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Posted 16 January 2007 - 12:40 PM
The team is a 7-8 year old team. The basic rules are 6-on-6, kid quarterback, qb cannot run, defense can rush after 10 second count.
I coached the same group of kids at the lower level and it was coach quarterback. So this is a big step for them and us coaches allowing the kids to qb. I do have one challenge. Both of my assistants are insiting that I pick 1-2 quarterbacks and stick with them. That goes against my idea of playing maybe 4-6 quarterbacks, probably not 6 in any given game but definitely 3-4 per game. My idea is to have 2-3 that will do more of the passing but the others can take snaps and handoff. I was told that one of the other teams is putting everyone into positions and having the kids tryout for spots. Heck, I want everyone to play everything. During the game I'll make sure that my key stoppers are in position when it counts but I was wanting to have everyone play everything. Thoughts?
My offensive gameplan is pretty simple, keep the ball moving forward. I have two basic runs and some basic quick passes. From what I can see, any kind of long passes or drop back passing is unrealstic. I have my qb either rolling out or hitting some very quick slants and curls.
On defense we ran man-to-man all last season. But with the kids as quarterback it makes much more sense to me to play zone. I'm curious what other people have experienced. My idea is to have 2 cbs in the flats, 2 safties splitting the field deep, one lineman on the center and a mlb. I want my cbs and safeties to stay home and my lineman and mlb to follow the ball side to side.
Give me your thoughts please. I'm most curious as to what kinds of defenses we should expect to see.
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Posted 22 January 2007 - 03:58 PM
We had our first game and we were quite successful. We ran our zone defense and after giving up an early TD, we got stingy picking the ball off 3 times and getting the ball back on downs once. I found that our zone was solid but that when they got close to our endzone I switched to man-to-man. Also later in the game I could see that they were throwing to the same two kids. I had two of my players go man-to-man on them and kept everyone else in a zone.
The other team ran a man-to-man defense. We had little trouble moving the ball and only got stopped once when we ran out of time in the half. We threw only short passes and had no interceptions. Our old classic end around that served us well last year was again the best play. I was able to work in 3 quarterbacks, two of them throwing TD passes.
Posted 23 January 2007 - 04:36 PM
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We had our first game and we were quite successful. We ran our zone defense and after giving up an early TD, we got stingy picking the ball off 3 times and getting the ball back on downs once. I found that our zone was solid but that when they got close to our endzone I switched to man-to-man. Also later in the game I could see that they were throwing to the same two kids. I had two of my players go man-to-man on them and kept everyone else in a zone.
The other team ran a man-to-man defense. We had little trouble moving the ball and only got stopped once when we ran out of time in the half. We threw only short passes and had no interceptions. Our old classic end around that served us well last year was again the best play. I was able to work in 3 quarterbacks, two of them throwing TD passes.
Congrats on getting through the first game, sounds like you guys did great. I'll throw in my 2 cents on the qb controversy, since I live in Denver and we recently experienced one with the Broncos.
My opinion on 7/8 yr olds is that you should allow them all to play different positions whatever the sport. Guess it depends upon your personal philosophy and the degree of competitiveness in your league, but I'm all about letting the kids play and have fun.
A few seasons ago during one of my b-ball games, I challenged the kids to pass it 100 times in a game for a special prize at the end. The other team killed us on scoring baskets, but the kids on our team were stoked about how many passes they'd made. When they hit 100, you would have thought they'd just won the championship game.
It's taken a lot of discipline to stay with my philosophy of emphasizing passing over scoring and making sure all the kids get plenty of ball touches (we track ball touches every couple of games or so). Now we're down the road with a few more seasons under our belt and these guys are amazing little passers, which I know will be a huge building block for future seasons to come. I run into so many teams where 1 or 2 kids are the "hotshots" and their teammates end up virtually watching the game instead of playing an active role on the team.
I know this is a bit off topic for Flag Football, however, I've found that the underlying principles of making sure all the kids play different positions, making sure fundamentals are emphasized before scoring and most important of all, making sure the kids are having fun apply to all sports at this age.
Coach Rob
Posted 24 January 2007 - 09:13 AM
One of the big problems we encountered during the game is that on every play, everyone is open and wants the ball. My assistant calls the plays in the huddle on offense and he said it was really bothering him as he was bombarded by chatter while he's trying to call the play. It was the same last season and I witnessed it in the huddle too. At tonights practice I'm going to institute my "no asking for the ball plan." Any player who asks for the ball, tells us he was open, why don't you pass it to me, etc., will be taken out of the game for a minimum of two plays. I'm going to impliment it our scrimmage and hopefully it will eliminate the problem.
It got so bad that one of our players was moping and crying on the sideline because he wanted the ball. Of course he caught several passes during the game but he wanted more. We have a lot of kids that can catch and run well, plus we move the ball quickly downfield so we have fewer possessions to spread around. Some players only get one touch (I make sure everyone gets at least one), while if someone gets 3-4 that's a lot on our team. It's a good problem to have so many capable players but some of my kids need to be broken of this whining habit.
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 03:02 PM
Something that has helped us is having one of our team parents track ball touches, passes, etc. for b-ball and soccer. In between subs, I can do a quick check to see who isn't getting the ball or who needs to take more shots and make changes on the fly during a game. The stats also help the kids and parents see the real deal, memories run short after the game is over. Football is a different animal than b-ball and soccer, but there might be some stats that would be worth tracking.
It got so bad that one of our players was moping and crying on the sideline because he wanted the ball. Of course he caught several passes during the game but he wanted more. We have a lot of kids that can catch and run well, plus we move the ball quickly downfield so we have fewer possessions to spread around. Some players only get one touch (I make sure everyone gets at least one), while if someone gets 3-4 that's a lot on our team. It's a good problem to have so many capable players but some of my kids need to be broken of this whining habit.
Posted 10 February 2007 - 11:46 PM
I'm coaching my son's flag football team and I think I have a decent idea of what's going on. But I was wondering if anyone can offer additional insight.
I will be co-coaching my son (along with the rest of our current b-ball team) next month for flag football. Most of the kids have played soccer and b-ball together for about 3 yrs now, but this will be our first time in the flag football arena. Rules will be similar to what you described.
We have an opportunity to go watch a few indoor flag football games before our season starts, but quite frankly, I have no clue how this will look. I'm sure once I see a game; it will be obvious how much a 7/8 yr old can grasp. I gather from your post that any kind of drop back pass or complicated running plays (i.e. reverse) would be stretching things.
We plan on allowing all the kids to rotate in at qb, running back and wide receivers. No clue on defense if man to man or zone would be better. Looking to see how your season is going and any tips that would help us start out on the right track.
Any place online to grab some basic flag football practice drills you'd recommend?
