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Pat Narduzzi Transcript + Hey Mr. DJ
Sorry kids, not "reading between the lines" this week. Just too doggone busy. Happy to have the work though.
Here is Pat's transcript for your digestion, and in addition to that DJ Turner was named ACC Co-Receiver of the week.
Narduzzi Chat Transcript
PAT NARDUZZI: Good morning. I guess it's a little bit early. But the sun came up this morning and we're still alive here after a tough really 24 hours. We put the chapter to sleep last night as a team, watched the tape, looked at all the mistakes that we made and made our corrections.
I think anytime you have a loss like that, you have to learn from it, and I think our kids will learn. In my 30 years of coaching or whatever it's been, I don't know if I've seen a team as maturely take that. I think I mentioned after the game in the locker room it was really quiet. I think last night, I don't know if I've been in a team meeting where they were as quiet as I've seen, which tells me it hurts like a coach, and I think that's what you want as a coach.
For years and years and years, okay, you'd jump on a bus on an away trip and you'd hear some clowning around going on in the back of the bus. And as a coach, man, we have no life. This is our life, and as players they've got — their girlfriend texts them, someone tweeted this or that and they go back to normal life.
But really I think it hit our kids in the stomach like, what just happened today, and sometimes you need a wake-up call to find out really what's real, what's fake, who do you listen to. I think sometimes you listen to the outside noise and it can affect you.
But I think our guys learned. Like I said, quietest meeting I've been in, focused, locked in, so I like where we are after that loss. If a loss can be good for you, I think it's going to be good for us. We'll see how we respond. I think that's going to be the key this week in practice, and from our history, we always respond, and that's what I expect.
I think we've got great senior leadership. And we left a lot of plays on the field on both sides of the ball. I thought special teams played really probably good enough to win when you look at the punting of Christodoulou, the field goal kicking out of Kessman. There was a lot of bright spots and a lot of young guys playing on special teams, as well, guys like Rashad Battle that I've praised. There was good on both sides of the ball.
We didn't start well on defense and we didn't finish well. In between we were pretty darned good. Offensively our pass protection was pretty good. We turned one guy loose and got Kenny hit with a targeting call. But the protection was solid.
Saturday after the game what the protection looked like, obviously there's little mistakes here and there that we can correct, but one glaring one was when we missed a run-through, and again, that's something we'll continue to clean up and not let Kenny get hit like he got hit on that one because we never want to see our quarterback take a hit, plus a targeting. That'll be on every official's targeting tape for the next couple years, I guess.
Looking forward to the challenge of a good Boston College football team. Jeff Hafley, I've known Jeff for a while, I know he's a former Pitt coach along with Frank Cignetti, two guys with Pittsburgh ties, so it'll be personal to them. It'll be personal for us.
Again, Jeff has got that team really on all three phases playing tough. Those defensive guys stick together, but it's a tough, physical, well-coached football team on both sides and on special teams. That's what you see out of them. They're a good football team. They took North Carolina to the end. They fight back and beat a Texas State football team and really that's the last two weeks, but really good football team.
Obviously on offense Cignetti runs it. Obviously got a ton of experience as an offensive coordinator. Phil Jurkovec is the guy throwing the ball. They are a lot more pass-oriented. They really want to throw the ball. It seems like with Phil and his arm he's got a lot of confidence in his arm. They're heavier pass, so we'll have to tighten up our coverage a lot more from what it looked like last week. We'll have to play a lot better at the No. 1 receiver because we got pushed off last week, so we're going to have to fight into that and we'll coach the heck out of that this week. That's happened a few years back with Virginia Tech, and they came in on a Thursday night and we saw it.
We'll probably see a lot more push-off, catch the ball the rest of the season, so we'll coach it and get better at that and throw that on the coach's plate as far as things we could have done better as we always, as coaches, take a lot of the blame as far as what happens in a game in any respect.
Really good offense. I mean, they're — Zay Flowers is a wideout that's really good. Their tailbacks are great. Tight end, No. 80, Hunter, is an exceptional player. He's got like 48 targets on the year in three games, Hunter Long, that is. But I mean, he's talented. He's as good a tight end as you're going to see; he'll be playing on Sundays and be a first- or second-round pick I'm guessing based on the way he runs and makes plays.
I think that's about it. Defensively they're tough. Isaiah McDuffie, one of the linebackers, really stands out to you; Max Richardson, as well, two inside linebackers that make a lot of plays, pressure off the edge. They're well-coached. Questions?
Q. This is a very different team than it was a year ago. Head coach, quarterback. Are there similarities now, things they do the same?
PAT NARDUZZI: There's a lot of similarities. They run a lot of the same kind of run concepts. They like to — they run a pro play called the push play where they're trying to get double teams and just really knock you back and see if they can just push the line of scrimmage. But it appears that they just kind of run the ball just to say they ran it, but they really want to throw the football. Like I said, we're going to be really good in our pass defense. Structurally we'll have to change a few things just to make sure that we secure our passing game.
Q. How about your run game? What have you been able to notice in film study, and what's been missing in that regard?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, we've been playing three-down football teams for the last couple weeks so we'll go to four-down with Boston College. We just didn't get much movement up front. What's the reason? I don't know, but I think our O-line played average or below average. We outrushed them. It's some funny things you look at, North Carolina State is either first or second in the ACC in rushing average in 220 yards per game, and they get whatever yards they got, but we outrushed them, so we can talk about run games. We weren't second in the ACC a week ago, but there's some good things going on, but we've just got to finish, and again, give those other guys some credit. They had a good scheme. They've got a nose tackle that's 245 pounds probably, and we just played average up front. So if we keep playing average, we won't run the ball very well, but it all starts up front on the O-line and the D-line. If you're going to stop the run and run the well you'd better win up front and we've got to get more movement. We were on the right people most of the time, but you've got to move them off the line of scrimmage.
Q. I guess you were 17 games into the Mark Whipple era here. What do you think this offense's identity is kind of through almost a season and a half now?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, I evaluate it game-by-game. The identity is we scored 29 points, which I hope is enough to win a football game. If I don't go — blame me, if I don't go for it on 4th and 1 and I kick a field goal down there, maybe we win the game. Who knows how that changes the game but I felt like we should be able to get it in. We've got four plays from the 1. Maybe a stubborn head coach, but if I didn't go for it on 4th and 1 you guys would be yelling at me because I didn't go for it on 4th and 1 down there, so either way you lose. But we expect to score touchdowns.
I'm happy with the way Kenny is playing. Kenny played an outstanding game, guys, and played well enough to win, like our special teams did. He threw the ball well, maybe his best game this year so far. The pass protection was great by the O-line, as well. We pass protected pretty darned well. Kenny threw it well and receivers caught the ball most of the time.
But we're not perfect, nor are those guys on Sunday yesterday as I see dropped balls as I walk in and out of my office.
You know, it's about winning football games. Our job on offense is to score more points than the opponent, and we've done that a good part of the time and there's some times we don't. But that's like everybody in the country; it's a team game. We've got to play good in all three phases. I can tell you that. There's no finger pointing over here. You guys can point fingers all you want, but we don't point fingers over here. This is the guy right here; you guys can point it at me.
Q. You mentioned at the beginning that the team was quiet as late as last night's team meeting, and you said that's a good sign. Why do you think that's a good sign?
PAT NARDUZZI: Because I know how I feel, okay. I know how I feel, and you get pissed off. You're pissed at what happened. Like I said, I get mad when they don't get mad, when they're laughing and giggling. I'm like, how important is it to you. So to me it's important to those guys. Again, I talk about our senior leadership, talk about our captains. It was serious.
Now again, then they go to eat afterwards, but just locked into business. It's a good thing because they care, and if they don't care and if they're all clowning around and laughing and giggling — I've walked in team meetings after you get beat by 20 and the guys are all laughing. Like, do you know what happened less than 24 hours ago? But that's the age we're in, and kids get — they let it go quickly. Adults don't because like I said, it's our life. It's what we love to do, it's what our passion is, is to go out there and coach and win. We all want to win. Our kids want to win.
But if you don't win, it's like, oh, okay, let's go move on to the next thing, what are we going to win tonight. But they were locked in. I think they understand how much sacrifices they've made this year with the pandemic oriented, and it's like, man, we're doing all this, we can't go out and play like that. It comes down to having your mind right, and I obviously didn't do a great job of getting them mentally prepared to come in and play that football game. For whatever it is, sometimes you have to learn by the fire there, and I think that's really what happened.
Q. You mentioned talking to the captains and the veterans. Do you talk to them every Sunday? And did you talk to them before the team meeting? How did that conversation go?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, I talk to them usually Monday, and we'll text back and forth in groups or whatever. So it's not — I don't have a captains' meeting where I bring them in, but I always want to feel what they think, what they hear, what they — just the feel of the team. We've got good leadership.
Q. After watching the tape, what did you think of your pass rush, and how come it wasn't quite as effective as it was the first three games?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, probably because we were a little bit undisciplined early. We did a poor job. Like I said, it starts with me, of just preparing our kids for the double-clap cadence and all that. We hadn't seen a lot of it going in, and we did a poor, poor job of — we'll never let it happen again. Clap or not, hard cadence or not, we've got to work it every week. But our kids have been so used to taking off and going, they slowed us down. I think that's one of the things is 17 play drives slowed us down, too many critical errors as far as just pre-snap penalties. That slowed us down. They got the ball out quick.
I told you Leary is a good football player, good quarterback. I knew he was the best quarterback — I knew early in the week that was going to be the guy that was their man, and he played really well. He's a good quarterback. North Carolina State is going to win a lot of football games this year because of him.
Q. Have you had any trepidation about using Kenny so much in short-yardage situations the way you did just from his health standpoint? Or is that something you've kind of always been okay with, just haven't done as much as you did Saturday?
PAT NARDUZZI: You're talking short yardage, you're talking quarterback sneaks?
Q. Yeah.
PAT NARDUZZI: Kenny wants the ball. He wanted it earlier. Kenny wants the ball all the time. As a matter of fact, Kenny pulled a couple zone reads that he's not supposed to thinking, hey, I'm going to go make the play. If you guys aren't going to make a play I'm going to make a play, and that's wrong. Those are the little things, the details that he's just got to read and not just say, hey, I'm going to be the guy, I'm going to be the hero. He made more mistakes really in the run game as far as pulling it a couple times when he shouldn't have.
But Kenny is a tough guy. You want the ball in No. 8's hands. Like I said, he played a heck of a ballgame, and we have no regrets. Kenny is tough. Obviously you worry about the cheap shots that he's taken, which we had a late hit on a quarterback but it was one step. I don't even know how to coach that because I — I don't see it the same way. But that was a different penalty there.
Q. Does Phil Jurkovec play the way you expected him to play when you watched him in high school?
PAT NARDUZZI: No question about it. He's got a quick release. He's got a strong arm, he's confident like he was in high school. He likes to take off running. If it's not there, he's taking off and you've got to use those legs. He's a hard guy to get down. We've got to stress that he's not going to just be dragged down to the ground. He bumps people off of them, he shakes them. He does not feel like he's going down, so if we're going to get to him we've got to get to him and we've got to get all of him down on the on the ground, so we'll be live on the quarterback this week and we've got to get two hands on him. He's not going down with one hand, that's for sure. But he's exactly what you thought.
They've done — Cignetti has done an outstanding job with him. He's confident, he's getting the ball out. They're not giving up sacks. He's throwing the ball and he looks really, really good. He's a good football player. He's just as good or better than what we faced last week as a quarterback, and I thought Leary was really good.
Q. On that, obviously you guys have a lot of local guys on the defense. Is it different or more exciting or anything playing a quarterback that's also from the area that they're probably familiar with?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, they're familiar. You'd have to ask Damar and some of the other guys that may have played against him in high school, but that doesn't matter to me. It's like there's 11 guys out there, we've got 11 guys. We've got more Pittsburgh guys. We've got them outnumbered Pittsburgh guys, I guess, but that's not going to be a factor in winning or losing. I think it makes it interesting for our kids, but I haven't said, hey, Damar, are you looking forward to playing Phil? It doesn't matter. There's no marriage there.
Q. Jimmy Morrissey said after the game that some of the success they had in the fourth quarter running the ball that you guys had was partially because you guys — the passing offense backed off NC State. Do you foresee you guys using the pass to set up the run more in the near future, or was that more of a mid-game adjustment that won't have as much impact on your future game plans?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, again, if we're not running the ball well then you're going to go to the pass and you're going to throw it, which will then set up your run game. Either one of them could set it up. Last year our pass game set up our run game.
You talk about the hot hand at tailback, it's also how's our O-line playing, and if they're not knocking them off the ball and there's nothing to go to, then we're going to go to what's working. I want 1st downs and I want touchdowns. I don't care; run it, pass it, let's get in the end zone and let's see if we can make something happen.
Q. You mentioned coaching up the corners and the coverage better. What is the challenge of trying to figure out what you can and can't do and how do you try to relay that to your players?
