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John Calipari and Wildcats recap TSU: "We're not a very good team right now"
Swaggy Cal is turning into grumpy Cal, and for good reason.
By Ty Buck Nov 23, 2018, 10:55pm EST
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Kentucky Basketball took care of the Tennessee State Tigers with a final score of 77-62.
Keldon Johnson had the best game in his young career in the blue and the white, putting up 27 points alongside 7 assists. Reid Travis was the only other Wildcat with double-digit points, adding 13. He missed a double-double by one rebound, but gave Kentucky the advantage in the paint when it was needed the most.
Kentucky started out slow and fell behind by a score of 14-10, but battled back by halftime to take a 12 point lead into the locker room. Tennessee State played zone for a majority of the half and caused confusion for UK's offense, head coach John Calipari said.
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Tennessee State hung around in the first half, but couldn't keep up with the physicality of UK without committing careless fouls.
TSU came out of the locker room with a newfound sense of intensity, by finding open looks and giving the Kentucky defense fits when the tempo of the game picked up. Calipari and his Cats continued to make the shots in the paint, rebounded the ball at critical times and reached the charity stripe 41 times.
All nine of the players that saw time in the game scored and provided looks that kept TSU out of the game. Many of the freshman came up clutch tonight and played a critical role in the Cats' record improving to 5-1.
But after the game, Calipari was less than thrilled about his team's so-so outing, which has become far too common this season.
"The reality of it is, we're a ways away. We're not a very good team right now. We have no confidence defensively, which bleeds into your offense. Then you have no confidence offensively… I wish we were further along defensively. But we're not."
Here is a recap of everything Calipari and select players had to say, courtesy of UK Athletics:
John Calipari
Q. What was working offensively for Keldon (Johnson) tonight?
JOHN CALIPARI: He was seeing gaps and he was seeing opportunities to go at the basket and was strong at the rim and did a pretty good job.
Q. How surprised were you they (Tennessee State) didn't take more threes and what do you think about the idea that they were even with you in the paint?
JOHN CALIPARI: Well they probably watched the tapes and said, 'You know what, we don't have to take threes. Let's just drive the ball,' which I thought they would do. My thing was they would spread the court, use clock and then try to beat somebody on the bounce. I thought they had a pretty good game plan in what they were doing. And then they were physical. You know how many one footers we missed again? I mean literally one foot. Well, 'He bumped me,' or – we got to make those or go up and dunk the ball. Look, folks, the reality of it is we're a ways away. We're not a very good team right now. We have no confidence defensively, which bleeds into your offense. Then have you no confidence offensively. You get beat three or four times, don't think you're going to be pounding your chest saying I'm great on offense. And then they become, you know, we wanted to -- and I'm going to just keep working on it, where we could open up the court and get some drives and do some stuff, and I'm going to continue to work on it. We -- they trapped the post a little bit. There were opportunities in the zone offense for to us post the ball and we just don't have that feel yet. One time they switched out, both men took Tyler (Herro) going out and Reid (Travis) had no one on him, and we didn't throw him the ball because he wasn't supposed to catch the pass. 'I know, but they put two guys out –' You got to throw it in. Those are the kind of things that we'll watch on tape and just say 'Look, we got to get better.' I told them I'm just going to keep coaching them. And we have been good against press, and then like just put on the board, this is our press attack, so why didn't you do this and why didn't you do that? Why did you catch it on the wing and hold it above your head? Why didn't you play our press attack which is all about spacing. And you have freshmen out there. You have young guys out there and they start getting pressed. I mean, again, you get the game in the 20s, 24, well, how about it goes to 40. We turn around and it's back to 12. This has happened every game. And they (Tennessee State) even missed some threes they could have made in the second half.
Q. When you have a team that you said has no defensive confidence, what do you do to get that back? I mean when offense is off, you make shots you get your confidence. What do you do on defense to get your confidence?
JOHN CALIPARI: Well, first of all we got to continue to work on straight-line drives. You just can't, we got beat, it's like we got tired. And they just beat us on the dribble. So we're going to just continue to work on it, how we have to play, we have to be anticipate more, see what's happening before it happens, not after it happens, which is where we are right now. And then we got to start helping the helper more so we can trust each other and we can be more confident on defense. We're still – there are times we're not blocking out. A man goes to help and we don't help him on a check out. It's all stuff that we just got to cure it, we got to keep doing it in practice, we got to keep talking about it. And if have you a couple guys playing with confidence and then you have others not, I'm talking, it's hard to get that all together. We -- I told them -- until we become a defensive team that people know, not only can we rebound, but we can make you take a tough shot until we become that team. All this other stuff offensively, doesn't really matter until we become that. And again, today their game plan was hold it, hold it, 11 seconds, 10, we're going to take something and see if we can make a basket. And we were good and then all of a sudden we missed seven out of eight free throws, like almost air balls. What? Where are we on this? But like I said, this is where we are right now. I wish we were further along defensively, but we're not. And Jerry (Tipton), you asked about post. They played zone and again we haven't played against zone that much and I couldn't get our guys to post the ball. Like there was one where Keldon (Johnson), out of the timeout we're throwing it to you and you're posting it. And he moved up and I had to yell to him to move down where he could catch it and post it. It's that we're just, that feel for they're trying to keep it out of the post. That's why they're going zone, so post it.
Q. It seems obvious that Nick (Richards) is struggling. What do you think's going on there? What can turn it around?
JOHN CALIPARI: Demonstrated performance. You got to go in the game and perform. And what I've been telling these guys, they got to play like they have nothing to lose like every team we play. They got to take it off themselves. And they got to, this is how coach is asking me to play, then you don't have to worry about the clutter of how you're playing. I'm playing the way he wants me to play. Take it off you. Play like you have nothing to lose and go play. But I'm telling you, if you're getting broken down on defense, I've done this again 35 years, guys, you're not going to have confidence offensively. Do you remember I've said that a few times here? You cannot have confidence offensively if you cannot guard. You just -- you don't. So until we build that and become that team, we become the aggressor, we become the team that anticipates and rotates and trusts and all that and it just takes time. We've got a bunch of freshmen still. We got a new team thrown together.
Q. Between the last time you took a team to the Bahamas four years ago and that trip seemed to give you a head start --
JOHN CALIPARI: When we had the No. 1 pick in the draft and we had four lottery picks and we had pretty good players and six guys got drafted from that team. It was a pretty good team.
Q. Question comparing the players on the 2014-15 team to this team …
JOHN CALIPARI: I don't think so at this point. I would say no. Now, by the end you watch what happened with Shai (Gilgeous-Alexander) and (Kevin) Knox and Hami (Diallo) and the guys by the end. But where we were at the beginning of last year, I would say the same with that group. But I don't, you know, could we have four lottery picks on this team? Yeah, if they want to be that. But it's going to start with we're all going to commit to defending. We're all going to commit to doing this and rotating and listening and executing on defense. Then the offense will come. I mean offense hasn't been the issue.
Q. Can you talk about Immanuel (Quickley) and what you see that he's getting better at and what he's still struggling the most with?
JOHN CALIPARI: You know, we're trying to open up the court for him and Ashton (Hagans) a little bit of times to get them in that lane. But again, we just, we're just trying to keep messing around with what we're doing there. But I thought defensively he's doing some good stuff. Much better job of playing in front of people, much better job of getting it up the court. Now, he still, we never outlet the ball to him up the court. He's like under the basket. When we rebound he's like, when you're in high school just, 'Here, give it to me.' We need him up the court. And I just, we keep talking about it and showing him. So he'll get there, but you get out to that sideline so we rebound, throw it to you, you can throw it ahead. He's still not doing that yet. But there's a lot of good stuff. I have a lot of confidence in him shooting the ball, I like his runners, makes free throws. So he's going better.
Q. Do most freshmen arrive here with no clue on how to really play defense at this level?
JOHN CALIPARI: Most of them, yes. Yeah, they don't know how to stay, really stop drives and stay in front and help the helper, forget about that. Like if someone helps and you got to help him, your big goes to help on a block and you have to take his man, block him out, that stuff, no, it takes time. I wish we were farther along, but you know...
Q. P.J. (Washington) said a lot of the guys have acknowledged that a lot of what you're talking about there defensively goes back to talking or not talking. And PJ said, in high school most, the most people talk is trash and that's about the only talking they do. Is that what you're seeing or not hearing as well?
JOHN CALIPARI: Yeah, and that's trust. See, when you're worried about you and you're not real confident defensively, you don't talk because you're just worried about who you are and how you're playing. When you're a confident defender you're chattering all the time, you chatter, you talk, "help me out," that's where we got to get to. And they got to commit to it. I mean, I can't do it for them, the staff can't do it for them. Please, if anybody, don't -- the offense is not an issue. We're fine. But we're not going to play confident offensively unless we become that defensive team. And I mean every game you're not going to shut people out. It means -- you all can watch and say, we need to be better defensively. Whether it be in pick and roll defense, we were having to trap and do stuff to keep them out of the lane.
On his career night …
"It felt pretty good. The main thing is we got the win. That made it even better."
On what part of his game got him going …
"Honestly, getting to the free throw line. That really got me going. Just staying aggressive, and it paid off."
On Coach Calipari getting on the team's defensive play …
"I mean he was pretty annoyed, as he should be. It's unacceptable. If we want to be a team like we want to be, we can't be having defensive lapses like that."
On being a vocal leader on the defensive end …
"The main thing is just holding ourselves accountable on the defensive end, whether it's the offensive end or defense, it's holding ourselves accountable. Just letting us know it's not ok to get beat and give up easy buckets."
On getting to the rim …
"I was just staying aggressive, just kept attacking and eventually it just opened up. They opened up by the end of the game, and I was getting easy buckets."
Reid Travis
On the defensive play…
"We're all disappointed as far as keeping guys in front of us, moving our feet, blocking shots. There's just a lot of opportunities were seeing on film and a lot of things that we want to do the right thing and putting in a lot of effort to do the right thing, then we get in a game and a lot of the work were putting in just isn't showing as much as it should right now and that's the frustrating part. We're putting in the hours and we're doing it in practice, then we get to the game and there's lapses so it's frustrating but it's not something we can't work through. It's going to be nice to have another game on film to really look at where we are messing up and going in and trying to get better."
On adjusting to the play …
"The expectation is raised. In high school, maybe you can trade baskets and maybe you had more talent than the other guy so you end up outscoring them by the end of the game, but in college you can't trade baskets. If the team's defending you, then they're stopping you from scoring and then you're just letting them score at the other end. That's when games become toss-ups and games are closer than they should when you play certain teams. For us, it's not expected to out-talent and outscore teams but just really defending teams."
On Tennessee State's three-point shooting…
"It was something we were expecting – for them to throw up a lot of threes – but at the end of the day that was something that was a point of emphasis for us. All we can practice was taking away the three and forcing them to drive so now I think the next step in the progression of our defense is if we're going to take away the three, you can close out, make them put it on the floor, but also move our feet and stay in front and contest shots at the rim. We made improvements, but we can't take a step back in other parts of our defense "
EJ Montgomery
On how comfortable he is being the shot blocker for this team …
"I'm getting pretty comfortable, that's what Cal wants me to do and I've been working on it everyday in practice."
On how frustrated Coach Calipari is with the defense …
"Yeah, I think he's pretty frustrated. We work on it everyday in practice and sometimes we come out flat. However, we're going to keep working and get better."
On Keldon Johnson's career night …
"I see that everyday out of Keldon, I knew that his day was coming. He's a dog, that's what he does—scores the basketball."
On giving back to the community on Thanksgiving …
"It was a great experience going out there with the team and giving back to the less fortunate. It was a great experience for us and we had a lot of fun."
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Ryan Boatright Signs with Nets
Brooklyn comes to an agreement with the undrafted free agent
By Elan-Paolo DeCarlo Jun 27, 2015, 2:51pm EDT
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Undrafted guard Ryan Boatright has reached an agreement on a free agent deal with the Brooklyn Nets, according to a league source as told to RealGM.
After not hearing his name called on draft day, Boatright's road to the NBA will begin at the bottom of the mountain. His journey will begin when he suits up for the Nets in Las Vegas during Summer League.
There are no guarantees that this deal will turn into a contract for the regular season, but it is an important first step for Boatright. Here's hoping he proves to Lionel Hollins, Billy King and the rest of the Nets management team that he is more than deserving of a spot in the NBA.

