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Time Machine: Backing Up Size Growing

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  1. macrumors regular

    May 14, 2008
    So my normal time machine backup kicked off the other day and is still going as I'm typing this message. It's already grown to 14.5GB and it's still growing. Nothing major changed on my system so I have no idea why it's this large. It doesn't even give an estimate of the size so I have no idea how long it's going to go for. Any idea what could be going on here?
  2. macrumors 603

    As long as you give next to no information no one can answer your question.
  3. thread starter macrumors regular

    May 14, 2008
    Does time machine do full backups every so often? To my knowledge time machine does incrementals once the initial backup is done. Time machine has been doing incremental backups for weeks now, each size not more than 100MB depending on what I recently did/installed on the system. Now time machine appears to be doing an incremental backup yet it's at 14.5GB in size and still going. Not sure exactly what more information there is to give?
  4. macrumors 601

    Sep 26, 2006
    I get this when I'm downloading/updating Steam games. I don't use steam often and I ran all the updates for all the big Valve games. When the first TM backup started, it grew from 100MB, and grew all the way up to about 30GB.

    It was always about 90% 'completed', so it would be '9.0GB of 10.0GB backed up'. Both numbers increased.
  5. thread starter macrumors regular

    May 14, 2008
    Hmmm I don't have anything downloading or updating currently.
  6. macrumors 68020

    Jun 15, 2012

    If you are worried about the size of your backups, then there are utilities that can show you exactly what TM just backed up, such as Time Tracker from Charlesoft.

    The same info can also be revealed with a small shell script.
  7. macrumors 603

    Feb 20, 2009
    What you are discovering is just one of the shortcomings of using T.M. as your backup paradigm.

    There are others that are worse. You realize that you can't boot from a T.M. backup?

    Consider using either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to create a bootable backup clone. It will not "grow" in size. You can archive older versions of your files if you desire (CCC). You can even clone the recovery partition (CCC).

    You won't realize the importance of having a backup clone around until that "moment of extreme need". Far too many posts from others on this forum, who have such moments, and in the turmoil, discover that they can't access their T.M. backups.

    With a cloned backup, you just connect it, turn on the Mac, hold down the option key, and keep holding it down until the startup manager appears.

    Then, select your backup, and you're booted again -- and from there, you can "attack" the problem-at-hand. Try doing that with T.M. ...
  8. macrumors 601

    Oct 26, 2009
    Go into the Time Machine preferences and have it ignore folders you don't want to back up. That's the best way to trim it down. In my case I have it ignore my Parallels Virtual Machines (for which any change will cause a 20GB backup!) and the download folders.

    Regarding the suggestion to make clones using CarbonCopyCloner (or SuperDuper! or even Disk Utility) -- that's a good plan but IMHO it doesn't replace completely the functionality of TimeMachine which also gives crude but effective versioning. If you really care about backups you should have several different methods and at least one kept off-site.
  9. macrumors 68020

    Jun 15, 2012
    That's no longer true.
    Holding down <alt> at startup shows a TM backup drive as a bootable option.
  10. macrumors P6

    Jan 23, 2005
    Did you by chance install the 10.8.3 ML update from a couple days ago? If you did, the next backup is going to be large due to all the changed files from the update.
  11. macrumors 6502a

    Sep 2, 2008
    Metro Kansas City
    You should have both - TM for a nice automatic hourly backup plan that also allows you to go back and find documents in old locations, in prior versions, or with changed names; CCC or SD clone for catastrophes, HDD or SSD failures, OSX upgrade rollbacks, etc. It's really not "one OR another", but "both". No sense saying one is better than the other - they serve different purposes.

    Did you change a folder name or boot disk name possibly? Something as simple as changing the name of something with lots of GB in it can sometimes cause HUGE TM backups. One of the limitations of TM...
  12. macrumors regular

    Dec 2, 2010
    I use CarbonCopyCloner, I was not impressed with Time Machine for backups.

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Fare Well City of Heroes

therain93therain93 Winthrop, MAPosts: 2,039Member

You deserved a better ending and we will miss you!  ) ' :

  • WooShooWooShoo Austin, TXPosts: 33Member Uncommon
    A friend of mine on virtue was floating up above the clouds, got to see the sun set, and then virtue went offline. At first, we thought that was the end, but it was still a perfect way to go out of the game.

    I spent my last moments on Guardian with a torch in hand, on the balcony of city hall happy to see a crowd beneath Atlas.

    When the servers finally went down, my friend and I talked for a few moments about the best MMO we had ever played with the best community we had ever been a part of while finishing off an old bottle of some very good scotch he had been saving up for some random occasion...

    Here's to City of Heroes, for some of the most memorable gaming moments of my life.

    /em holdtorch
  • DalmontDalmont CardiffPosts: 272Member

    Sadly I could not play the game without feeling violently sick but would to have loved to try it out properly.

    The closing of any decent game is a shame and even more of a shame a game supported by a reasonable number of players going down is not good.

    Hope you all fine new homes (EVE online is good :P)

  • atuerstaratuerstar melbournePosts: 234Member

    A sad day for many.

    My Arachnos and Mastermind wont be forgotten, neither will that great community. Wish all of you the best wherever you land.

  • elvenwolfelvenwolf RomePosts: 139Member

    Fare Thee Well City of Heroes

    Cling thee not to this world,
    For it holds no more for you.
    But Listen! Listen for the song from afar,
    And heed the lilting call of the land that awaits.

    Let your final breath slip from your silent servers,
    And your empty connections fall from the internet.
    Bend your tired brow to this life,
    And let tumble the Statesman helm that once cradled your head.

    Leave behind these acrid comments on the forums,
    These swirling battlegrounds of flying metal, powers and mobs.
    Depart from the players that filled your screens with destruction,
    And abandon the hulk of metal and plastic that was your server.

    Hold not to this realm,
    But hasten! Hasten down the twisting path to the mountains.
    To the dark mountains and beyond,
    And across the shimmering sea.