Coach R
Posted 12 February 2007 - 04:27 PM
There are 6 teams in our league and we've played 4 of them already. We're the only one that runs a zone defense, all the others run man-to-man. We've given up no more than one touchdown in each game (actually we've given up exactly one td each game). Against our opponents we've scored 5, 3, 4 and 2 tds. I feel that the zone is easy to understand for them although man defense is a little easier. You can go with either but I really prefer zone.
Either way you have to focus on two things in practice: Pulling flags and swarming to the ball. Missed flags are the biggest reason teams give up tds. The second reason is that once a flag is missed the other kids are standing around watching (because they expected the other player to pull his flag). We spend no less than 15 minutes each practice on defense (far more than anyone else). I run the same drills for defense. They consist of:
Movement drills> I form two lines and have them bend their knees and keep their arms up and move side to side, backpedal some, etc. Same as in bball. During this drill I'll sometimes hold a ball in my hand and after a while yell swarm! Then all the kids have to run to the ball. I'll watch for stragglers and call them out. I used to do this far more last year but with all the same players they dont need to do the swarm drill too much.
Flag pulling> I form a line of kids, each with a flag on and a ball. One kid (the defender) stands inside a rectangle and waits. The line goes one by one versus the defender. They have to stay in the rectangle. After the line completes then I switch defenders, each kid gets a turn. There are several things to look for during this drill. Make sure the offensive guy is not flag guarding or anything. For the defender the hardest thing to do is get positioning. Let me explain. The defender should be trying to do two things 1) pull the flag (obvious) but 2) slow down the runner. Sometimes you get what I call the "matador" pull, kind of like when a matador whips his cape past the bull. If you pull flags like a matador then if you miss he's still going full speed. So I'll vary the flag pulling drill without flags. The defender simply has to move in front of the runner and slow him down. That way the defender can focus on blocking him instead of the flags.
Strategy> I usually spend a few minutes talking about angles of pursuit and what the various positions are responsible for. I'll walk them through scenarios we've seen in game and discuss with them how to handle it.
As I'm writing this I realize I don't even have any drill for coverage. I ran some coverage drills last year but with a zone and the kids experience we really don't need it.
At the end of practice we scrimmage and I look for flag pulling technique, swarming and staying in position. I'm constantly offering advice, critiquing, helping them improve.
Posted 12 February 2007 - 04:41 PM
Our guys can sit back into coverage and it's easy for them to make interceptions. They're in an area and I tell them to watch the qbs eyes. 7-8 year olds DO NOT look off their receivers. We pick off 2+ passes per game and we either score on the int or get great field position. In contrast we've only had one pass picked off in 4 games (that's partly due to my offensive philosophy too). In our league when the ball turns over on downs or after a score you start at your own 5. IF you intercept you get the ball at the spot so it's a great advantage to intercept.
Against runs, your defenders are watching the backfield and can see the runs coming. I put my two lbs on the line about 5 yards left and right of the center. We stuff runs big time. Also the corners stay home so reverses and misdirection are less likely to work against us. Against a man defense a reverse is deadly because kids bite hard on it.
A good qb can pick apart a zone because there are many holes in coverage. I've only seen one 7-8 year old so far that was accurate enough that I had to switch to a partial zone-man (that was our first game). And then we still only gave up one td and picked him off 3 times.
Posted 12 February 2007 - 05:03 PM
I'm rewriting a bunch of my plays and refocusing my offense this week. My overall philosophy is to keep the passes very short and run. That's not changing. What I need to change is to have more misdirection and incorporate some of things that worked better and some of the things that didn't work. When you drop back a 7-8 year old and have him throw downfield you get too many incompletes and interceptions. Completion percentages are too low to be worth it. Sure we'll chuck it sometimes we get a good matchup but not often.
If you want I can email you our plays which I should have later this week.
First off we line up in the same formation every play. Other teams use all kinds of formations but my team never changes. We had two wideouts, two slots a center and a qb. Many of the teams use kids in the backfield as running backs but not us. It's too easy to see the run coming. We run end arounds and delays to the center. Some will load up a side which is an obvious charade for a run to the open side, not us. We create open sides by clearing out receivers on their routes.
Our best play has been our center drag. It's very basic. The center snaps the ball and takes two steps forward and then turns 90 degrees. The qb takes the snap and begins running parallel to the line of scrimmage. The center has to keep pace with the qb. They run about 5-7 yards sideways and the qb tosses the ball to the center. It's a pass on the run but it's like a 3 yard pass so it's near impossible to miss. The center catches it on the run which is key because he takes his momentum and keeps going. The receivers on the side of the play have routes that clear them out of the area. Therefore when the center gets there he only has to beat his man in a sprint. We call this without fail on all short yardage plays.
I'm not going to go into all my plays but that illustrates how we keep it simple and easy but are very effective. We have variations off that play too like a fake end around that preceeds the center drag and a play that begins as a center drag then reverses direction with the slot receiver for a slot drag going the other way. Also, I found that teams began keying on our end around (our basic run) so I'm putting a fake end around on several other plays so the defense will have lots of things to look at.
Posted 12 February 2007 - 11:37 PM
Sounds like you have some 7-8's that have played flag football before; I'm concerned because 90% of our team as never played. Most of them are awesome b-ball and soccer players, so I'm hoping those athletic skills will transfer over.
Again, thanks for taking the time to write all that out, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Posted 14 February 2007 - 09:02 AM
Well, I could go on and on. Let me know if you want the plays and how to send them to you.
WoW! Really appreciate the detailed answer; this will save me a ton of headaches down the road. I'll probably hit you up with an e-mail for those plays if you're okay with that.
Sounds like you have some 7-8's that have played flag football before; I'm concerned because 90% of our team as never played. Most of them are awesome b-ball and soccer players, so I'm hoping those athletic skills will transfer over.
Again, thanks for taking the time to write all that out, this is exactly what I was looking for.
I believe stongly that misdirection and isolation is the way to go for offense. I want to put the ball into my players hands and have them running downfield. Good things happen when your kid is carrying the ball full speed. Incomplete passes and especially interceptions are very bad things so we design plays to minimize that.
Taking a step back and looking at some things other teams did against us:
One team did a double reverse. The first time they did it the kids ran into each other and the one who got the second handoff busted his lip and began cying. They lost yards. They ran it again later and it gained a few yards but my guys stayed home. I feel like the double reverse is a very risky play because if it works well it could gain big but with 7-8 year olds, you're asking a lot (several handoffs while running).
Another team had two halfbacks behind the qb in a pro formation. They faked a handoff to the first rb and gave to the second one the other way. This one worked against us because my lbs both bit on the fake. But once my kids saw it, it didn't work again.