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BRIONI – THE OPENING IN PARIS
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•Men's Life
BRIONI ANNOUNCES
THE OPENING OF ITS NEW PARIS FLAGSHIP STORE
BY DAVID CHIPPERFIELD ARCHITECTS
Rome, Brioni is pleased to announce the opening of its Paris Flagship Store. Situated at 370 Rue Saint-Honoré, the 590 square meters Flagship marks an expansion and the debut of the new Store Concept developed by David Chipperfield Architects Milan in collaboration with Brioni.
Depicting the contemporary essence of Rome where Brioni heritage, its roots and its tailoring tradition merge with the present and the future, the store emphasizes the new brand vision under the creative director of Justin O'Shea.
Over the last year, David Chipperfield Architects Milan and Brioni have been exploring and developing a new Store Concept conveying and combining ideas of luxury and simplicity, craftsmanship and industrialization, tradition and a vision of the future.
The intention for the Store Design is to generate two feelings: the feeling of openness with natural light coming in through windows on the ground floor level, and a contrasting feeling of enclosure at the basement floor level. The two levels are linked through a giant stage-like staircase that allows the basement floor level to be perceived from the ground floor level, enhancing the sense of spatial continuity between the two.
The new Store Concept proposes three areas: the main store area; the VIP area, which includes a fitting area; and the changing area. These areas are conceived as a continuum space, defined by the change of experience and ritual rather than by the change of materials.
The idea behind the store area is that it can be partitioned in such a way that it can be explored by customers but closed off when needed. The metal meshing is very important for the store design, this solid but transparent material make the store space different, giving a sense of perspective and allowing the customers to see through.
The idea behind the store display furnishing is that it should be adaptable and flexible, positioned in such a way that the store architecture becomes the background of the products. The floor to ceiling gunmetal bars are very important for the design, these slim but strong element make the store modifiable, giving a sense of lightness and allowing the products to stand out.
The Store Concept clearly refers to and recalls one of the master architects of the XX Century – Mies Van der Rohe both in terms of aesthetics and its rich simplicity.
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Railway Crossing yet again cause fatalities
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Post subject: Railway Crossing yet again cause fatalities
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 23:15
Location: Highlands
Yet again
very sad ...
I reckon that in many cases the lights are not clear enough ...
I wonder if a light that was on inbetween the tracks if this would help ?
At this time of year especially, where the sun is getting very low, it subtly becomes worse.
However whether some are just mistakes this this or other errors we rarely hear.
I tend to look as I cross over these days but I wish there was clear vision in both directions before I transverse ! Many have houses nearby and it makes it almost impossible to get good vision before you commit.
The whole highland area seems to get these problems Dingwall was rife with spats of crashes just a few years back.
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Post subject: Re: Railway Crossing yet again cause fatalities
Rail worker: 'Crossings not safe'
Graeme Macmillan
Mr Macmillan is pursuing a formal grievance against Network Rail
A Network Rail employee who had to be cut free from his car after it was hit by a train has called for barriers to be installed at every level crossing.
Properties supervisor Graeme Macmillan said he believed the 23 crossings in Scotland which do not have barriers are "not safe".
His claims followed the deaths on Tuesday of three people at an ungated crossing in Halkirk, Caithness.
Network Rail said it "rejected utterly" Mr Macmillan's claims.
Mr Macmillan, 45, was on his way to a shinty match in May 2008 when his car and a train smashed into each other at the Bunchrew crossing, five miles north of Inverness.
Like the Halkirk crossing, Bunchrew has no barrier and relies on warning lights to alert motorists when a train is approaching.
Some people have claimed that the direct sunlight can make the warning lights difficult to see.
Mr Macmillan has returned to work with Network Rail after suffering injuries to his wrist and leg in last year's crash.
He faced criminal charges following the incident, but the case against him was eventually dropped by the procurator fiscal after "careful consideration of all the facts and circumstances".
Mr Macmillan told BBC Scotland he was still "haunted" by the collision and its aftermath, which had left him feeling "depressed and suicidal".
He is due to see a specialist in post-traumatic stress next week.
An investigation by the Office of Rail Regulation found a faulty battery caused the Bunchrew crossing lights to fail on occasion, although not necessarily at the time of Mr Macmillan's crash.
There is no suggestion that a faulty battery was the reason for the criminal case against Mr Macmillan being dropped.
Mr MacMillan said that Tuesday's fatal crash at Halkirk, which killed 81-year-old Angus MacKay, his wife Margaret, also 81, and brother Donald, 66, left him feeling "angry" that so many crossings do not have barriers.
"I was angry because I know these accidents are preventable. There is no excuse - these crossings are not safe," he said.
He described claims that it would cost up to £1m to install barriers at Halkirk as "a joke", and asked: "What is a life worth? It is their responsibility and it is time they dealt with it".
Mr Macmillan is currently pursuing a formal grievance against Network Rail over his allegations that he was victimised following the crash.
A Network Rail spokesman said Mr Macmillan is employed in property maintenance, and as such his comments on crossings "lack credibility".
Motorists would not dream of going through a red light at a road junction, the consequences of doing so on a railway usually are even more tragic
Network Rail spokesman
The crossings are safe so long as people heed the warning signs, he added.
The spokesman said: "We don't compromise on safety matters - as proven by rail's safety record which is second to none.
"Our level crossings are among the safest in Europe and are well protected with a mixture of warning signs, red lights, sirens, and barriers.
"Motorists would not dream of going through a red light at a road junction, the consequences of doing so on a railway usually are even more tragic.
"We reject utterly Mr Macmillan's baseless claims - his job has nothing to do with level crossings, therefore he is unqualified to talk about the matter. Also he is in the midst of a grievance procedure with Network Rail."
Transport Secretary Stewart Stevenson said Network Rail had briefed him on the events at Halkirk.
He said: "Our rail network is among the safest in the world but, as the investigation into the causes of Tuesday's accident continues, I am determined to ensure that everything possible is being done to prevent further accidents of this nature in the future."
He said he will meet other MSPs on what further action could be taken to address public concerns about level crossings.
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Seem to remember that the crossing near to my late father's house in Banavie had a two tone siren ,which could be heard from a fair distance away and came on before the lights started to flash .
lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on
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Town Administrator Elizabeth Dennehy presented a plan for a social media strategy for Plympton at the Board of Selectmen Meeting last Monday. However, there was some disagreement about the best way to grow the town's presence on Facebook.
The notion of not having a comment section was a belief shared by all members of the Board of Selectmen. There was some disagreement about interacting with other groups, like Plympton Helping Plympton.
Plympton Helping Plympton is a closed Facebook group where Plympton residents and former residents will discuss things related to the town. Most of the time, the discussions in the group are not related to municipal government. Selectmen John Traynor said they can be about things as simple as someone needing a babysitter.
Local government topics do get discussed on occasion and Traynor believes this is a resource the town should be tapping into. Traynor said there are about 2,500 people in the group, Plympton Helping Plympton.
Town Administrator Dennehy, Town Clerk Shaw, and the rest of the Board of Selectmen expressed not wanting to post to the group. Dennehy and Selectmen Chair Christine Joy said they have concerns about open meeting law violations, particularly because Plympton Helping Plympton is not a public group.
Traynor said he doesn't think there is a violation because his idea is to post the exact same announcement to Plympton Helping Plympton as they would the town website or Facebook page.
Selectmen Clerk Mark Russo said he's concerned that the town could lose control over misinformation, in a private forum rather than just their own channels. Commenting couldn't be turned off in a platform the Board of Selectmen doesn't control. However, Russo remained open to the idea if the posts were the same.
He suggested Plympton creates its Facebook page first and then explore revisiting some of Traynor's ideas at a later time. Selectmen voted to start a Facebook page for the town.
According to Dennehy and Shaw, the Facebook page will not be used to replace the website, but bring residents to the town's official website. Shaw said she already does this from her personal Facebook page within the Facebook group, Plympton Helping Plympton. She doesn't comment, but will post links to the town website where official information can be found.
Dennehy said, "We don't want Facebook to replace the website." She said she sees it as a bridge to the town website.
Mark Cappadona, the president of Colonial Power Group was at the Board of Selectmen Meeting to answer any questions residents may have about the upcoming electrical aggregation service for Plympton. The Plympton Board of Selectmen previously signed a 6-month contract that opts residents into this program starting on January 1, 2018.
Members of the Board of Selectmen said there was some confusion among residents about the service, so Cappadona came in to clear up any questions. However, only one resident attended the meeting.
Joan Harper, the Plympton resident in attendance, asked who she would contact if she opts out of the program, but still sees herself as in it on her electrical bill. Cappadona said she would contact Colonial Power directly and they'd take care of it without any opt out penalty.
Cappadona said there's no penalty for opting in or out of the program. He described the program as the town giving residents another option that guarantees savings on their electrical bill for the first six months.
Electrical rates for NStar Eversource are expected to increase to 13.175 cents per kilowatt hour this winter. Cappadonna says Colonial Power offers about a 9% savings compared to the standard product.
Eversource is still the electrical supplier for Plympton. Cappadona said this is only a financial transaction and doesn't affect who to contact about power outages and other issues.
• The appointment of two new fire lieutenants were approved by the Board of Selectmen. Paul Gallagher and John Sjostedt were both appointments as new members of the fire department.
• Liquor licenses were renewed for Plympton Gas and Convenience, Plympton Convenience Store, and Upland Sportsman's' Club. Upland Sportsman's Club also had its range permit renewed.
The next Selectmen's meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 11, 2017. Open session starts at 6 p.m.


