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Ewing sarcoma is a cancer that occurs primarily in the bone or soft tissue. Ewing sarcoma can occur in any bone, but it most often it is found in the long bones such as the femur (thigh), tibia (shin), or humerus (upper arm). It can involve the muscle and the soft tissues around the tumor site as well. Ewing sarcoma cells can also spread (metastasize) to other areas of the body including the bone marrow, lungs, kidneys, heart, adrenal gland, and other soft tissues.
Ewing sarcoma accounts for about 2 percent of childhood cancers. About 225 children and adolescents are diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in the U.S. each year. It is the second most common malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents. Ewing sarcoma most often occurs in children between the ages of ten and 20. More males are affected than females.
The exact cause of Ewing sarcoma is not fully understood. There seems to be no known risk factors or prevention measures available. However, researchers have discovered chromosomal changes in a cell's DNA that can lead to Ewing sarcoma formation. These changes are not inherited. They develop in children after they are born for no apparent reason.
In nearly 85 percent of these cases, the change involved the fusing of genetic material between chromosomes #11 and #22. When a certain piece of chromosome #11 is placed next to the EWS gene on chromosome #22, the EWS gene gets "switched on." This activation leads to an overgrowth of the cells and eventually the development of cancer. The exact mechanism remains unclear, but this important discovery has led to improvements in diagnosing Ewing sarcoma.
Some physicians classify Ewing sarcoma as a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). This means the tumor may have started in fetal, or embryonic, tissue that has developed into nerve tissue.
The following are the most common symptoms of Ewing sarcoma. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include, but are not limited, to the following:
The symptoms of Ewing sarcoma may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination of your child, diagnostic procedures for Ewing sarcoma may include:
Ewing sarcoma is difficult to distinguish from other similar tumors. Diagnosis is often made by excluding all other common solid tumors, and by the use of genetic studies.
Specific treatment for Ewing sarcoma will be determined by your child's physician based on:
Treatment may include one, or more, of the following:
Prognosis for Ewing sarcoma greatly depends on:
A person who was treated for Ewing sarcoma as a child or adolescent may develop effects months or years after treatment ends. These effects are called late effects. The kind of late effects one develops depends on the location of the tumor and the way it was treated.
Some types of treatment may later affect fertility. If this side effect is permanent, it will cause infertility, or the inability to have children. Both men and women can be affected.
As with any cancer, prognosis and long-term survival can vary greatly from child to child. Every child is unique and treatment and prognosis is structured around the child's needs. Prompt medical attention and aggressive therapy are important for the best prognosis. Continuous follow-up care is essential for a child diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma. Late effects of radiation and chemotherapy, as well as second malignancies, can occur in survivors of Ewing sarcoma. New methods are continually being discovered to improve treatment and to decrease side effects.
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Mattingly's bid for Hall of Fame reaches 13th year
Mattingly may spend his days wearing Dodger blue now, but for 14 seasons, he was the face of the New York Yankees.
Even as Mattingly heads into his third season as a manager in Los Angeles, his pinstriped exploits are never far from the discussion. One of the most popular players in franchise history, he'll certainly hear loud ovations in June, when he brings his Dodgers club to Yankee Stadium for an Interleague series.
While Mattingly has already been enshrined in Monument Park, with his No. 23 retired by the Yankees, the nine-time Gold Glove Award winner is not holding out hope for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Mattingly's best showing was 28 percent in 2001, his first year on the ballot. Last year, Mattingly appeared on 17.8 percent of ballots cast, a slight uptick from his 13.6 percent showing in 2010.
"I don't think I'm a Hall of Famer," Mattingly has said. "I don't think I have the numbers. Part of it is longevity, and I wasn't able to do that and do the things that I did early in my career."
A candidate must receive 75 percent of the vote from Baseball Writers' Association of America members to gain election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Shortstop Barry Larkin (86.4 percent) earned his ticket to Cooperstown on the 2012 ballot. Starting pitcher Jack Morris (66.7 percent) and first baseman Jeff Bagwell (56 percent) are the top returning vote-getters from last year's ballot. Results of the 2013 election will be announced on Jan. 9.
Over a six-year run that started in 1984, Mattingly averaged 26 home runs, 114 RBIs and a .327 average, representing the Yankees on the American League All-Star team in each of those seasons.
No player during that stretch had more RBIs than Mattingly's 684, while only Wade Boggs (1,269) -- already a Hall of Famer -- had more hits than Mattingly's 1,219.
"Donnie Baseball" also accomplished an incredible feat in 1987, setting or tying five Major League records:
He hit six grand slams to set a new single-season mark (one that was tied by Travis Hafner in 2006), despite having never hit one prior to that season.
From July 8-18, Mattingly went deep in eight consecutive games, tying Dale Long's 1956 record (an achievement later matched by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993).
Mattingly's 10 homers during that streak are a big league record for most in an eight-game stretch.
Mattingly recorded extra-base hits in 10 consecutive games, breaking Babe Ruth's 1921 record.
On July 20, the night Mattingly's extra-base-hit streak ended, he tied the Major League record by recording 22 putouts at first base.
Many believed that Mattingly was on the fast track to the Hall of Fame, but he was slowed by back injuries over the next six years.
"Mattingly was a great player, there is no question about that," one Hall of Fame voter has said. "But when you stack his career up against those guys in the Hall, he just doesn't make the grade."
Mattingly won the AL MVP Award in 1985, batting .324 with 35 homers and 145 RBIs, and he also finished in the top five in the MVP Award voting in '84 and '86. Mattingly, who edged teammate Dave Winfield in a memorable race for the the AL batting title in 1984 (.343), also won nine Gold Glove Awards at first base over a 10-year span.
But from 1990-95, Mattingly averaged fewer than 10 home runs and 64 RBIs per season, topping the .300 mark just once, in the strike-shortened 1994 season.
"After the first half of Mattingly's career, I would have said he was a lock for Cooperstown," said another voter. "It's too bad he had as many physical problems as he did, because he could have been one of the all-time greats."
While voters may not feel that Mattingly's career matches up against those who have been inducted into the Hall, his supporters raise the comparison to the Twins' Kirby Puckett, a first-ballot inductee in 2001.
Mattingly's career totals are similar to those of Puckett, whose career was cut short after the 1995 season due to irreversible retina damage in his right eye. Mattingly retired with 2,153 hits to Puckett's 2,304, 442 doubles to Puckett's 414, 222 homers to Puckett's 207 and 1,099 RBIs to Puckett's 1,085.
Mattingly posted three more 100-RBI seasons than Puckett and two more 30-homer seasons, while winning one more MVP Award and the same number of batting titles.
Puckett's apparent advantage comes in team hardware, as he played an integral part in the Twins' two World Series titles in 1987 and '91. Mattingly, on the other hand, appeared in the postseason just once, losing in the AL Division Series in his final season, 1995.
Mattingly's No. 23 was retired by the Yankees in 1997, and a plaque was posted in Monument Park to honor his career.
"A humble man of grace and dignity," reads the plaque. "A captain who led by example. Proud of the pinstripes tradition and dedicated to the pursuit of excellence. A Yankee forever."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.