PAT NARDUZZI: I have no idea. You know, I'm confused there on how to — it's hard to play defense if they aren't going to call things both ways, and I can't answer that question. We've just got to coach it better. We're just going to have to lean on them and we're going to man turn on them instead of zone turning. We've just got to do a better job physically, and we're capable of doing it. We've done it before and we'll have to just go back to it again because if it's going to be that way, then it's got to be that way.
Q. You guys kind of had a convenient start to the season with four straight home games. Obviously now the final seven games, five of them will be on the road, only one bye week in there. I guess how prepared do you think this team is just for that kind of stretch run where you go on the road five times out of seven?
PAT NARDUZZI: Hey, you know, that's what it is. I think our kids enjoy going on the road, going into a different atmosphere. I think we're going to go to another quiet stadium so that will be no change for us. Not like we're going to have to deal with any crowd noise. But the field is about the same size. Might have a little bit more extra sideline room, more space or not, but it's playing the game of football and there's 22 guys out on there. It doesn't really matter.
I think the biggest challenge when you talk about traveling is just traveling with the virus that's going on. I mentioned this way back in the summer as far as two-hour flights and wearing your mask the entire time on the plane. Chancellor said something today in a head coaches' meeting that we had that I thought, wow, that was really good. Only a chancellor could think about. He's like, it took us like 50 years to learn how to wear a seatbelt. It took Ford or whoever came up with — GM, if you don't put your seatbelt on it's going to beep and annoy you until you put it on. We need some of those on your masks. If you've got your mask hanging or on your chin, you need some beeping device to make sure you put that thing up because that's about the best thing you can have. I thought that was interesting. It took everybody on this Zoom call to figure out maybe I should wear a seatbelt, and it's the same thing with these masks. We've got to wear our masks for two hours on a flight and there's talk of not even eating on the flight, just — you want to leave that thing up. I mean, we're around different people. We've stayed in our bubble. I know our kids are out on campus, but I don't know if the stewardesses are getting tests. I don't know how all that thing works, but one of my philosophies has been the last few weeks, and we've been really darned good, is to pretend like everybody has got COVID-19 and protect yourself, and that's going to be the biggest challenge.
It's the same thing at a hotel. Different hotel, who lives in that hotel. I think they're in the red up there. What are we, in the green right now in Pittsburgh? I think they're in the red in Boston. So we're going into a place that I want to make sure we come out of nice and clean, too, because it's about the safety of our football team.
Q. I think you mentioned week one that Austin Peay was being tested in the hangar at Pittsburgh airport when they came in. Will you guys be tested at the Boston airport? How has that been explained to you?
PAT NARDUZZI: You know, it'll be wherever, whatever is most convenient for us. It'll be whatever is most convenient for MAKO, and by the way, MAKO has done an incredible job of just — I was stressed out early in the year, and they have eliminated a lot of stresses. The results are coming back, whether it's a Sunday test, a Wednesday test or a Friday test to the point where you're not every day on edge. I'm talking back in the camp it was like seven days a week you were like — you couldn't ever catch a breath. But MAKO has been incredible as far as how they operate, the diligence that they get our results back and the quality of that company. So I couldn't say more things about him and that company.
The place where we'll get tested I think this weekend will be right here in our facility like we've been, so we'll get them done in the morning and then they'll get them down to Carolina, where MAKO is located, and then by the time we get up there we should have some type of results I guess that evening sometime.
Q. Are you guys using MAKO for all three weekly tests now?
PAT NARDUZZI: Yeah. Yes, we are.
Q. You talked about the tight end Long right off the top. What do you need to fix or improve after giving up two touchdowns to the tight end last week?
PAT NARDUZZI: Play better coverage, get our hands on people, have better focus, better leverage, better eye control. But it comes down to eye control. Again, we were loose in coverage. We just didn't play our football game.
Pitt's DJ Turner Named ACC Co-Receiver of the Week
PITTSBURGH—Pitt senior wide receiver DJ Turner has been honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference for his performance against NC State this past weekend.
Turner was named the ACC Co-Receiver of the Week after posting the highest receiving yardage by a Pitt player in 16 years. He averaged an incredible 23.3 yards per catch with eight receptions for 186 yards against the Wolfpack. He had five catches of over 20 yards, including a 50-yarder.
Turner's receiving yardage marked the highest by a Pitt player since Nov. 6, 2004, when Greg Lee had 188 yards on nine receptions at Syracuse.
Turner (Glenarden, Md./ DeMatha Catholic), who joined the Panthers in August as a graduate transfer from Maryland, has 17 catches for a team-high 319 yards (18.8 avg.) and a TD on the year. He leads the ACC and ranks eighth nationally in total receiving yards.
Turner shared this week's ACC receiver honor with NC State's Emeka Emezie.
Turner and the Panthers take to the road this Saturday to face Boston College. The game will be televised by ACC Network and kick off at 4 p.m.
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44 thoughts on "Pat Narduzzi Transcript + Hey Mr. DJ"
formerlywwb says:
well, Bill O'Brien, who did a real good job at PSU is now available. Actually, did pretty well with the Oilers until the 0-4 start this year. Still firmly believes he should be both the HC and GM, and probably will only look at an NFL job
come to think of it …. maybe O'Brien will come if he is both the HC and AD. This would please Tex and a few others here to no end.
James from Florida says:
Bill has an ego as large as the Titanic and it's part of his undoing.
jamesdeleon says:
Sorry to see him go. I think he has been one of the more ethical guys in football. He definitely wants pro ball.
dinosaur71 says:
Per Mike Vucovcan, PA lifts attendance ban on sporting events as of Friday.
So glad they figured it out before play starts up in creepy valley.
7500 allowed at Heinz Field.
1250 allowed at the Pete.
ike says:
As far as DJ goes, it's very impressive that he just arrived in Oakland and wasn't even a starter. Too bad the ghost of the north end zone tripped him up.
I've been very hesitant and cautious to blame the refs on this one because I think Narduzzi was out-coached but I'll be dam if that big kid didn't push off for the TD and it happened more than once. The refs had no problems calling PI on PITT.
How about when Kancey jumped offsides and the guard slapped him upside the head? Wasn't that rude behavior? 🙂 5 yards for giving him the business.
MajorMajors says:
Coach Duzz — some of us fans "…hurt like a coach" too.
Pitt football is the only sporting event where a loss stays with me for at least a few days…
Go Pitt.
PITT-cocks Fan says:
Just goes to show that transcripts & press releases generate more comments with Mike's wit & wisdom translations.
jrnpitt says:
Can Pitt win enough games to be bowl eligible this year? I see loses against Miami, ND, Clemson and VT. Chances for wins against BC, GT and Fla. State. So IMO this BC game may end up Pitt's biggest of the season.
Would be interesting to know the number of pass-interference calls for Pitt WRs versus the number against Pitt DBs.
Seems to me that our WRs are not taught to get PI calls — and there is something of an art to it. Just this last game there was a 30-yardish pass to one of our WRs – I didn't notice who, but I did notice that even though the pass was under-thrown, the WR just kept running. Easy to get a penalty called in those cases if you slow down, act like you're attempting to get back to the ball, and let the defender run into you.
This gets called against us – but I don't see us taking advantage.
Like Beatty's recruiting; need him to make the WRs more aggressive, IMHO.
And, of course our DBs need to turn their head and look for the ball. Though I realize this is easier said than done. I'm thinking that in an empty stadium, you should even be able to alert them that the balls in the air…
VoiceofReason says:
Sorry, but Narduzzi's press conference got me thinking about the press conferences we used to get from the Carl DePasqua era during the dark years before Majors arrived. Carl spent four totally forgettable years at Pitt after receiving many accolades at Waynesburg University, where he went 8-1 and 11-0 and won an NAIA Championship. As Pitt attempted to recover from the disastrous Dave Hart era, DePasqua was the guy Pitt selected (small college HC, which probably meant they got him cheap) to bring back the glory days.
Clearly, Carl was in over his head, and I think his failure was that he couldn't recruit enough good players at the top level of college football, which is, as we know, a typical problem that comes with the inexperienced college HCs that Pitt usually gets (by year 4 he was 1-10). I recall he claimed a major breakthrough had occurred when Pitt finally beat BC in game 7 of 1972 (for his only win), but this was not to be. His subsequent press conferences that year typically began with the phrase "well, we didn't get it done today.." and when that painful year ended with losses to Navy and Pedo, he got the boot.
Wes Posvar finally had enough losing, and brought in Johnnie Majors to turn the program around, but it took Pitt becoming a national embarrassment and a college football laughing stock to finally change things. And the subsequent 48 years since produced a decade of excellence, followed by over 30 years of back sliding into the mediocrity that we experience today.
danh72 says:
A terrific and accurate description of the Depasqua years which I lived through in the Burgh. Ah yes, those maudlin press conferences.
"For years and years and years, okay, you'd jump on a bus on an away trip and you'd hear some clowning around going on in the back of the bus. And as a coach, man, we have no life." — PAT NARDUZZI
Dear Pat Narduzzi,
Cry me a river, boss. You tell fans and alumni that "we (coaches) have no life."
That's pretty bold, because at $4MIL, I'll happily supervise 50 adjudicated youth like I used to at any Residential Treatment Facility or within any prison system of your choosing. (Been there and done that for pennies on the dollar.)
We alumni want a bit more — I'm talking 'bout BC, GT, Florida State, which should bring you to your annual quota of 7 W's per year. In between, treat yourself to dinner, or romance your wife a bit. Buy a new pair of glasses or shoes. Hell, buy your kids a bowling alley. But let's not start telling the fanbase that you have "no life."
Beg to differ. Be better than average is all I ask.
Jackagain† says:
BC will kill us…but good post.
Huff III says:
That part sounded like the BP CEO after the Horizon debacle. "I just want to get home to London, he testified" Take his $10M per year anf get your life back in London. Good grief.
With respect to PI – on the ncstate TD, if you watch, our little #14. we initiated contact at about the three yard line with the WR and the WR pushed back and got an easy td in the end zone. Who should the PI be called on? Ref held on to whistle. I don't have a problem with that.
Now, there was one on the ncst sideline where the same thing happened and the pass was way high. No flag warranted there against our #14 on that one. Ref should have picked up the hanky. No harm, no foul.
I did notice that on each of our PI calls against, our players immediately turned to the refs and started to beg for a call reversal. It must have worked at some point in their careers because they are all doing it.
Catching up to an earlier comment you made about KP on the run option. You are correct – he kept the ball at least twice when he should not have. One time the ball was so big I could have run through it.
The ref calls weren't consistent. Ticky-tacky on the DB should also be ticky-tack on the WR. The rules already favor the offense. They just need to call it evenly. That said, I'm convinced there is some Tobacco Road home-cooking going on.
Seems our DBs are coached to be extremely handsy. Some refs have a low tolerance for that – from the defender. The Carolina teams seem to specialize in their WRs pushing off, which I think is a smart approach since it is so rarely called.
Probably one reason for us bringing in the taller DBs in Freshmen Battle and Royal…
I'd like to see our DBs be a tad less handsy, and our WRs to be a tad more handsy….
Michaelangelo Monteleone says:
It's a gripe that I have … every time an opposing receiver catches a ball the pit DB immediately calls for a flag.
They were complaining about push-offs on 2 TD's and they were right.
The D-back has his right to his spot on the field. When a WR pushes off two things happens. He pushes the D-back away plus he gains advantage by thrusting himself towards the ball. "Our little #14" says it all
If you watch the tape carefully little #14 actually bends forwards instead of jumping up. Now how does that happen? Happens fast and I think the ref was shielded from it
Agreed MM. I only looked at the play as it happened, but i felt that big #14 initiated contact around the three yard line on the pylon route and that the big ncst wr pushed off right before the ball got there. The ref doesnt call it because in his mind, they both pushed. Can he cancel them out? I've never seen that. Regardless, I was okay with the non-call as I watched it live. I would also say that the contact was used more as an advantage for the wr, than our little contact by the huge 14.
On the sideline PI, the ball was not even close to catchable and the PI should never have been called there in my opinion. Ref should have picked up the hanky. These calls don't excuse away the poor performance overall of the team and coaching staff.
A tip of the hat to Joel and tvax for the acknowledgment. I shall call it a night, whilst ahead.
tvax1 says:
I acknowledge effort and accuracy even if outcome isn't perfect, just ask my kids
but I also often call out and do not reward lack of effort, etc., just ask my kids,,,no participation trophies
wait, you are ahead? 😉
Always enjoy your posts, Huff.
Y'know, a lot of the time I forget how young these kids are part of that is the business that is CFB today. But wow, I really was taken by how humble, sincere and candid DJ was in his meeting the media today and fielding some difficult questions; i.e., would you still be at Maryland if not for Covid?; how do you feel about being ACC WR of the week?; how well do you know the playbook?, etc. Again, really impressed by this kid in his video appearance, especially because he's visibly nervous (see trembling lips in reaction a Gerry D (Trib) question posed).
Of course some of our players — and many, many others in FBS — who take to a live mic these days are ridiculously rehearsed and accustomed to interviews. But damn is it refreshing to see a kid who's somewhat taken aback by the media attention. I really hope my son keeps it as honest as DJ Turner did when confronted however publicly. And this is why I watch the games. It reminds me why I'd skip the NFL any day of the week to watch these young men become men.
I have been a bit tied up with Q3 resuts at work, but finally had a moment to go back and see what reactions there were to the Mark Madden remarks from yesterday. The guy really knows his hockey, but is a WWF fanboy and definitely enjoyed taking a swipe at Pitt. Called the game a "Narduzzi Special" which – despite the pain of that Tomlin-esque loss on Sat. – was clever.
Then I saw the interesting exchange between my friend Erie and Tex.
Really late to this and it can be argued its not my place to say this, but Tex:
1) Try to post half as often
2) Try to shorten each post by 50%
3) Try to offer fresh insights.
4) Try to think about who you are responding to and what they actually said. There have been a very small number of folks here who have made personal attacks, but the vast, vast majority of these folks here are rock solid. They don't play that way. I've spent time with them before games, after games, golf outing and other social functions.
5) Try to care about how your screen persona reflects who you are. Try not to act like you know more than most here. Even if you might, its a bad look. If Annie calls you out, you have messed up.
