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Welcome to National #2 Pencil Day!
Each year, March 30th National Pencil Day honors the writing utensil that has done more than just teach millions the alphabet and draw straight lines. It’s also helped win wars and enabled amazing art.
Hymen Lipman received the first patent for attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil on this day in 1858. Before that time, pencils and erasers existed separately. Lipman combined the two making two tools much more convenient to use. The intuitive businessman also manufactured envelopes for his stationery shop and was the first to add adhesive to the flap of envelopes.
During World War II, Cumberland Pencil Company out of Kenswick, England produced pencils that were designed to function. However, the pencils were hollow with graphite on either end. Between the graphite, the makers had stowed maps to aid captured military personnel in their escape to freedom. Charles Fraser Smith designed them in 1942 and at night, when the factory closed, workers would assemble them under secrecy. The miniature maps detailed escape routes from prisoner of war camps and also included a miniature compass. Throughout the war, these small tools were issued to members of the Royal Airforce and sent to POW camps.
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SU's Quincy Guerrier talks groin surgery, rehab and more (PS; $; Waters)
Quincy Guerrier played every game of the 2019-20 season despite a groin injury that was so painful that sometimes after a game he would return to his campus apartment and tears would come to his eyes.
The pain developed after Guerrier and the rest of his Syracuse teammates returned from the Orange’s tour of Italy last August.
The feeling in his groin eventually went from uncomfortable to, in his words, “really hurting.‘'
The pain never went away. He saw a doctor who had x-rays taken of Guerrier’s groin. The doctor advised Guerrier that surgery would be necessary, but if he could manage the pain, he could finish the season without sustaining additional damage.
“I wanted to finish the season,‘' Guerrier said in an interview last week. “When the muscle was cold was when I was really feeling it. When I started to play and my body was hot, it wasn’t that bad. It was after playing games that it was really bothering me.‘'
After games, back home in his apartment, as he lay in bed Guerrier would feel the pain build.
“I was crying in bed because it was really bothering me,‘‘ Guerrier said.
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What to know about the constantly changing status of Syracuse fall sports (DO; Crane)
After the NCAA canceled spring championships on March 12, universities across the country embarked on a long path toward fall sports. Conferences had nearly six months to unify, develop concrete plans and ensure safe participation in football and other Olympic sports.
As the Atlantic Coast Conference’s revised fall schedule nears, with seasons set to open the week of Sept. 7, numerous uncertainties still exist. Any uniformity and overarching NCAA power has evaporated as individual conferences prepare to take their own routes toward the fall season.
Two Power 5 conferences — the Big Ten and Pac-12 — have already canceled seasons. Football Championship Subdivision teams scratched fall competitions altogether. Others, such as the ACC and SEC, have kept anticipated start dates.
“‘Here’s the path to play in the fall,’” Director of Athletics John Wildhack said on July 30. “That trumped everything else … So we just want to get the chance to play.”
Syracuse finds itself balancing hope for college football with the reality that the NCAA canceled championships for six of its fall sports on Thursday. “It’s been quite an adventure,” Wildhack said, but it’s one that could ultimately end with the cancellation of Olympic sports seasons while football marches ahead.
Here’s what you need to know about the path to fall Olympic sports, as schedules, although many are unknown, begin in two weeks.
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Duke basketball: Top 10 individual ACC seasons of the last decade (balldurham.com; Wynne)
Does a Duke basketball star own the ACC’s top fantasy season since 2010-11?
The last decade of ACC hoops introduced us to some future NBA All-Stars, including a few of the Duke basketball variety. There were exceedingly memorable single-season statistical performances throughout the conference.
For instance, North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller averaged nearly a double-double during his senior season with 16.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. North Carolina State’s T.J. Warren scored 871 points during his sophomore year in Raleigh, good for second best in the nation. And Virginia’s ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon scored 18.2 points per game while grabbing 4.1 rebounds and doling out 3.1 assists per contest.
However, there were 10 players whose point, rebound and assist averages yielded unmatched statistical seasons over the last decade of ACC play. Last month, I penned an article that used a quantitative system of metrics for evaluating single-season player performance. I have simplified that metric for this particular exercise. At the conclusion of the year, players earn 1.0 fantasy points here for each point scored, 1.5 points for each rebound, and 2.0 points for each assist.
A very mediocre statistical season might be one of 10-point, four-rebound, and two-assist averages. These metrics are roughly comparable to those put up by Boson College senior Nik Popovic last season. The Eagles’ forward averaged 10.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. Those metrics would equate to a fantasy-like score here of 21.5 points per game.
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Hudson Lofts: See inside new apartments in historic Armory Square building (PS; $; Moriarty)
Hudson Lofts offer upscale living in an historic building in the heart of Syracuse’s Armory Square.
Seneca Armory Associates, a newly formed real estate investment and development firm based in Syracuse, has converted the upper two floors of 239-245 W. Fayette St. into 20 apartments. (The space is actually two connected buildings.)
Formerly named the Seneca Building, it’s now named the Hudson Building and the apartments the Hudson Lofts. T.J. DiPeso, managing partner of Seneca Armory Associates, said he named the building after his 4-year-old son.
DiPeso’s partners in the project are Andrew Gachkar and Steve Gregory. Plans for the development were announced last year.
The first floor of the building houses two commercial tenants, Mulrooney’s Pub (Mully’s) and Solu Technology.
The apartments consist of two studios and 18 one-bedroom units. Monthly rents range from $900 to $1,500. Twelve of the apartments are already leased. The one-bedroom units feature exposed brick walls, and wood beams and trusses.
Some of the apartments have views of East Fayette Street, while others boast views of Walton Street. Tenants have access to building’s courtyard when it is not being used by Mulrooney’s for outdoor dining. (The pub is temporarily closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.)
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Brew at the Zoo goes virtual this year (cnycentral.com; Spitz)
Brew at the Zoo is heading online this year as Syracuse Zoo Brew to You!
This is the Rosamond Gifford Zoo's popular summer fundraiser. This year it's happening on Friday, August 21st at 6 p.m. The event is free and will stream on the zoo’s Facebook page.
You can also be a VIP participant. Tickets are $30 a person or $45 for two. Special VIP packages are picked up on Wednesday or Thursday before Friday’s event. The VIP package includes a six-pack of select beers, a special Brew to You pint glass, assorted snacks and zoo guest passes. VIPs also will be entered into a raffle for a giant zoo-themed gift basket.
There is also a silent auction for everyone to take part in. Silent auction items include a basketball signed by Syracuse Men’s Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim, a team-signed Syracuse Crunch jersey and a night’s stay for two at the Former Hotel Syracuse with free breakfast and parking.
All money raised benefits the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. For more information and VIP tickets click here.
