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Welcome to National Toilet Paper Day!
When asked what they would most want on a deserted island, almost half of all people choose toilet paper. Maybe that gives us a clue as to why there is a National Toilet Paper Day. It is one of those things we sometimes take for granted, until we can't find any. It wasn't always around though. Rich people used to wipe or clean themselves with wool, lace, or hemp, but common folk used things such as leaves, grass, seashells, corncobs, sponges on a stick, water, stones, hay, and yes, the smooth edges of broken pottery jugs. The first mention of paper being used for cleaning oneself is in China in the 6th century A.D. It was also in China, in the 14th century, that a form of toilet paper began being produced on a large scale. Commercial toilet paper as we think of it today was invented by Joseph Gayetty, and hit the market in 1857. This toilet paper was sold in flat sheet packages, and was available until the 1920's. Meanwhile, Seth Wheeler patented rolled toilet paper in 1883, and an improved version of it in 1891. Nowadays, close to 30,000 trees are used every day to make toilet paper, with an average tree producing 100 pounds. Americans love their toilet paper, using almost double the amount of other Western countries per person. This partly can be attributed to the use of bidets in some Western countries. Americans now like their toilet paper plain though. Starting in the 1960's, toilet paper was sometimes colored to match the hue of bathrooms. Pink and green rolls were very common. By the early 2000's colored toilet paper stopped being made in the United States, but it is still made in other parts of the world.
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Syracuse Basketball: Orange in battle for promising 2023 PF G.G. Jackson (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball recently gave 2023 power forward G.G. Jackson his first offer, but many more will come in.
Syracuse basketball earlier this month extended an offer to talented 2023 power forward G.G. Jackson – his first offer in fact.
However, multiple other high-major teams have since followed the Orange’s lead, and the 6-foot-8, 210-pound Jackson should see tons more offers pour in as his recruitment heats up.
Fellow Atlantic Coast Conference members Clemson, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest have doled out scholarship offers to Jackson, according to his Twitter page and a review of the primary recruiting services.
Jackson, a rising sophomore at Ridge View High School in Columbia, S.C., has also received an offer from South Carolina, a Southeastern Conference crew that made the 2017 Final Four.
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Axe: John Wildhack’s journey as Syracuse University AD has only just begun (PS; $; Axe)
The common chant in an election year is “four more years!”
Syracuse University athletic director John Wildhack got five more years to lead the 20 Orange programs he commands.
Wildhack, a native of Upstate New York and a 1980 alumnus of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has overseen contract extensions for Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim and football coach Dino Babers since arriving as an out-of-the-box hire from ESPN in 2016.
Syracuse also touted the $25 million gift from former football player John Lally, that is earmarked largely for athletic facilities, a $118 million investment from the University for enhancements to create a new Carrier Dome experience and the formation of an in-house production unit that has generated nearly 1,000 hours of content on the ACC Network and ACC Network Extra as accomplishments deserving of a golden ticket to stay in command of SU Athletics.
Wildhack’s extension also extinguishes speculation that he would emerge as a serious candidate to replace John Swofford as ACC commissioner.
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SU Top 100: Most Underrated – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Staff)
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IAN: TYLER ENNIS
The fact that we have Tyler Ennis at the 66 spot and Dion Waiters nine above him at 57 is an injustice to basketball fans everywhere. Anyone who watched Syracuse play during these years knows the load that Ennis had to carry during his lone season on the Hill. It seemed like every close game was waiting for Ennis to close it out. Consider the first time SU ever played Duke, or the game winner against Pitt. Ennis averaged 13 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds in his one year at Syracuse, and took command of a team that should’ve been lost after MCW left. He was the total package as a player. However, Dion Waiters has had a “successful” NBA career.
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Steve Forbes: I think we'll play basketball, I just don't know what exact date things will start - ACCSports.com (accsports.com; Geisinger)
First-year Wake Forest men’s basketball coach Steve Forbes joined Josh Graham on The Drive (WSJS) Tuesday afternoon. Forbes and Graham covered a range of topics, including transfer eligibility with his program and the upcoming 2020-21 season amidst COVID-19.
Basketball Transfers: Isaiah Wilkins and Daivien Williamson
After two seasons with Virginia Tech, Isaiah Wilkins decided in April to transfer back to Wake Forest — in his hometown of Winston-Salem. According to Forbes, Wilkins had his waiver for immediate eligibility recently accepted by the NCAA: “We just found out some good news: Isaiah Wilkins has been cleared to play. So he’ll be playing this year for the Demon Deacons.”
In late May, Wake Forest added another transfer: 3-point shooter Daivien Williamson, who played for Forbes at East Tennessee State for two seasons.
While there’s good news with Wilkins, Williamson’s eligibility for the 2020-21 season is still in the air, per Forbes: “Not sure on Daivien yet; that stuff has been filed. They’ve asked for some more documentation. These things have a pace to them.”
Challenges with the 2020-21 season, possible schedules
With regards to the upcoming basketball season, though, there’s even more mystery, obviously. Will the season happen with COVID-19? When will play start? What will the season look like? Forbes addressed some of these debates, too.
According to Forbes, he joins the other 14 ACC men’s basketball coaches for weekly Zoom conference calls. Forbes mentioned four different schedule scenarios for the season’s start that have been discussed on the calls:
- Starting on time (Nov. 10)
- Starting a week later
- Starting around Thanksgiving
- Starting Dec. 1
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Brian Holmes, the co-owner of Green Lakes Lanes in Fayetteville. Hidden Gems of CNY.Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com
Hidden Gems of CNY: Strike some of the best chicken riggies EVER at this bowling alley (PS; Miller)
The boys in the kitchen went to Brian Holmes and told him to try the chicken riggies they just whipped up. They tasted pretty good, he thought; probably good enough to serve in his restaurant at Green Lakes Lanes.
Then he asked them if it was the best they could do. After thinking about it for a few seconds, they went back to the kitchen and gave it another go.
The next batch got the same response. So did the one after that.
After a few more tries, the cooks agreed that it was the best they could do. That was good enough for Brian.
“I’m not a chef, and there’s not a chef in the house here,” he said. “My job is to empower people to be better, to bring the best out in them. They have to be proud of what they serve for me to serve it.”
The chicken riggies now sit at the top this Fayetteville bowling alley’s food menu, and they are excellent. We’ll talk more about the riggies in a few paragraphs. First, you should meet the guy behind this operation.
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