    Voyage then. Voyage thee well City of Heroes.
    Voyage thee well and long.
    Cross the great divide,
    And find the land that beckons with its Siren’s song.

    Where words and strife can follow you no more,
    Nor can cruel troll and cold cheater reach.
    Where rolling hills of soft sun and velvet grasses embrace,
    And quiet waters sooth your beleaguered soul.

    Then, lay thee down City of Heroes,
    Lay thee down and sleep.
    Dream the dream’s of victors…
    Loose the silver cord…
    And find your peace complete.

    Fare thee well City of Heroes.
    Fare thee well.

    You can find the orginal at

    I just modified it a bit, to give a Fare thee Well to a game i loved, the original masterpiece is dedicated to a mechwarrior and the words  are © by byrumg & Glenn "nano" Byrum, 2008

  • XsonicXsonic Houston, TXPosts: 93Member
    Looks like I missed a good MMO hmm...
  • xmechnaxmechna jax, FLPosts: 19Member

    feeling a bit gloomy  i wonder if another good super hero mmorpg game will come out  tried co  dcu and tsw dcu an tsw  are a bit to clunky for me.

  • KabaalKabaal Edinburgh, ScotlandPosts: 3,012Member Uncommon
    Originally posted by xmechna

    feeling a bit gloomy  i wonder if another good super hero mmorpg game will come out  tried co  dcu and tsw dcu an tsw  are a bit to clunky for me.

    I'm not a fan of any of the Superhero games that released after CoH, none of them could hold my attention for weeks never mind the years CoH did, and however much i hate to say it i doubt anything else will be released in the forseeable future that will remotely rival it. CoH had the advantage of releasing at the perfect time in the MMO industry and gamers old and new expect completely different things these days.

  • VincerKadenVincerKaden Edison, NJPosts: 457Member
    Good bye, CoH. A fun game that I'll always remember fondly. It wasn't like any other MMO that I ever played. And that's a very, very good thing.

  • Beatnik59Beatnik59 Chicago, ILPosts: 2,225Member Uncommon
    The most senseless decision in MMO history since Star Wars Galaxies's NGE.

    "Its sad when people use religion to feel superior, its even worse to see people using a video game to do it."

    "...when it comes to pimping EVE I have little restraints."
    --Hellmar, CEO of CCP.

    "It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
    --Exar_Kun on SWG's NGE

  • OrtwigOrtwig Cambridge, MAPosts: 1,159Member Uncommon
    Hats off to you CoH players -- I feel your pain, and wish you the best.  Here's to a resurrection down the road sometime, somewhere.
  • cityofheroessavecityofheroessave ca, CAPosts: 23Member

    lets work on getting a full game with issue 24 to work with out the use of the internet

    get Paragon Studios to buy off COH

    push  Cryptic studios to do something about running coh

    find ways to shut down ncsoft

    if you got better ideas put it on the round table lets others see it

    or ??????????

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  • kartoolkartool Hamilton, ONPosts: 472Member Uncommon
  • leesamaleesama moscowPosts: 1Member
    Jean Grey, because she is one cool lady. She is telekinetic. She is like mom to all the x-men and  a boss to all mutants.
  • saiyinsaiyin Keller, TXPosts: 12Member Uncommon
    Superman....Cause everyone likes the kryptonian but hates DC comics.
  • VyethVyeth Fayetteville, NCPosts: 1,459Member

    Black Panther...

    Why? because it's like Batman (His costume) plus Shaka Zulu (He's an African King from Africa) plus a racist militant group from the 70's (The Black Panthers?) all rolled into one..

    What's not to like about that?

    EDIT: You guys aren't concerned that people are getting multiple chanes at winning by creating a new account and then posting again and again and again? Look at how many 1 post new people there are in this thread alone..

    No way to detect that is there? Maybe for these types of contests a miniumum amount of posts should be neccesary to be qualified.. Not fool proof no, but at least it wouldn't be so obvious as it is in this thread..

  • ralfwvrralfwvr murray, UTPosts: 1Member
  • UnimpressedWalrusUnimpressedWalrus Lansdale, PAPosts: 1Member
    Deadpool, because who doesn't love that crazy guy <3
  • MoeMoeKyunMoeMoeKyun Charleston, SCPosts: 75Member

    correct me if im wrong... :D

  • supcomsokarsupcomsokar BucharestPosts: 2Member

    Iron Man

    'nuff said

  • DranthaarDranthaar Arvada, COPosts: 8Member Uncommon
    I think I'd have to say Rogue from the comics and/or old Saturday morning cartoon because 'My power is your power, and I can take more than one!'

  • RasereiRaserei webster, MAPosts: 1,011Member

    All time favorite character since the X-Men arcade game a long time ago!

  • LanfeaLanfea EssenPosts: 219Member Uncommon

    Howard the Duck

    well, its very unlikly that gazillion will add him and his big freaking gun to the hero grid for several reasons, but for me howard stands for all the cool but mostly unknown heroes in the marvel universe and i hope that gazillion not only choose the typical ones.

  • boss1313boss1313 Paris, TXPosts: 2Member

    Sleepwalker – One of the coolest & most powerful short run characters in the Marvel Universe. I would love to play as Sleepwalker and fight alongside the XMEN & the Avengers to help thwart Dr. Doom’s evil plan of world domination… and to try and help him get out of Rick Sheridan’s head for good.

    Plus his multitude of mental based powers would be awesome to manipulate in Marvel Heroes.

  • Athar10Athar10 Machesney Park, ILPosts: 3Member Uncommon
    Deadpool, mostly to try to erase the Ryan Reynolds version...
  • ReallymjReallymj loveland, OHPosts: 43Member

    Chuck Norris.

    Because he was bitten by a King Cobra. It was 5 agonizing days and then finally the snake died.

    If that's not a super hero I don't know what is.

    ~Im not what I am~

  • Dward127Dward127 vonore, TNPosts: 46Member

    ms marvel

    cause she is such a great character.