Other teams run end arounds like we do and it only works (against us) when you have an exceptional runner who is very fast and can make people miss. Last game they gave the handoff on an end around and the kid took it and immediately went back the other way. This worked because we overpursued it. A few games ago with little time left I placed my defense in a prevent zone and the other team ran the end around. They gave it to their best kid and because he had time to turn the corner (we were too far back) and get to full speed it was almost a td if we didn't save it with a timely flag pull. Lesson learned was to keep defenders at the line of scrimmage.
I've only seen one team pass well. I think the key for the qb is to take his time and wait for someone to get open. But even that team threw 2-3 interceptions against us. Long passes become ducks and its so much easier to intercept when you're facing the qb like we do in the zone.
As for passing, don't expect that the kids will run patterns with any sort of consistency. Your well drawn up play will look like shambles in about 5 seconds. That's why we try to isolate a receiver so even if he alters his pattern he should be by himself with only one defender. Also thats why we stick to very short passes mostly. I say mostly because we have 2 kids who can throw it very far and maybe 3-4 kids who can possibly catch a long pass. We'll sometimes see a favorable matchup with one of our deep threat receivers and send him long but the catch ratio is still low even when the ball nails him in the numbers. Of course it's always fun to hook up on a bomb.
Haha, one more piece of advice I just thought of:
I have drawn up all the plays on paper, two to a page, front and back. During the huddle I kneel with the play in hand facing away from the line of scrimmage. All the kids in the huddle are facing the line of scrimmage. I point to each position and call out a kids name so that they can visualize which position and direction they'll be running while looking at the play. I think this makes it easier for them to understand where they are and which way to run.
Posted 19 February 2007 - 08:19 AM
I emailed you our plays. Let me know if you received them.
Posted 19 February 2007 - 12:22 PM
Coach Rob,
I emailed you our plays. Let me know if you received them.
Got them, really appreciate it. Sent you back an e-mail.
Posted 19 February 2007 - 01:47 PM
Your email must have been placed in my spam folder. Can you resend it?
Coach Rob,
I emailed you our plays. Let me know if you received them.
Got them, really appreciate it. Sent you back an e-mail.
I coached the offense this past game and my tweaks to the plays REALLY helped. We could not be stopped on any possession. Also, I tried a new defense that seemed to work very well.
I'll highlight what really worked on offense:
In the huddle I knelt down facing the line of scrimmage. I had all the kids stand behind me such that they were also facing the line of scrimmage. I'd hold up the play towards the line of scrimmage such that they could all see it over my shoulder. Then I pointed to each position and named the kid who'd run it. I tended to keep kids in the same position from play to play and that helped them. I'd usually highlight certain things.
The other thing that really worked well was when my quarterback dragged (or rolled) along the line of scrimmage. The reason it works is because the defense usually places 1-2 kids over the center and dragging leaves them trailing behind the play. If the qb just takes the snap and stands there then he has to contend with those kids in his face and has to throw around them. Also, when the qb drags with the receiver it shortens the distance of the throw. Most of our passes are under 5 yards.
The final thing that really helped our offense this week was an emphasis on proper patterns. We had gotten to a point of assuming everyone knew how far and how to run each pattern. In reality we were getting 11 different versions of the same pattern from 11 kids. So we drilled them and instructed them in patterns over and over. ALSO, and most importantly, for our drag plays and shuffle passes, we instructed them to only run 1-2 steps beyond the line of scrimmage. Throughout the season our kids were running them further and further until it was finally like a 10 yard pass, not at all what we intended. That little 2 step drag play was magical, and we ran it with the center and slot guys.
My final thought is that we ran a brand new formation. We overloaded the left side with all 4 receivers. From this we ran 4 different plays that all worked. The man defense was thoroughly confused with this one probably more so because of the novelty of it.
On defense:
We had been runnning a standard cover 2 zone. We'd place 2 corners close to the line of scrimmage over the wideouts, two lbs on the line of scrimmage about 5 yards left and right of center, and 2 safeties deep over the middle. This week I switched. I noticed that the corners were too wide to be effective. I'd keep telling them to move towards the middle. So I tried a cover 3 zone. This time I placed 3 safeties back deep. At the line of scrimmage I put one over the center and 2 kids on the line over the slot receivers. It provided us with good coverage and we still stopped the run well. I don't think anyone throws outside to the wideouts, they usually just run them deep on posts anyway or ins over the middle.
Posted 06 March 2007 - 06:29 PM
I'm going to try and practice a few times before our "first scheduled" practice which is the same day as our game. What would you emphasis during practice? I'm sure it won't take too long for me to figure out who can throw and catch, but I'm anticipating that I'll need to go over some of the basics of catching and throwing. During your practices how much time was spent on drills and how much on running plays/scrimmages? I'm trying to get a mental picture, which I'm sure will be clear after our first game, of what I should focus on given the 1 hour to practice time. Looking for those things that will give me the most impact during a game.
From watching the games and my own research, it seems that some basic things to emphasize would be:
-Stay on your feet when catching a ball or flag pulling.
-Swarm the flag.
-Keep running when you have the ball and someone pulls at your flag, don't slow down and look to see if they pulled it. Only stop when you hear a whistle.
-Watch the ball into your hands.
We play 5 v 5, so it seems the best defense is a 2 1 2 zone. You can have a pass rusher from 7 yards out and that seemed to be the norm with the teams we watched. So, I'm thinking a 2 1 2 is the way to go.
Looking for some drills to make this fun and teach practical skills that can be used in the game.
Also wondering how you made the decision to switch players? Since we'll have 10, I'm assuming you pick 5 on a team and let them play X amount of minutes, then switch? During b-ball they stop play every 4 minutes to allow for subs.


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273,222 sq. feet of recycled acoustical ceiling tiles. Enough material to cover more than 6 football fields.
47,215 linear feet of wood millwork from sustainably managed forests. Laid end to end, the millwork would be 9 miles long.
449 doors from sustainably managed forests.
3,279,000 sq. feet of low VOC or recycled paint- roughly equivalent to nearly 11,000 gallons of paint.
59,003 sq. feet of recycled carpet tile.
53,500 linear feet of 28% recycled steel wall studs. Laid end to end, this is over 10 miles of studs.
496,000 pounds of construction debris recycled instead of being sent to the landfill
Results: The Pentagon renovation is an on-going project- anticipated to be completely finished by 2010.
Contact Information:
Bob Cox
(703) 693-3765
Joe Eichenlaub
(703) 614-2686
Teresa Pohlman
(703) 697-4720
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing- A Summary
of the PenRen Team's Accomplishments
The Pentagon Renovation Team worked from guidelines developed and supported
by the EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program in creating
its green building initiatives. The environmentally preferable products
for the Interior Renovation of Wedge 1 included the use of wood from sustainable
managed forests, low water use plumbing fixtures, low VOC paints and sealants,
mineral wool insulation, energy efficient lighting, the use of recycled
steel, ceiling tile, ceramic tile, concrete masonry units, including recycling
construction debris, and using packaging, labeling and instructions made
from recycled material. Future applications for incorporating EPP into
the Pentagon renovation include the Department of Defense custodial, operations
and maintenance, and recycling programs.
