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April 6, 2012 — Ron Moore, one of fire service's leading experts in extrication and automobile rescue, has joined the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Electric Vehicle Safety Training Project to serve on the program's roster of subject matter experts and trainers. Moore, who has more than 32 years of experience in the fire service, joins Jason Emery, Chris Pepler and Matt Paiss to lead electric vehicle safety trainings across the United States.
NFPA's Electric Vehicle Safety Training Project, funded by a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, was developed to equip the nation's first responders with the necessary abilities to address the growing number of electric and hybrid vehicles on the roads today. The state-level, train-the-trainer course began touring state fire academies in the summer of 2011 and has been delivered in 27 states to-date. NFPA plans to reach first responders in all 50 states by 2013.
"Ron is a great addition to the program as the demand for this training continues to grow," said Andrew Klock, sr. project manager of NFPA's Electric Vehicle Safety Training. "As we move closer to our goal of training first responders in all 50 states and beyond, his experience and talent will prove to be a valuable resource to all those who take part in the course."
Moore has conducted thousands of advanced automobile rescue seminars and training programs across the country and around the globe, including Canada, Sweden, England, Germany and the Netherlands. He has authored one of most widely used training manuals in the field — Vehicle Rescue and Extrication, 2nd Edition — and written more than 200 published articles as a contributing editor for Firehouse magazine.
"NFPA has done a great job working with safety experts and auto manufacturers to put together a comprehensive curriculum of up-to-date information for electric vehicle emergency response," said Moore. "Through the delivery of this train-the-trainer program, I am looking forward to interacting with fellow fire service instructors across the country and feel privileged to be able to assist them as they go forward with the local level implementation of this program."
Moore's work in automotive emergency response has earned him the International Society of Fire Service Instructors' George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award and the International Association of Fire Chiefs' Excellence in Rescue award.
As NFPA's Electric Vehicle Safety Training continues to make its way to all 50 states, Moore is expected to begin conducting trainings in the Summer of 2012.
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Writing in Foreign Affairs this week, Zhu Feng sketched out a vision of the thinking in Beijing from the perspective of a person more reasonable than Xi Jinping has been, so far. Zhu's piece suggests the outlines of an agreement with Beijing to defang Kim Jong-Un and manage North Korea's transition to peace. Alas, Zhu Feng is not in charge in Beijing, and Xi Jinping is. Suspend your paranoia that this essay is only an artifice to persuade us that Beijing will be reasonable, if only we stay our hands on secondary sanctions another year or two (years we no longer have). The piece is well worth reading in its entirety, if only for what it tells us about the thoughts of those in Beijing whose influence we should seek to weaken or strengthen, and whose fears we should seek to exploit.
In this regard, Trump needs to understand the complexity of China's thinking on North Korean policy. Getting China to take more responsibility on North Korea requires both a gentle and a hard push. The Trump administration has made it clear that it will not tolerate a nuclear North Korea—but Beijing has heard this before. Despite the rhetorical flourish, to the experienced Chinese diplomat, the Trump administration's policy sounds quite a lot like those of Presidents George W. Bush and Obama: a desire to achieve denuclearization but an unwillingness for this to come at the cost of war on the peninsula. Chinese President Xi Jinping is similarly bound by the strategic logic of China's long-standing approach to its petulant neighbor—avoiding the dangers and uncertainty of war and instability by looking past the present consequences of North Korea's actions. Xi's view of North Korea is still dominated by the fear of a reunified Korea under Seoul, which may want U.S. forces to remain in the country. This is a legitimate concern, but it is possible, given Trump's isolationist stance, that he might consider not stationing U.S. troops above the 38th parallel or deploying offensive capabilities to a unified Korea. [Zhu Feng, Foreign Affairs]
I can envision how an agreement with Beijing might work: China would enforce the U.N. Security Council resolutions — no more and no less. It would import no more than $400 million worth of coal, and it would not buy coal or anything else from any entities designated by the U.N., that were associated with Pyongyang's weapons programs, or that were reasonably suspected of contributing to those programs. It would freeze the assets of North Korea's proliferators and their front companies and put their agents on the first Air Koryo flight home. It would also freeze any accounts of North Korean nationals or trading companies until it ensured, in accordance with UNSCR 1718, paragraph 8(d), that those funds could not be used for WMD programs or other prohibited purposes. For good measure, it would also expel any North Korean workers. It would keep those measures in place until Pyongyang was fully disarmed. That, in turn, would almost certainly require the removal of Kim Jong-Un, but coordinated economic strangulation of the regime — which should carefully avoid impeding the trade in food — would likely cause the elites to lose confidence in him. By many accounts, that confidence is already shaky.
In return, the U.S. would agree not to station forces inside the borders of what is now North Korea (something that we should not do under any circumstances anyway). We might even discuss a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. ground forces, which would no longer be needed in Korea. We would agree to suspend sanctions, year by year, provided Pyongyang was making progress toward the conditions described in our laws, toward a more humane and open society whose disarmament we could actually believe in. This state would be neither a militarized totalitarian cult nor a Jeffersonian democracy, but a state that was evolving from totalitarianism to one that was merely authoritarian, along the lines of what we see in Burma today. Great change takes time. North Korea and its people would need time to evolve into a self-governable society, ready to take its place in the world.
Once North Korea was disarmed and the artillery was removed from the bunkers along the DMZ, Korea could be reunified in all but name. Korean families would be reunited, a new pan-Korean culture would be reborn, and commerce would flow freely across the nature reserve formerly known as the DMZ. An agreement with Beijing and Seoul might preserve a fig leaf of separation for an agreeable transitional period, excluding any foreign forces and ensuring friendly relations with all of Korea's neighbors, friends, and trading partners, to assuage Beijing's security and economic concerns. South Korea would assume responsibility for controlling the China-North Korea border and caring for the poor and dispossessed North Koreans who might otherwise cross it. The consequent economic revitalization, including access to refurbished North Korean seaports, would be a boon to China's northeastern rust belt. The political status of North Korea after this transitional period — say, ten years — would be for the people of both Koreas to decide. Enough of foreign powers drawing lines through a nation that ought to be able to decide its own fate. A unified Korea would be no threat to China.