  • xharajukuxxharajukux Lake City, SCPosts: 1Member

    My choice would be to play as Emma Frost just because I love her oh so much. Normally, she's not in the video games and I'm sooo excited that she's finally in one ! An online game at that ! When she was released , I was sooo exicted lolzx, I jus want a chance to play this game to experience Emma gameplay !! Plus , she's one of the hottest and bitchest Marvel characters :D, what's not to love ? haha <3

  • spider_hamspider_ham Marquette Heights, ILPosts: 1Member
    Quicksilver would be a really fun play. Racing all over the screen in an instant, with super fast punches. Hurting groups of enemies with some sort of super speed AoE. His arrogance adds a lot of character to any group and he's fought alongside so many. Avengers, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, even the Inhumans! It'd be awesome if there was a bonus for playing alongside Scarlet Witch or Magneto too.
  • BetaguyBetaguy Halifax, NSPosts: 2,590Member
    Spiderman - When I was 4 years old I was hospitalized and had a lung removed, this was 1983 at the time. Well long story short I spent many, many, many months in the hospital and the only thing that made me feel strong and got me through it was good ol' spidey. They were playing 1967 reruns and it really helped me and that is when I fell in love with the Marvel Universe and have been ever since. Truth.

  • JPJappicJPJappic BristolPosts: 2Member

    He is the first X-Man.  He is the beginning and the end of Xavier's dream.  We witnessed over the last several months the amount of good that he could do with the Phoenix Force by getting rid of hunger, disease, war, etc.  He stands by what he believes in.  He does what needs to be done.  He is the only one who stepped up to the plate when Mutantkind needed a leader.  He will, now and forever, always be a hero.

  • dotdotdashdotdotdash Llandrindod WellsPosts: 364Member

    Iron Man, because I'm a successful businessman/philanthropist with a heart condition.

    And I'm also very, very witty.

  • DauzqulDauzqul Detroit, MIPosts: 1,402Member Uncommon

    I want to pretend that I'm remaking Spiderman 3.

  • pebeteclaupebeteclau California, CAPosts: 1Member
    I choose to Logan better known as Wolverine, being a hero with all the abilities to face all kinds of challenges. Its best to get it from their rage against people who want to take bad actions, but has a good nose to see good people and trusted.
    It is the hero who never fails to fight for his tremendous feedback I get from their powers, making it a good gerrero. Nothing is obstacle to his adamantium claws and sharpen siempres willing to carry its mission.
    Well this is my cunclusion this Maervel heroes hope there liked him, I am using a translator.
    If something does not mean asking them clarified. bye bye.
  • lolAirbornelolAirborne Baltimore, MDPosts: 1Member

    Polaris is the hero I would like to play on Marvel Heroes because she is one very sexy magnetic field manipulator. She makes green hair FAR from gross, dirty, or unkempt. And one of the most interesting things about Polaris is that she has opposite polarity to that of her father, Magneto.

  • drchocapicdrchocapic ParisPosts: 27Member

    Star Lord, if he ever gets added to the playable character because the Guardians of the Galaxy are an awesome bunch and I'm hoping to reform them with my friends. Rocket Raccoon is already in there so we just need some Groot lovin' (Groot !), Adam Warlock, Drax, Gamora and the rest of the squad.

    The only thing better than that would be playing Cosmo. I mean, he's a talking dog with telepathic abilities, what more can you ask for ?

  • keitholikeitholi biddeford, MEPosts: 138Member

    Personally I would like to play as Magneto. He has a long and rich character history and has been both a "good" guy and "bad" guy, which opens up all sorts of options or possible paths to take, or roleplay. Considering he is also a class 4 mutant, he has plenty of bad-assery to go around as well. Anyone who can manhandle Wolverine as if he were nothing more than a gnat, is worth taking out for a test drive ;)

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OCD strikes!
« on: February 26, 2014, 04:27:19 PM »
Ok, first of all, I'm not being dispespectful to those that suffer from OCD. I was myself to a mental health specialist and he told me that most probably I have OCD... the only problem is that he was not a proper psychologist and cannot prescribe anything (he only can interview me, write a report an pass it to a Dr.) and since the health system in my country is soooooo slow, I don't know then I will be under treatment.

Anyway, the story is this:

- around december I had an encounter with a trasngender (MTF) CSW. I lick her glans for like two seconds. Her penis was not erected and there was no fluid at all. After that she blew me to the end. Then, he attempted to penetrate me (with condom) but the erection was not achieve, so she could not get inside of me, and the same for me (I was too exhausted after BJ). Anyway, during the frustrating penetrations the condom never went off the tip of any of both penises.

- in the meantime, i received a BJ from a girl and I fingered her.

- a month after I had an encounter with a different TG CSW. I blew her for like a minute without condom. Her dick was huge and it almost touched the back of my troath, but it was totally dry (she told me that because of the hormones). After that we proceed with mutual protected penetration, but she only penetrated me for like 10 seconds because it was painful.

- three weeks after I slept with a female CSW. I performed cunnilingus on her for like... I don't know, 20 seconds. Anyway, there was no blood involved and my tongue is really short.

I would like to say in advance that all of the unprotected behaviours I engaged into, I did it because I had read that they have no HIV risk. In september last year I had a complete STD testing and everything came up negative.

It's been a month since the last encounter.

In the meantime:

- I have felt troath pain like a couple of sporadic days.
- I have had diahorrea again a couple of sporadic days. Sometimes my stomach feels... I don't know, funny.
- I've had some episodes of night sweating. But hey, it's Wintertime, my house is warm and I sleep with a ton of blankets.
- I've developed some painless rush on the back of my tongue. Also the sallivary gland under my tongue has been swollen for two weeks, also painlessly. Oh, and my tongue is a little bit white, but not whiter that it has been a million times before in my life.

To be honest, except for the last one (that I find very puzzling), the rest of them are so mild that in other circumstances wouldn't have got my attention at all.

