both physically and scriptural unrealistic.
Creation in six days
I must admit that the six days of the creation presented some difficulty for me. The apparent logic of conclusions from observations and measurements in various fields of science had previously led me to doubt the little I had known of the Word of God, to the extent that I had agreed with attempts to replace it with an alternative concept of time. But God does not say eons or years or months or weeks—He says days, and we generally understand days to be 24-hour periods.
I then realized that had God wanted to say a billion years rather than six days, He could have said it, very simply, in the way He spoke to Abraham: " I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted " ( Gen. 13:16 ). In the same way He could have said, "I took as many years as there are particles of dust on the earth to create the heavens, the earth, the seas, and all that is in them" and it would have sounded very impressive but He said six days. Would He have said this if it were of no concern?
I now believe that God means literally what He says and writes, and that there is no reason to look for symbolism. The word day is used so often and with such a clear implication of being a normal 24-hour period that to interpret it otherwise requires, to my mind, an unbelievable stretch of the imagination. (See also Jer. 33:20 .)
It is also clear to me that if one wishes to believe in the theory of evolution, a great deal of Scripture, including Jesus' own spoken word ( Matt.19:4, 25:34 ; Mark 13:19 ; John 5:46–47 ), has to be discounted. So, whom must we believe, God or man? I believe that God gives us the answer when He says, " Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he? " ( Isa.2:22 ).
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Data from Charlotte J. Avers, Genetics, Van Nostrand, New York, Fig. 16.12, 1980.
Robert F. Weaver and Philip W. Hedrick, Genetics, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, IA, 1989.
J.B.S. Haldane, The Cost of Natural Selection, J. Genet 55:511–24, 1957.
See also J.F. Crow and M. Kimura, An Introduction to Population Genetics Theory, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, Section 5.12, 1970.
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Justin Timberlake Voices Support For Britney Spears After Conservatorship Hearing: "What's Happening To Her Is Just Not Right"
Following Britney Spears' court appearance to discuss her conservatorship, ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake tweeted, "After what we saw today, we should all be supporting Britney at this time."
Justin Timberlake has voiced his "absolute support" for his ex Britney Spears, after she publicly spoke out against her conservatorship in court.
The 40-year-old singer, who dated the 'Toxic' hitmaker from 1999 to 2002, insisted Britney's conservatorship — which she has been under since her public meltdown in 2008 — is "just not right", and he called for everyone to back the pop star.
In a series of tweets, he wrote: "After what we saw today, we should all be supporting Britney at this time.
Regardless of our past, good and bad, and no matter how long ago it was… what's happening to her is just not right.
No woman should ever be restricted from making decisions about her own body.
"No one should EVER be held against their will… or ever have to ask permission to access everything they've worked so hard for. (sic)"
Justin also shared the support of his wife Jessica Biel, and the pair are hoping the courts and Britney's family "let her live however she wants to live".
He tweeted: "Jess and I send our love, and our absolute support to Britney during this time. We hope the courts, and her family make this right and let her live however she wants to live."
No one should EVER be held against their will… or ever have to ask permission to access everything they've worked so hard for.
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Jess and I send our love, and our absolute support to Britney during this time. We hope the courts, and her family make this right and let her live however she wants to live.
Britney's father Jamie Spears has been acting as her conservator to control her personal and business affairs for the last 13 years - but in a virtual court hearing on Wednesday (June 23) she called for him to be jailed.
She said: "They have me going to therapy three times a week and to a psychiatrist.
"I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive. I don't feel like I can live a full life. In the meantime, I want this therapist to come to my home, I'm not willing to go to Westlake ... They set me up by sending me to the most exposed places. I need your help.
"My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship, including my management … they should be in jail."
The 39-year-old star also called for the end of her conservatorship, insisting it is doing her "way more harm than good".
She said: "I am not happy, I can't sleep. I'm so angry, it's insane. And I'm depressed. I am traumatised. I just want my life back.
