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Pictures from this morning's maiden voyage. No problems reported, vessel working great.
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Just fresh off the shipyard, this is my version of an American made Uniflite (firm died several years ago) "Salty Dog" 28. Its name is a Puerto Rican slang for escapade. From the same firm who designed and made the legendary Vietnam War Patrol River Boat (PBR), this boat was part of Uniflite's recreational boats line. For this one, I utilized a fibreglass hull I found on Ebay and did the rest with Ethylene 2mm plastic sheets. It runs a 9.6v NiHm battery, a 30A Mtroniks controller, a 3-bladed 35mm M4 bronze propeller.
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So here's another partially built Riva Aquarama, my second project and Plan B after Ciao Bambina ran into stringer difficulties. I started this one on 14 April 2016, and had only 16 days, none of which meant full time working on the boat but merely an hour or two available some evenings and at weekends, to finish this before a friendly "Boat Race" at Coate Water in Swindon with a few friends. Not much in the way of rules for the event, just bring along an RC boat. I didn't get it finished in time, and since the event, which is the last picture in the post, I have only been able to spend a few more hours, mostly spent planking small mahogany strips over the hull and fore deck. I will be moving this Project 2 forward in between phases of work on the Sea Commander (Scrumpy 3), which is a kit build and is going well after around 6 hours work so far.
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So here's my partly completed Riva Aquarama, to be named Ciao Bambina, a scratch build from plans, with laser cut marine ply as the base structure. I started her in April 2016 and got to the stage of balsa wood stringers as per the plans and got into a real pickle, breaking pretty much every strip and gave up after six days of struggle. I then focused on Plan B, which was Project 2, a smaller Riva Aquarama, and again a scratch build, for an event planned with friends at the end of April 2016. I'll come back to Ciao Bambina once I have completed my Sea Commander and the smaller Riva I think. The stringers will be made with laminated 3mm strips Okichi or similar, which is the way the Sea Commander has been done, so I have learned something from the experience. Balsa doesn't really work on a big stringer! I will update as I progress the project.
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The Ellis boats must have been the inspiration for this old kit from Midwest. I bought the boat as seen in the first photos which was built by Don Sutton, Metro Modellers Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
He knew I had my eye on making one from scratch and offered me a fair price to buy his boat.
I am now adding the hard cover over the cockpit as seen on many of the Bunker & Ellis boats.
Previously I added deck furniture to the helm and passenger. Also found the near scale figures.
My plan is to add the forward railing around the bow; add deck boards and more furnishings such as two step boarding ladder, navigation equipment, and possible a fresh coat of paint to the hull.
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Just some pics of a beautiful sport fish that I almost purchased couple years ago.
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These are built for the owners and are the only ones in existence. My friend Bob in California built them and many others. Just a sample of his work.
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I used to keep them in a glass display case..until we moved.
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Early kit boat from the 50's Very hard to find Harco 40
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Today we'll do a Bits & Pieces article then we'll have a Know Your Enemy on Thursday, our Predictions Thread on Friday and the customary Game Day Thread on Saturday for the Pitt vs North Carolina.
You all responded to yesterday's article with your great insights and your good and debatable points as always…thanks. As for football talk:
Coaches always get put on the spot after a loss and the same thing happened yesterday at Narduzzi's press conference…but then again hard questions should be asked. At the 14:35 mark of the presser video (below) Narduzzi is asked about why Ollision didn't get any carries – if you can figure out what he said and what he was trying to say please let me know in a comment.
The only think I can figure out is that they had to give the Big Dog (Conner) relief so they played Moss. ???? I don't know and it makes no sense to me. If you have an established RB who proved he can get 5.3 yards per carry over the season – then don't use him but instead put in a kid who hasn't done anything; that's strange and I think it should be explained.
Pat Narduzzi puts the blame for the 540 yards passing by the OSU QB squarely on the player's shoulders instead of on his or his DC's.
The problem, Narduzzi said Monday at his weekly press conference, comes from the team's execution and fundamental failures, not its scheme or strategy.
"They've got to understand and have to have faith and belief in what we're doing," the second-year Pitt coach said. "They've got to understand that it works when you do it right and it doesn't work when you're not doing it right. It's either your way or our way; which one are you going to do? If you continue to do it your way, then we're going to have problems. If you do it our way, you've got a chance."
Perhaps that thought would be best said behind closed doors coach. This way it looks like finger pointing. Does he really mean that the DBs, all of them, just all of a sudden decided not to carry out the defensive scheme his D coaches practiced them on all week?
Was the PSU 330+ yards in the air due to the same reason? It was the exact same defensive scheme out there so what happened in both games? Of course – it was the players fault.
Sorry, but this smacks of blame deflection and sounds petty to my ear.
Here is what's funny about local beat writers – then kind of have to see the silver lining in everything connected to Pitt football. Especially so if you are a newly assigned one to c0ver the local college team. Here's an example. Yesterday Jenn Menendez of the Post-Gazette wrote this about Pitt giving up 540 passing yards to the OSU offense:
"I think we [had] a good pass rush at times, but it was too inconsistent," defensive end Ejuan Price said. "Facing a tempo team is one of the challenges of trying to get a rush over and over again. When we didn't it really showed downfield."