State-of-the-art Heating and Refrigeration Plant
The original heating and refrigeration plant was a coal-fired unit, last operable in the mid-1980's. The Plant was not only obsolete, but also expensive--the boiler and chiller's lease cost a total of $200K/month.
The new heating and refrigeration plant is:
Uses natural gas as its main fuel source.
Improves reliability and redundancy- is 30% more efficient.
And maintains the historical architectural features of the Pentagon.
Removal of all hazardous materials
Hazardous materials still present in the Pentagon posed a threat not only to Pentagon employees, but the renovation team as well. Therefore, removal was imperative before further renovation to occur.
Removal of 25 million pounds of asbestos.
Removal of lead paint, mercury, PCB's
Contaminated soil cleaned.
Energy Efficient Material and Design
The extensive improvements in energy efficiency include everything from insulation to lighting.
Tighter thermal envelopes:
Mineral wool insulation
New double pane energy efficient windows- conduct much less heat than the old single pane windows.
Open bay environment improves air flow and lighting.
Indoor environmental quality (low VOC, which leads to good indoor air quality; and sealants).
Construction Waste Reduction
The renovation team recycled 70% of all construction debris; including, steel, copper wire, aluminum, glass and concrete.
Cost Consideration
The consideration of cost is very important to the PenRen team because of the allotted quantity of funds already attributed to the project. Congress gave the Department of Defense a $1.2 billion dollar budget, creating the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund. In order to maximize these funds, cost-effective and sustainable materials were necessary. With the renovation team's implementation of environmentally preferable purchasing practices, the Pentagon Renovation project, thus far, has successfully maximized resources. In fact, head Pentagon Building and Management Officials first projected the repair costs of September 11th to be $740 million. After the procurement and completion, for most of the project, current estimates place the figure around $501 million. The entire Pentagon Renovation Project is expected to be four years ahead of schedule: 2010 rather than 2014. The Phoenix Project anticipates an impressive finished' date one year after the terrorist attacks- September 11, 2002.
In order to attain sustainable construction objectives, the Pentagon Renovation Program has formulated a plan of action to provide clear goal definition and metrics to measure achievement of progress. Earlier efforts to incorporate sustainable design into Pentagon Renovation projects were sporadic, and lacked a clear focus and direction. Although many organizations stated their support for sustainable design and its precepts, PenRen realized that it needed more than mission statements and expressions of support. In August 2001, as a culmination of earlier efforts, the Integrated Sustainable Design and Constructability (ISDC) Team became a viable part of the organization at the Pentagon Renovation Office. Afterwards, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Pentagon Renovation Office and its ISDC Team shouldered the additional responsibility of integrating and balancing sustainable design issues with Force Protection measures necessary to protect the Pentagon.
Lessons Learned
As a result, the ISDC Team is an integral part of all construction projects on the Pentagon Reservation. The complex nature of the projects implemented by the Pentagon Renovation Program require that the ISDC Team incorporate sustainable design into the overall acquisition and management strategy of the Pentagon Renovation Program. The acquisition strategy includes two innovative concepts for government contracting, with respect to contract type and method of construction delivery: "performance-based" contracting, with the delivery method of "design-build" - not "business as usual" for the Government. In addition, the overall Pentagon Renovation Program management implementation strategy involves Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), composed of government and contractor personnel with various duties and responsibilities from many different organizations. Therefore, the Pentagon Renovation Program's ISDC Team is also responsible for integrating the principles and practices of sustainable design with a leading-edge acquisition strategy.
To illustrate the breadth and significance of the Pentagon Renovation Office commitment to excellence in sustainable design, the following projects, with over $4 billion in construction and renovation, will be attempting to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) over the next ten years:
1) the Metro Entrance Facility (MEF);
2) the Renovation of Wedges 2-5;
3) the Remote Delivery Facility (RDF);
4) the Intake/Outfall project;
5) the Crash Recovery Site (aka "Phoenix");
6) the new Pentagon Physical Fitness and Readiness Facility (PPFRF).
The following is a specific example of the Pentagon Renovation Program's implementation of Sustainable Design on the Metro Entrance Facility (MEF).
The MEF, with an estimated total cost of $40 million, is a Congressionally mandated project based on security assessments accomplished before September 11, 2001. These assessments required relocation of the existing Pentagon Metro bus facility and construction of a new entrance facility to protect the safety and security of the passengers using the Pentagon Metro station. The Pentagon Metro station is an intermodal facility, which serves over 30,000 passengers per day, and provides critical links to public transportation and transfer, including: subway, bus, car, taxi, van pools, bike, and pedestrian access. The Metro Entrance Facility project included a relocation and expansion of the Pentagon Metro Station bus transit facility. This transit facility opened in December 2001, and is fully operational. During the relocation and construction process, the Pentagon Renovation Program conducted recycling of existing site materials (asphalt, concrete, and soil) and recycling of construction waste. Contractual requirements included :
- Compliance with 10 CFR 435 - Energy Performance Standards for New Buildings - Mandatory for Federal Buildings
- Compliance with Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) - 40 CFR 247
- Minimize polyvinyl chlorides (PVCs)
- Achieve a 50% Diversion Rate
- Use Forest Stewardship Council Certified Woods or Alternates
- Maximize use of Greenhouse Gas reducing Materials
- Plan for Erosion and Sediment Control from the construction site
- Implement a Pollution Control Plan
- Limit Air Pollution from the construction site
- Control Debris - limit debris entry into drainage system
- Comply with Executive Order 13123 to maximum extent possible - Sustainable Design and Development for Federal Agencies - categories similar to LEED criteria
- Comply with Executive Order 13101 - Greening the Government
- Comply with Affirmative Procurement Guidelines (42 USC 6962)
The MEF has been cited as an exemplary project by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts. It has an outstanding public affairs program and communication with the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority, Arlington County, the National Capital Planning Commission, and members of Congress.
The design-build team, under the management of the Pentagon Renovation Program and in partnership with Washington Headquarters Services and the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, consists of: Hensel Phelps Construction, HDR Architects, MC Dean, Southland, and Johnson Controls, Incorporated. Together, these organizations built the MEF transit facility according to the principles of sustainable design, adding green space, recycling asphalt and concrete, conserving energy, and exercising responsible uses of natural resources. At the same time, the team conquered seemingly insurmountable problems caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11 that threatened to bring the project to a halt. Through their diligence, perseverance, and "sustainable" mindset, they have not only provided a beautiful, environmentally friendly Pentagon transit facility, but have been an excellent example and inspiration to the entire Pentagon Renovation Program.