Also, I've been starting a new job and I feel a lot of preassure. For instance, the first two weeks I was not thinking about HIV at all, but I got a lot of anxiety from the idea of getting fired (OCD strikes again!).

Anyway, one of the symptoms of OCD is looking for excessive reassurance. I have been reading this phorum and Medhelp so much that sometimes I think that Dr. HHH could hire me to cover for him during his holidays. ;D

But somehow, here I am again. I have some questions:

- Would it be ok (except for my piece of mind) that I decided not to test, providing that I didn't have any risky behaviour not described here? I am not asking about if I had a low risk, I'm asking about if the risk was so low that I really don't need the test.

- Is it possible that my anxiety problems and my fear of contracting HIV are the cause of the symptoms? Or can it be, at least, the reason that I'm paying attention to small pains that I would ignore otherwise, making them bigger than they are in my mind?

Thanks in advance! :)

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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2014, 04:34:50 PM »
You did not have low risk ... it was NO risk . HIV is transmitted sexually from unprotected anal and vaginal sex . You had protected sex and need not worry .

Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:

You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.

To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.

Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.

Although you did not have a risk and do not need to test for this specific incident , anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.

If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.

Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!

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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2014, 05:13:14 PM »
Thanks a lot!

So, if I didn't get you wrong, since I tested in September, and since I plan to abstain from sex for a while (it does not worth the anxiety!), is it ok if don't test now and I wait until next September?

(Edit, thanks in advance, I will keep my third free post just in case)

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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2014, 05:31:37 PM »
Its OK to wait and test . You did not have a risk so its OK to wait until your next check up .

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Hi all, I bought Dark Forces II earlier and am trying to play it, however I suffer from random crashes when trying to use menu options. The game will crash about 50% of the time when trying to either save the game, or return to the game from the menu. I also have an issue when after I die and respawn or go into the game after booting the first time, the colors will be all screwed up, and only after I get shot do they revert to what they should be.

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Hm, I just discovered that it seems to be activated by time...if I stay in the menu for longer than a certain amount of time (I don't know how long exactly) it'll crash when I try to return to the game.


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Anyone got real good experience recovering data?

I know about a few tricks over the years, I've dealt with a few dying drives, some unrecoverable some not.

Anyhow, thing is this drive is a weird one.
No reported bad sectors.
Spindle motor is totally fine, not ceased (so freezer trick is meaningless)
Drive isn't better when cold or hot.

The problem is the drive is reading at /literally/   1kb/s in most sectors of the disk.  It also unfortunately will have copy / "I/O ERROR" in Ztree when copying some files. Others files it copies without issue, slowly but perfectly good files.
There's a 12GB directory I'd particularly like, I've managed to get about 9gb of it.   Is there a tool to endlessly retry? or somehow copy and ignore errors? I dunno.
I already know about DDRescue or whatever it is, but that's a full disk image dump, considering the drive speeds, not an option really.
Similar with spinrite, I believe it's going to basically spend forever across the whole surface, when all I care about is one 12gb section.

I'm unsure if the disk is doing some kind of sector remapping or what - chckdsk simply isn't an option. Takes long enough on a 3TB disk that's running 100MB/s - current speeds it simply times out (chkdsk)
Any ideas? The data isn't SUPER SUPER important but I'm happy to leave it in a caddy running for weeks on end if some kind of tool can coax the data off, it's worth a shot at least before I give up on it.

Also - anyone seen this before? SUPER slow disk? What could it be?

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Seen this lots of times. If the drive is stuck at 1KB/sec and you want to pull all the files off of it, you may be SOL as far as time goes.

Tried TestDisk?

As far as what could it be, never bothered to actually find out. Western Digital, Hitachi/IBM, Seagate, even Maxtor back in the day, seen drives with this issue from every major manufacturer...

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Have you tried a different cable?

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Other suggestions:

1. Try it with a native connection instead of in an external caddy

2. Try Fast copy,teracopy,  or a similar program that can retry file transfer after an error(though I think these types of programs skip the file after a couple of tries)

3. Try it in a different environment such as linux/unix.

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Dd with Linux.

It'll copy errors. So be warned.

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Actually, use dd and copy @ the device block, not the file system.

Dd the device to a file to another file system., then use Linux to mount the file as a file system.

You can get creative with Linux.

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Sorry for the late reply, this site stopped emailing on replies it seems.

DD seems no good under linux, it's going to take FOREVER as it is for only 12gb of data, let alone 3000gb

I've  actually tried in a completely diff PC, although I will be trying a short SATA lead to be certain.

What's Testdisk? Any good?

Oh and she is marking bad sectors as expected after all :/  damn

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Dd you can specify start and stop blocks/sectors if you know the geometry info.

Maybe experiment with hdparm. That'll read from specific sectors too, ranged, comma separated, singular.

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I have a 2 column array.  Column 1 has some values, many of which are
repeated.  Column 2 has probabilities of these values.

I would like to sum the probabilities for each unique element in column
1. For example:

{{1, .5} , {2, .2} , {1, .1}}  should give me:

{{1, .6} , {2, .2}}

I'm sure I can do this with a "Do" loop -- however it seems that in
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I have seen this on a Laptop with display setting to  256 colors.
Setting the Windows display to 16 Bit or 24 Bit colors resolve
the problem.

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> I have run into a problem where when I generate a plot, for example as in,
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> I get nothing but what looks like an endless loop of a calculation and the
> Front End just flickers away. I have written to Mathematica Support. That
> was last week and still no reply. In the meanwhile I have removed
> Mathematica completely and re-installed it but the same thing happens. I
> have also run previous notebooks with graphics output, and they all work
> fine. The problem occurs when I try to plot any new functions in a new
> notebook. No other notebooks are running at the same time. The problem has
> me stumped and if anyone has any ideas as to what might be happening, could
> you please help. Below is what I have done so far to remedy the problem but
> without any success.
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> 2. The OS is Win2K and I have basically reinstalled Win2K over the top of
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> 3. Checked to see if  Plot[Sin[x],{x,-2,2}] will run in the kernal without
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Another option is to define the legacy color symbols with:

define = ToExpression[# <> "=ColorData[\"Legacy\",\"" <> # <>
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names = Select[First@ColorData["Legacy", "Range"], ! NameQ[#] &];
define /@ names;

That's the equivalent, I believe, of loading the old Colors package.