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Head of the IMF arrested over claims he sexually assaulted hotel maid
ONE of the world's top bankers has been pulled from a plane and arrested in connection with the violent sexual assault of a maid in New York.
FRENCH politican and top world banker Dominque Strauss-Kahn was pulled from an airplane and arrested Sunday in connection with the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid, New York police said.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken off the Air France flight to Paris at John F. Kennedy International Airport by officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and was turned over to police for questioning Saturday afternoon, said Paul J. Browne, New York Police Department spokesman.
Strauss-Kahn heads up the International Monetary fund which is an organisation charged with overseeing global banking regulations and economic cooperation between countries.
It also provides loans to countries in financial difficulty, the UK applied and received an IMF loan in 1975 under Harold Wilson. At the time it was a source of national humiliation that the country had to go cap in hand to this bank of last resort.
He was arrested at 2:15 a.m. Sunday on charges of a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, and was awaiting arraignment, police said. His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, did not immediately respond to phone or email messages seeking comment from The Associated Press.
The 32-year-old woman told authorities that she entered Strauss-Kahn's suite at the luxury Sofitel hotel not far from Manhattan's Times Square at about 1 p.m. Eastern time (1600 GMT) Saturday and he attacked her, Browne said. She said she had been told to clean the spacious $3000-a-night-suite suite, which she had been told was empty.
According to an account the woman provided to police, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where he began to sexually assault her.
She said she fought him off, then he dragged her into the bathroom, where he forced her to perform a sex act on him and tried to remove her underwear.
The woman was able to break free again and escaped the room and told hotel staff what had happened, authorities said. They called police.
When New York City police detectives arrived moments later, Strauss-Kahn had already left the hotel, leaving behind his cellphone, Browne said. "It looked like he got out of there in a hurry," Browne said.
The NYPD discovered that he was at the airport and contacted Port Authority officials, who plucked Strauss-Kahn from first class on the Air France flight that was scheduled to depart at 4:40 p.m. and was just about to leave the gate.
The maid was taken by police to a hospital and was being treated for minor injuries. John Sheehan, a spokesman for the hotel, said its staff was cooperating in the investigation.
Strauss-Kahn was briefly investigated in 2008 over whether he had an improper relationship with a subordinate female employee. The IMF board found his actions "regrettable" and said they "reflected a serious error of judgment."
William Murray, a spokesman for the IMF in Washington, said the IMF had no immediate comment. Strauss-Kahn's offices in Paris couldn't be reached when the news broke overnight in France, nor could French Socialist Party officials.
He was supposed to be meeting in Berlin on Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about aid to debt-laden Greece, and then join EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday. The IMF is responsible for one-third of Greece's existing loan package, and his expected presence at these meetings underlined the gravity of the Greek crisis.
Strauss-Kahn took over as head of the IMF in November 2007. The 187-nation lending agency is headquartered in Washington and provides help in the form of emergency loans for countries facing severe financial problems.
Strauss-Kahn won praise for his leadership at the IMF during the financial crisis of 2008 and the severe global recession that followed.
More recently, he has directed the IMF's participation in bailout efforts to keep a European debt crisis which began in Greece from destabilizing the global economy.
In October 2008, Strauss-Kahn issued an apology to the IMF staff after accusations that he had a sexual relationship with an IMF subordinate.
"While this incident constituted an error in judgment on my part, for which I take full responsibility, I firmly believe that I have not abused my position," Strauss-Kahn wrote in an email to IMF staff.
The board found that the relationship was consensual. The IMF employee left the fund and took a job with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Before taking the top post at the IMF, Strauss-Kahn had been a member of the French National Assembly and had also served as France's Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry from June 1997 to November 1999.
He had been viewed as a leading contender to run on the Socialist Party's ticket to challenge the re-election of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Strauss-Kahn, dubbed DSK in France, was seen as the strongest possible challenger to Sarkozy in next year's presidential elections. Strauss-Kahn has not declared his candidacy, staying vague in interviews while feeding speculation that he wants France's top job.
The New York accusations come amid French media reports about Strauss-Kahn's lifestyle, including luxury cars and suits, that some have dubbed a smear campaign.
He sought the Socialist Party's endorsement in the last elections, in 2007, but came in second in a primary to Segolene Royal. Royal, the first woman to get so close to France's presidency, lost to Sarkozy in the runoff.
After Sarkozy won, the new president championed Strauss-Kahn as a candidate to run the IMF. Sarkozy's backers touted the move as a sign of the conservative president's campaign of openness to leftists but political strategists saw it as a way for Sarkozy to get a potential challenger far away from the French limelight.
The global financial crisis thrust Strauss-Kahn into an unexpectedly prominent role and boosted his global standing in time to consider a 2012 French presidential bid.
He is credited with preparing France for the adoption of the euro by taming its deficit and persuading then-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to sign up to an EU pact of fiscal prudence.
A former economics professor, Strauss-Kahn joined the Socialist party in 1976 and was elected to parliament in 1986 from the Val-d'Oise district, north of Paris. He went on to become mayor of Sarcelles, a working-class immigrant suburb of Paris.
His first government post was industry minister under former President Francois Mitterrand. As finance minister, he reduced France's debt repayments through a raft of privatizations including the sale of shares in France Telecom SA and Air France.
Strauss-Kahn is a married father of four. His third wife, Anne Sinclair, is a New York-born journalist who hosted a popular weekly news broadcast in France in the 1980s.
A security guard stood watch outside the Sofitel near busy Times Square on Saturday night, keeping everyone but guests out of the building.