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I'm going to be honest – getting C to try on clothes in the store is almost impossible! Since we have been married, he has entered a dressing room only once and that was because he needed a break from me nagging him! Yeah, he's hopeless. (Well, that's at least what the quiz on the new Shop Phobia website said.)
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Apocalypse Now!
(George Miller, Australia 1981, 95 min.)
According to sources as diverse as Harold Camping, Roland Emmerich, and the ancient Mayans, the world — and not just the widespread use of 35mm film by Hollywood studios — is supposed to end in 2012. Obviously that hasn't happened
yet, and to celebrate, we're devoting a series of films that postulate on the before, during, and after of the apocalypse. Steve De Jarnatt's genuine (and unjustly forgotten) classic Miracle Mile stars a pre-E.R. Anthony
Edwards as an everyday guy who accidentally overhears a top-secret phone call announcing a nuclear attack. Stanley Kubrick and Peter Sellers bring the darkly chilling laughs in the eternal Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove, and the challenges of
the dark days after are met by Charlton Heston and Mel Gibson, respectively, in The Omega Man and The Road Warrior (one of the few sequels that tops the original). It's an allbang, no-whimper lineup of bombs, blasts, and burnt-out
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A $100,000 grant from the federal Northern Border Regional Commission to install high-speed telecommunications fiber optic lines in the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authoritys Commerce Park light industrial park will create jobs at businesses already there as well as ones that are being courted. The OBPA board on Wednesday agreed unanimously to accept the grant.
Its a great opportunity for us, said OBPA Executive Director Wade A. Davis. Its very important to us.
Commerce Park is home to 28 businesses that employ more than 500 people. Mr. Davis declined to identify wholl be doing the hiring of up to 100 workers.
Its from both existing and new businesses, he said.
Last month, two Commerce Park tenants, DeFelsko Corp. at 802 Proctor Ave., and A.N. Deringer Inc. next door at 800 Proctor Ave., announced a combined expansion and relocation that will create 55 new jobs between them. DeFelsko is a manufacturer of coating thickness gauges and precision instruments and Deringer is a customs brokerage.
In other business on Wednesday, the OBPA board:
—Unanimously approved a one-year lease with ACCO for a total of $96,000 to rent 40,000 square feet of space in the port of Ogdensburg for temporary storage. ACCO is moving most of its manufacturing and distribution operations from its Brampton, Ontario, plant to its 300,000-square-foot distribution center in the city at 941 ACCO Way. The Illinois-based office supplies company is also moving the manufacturing arm of its 140,000-square-foot plant at 263 ACCO Drive, town of Oswegatchie, to the distribution center, keeping 140 employees in one place.
The company has recently hired 23 people and will add more, including calling back laid-off workers.
Theyre in transition right now, said OBPA Director of Commercial and Industrial Development John A. Rishe.
—Unanimously approved a renewed one-year lease with the Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce to again rent 1,054 square feet of office space at the authoritys Bridge Plaza building.
The years rent is $9,000, of which the authority will continue to subsidize with a $5,000 stipend to the chambers budget.
It is money well-spent, according to board vice chairman Frederick J. Carter Sr.
These people work hard for the whole area, he said. They do a fantastic job.
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Apple Falls From Investors' Grace
Apple is bleeding, but its legion of fans insist it's just a flesh wound. Its stock tanked two days in a row, allowing Exxon to snatch away its most-valuable company crown. Still, Apple is sitting on a $137 billion hoard of cash and assets, so how bad can things really be? What really matters is not so much what investors do on a day-to-day basis, but what Apple does in the coming months. You've got something great coming, right Apple?
Apr 18, 2013 11:30 AM PT
Apple's stock took another hit on Thursday, sinking to a dismal US$392.25 by the closing bell.
Fears have been mounting about Apple's place in the world, and they were heightened earlier this week by a report from a key supplier, Cirrus Logic, which posted a disappointing revenue forecast.
On Wednesday, Apple's shares dipped below $400 per unit for the first time in more than a year, ending the day 5.5 percent lower at $402.80. On Thursday, they slipped another 2.75 percent.
The company's share price is just one piece of a complicated puzzle. What the future holds in store for Apple is far from clear, despite the discouraging trajectory.
"The bottom line is this: Apple will be fine when -- or if -- it comes out with another breathtaking product," Trip Chowdhry, managing director of equity research at Global Equities Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Before, the market always assumed this would continue to happen," he said. "Now it is no longer so sure, and so it is seizing on every tidbit of news to try to figure out where Apple is headed."
What Cirrus Logic Had to Say
The news from Cirrus Logic was no mere blip in the data. The company makes analog and audio chips for the iPhone and iPad, and 90 percent of its business comes from Apple. So when it warned on Tuesday of a reduced product forecast from unnamed customers, it was easy to see how the market connected the dots and delivered its verdict on Apple.
"When Cirrus reported a holding inventory, it implied that the supply chain is not absorbing the inventory, thus indicating a production shortage -- hence lower demand for Apple products," Mohan Ponnudurai, industry solution director at Sparta Systems, told the E-Commerce Times.
This might be true, but there might also be other possibilities, he suggested. Perhaps the next gen iPhone -- the 5S or 6 -- is moving away from Cirrus chips.
As for the speculation that consumer demand for the iPhone is waning, Ponnudurai doesn't buy it.
"There is a huge untapped market in the developing world for lower-priced phones, at the $100 mark, which typically had been served through older tech product cycle, such as the iPhone 4 or 4S," he pointed out.
Another possibility is that Apple might have a totally new design with a lower-cost part mix in the works, suggested Ponnudurai. "This is a huge segment that Apple had ignored, and Android-powered phones are taking it in a storm."
The Bigger Picture
Whichever path Apple winds up taking -- another round of innovation or a continued slow decline -- it probably won't become apparent any time soon, even with its next quarterly earnings scheduled for next week.
The market will finally know one way or another within 12 to 18 months, said Loizos Heracleous, a professor of strategy at Warwick Business School and author of a research paper published in Organizational Dynamics.
Apple has safety net of $137 billion in cash and liquid assets, he noted, which will allow it to buy any new technologies that appear to pose a threat.
"Stock markets react -- and sometimes overreact -- immediately," wrote Heracleous, "but what matters is the big picture, and Apple seems to be on a solid footing by that measure."


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I'm with you, dude.
I spent ~$20 worth of sushi tonight. Expensive, but man was it good.
"You're a what?" A piscatorian. A person whose diet is mostly vegetarian, except seafood. The etymology comes from Latin. Piscator is a fisherman, and I just extended that word. And yes, I did make this word up, so no, you will not find it in a dictionary.
