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Welcome to World Mosquito Day!

World mosquito day honours the malaria work of Sir Ronald Ross.

In 1902, British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on malaria. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of theAnopheles mosquito led to the realization that malaria was transmitted by Anopheles, and laid the foundation for combating the disease.1

Read more about Sir Ronald Ross on the CDC website.

Interesting facts about mosquitoes from National Geographic:2

• Mosquitoes are carriers for some of humanity’s most deadly illnesses, including malaria, west nile virus, yellow fever, dengue fever and encephalitis.
• There are more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes but three are primarily responsible for the spread of human diseases: (1) Anopheles mosquitoes carry malaria and also transmit filariasis (also called elephantiasis) and encephalitis. (2)Culex mosquitoes carry encephalitis, filariasis, and the West Nile virus. (3)Aedes mosquitoes carry yellow fever, dengue, and encephalitis.
• Mosquitoes use exhaled carbon dioxide, body odors and temperature, and movement to home in on their victims.
• Only female mosquitoes have the mouth parts necessary for sucking blood. They use the blood not for their own nourishment but as a source of protein for their eggs. For food, both males and females eat nectar and other plant sugars.
• All mosquitoes need water to breed, so eradication and population-control efforts usually involve removal or treatment of standing water sources. Insecticide spraying to kill adult mosquitoes is also widespread. However, global efforts to stop the spread of mosquitoes are having little effect, and many scientists think global warming will likely increase their number and range.

SU News

Meet Ervin Phillips, Express Back Extraordinaire (thejuice; Cheng)

Erv Phillips has been entrusted with one of the most critical roles on SU’s offense this year.

Phillips will be Syracuse’s hybrid back, or “express” back, as the coaching staff calls it. The position requires a jack-of-all trades athlete who will line up in a variety of different positions in an effort to create mismatches on offense.

On any given play, Phillips will be at tight end, in the slot, on the wing or in the backfield. He could be asked to help on a blocking assignment, or catch a pass in the flat and make a play.

All of this has Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer excited, not just about the position itself, but the person playing it.

» More SU football: Meet WR Brisly Estime

“When you look at Erv Philips (and the other H-backs) […] we saw them play on both sides of the ball, we saw them running the ball, catch the ball, return punts,” Shafer said. “We have some very good athletes at that position that can give us some good, at bare minimum, mismatch problems for the defenses.”

That’s exactly what Phillips did as a true freshman in 2014. Phillips was second on the team in all-purpose yards (727), handling kickoffs, taking hand-offs and even hauling in 14 receptions.

Capt. Greg Durso Details 4 Year Progression of Syracuse-Fort Drum Relationship (DO; Schneidman)

When Syracuse first came to Fort Drum for training camp in 2012, the planning for what is now an annual tradition didn’t start until the middle of the summer.

Then-head coach Doug Marrone brought the Orange to interact with soldiers. It was a toned-down affair featuring a few static display tables with weapons and equipment, and a “very personal and small” setting, said Capt. Greg Durso, the event’s project manager. Durso, now 27, and one other service member, organized activities and improvised along the way with very little support.

On Tuesday morning at the Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield, freshman offensive tackle Colin Byrne stepped away from the mass of players several times to peer in the back of a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter, an aircraft the service member addressing the team called the fastest in the U.S. Military. Freshman offensive guard Sam Clausman laid on his stomach with camouflage stringing draped over him while he peered into the scope of a sniper. Sophomore quarterback AJ Long climbed through the roof of a Humvee and posed for pictures while holding its launching mechanism.

For Durso, who was involved with the Orange’s first, second and fourth visits — he was serving in Afghanistan during the third — the whole experience has evolved. The 10th Mountain Division’s increased resources allowed it to fascinate the players on a new level in 2015.
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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:47 pm

Ed Hardin: State bides its time before football really starts in Raleigh Associated Press |


RALEIGH — A small pile of huge rocks sits near the entrance to the N.C. State football practice facility. Stenciled on the top rock is State’s motto, something about one state and one goal or something.
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The pile of rocks might be a fitting symbol, though.

We won’t know what to make of the Wolfpack until sometime in early October, after weeks of football that won’t matter to anyone and won’t get State one bit of attention unless they lose. Troy, Eastern Kentucky, Old Dominion and South Alabama lie between now and Louisville, when the Cardinals come to Raleigh to play a likely 4-0 Wolfpack team.

So, another season and another exhibition schedule to open it.

The players were working out in the sun Thursday morning. They seemed to be having fun. The coaches were all running around in hats and T-shirts and yelling and screaming and having the time of their lives. This is a loose bunch. Then again, it’s August.

Coach Dave Doeren has a good football team this year. He had a good football team last year, too, which is why so many people expect so much of the Wolfpack. But any sober look back at last season shows the reality of it. State won its first four games in the exhibition swing, then lost every game it was supposed to and won every game it was supposed to from there on out.

Another 8-5 (3-5 ACC) season isn’t just possible, it’s likely.

Unless, of course, State really is one of the best teams in the country, which some people are saying.

Doeren embraces the expectations.

“I’m excited about it,” he said. “That’s where you want to be as a program. You’d rather have that than the opposite any day.”

