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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2484435, member: 27"] [B][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff0000][IMG]https://image.slidesharecdn.com/poland-140513134926-phpapp01/95/polish-culture-9-638.jpg?cb=1400566184[/IMG] Welcome to Fat Thursday![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [I][SIZE=3][B]Fat Thursday[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday#cite_note-1'][note 1][/URL] is a traditional Christian feast marking the last Thursday before [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent']Lent[/URL] and is associated with the celebration of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival']Carnival[/URL]. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the next opportunity to feast would not be until [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetare_Sunday']Laetare Sunday[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday#cite_note-2'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday#cite_note-3'][2][/URL], and after that not until [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter']Easter[/URL]. Traditionally it is a day dedicated to eating, when people meet in their homes or cafés with their friends and relatives and eat large quantities of sweets, cakes and other meals usually not eaten during Lent. Among the most popular all-national dishes served on that day are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%85czki']pączki[/URL] in Poland[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday#cite_note-4'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday#cite_note-5'][4][/URL] or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_(pastry)']berliner[/URL], fist-sized donuts filled with rose [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade']marmalade[/URL], and angel wings ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faworki']faworki[/URL]), French dough fingers served with powdered sugar.[/SIZE][/I] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff8000] SU News[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [URL='https://www.seccountry.com/sec/power-ranking-conference-national-signing-day']Ranking the Power 5 conferences after National Signing Day[/URL] (seccountry.com; Riley)[/B] [I] It’s a question that gets brought up whenever media types discuss College Football Playoff rankings or examine bowl records.Which conference is the best in college football? After the 2017 season, it’s easy to say the SEC, given the All-SEC national title game, along with Auburn beating both teams. The Big Ten has a case to make, as it went 7-1 in bowl games with the lone loss coming because of Michigan and Jim Harbaugh. The ACC saw one its traditional powers falter, Florida State, and yet there were still two teams alive (Clemson and Miami) for the College Football Playoff in the final week of the regular season. So with another major checkpoint, National Signing Day, reached in the college football off-season, it’s time to reexamine where each conference ranks in regards to each other. And while these might not mean much now, people will hammer the strength of each conference when it comes time to debate whether or not a team belongs in the College Football Playoff. [/I] [SIZE=5][I]1. Big Ten[/I] [I]...[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][URL='https://www.seccountry.com/sec/national-signing-day-2018-live-updates-college-football-recruiting-team-conference-rankings']Live updates for college football recruiting rankings on National Signing Day 2018[/URL] (seccountry.com; Riley)[/B][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=4] [B]College football team 2018 recruiting rankings[/B] 1. [B]Georgia [/B] 2. Ohio State 3. Texas 4. Penn State 5. Clemson 6. USC 7. Miami 8. Oklahoma 9. [B]Alabama[/B] 10. Notre Dame 11. Florida State [B]12. Auburn[/B] 13. Washington 14. [B]LSU[/B] 15. [B]Florida[/B] 16. [B]Texas A&M [/B] [B]17. Oregon[/B] [B]18. UCLA[/B] [B]19. [/B] [B]South Carolina[/B] 20. Michigan 21. Nebraska 22. [B]Tennessee[/B] 23. Virginia Tech 24. North Carolina 25. TCU 26. Maryland 27. [B]Mississippi State[/B] 28. Baylor 28. N.C. State 30. Ole Miss 31. Michigan State 32. Louisville 33. Oklahoma State 34. West Virginia 35. Minnesota 36. [B]Kentucky[/B] 37. Utah 38. Stanford 39. Iowa 40. [B]Vanderbilt[/B] [B]41. Missouri[/B] 42. Cal 43. Wisconsin 44. Washington State 45. Pitt 46. Indiana 47. Purdue 48. Cincinnati 49. Syracuse 50. Colorado 51. Iowa State 52. Illinois 53. [B]Arkansas [/B] 54. Boise State 55. Georgia Tech 56. Rutgers 57. Northwestern 58. Wake Forest 59. Arizona 60. Duke 61. USF 62. Virginia 63. Kansas 64. Toledo 65. Boston College ... [/SIZE][/I] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff8000]Other[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://image.nj.com/home/advance-media/width960/img/newyorkupstatecom_national_desk_blog/photo/2018/02/07/erin-hamlin-3dccce8ca2aaee51.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL='http://www.syracuse.com/ny-sports/index.ssf/2018/02/2018_olympics_remsen_native_erin_hamlin_selected_to_be_team_usa_flag_bearer.html#incart_m-rpt-1']2018 Olympics: Remsen native Erin Hamlin selected to be Team USA flag bearer[/URL] (PS; Owens)[/B] [I]Remsen's Erin Hamlin, competing in her [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/ny-sports/index.ssf/2017/11/remsens_erin_hamlin_qualifies_for_4th_olympic_games_with_usa_womens_luge_team.html']fourth Olympic games[/URL], will have the honor of carrying the flag for Team USA at Friday's opening ceremonies of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Hamlin made history at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, becoming [URL='http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/2014/02/winter_olympics_2014_remsens_e_1.html']the first American to win an Olympic medal in luge singles[/URL] when she took the bronze. Hamlin was selected by her fellow Olympians to be Team USA's flag-bearer in PyeongChang. BREAKING: [URL='https://twitter.com/erinhamlin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']@erinhamlin[/URL] selected as the [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamUSA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']#TeamUSA[/URL] flag bearer for the 2018 [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/WinterOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']#WinterOlympics[/URL]Opening Ceremony! [URL='https://t.co/wdxRfMXdY7']Erin Hamlin Selected As Team USA’s Flag Bearer For PyeongChang 2018[/URL] [URL='https://t.co/F7k4gSyOVY']pic.twitter.com/F7k4gSyOVY[/URL] -- U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) [URL='https://twitter.com/TeamUSA/status/961405858084245504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']February 8, 2018[/URL] "It was a pretty big shock, but it is an honor and a priviledge to be recognized by all of Team USA like that," Hamlin said in [URL='https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/erin-hamlin-named-team-usa-flag-bearer-pyeongchang-opening-cermony']an interview with NBC's Mike Tirico[/URL]. Hamlin, 31, has won two [URL='http://www.newyorkupstate.com/sports/2017/01/remsen_native_erin_hamlin_wins_womens_sprint_luge_world_title.html']world championships[/URL]. After c[URL='http://www.syracuse.com/ny-sports/index.ssf/2017/11/remsens_erin_hamlin_qualifies_for_4th_olympic_games_with_usa_womens_luge_team.html']linching her spot on the Olympic team[/URL] back in November, she announced that she would be retiring at the end of the season.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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