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Behind Carrasco, Tribe takes series from Yanks
Making first start since April, righty delivers five scoreless innings
NEW YORK -- The aura of Yankee Stadium appears to do wonders for Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco. The packed house, all the history and tradition and the lineup filled with high-priced stars create a concoction that does not intimidate, but rather calms the Cleveland starter.
"There's something when you face the Yankees," Carrasco said. "There's something you feel in your body. You want to throw a shutout."
In his second career start in the Bronx, and his first start since April, Carrasco gave the Indians five shutout innings to set up a 4-1 victory for the Tribe. The win helped the Indians take the series two games to one, marking Cleveland's first series win on the road against the Yankees since 2008.
Circumstances led to the Indians revisiting the concept of Carrasco as a starter. After his showing at the Stadium, Cleveland plans on keeping the right-hander on the starting staff for the time being. The Indians thought enough of Carrasco to give him a spot in the Opening Day rotation, and the club wants to see if he can finally take flight in his latest chance.
"I don't think it was a case of buying a start," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "I think we want to see him start."
After beginning the season in the rotation, Carrasco went 0-3 with a 6.95 ERA in four April starts, pitching his way into a long-relief role in the bullpen. Due to the recent struggles of Zach McAllister and Josh Tomlin -- both no longer in the starting rotation -- and the trade of Justin Masterson to St. Louis, the Indians turned to Carrasco for Sunday's start in the Bronx.
Over the past few months, Carrasco found a rhythm and embraced his role in the bullpen, and he planned on taking the same mentality into his outing against the Yankees. Heading into the game, Carrasco had a 2.30 ERA in 26 relief outings, dating back to his transition to the bullpen at the end of April.
Carrasco credited bullpen coach Kevin Cash with helping him improve his approach on the mound.
"He's the guy who talks to me every day," Carrasco said. "He told me, 'Go hard. Don't worry about anything. Don't change anything. Do what you can do.' ... When I was starting in April, I was thinking too much about everything. For the four days it was, 'OK, I'm going to face this guy, I need to do this, I need to do that.'
"For this game, I didn't think about any of that. I was thinking, 'I'm going to face the Yankees,' and that's it."
In his most recent relief appearance on Tuesday, Carrasco logged 59 pitches in four innings against the Reds, putting him in a position to be stretched out further in New York. Carrasco worked efficiently through 77 pitches, issuing no walks and allowing only a pair of hits -- a single to Jacoby Ellsbury in the first and a single to Stephen Drew in the second -- in his five frames.
The right-hander struck out four and retired the final 11 batters he faced in order before Francona turned to his bullpen.
"That was awesome," Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis said. "We wanted him -- when he got his other chance right now to make a start -- to take it inning by inning and treat each one like he's coming out of the 'pen and just has to pitch for one inning. Throw strikes.
"I thought he did an outstanding job today and kind of really set the tone for us. He looked great. I think he's gaining his confidence back on the mound as a starter. That's what we saw."
The Indians (59-59) provided all the support Carrasco needed with three runs against starter Hiroki Kuroda, who lasted only 4 2/3 innings for the Yankees.
Twice, Kipnis and Michael Brantley teamed to create a run for the Tribe. Kipnis singled and scored on a base hit from Brantley in the first inning and then doubled and crossed the plate on a sac fly from Brantley in the third. In the fifth inning, Kuroda issued a bases-loaded walk to Cleveland catcher Yan Gomes to put New York in a 3-0 hole.
Gomes provided some insurance for the Indians with a run-scoring single off reliever Shawn Kelley in the seventh inning.
"We started playing small ball kind of down the stretch last year," Kipnis said. "We might be getting back to that here soon just with the type of players we've got. That works for us. I know if we clean up our defensive side, pitchers are going to keep a low-scoring game hopefully, and we can win some games."
That offensive showing was plenty to help Carrasco earn his first win as a starting pitcher since June 29, 2011. As a result, Carrasco snapped a streak of 17 consecutive starts without a win, which was tied for the longest such drought in franchise history. Masterson also went 17 starts in a row without a win between the 2009-10 seasons.
"The hope was that he'd pitch well," Francona said. "But to get through five and the way he did it, and to stay in his delivery, to hold his stuff, to command his pitches, to change speeds, that was really exciting."
It was similar to a start Carrasco had at Yankee Stadium on June 13, 2011, when he blanked New York over seven innings to help Cleveland to a 1-0 victory.
"I went last night and talked to my wife," Carrasco said, "and I said, 'I'm going to do the same job I did three years ago.'"
There is just something about seeing those pinstripes for the pitcher.
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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A POLICE officer has issued a fresh appeal for information after arsonists set fire to a caravan in Colchester.
Police and fire crews were called to Rockhampton Walk to find Roy Griffiths's caravan ablaze.
The disabled pensioner had managed to pull the caravan away from his home.
The caravan, which contained keepsakes such as pictures and letters, was destroyed.
Police were called to the drama at 8.30pm on Sunday.
It is believed entry was forced to the caravan and it was then set alight from inside.
PC Martin Willsher said: "The victim was extremely fond of the caravan and a great deal of time had been spent refurbishing it and fitting it out.
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A fraudster who conned Sutton taxpayers out of more than £60,000 has been prosecuted after spending years trying to wriggle out of being punished.
Worcester Park woman Lynne Hampson, whose son Sam Hampson is a professional rugby player, was found guilty of falsely claiming income support and council tax benefit while earning thousands of pounds each month by renting out rooms in her seven-bedroom Langley Avenue property four years ago.
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But she has spent time since then trying to get out of being punished while legal experts unravelled the false identities she tried to use to make her fraudulent claims.
Now she has finally been punished after a judge at Croydon Crown Court last week sentenced her to 28 days in prison suspended for a year.
Sutton Council's strategic director Gerald Almeroth said: "Fraudulently claiming taxpayers money is a very serious matter.
"Our investigation team has worked hard to uncover the full extent of Ms Hampson's deception. It has been a drawn out process because she was using multiple aliases to cover her tracks.
