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Importance Level
I get the feeling that I must be missing something obvious, but...
How are Importance Levels set? This seems to be something that Toodledo decides to create based upon rules unknown to me. I have looked for how or where to set this, like I would set priority levels. Currently I have a handful of tasks added and Importance Level 5 and 2 show up.
Toodledo Admin
Importance is defined by a relatively simple equation. We had been keeping it as a trade-secret, but since it can be reversed engineered pretty easily, we might as well disclose it here:
Importance = 2+P+S+D
S=is it starred (0 or 1)
D=0 if due-date is non-existent or further than 14 days out, 1 if due-date is between 7 and 14 days out, 2 if due-date is between 2 and 7 days out, 3 if due-date is tomorrow, 5 if due-date is today, and 6 if overdue
Ahhhh, that explains why I hadn't seen Importance = 12 until after the star feature was implemented. Verrrry cool! I'm impressed at how powerful it is for so deceptively simple an equation!
Thank you, I'm so thrilled that you shared it! (I'm one of those "numbers-people" :P) (OH: and a chronic procrastinator.)
This message was edited May 21, 2008.
Posted: May 21, 2008
Have you thought about adding status? Next Action should have a higher importance than merely active.
Toodledo Admin
We had not thought about including status, but that is a good idea.
Posted: Jun 03, 2008
Posted by Toodledo:
We had not thought about including status, but that is a good idea.
I agree that adding status to the mix is a good idea.
Okay, listen. This "importance level" feature is a nuisance. By second guessing the user, and concealing the logic behind its calculation, the concept is a bit infantilizing. Let ME decide what the importance level of something is. It's also an example of project-management thinking forcefully applied to something that might very well be as simple as buying eggs and milk. It's over-thinking the otherwise straightforward, and the overwrought sophistication makes me want to run away from your product. At least let the user disengage that feature. For me, the stars and priority are plenty.
Toodledo Admin
You are welcome to ignore the importance feature and rely on priority and stars. All you need to do is not pick "importance" as a sort option.
If you are interested in knowing how the logic works, the calculation for importance is listed above.
Hope that helps.
OK this thing has been bugging me too but just worked out how to turn it off -- you need to click on Sort then pick something other than Importance. The sort option will stay that way.
It's an innovative idea maybe I'll come back to it some day.
This message was edited Jul 28, 2008.
Maybe the "infantilizing" aspect of this would be reduced if the Priority setting was given more weight in the formula. Perhaps just replacing "2+P" in the formula by "2^(1+P)" would help. In other words:
Importance = 2^(1+Priority) + (1 if Starred) + (Due Date modifier)
With this change:
Priority -1 results in a +1 to Importance (since 2^0 = 1)
Priority 0 results in a +2 to Importance (since 2^1 = 2)
Priority 1 results in a +4 to Importance (since 2^2 = 4)
Priority 2 results in a +8 to Importance (since 2^3 = 8)
Priority 3 results in a +16 to Importance (since 2^4 = 16)
Thus, something of Top Priority (3) is immediately escalated to the top of the Importance list, no matter what. Something of High Priority (2) can't compete with something of Top Priority, because the highest Importance score a High-Priority task can get is 8+6+1 = 15, and that's only if it is seriously Overdue and Starred.
Because it is so easy to tweak Priority settings, they really should be able to have much more power than they currently do, because they can be so helpful in determining what should be done next! I, personally, like the Importance scale and find it really useful even as it is, but I have occasionally wished I could have a bit more control over it. A scheme like I've described above might be just the thing that's needed!
Another thought is to leave Starred out of the formula. If the Star's main purpose is to give us a way to look at a list containing only the Starred items, there's no real need to change the Importance rating because all items in that list will be changed by the same amount.
This message was edited Jul 29, 2008.
Toodledo Admin
A task that is due today is more important (because it must be done today) than a higher priority task that does not have a due-date (because you can do it whenever). This is why we have make the importance calculation give slightly higher weight to due-date.
That said, there might be an opportunity to have different formulas for importance that people could choose in their account settings. We'll think about this.
Posted: Jul 30, 2008
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I haven't found many flaws in this product, but this is one of them. The Importance level is arbitrarily defined, no matter how much "logic" the developers insist is behind the algorithm. No matter how much deep thought and rationale lies behind the algorithm, it won't fit everyone's idea of what is "most important" because we all use priorities, stars, and due dates a little bit differently. Bottom line: importance is subjective. It can never be distilled down to a single equation. I wish life were that easy.
Since this is easy to ignore, it doesn't affect how I use the product or my positive experiences with it. I put this feature in the category of "nice try".
This message was edited Jul 30, 2008.
Posted: Jul 30, 2008
Let me give an example where the algorithm for Importance breaks down. Many of my due dates are more like target dates, with some flexibility built in. I like to mow the lawn once a week, but if for some reason I'm out of town or can't do it for some reason, it's okay if it waits a few more days. Paying taxes, on the other hand, absolutely must happen by April 15. Yet, if I was behind on my lawn mowing around tax time, there would be many scenarios where "Mow Lawn" would appear higher in Importance than "Pay Taxes".
Little silly isn't it?
Toodledo Admin
You are correct. Toodledo cannot read your mind (yet), nor can it understand natural language and make judgements based upon the name of the task (yet).
So, it has to make do with a rough calculation. We know that this will not work for everyone, and that it will not always be 100% accurate, which is why people will need to use some common sense when deciding what to work on the next.
Posted: Jul 30, 2008
Great response! I agree that common sense will always trump algorithms. In fact, as many of you must know, David Allen (The GTD guy) recommends not using priorities at all and instead you should rely on your judgment at the moment on which actionable task you should do next.
That being said, I do use priorities and I also use the Importance algorithm, as it is a nice way to get an "objective" view on what I should be working on first.
However, I also use the status to create "Next Actions" which, when I sort by status first and then importance causes next actions to be separate, allowing me to apply common sense to the importance list and force some items to "appear" more important than the algorithm suggests.
So Toodledo, where upthread I recommended incorporating Next Action into the Importance algorithm--I humbly withdraw that suggestion :)
Posted by Toodledo:
A task that is due today is more important (because it must be done today) than a higher priority task that does not have a due-date (because you can do it whenever). This is why we have make the importance calculation give slightly higher weight to due-date.
So, let's say I have a task due today such as mowing the lawn, but I also have a task that can technically be done whenever, such as submitting my application for a Business License, but that I consider very important and thus High Priority. The current Importance calculation essentially requires me to give it an artificial due date in order to keep the Importance ranking sane.
That's not so bad, of course, because the artificial deadlines do keep me on my toes. However, it is disheartening to so often see things Overdue, and to have to keep tweaking those artificial deadlines. I've considered using the ?-modifier, but the tasks aren't exactly optional, it's just that the due date is flexible.
Perhaps, then, the problem is as I was describing elsewhere in these forums: just that there isn't a way to distinguish between actual "hard" due dates, and artificial or "soft" due dates.