The silver lining for Pitt, if they can manage to look past the 642 yards of total offense allowed, is twofold. First, they were truly in it until the final play against a team that was ranked in the preseason top 25. Second there's not a quarterback left on the schedule with that kind of arm.
Huh, she really should have mentioned that we had also given up 332 yards to a QB not known for his arm in PSU's Trace McSorley just seven days earlier.
Pitt fans always hate the ones who got away in recruiting. Instead of just turning the page when a local HS player chooses to attend school elsewhere we follow his every move and, let's be honest here, some of us revel when those players don't do well in their college career. Case in point is WR Robert Foster down in Alabama.
Pitt fans, and everyone else apparently, thought he'd pick up the hat that had "Pitt" written across the front of it – but no! Foster chose national champions Alabama instead setting off a firestorm of criticism from the Pitt people.
Well, he's been a 2nd string player down there and while he's seen some game day playing he has fallen short of what I am sure he and his family expected when he chose the Crimson Tide. here are his career stats so far:
So why did he choose Alabama? because 1) he thought he'd have a better chance of getting to the NFL there and 2) he wanted to play for a school who annually competes fot the biggest prize in college football.
There is a prestige factor involved when a college football player who is older and done with football can say that they played ball at one of the really well-known schools.
We are seeing all this happen again, actually it happens every year with the highest ranked local WPIAL recruits, as they blue-chip kids are bypassing Oakland for greener pastures.
Yesterday we saw 4* DT Donovan Jeter of Beaver Falls verbal to the Golden Domers of Notre Dame. Pissed Pitt fans off royally so now he's either no good or Notre Dame paid him to play there.
Well, I think Pitt fans are more scared than pissed really. After all the talk about recruiting local talent and making Pitt the local star HS player's first choice… that really isn't happening.
Chris Dokish put out this list of who he thought were the Top 10 players in PA for the recruiting class of 2017. Granted this was generated and posted on LOI Day back in February of this year but I think it reflects the issue at hand:
Top 10 in PA for 2017 (as of Signing Day 2016)
D'Andre Swift, St. Joseph's Prep HS (Philadelphia) RB- Perfect running back size at 5'10" and 208 pounds. Short, muscular frame and elite speed and quickness makes it nearly impossible to get a good shot on him. No real weaknesses and even has great hands. His offer list is big and will get huge before long. Right now that offer list includes Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Florida State, Georgia, South Carolina, Michigan, Michigan State, and Virginia Tech. In my opinion, he won't end up at Pitt.
Lamont Wade, Clairton HS (Clairton) CB– Possibly the best cornerback prospect in the country for the class. Not big at 5'10" and 185 pounds, but he is a potential superstar with speed, athleticism, technique, hands, and toughness. Offers include Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, Ohio State, Auburn, Nebraska, UCLA, Maryland, and Virginia Tech. In my opinion, he won't end up at Pitt, though I think the Panthers will be involved until the end.
Paris Ford, Seton-LaSalle HS (McKees Rocks) S- Pretty slim right now at 6'0″ and 175 pounds, but he's a high level athlete with the speed, athleticism, and hands to be an all-star college player. Great range with hands to match. Also a good hitter despite frame. Ed Reed center fielder type that seems to be everywhere. Chose PITTSBURGH over Penn State, West Virginia, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Auburn, and North Carolina.
David Adams, Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh) LB– The quintessential PA linebacker with smarts, toughness, and tenacity. Sneaky good athlete. Plays well against the run and the pass. Ideal middle linebacker. Early offers include Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Nebraska, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. I think Pitt and Notre Dame could be the teams to beat, and now that his close friends, Ford and Damar Hamlin, are committed to the Panthers, the chances may be improving. In my opinion, because of his talent and the position he plays, he is the top target for Pitt in this class.
Donovan Jeter, Beaver Falls Area HS (Beaver Falls) DT/DE– Already a large 6'4″ and 280 pounds on a massive frame. Can easily get up to 300 pounds if he moves inside. May also have the potential to terrorize as a rush end if he slims down. Excellent basketball player who would be a high major prospect if he was taller. Early offers from Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, Michigan State, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Maryland, among others. Pitt appears to be the leader.
CJ Thorpe, Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh) OG– As of now he's 6'4″ at best which means he will have to move inside to guard, but at 310 pounds he's a massive brawler that has great feet to go with the size. Could be a devastating pulling guard and projects just as good as a defensive tackle. Offers include Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, Auburn, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Virginia, and Maryland. Penn State may be the favorite since he has a lot of ties to the school, but Pitt has a shot.
Kenny Robinson, University Prep HS (Pittsburgh) LB– Every year a WPIAL player stands out to me as being under appreciated. For this class, it's this 6'3″ 205 pound athlete that has speed, athleticism, and toughness. He could also be an excellent college wide receiver. Early offers include Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Temple, Louisville, and Iowa State. He is very close with Pitt, and all of the local players, and I would be surprised if he didn't end up at Pitt.
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Josh Lugg, North Allegheny HS (Wexford) OT- Already great size at 6'6″ and 290 pounds, and he has the frame to get bigger. Great feet, tenacious, and strong. He has a a lot of potential physically, but right now he is very green. He's very much worth trying to flip because if it all comes together for him, he could be special. Committed to NOTRE DAME over offers from Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. I'm assuming that he won't flip, but if he does, Pitt would probably be the school he would flip to.