"We will continue to ensure that our borough maintains its reputation for fairness.
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Over the course of five years Hampson told the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) she received just £20 a week for rooms in her house - despite it having a swimming pool in the back garden.
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She pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in 2009 but it has taken four years to finally sentence her after she twice tried to withdraw her guilty pleas.
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Lefty hurls 6 1/3 innings; Parra also contributes with arm, bat
PHOENIX -- Seven starts into the 2013 season, it's hard to imagine a better beginning for Patrick Corbin.
A little more than a month into the season, the 23-year-old New York native already has dominated his childhood team at Yankee Stadium, outdueled Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers and, with another methodically impressive performance Thursday night, defeated World Series MVP Cole Hamels.
Behind Corbin's continued brilliance, the D-backs won their fourth straight game, 2-1, over the Phillies in front of 20,002 at Chase Field.
Coupled with a Giants loss to the Braves, Arizona's victory moved the club into a first-place tie with San Francisco atop the National League West standings.
"Obviously it's exciting," Corbin said of his season. "But I just want to keep level-headed and make sure I don't get too big on myself. I'm just glad we came out with a win, we have a nice little streak going."
The left-hander tossed 6 1/3 innings and allowed just one run Thursday, becoming the first player in franchise history to open a season with seven straight starts of at least six innings and two runs allowed or less. The last pitcher to accomplish the feat for any team was Ubaldo Jimenez in 2010 with the Rockies.
The victory improved Corbin's record to 5-0 on the year and lowered his ERA down to a minuscule 1.75, ninth best in the Majors. Not bad for a guy who barely made the team out of Spring Training after winning the final spot in the club's starting rotation.
"We're not surprised," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "We have total confidence in him. He's got a great head on his shoulders, he's a total ballplayer."
To secure the win, Heath Bell came on for the third consecutive night in the ninth inning and tallied his third save in as many days, following D-backs closer J.J. Putz's elbow injury that landed him on the disabled list.
Since allowing four runs in his first 2 1/3 innings this season, Bell has turned things around in a big way recently, surrendering just three runs in his last 13 frames.
"At the start of the year, I didn't do well and I was lost, I had no idea what I was doing wrong," Bell said. "Then we sat down and figured it out. It was just me going out there and finding my niche and executing pitches. I started doing that and now I'm pitching well."
Offensively, the D-backs did enough to back Corbin's stellar outing but struggled in key chances, batting 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and relying on a pair of RBI groundouts to plate both of Arizona's runs.
Gerardo Parra was the catalyst Thursday for most of the D-backs' bright moments that didn't come from the pitching staff. The outfielder threw out two Phillies on the basepaths, collected a pair of hits and drove in a run.
"Parra was really good," Gibson said. "He made a few very good plays tonight."
Stuck in a scoreless tie in the fifth inning, Corbin helped his own cause by driving in the game's first run with a groundout against Hamels.
"I was trying to make sure I didn't swing and miss," Corbin said. "I'm just glad we got the run in."
An inning later, the D-backs gave Corbin a bit more breathing room in the sixth, manufacturing another run on a Cody Ross double, Martin Prado groundout and Parra's swinging RBI bunt to go up 2-0.
After Corbin cruised through the first six innings, Philadelphia finally broke through in the seventh with the help of a little luck. Delmon Young led off the frame with an infield hit after first-base umpire Vic Carapazza ruled that Cliff Pennington's throw forced Goldschmidt off the base. However, TV replays showed the first baseman still had a foot on the bag when the ball reached his glove.
Two batters later, Carlos Ruiz singled up the middle to put two on with one out. At that point, Gibson went to his bullpen and pulled Corbin after 89 pitches.
"I saw his velocity going down and he was missing his spots," Gibson said. "Earlier he was pounding the zone. They were also coming around to bat for the third time."
Two jam shots off Matt Reynolds later led to a run, but the left-hander escaped the inning by inducing Jimmy Rollins to pop out.
Reynolds, 28, has now tossed 17 scoreless innings to start the season.
Before Bell closed out the game, David Hernandez turned in a clean eighth, his third straight shutout frame after blowing three saves in a span of five outings.
"He was great, he's throwing the ball better," Gibson said. "He's got better location and his breaking ball has a little more depth to it that makes it much more effective."
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Shoppers at Overstock.com will now see a new payment option when they go to check out.
That's right: beginning Thursday, Overstock began accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment, becoming one major online retailer to take the plunge.
So far, the company has had about 800 orders from Bitcoin users, worth about $120,000, said Patrick Byrne, Overstock.com chairman and chief executive.
Byrne said the average order so far has been about $150, much of it for jewelry and furniture. He said one of the first orders was actually for a $2,700, 13-piece patio set.
Will others follow?
Byrne said he read the large orders as Bitcoin users were "trying to tell me thanks." He said that, by being a major retailer accepting bitcoins, others will be forced to follow.
"I'll be shocked if you don't see Amazon and eBay and Wal-Mart and Target accepting the coin, too," he said in an interview with Bankrate.
Overstock had announced several weeks ago that it intended to begin accepting Bitcoin, but had originally put a timeline of about six months to start.
But Byrne said the response to the news of his announcement was "so amazing. ... It made me realize there are a lot more people who want to see this happen than I had been imagining."
Byrne said Overstock.com worked with several companies but ultimately chose Coinbase, a startup payment service for cryptocurrencies, because Coinbase offered to bring people to Overstock to help speed the process.
That six-month timeline quickly shrunk to a month, Byrne said. Then, on New Year's Day, the timeline was squeezed again, down to 10 days.
For now, people buying stuff on Overstock.com using bitcoins must be aware that returns and refunds are eligible only for in-store credit, except for canceled or unfulfilled orders. And bitcoins can only be used for orders shipped to the U.S.
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Overstock's move to begin accepting the cryptocurrency as a form of payment was not only a business move but a political statement, Byrne said.