Of course, if Beijing does not cooperate, things might have to take a darker turn.
The real difference that Beijing and Washington must overcome, however, is China's fear of chaos in North Korea spilling over its own borders. Such instability could spell an unmanageable situation involving all sorts of crises: civil war, famine, and mass displacement, not to mention the danger of fissile material and biological weapons falling into even more unstable hands. Of course, some Chinese hardliners take this view even further, suggesting that it would be foolish for China to take the North Korean burden off the back of its greatest competitor. They argue that, considering that the United States is in many ways a thorn in the flesh to Chinese interests in areas such as Taiwan and the South China Sea, it would be against China's national interests to release the United States from this problem.
Today, many within China believe that Beijing must reevaluate its relationship with both Koreas, which essentially means abandoning Pyongyang. It is both the strategic and the moral choice. Choosing South Korea, a democracy with a strong economy, will place China on the right side of history. China's lack of clear direction on this issue is beginning to negatively affect its reputation, with Beijing seen by the international community as reluctant to cooperate or behave responsibly. These are not traits that behoove a rising power. [Zhu Feng, Foreign Affairs]
I can also envision how things would have to work if China does not cooperate. The alternative would be China's greatest fear — chaos. It would have to be. Pyongyang insists that its nuclear program is non-negotiable. Even assuming that, under extreme duress, Pyongyang eventually said otherwise, it will never be possible for a prudent person to believe in the denuclearization of a society as closed as North Korea's, or to trust the words of a regime as mendacious as Pyongyang's.
Because of all the years wasted by Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, we may, for a while, be stuck with the option of trying to deter a nuclear North Korea. This option is only slightly less terrible than war, and anyone who has watched how Pyongyang has behaved in recent years knows that this isn't sustainable. We are always laying down red lines we think Pyongyang wouldn't dare cross. Our calculations are invariably miscalculations, and Pyongyang crosses our red lines like so many cracks in a sidewalk. Can we deter a regime that built a reactor in Syria, used VX in the middle of the crowded Kuala Lumpur Airport terminal, or uses cyber attacks to terrorize us, smother own freedom of expression, and rob banks? Can we deter a regime that has carried out multiple armed attacks, cyber attacks, and assassination attempts in South Korea since 2010, killing at least 50 people? Can we deter a regime that sells chemical weapons technology to Assad and MANPADS to terrorists? How do you deter Pyongyang once it thinks it can nuke Seoul, Tokyo and New York? Will Pyongyang become more restrained when it thinks we think it can, or might?
Eventually, Pyongyang will go too far and we will be at war. Deterrence will fail. That's why the Trump administration is right to turn down the idea of a freeze — not that Pyongyang is interested in one anyway. Pyongyang can't be allowed to have nukes, or even nuclear technology to sell to others. But no one believes it is possible to take these things away from Pyongyang without a fundamental change in the regime's character.
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The cold, hard truth that too few of us are willing to confront is this — there is no peaceful solution to the North Korea crisis as long as Kim Jong-Un remains in power. The syllogism is a simple one: if Kim Jong-Un won't disarm, and if we can't live with Kim Jong-Un (or he won't live with us) if he doesn't disarm, then Kim Jong-Un must go. The question then becomes a matter of finding the least-risky option to achieve that result.
Once we conclude that Pyongyang won't disarm under pressure, what it means for sanctions to "work" shifts. Then, the focus of sanctions also shifts, from creating economic pressure on Pyongyang to supporting political subversion of the regime by targeting its immune system — the border guards, the army, Ministry of State Security, the State Security Department, the Reconnaissance General Bureau, and the Propaganda and Agitation Department. In a country whose political and economic models are fragile and possibly unsustainable, change can take many forms. Certainly, it should not take the form of invasion or decapitation unless that's our only protection against a grave and imminent threat to ourselves and our allies. It could mean sudden collapse if the elites turn on Kim Jong-Un, but our influence over such an event would be indirect at best. Don't get me wrong — we should do everything within our power to prepare the Pyongyang elites for it, if only to make the right people in Pyongyang and Beijing nervous, and most urgently, to discourage North Korean troops from killing their brother and sister Koreans in the event we can't prevent war.
The change we can do the most to catalyze, however, is a slow-motion revolution in the countryside. Our strategy should be to use sanctions and information warfare to degrade the regime's capacity to repress, even as we use economic engagement and information warfare help an informed, enriched, and empowered people rise. This would not be regime change, exactly, but regime decline and regime replacement by dozens of local shadow governments. As the security forces lost their foreign sources of income due to sanctions, their members would desert, turn to corruption, or allow themselves to be coopted by the rising merchants and shadow warlords. Officers patrolling the markets could not shake the people down without fear of resistance or reprisal. Inside the jangmadang, they would become prisoners of the people. Inside their stations, they would be besieged, isolated, and ineffective. As the state's power melted away and flowed back down the songbun scale, information operations would tell the elites that Kim Jong-Un's days are numbered, that they should not support him, and that they should disobey any orders to kill their brothers and sisters. Implicit in the slow degradation of a totalitarian state is the historical inevitability that it can decline only so much before it can't contain an explosion. That is, it must change or perish. Political change tends to happen like bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly. Who is to say when regime decline might become the people's revolution that Thae Yong-Ho has predicted? Beijing and Pyongyang should certainly worry about this.
For poor North Koreans, this would mean freedom of trade, freedom from fear, and freedom from the confiscation of their land and their crops. It might also mean chaos along China's border. China would have to deploy troops to seal that border. Dandong, Dalian, and other cities involved in cross-border trade would face the concentrated effects of secondary sanctions, and even a loss of access to trade with America, that might plunge them into recession and unemployment. If the propaganda circulating in the jangmadang harnessed North Korea's nationalism in an intensely anti-Chinese direction, it could make North Korea an unsafe place for Chinese investments for years to come. Even after reunification, Chinese goods would face steep fees for the use of North Korean ports. China would be offered no guarantees about the future disposition of U.S. forces (though we'd be smart to leave the pacification of North Korea to the Koreans). Chinese investments — particularly those found to violate U.N. sanctions — might be confiscated, or written off as odious debts. Refugees would flood across the Tumen, and Seoul and Washington would be powerless to stop that flood. To prevent Pyongyang from proliferating, we might have to impose a naval blockade, and an economic air blockade.