With that in mind, you can probably guess that I don't really do it "for the animals" (although, they do deserve some amount of respect for being living organisms.) My reasoning is that too many people eat way too much meat and poultry, which isn't really healthy. I'm rebelling against this and because I think that there are starving people that deserve that meat than I do. Besides, the meat and poultry industries have very shady pasts. The seafood industry does too, but not nearly as badly.
I believe that I may be the only person in the world to call myself that. I thought I'd have other people know about it too.
Go sushi!
I'm with you, dude.
I spent ~$20 worth of sushi tonight. Expensive, but man was it good.
Try the correct spelling, it is pesceterian. You might not have invented a word...LMAO
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Pull out the zip, pull out the roll (ride out)
We so high, upper echelon (Straight up)
We so fuckin' high, upper echelon
[Verse 1: Travi$ Scott]
Dozin' off them Xannies, just popped a bandie
Wave rock like Atlantic, froze like Atlantic
Party at the Sphinx, damn that's so outlandish
She gon' make it clap, clap, throw them bands
Walkin' through the Waldorf they know my name here
Dropped out, got signed, got mom house all in the same year
Don't you come around me, ain't got the time, B, naww
Watch me do the Randy, touchdown
Knew how much I get, think La Flame the golden child
Ridin' right behind her, pull up beside her
We poppin' champagne, damn you apple cider
[Verse 2: T.I.]
Aight Travis, let get it, Hustle Gang, nigga
You niggas a mess, I swear you best show some respect
Or else I guarantee you'll get wet
You fuckin' with us, I suggest you invest in a vest
A choppa no less than a tech
You niggas want trouble in that I'm the best
They just wanna talk, I ain't finna do that
I just might pull up wherever you at
Put my foot in your ass and a hole in your hat
Ok, hol' up, let me freeze up
These niggas must have caught amnesia
My face card in these streets cuh
A-1 credit, no Visa
Excuse me shawty don't get me started
If yo shit sick, my shit retarded
Motherfucker can't see the tree but before I get wrong
Get shot then leave 'em in the forest
Boom, wait til the end of the Earth
Just to get my check, interfere, get hurt
Hey, first thing first, this what I do
I'm a king mothafucka who the hell are you?
Check suckas off top, I bet I do
Hustle Gang in it bitch, you better lay down fool
We crème de la crème fuck them fuck niggas
Top shelf upper echelon can't fuck with us
[Verse 3: 2 Chainz]
Uh, pull up in the rari, my ho beside me
It's a two seater, your bitch can't ride, ho I'm sorry
Let's get it jumpin', call it center court
On the loud, you can smell that scent on me in court
Just beat the case, call it Larry Holmes
On the plane with your bitch and a carry on
I do it for my city, then I fly away
I can see tomorrow, I'm so high today
I told 'em let's pray, I keep killin' verses
Yo bitch with me, she wearin' killer purses
Pull out that 7, Mac-11
Pastor, reverend, Versace heaven
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The Super Bowl is the championship game at the end of each National Football League (NFL) season. It is held in a different city each year and is also televised. The game increasingly a tool of the liberal media in bullying states, which are scheduled to host the event, into rejecting conservative legislation. The overhyped game is played between the winners of the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC), but most the viewers have no idea or interest in how the teams got there.
The first Super Bowl ever played was in 1967 as a championship game between the top teams in the National Football League and the now-defunct American Football League (AFL). The teams that played in the first Super Bowl were the Green Bay Packers from the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs from the AFL. After the AFL's merger into the NFL in 1969, the Super Bowl became the championship game within the NFL pitting the top teams from the AFC and NFC. The winners of the Super Bowl are awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for the Packer's legendary coach during the 1960's.
Super Bowl XLV was played in Dallas TX on February 6, 2011 between the Green Bay Packers, the NFC Champions, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the AFC Champions. The Packers won Super Bowl XLV 31 - 25 (four converted touchdowns and one field goal to two converted touchdowns, one two-point converted touchdown, and a field goal). Aaron Rodgers, the Packers quarterback, was named Most Valuable Player.
The teams who contested Super Bowl XLV are two of the most successful in NFL history. The Steelers won six Super Bowl championships prior to Super Bowl XLV; the Packers have now won four Super Bowls and also hold the record for NFL championships in the pre-Super Bowl era.
Super Bowls are the most watched television broadcasts in history, but much of the audience simply uses the game as background noise during parties. Super Bowl XLVIII was the highest rated broadcast in history, with an average viewership of 112 million.[1] Viewership has been slightly increasing in recent years, but slightly less than half of televisions are tuned into the game.[2]


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Posted on: January 10, 2014 08:00 EST by the International Programs Office
Two midshipmen with hardly any common interests or lifestyles went to study abroad to a large island far away and received the same invaluable experience at the National Defense Academy of Japan. The following is the tale of Midshipman 2nd Class Nohre and Midshipman 1st Class Myung during their cultural immersion at the Japanese military institute.
Japan is a very popular tourist location with many different attractions, from innovative and intricate anime and exquisite seafood to peaceful shrines and bizarre cafes. Despite all the great temptations, both midshipmen were on a mission to discover something deeper about the country.
Their mission was not only to improve skills in the Japanese language, but also to learn how the Japanese Self Defense Forces operates. After all, Japan is one of the United States' great allies, and it is important to learn more about the people we work closely with.
Upon arrival, both midshipmen were challenged with refining their Japanese language skills and cultural understanding. Japan is a country where most people have little understanding of English. The mids had one month to adjust to their new lifestyle before reporting to the National Defense Academy of Japan.
From the first day, it was clear that culture, lifestyle and logic at the new academy were different from the U.S. Naval Academy. Rapid changes in lifestyle were thrilling and exciting. Both midshipmen knew it was going to be a semester of a lifetime.
Every day was a different experience, always learning a new aspect about the Japanese military culture. In the beginning there were many things that both midshipmen were very inquisitive about. But the more they observed and asked questions, the more it became clear of how culture directly reflects present protocol and logic. Both midshipmen made everlasting bonds and friendships with the Japanese cadets and officers. In fact, after this semester, both midshipmen are convinced to try to get their first tour out of Japan.


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Blackburne, Academic All-League
South Dakota State women's tennis student-athlete Jenny Blackburne was named to the Women's Tennis Academic All-Summit League Team.
Blackburne finished the season with an 11-11 singles record, primarily at No. 3, and a team-best 16-7 in doubles. The 15 doubles wins with her primary partner were tied-for-second in the league by any duo at any position.
Her performance helped the Jackrabbits clinch the first postseason berth in school history as the No. 3 seed at The Summit League Championships.
In the classroom, Blackburne posted a 3.909 grade point average in mechanical engineering. The GPA is the top mark of all academic team honorees.
