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SuperFetch is a performance enhancement introduced in Microsoft Windows Vista to reduce the time necessary to launch applications. SuperFetch works with the memory manager service in Windows to analyze memory usage patterns over time to determine the optimal memory content for a given user for a date or time of day. This differs from the Prefetch technique used in Microsoft Windows XP, which preloads data into memory without analyzing usage patterns.
From [1]: SuperFetch prioritizes the following kinds of pages to remain in memory:
- Pages of applications that are used most frequently overall.
- Pages of applications that are commonly used when resuming:
- After extensive hibernation (for example, first thing in the morning).
- After shorter periods of sleep or hibernation (for example, after lunch).
If SuperFetch detects that the system drive is a fast SSD (as measured by Windows Experience Index Disk score), then SuperFetch turns off ReadyBoot, ReadyBoost, and the SuperFetch service itself.
Because SuperFetch appears to leave a system with no available memory, some users turn it off to create the appearance of having more free memory. The feature can be configured by changing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnableSuperfetch Registry key [2]. A value of zero disables SuperFetch, one enables it for booting only, two for applications, and three for both applications and boot. This setting can also be changed using the Services console, services.msc [3].
File Formats
Data for SuperFetch is gathered by the %SystemRoot%\System32\Sysmain.dll, part of the Service Host process, %SystemRoot%\System32\Svchost.exe, and stored in a series of files in the %SystemRoot%\Prefetch directory [4]. These files appear to start with the prefix Ag and have a .db extension. Note that there are likely more SuperFetch database files named differently, presumably all using the .db extension.
The format of the SuperFetch database files is not fully known, there is available unofficial partial specification [5] and open source (GPL) dumper for .db files [6]. For more information see X
The SuperFetch feature is seeded with some basic usage patterns when the operating system is installed [7].
See Also
External Links
- Wikipedia: Windows Vista I/O technologies - SuperFetch
- Channel 9 Interview with Michael Fortin of Microsoft on SuperFetch
- Microsoft Predicts The Future With Vista's SuperFetch from Information Week
- DC3 Presentation: My You Look SuperFetching, by Jesse Kornblum


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One of only 17 hospitals to make the Honor Roll of Best Hospitals, Mass General earned high rankings in 16 adult specialties.
Moving up one spot from last year, the MGH ranks second nationally on the 2011-12 U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll in the annual "Best Hospitals" guide. It is the highest ranking ever achieved by the MGH. The hospital also is ranked number one in the Boston metro area.
The MGH came in among the top U.S. hospitals in each of the 16 specialties the survey addresses (see table below) and qualified for the Honor Roll in 15 of these specialties. For the 16th consecutive year, the MGH Department of Psychiatry was ranked the leading program in the country. The MGH's placement in several specialties – ear, nose and throat; ophthalmology and rehabilitation – reflects its close affiliations and coordination of care with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
The "Best Hospitals" guide showcases 720 hospitals – 17 of which made the Honor Roll – out of approximately 5,000 nationwide. The rankings are based on numerical data, quality measures, procedure volume and death rates, as well as responses from a national physician survey. The rankings were published online July 19 and will be available in a printed guidebook Aug. 30.
Pediatric specialties are ranked separately from adult specialties, and in this year's pediatric results, which were published in May, MassGeneral Hospital for Children ranked nationally in six specialty areas.
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Schmidt, Peter (1860-1910)
Peter Schmidt: elder of the Steinbach congregation in the Molotschna Settlement. Peter was born 20 January 1860 in Steinbach, Molotschna Settlement, South Russia, eighth of ten children of Peter Schmidt (23 October 1817 – 11 May 1876) and Marie (Martens) Schmidt (8 October 1821 – 30 October 1895). Peter married Anna Schmidt (4 February 1866, Steinbach, Molotschna Settlement, South Russia – 8 October 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) on 8 May 1886 in Steinbach, Molotschna Settlement, South Russia. Peter and Anna had six children: Maria, Katharina, Anna, Peter, Louise, and Lydia. Peter died 30 May 1910, at the age of fifty.
Peter was a great benefactor to various Mennonite causes, including the Morija Deaconess Home. P. M. Friesen speaks highly of his consecrated Christian living.
Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 162, 166 ff., 645 ff., 659, 725.
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 5.00 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2006: #65167.
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We know now that Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is pregnant . For sure. But she and husband Justin Miller are not saying if they're expecting a boy or a "Baby Girl." All we know so far is that Nettles is due in November, which makes her about four months pregnant. That explains why no one noticed her little baby bump yet.
I couldn't be happier for Nettles. But I do have some kind of bad news for her. She recently admitted to Ladies' Home Journal that she is crazy about coffee. "I have a French press, a grinder and a milk frother. I love the smell of coffee, the warmth of it, the whole ritual," she said. But if all that coffee she was drinking was caffeinated, she will have to make the big switch to decaf. That's what's best for baby.
Nettles also told the magazine that she talks to her own mother every day. "She's my sounding board and my biggest adviser," she said. I'm sure her mom will give her all kinds of advice as Nettles navigates her way through pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.


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Transformers Going Down in Flames
I recently got an e-mail from Chunks the Pioneer, who told me she is a HUGE Transformers fan, and naturally went to the first 11:59 PM showing of Transformers 2. She also said,
Well, Chunks - may I call you Chunks? - first and foremost, I find it interesting that seeing Transformers 2 made you want to see (other?) things that are poorly made.
Hah! I kid, I kid. (Or do I?)
That said, I'm happy to share my extended collection of Transformers Wrecks with you. 'Course, you'd think there would be several Transformers cake kits out by now, but no, there's still just the one:
As you can see they spared no expense with it, though. Why, that piece of cardboard is actually printed in color.
The best thing about this design, however, is that no Wreckerator on earth can replicate it. It's true. "Pointy" is simply beyond this groups' skill set:
Oh, wait, I take it back: this Wreckerator did manage "pointy":
And lastly, my favorite:
Interestingly enough, this Wreckerator's '72 Pinto has those exact same flames airbrushed on the front bumper. Which is pretty darn ironic, if you think about it.
Hey Meagan D., Misty M., Alicia A., & Barbara N., what do you call an Autobot in denial?
Answer: A boat!
(Get it? Denial? De- Nile? The river? Yeah, us ex-JC skippers rule, thankyouverramuch.)
- Related Wreckage: Optimus Wrecks
UPDATE: My apologies to Chunks the Pioneer, who I mistakenly assumed was a guy, since she is, in fact, a girl. And thanks for having such a great sense of humor about it, Chunks. ;)


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I do want to finish off the chase, but the J-slot I can wait a long time for given the relatively minor difference.
Quote from: Morgbug on August 25, 2009, 05:33 PMI do want to finish off the chase, but the J-slot I can wait a long time for given the relatively minor difference.Quote from: Morgbug on September 12, 2009, 02:03 AMDone.So by waiting 'a long time' you meant 17 days... Seems long enough in my book! Congrats!
