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Full disclosure: I'm not actually much of a shorts person. But that's not to say I don't love a good pair of denim cutoffs when the temperature rises. In fact, my default summer outfit is slouchy, perfectly worn-in shorts paired with a blue button-down and Greek sandals--an easy-chic formula for the season. Since no stylish wardrobe is complete without a couple pairs of denim shorts in the mix, I've gathered 10 of my favorite options to help you shop the look now!
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The Hickory Crawdads won their sixth consecutive game Friday night by smashing the Charleston RiverDogs 10-2, before 2,552 fans at L.P. Frans Stadium on Friday night.With the win, the 'Dads remain in a first-place tie with Greensboro in the Northern Division of the South Atlantic League with only two games remaining in the first half.
The Crawdads (39-27) got the bats going in the bottom of the first against losing pitcher Richard Martinez (0-2). Odubel Herrera doubled his way on with one out beforeTomas Telis belted a two-run homer to gave the 'Dads a 2-0 lead.
Cody Buckel (3-2) struck out the side in the second inning again before Charleston (25-43) got on the board in the third. Kelvin De Leon led off the frame with a home run of his own, cutting the Crawdads lead in half, 2-1.
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Jake Skole drove in a run with a fielder's choice. Skole reached safely when the throw home was not in time. Alejandro Selen followed with a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Clark from third, making it 4-1.
The Crawdads finally broke the game open with six runs in the fifth. Jurickson Profar walked and stole second base. Herrera had an RBI single that made it 5-1; he then stole second base and scored on an RBI single by Telis. Christian Villanueva tripled off the left-field wall, plating Telis and Richmond skied a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Villanueva for the 8-1 advantage.
Skole singled and Selen walked, putting runners at first and second. Kellin Deglan scoring both runners with an RBI double to right field, handing the Crawdads a commanding 10-1 lead.
Colby Killian took over for Buckel in the sixth. Bickel gave up one run on five hits with eight strikeouts in five innings. Rob Segedin of Charleston closed out the scoring as he homered in the sixth, making 10-2.
Nick McBride followed with a scoreless seventh inning; Jorge Marban slammed the door as he retired all six men he faced.
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21 December 2012 07:09 PM
Recent research, I believe at University College, London, indicated that a slower refresh rate but keeping flicker rate the same, resulted in more subliminal mental activity. In other words the viewer does more work but is not aware of it and suffers fatigue. . This is the familiar problem of fatigue, which has long been known to be a symptom of poor quality audio repoduction equipment, which results in the listener not wanting to listen for long periods. Unfortunately, with our obsession with more aggressive audio and video compression, this is becoming more of a problem, not less. Young people now listen to increasingly more electronic music which does not suffer as much from compression than natural instuments, for this reason. I hope the higher refresh rate catches on and is not destroyed by even more aggressive MPEG whatever video compression.
22 December 2012 06:50 AM
You obviously have the wrong end of the stick.
Digital is 'high quality'. They keep telling us , so it must be true.
Nothing to do with spectrum efficiency, squeezing more into less or even about saving power.
Look on the bright side. The bit rate of the sound using the current DVB -T system is almost twice that of super high quality DAB.
I wouldn't like to comment on the video quality as the content is generally not worth watch - whatever the 'quality' to be honest. As long as it makes money for someone, I suppose everything goes out of the window.
22 December 2012 12:39 PM
Young people now listen to increasingly more electronic music which does not suffer as much from compression than natural instruments, for this reason.
By "young", I assume you mean those born after about 1955? I like your thinking - makes me feel much better about my age! Compression has been a fact of life in recording and broadcasting since at least the mid 1970's, possibly longer, as, of course, has widespread "electronic" music. What's sad about modern (i.e. since 1988ish!) digital compression are the greater number of non-harmonic artefacts compared to analogue compression, although as a multiplicative algorithm analogue compressors (whether electronic or through tape) always did have slightly odd effects.
Back in the 1980s, I worked in one of the first companies to produce a viable commercial digital audio data compressor, and although very good it was a bit irritating on, say, piano music. At the time I was, being a good audio geek, dead against it. Having mellowed in my old age I now just think its great how easy access to music has become. And in reality a modern MP3 recording is of no worse quality than a 45 on a Dansette!!
But certainly it is good that the technology is being pushed at the high end so that if we want high quality audio and video recordings we have the choice, and if we want to squeeze 20 films onto our personal player we have the choice there too.