I'm not sure what to suggest for that though, or else I would be suggesting it! :)
Different formulas are an option. Another way to implement would be a sort of adhoc formula. Give users access to their relevant variables (priority, starred, due, or whatever) and they can add, subtract, multiply in whatever fashion they want.
But it's probably a little overly complex for a To Do list. The items on the list are what we are supposed to be working on in GTD. Not the list itself. :)
I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think any developer can come up with a perfect system for determining the importance of a task. I suspect that "Life Balance" from Llamagraphics is about the closest, but in the end, users have to scan up and down a list and make the odd decision from time to time.
Posted: Mar 09, 2009
I am loving your software so far and this was the first question I came to. I was actually annoyed that it popped up when I hadn't done anything with this value and was wondering how Importance Level was set. It would seem to me that it would be useful to more people if you could override the Importance Level (even the title is subjective) for a task. Thus, it would work for the people who are using it as currently prescribed and others could use it as a tweak (taxes and mow lawn example)...maybe this was already mentioned.
I also love the synchronization with outlook...very impressive. Keep up the good work.
I actually really like the Importance feature, although it did take me a while to work out how to deal with repeating but non-critical tasks, as in the lawn-mowing example. Initially I tried the GTD-style "don't use due dates unless it's a real due date" rule, but when repeating tasks are used it's impossible to avoid having artificial due dates.
The solution I settled on, and have been using successfully for quite some time now, is to think about the "priority" and "due date" fields together; so for tasks with a due date I use the priority field to mean "how essential is it that this task is done by the due date". For those without a due date, priority simply means "how essential is it that this task is done at all?". Generally the only tasks that don't have a due date in my system now are those which could be done at any time (they might be very important, but it doesn't really matter if I don't get round to doing them for ages. Obviously because of the way that importance sorts, undated priority 3 items will still display above low priority dated tasks, so they won't get lost in the swamps of the bottom of the todo list & forgetten about altogether!). Every task that should be done sooner rather than later gets a due date, and the priority tells me how seriously to take that due date.
So most of my "real deadline" tasks end up as priority 3, whilst many of my important repeating tasks are priority 2, since the due date is an ideal rather than an absolute. Less important repeating tasks are priority 1, and the ones that really don't matter that much are priority 0. At first it seems a bit counterintuitive when very important tasks are coming up as priority 2, but I soon got used to it as they were appearing where I thought they should in the list.
This system works perfectly with Importance to reflect my real priorities very nicely, especially if you use "priority" & "due date" as the secondary sorts. I used to think that the more overdue a task is, the higher the importance should be, but then I realised that 1. I should probably re-evaluate my commitments if I'm getting that many seriously overdue tasks, 2. Overdue non-essential tasks would end up taking over the top of my list, and 3. as long as due date is a secondary sort the most overdue tasks will get pushed up the list.
And, of course, it's important not to worry too much about the exact sort order; ultimately it's just a guide. You can micromanage too much! As amswitzer said:
in the end, users have to scan up and down a list and make the odd decision from time to time.
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THERE will be more equipment and workers on Clydesdale's roads this winter, according to South Lanarkshire Council's roads chief.
Gordon Mackay was speaking as the council unveiled its plans for coping with severe winter weather when it inevitably strikes.
Salt stocks will remain relatively the same as last year with 35,000 tonnes safely stored in council yards across the county.
However, extra seasonal staff have been hired for the gritter shifts and 10 additional tractors have been purchased to help shift the snow from the roads not on the main network.
Gordon said: "Extra staff will be coming in from the grounds maintenance team. 18 of our seasonal workers, who were cutting the grass in the summer, will be gritting the roads in the winter.
"This year we will be gritting 50 per cent of our roads network – higher than the Scottish average of 42 per cent. The priority will be keeping the road network moving and that means prioritising the main roads.
"However, we do have over 1,600 grit bins across South Lanarkshire for people to use when they need to."
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I have started Orange is the new Black (season 3) I must admit I did not expect the whole
series to come out in one go, I thought I would be drip fed the entertainment a
week at the time! So I am trying not to
have a whole night of Orange is the new Black bender and watch it at a more leisurely speed. It's been good to see more of Daya and John's soul searching about the baby, they have a tough decision ahead of them and I am eager to see how that unfolds. We are being thrown into the racy scenes pretty much straight away (Piper and Alex!) and after more tame shows I am trying to adjust to it all over again!
Although I know a few episodes in my attention will be well and
truly captured no doubt and the long viewing sessions will commence in earnest
but for the moment I am still juggling Once Upon a Time (series 4 now!) which I
am enjoying more than ever. I do not
like to give anything away but it is interesting seeing new characters joining
the show (Frozen fans will be especially pleased!). I am still holding a torch for Hook, especially as he is showing
his more charming side and coming to Emma's rescue on a regular basis!!! It's hard not to get smitten by a pirate
with a kind heart and a rugged exterior! *swoon*
In between my May update we have now also watched all of
series 1 of Better Call Saul, I had been putting it off despite very glowing
recommendations as I am not always a fan of a series in the past brought out
after a more current one (Breaking Bad), especially when you know the outcome
of some of the lead characters. But I
put my feelings aside and I was glad I did, as it was fabulous!!! I really want Better Call Saul session 2 and
quick. Saul is just so adorable to
watch, he is a caring solicitor trying to get his big break with a number of
tricky obstacles… I just want to give him a big squeeze and tell him everything
will be okay, equally I want to give his brother a slap for being so cruel!!!
the boys now have Netflix on their tablets
so it's been a peaceful month, they are not arguing over who picks what to
watch anymore. It's blissful having the
peace and quiet and the programmes they now pick are better suited to their
age, youngest is able to choose cartons his brother would grumble about
normally! Eldest was off ill last week
and we watched The Last Airbender together, if you have not seen this
yet its definitely one to watch with the kids.
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skill! It's a shame M. Night
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Juneau resident Richard Bailey was arraigned in Juneau Superior Court on Thursday on seven counts of online enticement of a minor.
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Juneau District Attorney Doug Gardner alleged that Bailey, 59, used a Yahoo chat room in January, February and March to entice someone he thought to be a 13-year-old girl into a sexual relationship.
"You believed that the other person was a minor," Juneau District Court Judge Keith Levy said.
That other person went by the online name of "Pinkgloss35" and turned out to be an Arkansas sheriff detective looking for pedophiles on the Internet.
Assistant District Attorney David Brower said that Bailey, who works at Home Depot, was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in 1981.
All seven counts against Bailey are felony charges, each carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Levy did not require Bailey to enter a plea before setting bail at $10,000. The judge set a probable cause hearing for Sept. 12.
Using the name of Dee Dee Miller, Yvette Schrock of the Washington County Sheriffs Office in Fayetteville, Ark., contacted Bailey in a Yahoo chat room and told him she was 13.
"Every time I say that, people leave," Schrock told Bailey. He allegedly replied "I'm not going to leave."
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On Jan. 22, alaskanman58 wrote to his presumed teenage victim asking, "Have you ever been with or seen a guy?"
