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Son Matias Beach
Magaluf Beach
Would definatley stay at this hotel again, good location, nice rooms and value for money.
Good choice of food, cleanliness of rooms and overall hotel, friendly and helpfull staff, all day snacks and beverages. Single beds, complimentary toiletries, low pressure shower, lack of balcony furniture, not enough sun loungers around pool area.
Would definatley stay at this hotel again, good location, nice rooms and value for money.
Good choice of food, cleanliness of rooms and overall hotel, friendly and helpfull staff, all day snacks and beverages. Single beds, complimentary toiletries, low pressure shower, lack of balcony furniture, not enough sun loungers around pool area.
Everything was spot on. Cleanliness in and out of hotel. Food was absolutely fantastic. Fresh, lots of choice and delectable. Very helpful reception and management staff. Smashing.
Easy to book in and out The room smelt of smoke! WHich was very annoying as I am a non smoker! There was some very rude staff.
you can recieve english tv channels NO
Facilities were excellent, staff were friendly and the rooms were clean No
the entertaiment at the hotel was great, everyday and nite they had activities for the all family and also the hotel has a children clubs where enjoy every moment doing diffente kind of things and divided in groups for all ages, my little one is 2yrs and enjoy so much, also is a free service. the parents can enjoy and relax while the children play under supervision of staff. i did not like that the hotel only has 2 elevators and during the pick times before and after meals is so many people trying to catch the elevators and you have to wait quite few minutes..the hotel should have more elevators due to the number of rooms and floors.
Ok. No fridge, no hairdryer, poor bed, few english knowledge from staff
the Hotel in General
Easy to book in and out The room smelt of smoke! WHich was very annoying as I am a non smoker! There was some very rude staff.
Everything was spot on. Cleanliness in and out of hotel. Food was absolutely fantastic. Fresh, lots of choice and delectable. Very helpful reception and management staff. Smashing.
Good atmosphere and the Breakfast were very good. We only did B/B. No
Its location which is superb, very much near to beaches. Nothing, everything was perfect.
Turisthotel The bed!Horrible
people who worked there.Very helpful. Yes. No internet facilities. Plus no English language promgrammes on T.V. Such as CNN or BBC 24 News.
Place is good for young people, near to the beach, discos, Palma. I missed some yougurts for breakfast.
our stay was good,rooms were cleaned everyday,and the beach is across the road.Would recommend the 21 bus outside airport to hotel it is next to police and fire station.2 euros per person and takes 10 mins.We paid 14 in taxi when we arrived.
I found that they fulfilled all my wishes and also those of my friends. The rooms were clean and upon my personal request the room was cleaned even better. The balconys/terasses are amazing and big. Had a great seaview. The breakfast was good... The only thing that I really missed in the hotel was the fridge in the room. I don't know if it's possible to eventually store your food somewhere else, but there wasn't even a minibar in the room. And when we bought a cola or an ice tea we couldn't keep it cold.
locations, food was normal room cleaning was poor
Proximity to the beach, Palma and the airport. The food was excellent.
people who worked there.Very helpful. Yes. No internet facilities. Plus no English language promgrammes on T.V. Such as CNN or BBC 24 News.
If you are after a cheap holiday at the beach then this is an ok hotel. The food was nothing special and we often went out for dinner instad of eating at the hotel.
The location is excellent. They don't have a swimming or beach towel ...
Place is good for young people, near to the beach, discos, Palma. I missed some yougurts for breakfast.
The staff was very nice. Because I had a late flight but had to check out by noon, they let me store my luggage, and take a shower after I came back from the beach. The location was good also. There was only one power outlet in my room, besides the one the TV was plugged into, and it was in the bathroom. Other than that, no complaints.
Close to beach Eggs on breakfest everyday:/
Cleanliness, hotel staff wifi internet conection
Nice food.
nature and air food
The staff was polite and well trained. They served always friendly. The animation was professional, service hours were sufficient, meal was excellent, but simple. Bus transport to the Peguera beaches during the day was very comfortable. Young families are welcomed by heart. Low price, excellent meals and personnel. Little ants crossing the rooms. The buildings need some fresh colors, noisy evenings until 2400hrs depending on the weather. I can imagine that during high seasons some holiday makers will be disturbed. Locations near the pools and the Europa's place should be avoided for people who seek tranquility. This could be asked right at the beginning at the check-in counter.
Nice apartmants, good location. It seems like a nice camping. The food isn't very delicius.
Staff was nice and accommodating. The hotel complex is assembled from storey houses to the ground floor, located in the beautiful environment, surrounded by nature and flowers. Accommodation We were on the floor, the room was clean, purpose of the institution as large glass balcony. The hotel has three swimming pools and playground for children. Due to the size and environment is also suitable for families with children. So we were happy with the diet was varied. Personal dining you gave special importance to its purity as greatly appreciated. Beach is located from the hotel about 10 minutes walk for those who do not want to walk every 20 min sails free Hotel bus. The hotel is also near the stop, of which approximately 2E as you can go to o I would recommend to restore equipment sports complex. Air-conditioning is not yet in all rooms, but it is thought that next year would probably already be everywhere. Since we were on vacation in mid-September, air conditioning was not required, temperatures during the day and evening was pleasant and bearable. The weather was amazing. Who is prehnene demanding tourist and who do not mind the hotel complex is already the newest, will certainly to what this hotel offer happy. What relates to Paguera, it's quieter resort with very nice alleys and boulevards, with many shops with souvenirs, clothing, restaurants, etc.. The beaches are nice, but more could be a little cleaner. We were very happy to leave and next year we are going again.
Nice food.
Cleanliness, hotel staff wifi internet conection
The Hotel and grounds were exceptionally clean, the food was good and very varied. The rooms were clean and tidy everyday. Would recommend to anyone. Nothing
staff, food,swiming pools, animations there was no aircondition in the room, old facilities in the bathroom, the was no shuttle bus on sunday
low-rise apartments, shuttle bus to beach, outside the town, quiet nights. Paguera town apartments were basic no air-conditioning, no hair dryer, no microwave, no toaster, no kettle. these items could not be hired.
Breakfast always nice-Staff very friendly all questions answered and great facilities:pool/table tennis etc Wish our bathrom hadn't had cracks everywhere inc bath it did put me off a little bit and we had ants every day but only on a 20% capacity as they came and went.