Of course there's a final interesting point on age: I used to be able to tell the difference immediately between 16 bit 44.1kHz audio and vinyl (much preferring the latter), nowadays not only has AD / DA converter technology improved but my ears have started fading and I can't tell any more. At the same time I'm listening to more and more classical music, so think there' s a good compensating effect coming in here!
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25 December 2012 09:50 AM
"And in reality a modern MP3 recording is of no worse quality than a 45 on a Dansette!! "
MP3 really can have bit rates up to 320 easily. I have a hearing problem, but when I decided to transfer my vinyl over to digital, anything less than 256 stereo (128 for mono) - I could easily tell the drop in quality. The powers that be seem to consider 80 to 128 bits 'high quality'.
I made the mistake of listening to a live FM broadcast and doing a direct comparison with the digital version being broadcast at the same time (it doesn't happen often) and it was very noticeable.
I'm afraid that 45s really did vary in quality - and still do - as do LPs.
A combination of poor engineering (distortion due to over modulating spoilt many a good record) and poor pressing didn't (don't) help.
As I suggested in my post, good quality costs money and while the public will put up with poor quality, why not just give them what they want?It just seems such a shame that high quality is not difficult in this day and age - we had an excuse with shellac 78s, although the later vinyl 78s were much better.
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Naval Academy CrossFit Club Gets Competitive
Posted on: April 18, 2013 10:00 EDT by Lt. Cmdr. Jack Ryan
Walk the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy at 5:30 a.m. and you will often find young midshipmen actively engaged in various physical activities. Some participate in self-led running and calisthenics protocols, while others compete as varsity athletes squeezing in those necessary morning workouts to support a full day of academic studies and professional military training.
However, tucked away in a small racquetball court, deep in the bowels of a 1960s-era athletic building, a few dedicated members of CrossFit Blue and Gold are Olympic lifting, sprinting, pulling, pushing and rowing their way to building what Midshipman 2nd Class Benjamin Herbold calls "a community of like-minded individuals who always want you to do your best."
Officially recognized as an extracurricular activity at the beginning of the 2012 academic year, the Naval Academy CrossFit club gained status as a CrossFit military affiliate in late October of that same year.
Named after the academy's alma mater, CrossFit Blue and Gold's self-stated mission of teaching midshipmen to be as fit as they can be for as long as they can be within a positive and productive environment supports the Naval Academy's moral, mental and physical missions and motivates its members in their daily pursuit of general physical preparedness. But over the past year, they have accomplished so much more.
In just eight months, the midshipmen coaches and athletes who manage the program have introduced the basic strength and conditioning benefits of CrossFit and have developed healthier living habits for more than 400 of their academy shipmates. In addition to the daily morning workout of the day, or WOD, the midshipmen offer afternoon classes on a first-come, first-served basis to any member of the brigade who has attended the club's foundations class.
With humble beginnings as an "underground" workout club, the leaders of CrossFit Blue and Gold have grown their small following into a community that continues to develop in and outside of the Naval Academy walls.
Recently, members of the CrossFit Blue and Gold Competition Team travelled to Philadelphia to compete against a group of Army cadets from West Point's Black and Gold CrossFit. The 2nd Annual Army/Navy CrossFit Throwdown was hosted by CrossFit 215 and did not disappoint the athletes or spectators on hand to watch.
Micah Macbeth, co-owner of 215, designed a series of workouts that tested the full range of each team's fitness.
"I knew the academies were going to bring some good athletes, but I wasn't sure what to expect in regard to their CrossFit skill level," said Macbeth, when asked about how he came up with the programming. "I'll tell you what, these guys and girls are legit."
Jumping out to an early lead, the CrossFit 215 team set the bar high for the midshipmen and cadets. However, the midshipmen showed their tenacity, stamina and overall skill level, taking first place finishes in workouts two and three.
Workout four proved to be some exciting "controlled chaos," with each member of the three teams participating in a series of increasing repetitions of various exercises that used every barbell, bumper plate and pull-up bar in the box. Army and Navy swapped the lead no less than three times, and in a dramatic sprint to the back wall of CrossFit 215's gym, Army edged out Navy by a few seconds.
In the end, Navy took the day with Army coming in second and CrossFit 215 finishing third.
Overall, the event showcased not only the impressive physical conditioning and athletic skill of these competitors, but demonstrated the impact that the Academies' CrossFit programs have had for their members and for the CrossFit community at large.