All of this is a much more chaotic alternative than an agreement to enforce the sanctions Beijing already voted for at the U.N. Security Council, but for us, it's far better than the collapse of global nonproliferation or a coerced capitulation of South Korea. If Beijing is blithe about (or applauds, or encourages) our greatest security fears, then our response should be to identify and exploit its greatest fears in return.


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Date: 2/15/96 at 10:36:37 From: Daniel Peterson Subject: Math Problem The number of bacteria in a culture increases from 3000 to 9000 in 8 hours. If the rate of increase is proportional to the number present, estimate the number of bacteria at the end of 24 hours. Daniel Peterson
Date: 2/15/96 at 16:1:38 From: Doctor Byron Subject: Re: Math Problem Hi Daniel, For answering this problem I'm going to assume you know a little basic calculus, since that is the best way to really understand where the answer to this type of problem comes from. Let's call the bacteria population P(t) where t is the time. P(0) is our initial value and is equal to 3000. We also know that P(8) = 9000. Finally, we are told that the rate of increase of bacteria is proportional to the number of bacteria currently present. This is the same as saying that the derivative of the population function is equal to some constant times the population. We therefore have: dP P = k * ---- where k is an arbitrary constant. dt Rearranging this expression slightly, we end up with: dt dP ---- = ---- k P This now makes finding P (relatively) easy, since we can integrate both sides. Equations in which each variable can be isolated on a separate side of the equation are called "separable differential equations". They are often much easier to solve than those in which the variables cannot be separated. But to continue with the problem... integrating both sides results in: t/k = ln(P) + C [Normally the integral of 1/P would be natural log of the absolute value of P. In this case, however, we know that a population must be positive, so this distinction isn't necessary.] Applying the exponential function to both sides (i.e., raising e to the power of each side of the equation): t/k [ln(P) + C] ln(P) C e = e = e * e (let A = e^C) t/k e = P * A t/k P = Be (where B = 1/A) Now we can use the two conditions from the problem to find the constants B and k. P(0) = 3000 = B(e^0) = B Therefore B = 3000. 8/k P(8) = 9000 = 3000e Solving this, we find that k = 7.282 (approximately) Now it is possible to find P(24) 24/7.282 P(24) = 3000e = approx. 81,000 bacteria You may have noticed that the three values are following a progession proportional to the powers of 3: 3*1000, 3^2*1000, 3^4*1000. It ispossible to show that the value at 24 hrs is _exactly_ 81,000 bacteria.You can either do this analytically, as above, or realize that from the problem description the population will triple every 3 hours! Inother words, now that you have seen how the answer can be derived there is a very efficient shortcut for figuring this type of problem out. If you know the population increases by a certain factor in a set period of time, then it must continue to increase by that factor for each additional time period. I know it was a little mean of me to go through all those equations when there is a quick shortcut, but learning the above method will aid you in solving many other related problems where cutting corners is not so easy. -Doctor Byron, The Math Forum
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REIT Director Pay Falls 9% on Average in 2009
Projected 2009 total remuneration at the Board level of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) fell between -8.5% and -9.5% on average over 2008, depending on Committee role. This compares to a much smaller 2% drop among Fortune 200 companies. Total Director pay at REITs declined by about $12,000 for the Audit and Compensation Committee Chairs, and slightly less for those Directors serving in other positions.
This reduction in compensation stems from depreciated stock values, as well as the method by which firms grant equity awards to their Directors. Approximately 45% of REITs included in the study grant annual awards denominated as a fixed number of shares as opposed to a fixed dollar value, while an additional 8% use a combination of the two. This differs from Fortune 200 companies, 70% of which make equity awards solely based on a fixed cash amount.
"Awards based on a fixed number of shares expose a firm's Directors to wide variations in pay, as volatile markets directly impact stock values," said Steven Hall, Managing Director of Steven Hall & Partners. "This makes it difficult for Director programs using a fixed number of shares to deliver consistent equity value year over year, and is the reason that most companies have switched to granting equity based on a fixed dollar value."
Total remuneration is expected to range on average from $108,192 for non-committee Chair service to $122,554 for Audit Chair service in 2009. While this represents a relatively narrow band, total pay across firms ranged from about $16,000 to a high of $410,000 for Audit and Compensation Chairs. These values are significantly below what is generally observed among general industry firms of similar asset size, which on average reported pay 53% higher.
"Our findings indicate some significant differences in both levels of pay, and pay mix at REITs, when compared to general industry companies. This is in line with the notion that many REITs have yet to catch up with the market in terms of Director remuneration design," said Joseph Sorrentino, Managing Director of Steven Hall & Partners.
Over ninety percent of REITs studied pay Directors both a cash and stock retainer. The cash-equity split was found to be weighted more heavily toward cash, comprising approximately 60% of total, depending on Committee role. This differs from general industry firms of similar size, which tend to pay their Directors with a more even split between cash and stock.
Board and Committee meeting fees were found to be prevalent among REITs, being paid by approximately 75% of the companies studied. This represents a significant departure from general industry firms of similar size, which pay Board and/or Committee meeting fees in around 60-65% of the cases, while only 35% to 45% of the Fortune 200 pay these fees.
"Compared to most industries, REITs are relatively young as public companies. As their Boards continue to evolve, we expect the deviation from general industry practices to decline as these firms will be forced to compete more aggressively with the rest of the market," said Mr. Sorrentino.
The study also found that certain sectors within the REIT industry tend to pay more on average than others. REITs in the Hotel sector are projected to pay Directors $87,918 on average in 2009, 33% less than REITs competing in the Regional Mall sector, where the average Director is expected to receive $130,867. While this difference may be due to the generally larger size of Regional Mall REITs (median asset size about three times that of Hotel REITs), other differences across REIT sectors were observed. Hotel and Regional Mall REITs pay their Board members more heavily in cash than REITs in other sectors, with the stock portion making up only around 25-30% of total pay. Projected 2009 pay for other REIT sectors such as Apartments, Office Properties, and Shopping Centers range from $99,507 to $131,061 for Audit Chairs, while the average Director is likely to receive anywhere from $95,611 to $124,986.