I refuse to get overly excited by those prices. These have, for the most part, only hit within the last week. So it's the early crazy folk that are dropping huge coin on these (I think the $299 for 8 is a fair deal) chase pieces. DO I think they'll settle out at higher prices, based on ratio, than the usual series'? Absolutely, because it's Fett and because they are vintage nods; that pulls in non-Kubrick collectors as well. But I think the J- and L-slot will settle out around $150 or so and the common around $50. Those prices are higher than the general prices for the 1/96 and 2/48 prices generally level off at.
Was just checking Ningyoushi and noticed that they have the L-Slot and the Proto-Fett for sale:L-Slot ChaseProto-Costume ChaseAnyone still looking for these might want to check these out.
I noticed tonight on BBTS that they no longer have boxes of 12 and Master Cases listed. They now have a 'Box of 6' for $100 and a 'Master Case of 24' for $375...
Wow, that's cheap! Is it a temporary sale or just a marked down price?
Best Price I've see for the L-slot Fett chase figure:$102 shipped L-Slot Fett
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After getting notice that my partner in the HoE Winter Quaker exchange received my packet, I can post now some pictures. Marie was pleased with the result and I'm glad she is. :) This is the first time I stitched a Quaker design, and I fell in love with this type of stitching. It's lovely how these Quaker motifs come to life when stitching them.
It's of course typical for me to subscribe for an exchange and then sitting here and thinking, what in heaven IS a quaker???? Because I love to learn new things, that wasn't such a problem and I started searching to find some more info about it. Found a lot of interesting sites and designers I had never heard of. Like the designs from Romy in Austria. So beautiful. And then I found a pdf file from a Sampler Guild within a design of a scissor pocket - and fell instantly in love. A design by Barbara Bernard, who gives lessons, but doesn't have a website as such. After finally finding her email address I was able to purchase the pattern. It was a bit more work then I thought it would be, but - my first quaker just had to be this scissor pocket.
Because I'm not a member of a guild and stitched this for Marie, I personalized the design a bit for her and left out all text and lettering belonging to the guild. I centered the flowers and replaced the symbol that carried the year with a squirrel. The empty spaces I filled with a bird, a flower and the already mentioned squirrel. Hopefully I didn't mess up any of the possible deeper meanings of the symbols. I don't have the slightest clue what all these Quaker symbols mean. The ones I added have a very simple meaning: Gabi likes birds, flowers and squirrels.
Ohhh....and I bought another chart from Barbara Bernard. Another scissor pocket. This time a multi colored one and I just LOVE it. It's on my "to do" list.


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Who knew a humidifier could be this small and pleasant? This $92 product comes in four different colors—pink, yellow, green, and ivory, and it weighs just an ounce. It has a timer, too, in case you only want it to shut off after you fall asleep, for example. So kwaii. I love it. [JapanTrendShop]


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Aberdeen's best fish ball shop to close
If you are a Hong Kong fish ball connoisseur, you know Tse Kee. And you are probably lining up at their doors right now for one of its last bowls of fish balls.
The family-run Aberdeen fish ball joint has been dishing out the Chiu Chow snack with soup noodles for 65 years. Now, Tse Kee is counting down to its March 31 closing date.
Faced with rising fish prices and staffing problems, the eatery has decided to shut it doors rather than compromise its commitment to fresh ingredients.
"Your fish has to be fresh, it's that simple," says Tse Chan Wai-fong, the restaurant's matriarch.
Tse Kee has become an institution of Chiu Chow-style fish snacks. Fish balls, fish dumplings, deep-fried fish cakes and fish skins are all favorites of Tse Kee's regulars.
The business was started by Mrs. Tse's father-in-law in the 1940s in another location down a tiny lane. The space was so narrow it was likened to a mountain crevice, which is called "shan loon" in Cantonese.
Today, the restaurant is located on Aberdeen's Old Main Street and pays homage to its humble beginnings with the name Shan Loon Tse Kee Fish Ball.
Besides attracting Aberdeen residents, the establishment has seen many famous faces over the years, including chief executive Donald Tsang, former governer Chris Patten and Cantopop king Eason Chan.
Mrs. Tse says there is no magic to good fish balls. She uses eel, lizard fish and croaker from mainland China. The fish are beaten to a thick pulp with a gelatinous texture and turned into various snacks. Sole and pork bones are used for the soup base.
The vivacious, straight-talking matron whose powerful vocalization turns everything she says into a dramatic oration for the entire restaurant, laments that the prices of those fish have jumped 40 percent in the past year.
It has also been difficult to hire staff as salaries rise. Rather than using poor quality fish or selling the business, the family has decided to shut it down.
"If we don't have good fish, we don't sell fish balls -- that's how the old man always insisted on doing it," Tse Chan Wai-fong says, referring to her father-in-law.
Evidently, it's a formula that works. "I married my husband for his fish balls," she says, laughing and slapping the cashier's counter, where she is often stationed.
Since news broke on February 22 that Tse Kee was shutting down, Mrs. Tse says the shop has seen a third more customers than usual. She believes she will be busier over the coming month than in the past 40 years.
By 3 p.m. on a recent day, the restaurant had run out of take-away fish items.
While some might say there is nothing special about Tse Kee, many swear by it, and those loyal followers have been flocking over to have their last taste.
"The fishballs have a fresh taste and no stale fishiness to them," says Aberdeen housewife Kwok Kam-chun, 58, who has been frequenting Tse Kee for 35 years and goes three times per week, sometimes with her daughter.
She recalls once spotting Chan, the singer, there.
Mr. So, 58, who took his first bite at Tse Kee 15 years ago, says fish balls elsewhere have a texture and taste that seems fake. He recently traveled with his wife from their home in Wong Tai Sin so she could have her first try before Tse Kee closes.
Tse Kee, G/F, 80-82 Old Main St., Aberdeen, +852 2552 3809. Open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Noodles cost between HK$23 and HK$40 per bowl depending on the fish items accompanying them.


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Those Dreadful State Vehicle Inspections
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duncan0802 Posts: 1Well like you said it is a STATE inspection so every state is different. In Maine it covers all lights, suspension, exhaust, tires, brakes, basically important safety items are the biggest things. Some other states also require emission testing, and others also require a computerized test on 96 and newer vehicles. best to visit your Motor Vehicle website for your state for the complete list of requirement. Also on that website you should be given the cost which is usually a set price and places where you can have it done at. If you fail you will be given a list of things that need to be completed, you may have the work done at that facility or done where ever you prefer, just like a normal repair.
The best way I can suggest you take care of this is take the required test by your state and then you dont have to worry about you vehicle failing the State Inspection. jk0
Hi, Duncan.