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I remember getting the Double Dragon game for the NES. A lot of what I remember is wanting it to look and sound more like the actual arcade game.
Quote from: CJones on November 28, 2015, 09:04:23 PM
#4 – Double Dragon
76 Points, 6 Lists, Top Vote: #8 Soguru
I hate to bring this up, considering how CJones is making a heroic effort to complete the current LoC, but I had Double Dragon at #1 on my list.
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My name is Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau
Quote from: stethacantus on November 29, 2015, 11:42:47 AM
You're right. Fortunately, that doesn't change the totals. I did count your vote, I just didn't see it when I went back to see who had the highest. I'll go back and change it.
What's the best use for all those extra quarters? Arcade games of course!
Counting down the Top 50 Coin Operated Games!
#3 – The Simpsons
86 Points, 5 Lists, Top Vote: #3 Sugar Ray Dodge
Production Date: 1991
I'm tempted to make a "Remember when Konami made good games?" remark here. This makes 2 Konami beat em ups in the top 5.
This game proves that it is in fact possible to make a good Simpsons video game. Granted, the game really has nothing to do with The Simpsons, other than having Simpsons characters in it. This could have been an entirely generic beat em up, and it still would have been a good game. Just nowhere near as memorable. So, Smithers has just robbed a Jewelry store, which seems very out of character, but in the process of fleeing, he runs into the Simpsons. A particularly large diamond goes flying and lands in Maggie's mouth. Rather than just take the diamond back, he decides to take Maggie. The rest of the family fights to get her back.
I can't find hard evidence of who voices the various characters in the game. The family members sound like their TV show counterparts. OTOH Mr Burns sounds nothing like Mr Burns. I found it odd that Konami, a Japanese company, would even be interested in making a Simpsons arcade game. Arcades were, and still are, much more prevalent in Japan than in the US. But I'm not aware of The Simpsons being particularly popular over there. The Japanese version has some features that the US version lacks for some reason. There is a mini nuke that you can throw that will clear the screen (this is the sort of thing I'd expect to see removed for the Japanese version, like in Fallout 3), and there is a way to overflow your health, raising it above 100%.
Also, take note of the production date, 1991. That would have put it during season 3 of the show. The Simpsons is now in season 27. You can tell it's early in the show's life by the fact that Marvin Monroe can be seen in stage 2. He's been officially dead for a very long time.
Fun facts: Check out Marge's hair when she gets electrocuted. She clearly has rabbit ears (a la Life in Hell) hidden in her hair.
There is a surprisingly good Commodore 64 port of this game. I didn't think games were still being made for the C64 in 1991. There was also a port of the game on XBLA and PSN, but for some reason it's not available any more.
Yes, you can pick up the Police car in stage one, but you need at least two players to do it.
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Up next... screw it, I'm saying it anyway. Remember when Konami made good games?
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My opinion of Konami has changed. At first it was up up, nowadays it's down down.
Argh! Can't believe I forgot The Simpsons!
Yeah, Konami had a really good run. They had a number of great Arcade beat-em-ups, Castlevania, Gradius, Contra.. Then they forgot their roots.
I still can't believe they never ported the arcade game to the SNES. Instead, we got some really quality Simpsons games like Bart's nightmare, The Itchy and Scratchy Game, and Virtual Bart,.... blech.
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I liked parts of Bart's Nightmare...
Quote from: Pak-Man on December 01, 2015, 06:09:11 AM
I did too if I'm being totally honest... but overall thought it was disappointing. All the time I played it I was thinking "Why can't I be playing the Simpsons arcade game instead?"
#2 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
91 Points, 5 Lists, Top Vote: #1 Cole Stratton
Make that three Konami beat em ups in the top 5.
You could certainly make the case that Turtles in Time is the better game, but there's no denying that TMNT was a landmark in gaming history. Double Dragon had come out just two years prior, and there were lots of mediocre brawlers released around that time, trying to ride on DD's coattails. From that time period, and the years that followed, two companies came to dominate the "brawler" market: Capcom & Konami.
Capcom favored a style similar to Double Dragon, where specific button presses and/or joystick motions had predictable and reliable results. This school of thought led to games like Final Fight, Shadow over Mystara and Alien vs Predator. Konami OTOH favored faster game play, flashier style, and a lot of wailing on the buttons. And before you get the idea that I mean that in a derogatory sense, keep in mind that we're talking about arcade games, games that derive much, if not most, of their appeal from presentation. I remember the first time I saw TMNT. It was awesome. The characters didn't move as if drudging through a quagmire, and just hitting the attack button repeatedly resulted in a whole slew of cool attacks. This school of thought led to games like The Simpsons, Turtles in Time and X-Men.
While I personally favor the Capcom style (and Shadow over Mystara in particular, which no one else voted for ), there's no denying that the Konami games were a hell of a lot of fun to play.
Fun speculation: Someone at Konami really liked Donatello. He was easily the best character in Konami's first TMNT game on the NES, and unless someone knows something I don't, he's the best character in this game as well.
Did you know TMNT was renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in Europe? Apparently the term "Ninja" was deemed too violent for a children's program in the UK. Oh, you did know that.. Well, did you know Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters* is a thing that actually exists. I thought not.
https://www.youtube.com/v/pjZ0OHIcJpc
Up next, the game that single-handedly revived the arcade scene, yet also heralded its demise.
*Seriously, that is an actual comic book.
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Quote from: CJones on December 01, 2015, 05:18:41 PM
One of the all time great arcade games.
Also, April is totally like "Talk to the hand, Shredder."
The Ninja Turtles arcade game made me a fan of the show. Not the other way around. :^)
Not to mention the arcade port to the NES was bloody spectacular. I played it many a time as a young one, jumping, kicking, jump kicking as one of my favorite Turtles... probably Leonardo. Never liked Raphael. Thought he was always a jerk, I guess that kinda goes along with being rude tho...
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This actually made me flashback to the day I walked into my local video shop and found they'd replaced the game they had with Turtles and losing my mind a little
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"A thing I like that there was no chance would ever continue until recently is now continuing but it doesn't meet my exact personal specifications so fuck this"
- how I read any complaint about MST3k (or Star Wars or Ghostbusters)
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Q: Time Series Analysis: Forecasting of categorical variable(s) I have a machine's fault(s) occurrence data (in terms of 0 & 1) with respect to 1 minute time intervals. 0 stands for no fault occurred and 1 stands for say a particular fault occurred. So continuous 0's means no fault occurred in a time duration and continuous 1's means a fault continuously occurred in a time duration.
I have provided sample data structure as below, now how can I do a time series analysis Fault A on the data provided below and based on analysis how I can do a forecasting like "When Fault A will occur in future time stamps?"
# Time series multivariate
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df = pd.DataFrame({'timestamp':pd.date_range('2022-05-01 00:01:00', periods=18, freq='T'),
                   'fault_code':['A']*4+['B']*3+['A']*2+['C']*5+['B']*2+['A']*1+['D']*1
                  })
df['pulse']    = 1

df_ts = df.pivot(index="timestamp", columns="fault_code", values="pulse")
df_ts = df_ts.fillna(0)
display(df_ts)

         fault_code A   B   C   D
timestamp
2022-05-01 00:01:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:02:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:03:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:04:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:05:00 0   1   0   0
2022-05-01 00:06:00 0   1   0   0
2022-05-01 00:07:00 0   1   0   0
2022-05-01 00:08:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:09:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:10:00 0   0   1   0
2022-05-01 00:11:00 0   0   1   0
2022-05-01 00:12:00 0   0   1   0
2022-05-01 00:13:00 0   0   1   0
2022-05-01 00:14:00 0   0   1   0
2022-05-01 00:15:00 0   1   0   0
2022-05-01 00:16:00 0   1   0   0
2022-05-01 00:17:00 1   0   0   0
2022-05-01 00:18:00 0   0   0   1

# Time Series Plot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns

sns.set_theme(style="whitegrid") # darkgrid, whitegrid, dark, white, and ticks

faults=['A',
        'B',
        'C',
        'D'
       ]

plt.figure(figsize = (15,4))
sns.lineplot(data=df_ts[faults])
plt.show()

Time Series Plot of above Data
I want next occurrence of Fault A
         fault_code  A
timestamp
2022-05-01 00:19:00  ?
2022-05-01 00:20:00  ?
2022-05-01 00:21:00  ?
2022-05-01 00:22:00  ?
2022-05-01 00:23:00  ?
2022-05-01 00:24:00  ?
2022-05-01 00:25:00  ?

