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After canceling their 2009 season, the Arena Football League has shut down entirely and appears headed for bankruptcy. Earlier this week, the league office released a short statement indicated that it had ceased operations because owners were “unable to reach any consensus on restructuring the league over the past eight months.” The league had reached a new agreement with players earlier this year, but was unable to convince enough owners that they had a viable plan to return to profitability. The leagues statement continued that there are no other viable options available to the league right now.”

Even before the decision was made to cancel the 2009 season this past December, it had been a tumultuous off-season for the Arena Football League. It began with the resignation of long time AFL commissioner David Baker just two days before the Arena Bowl championship game. Though Baker put a positive spin on his resignation saying that he felt it was time, it didn’t exactly send a positive message about the future viability of the league.

In October, the owner of the New Orleans VooDoo announced that the team would cease operations”despite being one of the league leaders in attendance. In announcing that the team would fold, owner Tom Benson (who also owns the NFL Saints) cryptically explained that it was due to circumstances currently affecting the league and the team.”

With a dispersal draft planned to reassign the VooDoo personnel, uncertainty began to reign over the leagues future. The dispersal draft was scheduled and postponed several times amid assurances from the AFL office that rumors of financial instability were unfounded. The most recent announcement finally put all of the speculation to rest.

The inability to get any consensus on a business model for the league reportedly served as the final nail in the AFLs coffin. A major problem was skyrocketing player salaries, and some sort of compensation system tied to team revenues was a necessity. That agreement was reached with the players, but a bigger conflict between the owners on a variety of business model related issues were never able to be resolved.

Despite the demise of the Arena Football League, it wont be the end of the road for the twenty two year old sport. The 50 yard indoor war lives on in the AF2 league which, ironically, was originally started as something of a developmental organization for the AFL. The league plays in smaller markets and has a more realistic salary structure. A number of current AFL players”and possibly a couple of AFL franchises”could end up in AF2.

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It may be a bit of a stretch to call Satoshi Ishii the Michael Phelps of Japan, but not by much. His victory in the heavyweight judo competition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was easily the defining moment of the games for his countrymen and was considered by most media outlets the #1 highlight of the year in all of sports. Though Japan does well at the Olympics for a country of its size and has won gold medals in a number of sports, its important to keep in mind that until the late’70s judo was the countrys most popular sport. While its popularity in the intervening decades has been supplanted by imported team sports like soccer and baseball, judo still holds especially high prestige among the Japanese sports fans and general public.

Ishii himself is also a marketing dream. Hes especially big by Japanese standards with 240 pounds packed on his bulky 511 frame. Not surprisingly, hes tough as nails and a terror on the mat but away from the gym he comes off like an awkwardly cheerful overgrown boy. He definitely seems younger than his 22 years, but gives off the vibe of a nice neighbor boy who youd gladly pay to mow your lawn. Unlike his telegenic American gold medalist counterpart Phelps, who acts as if he spent as much time working on media relations as his backstroke heading up to the Olympic games, Ishii’s demeanor is of an athlete who literally spent the bulk of his life in a gym only to emerge and find himself a national hero and superstar. He alternately seems to be having the time of his life at the vortex of a media frenzy as he is somewhat overwhelmed by the attention.

With the ability to offer him the most money and exposure, it seemed almost a fait accompli that Ishii would sign with DREAM and K-1 parent group FEG. Obviously its a good idea to keep your options open in negotiations, so he also reportedly talked to Sengoku parent World Victory Road and Antonio Inoki’s Inoki Genome Federation pro wrestling group. As expected, however, FEG reportedly presented Ishii with the most lucrative offer: 500 million yen (roughly $5.5 million US) to fight on DREAM and K-1 cards, with incentive bonuses based on his drawing power and performance. He would very likely become the highest paid mixed martial artist in the world before hed even stepped into the ring for the first time. The tentative plan was for Ishii to appear on the year end K-1/DREAM Fields Dynamite! joint show, if not fighting at least in a heavily hyped opportunity for FEG to unveil their investment.