Actually, someone in the Forums Discussion Finder wanted to know where to post about a question concerning the NJ state inspection. Since we didn't have any relevant topics I set this one up and rather than creating one for each of 50 states ... well you get the idea!
She hasn't found her way here yet but I'll be interested in reading what her question is!
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:mad: Here in the northern part of Delaware the air pollution has become so bad the federal government has told the county clean up the air or lose funds for road building.
So now instead of the normal tail pipe test to check emissions , they now want to check the Obd 11 , which checks your car's computer,and if you've had recent work on your car, such as the 2ND replacement (under warrenty) of the O2 sensors, or had a battery installed, it can interfere with the test, and the state won't pass you regardless if you have perfect brakes/lights etc. I went to Castle Hyundai, the car dealer, explained this to them, they said you have to drive the car around awhile for the computer codes to reset, enabling the state inspection to pass you. Until then certain codes cannot be read ny DMV. I ask what is the fix so I can pass. They told me to drive a few hundred more miles MORE because the 2002 sonata has a quirk that way, what a load of b/s.I'm thinking.
I've drived close to 800 miles since the work was done three weeks ago. Is this guy correct or should I go back to the dealer and have them fix/reset the computer so I am not sitting in line at the DMV and wasting my time ?0
That doesn't make any sense to me either. Can you try a different inspector?
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What you are being told is accurate. You cannot unhook your battery to clear any trouble codes and then go to your friendly inspector to pass an OBD check. The computer in the system keeps track of this and you will automatically show up as not ready for inspection. The only way to remedy this is to drive the car for however long it takes for the OBD computer to accrue enough information so that your car shows itself ready. The distance differs from brand to brand depending on the design of the diagnostic system. FYI I am the assitant director of a state air pollution control agency.0
Thanks for the clarification. It sounds to me like the state lacks confidence in the accuracy of its emissions tests and presumes "guilt" on the part of the car owner if OBD has been reset - for any reason.
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Hhmm actually I think the state is operating under federal clean air guidelines for inspections which may indicate vehicle must be in ready state.0
vehicle must be in ready state
I'm just not seeing the logic. At the time of inspection, either the car's emissions are within requirements or they are not. The state of the OBD should have no bearing on that. But then no one said federal guidelines need to be logical.
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Oh I see where your coming from, but I believe the states mentioned (like here in CT) don't actually test the product coming out of rear on 96' or newer vehicles, what they check is what OBDII has to say, not what tailpipe spits out. That is where the 'not ready' comes into play, whatever checks OBDII does (multiple checks and over an extended time). in thisa case not enough of those multiple checks have run long enough after the repair to make vehicle ready0
don't actually test the product coming out of rear on 96' or newer vehicles
That would explain it! I suppose it would reduce overall costs while placing a substantial burden on those with faulty computers - or battery problems.
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Ray, You are correct. If the computer in the car shows not ready, the test cannot be performed because the inspection computer is programmed to kick out a not ready message. In my state, if an inspection station is caught falsifying test results their inspection license will be pulled.
The requirements for these tests are in federal regulation. These tests actually do help keep the air cleaner and can also let you know before some potential failures happen. The old tailpipe tests could only find a problem after an equipment failure had occurred.0
:mad: -it's all about the money- The state/county governemt allowed MORE/MORE and MORE homes/industrial parks/chemical facilities to do as they may, after so many years the air became so polluted the federal goverment/epa said clean up your air or else, no more highways funds, They even tried adding addtional turn lanes at stop lights so there would be less stalling and emissions, I do not blame the EPA. The fault lays with those who allowed this to occur, the government in Dover,the most secretive body in all 50 states.0
You do realize, I hope that vehicle miles traveled(VMT) has tripled in the northeast in the past 30 years? So even though individual cars are cleaner than before, mobile sources are now more than half of the emission inventory nationwide. While government can, and does, control both the rate and total emissions of the stationary source sector there are no similar controls on the total emissions from the mobile sector(escalating VMT) The bottom line is that vehicle inspections are not a sinister plot, but a necessary part of the program to make your air healthful to breathe.0
bobst Posts: 1,783The problem is the OBD reading in the car is often not correct.
I have read many stories about people having their check engine light come on. The OBD identifies a problem, they spend hundreds of dollars to fix that problem, and then the light come on again. Some people claim they have spent $2000 or more but the light keeps coming on.
In my opinion, the OBD reading cannot be trusted and it is causing car owners to waste a lot of money.0
The ODB only tells you the code based on a sensor failing. It is accurate. The issue is many mechanics like to "throw parts" at a vehicle instead of diagnosing the problem. Some times it takes time to find out the true cause of the problem and it requires a certain condition that is not repeatable in a simple 5 minute, around the block test drive.
Computers don't lie, people do.0
In the late 80s Fla. did away with its yearly auto inspections (which were done by a state/county agency).
Within a year there was quite a few rattletraps running
Scary !0
ifican Posts: 1Can anyone provide a little more info along these lines? My wife and I are going crazy because three ready monitors on our 2000 Saturn SL2 have been "not ready" for the last 6 weeks. (We live in Chicago by the way.) We've been to three diff. mechanics. All advised us to drive the car until the monitors reset. We've now driven more than 1200 miles in all different road conditions. The last mechanic we saw, in an EPA recommended garage with a 100 percent success rate in this area, told my wife there was basically nothing wrong with the car (he said we'd gone through 6 drive cycles since the problem began) but computer was reporting something was wrong -- and that it would cost "hundreds and hundreds" of dollars to repair the computer. His advice was to "beg" the EPA to allow us to pass. Another mechanic friend suggested getting the computer flushed at a dealer, but I'm told that will switch all the monitors to "not ready"...and a third mechanic says a flush isn't the answer because the "engine trouble" light isn't on... Any thoughts about something we might be missing? I'm at my wits end here... Many thanks for any help.0
pinnumberr Posts: 13Just purchased an used 2006 SUV from a type of car purchasing service. I have very little technical knowledge about cars, so please bear with me. Here's a bit more about the car:
- Bought at a PA auction by the NY car purchasing service, so NY service took title from PA auction place
- sold car to us and we registered it in NJ (where we live)
- 2006 Land Rover LR3, apprx 12,000 miles at time of auction
Anyway, I took it to my local (New Jersey) Dept. of Motor Vehicles for inspection and it failed the emissions part. Reason was DMV system was unable to read the OBD (On-Board Diagnostic system) of the vehicle, so according to DMV the vehicle's system is not ready to determine the status of the pollution control system. Spoke to Land Rover claims that this happens because the DMV cannot read the OBD because it is an "CAN enabled system" and that I need to have the DMV give me permission to let L/Rover's state qualified emissions technician provide a written statement that the vehicle's emissions system is OK and have the DMV accept this as proof enough to get the inspection sticker. In other words, the DMV's system will continue to be unable to read the OBD on the vehicle, but DMV will give me a passing grade any way because the dealer's techician says the car is OK. Also L/Rover says this is only a problem (that he knows of) with this particular model year and model. I had the L/Rover service dept test the vehicle twice and according to them everything looks good (after recharging the battery and rerunning the vehicle through all the codes).