Value for money. The rooms were large and we had a lovely view of the pool.Food was fine- lots of it! They could offer a service - we needed an iron but they didn't have one.
good value for money would stay there again good location nice and leval near beach entertainment more for the french than any other
the rooms where clean i didnt like anything, they dont like the english there, they where rude to us from the moment we walked in, the lifeguard was rubbish he was only there to get a tan and only told the english off, we would come in from a night out and they would tell us to be quite even tho we didnt make any noise, this hotal is not the the english
It's position was excellent both for the beach and the local shopping. Also it was on a bus route directly into Palma.
staff very polite room large and clean and comfortable.Pool very clean,@plenty of sunbeds. too noisy very late at night
Breakfast was ok, room need some refurbishment. Some noise at night from inside the hotel, but no big deal. Nearby a supermarket, bus, bar's, restaurants, etc. So i think it's fair for the price. Refurbishment, most certainly
the hotel is easy to find and near bus to palma and only 5 mins from airport fab value for money
clean behind beachfront poor pool good for price only stayed one night breakfast average caters more for continentals on a budget dining room on first floor location was not very good
There was no hair dryer or iron available which I feel is fairly standard in most hotels
good value geared 4 german clientelle eg tv food. room more than adequate bus service good plenty of car hire firms and taxis
the location was good and food served in restraunt was not bad either and the reception staff were helpful. There was not enough english chanels on the tv.
Fantastic hotel like for a 3 stars, we had a room at the 6th floor with the sea view as well as the hotels pool view and it was amazing; the breakfasts were excellent, everything what you need and a little bit more I would say. Hotel is maybe a little bit dated but very, very clean, in fact we have had a cleaning lady coming every day to clean the bathroom and to change the towels- every day!!! :-) Short 3 minutes walk to the beach and fantastic selection of restaurants near by, made this hotel to be in a great location away from the street noise and close to all amenities. Great over all!
The breakfast was very good, wide range of food some of the staff was not very helpfull and kind of rude
Smoking, loud music, staff
i liked that it was not near any pubs and clubs at night time so kids can get to sleep. The hotel has one of the best kids pools that i have ever seen. The room was very clean and maid service excellent. There was no air con on it might not be hot for people living in that climate but it was too hot for us to sleep at night.That would be my only quibble.
the quiet area where the hotel is situated. the price of the roooms. the kids pool and water slide.
The Staff were very nice and eager to please, the fun team were great with the children.The rooms were spacious enough and very clean. Air con was advertised but none there, it was controlled by management and at their discretion.Rough enough crowd arrived as we were leaving!
room was very dated and small
We got what we paid for and were more than happy with our stay no complaints what so ever, rooms were clean and tidy spacious everything that was rewquired. Staff were all friendly.
Staff were very friendly, was a very quiet hotel situated on the outskirts of Santa ponca
Great Value for Money, at least in the low season. Staff very helpful, convenient location, rooms basic but clean. It was perfect for extended weekend stay. I could imagine that parking might be an issue in the high season.
meeting families and the entertainment was very good too many cockroaches and not enough being done about it
the swiming pools both childrens and adult were very good,the staff were very friendly and helpful.also the entertianment was good.


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CYCLE hero Steven Burke and a crop of athletics hopefuls are not East Lancashire's only Olympic legacy —local clubs and trusts are set to share in a £260,000 windfall from the London games.
No fewer than five organisations are set to benefit from London 2012 legacy funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities programme.
Nearly £70,000 is being invested in ambitious plans by Burnley Council to create a wakeboarding and canoeing centre on Rowley Lake.
Coun John Harbour, the borough's leisure cabinet member, said: "This is a significant step towards making our ambitious vision for Brun Valley Forest Park, and particularly the area around Rowley Lake, a reality.
"The aim is to provide a lasting sporting legacy, not only for local people but also to attract visitors from a wide area."
Sport England has also given £50,000 to Pendle Leisure Trust, which will spend the funding on rep-lacing the running track at Seedhill, near Nelson, and the discus area.
And Rossendale Leis-ure Trust will use ano-ther £50,000 handout to upgrade the pavilion at Marl Pits sports centre in Rawtenstall, home to Rossendale RUFC and Rossendale Harriers.
Trust chief executive Martin Kay said: "The money will be used for the shower blocks and changing rooms and will benefit all the users, from rugby players to junior athletes."
The Bowmen of Pendle and Samlesbury, an East Lancashire archery club, formed by the merger of two local clubs, has also been given £50,000 to spend on new kit.
Around £2.3million was given out to North West organisations as a result of the latest funding round, which is part of the Places People Play Olympic and Paralympic legacy programme.
Hugh Robertson, Mini-ster for Sport and Tour-ism said: "Six months on from the start of the Games, we have extrem-ely strong foundations in place for the legacy."

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Mike & Molly, Channel Nine, 10pm
WELL, two seasons down, Mike and Molly are still fat and still in love. So much for high concept. While the likeable leads Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy have fewer fat jokes to deliver, they still have to peddle the same tired men versus women routines that were showing their age when Lucy and Ricky turned them down. Mike believes Molly when she says she didn't want to make a fuss on Valentine's Day. But she secretly does want him to make a fuss, and now it's too late to book anywhere special. Time to roll out the suicide-on-the-ledge routine. Just when viewers are checking their watch to make sure it's not a plus-size 1959, they throw in sleazy bits with elderly men in nappies, just to remind you it came from the same people who brought us Two and a Half Men.
Skins, Channel Eleven, 10.40pm
BRITISH Skins wasn't all that hot, for all its preening about the risks it took with its cast of model-attractive underage libertines. It pretended to keep it real while serving up supersaturated soap, like a sleazy chic American Apparel photo shoot. I'm with Charlie Brooker, who expressed relief the show wasn't around to rub his nose in it as an awkward teen who didn't have constant access to sex or drugs. American Skins was derided as a pale imitation, but this second episode offers some grace notes absent from the original. Soap-opera graduate Sofia Black-D'Elia is terrific as this week's feature character Tea, a mouthy lesbian heartbreaker who is only closeted at home. American-style, they make a little too much of her Sapphic ways, but there's genuine bi-curious frisson with the American Tony and some lovely work with her senile grandma, who once loved a girl back when that was hard to do.
News at Five, Channel Ten, 5pm
LIKE Mal Walden, the news at 5pm is a survivor when all around has been obliterated. The Hugh Riminton national bulletin? Gone. George Negus' genial 6.30pm current affairs show? Shut down. The Project is still with us, and just scored its first Walkley. But it speaks volumes that Channel Ten's website was not trumpeting this achievement even three days later. The 5pm bulletin is now showing the strain of filling the hour. It's not all about Helen Kapalos' departure - I never understood the need for two presenters. But about 70 news staff nationwide have taken redundancies and another 40 face the sack. So those remaining have way too much to do, on deadlines to make us masthead folk blanch. More credit that the crew mostly hit the mark on school collapses, court dramas, bushfire warnings and footy drug rumours, and haven't resorted to more shrill, grabby, overseas feeds as filler.
