Each year on August 16th, you will find people at amusement parks and theme parks across the country participating in National Roller Coaster Day.
In 1885, a patent was awarded to LaMarcus Adna Thompson regarding roller coasters which were made out of wood. However, there were “Russian Mountains” roller coasters considerably earlier.
The oldest roller coasters are believed to have originated from the so-called “Russian Mountains”. Built in the 17th century, these were specially constructed hills of ice that were located near Saint Petersburg, Russia. The slides were made to a height of 70 to 80 feet consisting of a 50-degree drop and were reinforced by wooden supports.
A roller coaster consists of one or multiple cars on a track, similar to a specialized railroad system that rises in designed patterns, sometimes with one or more vertical loops.
Given all the change surrounding Syracuse Orange football, fans have spent the offseason wondering about reasonable W-L expectations for the program. The coaching staff is different, so the offense should be better. But the defense might be worse, and the schedule is tougher.
Hoya Suxa crunched some number last week and it seems like SU’s going to fall right within the four/five-win range, at least based on current projections. That would probably put us fifth or sixth in the ACC’s Atlantic Division, and definitely ahead of Wake Forest (at least), right?
In a way, this is fitting. When the four ACC writers at ESPN were polled back in June, Syracuse was picked last in the Atlantic by all but one (appreciate your loyalty, David Hale!). While it seems puzzling to those of us that follow the team very closely, it makes sense when looking at the Orange from afar. As Sean pointed out at the time, perception is reality, and until we’re truly “back” (or at least string together a couple of bowl seasons), we’re fighting an uphill PR battle as a program... even if we beat Boston College and Wake Forest five out of six times now.
The rest of the rankings shouldn’t surprise. Virginia, Wake and BC populate the spaces right above SU, and for some odd reason bring a bit more optimism to this season. NC State and 2016 Orange opponent Virginia Tech are two teams full of questions in the league’s muddled middle. Syracuse will face four of the top five in Clemson (no. 1), Florida State (2), Louisville (3) and Pittsburgh (5).
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Dino Babers stood behind Eric Dungey during a recent practice and instructed his prized quarterback on how to throw a more accurate ball to the receiver's outside shoulder.
He tweaked the footwork of the sophomore quarterback. He commented on his arm slot, and each successive attempt was more accurate than the last.
Dungey, the presumed starting quarterback for Syracuse football, is far from a finished product 18 days out from the start of the 2016 season, but he'd be among the first to say as much.
"A long way from where I want to be," he said following Monday's practice, when asked to assess his progress at the start of the second week of fall camp.
"I have high expectations of myself. Coaches have high expectations. I just want to be perfect. I'm not perfect right now."
He said he threw "all right" during Saturday's 150-play scrimmage in the Carrier Dome. He tossed a pair of touchdown passes in the scrimmage, one a long completion to fifth-year graduate transfer wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo and one underneath to running back Jordan Fredericks, according to Cuse.com.
Apparently, the team built on that tempo Monday. The team broke into a light round of applause while it took a knee at the end of practice, a mild sign of approval for the squad's play-count on the day.
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The first full week of fall minicamp is in the books for the Syracuse University football program.
Friday may have been the most humid day of camp, as players and coaches alike, could both be seen passing water bottles around between reps on the practice field.
Head coach Dino Babers addressed the team prior to the start of Friday's practice, delivering a very enthusiastic, colorful and uplifting speech. The message was to give it their all on a daily basis. Babers later told reporters that it was essentially his way of relaying to his team that there is zero time to waste. The installation of a new offense and defense offers growing pains, which means Babers wants his players focused on the task at hand.
However, he acknowledged the difficult practice conditions on Friday morning.
"It's so difficult for them to do what they're doing," Orange football coach Dino Babers explained. "Then when you think about the temperatures and how high the humidity is up here. These guys are walking around and their socks are soaked. You can hear them coming up behind you because you've got that noise going on from all that water inside their cleats and stuff. It's just very humid. I'm looking around right now and some of you guys are sweating, and they're like 200 pounds bigger than most of you guys. So, it's a difficult task. Next week it's going to drop a little bit, but for them to push for this week in 12-15 pounds of gear, I think they're doing a nice job."