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> If one does much work with colors it is quite convenient to have the
> ColorSchemes palette up and in a convenient place. However, I find that
> this
> palette has some undesirable properties. It does not remember either its
> position or state between Mathematica sessions such as the
> BasicMathInput or
> SpecialCharacters palettes do.
> I went to the Wolfram files and made a copy of the ColorSchemes.nb and
> saved
> it in one of my own folders - just in case of problems. Then I opened
> Mathematica, brought up the ColorSchemes palette and used the Option
> Inspector on it to change:
> Notebook Options
>  File Options
>   Editable changed to True
>   Saveable changed to True
>   ClosingAutoSave changed to True
> This worked and the palette now remembers both its position and state and
> appears to function properly. However, I wondered if there was a reason
> that
> WRI set those options to False?
> Another feature of the ColorSchemes palette that I dislike is the
> operation
> of the slider bars. They are hardly adequate for scrolling through the
> colors and schemes, being too sensitive when the list is long.  They
> would
> be much better if a "LeftStepButton" and "RightStepButton"  (or in this
> case
> up and down) could be added to the controls, or if once one had selected
> a
> color or scheme, the up/down arrow keys could be used to scroll through
> the
> list.
> For those who are used to using the old named colors in the
> Graphics`Colors`
> package and are now dismayed at the great amount of typing needed in the
> new
> scheme the following routine might be useful:
> color[] := ColorData["Legacy", "Range"]
> color[c_] := ColorData["Legacy"][SymbolName[c]]
> color[]
> color@RawUmber
> In general, the additional typing is worth the richness of the new color
> schemes.

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A Jewish activist who protested during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the U.S. Congress is suing the four bystanders that she says attacked her.

Rachel Abileah of El Grenada, Calif., the Middle East Coordinator for CODEPINK, a peace and social justice organization, has filed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia’s Superior Court against the four unnamed people for $500,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages for assault, battery and false imprisonment.

Abileah, a U.S. citizen of Israeli descent, stood up in the House Gallery during the May 24 speech and opened a banner that read “Occupying Land is Indefensible” and shouted, “No more occupation. Stop Israeli war crimes! Equal rights for Palestinians!”

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Of all the political surprises in Jerusalem this week, none shocked Israelis more than the government’s choice of an American economist, Stanley Fischer, a vice president at Citigroup, as the next governor of the Bank of Israel. The job, equivalent to Federal Reserve chief, is the second-most powerful post in the Israel economy after finance minister, and the decision to “import” a foreigner, as commentators put it, set off howls of protest.

The government explained that in Fischer it had acquired one of the half-dozen most respected economists in the world. A much-published academic who once taught at the University of Chicago, he served for years as number-two at the International Monetary Fund and is best known for his role in stabilizing the Mexican and Asian financial crises of the 1990s. Moreover, they say, Fischer is a devoted Jew who has agreed to give up his multimillion-dollar salary and even waive his American citizenship, as Israeli law requires for such posts, to do his bit for Israel. Making him the Israeli economy’s front man will do wonders in opening up global markets. It might even inspire other Jews to follow him to Israel.

The explanations haven’t slowed the protests. Bureaucrats fret at the learning curve of an American with little knowledge of the language, let alone of the culture of the local marketplace. Economists sniff that Israel has its own, home-grown crop of world-class economists. Labor activists accuse the finance minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of seeking an ally for his harsh Thatcherite economic theories by recruiting someone from the world headquarters of market discipline, the IMF. The civil service commission says it needs time to think about it.

Those who know Fischer say that Sharon and Netanyahu might have made the right choice, but at least partly for the wrong reasons. Fischer, 62, did teach briefly in Chicago, but that’s not where his worldview was shaped. Born to Latvian Jewish immigrants in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia, today’s Zambia, he acquired a taste for economics as a high school student in the then-thriving Jewish community of Southern Rhodesia, today’s Zimbabwe. At 19 he went off to study at the leftish London School of Economics during the swinging 1960s. He came to this country for a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he spent most of his academic career, broken up by his time in Chicago and by repeated stints as a visiting professor in Israel.

In the rarified world of global macroeconomics, Fischer’s reputation is as a progressive who worries about the impact of markets and globalization on poor nations. Together with his close friend Jacob Frenkel, a former Bank of Israel governor, he’s written extensively on the importance of peace to Israeli and Middle East economic growth. He was one of the architects of Israel’s economic miracle of 1984, helping then-prime minister Shimon Peres to craft a plan to lower Israeli inflation from the 400%-plus of the Begin years to just 16% in the space of a year without beggaring the poor, something that fellow economist George Schulz had termed “impossible.”

It was in 1994, during the Clinton administration’s early, populist period, that Fischer was brought to the IMF as its number two, the senior American spot. As Clinton policies moved toward fiscal conservatism, Fischer developed a reputation as an ally of European leaders, who have long frowned on America’s promiscuous tax-cutting and stinginess toward workers and the poor. In 2000, when the Americans and Europeans were deadlocked over a choice for a new IMF chief, Fischer’s name was put forward as a surprise candidate of the African bloc. The nomination speech, by the finance minister of Angola, speaks volumes about Fischer’s image as a champion of the world’s poor.

There’s no doubt that if he’s confirmed, Fischer will bring an international cachet to the Israel economy and help boost its image in the global marketplace. But he’ll bring something else that’s sorely needed: an understanding of the limits of America’s free-market fundamentalism. He can help provide leadership and expertise to those Israelis angered at the country’s growing inequality and yearning to find ways of tempering the marketplace with human values. One can only hope that others will know how to listen.