Selections were voted on by Faculty Athletic Representatives and Sports Information Directors at member institutions. The honor combines academic and athletic achievements.
To be eligible for Academic All-League, a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale), completed at least one full academic year at the current institution (freshmen and first-year transfers are ineligible) and participated in 50 percent of her team's competitions.
The complete release is available on The Summit League website.
The complete Women's Tennis Academic All-League Team is listed below.
2013 Summit League Women's Tennis Academic All-League Team
Name, School / Yr. / Hometown / GPA / Major
Jenny Blackburne, South Dakota State / Jr. / Christchurch, New Zealand / 3.909 / Mechanical Engineering
Anita Henestrosa, Fort Wayne / Sr. / Ruemligen, Switzerland / 3.36 / Communication
Caterina Kiefer, Fort Wayne / Sr. / Balingen, Germany / 3.52 / Business Management
Yamini Reddy, South Dakota / So. / Bangalore, India / 3.791 / Business Management
Alex Tran, Omaha / Sr. / Omaha, Neb. / 3.755 / Biology


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St. Lawrence County tourism leaders say Jefferson County could lend a hand to net more big national fishing tournaments like the Bassmaster event last weekend in Waddington.
Jefferson County stole some of the limelight from St. Lawrence during the tournament, as many of the anglers who competed in the Aug. 8 to 11 tournament including the winner rode their speedboats south on the St. Lawrence River to fish in the Thousand Islands region and Lake Ontario. But while the shores of Jefferson County received much of the attention, the tournament was funded only by St. Lawrence County organizations, and the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators pledged $75,000 to Waddington to host the tournament.
Competition organizers hope the events resounding success will spur the Thousand Islands International Tourism Council to consider joining a regional sport fishing campaign called FishCap. Launched in 2010, the initiative promotes the St. Lawrence River Valley as the worlds fishing capital. The nonprofit is funded exclusively by public and private agencies in St. Lawrence County. And so far, FishCap has promoted only the St. Lawrence County region, avoiding the Thousand Islands.
The FishCap campaign played a key role in attracting the Bassmaster Elite Series fishing tournament to Waddington, said Massena Town Supervisor Joseph D. Gray, who launched the initiative with St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Patricia L. McKeown. The Massena Town Council voted to contribute $75,000 needed to start FishCap in 2010, or $25,000 for three years. That funding was used to hire renowned angler Donald R. Meissner as program coordinator.
After witnessing the tournaments success in Waddington, Mr. Gray said he believes the region eventually could host a schedule of national tournaments during the year, similar to other regions such as Lake Champlain and Oneida County. Support from Jefferson and Franklin counties to promote FishCap, he said, could help redefine the region as a fishermens mecca.
We have spoken about the need for much broader regional approaches, and that was our intent from the get-go, he said. Starting FishCap was a leap of faith for a number of people, but its translated into this tournament. I believe more tournaments are coming to the St. Lawrence River, and they could be more successful if they are located in a more centralized location between Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties.
Gary S. DeYoung, executive director of the Thousand Islands Tourism Council, said he is open to exploring how the agency could help FishCap attract more national fishing tournaments to the north country. FishCap has not yet reached out to the council to request financial assistance.
Mr. DeYoung pointed out the council already is leading efforts to promote sport fishing along the St. Lawrence River and on Lake Ontario. Jefferson County hosts several annual fishing tournaments in the Thousand Islands region, he said, and is home to about three dozen fishing charter captains.
Even so, Mr. DeYoung acknowledged, regional tourism leaders could do more to attract national fishing tournaments, such as the Bassmaster Elite Series. And teaming up with FishCap in St. Lawrence County could help meet that goal.
In Jefferson County, wed have to look at what our best strategy is for fishing, and if that meshes with FishCaps mission, Mr. DeYoung said. Do you go after the small tournaments here that have an ongoing flow during the year, or big tournaments that grab national attention? Not only the north country, but New York state in general has a long way to go to remind people we are a fishing destination.
More research is needed to determine the economic effects of major fishing tournaments hosted here, Mr. DeYoung said. He is looking forward to learning about the overall impact of the Waddington tournament, which drew 34,100 people over the weekend a record-breaking attendance for the Bassmaster Elite Series. A group of international masters of business administration students from Clarkson University, Potsdam, is completing an economic impact study for the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, which will be released in the fall.
The tourism council already has made plans to promote sport fishing across the north country, Mr. DeYoung said. Last year, it secured a $64,000 state grant from the North Country Regional Economic Development Council to promote sport fishing across an eight-county region by creating short films that will be launched on tourism websites and YouTube. Production of the film series will start in the spring. We hope to have a dozen of these videos to promote fishing across the region charter fishing on Lake Ontario in Henderson Harbor, the Indian River Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, he said. Well ask our partner agencies, including FishCap, to help in the production of it.
Mr. DeYoung added that a handful of tourism agencies cooperated to submit a state grant application this week for $1,806,750 for the governors Market NY tourism initiative. The north country will compete for a chunk of a $5 million pool of grant funding. Participating agencies are the Thousand Islands International Tourism Council, FishCap, Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority, Adirondack Regional Tourism Council and Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism in Lake Placid. Tourism efforts in the application range from promoting sport fishing, boating, motorcycling and paddle sports.
FishCap is asking for $170,000 to bolster its tourism campaign to attract more out-of-state visitors. That request includes $25,000 to air national video series on WPBS-DT, Watertowns public broadcasting station, called Fishing Behind the Lines, featuring soldiers from Fort Drum; $30,000 to attend sport fishing events across Northeastern states and Canada; $25,000 for a multimedia display to promote the St. Lawrence River Valley at shows, and $50,000 to hire a full-time employee to help visitors make plans for fishing vacations.
Mrs. McKeown said she hopes these efforts, if funded, mark only the beginning of an ongoing partnership among regional tourism leaders. She said FishCap could become a catalyst to achieve that goal for the regions sport fishing industry.
There are times when it seems like one group is pitted against another in the region, but we dont see it that way here, she said. We see the area as a large fishery that runs from one end of the St. Lawrence River all the way to Lake Ontario.
Anglers fished up and down the whole St. Lawrence River during the Bassmaster tournament, said Richard A. Clarke, captain of Sign Man Fishing Charters in Clayton. Weeks before the tournament, Mr. Clarke saw dozens of professional anglers on the river near Clayton who were mapping out their fishing spots.
A fair amount of people were practicing prior to the tournament between Clayton and Cape Vincent, said Mr. Clarke, a fishing guide for 33 years. And they were going by me during the tournament to fish on Lake Ontario. They were fishing the whole river, from Massena to the Thousand Islands area.
Mr. Clarke said he would like to see the next Bassmasters tournament hosted in Clayton, for example, to promote northern Jefferson County.