? asks what forecasted value either o or 1

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Tuscan sunsets and pizza parties at Borgo Casabianca.
Today's real wedding is a whole other level of gorgeous. I'm not going to lie, it was pretty tricky to whittle down these beautiful photos by destination wedding photographers, Emm And Clau - I've been pouring over them for ages and I'm still swooning! New York couple, Merry & Robert always knew they'd come to Tuscany to get married, and their weekend-long bash at Dimora Buonriponso certainly delivered with Tuscan sunsets, pizza parties, and some of the most beautiful al fresco wedding decor we've ever seen!
For their pre-wedding gathering, the couple had simple, rustic Italian decor, with lemons and herbs.
Merry carried the most beautiful white peony bouquet!
But he saved the grand finale until he and Merry were somewhere a little more intimate, "He then took me back to our apartment in Manhattan," Merry tells us. "He decorated the entire ceiling with string lights, he knew that I have been in love with the warm glow of string lights since I was a child, and under the light, he kneeled down on one knee and rest is history." The romance!
Merry gave her bridesmaids a free reign to choose their own dress in a pastel hue.
How beautiful are the mix and match looks of Merry's bridesmaids, such a bunch of beauts!
Merry describes her and Robert's vision for their wedding in Italy, "We wanted to make sure it was a relaxing, romantic and elegant affair. Our priorities were fantastic food and wine, and to give our family and friends a fun and memorable time." Sounds like heaven!
The couple were sold on the setting of Dimora Buonriponso, "The stunning landscape, the rolling hills, the breath-taking sunset (there is nothing more beautiful than a Tuscan sunset in the autumn). The cosy and elegant house, makes you feel you are on an extended vacation at a writer's home." These two know how to paint a picture!
We love that the couple created this chilled lounge space by the pool - so cool!
Merry switched up her look after the ceremony for something with a little more movement.
The florals, the candles, the string lights - these might be among my favourite tablescapes ever!
The couple enjoyed a more relaxed golden hour photo session the next day - isn't it romantic!
Now didn't I tell you this one was beautiful! Thanks so much to Merry & Robert for sharing their stunning destination wedding with us - and of course to Emm And Clau for capturing every dreamy detail!


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Twitter CEO promises interactive tweets
Reuters23 September 2012
Twitter will soon roll out a free tool for users to handpick and publish selections of tweets, reflecting the company's commitment to remain a neutral, interactive platform rather than become a media company, CEO Dick Costolo said Friday.
The new tool will allow users, including journalists, to manually curate and display tweets to accompany breaking news events.
"We've known for a long time that for events in the real world, the shared experience is on Twitter," Costolo said at the Online News Association conference in San Francisco. "We want to create an ability to curate those events."
Costolo dismissed speculation that Twitter had plans to operate like a traditional media company, following a recent move to restrict access to tweets only through its website or official app. Previously, many users could read tweets through third-party applications with extra features.
Observers had widely predicted that Twitter, founded in 2006, is intent on treating its stream of published tweets much like a traditional media product that it has full control over, and which it can charge for advertising.
"It's not about being a destination," Costolo said. "I'm a huge believer in syndication. Platform companies always outflank and outlast point solutions and individual products."
The decision to tighten control over tweets came after the company realized it had invested significant resources in its service, but other companies were making money off of it without adding "accretive value," Costolo said.
"We were spending all this money" eliminate fake accounts and improve the Twitter experience, Costolo said, but users still had a "choice" of "experiences." Fake accounts may be created by spammers or impersonators.
But the company has promised to unlock Twitter's full interactive potential once it has regained control over how users access Twitter across desktop computers and mobile devices.
Soon, users will see tweet boxes, known as cards, include live features that will look nothing like the 140-character messages units that they evolved in the early days of the service.
Costolo offered examples of interactive features, such as live polls for the NBA All Star game showing real-time results directly within a tweet box.
"We want to migrate to a world in which the 140 characters can serve as a caption for additional functionality," Costolo said. "We'd like that to include things like real-time data, even an application functionality."
One of the services available on third-party clients but not from Twitter itself – the ability for a user to download the full archive of his or her tweets – will be available by the end of the year, Costolo predicted.
In the hour-long talk, Costolo also revealed the scorching pace of expansion at his company. Twitter, which relocated into new offices in central San Francisco in July, now boasts 1,300 employees, more than three times its headcount just 18 months.
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Movie Review: The Invitation
By Adam Frazier | @ | April 8th, 2016 at 11:00 am
Director: Karyn Kusama
Screenwriters: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Lindsay Burdge, John Carroll Lynch
Distributor: Drafthouse Films
Not Rated | 99 Minutes
"Each and every one of us is on a journey, and we feel that it's important to be on that journey with the people you love."
Will (Logan Marshall-Green) has reluctantly accepted an invitation to attend a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard). Along with his girlfriend, Kira (Emayatzy Corinealdi), Will arrives at his former house in the Hollywood Hills, the site of both the evening's gathering and a tragedy responsible for the dissolution of his marriage.
After disappearing for two years, Eden has returned with her new husband, David (Michiel Huisman), who she met on retreat in Mexico while recovering from a nervous breakdown. Together they have an evening planned that Will and the other guests will never forget.
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By Adam Frazier | @ | November 18th, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Director: Giulio Paradisi
Cast: John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Franco Nero, Sam Peckinpah, Joanne Nail, Paige Conner
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Directed by Giulio Paradisi, 1979's The Visitor stars legendary Hollywood director/actor John Huston (The Maltese Falcon; Treasure Of The Sierra Madre) as an intergalactic warrior who joins a cosmic Christ figure (Franco Nero) in battle against a demonic 8-year-old girl and her pet hawk.
Restored and presented uncut for the first time ever in the U.S. by Drafthouse Films, The Visitor is a '70s psychedelic mindwarp complete with vicious bird attacks, multi-dimensional warfare and pre-adolescent profanity. Somewhere between Hell, the darkest reaches of the universe, and Atlanta, GA, the fate of the cosmos hangs in the balance.
The Visitor fuses elements of The Omen, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, The Birds, Rosemary's Baby, The Fury, and even Star Wars, creating the most ambitious, insane film you've ever seen. Basically, Space Jesus sends an emissary named Jerzy (Huston) to Earth to capture Katy (Paige Conner), a little girl with superhuman abilities. Meanwhile, evil space aliens are trying to get Katy's mother (Joanne Nail) pregnant so that she will give birth to the antichrist, another super-kid they can use to destroy the human race.
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…to Laurel Canyon via Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall.
That's exactly what Scottish musician Roddy Hart did recently for a night of collaboration at Celtic Connections.
In the late 1960s, Laurel Canyon, a neighbourhood high above Los Angeles, was home to the counterculture hippy scene with influential artists like Jodi Mitchell, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Frank Zappa and James Taylor, all living and making music in and around the area.
Hart inaugurated Roaming Roots in 2013 as a celebration of the late Levon Helm and its success gave him the thumbs up to repeat the recipe. Billed as a tribute to the legends of Laurel Canyon, this year's Revue followed in a similar vein, taking advantage of the presence of so many musicians in town for the Celtic Connections festival. Artists on the bill included Lau, Lindi Ortega, Dawes, Siobhan Wilson, Idlewild's Roddy Woomble and Frank and John from the Trashcan Sinatras – each offering their own take on a canyon related song and also allowed the opportunity to unveil some of their own work.
By the end of the show there were over 30 musicians on stage for a rousing finale of The Eagles' 'Take It Easy' and The Mamas and the Papas' 'California Dreaming'.
Frank and John took to the stage earlier in the first half of the show for a sublime take on Judee Sill's, 'The Kiss'.
Here's the promo poster for the event – a copy of which was presented to each artist who played.
The poster was designed and produced by Douglas Walker at Handcooked Posters in Stirling – there's a link on the left there if you want to explore more of his work.