"As one who believes in limited government, this attracts me because it is a form of money that no government mandarin can will it into existence," Byrne said in a press release.
To be clear, Overstock is not actually dealing in Bitcoin. Coinbase converts consumers' bitcoins into dollars and transfers the dollars to Overstock.
Byrne said that decision was made to hedge some of Overstock's risk. Indeed, Bitcoin's value continues to fluctuate, so a bitcoin worth $900 could quickly drop to $750, for instance.
But Byrne, who doesn't own any bitcoins himself, also said he could see a time where Overstock deals directly in Bitcoin.
A small but growing number of businesses are allowing consumers to use Bitcoin to pay for things, although Overstock is one of the largest retailers to come on board.
"People in the Bitcoin community, they understand the revolutionary nature of our action," Byrne said.
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THE amount of people in Worcestershire suffering with cancer who waited more than 31 days for their treatment to begin increased sharply in May.
A meeting of the governing board of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust on Wednesday, June 25 heard the amount of people waiting less than a month between a decision being made on how their condition will be dealt with and the treatment starting had decreased from more than 98 per cent in April to just below 95 per cent in May – below the target of 96 per cent.
The trust – which runs Worcestershire Acute Hospital, Redditch's Alexandra Hospital and Kidderminster Hospital – hard the figures were the result of a number of factors including a 20 per cent increase in breast cancer referrals as well as patients agreeing to defer their treatment until after the Easter bank holidays.
But the trust also heard the amount of cancer patients waiting longer than the mandated 62 between their original GP referral to a treatment plan being agreed had decreased dramatically.
While the target was missed in almost 25 per cent of cases in February, this decreased to less than 14 per cent in May, above the trust's target of 15 per cent.
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Over 350 decorations and medals are on display at the National Museum of Military History.
The Ditsong National Museum of Military History was opened in 1947 after World War II, originally to commemorate South Africa's role in that war in support of the Allied Forces.
As Field Marshal Jan Smuts stated on its opening, memorials 'serve to remind us of our past, of great deeds of heroism and sacrifice; they also serve as a pointer, and sometimes as a warning to the future'.
The scope of this military history museum in Johannesburg has expanded to include all military conflict South Africans have experienced, and today its collection contains over 44 000 items in 37 categories, including aviation, armoured fighting vehicles, uniforms, communications, medicine and military music.
Displays include the Anglo-Zulu and the Anglo-Boer Wars, World War I and II and the anti-apartheid armed struggle waged by Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC.
Some of the highlights at this military history museum include:
- a one-man submarine called the Molch, used by the Germans in World War II;
- a visual display recording resistance to war and national service throughout South Africa's military history;
- hundreds of orders, decorations and medals;
- the history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) until integration into the South African National Defence Force in 1994;
- the role of South African women in war service;
- the Me 262 B-1a/U1 aircraft, the sole remaining example of this night fighter in the world.
The museum's library has rich archival resources for those researching relatives who fought on South African soil, or who were members of the country's armed forces. It continues to record oral histories to ensure the experiences of ordinary servicemen and women are preserved for posterity.
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The museum's closest neighbour is the Johannesburg Zoo, and its a good one too with exotic animals and pleasant picnic spots. Going south down Jan Smuts Ave, you're not far from the Newtown Cultural Precinct, while northwards lie Rosebank and Sandton, Johannesburg's two biggest shopping hubs.
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What is best way to get the time it took for Php MySQL to process a Query?I am doing this currently:1- When the Query is POSTED I set:$t1 = $SERVER['REQUESTTIME'];
2- When the Query is done, that is after:mysql_query($sql_chk_url) or die(mysql_error());I set:$t2 = $SERVER['REQUESTTIME'];
However, $t1 $t2 are always the same even though it takes like 5 seconds for the page to come back vs 1 second. etc.
What to do?
$SERVER['REQUESTTIME']; will display the time in which the request was made, not the current time... You could run a difference between that and time() at the very end of your script for a full page process time. Use time() before and after your query for your query process time.
I switched to time(); for getting $t1 & $t2, but I still see a difference of 0.000 between the 2!
Bah, ok microtime() then.. See examples on http://php.net/manual/en/function.microtime.php
I did as you suggested.That is now I have at the start of the page:$t1 = microtime();
and at the end of the page after the Query is down and the page generated:
$t2 = microtime();
however, some of the time I get a Negative value! What the HEK!
This should be super simple, but actually microtime requires a careful reading of the manual.
Return Values
By default, microtime() returns a string in the form "msec sec" ... If get_as_float is set to TRUE, then microtime() returns a float
So microtime() is useless for any kind of math, and you should almost always use microtime(true).
That seems to work fine. That is microtime(true) results in more negative time diffs.


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I heard the term "expansion chassis" and almost choked on laughter.
Ok, Ok.... I got their new slogan all done. "The new Imac, you'll need a second job just to buy one" Seriously a 12 core xeon? nothing needs that power unless your into video editing or running some high end servers. ECC Memory? get ready to fork over serious cash as "MAC Memory" is already expensive enough. "10 Times faster then any hdd" Well sounds like ocz's enterprise level PCI based SSD solution (insanely expensive). My guesstimate this thing will cost $5000
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Saint Leo University softball team (15-10, 2-2 SSC) extended their winning streak to five games, as they defeated the Lynn University Fighting Knights (10-14, 0-4 SSC), 6-3 in the opening game of a three-game Sunshine State Conference series, Friday afternoon from the McCusker Complex in Boca Raton, Fla.
Tatiana Casis provided the offensive spark for the Lions once again, smacking two home runs and driving in three runs, while catcher Brittany Yates delivered her seventh home run of the season in the first inning. Lions' starter Ashley Urbanik did a tremendous job in the circle for Saint Leo, tossing seven complete innings, scattering only five hits and sitting down eight Fighting Knights in the win.
Saint Leo quickly put the Fighting Knights at a deficit, as Casis and Yates connected on a pair of home runs to give SLU a 3-0 lead.
