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Welcome to Dog Farting Awareness Day!
Let's talk about farts. Like humans, all dogs fart. It doesn't matter their age, size, or breed. Sometimes people blame their own farts on dogs, but sometimes dogs really are to blame. Those who are thinking about adopting a dog must be aware of this.
What is behind dog farts? The main culprit is the swallowing of air, which often happens when dogs eat too quickly. This frequently happens when dogs eat together, as they often are competing for food. A respiratory disease that increases the breathing rate may also cause the swallowing of air, as will feeding a dog directly after exercise, before their breathing rate has slowed down. Other culprits causing dog farts include having a sedentary lifestyle and eating difficult to digest food such as soybeans, beans, spoiled food, high-fat food, high-fiber food, milk products, and spices. More serious problems such as gastrointestinal diseases may also be to blame. Other symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, and loss of appetite and weight often accompany the farting of dogs with diseases. Inflammatory bowel disease, the inflammation of intestines because of a virus, irritable bowel syndrome, and neoplasia—the excessive growth of tissue in the bowel—also may be the cause. Parasites and a non-functioning pancreas are two more possibilities of why a dog is farting.
SU News
Syracuse.com reporter Mike Waters catches up with Buddy and Jimmy Boeheim at their home.
In Alan Griffin, Syracuse may have found a replacement for... (theathletic; $; Gutierrez)
Illinois shooting guard Alan Griffin entered the transfer portal on March 24. One of the first schools he heard from was Syracuse, which offered a crisp vision of the player he could become. Assistants Adrian Autry and Gerry McNamara were two of 30 coaches who reached out to Griffin, his family says, seeing him as a good shooter and a high-energy guard. He appreciated the idea of playing for Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim, and only 3½ hours from his Ossining, N.Y., home. But those are far from the only reasons why he committed to Syracuse last weekend.
Griffin, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, wants to play. He wants big minutes with a chance to star in front of a rabid fan base. Over a two-week period, he, his mother, Audrey, and his high school coach, Patrick Massaroni, spoke almost daily with high-major coaches while he trimmed his list to a handful of finalists, including Arizona and Dayton. When he imagined himself at Syracuse, though, he felt the most joy.
“He saw the opportunity to play 30 or 40 minutes per game at Syracuse,” Massaroni says. “They said, ‘Hey, we’re losing Elijah (Hughes), you can fill that role. Look at the opportunity here to get a lot of shots up and win a national championship.’”
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Syracuse Basketball: Alan Griffin bolsters depth and scoring for Orange (ithd; Adler)
Syracuse basketball has a huge void to likely fill with the expected departure of Elijah Hughes, and new commit Alan Griffin will assuredly help.
Syracuse basketball enjoyed a one-two punch of bliss on Saturday night, as the program re-lived its 2003 NCAA title-game win against Kansas and picked up a commitment from talented wing Alan Griffin.
The 6-foot-5 Griffin, a sophomore transfer from Illinois, selected the Orange over five other finalists in Miami, Dayton, Iowa State, Arizona, and Texas. This is a tremendous get for the ‘Cuse, as the native of New York state will bring some much-needed scoring prowess to a Syracuse roster that has witnessed a handful of defections in recent weeks.
The biggest exit is redshirt junior forward Elijah Hughes, who has elected to test the NBA Draft waters. While it’s possible that Hughes, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading points producer during the 2019-20 stanza, could return to the Hill, his draft stock appears on the rise.
Let’s assume that Hughes turns pro and forgoes his final year of collegiate eligibility. Another question mark is whether Griffin, a three-star prospect who attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., will have the ability to compete in actual contests this fall.
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Syracuse Basketball: Ranking best Orange transfers from the last decade (itlh; Queripel)
Over the last decade, Syracuse basketball has enjoyed solid success in the transfer portal. We decided to rank the best ones from years past.
Syracuse basketball saw a bevy of players enter their name into the transfer portal to leave the hill this offseason.
With only two incoming freshman Syracuse held a depleted roster with many question marks. However, the Orange used the transfer pool for their own good and sought out Alan Griffin. With the Illinois forward coming to Syracuse, he provides much-needed guard depth alongside perimeter shooting abilities.
Syracuse saw a need and used the transfer portal to fill that need. In recent history, ‘Cuse has used this tactic with a ton of success. We will take a look at some of the players that came to the Orange with previous collegiate experience in the last decade and how each of them made an impact.
Every player came into their own for the Orange and brought some special memories to Syracuse fans. We will look at where the players were before the Hill and how they did when suiting up for the Orange.
Each player filled a void for Syracuse and held generous talent, but all had numerous successful moments under coach Boeheim.
Wes Johnson
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McMahon unloads on unhappy golfers: ‘Are you kidding me?’ (briefing 4/7) (PS; Dowty)
An exasperated Onondaga County executive on Tuesday said he couldn’t believe that people were angry that they had to pause their golf game at a time when people were dying of coronavirus.
On a day he announced the county’s sixth COVID-19 death, Ryan McMahon dialed up the angst against those who continue ignoring — or complaining about — social distancing orders.
He also warned against an Easter dinner with extended family, pointed out how the virus affects nearly every town and revealed just how young our COVID-19 positive residents are.
But first, golf.
‘Are you kidding me?’
It’s been a reoccurring theme for days now: the disappointment surrounding McMahon’s decision to close golf courses. On Tuesday, he defended the decision as necessary — even if golfing posed a low risk — and said saving even one life was more important than giving up golf for a couple of weeks.
“When are we going to look at some of these numbers and realize, taking a couple of days off from golf is not a big sacrifice, when we’ve had six people die, five people die in the last week?” McMahon said. “We have 15 percent of our cases are in the hospital. I mean, are you kidding me?”
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