Based on asset size, Director compensation at the largest REITs (greater than $6 billion in assets) is about twice as much as it is for those at the bottom (less than $1.5 billion in assets), and 25% to 35% more than at those companies in the middle range based on asset size. While all companies with total assets in excess of $1.5 billion split pay relatively equally, with a slight emphasis on cash compensation, REITs at the bottom weigh cash compensation more heavily, paying less than 30% of total remuneration in equity.
About the Study
The Steven Hall & Partners REIT Director Compensation Study analyzed the most current proxy data available on 103 public Real Estate Investment Trusts. The Study assumed that a Director either served as a Chair of one committee and a member of one other or served solely as a member of two committees. All stock valuations are based on the 2009 meeting date stock price. Contact Steven Hall & Partners at 212-488-5400 or firstname.lastname@example.com to request additional details regarding the study.
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Embracing the Winds
Vic Mignogna and his friends came out with a new Star Trek episode earlier this month that I didn't have a chance to review for the book. Here, however, I'll share the episode and my review!
After a starship loses its crew under mysterious circumstances, Kirk must help choose its next Captain: and it's come down to Spock and the female Commander Garrett.
Air date: September 3, 2016
Teleplay by James Kerwin and Vic Mignogna
Story by James Kerwin
Directed by James Kerwin
"The winds of change blow for us, and I do not envy the decision Starfleet now faces." – Tellarite Ambassador
Plunging head on into TOS's misogyny, this Kirk episode essentially says "Yes, women have been mistreated, and yes, we should have more women in charge; but that doesn't necessarily mean this woman should be in charge." And that makes you wonder if its some kind of 2016 Election allegory. (If so, the level headed, logical Mr. Spock is hardly the right character to use as a stand-in for Donald Trump.) But like TOS, you can forget about the specific real life events from the time it was made and and appreciate the story for its timelessness, with its issues not bound to any one period, showing up in new packaging with each successive generation. It's not just about prejudice against women and the danger of a woman receiving favorably treatment in reaction to to it; it's about all oppressed groups who attempt to shatter their own glass ceilings and face increased scrutiny as a result.
While Mignogna's given plenty to do in the episode, it's Todd Haberkorn who really ups his game, with his best Spock performance yet. Like Nimoy, he somehow manages to balance an unemotional front while letting his ego and emotions slip through at opportune times. Meanwhile, Clare Kramer (who played Glory on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) plays his female competition with just the opposite approach: beneath her passion, she occasionally lets some logic peek out.
Filling out the A story, Erin Gray (from Buck Rogers
and Silver Spoons) reprises a recurring role as Commodore Gray and longtime character actor Beau Billingslea (who plays Captain Abbott in Star Trek: Into Darkness) steps into the shoes of Vice Admiral Stomm, a Vulcan. But writer Kerwin gives the remaining cast plenty to do as well, with the Enterprise assigned to a salvage operation that gives Chekov (Wyatt Lenhart) a B story that eventually ties into the rest of the episode.
Like all Mignogna's Star Trek work, the TOS feel permeates the product, with some beautiful new sets and backdrops, including a stunning cityscape reminiscent of "The Menagerie", and a score that uses tried and true music cues while mixing in some new themes. And yet there's also enough new looks and ideas to see Star Trek moving forward.
Final Grade: B
Did you know? A then 17 year old Erin Gray was one of the dancers in Leonard Nimoy's infamous Ballad of Bilbo Baggins video.


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On Monday, Jim Hinde, 56, the Pike Place Market's "bushy-bearded busker, died in his sleep". Read Story
I recorded this performance on a sunny afternoon at the Port Townsend Farmers Market two years ago. Enjoy!
Listen to Jim's 30 minute set during the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival two weeks ago. He performed during the The Pike Place Buskers' Showcase as well as organized the show.


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How long, on average, does it take you to write one post?
I know that for most people the time it takes to write a post will probably vary hugely. However, I'm sure you can work out an average post time; I would say mine is probably about 3 or 4 minutes, perhaps longer. I've writen 1 or 2 posts which were over 1000 words in length and they took me over half an hour each. But they are pretty rare, how long does it take you?
Usually, I will only write for 1 minute at most. But I have made some huge posts from time to time...
Often I edit posts when reviewing them.
Me too, Arnie; I read through everything I've written and spell check it in Microsoft Word, which adds to the time a bit.
Use Google SpellCheck..waaay easier.
Normally takes me around 1-2 mins, depending on post size.
Depends on what I am posting. For example, in the old Daily Guess A Number Game, you don't take 3-5 minutes just for guessing a number. But, on the other hand, for example, in the suggestions forum, if you are thinking about replying to a suggestion, I normally take 4-5 minutes.
I must say that you get very interesting topics to make threads on, that is quite a skill.
I think less than one minute. On average. Depends on the subject. Sometimes when I read I know immediatly what to say, but sometimes I write and think, write and thikn, which takes more time. But when I already know my opinion, I can type it pretty fast and I'm done.
This post took me slightly more than 1 minute:P
Normally, I don't take that long cause I type relatively fast....
so even if I got to write a long response I probably take under 5mins...
Probably an average of 2-3 minutes on long posts.. But on short ones like these, maybe less than 2 minutes.
When I write long posts, I usually keep on hitting the preview button in order to save future edits later.
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I usually type my posts in word first to iron out any spelling errors - hopefully. If I am tired I sometimes skip this step.
Then I preview the post before altering errors or formatting problems and then post it.
I then usually spot something I don't like and end up editing them another couple of times (you will probably notice my posts are usually edited over and over this is when typos tend to creep in).
Usually takes 2-3 minutes but some can take less than a minute for a quick comment but others can take a LOT longer while I carefully think what I want to say, make sure I get the wording correct and try not to put things in such a way they might be misunderstood and cause offence. This takes up quite a bit of time.
About 5 mins.....
2 mins if it's a short post like this...