With two down and nobody on, Casis started the Lions scoring by sending her team leading 12th round-tripper down the leftfield line and over the fence to give SLU a 1-0 lead. After a walk to Ally Maddox, it was Yates turn at the plate and she did not disappoint, launching a 2-2 offering to nearly the identical spot of Casis's ball down the leftfield line, extending the Lions lead to 3-0.
Lynn jumped on the scoreboard in the third, as a groundout by Meaghan Osbourne scored Brittany Gross from third base after she had reached on a bloop double.
After neither team could score in the fourth inning, the Green and Gold blew the game wide open in the fifth. Amber Martyn was the first to plate an SLU run as came around to score on a throwing error by the Fighting Knights' second baseman. The error extended the inning for the hot-swinging Casis and with Tiffinee Harvey on second, Casis made best of her opportunity, as she took a Christie Kaufman offering deep over the left centerfield fence to push the Lions lead to 6-1.
The Fighting Knights tried to stay in the game, as they scored their second run of the ball game in the bottom half of the inning off a pair of singles.
In the next inning, Urbanik (8-9) did a tremendous job to work out of a bases loaded jam surrendering just one run, using a strike out and a double play to minimize the damage.
With the score 6-3 in favor of the Lions heading into the bottom of the seventh, Lynn gave one more shot at the Lions' ace but could not break through as Urbanik buckled down and struck out two of the final three batters looking.
Saint Leo has now won eight of their last nine games, while Urbanik has won three consecutive decisions. Casis has also recorded a hit in eight of her last nine games.
The Lions will conclude their SSC series with the Lynn University Fighting Knights in doubleheader action on Saturday, March 14 from the McCusker Complex. It's an early start as well, with the first pitch coming at 10:00 am. Both games will be broadcasted live on the Saint Leo Lions AudioCast Network.


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The coast has always been our first line of defense against hurricanes for southeast Louisiana. Recognizing this, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) developed the Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy designed to help save our coast. In the simplest terms, this strategy highlighted below shows how natural features of our coast (like barrier islands, marshes, and ridges) compliment manmade features (like levees) to protect the Greater New Orleans area from hurricanes. (View The Rise and Disappearance of Southeast Louisiana by Dan Swensen on nola.com.)
Applying this strategy, LPBF looked to its Comprehensive Habitat Management Plan. The CHMP consists of over 100 projects and is the blueprint for restoration of the habitats in the Pontchartrain Basin. The CHMP projects were prioritized choosing the 10 habitat restoration projects that would also provide flood protection for the Greater New Orleans area. These projects became known as the Pontchartrain Coastal Lines of Defense Program.
You can access a copy of the Pontchartrain Coastal Lines of Defense brochure here. (Large .pdf file.)
The Multiple Lines Of Defense Strategy
Lopez, John A., 2006, The Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy to Sustain Coastal Louisiana, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Metairie, LA January 2006
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Do you mean when two of the same consonant appear in a row? (And, if so, what is the other option, simplification?) Or do you mean that some kind of assimilation takes place or what? That is, is /kp/ optionally [kp:] or even [p:]? Or does this sort of cluster not even occur?


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – With the 2012 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships less than 24 hours away, the Saint Leo community has all eyes on Tim Olson. Olson, a senior from Land O'Lakes, Fla., became the first ever men's swimmer to qualify for the DII Championship, which will be held Wednesday, March 14 – Saturday, March 17, at the Mansfield ISD Natatorium in Mansfield, Texas.
Earning an invite in the 100-Yard Freestyle event, Olson will also have the opportunity to compete in the 50-Yard Freestyle, 200-Yard Freestyle, and 100-Yard Butterfly events throughout the week. The 50-Free is slated to take place on Wednesday, March 14, while the 100-Fly and 200-Free is set for Thursday, March 15. Lastly, the 100-Free is scheduled for Saturday, March 17. For each day of the NCAA Championship, trials will be held at 11:30 a.m. (EST) and the finals will be contested at 7 p.m. (EST).
Live scoring and video of the Championship events will be available each day at NCAA.com. A detailed schedule of events can be found by clicking HERE.
It's been a long road for Olson in his four years with the Lions, but one filled with plenty of success and accomplishments. Currently the school record holder in the 50-Free, 100-Free, 100-Fly, 200-IM, and 200-Fly, Olson is no stranger to victory in the water. Along with his individual records, he has also been a member of all five relay teams that set new program bests while securing NCAA "B" cut times.
Named Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Week twice in his senior campaign, Olson ranked third overall in the individual standings against some of the toughest competition in the nation. A total of 51 student-athletes will be representing four SSC member institutions at this year's championships, including 28 men's swimmers. Florida Southern, Nova Southeastern, Tampa, and Saint Leo will all have at least one representative in this year's competition.
For the latest news, updates, and information on Olson's quest for success at the 2012 NCAA Division II Swimming Championship, visit saintleolions.com.


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Waiting for - Google watch and explorer
How's this gonna work especially if you have a protective case like an OtterBox, where the home button is covered?
Okay... now that Apple will release the 5S on the 20th... lets go get one.
*sends someone to stand in the queue till the 20th*
Once we have the super-awesome Apple tech, we shall tear it apart (but we will insure the 5S because we are cheap and have lost a lot of money to Apple in lawsuits).
Then we extract the sensor... make some fag**ts study it day in and day out... 6 months on and we shall have our brand new "innovation"... Samsuck fingerprint sucker! Ready for release!! Woohooo!!
Of course... we shall take precautions... if caught, we have devised a secret cyanide pill compartment in your Samsuck "smart"-phones.. use them! No one gets caught! Else we'll have a lawsuit and you will have to bend over again!
This brings the end to personal privacy. Not only now government can track everyone's location and information, we're now foolish enough to provide our fingerprints.
Ignorance to the max.
U from N Korea dude? You sound like one... My condolences to u...