The Truth about Exercise, SBS One, 8.30pm
''THE chair is a killer.'' Happily, I watched this eye-opening exercise-science doco sitting up in bed. Unhappily, I definitely clock the unhealthy 12 hours a day sitting in a killer chair anyway. But there's hope for the seated set, apparently, as long as we get up and walk around regularly at a brisk pace. The presenter, medically trained Michael Mosley, is a middle-aged exercise-hater who doesn't want to develop diabetes, as his father did. To find the best way to improve fitness, he submits to all sorts of intrusive monitoring, from brain zappers to oxygen monitors to ''fidget pants'', which track how often he moves over 24 hours. Bad news? He needs to get out more, literally. Good news, three minutes of intense exercise a week - yes, a week - improves his defences against diabetes. The show itself has a little padding, but moves along at a healthy pace.


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Comments about PBS American Experience: The Amish Blu-ray:
I lived several hours from Lancaster county PA., and since Harrison Ford's movie Witness, the Amish have been rewarded and cursed with both tourist dollars, and unfortunately, tourist attention.
Well put the cameras away, and stay home. I have seen many Amish documentaries and reality shows. This American Experience offering is the best exposition on America's greatest anachronism. Nearing 2 hours long, the film takes its time in a hypnotic meditative pace through 4 seasons in a year of an Amish life.
How do you film a group of people whose religion forbids photography? The American Experience does the impossible here. Handling their subject like fine China, lives and ideas are carefully filmed and explored. A stunning visual reflection that echoes paintings by Millet, Courbet, and the films of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Original music by Saunder Juarriaans and Daniel Bensi transports this work into a realm of its own. By the final minutes, metaphors of independence (the firework sequence) and man's connection to nature, god, and time becomes a transforming and rewarding experience for viewers.
A superb piece of artwork.
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Good, informative DVD about the Amish people. A must see if your fascinated with the Amish lifestyle, as I am.


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>> Application development is surviving against outsourcing.
Staffers who classify themselves in an application development function earn a median $100,000 in compensation, ranking this function eighth out of 23. Among managers, application development ranks fifth, at $132,000, tied with business intelligence/analytics and enterprise application integration.
IT pros in the U.S. have gone through wrenching change over the past decade as programming jobs went to India and other lower-cost countries. In our 2003 survey, we asked unemployed IT pros what job they did most recently, and 16% -- the No. 1 answer -- said application development. Nevertheless, app dev salaries have held up reasonably well. In our 2003 Salary Survey, for example, app dev compensation, at a median $73,000, also ranks seventh.
We're seeing growing interest in in-house app dev teams as software becomes a more crucial part of the customer experience companies deliver. Think of mobile apps. Most companies started by outsourcing that development function, but as mobile apps have become vital to retail and other companies, they're bringing that expertise in-house.
Outsourcing shows no sign of abating. Half of the companies represented in our survey use onshore and/or offshore IT outsourcers, about the same share as in 2004. IT pros aren't quite as discouraged about outsourcing's impacts as they were a decade ago.
Just over half of staffers and managers say it has led to fewer IT jobs, compared with 75% who felt that way in 2004. Two-thirds of the IT pros in our survey say outsourcing hasn't impacted their careers, and 13% of staffers and 20% of managers say it has led to expanded or new responsibilities.
>> The gender gap persists.
Across our survey, female IT staffers earn 13% less in total compensation than male IT staffers; female IT managers earn 10% less. That gap is nearly identical to what it was 10 years ago.
However, our data doesn't explain why that gap exists, and whether women are being paid less for comparable roles in similar industries. For example, we haven't looked at whether women in our survey are underrepresented in high-paying industries such as finance or overrepresented in lower-paying ones such as state and local government. (In total, 13% of the respondents to our survey are female, 87% male.)
Our data does show that the pay gap can vary significantly by industry. In healthcare, for example, the gender pay gap shrinks to 1%. But healthcare is a relatively low-payer field -- IT staffers earn $5,000 less in total comp than the typical IT pro. In securities and banking, among the highest-paid industries, female IT staff earn almost 10% less ($92,000 compared with $102,000 for male staff), while female managers earn 20% less -- $109,000 compared with $137,000 for males IT managers.
>> A sizable minority of IT pros are embedded in business units.
One-third of the IT managers in our survey report to someone outside of the IT organization for at least half of their time, and one in five IT staffers do.
We asked this question for the first time this year because there's so much discussion about business units controlling more of the IT budget -- fueled by Gartner's prediction that the CMO will control more tech spending than the CIO by 2017.
When IT pros are embedded in a business unit, that function tends to consume most of their time. When we asked if staffers are embedded in a business unit, 19% say it applies to more than half their time, and 72% say it doesn't apply at all. Just 9% say it applies to less than half their time. The lesson for IT leaders is that IT pros embedded in marketing or manufacturing won't be able to keep a "day job" supporting ERP applications or balancing data center workloads.
With the answers to another question, we find that about one-third of IT staffers and half of managers have formal responsibilities outside of IT, even if they're still part of the IT organization. The most common areas are business development, R&D, non-IT support and marketing. Anecdotally, we see more IT pros are spending time with marketing and product development teams, as technology becomes a bigger part of these customer-facing disciplines.
In which roles outside of IT have the respondents to our survey held full-time positions? Marketing/sales (20% of staffers, 23% of managers), non-IT support (19%, 14%) and operations/supply chain/manufacturing (18%, 19%).
Don't fear the fact that IT roles and spending are drifting outside of the IT organization. It simply means the value of applied IT knowledge and skills is rising. The people who should be worried are the 46% of IT staffers and 30% of managers who say "spending time with peers in a business unit outside of IT" doesn't apply to their jobs at all.
>> Bay Area salaries are hot, even for the Bay Area.
The median base salary for IT staffers in the San Francisco area is $120,000 -- 38% higher than the median salary nationwide and 10% higher than in the No. 2 metro area, Washington, D.C. ($109,000). OK, it's no shocker that tech pros in the Bay Area are highly paid, but the gap between it and the No. 2 market is up to 10%, compared with 3% last year. Bay Area IT managers earn a median $140,000, 27% more than the national median and 4% more than area No. 2, New York.