GC – you are correct. Pitt drops more than most teams when they soil the sheets and it takes a lot more for them to rise. On top of that, the Coaches (really the Asst ADs who fill out their polls) have a love fest with ND, the Hokies and a couple other programs. We are on the flip side of that.
In stock parlance, Pitt's stock tends to have more downcapture than upcapture due to mediocre earnings performance and a lack of confidence in the C-suite and business strategy.
Only way to change that is to win.
And a lack of respect for Narduzzi who is viewed as a juvenile coach who puts a very inconsistent product on the field.
JoeL — your last sentence is a zinger! Annie is a very cool Pitt fan.
Madden's comments on Narduzzi and the Pitt program hit the nail on the head at least in its current form. We dropped 3 of 4 to Penn State and Narduzzi has yet to beat Notre Dame (Harris, Wannstedt, and Chryst did), and with West Virginia on the schedule, I hope our program has improved enough to beat the Mounties. It took Harris seven years to achieve an end-of-season ranking and Wannstedt five. Even our recent history points to a mismatch between what fans expect and what Narduzzi produces. I don't think the donation argument is relevant. Pitt has deeper resources now than it had ever had. Harris and Wannstedt won with a much lower salary and fewer resources, and both had to deal with a crappy AD in Pederson.
And our multimillion dollar coach can't find one or two decent running backs? What kind of recruiting is that? Just excuses.
The time for excuses is over. The BC game is a make or break game for this Pitt team and maybe Narduzzis continuing employment.
I don't see Heather making a change in mid-season, especially with COVID still in play. This will be a hot seat year for Narduzzi, with next year being the time of reckoning. By then, the buy out would likely be very modest. With the loss in revenue this year, they will not rock the boat and will give him a vote of confidence.
Well at least this week PITT will know who the other teams starting QB will be and hopefully much more prepared for Phil. Leary kind of snuck up on them. No excuse for that. After thinking on it for a few days I'm guessing PITT will be doing the hand clapping much like they did against psu in the first game last series.
PITT went for two and Mack drops the ball and they get zero points. PITT has the ball at the 1 yard line first and goal and PITT gets zero points. PITT loses by one point, how does this happen?
Dan and everyone is right, this game has it all on the line, no more excuses. Win or fold up the tents and forget about this season.
Fans allowed into the stadium this week but who is going to get in? Free Fran and JoeL, season ticket holders for decades, actually they use to go to the Decade, that's how long they have been going to the games..
If given the opportunity to attend, I will go. A few others would have to opt ot before the get to my name on the list, so not optimistic.
Regarding BC, some in the media have suggested Jurkovec, Jeff Hafley and Frank CIgnettis Jr. will have extra motivation to beat Pitt. WIth Jurkovec, that's probably more about showing the folks back home he can play. It did not sound like PItt treated him badly; on the contrary, I understood that he may have been a bit of a prima donna when PItt came calling.
Others will probably disagree, but I thought Hafley and Cignetti would be a nice HC/DC/OC tandem when Wannstedt was canned. Hafley was Wannstedt's recruiting ace and could get kids out of NJ/NY area. Thought Cignetti did a much better job than Cavanaugh with Bill Stull. Both got quickly scooped up by Schiano at Rutgers. Maybe they have some sort of grudge, but then maybe not. In any event, I think BC has a good pair there.
My impression during Wanny-time was that while Hafley was considered an ace recruiter, he was not considered to be even average as a DB position coach. My perception could have been all wrong, or he's progressed a long way as a coach in the intervening years…
I think a year or two under the tutelage of ace coaches at OSU will make anyone better, or you get fired. You can learn to be a really good coach. A culture can do that to you.
This may have happened with our head coach. He was in a decent culture at MSU, but not a great one that demanded winning. When your employer demands winning and gives you the resources to win and you dont, it becomes obvious very quickly. When you dont have resources and you are mediocre, you get really good opportunities! If our coach had the exact same record and half the resources, he could pick his next job. Instead, he will let the AD he was contacted about openings every couple years so he can keep getting extended. Oldest play in the book, except for the 4th and 1 qb sneak.
Gordon Conn says:
Funny how one loss has everyone believing the season is over. Yes is does look bad, the schedule is definitely tough, but there are still very good players on this team. I agree that BC has become a must win if the season is to be salvaged and then we go from there. the team still has to play them one at a time.
I said last week that we probably won't see a better game from the D than we did vs. Louisville. Hopefully we won't see a worst game than they played vs. NCST.
Unfortunately I don't see Whipple giving V. Davis a lesser role and one of the others more of a chance. I have noticed that he doesn't seem to have vision. When a cut to the outside and a big hole is available he runs into the pile. He is to small to break most tackles. He just can't be your featured back. Izzy and Sibley need more carries.
We also don't know how serious the injuries are to Addison, Wayne and Camp and others who may provide some much needed impact plays. I have said before, Whipple needs to cut half the plays from his offense and work on execution of the rest. If they aren't spending half the time on the red zone offense, something is dramatically wrong.
Covid is not done yet. It lulled us to sleep vs NCST by thinking their game vs VT was who they were. What other surprises does it have in store for us moving forward. If Cam Newton can get it and other important people to go unnamed, anyone can and it will still most probably have an impact at some point.
Justin Antonini says:
A few technical questions. It seems Pitt's receivers too many times don't get much separation from defenders as do many other receivers we have played. Receiver is hit as soon as the ball arrives. Poor route running or too predictable a play? Not talking about Addison's long wide open TD which happen too infrequently so far. Also those short gain or for loss runs seem to occur from tacklers running unimpeded from behind the runner. Is that because Pitt linemen have pulled and left a vacancy for a tackler to run through from behind or is it an unbalanced line that has too few blockers available to protect the runner from behind? Too predictable a play? Finally tight ends are so wide open for other teams that use them as receivers. Are Pitt's tight ends used for blocking only? With no tight ends available to receive passes, Kenny's options are really reduced. Any answers?
Unfortunately, these are great questions… 👍
Farmers High School of PA says:
I haven't seen any info from Pitt yet on how they will sell their 5500 tickets to the Notre Dame game, so how about a little speculation.
To maximize donations do you take the 2750 highest ranked by priority points and allow them to purchase 2 tickets each? As opposed to the top 1375 and allow them to purchase up to 4 each?
Do you offer tickets to those who donated their 2020 season ticket money to the Athletic Dept even if they are not the highest ranked by priority points?
Since you will easily sell out all 5500 to season ticket purchasers, I trust you would not make tickets available to Notre Dame fans.
Do you give preference to those who allowed Pitt to keep their season ticket money and apply it to next year's tickets over those who requested and received full refunds of their 2020 tickets?
I assume they or Heinz Field officials would select specific seats to sell to ensure the spacing they want. Selling general admission tickets and asking folks to spread out probably wouldn't work.
Finally, do you jack up the ticket price to reflect the market, say $150-$200 per seat? This might mean ending up with a high number of ND fans who would be more willing to pay the price as it is a rare chance for them to actually get in to see a live game since their stadium has sold out for 46 straight years.
Was wondering exactly the same. ADHL has made some comments about the importance of students being there. But I don't think that is wise, either economically or healthwise.
A few hundred family members of both players and staff. And lets face it, the Admin and BOT will get a chance.
What about luxury box folk? As they are isolated from the masses, wondering if they get any exemption.
If not, they should have to sit is in the stands so we can see them…. just my opinion.
Reed Kohberger says:
"Like I said, quietest meeting I've been in, focused, locked in, so I like where we are after that loss. If a loss can be good for you, I think it's going to be good for us."
Lose to a 14 point underdog ACC opponent- Bad
Drop out of Top 25 – Bad
Another no-show run game – Bad
Horrid DB play – Bad
Four tries from the one yard line to win and fail – Bad
Allowing a 70 yard winning TD drive that took only 75 seconds – Really bad
Pickett putting up numbers that mean nothing – So-So
Fire Whipple tomorrow – Good (but won't happen because that would mean he made a mistake hiring him)
Re: DB's Pass Interference calls; if a DB is making any contact after the ball has thrown he has to have his head turned around in the direction of the incoming pass. If he doesn't and contact is made then most times they get called for the interference.
"It is pass interference by either team when any act by a player more than one yard beyond the line of scrimmage significantly hinders an eligible player's opportunity to catch the ball."
True that the DB has a right to the ball once in the air – but if he isn't making a move toward making a catch or looking back at the ball then he's going to get flagged.
I watch a ton of college football and while Pitt isn't the only school to get bad PI calls, they get far more than most in virtually identical contact situations, PERIOD!
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India Startups Go Big for Outer Space
Dozens of home-grown Indian startups are entering the space technology field, capitalizing on the state-run Space Research Organization's ambitious plans for missions to Mars, the Moon, Venus, the Sun's corona and seven interplanetary space quests in the coming decade.
Hitherto seen as a government monopoly, the space sector has undergone exponential growth with stand-alone enteprises developing everything from satellites, rockets, ancillary support systems and cutting-edge technology to power space missions and serve a range of industries.
Analysts say that with the global space technology market – currently pegged at US$330 billion – expanding rapidly, the sector is fast emerging as a viable commercial field. There are currently 4,000-plus satellites in space, as per a Euroconsult Report, with the number expected to climb sharply to more than 7,000 by 2027.
Space scientists ascribe this development to many reasons, the leading one the plummeting cost of building satellites at the same time their applications expand into new sectors. Breakthrough manufacturing techniques have whittled down the cost of manufacturing small satellites, especially those under 500 kg.
"As a result, the cost of manufacturing has plummeted by 80-90 percent, especially in the small category," said Prakash Godbole, former professor at IIT Kanpur which launched Jugnu, a remote sensing CubeSat satellite to provide data for agriculture and disaster monitoring. at a cost of a mere US$2.5 million. "This has allowed smaller companies to put satellites in space and use the data generated for various purposes. At present, even foreign private entities are looking at Indian space startups for the launch of vehicle applications."
In keeping with this trend, Indian entrepreneurs too are reaching for the moon. The southern city of Bangalore, also known as India's Silicon Valley, has emerged as India's space startup hub. Almost all the startups focused on space launches or satellite fabrication have roots here.
Bengaluru-based Bellatrix Aerospace is working on propelling satellites into orbit using electric and non-toxic chemical thrusters, raising US$3 million from venture capital investors. Their Agnibaan rocket, for instance, is to be produced by a 3D printer. Bellatrix also makes electric propulsion systems for satellites, considered more state-of-the-art than the liquid propulsion systems currently in use. The company also intends to demonstrate its thruster technology in space.
Another Bengaluru-based start-up called Astrogate Labs is revamping space-to-ground communications systems, from the current radio and microwave technology to optical.
But perhaps the most notable space initiative is TeamIndus, which competed for the US$20 million Google Lunar X Prize to privately develop a spacecraft and land it on the moon. The competition ended without a winner, but TeamIndus will likely join hands with BeyondOrbit, an Edison, New Jersey-based company that received US$97 million from NASA in May as part of agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Then there's Mumbai-based Kawa Space which designs and operates earth observation satellites. It is putting small satellite constellations in space for telecommunication and earth observatory satellite customers. Dhruva Space, headquartered in Hyderabad, offers to make satellites for any application. So does Pixxel, set up by two 20-year-old student-entrepreneurs.
Although scientists note that in contrast to the US and Europe, few space startups have emerged internationally from India, that could soon change. Seraphim Capital Investment Manager Conor O'Sullivan told the webzine Space.com that India's achievements in launch and space exploration by the Indian Space Resource Organization, known as ISRO. lay the foundation for space startups to emerge.
"This engineering heritage combined with the talent pool and ambition is a great platform upon which to develop the new space economy in India," O'Sullivan said. "We see a steady flow of opportunities in India, albeit fewer than from other major space faring nations."
A developing robust ecosystem for startups in India, say market analysts, can also be ascribed to developments in the field of space science partly through world-class engineering institutes like the IITs and IISc. Not to be discounted is the success of the ISRO which has been at the forefront of space technology in the country.
ISRO's space program is recognized as one of the world's most cost-effective. In 2017, the organization created launch history by placing a record 104 spacecraft from 28 countries in their desired orbits in a single rocket. In 2014, ISRO's successful Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, made headlines by costing a fraction of what Hollywood spent on the science fiction space thriller Gravity.
And despite several glitches and failures over the years, most recently this month when a technical snag hours before take-off scuppered the launch of Chadrayaan 2, ISRO has persevered, gradually boosting its satellite count and even carrying foreign satellites.
Fortunately, unlike many other sectors, where the Indian government has notoriously played hardball with foreign and private players, it has been quite encouraging in nurturing space start-ups. ISRO sees these new companies as complementary.
Timely legislation is helping too. Though currently India doesn't have a national space policy, the pending Space Activity Bill hopes to promote and regulate space activities and encourage participation of non-governmental/private sector agencies in the area. Once passed by Parliament, it will also spell out safety and supervision issues, as well as sharing liability burdens and licensing and authorization procedures.
Meanwhile, the cabinet has also cleared the establishment of a government-owned company, NewSpace India Ltd, to facilitate transfer of ISRO's technologies to private industries and also help in marketing space-based technologies. ISRO has so far transferred 340 technologies to private companies.
ISRO's chairman, K Sivan, has said that private companies could start mass production of small satellites and launchers and ISRO would then let them use its launch pads, for a fee. He has said he expects 2-3 small rockets a month. Clearly, the space is opening up for Indian start-ups.
Neeta Lal is a Delhi-based editor and journalist and a longtime contributor to Asia Sentinel.