Mark Webb, Archbishop Wood HS (Warminster) WR– In most other years he'd be flirting with being a top 5 prospect in the state. Already good size at 6'2″ and 195 pounds, and with that size he has the speed, athleticism, and hands to be one of the better wide receivers prospects in the east. Early offers so far include Pittsburgh, Penn State, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, and Rutgers. I'm think that Penn State is the team to beat.
Kurt Hinish, Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh) DT– Already a rock solid 6'3″ and 285 pounds. He's been on a tear lately picking up offers on an almost daily basis. Right now his list includes Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Baylor, Iowa State, Boston College, Rutgers, Syracuse, and Vanderbilt. I think Pitt may have a good chance with this one.
BTW – I think college football fans are a bit mistaken when a HS recruit picks on school over the other. They tend to think strictly in football terms when the reality is for a lot of recruits, and their parents, academics and college life plays a pretty big part also.
For instance on the list above we have four kids who picked Notre Dame over Pitt. Lugg, Hinish, Adams and Jeter – all mentioned that academics were part of the decision process. Then why ND? Well, look at the current US News and Worls Report college renking for that school:
ND's 2017 Rankings
University of Notre Dame is ranked #15 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
That is a lot higher than Pitt's current ranking of #68 and while these rankings fluctuate year to year ND is constantly up there. PSU's ranking are pretty good also. So that's part of the reason recruits choose to go to these schools.
These players parents have a lot more influence than the average fans think and the mom and dad aren't looking only at football – most often they have a pretty firm idea whether or not their kid is going into the NFL and so advise heavily on the academic side. We have gotten our fair share of recruits who chose Pitt over other schools for just that reason.
Pitt's 2017 Rankings
University of Pittsburgh is ranked #68 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
Notre Dame also has tradition, a beautiful campus and great academics so we shouldn't be all that surprised when local kids want to play there. Pitt is a good school also but is in the middle of a city and hasn't the recent winning tradition or success that Notre Dame has had on the field either.
If we were losing these high ranking players to lesser schools than ND, PSU or Georgia then I'd be surprised but looking into where they verballed to I'm not. The fact that ND just had seven players picked in the last NFL draft doesn't hurt either.
It is just very tough for Pitt to compete against ND when a kid is considering both schools. Something to remember also is that as badly as we feel that these kids listed above decided to go elsewhere – they also chose their school over numerous others, not just Pitt.
On a lighter note The City Paper's Mike Wysocki has a piece about sports personalities who Pittsburghers love to 'boo'. A Pitt guy makes the list:
Wham, bam, thank you, Todd Graham makes this list and he did it in less than one season; it's almost admirable, in a perverse kind of way. After a lackluster 6-6 year as Pitt's head football coach, Graham started talking to other schools about a head-coaching position. He recruited players to play for him and quickly left. When the University of Pittsburgh's athletic director told him he couldn't spend time looking for a new job, he resigned. Not only that, he resigned via text — a low-class move even by scumbag standards. Yes, Graham wasn't an athlete, but if we ever get a chance to boo him, it'll be good.
But this is my favorite line in the article:
As you can imagine, most booing emanates from the cheap seats of a stadium or arena. These seats usually contain riff-raff, much like myself, and since our lives haven't turned out the way we thought, we're more inclined to show frustration.
PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT (HTML LINK): Narduzzi Text Transcript
VIDEO: Pat Narduzzi Press Conference
VIDEO: Defensive End Ejuan Price Press Conference
Narduzzi Opening Statement:
"Usually we try to put the last game to rest on Sunday, but I don't want to ignore it. As a whole, when you go back and look at the game, it wasn't a lack of effort. Our kids played hard throughout. I love the guys who sit in these seats in here; they've got a lot of toughness. I love those guys for the efforts they give and for never quitting. We didn't make enough plays offensively and defensively.
We had to go out there and sit in a small locker room for almost two hours during the lightning delay. Defensively we played a great second half except for one play, and that cost us. Offensively I thought we played a great first half and not a great second half. There are so many things that we will work to correct and get better at. Give Oklahoma State credit for what they did and how they do it. They have a top-20 football team and program. I believe they will finish there based on the way Mason Rudolph can throw. I told you last week that he is an NFL guy.
After seeing him live, I don't think there's any question of that. They have some talented wide-outs as well. There are things that we can do better on defense—fundamentally and structurally—and that's why we coach. That game is over, and we move on to North Carolina. We get to travel down there for a 3:30 game against a great football team that was the Coastal champion a year ago. They don't lose much. They have four or five starting offensive linemen back from last year. Elijah Hood is a great tailback, and he switches out there to receiver occasionally.
Quarterback Mitch Trubisky is a guy we saw as a senior out of high school; he was a great player. I have a lot of respect for him. He played really well last year and now has three games under his belt. He's very efficient in running the offense. Defensively Gene Chizik always does a great job. They are athletic. [M.J.] Stewart and [Des] Lawrence are the two corners that are lockdown guys. They are very athletic and very well coached. They have two defensive tackles in [Nazair] Jones and [Jalen] Dalton who are tough, and they have two good linebackers in [Andre] Smith and [Cayson] Collins who are bell cows on that side of the ball.
They are very athletic defensively, and they probably blitz a little bit more than a year ago. They can heat it up there. We know Gene Chizik is a great football coach. The offense looks exactly like we saw a year ago. It will be a great challenge to go down there and face the Coastal Division champion from a year ago.
