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Welcome to National Cake Day!
National Cake Day celebrates the popular baked sweet dessert. Common cake ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, butter or margarine, a liquid, and a leavening agent such as baking soda or baking powder. Fruits, nuts, cocoa, and extracts such as vanilla are often added, and cakes are often iced and decorated. The word "cake" is derived from an Old Norse word, "kaka". In ancient Greece, cake was called "plakous", and was baked with eggs, milk, nuts, and honey. In ancient Rome, butter, eggs, and honey were added to basic bread dough. Early cakes in England were almost identical to bread except they were round and flat and were turned over once when being cooked. In general, until the 19th century, cakes were large and baked in pans that resembled bread loaves. When modern bake ovens came about around 1870, lighter cakes with baking powders and baking sodas began being made. Layer cakes—with layers of filling between cake—also began being popular in the 1870's.
During the Great Depression, at a time when there was a need for easily made food for many people, cake mix was patented, making cake a mass produced good instead of a bakery specialty. During the post war era, as the economy boomed, General Mills and Pillsbury came out with cake mixes, and marketed them for their convenience, especially to housewives. By the end of the 1950's, half of cakes were made from mixes. As cakes became easier to bake, housewives began being more creative with frosting.
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Syracuse basketball begins critical 5-game stretch with trip to New York City (PS; Waters)
It’s not exactly what one would describe as a gauntlet, but Syracuse is about to enter a five-game stretch that could be critical to the Orange’s NCAA tournament hopes.
The Orange’s odyssey begins this week with two games in the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center, then continues next week with a home game against Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge followed by road games at Georgia Tech and Georgetown.
None of the potential opponents are currently ranked, but by the time Syracuse completes these five games, so much more will be known about the Orange.
All five games figure to wind up as Quadrant 1 or 2 games in the NCAA’s Net rankings, which are used to select and seed teams for the NCAA tournament.
Outside of the season-opener against Virginia, those are the only Quad 1 and 2 games on Syracuse’s schedule prior to New Year’s.
That makes this upcoming stretch so vital to Syracuse’s fate. The Orange must notch at least a couple wins to boost its NCAA resume.
The NCAA has yet to release its initial NET rankings this season, but a look at noted statistician Ken Pomeroy’s rankings on KenPom.com shows the importance of these games.
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Audio Vault (ESPN; radio; Steve & Seth & Eric)
Former Syracuse Basketball star, Eric Devendorf makes his weekly appearance to talk about Syracuse’s blowout win over Bucknell and what the upcoming tournament in Brooklyn can do for the teams confidence.
Syracuse Basketball: ‘Doesn’t look like’ Jalen Carey will be back in Orange (itlh; Esden Jr)
Syracuse basketball guard Jalen Carey “doesn’t look like” he’ll be back next season. Here are all the details and what it means.
On Saturday, Syracuse basketball fans got a glimpse of life without Jalen Carey this season. According to Matthew Gutierrez of The Athletic, that may be a permanent change for the Orange.
Gutierrez joined The Manchild Show with Boy Green on Monday and shared his thoughts on Jalen’s future with Syracuse:
“I think Jalen Carey is going to be gone. I don’t see him playing again for Syracuse, I could be wrong, but certainly reading into his recent social media activity he deleted certain posts and Syracuse mentions most notably on his Instagram.
On top of that, looking at the playing time situation and his injury it would make a lot of sense, speaking generally, for a guy in his situation to transfer mid-season. Because of his redshirt this season he would be eligible earlier.
Jalen is an NBA hopeful and this could help him get to that dream a bit earlier. Certainly, he has a lot of skill and I think if things have gone differently maybe he’s already a star player as a sophomore in a different program. But things haven’t worked out here as far as playing time and a couple of minor injuries.”
Although the biggest reason it seems like a Jalen Carey transfer is inevitable is the writing on the wall.
There aren’t any seniors on this year’s Syracuse squad, which means all the guys currently eating up the minutes at guard are going to be back in theory next year:
- Howard Washington
- Buddy Boeheim
- Joe Girard III
- Brycen Goodine
- Syracuse offense with Jalen Carey in the regular season: 52 points per game.
- Syracuse offense without Carey in the regular season: 86 points per game.
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Melo's Big Night- Carmelo scores 25 in Trailblazers win (cnycentral.com;; Tamurian)
Tell us again why Carmelo Anthony was out of the NBA for a year?
The man who led Syracuse Basketball to the 2003 National Championship scored 25 points while grabbing eight rebounds in a 117-94 win for Portland over Chicago.
In a small sample size of just three games, it's Melo's best game since being signed by the Trailblazers.
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http://cusenationpodcast.libsyn.com...llfootball-oklahoma-statewake-forest-previews (libsyn.com; podcast; Cuse Militia)
What's up Cuse Nation? This week is just packed full of Cuse sports! We do our best here to give you an idea of the Syracuse basketball teams trip to NYC for the NIT Tipoff! They'll first play Oklahoma State and whether they win or lose they'll play either the winner or loser of the Ole Miss vs Penn State game. Those games with be Wednesday and Thursday. Then, it's senior day in the dome for Syracuse football and they'll take on Wake Forest and try to improve to 5-7!
Maui wowie! Hokies men’s hoops team stuns 3rd ranked Michigan State in Hawaii (wtkr.com; Winkler)
In a barn-burner, the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team upset No. 3/3 Michigan State 71-66 on Monday in the first round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center.