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He Sure Knew How To Say Goodbye
When Jan Kaplicky passed away last week, we couldn't help but think that there was some odd symmetry to what it seemed would be his final work, an Oscar Mayer-inspired London Routemaster. After all, it was to England that Kaplicky fled when he left Communist Czechoslavakia, and he practice there all his life. But AJ reports today that Kaplicky's real, final, realized work, will be in his nation of origin. For the Czech town of České Budějovice, Kaplicky has designed one last work of swooping, languid genius. And best of all, as AJ points out, "Unlike his controversial library in Prague, which looks set to remain on the drawing board, the two-theatre 'stingray-shaped' building for the South Society of Friends of Music is due to start construction in 2010 and could open in 2013." Here's hoping it becomes a reality. (h/t Archinect)
Bus Stopped
Architects don't have a great track record designing vehicles that make it to the marketplace. LeCorbusier, Gropius, Zaha, and, of course, Buckminster Fuller have all tried "streamlining" their buildings and putting wheels on them but their efforts never made it past the prototype stage. Now you can add Future Systems to the list of those who have tried and failed.
Last month, we featured the winning entry from Lord Norman Foster and Capoco Design, as well as some of the runners up. Given that there were over 700 entries, some never caught the attention of the wider public, even if they should have. Case in point: Future Systems' out-of-this-world proposal. More UFO than bus, it turned up today on BD. And while Transport for London might not have liked FS's design, it certainly is exemplary of their other blobtacular work. Maybe London's loss can be New York's gain: Start petitioning City Sights immediately.
London Sees Red
Two blue chippers Aston Martin and Foster + Partners raked in a not-much-needed $38,000 (£25,000) and a first-prize award along with Capoco Design for re-jiggering London's famous double decker bus, the Routemaster. Sharing the award with Capoco Design, who specializes in bus and truck designs, Foster went the bulbous route without going too retro-Airstream as did many of the other 700 entries into the competition put on by Transport for London. Runners-up (but no more cash prizes) included Héctor Serrano Studio from the UK, Miñarro García, Javier Esteban from Spain, and Jamie Martin, from London. Of the Aston Martin/Foster design, Judges said they "particularly liked the overall styling package, especially the rear end" and such throwback detailing as wood flooring; LED ads and solar panels on the roof add a little more latter-day relevancy. A prototype is due by 2011.
California to New York to London and Back
In a rare east/west AN meet-up, our California editor, Sam Lubell, was in New York last night for a launch for his new book London 2000+. The book, from the Monacelli Press, surveys recent architecture in the British capital, from well-known works like Foster + Partner's "Gherkin" to the Gazzano House by Amin Taha Architects. Sam gave a quick overview of the projects, which together show a city where historic buildings and contemporary design sit side by side quite comfortably. On Monday, November 17 at 6:00 pm, he will be reading from the book at the Harvard COOP Bookstore, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Cheerio, Sam!