The rising IT pay in the Bay Area appears to reinforce its place as the center of U.S. tech innovation. We're seeing a steady stream of big tech venture funding deals. We've seen companies such as Workday, ServiceNow, Salesforce.com, Google and Facebook become destination employers, while stalwarts such as Oracle and Apple still anchor the region. We've also seen established companies on the outskirts of the tech industry, the likes of GE and Ford, open offices in the valley to tap into its innovation ecosystem.
On the flip side, it will be interesting to see if more companies take the General Motors approach. As it sets up tech centers and hires thousands of IT pros in its shift away from outsourcing, GM has decided to eschew Silicon Valley for metro areas (Atlanta; Austin, Texas; and Phoenix among them) where the talent is more affordable and the competition for that talent is less fierce.
In terms of median IT manager pay, Atlanta ranks 16th, Austin 17th and Phoenix 19th among 20 metro areas covered in our survey. Detroit, where GM also is expanding and hiring, ranks 18th. Austin and Atlanta rank higher for staff salaries (eighth and 12th), but Austin's median pay is still $22,000 a year less than in the Bay Area. Railroad Union Pacific is another company opening a new office in Austin looking for talent.


text: overactor 198 Report post Posted April 20, 2013 Hi all, I'll be entirely honest, I joined this forum a few hours ago with making this thread as a sole reason. I have however read and made some post and will try my best to make this thread comprehensible and up to standard. So, I recently had an interesting idea for a game. In this 2.5D puzzle/action platformer, you play as several characters stuck in one body. You can switch between the characters who each have their own strengths and weaknesses to help you overcome the obstacles you'll face along the way. At this point you might very well be thinking: "Sounds an awful lot like Trine.". And I'd have to agree with you, which is why I'll now get to the part that tells you why it's not like Trine. The whole game is designed around the concept of permanent consequences for the characters. This means that if you jump or fall off a ledge that is a bit too high, the character you were playing with, might very well break his leg and spend the rest of the game with a limp. Or maybe he'll even simply die and you'll have to go on without him. The game auto saves over your only save file and without cheating, there is no way to undo your mistakes. The reason for this is because I wanted to have an extremely high penalty for mistakes without having to cause frustration or having to stop the game and break immersion. I believe this has several positive effects: The player has to be extremely careful and thoughtful when approaching an obstacle. A wider range of feelings is accessible through gameplay (and not story). The punishment for mistakes is neatly wrapped in within the world of the game and feels consistent with the rules of that world. Your characters actually feel fragile and therefor more human. The rest of the game is designed to amplify this effect. The characters all have their unique traits that make navigating the world easier and even make some content reachable that you could reach without them. (A very interesting and boring example could be a ledge that is too high to jump over for every character but one.). At a bunch of key point in the game, the way you handle certain obstacles will procedurally form friendships or hardships between your characters. Throughout the game you uncover a back story and each character offers a unique view on the events. The back story as I currently see it works like this: The characters stuck in this body are actually several personalities of a person with dissociative identity disorder. The player will discover this rather quickly in the game as will the characters. The person these personalities belong to had a disinterested father who he desperately wanted to make proud. At some point the father left his mother without ever saying goodbye to her or their son. The son took this very hard and was sent to a psychiatrist who taught him techniques to shut out the pain. This resulted in a split personality. From then on, the boy started creating new personalities for increasingly trivial and specific obstacles he faced in his life. He was however not consciously aware of doing this and at some point in his adult life, he noticed he seemed to black out sometimes and felt like he missed some parts of his life. Another visit to the psychiatrist reveals the many personalities. The therapist has the man relive the events that caused the creation of these personalities and tries to show his subconscious that these personalities are useless when it comes to overcoming obstacles. This is what the player plays through, a physical manifestation of the memories of this man, with the added obstacles the therapist throws in to challenge the personalities. So that's what I have so far. There are other things I've thought out but these are the ones I'd like feedback on. I really like the core mechanic and would like to hear about other people's take on it and if anyone thinks it might be effective at all. As for the back story, I'm not entirely sold on it but I believe it makes sense considering the core mechanics, it explains some weird aspects of the gameplay and neatly ties up all elements of the game into a consistent and sensible package. It is however rather cliche and has the overly typical twist. Any thoughts? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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As the keeper for the flying fox, one of the most common questions I hear is "when do they fly?" During the warmer months, I can answer that there is usually at least one bat flying from approximately 3:30pm to 4:30pm. If you see one climbing way up high on one of the 'walls' of the exhibit, they're probably getting ready to fly, especially if it's the wall closest to the Goat Barn. Why do they climb up so high before they fly, you might be wondering. Bats aren't able to just spring into flight, like birds. Lighter bats just need a little bit of space to drop before their wings can catch them but our big boys need several feet to drop before their wings can catch enough air to get lift and keep their large bodies off the ground. As they get stronger throughout the summer they need less and less room to drop before they fly and they can be seen making shorter flights in the lower areas of the exhibit from time to time.
They also differ from birds in how they land. The legs of bats are backwards compared to other mammals, so their
knees bend towards their backs and the bottoms of their feet face forwards. When they want to land, they fly just above the landing site, like a branch, grabbing it with their feet as they do so and then swinging down into their normal upside-down position. In the case of our exhibit, they usually just fly onto the soft mesh walls of the exhibit, clinging with their thumbnails and toenails.
Many people probably wonder why our fruit bats don't fly more to get from one place to another and it comes down to their natural history and behavior. In Southeast Asia, where these bats live in the wild, they spend their days roosting in the canopies of trees occasionally waking up to move to a more suitable branch or to change position. In the evenings, near sunset, one by one the entire colony flies from the trees of their day roost in search of food. Once they find trees with tasty flowers and/or fruit, which can be as far away as 30 miles, they separate into smaller family or feeding groups and eat in two hour-long sessions, resting between and after these sessions. When the sun starts coming up, they fly back to their day roosts and noisily squabble for the best positions on the trees where they start the whole cycle over again.
Here at the Oakland Zoo, they don't have to look hard to find their food. In the mornings, it's either hanging from clips in their exhibit or, when it's too cold outside, from chains in their night house and at night we put up 60 bowls full of a healthy and delicious fruit and veggie mixture out for them to eat. Any flying they do is mostly for fun! Right now we
have two Malayan Flying Fox (the larger of the two species that we house here) in particular who are superstar flyers – Kahuna and Beethoven. Most days when the temperature is above 75 degrees F, they can be seen either flying laps around the interior of the exhibit or flying from one side to the other. I got these photos of the bat superstars in action recently.


