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Fanboys. We all know one, and some of us may even be one. Like it or not, "fanboyism" is a massive force in nearly all social circles, either online or as part of your local gaming group. But what's the impact the phenomenon really has on our culture? Escape to the Movies host Bob Chipman and Jimquistion star Jim Sterling tackle the issues alongside Dr. Mark Kline, and Paul Saunders from LRR.
OMG, this was hilarious in person.
Jesus, Escapist, you're killing me with all these hour long videos.
I have other thing to do, you know - Like watching other videos.
Problem is they are so good and entertaining.
Really hope this was popular enough to do again. I will attend. These have been great.
And geeze, Susan, she is just so.. expressive. Need more female writers and editors!
captcha: Move Over
I really enjoyed this one, probably more so than the other ones.
"Like perhaps, Nintendo"
I'm so glad they put these up, because I couldn't go. I just hope that have something on Gavs concert.
Infinitesimal. A lovely way of saying 'really tiny' or, I guess in this case, 'insignificant'.
So, that thing Yahtzee and Dr Mark were talking about, but couldn't remember what it was called? 'Effort justification'. It's to do with cognitive dissonance; the more you suffer to get something, the more you're forced to reason that you must've *really* wanted that thing. Which is why group initiation and hazing is a thing. (Heeeey, and they said the stuff I learned at university would never come in useful! Though, to be fair, I only remember because one of our coursework assignments was a 2500-word essay on exactly this topic.)
(EDIT: Okay, I really need to stop the whole 'pause video to make comments as I go' thing, turns out they revisited this at the end and said pretty much all of that. Bah.)
Oh, and I'm completely with Yahtzee on the Red Dwarf thing. Everything after series 6 was so bloody awful that I generally don't even acknowledge its existence, but here I am all like "Red Dwarf series 10? OMG YES BRING IT ON!". I'm not even trying to fool myself - the chance of it being any good is very slim - but I won't miss it for anything.
I knew they'd bring ponies up. I just knew it. :p
For me, like they said on the panel, a fanboy is basically someone who constantly goes out of their way to bash those who disagree with them. I actually think the term 'fanboy' is less describing a person that likes the thing in question and rather describing a person who's constantly shitting on those who don't, (for example, Battlefield fans who go on CoD videos to talk crap about it and vice versa) because you can be an obsessed fan while not being intrusive and annoying.
I did the Fanboy thing when I was a kid with my SNES/N64/PS2. I remember the PS2/XB/GC era the best, mostly because it's when the internet started getting big and OH GOD MESSAGE BOARDS. I got IP banned from GameFAQs for losing five accounts in a month to flame wars back in 2000.
Looking back, it wasn't about that one system was definitively better than the other. No matter which console you bought at the start of that generation, you had four to five years of great games and great gaming memories (unless you bought a Dreamcast).
But it didn't look like that in 2002. You just didn't want good games on your console. You wanted EXCLUSIVES. If it wasn't exclusive, you wanted the BETTER version to be on you console. One conversion I had with a friend in school...
XBox owning friend: GTA III is going to be even better on XBox.
There you have it. Games on my console are better. Games not on my console aren't. I remember rationalizing that KOTOR was a shitty game because it was an XBox exclusive.
Why the hell did this happen? Because your parents would only ever buy you one console per generation and ONLY if your grades were good. You were stuck with that console for five years and GOD HELP YOU if you picked the wrong one. Of course you picked the right one. It's the one that has ALL THE BESTEST GAMES. You have Grand Theft Auto III, Final Fantasy X and Metal Gear Solid 2. What do they have? Halo? More like GAYLO!
Part of it still lives with me today. Sure, I have all three current-gen consoles, but now it's my $1200 gaming PC that I'm in love with. When you've got one of those, there is NO EXCUSE for playing the console version of anything. Pitiful, uncultured, console peasants...
I love how you can see Dr. Mark Kline quietly ask MovieBob what 'MLP' means, and he goes 'OH!' when he tells him.
Yahtzee's name wasn't mentioned in the OP. Doesn't really matter, but it misled me into believing that something had happened to the man. :D Just thought that you (moderators) should know in case you find this a thing worth fixing!
Just a small remark towards the bit about Mass Effect 3 towards the end; they didn't change the ending. It was a compromise, they elaborated on what they meant by the ending and what the outcome was some more.