Ishii then shocked the Japanese fight sport world by categorically rejecting FEGs offer, saying that it was his lifelong dream to fight in the UFC. While this rationale might sound plausible to a US based fan, its akin to a top college baseball player from a SEC school turning down a big offer from the Atlanta Braves saying that its his lifelong dream to play for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan Central League. It frequently comes a shock to US MMA fans when immersed in Japans culture for the first time just how low the UFC ranks in the countrys fight sport pantheon. In MMA, their profile is lower than DREAM and Sengoku, but even smaller groups like Shooto and DEEP. Overall, the interest in and prestige of the UFC is well below not only boxing but even Japanese pro wrestling (puroresu). The UFC is making some progress, and big fights like GSP/Penn and Lesnar/Couture now get higher profile coverage (Lesnar/Couture owed most of its interest in the Japanese press to Brocks run as IWGP pro wrestling champ) but by no means is the #1 US MMA promotion considered on par with any of the major Japanese fighting groups.

Ishii then travelled to Las Vegas for UFC 92, with the Japanese media in tow covering his every move. Upon his return to Japan, he appeared at the Sengoku card in January addressing the audience from the ring and wearing his ubiquitous UFC shirt; his message was that he was going to fight in America for awhile but would eventually return to Japan.

At age 22, Ishiis got plenty of time to develop as a fighter. His biggest downside risk from signing with Zuffa is financial since hed be lucky to get a fraction of what FEG is willing to pay him. The competitive logic of learning his craft slowly notwithstanding, theres a huge risk in automatically assuming that he can fight for the UFC for a few years and then cash a big check when he returns to Japan as the potential of injury and changing market conditions could seriously impact his market value. On the other hand, it could be a risk hes willing to take given that hes got his celebrity both with the mainstream public and in the judo community to fall back on.

Theres another very realistic scenario that it was all a negotiating ploy by Ishii. The UFC was likely willing to play along, figuring that their investment of a few plane tickets and hotel suites would be worth the resulting PR surge in Japan. Ishii and the UFC develop a cordial relationship which could be to the benefit of both parties down the road and both sides realized that a long term commitment wasn’t the right move at this point.

With the recent revelation that Ishii has broken off UFC negotiations to entertain offers from other parties thats starting to look like the plausible explanation for the once hot and heavy courtship between Ishii and Zuffa. Ultimately, the Ishii/UFC affair could simply prove to be a fling that accrued small benefits to each party, but both realized that there was no long term future for the pairing.

As a postscript to the Ishiis relationship with the UFC, it apparently opened the doors for his move to the US for training. That alone is a positive for his future development as a fighter, as hell be training with a whos who of professional fighting. That alone is a career move thats difficult to second guess.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and noted authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Northern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

How do you respond looking at female celebrity pictures, especially if you are female? What is your favourite part, the dress she is wearing or is it the plastic surgery she may have gotten recently and the fact that her obvious breast enhancement were on the cover of a local magazine?

It seems we use these so-called ‘Icons’ as a strange mix, as a source of information on, for lack of a better term, the latest fashions and all the details this entails; and as a source of criticism that reassures us that the subjects of these pictures are human beings like us.

If they are known and remembered, then it is also possible for us to to be. One could say it is a bizarre sort of ‘God complex’ for the masses struggling to find purpose and meaning in their lives. A strange, superficial way to try fill the emptiness.

One can even think of it as the poor man’s form of psycho-analysis and this is his or rather her way of transferring a need or weakness onto the celebrity in any given picture and the story behind that particular picture or group of pictures. Thus he/she sees their weaknesses in the subject and in return can reverse transfer the strengths of the subject in the picture onto him/herself.

What is it saying about us in we look and criticize the above average achievements of a human being like us. A human being who despite having weaknesses like ours they were still able to achieve some pretty great things. For the sake of argument, let us just ignore ‘pop-culture’ frauds shall we.

If we are honest with ourselves than we have to accept our own ‘failures’ and ‘inadequacies’ and this is when things can get really interesting, for the good or for the better for all and for ourselves, once again depending on what kind of person we are or what kind of attitude we subscribe to.

We can basically make one of two choices. We can look at the ‘icon’ and find flaws and things to criticize, always following the lives of the subject of the photo in the hope that we will see them fall so we can feel better about our own failures. As it has been said, ‘We put our idols on a pedestal in order to see them fall of.’ One must admit that this is truly the easiest way to go. We don’t have to take any responsibility for our live at all, but on the downside it is, in fact the coward’s way out.

