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Welcome to National Bluebird of Happiness Day!
If you are happy on Saturday, September 24, it might be because it was National Bluebird of Happiness Day. The mythology of the bluebird of happiness goes back thousands of years. The bluebird is widely accepted as a symbol of cheerfulness, good health, new births, prosperity, and hearth and home.
Bluebirds are a member of the Thrush family related to the American Robin. There are three bluebird types in North America: The Eastern Bluebird, The Western Bluebird and the Mountain Bluebird.
What makes the bluebird happy? Eating insects, such as cutworms and grasshoppers. This makes us happy too, since these critters are damaging to our crops and gardens.
Once very common in the United States, these beautiful birds have decreased in number due to loss of natural habitat, overuse of pesticides and predators.
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Taurean Thompson
Regarding News that 6'10 PF Taurean Thompson and 5'11 PG Quade Green Are About to Visit Syracuse, Dean Francis Tweeted...
Quade Green Visiting Syracuse Again (TNIAAM; Caray)
According to CuseNation.com, 4-star point guard Quade Green is unofficially visiting Syracuse today. Green was offered back in August after he attended the SU elite camp. Green has become a priority target for the Orange, due to the fact that Trevon Duval, also a 2017 point guard, transferred to a school in Texas.
The guard attends Philadelphia basketball powerhouse Neumann-Goretti. Not only is Green a good passing point guard, but he can also score the ball at will. Green's high school teammate, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree also holds an offer from Syracuse.
Green would be the first commitment in the class of 2017 for the Orange. Green holds offers from the likes of Louisville, Villanova,
If Green commits to the Orange, he would be featured in Boeheim's last recruiting class ever, as the legendary coach plans to hang it up after the 2017 season.
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Resurgence in Soccer in the City: Fowler, Nottingham and Henninger All Emerging as Power Contenders (PS; Webb)
Three of the Syracuse City School District's four high school boys soccer teams are having breakout seasons.
Fowler is 7-1-2 and No. 5 in the most recent Class A state rankings.
Nottingham is 5-0-3 and coming off a 2-1 victory over Fayetteville-Manlius earlier this week.
And Henninger is 5-1-2. Its only loss was to Cicero-North Syracuse, which scored with 31 seconds remaining to take a 1-0 victory on Sept. 15.
"It's unbelievable," said Nottingham coach Andy Hazletine of the success of city boys soccer teams this season. "It would be nice to somehow all make a deep run into the playoffs."
"It's a beautiful thing," said Henninger coach Scott Fiello, whose team is seeking its first winning record in more than two decades.
The Bulldogs and Black Knights played to a 2-2 tie on Tuesday. It was Nottingham's fourth game in four straight school days. Three of those games went into overtime.
Henninger was 6-11 a year ago. The Black Knights own a 2-1 victory this season over Fowler.
"Little by little, we're getting more competitive with the big five," said Fiello, referring to Liverpool, C-NS, -M, Baldwinsville and Nottingham. "This year, I think we’ve got a shot."
Henninger recorded a breakthrough win over Liverpool a year ago. Nottingham beat -M this season for just the third time in Hazeltine's 30 years as coach.
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