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"Work hard, play hard."
That's the motto that the Grant County High School Lady Braves soccer team have adopted for the season.
That mentality helped the Lady Braves go onto beat the Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers 4-2 on Aug. 31.
The game started out hard and fast.
By Haleigh Jacobs
Sports Correspondent
Of all the games of the season, both the Williamstown Lady Demons and the Grant County Lady Braves agree that meeting their cross-town rivals is among the most important.
When they met on Aug. 30 at Grant County High School it was clear that both teams were prepared to fight for the win.
Before the game began, Grant County senior Raven Wilson felt confident in her team's ability to beat their rival.
By Philip Frommeyer
Sports Correspondent
The disappointment was apparent for the Grant County Lady Braves as they were swept by Walton-Verona in three sets Aug. 23 at Walton-Verona High School.
Trailing most of the first and second sets, the Braves struggled to communicate on the court, leading to errors that, according to players, should not have occurred.
"Our goals are to be a more talkative team and to go further than we ever have. We are learning things from a new coach. We all want a great season and we have all the potential," said Lady Braves Senior Taylor Cummins.
By Haleigh Jacobs
Sports Correspondent
Things were not looking good for the Williamstown Lady Demons volleyball team in their Aug. 27 game against the Owen County Lady Rebels. In the first two sets of the game, Williamstown struggled to get the ball over the net.
By Haleigh Jacobs
Sports Correspondent
The Williamstown Lady Demons and Grant County Lady Braves volleyball teams are preparing to face-off in their upcoming match Aug. 30 at Grant County High School.
To both teams, playing their cross-town rival is more than just a game. Fan turnout is multiplied, players prepare for weeks, and the pressure runs high to secure the winner's title.
For Williamstown senior Morgan Potter, a game against Grant County is one of the most notorious on the season's schedule.
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hey guys do you think we should add this in kurama's trivia? "In the game, Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, when Tobi (as masked man) uses his Ultimate Jutsu, "Summoning: Nine-Tails", it is shown that Kurama had a sharingan."
Im already prepared.Tris0928 (talk) 15:56, March 19, 2012 (UTC)
anyway, just posted it as minor edit. delete if not allowed or something for you guys i wont mind. at least i tried editing something.
I guess that the game shows Kurama as when Tobi summoned him in the manga/anime. Tobi used the Sharingan to control the fox, which was reflected in Kuramas eyes. The same thing happened when Sasuke hypnotised Manda. Manda/Kurama didn't really "get" Sharingan, they where just under Sharingan control. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 16:25, March 19, 2012 (UTC)
oh ok. this is why we have admins and other people to help, there so nice. :D Thank you.Tris0928 (talk) 14:54, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
but shouldn't it still be counted cause well, he did have it. —This unsigned comment was made by Tris0928 (talk • contribs) .
- I doubt he can use it like the Uchiha. I guess it is more like a reflection of the illusion binding the fox. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 15:16, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
you mean like when the Six Paths of Pain had the Rinnegan? —This unsigned comment was made by Tris0928 (talk • contribs) .
- Not really, the sage seams to have had the real deal. I think more like Manda. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 16:05, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
oh ok. :) thanks.Tris0928 (talk) 16:30, March 20, 2012 (UTC)
It just means that it is being controlled by means of sharingan Salil dabholkar (talk) 14:48, March 24, 2012 (UTC)


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TrogdorJW - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - linkGreat comment, KF. I wasn't bashing on AMD for releasing a 64-bit CPU, but more commenting on the difficulty of getting 64-bit OSes to work properly. The basic install of 64-bit SuSE 9.1 works, but it doesn't include many features that are really desirable. DivX/Xvid decoding and encoding, sound (at least on the systems I've tried, which included integrated Via Envy and Soundblaster Live 5.1), and 3D accelerated graphics are all missing with the initial install. Since I was trying to setup a HTPC system using Linux as the basis, you can imagine what a PITA that was.
There are of course people that swear that 64-bit Linux is faster at virtually everything in comparison to 32-bit Linux, but then there are also people that swear their RAID 0 setup is significantly faster than a single hard drive in general use. 64-bit right now for *home* computing is pretty much like RAID 0: it's faster in a few specific benchmarks, often significantly so, but in general use it is really not that important. :)
For business uses (and high-end scientific, etc. computing), 64-bits is great. But then, you really need an Opteron and Opteron motherboard (or at least Athlon 64 FX on an Opteron board) for that type of 64-bit computing environment. Getting hardware out and available now will allow MS and Linux (and whatever else) to actually get to the state where "laymen" can use the enhanced functionality in two years.
The same thing happened with 32-bit computing: the 386 was released in 1986 or so, and yet we didn't really get a fully functional 32-bit OS for it until four or five years later (OS2). Windows 3.1 actually used various hacks to take advantage of some 32-bit features, and even that didn't debut until about 1990/1991 (IIRC). Compared to 32-bit x86, I have to think that 64-bit x86 is progressing quite nicely, and we should be able to make good use of it in the consumer segment "only" three or so years after its release. Reply
KF - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - linkI have a feeling for what frustration the reviewer must have gone through attempting to get things to work "the easy way" on Linux, and I congratulate his fortitude. I always try to do it "the way it is supposed work" at first too. A surprising property of Linux is how things that defy solution for the first dozen guesses ultimately yield when you find the right magic wand to wave. If you voice a complaint on a Linux afficianado forum, some superbrain will always chime in that it would be obvious if you weren't misinformed, a whiner and a fool, so STFU. Then you can get into a long discussion of why or why not. The experts will tell you that, with all the shells, tools, scripting, and free compilers inluded, Linux has built in all the facilities to automate whatever took you so long to guess a solution to. There is even a POSIX (general UNIX) standard to conform to. Automating what are long and error prone processes for people is work properly done by computers. Instead you are given a list of gibberish commands and switches to type in at the console, and if that may not work -as is not infrequently the case- you are on your own to guess why. The retailers of software long ago concluded that the major hurdle to acceptance (and profits) was installation, but the premise being that software is free for Linux, Linux authors don't like to get involved with bullcrap for girlie-boys like auto-installation. Just study the man pages.
In spite of all the things the reviewer had to compromise on, or because of it, the review gave me a clear overall picture of the state of 64 bit home computing. Still, there are abundant testimonials elsewhere from people pleased with 64 bit Linux and Windows, probably because the scope of their use is more limited. When you focus on solving one thing, it is easier.