It marked Tech’s second straight win against the AP’s third-ranked teams, with it last beating then-No. 3 Duke last year in Blacksburg. And it marked Tech coach Mike Young’s highest-ranked opponent defeated, topping his win over No. 5 North Carolina in 2017.
Five Tech players scored in double figures to propel the Hokies (6-0, 1-0 ACC) past the Spartans (4-1). Redshirt freshman Landers Nolley recorded 22 points, junior P.J. Horne had 12, while freshmen Hunter Cattoor and Nahiem Alleyne each added 10 points. Wabissa Bede posted a season-high 11 points along with five assists.
The Virginia Tech Hokies celebrate the win over the Michigan State Spartans. (Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images)
Defensively, Tech forced 16 turnovers, which resulted in 20 points off those turnovers. The Hokies tallied eight steals and six blocks, causing havoc on the defensive end.
This was Tech’s first win over a top-five non-conference team since 1964, defeating No. 3 Vanderbilt on Dec. 12, 1964, in Blacksburg.
THE GAME
With under four minutes remaining in the first half, the Spartans led 25-24 when Nolley hit a 3-pointer to put Tech up 27-25, which was quickly followed by a triple from MSU to give them the lead back. But Alleyne answered with a three of his own and then Tech on the ensuing possession got a layup from Horne to give it a 32-28 advantage entering the break.
With a little over seven minutes to go in the second half, Tech led by two points at 51-49. Cattoor drilled a triple and Bede finished a paint lay-in to push the advantage to 56-49. Nolley capped off the 8-0 run with a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 59-49, causing a Spartan timeout.
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Vernon Carey Jr. receives national and ACC recognition after big week (balldurham.com; Connelly)
Vernon Carey Jr. of the Duke Basketball team received some big time recognition after his monster week in the 2K Empire Classic.
For the first time this season the Duke Basketball program has an ACC Freshman of the Week and a Co-Player of the Week in Vernon Carey Jr.
This week was Carey Jr.'s first breakout game as a Duke Blue Devil and what better place to do that than Madison Square Garden in the 2K Empire Classic.
On Thursday night the Blue Devils dominated the California Golden Bears, winning 87-52 and were led by its freshman from Southwest Ranches, Florida.
Vernon Carey Jr. dropped 31 points, 12 rebounds, and four blocks in just 22 minutes which broke Shane Battier's record for the fewest minutes played in a 30-point game in Duke history.
Carey Jr. also joined Zion Williamson and Marvin Bagley III, who was in attendance, as the only Duke freshmen with at least 30 points, ten rebounds, and four blocks in a game.
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25 Things That Make Syracuse Great: The Seasons (PS; Coin)
Twenty-five years ago, Syracuse.com was launched. It was, and remains, the leading source of information and advertising in Central New York. To celebrate, we’re exploring what makes Syracuse great, and we’ve come up with 25 things that fit the bill.
The seasons. Snow. A full house for an SU basketball game in February. You get the idea.
Every day for 25 days we’ll explore the stuff we brag about and wear as badges of honor as a testament to the folks who make our corner of the world such a great place. We want to know what you think makes Syracuse and the Central New York region great. Tell us here. And you can see our previous stories here.
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We love the four seasons, but do you know why the weather changes?
Kanica Schulte grew up in Cato, but she’s been living in warmer climates like Texas and Florida for the past 13 years. She still misses her family, Dinosaur Barbecue, Doug’s Fish Fry -- and the four seasons.
“At the holidays you get the snow and it’s a white Christmas – everybody wants a white Christmas-- and you get spring flowers and in the fall you can wear your warm fall clothes and then in summer you can wear your shorts,” Schulte said from St. Augustine, Florida, where the temperature was in the low 70s on a mid-November day. “I do miss all fours seasons. I do.”
The sharply distinct seasons are among the things people love – and miss -- most about Central New York. And yet many of us don’t know exactly what causes seasons, mistakenly believing that the Earth is closer to the sun in summer and farther in winter. In fact, it’s because Earth is tilted compared to its orbit around the sun.
“It’s because the Earth is tilted, so as we’re going around the sun you receive different amounts of solar radiation on different parts of the Earth,” explained Tripti Bhattachayra, a geology professor at Syracuse University.
If you could put the Earth on a hardwood floor like a spinning top, it wouldn’t point straight at the ceiling; it would lean about 23.5 degrees. That tilt means that as the Earth makes its annual trek around the sun, more light falls on the hemisphere more directly facing the sun. In our summer, that’s the Northern Hemisphere; in our winter, it’s the Southern Hemisphere.
Earth’s tilt guarantees that mid-latitudes like Upstate New York have changing seasons, from sun to snow and back again, unlike the muggy monotony of the equator, where sunlight falls 12 hours a day every day. If you want to see what that tilt looks like, head to the Heroy Geology building at SU, where a lighted, 10-foot globe, tilted at 23.5 degrees, dominates the lobby.
Easy so far, right? Tilt equals seasons. But that’s only part of the seasons story, Bhattachayra says. If the amount of sunlight was all there was to seasons, the hottest part of the year in the Northern Hemisphere would be at the summer solstice, about June 21, when we get the most sunlight; the coldest would be at the winter solstice, about Dec. 21, when sunlight hits its nadir. In fact, though, the coldest part of the year here is late January and the warmest is late July.
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