Do you guys have any ideas on how to handle this? I'm concerned about having a vehicle that has to get DMV clearance in this offline roundabout way, instead of the straightforward way I'm used to on previous cars. I much prefer to have the DMV plug in and be able to clear the car as usual. I'm also concerned in having to do this every year (annual inspection). How will I know that in some year in the future, the DMV won't tell me this is unacceptable and I'm stuck with a useless vehicle because it won't clear inspection.
Should I keep going with this vehicle or proceed as if it is a lemon? Please help. Thanks.
p.s. - I have also been told that sometimes the issue I'm having has to do with a battery being disconnected and that if I drive the car around for a bit (a week or so), that would give the car a chance to 're-learn' what it needs to clear all of these so-called codes. I guess I'm concerned about what to do if it fails again even after I do the drive-around. Thanks again.0
joel0622 Posts: 3,302Should I keep going with this vehicle or proceed as if it is a lemon? Please help. Thanks.
Your car is not a :lemon: your states inspection equipment is.
Sounds to me like the only choice you have is to sell it. Does the dealer charge you for the letter? If not its no big deal, when you get you oil changed close to renewal time ask them to do the test. It actually sounds allot more convenient then sitting in line at a state inspection station0
Its a 2006 with 12k miles correct????????????
If so the mfr. HAS to warranty it will pass ALL Fed emission
tests for 5yrs. 100k miles???? right?
I would be at that dealer and having a talk with the
service mgr. pronto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But yet again its a land rover !
They are one piss poor vehicle.............0
considering that there a more then 2 or 3 land rover LR3 owners in the state of NJ, I'm sure this situation has happened before. Considering the emissions test comes with a print out with your vehicles information, I'm not sure why the DMV does not accept the dealerships test results if there equipment can not read your car. Gotta love bureaucracies.
there is a Land Rover salesman that frequents these forums. He may be able to help you with this situation. You may want to post this in the Land rover Forum as well.0
Sorry, I just saw your question. I dont have an answer to your question but I will check with my staff and try and get you an answer.0
ifican, It apears that what is happening to your car is that the computer power is being interrupted most likely when the car is turned off. That will result in the computer not showing ready for test. Since vehicles provide power to the computer differently, I can't be more specific. It may be a short somewhere or a blown fuse.0
josephmech Posts: 2Will not pass emissions because it has a code what a bunch of BS. Replaced my gas cap and now need to get temporary registration for the OBD system to reset its self. This is total goverment BS as usual. No wonder we dont get cool diesel cars like in europe we have such strict emission standards they have a srangle hold on new innovation. Good job tree huggers. :sick:0
occupant1 Posts: 41225 years old is the cutoff for having to check emissions. Our 1984 Suburban has one more e-test due 12/07, and then I'll park it from 12/08 to 1/09 and take it in for a safety only check then. I'm considering going with a 96-up car for my wife so I can test it myself before taking it in (some code readers can do that) and then an 82 or 83 or older car for myself. We'll keep the Suburban unless we can't fix the AC. There are FEW stations with the dynometer to run the tailpipe test for 83-95 cars and I'm sick of trying to find them each year! Most inspections stations only offer testing for 96-up cars or safety only.
That or move out to the country. Something. Geez...0
Will not pass emissions because it has a code what a bunch of BS. Replaced my gas cap and now need to get temporary registration for the OBD system to reset its self. This is total goverment BS as usual. No wonder we dont get cool diesel cars like in europe we have such strict emission standards they have a srangle hold on new innovation. Good job tree huggers.
Interesting, how would you propose that we go about doing things? The OBDII method is the most cost efficient because it transfers a lot of the technology to the car rather than having the inspection stations (in a lot of states the gas station owners) invest in the technology.
As for European Emissions? Funny I think they are much stricter than ours IIRC, and gas there is significantly more expensive than here.
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The OBDII method is the most cost efficient ...
Most cost efficient for whom?
And then there is the Prius for which it is impossible to pass the test but owners must submit their vehicles for testing anyway and PAY the fee - followed by a trip to a special referee facility - with extra charge!
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Most cost efficient for whom?
The Gas Stations who do the state inspections. If they had to invest in a 100k or 200k machine to do a $25 test, a lot would not be in business. With the OBDII method, the computer setup for it is significantly less expensive.
mta2 Posts: 5I have the same exact problem. 2006 Mercedes Benz CLK350 with 6k miles. I get the same message when I got for inspection. The car has been to the dealer twice already and they can't find anything wrong with it. They can do all their OBD2 diagnostics but DMV can't. Does mine have the CAN system also? I heard it does.0
Here is the thing, if you "reset" or otherwise play with the OBDII system such as hooking it up to a dealer's OBDII setup, you need to wait about 200 or so miles for the OBDII Readiness Tests to be complete. I'm not sure if thats why DMV is failing you but in the past that's what usually kills your DMV test is the "Not All Readiness Tests Complete" which is the error that comes through if you reset a CEL or otherwise connected up an OBDII scanner to your car less than 200 miles prior to the inspection.
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Entrepreneur Nick Loeb, fiance to actress Sofia Vergara, founded Onion Crunch LLC, New York, in 2011. Living in Scandinavia as a child, he enjoyed a crunchy friend onion bit served as a hotdog topping. He rediscovered the item during trips to Sweden as a young adult and was fascinated with its popularity in the region and perplexed by the lack of similar products in the U.S.
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Loeb's Onion Crunch is made from fresh, specially selected sweet onions that are lightly fried in high-quality vegetable oil and seasoned. Kosher pareve and vegan, Onion Crunch currently comes in four flavors: Bacon, BBQ, Chipotle and Original. A 2-tablespoon serving contains 40 calories and 2.5-3g of fat, depending on variety. The retail product comes in 6-oz. shaker containers and has a suggested retail price of $3.49. The company is also in the process of commercializing three line extensions not expected till 2014: Ketchup Crunch, Mustard Crunch and Pickle Crunch, all based on the inherent vegetables.


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Founder Institute Mentors provide the support, feedback, and guidance that helped our early-stage founders launch over 800 businesses since the Institute was founded in 2009. When a founder is in need they come to the rescue... sort of like Startup Superheroes.
While all of our 2500+ Mentors help our companies, among these great individuals, there are some that stand out. Earlier this year, we announced the nominees for the 2012 Mentor Awards, which will take place at the 14th Founder Showcase event, on Wednesday, July 17th in Silicon Valley.