Then there is another way, the way that sees that we are just like the subject of the picture, flawed and plagued with problems. But the fact that they were able to still achieve something with their lives, to have overcome so to speak and this should serve as an inspiration for our own lives. To remind us of how much there is to do and to never give up. This is the way of the ‘better angels’ of our nature, this is the way of love.

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Balancing celebrity and parenting is not easy. Between working on their next movie or tour, attending A-list parties and meetings with agents, managers and other essential people, it can be difficult to squeeze in time with their children. However, there are some celebrity parents that pull it off with style. You can find them pictured in magazines or in video clips on entertainment television channels spending time with their children every chance they get.

World famous Material Girl, Madonna, is one such celebrity parent who has made sure to always have time for her children. In’96 she gave birth to her first child, daughter Lourdes. Lourdes’ father is Carlos Leon. And four years later, she had a son by Guy Ritchie, named Rocco. The pair began the process to adopt a Malawi boy in 2006, and after two years, the adoption was finally pushed through. They named their new son David.

Another mom who makes time for her children is Gwyneth Paltrow. She gave birth to her daughter Apple in 2004. While filming the movie Proof a year later, she became pregnant with her son Moses and spoke often and publicly about the challenges of being a working mother. Her son was born in 2006. Musician Chris Martin is the proud father of both children.

Actress Brooke Shields is rarely seen without her two children. Rowan, born in 2003, and Grier, born in 2006, are both the children of Chris Henchy.

These celebrities make sure their children get the best of everything from toys to clothing and everything in between. When it comes to getting their children around when they’re out spending time together, they did not skimp there either. All three moms chose the Phil and Teds Sport pushchair.

These chairs are stylish enough even for the most fashionable trend-setter. For her children, Gwyneth Paltrow bought a three-wheeled model in the popular colour apple green. Brooke Shields, for her children, bought the buggy in red and charcoal. Both of these models have room for two children up to five years old, which is useful since both of these moms have two children.

Its smart design makes taking the Phil and Ted’s Sport Pushchair able to go from a quiet day at the park all the way to shopping on Rodeo Boulevard. A roomy basket beneath gives moms plenty of room for storage and shopping when they’re out spending money and time with the kids. These moms don’t have to worry about safety with the sturdy frame and dependable brakes that are only two of the many features offered with the Phil and Ted’s Sport Pushchairs.

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From a business standpoint, the UFCs first trip to Germany will clearly fall short of their success in the UK. From poor ticket sales to a downright hostile German media, its been one headache after another for Dana White and company. The UFC 99 card itself turned out to be an entertaining affair highlighted by a spectacular main event between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. Franklin would ultimately win the unanimous decision victory, but the fight itself far exceeded the expectations of most fans.

For the most part, Franklin picked Silva apart throughout the course of the fight (to quote UFC color commentator Joe Rogan) and deserved the unanimous decision verdict. What made the fight exceptional were the occasional glimpses of the old Axe Murderer. Late in the second and third rounds, Silva tagged Franklin with hard punches that left him clearly stunned. The uncertainty was enough to make the main event a very entertaining and exciting fight.

In the co-main event, heavyweight phenom Cain Velasquez survived a few nervous moments to put in a wall to wall domination of Cheick Kongo. Velasquez was rocked by Kongos punches early in rounds one and two, but quickly recovered to take the fight to the ground where he mauled the Frenchman. The result was an impressive victory for Velasquez over a top level opponent, but his struggles against Kongos standup game left several unanswered questions. The most compelling concern, of course, is that Velesquez might have a weak chin and simply not be able to take a punch particularly well. His problems could also be tactical or simply a case of not having enough patience”rushing his takedown attempts and eating punches rather than work for a less risky opportunity.

The event also featured the UFC return of former PRIDE open weight GP champion Mirko Cro Cop. Cro Cop was making his return to action from knee surgery, and the Croatian striking machine got off to a slow start against overmatched Mostapha Al-Turk as he clearly sought to protect his rebuilt wheels. Of particular note was the fact that Cro Cop didnt throw a kick the entire fight”his bread and butter during his PRIDE dominance, which evoked the mantra right leg hospital, left leg cemetery. Once he let his hands go, however, he demonstrated emphatically that hes still got serious power. He ended the fight late in the first round by flooring Al-Turk with an overhand left followed up with some hammer fists on the ground. Al-Turk survived this onslaught, but when the referee returned the fight to standup he caught a poke in the eye (similar to the one suffered by Josh Barnett in his PRIDE OWGP Final matchup against Cro Cop).