That's our goal and that's where we want to be. When the first ACC team you play is the one who is the defending champion in that division, it is a great challenge. We look forward to going there."
On the performance of Pitt's secondary against Oklahoma State:
"It's about fundamentals and structure. If we needed to change the coverage up a little bit, we didn't do it quite enough or early enough. We had some things that we maybe didn't use that we should have. But that happens in every game. You can always look back. I told our kids it's 38-38 with two minutes to go in the game and we haven't played great.
We have a chance with two minutes to go to knock them out. If you told me we could have that situation with two minutes to go in the game, I'd take that because they are a good football team and I have a lot of respect for them. For the defensive backs, [they should] play with good technique and fundamentals.
Don't get frazzled. The first play of the game was a communication error, not a physical error. It was a coverage bust and a lack of communication. That's on the coach. Sometimes it's the tempo or the atmosphere; there are a lot of contributing factors. Fundamentally you have to play with good technique. That's what we try to play at every position on the field. You better play good technique when you're playing against great wide receivers."
On Nathan Peterman and how they matched up in the passing game offensively against Oklahoma State:
"I'm not going to take anything away from who they (Oklahoma State) are, but we missed some throws and some reads. Especially on some third and medium calls, where we had a chance to stay on the field and keep them off the field. We didn't put the ball where it needed to be on those plays. We missed a play in the fourth quarter to Jester Weah that we have to make.
We're not going to make every throw either. Quarterbacks can't be perfect. Nathan [Peterman] managed the game well. The opener [Villanova] wasn't managed as well. It was a below average day for him. But he's played above average the last two weeks. If he [Peterman] continues to do that, we will be fine. You can't blame one guy—it takes 11 to win a football game. The blame is in the whole room as far as our players and coaches. We win together, we lose together."
On how he will prepare his defensive players for North Carolina's passing attack:
"We just have to keep coaching them; that's our job. They have to believe in what we do. They must understand it works when you do it right, and it doesn't work if you don't do it right. It's either your way or our way, which one are you going to do? If you continue to do it your way, then we're going to have problems.
If you flip on the tape and watch when we're successful, it is when we cover the guys with good technique. When you don't win the play, they need to see what they did wrong. It needs to become evident. It happens, and it's why we coach. If it were easy, everybody in here would coach. But it's not. That's the challenge of coaching: it's fun."
On Avonte Maddox's mindset after the Oklahoma State game:
"The first thing that you have to do is be able to admit that 'I didn't play great. I didn't play with great technique and that's the bottom line.' We'll bring Avonte [Maddox] back and talk to him. He's a great kid and he has a lot of talent. He is one of our best corners when he plays fundamentally sound. I don't worry about Avonte Maddox. I think you will see a different guy this week who will play with a chip on his shoulder."
On dealing with outside reactions from the fans and media after a tough loss:
"I don't read the newspaper. I don't hear what you're saying and I don't care what you say. I hope my players don't read it or listen to it. I'm not going to go on Twitter and read the notifications after a win or loss.
My motto is 'Be humble or be humbled.' We went out and played a good football team and hung tough and that's all that matters. Our kids will be resilient."
On if the North Carolina game is a "must-win" contest:
"I would say it's a big game because they are the defending Coastal champions. They're the team to beat. But I'm not going to put all my eggs in one basket. Either division could be won by a one-loss team.
We can't say that either champion is going to be undefeated. Look what happened to Florida State this weekend. Do you think Jimbo Fisher is going to crawl underneath his podium and say it's over because we lost one game? I don't think so. One game in conference or out of conference doesn't define you as a football program or your season."
On what makes this Pitt team a resilient one:
"I love this football team. These guys will fight to the end. Do we do everything right as coaches? No. Do we do everything right as players all the time? No. There are a bunch of calls on both sides of the ball that you may want back at the end of the game. I might have gone for it on 4th down instead of punting it. There are so many 'coulda-woulda-shouldas.'
The great thing about this football team is they will fight to the end regardless of what the situation is. If you're down 14, these guys don't care because they know it's a four-quarter game. They believe that any game can be ours, we just need to put 60 minutes together as a whole.
The offense and defense played one good half opposite of each other. We need to put those together. That's a challenge. Nobody can be perfect, but if we played three-and-a-half good quarters, it would be better."
On electing to primarily run the ball on the second to last offensive drive:
"We were thinking our run has been pretty good and successful. We wanted to continue to run the ball. I think James [Conner] missed a little hole on one of those runs. If he keeps it going outside, maybe we're in a different spot today.
You can look back and look at so many plays that are missed throughout the game. It boils down to execution and fundamentals. That's no disrespect to James [Conner]; he had a heck of a game. It happens in every aspect."
On the defensive strategy at Oklahoma State:
"We wanted to bring pressure. You will watch college or pro football and see the corners out there on an island. I don't care if you are in man coverage or if you're in thirds or a read cover two. They are on an island out there and eventually they have to make a play on the ball. It doesn't really matter what the coverage is; it's hard to give them help all the time. That's why you're seeing points scored like they are.
Those guys are going to be on an island out there. When you ask a question about pressure opposed to base, it's pick your poison. They have a good quarterback and good receivers. I don't remember what play it was but at a point I wrote on my call-sheet 'quarterback is human.'