But nothing was changed, it was the same ending and they DID show conviction and the balls to stand by their ending while trying to appease fans by at least fleshing it out more (but I don't think that anything was really changed, save for adding one sort of semi-joke ending as a jab at fans).
Oh, I knew Sonic was going to come up in the worst fanboyism question and I totally agree. Although I disagree with Bob's comment about it being terrible for years now. There have definitely been some god-awful titles, but recently (since about Colours) the games have been really good.
Also, so glad you guys put these up. Definitely regretting being x miles away all the way here in Scotland. It needs to come to the UK! =P (eventually of course) You can call it the Escapist Expo Export. It'll be our own little E3!
I do believe in one of the comments of the other videos perhaps saying that they had x amounts of videos from the panel still to put up, including one of Gav's concert.
Are We going to get all the panels from day 2 too? please? pretty please?
Religious extremists, Pedophilia, and My Little Pony. These topics are stricken from the record.
Thanks for the info, I want to watch all of each of these videos, but I don't have enough time in the day >_<
By the way, your icon is mesmerizing...
One of the fan questions was some sort of long rambling about can the fandom of something be so toxic it can me it better or ruin it. He then refused to name the example he was clearly think of, but makes some cryptic remarks about 4chan. Can someone tell me what the hell he was talking about?
I can only imagine that he was talking about the brony fandom. Since I don't know any other fandom that would be banned in 4chan and be consider poisonous to the very thing they love.
Hey it's the Two Best Friends theme song! Right, guys?
The reaction Jim has when fanboyism is compared to pedophilia subculture is priceless.
I have to admit, when I came to this panel and Sonic came up, it kind of hurt me since I consider myself a bit of a Sonic the Hedgehog fan. I'm to Sonic what MovieBob is to Mario I'd like to think. Have a lot of Sonic merchandise, games, comics, and enjoy watching the cartoons. I remember MovieBob once saying the games started getting bad in his GameOverthinker videos starting with Sonic Adventure 2 due to Shadow, but I politely disagree. Despite my love for Sonic, I will humbly say that after Adventure 2, the games did go downhill, with Sonic 2006 being the absolute worst and piece of crap. But I'm glad that since Sonic Colours, that the games are starting to improve.
They were referring to Sonic fanboys, the overzealous, foaming at the mouth, rabid fans who will defend the franchise until their dying day, no matter how bad the games have become.
You are clearly not a fanboy, you are just a fan, because you are able to make clear distinctions between the quality of games and decide for yourself which ones you like and which ones you don't.
Personally, I am a gigantic Transformers fan, the first cartoon series (flawed as it is), has a very special place on my DVD-shelf, I have hundreds of the original toys and naturally I bought the PS2 game Transformers: Energon and both of the recent Transformers games from Highmoon Studios.
You don't need to feel hurt, because they were not referring to you personally. Just the fanboys who were (this actually happened) cry about the longer legs and the different eye color.
I'm not getting sleep tonight, I've got one more thing from the Expo to go through...
Anyway, I guess I agree with Paul's definition of a self-proclaimed Fanboy. I identify myself as a Freelancer Fanboy (its own my profile here) and I love the game dearly. I guess nostalgia makes it easy for me to ignore the older graphics of the characters and I do still want a sequel or another version. I do not get angry over it however so I guess I don't cross that line.
CFL and NHL teams in Canada... There are some very angry Fanboys there. Especially since the lockout.
I'm so glad these Expo events were filmed! :D
Nooo, I've finished all the panels, now something is missing in my life. :(
At least we can have Yahtzee back..
1. Talk about how bad fanboyism is.
I personally really enjoyed that, Every expo video. It looks really enjoyable!
Seems the woman just wanted to make her point about what SHE thinks about stuff since she had a microphone. Let's insult MLP and other things you know people will disagree with. THATS JIMS JOB.
I will watch this video tomorrow and I am sure it will be hilarious.
It's called moderating the panel, giving them new ideas and concepts to discuss.
I'd like to say that without Susan moderating I'd have been twice as nervous as I was -- and I was already pretty nervous. She's a fantastic panel mod and knowing she was there for each one let me know each one would turn out great.
So yeah, here's me sticking up for her!
okay, I just watched it. Was MLP banned on 4Chan or was it something else?