In all fairness, halfway between Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River would probably be the fairest place to be, he said.
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Saturday: @ Harrisburg Senators (WAS) 5, Binghamton Mets 4
Sunday: Binghamton Mets 7, @ Harrisburg Senators 2
This was not a fun weekend for our "Find the Flores" game. Wilmer Flores has played second base in each of the last three games while Reese Havens has remained on the bench. Flores (pictured, swinging) did have a good weekend with the stick, picking up three hits both Saturday and Sunday. With knocks in four straight games, he's back up to .292/.337/.433 in 47 games at double-A just past his 21st birthday.
Saturday, Armando Rodriguez made a spot start and was unexceptional: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.
Sunday, Cory Mazzoni held Harrisburg to one run in five innings, but allowed nine baserunners including six hits and three walks. His 3.45 ERA in 10 double-A starts is fine, but his 5.4 K/9 is not a harbinger of future success as he's allowed oner a hit an inning both in double-A and advanced-A. The Mets say he's improved over the course of the year because he's using his changeup more and I've had scouts tell me they liked the offering. I can't get past the fact that he's not missing any bats in AA to see a Major League starter. He struggled to miss bats in advanced A as well (6.8 K/9). He sits around 90-91 as a starter, but can crank it up higher is short bursts, so given that, and his 6'1″, 190 lb frame, I think he's headed for the bullpen next year.
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SYRACUSE Syracuses ship is slowly sinking in the Big East Conference. The Orange have nobody to blame but themselves.
For the fourth time this season, and second time this week, Jim Boeheims team faded down the stretch of a key conference game, which they had controlled.
After blowing a seven-point lead over the final six minutes Monday at Marquette, late-game turnovers plagued the Orange Saturday, allowing No. 10 Louisville to beat No. 12 SU, 58-53, before 31,173 at the Carrier Dome.
SU (22-7 overall, 10-6 Big East) not only lost its third consecutive game for the first time since a four-game losing streak during the 2010-11 season, it was a second straight disappointing home loss.
The Orange also saw its chances of earning a top-four finish and a bye into the conference postseason tournament quarterfinals diminished. SU is tied for fourth place with Notre Dame (which lost at Marquette Saturday) and Pittsburgh with two games left against DePaul at home Wednesday and at Georgetown Saturday.
But the Orange is also just a game out of eighth place.
Weve got to mentally regroup for the final two games, and started playing better, said a subdued Boeheim, whose team was outscored 11-5 in the final three minutes. I still like this team, and I think we can still be pretty good. If we were getting blown out by 20, Id be worried. But weve been in these last few games against ranked teams right to the end and realistically had a chance to win all three.
C.J. Fair scored 19 points for SU and James Southerland added 13. But starting guards Brandon Triche and Michael Carter-Williams went a woeful 5-for-21 from the floor, including a 2-for-11 day by Triche, the senior who is suffering through a mesmerizing shooting slump.
In the past 10 games where SU is just 4-6, SUs scoring leader is 9-for-54 on 3-pointers. He was 0-for-3 Saturday and finished with only five points.
Its disappointing, but Im not down on myself, Triche said. That would be out of character. Ive just got to knock down a couple in a row and Ill be fine.
Boeheim suggested Triche may be trying too hard if anything. The bottom line is we cant have him shooting like that and turning the ball over for us to win.
SU shot just 35.7 percent from the field, and turned the ball over an uncharacteristic 16 times, leading to 20 Cardinal points.
Turning the ball over at the end is something we havent done, Boeheim said. You cant give a team as good as Louisville extra chances. And certainly not on simple out of bounds plays on which we gave it up three times.
For Louisville (24-5, 12-4), which avenged a two-point loss at home in mid-January, the hero wasnt one of the Cardinals established stars. George Mason junior transfer Luke Hancock, who comes off the bench, scored 12 points and hit three, huge 3-pointers in the final half. He also garnered a key steal of an SU inbounds pass with just over a minute left and the score tied.
Luke is valuable to us in a lot of ways, Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. He finds ways to get open, and hes very poised. Today, he won the game for us.
Russ Smith scored 18 points to lead the Cardinals, who have won five in a row since a five-overtime loss to Notre Dame on Feb. 9. Center Gorgui Dieng added 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Both teams shot poorly the first half as Louisville clung to a 23-19 lead.
The lead went back-and-forth most of the second half. Southerland, who was 1-for-8 the first half, made three 3-pointers, his last giving SU a 38-36 lead with 9:17 to play.
Hancock then made a three to start a mini-Louisville run, and then another to cap off an 11-2 Cardinals spurt, giving them a 47-40 lead.
SU answered with eight straight points. Fairs scooping drive put the Orange back on top 48-47 at the 2:47 mark, but the Orange failed to score on their next four possessions.
The key giveaway occurred with just under a minute left. Triche was inbounding under his basket when Hancock stepped in front of Carter-Williams for a steal. Following a Louisville timeout, Hancock nailed a huge 3-pointer from the corner.
We just lost him for a second, which you cant do at that point, Fair said.
Carter-Williams then misfired on a 3-pointer, and Smith made two free throws to boost the Louisville lead to 53-48 with 35 seconds left.
Triche coughed up the ball on SUs next possession, and Kevin Ware hit a free throw to all but seal the win
Were having trouble finishing games for some reason, Triche said. Early in the season, that wasnt a problem.
Asked if the Orange were in a desperation mode, Triche said, No. I dont think our confidence is shaken because were right in these games. We just have to play better when it counts.
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MASSENA - While furloughed government employees may be working this week without being paid, one Massena business is doing its part to show its appreciation.
Studio 162 in downtown Massena is offering free haircuts to furloughed federal employees for the duration of the government shutdown.
We have quite a few customers who are government employees, said Stacey Arquiett, who co-owns the business with Angie Frost.
The promotion was announced Friday morning via a Facebook posting that quickly garnered more than a dozen likes and was shared nearly 40 times by the close of business Friday evening.
At the studio there has been lots of conversation about the state of our government. We have many clients that this directly affecting along side their families. So it made us think, what can we do to help? For any government employee furloughed with the government shutdown we are offering free haircuts for that employee for the length of the shutdown, Ms. Arquiett wrote. Its not much but enough to say we appreciate the fact that you go in anyway to protect us. Thank you.
Ms. Arquiett said she was speaking with a customer about the situation earlier this week.
One of my government employees said she cant even take sick days or vacation days while the government is shut down, she said. Theyre going through a tough time, so we figured the least we could do was give them a free haircut.
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We take walk-ins when we can, but its always easier to call for an appointment. If we have an opening, we take walk-ins when we can, she said, adding the salon may be reached at 705-0020.
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As long as the government shutdown is in effect, we will do free haircuts for furloughed employees, she said.
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