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Welcome to Epiphany!
Epiphany (ə-piff-ə-nee), also Theophany[1] or Three Kings' Day,[2] is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God in his Son as human in Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not solely) the visit of the Magi to the Christ child, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles.[3][4] Moreover, the feast of the Epiphany, in some Western Christian denominations, also initiates the liturgical season of Epiphanytide.[5][6] Eastern Christians, on the other hand, commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.[7]
The traditional date for the feast is January 6. However, since 1970, the celebration is held in some countries on the Sunday after January 1. Eastern Churches following the Julian calendar observe the feast on what for most countries is January 19[8] because of the 13-day difference today between that calendar and the generally used Gregorian calendar.[9] In many Western Christian Churches, the eve of the feast is celebrated as Twelfth Night.[10][11] The Monday after Epiphany is known as Plough Monday.[12]
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SU abandoned what they knew, and it worked (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
The Syracuse Orange beat the Miami Hurricanes by 15 on Wednesday night. It was unexpected, to say the least -- especially because of how it all came about.
Syracuse shot well from the floor overall (nearly 57 percent), from three (41 percent) and even from the free-throw line (almost 86 percent). They out-rebounded Miami 30-26, had two players in double figures and most of all, held one of the nation’s top offenses to just 55 points.
They also did it with just five players seeing any meaningful playing time. This, the same team that we thought would be winning with its unprecedented depth. THAT team gave one minute apiece to former starters DaJuan Coleman and Frank Howard, five to Taurean Thompson (who did start), and then rode everybody else as far as they’d go.
Now, some of this should’ve been happening the whole time, too. Tyler Lydon should always be the focal point of this offense given his unique skill set and athletic advantages in the paint. And Andrew White should also get the green light more often than not — especially if he’s going to shoot the way he did vs. the Hurricanes. Lydon and White combined for 42 points on 14-for-26 shooting, and it never really felt like they were taking on too much of the load.
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SU may have found its new center in Tyler Lydon (TNIAAM; Godnick)
Fool’s gold or not, the Syracuse Orange may have figured something out against the Miami Hurricanes.
The Orange moved Tyler Lydon to center Wednesday evening, playing a smaller lineup that saw John Gillon and Tyus Battle at the guard spots and Andrew White III and Taurean Thompson filling in at the other forward positions. This was an uncommon scenario for Lydon as he usually plays the three or four position in coach Jim Boeheim’s system.
The switch worked like magic as Lydon had one of his best performances of the season, finishing with 20 points and seven rebounds. Lydon’s impact was seen from the tip as his position down-low allowed him to get easy buckets around the rim, opening himself up for long rang shots throughout the game.
Lydon at the center position gives SU a disadvantage in height, but his ability to score from all areas of the floor provides a mismatch against any defender on any given night. Centers Lydon will be facing are most likely going to be bigger and slower than him which should give Lydon the ability to beat the opponent off the dribble.
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Paul Zeise: Amazingly, Pitt basketball is fun to watch (post-gazette.com; Zeise)
For years, one of the chief complaints about Pitt under Jamie Dixon was that its style of basketball was not fun, not exciting and far too micromanaged. Fans wanted more offense and a faster tempo, which would give the Panthers a better chance to advance deep into the NCAA tournament and attract the top players in the country.
If all of that is true, this should be the greatest era of Pitt basketball because Kevin Stallings already has delivered on that front.
If you want to tell me Stallings wasn’t an inspired hire, isn’t a better coach than Dixon or you didn’t like the way Dixon was pushed out the door, I don’t know that I agree, but I might listen to some of that. But nobody can deny that Pitt is now really fun to watch, and that, given the personalities of this senior class, Stallings is a much better fit than Dixon was.
Dixon spent the past two years struggling with these players, trying to make them value defense more than they do and trying to get them to buy into his structured offense. That plan worked well with many of his previous teams, but not this group. These players are a bit free-spirited and offensive-minded, and it was a constant butting of heads between players and coach. By the end of each of the past two seasons, it didn’t seem like anyone was really having any fun. Stallings came in and recognized the players’ personality immediately and has given them a green light — and they have, in turn, responded with a 12-3 record, in good position for an NCAA tournament bid.
Stallings told his team at the start he’d give them the freedom to play offense the way they liked as long as they work with him and buy in on some other areas, and it appears as if that’s exactly what happened. This group will never be great defensively, but it at least now has some periods where it looks lucid on that side of the court. Stallings mixes his defenses up enough to keep other teams off-balance at times.
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NY officials: Corruption charges won't derail $90M plant for LED maker Soraa (PS; Knauss)
Contractors have stopped work while they wait to be paid, but construction is expected to resume soon on a $90 million manufacturing plant that New York state is building for LED lighting company Soraa.
The 82,500-square-foot facility in a suburb of Syracuse is expected to create more than 400 permanent jobs, but construction has fallen about a year behind schedule.
Work on the Soraa plant halted recently in the wake of a federal corruption probe that included criminal charges related to contracts for the Soraa plant and other facilities. State officials delayed payments to contractors while the records were scrutinized and authority over the projects was reassigned.
But New York officials say they remain in contact with Soraa executives and expect the company to move in after the plant is completed, most likely late in 2017.
"We are in regular communication with the company, and this project is moving forward,'' said Jason Conwall, speaking for Empire State Development Corp., the state's economic development agency.
Empire State Development recently inherited responsibility for the Soraa plant and other projects that had been managed by SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Alain Kaloyeros, the former president of SUNY Poly, was among eight individuals indicted in November following a federal investigation of state-funded development projects.
Kaloyeros pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
Another former SUNY Poly project, the Marcy Nanocenter near Utica, suffered a huge blow last month when Austrian chip maker AMS abandoned its plans to establish a fabrication plant there with hundreds of new workers. The Marcy project was not implicated in the federal corruption probe, but AMS officials blamed state delays for their decision to walk away.
State officials said they do not anticipate a similar outcome with Soraa. Construction of the Soraa facility is expected to resume in about a month, after the state catches up on payments owed to contractors, officials said.
The exterior of the Soraa building is largely complete, and most of the remaining work will be done inside.
Cor Development Co. is building the Soraa plant at Collamer Crossings Business Park, a 200-acre tract owned by Cor. An affiliate of SUNY Poly bought the 14-acre building site from Cor for $4.52 million in April 2016, property records show. The purchase price included a 2.5-acre easement on an adjacent parcel in case additional parking lots are needed.
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