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Welcome to Julliene Fries Day!
Each year, National Julienne Fries Day is observed on August 12th.
To julienne fries is to cut the potatoes into long thin strips, similar to matchsticks. Julienne fries are also sometimes called “shoestring fries”.
Although the origin of the julienne cut is uncertain, the oldest known print is in the 1722 edition of Francois Massialot’s Le Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois.
CELEBRATE
Grab some julienne fries and use #JulienneFriesDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Julienne Fries Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.
SU News
Don't Give Up on Kaleb Joseph Just Yet (TNIAAM; Szuba)
Kaleb Joseph didn't get off to an auspicious start at Syracuse, but that's no reason to believe he won't turn himself into a solid point guard.
By now, Kaleb Joseph has heard as much vitriol as one could imagine as a Syracuse Orange -- enough to make even the likes of Paul Harris cringe.
If the story has been told once, it's been told a million times; Joseph came in expecting to sit behind Tyler Ennis and learn the point guard role. Ennis departed for the NBA, leaving a huge void at the point guard spot that Joseph could never have been ready for. But don't give up hope on Joseph just yet.
First things first. Tyler Ennis was an aberration at Syracuse. It's extremely rare for a kid as young as Tyler Ennis to have as great of an understanding of the game at his age. Ennis was well beyond his years -- he truly understood the point guard position. Ennis knew time and situation, understood angles and knew where to direct his teammates on the floor. You just don't see players with that type of basketball knowledge at such a young age.
As Joseph was left to take over the reigns in Ennis' wake, the unfair comparisons would follow. But comparing two players who have completely different games solely based on closeness in time seems ludicrous. If we're comparing apples to apples -- or in this case, oranges to oranges -- Scoop Jardine fits the bill. Could you have imagined Scoop Jardine running the show as a freshman? It wouldn't have been pretty. But all could agree that Scoop worked his way into a very good college player.
Let's take a look at Joseph's freshman year stats:
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College Basketball News
Rysheed Jordan Will Not Return to St Johns in 2015-16 (zagsblog.com; Zagoria)
Here’s a few quick notes on former and current St. John’s players and a staff update:
**Former St. John’s point guardRysheed Jordan plans to play overseas or in the NBA D-League, he told COBL.com.
“I don’t know yet. It’s either overseas or the D-League, two options,”Jordan told the site. “It depends whether I would prefer to go far or stay local.”
He said his decision will come “soon.”
Jordan added that he considered entering the 2015 NBA Draft but wasn’t able to make it happen.
“I was going to go into the ‘15 Draft, but it got too late,” he said. “I was iffy on if I was going back, and it came too late, and I didn’t go to take my finals.”
**German forward Richard Freudenberg visited St. John’s over the weekend and enjoyed it.
“The visit was great,” he told SNY.tv. “But it was an unofficial visit. The coaching staff is huge!! And they [are] getting more international!”
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Meteors Streak Above the Wyoming countryside early Tuesday night
'Amazing' Perseid Meteor Shower: When Where and How to See It in CNY (PS; Coin)
If the weather cooperates, Central New Yorkers this week could see one of the best summertime meteor showers in years.
The Perseid meteor shower started July 17, but peaks Wednesday and Thursday with up to 100 meteors per hour hitting Earth's atmosphere and streaking across the night sky.
Here are some tips on how to best see what The Weather Channel is calling an "amazing" shower of meteors, which are no bigger than grains of sand.
What day? Clouds are the bane of sky-watching in Central New York, and there will be plenty of clouds this week. National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Pellerito said the best shot for clear skies will be Thursday -- very early in the morning or very late in the evening.
"Your best bet is the pre-dawn hours Thursday morning," Pellerito said. That would be perfect timing, because NASA says the single best hour to watch the meteor show is 4 to 5 a.m. Eastern time Thursday.
If clouds are too thick then -- or you're not an early riser -- try Thursday night after 9 p.m. "The first half of Thursday night will be a pretty good shot at seeing some clear sky," Pellerito said.
What time? Star-gazing parties will be held at local parks from 9 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, but viewing is generally best from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., when the sun is on the opposite side of the Earth.
"You want to have your sky as far away from the sun as possible because you want it as dark as possible," said Damian Allis, director of the CNY Observers astronomy group. "These little streaks are thin and they don't last for more than a second."