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Fox Promotes Generation America, "Conservative Alternative To AARP," To Attack AARP
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On October 30, Fox & Friends hosted game show host and Generation America spokesperson Chuck Woolery to slam AARP as a partisan organization that has lobbied in support of President Obama's health care reform law. That Fox would host Woolery to slam the AARP as "partisan" simply isn't credible, given that Generation America is itself a conservative advocacy group that lobbied stridently against the Affordable Care Act. Generation America also has a financial stake in attacking AARP, as both groups compete to offer the same services and discounts to senior citizens.
Host Steve Doocy began the interview by questioning AARP's nonpartisan stance and introduced Woolery as a spokesperson for Generation America, the "largest conservative alternative to AARP."
Woolery slammed AARP for engaging in the fight for health care reform, calling it "disgusting" for the organization to say it is nonpartisan. He claimed that AARP coordinated with Obama administration officials to orchestrate the passage of the bill, and said that health care reform "would not be a law today if it were not for AARP."
AARP was indeed a prominent supporter of the Affordable Care Act, noting its crucial benefits for members who lacked insurance coverage. According to a June statement following the Supreme Court's decision upholding the law: "AARP supported passage of the Affordable Care Act because the law contains numerous protections that benefit our members, their families and other Americans age 50 and over, for whom the lack of health insurance coverage -- or affordable coverage -- is a serious challenge."
It is also not unusual for the AARP to be actively involved in legislation. The group routinely spends millions per year on lobbying efforts.
Meanwhile, Doocy failed to note that Generation America is a direct competitor to AARP, offering much of the same benefits to seniors, such as insurance, credit cards, and travel discounts.
On Fox & Friends, Woolery claimed that Generation America wants to "inform seniors more than anything else." But the group has been a vocal opponent of the Affordable Care Act, promoting a petition on its website to repeal it. In a December 2010 op-ed in The Washington Times, Generation America founder Michael Young wrote, "Americans reject Obamacare by overwhelming -- and growing -- majorities because it was shoved down our throats with none of the transparency Mr. Obama repeatedly promised, using the kind of partisan politics he assured us would by now be a thing of the past."
As previously reported by Media Matters, Generation America has also sponsored Glenn Beck, who called the group "your conservative voice in the government" and the answer to the "sham" that is AARP.
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I thought I was doing well when I got 6k or so (succumbed to the forest boss on that one, didn't have the right character for it so picked up as many chests as possible and headed on to defeat) along with plenty of armour and runes. Made up for missing out on a possibly big bounty over the previous 2 runs, did a 4k run and got the toll skipping item, rolled a Spelunker the next time and thought I was sure to be in the big money, only to stupidly die in an early room. Getting more on that one run than those two combined made me feel better about things!
Lvl 95, at the final boss. The third and fourth bosses were just a matter of getting a spellsword + flame barrier combo. Apparently I made bad choices in leveling all around and now the boss is unkillable. I planned for the long run a build with great cheap damage scaling, didn't expect it to be this short :P
My choices now are grinding the castle for 4-5 extra levels of damage and maybe some equipment or uninstall the game and watch the ending on youtube.
You know, the comparison to ghosts and goblins seems weird. The game plays much more like castlevania games imo. Kind of a cross between the newer ones (metroidvania style castle exploring) and the old ones (gameplay and level design.) It even borrows a lot of its spells from castlevania secondary weapons.
Which is good, because I adore early castlevania games but hate ghosts and goblins.
Decided to turn off curse and make a more concerted effort to defeat the forest boss and was lucky enough to roll a spellsword with the chakron second try, took a fairly hazard free route to the forest, dispatched the boss in no time and headed back to the castle for more chests and explore of the Maya.
Seem to be surviving there quite well at the moment, on that run and the one subsequent I managed to pick up a few more runes and so on but on both occasions never found the boss room. Hopefully can role a Spelunker (I've got randomize so ahve a couple of chances!) soon and the architect it up to get a feel for the boss.
Level 87 now, both castle and forest are a breeze unless I'm careless and run into spikes or am using a curse rune. Speaking of runes I've unlocked tons but it seems pretty pointless, I can't imagine not using dash or sprint and filling the rest with a combination of bounty, curse, vampire, siphon or balance depending on class/aim seems to do the trick nicely. They also become too expensive to really be able to experiment with different combos.
I just spent what felt like hours suiciding people because I wouldn't get a heroe that's capable of killing the dungeon boss. Turned off the game after I realized what I was doing.
Many of the runes loose their purpose in the later levels. What's 6hp gain on enemy kill if the damage received by one hit is over 40, even with ~150 armor? Also item drops seem to be too rare, I'm swimming in gold that I just keep spending on the small gains from the by now absurdly expensive stat upgrades.
I was really surprised to see this game topping the Steam Best Seller's list... Albeit half the titles on that list are pre-orders, so it could just be a slower week than it seemed at first blush.
Ah. There is something hiding on top of the tech tree. Awesome.
My best run so far was with a near sighted midget Hokage. He was so tiny nothing could hit him. Managed 10k and 4 fairy chests before a Doomtrait got him.
I just cannot wrap my head around this game. Watching NL's Let's Play of it he mentioned that it can become somewhat of a grind. The general consensus I get is that that is not really the case for most people, but it certainly is for me. On average I manage to collect about 90 gold and kill three enemies before dying. Meaning I have pretty much reached an impasse where I cannot progress further without a massive injection of skill or good fortune.
Maybe I'm just not good at games any more or maybe it's because I have maybe an hour a week to spare playing them and no longer wish to be challenged. Though I managed to complete Dark Souls twice; it didn't have enemies that move in random patterns off screen (which I have always found difficult, and the reason that after 20+ hours I gave up on ever getting very far in TBoI) or weapons that have an indeterminate hit radius (apparently the first 3/4's of your higly polished hitting stick are duller than a nightclub in Belgium).
@EOT - you're where I got to in the demo, and why I didn't buy the game.
IMO the game is Ghosts and Goblins level hard but without the control and careful design of that game - so you're endlessly thrown into "impossible" situations and expected just to suck-it-up (see earlier on trying to get the right hero to progress).