"What I liked best about competing against Army is that although they were our competition, we were both cheering each other on throughout the entire day, despite who was winning," said Midshipman 2nd Class Jackie Barnum. "That is the true nature of CrossFit and what it is all about."
A former Naval Surface Warfare Officer and local affiliate owner who competed for the CrossFit 215 team made the statement that he wished he had known about CrossFit while he was a midshipman.
"I can't believe we didn't have a club like this when I was there. I would have loved to have had the opportunities to improve my skills like these kids have now," he said.
As the members of CrossFit Blue and Gold move forward, their goals include more classes for their members, better equipment and facilities, and improved performances at various competitions. They will close out the spring semester with a few more team competitions and some dedicated training prior to going their separate ways for summer military training commitments.
"The best part of my CrossFit experience is having the opportunity to coach other midshipmen during the week, said Barnum. "Seeing them try so hard to get out of their comfort zones is incredibly inspiring. Often after class, they'll thank me for helping them improve, when in fact they help me improve."
Whatever the future holds for the academies' CrossFit communities, one thing is certain - the two teams from Army and Navy will meet again this fall for a third go-round.
"We get to compete against them but then we come together as equals who just went through a lot of pain," Midshipman 2nd Class Ben Freedman, with a smile.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Another disappointingly big quarterly loss and a 26% slide in comparable sales didn't faze Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney Co.'s chief executive.
Before a crowd of about 150 investors and analysts in New York on Friday, Johnson again sought to ease concerns about his bid to transform the Plano, Texas-based department store chain JCP, +1.77% His goal: turn Penney, or JCP as the company now likes to call itself, into what he called a specialty department store chain, eventually full of 100 in-store boutiques, running from Levi's and Izod to Joe Fresh and Michael Graves, with widened aisles featuring mannequins and Lego and iPad tables as well as coffee shops and a center square for mingling and other activities.
"The big question is, 'Will it work?'" asked Johnson, adding data from about 700 stores that have featured its eight new shops including Levi's and the company's own JCP brands since the summer have offered promising signs. "It's becoming a tale of two companies. One is JCPenney: a promotional department store. The other is JCP, which is a start-up and specialty department store."
Penney's shares closed down 4.8% to $20.64 as the second biggest decliner in the S&P 500 index, yielding a 41% drop for the year.
By comparison, rival Macy's Inc. M, -0.91% has traded up 21% during the same period. Sears Holdings Corp. SHLD, -2.10% more than doubled, Kohl's Corp. KSS, +1.33% rose 4.7% and Target Corp. TGT, +0.24% climbed 21%. See earnings outlook on Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot.
In a positive sign, sales per square foot at those stores that have featured new shops more than doubled to $269, compared to $134 at the old format, Chief Financial Officer Ken Hannah said. Even when comparing within the stores that have opened the new in-store shops, the company also saw a 33% increase in sales per square foot, he said.
The issue: It only has 10 of those 100 shops — including Sephora and Mango right now — and only 11% of the company's total retail square footage features the new shops and new look, with a total rollout not expected to be completed until near the end of 2014.
Next year, new in-store shops to be introduced include Martha Stewart and Disney. Penney also is revamping its entire kids' and home sections. On the home front, it'll featuring branded shops including Bodum and things such as cooking demonstrations and food products.
Management also has another big problem: Penney lost significant traffic and customers after Johnson earlier this year in a broad swath did away with the company's traditional coupons and sales, alienating its traditional shoppers who don't think they are getting a value without sales or coupons, analysts said.
A failed marketing strategy to communicate its new pricing structure also left shoppers confused, they said. After introducing a three-tier structure of everyday, month-long and clearance prices, the company in August adopted a more simplified approach and now just focuses on regular everyday and clearance prices.
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"I like what they want to do longer term," Harry Ikenson, an independent retail analyst, told MarketWatch at the meeting. "But basic rule in retail: you don't move too quickly to lose your old customers before you get your new customers. Their goals and strategies are terrific, but they are doing too much too fast. It's too early to buy the stock. They are going to have a poor Christmas."
Johnson acknowledged that consumers want value and that it's not enough to just feature the new shops and new look. The company has had a tweak in its "tactic," instead of a change in its pricing strategy, he said. It recently sent direct mail to give shoppers a $10 coupon.
He said Penney also has started to show manufacturers' suggested prices compared against its own prices to illustrate for shoppers the price difference. Penney also will feature nationwide promotions given by its brand suppliers, such as Jockey.


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MORRISTOWN – The renovated Morristown Municipal Boat Launch was dedicated to the late Congressman David OBrien Martin at a ceremony on Saturday.