Right, so I have to bring up something Susan said. During the discussion on companies putting out crap because the fanboys will buy wathever they sell, Susan defended it by saying it's just good buisness. I have to bring this up because It's not the first time Susan has said things to similar effect in the podcast, and it always rubs me the wrong way, but ths time, the discussion itself gave me the tools to argue.
Oh, and great video, really wish I could have been there.
me3 ending was such a mess and changed so easily because it was an ending by committee, that and the o.g. ending dark energy destroying the universe etc was shot to hell and back by anyone reading the codex entries in the first 2 games.
also think bioware is a great case study for fanboyism, since they use extensive data mining to make changes and usually go to such an extreme with it that it tends to piss off the more "hardcore" elements of that base.
me3 90% of a great game ruined by the last 20 minutes.
On behalf of everyone who really wanted to go to the Expo but for whatever reason couldn't, I would just like to thank whoever had the brilliant idea to put these panels up on the site to watch. It really is fun to watch these guys discuss things off-script, and it's been very insightful.
That said, why is Jim always in the middle? He looks like a fat Jesus at the Last Supper. :P
Gah, these panels are really interesting.
I could spout endless lines about the subject matter which weren't really addressed, but (to everyone's joy) I will refrain.
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Indian Politician Plans To Install Surveillance Cameras In His Ministers' Homes And Offices
from the do-as-you-would-be-done-by dept
Recently, Tim noted that, for some strange reason, politicians don't like having the same level of surveillance applied to them as they wish to inflict on the public. Here's a nice case from the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, found via Evgeny Morozov, where politicians aren't being given any choice:
UP [Uttar Pradesh] chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has decided to install CCTV cameras at the residences and camp offices of all the ministers in his cabinet.
As usual, the politicians are up in arms:
But a minister told Mail Today on the condition of anonymity that many of his colleagues including Raja Ram Pandey, khadi and village industry minister, Paras Nath Yadav, animal husbandry minister, Awadhesh Prasad, social welfare minister and Durga Prasad Yadav, stamp and registration minister, have opposed it.
The reasoning behind the move is interesting:
'the CM [Chief Minister] found the idea exciting mostly because he could boast of this action during Lok Sabha election campaign to claim that his ministers were observing complete transparency in their activities,' a source close to the CM said.
It's clear from this that there are some ulterior political motives behind this extreme form of governmental transparency. But equally, assuming that Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister goes through with his plans, there's no denying that it would give politicians a unique insight into the reality of surveillance, and that can't be bad thing.
Indeed, what we need is a general rule that politicians anywhere who are contemplating increased snooping on their citizens must be put under 24x7 surveillance in their homes and offices before they are allowed to enact any such laws. If that were the case, I predict their enthusiasm for spying might well evaporate.
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I'd inherited a 4 month old branch which needed to be merged back into trunk at some point. As a first step, I wanted to merge the (hopefully smaller) changeset from trunk back into the branch. I tried git-svn. It didn't work for me. This has not been a pretty task.
$ pushd path/to/svn/repo
$ svn sw https://example.com/svn/project/branches/my-branch
$ svn up
$ svn merge https://example.com/svn/project/trunk --accept postpone
svn: One or more conflicts were produced while merging r3097:4432 into
'.' --
resolve all conflicts and rerun the merge to apply the remaining
unmerged revisions
At this point I have my working copy in a partially merged state with various file-level and tree/directory level conflicts. As an example of how a repository might get into this state, imagine this happening in the branch
$ svn mv dir1 dir2
$ mkdir dir1
# add files to dir1
# and commit a few times.
Meanwhile in trunk
# add and modify files in dir1
# commit a few times.
Since the changes hadn't been cherrypicked, you get tree conflicts. Let's take a look at those conflicts.
$ svn stat | grep 'C '
I had 46 issues listed for the merge up to this point. File level conflicts can be easily resolved using fmresolve which I've written about previously.
$ fmresolve path/to/conflicted/file
and then
$ svn resolve --accept working
$ svn resolve --accept theirs-full
$ svn resolve --accept mine-full
Tree conflicts can only be resolved using the working copy, so I needed to checkout / copy the relevant file and edit until I was happy with each one, and then mark each conflict as resolved, accepting the working copy. 21 of these needed attention at this stage.
Then you can proceed with the merge.
$ svn merge https://example.com/svn/project/trunk --accept postpone
Repeat until done.
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Tipo de ranuras de memoria
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Número de ranuras de memoria
tipos de memoria compatibles
Types of memory which can be used with the product.