Perennial contender Mike Swick looked impressive as he defeated Ben Saunders via 2nd round TKO. After an uneventful first five minutes, Swick let his hands go and his impressive handspeed proved no match for his adversary. Veteran lightweight Caol Uno returned to the UFC after a five year absence, losing a decision to Spencer Fisher in a somewhat tedious tactical affair. In the opening match of the live PPV, Dan Hardy won a hard fought split decision over Marcus Davis. The two men had feuded back and forth in the UK media, and while the fight may not have settled their differences in a decisive manner it did provide a solid opener to the evenings fight card.

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After some tense moments during a ‘communication breakdown’, both Lamar Odom and the Los Angeles Lakers got what they really wanted all along. The Lakers retained the services of their valuable sixth man, and Odom will return to the team after an intense recruiting pitch from the Miami Heat.

Terms of the deal werent immediately released, but both player and team appeared relieved that things had worked out. In early July, negotiations broke down after some miscommunication between Odoms agent and Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss. While Odom worked to mend fences”including several personal phone calls to Dr. Buss”his agent was receiving interest from Miami, Portland and Dallas. Miami, in particular, was extremely interest bringing out the big guns in the personage of Dwayne Wade and Pat Riley to make a recruiting pitch.

None of the competing offers were as compelling as returning to the NBA champion Lakers. At the official signing ceremony, he hinted that a dynasty could be in the making:

“I guess basketball-wise, I feel complete. I want to feel it again. It’s kind of an overwhelming feeling. I get goose bumps when I think about it, and as long as I continue to play professional basketball, I want to always feel that. The way I feel during the summer, I always want to feel that. If we can win six, seven, eight, nine, 10 championships in a row, I want to experience that.”

While talk of 10 straight championships may be mere hyperbole, theres no reason the Lakers cant run off a repeat or better with their current lineup. The only significant loss to last years NBA title winning team was Trevor Ariza, but the teams signing of Ron Artest is likely an upgrade. Artest brings not only his infamous swagger and intensity, but an element of toughness and versatility that Ariza lacked. Such was Odoms commitment to the Lakers is that even during his free agency, he helped recruit Artest to sign with the team:

“I spoke to Ron two days before he signed, and I told him how important I think it is for him to come here. Because I know how hard he works, he needs to experience basketball at its best, at the highest level, and he needs to become a Laker. Two days after that, he signed.”

Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak was understandably elated at Odom’s return:

“Three or four months ago, I didn’t think it could be possible that we could basically bring this team back in whole. Lamar had a wonderful season that ended on the best possible note you could have, and Lamar had a lot of options. … Here it is, July 31, and we have brought back everybody that we wanted to bring back.”

Odom noted that his perception of L.A. as his home made a big difference in his decision:

“I didn’t want my kids to have to change schools — just the little things. I’m comfortable here. I’ve been here since I was’ years old. I’m proud to be playing for what I think is the most popular brand in sports.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and noted authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

Ralf is an advanced practitioner of Illustration. He has mastered Photo, Nature and Traditional Illustrations to compile an amazing online portfolio.

Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Ralf became a freelancer in’91 and is now a member of the Association of Art and the German Designers Alliance.

For most of his years as a freelancer, Ralf has managed to specialise in certain areas with his work. This includes airbrushing mix-techniques, photorealism and painting fine colour shades.

He believes that the process of gradually improving your knowledge are the steps towards becoming the best you can be, as there is always something new to learn about current techniques every day.

2003 saw Ralf enter a new form of design. Learning the skills of a putty knife saw him become an Abstract artist. He saw this as an opportunity to do something else he loved and it is popular with the viewers.

Over his years of study, designing and understanding, Ralf has managed to form his own type of design. Mixing photographs with paintings is what he works well with. It would be made clear if the photorealism was not that at all but just a bunch of photos and splashes of paint, so all who try this technique must seek to complete it well.

He still enjoys getting in front of the computer screen, creating one of-a-kind designs for customers. Ralf doesn’t believe he could go back to analogue illustrations as he decided to go digital from’98. This choice has made him what he is today and helped him maintain those amazing skills that produce his designs.

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Jim Carrey has been one of the most prominent comedy actors of this generation. With millions of fans around the world, his movies often sit atop the box office right after they’re released. During the course of the last 15 years, Carrey has starred in a host of movies, delivering endless laughs to his audiences.