During a series of online meetings, Bailey allegedly discussed the teenager's body and sent "sexually related pictures of himself."
On Feb. 26, alaskanman58 pushed the conversation to the next level by asking, "If we we're together would you mind getting naked with and lay together?"
The conversation grew more graphic from there.
Juneau police served two search warrants confiscating two computers and a Webcam from Bailey's home.
In court papers, District Attorney Gardner said Bailey told police he met Dee Dee Miller in a chat room, but left when she confessed her age was 13.
Schrock said that Bailey exposed himself on several occasions and masturbated once. She said Bailey encouraged "Pinkgloss35" to have sex by telling her she was old enough.
Gardner said that on March 7 Bailey wrote to Pinkgloss35, "You are ready now."
Members of a task force working with the Juneau Child Advocacy Center said that when a sexual predator is caught online there are usually many more than one victim.
"Behavior patterns show perpetrators to have many more victims out there," Juneau police Lt. Ed Mercer said.
In cases in which police catch pedophiles with officers posing as children, the 10-member task force agreed people should not see the crime as victimless.
"There is a life attached to every file," said Michelle Monts, program manager of the Juneau Child Advocacy Center.
Judge Levy ordered that Bailey not have intentional contact with children younger than 16 for the duration of his case.
Home Depot's human resources manager Glenn Mitchell said he couldn't say if it was possible for Bailey to work retail without having direct contact with children younger than 16 as the judge ordered.
Mitchell also said he had no idea of Bailey's history as a sex offender. A contracted company screens employee backgrounds while conducting pre-employment drug testing, he said.
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You can argue whether UCF signee B.J. Taylor or North Carolina recruit Joel Berry made the best individual impression.
But Berry said he got what he wanted at Saturday's star-studded Showdown in O-Town: another victory.
Despite Taylor's 36 points for underdog Boone (13-7), Berry led Lake Highland Prep (15-3) to a 76-68 win. The two-time state player of the year had 24 points, five rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots in a workmanlike effort at Orlando Christian Prep.


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Topeka Cruz cruised, Cory Mac led a double Big Mac attack and "The Snake" was snakebit.
The Cruz Pedregon-driven funny car and Cory McClenathan's top fuel dragster -- cars sponsored primarily by McDonald's -- won, while Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, making his final appearance in Topeka, finished runner-up at the NHRA Sears Craftsman Nationals on Sunday at Heartland Park.
An event-record 94,000 fans attended the four-day affair.
Pedregon beat John Force in the funny car finals. Pedregon covered the quarter-mile strip in 5.082 seconds, 302.82 mph. Force, who set NHRA records for both elapsed time (4.939 seconds) and miles per hour (300.80) earlier in the weekend and clinched the Winston series title, snapped a drive shaft in the finals, allowing Pedregon an easy win.
"It was a great day for us," Pedregon said. "We hung in there all day. We rolled the dice. We threw the kitchen sink at it, so to speak. ... But if he hadn't broke, I wouldn't be here."
Force, the defending Winston funny car champion, had won nine titles this season.
"I think it was kind of destiny or sharing the wealth," Force said. "That drive shaft's as big as my arm. That shows you the kind of horsepower this Chevrolet puts out. It's kind of neat. Now I can get to the bar early. I don't have to stick around and take pictures. It was planned."
McClenathan didn't plan to meet Prudhomme in the final, but when he did, he simply outmuscled him. McClenathan's top fueler made a championship pass at 4.791 seconds, 302.82 mph. Prudhomme's run was made in 4.793 seconds, 280.02 mph.
The McDouble -- Golden Arches cars winning on the same day -- was the first since 1992.
"I'm so happy to be here, you have no idea," McClenathan said. "I feel like I'm walking on air."
Apparently, there's no love lost between McClenathan, a 31-year-old from Placentia, Calif., and Prudhomme, a 53-year-old drag-racing legend from Granada Hills, Calif.
"Me and Don have this hate-love relationship," McClenathan said. "As a matter of fact, I owe Don a couple. It feels good to give him one back. Don's a class act. He's going out in fine style, fine fashion. It will be a big loss for NHRA.
"If I had my choice, he's not the one I would have picked to meet in the final. We're a lot alike. We want to win."
Prudhomme, a four-time Winston series funny car champion, has announced he will retire at the end of the season. He moved into second place in the top fuel series race, behind Scott Kalitta with just two races left in the 18-race series.
"It was a good race for us," Prudhomme said. "We made it to the finals, and that's something we haven't done here before. ... Wish I could say more. I'll be back next year, as a car owner."
Scott Geoffrion won the pro stock title with a final-round pass of 7.144 seconds, 194.00 mph. Mopar teammate and runner-up Darrell Alderman made his finals pass in 7.194 seconds, 192.30 mph.
Geoffrion became the first driver to win two NHRA titles at Heartland Park in one year. He also won at the Western Auto nationals back in June.
"Right now, my car's making good, consistent runs," Geoffrion said. "That's what you need to win drag races these days."
David Schultz won the pro stock motorcycle title with a finals pass of 7.762 seconds, 173.57 mph. Schultz already has clinched the Winston series title.
"This was really a high-pressure day for me," said Schultz, who has lost just one round all season. "Last year, when we got a streak like this going, I stubbed my toe."
Other winners Sunday, with hometowns and final-round stats, were:
- Top alcohol dragster -- Tom Conway, Seminole, Okla., 5.824 seconds, 238.85 mph.
- Top alcohol funny car -- Tim Wilkerson, Springfield, Ill., 5.985 seconds, 232.55 mph.
- Competition -- Richard Bourke, Piermont, N.Y., 6.955 seconds, 190.15 mph.
- Super stock -- Rock Running, Lapeer, Mich., 11.095 seconds, 120.87 mph.
- Stock eliminator -- Bradley Grant, Great Bend, 11.055 seconds, 118.56 mph.
- Super comp -- Mark Grame, Overland Park, 8.889 seconds, 163.60 mph.
- Super gas -- Jim Cappiello, Willis, Texas, 10.310 seconds, 155.84 mph.
- Super street -- Edmond Richardson, Goodlettsville, Tenn., 10.933 seconds, 122.79 mph.
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Moggi jail term reduced
ROME - Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi had his prison term for corruption cut from 18 months to one year by the Rome Court of Appeal on Friday, the ANSA news agency reported.
Moggi, 73, was found guilty two years ago of using the now-defunct GEA football management agency to manipulate the Italian transfer market.
He was accused of using threats and violence to make players sign for the management agency and for specific clubs so that his Juve side could prosper.
GEA was run by Moggi's son Alessandro, whose jail sentence was also reduced from 14 to five months by the appeal court.
Neither of the Moggis will spend time in prison as sentences under two years are suspended in Italy.
Luciano Moggi was banned from football for five years in 2006 for his part in an Italian match-fixing affair.