Canales de memoria
No ECC
Velocidades de reloj de memoria soportadas
Memory clock speed is the time it takes for a computer to complete basic operations. It refers to the computer's processing speed and is measured in hertz. It is however not such a reliable measure of a computer's speed as it doesn't take into account other factors like RAM and cache size.
1333, 1600, 1866, 2133, 2200, 2250, 2400 MHz
Memoria interna máxima
The maximum internal memory which is available in the product.
Memoria sin buffer
Familia de procesador
A family of processors is a group of processors produced by one company over a short period of time e.g. Intel Pentium processors.
Procesador compatible
A processor which is compatible with this device, belongs to a 'series' which is part of 'family' e.g Celeron D, Celeron G, Celeron M, or, in some cases, is the same as 'family'.
AMD A, Athlon
Socket de procesador
Mechanical component(s) that provides mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB). This allows the processor to be replaced without soldering.
Socket FM2+
Interno I/O
USB 2.0, conectores
The end of a cable with a USB 2.0 connector. USB 2.0 was released in April 2000 (now called "Hi-Speed"), adding higher maximum signaling rate of 480 Mbit/s (effective throughput up to 35 MB/s or 280 Mbit/s), in addition to the "USB 1.x Full Speed" signaling rate of 12 Mbit/s. USB 2.0 connectors are usually colored black.
Conectores USB 3.0 ( 3.1 Gen 1 )
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Interfaces de unidad de disco duro soportadas
The type of interfaces that can be used with the hard disk drive e.g. parallel ATA (PATA), serial ATA (SATA), SCSI.
Serial ATA III
Conector de audio en panel frontal
Número de conectores a ventilador de chasis
Número de conectores SATA III
Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) (SATA) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives. SATA III (revision 3.x) interface, formally known as SATA 6Gb/s, is a third generation SATA interface running at 6.0Gb/s. The bandwidth throughput, which is supported by the interface, is up to 600MB/s. This interface is backwards compatible with SATA 3 Gb/s interface.
Conector de ventilador CPU
S/PDIF, conector de salida
Número de conectores COM
Número de conectores de poder EATX
Panel trasero Puertos de I/O (entrada/salida)
Cantidad de puertos tipo A USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1)
Cantidad de puertos USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Cantidad de puertos eSATA
The number of ports (interfaces) for eSATA. eSATA is a a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives.
Cantidad de puertos DVI-D
This is the amount of DVI-I interfaces. Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). The digital interface is used to connect a video source to a display device, such as a computer monitor. DVI-D means DVI digital, which means it can only support digital, but not analog.
Cantidad de DisplayPorts
Number of DisplayPorts. A DisplayPort is a digital display interface developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor, though it can also be used to carry audio, USB, and other forms of data.
Número de puertos HDMI
The number of sockets (ports) for HDMI connections. HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed/uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant device ("the source device") to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. HDMI is a digital replacement for existing analog video standards.
Cantidad de puertos VGA (D-Sub)
Number of VGA (D-Sub) ports (connecting interfaces) in the device. The VGA (D-Sub) connector is a 15 pin connector between a computer and a monitor. It was first introduced in 1987 by IBM.
Panel trasero Puertos de I/O (entrada/salida)
Salidas para auriculares
Number of sockets /ports where headphones are connected.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) cantidad de puertos
Number of Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports (connecting interfaces) in the device. Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports allow a computer to connect to the ethernet.
Puerto de ratón PS/2
The number of PS/2 connectors for keyboards and mice. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2.
Micrófono, jack de entrada
The socket where a microphone is connected to the device.
Puerto de salida S/PDIF
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format) is a digital audio interconnect used in consumer audio equipment over relatively short distances. The signal is transmitted over either a coaxial cable with RCA connectors or a fibre optic cable with TOSLINK connectors.
An Ethernet LAN (Local Area Network) interface is present, for a wired conection via a cable.
Tipo de interfaz ethernet
Controlador LAN
Realtek 8111GR
Componente para
What this product is used as a part of (component for).
Familia de componentes de tarjeta madre
The category of motherboard chipset e.g. Intel, AMD.
Circuito integrado de tarjeta madre
The chipset connects the microprocessor to the rest of the motherboard.
Tarjeta madre, factor de forma
Design of the motherboard (ATX, BTX etc).