He had a human error and I didn't see many of them in the first half. He wasn't as on fire in the second half and that's because of the pressure we applied. Getting a couple of hits on him did a lot for us. I guess he was human, but only for a couple of plays."
On what he will tell the team about the opportunity at North Carolina:
"It's another game. It's a big game, but it's no bigger than Oklahoma State. We wanted that win badly, too. Our guys were locked in. If we don't win this game, is our season over? No. And I don't think Florida State feels that way after last week.
They [Florida State] will be in it. They still have to go play Clemson and if they beat Clemson, all of the sudden you have two teams with one loss. I think the same thing will happen in the Coastal. There are no perfect teams."
On the running back depth chart behind James Conner:
"We got Chawntez Moss and Darrin Hall in the game. It's just a matter of not wearing out your dog. We want to get all of those guys involved. Qadree [Ollison] was out there quite a bit. Maybe he didn't get the carries, but that's all based on the read and what we are doing on that play and what they are doing defensively.
It's about being unselfish and doing what you need to do. We had some decent runs from all the guys back there. We need to keep guys fresh. James [Conner] gets tired. We have to keep him fresh."
On the depth at wide receiver after the injury to Dontez Ford:
"You always are concerned with depth. We'll have Dontez [Ford] back sooner rather than later. Tre Tipton played a solid football game out there. He's got some wheels. He had a couple nice catches, and a great fourth-down catch. For us, it's the next man up. Aaron Mathews will have an extended role this week as well."
On his assessment of North Carolina's defense:
"They've got some good players, I can tell you that. I attribute their stats to the high number of spread offenses. If you look at college football in general, points and yards are happening more frequently.
I think Gene Chizik is a sound defensive coordinator. He's a bend-not-break guy, and they are very sound. They'll be ready for us down there and will be very sound."
On if defensive statistical goals have changed due to how good offenses are now:
"You adjust every year. When I first got to Cincinnati and eventually Michigan State, our goal defensively was to limit the other team to 13 points per game. Today, that just isn't going to happen.
Turnovers are the key. We were plus two for the whole game until there was 30 seconds left. When you win the turnover ratio, you are usually going to win the game. When you have a blocked punt, you usually win.
We stopped the run for the most part. We ran the ball effectively offensively. Defensively we only gave up one long touchdown run, and that's what we lost by. You could pick out that play and say we didn't stop the run. Offenses are going to score points. The numbers don't matter. It's about getting a win."
On potentially needing to score 30 points a game to win in today's game:
"Yeah. Offensively we scored 31 and that wasn't enough. The goal is to score more points than they score, and that's all that matters."
On if there will be any personnel changes on the Pitt defense:
"No. Avonte Maddox is our best corner. Ryan Lewis is playing very well. It's our job to coach them up. I've got complete confidence in those guys."
On managing Jordan Whitehead's time offensively and defensively:
"He knows what he's doing on defense. We try to manage that. Maybe there were some communication errors where we say 'Is he not over there enough, or is he over there too much?' When he gets the ball, he's explosive and is fun to watch. Defensively we had a mental breakdown and communication error. It's on the secondary as a whole. We have to do a better job. He might be getting less carries unless he knows how to communicate plays over there defensively."


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Summer is always fun for Snobby, having grown up with what some might consider to be the Arctic, complete with metres-deep snow in the winter and clouds of blood-sucking insects in the summer. Since I left Winnipeg almost a decade and a half ago, I don't think I could survive a western winter anymore, that little thing the government implanted in me under the guide of "rubella vaccinations" . . . rubella is silly name for a disease; it sounds like the heroine of a Verdi opera, along with her sisters Anæmia and Carcinoma: she of course dies of consumption at the end of the opera – "consumption"! Now that's the name of a disease! – while singing an aria about coughing up blood and the injustices of love and life before collapsing into the arms of her spurned lover, Escalope Parmigiano, who has, by some amazing coincidence, returned that very moment from serving as a merchant marine on the Caspian Sea to ask her hand in marriage; Rubella accepts the proposal with her final dying bellow and Escalope Parmigiano goes mad with guilt and thwarted love. But I digress ...
The computer chip that determines the entire course of my life (eg. You are from the West. You must love winter. Your skin is impervious to mosquito bites. You must vote for racist, homophobic political parties and hate anyone who speaks French, etc. . . . ), implanted when I was a child, must have physically carved neural pathways within by brain. Even though I had had it extracted in that weird tattoo parlour in New York's Lower East Side, I still have difficulties understanding why Easterners go berserk when the temperature dips below –10°C. It has also cursed me with the inability to function normally when the temperature climbs to above 25°C plus humidity. I swoon on Toronto's gum-encrusted pavement like Rubella in the arms of Escalope Parmigiano. I crawl down the streets in a feverish daze. I stumble from iced drink establishment to iced drink establishment. My primary criterion for male companionship rests solely on whether or not he possesses an air conditioner anywhere in his apartment.
The most striking indication of my inability to abide the sticky weather is the size of my hair. Almost smack dab in the middle of my 30s I am still blessed with the entire shock. This is a blessing of insulation on pretty (to people who don't live in it) wintery days. It is akin to having an entire rain forest on the top of my noggin on mouldery summer days. As the heat and humidity rise, my hair, perhaps in an effort to save me from drowning, absorbs most of the humidity that surrounds my head like a sheet of quintuple-quilted Bounty and expands at an alarming rate, twisting into large loopy ringlets that appear to writhe even when there is no breeze.