Juve were demoted to Italy's second division in 2006 and had their 2005 and 2006 titles taken away when investigators ruled that Moggi was trying to pick favourable referees as part of the match-fixing scandal.


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UF3e-4100 Waveform Digitizers / Transient Recorders
14-bit up to 200MS/s, 1 or 2 channels
PCI Express cards
- Up to 400 MS/s on one channel or 250 MS/s on two channels
- Simultaneous sampling on all channels
- Separate monolithic ADC and amplifier per channel
- 6 input ranges: ±200 mV up to ±10 V
- Up to 2 synchronous digital channels with multi-purpose I/O
- 512 MByte onboard memory
- Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, ABA Mode and Time Stamp
- Drivers for LabVIEW, MATLAB and LabWindows
- Windows and Linux drivers included.
- Two years hardware warranty
UF3e-4100 Series Overview
There are 6 different 14-bit waveform digitizer PCIExpress cards in the UF3e-4100 range. Cards are available offering 1 or 2 input channels and choice of 100 MS/s, 250 MS/s or 400 MS/s maximum A/D sampling rates:
|Maximum sampling rates
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|2 channels
|100 MS/s
|100 MS/s
|100 MS/s
|250 MS/s
|250 MS/s
|250 MS/s
|400 MS/s
|400 MS/s
|250 MS/s
The UF3 series is the latest generation of digitizer cards from Strategic Test. The UF3 is based on a totally new carrier board design - our 5th generation - that now includes the following updated or new features::
- Higher transfer rates from ADC's to onboard memory. This was essential to enable recording at faster sample rates with high ADC resolutions.
- Additional connections. Five multi-purpose are routed to clock input, clock output, trigger input, trigger output and 2 freely programmable I/O connections. These can be used as :
- fast digital inputs that are synchronous with the analog channels
- asynchronous digital i/o for reading or writing status information
- extra tigger input or output lines. Inputs can be AND, OR with the external input signal
There are two input paths per channel on the card. One path with 6 input ranges (+-200 mV ... +-10 V) and the ability to use 1 MOhm input impedance and one path that delivers a bandwidth of 250 MHz but has 4 input ranges (+-500 mV ... +-5 V).
The new frontend module now allows AC or DC coupling, and includes a user activated low pass filter. As with the UF2 ADC module each channel can be independently configured with 50 Ohm or 1 MOhm impedance, and have it's own voltage range.Standard mode...
The signals can be recorded to the onboard signal memory at the maximum clock rate using Standard mode. At the end of the measurement, the data is off-loaded to the PC using DMA at the maximum PCI Express bus data transfer rate of up to 160 MBytes/s. While recording, the card operates independently of the host PC which is available for other tasks.... and FIFO mode. Record continuously at up to 160 MBytes per second to PC
Alternatively, the UF3e boards also provide a FIFO mode that continuously transfers recorded data gap-free to the PC during the measurement at up to 160 MBytes/s. This mode has the advantage that more samples can be recorded than the available on-board memory.
Note that the maximum sampling rate is limited by the PCI Express bus transfer rate, which is typically 160 MBytes/s, and the number of activated channels. For 16/14/12-bit A/D boards this equates to a max sampling rate of f=160M/2/n where n is the total number of activated channels (including all cards in the system).Synchronizing multiple-cards in a single PC
The Star Hub option is an add-on that allows multiple cards, even of different types, to be synchronized.
The Star Hub distributes the clock and trigger signals, so all channels are without time-skew errors and all cards start on the same trigger condition (any channel, any external TTL trigger). Any card can be defined as the clock master or trigger master by software. It's also possible to configure AND/OR trigger conditions (channel or external TTL) across multiple cards.
Please note that the UF3 version of the Star Hub is not compatible with the UF2 or UF Star Hub options.Fine Resolution Sampling Rates
Most other products limit you to a few fixed sampling rate choices, however with the UF3e cards you simply instruct the software which rate you require and the driver will automatically adjust the onboard PLL and hardware divider to achieve the closest sampling rate possible.External Clock and External Trigger
Need to synchronize with external equipment? As standard the UF3e cards are supplied with connectors for external clock and trigger. Both can be programmed as input or output, so the card can receive a TTL clock or output the internal clock and the trigger connector can receive a TTL trigger event or generate a trigger event from either a software trigger or detected channel trigger.Flexible Triggering
The UF3e cards offer an exceptional range of trigger possibilities to avoid false triggering:
- Edge and Level: positive, negative, both edges
- Window: define high/low levels; entry, exit
- Re-Arm : define a level that has to be crossed first, avoids triggering on noise
- Pulse-width: define a time period, trigger must occur inside/outside to be true
- External TTL: edge, can be used in combination with pulse-width
- Double edge: can be used with channel or external triggers
- AND/OR trigger masks: can be used with channel/ external and digital inputs
- Force trigger: used to start card if trigger not detected after given time
- Delay trigger: can delay AND/OR masks by up to 64 ksamples
Only six key functions to define a complete setup. Small DLL or module (Linux) uses few system resources and does not conflict with other programs. On request, we will be pleased to send you the User Manual as a pdf so you can see the many examples.
The API is identical for all UF3 and UF2 A/D D/A and Digital cards to reduce programming times.What's included
The UF3 cards are supplied with:
- Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP, XP64, 2000) and Linux drivers (RedHat, Fedora, SuSe, SARGE)
- Extensive printed user manual with many programming examples
- Source code programming examples: C/C++, LabVIEW (Windows), MATLAB (Windows and Linux), LabWindows/CVI, IVI, .NET, Delphi, Visual Basic, Python
- SBench 6 Base version for Windows and Linux
- Two years hardware warranty
- Lifetime software updates (inc. future OS versions)
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Ann Maguire would have "strongly opposed" any idea that pupils should have to pass through metal detectors as they arrive at school, her headteacher has said.
Steve Mort, head of Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, said he did not think detectors were necessary, adding that the school was a "safe environment".
He said: "I would want to remind people that this is an isolated incident. It's a tragedy. It's unprecedented. It wouldn't be in keeping with the community. We're a very open community and our doors are open to the local community.
"We enjoy lots of visitors. The children tell us, through feedback that we receive from them and parents, that this is a safe environment.
"And I think ultimately Ann Maguire herself, if she was asked that question, would strongly oppose any suggestion that we should have metal detectors in this school."


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The Andhra Pradesh High Court, Hyderabad has invited applications for recruitment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Services. Interested candidates are required to apply on or before March 1, 2014.
Job details:
- Name of post: Civil Judge (Junior Division)
- Number of posts: 97
The candidate has to be below or 35 years as on 01 February 2014.
Education: The candidates are required to have a bachelor's degree in Law from any reputed or recognised university.
How to apply?
The application form is available on the official website of the high court http://hc.ap.nic.in
Interested and eligible candidates are required to send the completed form along with a demand draft of Rs. 300/- (Rs. 100/- in case of SC/ST candidates) drawn on any nationalised bank in favour of the Registrar (Recruitment), High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, payable at Hyderabad to offices of the Principal District Judges of the concerned Districts.