Everyone may have a differing opinion when asked about the best movie that Carrey has acted in. He’s had so many mega hits during the past two decades that limiting it to just one might be very hard to do.

Many people will say that Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the movie that really put him on the big stage, is Carrey’s best work. Others prefer his follow up, The Mask, which also introduced longtime movie star Cameron Diaz.

These both made Carrey a household name, thanks to his outrageous antics and bold sense of humor. He quickly became the hottest comedy actor in the nation, riding the success of those releases.

While Ace Ventura and The Mask were both great movies, a large number of people believe that Dumb and Dumber was even better. The cross country voyage of Carrey and Jeff Daniels provided some of the best movie moments of the’90s, and this movie is still regularly broadcast on television.

Moving forward, there were movies like Me, Myself and Irene, not to mention The Cable Guy, a movie that seems to polarize its viewers. Believe it or not, there are many who believe that The Cable Guy was Carrey’s most inventive performance and his best work.

After a number of comedic successes, Carrey decided to spend some time on more serious roles. His starring roles in movies like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind both won critical praise, and showed the world that Carrey is a talented actor on many levels.

As you can see, this is a debate that may be really hard to settle. With so many great choices, it all boils down to personal tastes at the end of the day.

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Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Jake Delhomme is having a season he’d like to forget, and things got even worse on Sunday at home against the Buffalo Bills. Despite dominating the Bills on the stat sheet, Delhomme threw three interceptions that allowed Buffalo to take a 20-9 victory over the struggling Panthers. Delhomme threw for 325 yards, though without any touchdowns. His three picks pushed his total for the year to- which leads the NFL. The Panthers dropped to 2-4 while the Bills improved to 3-4.

Buffalo rewarded NFL pointspread players with the outright victory as +7 road underdogs. The Bills have covered four of their seven games this season, while the Panthers have an awful record against the spread-they’ve only covered once this season for a 1-5 ATS mark. The 29 combined points went UNDER the posted total of 37.

The Bills’ Terrell Owens was again a non-factor, but gave credit to the defense for earning the victory:

“You can’t really complain about a win. Defensively, those guys are keeping us in ballgames.”

Buffalo defensive end Chris Kelsay commended his team’s victory on the road:

“Never once on the sidelines was there any doubt that we were going to win the game. Regardless if it’s an ugly win over not, it’s hard to win in this league.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick started at QB for Buffalo in place of the injured Trent Edwards and was solid, if not spectacular. Coach Dick Jauron observed:

“He made the plays when we had to make them.”

Panthers’ coach John Fox has said he’s going to’re-evaluate’ whether the struggling Delhomme should continue to start, and even the quarterback himself couldn’t make an emphatic case that he should keep his job:

“In my heart, yeah, but I mean let’s be honest, I don’t think I’m a dummy. When you’re not playing well offensively, you always have to look at the quarterback.”

The Panthers’ schedule doesn’t get easier this week as they head west for a game against the improving Arizona Cardinals. Carolina is a +9 road underdog with the total set at 43′. They’ll head south the following week to face the red hot New Orleans Saints before returning home on November 15 to take on the Atlanta Falcons. Buffalo will host the Houston Texans this weekend, with the game currently off the board due to injuries on both teams. They’ll have their bye week after that and will return to action on November 15 against the Tennessee Titans.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and highly respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Northern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.

The One With The Jellyfish: Ross dumps Bonnie, which takes all night; she leaves in the morning. Meanwhile, Rachel writes a long letter to Ross that she needs him to read before they get back together; he tries to read it but falls asleep… then has to fake it when she asks him about it; Ross agrees with the letter before he finds out what it says; once he finds out the letter asks him to accept the breakup was all his fault, he’s not sure he can keep up the charade. Phoebe is upset that her real mother never tried to contact her; she tells her mother she never wants to see her again, but her mother finally convinces her to reconcile. Ursula knew about their real mother all along, but never told Phoebe. Monica, Chandler, and Joey spend the day on the beach; Joey digs a hole; Monica gets stung by a jellyfish. Joey remembers that peeing on a jellyfish sting takes the pain away; Monica “can’t bend that way” and Joey gets “Stage Fright,” leaving Chandler. Ross can’t stand hiding his feelings and he and Rachel break up again.