I scoff at products people buy to add volume to their hair. I have spent four times the money for products that make my hair manageable and small. Otherwise, I am Medusa as I stumble down the street. It is, of course, my fault for having made the senseless decision to grow my hair in an attractive, modern, mussed-up looking style that covers the nape of my neck and my forehead, adding to the Turkish steam room quality of my existence. I am regretting this lack of foresight as I contemplate filling a shower cap with ice and sticking it on my head. It couldn't look any less attractive to the boys than does the kudzu on the top of my head.
Noudnic the Cat, who has the same amount of hair on his entire body as I have on the top of my head, but is much, much smaller than I, has the right idea. He lies on his back, little legs splayed akimbo, in the bathtub the entire day, emerging occasionally for water. We should all be so lucky. At over 6 feet tall (or, if you prefer, at almost 2 metres tall), I fit into bathtubs as easily as I do into airplane seats, movie theatres built before 1995, and Italian cars. In any case, take it from me that he may lie in the bathtub all day, but he objects to having the water turned on to amuse me cool him off. Cats are weird.
Just joking. I didn't turn the water on him.
post scriptum On an unrelated topic, boys are stupid and they smell bad, especially the one who stood me up this weekend. Next time I run into him I shall set my giant, man-eating hair on him and then we'll see who doesn't have time for whom.
However Ajay, my future husband, remains lovely and amazing, in case you were wondering.
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Alimony, or "maintenance," is the ongoing payment that one spouse makes to another during of after divorce. It is designed to help the lower earning spouse through the divorce period or through the remainder of their life. The attorneys of Colwell Law Group ensure that our clients' best interests are preserved, whether that means receiving an adequate amount or coming to a reasonable agreement in terms of the payment they must provide.
Concerns over how one will pay the bills post separation/divorce are often the foremost on our client's minds. Unfortunately, these concerns are usually some of the most complex and contested aspects of a divorce case. They are typically addressed through an order of spousal maintenance, commonly referred to as alimony. Spousal maintenance is an order providing for payments from one ex-spouse to the other either during or after a divorce.
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Do Women Get More Than Men in an Alimony Settlement Agreement?
A very common misconception regarding alimony is that women earners do not have to pay men and that the husband always has to make alimony payments to his former wife. However, it is never that simple. More than 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that alimony had to be equal among the sexes. When it comes to alimony payments, the higher earning spouse owes the lower earning spouse, regardless of sex. However, according to data from the 2010 Census, and reported by Time Magazine, only three percent of alimony recipients are men. Why the big disparity among the sexes? Of the roughly 400,000 current alimony recipients in the U.S., the vast majority are women because of a few factors. First of all, slightly more jobs in the U.S. are filled by men than women. According to Chron.com, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2011, women made up 47 percent of the workforce. While that margin is only a six percent difference (men made up 53 percent of the workforce) that, in addition to the difference in wages, helps explain part of the men versus women alimony question. Women still only make 77 cents to the dollar that men make, which has been slow to change in the past five decades as sexism in our country refuses to relinquish its grasp. For social reasons, men may be more predisposed to turn down the opportunity of receiving alimony payments. Despite what the statistics show, we always advocate on behalf of our clients' best interests, regardless of their sex.
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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is experiencing unprecedented patient activity impacting wait times and availability of beds for admitted patients. To safely manage the surging volume of patients RVH has opened another 10-bed temporary overflow unit in its new cardiac intervention unit.
Despite opening a 36-bed transitional care unit in December, RVH's medical bed occupancy has spiked 135 per cent and admitted patients are being cared for in unconventional spaces such as hallways, temporary surge units and in the emergency department.
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The Ansar had thirst for Islam and its sublime and invigorative programme, and in order to purify Madina of all traces of polytheism and idol-worship they had burnt the idols and had removed all signs of idolatry from the homes, the streets and the bazaars of the city. It will be appropriate if we quote here an example of the interest taken by the Ansar in Islam.
'Arnr bin Jumuh, who was one of the chiefs of Banu Salmah tribe, had placed an idol in his house. In order to make him realize that the wooden idol was a useless thing, the men of his tribe took it away and threw it upside down in a pit which was used in those days for easing nature.
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One day, however, he found the idol in a well, tied to the dead body of a dog, and without the sword. Observing these events he realized that the status of man was much higher than that he should bow his head before every stone, wood or mud.
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- a collection of planned dates for performing activities and meeting schedule milestones.
- to coordinate activities into a master plan in order to complete the project objectives on time.
This site contains information for your preparation of PMI's PMP (Project Management Professional) certification exam. I have also Included topics on how to pass the exam and some mock exams.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
What is Project Schedule
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- Alexia Marthoon said...
Yeah its a good article. According to you what we project managers do is communicating. And a lot of this communication is done during project meetings. It can sometimes feel like you are running from one meeting to another and that your time is often wasted. Meetings don't start on time, the issues aren't dealt with, there is no agenda, there is no focus, nobody assigns any follow ups or tasks and of course then they also don't end on time. An efficient project manager is required for the good management of a project. I think a project manager should PMP certified. Looking forwards to apply what I learned in PMP classes in my company.