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Two stories out of China — the escape of a blind dissident from house arrest and the corruption scandal involving a top politician and his family — have attracted international attention. But inside China, the picture is different. The government has successfully suppressed the story about the dissident, Chen Guangcheng, such that most Chinese have never even heard of him. The Communist Party has waged a smear campaign against the fallen official, Bo Xilai, whom citizens see as a loser in a power struggle, a corrupt politician or both.


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QCAD - 2D CAD System.
Click here for a documentation of the DokuWiki formatting syntax that can be used in reports
Please search for existing tasks (also closed ones) before opening a new task.
Please make sure that you are using the latest Version of QCAD before posting a bug (menu Help > Check for Updates)
FS#137 - SVG Export precision
Opened by Peter (hungerburg) - Friday, 08 July 2011, 16:50 GMT+2
Last edited by Andrew (andrew) - Thursday, 14 July 2011, 16:10 GMT+2
In files exported with the (even PG) exporter I sometimes see values like these: 334.99999999999994 or 570.0000000000001 and very often 12 digits of precision.
To safe on file size, I suggest, that QCAD rounds values on SVG export to eg. three places. When viewed in an ordinary web browser, that will result in a precision of 1 inch / 96dpi / 1000 = 0.00026mm, not? Ends should still meet.
This one is very similar to #138 - as said there, filesize is not an issue. But it might point at some floating point misbehaviour somewhere - so I do not request closure now.
Such floating point issues also appear in dxf files. While in the GUI numbers appear as entered, they are serialized wrongly to file.
The GUI rounds numbers for convenience.
Internally (inside the QCAD software and in DXF/DWG files), there will always be rounding errors.
It's a broad topic, but briefly it has to do with the way how computers store numeric values (binary floating-point). Surprisingly, computers cannot even represent 0.1 accurately but only as an approximation of 0.1000000000000000055511151231257827021181583404541015625. This is not a bug in QCAD but a limitation of computer hardware floating-point arithmetic.
Once you start doing arithmetic with such a value, the error may increase (e.g. through scaling).
I would expect a calulator to print 1, when I do " 1 / 10 * 10" instead of 1.000000000000001 or such. I now skimmed http://docs.python.org/tutorial/floatingpoint.html which gives a thorough overview. The python developers seem to have a solution for cases like these: "In current versions, Python displays a value based on the shortest decimal fraction that rounds correctly back to the true binary value […]" Maybe current hardware supports that, and gcc / the gnu C-library?
Am I wrong, when I consider the dxf or svg serialization of the QCAD state not as internal, but external? Am I "päpstlicher als der Papst?"
Hmm, does not look too well for me: also the javascript interpreter has the problem of fake precision, eg. in the qt debugger:
qsdb> .eval 0.15/0.05 gives 2.9999999999999996 instead of just 3. (While 0.05/0.05 will corretly yield 1.)
The state of the art javascript way of presenting users with nice floats could be prototyped like this:
Number.prototype.toNice = function(prec) { return parseFloat(this.toFixed(prec)); }
which is not nice at all, because sadly, the intrinsic number to string conversion done when writing cant be overridden (it is not Number.toString(), which of course could be overridden). After all, this may just an aesthetical problem, not worth the effort.


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Boy there's a lot of overhead involved with the whole process of charging people $7 to walk through the former Strybing Arboretum, it sure looks like.
Anyway, here's a little background on how we've gotten to this point:
LMA-BOS-Supporter Talking Points-6-4.21.13 Budget Hearing
And here's a post from 2010:
"Not sure how many people were at last night's "workshop" to discuss the idea of charging admission at San Francisco Botanical Garden (aka Strybing Arboretum) in Golden Gate Park 'cause I left before it ended. But the hand-count totaled 225 souls, so let's call that a gentleman's 250 altogether for the crowd.
Here's the thing – people on both sides all seem to know each other and care deeply about The Garden. This conflict seems a kind of civil war (hence the Antietam name check, yes it rhymes exactly), a family squabble. It's plant-loving Brother against plant-loving-but-other-stuff-too Brother. Get up to speed on this dispute here.
Now, once more into the breach, dear friends.
The mise-en-scene last night. It's Recreation and Park Commission President Jim Lazarus taking individual questions from a hostile crowd, split up unnecessarily, it turned out, into three sections. This is what the bulk of the meeting looked like. Click to expand:
But let's start at the beginning. Below, it's the organized neighbors! They taped up hundreds of small signs to draw attention to the meeting. Did workers from DPW spend a lot of time taking down the unofficial notices? Apparently. Were any official notices put up, like last time? Not that I could see.
Inside, the fellow on the left, (didn't get his name, someone called him The Kid) tried to get things started, but vocal members of the crowd didn't like the agenda that was handed out, particularly they didn't like being split up into three groups.
The guy with the ponytail went off, and the Eli in the Yale jacket on the right pleaded for calm. Thank Gaia for Yalies:
After a couple go-arounds like that, The Kid threatened to cancel the meeting. (Arboretum staff appears to view hosting public meetings like these as doing a favor to Arboretum visitors, and truth be told, if San Francisco officials are dead-set on allowing the charging of admission, they can do it regardless of what regular Arboretum visitors want.) Here's a ten-minute video of the action.
But after a brief huddle, redolent of a friendly car salesperson taking your low-ball offer to the Big Guy…
…out comes lawyer Jim Lazarus calling an audible to change the meeting's format. He seemed every bit the experienced pol he is.
The new agenda that got worked out with leadership elements from the masses: an uninterupted 10-15 minute "general presentation" of the plan. "Then you can decide how much you want to beat us up after that," said Jimbo. "You can shoot us all when it's over."
This Lazarus Effect resuscitated the meeting. So, let's hear The Proposal.
The Arboretum would set up pre-fab ticket kiosks at the Main Gate and the Friend Gate (near the Japanese Tea Garden) for $65K and then hire four part-time cashiers, a manager(?), and also a part-time accountant for $148K per year. San Francisco residents would enter for free after showing some sort of ID. Those useless freeloading parasites known as Everybody Else in the World would pay $7, or $4 (students and seniors), or $2 (kids) each time they go in. They'd have the option of getting a $75 annual pass that would also allow entry at the Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers – something like that.
The projected 100,000 in paid admissions would have a "blended average" of $5.50 per, resulting in a gross take of $550K. Take away $150K for expenses and you end up with an annual net of $400K, of which $100-150K would go into the Rec and Park kitty and the rest could go into whatever, like hiring more gardeners at $68K salary (plus 25% more in benefits).
The goal would be to eventually get up to a full complement of 16 gardeners, which will "never happen" without some new source of Arboretum-specific cashola.
That's it.
What about residents of neighboring counties in the Bay Area you say? It doesn't matter, all auslanders gotta pay.
What about the rumoured $1.3 million cost of building the kiosks and other related expenses? That was just a "Cadillac proposal" dreamed up by somebody or other – the bare bones approach discussed last night would not be as nice, but it would get the job done.
This charismatic-messianic type got lots of applause for questioning the whole idea of charging anybody anything, regardless of the numbers:
Mr. Lazarus acknowledged the fear San Francisco residents have of being the next in line to be charged, the fear that admission prices would then increase after that. No promises on that front. Que sera sera.
But I'll let the Keep the Arboretum Free people delve into these issues more. When I left, Lazarus was answering questions one by one, Phil Donahue-style.
"FREE means NO FEES, NO I.D.s"
Oh yes, the "next terrible meeting" promised by Jimbo will concern paid parking in Golden Gate Park. (Do people really plant their vehicle in the park for free and then run all over town all day? People do.)