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A developer has proposed demolishing the Birds Nest Motel in the town of Skaneateles and replacing it with a Craftsman-style, hotel-resort with an amenities building and cottages.
Plans also call for an 80-seat restaurant and a heated, year-round outdoor pool with spas.
"We're confident this would be a fantastic representative for the entrance to the gateway to the eastern Finger Lakes," said Rick Moscarito, who is developing the project that's east of the village of Skaneateles. Skaneateles bills itself as the gateway to the Finger Lakes region.
The town planning board is scheduled to discuss the new motel which would be called the Skaneateles Springs at its Tuesday meeting.
The new hotel would replace the Birds Nest Motel at 1601 E Genesee St. which was built in 1949. The white motel that looks like it stepped out of the pages of a 1950s brochure has 31 rooms that face out on a lawn overlooking Route 20.
Skaneateles Springs Corp. bought the motel for $625,000 in June, according to Onondaga County real property records.
Moscarito said he plans to build an all-inclusive hotel that would have 20 suites with kitchens and fireplaces in an annex to a main lodge designed by local architect Robert Eggleston.
Plans also call for 13 cottages ranging in size from studios to three bedrooms.
The 8,000-square-feet amenities building would include a 2,000-square-feet lobby, a space to hold events, a fitness center and a game room, Moscarito said.
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Each year on August 16th, you will find people at amusement parks and theme parks across the country participating in National Roller Coaster Day.
In 1885, a patent was awarded to LaMarcus Adna Thompson regarding roller coasters which were made out of wood. However, there were “Russian Mountains” roller coasters considerably earlier.
The oldest roller coasters are believed to have originated from the so-called “Russian Mountains”. Built in the 17th century, these were specially constructed hills of ice that were located near Saint Petersburg, Russia. The slides were made to a height of 70 to 80 feet consisting of a 50-degree drop and were reinforced by wooden supports.
A roller coaster consists of one or multiple cars on a track, similar to a specialized railroad system that rises in designed patterns, sometimes with one or more vertical loops.
Given all the change surrounding Syracuse Orange football, fans have spent the offseason wondering about reasonable W-L expectations for the program. The coaching staff is different, so the offense should be better. But the defense might be worse, and the schedule is tougher.
Hoya Suxa crunched some number last week and it seems like SU’s going to fall right within the four/five-win range, at least based on current projections. That would probably put us fifth or sixth in the ACC’s Atlantic Division, and definitely ahead of Wake Forest (at least), right?
In a way, this is fitting. When the four ACC writers at ESPN were polled back in June, Syracuse was picked last in the Atlantic by all but one (appreciate your loyalty, David Hale!). While it seems puzzling to those of us that follow the team very closely, it makes sense when looking at the Orange from afar. As Sean pointed out at the time, perception is reality, and until we’re truly “back” (or at least string together a couple of bowl seasons), we’re fighting an uphill PR battle as a program... even if we beat Boston College and Wake Forest five out of six times now.
The rest of the rankings shouldn’t surprise. Virginia, Wake and BC populate the spaces right above SU, and for some odd reason bring a bit more optimism to this season. NC State and 2016 Orange opponent Virginia Tech are two teams full of questions in the league’s muddled middle. Syracuse will face four of the top five in Clemson (no. 1), Florida State (2), Louisville (3) and Pittsburgh (5).
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Dino Babers stood behind Eric Dungey during a recent practice and instructed his prized quarterback on how to throw a more accurate ball to the receiver's outside shoulder.
He tweaked the footwork of the sophomore quarterback. He commented on his arm slot, and each successive attempt was more accurate than the last.
Dungey, the presumed starting quarterback for Syracuse football, is far from a finished product 18 days out from the start of the 2016 season, but he'd be among the first to say as much.
"A long way from where I want to be," he said following Monday's practice, when asked to assess his progress at the start of the second week of fall camp.
"I have high expectations of myself. Coaches have high expectations. I just want to be perfect. I'm not perfect right now."