It usually takes me about 2-3min. The thing that takes the longest is trying to find a topic to post in. I don't want to post in a topic where I have no knowledge of what there talking about.
Captain Fertile
2 minutes? Does your watch need a new battery?
Hah! I was thinking along the same lines about that one, Captain Fertile.
I think it's wishful thinking on apple's behalf to be honest; I would expect something like that to take 30 seconds, possibly 45 at most (if the member isn't too much of a touch typer).
Yes true. I have the same problem There are many forums, but many forums are about things I don't know anything about.
Also depends on your internet connection speed
It depends, but I'd say on average it takes me between five and seven minutes to make a post. I like to think about what I say a lot before I actually say it, to make sure I'm really saying what I want to say instead of saying something that might not make sense. I also tend to preview several times and edit to fix errors or typos.
It takes me about 30 seconds - I am an experienced rapid poster (and a fast typer).
That or you just write really short posts; remember, you can't write 100 words in 30 seconds.
EDIT: Just to say, this post took me over 1 minute. Why? Because I wrote the 1 line, made two alterations and then posted. Then I saw that I should add a comma (after "remember") and pressed edit just for that. Obviously, I decided to write this short paragraph [and spell check it] after that. (Ooo, there were no spelling mistakes. )
On average I think it would be around 1-2 min of posting time, but then I edit them for about 1-2 min with the 'Preview' button, so it comes to 2-4 minutes total.
But of course, there are times when I forget to edit, or when I write real long posts, but I think 2-3 minutes is a good average, so that's what I voted for.
About two to three minutes, unless I have to look up something or if I get distracted. I've started a post and finished three hours later because I was playing a game at the time. Oooops.
well it really depends on the topic your onto.. Basically if your a topic starter it consumes more time. But i find it fster to reply on tiopics...
mines usually about 2-3 minutes because if it was any longer then i guess i would become distracted with other things as i do a lot on my computer these days
less then a minute for a post of 2 frihs and 2+- minutes for a post of 4 frihs
How long I take on a post depnends on how interested I am in what I'm writing, it can range from a minute or so to over 5 minutes, but sometimes I start to write a post then I find I don't know what to say so I just don't post at all.
I agree with most of you. When posting to any forum, it all depends upon the subject I am posting on. Sometimes it actually takes me less time though to post longer responses because my fingers fly when I don't need to think too much about it, for instance if it is a subject I am really knowledgeable in. Sometimes I just like to talk a lot and that may transfer to the keyboard. lol.
Like most of you said, it depends upon the subject.
That depends on so many variables it's not even funny:
a) the length of the post.
b) the difficulty of the topic in question.
c) the research or fact checking that may or may not be required for a particular post.
d) whether I bother to spell/grammar check.
e) whether I'm especially tired / distracted / bored etc. or not.
I could probably keep going to z, and then some.
It depend on how many word that I must translate and write (I'm not a native user). But usually 3-5 minutes.
It does take a lot longer for non-native speakers, of which we seem to have many here.
I sometimes post in the French forum, but it takes me a while as I have to work out what I'm trying to say. But English is no problem as I just type!
It takes long for me to type my post when topics interests me. Especially when i have some experience related to it.
Two things:
a) It wasn't meant to be funny.
b) I did say on average, I totally understand that it depends on a whole range of things, however I've asked you to make an average.
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Yeah, I hadn't thought of that; I know a bit of German and it would take me far longer to translate into that instead of simply writing in English. Good on anyone who attemps to translate, it must be hard going.
I usually post something within a couple of minutes, unless it's a long drawn out topic or reply. Then I might go back and re-edit it if I find mistakes with it.
It takes 10 seconds to type this post
It takes me usually days to come up with some topics to write and what to write in them. I then write them in 2 to 3 minutes. Other posts like this do not take up much thought, so it will just take me 2 to 3 minutes.
I write my posts in Microsoft Word so that it can check the spelling and grammar. I do this because then I can type fast and do not worry about typing mistakes because Microsoft Word corrects it for me. This saves a lot of post time for me.
For around 2 FRI$ like this one, it takes around 30 seconds to about two minutes. For 4 FRI$, it takes around three minutes, unless I need to look something up. That usually adds on about a minute though...
I usually take a while to come up with a post, mainly because I tend toward lengthy responses when I choose to reply to a topic (and a lot of the time I'll wind up trying to reply to specific previous posts by a number of users in that topic, so there's a lot of to-ing and fro-ing to make sure I've got what was said by who right). I also try to check my facts, if I'm using facts, or leave links to show where I got certain ideas from--that takes time, too. And then I always use the "preview" function to double-check my coding and spelling. >>;
This has been one of my shortest posts, clocking in at under two minutes.
Yes, on average my posts are very short because I'm usually pressed for time. I want to do other things than think about what I'm going to post... I usually make one or two über-fast and short posts and then quit Frihosting.
Yeah, I think that there are a lot of people who just do exactly what you've described. I'm interested to know what you think of the community here, as you don't spend too much time making your posts. I, along with a lot of other people, love the whole atmosphere that comes along with this board. I also like to take more time to write my posts and hate making one liners.
I must say that it shows that you dont post too much too often, just look at your points:
Try and keep them positive.
It usually takes me around 1 - 2 mins cause I just type rashly without thinking
Why don't you simply preview them before submitting?
I often do the same. Usually because I think my post is perfect by in fact I see a mistake when I read through it after submitting it. I personally only preview posts for layout issues sometimes (for example, if I'm using some pictures and I want to see how large they are in the post). I copy my posts into Microsoft Word and spell and grammar check them before posting, but sometimes I still miss things. Also, I might think of something to add after posting.
Same as me, largely because I type really fast, and am already formulating my response as I read the thread over. Takes me a bit longer for really long posts, because I tend to preview it and edit it multiple times to make sure that all my points are clear.
It'd normally depend on a lot of factors for me (maybe it's because I'm weird like that?). The topic would matter, since it would depend on how much time I would devote to the post. How many points I'm missing from the 45.00 "maximum" would also matter, since I like keeping my points up at that level whenever I can.
On average, though, I think I spend about three to five minutes per post? This one probably took just as long because I also have a habit of correcting/editing up my post before I hit the submit button.