Mayor Cheryl A. Shatraw said the decision to name the boat launch after Mr. Martin was based on his work for the region, noting that he spent many summers in Morristown and has family in the area.
Mr. Martin, born in April 1944, served in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993. He died in Nov. 2012.
Russell B. Lawrence, who nominated Mr. Martin for the honor, said the dedication ceremony, which was attended by members of Mr. Martins family, was very nice.
Mr. Lawrence said the plaque, fixed to a Morristown rock by the boat launch, has been fitted with a Quick Response Code which allows it to be read by smartphones.
You can take your QR reader on the smart phone and get a whole bunch of information about David and his life and the region, Mr. Lawrence said.
The village boat launch renovations were completed earlier this summer. Work on the $104,000 project began in February.
The launch is located off Water Street and faces Morristown Bay.
The new launch has two lanes, separated by a floating dock, said Mrs. Shatraw, which will allow it to rise and fall with the water level in the St. Lawrence River.
In addition to the dock, the renovations extended the launch 50 feet into the water to better enable boaters to access their boats when the water is low.
Its been unbelievable how much its been used during the summer already, Mrs. Shatraw said of the boat launch. If you drive down there any day youll see a number of boats and trailers.
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A Price motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a car on SR-10 about 10 miles south of Price Tuesday morning. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Levi Oman identified the victim as 68-year-old Glenn Silvis.
Silvis was a long-time resident of Price who had been awarded the Purple Heart for combat injuries he received in the Vietnam War.
The Department of Public Safety information office reported that the collision occurred while another motorist was calling Price dispatch center to advise that a silver Mazda was driving recklessly and swerving. The caller witnessed the collision while on the phone.
Trooper Oman said that Silvis was southbound shortly before 11 a.m. when the northbound Mazda sedan driven by 27-year-old Jeremy Hunt of Ferron crossed the center line and collided with the motorcycle. UHP closed the highway for about three hours to survey the evidence, which was scattered across both lanes and both shoulders. Troopers used a crane to get an aerial view and photographs of the debris and skid marks. Traffic was diverted through the Miller Creek area south of Price between Ridge Road and the Cleveland-Elmo intersection.
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Silvis is survived by his wife, the former Linda Vuksinick, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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CRIMINAL CONTEMPT - NORFOLK - Massena-based state police charged Michael J. Riley, 25, of Massena with a felony count of first-degree criminal contempt and second-degree aggravated harassment stemming from an incident reported at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday in the town of Norfolk. He was taken into custody at 2224 state Route 420, arraigned in local court and sent to the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility.
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate community editor
For some people general election time is a drag. They get tired of the endless ads, the campaign signs littering every highway and byway, and those who incessantly tell them it is their duty to go out and vote.
For me, that time that comes every four years, is much like the show business song, "That's Entertainment."
Many people spend their time nightly watching sitcoms, and so-called reality shows, but they don't want to tune into the most real of reality the small screen has to offer, the election coverage. Even more close to home and more pertinent to their lives they don't go to their local courthouse to watch the process of democracy taking place on election eve.
In the last four years I have spent three nights at Carbon's courthouse covering the two general elections and the off year poll for both the Sun Advocate and the Associated Press. Let me tell you, while it is not one of those rip roaring celebration parties you see coming from the New York Ritz or even the Salt Lake Hilton, it is interesting all the same. In fact it is akin to going to a small sports bar on a big game night, only without the drinking.
The crowd isn't usually large, but the entertainment power is great. First there is the big screen where the county posts all it's results. Off to the side is a television or two playing national and state broadcasts of what is going on. Both these things hold my attention; but what makes it really fun is that many of the local candidates show up to watch the returns come in. In a rural place like Carbon County it isn't like the political parties can set up a big gala in a ballroom anywhere; there is neither the money nor really the inclination to do that. So instead of having their own gatherings they just come to the place where the ballots show up. Most of the time you can see opposing candidates talking with each other and it is almost always friendly. When new results are posted (as the precincts are counted) they are put up on the screen and you can see the sweat on people's faces, particularly he candidates, as they are viewed. Unlike a sports bar there is little cheering or jeering, but there are a lot of signs and moans.