It's a shame - there are some lovely ideas in here but it lacks polish - it lacks attention to detail, especially in balancing the game for a decent range of player skill levels etc.
Usually, games do this by letting you 'chip away' at upgrades, but this doesn't - it's all or nothing - and as such I think it sucks.
See, Demos. They're so much less ubiquitous than they once were I often forget they exist. If I'd remembered (or read this thread) I might have saved myself £12.
I think a lot of the people who feel the game is too hard are missing the point. Unlike Dark Souls where it's extremely hard but you're not really supposed to die, in this game, you are supposed to die and frequently. The idea isn't that you take one character and get really far. In fact, it's near impossible to beat the first boss with any of your first 10 lives unless you just don't get hit. The idea is progression through lives, so you die a lot and get just enough gold each time to upgrade one thing and then the next time you're stronger and eventually strong enough to tackle everything.
Having said that, there are some things I DON'T like about the game - mostly just the way they handle money in the game. I DON'T like that they take your money each round. It's frustrating and stupid when I feel like I just wasted 5 minutes and died with 10 gold less than I needed. It also makes it harder for lesser skilled players to level up because you have to have a good run to do anything. I just don't see the point honestly. In addition, I hate how a lot of the things (especially runes) scale in price. It's just stupid how every time I return to the store, the gold requirement is more. It makes it so it takes forever to get all your runes and you can't experiment. It makes it so you can't fill up lesser desired items in the skill tree with bad runs because their price raises the longer you don't bye them. It makes it so the longer you play the less rewarding it feels because you have to have better and better runs to buy things and average runs are worthless. It's just a stupid design decision that I don't even understand.
I also don't get why they put in "You're gay" as a trait. Why do they feel like they got to push that into everywhere even where it doesn't belong. I just get sick of it being shoved down our throats everywhere, especially when it doesn't even make any sense at all (if they're gay, how did they get children to be heirs?).
Well in the middle ages, and for most of history gay people had children due to social pressure all the time.
I agree that there's some very unforgiving design in this and you can't get lucky with a very strong item combo like in TBoI. Your character can't get any stronger during a run, only after death so you're forced to get better at the game very quickly.
I'm still butting my head against the 4'th area with little progress.
I figured out that the problem with the controls is that most animations have a terrible startup frame value. We're used to immediate results and in here there's no possibility of on-reaction skills, every action has to be preventive. Also there's also some frames for turning around, so if you miss as soon as you hit the button you're stuck with the whole animation for the wrong side, and if you're mashing probably twice. The active frames in down attack are terrible, but I think that the ability would be horribly overpowered otherwise.
I liked the gay trait. It does nothing. You're a normal person. Got it. There's two different backlashes: "omg they put gay as a bad trait" and "omg why are they pushing gay everywhere". Both of them are equally annoying. It's there, on purpose, trying to be incloosif and DWI.
As for progression I'm not finishing the game because I'm at the final boss, underleveled because I decided to skip-rush the dungeon, and not in the mood to grind 10-15 levels worth of HP/STR+equip just to see the ending.
So I'm trying to give it another go (to assuage my guilt over wasted money) and I have another annoyance to add to the list. 'contact' damage. Enemies being able to damage you by contact has always been annoying but when you have to jump up to flying enemies to be able to attack them and they move in to you it is doubly so. The odd delay and range on attacks doesn't help this either.
I'm not sure why I do it to myself really...
I've given it another go these last two days and I'm enjoying it way more than initially. I still feel there is something really weird with the controls at times though.
Well it does something. It switches which statue gives you meat and which mana. I also read it slightly changes the ending.


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DETECTIVES are investigating a stabbing outside a Colchester supermarket.
Officers and paramedics were called to Aldi, on Magdalen Street, shortly after 2.30pm.
It is believed the man sustained the injuries outside the Colchester YMCA, before rushing to the nearby supermarket for help.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Police are investigating an assault in Colchester.
"Officers were contacted shortly after 2.30pm following reports of a stabbing in Magdalen Street.
"Officers arrived and found a man aged in his 20s suffering from abdominal injuries in Aldi.
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Or dudes and chicks... whatever you prefer... its here. It's the end of august and look at the forcast. The last two days have been good and its only going to get better. I'm so freakin stoked. The summer was long and filled with knee high crap, so if your like me your a bit out of tune, now is the time to gear up for the fall and winter bombs that are sure to head our way. I hope everyone is as exited as I am after the last two days of surf, and I look forward to sharing our waves with any bodyboarder, surfer, or Macdonalds tray ripper who paddles out next to me. Oh hells yeah. This is what we live for on the east coast so do it up... I know I will.
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• blandiloquent •
Pronunciation: blæn-dil-ê-kwent • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Smooth-talking, honey-tongued, flattering.
Notes: Today's word is another tottering on the brink of extinction; most dictionaries have already given it up. The Oxford English Dictionary has retained the noun, blandiloquence, and an adjectival cousin, blandiloquous. We need to retain this word, however, if for no other reason than it sounds better than smooth-talking or blandiloquous.
In Play: When today's word was last used, it, too, had acquired the pejorative sense of "smooth-talking": "Some blandiloquent used-car salesman convinced Millicent to buy a 1986 Chevy with 150,000 miles on it." However, since we must revive it, we might just as well revive it as a neutral term, "Bridget is so attracted to blandiloquent men that she only goes out with subscribers to alphaDictionary's Good Word series."
Word History: Today's is another case of lexical larceny by Mother English, this time of Latin blandiloquentia "smooth-talking". This word is a compound composed of blandus "soft" + loquor "to talk," whose verbal noun is loquentia "talking, talk". Oddly enough, the Proto-Indo-European root underlying bland- is mol- "soft" (compare Italian molle and Portuguese mole "soft") in the usual three ablaut flavors, including mel- and ml-. The word-initial combination [ml] sometimes became [bl] in Latin, hence Latin blandus with a suffix -ndus. In Greek we find malakos "soft," in Serbian, mlad "young," and in Russian, molodoy "young" with the same root. English inherited this root through the Germanic languages as melt and mild.