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Last Friday, Businessweek published a story regarding frequent Gilt resident Vince and how the label is now worth a shit ton of money. To be exact, after pricing at a better than anticipated $20 a share during last week's IPO, Vince—now Vince Holding—is worth $726 million dollars. Basically, this is a lesson in good business. The way to win over consumers is to make unexceptional pseudo-expensive basics. I mean, I'm totally fine with Vince's clothes, but if you've ever been to one of their stores or stockists, you'll basically find slightly slimmer, more European looking versions of otherwise pretty standard garments such as button down shirts, topcoats and V-neck whatevers. So, if you're out there trying to start a "movement" with some super directional, avant garde high-fashion/streetwear futuristic Internet age bullshit, maybe you should reconsider.


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      ASHWAUBENON - Some area bowlers are making a difference in the lives of youth.

      It's all part of the 36th annual Bowl for Kids' Sake.

      The event took place Saturday at the Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley.

      People laced up their bowling shoes to help out Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin.

      The event is the organization's largest fundraiser.

      Organizers say their goal this year was to raise $100,000.

      It wasn't all about who got the most strikes. There was some fun to get silly too!

      This year's event was pirate-themed and people could dress up in their favorite costume.

      Organizers say the fundraiser inspires people to give back.

      "By having a positive role model, these kids will be more likely to go to college. A lot of them wouldn't otherwise. They're much more likely to stay out of trouble, legal trouble, and a lot of the times, they end up happier," said events and marketing coordinator Shannon Baumann.

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Wawee—MichaelGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Just weeks after one Kent County commissioner resigned while facing sexual conduct charges, another Kent County commissioner has been arraigned on embezzlement charges.

Michael Jay Wawee, Jr., Republican commissioner in the county’s 6th District, was arraigned Monday, charged with embezzlement from a non-profit organization over $1,000 under $20,000.

FOX 17 News is working to find out where the embezzlement is alleged to have occurred. Wawee’s campaign web site claims he had “oversight of the West Michigan Sports Commission” and was chair of Steepletown Neighborhood Services. The West Michigan Sports Commission web site lists Wawee as an advisor.

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    It's Thursday, it's mid-afternoon in London, it's another wrongheaded morning in Mericky, it's who-the-fuck-knows-when in Australia, and it's time for more Crossed Hideosity.

    Episode 12, live and free-to-air.

    Remember: Not safe for work, not safe for minors, not safe for people of a nervous disposition, not safe for small attractive blonde people, not safe for shelf-stackers, not safe for jackdaws.

    • CommentAuthorNo Fear
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012
    Brutal. And the rationale behind the lottery may be true but the flipside could be all the 'useless' people go thus making any sortie pointless or all the 'useful' people go which defeats the purpose. Neither scenario is likely of course but hey it is a lottery. Pretty horrible thing to do, just throwing him the knife so he could finish himself off. Powerful stuff. Good one, Mr Spurrier.
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012
    Brutal is indeed the word. I think that's the most genuinely horrified a piece of fiction has made me feel in some time. And I'm not sure how I feel about guessing the motivation for the lottery last week, either. Don sure does come off looking like a heartless bastard, that's for certain.

    Also, that panel of the Crossed being mowed down by gunfire? Gorgeous. Horrible, but gorgeous.
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    Amazingly powerful, well thought out and brutal - just amazing
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012

    That was really, really damn good.

    Were I a smoking man, I'd have lit up by now.
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    He didn't last long.
    • CommentAuthorNo Fear
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012
    It would have been bad seeing a stranger get killed like that, the fact that we sort of knew John (albeit not well but enough) made the situation even worse. I haven't read Badlands yet but imo this is the best Crossed series since the original. And I still think the lottery will be rigged!!!
    • CommentAuthorflecky
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012
    I know your not meant to like him, but that Don bloke is really getting to me. What he said about no guilt was horrible, yet true.

    It's only piss? Poor bastard!

    Good Cross attack, that. Cheers, Si.
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    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012 edited
    Don has a point. Skills = life in this world. I didn't understand...did the boy Don was pissed with fuck up and not watch the perimeter or something? Is that how the Crossed got on the island? That part wasn't real clear.

    But what is clear is that in a post-Crossed world, your right to survive, beyond beating back the Crossed, is what you bring to the group. You no longer have the luxury of rocking the boat at will and being an asshole just because. In many post-apoc works, people forget that. Dick moves lower your survival quotient in groups.
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    Dethklok - last ep Lance failed to muffle the bells in the watchtower when everyone pulled back to the "Eden" tip of the island, leaving them clanging in the wind. Someone had to go muffle the bell so all the Crossed in the area wouldn't come looking. But they already had.
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    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012 edited
    Dethklok: It goes back to the previous chapter. The reason why John had to cross the wire in the first place was because the boy forgot (or was lazy and couldn't be bothered) to take down the alarm bells at the end of the day, which left them jangling in the wind and advertising "Get Hot Teen Action Here!" to any Crossed in earshot; this made it necessary to go out and take them down properly. Of course, it'd be a million to one chance that there'd be a Crossed warband in the vicinity the very same night the bell was noisy, but in the words of Sir Terry, million to one chances occur nine times out of ten! ;)

    Also, I agree that "it's only piss!" is a vile, but brilliantly inspired, line. If that's the last shreds that they're clinging to, it certainly conveys that the Cavans are really in the pits.
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012
    So bleak, they really are fucked aren't they. I love it.
    Does that make me a bad person?
    • CommentTimeJun 21st 2012
    Must. Resist. (Until after work).
    • CommentAuthorPabrimmer
    • CommentTimeJun 22nd 2012
    Don's speech/rant at the end has been echoing in my head all day.
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    Sorry I've been too busy to comment. Last few episodes have been breathtaking.

    "There's no moral to the story." No, there really isn't, because a moral would imply that Shaky knows anything about anything, but who knows what's right or wrong in the world of the Crossed?

    Who knows what's right or wrong in our world today?