Well, between 1 and 2 minutes on average!
It takes more time to read other posts that were sent before mine
lol....I just type slow.....dats all....
plus, I think as tho am talking before I type it....
It takes less than a minute, definitely. Cause I learned how to type back in high school, so I can easily write a lot in a little amount of time. So um...yeah. Not a lot of time to write posts. In fact, it probably takes more time to load the eighty million pages to get to the post input page and beyond than it does for me to actually type the post.
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I love bread so much. I always have – who doesn't? – but I've been having even more fun with it lately. Besides hot dog and burger buns, my focus has almost exclusively been on rustic breads for the last couple years. If we spend Saturday night at home, I'll often make a really nice meal, and wine seems like a natural accompaniment (to be honest, often the meal is planned around the wine), and bread and wine are so good together.
With all these opportunities to experiment, I started working on this comparison years ago. I slowly narrowed down recipes until I had three that were so good that the comparison would undoubtedly be a reflection of personal taste and not quality of the recipe, thus defeating the purpose of doing a tasting at all. But at least I (and my friends) got to eat a lot of good bread along the way.
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The recipes that made the cut were Cook's Illustrated's Italian Bread recipe (CI), Peter Reinhart's Pain a l'Ancienne (PR), and Tartine's Country Bread (T). I'd previously made all three of these recipes many times and loved them all. I'd need to taste them side-by-side to choose a favorite.
CI – This bread starts with a biga, a mixture of flour, water, and yeast that's stirred together, left at room temperature for a few hours to ferment, then transferred to the refrigerator overnight. A second mixture of flour, water, and yeast is later mixed and allowed to set for just 20 minutes before the biga and salt is added and the dough is kneaded.
The dough goes through a long rise at room temperature with several "turns" in the middle – basically folding the dough over itself a couple times. It's supposed to lead to the final loaf rising up and not out, and it's a trick I like enough that I incorporate it in other bread recipes. After shaping, the dough goes through a second rise and is baked on a stone at 500 degrees for 10 minutes and then 400 degrees. The dough is sprayed with water before baking, but no other steam is added.
PR – This is the easiest bread in this lineup. Flour, yeast, salt, and ice water are mixed and kneaded, then chilled overnight. The next day, after it warms up and rises a bit, the very sticky dough is cut into smaller portions, which are pulled and pushed into something vaguely baguette-like. These are baked soon after shaping. Reinhart calls for a few shots of water to be sprayed on the sides of the oven, plus a pan of hot water in the oven with the bread to create steam during baking.
T – This dough requires a lot of babysitting and a lot of patience, although not necessarily a lot of work. The flour and water are mixed with sourdough starter and allowed to rest for a bit, then salt is mixed in. The dough isn't kneaded, it's just turned, as described above, every half an hour or so for about four hours. After being shaped into rounds, it's chilled overnight in the refrigerator. It's kept covered in a heavy Dutch oven for the first part of baking to trap steam, then the lid is removed so the crust can brown.
In retrospect, the breads are pretty different. The Italian bread (CI) has an even, relatively tight structure, while the pain a l'ancienne (PR) is open and airy. Tartine's country bread (T) has a slight but unignorable sourdough flavor.
CI – Described as denser and drier. The chewy crust got compliments. While one friend thought it was sweeter than the other breads, to me, it didn't have as much flavor. This might be because I eat so many whole grains lately that a bread made with all white flour seems plain.
PR – Tasters thought the bread might be buttery or eggy, despite a lack of both of those ingredients in the recipe. They also thought it was chewy and moist and liked the crust.
T – The sourdough flavor was picked out immediately. It was also described as yeastier and more floury.
With five people comparing the breads, no clear winner emerged. A friend who grew up eating sourdough pancakes preferred Tartine's country bread. An Italian friend loved CI's Italian bread, as did a friend who liked the sweeter flavor. PR's pain a l'ancienne was Dave's favorite and no one's least favorite. Those who favored Tartine country bread said CI's Italian bread was their least favorite and vice versa, although everyone liked all of the breads. I was just happy because I got to eat — and bake — so much bread.
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3. Remove plastic wrap, add biga and salt to bowl, and continue to knead on lowest speed until ingredients are incorporated and dough is formed (dough should clear sides of bowl but stick to very bottom), about 4 minutes. Increase mixer speed to low (speed 2 on KitchenAid) and continue to knead until dough forms a more cohesive ball, about 1 minute. Transfer dough to large bowl (at least 3 times dough's size) and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in cool, draft-free spot away from direct sunlight, until slightly risen and puffy, about 1 hour.
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Job: editor, Daily Mirror
Age: 49
Industry: publishing
Circulation: 1,248,919
2009 ranking: 61
Richard Wallace's Daily Mirror was the only national daily newspaper to support Labour during the general election, so its editor could enjoy a small degree of satisfaction when the Tories failed to win sufficient seats to form a government.
But the victory, such as it was, proved short-lived, and not only because David Cameron ended up in Downing Street.
Wallace's paper – which has had to cope on far fewer resources than its tabloid rivals the Sun and Daily Mail – suffered another big round of cuts with 200 jobs going at the paper and its sister titles, the Sunday Mirror and the People.
It has become something of a tradition for this list to applaud Wallace for doing a good job in difficult circumstances and this year is no different.
It remains to be seen how the latest cuts – around 25% of Trinity Mirror's national newspaper staff – will affect the paper and its circulation. The Daily Star, boosted by owner Richard Desmond's price-cutting regime, is only 400,000 behind the Mirror. What will it be in the lead this time next year?
"Our future is a multimedia one and we need to transform ourselves into an agile media business," Wallace told staff. "We cannot continue to do what we do in the way that we have always done it."
Our panel, which met before the latest job cuts were announced, had plenty of praise for Wallace, and plaudits for the paper's online innovations, including a revamped football website and online showbiz offering, 3am.co.uk, overseen by its digital content director Matt Kelly.
"The football website has totally rejuvenated the Mirror online," said our panel.
Former showbiz reporter Wallace has edited the Mirror for six years. Previously the paper's US editor and deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror, he took the top job after Piers Morgan was sacked in 2004. Unlike his predecessor, Wallace prefers to stay out of the limelight.