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Second son of Samuel Chamberlain (1788-1865) and Mercy Cotton (1792-1880), of Cayuga Co., NY. He first married Catherine Helm Brink (1828-1861) in 1849 in Richland Co., OH. They had four daughters: Ida S.; Catherine; Ella E.; and Laura N. Dr. James N. Chamberlain was an 1849 graduate of Western Reserve Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons, Cleveland, OH, with a thesis on pneumonia. He began his career as a physician in OH. The couple removed to IN in 1853. Catherine died in 1861. After her death, he took Sarah E. Thomas (1835-1918) as his second wife in 1862. They had two children: Harry D. and Nettie E. After moving to IN, he served as sheriff of DeKalb Co. from 1860-62. During the Civil War, he cared for wounded U.S. soldiers and in 1865 became a surgeon of the 152nd IN Volunteers.
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Thread: Modem Bottleneck
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Modem Bottleneck
I was wondering if a modem can be a bottleneck for my download speeds? Its a Thomson TG585 v8 and its one of those stock ones you get when you sign up to a new ISP (Plusnet, 8mb). Its also connected to a router.
Anyway its about 2 and a half years old now and a couple of months ago the exchange in the village finally got upgraded. So going from a 800kb/s speed to 2MB(Steam Downloading) was a big thing. I am sure it could go a little faster then that as I am only 90 meters away from the exchange? I also went onto Plusnet to see what packages I could upgrade and damn I can not only get a package that is faster (16mb), it is also unlimited and £5 cheaper per month. Its really strange but I suppose there is a lot more competition to choose from now that I don't live in a arse backward village.
I am waffling so in short should I buy a new modem to take advantage? Will it increase my speeds? I have seen these ASDL+2 modems which I am sure I can get now and work. Not 2 years ago when I was sucking on copper wiring instead of fibre optics.
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Firstly, all ADSL travels over copper - your house is connected to a copper wire all the way to the exchange. The new FTTC stuff extends fibre to a big green box in your street (Fibre to the Cabinet) - still copper into your house tho.
That modem is an ADSL2+ item so it should be capable of speeds upto 24mbps - if it were an older ADSL modem it would have maxed at 512kbps!
The speed you actually get really depends on
a - distance to the exchange
b - quality of connection
c - speed at the exchange
Stick your postcode into a speed checker (all providers have one) and see what your exchange is offering/what you max can be.
Then take a peek at your modem's connection stats - the things you're interested in are the Attenuation and Noise figures for the down and upstream connections. They tell you what the quality of the line is like and if there's room to increase speed on the line.
You might want to make sure you test it on the master socket in the house - and disconnect EVERYTHING else INCLUDING microfilters to do that.
It's also possible your line has a profile on it to slow it down for some reason but only your ISP can find that our (from BT themselves).
Bottom line - it's unlikely to be just the modem unless it's borked - and if you want a new modem, just sign-up with a new provider and you'll get one! :)
Last edited by trjp; 09-02-2013 at 02:08 AM.
Your modem can have an impact on what speeds you're getting, say if it's defective or if it's a dodgy modem. At 90m from the exchange, you'd expect fairly decent speeds. Trjp covered the rest of it. Getting a decent modem is pretty important for improving stability - I have a Billion 7200n which is one of the recommended modems here in Australia. I'm 2.4km from the exchange on a dodgy line on ADSL2+. Theoretical max is 24mbps, but I only ever get as high as 6mbps. Before swapping to this new modem I had a lot of connection issues and sync speeds were all over the place. The new modem helps, but it's no replacement for a clean line.
But you're on an 8mbps connection, right? You're getting 2MB/sec from Steam? That should be maxing out the connection... the max speed that an 8Mbit connection can reach should only be about 1MB/sec (8000 / 8 = 1000). Remember that connection speeds are reported in megabits (or kilobits), not bytes. Unless you're reporting your connection in MB/sec in which case that doesn't apply. Could you clarify if your 2MB figure is in kilobits or kilobytes (i.e. reported by the modem, or reported by Steam/some download)?
Getting an ADSL2+ modem is useless unless you're on a 2+ service. If you're capped out at 8mbit I don't think you're on ADSL2 but check anyway. Also if you think ADSL service is backwards, it's the primary service over here in Australia ;) even in the cities! at least until the Federal Government stops playing favourites with their new fibre network rollout.
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Plusnet are fairly on the ball and I'd expect their modems to be fairly good - they even do the (seemingly crazy, according to any other ISP) step of changing the default user/pass before even shipping it to you.
They also provide your estimated and current speed in your account online: https://portal.plus.net/my.html?action=data_transfer_speed
Also, I didn't think ISPs limited by speed as part of the package, only by throttling during high traffic/you using too much?
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Just to clear up the speeds - I get 17.5-18.5mbps actual connection speeds that works-out at 1.8-2Mb/sec downloads - the exchange is about 90m as the crow flies - I think that's about as good as it gets (my Noise figure is under 6db which means I'm pushing my luck a bit)
The exchange tests the line and adjusts the profile based on drops and unsyncs - some people think if your modem is dodgy or you power-it-off too often that can have an affect - but it's not like your speeds are painful?
The max possible speed on ADSL2+ is about 30% more than I get - so maybe a little over 2.5Mb/sec from Steam - but I've never seen anyone get anything like that. I know people closer to the exchange and they see little more than I do.
If you really want more oomph, I've seen a couple of FTTC installs which were getting almost exactly twice my speed - so 4Mb/sec (that's about 12Gb an hour). I really don't care about that but I'd love faster uploads, I'd love to be able to backup more stuff into the Cloud. I have a 60Gb Dropbox account but filling it would take weeks!!
Most ADSL implementations range between 8mbps and 12mbps max downstream (G.DMT and GLite), with ADSL2 being around 12. ADSL2+ goes up as high as 24, but I don't know anyone who gets that. A while ago here in Australia the base ADSL plans were 256k, 512k and... um, maybe 1.8mbps, can't even remember but it wasn't much higher than that. Sometimes they'll limit the speed for "last mile" service to achieve better stability.