My wife has often said I am easily entertained, and well, she may be right. But there is nothing like watching the grass roots of democracy take place. I observed the judges from the various precincts as they brought the ballots into the front counter in the clerks office. They don't all come at once right after the polls close, but trickle in at first and then more than a few start showing up with their sealed metal boxes. Then the crew behind the counter goes to work, checking those boxes and their precious democratic contents. Once that is done the election workers beging their labors at tables set up behind the counter. They start to check and count the ballots to make sure everything matches with the report filed by the field judges and to see the ballots are good and not spoiled. It's the hanging chad thing.
Then the ballots are put through a machine that counts the results and posts it to a computer.
Meanwhile in the commission chambers everyone anxiously waits for each precinct to be posted. There is a lot of talk about the national results that are coming in from the east and then the midwest as the night goes on, as people gather around the small screens in the room.. Each time a local precinct clears counting and the results are posted, the big screen kind of blinks and the crowd moves to that area of the room to see what has changed.
While many candidate feel they know how they are going to do, with the changes in legislative districts four years ago, those running for the state house can never be sure. This night the tension was really in Mike Dmitrich's court, because as the results trickled in it was obvious he had done well in Carbon County. Then the results east of the Wasatch Plateau were posted and it showed him winning there too. But there were 12 precincts with a lot of votes from Utah County still to be counted by 11 p.m. and that is where his opponent's strength was expected to come from. However, once the votes were counted in the eastern part of the state it appeared Phil Peay couldn't catch him, that that proved to be true as Utah county came in slowly but surely.
There were no cliffhangers locally, although there were some interesting returns for a county that has been traditionally democratic. George W. Bush won the counties vote quite handily over John Kerry, and Paul Van Dam lost to Bob Bennett by a good margin. Probably the most confusing vote was on the East Carbon-Sunnyside consolidation issue. The screen just showed those for and against, but not how each town had voted, which ultimately was to be the most important thing, since both had to approve it independently. Once the votes from each town were separated out it became obvious it was not going to be approved.
Now this might not sound like a rendition of the West Wing, the CSI shows or even Survivor, but for me watching the people and their reactions to various races was very interesting.
While our political system may seem unreal for many people who feel disenfranchised either by the illusion their vote counts for nothing or that they can't make a difference, this once every other year event affects them more than a lot of what they spend time doing everyday. The people elected help to make policy about everything from dog license fees to how much state tax one may pay in the years to come.
In general election years, people center too much on the presidential race. They seem to forget that while the president makes huge decisions about the economy and going to war, he also needs a consensus of congressmen and senators to do the things he wants to do. As for our daily lives, most of us are much more affected by what the county commission did in a meeting last week or what the legislature did in their last session than we are by the national politics. So votes do count.
And going to this center of the democratic process on election night is one thing everyone ought to experience at least once in their lifetime.


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I think the word "single" is most frequently used in scholarly writing.
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"simple" is used also..
i'm not sure that's what you are looking for, though.
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Another great statment. Having only Linux would be just as bad as having only Microsoft. It would be boring and become vulnurable very fast.Do we want Linux on every desktop? Personnaly, I don't.
You know what?? I don't expect many people from this board to understand the underlying requirement of business oriented/envoronment people since many are still in College or yet to go to College. They were never put into life and death siturations of business requrements versus technical solutions.I have to be compatible with Word and Excel. *No choice. *Period.
I believe what we need is some company ( Sun may be?? ) to comeup with ways to be able to save to Word compartible formats and read from Word formats. Be it a module/add on for Star Office or other types ..... I believe we have variable solutions such as Ham Office suite but people aren't willing to spend money for it.That better, open standrad word processor is comming, but it damn well better be backward compatible with Word as well. *Or else.
I think Linux for desktop is already there. We just need to find out how it will fit to your organization. You might also want to check out Ham Office 2.0. It CAN read/write to Word compartible formats. The down side?? It costs about $ 250 a copy but cheaper than MS Office sticker price of $ 499.
Another great statment. Having only Linux would be just as bad as having only Microsoft. It would be boring and become vulnurable very fast.Do we want Linux on every desktop? Personnaly, I don't.
I can't speak for other scientific journals, but I can safely say that about 99% of mathematics journals require submission in LaTeX. So in my field, LaTeX is the de-facto standardOnce upon a time, most scientific journals required article submission in LaTeX. Now they except Word. The word, it seems, is Word.
a couple of opinions:
I think we need Linux on every desktop, spend the millions we would have spent on MS products into things like education. Imagine a world where we're not wasting money or productivity because we're all infected by the the latest klez variant. DONT revamp Linux to cater to Windows users (more so than it already has), but introduce distros like Redhat, Suse, and especially Mandrake to pop culture.
basically, Schotty hit the head on the nail in his earlier comment.
