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welcome to national lowercase day!
everyone is to type in lowercase all day today because it is national lowercase day. in ancient rome, the latin alphabet consisted of capital letters all of the same size called roman majuscule. after the fall of rome, capital letters that were more rounded emerged, called uncial script. half-uncial came about around the same time, with some letters that resembled today's lowercase letters. uncial and half-uncial were used throughout medieval times.
tracing their roots to the court of french king charlegmagne, the lowercase letters of today are called miniscule script. they were used by monks and scholars, who were scribes who made manuscripts by hand. this script was faster to write than uncial. this shift from uppercase to lowercase was on account of its handwriting ease, not because of writing rules; there weren't many capitalization rules in europe before 1300.
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Syracuse basketball 4-star target into top 15, has largest rankings jump nationally (itlh; Adler)
Recruiting service and media outlet On3, in recent days, updated its top 150 for the 2026 class, and Syracuse basketball four-star target Abdou Toure made the largest leap around the entire country.
The 6-foot-5 shooting guard/small forward from Connecticut has proven an extremely fast-riser in the junior cycle in recent months. Last month, when 247Sports refreshed its 2026 national rankings, Toure also witnessed a massive jump there, too.
Via On3, on a national scale, Toure went from No. 127 to No. 13 overall, according to an article from On3 top national analyst/scout Jamie Shaw. The talented wing, per On3, also checks in as the No. 5 shooting guard and the No. 1 prospect in Connecticut within the 2026 class.
In the most recent update from 247Sports, Toure arrived at No. 31 nationwide, No. 11 at small forward and No. 1 in Connecticut within his cycle. Previously, he was No. 92 overall via 247Sports.
Syracuse basketball four-star recruit Abdou Toure is a hot prospect in the 2026 class.
The Orange staff offered a scholarship to Toure in late July of this year. According to recruiting services and his X page, his full offer sheet also includes squads such as Stanford, Pittsburgh, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Louisville, Penn State, Oregon, Alabama, UCF, Arizona State, Providence, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, Yale and Bryant.
Toure is a standout junior at Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Conn. As a sophomore in 2023-24, he helped lead Notre Dame to a 28-0 record and a Division I state championship in Connecticut.
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Syracuse basketball: Chance Westry expected back ‘soon’ from illness (itlh; Szuba)
The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team is expected to be without Chance Westry for the time being as he remains out of practice with an undisclosed illness. Adrian Autry gave an update on Westry’s status from ACC media day on Thursday. Westry is expected to return to the team in “a couple of weeks” according to his head coach.
“He’s had a really good summer. Now it’s just a little bump in the road and now we’re waiting for him to get back,” Autry said. “But he’ll be back. Nothing serious.”
A former top-40, four-star recruit in the 2022 class, Westry transferred to Syracuse from Auburn last season. He missed all of 2023-24 with a knee injury, which was sustained in a preseason practice. It was the opposite knee he injured during his freshman season at Auburn that required arthroscopic surgery.
Westry was cleared for basketball activities this summer. He was on campus for summer sessions at Syracuse.
“He was getting back into shape and then I think at the end of summer he really started hitting his stride,” Autry said.
The versatile 6-foot-6 guard is expected back soon. Now a redshirt sophomore, Westry is able to play the point guard, shooting guard and small forward positions.
“We expect Chance to be a guy that can come in and play multiple positions,” Autry said.
Westry transferred to Syracuse in 2023 to be closer to home and because of the relationship he built with former associate coach Gerry McNamara, honoring the first school to offer him a scholarship.
Syracuse basketball: No Orange Tip-Off, Monroe Madness this fall (TNIAAM; Ostrowski)
The Syracuse Orange basketball squads will not host their two preseason fan events, Monroe Madness and Orange Tip-Off, this fall.
Orange Tip-Off, formerly known as Midnight Madness, started in 2007 and had been held annually in the Dome - sans 2020 - since 2011. Monroe Madness is a more recent addition: introduced in 2022 as a paid event at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.
Both events had the teams competing in intrasquad scrimmages and three-point shooting contests, a women’s shooting challenge, and a men’s dunk contest. Some fans also had the chance to participate in activities on the court.
During Syracuse’s media window in the ACC Tipoff, Adrian Autry said this year was only a temporary hiatus from Orange Tip-Off and that he wants to put his own spin on it.
While we won’t get any early glimpses of Autry’s squad, fans of Felisha Legette-Jack and the women’s program can get a glimpse of the Orange in an open practice Monday morning at 9.
MBB plays preseason games against Clarion (10/26) and Slippery Rock (10/30) before their season opener on Monday, November 4 against LeMoyne.
WBB has one preseason game against Daemen (10/29) before hosting Niagara for their season opener on Tuesday, November 5.