"I want to end this conservatorship without being evaluated. This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good. I deserve to have a life, I've worked my whole life. I deserve to have a two to three-year break."
Britney — who has kids Sean, 15, and Jayden, 14, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline— claims her conservators have made her get an IUD (intrauterine device) as a form of birth control so she cannot currently have children, even though she wants to "get married and have a baby" with her boyfriend Sam Asghari.
Several other stars have also sent their support to Britney, including Mariah Carey.
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More American adults than ever say they currently use cannabis, according to results of a Gallup poll released Monday, which showed an increase of nearly 100 percent in cannabis confessionals.
According to the polling outfit's Consumption Habits poll conducted last month, 13 percent of adults over the age of 18 say they currently use marijuana — up from 7 percent when the question was asked in 2013.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, 74.3 percent of Americans are over 18. That would be 235.32 million sentient adults, of whom close to 30.5 million now admit — anonymously, and over the phone, of course — that they are cannabis users.
There's been a noticeable change even in the last 365 days. Last year, 11 percent of poll respondents said they currently smoked marijuana.
The poll of 1,023 adults in all fifty states has a margin of error of five percent.
The vast majority — 87 percent — of Americans still abstain from the country's most popular illegal drug, but 43 percent admit that they have tried it at least once in their lives. The biggest cohort there was among Gen Xers and the oldest Millennials: 50 percent of Americans aged between 30 and 49 say they've had a hit.
It's not clear if the big increase in admitted regular use has anything to do with the movement of states legalizing recreational cannabis for adults sweeping the nation. In 2012, Colorado and Washington legalized small amounts of cannabis for adults 21 and over. Oregon, Alaska, and the District of Columbia followed, and five states, including California, are set to vote on legalizing recreational cannabis in November.
Though it probably does — 14 percent of people living in the west say they use marijuana, compared to 6 percent in the south and 9 percent in the East and Midwest.
Gallup thinks that more Americans may be comfortable with either trying cannabis or admitting they've tried it — or use it regularly — because more Americans are accepting of cannabis as either a medical treatment or an acceptable form of recreational behavior.
"[B]ecause a clear majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana and more states are considering it, it's likely that use of and experimentation with marijuana will increase," the organization wrote in its report released Monday.
Men (12 percent) are almost twice as likely to use cannabis than women (7 percent), and people who rarely or never attend church (14 percent) are much more likely to use cannabis than those who go every week (2 percent).
Cannabis use also appeared to be more popular among people who earn less then $30,000 a year (14 percent) than people who earn more (9 percent for middle-earners; 9 percent for people who earn more than $75,000 a year), but people who had been to college (11 percent) used more than those who had not attended school past high school (9 percent).
What do you think? Are there even more cannabis users than this poll reveals?


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Put that on your color shelf. Make the "Blue" values the specific blue color you want, and the Black values black.


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Michael J. Fox brings celebrity, criticism
October 24, 2006 By WRN Contributor
In a new TV ad , Michael J. Fox urges voters to re-elect Governor Jim Doyle. Shaking from his Parkinson's disease, the actor says Wisconsin has a special place in his heart, as stem cell research was born here and cures for diseases just might be found here. "Governor Doyle has been a champion of stem cell research. He knows the promise it holds and the jobs it can create. Congressman Green has stood in the way of embryonic stem cell research. His votes have set us back."
Mark Green's spokesman, Mark Graul, says the Republican gubernatorial candidate supports research that does not destroy embryos. Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh says the TV ad with Fox is a shameless attempt by Democrats to exploit patients with diseases. Doyle spokesperson Anson Kaye says that's crazy. "People like Rush Limbaugh and Congressman Green have turned their back on families struggling to find cures to dreadful diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimers and juvenile diabetes."