To people who say this proves 64 bit computing should have been postponed a few years, I say: No. Until real hardware exists, you can't work out things like this. It is tough on the initial adopters, yes. That makes it easier for the mainsteam that will come onboard in a few years. Reply
Myrandex - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - linkI have downloaded SuSe 9.1 64bit edition just fine on my eMachines m6805 and my Athlon64 3200+ ps just fine (desktop easier to accomplish then laptop though). 64bit kernal should have been included I thought. And it was free to boot through YaST. Reply
TrogdorJW - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkHaving recently tried to get 64-bit Linux up and running on a system, I can certainly feel the pain. Try getting sound to work properly for added fun, especially with a Via Envy 24-bit sound card! However, that said, I have to strongly disagree with the way these benchmarks were conducted.
RPMs, while a nice "out-of-box" experience, are really quite a poor way to distribute Linux applications. Sure, they're equivalent to Windows installs, but Windows is one OS, where Linux is about 2000 flavors of the same base OS. I certainly don't see Linux as a viable alternative to Windows for most people right now, but if you do want to use Linux, you should at least use Linux on its own terms.
What would I do? First, you have to recompile in Linux. Or more specifically, I'm not so concerned about *re*-compiling as I am with compiling in the first place. Getting numerous applications to work properly pretty much requires you to compile the source code. ALSA drivers and libraries for sound are a great example. If you want an "out of box" experience, then downloading and compiling the source code with default options (i.e. "make all; make install") would probably be the best example.
Funny thing is how you end up trying to conclude with such a positive spin on 64-bit Linux, though. Encoding was pretty much a wash, as was 3D rendering (considering the application used). Database work went to Linux while gaming went to Windows. Several of the tests were even run with 32-bit binaries under a 64-bit OS, which makes the whole comparison virtually meaningless.
Reality is pretty lousy in 64-bit land - that should have been the conclusion. 64-bit Windows is VERY much Beta right now, and usually consists of running 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS. 64-bit Linux, on the other hand, is going to suck up weeks of your life as you try to get it working properly, and it still might not beat Windows, unless you're looking to run a database or web server. Woohoo! Sign me up. Reply
sprockkets - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkThat windows lite version which of course is not being sold here in the states would be good. I would use that version in all my computers I sold as well.
Unlike also with SuSE 9.0, 9.1 doesn't have a kathlon kernel, but then again compiling it from source will fix that quick like, or then again, the only processor to compile for in 64 bit SuSE at the time is for an AMD Athlon 64. Reply
Miguelito - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkI would highly recommend that you consider doing an addendum to the article with the linux applications recompiled. I'd also use the better windows applications that are available as well to compare best to best.
I've done some testing with applications at work, and even something simple like openssl sees huge increases in speed when recompiled vs using the binaries from the RPMs. I made some quickie graphs comparins openssl speed tests on itaniums, opterons and even 32bit xeons/opterons: http://www.miguelito.org/openssl and you can see that simply recompiling the same version made a big difference on all the platforms. Reply
Locutus4657 - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkSo when do we get to see an AMD vs. Intel 64 bit comparison? Reply
Gatak - Monday, July 12, 2004 - link19# You can disable those services. You can enable firewalls, routers and other things. If you do not like the eye candy you can remove that too.
Drayvn - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkto post 19: they are making a windows gaming OS, where it is totally optimized for games and stuff, go look around im sure ull some information about it somewhere Reply
sprockkets - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkWould be nice if the games that are developed on non windows machines would then run on non windows machines. It's nice to see UT2k4, but I guess all the hype and rage (perhaps even rightly so) is DirectX instead of OpenGL.
If they made a version of windows strictly for gaming I would go for it, since that's all I need it for, and since it would do only gaming, it wouldn't be so vunerable with no unecessary running services in the background. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linktsadowski: Its actually pretty clean. I wouldnt compare it to Gentoo at all. Thats probably also why it has an RPM repository - so you CAN work with it out of the box.
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tsadowski - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkI find it interesting that you test Fedora Core 2 and expect it all to just work perfectly. Is Fedora not the bleeding edge code, hack it yourself, hobbyist version of RedHat? Not unlike Gentoo? To expect it to just work "out of the box" without some hacking is foolish at least, and at worst perhaps an intentional attempt to slander Fedora/Redhat? I have played around with Fedora Core 1 and while I wouldn't say that it is the best distro I have ever used. I wouldn't bad mouth it without acknowleging it's hackerish, homebrewish nature either! Reply
jspaleta - Monday, July 12, 2004 - link#15
along with the flags, the specific versions that you compiled would be good to know. Actually since its compiled I would be interested to know if you had to install/compile any additional build requirements beyond what is available in Fedora Core as well.
I would also be interesting if you could rerun the
lame encoding benchmark against the lame build currently available in the stable x86_64 fc2 rpm.livna.org repo, as a comparison.
KristopherKubicki - Monday, July 12, 2004 - link#8, 14: lame and mplayer are compiled. I will get the exact flags and details posted soon.
#8 again: SuSE gives you two options for installing the drivers - manually, as we did or via YAST. I just chmod 0 /usr/X11R6/bin/X, ctrl-alt-backspace and then run the driver. You can also hit F2 during startup and tell it to go into "failsafe" mode.
#10: Thanks Matt, id like to work closer with MS to get that. I have a feeling Intel's compiler will show up for x86_64 soon, being as nocona is available now.
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jspaleta - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkI would like to know from where the reviewers
got fedora binaries for memcoder, mplayer and lame for fedora core. These untilies do NOT come as part of Fedora Core, are not built by the Fedora Core buildsytem, and can be obtained from a number of different repositories. I would personally like to know if different builds of mplayer/mencoder/lame from different locations experience different results.
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Term - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkOut-of-the-box the video-drivers for Linux from NVidia have Fast Writes disabled, but you have enabled it right?
damn good article btw
// Term Reply
Possessed Freak - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkErrors on graphs:
Why are the key color orders reversed. Shouldn't red/64bit be on top in the key?
Why does the order of the OS's change seemingly randomly in the graphs? I thought it might deal with performance, but I could not see a relation.
Regardless, good article. Reply
LostInSpace927 - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkI am thinking someone needs to a little research before typing an article.
"Unfortunately, you can't even try the Personal version of SuSE 9.1 without forking the $90 because the Personal edition does not ship with a x86-64 kernel."
I downloaded SuSE 9.1 free od charge from www.linuxISO.com.
All the longer it took me to find this was a few seconds googling.