Wallace, who embarked on a part-time course in business management earlier this year, turned down an offer to edit the New York Daily News two years ago.
He was also a contender to succeed Rebekah Brooks in charge of the Sun, a job that went to the paper's former deputy, Dominic Mohan. It would be interesting to see what sort of paper Wallace could produce with the resources at the disposal of his closest tabloid rivals.


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Vanderbilt senior running back Zac Stacy has been named to the Maxwell Award preseason award watch-list.
The Maxwell Award is given to the nation's top offensive player. He is one of 65 players nominated and the first Commodore since quarterback Jay Cutler in 2005.
Stacy was the Southeastern Conference's top returning rusher in 2011 and set single-season school records with 1,193 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns.
The 5-foot-9, 210-pounder from Centreville, Ala., has rushed for 2,002 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns in his career. He needs 631 yards to pass the career mark of 2,632 rushing yards set by Frank Mordica in 1979. Seven more rushing touchdowns will be enough to top Dean Davidson's mark of 26 touchdowns from 1947-50.
Stacy will join fellow seniors, quarterback Jordan Rodgers and cornerback Trey Wilson, along with head coach James Franklin at SEC Media Days, July 17 at Birmingham, Ala.
The Commodores open the 2012 season at home on Thursday, Aug. 30, against South Carolina.


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Before Sony Computer Entertainment America began its online effort last summer, PS2 fans of multiplayer games could entertain themselves with what used to be quite standard fare: A two-player versus mode. Maybe, if a dev team's coders were animal-masochists they'd add in the four-player deathmatch mode using the Multi-tap, but anyone interested in multi-player goodness was generally out of luck. And frankly, one-on-one deathmatch isn't all that fun. So? Gamers either had to trod back to the dying arcades or buck up and upgrade their heaving old PCs.
In the last few years publishers and developers alike have learned that Cooperative modes are quite popular. In response, they've slowly begun to add co-op modes into their games. The co-op game, an idea surely originated in the arcades back in the '80s with games like Ikari Warriors, Contra and Gauntlet, are an excellent alternative to the dull one-on-one deathmatch, and for those who don't have a Multi-tap, or who can't find one, can team up with their buddies in these excellent co-op additions.
The PlayStation 2 isn't teeming with co-op games, but there are dozens of them, really good games in fact, waiting you and your friends to get to grips with. For the purposes of this article, we have singled out the list of co-op games that genuinely enable players to plat co-operatively with another. We're not focusing on four-player deathmatch games or online games per say, but games that provide two or more players to team up and play.
What's this? An extreme sports game that not only implements some innovative gameplay mechanics, but also has a fantastic co-op mode? Are we dreaming? Highly unlikely. Wakeboarding Unleashed features a great co-op mode that has one player driving the boat, and another controlling the wakeboarder. And what makes the deal even sweeter is that the co-op mode is not some dinky add-on, but actually features its own full set of objectives to complete! Now go help Yoshimi battle the robots!
Other Special Co-op mode games include:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Battle Engine Aquila
Fighting Games
Ninety-nine percent of all fighting games feature at least two-player combat, and 100% really should. But few actually offer co-op modes. These two, both of which are tag-style games, enable two players to via against either the computer or two others real live humans.


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Last night, while I was fake-sleeping next to Kim Jong, I came across THIS NUGGET on my iPhone. The gist of the article, entitled, "Kirk Cameron: Calling Gays 'Destructive And Unnatural' Is Love Speech," goes a little something like this:
Cameron says when you persecute gays you speak the truth in love.
'The truth is always love speech, it's not hate speech. The truth, communicated with compassion, with the desire to see people in a right relationship with God, helped, and healed, and whole, is the most genuine form of love speech you can give to anyone.'"
It took all I had not to nudge my kid from is own fake-sleep and say, "Can you believe this asshole!" But, rather than exposing my sweet boy to the real boogie men of the world, I took my rage to the internet.
Thankfully, my dear friends who live in my computer were just as disgusted by the has-been's tired and bigoted remarks.
Here's the thing. There are so many people who spew this brand of hateful rhetoric and, "Oh so controversial look at me! Look at me!" bullshit. But, most of the time, I don't believe that they even believe the things they're saying. But, sadly, dollar signs can turn a lot of people into dicks. But, Kirk? I think he truly believes the things he says. I'd put money on the fact that he's just as vile as he comes off.
The article goes on to say, "For the record, Cameron calls homosexuality a "behavior," and says "just because you feel one way doesn't mean we should act on everything we feel.
'Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve," Cameron also told Piers Morgan. "One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.'"
Oh, golly gee Kirk, you're so god damn insightful.
And, by insightful, I mean you're a loose cannon, a bigoted asshole, and a danger to our society. People, particularly children and young adults, kill themselves all the time when they hear ignorant people like you shouting from the rooftops that they are somehow abnormal. When, in reality people like you are the only abnormal ones.
When kids hear someone tell them that they should be ashamed of who they are, and that they shouldn't be who they are, they believe it. They're too young to know you're really just a weak, little man who despises himself. When a gay teenager or child commits suicide, it's because of people like YOU.
Yeah, I said it.
Mike Seaver is killing gay people.
It's true. Their blood is on hands like his.
And he has six kids of his own. Six kids who are exposed to this kind of hate speech, daily. Six kids who will likely go to school and bully other kids, because of what they're learning at home – that it's acceptable to do so.
The thought of one of them being gay makes my stomach turn. To live in a house where one cannot be themselves. To come home each day to a place which should be a safe zone, where they should be loved and supportive for all of who they are. There'd be none of that because the only thing they'd feel is shame, fear, and self-loathing.
Kirk, I don't give a shit what your bible says. I don't care what your god says.You have the right to believe what you choose to believe. But, you do not have the right to project your hateful, antiquated, despicable bullshit on the rest of society, simply because you're a washed up actor trying to stay relevant.
You are irrelevant.
You are toxic.
You are a fear-monger.
You are a bully.
You are a fake Christian.