Graul says Green did not turn his back on anyone, in fact, he wants to see Michael J. Fox get better. "From the start Mark Green has made it very clear he supports stem cell research. He has helped get funding for the very stem cell research that is happening today in Madison. The ad just does not tell the truth about Mark Green's stance on stem cell research." Graul explains Green does not support human cloning, nor should tax dollars be used to destroy human embryos.
Rush Limbaugh also questions whether Fox takes his medications prior to doing TV appearances or speaking engagements, in order to exaggerate his tremors. Fox political advisor in Milwaukee John Rogers says that's an extraordinarily sad statement and, he says, Parkinson's is a very difficult disease to moderate with medication. "I think it's a shameful statement." He adds, "Anyone who understands the disease knows that it's the meds themselves that create the dyskinesia."
Fox had toured the Waisman Center in Madison with Governor Doyle almost two years ago, calling the facility the "gold standard" in stem cell research. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991.
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No more sex shaming: why my 2017 will be sex-positive
By Vish | @VishDelishUK
I want to be a 'slut'. There, I said it.
You might be thinking, "why would anyone want to be a slut?" After all, this word is deeply misogynistic, where women are criticised for dressing a certain way and for having openly active sex lives. Heaven fucking forbid! This negativity also spills into the gay world to some extent, particularly when STIs are involved, and people get on their high horse by labelling people as sluts for being diagnosed.
The trouble with the word 'slut' is the insinuated shame that surrounds it. Eurgh, enough of the shame! I've come to the conclusion that some people just love sex and as long as they are clued up on the risks and look after themselves, then who is anyone to judge? Perhaps it's time we banish the world 'slut' from our vocabulary or at least reclaim it to mean something more sex-positive.
I predict 2017 will be my year of sexual liberation. I want to be someone who indulges in sexual encounters at times when I demand them. You wouldn't think this would be difficult in the age of hook-up apps and the Guardian's weekly blind date feature (where bewildered individuals are flung together and their date is featured for readers to poke fun at). However, my sex life never really took off. You could say my prospects of any kind of sex life landed in the Bermuda Triangle, never to been seen again.
The main barriers that stand in my way of a 'slut of the year' sash are my confidence and prudishness. I'm afraid that in reality I'm kinda 'sex negative'.
I was also brought up on Bollywood. In these movies, kissing and sex scenes were and remain a complete no no. Whenever the hero and his bae leaned in for a smooch, they would abruptly stop and jump behind a rose bush to carry on, and usually a song and dance sequence would follow to cement their love. The Bollywood movies were cute and they helped to maintain my innocence, to the relief of my parents. I guess that another factor is my family. Being the baby of the family, it meant I was overprotected and the outside world was filtered before I got to absorb it.
Forget sex, I can't even remember what it feels like to kiss someone. The last time I got 'intimate' was when I lined up for a Chinese buffet and this guy with a plate full of spring rolls who was trying to get back to his table smashed into me and our mouths awkwardly collided. It was embarrassing, but he smelled nice and we blushed. You could say it was a personal 2016 highlight.
The truth is I've never been considered sexy. I've been told I look like a camp Asian Ed Miliband. I guess this says it all. The truth is, geeky fem individuals like myself who don't fit Eurocentric beauty standards usually don't fit the preferences of many white gay men – but that's OK.
I don't care if people have racial, body and masculine preferences. The older I get, the less fucks I give and I honestly don't say this with hostility. At the end of the day, people's preferences come from their lived experiences, and after all people are a product of their upbringing.
This of course doesn't mean I won't call people out on their ridiculousness, but I'm safer taking a step back and letting people be for my mental health's sake. This certainly shrinks my pool of interested parties who wish to plough me. Hey-Ho, it's how the cookie crumbles and I accept I'm not everyone's cup of tea.
I can blame external factors for my prudishness and lack of sexual adventures until the cows come home. But things will change in 2017. I will take a chance to have physical relations, which could be random fumbles or involve love. However it plays out, I hope for sexual liberation where the current me will let go of judgement and insecurities to embrace the 'slut' within and spin my sex negativity to sex positivity.
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