Matthew Daws - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkTo say that there is no 64-bit compiler for Win64 is slightly untrue: a CPUID.com article uses a beta VC++ 8.0 from the "Microsoft DDK for Windows Server 2003" CD. Sadly, it produces awful code from C++ and cannot optimise less common FPU functions. So, in that sense, there isn't a compiler capable of compiling a whole application: simple benchmarks are possible though (and show 5-35% speed increase, due to more registers mainly).
Thanks for a good article! --Matt Reply
Gatak - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkWhy do you not test Gentoo Linux. Sure, it needs to be compiled from scratch, but gives execptionally good performance.
I realize it doesn't give a single equal platform to test over different hardware if you recompile all the time. However, you can make your installation to a A64 machine and then save the diskimage and use the same image on each machine you will use.
Good attempt to a 64bit Linux test =). There aren't many out there! Reply
sprockkets - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkI'm not sure how you are saying that you used RPMs for Lame that came with each distro. I use SuSE versions 8.1 - 9.1 and it has NEVER come with LAME by default. Neither is Mplayer bundled with SuSE 9.1, but I'm usually forced to use an RPM install of Mplayer since for some stupid reason it keeps complaining on configuring that I don't have the dev files of gtk installed, which I do. At least it would configure and install sometimes in SuSE 8.2.
The only thing also I could at is with an Asue nForce 220 board SuSE worked ok with the drivers from nVidia installed by YaST in 8.2 (ver 9.0 would give me a nice blinking light on my monitor with the LiveEVAL cd), but with version 9.1 and the drivers for the 2.6 kernal, when I installed the drivers the whole computer would freeze seconds after just starting an 3d OpenGL screen saver. Couldn't kill X, only could hit the reset button.
Could you say how you installed the nVidia drivers, at least for SuSE 9.1? Reply
roostercrows - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkimo, linux needs a reality kick in the a**. there are millions of us that would like to use this "os" but over the last two years i have started and stopped repeatedly, it's just not ready for the masses of regular users. ie:
# 2 "support fixes it USUALLY within a week or so". i agree, it's such a wasted opportunity for linux! just ask yourself what percentage of windows users are going to "recompile all of their source"? Reply
OddTSi - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkYou guys conclude that "encoding, database, and rendering tests" show a distinct advantage with Linux over Windows after running a couple of tests that used programs that are more optimized for Linux. Wow, I'm speechless. Reply
jacob0401 - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkError on page 5? the second graph shows 2 fedor core labels, i tihnk one whouls be suse. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkViRGE: Ill get back to you on that answer when i can make a more informed decision as to why the numbers were different.
jiulemoigt: I was not blasting linux. i simply wanted to run benchmarks that we could all replicate. I would love to do an "AT Optimized" linux review, but i have a feeling it would be outdated quickly with the volitility of the OS.
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jiulemoigt - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkI'm confused by one thing that stands out more than anything else... I thought the whole point of Linux is you can recompile all of your source, yet the whole review blasts linux for not being perfect out of the box? I run both w2k and redhat (yes the expensive version) and most of the software works out of the box or support fixes it usually with in a week or so, but I have recompiled all and all source I had because you write an optimised complier once and use that on everything and makes things much more uniform. When I consider this takes less work that buildeing an image with all of the patches MS requires to function, is this not apples and oranges or at least bias toward windows? Yes I realize I'm not a normal user but how many hardcore gamers do NOT know how to install their own OS at least? Reply
ViRGE - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkKris, how(if at all) can you explain the differences in LAME performance between this set of benchmarks, and Anand's initial A64 benchmarks from the A64 launch(http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?... Anand's numbers show a 30%+ boost in performance in LAME, so why aren't we seeing any such boost here? Reply
tribble - Monday, July 12, 2004 - linkThe nVidia graphics driver incompatibility with Fedora Core 2 has been fixed with the latest driver (1.0-6106) released on June 30. The Fedora Core 2 kernel uses a 4K stack size (as opposed to the usual 8K stack).
From the release highlights of the latest driver:
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LOVELESS PEOPLE WILL DISAPPEAR, THEY WILL LOSE. THE ONES WITH LOVE WILL TRIUMPH. The ones with love will enjoy the best life in heaven. The ones that love are the friends of Allah. The loveless ones are the friends of satan. THE LOVELESS ONES, ALLAH TOOK EVERY BIT OF GOOD THING THEY HAD. THEY ARE LEFT ONLY WITH THE BAD TRAITS. THEY ARE LEFT ALONE WITH THEIR CONTEMPT, ARROGANCE, IDIOCY, REPULSIVENESS, FILTH, FEAR, INFERIOR COMPLEXES AND LACK OF HOLY LIGHT. AND THE ONES WITH LOVE ARE BLESSED WITH HOLY LIGHT, BEAUTY, WELFARE, HAPPINESS, LOVE, JOY, PLEASURE OF ALLAH, BLESSINGS AND HEAVEN, INSHA' ALLAH.
Surat Az-Zukhruf, 44
"It is a (source) of greatness for you and your people. You will surely be questioned about it."
Allah says you will be questioned about only the Qur'an. The abjad value is 2013. So we understand that in 2013, it will be very apparent that the Qur'an is sufficient. So 2013 will be the year of the Qur'an, there is a sign of that, insha'Allah.
Surah Hud, 117
"Your Lord would never have destroyed the cities wrongfully as long as their inhabitants were putting things right."
"...as long as their inhabitants were putting things right" In other words, while the Mahdi (as) is operating, while he is communicating the message of Islam, "Your Lord would never have destroyed the cities wrongfully". He says, "I would not destroy those cities". "I would not," He says. Listen, "Your Lord would never have destroyed the cities wrongfully as long as their inhabitants were putting things right". If there is communication of the message of Islam going on says the Almighty Lord, He says, "I wouldn't destroy a place if the Mahdi (as) system is present there". The abjad value is 2020.2013-02-19 21:33:25


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Topic: Dad Update
Well my dad went in for his chemo with a lot of bloating. They did a CT scan. They found a spot on his liver and his pancreas and the nodules on his omentum grew.
They now want to do Oxaliplatin and 5 FU as the chemo for a secondary defense. They said this will work for about 16 wks then there is nothing they can do.


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Tribe drubbed in Carrasco's short-lived return
Righty ejected in fourth in first big league action since August 2011
CLEVELAND -- Carlos Carrasco's return to the mound on Tuesday night was a testament to how far sports medicine has come. The starting pitcher's performance in his season debut for the Indians made it clear that he still has a long way to go.