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Thanks for the replys. I wasn't really bothered if I could get more speed, 2Mb is not to be sniffed at. I always found it misleading when ISPs advertise there packages as UP TOO 8mb like you could ever get that speed plus I thought maybe a modem can be a bottleneck like most computer components can be. Anyway I did do a speed test and I can get up to 19.1mb so I think my line is the Boss. I'm just capped on it due to the current package I have. I don't think i'll bother with a new modem, this one seems to be working just fine.
Could you clarify if your 2MB figure is in kilobits or kilobytes (i.e. reported by the modem, or reported by Steam/some download)?
Your modem can be the bottleneck if it's a really old one. I once had a Copperjet 1616 and it was pretty slow (I think it capped out at like 8Mbit). I called my ISP and the guy didn't even believe I still had that old POS (I was grandfathered in when my current telco acquired the one I originally signed up with).
They sent me a new modem and my speed increased (at the time, I think it was 2008, I paid for a 16mbit line). So, it's possible. What is the advertised rate on your connection?
I'm 1000 meters away from the exchange (according to copperline test), I pay for a 30mbit/3mbit line and I get 32mbit/3mbit. At 90 meters, you should easily get the maximum advertised transfer rate.
I wore out an ADSL modem that was around 8 years old. When upgrading from 3 to 7Mbps last fall, it got 4 briefly, but then became progressively slower. The ISP replaced it for free with an ADSL2+ modem/router/wifi combo (a Westell 7500) which happily gets the full rated speed.
This Slashdot discussion is what made me suspicious of the old modem: Why Does Wireless Gear Degrade Over Time?
If you've got a problem with the exchange itself, good luck getting anywhere with BT. If they dragged their heels any more in fixing problems like that in my area, they'd be moonwalking by now.
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It's worth remembering he's getting about 75% of the maximum possible UK line speed - and 95% of the max I've ever seen (and I've seen 100s of connections as I fix the things!!)
Getting significantly more than 2Mb/sec from UK broadband requires either Virgin cable (and a miracle) or FTTC which is about 3-5 times the cost.
I'm actually struggling to think of a single good reason for faster downloads - faster uploads would rock but the cost isn't trivial.
Last edited by trjp; 09-02-2013 at 09:30 PM.
Seriously? In that case, UK internet sucks. I'm on a cheapo line, and it's 32/3 (for 22,50 euro/month, including phone and free local calls.). The best they sell right now in my area is cable at 120/10mbit (!) with phone and TV for 63,95 euro/month.
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I can apparently get FTTC for three times what I pay now (it's hard to nail the exact cost as it's a TV/Phone/Broadband package) - I know that BT's standalone service was over £40/month when launched and has dropped under £30 already (I suspect due to lack of interest?)
That gives you 'upto 76Mb' download (three times the previous max) but anecdotal evidence is that few people see anything like that sort of speed. Typical speeds are more in the high 30s to mid 40s. Uploads are 'upto 7 times faster' and they seem more consistent. I would still take me a day-and-a-half to fill my Dropbox tho...
There is also an "upto 160Mb" option but no-one I've spoken to has managed to qualify for that yet and I'm really not seeing the point!?
The big problem in the UK is that cable never took-off. It had 2 brief periods of popularity which both ended in the company being bought-out and all implementation cancelled. It seems unlikely anyone would go that route ever-again, so in the UK we're stuck with whatever ADSL/SDSL solutions BT are working on.
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I've got FTTC for about £15/month. It#s the "up to" 40MBIT package, that gets 40MBIt (near enough), at a location where ADSL2+ (up to 24) gets >4mbit.
A friend in the same development got BT's 70mb offering, and gets >60
Since then though they've realised that trying to force the old copper network to work with broadband is batshit crazy when things just keep getting bigger, so the government pulled its thumb out to build a proper FTTH network called the National Broadband Network (which it'll then proceed to sell, because assets). Unfortunately they've managed to screw up the deployment by prioritising safe or marginal ALP political seats as an incentive to vote. My seat (a very, very safe Liberal seat) has been entirely ignored and they have zero plans. Meanwhile the Libs can't make up their mind on whether they want it or not. They've tossed around some ridiculous wireless plan, which is never going to work. Lately though they've admitted that we need a network that doesn't suck.
Politics and ISPs, goddamn mess.
Yeah. Those political dinosaurs need to realize that fast internet is vitally important for a nation going into the future. They're rolling out FTTH here as well, but the rights to do so have been sold to private companies who are taking their sweet time. The rollout for my house is planned for 2015, which is absurd. Hell, there are even new houses being built right now without a fiber line. Put that stuff in there now, even if you can't connect it yet.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. –Saint Leo softball players Brittany Yates and Alex Garris were selected to the 2012 All-Sunshine State Conference Team, it was announced Wednesday by SSC officials. Both Yates and Garris earned spots on the Second Team.
It is Yates' second appearance on the team, while Garris is a first-time member.
Yates, one of the most prolific hitters in program history, concluded her four-year career as the Lions' leader in home runs with 35 and doubles with 50. During her final year with the Lions, Yates compiled a team-best .373 batting average, while starting 53-of-54 games. In addition, she led the team in nearly every offensive category including, hits (59), runs (36), doubles (12), home runs (5), and RBI (44).
Garris also put together a solid campaign as she finished second on the club in hitting with a .346 average. The junior also compiled 53 hits and stole 13 bases while scoring 27 runs.
A total of 28 student-athletes were been named to the all-conference team. Rollins' Monica Meadows was named Player of the Year. Tampa claimed the rest of the major awards, with Deanna Henriott chosen Pitcher of the Year, Meagan Burke named Freshman of the Year, and Leslie Kanter tabbed Coach of the Year.
Voting for the All-SSC Softball Team was conducted among the league's softball coaches and sports information directors.
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