Random observations:
The estimate of $148k annually to pay salaries for the paid admission scheme sounds low. Way low, particularly in light of what cashiers at the Japanese Tea Garden get paid.
Park and Rec knows how to notice a public meeting but, for whatever reason, it appears to have done a bush-league job of noticing last night's workshop.
Next up next month in June: the action will move over to City Hall and the Board of Supervisors. When will our civil war end?
Public Workshop – Botanical Garden
When: May 28, 2009 – Thursday 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Where: County Fair Building, 9th Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, San Francisco
What: In response to the feedback received on the proposed admission program at Botanical Garden, the Rec & Park Department decided there will not be a fee for residents. The revised proposal does include a $7. fee for nonresident visitors. Public workshop is to take feedback regarding revised proposed admission fee and will be seeking topics including:
Implementation of the new fee for non-San Francisco residents.
Amenities at the Garden.
Potential new revenue sources.
To Be Continued…


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1686 – Zanabazar created Soyombo script
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1639 – Zanabazar, the prince of Tusheet Khan Aimag was instated as the head of Buddhist Yellow Faith in Mongolia
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1215 – Chinggis Khaan conqueres China
1206 – Mongolia produces coins showing the portrait of a horseman brandishing a sword
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1177 – Temujin marries to Borte
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Castellanos works on transition to outfield in AFL
Castellanos, who ranks as MLB.com's No. 11 prospect playing in the Arizona Fall League, is being given an alternate route to the Major Leagues, adjusting well as a left fielder, and he was the designated hitter in last week's Rising Stars Game as a member of the East Division squad (Mesa Solar Sox).
The move to the outfield has been a confidence booster for Castellanos, knowing the Tigers are putting him in position to succeed and probably accelerate his progress to the Major Leagues.
"Absolutely," he said. "I love playing third base, that's where I'm used to playing, but the reality is that Miguel Cabrera's not going anywhere, so wherever I can find a spot, as long as I'm in the lineup."
Moves to the outfield are not rare, and Castellanos, who was a Compensation A (44th overall) selection in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, expected a smooth transition. He adapted well, but it took work.
"At first, I didn't think it was going to be [difficult], but then I realized all the things we're responsible for, and all the things the outfielders, and the things that they make look so easy, and they're not," he said. "So it's difficult, but I'm handling it well, and I feel confident."
Rodney Linares, who is the manager of the Solar Sox, said Castellanos has a knack for hitting, aided by an inside-out swing with power.
"He's always hit, he's gonna hit," Linares said. "I believe that later on, as he starts learning to pull the ball, he's going to start tapping into his power."
Castellanos, selected as the Gatorade Player of the Year in Florida in 2010, has had a few problems at the plate with the Solar Sox, hitting only .239 through the season's first four weeks.
With a lot of at-bats during the summer and learning the outfield in the Fall League, it is not surprising that a little fatigue can set in. Linares believes that has taken a toll on Castellanos' bat speed but sees that as only a minor setback.
"The sky's the limit with the kid," he said. "A kid who can do the things he does, staying inside out on the ball just means he's not going to strike out very much."
Castellanos played 79 games for Double-A Erie of the Eastern League this year, moving up from high Class A Lakeland of the Florida State League. His average dropped from .405 to .264 after the switch, but he tied a career high with seven home runs and 25 RBIs and learned a lot that he will try to put to good use at his next stop.
He believes a big part of doing well at higher levels revolves around patience.
"It's recognizing your pitch to hit and also realizing how you're going to get pitched to, dictated by the situation that's at hand," he said. "Just because you're in a fastball count doesn't mean you're going to get a fastball.
"Pitchers are just a lot more polished, and they locate all their pitches a lot better. You need to be smart to succeed at that level."
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Castellanos has found the league a rewarding experience.
"It's a lot of fun, but it's also very challenging playing with guys of this caliber day in and day out," he said. "It's an honor to be chosen to represent my organization."
Tigers hitters in the Fall League
James McCann was a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award at Arkansas. A second-round Draft choice (76th overall) in 2011, McCann played about half the 2012 season in Double-A, hitting only .200 with two home runs and 19 RBIs in 64 games. In the Fall League, he was hitting .233 after Monday's games.
Aaron Westlake was a third-round (106th overall) selection in 2011. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound first baseman spent the 2012 season in Class A, showing a much more complete offensive side than when he broke into the organization. He hit .249 in 123 games with nine home runs, drove in 69 runs and stole four bases. He had three home runs and seven RBIs in the Fall League entering week five.
Tigers pitchers in the Fall League
Tyler Clark, a right-handed reliever, has been in 78 games since his selection in the 24th round (733rd overall) in 2010. This past season, he was outstanding in Class A Lakeland of the Florida State league, fashioning an ERA of 0.63 while striking out 59 in 42 2/3 innings and posting a 6-1 record. In seven games with Double-A Erie, he ran into some problems. His ERA climbed to 7.36 and opponents hit .276 against him. In the Fall League, he allowed eight earned runs in his first 4 2/3 innings.
Matt Hoffman, a lefty, has spent five seasons in the Minor Leagues, mainly as a reliever. At Triple-A Toledo this season, he appeared in 43 games with an ERA of 3.69. He was a 26th-round pick (811th overall) in 2007. In his first nine Fall League appearances, covering 8 2/3 innings, he had an ERA of 5.19 with nine strikeouts.
Michael Morrison pitched at Double-A Erie in 2012, making 40 relief appearances. The right-hander, a 29th-round selection (870th overall) in 2009, had four saves, an ERA of 3.14 and posted a 4-3 record. He struck out 72 batters in 63 innings. He has acquitted himself well in the Fall League with a 2.79 ERA in 9 2/3 innings of work through the season's first four weeks.
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Lindor, Bauer crack top 20 in prospect rankings
Shortstop and right-hander have Tribe loaded in MLB.com's annual Top 100
CLEVELAND -- Indians shortstop prospect Francisco Lindor wants to achieve greatness over the course of his career on a baseball diamond. Standing inside the visitors' clubhouse at Progressive Field on a recent afternoon, the young shortstop was asked which area he hopes to improve in the coming season.
"Everything," he replied. "I want to be the greatest player ever ..."
Lindor paused briefly, but the hesitation was long enough for reporters to glance up from their notepads, wondering if they heard him correctly. The eighth-overall pick in the 2011 Draft is just 19 years old, but he was polished enough to swiftly recognize a headline-grabbing comment, and mature enough to recover and show that humility is indeed an attribute.
"... that I can possibly be," Lindor continued, finishing the thought. "I don't want to come here and when I retire, look back, and say, 'I didn't give it my all.' I want to come here, give it my all every day, get better, and become the greatest player I can be to help this organization win a championship."
Ask the Indians, ask a scout, an evaluator, ask anyone who has seen Lindor play, and you will receive a steady stream of superlatives.
On Tuesday night, Lindor's rising star was included in MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects list for 2013. The Lindor was rated as baseball's 14th-best prospect, and he was ranked second among shortstops. Only Texas' Jurickson Profar -- No. 1 on the overall list -- ranked higher at the position.
Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer -- acquired from Arizona earlier this offseason in a three-team, nine-player trade -- was ranked 17th overall among the game's elite prospects.