    Don is certainly a formidable politician. He seemed to relish having an opponent like Shaky who could so clearly articulate the opposing viewpoint. He knew exactly what to say following John's death that would underline his own point.

    It's worth pointing out that John probably is a "better" man than Shaky, and probably more of the kind of man who is necessary for the survival of the species... but Shaky is still alive. Shaky may feel a little guilty or embarrassed that he didn't offer himself up for the suicide mission... but he didn't let those feelings stop him from preserving himself. In fact, as other readers have observed, Shaky has an almost unbelievable ability to stay alive in the most unlkely circumstances. Lucky cunt indeed. So who is truly more expendable? The brave soldier who nobly sacrifices his own life? Or the freethinker who will do what's best for the group... as long as his own needs are always met as well?

    In some ways Don was directly telling Shaky he might need him to stay behind because although he probably doesn't like him, Shaky has his head screwed on straight. I agree the sortie could still be rigged. But it probably means a death sentence.
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    I really dont like the Blonde Aussie with the dreadlocks (something about him rubs me the wrong way), can we kill him off soon?

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Bravo! Cucina Italiana

We’d seen this Italian restaurant under construction in the new section of the Spotsy mall called the “Village at Towne Centre.” My expectations weren’t high—it’s yet another “plastic menu” chain. With an exterior that looks like it would be at home on Disneyland’s Main Street. And then there’s that annoying exclamation point in the name. And I’d read somewhere that it wasn’t as good as Carrabba’s. But in celebration of their grand opening, we got a coupon in the mail, and I can’t resist a coupon, so we decided to check the place out last Sunday.

Low expectations must be a plus, because we were very pleasantly surprised at how good the food was. The service was excellent (thank you, Andrew), and the menu had a lot of variety. We generally like Carrabba’s, and were expecting something along those lines. Which Bravo is. But I prefer the ambiance of Bravo’s spacious dining room, with tables and booths that afford more privacy than the jam-packed Carrabba’s.

It's still a chain (although a very small one, with only 35 locations), so you're not going to get innovative chef's specials. And a good food critic would visit a restaurant several times before passing judgement, so this review might be premature. But we had a lovely time (the inexpensive bottle of wine we consumed helped, I'm sure), it didn't cost us a fortune, and we'll definitely go back again.

Here's the "Flatbread Roma" we shared, in lieu of the pricier appetizers. It was crispy and delicious.

In front is the seafood risotto, and in back is the grilled scallops over potato gnocchi. The herb bread is forgettable, and I hate the dishes with the goofy logo, but the entrees were tasty.

Happy cooks are a good sign, no?

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Wolfe Street Gardens

About twice a week during nice weather, my husband and I head downtown for a walk. The neighborhoods of downtown Fredericksburg are at their best this time of year, with everyone’s gardens in bloom. And many downtowners take their landscaping very seriously. I’m not much of a gardener, and my property is entirely shaded, so even when I’m lucky enough to be able to grow some woodland plants, there’s not much color there. So I love the sunny little gardens of downtown. Even among the front yards that are postage stamp tiny, you’ll find many that are chock-full of blooms. This past week, we paid special attention to the yards on Wolfe Street, between Caroline and Spottswood.

The first garden is at the corner of Princess Anne. The gardener is hard at work at the center. From there, it was just a few steps to the next garden, where every square inch of front yard was filled with hydrangea and daylilies (also at top).

A tiny side garden:

I can't resist a white picket fence:

Near the end of the block, close to Spottswood.

Wolfe Street is home to the Wegner Metal Arts Foundry & Gallery, between Kenmore and Jackson, where the block gets more industrial.

I couldn't pass up this truck in a parking lot off Wolfe. I've never given much thought to horse's teeth, but now I'm wondering if there are cow dentists and pig dentists and goat dentists, too.


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Data.gov and other programs slated to die

Sunlight reports on the House bill that will slash funding for major government data sharing and transparency projects. Noting that the funding for these programs is only a few million dollars, Daniel Shuman says, “The returns from these e-government initiatives in terms of transparency are priceless.”

It is not just the Statistical Abstract and related compilations that we are in danger of losing due to budget cuts (see The demise of the Statistical Abstract and other critical Census titles). Budget cuts are aimed at some of the most basic government information programs.

In such a climate, how can we rely on GPO, FDsys, NARA, and government agencies as our sole source of the government information that is released? We need this information in our digital depository libraries so that our communities can decide what is essential for long term preservation and access!

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Wait, What… Christmas Already?

So yeah, PZ has a Christmas post up already? I know the malls already have spray snow, holly and mistletoe, and other signs of war Christmas; I’ve heard the music, seen the decorations, smelled the mulled cider… but PZ? This must mean it’s getting late.

I’m hopeful (but hey, the real world imposes itself sometimes) that I’ll have some cool cephalopodmas swag for you soon, but for now…

In mega-malls and coffee shops
In giant chains and mom-and-pops
The mistletoe and holly have been decked
The garland—silver, red, and green
Has been in place since Halloween
In store displays we’ve all come to expect
Employees dressed as helpful elves
Are stringing lights and stocking shelves
And spraying trees with artificial snow
And everywhere, the carols play
There’s no place you can get away
Cos Christmas is endangered, don’t you know?

I’m gearing up for this year’s war on Christmas
It’s gonna be a knock-down, drag-out fight!
I’m pissed off and I’m ranty, cos
It’s two full months of santy claus
And all I really want’s a silent night

We see displays in family yards
And messages in greeting cards
Which use an anti-Christian sort of phrase
Though everywhere across the earth
They’re celebrating Jesus’ birth
They use the PC “Happy Holidays”
I’ve seen examples by the scores
In catalogs and online stores
As well as at some places here in town
As everybody celebrates,
Their choice of phrases demonstrates
Their real agenda’s tearing Christmas down!