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How climate change affects populations
The main activity of the team' s research program is the study of the effects of global changes on marine ecosystems, using birds and mammals as sentinels. Located in the upper part of food webs, marine birds and mammals naturally integrate the dynamics of lower trophic levels and are considered reliable indicators of the state of the ecosystems to which they belong.
The scientific objective is to understand the mechanisms of interactions between individuals, populations and their environment, in order to establish scenarios on the future evolution of marine ecosystems and populations of top predators. Past observations (long-term series over decades) make it possible to establish how changes in the environment and uses influence the demographic trajectories of predator populations and to estimate their capacity to adapt to environmental changes.
This research is being conducted in a wide variety of marine ecosystems, mainly in French mainland and overseas waters, notably in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF), with the support of the Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor (IPEV). Every year, six young contract biologists are recruited to go into the field to study marine predators (albatrosses, petrels, penguins, sea lions, elephant seals, etc.) for a 14-month break, cut off from "civilisation".
The Marine Predator Team began its activities at the CEBC in 1985. It is currently the result of the merger in 2014 of two teams located respectively in Chizé (CNRS) and La Rochelle (La Rochelle University). This natural rapprochement was preceded by the creation in 2010 of the PELAGIS Observatory which gathers the pre-existing databases of the two sites. The PELAGIS Observatory is now directly supported by the new Marine Predators team and manages spatial databases (observations, telemetry), strandings, counts and capture-recapture databases, as well as the oceanographic database of the MEMO Observing System.
Birds and marine mammals, sentinels of the oceans
The Marine Predators team studies the effects of global changes on ocean ecosystems and works towards their conservation.
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Sheek Louch - Silverback Gorilla
Published on: Mar 24, 2008, 6:06 AM PDT
by RomanCooper
The LOX have seen their names in the news possibly more in the past year than they have in the last decade. With Jadakiss' signing to Roc-A-Fella and the (until recent) persistent confusion over the group's status over at Interscope, they've been a fairly prevalent topic of discussion within Hip Hop circles. Poised to re-establish themselves as a dominant force in Hip Hop, Styles P dropped the solid Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman and the world awaits Jada's debut on Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella. In the meanwhile, it's oft-overlooked LOX member Sheek Louch's turn to follow suit with Silverback Gorilla.
The album kicks off with "Think We Got a Problem," which has its fair share of problems. First, the chopped and screwed hook would've fit better later on in the album; as it stands, it sets a tone that's different from the rest of the album. Second, Sheek is outshined by guests Game and Bun B, who sounds much more comfortable rhyming on the beat. It's not really a bad song, but it just doesn't fit where it is.
"Keep Pushin'" is an energetic ode to the grind, as Sheek rhymes with urgency about day-to-day struggles: "But you gotta keep pushin', you gotta keep whippin'/The landlord called and the babysitter's flippin'/He ready to drop everything if you thinkin' bout skippin'/But you strong and you gon' make it all good/Back to the wall and you gon' keep it all hood…/If your rent's due, I wrote this song for you."
One of several posse cuts, "D-Block/Dipset" has plenty of swagger and lyrical ferocity as Jim Jones, Styles P, Hell Rell & Jadakiss hop on for the track. None of the emcees disappoint, though it would've been nice to see more representation from Dipset. "We At War" succeeds in bringing some Reggae-style grime to the album, though it's thrown completely off by the insipid "Scrap to This." Fortunately, this cut is soon forgotten due to the album's best track, "Don't Be Them." On this song, Sheek pleads with up-and-comers to embrace originality, rather than fall victim to the formulaic tendencies that plague Hip Hop today: "Don't be them, don't be Jigga, don't be Nas, don't be Kim/Don't be them, don't be Pac, don't be Big/Be yourself, forreal homey, you that kid/Don't be Sheek, don't be LOX., don't be P, don't be Kiss, don't be Fox/Don't be 50, don't be Weezy, don't be Slim/Be yourself, forreal homey don't be them." Sheek even extends the sentiment to other areas of life, making it one of most meaningful songs to come out this year.
Things stay aggressive with the LOX-assisted "Gettin' Stronger" and "That's a Soldier," while "What What" suffers from a weak verse from guest Bully. "We Comin'" and "We Spray Crowds" don't fare very well due to simplistic rhymes and poorly executed gangsterisms, which illustrates the Sliverback Gorilla's glaring weakness – at 18 tracks, it's just too bloated. There's plenty of fat that could've easily been trimmed, as some of the aforementioned songs fail to meet the lyrical intensity of others. When Sheek is on, the results more than meet the standards that LOX fans are accustomed to. If Silverback Gorilla were cut down to twelve tracks, it could've easily been one of the better releases of the year. As it stands, the album is above average, with select moments of greatness.


Cold brew coffee replaces heat with time in the extraction process. By eliminating heat, certain oils and fatty acids, which some consider bitter, are not extracted. Cold brew coffee drinkers love its smoothness, bold flavor and flexibility. Many also say that cold brew coffee is easier on their stomachs.
The Toddy Cold Brew System developed by Todd Simpson in 1964 has popularized cold brew coffee and made it easy for both home and cafe.
On the bottom of the white brewing container, insert the rubber stopper from the outside (this is key).
Dampen the fabric filter with water and place this in the interior detent of the container.
Place the container right side up on a flat stable surface (counter) and fill with 6 ounces of coarsely ground coffee similar to what you would use for French Press.
Slowly add three cups of filtered water in a circular motion to fully saturate the grounds.
Add the remaining 6 ounces of ground coffee.
Wait 5 minutes and slowly add another 3 cups of filtered water in a circular motion.
Lightly press down on the grounds that have floated to the top surface to saturate.
Do not stir with a spin or aggressively agitate the grounds as it may clog the fabric filter.
Let steep overnight or for 12-18 hours.
Remove plug (from the outside) and place the brewing container on top of the glass decanter.
Let the cold brew coffee flow into the decanter. This can take some time.
You can use the concentrate hot or cold, starting with the ratio of 1 part coffee to 2-3 parts hot or cold water. You can also use milk or other dairy alternatives as you like. A staff favorite is making iced coffee and sweetening with Grade B maple syrup. Rich, smooth and delicious!


Tracy your review is full of good advice and suggestions to make the most of your Key West adventure. We appreciate your feedback as we are certain many will find helpful! We hope you will honor us with your presence for another island getaway!
We live it Ft Myers and have driven to Key West many times. I wanted to try this as an alternative to the long and aggravating drive due to traffic. My wife's niece was here for a weeks visit from Ohio and never been so this was our opportunity. I did miss the beautiful keys scenery when driving though.
We purchased our tickets a few weeks in advance to get the early discount and I'm 62 so got another discount for mine, big plus on both points. The boat layout was spacious and with varied types of seating inside and out it's sure to please anyone. Tip made, and I agree, is to arrive early to find an area to your liking. Like any large group attraction like this you can be sitting with strangers. Great opportunity to pass the time engaging in conversation. I'm a diver and love the sea and being on the water sharing my adventures with landlubbers.
The crew was superb. The wind was up on our trip and so was the sea. It's your responsibility to be prepared. The crew that was on the lower deck where we sat did an outstanding job handling the problems from sea sickness. I have seen the best of them, including myself, have a bad day at sea. The cat boat is a much better boat for rough seas.
There was an individual that had a medical problem beyond sea sickness and the staff sprang into action. Once the person was stable they left 1 crew member stationed by him to monitor him until we docked in KW. They positioned the rest of us to allow the medical staff from KW to come on and assist him out first before the rest. I believe it was a diabetes related problem and he walked off with medics. Hats off to the crew, outstanding job!!
Personally, it was is a long day with most of the time traveling back and forth. Since I'm not 25 it would be better to stay a night rather than do it in one day. I always wanted to take our bicycles and stay a night or 2 and next time that is what we will do.
Enjoyed the boat, the crew and the day!
We are delighted you chose to give us a try and sincerely appreciate your acknowledgement of our crew. Your review is affirmation that we are succeeding in fulfilling expectations and providing a positive enjoyable experience. The island has so much to offer we hope you do extend your stay next time. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent, flat calm both ways, 85F at the Keys, great staff on the Key West Express, good selection at the on-board bar and snack bar. Great service at the booking window the day before.Thanks!