Applications of the candidates belonging to other states can be submitted in the office of the nearest Principal District Court in the State of A.P., or to the Registrar (Recruitment), High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
Candidates living in Hyderabad can directly send the application form to Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad; during the office hours on any working day.
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Fittingly, perhaps, for a nation said to suffer from low self-esteem, voters of World Book Day's online survey, We Are What We Read, have chosen a book by an American as best defining contemporary England. On Thursday, 4,000 readers chose Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island as the outstanding portrait of national identity, ahead of contenders such as Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch.
In one sense, Bryson is an obvious choice. Two salient characteristics of the English, according to recent tradition, are their sense of humour and their self-deprecation, so self-deprecating humour is usually blessed with success. We enjoy sending ourselves up, as long as it's done kindly and with no real sting; Bryson's affectionate mockery is in the style of Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers, and the early comedy of Beyond the Fringe, which was not so much satire (though it is always labelled as such) as a mockery of particular kinds of Englishness.
What makes Bryson a curious choice is that, if there is one thing the English enjoy more than a bit of self-mockery, it's laughing at foreigners, especially Americans, whom we've traditionally considered as lacking our refined wit, culture and learning (at least, until they made The West Wing). Which is why, before he became quite so dangerously bellicose, we found such comedy in the idea of George W.Bush - he was the pantomime President we thought the hicks deserved. But one of the claims made repeatedly for Bryson, as if it's the greatest compliment he could hope to receive, is that, having lived in England for 20 years, he - and his humour - have become sufficiently anglicised to give him honorary status and a licence to laugh at us.
But is it true that, as Bryson suggests, England spent the twentieth century 'looking on itself as a chronic failure'? And, if so, does the nomination of Bryson as its unofficial writer in residence indicate a new optimism? Notes From a Small Island ultimately paints a far more positive and encouraging picture of the English than several of the other books on the short list.
As you might expect, the other nations of the UK chose books by native authors as their defining read (Des Dillon's Me and Ma Gal for Scotland, Annie McCartney's Desire Lines for Northern Ireland and Lewis Davies's Work, Sex and Rugby for Wales), though, again, these are perhaps surprising choices. Alasdair Gray's masterly Lanark was passed over by Scottish voters, as were the more famous Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner and Ian Rankin, all of whom concentrate on darker elements of Scottish life.
McCartney's novel is a love story, set in Belfast, and informed by uniquely Irish sensibilities. It keeps politics firmly in the background, but it beat novels such as Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark, the story of a Catholic boyhood in Derry, and Eoin McNamee's factional Blue Tango, based on the murder of Patricia Curran, both of which offer blunter treatments of the fissures and tensions that characterise the North.
Wales, it seems, is even trickier to define; the survey did not include Welsh-language books, among which it might be assumed there are plenty which capture the Welsh experience. Nevertheless, only two of the shortlisted titles come from mainstream publishers based in London, which implies a thriving local publishing industry, but also suggests that Welsh authors have crossed less successfully to a wider British audience.
Radio 4's Today programme held its own online survey which, bizarrely, produced Orwell's 1984 as its English novel. Bizarre because, while sophisticated arguments could be mustered for 1984 as defining modern England in a vaguely allegorical sense, its most obvious connection with the reality of contemporary life is that two of the novel's central ideas have been turned into successful television programmes. I suspect that Today listeners have broad ened the brief, or just read fewer contemporary books, because while Under Milk Wood is arguably a better and more enduring piece of writing than Work, Sex and Rugby, I don't see how it can possibly be said to provide a truer picture of contemporary Welsh life.
This is not to suggest that books can only speak for the time in which they were written; that would be absurd. (Alexander Pope's Dunciad, for example, now seems remarkably prescient.) But it is crucial that, amid the current leaning towards historical fiction, British writers continue to chronicle the changing faces of our nations as they experience them, with all their accompanying frictions, crises and unpoetic undersides, so that future writers can glance behind them and understand what it meant to an individual to be English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish at a time when those identities were being challenged, stretched and redefined.


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It's hard to visualize exactly what 750 board games look like. How much room do they take up? How many large "Dell" boxes will they fit in? How much shelving space do you need to hold them all? These are all questions we have dealt with when moving our library.
The owners of Game Paradise, my husband and I, are in the process of moving. And given that we don't have a storefront yet, all of our games just made the move with us.
The priorities made when moving are always odd. A close friend of ours said that the first thing they moved was their bar. In past years, I've always moved the kitchen first, so you can be comfortable at the new place. This time the games moved first.
In our new home, the master bedroom just became our library. Why? Because it was the largest room we had. Yes, the games require that much space.
My husband spent most of the first day setting up shelving. We have gondolas that are intended for our store when it opens, but were perfect for storing the games on in the meantime. If you aren't familiar with "gondolas" think of the store shelving that you see at wal-mart or target. Those are gondolas.
We have 26 feet of shelving, each with 3-5 shelves on them. I'm a bad judge of space, so I didn't think there would be any issues fitting the games on this space. As we started unboxing the games we found a very different story. It's a rather squeaky fit. As the collection continues to grow, we may very well need more space still.
So, not much is at our new house yet… except for the library. The kitchen, and bed, still live at the old house, but the games have moved. You must have your priorities, right?
Average folks have a board game shelf. Gamers may have a board game closet. Here at Game Paradise, we have a board game room, and it's the largest room in the house, and we're pretty darn proud of that.


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I'd like to start with an apology. I warned you that this chapter would take some time to post but I never thought it would take a month. I have been busy with other things and I've had trouble with writing this one.
Secondly, I'd like to tell that I'm planning my next story. I've come up with a plot and a name to the story and I'm going to start working on the characters and so on. I have no idea when I'll post it but I'll present myself so you'll know it's me ;)
Lastly, I just wanted to thank all of you who have read this story and reviewed it. It has made a great deal to me, and I'm not sure if I would have written the entire story without your response. Wow, this sounds like a cheesy speech of thanks, but I truly am thankful! So THANK YOU GUYS!
And here it is: the last chapter of Glittering facades and what lies beneath them.
The rest of the school year went surprisingly fast. I was happy I didn't have O.W.Ls or N.E.W.Ts to worry about. Sure, we had the usual exams but they were nothing compared to the ones you did in fifth and seventh year. I think I did well on most of my exams too, and hopefully I'd receive some good grades in the summer.
We played another quidditch match against Ravenclaw, which we won by 210 against 50. It was a very even game but I caught the snitch in just the right moment so we managed to beat them. Still we didn't win the quidditch cup since we had lost the game against Slytherin; the one where I got knocked by a bludger. I felt guilty because of that game. It was sort of my fault that we didn't win. If I hadn't gotten hit, then we might have won. I could have paid more attention to prevent it from happening, but I hadn't. I tried not to think too much about it, though. It had happened and there was nothing I could do about it.