The annual ranking of baseball's biggest and brightest young talent is assembled by MLB.com's Draft and prospect expert Jonathan Mayo, who compiles input from industry sources, including scouts and scouting directors. It is based on analysis of players' skill sets, upsides, closeness to the Majors and potential immediate impact to their teams.
The list, which is one of several prospect rankings on MLB.com's Prospect Watch, only includes players with rookie status in 2013.
Lindor is likely to continue climbing up the board, considering he is still at the Class A level within the Indians' farm system. But after only two professional seasons, Lindor has shown the Tribe flashes of a potential star and leader in the making.
In fact, it is the lofty expectations which present one of Lindor's biggest challenges.
"I think the biggest thing for him will be dealing with external and his own expectations of himself," said Ross Atkins, the Indians' vice president of player development. "It will be not creating a time frame, and then his supreme confidence and wanting to be the guy, and potentially trying to do too much. It's very cliche, but it's also very real."
Bauer was taken third overall in 2011, five slots ahead of Lindor. While the right-hander also has just two pro seasons on his resume, playing collegiate baseball at UCLA prepared the 22-year-old for a swift rise through the Minor Leagues.
Bauer went 12-2 with a 2.42 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A in 2012, but had mixed results in a four-outing stint with the D-backs. This spring, the righty will be in Major League camp with the Indians with a chance to win a spot in the rotation.
Lindor, on the other hand, was drafted out of high school and entered Cleveland's system in need of a longer development plan. Last year, the shortstop spent the entire season with Class A (low) Lake County, where he hit .257 with a .352 on-base percentage and a .355 slugging percentage. Lindor mixed in six homers, 24 doubles, three triples, 27 stolen bases and 83 runs in 122 games.
Defensively, the Indians expected Lindor to be solid. He actually did a little more in the batter's box than the team anticipated for a young player facing his first full season.
"The starting point couldn't have been higher," Atkins said, "and he still exceeded [expectations], because of his maturity and awareness."
Lindor did struggle some with the transition from playing a few high school games per week to taking the field almost daily for five months in the Minors. The shortstop was hitting .301 with an .804 on-base plus slugging percentage on May 23, but hit just .235 (66-for-281) across June, July and August.
"That was the biggest adjustment," Lindor said. "Adjusting to coming to the field every day, practicing every day, keeping the same routine every day and working hard."
One encouraging element within Lindor's second-half slump was his plate discipline.
Lindor hit .285 in the season's first half (249 at-bats), during which he churned out 20 extra-base hits and 71 hits overall. In the second half (241 at-bats), the shortstop's average was only .228, but he nearly had as many walks (35) as strikeouts (36) and he scored 42 runs.
"His ability speaks for itself," Atkins said. "I think the fact that he dealt with some of the ebb and flow of a natural season the first time [was good]. The most games he'd ever played before last year was in the 40s, and last year he played close to 200 if you count the two instructional leagues. It's really unbelievable."
Lindor learned a lot through it all.
"No matter what happens," Lindor said, "no matter how tired you are, you've got to be tough about it. You've got to work hard, grind it out and give it your all."
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Let's start with the biggest news at the moment, being announced as one of the elites for this year's Millrose Mile. How big of a surprise was that?
Abbey D'Agostino: Huge surprise. I had no idea there were invitations for the elite mile. I knew it was a very prestigious, competitive event, but had no idea how it worked. I'm pumped. And to hear that I'll be in the mix with possibly Brenda Martinez, and some other elites I've never gotten to run with before, and some other NCAA runners, too … It sounds like it's going to be a high-energy event. And Mark and I will get to take the train. It'll be fun.
You've made your mark this last year in the 5000 and cross country. Do you feel comfortable dropping down to a mile this early in the season?
AD: Yeah. Mark and I had talked about taking it down distance-wise throughout the indoor season. That's what we did last year, for the most part. It's just great training to get in that speed work. There's a huge tactical element in the mile that's not there to the same degree in the 3000, so that's good practice, too. It's a different race, but [it] will definitely be advantageous when Nationals comes and I'll be shooting to run the 3-K, most likely.
I think it's interesting that now you're a name an event like Millrose will use in its publicity, but a year ago at this time you were known only in the college track and field circles. How does it feel going from a solid runner to an athlete an event is going to be putting up on the marquee?
AD: With these performances comes greater pressure. I'm definitely aware of that. But it's something Mark has encouraged me not to focus on. I'd hate for that to influence how I run. I enjoy the sport, and never want it to feel like a burden. As long as I treat it like any other race, and run it for the same reasons, that won't negatively impact my performances.
People throw the word "unheralded" around a lot when an athlete suddenly busts onto the scene like you did, but you were pretty unknown coming out of high school in Massachusetts and Coach Coogan was not yet in place. Was blending academics and athletics the top reason you ended up at Dartmouth?
AD: It definitely looked like an opportunity to combine the two so that I could prioritize both and do well in both at the same time. I was looking for a Division I team, but I felt that the Dartmouth team, without the competitive nature of scholarships and that sort of dynamic, that's what I was looking for. I couldn't really ask for a better [school] academically, and I'm surrounded by people who take the sport just as seriously as I do, but it's also a fun and encouraging atmosphere.
2011 was a really good year, highlighted by getting third at the NCAA cross country championships. But it really seems like running 15:23 at Mt. SAC last year was your coming out party. What had you done that made you and Coogan believe you were ready to make the leap from elite college runner to Olympic Trials contender?
AD: I didn't have my sights set on [making the Trials] at the beginning of last year. It was really Mark – I trust him incredibly with workouts and what I'm capable of. He has this incredible knack for being realistic of what I'm capable of doing, and he'll tell us a certain workout translates to a certain time, and come the end of the season that's what happens.
As we began to talk about [the Trials] late in the cross country season, I began to set it as one of my personal long-term goals. I trained a lot and got a lot of support and encouragement from my teammate Alexi [Pappas], who's now at Oregon, and she started thinking the same way about going to the Trials. It was a mutual goal and we made it one that was both hard and fun. Definitely something I hadn't imagined in my wildest dreams, but when we were there, we felt as though we belonged and we were going to give it our best shot.
You followed up that fantastic Mt. SAC time with an NCAA title in the 5000. Is that when you realized you could be a legitimate contender at the Trials?
AD: Mt. SAC was actually more of a milestone for me, being in that field, because we were with the professionals. The time was a lot faster than what I'd run in the past. So to be an NCAA champion was amazing, absolutely, but I think I had a lot more confidence going in there than I did before Mt. SAC. At the end of the race at Mt. SAC, I was in shock. I'd been thinking, let's get in there and run fast and hang on, [whereas] at Nationals my attitude was one of greater confidence.
During the television broadcast of the Olympic trials final, commentator Craig Masback mentioned that Coogan's sole goal for you was to relax and enjoy the experience. Were you able to do that?
AD: Oh, that made the difference for me, knowing that the pressure was off. I felt I was unique in that sense in the preliminary round. There were other collegiate runners, yes, but for the most part for those shooting to make the team, that preliminary round was a huge deal. One of the Dartmouth alumni who had been to the Trials before kept reiterating that when I get out onto Hayward Field, and it's a few minutes before my race, take it all in and appreciate it. He said, "Nothing is ever a guarantee. You never know if you'll be back here again." So I did that and felt more relaxed than I had ever felt before a race. I think seeing it as an opportunity rather than an intimidating field and set of competitions, I was able to treat it just like any other race.