Canales de salida de audio
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Niveles RAID
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Windows vesions wich can be used with the device.
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Soporte para proceso paralelo
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3-Way CrossFireX
Ranuras de expansión
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) ranuras
PCI Express x16 Gen (2.x) ranuras
Places where PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) are placed inside and connected to the computer motherboard.
PCI Express x16 Gen (3.x) ranuras
Places where PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) are placed inside and connected to the computer motherboard.
Ranuras PCI
Tipos de BIOS
The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) initializes and tests system hardware components, and loads a bootloader or an operating system from a mass memory device. The BIOS additionally provides abstraction layer for the hardware, i.e. a consistent way for application programs and operating systems to interact with the keyboard, display, and other input/output devices. There are several types of BIOS, including the motherboard ROM BIOS, video BIOS, drive controller BIOS, network adapter BIOS, and SCSI adapter BIOS.
Jumper Clear CMOS
BIOS, tamaño de memoria
Versión ACPI
Contenido del embalaje
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Pattern of the Month - July 2010
It took some figuring for me to decide on fabric, that's for sure! I finally settled on Circling Flowers for one side and Quilter's Tweed for the other. Both fabrics are (surprise) made in Japan, and even though they didn't really match-match, I really liked the way they looked together. I'm going to start collecting cool selvages!
The pattern calls for using canvas as a sew-in interfacing, but my Circling Flowers are a little heavier than a medium weight cotton so I used plain old muslin for sew-in interfacing. If you pick medium weight cottons you should get the canvas because it gives the bag a really nice solidity.
For the layout, it's the same for both fabrics and the interfacing - cut two straps and cut two bag pieces on the fold out of all three fabrics. Fold each selvage edge in so you have room for the straps and one bag piece on one side, there should be enough room on the other fold to cut your second bag piece. Measure carefully from the fold to the selvage and make sure it's the same along the entire fold so your fabric stays on grain!
Once everything is cut, lay the canvas / muslin interfacing on the wrong side of your fabric pieces - pick one pattern to be interfaced and the other will be left alone (I interfaced my Circling Flowers pieces). Pin around the edges, then baste together. The seam allowance is 1/2" for this pattern, so make sure your basting stitches are within that seam allowance. I basted lining up with the 1/4" mark, all around the edges of both bag pieces and both straps.
As usual, there are a few things in the instructions that I think could be made easier, and once you get your straps sewn, turned & topstitched (stitch length 3!) we come to the first thing that could, indeed, be easier. Amy has you folding each side of your strap separately to make tiny little pleats - pretty fiddly. I just put one small pleat through all the layers and sewed right across to hold it in place:
Basically, you want the strap end small enough to line up with the top of the bag so that there is 1/2" left on either side for when you sew it together:
Pin & sew the strap to your interfaced fabric, right sides together.
Another thing that could be easier: Amy has you sew both sides of the bag together, leaving a hole for turning on the top of the bag in the curvy part - if your handsewing isn't perfect this will look a bit sloppy! Instead, I recommend sewing the interfaced side all together then sewing the not-interfaced side together leaving a 4 - 5" hole in the bottom edge for turning. Once you are finished, it's much easier to slipstitch the bottom edge neatly because it's straight - and if it's not so neat at least it's on the bottom!
To sew each side of the bag together, remember to mark 1/2" down from the point on the bag sides - this is where you'll start & stop:
Once you have both fabrics sewn together, keep one fabric inside out and turn the other one right side out. Tuck the right-side-out bag into the inside-out bag, with the straps tucked in and pointing down. Pin all around the top edge, starting with the straps and then easing down to the corners. Start sewing on one side, and sew around to the other side pivoting at the straps. Be careful not to sew the straps into your seam other than where they meet up at the top of the bag! Sew the other side the same way.
Don't forget to clip your curves! Now you can pull the bag right side out through the hole in the bottom. Press everything nice and flat, then slipstitch up the hole in the bottom! The last step is to sew a small bartack in the "V" on each side seam of the bag - select your zig-zag stitch, set the width to the widest (usually 5) and the length to .5 or 1 and sew over the seam to reinforce it.
I love both my fabrics!
I need a black bag too, so I think next I'll make this one out of the Echino Helicopter in grey reversing to one of the Daiwabo Taupes. One can never have too many bags... although I promise that next month's pattern will be an actual garment!