The One With The Dirty Girl: Ross dates a fantastically beautiful paleontologist (Cheryl); everything is going great until he finds out she’s incredibly messy. Chandler buys a rare copy of Kathy’s favorite book for her birthday, but then has to make sure that Joey’s gift is good, too. Phoebe lends Monica money so she can make a more serious attempt to get her catering business going; Monica has a little trouble collecting payment from a client. Rachel strives to finish a crossword puzzle all by herself.

The One Where They’re Going to PARTY!: Phoebe and Monica buy a van (with a mural, flashing nipples, and other “extras”) for their catering business; Monica fills in for a food critic in a small local newspaper; after she gives a restaurant a scathing review, they offer her a job as the new head chef; she has to chose between it and the catering business. Ross and Chandler make plans to party with Gandolf, the party wizard; Gandolf cancels and Ross and Chandler are left bored, until Joey convinces them that they can party themselves. Rachel tries for a new position at work, but her boss doesn’t quite cooperate.

The One With The Girl From Poughkeepsie: Joey sets a personal record for sticking Oreos in his mouth–15. Ross dates a girl from Poughkeepsie but is concerned about the distance involved in seeing her. Rachel wants a relationship–or at least a fling–so Chandler offers to set her up with someone; when his coworkers find out it’s Rachel and that she’s not looking for a serious relationship, they all bribe Chandler to set them up. Monica gets no respect at work; she hires Joey in order to fire him, so everyone will know who’s boss; but Joey likes the tips, so he has a hard time going along with the plan. Phoebe works (and works and works) on a Christmas song for her friends. Ross takes a train to Poughkeepsie to break up, but falls asleep and ends up in Montreal… with a girl from Nova Scotia.

The One With All The Rugby: While getting his nails done, Chandler runs into Janice–newly divorced and not willing to let Chandler get away. Chandler invents a story about his company transferring him to Yemen. Although Janice believes him, he’s not home free yet… she won’t leave his side until he’s on the plane and taking off. Monica obsesses about an electrical switch that apparently doesn’t do anything; after tests, blueprints, and demolition work, she finally gives up. Ross meets some of Emily’s friends and gets invited to play rugby; not wanting to lose face, he insists on playing. When they play too rough despite Emily’s secret request that they go easy on him, she helps Ross inflict some pain, too, by giving him pointers on their vulnerabilities.

The One With The Fake Party: Phoebe, pregnant, has cravings for meat; Joey agrees to be a temporary vegetarian so she can eat meat without causing more animals to die. Rachel creates a fake party for Emily, which is really an excuse to spend time with Joshua outside of work; she makes a fool of herself trying to make him like her… she even puts on her old high-school cheerleader uniform. Ross is bummed that Emily will soon be returning home to England; Rachel convinces him that his relationship with Emily doesn’t have to end.

The One With All The Haste: The singing man, the bird smell, and the lack of space drive Rachel and Monica to new attempts to get their old apartment back; when they fail to bribe Chandler and Joey with season Knicks tickets, they try making another bet… and lose again, so they have neither the tickets nor the apartment. However, while Joey and Chandler are at a game, Rachel and Monica switch apartments anyway. Chandler objects but Monica and Rachel offer to kiss each other for a full minute if they can keep the apartment. Ross gets an ear-ring. Phoebe tries to knit. Ross hates the fact that Emily has to be gone so much, so he considers asking her to move in with him… but ends up asking her to marry him; she says yes. The gang is shocked to hear the news… especially Rachel.

The One With Ross’s Wedding, part 1: Ross, Monica, Joey, and Chandler leave for London; Phoebe’s pregancy prohibits travel and Rachel stays to take care of her… and to avoid the emotional strain of watching Ross get married. Joey and Chandler go sight-seeing, but Joey’s tourist behavior embarrasses Chandler and they split up for the day; Chandler has a lousy time, but Joey has a great day… including a visit with the Duchess of York. Emily stresses about the wedding arrangements, and everything is on the verge of collapsing when the demolition work starts on the building where they were to wed. Monica suggests they postpone the wedding (an idea which leads to more problems). Rachel realizes she’s still in love with Ross, and tries to console herself by shopping; Phoebe also tries to help her get over Ross. When all this fails, Rachel decides to leave right away for London to tell Ross how she feels.

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