- November 26, 2014 at 2:04 AM
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I am not saying I don't do these thing, I do go to lots of nice places and walks and take pictures of amazing views and pretty things I see, I do like making things and even though I do say so myself I do make delicious meals and cakes!!
But I do make a conscious effort not to put anything that on that would sully my lovely photo feed.
If I take a picture of somewhere in my house, its sometimes staged, I keep out any clutter, only taking photos of the parts of the house (which is very few) that I am happy with.
When I post pictures of crafts that I do you don't see the constant turmoil of balancing the things I have to do e.g. housework and the things I want to do, how do people do it??
It looks to the Instagram follower looking at my photo feed that our house is nice, it seems we live in a lovely area because of the photos that I take of taking the dog for a walk to the country park that's just down at the bottom of our street...sounds beautiful doesn't it....looks beautiful from the photographs, meadows, woods, a stream running through, a wooden bridge, wildlife and birds aplenty.
In real life it is beautiful, but its right next to a council estate (on the other side of the river I might add!!) and the residents who think its a dumping ground and a place to come and enjoy the sun - by all means but then they leave cans and litter lying around and thrown into the stream. It annoys me obviously they like it there because as soon as the sun is out they are there in droves, but they leave their mess as if its not their responsibility to pick it up! It makes me sound like a snob I am a bit I suppose but only because I feel so strongly about it, its a beautiful place which should be enjoyed by all but there are people who just want to spoil that. Anyway rant over.. needless to say I don't have any photos of shopping trolleys or sofas that are dumped in the stream from time to time!
When I was joking with a friend about this she said " yeah but why would you take a picture of that??, you're not going to show the parts of your life that you hate".
And shes right when I post a picture on Instagram I want people to see me and my life in a good light I don't want them to see the messy, lazy, emotional side of me I want them to see the creative, happy, motivated side of me and that's OK, isn't it?
It is.
And here's why.
Sometimes life can be rubbish, I mean really, really crap, sometimes I feel so sad and bitter if I'm being honest of not being 'normal', not having that what others take for granted, the fact we can't have children, the fact that money is a big issue in not carrying on with IVF, the fact that in order to have the last IVF we had unfunded we had to do an egg share which meant that my half my eggs went to someone else and that was because we couldn't afford to pay more.The fact that bad, really horrible people (see Jeremy Kyle.. the show not him although thinking about it maybe him too!) can have not one but bucket loads of children but me and Matthew who would have been A-ma-zing parents can't. The fact that we don't socialise with other people because most people we know, our age, have kids and are busy with them.
I don't talk about it because people don't talk about things like that and you try to be strong because whats the alternative? You let it consume your life and spoil the things that are good.
I have to remind myself daily to focus on the good in my life and things that I am thankful for Matthew, Max, my family, my house, my job, the time we spend together the things we do and see, so in some way my I suppose that's just what I do on Instagram - focus on the good because it makes me feel better.
And its cheaper than therapy.


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Grilled Sirloin and Pepper Pasta Salad
Steak, peppers, blue cheese, and pasta -- the gang's all here. We can't wait to fire up the grill for this crowd-pleasing summer dinner.
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Grilled Sirloin and Pepper Pasta Salad
- Cook pasta according to package directions, adding asparagus the last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain again.
- Meanwhile, heat a grill or grill pan coated with nonstick cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on each side until desired doneness. Remove to a cutting board; cover with foil and let stand.
- Meanwhile, coat the peppers with cooking spray and cook on the grill for 5 to 7 minutes or until charred, turning frequently.
- Whisk together the oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Thinly slice steak. Combine the pasta mixture, beef, peppers, and dressing in a large bowl; toss gently until well blended. Sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition Facts (Grilled Sirloin and Pepper Pasta Salad)
- Per serving:
- 618 kcal ,
- 36 g fat
- (9 g sat. fat ,
- 6 g polyunsaturated fat ,
- 18 g monounsaturated fat ),
- 94 mg chol. ,
- 598 mg sodium ,
- 39 g carb. ,
- 5 g fiber ,
- 8 g sugar ,
- 35 g pro.
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Yolanda Novotny-Metott 1349 Days Ago
This was delicious! I only had London broil so I used it. Didn't have Dijon mustard so I just used plain yellow mustard. The dressing was still delish! I recommend.


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Our contracts have covered extremely diverse facilities, including sports halls, an ice rink, swimming pool, changing rooms, theatre auditorium and within hotel venues we have upgraded and added luxury bedrooms and reception areas.
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Indiana State University's online bachelor's program and graduate nursing and education programs are ranked among the nation's best, according to U.S. News and World Report.
"Indiana State Online continues to grow the number of programs we offer and the number of students we serve," said Ken Brauchle, dean of extended learning. "As the state of Indiana strives to increase the number of Hoosiers with a post-secondary credential, reaching non-traditional students via high-quality online education is crucial. We are pleased that we are being recognized as a top online university."
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U.S. News and World report ranked Indiana State 202 among Best Online Bachelor's Programs. The Graduate Education Program was ranked 224-291. For all three rankings, the publication noted all of the online classes are recorded and archived so students can access lecture material at their convenience.