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Based on writings by Ante Zemljar it blends reality and phantasy allowing the audience to experience Goli on a hot summers day, giving people a glimpse of the weight that still lays on that little piece of land while also hinting at the beauty and strength that lays within its shameful past.
This documentary waives longwinded interviews and explanations of historic events.
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A critical aspect of benefiting from the Automotive Production and Development Plan (APDP) resides in the way in which OEMs and suppliers deal with the duties and incentives according to a logistics expert in a leading freight forwarding company that recovered R40-million last year for clients in the imported tyre industry alone.
Juanita Maree, a director of Savino Del Bene SA (SDBSA) says the need for making the most of the APDP to maximise efficiencies in rebates where multi-millions of rands are at stake is highlighted by reports from Naamsa that 2013 is a more challenging year for the South African automotive industry and a warning that local producers will have to improve their global competitiveness in order to secure new export contracts.
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"There are many pitfalls in the process, well illustrated by an automotive tax specialist: 'The APDP programme, although similar to the former MIDP, is complex as it covers various customs aspects such as duty liability, storage requirements, rebates and refunds. It is therefore important that OEMs and component manufacturers view and manage their import, storage, manufacturing and export activities holistically if they are to achieve full compliance and enjoy the benefits provided by the APDP".
"In addition our approach goes beyond the major players in the industry and the Business Unit is equally accessible to second-tier suppliers and downstream stakeholders in the supply chain.
"The key objectives of the APDP are to improve the international competitiveness of the South African automotive industry, encourage growth through production volume and value additions, and thereby improve the industry's current trade imbalance while to stabilising and potentially increase employment levels. Savino has aligned itself these goals in its own mission," she concludes.
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Two developments in the world of shipping have logistics pundits pondering on outcomes and impact on markets and ultimately customers.
The Pricing and Contracts Manager for Savino Del Bene, Niek Venter points to shipping companies spending vast sums on the largest container vessels ever to be built at a time when economies are struggling globally. "Add to this the recent decision by the world's largest shipping lines – Maersk Lines, MSC and CMA-CGM – to enter into a vessel sharing alliance, and you have the possibility of massive reconfigurations taking place in the freight forwarding and logistics business".
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Walter Cyliax (* 25. Oktober 1899 in Leipzig; † 1945 in Wien) war ein in der Schweiz tätiger Gebrauchsgrafiker.