5 comments:
- Susan L said...
This is beautiful, Shaerie! I especially like the Japanese fabrics you used. Very unique, unlike any of the reversible shopping bags that are on the market these days.
- July 1, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks! I can't wait to make the next one... I'm going to end up with a lot of bags. It's nice to sew up something easy every once in awhile to take a break from all the complicated stuff!
- July 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Jilly said...
I've been wanting that Amy Butler pattern for awhile, with this tutorial now might be a good time to get it!
Love the fabrics.
- July 2, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- HELLOmynameisBianca said...
I love this pattern; it's so practical and I especially love the fabrics. Have you heard of Britex Fabrics in San Francisco? If not they have 4 floors of fabrics. Incredible place!
- July 2, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Unknown said...
Britex is amazing! I try to stop in there and also at Stone Mountain & Daughter whenever I'm up in the area. Our fabric store is pretty small compared to those guys, but someday... :)
- July 2, 2010 at 7:51 PM


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Earlier today, I posted a link to a reply by Rod Dreher to a column that cited him. Rod felt I'd mischaracterized his views. Scroll down to read Rod's statement; here's the link to Rod in full.
Three thoughts in answer:
1) As I said in the column, I'm an admirer of Rod's work and writing, and I'm chagrined to hear that he thinks I've been obtuse and unfair.
2) In self-explanation, I'll say: I was not attributing to Rod any indifference or callousness to human life, black or white. I hope that was clear in my column, and if not, then I sincerely regret it. I understood Rod to be saying that the variable predicting the incidence of homicide in a community was the proportion of young black men there. That is in fact a plausible way to look at things.
3) As I said in the column itself, I objected to this way of looking at things because it leads us away from the hope of finding better answers.
"If you look at the world that way, gun control must seem a pointless diversion from the real problem: not guns, but one particular group of gun owners."
"Those young men in Baton Rouge who are killing each other in such horrific numbers do not manufacture their own guns. They did not organize the gun trade that brings the guns to their town. They did not write the laws that prevent their town government from acting against guns. They carry guns -- and misuse guns -- thanks to a national system of gun regulation that makes guns easily accessible to those least likely to use guns responsibly."
WIth the result,
"The price of redefining gun violence as an issue pertaining only to "those people" -- of casting and recasting the gun statistics to make them less grisly if only 'those people' are toted under some different heading in some different ledger -- the price of that redefinition is to lose our ability to think about the problem at all."
Again - I have posted Rod's objection at length below, and for any mischaracterization, I wholeheartedly apologize.


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Wilkesboro, NC -- MerleFest, presented by Lowe's and slated for April 24-27, 2014, announces the addition of Old Crow Medicine Show to the festival's Friday evening lineup. The four-day event, an annual homecoming of musicians and music fans, will once again take place on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. As previously announced via social media to the festival's fan base, singer-songwriter Holly Williams will also perform at MerleFest 2014.
MerleFest is known for its unique mix of traditional, roots-oriented music from the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, Americana, blues, country, Celtic, Cajun, cowboy, zydeco, rock and many other styles that Doc Watson, who helped found the festival, referred to as "traditional plus."
Old Crow Medicine Show got its start busking on street corners in New York state and up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with its boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina, where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing in front of a pharmacy. He immediately invited the band to play at MerleFest, helping to launch their career. Shortly thereafter the band relocated to Nashville for a residency at the Grand Ole Opry, where they entertained the crowd between shows.
It's been nearly 15 years since these humble beginnings, and the band has gone on to tour the world, sell over 800,000 albums, become frequent guests on "A Prairie Home Companion," and play major music festivals throughout the country.
On September 17, 2013, Old Crow Medicine Show received the great honor of being inducted as the newest members of the historic Grand Ole Opry. Other highlights from the year included winning the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for the film "Big Easy Express" having their classic single, "Wagon Wheel," receive the RIAA's Platinum certification for selling over 1,000,000 copies.
Old Crow Medicine Show now has four studio albums to its name, three of which were released by Nettwerk Records – "O.C.M.S." and "Big Iron World," produced by David Rawlings, and "Tennessee Pusher," produced by Don Was. On its newest album, "Carry Me Back," Old Crow continues to craft classic American roots music while pushing itself in new directions. "Carry Me Back," released by ATO Records and produced by Ted Hutt, represents a new stretch of road in the timeless journey of a rambling string band.