Pitching in a Major League setting for the first time in two seasons, Carrasco labored and the Yankees pounced, sending Cleveland to a 14-1 loss at Progressive Field. Adding insult to his comeback from injury, Carrasco was ejected after hitting Kevin Youkilis with a pitch in the fourth inning.
"I feel really bad," Carrasco said. "I feel good, because I'm coming back and everything, and I feel healthy. But I know it doesn't look good."
Carrasco allowed a home run to Robinson Cano on the pitch prior to hitting Youkilis, but the pitcher insisted he did not hit New York's third baseman intentionally. Carrasco even stopped by Indians manager Terry Francona's office to offer an apology and an explanation.
The loss was the second in a row for the Indians (3-5), who have struggled to find consistent starting pitching in the season's early going. Cleveland's only wins by a starter have come with staff leader Justin Masterson on the hill, and the rest of the starters have done little to ease the worries about a rotation that was one of the American League's worst groups a season ago.
As Carrasco's night unraveled, and then ended abruptly, Francona was focused on doing what he could to save the arms in his bullpen. That is why he turned to Brett Myers -- Wednesday's planned starter -- and stuck with him to the bitter end, even while the veteran right-hander was being beaten badly by the Bronx Bombers.
"We had Brett on reserve tonight just in case Carlos didn't get deep," Francona said. "We didn't expect this to happen, but he knew that was a possibility. ... Losing a game is not fun, but Brett saved our bullpen. So hopefully we can win a game [Wednesday] night."
The Indians did not announce a starter for Wednesday after the game.
Carrasco was on the sideline last year, spending the entire campaign working his way back from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. Prior to his forgettable meeting with the Yankees, the right-hander's previous outing came on Aug. 3, 2011. He underwent season-ending surgery that September.
In the first inning, Carrasco flashed his potential by hitting between 95-97 mph on the radar gun and escaping a two-on, none-out jam unscathed. When Carrasco induced a double play for his first two outs in the second, he looked to be on the cusp of a promising outing.
"He had electric stuff out of the gate," Francona said. "His stuff looked so good coming out of the chute."
That changed in a hurry.
The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs behind a pair of hits and a two-out walk. Brett Gardner, who tormented the Tribe all evening, followed with a two-run single to center to put New York on the board. Cano then delivered a two-run double to left to push the Indians into a 4-0 hole. In the third inning, Ichiro Suzuki kept things rolling with a leadoff home run off Carrasco.
Carrasco came unglued in the fourth. Once again, the pitcher created two quick outs on ground balls before running into trouble. He issued a two-out walk to Gardner and then surrendered a two-run home run to Cano, who has six extra-base hits and seven RBIs through the first two games of this four-game set.
All seven runs off Carrasco came with two outs.
"Every time I got two outs, I just walked or gave up a base hit," Carrasco said. "I lost my control and everything. I tried to be too perfect with my fastball and slider, everything."
Carrasco's last pitch sailed high and inside to Youkilis, hitting him on the back of the shoulder.
Home-plate umpire Jordan Baker walked out from behind the plate and ejected Carrasco from the contest. Carrasco spent the first five games of this season serving a suspension (previously issued as a six-game punishment) for a similar incident in 2011 with the Royals. Carrasco had not served the suspension yet due to missing last year with the injury.
"No one ever knows if a guy truly does it on purpose," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, "but he just came back from a [five-game] suspension. If it was on purpose, it's probably going to be longer and it's not a good idea. If it wasn't, it looks like it was. Either way, it doesn't look good."
Carrasco was charged with seven runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings, ending with two strikeouts and two walks. Myers entered in relief but did not fare much better. In 5 1/3 innings, Myers surrendered seven runs on 11 hits, including three home runs.
Youkilis launched a two-run shot off Myers in the sixth, and Lyle Overbay and Brennan Boesch later delivered one homer each in a four-run eighth for New York.
While Cleveland's pitching struggled to tame the Yankees, the Indians' lineup was unable to solve veteran Andy Pettitte. The left-hander logged seven innings and scattered five hits with four strikeouts and three walks. Pettitte's lone blemish came in the sixth, when Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera belted a home run, his second shot of the season.
"That's a hard way to play," Francona said of the early deficit. "And then you've got a guy on the mound [Pettitte] who knows exactly what to do with a lead. He's running that cutter in on the righties and he makes it a little bit bigger, it turns into a slider. He got a lead and he knew exactly what to do with it."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Many depicted the 2012 Chase for the Nextel Cup as a Heavy Weight Title Match. We are now in round 10 of that battle and two competitors stand ready to come to blows if needed to win the title.
As both Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski prepare to square off this weekend in Homestead, it is clearly a "Rocky Balboa" moment. You have the seasoned championship veteran facing off against this relatively unknown kid that is brash and full of youthful confidence.
Johnson knows the pressure of performing on this type of stage and plans to use the days prior to the event to rattle his young opponent.
"He may be very comfortable and calm now," said the five-time champ on the building pressure of this week. "At some point the magnitude hits, and I've lived through it five times. There's a turning moment, and we'll see how he responds"
Facing a 20 point deficit, Johnson knows that his only hope is to lead the most laps and win in the final race.
"I think either way we'll be in good shape," said Johnson on his situation. "We'll have a fast race car and go out and race hard, and then if some luck comes our way, we'll hopefully be ready to capitalize on that, as well."
Keselowski has never faced the type of pressure that he will face this weekend. It has brought many experienced drivers down and Johnson is quick to point out how misfortune can jump up and bite you.
"We look at the IndyCar championship and how it unfolded at Fontana," observed Johnson on how Penske lost the title there in the final race. "It seemed like it was a lay-up race, and things can happen."
The mind games are just part of the hype of the contest. How you handle it will either make or break you. Keselowski is putting his strength in those surrounding him.
"I think it comes from the people that you're surrounded by and how comfortable they are," said Brad on his support group. "I think that's probably the biggest thing that you can do is be surrounded by people that share that same passion that you have but also put out a level of calmness that is somewhat addictive."
The tendency of someone in Keselowski's situation is to be a little more cautious but, the point leader is not planning on changing his style in the final event.
"I'm going to go out there and play my game, race my way," Keselowski said on his strategy. "That's got us to this point, and if we do that, we'll be fine, and I think that's our approach."
If you go back to the Rocky reference, Johnson has been using his best Apollo Creed impression to intimidate his young challenger. Keselowski is the perfect Rocky in that he just doesn't know what he's up against. In the final round, the young challenger knocks out the champion. It will be interesting to see how this all turns out.
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