Given that relaxed attitude, were you cognizant at all of whether you were on Olympic "A" standard pace [15:20]?
AD: I had no idea. I thought that it was faster than the prelims, but I had absolutely no idea how close it was. We were hoping it would go out an honest pace because I knew I didn't have the time, but I think that was the last thing on my mind. And it couldn't have been any closer.
You seem to gravitate to photo finishes, not only at the trials but also at this year's NCAA cross country championship in your battle against Jordan Hasay. That said, were you happy with second place at NCAAs given the long track season?
AD: I definitely was. It was sort of a rollercoaster season given the [hip] injury I was dealing with. Mark and I had a good plan going into Nationals, and I think we eased back into the mileage. That ended up working well. To be back out there and feeling like myself again at Nationals was incredible. I just felt so fortunate. It's different, being at an Ivy League school and not having the opportunity to redshirt as readily as some other Division I schools.
One of the most exciting things about being so early in your elite career is this tremendous growth curve, where every race seems to net a huge PR or new major accomplishment. Have you and Coach Coogan planned for how you'll adjust when the times don't drop quite so easily?
AD: Like you said, it comes with the territory. Now that I have more experience running in more competitive fields, my expectations will change and become ones that are more realistic. I don't think that will affect me, despite the reality that the PRs maybe won't be 20 seconds anymore. I think it is all relative. I'm just happy to be able to compete at this level while still in college. Really, I feel as though I'm gaining from the experience, regardless of its quantitative meaning.
And it's fun to travel. All these new opportunities are really great.
Lastly, I know you said you look back and have no regrets, but was there any take-home message Coach Coogan had for you after cross country or the Olympic trials?
AD: A big lesson that came out of the fall was the importance of patience. I think the whole experience [getting injured], it could have been a lot worse. It definitely could have been. It was humbling. It came on fast, we weren't sure how it happened, it was frustrating, but we were patient and did everything we knew how to do. I knew we hadn't done the same caliber of workouts under normal circumstances, but he kept saying, "You're the same runner. You've done this before." That's really the take-home point for this season and really what I've always leaned on in the face of anxiety or nerves.


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Braves' creativity makes Upton deal a home run
The Braves' trade for Justin Upton on Thursday may be even better than it looks at first. And it looks pretty good at first.
In broad strokes, the value is obvious: Atlanta acquired an absurdly talented young veteran in Upton, without dipping too deeply into its trove of prospects. That in itself is nice work by general manager Frank Wren. But there's a lot of cleverness to the deal beyond the face value of adding a 25-year-old star with a reasonable contract.
Atlanta sent third baseman/outfielder Martin Prado, starting pitcher Randall Delgado, pitching prospect Zeke Spruill, and infield prospects Nick Ahmed and Brandon Drury to the D-backs for Upton and third baseman Chris Johnson. The Braves get the best player in the deal, and they do so at a much lower cost than the reported return in a deal to Seattle that Upton blocked earlier this month.
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Arizona received a quality player in Prado, but the acquisition of Johnson makes for a third-base situation that should cover for Prado's loss in Atlanta. The Diamondbacks got an assortment of young talent, but none of the players headed west are among the irreplaceable members of the Braves organization. Players like Andrelton Simmons, Christian Bethancourt and even Julio Teheran would have created much bigger holes than the players the Braves dealt.
As usual, Atlanta is up to its ears in young starting pitching. Delgado, one of the two centerpieces of the deal for Arizona, has already contributed at the Major League level, making him a much safer bet than many pitching prospects. But Delgado is more of a safe-and-solid type than someone who profiles as a potential ace. Parting with him and Spruill doesn't significantly weaken the depth or top-end potential of Atlanta's pitching ranks. The Braves held on to their highest-upside pitcher, Teheran, as well as the emerging J.R. Graham and nearly Major League-ready Sean Gilmartin.
Ahmed, meanwhile, is a well-regarded prospect, but he ranks at best third on the shortstop depth chart in the Atlanta organization. Simmons and Tyler Pastornicky remain, meaning that neither young shortstop depth nor quality is an issue for the Braves. Dealing Simmons was a non-starter for the Braves, even though he was coveted earlier in the winter by Arizona. Getting the deal done while keeping him is a coup.
Then there's the Major League portion of the deal. Parting with Prado will hurt. He's a popular, versatile and valuable player coming off a big year. He's also signed for just one more year. Upton is signed for three, at the very club-friendly price of $38.5 million for his age 25-27 seasons. Even if Arizona signs Prado, it will be for his age-30 season and beyond, and surely won't be anywhere near the bargain that Upton's contract is.
And in the short term, the Braves got a piece in Johnson who makes the loss of Prado much easier to swallow. He should form a very effective third-base platoon with Juan Francisco.
The left-handed-hitting Francisco has serious power but has been fairly helpless against lefties. Johnson has shown a reverse platoon split in the Majors, but had a large and conventional split in Triple-A, and at any rate, will be much more effective against lefties than Francisco. The two of them form an inexpensive and likely potent platoon that should make up for Prado's lost production.
The Braves added a star on Thursday, and that in itself is a victory. But to do so without creating any new weaknesses in their system or on their roster is a massive triumph, one for which the Atlanta front office deserves a great deal of credit.
Matthew Leach is an editor and reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Obviously, You're Not a Golfer and follow him on Twitter at @MatthewHLeach.


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His London début, at the age of 23, was praised by the press as a sensation, The Times calling him "The young lion of the keyboard". The following year, Time Magazine hailed him as "One of the most exciting pianists of this or any age" after his performances with the New York Philharmonic. Since then, over the past half century, Freire has performed in more than seventy countries worldwide, working with the most prestigious orchestras and conductors including Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Gergiev, Jochum, Kempe, Maazel, Masur, Ozawa and Zinman.
Nelson Freire has been an exclusive Decca artist for over a decade. In October 2014 he celebrates his 70th birthday with the first release in a new Beethoven concerto cycle with Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester (the 'Emperor' coupled with the Sonata Op 111), re-uniting the 2007 Gramophone Record of the Year award-winning team of the Brahms Concertos. Also released is the Chopin F minor concerto with the Gurzenich Orchestra Köln under the brilliant young French conductor Lionel Bringuier and a 2CD set called 'Radio Days': a special collection of concerto radio broadcasts from 1968-1979, including repertoire Freire has never recorded commercially, as well as his legendary Paris debut in Tchaikovsky's First Concerto with Masur in 1969.
Freire remains a relatively rare visitor to the recording studio and concert platform but his artistry continues to be celebrated as much as ever: "Few pianists alive convey the sheer joy and exhilaration of being masters of their craft more vividly and uncomplicatedly than Nelson Freire. Perhaps only his old friend and regular duo partner Martha Argerich is Freire's equal today as a player for whom dazzling technique is just a means to a musical end, never something to be flaunted for its own sake" (The Guardian, May 2014)


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No, the IPAD 2 has a duo core. The IPAD 3 has quad core. Radical difference in speeds. Run two of them side-by-side and you will notice the IPAD 3 is a huge difference. IPAD 4 only has a few minor changes like the cable port. Has the exact same processor as the IPAD 3, so it is identical speed as the IPAD 3.
thailar wrote:The iPad 3 is just about the same in speed as iPad 2, almost identical (due to the higher resolution. The iPad 4 is usually about 3x performance in benchmarks, however the real world usage won't be nearly as noticeable. I personally would rather dish out the extra cash for the latest and greatest, however, it probably isn't worth the difference for the average user.