ACC Tipoff | Syracuse on Field of 68 (youtube; podcast; Syracuse Orange)
ACC Tipoff | Syracuse on Field of 68
Syracuse Men's Basketball on Instagram: " @nba2k #ACCTipoff"
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Syracuse Men's Basketball on Instagram: "Hoops. Is. Back. #acctipoff"
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Syracuse Men's Basketball on Instagram: "Orange Wired: Coach Straughn "
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This comet was visible to the naked eye at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Hill in Pompey.N. Scott Trimble
Photo: Rare, bright comet appears in Central New York sky (PS; AP)
It’s been quite a week in the skies above Central New York.
On Thursday night, we were treated to the northern lights.
On Saturday, it was a rare, bright comet -- Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, to be more specific -- that could be seen with the naked eye.
Syracuse.com staff photographer N. Scott Trimble took this photo at Heritage Hill in Pompey with his iPhone.
“Once you knew where it was, you could see it. Otherwise, it was hard,” Trimble said. “The phone helped you see it, and once you locked in on it, then you could track it with the naked eye.”
Saturday was the comet’s closest pass to Earth. It should be visible through the end of October when skies are clear.
More about the comet from The Associated Press:
Where did comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas come from?
The comet, also designated C/2023 A3, was discovered last year and is named for the observatories in China and South Africa that spied it.
It came from what’s known as the Oort Cloud well beyond Pluto. After making its closest approach about 44 million miles (71 million kilometers) from Earth, it won’t return for another 80,000 years — assuming it survives the trip.
Several comets are discovered every year, but many burn up near the sun or linger too far away to be visible without special equipment, according to Larry Denneau, a lead researcher with the Atlas telescope that helped discover the comet.
Clockwise from left: Chicken spiedie with fries, chicken wing dip, roast beef sandwich with roasted vegetables, black and blue salad, Western burger with tomato-cucumber salad.
Good food that’s worth the wait during apple-picking season at Navarino Orchard (Dining Out Review) (PS; Pucci)
Each fall, Central New Yorkers lace up their duck boots, break out the buffalo plaid and head to southern Onondaga County for a favorite annual activity: apple picking.
In the rolling hills around LaFayette, Otisco and Marcellus, an area often called CNY’s Apple Valley, orchards line both sides of scenic Route 20, each offering a taste of the season and an opportunity for visitors to roll up their sleeves, grab a picking pole and get to work.
Of course, all that hard work makes you hungry, and the all-you-can-eat buffet of apples from the field (Sorry, orchard owners, but we all do it) just won’t cut it.
Enter Navarino Orchard. The fritter shack may the ideal snack spot, but this orchard also serves lunch, dinner and weekend brunch inside its 200-year-old barn.
While billed as a cafe, the food is prepared in a mobile trailer and served to tables inside and outside the barn. Generally speaking, food truck kitchens are smaller than their brick-and-mortar brethren, which means less production capacity, which means when the orchard is busy on a picturesque early fall Sunday afternoon, you might be waiting a bit for your food.
Between the 15 minutes in line to place our order — diners order at the food truck and are given a table placard with their order number — and the 45 minutes or so waiting at our table inside the barn, it took around an hour between getting in line and receiving our food. A pair of live acoustic musicians strumming ‘70s hits kept things lively, though it seemed almost criminal to be tethered to our table inside and not outside wandering the orchards or browsing the country store. As nice as it is to offer table service, I wonder if swapping out the table placards in favor of a pager system that would alert diners when their food is ready to be picked up and allow them the flexibility to enjoy other activities at the orchard while waiting, would be a smart switch, especially during the busiest times.
Thankfully, when the food arrived, it was quite good. A shared chicken wing dip starter ($10) was firmly on the mild side of the Buffalo spice spectrum, though exceptionally meaty, with only enough creamy binder to hold the tender shredded chicken together. A generous portion of tortilla chips proved plenty to finish the dip, though the accompanying celery sticks listed on the menu were missing.
Navarino Orchard serves a prime rib dinner special on Thursday, though we could still get a taste in the black and blue salad and roast beef sandwich (both $16), which come piled with chilled shaved prime rib, cooked somewhere between medium and medium-rare. I should note that only the salad lists prime rib on the menu, while the sandwich only lists “roast beef”, though we couldn’t detect a difference between the two protein portions.
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Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day: What’s open, closed today? (PS; $; Staff)
When is Columbus Day | Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Columbus Day 2024 takes place Monday, Oct. 14. The holiday, along with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, is always observed on the second Monday in October.
What is Columbus Day?
Columbus Day is a federal holiday commemorating Italian explorer Christopher Columbus’ voyage and landing in the New World on Oct. 12, 1492. Columbus was commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to find a faster route to Asia, and instead “discovered” what is now known as North America.
The holiday was first formally observed in New York in 1792, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt made it a national holiday in 1937. A statue honoring Christopher Columbus has been in Syracuse’s Columbus Circle for 90 years.
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More than a dozen states observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which honors Native Americans and their ancestors, and their contributions, while promising to educate Americans about the history of the United States and the people who lived in the area before colonial settlers arrived. Indigenous Peoples’ Day started being observed in 1990 and has since grown in popularity, either replacing or being celebrated along with Columbus Day in towns, cities, states and schools across the nation.
Are banks open on Columbus Day | Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Varies. Some banks are open, some are closed.
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