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Who is Brit Marling and Why Is She Such a Badass Filmmaker?
Written by: Wade Sheeler, Special to CC2K
Here's Black Maria's Wade Sheeler on the independent filmmaker Brit Marling.
You probably recognize her. Even if you've never seen any of her films, she has the long blonde hair, lithe figure and Millennial stare that are American Apparel and Roxy's stock and trade. Her most high profile roles were in the low profile Arbitage and Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, neither box-office hits by any stretch.
And while she assumed these roles with the competency of a young but well educated actor, these are her moonlighting gigs. She was offered the lead opposite Tom Cruise in the sci-fi Oblivion, but turned it down, as she did the low budget torture porn franchise that auditioned her, which ultimately turned her off from the Hollywood Machine altogether.
Marling is first and foremost a producer-writer. She has currently helmed three scripted features and a documentary, and her latest screenplay is about to lens any day. This is Brit Marling, the auteur, and her creations are mesmerizing, fully-formed meditations on what it means to be young, directionless and searching for answers. But above all, they're crowd pleasers that only need a wider audience to firmly establish her as the successful filmmaker she deserves to be.
Marling graduated with a degree in Economics from Georgetown University, where a summer interning with Goldman Sachs yielded her just enough information to know this was not the life she was meant to lead. Two of her best friends that she graduated with, Mike Cahill (an ex-boyfriend) and Zal Batmanglij, drove 'cross country to Los Angeles to see if, with no contacts or prospects, they could make a "go" of a career in the movies. Several auditions and meetings later, they realized they were true outsiders with no real chance of breaking into the industry in positions that would at all reflect their true skills and abilities. That's when they started developing and writing their own stories.
Right after college, she and Cahill had lived in Cuba for two years, where they were inspired to produce their first film; a documentary Boxers and Ballerinas that follows these two occupations in Cuba and in Miami, as four different people's struggles in both the US and Cuba helps tell a greater story of racism and politicism across all boundaries. It's a raw and emotional piece of verite, which may not reflect the future trajectory of Cahill and Marling, but it definitely gives clues into their politics and their understanding of the human condition. For Marling, her work as co-director and writer on Boxers and Ballerinas obviously taught her how to tell a story and focus the viewer's attention.
Back in LA, with the street cred of Boxers and Ballerinas behind her, she and her two roommates, Cahill and Batmanglij did the unthinkable. They produced and released two films in one year on their own dime. Both films screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and were picked up by Fox Searchlight. Marling wrote and stars in both. Another Earth, directed by Cahil, is the more experimental of the two, and tells the story of a promising high school graduate, accepted by MIT, who after a night of celebratory drinking, drives her car into a family of three, killing the pregnant wife and the child, putting the husband into a coma. Four years later she is released from prison, and obviously, scarred emotionally. She finds the man she made a widow and poses as a maid offering free housecleaning. She digs deeper into his life, and whether it's love or guilt, begins an affair with the man whose life she destroyed. What makes this scenario work, and the one element that really illustrates Marling's gift as a writer, is that it's a actually a low-budget science fiction. Another Earth has been discovered, and enters into our solar system. As more becomes known about this identical planet, and communication increases, we discover everything on Earth 2 is a twin of Earth 1. So, Marling's character, as well as the family she destroyed, exist as well on this second earth. Now, the ramifications of her duplicitous and somewhat insane plan have merit. The end shot, which some viewers and critics found confusing, is, upon careful reflection, powerful and well placed.
Sound of My Voice, which Batmanglij directed, is a much stronger film, with a more assured directing style and lean and polished script. A troubled young couple (Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius) who are self-styled documentary filmmakers (could be a bit of autobiographical license) infiltrate a small cult with the objective of exposing them for frauds, but can't help getting pulled into their propaganda. Marling plays the leader, who claims to have arrived from 2054, and is here, in the present, to educate and prepare those who will listen, for the oncoming apocalypse. The great mystery at work, and it is a top-notch mystery, is whether Marling's character is who she says she is. There's just enough misdirection, ambiguity and doubt that the viewer never feels for certain. And the couple, slowly falling apart as their documentary gives way to haphazard cult commitment, is surviving on shakey enough ground that their involvement becomes believable and frightening. As with the final shot in Another Earth, there is third act twist in Sound of My Voice that could be seen as ambiguous, but is in reality a very fitting end to a well told tale.
Between production of the two films, Marling and Batmanglij somewhat went "off the grid," and whether for research purposes, or an authentic dissatisfaction with the American dream, became "freegans," the movement to live off the land, using everything that can be found from other people's trash for food, clothing and shelter. This experience inspired the team's best and most recent film, The East, an eco-thriller that has Marling's signature "indie edge," but with a script and story that is higher in concept and an unrealized significant box office potential.
Marling is Jane Owen, a bright career driven operative for a private intelligence firm that weighs the possible PR damages their corporate clients can withstand if the truth behind their seamy underbelly is revealed. Jane is assigned by her supervisor (Patricia Clarkson) to infiltrate the underground anarchist organization, The East, that launches attacks or "jams" as they call them, against these big corporations to reveal inherent corruption. In order to find The East, she becomes a "freegan," hanging out with itinerant teens until a self-inflicted injury gains her access to the East's resident physician. Once within their realm, she witnesses strange rituals (very similar to those illustrated in Sound Of Her Voice's cult) that reveal the terrorist groups' self-described "selflessness" (for example, feeding one another at dinner when they are all strait jacketed). Once Jane has completely won the East's trust, she is taken to participate in the groups "jams'" including ones that have reveal specific acts of retribution for the members. Their cult-like leader, played with" l'enfant terrible" abandon by Alexander Skarsgard, begins a flirtatious game with Jane, always keeping her off balance. As the group's jams become full fledged acts of domestic terrorism, Jane has to figure out how far she can go, and where her true allegiance lies.
As with all of Marling's work, The East carefully examines moral ambiguity and the true nature and attraction of crime, dissention, political, social and philosophical morality. These are heady subjects, but as has become increasingly apparent in Marling's work, her stories use the devices and trappings of 1970s political thrillers, while maintaining a firm footing in her own contemporary indie style.
Since The East, Marling has been busily involved acting in Danny Boyle's BBC series Babylon, and two other films, yet to be released. A still unproduced screenplay, Boar, is on the horizon. Marling has been quoted as saying she prefers acting in other peoples' works rather than writing and producing her own original creations. One can only hope this is a momentary lapse, as her abilities as a young visionary and gifted auteur are singular and extremely necessary in the current milieu of independent film.
Author: Wade Sheeler, Special to CC2K


