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Welcome to National Spumoni Day!
It’s National Spumoni Day! This Italian dessert is made from layers of ice cream, whipped cream, candied fruit, and nuts. It is typically made with three layers of flavor: chocolate, pistachio, and cherry. Each layer of ice cream is mixed with fruits and nuts.
Spumoni differs from ice cream in that it should always be sliced, never scooped. First made in Naples, it is now popular in places with large Italian immigrant populations, such as the U.S. and Argentina.
Celebrate the delicious history and heritage of this treat and enjoy some spumoni on National Spumoni Day!
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Pope John Star Diagne Not Going to Syracuse (njherald.com; Staff)
This area’s most acclaimed high school basketball player in years, Pope John’s Moustapha Diagne, has cancelled plans to play for Syracuse University.
Instead, he will enroll in a junior college, according to Syracuse.com.
That website, the official news source for the university, made the announcement on Thursday night. Neither Pope John coach Jason Hasson nor athletic director Mia Gavin could be reached for comment.
Diagne has been in his homeland, Senegal, for the past several weeks, and was expected to return from Africa next week and report to Syracuse.
But, those plans abruptly changed with Thursday night’s press release from the Syracuse athletics department, which simply stated:
“Moustapha Diagne, who signed a national letter of intent with Syracuse in November 2014, has decided to enroll in a two-year college.”
No reason was given by the university.
A 6-foot-9 center/forward, Diagne was ranked 85th in the class of 2015 by ESPN, and was recruited by virtually every major college basketball program in the U.S.
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Trevor Cooney's Career May Hit Plateau in Senior Season at Syracuse (thejuice; Dagostino)
The expectations surrounding Trevor Cooney’s arrival to Syracuse University from outside the basketball program were bordering on the second coming of Gerry McNamara. Similar builds, similar skill sets…hopefully, similar results.
Right out of the gate, Cooney was surely no McNamara. G-Mac used his freshman year to round up a cult following and build up quite the resume of clutch moments, including six 3-pointers in the NCAA championship game. Meanwhile, Cooney had to work out several kinks and his claim to fame in the NCAA Tournament was taking the final shot in the Final Four loss to Michigan that was never intended to be in his hands.
In the two seasons since, Cooney has upped his production to become a solid double-digit scorer and a No. 2 or No. 3 option. However, he has never had a field goal percentage above 40 percent and only once has he had a 3-point percentage above 30 percent.
To be clear, McNamara wasn’t exactly a high-percentage shooter himself. He, like Cooney, was more of a high-volume shooter. Just keep feeding him the ball and more times than not, eventually he would get into a rhythm. Classic shooter’s mentalities for both.
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How Syracuse Might Benefit From Utica's New High-Tech Manufacturing Hub (PS; Tampone)
The Mohawk Valley got a big dose of good news from the state today, but it could be good news for Syracuse, too.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this morning that two major technology companies, General Electric and ams AG, will spend billions on two high-tech manufacturing facilities in Marcy, about an hour from downtown Syracuse.
About 2,000 new jobs will result. And at least some of those workers could come from the Syracuse area.
GE and ams will make the guts of modern electronics at the plants using manufacturing techniques that are among the most advanced in the world.
The companies will cast a wide net when it comes to filling jobs, said Michael Fancher, vice president for business development and economic outreach at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which has campuses in Albany and Marcy.
SUNY Poly was involved in bringing GE and ams to town.
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