The opposite is never far away for State.

The Pack managed to stay young in the offseason. State’s roster last year was 70 percent freshmen and sophomores. This season, the roster is 70 percent freshmen and sophomores. Granted, last year’s freshmen are this year’s sophomores, and a lot of them will start.

By the time Louisville arrives, a few more of them could be in the lineup. That’s the theory behind the Pack’s scheduling. By then, State’s confidence should be soaring. The stadium should be filled. The Pack should be in the top 25 or on the verge, and the four easy wins should have State’s lineups and game plans honed and tuned for the meat of the schedule.

Besides, they’ve been doing this four years now. They learned it from Herb Sendek.

Doeren wants a confident football team. He expects it, and his players thrive on it. State was the most confident team at the ACC Football Kickoff in Pinehurst.

Senior defensive end Mike Rose predicted great things at that event, sounding a warning to all who would doubt the Pack.

“A lot of people underestimate us,” he said. “They better watch out.”

A lot of people look at State’s schedule and State’s division and estimate the Pack to go about 8-5 (3-5) again. A lot of people see State locked in behind Florida State, Clemson and Louisville, not necessarily in that order. The Pack was 0-3 against that Atlantic Division trio last season by a combined score of 127-59. Any gauge of improvement over last season will ultimately depend on how they do in those three games,

But that seemed so far off Thursday as the players frolicked in the heat, showing no signs of wilting from expectations.

“The expectations are there,” Doeren said. “Whether they’re real or not, that’s for us to prove. But that’s what you want. You want people to expect things of your players.”

State has the players, 14 starters from last year and two maturing recruiting classes that suggest Doeren has settled into his area, recruiting against Carolina and East Carolina at the same time.

State has the quarterback, senior Jacoby Brissett. State has the running backs, Shadrach Thornton, Matt Dayes and freshman Reggie Gallaspy from Southern Guilford. State has three interior linemen back and eight defensive starters back.

What’s not to like? This is a good football team stuck in a brutal division but blessed with what is likely the easiest non-conference schedule in the country.

We won’t know anything about this team for a long time. College football season starts in about three weeks, and State has a game that week, too. But the Pack’s real season doesn’t start for another month after that.

The incongruous expectations are somehow fitting for a program situated between a rock and soft place.

 

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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:47 pm

Ed Hardin: State bides its time before football really starts in Raleigh Associated Press |


RALEIGH — A small pile of huge rocks sits near the entrance to the N.C. State football practice facility. Stenciled on the top rock is State’s motto, something about one state and one goal or something.

The pile of rocks might be a fitting symbol, though.

We won’t know what to make of the Wolfpack until sometime in early October, after weeks of football that won’t matter to anyone and won’t get State one bit of attention unless they lose. Troy, Eastern Kentucky, Old Dominion and South Alabama lie between now and Louisville, when the Cardinals come to Raleigh to play a likely 4-0 Wolfpack team.

So, another season and another exhibition schedule to open it.

The players were working out in the sun Thursday morning. They seemed to be having fun. The coaches were all running around in hats and T-shirts and yelling and screaming and having the time of their lives. This is a loose bunch. Then again, it’s August.

Coach Dave Doeren has a good football team this year. He had a good football team last year, too, which is why so many people expect so much of the Wolfpack. But any sober look back at last season shows the reality of it. State won its first four games in the exhibition swing, then lost every game it was supposed to and won every game it was supposed to from there on out.

Another 8-5 (3-5 ACC) season isn’t just possible, it’s likely.

Unless, of course, State really is one of the best teams in the country, which some people are saying.

Doeren embraces the expectations.

“I’m excited about it,” he said. “That’s where you want to be as a program. You’d rather have that than the opposite any day.”

The opposite is never far away for State.

The Pack managed to stay young in the offseason. State’s roster last year was 70 percent freshmen and sophomores. This season, the roster is 70 percent freshmen and sophomores. Granted, last year’s freshmen are this year’s sophomores, and a lot of them will start.

By the time Louisville arrives, a few more of them could be in the lineup. That’s the theory behind the Pack’s scheduling. By then, State’s confidence should be soaring. The stadium should be filled. The Pack should be in the top 25 or on the verge, and the four easy wins should have State’s lineups and game plans honed and tuned for the meat of the schedule.

Besides, they’ve been doing this four years now. They learned it from Herb Sendek.

Doeren wants a confident football team. He expects it, and his players thrive on it. State was the most confident team at the ACC Football Kickoff in Pinehurst.

Senior defensive end Mike Rose predicted great things at that event, sounding a warning to all who would doubt the Pack.

“A lot of people underestimate us,” he said. “They better watch out.”

A lot of people look at State’s schedule and State’s division and estimate the Pack to go about 8-5 (3-5) again. A lot of people see State locked in behind Florida State, Clemson and Louisville, not necessarily in that order. The Pack was 0-3 against that Atlantic Division trio last season by a combined score of 127-59. Any gauge of improvement over last season will ultimately depend on how they do in those three games,

But that seemed so far off Thursday as the players frolicked in the heat, showing no signs of wilting from expectations.