I’m gearing up for this year’s war on Christmas
It’s gonna be the worst you’ve ever seen
A little bad behavior’s worth
The selling of our savior’s birth
And doing so since not quite Halloween

We’re gathering with friends, to go
Despite the cold, despite the snow,
Sing carols for the old folks down the street
Surrounded by the happy greetings,
Hugs and kisses, merry meetings,
Smiles on all the faces that we meet.
We’re celebrating life and love
And not some savior from above
Our Christmas is a secular affair
Cos Christmas is for everyone—
Believe, or not, it’s still just fun
And if that thought offends you, I don’t care

I’m gearing up for this year’s war on Christmas
The birthday of our savior Jesus Christ
And what the hell, if this myth fails
There’s always after-Christmas sales
Where underwear and liquor are half priced

I really want to be able to actually sing this for you. It’s really pretty cool. Or not; I’m not a musician. Yes, it is an oldie. I’m grading. It’s this or the test pattern….

  1. Trebuchet says

    Didn’t you know? Now that Obama’s been re-elected, he’s gonna declare Christmas illegal and FEMA’s going to force us all to celebrate Kwanza-ramadan, or something.

  2. Cuttlefish says

    You silly rock-slinging weapon, you… don’t you know the cephalopods are pulling the puppet strings of *all* the candidates? Cephalopodmas. Get used to it.

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    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
    In the shopping malls.
    It’s the 25th of July;
    There’s only five months to buy.
    You’d better hurry, Santa’s on his way!

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
    And it should be a sin.
    But the pre-pre-Christmas sales
    Have never been known to fail
    To bring shoppers in.

  4. left0ver1under says

    I saw “christmas” decorations as the local Costco, even before hallowe’en.

    This is one of the reasons I’m glad I (a westerner) live in Taiwan, there are no competing fictional December “holidays” here. The only time religious holidays get annoying here is Chinese New Year, with all the freaking fireworks going off.

  5. markmanning says

    Your rhymes are typically entertaining, and this one evoked an actual gleeful response. I very much appreciate your attention to rhyme and meter. In years past, I jotted off humorous verse quite readily, but now that I’m just a half-fast poet, I rarely make the effort. Your work is deliciously creative.
    Thanks for all.

  6. rikitiki says

    (here’s mine – though not about the war-on-christmas, enjoy!):

    I’m Dreaming of a White-trash Christmas
    (sung to the tune of: “White Christmas”)

    I’m dreaming of a white-trash Christmas
    Just like the trailer park back home
    Where the roof tarp’s flapping
    And dogs are yapping
    The front yard’s filled with garden gnomes

    I’m dreaming of a white-trash Christmas
    Hillbilly music cranked full-blast
    Eating TV-dinner
    Watching Jerry Springer
    And hoping that the cheap beer lasts

    I’m wishing you a white-trash Christmas
    Where cousins think you’re one hot guy
    May you not be caught in your lies
    Or, like last year, get a D.U.I.

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Alanis Morissette Releases “Havoc and Bright Lights”

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This week marks the long awaited release of Alanis Morissette’s brand new album Havoc and Bright Lights.  In true Alanis fashion, the album is a collection of songs about her own life and the current state of society as a whole.

“I think it was a great snap shot of this period of time and for me I love making social commentary on what is going on microcosmically and what is happening in the world around me,” she told CBS Local.

Since the 2008 release of Flavors of Entanglement, the singer’s personal life has become filled with the growth of her own family – her marriage to Mario “MC Souleye” Treadway and the birth of their son Ever.  It’s these personal moments combined with her own observations that she admits brought her closer to writing about the album’s underlying themes.

Being a wife and new mom also lent itself to creating the titles of the songs found on Havoc – most of which are just one word.  Looking back, she realized it’s yet another reflection of her balancing family and career, and like most women, trying to do it all.  “Maybe it’s the simplifying part of me these days.  Clear the clutter and make it simple. At least make it organized.”

So, did she notice the shorten titles when she was sequencing the album?

The busy mom has more to get ready for. This weekend she’ll be taking the Guardian Angel Tour to South America for a few weeks and then it’s back up to California to launch her stateside dates in San Diego on September 24.

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Father's Day

For those of us who may have had difficult relationships with our fathers: Jill Tamaki.

Alienne said...

That is really lovely.

Duchesse said...

Bittersweet. For some, a father's love is tenuous. For me, though my dad was distant due to his dedication to his work, his love was implicit yet abiding.

Funny about Money said...

Cool! I didn't even see this in the hard-copy edition.

My father also was distant; I had the impression he didn't much care for kids. He worked a swing shift and so sometimes, like one of Tamaki's dads, demanded complete silence during the day.

Frugal Scholar said...

@All--Thanks for the comments. The piece just blew me away.


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HP snubs Intel's Turbo Memory

Poor value

HP is not including Intel's Turbo Memory technology in any of its Centrino Pro notebooks.

According to Techspot HP says that that the technology is poor value and limits flexibility. Intel’s Turbo Memory, formerly known as Robson flash memory, uses embedded NAND flash memory to supposedly reduce the time it takes for a computer to power up, to access programs, and to write data to the hard drive.

Acer, Dell and Toshiba will include Turbo Memory. HP says that it is much better to  adding more RAM to the system.

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Skylake 15W mobile SKUs getting Iris graphics
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Now starts with 28W Broadwell-U

It looks like Intel has managed to squeeze Iris graphics inside 15W Skylake processors.

Core i7 NUC coming in Q2 2015
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Core i7 5557U 28W inside, Iris graphics

Intel has already shown Fudzilla a prototype of a Core i7 NUC at CES 2015, and this 2.5-inch drive ready barebone was a pleasant surprise us and for high-end home theatre users.

Intel releases major graphics driver update
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4K, Chrome video, VP9 and H.265 tweaks

Intel has a new graphics driver for Haswell and Broadwell parts and it should bring a number of new features and improvements, especially for home theatre users.

Massive performance gains


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Libya Weighs on Repsol

Spanish oil company Repsol said its fourth-quarter net profit declined 90% from the year-earlier period, thanks largely to gains in the 2010 quarter from the sale of a stake in the company’s Brazilian unit and lower production in Libya.

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