Today, we are excited to announce our first winner, for the the "Best Graduate Turned Mentor" Award:
Gagan Biyani, who is a Graduate of the Silicon Valley Founder Institute, is currently CEO and co-founder of Fresh, which is like Uber for food. Previously, he was co-founder and President of Udemy, where he led supply acquisition (6,000+ instructors teach on Udemy) and demand acquisition ($6M+ courses sold). Udemy has raised $16M in three rounds and has been covered by hundreds of publications - including Bill Gates, the New York Times, and TechCrunch. After Udemy, he spent 6 months as an advisor to Lyft, where he led supply and demand acquisition for their launch in Los Angeles, which grew faster than San Francisco. He is also co-founder of the Growth Hackers Conference and an advisor to various early-stage startups.
Gagan has helped mentor new founders across several Founder Institute chapters, consistently gaining incredibly high ratings for his training sessions, feedback, and advisement. Congratulations Gagan on winning the award!
The 2012 Startup Mentor Awards will be handed out at the Founder Showcase event, on Wednesday, July 17th, 2013. In addition to the award ceremony, the event will feature a series of early-stage startup workshops, led by Phil Libin (CEO of Evernote), and more, as well as a pitch competition between six promising companies. We hope you will join us!


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Hiveminder Pro launches today
Today, we're releasing Hiveminder Pro, a major update to our online task management system. Here at Best Practical, we're addicted to Hiveminder's slick, simple task tracking and sharing, but that's not too surprising-- we built Hiveminder to be the shared todo list we always wanted. You don't have to take it from us, though. Sarah Linder of the Austin American-Statesman writes:
"I am crazy about Hiveminder. I started using the online to-do list a little more than a year ago, and we're very content together. I had been lost, adrift -- trying different ways to track my stuff, but never settling down. Hiveminder made me less flaky, less absent-minded, less likely to wake up at 3 a.m. realizing I had forgotten something important. Hiveminder, you complete me."
If you've never used Hiveminder, let me take a moment to run through some of what I think are its most interesting features:
You've got a lot on your mind. Getting all the stuff you need to do out of your head and into a trusted tool like Hiveminder can make the difference between a good day and a day struggling to get anything done. With Braindump, you can just type out a list of what you need to do - just like writing it up on paper or in Notepad. Hiveminder will turn your notes into a todo list, looking for email addresses, due dates, categories and hints that something might be important. There's a braindump box on every page, but you can focus in on braindump at http://hiveminder.com/braindump
Task Review
If you're like me, you have a few hundred items on your todo list. Some of them are work tasks that I really need to get to today and some are little home repair tasks that I can put off for another few months. Task Review walks you through everything on your todo list one at a time. You get to make some simple decisions about each task: Is it done? Can I do it today? Can I get someone else to do it? How long should I hide it away for? At the end of the review, you're left with a pared down list of things you can get done today. Do a review and declutter your list: http://hiveminder.com/review
Just as important as knowing what you do is knowing what you've already done. Hiveminder keeps track of all the changes you make to your tasks, so you can get a full history of an individual task later. That means we can also show you what's happened to your tasks today, yesterday or any day in the past. You can get a peek of what your tasks have been up to today at: http://hiveminder.com/on/today
One of the strengths of any web-based application is how easy it becomes to share things. Hiveminder is no exception. We built it from the ground up to make it easy to share one task or thousands. You can easily assign a task to another person just by setting the task's owner field to their email address. Hiveminder will make sure they get email telling them that you need them to do something. They don't even have to be a Hiveminder user. We'll send them a URL which lets them access their task without signing up. Once you have a few more tasks to share or a few people you regularly share tasks with, you can create a group and invite other users to join you. Everybody in the group can see all the group's tasks (though you can control who can edit them), you can assign tasks to individual users and everybody can share a list of what needs doing.
Hiveminder integrates with everything
Whether you're a Googleista using the iGoogle and Google Calendar widgets, a Mac user browsing your todos with our iCal feeds or reading a feed of tasks in Bloglines or Google Reader, your tasks are always at your fingertips. If you live in your IM client, HMTasks is always around to chat with. The friendly little bot can tell you about what you need to do today and take notes when something new comes to mind. Browser search box integration for Firefox and IE7 lets you search Hiveminder and even braindump new tasks, no matter where on the web you are. I haven't even gotten into our commandline tools or Web API, but if that's what you're into, you can find out more at http://hiveminder.com/tools
...and more
I haven't mentioned tags, our innovative "but first...and then" organizational system, printing support, incoming email addresses, the mobile and mini user interfaces or any of a host of other features, but if you visit http://hiveminder.com today, you can find out more about them.
Last February, PC World Magazine ranked Hiveminder as one of the best Todo list apps on the web. Since then, we've been hard at work to make Hiveminder even better:
- We've improved performance across the board
- We've added new Google Calendar and iGoogle integrations
- We've added new AOL IM and Jabber chat interfaces
- We've significantly improved the API (more on that in the next few weeks)
- We've added integrations with Firefox and IE7
- We've cleaned up and streamlined the interface
- We've made repeating tasks easier to use ...and a whole bunch more
Today, we're launching Hiveminder Pro. It's $30/year (but read on to find out how to save a few bucks.) For your money, you get:
Pretty charts and graphs are a great motivator and they can provide useful input about how you work. One of the folks here at Best Practical found out that he tends to get more work done on Wednesday than on every other day of the week combined and that his most productive times are when everyone else is out of the office at lunch. Of course, Hiveminder Pro reports are also available for your groups, so you can see who's overloaded, who's slacking off and whether you're getting ahead or falling behind. To turn on graphs and charts, visit https://hiveminder.com/pro
Many of you who use Hiveminder to collaborate with team members both inside and outside your organization have told us that you'd really like to use Hiveminder to share documents related to your tasks. The wait is over. As of today, each Pro user has a 500MB task attachment quota. You can work with attachments through the Web UI or simply attach them to tasks you create by email. Attachments you sent in before we created Pro accounts will magically appear when you upgrade at http://hiveminder.com/pro
Saved lists
Hiveminder makes it easy to search and sort your task list. But until today, you needed to redo your searches day after day. Hiveminder Pro gives you a "Save list" link on every task list. It's easy to build a list of all items tagged "shopping" or everything you need to do for your boss. We have a bunch more things you'll be able to do with your saved lists soon, too! To start saving your lists, visit http://hiveminder.com/pro
SSL Security
On today's wider web, protecting your information from prying eyes is increasingly important to many of you. Hiveminder has always protected your password when you log in, but today we've enabled SSL (https) encrypted logins for ALL Hiveminder users. Pro users can choose to protect all their interactions with Hiveminder by visiting https://hiveminder.com to log in. To protect your account with SSL, visit http://hiveminder.com/pro
I've saved my favorite for last. Hiveminder has always made it easy for you to create incoming addresses so others can send you tasks by email, but until today it was still hard to assign a task to someone else from your email client. Today, we're introducing a never-before-seen way to talk to an application from any email client.