James had really hoped to win the cup this year. Quidditch was so important to him and this year he had wanted to win extra much since he was captain. It would have been easy for him to blame it on me, but he didn't. Instead he had gathered the team for a talk where he told us that we should learn from our mistakes this year and get ready for the next year. It was our last year and we just had to win.
We also had had a "finishing party". The team went to the kitchens where we had a dinner and talked about what had happened during the year. We talked about funny things that had happened during practises and cool moves or feints we had managed to do. Joey and Lucas were graduating this year, so next year we would have to find a new beater and keeper.
I would miss them terribly. They were like my big brothers, always looking out for me. They were also the funniest guys I knew, always joking and making me laugh. They had supported me during my rough period with Sirius, and I was very thankful for that. I had played quidditch with them for three years so it would feel very weird to play without them. Our family was about to split.
But we promised each other to keep contact. The whole team would meet in the summer and do something nice and I made the twins promise to at least write once a month when school started, which I must say had been everything but easy. I actually had to threaten them.
"Write me once a week?"
They looked at me wide-eyed, shaking their heads.
"Once a month?"
"Sophia, you know we're no good with parchments and quills. Talking is so much better!"
"And how are we going to talk when you're not here? You WILL write me once a month, or I'll send Moaning Myrtle after you."
They gasped. "You wouldn't!"
I nodded and smirked. "I would."
It had been hilarious. You see, the twins were deathly scared of Moaning Myrtle. They refused to tell what had made them so scared of her, but something had happened sometime in their second year. They had made her upset, which we all managed to do all the time, but they must have gone even further. You see, Moaning Myrtle hated them. I accidentally mentioned their names when I was in her bathroom once, and she went crazy.
She started screaming and chased me out of there. I had told the twins about this and they just looked terrified, refusing to say anything. They didn't even dare to walk past the door to her bathroom, so they always took detours instead of walking through that corridor.
Like I said, it was hilarious. And it helped me to make them promise to keep contact, so I wouldn't completely lose my brothers.
The team had gone to the common room after the dinner, where there was a big party. The party had been really fun. This time I didn't drink too much either, so there were no embarrassing things to be teased about. My friends still teased me about the party in the beginning of the year when I drank too much, called James Potty and accidentally exposed my butt to Peter. Yeah, that one. I just wanted to forget it but no, they wouldn't let me.
Anyway, the party had been like a finishing party for the whole house. The year was coming to an end and we were going home.
I was looking forward to seeing my family again. I was especially longing to see my brother again. We always stayed up late the night school ended and told each other what had happened during the year. The tradition started when he still went to Hogwarts, and now we only had more to tell each other.
My family was going on vacation this summer too. We were going to Greece for two weeks, and I was really looking forward to it. It would be a challenge too, being away from Sirius for two weeks (or even more), but it was going to be interesting to see how it went.
I was also going to introduce Sirius to my family this summer. He had met them before but this time he was being introduced as my boyfriend. I knew that my family liked him so I didn't have to worry about what they would think. They already knew that we were together. I had written it in a mail to them.
The only thing that could go wrong would be if Danny suddenly acted over-protective. He usually did that, but he knew Sirius so it shouldn't be a problem. Besides, I was old enough to date so he shouldn't have anything to say at all.
My plans didn't end there though. All of my friends were going to James' house for a week. He lived in a huge mansion. I actually got lost there once. They also had this big swimming pool which was perfect for the summer. I knew I was going to have a great time. Spending a week with my best friends guaranteed fun.
I was feeling very positive. It seemed like it was going to be a sunny summer too, so there wasn't really anything that could go wrong. I would spend time with my family, friends and boyfriend; the persons I loved the most.
I would miss Hogwarts though. Hogwarts was my second home, and I knew that many other students felt the same way. But I would return in September, so it didn't feel that bad.
I was thinking about how my summer would be as I was putting the last things in my trunk. We were going home, and I only had half an hour before I had to leave. The dormitory was empty, except for me. I enjoyed the silence and took time to say goodbye to my dorm.
After finishing my packing, I went downstairs to the common room. I didn't have to bring my trunk; it would be taken care of and I would find it at the train station later. Lily and Alisha were sitting on one of the couches. The guys were nowhere to be seen. It wouldn't surprise me if they were pranking someone. They always tried to do the last prank as late as possible, 'just because'. I really didn't understand those guys sometimes, and I didn't try either. It would drive anyone mad.
I sat down and talked to my friends for a while. After about fifteen minutes the guys came bustling into the common room, all of them panting heavily. I immediately caught Sirius' eyes and raised an eyebrow at him, but he just shrugged and smirked, which usually meant that I didn't want to know.
My personal guess was that they had pranked someone who had gotten mad and chased them, hence the panting. I didn't even bother to ask them if I was right though, because I honestly didn't care.
We decided that it was best to start heading downstairs to the great hall so that we wouldn't have to rush. The other girls from our dorm joined us, and we told each other about our plans for the summer on the way down.
When we arrived the carriages were already waiting for us. The trip to Hogsmeade seemed to go faster than usual, and I soon found myself sitting in a compartment with all my friends.
We were rather cramped to be frank. The compartments weren't made for seven people, but somehow we managed to fit. Sirius sat closest to the window and I sat beside him. Peter sat next to me, and the others sat opposite of us. James had managed to squeeze himself next to Lily and he looked close to ecstatic.
We spent the train ride talking about funny things that had happened during the year; from September to the present time. I once again had to endure being teased about the party. I swear, they would never let me forget that.
"…and then she told me my eyes kinda had the same color as poop and nearly poked me in the eye!" James said and roared with laughter.
The others were laughing too, even though they had heard the story at least three times.
"… and I had to carry her to our dorm where she passed out on my bed!" James shouted, shaking with laughter.
I stuck my tongue out at him. It wasn't that funny.
"Remember the day after Moony?" James said and smirked. "Padfoot thought Soph and I had had sex! And he was furious!"
This caused another attack of laughter, but this time Sirius remained silent.
"Hey! It totally looked like you'd slept with her!" He said and crossed his arms.
"Yeah yeah, whatever" James said and waved his hand. "We haven't even reached the funniest part yet!"
I stiffened. Not that part.
"Sophia was getting the hangover potion from Moony when she forgot she was only in her underwear and exposed her arse to all of us! And Wormy stared as if he had never seen a butt before… and… and" James gasped, laughing too hard to be able to speak properly.
"And then Sirius went crazy again, yeah yeah" I said sourly. "The end."
Peter had stiffened next to me and I saw his face going tomato red out of the corner of my eye. Embarrassing much?
I had heard this story so many times and I just couldn't understand what was so damn funny. I mean, honestly, it wasn't that funny. It really wasn't! In fact, it wasn't funny at all. But I might have laughed if it had happened to Alisha or Lily. So perhaps it was a bit funny. But just a bit.
"Aww, is it a sensitive subject for little Soph?" James teased, smirking at me.
"Sod off James" I muttered and glared at him.
So maybe I wasn't really angry, but acting like a drama queen was quite fun. I quickly changed the subject though, so I wouldn't have to hear anything else about that bloody party.