Lower? Hardly. IPAD3 = quad core. Ipad2 = Duo Core.
Woot Tang Clan wrote:Currently on the 4. Does the 3 feel sluggish because of the higher resolution with lower processing power?
Since this does not have cellular network capabilities. I don't see how this is that great of a deal. Am I missing something?
This is incorrect. If you completely power the IPAD off, it the TSR programs will go away. If you press the power button just once (without holding the power button down for 10 secs), it goes into hibernation and is NOT powered off. (I power it off/power on alot because I dont want to sit there closing 30 apps.)
soundxli wrote:... that many apps will stay open and run in the background when the iPad is on due to multitasking, and the iPad remembers the apps that were running even when you turn it off and turn it back on. I would go so far as to say that the iPad hibernates when you turn it off. So the same apps will open and run in the background every time you turn off the iPad and turn it back on (I know because I just tried it on my iPad 3 with iOS 5.1.1).
Be sure to install something like Apple Sliced to get limited-time reduced price/free apps, or set up alerts for when specific ones drop in price. There are other price watching apps, but that's a name I remember off the top of my head.
Cowboom has Apple MD330LL/A WiFi 64GB iPad 3 - White for $479.
They had this exact deal at Walmart.com a couple of weeks ago, not sure it is that great of a deal, Except the walmart deal had free shipping...
but I am still tempted..
Now for my personal experience and criticism as an ipad buyer and user:
We bought a 2nd gen solely as a therapy tool for a deaf child. It has performed well in that role, and I would gladly buy one again, and again every month if I had to, for some of the help it provides with sound representation and identification.
The controlled access option with three clicks of the home button (when enabled) is enormously useful in that regard as well. Thumbs up.
And then comes the "but..."
But every time I use it I feel a little disappointed and am so thankful I didn't spend a huge amount of money buying it for myself. Not because it just has two cores, and not because the display isn't retina enough, but because I never can get over feeling like it's little more than a very expensive web browsing tool.
I won't go into not having drag and drop capabilities and being forced to use itunes for any interaction. Many folks have no technical knowledge or interest past "where's the button to turn it on?", and an itunes icon is probably a decent way for them to figure out how to get music and photos to the device. It's irritating that it's the ONLY way, but I'm almost willing to overlook it.
But it has no microSD slot, so you can't dump photos to it while on vacation. It doesn't have native support for .avi, so all of those educational DVDs you spent so much money on and time ripping? You get to re-encode them to Apple's restrictive format if you want to play them. A simple book reader with ebooks you already have? Good luck (hint: Stanza). And each time you use it you'll find something else that keeps you from easily doing what you should be able to easily do with a product like this.
I could almost see if I used an iphone for work and they could talk to one another (and kudos for Apple for convincing people that being trapped in a restrictive ecosystem is a desirable thing), but I can't figure out the massive appeal other than people being convinced that they need it and it will somehow make their lives better.
And, if checking Facebook on the toilet qualifies as making peoples' lives better, I'm sure it does. Otherwise though, it's been a bit of a disappointment and a product I wouldn't buy again.
Maybe I'm just not their demographic, though, so YMMV.
I've been reading woot writeups since you began, and that is the first one in umteen years that could make me write here.
Thank you. That was the funniest writeup since ever.
ponagathos wrote:I bought a "refurb" gen 3 when gen 4 was announced and the gen3 was removed from the Apple store. $380 for 16gig with Apple's normal one year warranty, so these do not seem very cheap.
This. When they are in stock, Apple is selling their own Apple refurb 16GB iPad 3 for $379, with free shipping and a one-year warranty. And I think we've all heard by now that Apple refurbs are like-new, whereas third party refurbs can vary drastically in quality.
wisenekt wrote:If Apple is doing the refurb, then really I don't think anyone at the store will be able to tell a difference. At the stores I have been to, the Genius Bar will help with any device, in warranty or not.
I wouldn't buy this based on the "hope" that the genius bar won't know who did the refurb. They check the serial number for warranty status. I wouldn't go for this deal just because of the questionable warranty status.
note2001 wrote:I must be silly to think I can compare this to the Asus tablet with keyboard dock for $330 also on woot. But indulge me:
What really pushes the ipad over the top when comparing the two 32Gb systems? Is it just the name and status that makes the iPad worth 120 more?
I owned both an iPad and a Droid tablet. The apps on the iPad are so much better and there are more iPad dedicated apps.
Duukdkarn wrote:No, the IPAD 2 has a duo core. The IPAD 3 has quad core. Radical difference in speeds. Run two of them side-by-side and you will notice the IPAD 3 is a huge difference. IPAD 4 only has a few minor changes like the cable port. Has the exact same processor as the IPAD 3, so it is identical speed as the IPAD 3.
Sorry, no.
I saw the benchmarks and side-by-side videos. The iPad 2 was faster than the iPad 3 due to having less to render. iPad 4 is the one with the huge difference as they stepped it up to the A6X from the previous A5x (vs. the A5 in the iPad 2) ultimately making it twice as fast as the iPad 3. Hardly "a few minor changes"
eta: Here is the processor breakdown:
2nd generation: Apple A5 (dual-core CPU with NEON SIMD accelerator and a dual core PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU)
3rd generation: Apple A5X (dual-core CPU at 1 GHz and a quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU)
4th generation: Apple A6X (Apple-designed ARMv7 based dual-core CPU + integrated quad-core PowerVR SGX 554MP4 graphics processing unit (GPU) running at 300 MHz and a doubled memory subsystem the result is twice the computing power and graphics performance as the previous Apple A5X)
eta2: LOL! OP got a QuiP for misinformation....
While I can't comment on the speed of the 3rd Gen (as I went from the 2nd to the 4th), I will say, if you've used the 1st/2nd Gen then the 3rd/4th the screen is simply amazing in comparison. Every time I use a 2nd Gen I feel like the screen is blurry and it infuriates me.
This is definitely a good deal for someone who isn't as concerned with having the absolute newest/fastest product on the market. Come to think of it, maybe I'll pick one up for my Mom... this would be perfect for her needs.
j5 wrote:Sorry, no.
I saw the benchmarks and side-by-side videos. The iPad 2 was faster than the iPad 3 due to having less to render. iPad 4 is the one with the huge difference as they stepped it up to the A6X from the previous A5x (vs. the A5 in the iPad 2) ultimately making it twice as fast as the iPad 3. Hardly "a few minor changes"
I will second this - you are most definitely correct. 4th Gen scores over double (vs. 3rd Gen) in Geekbench comparison.
See video for proof: http://youtu.be/BmyNGiA7VW8
I bought the 16gb iPad 3 this past December for 375. It was a great deal no scratches or dents always keep in case. At a local cellphone store.
I recommend this iPad I love it, I use it daily at work to keep track of inventory and emailsand other useful stuff
Walmart has them for the same price: http://www.walmart.com/ip/21141333?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015488978&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=&wl3=18149103790&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem
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alanwaite wrote:The only ones Apple is selling currently are the 32 GB and they are $469 so you save a bit. Apple doesn't have the 16 GB 3rd Gen in stock. The 16 GB 2nd Gen is $399, so this is not a bad deal.