Once you set up your secret code in your Hiveminder Pro settings, you can send a task to anyone on the planet by appending ".mysecret.with.hm" to their email address. You don't need to do anything to configure your email client.
If I wanted to ask the president to give me a balanced budget, I'd open up my email client and dash off a note like this:
To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Balanced budget, please? It would be great if you could take care of this next week! Thanks, Jesse
Hiveminder Pro will make a task and notify the President that I've assigned him a task. If he's an existing Hiveminder user, the task will pop into his todo list. If not, he'll get an email with a URL to view and reply to the task I assigned him. To get started assigning
tasks by email, just visit http://hiveminder.com/pro
It's time to go Pro!
Hiveminder Pro accounts are just $30/year, but since you're a friend of ours (or a friend of a friend), we'd like to offer you (and your friends) an additional $5 discount. Just enter LAUNCHCODE at https://hiveminder.com/account/upgrade. The coupon is good through February first.
If you know someone (or many someones) who could use the gift of productivity, you can use your coupon to give them Hiveminder Pro at https://hiveminder.com/account/gift
In the coming weeks and months, we'll be adding a number of other really cool features to Hiveminder and Hiveminder Pro. We'd love to hear your feature suggestions. Just drop them in the "feedback" box on the left-hand side of every page on the site.
Be Productive,
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Litigation Release No. 22150 / November 10, 2011
SEC v. Joseph S. Amundsen, Civil Action No. 83-cv-00711 (N.D. Cal)
SEC Seeks Contempt Finding Against Certified Public Accountant Joseph S. Amundsen
On November 9, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a motion seeking to have Certified Public Accountant Joseph S. Amundsen held in civil contempt of court for violating the terms of an injunction barring him from appearing or practicing before the SEC in any way.
Amundsen was barred from appearing or practicing before the SEC in any way as the result of a 1983 SEC action alleging that Amundsen had provided materially false and misleading audit reports to Olympic Oil and Gas, which then included those reports its filings with the SEC. In settling the 1983 suit, Amundsen, without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, agreed to be permanently barred from appearing or practicing before the SEC. Amundsen also agreed at that time to be permanently enjoined from violating antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws.
According to the SEC's contempt motion filed in federal court in San Francisco, Amundsen violated the terms of the injunction, whose entry he had consented to in February 1983, by repeatedly auditing the financial statements of broker-dealers that were registered with the SEC. Amundsen knew that those broker-dealers would then file those financial statements, including Amundsen's audit report, with the SEC under Securities Exchange Act Rule 17a-5. The SEC's motion asserts that Amundsen's audits of broker-dealers violated the terms of the injunction because performing such audits constitutes practicing before the SEC as an accountant.
The SEC's motion seeks an order finding that Amundsen has contemptuously violated the 1983 injunction, requiring him to disgorge all ill-gotten gains from violating the injunction, and imposing other equitable relief. The injunction barring Amundsen from appearing or practicing before the Commission in any way remains in effect.


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This is part of a series of hikes offered weekly throughout the entire year. We are the most consistent hiking group in Utah, with a hike every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning since February 2003. When you arrive you can expect a kind, caring, friendly attitude!
Regardless of your hiking level or ability, you are invited to join us in our beautiful outdoor playground known as the Wasatch Mountains and far beyond. We hike a different trail often and look forward to meeting new hikers as well as strengthening friendships with loyal, core members.
In addition to local hikes, join us on our many exciting, adventure trips, domestic and international!
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
6200 South UTA Park n Ride
6570 South Wasatch Blvd, Cottonwood Heights, Utah 84121
Start gathering at 8:00. Leave for hike at 8:15. See TIMELINE below. No dogs allowed in Big or Little Cottonwood Canyons. Find us on the south end of the parking lot. Questions? Call/text 801-278-5313
This is a free event!RSVP
If you don't live near the 6200 South meeting place and would rather meet us at the trailhead, drive to the SOUTHEAST area of the State Capitol and park there. We should be there around 8:40 - 8:45 AM.
Even though our hikes are in a wide range of trails, canyons, and terrain, the format and guidelines are always the same. Become familiar with them if you haven't already by clicking on the links below.
8 AM - Start gathering, greet hikers, arrange carpools as needed, announcements, final instructions, etc.
8:15 AM - Drive to the trailhead (within a 30 minute driving time)
8:45 AM - Start hiking
12 Noon - Off the trail (enjoy a shorter hike, if you prefer)
Learn more about OUR HIKING GROUP:
Learn more about OUR LOCAL HIKES:
Equipment or Gear
Water - 2 liters is generally plenty for our outings, however, 1 liter or 1 quart per hour of hiking is recommended
Snack i.e. granola bar, trail mix, nuts
Sun protection i.e. sunscreen, lip balm
Warm hat
Light jacket for wind protection, cooler temperatures
Base layer for a top.
Long underwear if temperatures dictate
Water proof pants for stormy days.
Warm coat for colder days
Avoid wearing cotton clothing anytime since it doesn't wick.
First Aid Kit - (basic supplies i.e. bandaids, aspirin, Neosporin, moist towelettes, etc.)
Cell phone - service may be spotty in the canyons
Flashlight - Most of our hikes are in the morning but it is always a good item to have.
Water proof rain coat.
Kahtoola Micro Spikes (or equivalent). Used for hiking on ice/snow packed trails. In the past we have used spikes 80% of the time and snowshoes 20%.
Snowshoes (generally are used right after a significant snowfall.) Within 4 - 5 days after a snowstorm many of the trails are packed down so spikes are used more.
When hiking in deeper power snowshoes are definitely needed.
I rent MSR Snowshoes (I own 15 pair). Cost: $10/pair. Text me no later than the night before to reserve a pair. Pay me at the meeting place or on VENMO.
I sell Micro Spikes. Cost: $50/pair. Reg. $75.
I don't have any snowshoes for sale.
Plan to carry the spikes in your backpack while hiking. You may not need them at the beginning of the hike but at some point you will generally need them.
For help finding quality winter clothing and gear on a shoestring budget:
Contact The Gear Room, tell them Sheryl sent you. They are a quality consignment shop for outdoor sports. 2258 Fort Union Blvd, Cottonwood Heights. (801) 448-3037.
Tell me at our meeting place and I can help you in person
When carpooling get your driver's cell phone # in case you get separated.
Bring a few dollars to give your driver if you are carpooling.
Add my contact info to your phone. Sheryl: 801-278-5313
6200 South UTA Park n Ride
6570 South Wasatch Blvd, Cottonwood Heights, Utah 84121
Start gathering at 8:00. Leave for hike at 8:15. See TIMELINE below. No dogs allowed in Big or Little Cottonwood Canyons. Find us on the south end of the parking lot. Questions? Call/text 801-278-5313
There is a 15 minute window when hikers will be arriving. Join us for a short pre-hike meeting as we greet everyone, introduce any new hikers, discuss final instructions for this hike, address any concerns, arrange carpools, and announce upcoming events.