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Cubs Steal Game From Cardinals
Posted on July 30 by Mark Gauthier
Just like that, after a pair of losses, the Cubs magically returned to steal a win from the St. Louis Cardinals last night 5-2. The key to the victory was Kyle Hendricks striking out eight batters but going seven innings in order to do it, plus his pitch count barely creeped over a hundred.
"My mindset was better, [I was] aggressive in the strike zone," Hendricks said. "Even in the first inning, I made a couple bad pitches. After that, mechanics settled in, I started repeating it better. It's just bringing the two together, repeating my mechanics from the first pitch in the first inning but keeping that same mindset, being aggressive in the strike zone, getting quicker outs. I still got in some 3-2 counts but the mindset was better."
Since his trade to the Cubs four years ago, Hendricks' best asset has been his mind. He's calm under pressure and able to collect them after a loss by trying to understand and study his mechanics and get back to work. This win reassures me that, perhaps he truly is back to his old self.
The other thing as well is that guys like Ben Zobrist, when he's contributing, the Cubs are unstoppable. So last night, he had four hits, almost hitting the cycle and had a nice grab in the seventh to help Hendricks with the win. Zobrist has been one of the best "Clutch" guys in the business.
There's also the second half experiment of Anthony Rizzo in the leadoff spot. Three home runs since the break. Not too shabby.
"We don't have the prototypical leadoff guy, we don't have that speed burner to set the whole thing up so don't try to force it," Joe Maddon said.
The Cubs need to strike while the iron is hot and continue with the experiment as long as it works.
The Cubs are still clinging to the top spot in the National League and with Cole Hamels set to make his debut against Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the Cubs will see if the acquisition will work out.
"I do think we have enough but we need to get certain people healthy," Maddon said. "I'm not talking about just getting to the playoffs, you want to play that last game. Among Morrow, Darvish and K.B., could you make three better acquisitions this time of year? It's impossible. That's the goal is to get those guys out here."
Once the Cubs can get those guys back in the lineup, the stretch is preparing its' way for the most exciting time of the year.
Rizzo Walks Off In Style
It's no secret that the Cubs rotation has suffered this season. Fans, Stats gurus and of course, Jed Hoyer have been scratching their heads since mid April. When the Cubs are good, they're great, but when they're bad, well that's for another post. Yesterday, the Cubs beat the D-Backs on Wrigley soil 7-6. but it wasn't just a win, it was a back to back home runs by David Bote and Anthony Rizzo with the walk off that sealed it for the Cubs.
"The (comeback) formula has been working for us, that's for sure," Rizzo said.
The last time the Cubs had back to back home runs was way back in 2004 to end the game.
"I think the best is yet to come for our starting rotation," Rizzo said. "I like our guys and I like our chances every single time a guy goes out."
It has been and David Bote has been the Tommy La Stella of 2018. The Cubs acquired Cole Hamels, the World Series MVP of 2008.
"He'd be pretty good," Maddon said. "I've not liked him for a long time. He's pitched some really big games against teams that I've been involved with and has done really well. He's a great competitor. He's got good stuff, but he competes and he knows what he's doing out there. I'd have to rank him as a pretty competent Major League left-handed pitcher."
He's 34 and not exactly in the prime, but the Cubs need a band aid for their struggling and ailing rotation which hasn't quite lived up to their lofty expectations that were set out at the beginning of the season. Did they sign him because he'll be reunited with Yu Darvish or was that the only one they could grab? I'm glad they didn't go for Machado because they needed pitching more. His record is 5-9 with a 4.72 ERA, doesn't sound like appealing numbers but when you look at his ERA on the road, it's decent at 2.93
The Cubs face the Cardinals again starting tonight with Mike Montgomery on the mound. There's no real cushion for the Cubs anymore. They have to show their dominance for the remainder of the season if they want to go deep into the playoffs.
Hendricks Beat By High Pitch Count
The Cubs need their pitchers to go deep into games. It's not a suggestion, it's a must. Last night, Kyle Hendricks was ousted in the fifth even after he posted eight strikeouts. It wasn't a bad outing by the Professor but his pitch count was way too high over a hundred and it wasn't enough as the Cubs got beat by the Diamondbacks 5-1
"We're talking about it with the whole staff in here — everybody, even the guys working behind the scenes — and trying to figure out if we're falling into tendencies, patterns and what to do to get bad contact," Hendricks said. "We have to do better in the 1-1 count. Just getting outs on three pitches — that has to be the focus. It's frustrating and a slower process than we hoped."
Times running out. I think one of the problems for Hendricks is batters are more patient with his style of throwing. He doesn't have many pitches to choose from and perhaps during the off season, he might pick up a new pitch.
"I thought my stuff was good today, but it was the same story — I have to put guys away quicker, get quicker outs," Hendricks said. "It's a little frustrating. I felt I made one bad pitch, the 0-2 to Jon Jay was terrible. Otherwise, it was pretty good pitches they got some hits on. My stuff is there. My sinker feels good. I have to stick to what I'm doing."
I thought for sure the Cubs would be able to gather momentum after the break, but it hasn't been the case.
Although Kris Bryant is out with a sore shoulder, he hasn't had the best season either and that hasn't helped the team either.
"He's sore," Maddon said. "I have to be proactive with that. I want to make sure that we're not pushing him too hard right now."
So the Cubs have a few spots where they're inconsistent and perhaps they're going to make something of it at the deadline but as of July 25th, they're not quite ready for the post season. Don't get me wrong, most pieces are there but pitching needs to rebound or they won't get far.
Anthony Rizzo Pitched And Guess What Happened Next?
Luke Farrell found his rhythm a little too late in yesterday's 7-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was pulled in the fourth inning.
"It was a tough start," Maddon said of Farrell. "That's the one thing we couldn't have happen tonight and it happened."
Which probably if there's a game where the Cubs sat back and figured out the holes in their pitching, last night was their game. Let's face it, Anthony Rizzo threw out a couple of balls from the mound.
"The game we lost to the Cardinals late was the one that stings the most. These games, you know, they're going to happen. We move on from them pretty easily. Obviously, we don't ever want to pitch as position players. We always joke around about it, but on a serious note, it is what it is." Rizzo said.
Yeah, that's definitely a sign that things weren't working well for the Cubs. Although, it was pretty cool seeing Rizzo and Victor Caratini pitch. It's just ironic that just over the halfway mark of the season and the Cubs found themselves in this position of well, position players tossing balls across the plate. They were supposed to have the best rotation in baseball. The bullpen is getting tired.
"That would be difficult because you're totally going to wear out the better part of your bullpen," Maddon responded. "That's my concern."
That's all of our concern. The way I figure it, the Cubs schedule is going to be "relaxed" in August so if they can rebound against the Cardinals next after the D Backs, they should be all right.
"You get into those head-banging games in September and you don't know how everyone (rookies) is going to react at that point," the manager stated. "We've had some guys step in and perform really well, but some of them have never done it under those circumstances before. I have no idea what they're going to react like." Maddon said.
August is going to be key on how well the Cubs are going to perform this fall. We'll see at the deadline.
Cubs Hammer Carpenter and the Cardinals
One of the flaws of the game today is the inability of most pitchers going deep into a game. On average, pitchers last around 5-5 1/2 innings. Yesterday, Jose Quintana went seven innings on the way to a 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
"He got better as the game progressed," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "Everything kept getting sharper. It looked like there was more jump on the fastball at the end. We needed him to go more deeply in the game and he did. I saw him getting better per hitter."
Pitchers going deep in theory, works. It doesn't always turn out that way but on paper a pitcher should last seven innings, bring in the relief and then the closer.
In a perfect world(just not a perfect game) this is the way it should roll out. Yesterday's match up worked out for the North Siders. It was also aided by Kyle Schwarber's bat.
"It shows the resilience of this team and we're not afraid to be down and fight, scratch or claw our way back into the game," Schwarber said. "That's been our M.O. this season. If we're down, we know we're not out.
Oh c'mon Schwarbs, that's been the Cubs M.O for a few years now. In fact I wouldn't chalk it up to the Cubs clawing their way back, more like they just have a really good team and that's what really good teams do.
"Wrigley was really loud [Saturday] night, the loudest I've heard in awhile. You've got the doubleheader, passionate Cubs fans, passionate Cardinals fans. It got really loud. It's always fun playing them because the fans are so into it. You play a team five times and you're usually sick of them after the third day, but it's just fun playing them." Anthony Rizzo said.
Five game series are few and far between, throw in July temperatures a rivalry and there you have it – – the makings of a great series.
With the Cubs in the top spot in the National League and third overall behind Boston and Houston, the Cubs should be in a great spot for the post season. If they can pick up some pitching for the stretch then they'll have the pieces to move well in October.
Carpenter Carves Up Cubs
It could have been worse, like an 18-5 loss but thankfully the Cubs got beat last night by an easier score of 6-3. It wasn't bad at all with the exception of Matt Carpenter who was out hunting bear in this series.
"We're seeing this guy probably at the best moment of his life as a baseball player," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
The Cubs had the lead going into the sixth inning but it happened in the seventh when Carpenter took the cover off of the ball. That home run marked his sixth consecutive game with a home run. It's pretty hard to beat a guy who's in the zone like Carpenter.
It was nice to see Anthony Rizzo with four hits but in the end, it all came down to Carpenter. Although Javier Baez was yanked out of the game along with Maddon on a call that was questionable, it probably hurt the Cubs chances with Baez in the locker room.
"I didn't think I said anything to disrespect anyone," Baez said. "It was a pretty close call. I only asked for [Little] to check with the umpire at first. [Little] didn't say anything. I threw my helmet and he threw me out for no reason — I guess for my helmet [toss].
"My message — we're not animals. Sometimes we ask, 'Where was the pitch?' or if it was a strike. They want to come at us like we're offending them. I think we can talk the things out. If you disrespect somebody, then you get ejected. I don't think there was anything there to get ejected."
I kinda disagree with Baez on this one. Yeah, it was a close call but when it all comes down to the umpire's job, it should be the umpire making the decision, not the player. My reasoning is simple; If the player's are allowed to make game decisions, then it overrides any judgement calls by the umpires. What would be the point of having an umpire in the first place, right? All they would have to do is check the replay on every pitch. That would suck.
"I told [Little] to kick me out because I was not going to leave under those circumstances," Maddon said. "As an umpire, you have all the right to kick a guy out if he's belligerent, obnoxious, profane, and Javy was none of that."
Rightfully so. Maddon's got to stick up for his players at all times whether it's right or wrong. However, I will maintain this position forever, the beauty and magic of the game will always be on the final call by the umpire. Players will go down in history and all the way to the hall of fame based on whether there should have been a certain call on a particular call.
Cubs Rally To Beat Cardinals
The Cubs have their 31st comeback victory of the season after defeating the St Louis Cardinals 9-6 in front of the hometown crowd.
"The thing I want to believe is that we avoid fatigue early," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "That would be the best way to describe it. That's been intentional, from my side of things. Is that the reason? I don't know. That's always been the sheet of music I've worked from, to not beat up guys early.
It must have worked considering that Darvish is on the DL and his return, although imminent, there's no real date set. The Cubs have managed to be swinging the bat well despite Kyle Hendricks less than stellar performance. I hope it's just "one of those years" that he's having because things aren't looking too well for The Professor.
"It was a little bit of a battle tonight," Hendricks said. "But I actually felt pretty good. The action on my fastball was good most of the time. I really felt I only made one bad pitch, on the home run (to Tommy Pham in the second)."
That could be but he ran the pitch count high and even the greatest pitchers would have a tough time adjusting to a 27 pitch first inning. That being said, there's something very wrong with the Prof this year in the first inning.
"I still have a lot of faith," Maddon said of the Cubs' rotation. "Yu [Darvish] is hurt, but otherwise they're not, and that's where I take a lot of solace and encouragement — that they're not injured. They definitely haven't thrown too many innings. I still think there's a lot to look forward to."
But there's no denying the offensive outbursts of the Cubs bats. They're getting production from just about everyone and it's nice to see Ian Happ hitting the ball well. last night he connected with a two run homer which contributed to the comeback.
"We've had a lot of them," Happ said of the Cubs' ability to rally. "They're definitely fun and enjoyable for the fans, but we'd enjoy a few games where we start up and finish up. It's just a good baseball team. There's a lot of ways to score runs, and we do a good job of staying with it."
Let's hope they stay with it until the end of October