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I think that most amateur cooks can agree that consistency is our greatest weakness. As our confidence in the kitchen increases, we free ourselves from the entrapment of recipes and measuring cups. Yet what was a tablespoon yesterday will be a teaspoon tomorrow. We might achieve culinary greatness with one dish, but we struggle to repeat it on a second try.
Part of the fun of cooking is trying new dishes to reach that great feeling (and taste) that a successful dish brings, just as an amateur golfer might play through holes and holes of frustration just for that one perfect drive. So we deserve to pat ourselves on the backs when we do produce a truly great dish that we can make time and time again with no recipes and no measuring utensils.
With that, I bring you my roast chicken. No matter what I season it with, it comes out perfectly every time. It's a modest dish, but it is one that I cook consistently time and time again.
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Roast Chicken: My Dish of Perfection
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I am a big fan of Rimmel 60 seconds nail polishes, but I know a lot of you aren't but for me it's a nail polish I can trust and I pick up without worrying.
I needed a good solid colour to wear this weekend so picked up this little beauty. I do love a good red nail polish and this one is gorgeous. It's all red carpet and the pigment is great with a slight speck of shimmer. Perfect for everyday usage and for £3.49 it's a bargin, and we all LOVE a bargin!!
I love a quick drying nail polish and this certainly is that, it does exactly what it says on the tin. Also I love the shape of the brush with these Rimmel polishes, they are super thick so coverage is great.
Would love to know what you lot think...
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Rimmel 60 seconds - Red Carpet
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
October TBR
After several months of not using my lists, I have actually given this month a lot more thought and I'm really hoping I get to all these (and more!). Because, honestly, I've missed making these lists then sticking with them. (Removed one book I tried to read, got less than 100 pages in and DNF'd it.)
Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward
With the banishment of Evil from the realms, the final victory of Good is assured-unless a few stalwart antiheroes can save the world from a serious and potentially fatal imbalance. First novelist Forward explores the complications that arise from a surfeit of "goodness" in the world. The result is a skewed version of the epic fantasy that features an assassin, a thief, an evil sorceress, a dark knight, and an implacable druid as the villains-turned-heroes who must restore the delicate balance of opposing forces before their world disappears in a blinding flash of Goodness and Light. -- Library Journal
Forward's first novel gives the concept of the balance between good and evil a most ingenious twist: What if good were so totally triumphant that it became a worse danger than evil, and a band of unemployed evil characters had to go on a desperate quest to find the means of putting the saving bit of evil back into the world? The result of this twist is an almost straightforward quest tale, with numerous well-drawn characters (including a centaur who starts off as a secret agent for good and eventually joins the side of evil), great ingenuity about magic, very creditable world-building, and considerable wit. Although bearing its share of first-novel flaws, it has many more virtues, which include an underlying, serious examination of the good-evil dichotomy that is the basis of so many role-playing games. -- Roland Green
Red Hood's Revenge by Jim C. Hines
Wars may end. But vengeance is forever.
Roudette's story was a simple one. A red cape. A wolf. A hunter. Her mother told her she would be safe, so long as she kept to the path. But sometimes the path leads to dark places. Roudette is the hunter now, an assassin known throughout the world as the Lady of the Red Hood. Her mission will take her to the country of Arathea and an ancient fairy threat. At the heart of the conflict between humans and fairies stands the woman Roudette has been hired to kill, the only human ever to have fought the Lady of the Red Hood and survived-the princess known as Sleeping Beauty.
Rebel Mechanics by Shanna Swendson
A sixteen-year-old governess becomes a spy in this alternative U.S. history where the British control with magic and the colonists rebel by inventing.
It's 1888, and sixteen-year-old Verity Newton lands a job in New York as a governess to a wealthy leading family—but she quickly learns that the family has big secrets. Magisters have always ruled the colonies, but now an underground society of mechanics and engineers are developing non-magical sources of power via steam engines that they hope will help them gain freedom from British rule. The family Verity works for is magister—but it seems like the children's young guardian uncle is sympathetic to the rebel cause. As Verity falls for a charming rebel inventor and agrees to become a spy, she also becomes more and more enmeshed in the magister family's life. She soon realizes she's uniquely positioned to advance the cause—but to do so, she'll have to reveal her own dangerous secret.
The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
One Life to One Dawn.
In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.
Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?
(This is what I'm currently reading!)
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone—one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship —tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.
I originally had six books picked out, as I thought that'd be a good number for the month - but that first book, one I was pretty excited to finally read, had to go and be all bad and ruin things. So, I'll probably get to a few more somethings this month - but now I have to go and buy a few more books because, right now, my TBR jar is down to 20. That's the lowest it's been in over a year!
Any suggestions on which book I should read next? Are you interested in any of these?
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Five MPS Art Therapy students and one alumnus are taking part in a three-week Multicultural Issues and Internship/Supervision summer course in Liberia, Costa Rica. Liz Dellicarpini (SVA faculty/Internship Coordinator) is supervising the students and Aaron Cockle (Director of Operations) is handling logistics. MPS students are conducting daily clinical art therapy internship work with children at La Victoria Elementary School. Students are staying with host families living near the school.
Our department participated in a similar project last year with the same elementary school. You can see the results of last year's work here, in which the children worked together to construct their visions of El Barrio Perfecto, or, the ideal neighborhood.
The program runs May 21 – June 8, 2012.


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