Hikers are encouraged to gather at our meeting place, not the trailhead in case we need to change the hiking location at the last minute. If you need to meet us at the trailhead, text me before 8 AM so I can inform you of any updates.
The trailhead is generally within 10 - 30 minutes of our 6200 South meeting place, unless otherwise stated. There is often limited parking at the trailheads which is why we try to carpool if possible. Some trailheads have a bathroom, many do not. If you choose to do a shorter hike, let me know so I can ask other hikers since they may want to join you. Let me know at the meeting place.
We are off the trail between 11:30 AM - 12 noon, depending on the hike. If it is an Out and Back trail, we generally turn around by 10:30 AM in order to be back to the cars in time. Come often and get to know other hikers with similar abilities.
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Enjoy a hiking experience that matches your own ability!
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ForumsGetting Things Done®GTD and due dates
GTD and due dates
I haven't actually read David Allen's book(s?) but I've read a lot of online material related to it, and thus have been inspired to incorporate many of the GTD concepts into my process.
That said, I have a question about GTD and due dates and Toodledo.
I know DA emphasizes that there is a "hard landscape" of true due dates and meetings and whatnot. I have very little that is actually fixed in time, but I find myself wanting to set due dates for lots of things, especially for regularly repeating tasks.
My problem is, I'm wondering if there's a better way to distinguish between hard deadlines and soft deadlines. I like how setting due dates in Toodledo brings their Importance up, and ensures they're on the Hotlist. But then I find myself shifting the due dates of things that aren't really set in stone, because they aren't *really* due or overdue, and that usually results in a lot of shifting.
Does anyone have any ideas of how to deal with this? I suppose I could use the notes field, but I am just wondering if anyone else has any clever ideas.
...Hmmm, in asking, I've just come up with something clever: I rarely use the Start Date field, so perhaps I can set it to the same date as the Due Date when I originally set a Due Date. Since the due date isn't set in stone, I don't technically need to see the task until the date I've decided to do it. And, if/when I end up shifting the due date, I can keep track of how long I've been postponing the task.
So flexible, this Toodledo is~! :)
I think that the idea of true due dates is one of the bigger concepts I have tried to accomodate from GTD. Your idea of the Start Date might work. I have been using Priority in combination with the Stars to help me here. I have developed a system that is, more or less, in line with DA's other concepts concerning the Weekly Review and thinking in terms of week-long blocks of time. Lastly, I have also tried to incorporate into my thinking the fact that everything on my lists are to be done ASAP, even if they don't have a hard due date - except for the Someday/Maybes. Basically, here is my system:
Star = today (I am "starring" things as I finish other things, depending on how quickly I slog through stuff. Some starred items carry over to the next day).
Priority 3 = This week.
Priority 2 = Next week.
Priority 1 = This month.
Priority 0 = Next month.
Priority -1 = This year.
This system works best when I stick religiously to a Weekly Review and don't miss any days checking ToodleDo. I have to adjust Priority, but it isn't nearly as rigid as the Due Date situation - and I find it actually helps me to think about my projects over a span of time better.
Hope it helps (somebody!).
Thanks for your reply! I am also using priority, actually, but I have no solid rules for it. I use priority in much the same way as due dates: it gets tweaked so I can have a bit of control over tasks on my hotlist, so I can better decide what to work on next. I've got a bunch of things without due dates, but with High Priority, sitting on the bottom of my Importance-sorted Hotlist just as a constant nag to do them. :P
Maybe it's not so bad that I'm using both due date and priority in a flexible way. I just wish there was some better way to distinguish between "definitely due" and "it'd be nice to have this done on this date".
I guess I also only set a due time if there really is a due date, and that's one way for me to know...
...and maybe that Start Date thingie I discussed above will turn out to be perfect after all, and I just need to keep using it to see how perfect it is.
I'm still open to other ideas, either within Toodledo or in the approach to scheduling such tasks!
I had a thought, perhaps a memory of something I read about the hard landscape of commitments, and just now Googled to see if I could find a quote. Success!
"You need to trust your calendar as sacred territory, reflecting the hard edges of your day's commitments, which should be noticeable at a glance when you're on the run...those that you absolutely have to get done on that day."
~David Allen, Getting Things Done
Lo and behold, I HAVE a calendar! A real, hanging-on-the-wall-beside-the-computer calendar. I have already been using it for appointments and temporal commitments! I don't NEED Toodledo to do it for me -- Toodledo's job is to remind me to write appointments and such on the calendar!! And to help me keep track of the zillions of other things I have to do!
So I'm going to treat most deadlines within Toodledo as soft deadlines, until they are transferred to the "hard" calendar. When it's on the calendar, that's as good as being carved in stone!! I may consider moving my calendar online someday, if I start getting too many appointments for the paper version, but for now, the wall calendar is perfect because it is "noticeable at a glance when [I'm] on the run!"
I hope this revelation helps others with meshing Toodledo and GTD! :)
If you have a hard due date and list it in Toodledo, you can export that due date through Toodledo's iCal feed to an online calendar such as Google Calendar. The nice thing about the iCal feed is that you only set the hard deadline once--in Toodledo--and then it shows up in Google Calendar regardless of whether you log in at home, the office, on your cell, etc. Wall calendars are nice, but they're hard to take with you and check "on the run."
Kevin, thanks for replying.
I'm afraid the problem is still that I can't distinguish between the hard deadlines and soft deadlines within Toodledo -- it's not possible to export only SOME of the due dates.
The other thing is: I am almost always at home. My "on the run" just means hurrying out of the house for something, and the calendar is on the way out the door. :)
If I do go back to doing more stuff outside of the home, I'll probably reinstate my hipster PDA:
Then it's just a matter of manually "synching" my hPDA with the calendar on the wall, which should be fairly fast and easy since I really only need the current day's info.
David Allen certainly introduced a good concept in managing tasks, but always remember that no one person's methods may be exactly what you need personally to get your tasks done. You can modify your task management system to suit how you work best.
I know that some GTD "followers" have a way of insisting that you cannot ever vary your system from what David Allen wrote in his book. But that's just not true. Some say that Allen teaches that you should never, ever use a prioritization method for rating the importance of your tasks, though that is definitely not true. He doesn't push priorities but he does say that you may need them at times. Personally I use them all the time!
And as far as calendar usage, I don't use it as much now as I once did, but when I was working to complete projects for clients they required meetings, conference calls, etc. at specific dates and times and the calendar was a necessitiy for virtually all my work tasks.
Mold it to work best for you. Tweak it here and there and you'll get it fine-tuned and know when it is just right!