“The expectations are there,” Doeren said. “Whether they’re real or not, that’s for us to prove. But that’s what you want. You want people to expect things of your players.”

State has the players, 14 starters from last year and two maturing recruiting classes that suggest Doeren has settled into his area, recruiting against Carolina and East Carolina at the same time.

State has the quarterback, senior Jacoby Brissett. State has the running backs, Shadrach Thornton, Matt Dayes and freshman Reggie Gallaspy from Southern Guilford. State has three interior linemen back and eight defensive starters back.

What’s not to like? This is a good football team stuck in a brutal division but blessed with what is likely the easiest non-conference schedule in the country.

We won’t know anything about this team for a long time. College football season starts in about three weeks, and State has a game that week, too. But the Pack’s real season doesn’t start for another month after that.

The incongruous expectations are somehow fitting for a program situated between a rock and soft place.

Most overrated team in the ACC and maybe the country.

They get 4 wins off their creampuffs last year.

They are outscored by FSU, Clemson, and Ville by 68 points. Cuse was outscored by 50 against the same teams, without a healthy roster. Hunt only played 1 of those games.

They barely beat a Cuse team last year that was decimated by injuries.

If we stay healthy this year, we beat this inflated team.

 

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Florida State is the highest in the conference at over $6k. Like they need more help...

 

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strange numbers if you just compare schools in the same state.. florida is more than FSU to attend if you are instate but way less 6k vs 4k in these numbers.

 

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Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:47 pm

Ed Hardin: State bides its time before football really starts in Raleigh Associated Press |


RALEIGH — A small pile of huge rocks sits near the entrance to the N.C. State football practice facility. Stenciled on the top rock is State’s motto, something about one state and one goal or something.

The pile of rocks might be a fitting symbol, though.

We won’t know what to make of the Wolfpack until sometime in early October, after weeks of football that won’t matter to anyone and won’t get State one bit of attention unless they lose. Troy, Eastern Kentucky, Old Dominion and South Alabama lie between now and Louisville, when the Cardinals come to Raleigh to play a likely 4-0 Wolfpack team.

So, another season and another exhibition schedule to open it.

The players were working out in the sun Thursday morning. They seemed to be having fun. The coaches were all running around in hats and T-shirts and yelling and screaming and having the time of their lives. This is a loose bunch. Then again, it’s August.

Coach Dave Doeren has a good football team this year. He had a good football team last year, too, which is why so many people expect so much of the Wolfpack. But any sober look back at last season shows the reality of it. State won its first four games in the exhibition swing, then lost every game it was supposed to and won every game it was supposed to from there on out.

Another 8-5 (3-5 ACC) season isn’t just possible, it’s likely.

Unless, of course, State really is one of the best teams in the country, which some people are saying.

Doeren embraces the expectations.

“I’m excited about it,” he said. “That’s where you want to be as a program. You’d rather have that than the opposite any day.”

The opposite is never far away for State.

The Pack managed to stay young in the offseason. State’s roster last year was 70 percent freshmen and sophomores. This season, the roster is 70 percent freshmen and sophomores. Granted, last year’s freshmen are this year’s sophomores, and a lot of them will start.

By the time Louisville arrives, a few more of them could be in the lineup. That’s the theory behind the Pack’s scheduling. By then, State’s confidence should be soaring. The stadium should be filled. The Pack should be in the top 25 or on the verge, and the four easy wins should have State’s lineups and game plans honed and tuned for the meat of the schedule.

Besides, they’ve been doing this four years now. They learned it from Herb Sendek.

Doeren wants a confident football team. He expects it, and his players thrive on it. State was the most confident team at the ACC Football Kickoff in Pinehurst.

Senior defensive end Mike Rose predicted great things at that event, sounding a warning to all who would doubt the Pack.

“A lot of people underestimate us,” he said. “They better watch out.”

A lot of people look at State’s schedule and State’s division and estimate the Pack to go about 8-5 (3-5) again. A lot of people see State locked in behind Florida State, Clemson and Louisville, not necessarily in that order. The Pack was 0-3 against that Atlantic Division trio last season by a combined score of 127-59. Any gauge of improvement over last season will ultimately depend on how they do in those three games,

But that seemed so far off Thursday as the players frolicked in the heat, showing no signs of wilting from expectations.

“The expectations are there,” Doeren said. “Whether they’re real or not, that’s for us to prove. But that’s what you want. You want people to expect things of your players.”

State has the players, 14 starters from last year and two maturing recruiting classes that suggest Doeren has settled into his area, recruiting against Carolina and East Carolina at the same time.

State has the quarterback, senior Jacoby Brissett. State has the running backs, Shadrach Thornton, Matt Dayes and freshman Reggie Gallaspy from Southern Guilford. State has three interior linemen back and eight defensive starters back.

What’s not to like? This is a good football team stuck in a brutal division but blessed with what is likely the easiest non-conference schedule in the country.

We won’t know anything about this team for a long time. College football season starts in about three weeks, and State has a game that week, too. But the Pack’s real season doesn’t start for another month after that.

The incongruous expectations are somehow fitting for a program situated between a rock and soft place.

Delusional.

 

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