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Welcome to Punch the Clock Day!
Today celebrates the punch clock, which is also known as a time clock, time recorder, or clock card machine. Mechanical time clocks often use heavy paper cards called time cards, that are put into a time slot and "punched" by a worker before they start work. The first time clock is seen as being invented by Willard Le Grand Bundy, a jeweler, from Auburn, New York. He invented it in 1888, and filed a patent in 1890. The patent suggests time recorders probably already existed, but that he just improved on them. His brother, Harlow Bundy, started the Bundy Manufacturing Company and began mass-producing them shortly thereafter. In the late twentieth century there was a move away from mechanical time clocks, to more computer-based ones. There are now time clocks that use the technology of smartphones and tablets.
How to Observe
Celebrate the day by punching the clock at work—not literally—but to record your work time. If you are a boss you should have lots of treats in the break room or by the punch clock, so that everyone can relax for a moment and celebrate the clock. If you don't have to go to work today, celebrate the fact that you are not punching a clock.
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'Cuse Militia Podcast: Episode 199- Syracuse Basketball: Pitt Post-game/Clemson Preview! (libsync.coim; podcast. Cuse Militia)
What's up Cuse nation? Syracuse wins their 5th ACC match up in a row. Buddy Boeheim helped build a solid 1st have lead to help solidify the win. You'll hear from us, we'll hear from you in Fan Feedback. Then we'll let you know what we think about upcoming match up on the road against Clemson.
Syracuse Basketball: Orange shows it can win even when its shooting is off (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball withstood a furious Pittsburgh rally to boost its winning streak to five games, and the Orange has a big week ahead.
Syracuse basketball, when it connects on a poor percentage from the field, is typically in trouble. But the Orange grinded out a 69-61 triumph on Saturday afternoon inside the Carrier Dome against Pittsburgh, and the ‘Cuse displayed a pivotal ability to take care of business even when its shots didn’t fall at a terrific clip.
Additionally, Syracuse’s and the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading scorer, redshirt junior forward Elijah Hughes, couldn’t get going until after intermission.
To compound the situation, freshman point guard Joe Girard III struggled a bit, too. The Orange held a 30-10 edge in the first half, yet the Panthers hung around, eventually closing the gap to three points in the contest’s waning minutes.
That the ‘Cuse gave back virtually all of its sizable advantage is a tad frustrating, but it’s equally impressive that Syracuse proved able to gut out a victory, particularly at home, where the Orange had fallen on several occasions in recent weeks.
Despite a lackluster non-conference performance, the ‘Cuse (13-7, 6-3) has now captured five-consecutive affairs and sits alone in fourth place in the muddled ACC standings. Syracuse has also defeated Pittsburgh six instances in a row, and that’s an achievement, because in the past the Panthers had owned the Orange for a period of time.
While the ‘Cuse committed way too many unforced miscues, it prevailed in the rebounding department versus a physical Panthers crew. Syracuse continues to improve on the boards, and it’s no surprise that this factoid aligns with the Orange’s recent success.
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Money Moment: Pitt Hopes Comeback Helps in 2nd Crack at Syracuse (pittsburghsportsnow.com; Saunders)
Pitt dug itself a huge hole on Saturday against Syracuse, falling behind by 20 points early in the first half.
The Panthers turning things around, making a late-first-half run to close the gap and then doing so further in the second half, working the deficit all the way to three before eventually losing, 69-61 to the Orange.
In most games, the comeback might put a bit of a nicer face on a loss, but would ultimately be meaningless at the end of the day.
When Pitt twice came back from double-digit deficits before eventually losing at Miami, the comeback charges didn’t provide more solace than the poor play that led to those deficits provided angst.
But against the Orange, it’s a bit different. Saturday was the first time these Panthers had seen the Syracuse zone, including regulars Justin Champagnie, Gerald Drumgoole, Eric Hamilton and Ryan Murphy.
For returners like Terrell Brown, Xavier Johnson, Trey McGowens and Au’Diese Toney, they needed to incorporate new players and this year’s scheme into a way to beat the Orange.
When Champagnie got into early foul trouble, it thew that scheme out of whack and that eventually proved to be the difference in the game.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...cb5e24-4053-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html (washingtonpost.com; Feinstein)
Years ago, when the ACC basketball tournament was still about tradition, those of us who covered the tournament year in and year out had one that we cherished: the Brill bracket announcement.
It came at midnight Saturday, the night before the final, and it involved Bill Brill, the patriarch of ACC sportswriters, being rolled on a luggage cart into a ballroom filled with reporters. Brill would then stand before his colleagues and announce his version of the then-64-team bracket, which was so accurate most years that reporters would start making travel plans once they heard the Brill bracket.
The man who annually introduced Brill was Gene Corrigan.
Yes, the ACC commissioner would happily leave behind all the corporate sponsors he spent the weekend wining and dining to wade into a crowd of mostly overserved reporters and be part of what was called “The Brill-a-thon.”
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Try to imagine your garden variety Jim Delany or John Swofford doing that. No way, no how, no chance.
But Corrigan, who died early Saturday at 91, was anything but your typical conference commissioner — or athletic director or human being. He was usually the first person to point out his mistakes or flaws.
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Look What I Found: An exclusive cup of coffee at an out-of-the-way Syracuse diner (PS; Miller)
(This is the start of Look What I Found, a regular feature that highlights some secret spots to get good food and drinks in Central New York. Do you have a restaurant or bar that serves something unique? Email me at cmiller@syracuse.com.)
All I wanted was a cup of coffee. But the coffee was so good that I ended up staying for breakfast.
That’s happened four times now at Gracie’s Kitchen, a Solvay diner with a barbershop on the left, a hair salon on the right and a dog groomer in the parking lot out front.
“The coffee here is a special blend made in Buffalo especially for us,” said Mary Mandolfo. “But the food is made especially for you, them and everyone else who walks in here.”
Mary opened Gracie’s Kitchen on Feb. 3, 2018, in the spot of Geddes Plaza once home to the Buzz Cafe. For the previous seven years, she had run the Neighborhood Grind diner in Nedrow.
Gracie’s Kitchen is a family affair. Her sister, Suzy O’Neill, cooks the desserts here, and her nephew, Nick, runs the kitchen. The diner is named after Mary’s mother, who taught her how to cook.
“We cook everything with love,” Mary said. “That’s why it all tastes so good. Well, that, and the fact that everything here is made fresh.”
The specialties include homemade corned beef hash and the home fries (Mary & Co. cut the potatoes themselves every morning.). The frittatas are among the most popular sellers because they, like they are at so many other CNY diners, are bigger than your appetite.
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