Thanks, Jim, I appreciate the assurance. I am feeling more and more confident that my own system is evolving in a way that IS working great for me.
Interestingly, your advice indirectly made me realize that I should be very careful I'm not over-analyzing, as I so often do! :) It was either David Allen or Merlin Mann who said something like: the system is there to support the things that need to be done, not the other way around. The point of GTD is Getting Things Done, not Organizing Things Nicely. :P
Posted by Qrystal:
I'm afraid the problem is still that I can't distinguish between the hard deadlines and soft deadlines within Toodledo -- it's not possible to export only SOME of the due dates.
What if you just do NOT set a due date in ToodleDo unless it is a HARD deadline?
This may take awhile to undo (remove due dates) if you already have many tasks.
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Then it's just a matter of manually "synching" my hPDA with the calendar on the wall, which should be fairly fast and easy since I really only need the current day's info.
The other benefit would be that most of your tasks will have no date, and therefore will print AFTER all hard-dated tasks on the "date order" page in your printed ToodleDo booklet.
So your printed TD booklet becomes your hipster PDA (just dated tasks and blank note pages).
Posted by InfoJeff:
What if you just do NOT set a due date in ToodleDo unless it is a HARD deadline?
Then I wouldn't get the benefit of being able to set recurring tasks, and that is something I find tremendously useful.
Some of my recurring tasks might work if set to be "optional", and maybe that's part of the answer. I'm sure I'll try that soon!
And as for the printed booklet, I've actually had much more luck just printing from the web interface onto index cards... but it's much faster to just jot down what I need in pencil. My time away from a web browser is rarely complicated enough to warrant more effort than that.
Thanks for the thoughts on it though! :)
Posted: Aug 11, 2008
In the spirit of Dave Allen and the GTD method, the reasoning for NOT assigning Due Dates is the prevention of procrastination. You should be executing action on all tasks.
That said, "soft" DD's should be "deferred" until you can continue. "Hard" DD's should be "calendar" until their DD arrives and you can take action.
Again, this is purely the academic form of GTD. I understand your dilemma. There are no rules against using a hybrid form of GTD. Do what works best for you. I frequently find myself up against a "like to be done by....." and assign a date to keep it on my scope.
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It might make sense to think about the purpose of having "soft" due dates. How does that help you with your projects? Personally, I've found that I tend to use soft due dates to either 1. keep project outcomes somewhere in front of me or 2. create a kind of wish-list of what I hope to get done.
I am trying to keep both items above in separate lists--and use them as reference material in my weekly review.. One list is "project outcomes"--basically a list of the major milestones and deliverables for each project. I can scan it to help me determine what the next actions should be. I don't really keep the wish-list as an actual document, but I do keep a list of all the deliverables coming up in the next month or 6-week period--also a reference item to help me keep my priorities straight.
Anyway, the point is that perhaps the soft due-dates could serve you better as lists and reference material.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. (courtesy Wellesley sports information) -- The Brandeis University softball team dropped a pair of contests at Wellesley College today in the Judges' first games of the season in New England. Wellesley improves to 6-4 with the sweep, while Brandeis falls to 7-8.
Wellesley nabbed game one with clutch hitting from Emilyrose Havrilla and a solid start from Lauren Goldfarb. Havrilla went 2-3 with a double and a triple, while Goldfarb mowed down the Brandeis hitters, allowing no runs on just three hits with four strikeouts.
The Blue struck for solo runs in the bottom of the first and the bottom of the third. After Jaclyn Tsang was hit by a pitch, Havrilla laced a triple into right field to score Tsang, making it 1-0 after one. In the third inning, Havrilla got on with a two-out double and was advanced to third on a Jayne Ellis single. A single from Kimberly Cabralthen pushed the lead to 2-0 Wellesley after three.
Brandeis threatened with runners on in the top of the sixth and the seventh, but Goldfarb shut them down to preserve the 2-0 victory.
After Havrilla's two hits, Ellis also collected a pair, including a double. Cabral, Samantha Spiga and Mariah Philips all added singles to round out the offense for the Blue.
Brandeis managed just three hits against Goldfarb, as sophomore CF Amanda Genovese (North Haven, Conn./North Haven), rookie RF Madison Sullivan (Dover, N.H./Dover) and junior 1B Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn./Loomis Chafee) all recorded singles. In the circle for the Judges, senior Casey Ducinski (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) suffered the loss, throwing strong six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
In game two, Wellesley fell behind early but used a huge second inning to complete the sweep.
Brandeis struck first with two runs in the top of the first inning. A walk to rookie 2B Danielle Novotny (Milford, N.J./Delaware Valley) and a double from sophomore catcher Cori Coleman (Burr Ridge, Ill./Hinsdale South) put runners on second and third, before a passed ball scored Novotny to make it 1-0. Wellesley got a strikeout for the second out of the inning, but a single from sophomore pitcher Nikki Cote (Shelton, Conn./St. Joseph's) knocked home Coleman to make it 2-0, Brandeis.
Wellesley got one back in the bottom of the inning, after a leadoff single from LaBouyer came around to score on an Ellis single.
The Blue broke open the game with a five-run second inning, using a two-out rally to make it 6-2. Mara Blesoff sandwiched a single between Wellesley strikeouts, before the Blue turned things on. Jennifer Migliore worked a walk before back-to-back singles from LaBouyer and Abby Casey made it 3-2, Blue. Goldfarb then laced a three-run homer to dead center to stretch the Wellesley lead to 6-2.
The hosts increased the lead to 9-2 with three more in the bottom of the fourth. Migliore was hit by a pitch, while LaBouyer worked got on with a walk. A Casey sacrifice moved the runners to second and third before a Goldfarb fielder's choice scored Migliore. Ellis then knocked a single to center that scored LaBouyer and Goldfarb, making it 9-2, Wellesley after four.
Brandeis threatened in the top of the fifth with two runners on and no outs, but Wellesley's Sarah Schwartzmeyer got out of the inning without a blemish. The Blue then scored a run in the bottom of the sixth inning as LaBouyer scored on a Brandeis miscue to end the mercy-rule shortened game.
For Wellesley, Goldfarb ended the game with a homerun and four RBI, while Ellis was 3-3 with three RBI. LaBouyer finished 2-2 with an RBI, while Casey also drove in a run. Schwartzmeyer picked up her third win of the season, throwing six strong innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts.
The Brandeis offense was paced by a 3-3 performance from Cori Coleman, while Nikki Cote went 2-3 with an RBI. Genovese had a fifth-inning single to extend her hitting streak to 15 games to start the season and 23 in a row dating back to 2012. She also stole a base in the first contest, but was also caught for the first time all season.
Wellesley is back in action on Friday, opening conference play with a doubleheader against Babson at 3:00pm. Brandeis also plays a doubleheader on Friday at 3:00pm, with the Judges traveling to Emerson.


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