Apple store does provide their normal 1 year warranty on Apple refurbished products, need a few more details on the 90 day from Woot
No it is just a hair slower than the iPad 2. I've never felt it to be sluggish. The retina display is a beautiful and streams Netflix like a champ.
For anybody who doesn't care about the Retina display, Apple has been offering iPad 2 16GB WiFi refurbs for $319 on a regular basis. They are currently sold out, but seem to pop-up every couple of days.
The $399 model mentioned by others that is currently in-stock is a WiFi + Cellular model and not directly comparable to this.
Apple just announced a 128 GB iPad that starts at ONLY $799...
That's just 36 monthly payments of $22.19!!!
Gotta get all the GeeBee's, man.
I also bought a refurb 3rd Gen iPad 16GB WiFi from the Apple store before xmas. Mine was $379.00, shipped free.
Sorry guys. This is not the deal you've been waiting for.
I've had a 3rd gen 32GB for over 6 months. I spent about $700. I puchased the replacement plan because my wife drops stuff a lot. It has been dropped four feet onto a hardwood and tile floor about two dozen times. The only damage it has sustained is a few small knicks in the aluminum.
Well built product. Runs great. Best $700 I've ever spent.
The warranty on the 32GB is what did it for me - it's only a 90 day woot warranty on here, but if you buy it from Apple for $20 more, you get an entire year.
I have the best ASUS available, the 64GB Infinity with a 64GB card in it. But it's very easy to reach the limits of what it can do. And though it's a quality device--and I'm a diehard Android fan--there is so many more apps available for the iPad (and many for free) that it's just a whole different league.
IMHO, Asus is like Canada and the iPad is like the USA: there are just more things you can do.
nicolai185 wrote:The warranty on the 32GB is what did it for me - it's only a 90 day woot warranty on here, but if you buy it from Apple for $20 more, you get an entire year.
Are you referring to buying the warranty or the iPad for $20 more?
I am a android phone user because I wanted a note 2, and an ipad user so I literally have no bias.
But I personally, and will stand by this... think that the ipad 2 is still the best tablet you can buy. Someone mentioned speed wise it is the same as the 3 (and it is) and yes, the screen on these are beautiful but it was never a big enough deal to warrant me to upgrade.
that being said, apple refurbed always ends up with ipad 2 for around 80 bucks cheaper than this and you get the full 1 year warranty.
I know eventually I will upgrade, but if you are choosing between a 250-300 android tablet, spend 320 on a refurbed ipad 2.
not even sure if this brings anything to this discussion haha but o well.
That's actually false - look at the product description.
"Dual-Core A5X Chip
The dual-core A5X chip with quad-core graphics support provides a great deal of smoothness while powering substantially more technology. The new chip is able to easily render all of the 3.1-million pixels within the retina display while still retaining a substantial 10 hour battery life. The chip also functions in a way that allows you to touch and go with limited power-up times."
There are TWO different models of iPads with Retina displays, the 3rd gen and the 4th gen. The 4th gen has the lightening connector and a faster quad core processor. The 3rd gen (for sale here) has the old 30 pin connector and slower dual core processor.
tigger2u wrote:IMHO, Asus is like Canada and the iPad is like the USA: there are just more things you can do.
Apple == Bose, Asus == Pioneer.
ricktt3 wrote:I wouldn't buy this based on the "hope" that the genius bar won't know who did the refurb. They check the serial number for warranty status. I wouldn't go for this deal just because of the questionable warranty status.
I was saying if Apple did the refurb because of the serial number issue. Since Woot does not clearly say either way, I have not pulled the trigger yet. If it is 3rd party refurb, regardless of who it is, then I am in pass mode.
iPads are fo' sho' awesome, but I am waiting to see the real Windows 8 tablets in a couple of months before I pull the trigger on another tablet. Until then my Toshiba will tide me over.
tigger2u wrote:Are you referring to buying the warranty or the iPad for $20 more?
The 32gb Ipad is only $20 more on Apple's website, but you get their 1 year warranty included.
I bought an iPad1 for my wife in Dec 2010 and we are still quite happy with it. It has suffered numerous drops from our kids and still runs great. I am curious as to the battery life on the newer models with more power and sharper screens, the battery life on the first gen remains impressive after 100's of hours of use. I'd also be interested in playing with an current android tablet before I purchased another Apple product due to the aforementioned restrictiveness of their OS.
Shipping, taxes, blah, blah, blah, taken in to account. It's a good deal, have watched Cowboom and Apple store, finally pulled the trigger here. When is the last time you needed the warranty? (Hope not this time!) 90 days is a little light.
My wife wants it for Facetime... Playbook 32GB(149) and HP Touchpad 32GB(149) with Cyanogenmod cover my play time bases and the odd bit of work. I still need the laptop for real work and a proper keyboard.
Apple only is selling the 2nd generation with the A5 chip and the 4th generation with the A6X chip. They are not selling this particular model. Better spending the 469 on Apple's website and getting the new version.
j5 wrote:eta2: LOL! OP got a QuiP for misinformation....
Right? He/she lost me at "duo core."
j5 wrote:Apple == Bose, Asus == Pioneer.
+1, although we may intend it to mean entirely different things.
I won't go into not having drag and drop capabilities and being forced to use itunes for any interaction. Many folks have no technical knowledge or interest past "where's the button to turn it on?", and an itunes icon is probably a decent way for them to figure out how to get music and photos to the device. It's irritating that it's the ONLY way, but I'm almost willing to overlook it.
Try using Dropbox to transfer pictures from a phone (Droid and iOS), iPad, computer, etc. to it. On the iPhone and iPad it is automatic -- not sure how it works on a Droid.
My school has a 1:1 iPad program with 1600 iPads for students, who have also been taught to do this. Drag pictures, movies or files to Dropbox, and they are accessible anywhere there is internet access.
Are these WiFi only ? And if they're Cell capable, can I choose between AT&T and Verizon?
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The Retirement Income Industry Association is building on its webinar series to develop a virtual learning center for advisors and home office personnel, the organization announced on Jan. 8.
The learning center will include archives of RIIA lectures and web presentations that focus on retirement income research, products and strategies.
The learning center is an expansion of the monthly webinar series that RIIA has been running since 2010, Kim McSheridan, a consultant for RIIA on the learning center, told AdvisorOne on Tuesday. That series had such a successful response that the organization decided to split the focus in two directions: "to continue to focus on what would be helpful to home office personnel, institutions, the people who are building, marketing, administering and selling these solutions." Additionally, the organization would add to that a focus on advisors, the people McSheridan said are "recognizing that retirement planning has potential for them and whose clients are asking about it."
The learning center will provide a place for RIIA members and nonmembers, and potentially the public, to find "neutral, topical online resources." The learning center will also serve as an archive so users can look at it on their own time, McSheridan said.
The learning center is being built by volunteers, so McSheridan expects it to be fully implemented over a long timeline, about two to three years.
The content comes from individuals, either members of RIIA or not, "with timely work that we can bring into the appropriate track," McSheridan said. For example, the first webinar of the new learning center featured Dana Anspach, principal of Sensible Money, an RIA firm in Scottsdale, Ari, who discussed case studies and best practices for retirement planning.