I, like the rest of you, grow tired of the dummification of computing. It's getting to the point that pussification of software is creating more and more security holes. THIS MUST STOP.
While, I would enjoy having MS Office running on my Linux system, Im not sure Im willing to pay the cost of having it on my system. Solution? Universal file types. War-mega-text files with the power of MS Word, Excel documents, but the versatility of simple text files.
Email isnt reliant on one client, and word processing shouldnt be either.
I agree with this. 110%.Final exam. Spot the deluded fantasy:
A) "I don't need to support HTML, I'll write a BETTER web browser using my own incompatable data format, and everybody will switch because it's technically just so much better."
B) "I don't need to support SMTP, I'll write a BETTER email program using my own data format, and everybody will switch because it's technically just so much better."
C) "I don't need to support Microsoft Word files, I'll write a BETTER word processor using my own data format, and everybody will switch because it's just so much better."
The correct answer? All of the above.
I don't want Linux on *every* desktop. I want people to have the ability to freely choose which OS to use. If an OS can support all the data formats needed today, people have true alternatives and they can choose the one that fits them the best. If there was a web browser that was superior to every web browser there is, but didn't support HTML, would that browser be a true alternative? No. The same goes with OS's.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again: if I wasn't able to read and write Word and Excel documents in Linux, I'd be using Windows right now.
MS Word is a HORRIBLE format, but it's still the most widely used, so we need to support it.
Lucky Linux currently provides me with all I need, even a Visio clone that gets the job done, a extremely powerful IDE and the ability to open Word documents, which I need for school. Lucky my school is aware of the M$ iron grip so they upload most stuff in PDF instead of .doc.
i've been hearing a lot of about using xml for most formats. so if microsoft would use xml for their formats, we'd be able to read it without any problems on our linux systems
the problem is that Microsoft probably won't do it unless they're forced by the US Courts and we all know microsoft has the entire US government in their pocket so forget i mentioned this and keep dreaming


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osforlife wrote:Although Ryan Flaherty has been hot as of late (five game hit streak), Zelous Wheeler and Buck Britton both have experience at second base. The former is hitting .296/.369/.432 while the later is hitting .300/.353/.436 at Norfolk. Neither of them project to be more than utility players, but they are hitting well and deserve a shot if Ryan Flaherty returns to his pre-streak ways.
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WHAT? Do you work at the NSA?
I was just thinking about both of those guys last night and wondering if they'd get a chance this year.
With that being said IMO it would be a bad idea to exchange either of them for Flaherty. Yes; he's hitting below the Mendoza Line, but his defense has been plus and I value that as about 200 OPS points. Let's be honest, even if we did improve 2B it wouldn't address our real problems - STARTING PITCHING.
Just because I need to eat three meals by the end of the day doesn't mean I should pass on breakfast because it'll only count as one.
osforlife wrote:Jordan's scouting report on Britton states he is super versatile with good hands.
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The College of Eastern Utah has been an important part of this community for more than 70 years. But the College now sits at a crossroads. We are searching for the best route toward a sustainable future.
CEU is fiscally sound and academically successful. Recent budget cuts have hurt, but we have managed them without having to fire or furlough employees and the college is operating in the black. We are fully accredited with a number of nationally award-winning programs. The education we provide is outstanding, as legions of our graduates who have gone on to successful careers and productive lives will testify.
However, enrollment at the College has dropped. This is due, in part, to the declining number of college-age people in our regional population. Since CEU draws the vast majority of its students from high school graduates in Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan counties, the decreasing number of young people has had a serious impact on the college. In order to respond to these conditions, the college must come up with new ways of doing business.
As we consider making changes at CEU, it is worth keeping in mind what it is that community colleges do and why they are so valuable to our society. Small community colleges throughout America, including those in rural areas like CEU and Snow College, have a long, proud history of educating local residents, young and old, contributing to the regional economy, and serving as community hubs for social and cultural activities.
Which choices will best preserve this tradition? What place should rural colleges have in a higher education system dominated by urban politics and interest groups? How can CEU adapt to changing population, economic, and technological conditions while honoring the rural lifestyles and regional heritage that we hold so dear?
Finding the right answers to these questions will not be easy. Some tough decisions lay ahead. The College needs the advice, support and good will of its friends and neighbors. Working together we can ensure that the people of southeast Utah will continue to have affordable access to all the services that a comprehensive community college provides.
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