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Welcome to National Maple Syrup Day!
National Maple Syrup Day provides us with the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate this delicious American treat. This sweet and unique flavor originated in America. Native American Indians were the first to harvest and boil the sap of the maple tree into a thick syrup.
Watching or participating in a maple sap harvest, or demonstration, is a fun late winter event. They are held in February-March, when the sap is flowing. It is educational for the kids, too. During field demonstrations, some of the sap is boiled down into syrup. Best of all, free samples are often giving, poured over a pancake or vanilla ice cream.
Did you know? Sap of the maple tree, the same sap used to make maple syrup, makes a refreshing drink. Just put it in the refrigerator and pour a drink whenever you want. Or, have a drink as you harvest the sap from the tree!
How do you participate in National Maple Syrup Day? Pour real maple syrup onto your pancakes or waffles. Or, for an evening treat, pour warm maple syrup onto vanilla ice cream.
Please note, make sure you are using maple syrup, not pancake syrup. Unless the ingredients state otherwise, pancake syrup no longer contains maple syrup.(a surprise to many).
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McCallister Says SU Football Wishlist Includes Alaric Jackson, Alonge Brooks and Kentrail Moran (the juice; Cheng)
Scout recruiting analyst Mike McAllister calls in to chat about Syracuse head coach Dino Babers’ work on the recruiting trail with host Wes Cheng on The Juice on the Cuse Podcast hosted by SNY.tv. NBA TV’s Matt Dagostino then calls in to chat about Syracuse’s recent struggles in basketball.
Here are the highlights from the show:
Wes Cheng: Mike it’s been a whirlwind of a few days. Syracuse picking up commitments from Liam O’Sullivan, Kenneth Ruff and Carl Jones, but losing Dymelle Parker, Cam DeGeorge, and Noel Brouse. What is the biggest difference between the incoming and outgoing players?
Mike McAllister: It’s all about fit, really. You can make a comparison between O’Sullivan and Brouse, and Ruff and Parker. O’Sullivan has a longer, leaner frame, so there’s more room to add muscular weight to his frame. He has better speed and quickness and longer arms, which is a better fit for the spread system in order to run screens and get to the second level and get down field to provide some blocking. […] Ruff is a bigger linebacker at 6’3″, 240 pound already as a senior in high school. Compare him to Parker who is 6’2″, 205, so you can see what kind of a size difference there is there. It just shows the philosophy the kind of player the new staff is looking for with the size and physicality of a player.
WC: Who are some of the players that Babers’ staff is looking at now?
MM: One guy to watch out for is a junior college wide receiver named Alonge Brooks. He’s a guy that Syracuse hasn’t offered yet, but they have expressed interest in. He’s an early enrollee, so he’s someone they may decide to move on in the next week or two. They’ve got a wide receiver prospect who is currently committed to Purdue, Jack Wegher who will be taking an official visit this coming weekend. Even though it’s a dead period, because he’s an early enrollee, he actually can take that official visit despite the fact that it’s the dead period. Along the offensive line, it’s still going to be a priority. Four star offensive tackle Sean Foster, three-star tackle Alaric Jackson. Those are two guys to monitor. And then a couple of Illinois commits. Four-star running back Kentrail Moran, and three star defensive end Joshua Black. Both are scheduled to take official visits on January 22nd, and I’d say both are on flip watch.
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Reaper Drone to Make First Takeoff From Syracuse (PS; Moriarty)
If you're near Syracuse Hancock International Airport around 1:40 p.m. today, look up. You might see an unmanned Reaper military drone after it makes its first takeoff from the airport.
The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing will conduct its first MQ-9 remotely piloted Reaper aircraft flying operation from Hancock Field Air National Guard Base and Syracuse Hancock International Airport about 1:40 p.m.
Media have been invited to the base to watch the remotely piloted aircraft take off. The event is not open to the public, but anybody near the airport might be able to get a glimpse of the single-engine aircraft after it takes to the air and then returns to the airport.
The Reaper made its first landing at the airport on Tuesday.
The 174th Attack Wing has been operating Reapers since 2011, but until recently the Federal Aviation Administration has not allowed the guard to operate them in commercial airspace. The unit's operators are based at Hancock, but the aircraft have been flying out of Fort Drum in Watertown and on missions overseas.