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Nach einer Ausbildung zum Schriftsetzer und Studium an der Staatlichen Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig war Walter Cyliax ab 1924 in der Druckerei Gebrüder Fretz in Zürich tätig, ab 1930 als künstlerischer Leiter und Prokurist.

Beeinflusst von der im Frühling 1929 im Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich gezeigten, Russischen Ausstellung, für das El Lissitzky ein wegweisendes Plakat gestaltet hatte, gehörte Cyliax zu den ersten Gestaltern, die die Fotografie im Plakat einsetzten. Auch gilt sein Plakat für die Ausstellung Abstrakte und surrealistische Malerei und Plastik von Hans Arp als das erste mit nichtfigürlicher Komposition in der Schweiz.

Kontakte bestanden zum von  Kurt Schwitters Ende 1927 gegründeten «ring neue werbegestalter», bei dem Cyliax' vormaliger Lehrer Jan Tschichold eine führende Rolle spielte. So wurde Cyliax 1930 im Buch Gefesselter Blick vorgestellt, einer der wichtigsten Publikationen zur Position der Gebrauchsgrafik Ende der 1920er-Jahre und ein Who's Who der Neuen Typografie. 1933 wurde Walter Cyliax Chefredakteur der neugegründeten Typografischen Monatsblätter. Diese Stellung hatte er bis 1937 inne.

Anschliessend übersiedelte Cyliax nach Wien, wo er im Sommer 1938 im Zuge der einsetzenden Arisierung jüdischer Unternehmen die traditionsreiche Wiener Druckerei Brüder Rosenbaum übernahm. Dank guter Beziehungen zu den Parteidienststellen der NSDAP gelang es dem reichsdeutschen Ariseur gute Aufträge zu erhalten. In der Folge wandte sich Cyliax von der Fotografie und der Neuen Typografie ab und der traditionellen Buchdruckerkunst zu.

Walter Cyliax kam 1945 bei einem Luftangriff ums Leben.

