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The story begins in 1957 in a garage in Hawthorne, NJ with two engineers, Marc Chavannes and Al
Fielding. Marc and Al were trying to make a plastic wallpaper with a paper backing. Surprisingly, this
product didn’t take off. They realized, however, that their invention could be used as a cushioning
packaging material. At that time, only abrasive paper products were used for packaging, and they did
not suffice for cushioning heavy or delicate items. Marc and Al raised $9,000 to fund a developmental
production line. They incorporated Sealed Air Corporation in 1960, and today, Sealed Air is a leading
worldwide manufacturer of numerous protective and specialty packaging materials with annual reve
nues exceeding 3 billion dollars.
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Devin Butler (5) Led Douglas to a State Championship His Junior Season. Finished 2nd in the state in Class 2A in the long jump and the triple jump and led Douglas to a state championship in the 4x100 relay as well...
Recruiting Roundup: SU Football Gets Seven Verbals on Huge Recruiting Weekend (the juice; Cheng)
What an incredible weekend in Syracuse recruiting! Let’s dive right into it…
The Orange received a pledge from Frederick Douglass (Md.) athlete Devin Butler on Sunday, he posted on Twitter. He had previously committed to Maryland last summer. Butler has a rating of three-stars and could play safety or wide receiver.
Syracuse flipped safety/OLB Rashad Smith from Florida Atlantic to Syracuse, he announced on Twitter. Smith had taken a visit to FAU on the weekend of the 15th and his official to Syracuse this past weekend. The Homestead (Fla.) prospect has a two-star rating from Scout.
He joined another Florida prospect, three-star defensive end Jaquwan Nelson in committing to Syracuse, writes At their request, this network is being blocked from this site.’s Mike McAllister. Nelson was previously committed to Miami, and been pursued recently by Georgia. He was also on his official visit to Syracuse this weekend.
The third Florida prospect to commit this weekend was defensive tackle McKinley Williams, reports 247 Sports’ Ryan Bartlow. Williams, from Dillard (Fla.) joins high school teammate Kenneth Ruff as Syracuse commits.
Syracuse was also able to work the midwest, with a trio of prospects committing. West Bloomfield (Mich.) three-star safety Evan Foster announced his commitment to SU via Twitter on Saturday. He had previously been committed to Bowling Green.
Downingtown East (Pa.) offensive tackle Michael Clark also announced his commitment via Twitter. He had previously been committed to Maryland, and held offers from Rutgers, Pitt, South Carolina and Wake Forest.
He was joined by three-star running back Jo-El Shaw in his pledge to Syracuse. The Woodland Hills (Pa.) prospect visited Syracuse this weekend with a visit scheduled to Pitt the following weekend, but announced his commitment on twitter on Saturday to SU.
Jo-El Shaw Picks Syracuse Over Pitt and Western Michigan (triblive.com; Hartlep)
Woodland Hills senior running back/linebacker Jo-El Shaw made a verbal commitment to Syracuse on Saturday, choosing the Orange over offers from Pitt and Western Michigan.
Shaw (6-foot-1, 214 pounds), who ran for 1,278 yards and 21 touchdowns, committed to Western Michigan in October but backed out when running backs coach Mike Hart went from the Broncos to Syracuse.
He made his commitment while on a weekend visit to the New York campus.
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Temperatures Warmer Across CNY This Week (PS; Montreuil)
Winter has had a firm grip on Central New York for the last few weeks with bouts of heavy lake effect snow and generally chilly weather. This week, winter should let up a little bit as some warmer air moves in.
A southerly flow has set up across the eastern part of the country for the start of the week, with high pressure along the east coast and low pressure over the Plains. These southerly winds, along with a few breaks of sunshine, should help temperatures on Monday rise into the mid 30s.
No precipitation is expected on Monday, but the low pressure system from the Plains will lift into the Great Lakes by Tuesday. Some light and scattered precipitation will begin to move across Central New York before the sun rises on Tuesday and lingering into Tuesday afternoon.
The vast majority of that precipitation should fall as rain, but temperatures may briefly remain below freezing across the Tug Hill region, leading to a little freezing rain. This should quickly turn to rain as temperatures push into the 40s on Tuesday afternoon. This will be the first day over 40 degrees since January 10th.
Cooler air will work back in behind Tuesday's weak storm system, leading to a brief period of lake effect snow on Wednesday. Initially, the snow will set up east of Lake Ontario, with several inches possible across the Tug Hill.
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