sutomcat
No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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Welcome to Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!
The story begins in 1957 in a garage in Hawthorne, NJ with two engineers, Marc Chavannes and Al
Fielding. Marc and Al were trying to make a plastic wallpaper with a paper backing. Surprisingly, this
product didn’t take off. They realized, however, that their invention could be used as a cushioning
packaging material. At that time, only abrasive paper products were used for packaging, and they did
not suffice for cushioning heavy or delicate items. Marc and Al raised $9,000 to fund a developmental
production line. They incorporated Sealed Air Corporation in 1960, and today, Sealed Air is a leading
worldwide manufacturer of numerous protective and specialty packaging materials with annual reve
nues exceeding 3 billion dollars.
SU News
Syracuse Makes It to Virginia But Falls to the Cavaliers 73-65 (localsyr.com)
Despite great offensive efforts by Syracuse guard Malachi Richardson and forward Michael Gbinije, the Orange fell short to the 13th ranked Virginia Cavaliers, 73-65.
Richardson scored a total 23 points in Sunday night's game, 18 of which came off of 3-pointers.
Gbinije added 24 points of his own and had a team high four forced turnovers.
The Orange (18-8, 3-5 ACC) as a team was below average shooting Sunday, only making 39 percent of its shots.
The team didn't arrive at the arena until late Sunday morning due to the blizzard hitting the East Coast.
Virginia (15-4, 4-3 ACC) took advantage of a flat Orange team hitting 25-of-44 shots from the field.
The Orange will return home to the Dome to face Notre Dame on Thursday.
Tip-off is at 7 p.m.
Syracuse Loses to UVa 73-65 (photo gallery; PS; Axe)
The Dark Side
I hear 'Cuse knockin' but they can't come in
Virginia's balanced attack
Bad Trevor
Need a hand?
Other
City-County Merger: 6 Lessons Syracuse Can Learn From Others Nationwide (PS; Baker)
A small group of civic leaders has been quietly working since 2014 on options to consolidate government services in Syracuse and Onondaga County.
The group, called Consensus, is expected to release its recommendations early this year. Until then, little is known about what might be suggested by the group that includes a former congressman, a prominent lawyer and a former college president.
But government consolidation has been a popular trend in U.S. cities since the 1960s. A look elsewhere provides six clues of what might happen here.
Major cities like Nashville, Indianapolis, Louisville, Minneapolis, Jacksonville, and Philadelphia have all adopted some type of merger. More recently, cities like Pittsburgh and Cleveland have broached the subject unsuccessfully. In the mid-2000s, Buffalo raised the idea of consolidation but it never gained enough traction to become reality.
• Economic development trumps tax savings: In cities like Louisville and Indianapolis, proponents of consolidation championed the boost in economic development rather than substantial tax savings.
"Some of the clearest benefits of consolidation surround economic development," said Jeff Wachter, an independent researcher who published studies on consolidations in Indianapolis and Louisville and researched consolidation in Nashville.
"There's some government cost savings...but the claims about taxes on both sides have turned out to be overstated," he said. "From what I've seen, taxes have remained pretty similar."
In Indianapolis, average property taxes rose slightly (about three-tenths of a percent) for the first decade following consolidation. After that, they dropped just below pre-consolidation levels. In Louisville, government expenditures dropped less than one-half of a percent two years after the merger, according to a report by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy.
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