He said he threw "all right" during Saturday's 150-play scrimmage in the Carrier Dome. He tossed a pair of touchdown passes in the scrimmage, one a long completion to fifth-year graduate transfer wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo and one underneath to running back Jordan Fredericks, according to Cuse.com.
Apparently, the team built on that tempo Monday. The team broke into a light round of applause while it took a knee at the end of practice, a mild sign of approval for the squad's play-count on the day.
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The first full week of fall minicamp is in the books for the Syracuse University football program.
Friday may have been the most humid day of camp, as players and coaches alike, could both be seen passing water bottles around between reps on the practice field.
Head coach Dino Babers addressed the team prior to the start of Friday's practice, delivering a very enthusiastic, colorful and uplifting speech. The message was to give it their all on a daily basis. Babers later told reporters that it was essentially his way of relaying to his team that there is zero time to waste. The installation of a new offense and defense offers growing pains, which means Babers wants his players focused on the task at hand.
However, he acknowledged the difficult practice conditions on Friday morning.
"It's so difficult for them to do what they're doing," Orange football coach Dino Babers explained. "Then when you think about the temperatures and how high the humidity is up here. These guys are walking around and their socks are soaked. You can hear them coming up behind you because you've got that noise going on from all that water inside their cleats and stuff. It's just very humid. I'm looking around right now and some of you guys are sweating, and they're like 200 pounds bigger than most of you guys. So, it's a difficult task. Next week it's going to drop a little bit, but for them to push for this week in 12-15 pounds of gear, I think they're doing a nice job."
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A developer has proposed demolishing the Birds Nest Motel in the town of Skaneateles and replacing it with a Craftsman-style, hotel-resort with an amenities building and cottages.
Plans also call for an 80-seat restaurant and a heated, year-round outdoor pool with spas.
"We're confident this would be a fantastic representative for the entrance to the gateway to the eastern Finger Lakes," said Rick Moscarito, who is developing the project that's east of the village of Skaneateles. Skaneateles bills itself as the gateway to the Finger Lakes region.
The town planning board is scheduled to discuss the new motel which would be called the Skaneateles Springs at its Tuesday meeting.
The new hotel would replace the Birds Nest Motel at 1601 E Genesee St. which was built in 1949. The white motel that looks like it stepped out of the pages of a 1950s brochure has 31 rooms that face out on a lawn overlooking Route 20.
Skaneateles Springs Corp. bought the motel for $625,000 in June, according to Onondaga County real property records.
Moscarito said he plans to build an all-inclusive hotel that would have 20 suites with kitchens and fireplaces in an annex to a main lodge designed by local architect Robert Eggleston.
Plans also call for 13 cottages ranging in size from studios to three bedrooms.
The 8,000-square-feet amenities building would include a 2,000-square-feet lobby, a space to hold events, a fitness center and a game room, Moscarito said.
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In the past 20 months, Pitt has hired a new athletic director, new coaches in its two marquee sports — football and men’s basketball — and given its athletic department a full-scale facelift with the reintroduction of the Pitt script logo. That widespread change and sense of newness, at least for now, will not include the addition of new teams. Athletic director Scott Barnes said the university is not actively exploring the option of adding new sports and is instead focusing on investing in the Panthers’ existing programs. Pitt currently has 19 varsity teams, but does not field teams in several sports the ACC sponsors, most notably lacrosse and golf. It has fewer teams than nine other institutions in the 15-school conference. Barnes added Pitt has seen a 50 percent increase in merchandise and apparel sales since unveiling of the Pitt script May 18 and carrying through until the end of the fiscal year
Wish we could have throwback uniforms from our glory days instead of the throw-up uniforms (I'm lookin' at you platinum/grey or whatever God-forsaken "color" you're supposed to be!) that our team is forced to wear.
For the third time this fall, Wake Forest football coach Dave Clawson has had to announce that a potential starter is sidelined.
The first two were on the defensive side of the ball: Zack Wary and Zeek Rodney. Now, Clawson says that wide receiver Jared Crump will miss time because of more knee issues.