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Kansas Craft Beer Week is here! Yes, an entire week devoted to beer. Sounds pretty good to us.
You are right in your thinking. We generally don't like craft beer. Except, it isn't really that we dislike craft beer itself. We hate what it stands for. Craft beer is used as a status symbol for millennials. You know the type. We have gotten into this before, so for the sake of this article, that's as far as we are going to explain it.
The beer itself is not the problem.
And further, we think there is a big difference between craft beers designed for the pissy crowd, and craft beers brewed in our home state of Kansas. A Kansas beer just doesn't have the uppity vibe.
In other words, it gets a pass. And since this is our website, that explanation will have to do!
Kansas Craft Beer Week also gave us an excuse to do some day drinking. That was all we needed, people! What we were writing about today didn't take long to decide on!
So, we give you our picks for Kansas Craft Beer Week, all brewed right here in the great state of Kansas!
Here we have a nice lineup of our picks. Doesn't this make you want some Kansas beer now? Yes! Just say YES!
We start with beers from the Kansas Territory Brewing Co. in Washington, KS. Washington is a small town of 1,100 people. It is big enough for a brewery, and that is big enough for us! Obviously, this town knows what is important!
We had never tried Kansas Territory Brewing Co.'s beers, so this week was a perfect excuse.
High Rise Wheat Beer: Herman is a huge wheat beer fan, so he jumped at this one. It has a nice, light wheat beer flavor. It is very smooth. Best of all, it isn't too cloudy (Denny hates that with wheat beers!). Good stuff.
Locomotion Stout: Kansas Territory Brewing Co.'s take on a stout. It features a blend of toffee, chocolate, and coffee flavors. Denny's favorite craft beers are stouts, so he approves.
Roller Chain Lager: This one is a pilsner. Pilsners are Denny's favorite regular beer. He's already too drunk to say more, but you get the idea.
Tallgrass Brewing Co. is based in Manhattan, KS. Manhattan is our favorite town. Why? Not because it holds the historic place of higher learning that is Kansas State University. No! We love Manhattan because it is home to Aggieville. For those not familiar, The Ville is a bar and entertainment district where students get their real education! Both Herman and Denny have spent lots of times getting educated at The Ville in Manhattan. But that's not what we are talking about right now!
Buffalo Sweat Oatmeal Cream Stout: We realize that an oatmeal cream stout is pushing it for Fewd Snobs, but we don't care. Look, this stuff is amazing. And that's all that matters! It has a perfect balance of flavors, and it isn't too heavy. You can actually drink a bunch of these and not be full. It is Denny's new favorite stout. Must get. Right now.
Pub Ale: Tallgrass' version of an English Brown Ale, this was their first beer. It was brewed as a homebrew, and it was basically brewed this way on accident. This is Tallgrass' signature beer, so we MUST like it!
Walnut River Brewing Company is based in El Dorado, KS. El Dorado is situated along the Walnut River, so even drunk, we can understand how it got its name! El Dorado is a relatively small city of 13,000 people. Perfect for a brewery! We love small towns!
Wichita Brewing Co. is based in our hometown of Wichita, KS. For that reason alone, WBC is cool with us.
Warbeard Irish Red: This was recommended to us by a friend of Denny's that works in a liquor store. We tried it, and loved it right away. You may recall we reviewed Sam Adam's Irish Red recently. This stuff blows Sam Adams away. In fact, we think it is the best Irish Red we've ever had. This is Kansas beer, people. Irish style.
WBC Wheat: This beer is cloudy and unfiltered, and it says so right on the can. There is a little lemon and orange flavor, too. Herman is happy. Wichita beer is good, period.
A big shout-out to Goebel Liquor Featuring Rob's World Of Beers in Wichita. We bought all our picks at Goebel. Goebel lets you mix and match custom six packs, and they have TONS of beers to choose from. It is every drunk's paradise. Check it out at 352 S. West Street in Wichita.
After tasting this many beers, we're pretty screwed up. We can't write anymore. So, check out our Kansas picks, and enjoy Kansas Craft Beer Week, Snobs!


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Q: How to count from a table based on another table I have 4 Tables,  I don't need the 'Questions' Table, but I just put it there so you'd know where i got the Question ID in the other tables.
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I calculated the following: the number of votes for each option from a certain question, like so
SELECT Q.Option_Label as Choice, COALESCE((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Session_Answers S WHERE S.Option_ID = Q.ID),0) as Votes
FROM Question_Options Q
     INNER JOIN Session_Answers S
       ON Q.Question_ID = S.Question_ID
WHERE Q.Question_ID = 10114<---the Question ID
GROUP BY Q.ID,Q.option_label

What I want to do, is add a new column to the query that calculates the number of males who have chosen each option based on the Session Table.

A: You can simply add extra count from the Session table filtered with Gender.
SELECT Q.Option_Label as Choice, COALESCE((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Session_Answers SA WHERE
SA.Option_ID = Q.ID),0) as Votes,
COALESCE((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Session SM WHERE
S.Session_ID = SM.Session_ID AND Gender='M'),0) as MalesSessions
FROM Question_Options Q
    INNER JOIN Session_Answers S
    ON Q.Question_ID = S.Question_ID
WHERE Q.Question_ID = 10114 ---the Question ID
GROUP BY Q.ID,Q.option_label

A: You can do that :
SELECT QO.Question_ID, QO.Option_Label as Choice, COUNT(*) as VotesMale
FROM Question_Options QO
LEFT JOIN Session_Answers SA ON QO.ID = SA.Option_ID
JOIN [Session] S ON S.ID = SA.Session_ID AND S.Gender = 'M'
WHERE QO.Question_ID = 10114<---the Question ID
GROUP BY QO.Question_ID, QO.Option_label

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County Employment and Wages in Kansas – Second Quarter 2014 (12/31/2014)
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Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – November 2014 (12/17/2014)
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    /// <summary>
    /// Intelligence Pack containing a string name and boolean indicating if
    /// it's enabled.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class IntelligencePack
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the IntelligencePack class.
        /// </summary>
        public IntelligencePack() { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the IntelligencePack class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the intelligence pack.</param>
        /// <param name="enabled">The enabled boolean for the intelligence
        /// pack.</param>
        public IntelligencePack(string name = default(string), bool? enabled = default(bool?))
        {
            Name = name;
            Enabled = enabled;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the name of the intelligence pack.
        /// </summary>
        [Newtonsoft.Json.JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the enabled boolean for the intelligence pack.
        /// </summary>
        [Newtonsoft.Json.JsonProperty(PropertyName = "enabled")]
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    }
}

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Q: Load CSV sheet into Marklogic I need to upload a CSV sheet into Marklogic Database and perform some query operations on it. So, I had know whether a CSV sheet can be uploaded in the database and can we perform sql query operations on it? Also does Marklogic support CSV format? And which all query operations can be performed on it?
Thank You.

A: There are many ways to load CSV data.
Take a look at the 'mlcp' command.  Here is a 'recipe' for loading CSV using mlcp.
[http://mark.recipes/4/][1]

Another method is to convert your CSV to XML prior to injestion using one of the many available tools to convert CSV to XML.
An example is xmlsh:
xmlsh csv2xml command
If your CSV is consistant and simple enough it can be easily parsed into XML in XQuery or JavaScript in the server.   Depending on 'Which flavor' of CSV and how variable your data this can be from trivial to somewhat complex.
A 'trivial' example: given CSV that does not use quoted values or escapes, i.e. something like:
1,A Column,with,2.5,values
2,Another Column,with,2.5,but no values

a code fragment such as :
 let $names := ( "id", "description" , "value","comment" )
   for  $line in  tokenize( xdmp:filesystem-file("/tmp/myfile.csv"), "\n" )
       let $cols := tokenize($line,",")
       let $row := <row>{
          for $col at $pos in  $cols
        return
          element { $names[$pos] } { $col }
     }</row>
   return xdmp:document-insert( "/mycsvdata/row-" || $cols[1] || ".xml" , $row )