We continued talking about the dares, the parties, all the nights we'd done funny things together and all of the times McGonagall had almost expelled James and Sirius. We avoided talking about Zach and everything that had happened with him though. It was still a sore subject and no one wanted to talk about it on our last day before the holidays.
It was weird really, how so much could happen in just one year. The whole thing with Zach had cast a shadow over my year, but I had lots of good things to compensate with. I would never forget what he had done to me, but I had moved on and hopefully I wouldn't think much of it in the future. I had learned a lot of things from it.
I had for example learned that I could trust my friends, no matter what. I should have gone to them when things were bad, but I didn't and that was a mistake of mine. But now I knew that I could turn to them. They would always be there for me.
Honesty was the key. If I had been honest to everyone perhaps things hadn't turned out the way they did. But I didn't dwell on it. It was in the past and I only thought about it to prevent myself from making the same mistakes again.
While my friends were chatting and laughing I sat silent, observing them and thinking about the year that had passed. I had realised that there was two sides to every coin, and that you never knew what to expect from someone. But the people you know best tend to surprise you less than your superficial acquaintances. However, sometimes surprises can be good.
Finding out that Sirius fancied me sure was a surprise, and look where that led me. There wasn't really much to say about it. I was happier than ever, and that was enough.
This year had really changed me, and I felt that it was a change for the better. I had become more mature and more realistic. I knew that the world could be cruel, and therefore I was more prepared for what could happen. I knew that I could handle difficult situations, and that made me more confident in myself.
Of course, all of these changes weren't just because of the bad stuff that had happened, but they meant a great deal in the matter.
Suddenly Sirius put his arm around me and pulled me close to him. He must have noticed that I had zoned out, and probably thought I was tired. I smiled and tried not to think too much about how perfect he was. I did that enough already.
I was still lovesick, but I wasn't as obsessed with him as I was before. Our relationship had grown a bit, even though we still were in the early progress of it. We were seriously in love though, I had a feeling that it would only become better and better.
As I leant close to Sirius, I thought about how different my sixth year had been. I had had no idea how it would be, and I could never have guessed how it would turn out. Both good and bad stuff happened to me during the year, and I had to go through a lot. Still, it was with no doubt one of the best years of my life. And that was because of him.
And that was it. I can't believe it myself.
Please review and tell me your opinions of this story. I personally think that it could have been much better, but it was my first story ever and I'm not from England or any other country where English is spoken so I'm satisfied anyway. However, I've got a feeling that my next story will be much better.
And I know it was cliché and cheesy to end with the same words as the summary, but I thought it suited. Oh, and the chapter title is a song made by David Gray. It's great!
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Yes Melvin, you are completely on point with that.... there is NO WAY that I would be caught trying to do this alone. I have spoken with many relatives over the past couple of weeks and we all feel the need to have something joint, however a realistic time table tells us that we will have to wait until 2008 to make it happen.
Next Sunday I will be driving down to Philadelphia to meet with a newly found cousin, who happens to be having a celebration (He is being named a Bishop), along with a few more newly found cousins who are driving up from Washington DC, and I will also have some of my "known them forever cousins" from Philadelphia with me as well. So I expect that at this celebration, we will be celebrating meeting each other as well.
I mentioned that one of my family lines is organized to the point of having a constitution, by-laws and elected officials, etc., so I was asked to bring that information as well for a guideline as to formulating some type of organization here.
God Willing, come 2008, we will all be able to gather together at our starting point...Kershaw, SC
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Brighouse Inner Wheel has been donating hundreds of pounds to worthwhile causes as part of its handover evening.
The event, held at Crow Nest Golf Club, saw a cheque for £1,950 handed over to Overgate Hospice. A donations of £462.85 was made for sewing machines to Oriel and £348.50 for a bursary to Oriel. Pictured is Deborah O'Neill handing over her presidency to new president Yvonne Langford.


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First attested in the 17th century, noun use of 5th century Latin oxymōrum (adj), neut. nom. form of oxymōrus (adj),[1] from Ancient Greek ὀξύμωρος (oxúmōros), compound of ὀξύς (oxús, "sharp, keen, pointed")[2] (English oxy-, as in oxygen) + μωρός (mōrós, "dull, stupid, foolish")[3] (English moron ("stupid person")). Literally "sharp-dull", "keen-stupid", or "pointed-foolish"[4] – itself an oxymoron, hence autological; compare sophomore (literally "wise fool"), influenced by similar analysis. The compound form ὀξύμωρον (oxúmōron) is not found in the extant Ancient Greek sources.[5]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒksɪˈmɔːɹɒn/
- (US) enPR: äk-sē-môrʹ-än, äk-sĭ-môrʹ-än, IPA(key): /ˌɑksiˈmɔɹɑn/, /ɑksɪˈmɔɹɑn/
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oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora)
- A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) A contradiction in terms.
Usage notes[edit]
- Historically, an oxymoron was "a paradox with a point",[6] or "pointedly foolish: a witty saying, the more pointed from being paradoxical or seemingly absurd" at first glance.[4] Its deliberate purpose was to underscore a point or to draw attention to a concealed point. The common vernacular use of oxymoron as simply a contradiction in terms is considered incorrect by some speakers and writers, and is perhaps best avoided in certain contexts.[1]
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figure of speech
contradiction in terms — see contradiction in terms
See also[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 oxymōrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ ὀξύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ μωρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ὀξύμωρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Jebb, Sir Richard (1900). Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Further reading[edit]
- Oxymoron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of oxymorons
- Lee's Complete Oxymoron List, with discussion of classification (archive)


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Bonjournal: Legoland
While I was in Malaysia without the Internet the whole day, I did some offline mini-blogging at Bonjournal to keep track of happenings I couldn't post on Instagram.
Quite a nice app to use with a very simple and beautiful interface but it sometimes distracts me from actually doing stuff while I'm out and about.
Not sure if I'd use it for my next travel but I really like the PDF compilation you see above.
My journal does lack a lot of information because I didn't have pictures to accompany it and I didn't want a text-only post.
So, a more wordy repost here!!!!!
Yesterday, I went to Jurong East to take a bus to Malaysia!
God knows when the last time I was there was.
Went to Isetan Supermarket to get me some sushi and a packet of Ringo Work for breakfast!! ^__^
Expensive as hell T_T
I was the second customer to enter Isetan too LOLOL :>
Boarded buses and went through customs and all that…
And we got to Legoland!
Reason we were all on this outing is because Yong Chin had free tickets 😀 😀 😀
I think we took all the roller coasters!
Dragon's Apprentice was smaller than The Dragon but it was scarier than the bigger one!!
Nothing here was near to as scary as those in Dreamworld though…
Hazel was really scared of roller coasters and didn't want to take them at all but after the first, she went on everything and sometimes multiple times HAHAHAH 😀
Lunched at the King's Grill but I ordered the common kids meal of nuggets and fries.
The fries were crap but the nuggets were unexpectedly yummy???