You cannot fool me with your sweet, little, curly head of hair, and shit-bag grin. You're the boogie man in disguise hiding behind some distorted version of religion.
You are hate.
The only unnatural thing in this entire equation are those people who care about another's sexual preference.
I mean, for Christ's sake, you had a friend named Boner for years.
Fortunately, you are the minority, the outcast, and the sinner. Even still, every time I hear people like you open their disgusting mouths my head explodes. Then, I put something like this out there and the goodness and decency that's returned allows my soul to smile again. It proves to me that people like Mike Seaver are a dying breed and I thank God for that.
So, with all due respect, please shut the fuck up Mr. Cameron. Because, you sir, are an ass.
P.S. You've been replaced with Alex P. Keaton, even if he was a little conservative for my taste.


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Lady Gaga is coming to the defense of a little monster who can longer speak for himself.
Tragically, this week, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, an avowed Gaga fan who was tormented by years of bullying and who even posted his own "It Gets Better" video on YouTube earlier this year, took his own life.
And Lady Gaga took to Twitter to let her fans know, it will not be in vain.
"The past days I've spent reflecting, crying, and yelling," she tweeted yesterday. "I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones life.
"Jamey Rodemeyer, 14 yrs old, took his life because of bullying," she continued, linking to the New York state teen's YouTube message. "Bullying must become be illegal. It is a hate crime."
After several minutes, it seemed she had figured out what steps to take.
"I am meeting with our President. I will not stop fighting. This must end. Our generation has the power to end it. Trend it #MakeALawForJamey."
Hundreds have responded in kind, expressing support through Twitter.
As for President Barack Obama, he'll be attending the second annual Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss appropriate social and local ways to combat rampant school bullying. It's unclear as yet whether Gaga also plans to attend the summit and if that's where she's hoping to speak with him, or if she has another meeting in the works.
Rodemeyer took his life Sunday, after what his parents claimed were years of taunting about his sexuality. In the past few months, despite discouragement from counselors, he posted suicidal thoughts on social media, some of which were met with horrifically cruel taunting.
In the video he posted last May, Rodemeyer cited Gaga as an inspiration.
"Lady Gaga, she makes me so happy. She lets me know that I'm born this way. And that's my advice to you from her. We were born this way. And all you have to do is hold your head up, and you'll go far. Just love yourself."
Jamey's mother, Tracy Rodemeyer, told CBS News that her son's funeral will take place this Saturday. She will bury him in a Lady Gaga T-shirt that reads, simply, "Born This Way."


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In just five years at Missouri, coach Mike Anderson has built a program that prides itself on up-tempo, full-court basketball.
In fact, Anderson has nicknamed his team's style of play as "The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball." It is fitting, considering Anderson played for and coached with Nolan Richardson and Arkansas – which self-titled its approach as "40 minutes of hell."
When Vanderbilt plays No. 15 Missouri on ESPNU at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Columbia, Mo., though, the Commodores plan to play more than just 40 minutes.
"We tend to think it is going to be 80 minutes of it because we are going to dish something out too," Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said. "They came in here last year and it wasn't a one-way game. It was both teams going at each other and that is what it will be (Wednesday) night."
It will be the fifth meeting between the schools, with Vanderbilt having won the last three including a 89-83 decision last year at Memorial Gym. Despite 24 turnovers, the Commodores led by 14 with more than five minutes left. Missouri then went on a run and pulled within one before coming up short.
This year, Vanderbilt (7-1) enters the game on a five-game win streak. Missouri (6-1) suffered its first loss last week in an 111-102 overtime thriller to Georgetown, which is ranked ninth by the AP.
The Tigers are known for their full-court pressure defense, which has created an averaged of 21 turnovers in seven games. That could spell bad news for the Commodores, who turned the ball over 20 times against Belmont on Saturday and had 23 miscues against Western Kentucky last week.
"I think some of it has been aggressive turnovers. Some of it has been the ones we don't want, which are just jumping up in the air with nowhere to go and not really having everything thought out," Vanderbilt forward Jeffery Taylor said. "To be able to have a chance to win at Missouri we have to really not turn the ball over a lot and play under control. We are a very capable team. We have a lot of people that can play basketball so I think we will be just fine (with the full-court press)."
The Commodores will be without Andre Walker, though. The starting forward is expected to miss the next three games due to mononucleosis. He is second on the team in assists and steals and Stallings has called him the team's best defender. Freshman forward Rod Odom started in his place on Saturday against Belmont. Stallings said Tuesday that he will either start Odom or junior forward Lance Goulbourne against Missouri.
With Missouri's frenetic style of play, the Tigers capitalize on a lot of fastbreak opportunities. It shows in the results as Missouri has scored more than 90 points three times this season and it ranks 11th in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 84.7 points a game. The Tigers have five players who average at least 10 points.
"I think they are kind of unique in the way they play," Taylor said. "They require a little bit more attention when you are trying to prepare for them. There are a lot of teams that like to press but the way they do it and their defensive rules are a little bit different from everybody else."
Through eight games, Vanderbilt is showing it has the ability to score, too.
The Commodores average 79.4 points, which is the best among Southeastern Conference teams. Guard John Jenkins (18.6 points per game), center Festus Ezeli (13.3 ppg) and Taylor (12.1) all average double-digit figures. Plus, guard Brad Tinsley averages 9.4 points.
"We have some weapons," Stallings said. "That's why when people wondered even before the season started wondered why I was confident in our team, we have weapons. We have good players. ... I knew if things fell together that are team would have a real good shot at being good.
"We have a number of guys who are capable and they are great guys to coach. There is never a day in practice where we are trying to pull the effort out of them or trying to talk them into playing hard or wanting to be in practice. They do it on their own and for those reasons you have confidence as coaches that they'll perform well."


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Problem in importing jar file in libraries of netbeans
I am using Netbeans IDE 6.8 for creating my project.I want to import jfreechart jar file in to my project, for that i right click on the libraries and click on the 'Add Library' and added the jar file.Now my problem is that i want to use classes of that jar file.so how can i use that classes. I used import in my class file but it won't work. Please reply.
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First of all you have to import that jar package in your class file.
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import jfreechart.*;
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