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Welcome to Leap Day!
Leap Day is every fours years...almost. It's every four years except years ending with "00" that are not divisible by 400. The year in which Leap Day occurs, is called a Leap Year.
Why the fancy calculation? The earth rotates around the sun once every 365 and about 1/4 days. So, by adding an extra day every four years, we get mighty close to keeping the calendar consistent with the earth's annual trip around the sun. And to be very precise, the earth orbits the sun every 365.242190 days. So, on years ending in "00", (except those not divisible by 400) we skip Leap Year and Leap Day. With all that fancy calculating out of the way, let's just celebrate the day.
Did you know? There are occasional "Leap Seconds". We will spare you the detail on those, except to say it helps to correct minor variations. On December 31, 2015, the folks who maintain the official time for the planet, will add an extra second to the day!
If your birthday is on Leap Day, congratulations, you finally get to celebrate your birthday on your birth date. Just how many of us are celebrating our Birthday on Leap Day? Only about one in 1461 people. If you were born on this day, consider yourself very, very special.
SU News
Football Recruiting Roundup: Gabe Sherrod Commits; Offers to Solt, Devito and Coley (the juice; Cheng)
What a big recruiting weekend for the Orange. Over 40 football players and four basketball players were on hand for the Syracuse/NC State game. Let’s get right to it…
Graduate transfer Gabe Sherrod tweeted on Sunday evening that he had committed to Syracuse. The Delaware State product will help sure up a depleted defensive line.
Wilkes Barre (Pa.) offensive lineman Ryan Solt tweeted that he picked up an offer from Syracuse. The 2017 three-star prospect also holds offers from Rutgers, Maryland and Army.
Don Bosco Prep (NJ) quarterback Tommy Devito tweeted that he received an offer from the Orange. The 2017 signal-caller also has offers from Bowling Green, Maryland, Temple and Yale. He is rated two-stars by Rivals.
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1987 Syracuse Football: SU On A Mission (youtube video)
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To Curb Syracuse Violence, an 'OG' Jumps Into the Fray (PS; Lohmann)
The corner of Midland Avenue and West Colvin Street in Syracuse is bustling as school lets out recently on an unseasonably warm Tuesday. Clifford Ryans is talking about the cause he has devoted his life to at the high-crime intersection when he stops abruptly. He narrows his eyes at a group of adolescent boys.
"Hold up," he tells a reporter before leaping off the sidewalk out into the street.
He heads toward a group of four boys. One boy carries a crowbar.
Ryans has walked this stretch of Syracuse dozens of times since July and has an idea of what is about to go down.
He demands to know who the boys are "beefing with." In a flash, he sprints three blocks back up Midland, presumably to confront the group's rivals. The boy sets down the crowbar.
Ryans returns a few minutes later, winded, and finishes his thought: "It's my mission to get out to these streets and do this," he said. "It is sad, you know, to see these young people out here doing something like this. I want them to know that I care about them."