McSheridan noted that the learning center is an attempt to "work across silos" rather than focusing on one small part of the industry. "RIIA is not committed to one solution," McSheridan said. "Individual clients have individual needs, and we have to match clients with the right solution."


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This story program is targeted for all children under the age of five and their parents. Families will enjoy books, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building language and literacy skills.
Storytimes take place every week throughout the year except the last two weeks in May and in August, the week of Thanksgiving and the last two weeks of December.


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|Jawad Williams had a big game for Paris Levallois when his team met BCM in the French Pro A, knocking back 30 points
The Last 16 of the EuroChallenge continues this week with five encounters on Tuesday and three on Wednesday.
BK Ventspils vs. Pinar Karsiyaka
BK Ventspils entered the Last 16 undefeated but find themselves facing a crucial game already on the second day of this stage, against the team that is already the strong favourite in Group I.
On Saturday, the Latvians showed signs of recovering from the most testing week in their campaign so far - the only one in which they suffered two defeats - with a 102-71 thrashing of Valmiera in the Latvian Domestic League.
Janis Timma and Donald Sims scored 20 points each and led all scorers while Folarin Campbell added 15 and Ronalds Zakis 14.
Karsiyaka on the other hand were not in action at the weekend because of the Turkish All Star Game, but their back office did not stop working.
The Izmir club has made a good investment for the not-so-distant future by acquiring promising Turkish international Can Mutaf from Fenerbahce.
The 22-year-old shooting guard was one of the stand-out players on the Turkey side that finished in sixth place at the U20 European Championship in 2011, averaging 10.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest.
Meanwhile in Romania, Gaz Medan Medias are playing host to Joensuun Kataja in the Game of the Week that will be streamed LIVE on FIBA Europe TV
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque vs. Paris Levallois
There is little, if anything, that the two French sides can hide from each other but certain things have changed since they first met this season, on 7 December.
The Parisians put in a great performance in that highly entertaining game in the domestic Pro A League and reached a convincing 97-83 win, behind 30 points from Jawad Williams.
BCM have gone from strength to strength since then, winning four of their five following games to go to the top of the Pro A standings.
Paris are only one step behind on the table, after a 94-82 setback at Cholet at the weekend, but they are not undergoing a crisis by any stretch of the imagination.
Both sides have their star players in top form, but the visitors have been more consistent in the EuroChallenge, whereas BCM give the impression at times that they lack concentration.
On Tuesday though, they risk suffering a second defeat that could leave them bottom of the group and it is highly unlikely they will not be as focused as they have been during their recent Pro A games.
Hapoel Unet Holon vs. Szolnoki Olaj
Power forward Lawrence Hill did his best last week, so much so that he earned MVP honours for his performance in the 83-66 loss in Paris, but Holon still missed the valuable services of Franklin Hassell.
The American center is the top rebounder in the competition and leads the team in scoring with 18 points-per-game.
He was back in action on the weekend, albeit not at his usual best, in Holon's 79-76 defeat to Altshuler Shaham Gilboa Galil in the Israeli League.
Szolnoki are also coming off a home loss, 78-66 to Radnicki in the Adriatic League, but can take heart from a promising debut by new recruit James Florence, who is expected to make his first EuroChallenge appearance on Tuesday.
The American guard stayed on the court for 27 minutes and contributed 10 points and five assists, with Akos Horvath leading all Szolnoki scorers with 15 points.
Marton Bader and Ernests Kalve, who combine for 42% of Szolnonki's points in the EuroChallenge, combined for just 19 points on Sunday.
The Hungarian center could add another noteworthy page to his European career on Wednesday, as he is only 11 rebounds shy of Fedor Likholitov's 315 in the EuroChallenge.
The 33-year-old Russian big man, who last featured in the competition in last season's qualifiers, with Krasnye Krylia, is the fifth leading rebounder in the history of the EuroChallenge
|Aaron Miles has been leading the way in assists in the EuroChallenge this season
Khimik Yuzhne vs. Krasnye Krylia
The Ukrainian club handed the reins of the team to coach Zoran Martic on Thursday and has already won back-to-back games in the Ukrainian Superleague in the space of four days.
While Khimik can only think the decision to bring back the tactician who was in charge during a very successful period in the history of the club is justified, it will take much more than good momentum to down Krasnye Krylia.
The Russian side are not only undefeated in the EuroChallenge but have also been polishing up their already solid game lately, claiming one victory after the other in the VTB League.
Power forward Andre Smith seems to have recovered fully from the injury that sidelined him earlier in the season and looks more like the player who wreaked havoc in Italy last season, while point guard Aaron Miles leads both the EuroChallenge and the VTB League in assists.
Krasnye Krylia further bolstered their frontcourt this week, by signing power forward Anton Pushkov from Euroleague side Khimki.
The 24-year-old Russian suited up for his new team on the weekend, contributing two points and two rebounds in the 78-75 victory at Astana.
Norrköping Dolphins vs. Tofas SC Bursa
The Dolphins came from behind to edge out Orebro 83-82 in the Swedish League at the weekend, and claim their 13th win in the competition this season.
While coach Paul Burke would have certainly expected a more comfortable victory against an opponent that has a 4-18 record, he must be delighted by the performances of the duo of Swedish internationals that joined his team over the winter break.
Center Joakim Kjellbom led all scorers with 25 points and added nine rebounds, while Christian Maraker finished with 15 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Tofas were not in action at the weekend and the long trip to Sweden will be much less of a consideration than would normally be the case.
The Dolphins will definitely have to defend better against Tofas than they did on Sunday, because it is unlikely they will score freely on the offensive end.
A high-scoring game as the 93-90 win over Khimik last week was an anomaly for the Turkish side, who normally do not allow their opponents to get many good looks at the basket.
Tofas only give up 71.6 points per contest and have the sixth best defence in the EuroChallenge among all 32 teams that took part in the Regular Season
|Ioana Tofi has been showing good form of late for Okapi Aalstar
Tsmoki-Minsk vs. Okapi Aalstar
The Belgian side averted a mini-crisis at the weekend, by beating VOO Verviers-Pepinster 99-80 in the Ethias League to end a three-game slide.
Two key players for Aalstar in both the EuroChallenge and domestically were in excellent form, as point guard Derek Raivio went 8-of-12 from the floor and led all scorers with 21 points, while forward/center Ioana Tofi finished with 16 points and three rebounds.
Minsk were not in action at the weekend and enter the Wednesday clash with the heavy load of five consecutive losses, between EuroChallenge and the VTB League, on their shoulders.
Telekom Baskets Bonn vs. EWE Baskets Oldenburg
One thing neither of the two opponents in the all-German clash of Group L could complain about is tiredness.
Both sides sat out this weekend because of the German All Star Game and both seemed to be in good form when they last took to the floor on the first day of action in the EuroChallenge Last 16.
Oldenburg are not only one of the two (along with Krasnye Krylia) sides that still remain unbeaten in the EuroChallenge but are also doing better in the BEKO Bundesliga.
The visitors are in fourth place in the domestic league standings with a 12-6 record, while Bonn are in 13th and fighting for a play-off spot, at 8-10.
The hosts however managed to string together two victories last week for only the third time this season, when they followed up on their Saturday 74-64 victory over New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig in the Bundesliga with the hard-earned 65-60 success at Aalstar in the EuroChallenge.