Last year, I vowed that I would set aside time to start working on it, but I failed to follow through, too often allowing myself to get distracted by other obligations, both large and small.

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Over the past few days, I've been comparing the stock and Signature versions, and testing how much time it takes to set them up, start them and restart them in daily use, resume them from sleep, and shut them down.

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Rain began to fall at the start of the second set, but there was still time for Federer to break before play was suspended for 20 minutes - and when it resumed he secured the double break.

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What's more you can set it to start cooking at a certain time - and then send a message from your smartphone to delay it turning itself on if you get stuck at work.

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But he started talking about energy efficiency and about refrigerators, and he pointed out that the government set modest targets a couple decades ago to start increasing efficiency over time.

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Plan ahead: The start of the year is a perfect time to set goals.

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The Scot broke for the fourth time to seal a 24-minute opening set and picked up where he left off at the start of the second.

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The part-time Stutes had been hit hard by the collapse of pay-TV broadcaster Setanta and looked set to start the season with less players than less year.

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The Italian continued to take advantage of her opponent's unforced errors to start the second set with a break, and she broke the Williams serve a second time in the decisive game, sealing victory after 85 minutes with a forehand winner.

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