News that all Coventry homes are to receive a new food waste bin has been met with a mixed reaction.
The move comes as Coventry City Council looks to shave £1million from its waste collection bill by reducing green bin collections to once a fortnight.
Both blue recycling and brown garden waste bins will now be collected together on the alternate weeks and new collection dates are set to be confirmed by September.
Residents will soon be given a food caddie and compostable bin liners to store food waste during the week. Once full, they can put the liner with the waste inside their green or brown lidded bin when they are put out for collection.
Here's what some of you have had to say about the changes.
Craig Ballard: "You want to be thankful. Down here in the south, they're yet to invent the wheelie bin.
Robert Connor: "All part of the fortnight collection plan.
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EntertainmentAll the Locations Where Vikings Season 6 is Filmed!!!
Vikings Season 6 Filming Locations around the world:
'Vikings' is a historical drama television series that chronicles the lives of some of history's most famous Vikings, Ragnar Lothrobak and his sons. By season 6, the focus is almost entirely on Ragnar's sons, who not only define the landscape of their kingdom,
But also shape the history of the Vikings. The sixth season highlighted Björn's rule in Kattegat, Ivan's plans in Rasan, and Ube's adventures in Iceland. We were curious to know where it was filmed, so we dug ahead, and here is what we found!
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Vikings Summary: What the show is about?
Vikings is an exemplary TV show produced and composed by Michael Hairst for the History Channel. The main season was released on March 3, 2013, and since that time, the show has effectively finished five seasons. The 6th season was given on 6 December 2019.
Vikings season 6 filming location:
Vikings Season 6 is filmed in Ireland and Norway. Interestingly, season 6 is set in the region known today as Ukraine and Norway. Here is a description of all the filming locations!
Viking season 6 Filming Locations
Wicklow, Ireland
You may find it fascinating that Wicklow in Ireland has a history with the Vikings as the Norsemen began looting and raiding their monasteries and residential settlements around 795 AD. Eventually, the Vikings laid a foundation to take advantage of the natural harbor.
Wicklow in Ireland is known for its pristine and untouched beauty. It offers a range of geographical features such as the Wicklow Mountains, valleys and beaches. In the series, Luff Tai in Wicklow stands for Kategate.
Loaf Tai, also known as The Guinness Lake, is a private lake known as the Lugla Estate, which is located in the Wicklow Mountains. Ashford Studios is located in Ballyhenry, Ashford, County Wicklow.
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It is a convenient location for filming as it sits amidst many natural landscapes, most of which are only an hour's drive from the studio. The studio has three well-equipped sound stages on 500 acres. Scenes requiring green screens for CGI are filmed here.
In season 6 of 'Vikings', some scenes are filmed at Powerscourt Waterfall, Ireland's highest waterfall. The actual sailing scenes are filmed at Blessington Lakes. Scenes have also been filmed near Dublin, including locations such as River Boy (County Math) and Nuns Beach, Ballibunian (Count Carey).
Vik, Norway
In Norway's Westland County, Vick doubles as the home of the Russians Vikings in Kiev in the series. It is not surprising that Vic himself has a strong historical connection with Vic. Many farms are located on old sea terraces dug by burial mounds along its edges.
The Vic is also home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Fjors of Jirangfjord and Noroyfjord. The Jostedalsbreen Glacier separates the two fjords.
Vikings Season 6 Cast Details:
Catherine as Winnic Lagartha,
Gustaf Skarsgård as Floki,
As Alexander Ludwig Björn,
Georgia Hurst as Torv,
Jordan Patrick Smith as a ninety-nine
Travis Fenmel as Ragnar Lothrobak,
Clive Standen, as Rollo,
Peter Hargen, King Herald Finehair
Marco Ilso as Hvitserk, and
Jenny Jax as Judith.
Where to Watch Vikings Season 6 & Upcoming Season 7?
Currently, there is no update as to which streaming platform is about to take over the upcoming season of the show. However, there are some updates about the show on Netflix. If that happens, we can stream the 7th season of Vikings on Netflix.
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The Top 10 Most Massive Stars
Stars, Planets, and Galaxies
An Introduction to Astronomy
Important Astronomers
Science, Tech, Math › Science
by John P. Millis, Ph.D
There are trillions upon trillions of stars in the universe. On dark night you can see perhaps a few thousand, depending on the location where you do your viewing. Even a quick glance at the sky can tell you about stars: some look brighter than others, some may even seem to have a colorful hue.
What a Star's Mass Tells Us
Astronomers study stars' characteristics and work to calculate their masses to understand something about how they are born, live, and die. One important factor is a star's mass. Some are only a fraction of the Sun's mass, while others are equivalent to hundreds of Suns. It is important to note that "most massive" doesn't necessarily mean the largest. That distinction depends not only on mass, but at what stage of evolution the star is currently in.
Interestingly, the theoretical limit to a star's mass is about 120 solar masses (that is, that's how massive they can become and still remain stable). Yet, there are stars at the top of the following list are beyond that limit. How they can exist is still something astronomers are figuring out. (Note: we don't have images of all the stars in the list, but have included them when there's an actual scientific observation showing the star or its region in space.)
Updated and edited by Carolyn Collins Petersen.
R136a1
The very massive star R136a1 lies in this star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a neighbor galaxy to the Milky Way). NASA/ESA/STScI
The star R136a1 currently holds the record as the most massive star known to exist in the universe. It's more than 265 times the mass of our Sun, more than double most stars on this list. Astronomers are still trying to understand how the star can even exist. It is also the most luminous at nearly 9 million times that of our Sun. It is part of a super cluster in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is also the location of some of the other massive stars of the universe.
WR 101e
The mass of WR 101e has been measured to exceed 150 times the mass of our Sun. Very little is known about this object, but its sheer size earns it a spot on our list.
Found in the Dorado constellation, HD 269810 (also known as HDE 269810 or R 122) is nearly 170,000 light-years from Earth. It is about 18.5 times the radius of our Sun, while outputting more than 2.2 million times the Sun's luminosity.
WR 102ka (the Peony Nebula Star)
The Peony Nebula (shown here in an image from the Spitzer Space Telescope), contains one of the most massive stars in the universe: WR 102a. NASA/Spitzer Space Telescope. The star itself is heavily obscured by dust, which is heated by the star's radiation. The dust then glows in infrared light, which allows infrared-sensitive Spitzer to "see" it.
Located in the constellation Sagittarius, the Peony Nebula Star is a Worf-Rayet class blue hypergiant, similar to R136a1. It may also be one of the most luminous stars, at more than 3.2 million times that of our Sun, in the Milky Way galaxy. In addition to its 150 solar mass heft, it is also a rather large star, some 100 times the radius the Sun.
LBV 1806-20
There is actually a fair amount of controversy surrounding LBV 1806-20 as some claim that it is not a single star at all, but rather a binary system. The mass of the system (somewhere between 130 and 200 times the mass of our Sun) would place it squarely on this list. However, if it is in fact two (or more) stars then the individual masses could fall below the 100 solar mass mark. They would still be massive by solar standards, but not up to par with those on this list.
HD 93129A
The star cluster Trumpler 14 contains many massive stars, including one called HD 93129A (the brightest star in the image). This cluster has many other bright and massive stars. It lies in the southern hemisphere constellation of Carina. ESO
This blue hypergiant also makes the shortlist for the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. Located in the nebula NGC 3372, this object is relatively close compared to some of the other behemoths on this list. Located in the constellation Carina this star is thought to have a mass around 120 to 127 solar masses. Interestingly, it is part of a binary system with its companion star weighing in at a not-insignificant 80 solar masses.
HD 93250
The Carina Nebula (in the Southern Hemisphere sky) is home to many massive stars, including HD 93250, hidden among its clouds. NASA, ESA, N. Smith (U. California, Berkeley) et al., and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Add HD 93250 to the list of blue hypergiants on this list. With a mass about 118 times the mass of our Sun, this star located in the constellation Carina is about 11,000 light-years away. Little else is known about this object, but its size alone earns it a spot on our list.
NGC 3603-A1
The core of the cluster NGC 3603 contains the massive star NGC 3603-A1. It's in the center and slightly to the upper right and was just barely resolved in this Hubble Space Telescope image. NASA/ESA/STScI
Another binary system object, NGC 3603-A1 is about 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina. The 116 solar mass star has a companion that tips the scales at more than 89 solar masses.
Pismis 24-1A
The star cluster Pismis 24, located in the heart of a nebula in the constellation Scorpius, is home to a number of very massive stars, including Pismis 24-1 (the brightest star in the center of this image). ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5/ R. Gendler, U.G. Jørgensen, J. Skottfelt, K. Harpsøe
Part of the nebula NGC 6357, located in the Pismis 24 open cluster, is a variable blue supergiant. Part of a cluster of three nearby objects, 24-1A represents the most massive and most luminous of the group, with a mass between 100 and 120 solar masses.
Pismis 24-1 B
The star cluster Pismis 24 also contains the star Pismis 24-1b. ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5/ R. Gendler, U.G. Jørgensen, J. Skottfelt, K. Harpsøe
This star, like 24-1A, is another 100+ solar mass star in Pismis 24 region within the constellation Scorpius.
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