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Welcome to National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day!
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 citizens of the United States who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harborin Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress, by Pub.L. 103–308, designated December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.[1] On Pearl Harbor Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset to honor those who died as a result of the attack on U.S. Military and naval forces in Hawaii.[2]
Pearl Harbor Day is not a federal holiday – government offices, schools, and businesses do not close. Some organizations may hold special events in memory of those killed or injured at Pearl Harbor.[2]
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Schneidman: It's not time for Syracuse men's basketball to panic yet (DO; Schneidman)
There’s something about that third loss of the season at Madison Square Garden that seems to elevate Syracuse basketball to code-red status. St. John’s last year, Connecticut this year. Both games that an identity-seeking Orange team should’ve handily won on paper but somehow let slip away.
Last year, SU chalked up resume-boosting victories against then-No. 18 UConn and then-No. 25 Texas A&M before a dud against the Red Storm. They were wins that turned out to slide Jim Boeheim’s team into the NCAA Tournament (the selection committee chair cited Syracuse’s top-50 wins as the main deciding factor for including the Orange in the field).
This year, though, there are no such wins bolstering Syracuse’s first month. Winning out in nonconference play — with no potential victories that would aide SU’s NCAA Tournament case in March — is the only way to hold off the panic mode that seems imminent. But if anything, last season’s 180-degree turn should serve as a reminder this early in the calendar.
It’s not time to panic just yet.
“We don’t wanna panic too early, you know, shut down the season and have that hurt us,” sophomore point guard Frank Howard said. “We just wanna come in, turn up the urgency now and it’s time to clean everything up, time to try to play perfect.”
Right now, Syracuse is light years away from perfection. The Orange has scored 50 points twice in eight games, an offensive low SU didn’t sink to even once last season. No player has proven he can consistently create his own shot. And despite a defense that has allowed 65 points or less in 75 percent of its games, stagnating on the other side of the ball has been the anvil crushing any hope of this team reaching the expectations it entered the season with.
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Anyone else feel like we’re back in the late 2000s? (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Remember after the Wisconsin loss when I wrote a piece about how Syracuse Orange fans need to step back from the ledge and things will probably work themselves out?
Yeah, so...about that.
I mean, look, it IS still early December. Many a Syracuse squad has left us scratching our heads ten games into the season only to make us cheer in delight come March. But after losing to UConn, our third loss in three games away from the Carrier Dome, I’m starting to get an old familiar feeling and I don’t quite like it.
The whole “Syracuse fattens up on cupcakes and never leaves New York” adage really hit it’s stride in the 2000s. Those years, if SU left New York before January, it was once. Maybe twice. We didn’t really play true road games and we did indeed fatten up on cupcakes in the Dome. Hey, sometimes stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason, right?
But that era ended a while back, too. Syracuse has been making yearly treks to early season tournaments (and winning them). We’ve been playing more non-conference games on the road or at neutral sites far, far away. We played San Diego State on a friggin’ boat, you know? So anytime someone tries to go that route on us now, we usually laugh and easily debunk it.
So far this season, it’s not that we haven’t traveled. But it’s what we’ve done away from Upstate New York that’s sending that old school message about the Orange.
All of our five wins were in the Dome against inferior opponents (Colgate, Holy Cross, Monmouth, South Carolina State, North Florida). All of our three losses have come elsewhere against programs that would consider our peers or even a bit below us (at Wisconsin, South Carolina in Brooklyn, UConn in MSG). That paints a pretty stark picture. That Syracuse is fattening up it’s record on cupcakes but can’t hang with the real teams when it matters.
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A Look At UConn-Syracuse By The Numbers (courant.com; Amore)
The Huskies' 52-50 win over Syracuse at Madison Square Garden was a strange game – in a number of ways. Both teams struggled offensively, hardly the earmark of a great rivalry game. But UConn will take the thrilling finish and the unorthodox win to even its record at 4-4.
Zero – The Huskies, who consider themselves a running team, won the game without a single fastbreak basket.
0-for-9 – Syracuse's Frank Howard from the floor.
0-for-16 – Huskies freshmen Christian Vital (0-for-6) and Vance Jackson (0-for-5) and sophomore Steven Enoch (0-for-5) had a rough shooting night. At least Juwan Durham was 2-for-2.
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ACC Roundup - Syracuse Struggling (dukebasketballreport.com; King)
Syracuse and UConn played Monday night in the Garden in a game that was bound to wake up some Big East ghosts.
It did, but not the ones Syracuse might have liked.
There was no six-overtime glory, no history, not really any greatness.
Instead it saw two teams trying to escape mediocrity, and UConn was the team that got a much-needed win.
UConn nearly shut Syracuse out in the last 11 minutes, with only Dajuan Coleman getting a pair of buckets before Andrew White hit a three to tie the game with just :09 left.
Former State guard Rodney Purvis got a three for UConn with :04 left but missed. Freshman Christian Vital - another clutch guy named Christian, but this time playing for UConn and not gutting them - got the rebound and was fouled on his follow up by former Duke target Tyus Battle.
He hit his foul shots with :02.2 left to seal the deal.
UConn moved back to .500 at 4-4 while Syracuse lost for the third time in its last four games.
Quick, bring back Mike Hopkins.
Keep in mind too that UConn played without three players who are out for the year - Alterique Gilbert (shoulder), Mamadou Diarra (knee), and Terry Larrier (ACL) are all out for the year.
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United Airlines' cheapest tickets will no longer let customers use overhead bins (PS; Tampone)
Customers of United Airlines will soon have to pay more if they want to use an overhead bin.
It's part of a new price tier the company is rolling out called Basic Economy, according to the Washington Post. Passengers who buy Basic Economy tickets will be allowed only one personal item that must fit under a seat.
Passengers who want to use a bin will have to buy a more expensive ticket. Basic Economy is the company's least expensive fare.
Customers will also not be assigned seats until the day of departure, which means people on the same ticket could be separated, the Post said.
It's the first time a large U.S. airline will limit passengers to one carry-on bag that must fit under a seat, according to Reuters.
United is hoping to lure customers away from low-cost carriers with the low prices and then upsell them once the conditions of the tickets are revealed, Reuters said.
The company expects the bag limit and other fare changes will add $1 billion to its annual operating income by 2020, according to the Post. It will likely mean more customers will pay to check luggage or choose higher fares that include permission for two carry-on bags.
U.S. Sen Chuck Schumer of New York, the new leader of Senate Democrats, is not pleased.
"The overhead bin is one of the last sacred conveniences of air travel and the fact that United Airlines - and potentially others - plan to take that convenience away unless you pay up is really troubling," Schumer said, according to WKBW in Buffalo. "Already, airlines charge extra for checked luggage, pillows, peanuts and headphones and now you'll have nowhere to store them. United Airlines should reverse this plan and allow the free use of the overhead bin for all."
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