The water rides were the fun ones, in my opinion.
Unlike many, the ones here actually drench the hell out of you, even if you were covered.
Dino Island was really boring during the start but the drop was steep enough and the splash was humongous I LOVE IT 😀
My shorts and shoes were soaked -___-
Really fun so we didn't leave the car and went on a second round ^___^
Except Ke Yang who claims that he dares to take water rides because his heart can take it… but left after the first, where he kept exclaiming that his balls were shrinking HAHAHAHHA 😀
The other fun one was AQUAZONE Wave Racers!
Goes really quickly and it's scary cos you might fly off cos there were no belts or anything!!
It would've been better if they built each car nearer to the others so when you drift you actually splash people T_T
Wanted to go to Boating School too but the weather was fluctuating and they closed it temporarily… 😦
Before we left we went to the Big Shop to build our own figurines!
Really tough finding bits from a very limited selection around the table…
Finally found a decent sexy body for my sexy turban Lego man after I found this kid building an army of figurines that he probably isn't going to buy so I took it (I asked ok I'm like really polite and civilised and all)!!!
About S$3 for this ^__^
Went to wait for the bus back but we had so much time before the bus comes so Hazel and I went to the empty space behind the bus stop to be nonsensical LOLOLOL
Just some!
Props to Michelle and Jolene for taking the photos 😀
Before long we were at City Square for dinner!
Apparently the Japanese restaurant they intended to go to were under renovation or something so we ended up at Arashi Shabu Shabu!
It was goddamn cheap because they were like Singapore's price BUT IN RINGGIT!!!!
Like S$1 = RM2.50 OMGMMGMGMGMGMGGGGGG!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀
Then Yong Chin said it was his mom's treat so erm… this whole trip was nearly totally sponsored???
The best thing about this place is the individual pots because you get to choose whatever broth you want!!! 😀
I chose miso .__.
Shared the seafood mix combo set with Hazel and ordered meat a la carte!
Quite yummy la 😀
The crab balls and meatballs were OMG juicy and totally awesome!
Ok then we went home!


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A versatile, easy-to-make icing that can be used to decorate cookies and other desserts, like our Basic Sugar Cookies (shown in shoe and bag cut-out shapes).
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Yield: 2 cups
- 1 box confectioners' sugar
- 3 tbsp. powdered egg whites (like Just Whites)
- 6 tbsp. warm water
- In a large bowl of a mixer, beat confectioners' sugar, egg whites, and water on high speed until thick and smooth, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Cover with plastic wrap to prevent drying. Finished icing can be tinted any color and thinned with a bit of water to decorate cookies.
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Dry Martini
(1928) American
B&W : 80 minutes
Directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast (Henri d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
Cast: Mary Astor [Elizabeth Quimby], Matt Moore [Freddie Fletcher], Jocelyn Lee [Lina], Sally Eilers [Lucille Grosvenor], Albert Gran [Willoughby Quimby], Albert Conti [Conway Cross], Tom Ricketts [Joseph], Hugh Trevor [Bobbie Duncan], John Webb Dillon [Frank], Marcelle Corday [Mrs. Koenig]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Douglas Z. Doty, from the novel Dry Martini: A Gentleman Turns to Love by John Thomas. Assistant director, Ray Flynn. Cinematography by Conrad Wells. Intertitles by Douglas Z. Doty. Edited by Frank E. Hull. Music score by Erno Rapee and S.L. Rothafel. Presented by William Fox. / © 24 September 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25646]. Released 7 October 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film sound system. / The sound version was released at 7176 feet in seven reels. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, in seven reels (at 6828 feet), by Fox Film Corporation in 1928. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.1463.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Artists - Divorces - Expatriates - Families: Fathers - France: Paris - Marriages - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 29 April 2009.
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Sheen, as previously reported, will play the title role in Ian Rickson's new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet which will play the Young Vic in 2011. His many stage credits include Frost/Nixon, Amadeus, and Henry V. He also starred in the film version of Frost/Nixon as well as Twilight: New Moon and The Queen. He received an Emmy nomination for the HBO movie The Special Relationship.
Nolan is currently represented on the big screen by the blockbuster Inception, while his other movies include Batman: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, and Memento.
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EXCLUSIVE England's wingers on Capello
England duo Theo Walcott and Aaron Lennon have told FourFourTwo how Fabio Capello has helped them develop their game - in order to help England taste World Cup glory in South Africa.
The North London rivals both look set to be part of the Italian's 23-man squad for this summer's global showpiece, and both believe they can make an impact.
Arsenal forward Walcott and Tottenham winger Lennon were both surprise late additions to Sven Goran Eriksson's squad for the last World Cup in Germany four years ago, despite both being uncapped and aged just 17 and 19 respectively.
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But while Lennon made cameo appearances against Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador and Portugal, Walcott was forced to watch on from the bench.
Since then, the Gunners' starlet has gone on to make more of an impact for both his club and at international level, playing in over 130 matches for the Emirates Stadium side, earning nine senior England caps and scoring a famous hat-trick in England's 4-1 World Cup qualifying victory against Croatia in September 2008.
The 21-year-old will be keen to prove his worth on the biggest stage this time round, but is aware that he may have to do that from the substitutes' bench.
"You've got to be aware that you've got to make the difference if you can, even if it's for five minutes. If you get the chance you've got to be able to take it," Walcott said in the June issue of FourFourTwo - out today.
"If I'm on the bench I'll watch the full-back and try to work on his negatives when I come on."
Walcott has been earmarked by some pundits as a potential successor to David Beckham on England's right flank, and it seems the England manager may be having similar thoughts.
"He [Capello] likes me to get at defenders and stay wide - this is the most important thing. It gives us width and provides a good outlet for the team. Obviously he also tells me to get crosses in and track back and do my defensive duties."
But while the experienced former AC Milan and Real Madrid coach has instructed Walcott to try and play wider, the opposite is true of White Hart Lane counterpart Aaron Lennon.
"He encourages me to drop inside and, if I get the chance, to shoot," Lennon revealed.
"I think scoring goals is definitely something I'm trying to improve on. I think I'm capable of scoring a lot of goals - I'm just not being greedy enough. I need to shoot a bit more."
The 23-year-old Yorkshireman was in electrifying form for Spurs in the first half of the season, with three goals and nine assists in 20 Premier League matches by the turn of the year seeing him labelled as one of the division's most improved players.
"Where I've really improved is in my crossing, my final ball, decision-making and general awareness," Lennon explained, adding "I take a bit more time before crossing now. It's something I've been working on with the staff at Tottenham and it's showed this season. I'm playing better than ever."
A groin injury picked up in Spurs' 2-0 win over West Ham in December had ruled him out of action for nearly four months, but his recent return could well serve as a massive boost to both Tottenham and England, particularly if he can recreate his early season form.
Read the full in-depth interviews with both Theo Walcott and Aaron Lennon - as well as Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry - in the June issue of FourFourTwo, out now.
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