Holly Williams will make her first MerleFest appearance on Thursday night of the festival. Part of the key to Holly Williams' success as a singer-songwriter is that it has never been her mission to try and live up to the legacy cast by her famous and prolific father and grandfather -- Hank Jr. and Sr. respectively -- not has she spent a lot of time trying to live it down. The respect that Holly has garnered as anartist over the course of many years spent building an international fanbase, and therelease of two acclaimed albums, 2004's The Ones We Never Knew and 2009's Here With Me, has come on her own terms, based on her own sound. Her most recent album, The Highway, finds the artist putting a distincly personal spin on universal themes like love, loss, conflict, family and desire.
Additional performers for MerleFest 2014 will be announced in the coming weeks. The lineup is viewable at www.merlefest.org/lineup.
Ticket purchases for MerleFest 2014 can be made on the web at www.merlefest.org or by calling 1-800-343-7857. With more than 130 acts performing on 13 stages during the course of the event, MerleFest is an excellent entertainment value. An early bird ticket discount is available through March 10, 2014.
MerleFest, considered one of the premier music festivals in the country, is an annual homecoming of musicians and music fans held on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of the late Eddy Merle Watson, son of the late American music legend Doc Watson. MerleFest is a celebration of "traditional plus" music, a unique mix of music based on the traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, and expanded to include Americana, country, blues, rock and many other styles. The festival hosts over 130 artists, performing on 13 stages during the course of the four-day event. The annual event has become the primary fundraiser for the WCC Endowment Corporation, funding scholarships, capital projects and other educational needs.
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Exporting Reports (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS)
After you run a report, you can export it to another format, such as Excel or PDF, or export the report by generating an Atom service document, listing the Atom-compliant data feeds available from the report.
Export a report to do the following:
Work with the report data in another application. For example, you can export your report to Excel and then continue to work with the data in Excel.
Print the report in a different format. For example, you can export the report to the PDF file format and then print it.
Save a copy of the report as another file type. For example, you can export a report to Word and save it, creating a copy of the report.
Use report data as data feeds in applications. For example, you can generate Atom-compliant data feeds that the SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot client can consume, and then work with the data in PowerPivot.
The export option is available on the report viewer toolbar in Report Manager, which appears at the top of every report when you view a report on the report server, and on the ribbon in Report Builder 3.0 when you preview a report. The data feed option is available only in Report Manager.
Reporting Services provides many rendering extensions, supporting exports of reports to common file formats. The rendering extensions support file formats with soft breaks (for example, Word or Excel), hard-page breaks (for example, PDF or TIFF), or data only (for example, CSV or Atom compliant XML).
To quickly get started with exporting reports and generating Atom-compliant data feeds from reports, see How to: Export a Report as Another File Type (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS) and How to: Generate Data Feeds from a Report (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
You can create and modify report definitions (.rdl) in Report Builder 3.0 and in Report Designer in Business Intelligence Development Studio. Each authoring environment provides different ways to create, open, and save reports and related items. For more information, see Designing Reports in Report Designer and Report Builder 3.0 (SSRS) on the Web at microsoft.com.
In This Article
Rendering Extension Types
Export Formats
Exporting a Report
Generating Data Feeds From a Report
Troubleshooting Exported Reports
Other Ways of Exporting Reports
Rendering Extension Types
There are three types of Reporting Services rendering extensions:
Data renderer extensions Data rendering extensions strip all formatting and layout information from the report and display only the data. The resulting file can be used to import the raw report data into another file type, such as Excel, another database, an XML data message, or a custom application. Data renderers do not support page breaks.
The following data rendering extensions are supported: CSV, XML, and Atom.
Soft page-break renderer extensions Soft page-break rendering extensions maintain the report layout and formatting. The resulting file is optimized for screen-based viewing and delivery, such as on a Web page or in the ReportViewer controls.
The following soft page-break rendering extensions are supported: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Web archive (MHTML).
Hard page-break rendering extensions Hard page-break renderer extensions maintain the report layout and formatting. The resulting file is optimized for a consistent printing experience, or to view the report online in a book format.
The following hard page-break rendering extensions are supported: TIFF and PDF.
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Export Formats
Reporting Services provides rendering extensions that render reports in different formats. If you plan to use this feature, you should optimize the report design for your chosen file format. The topic about each rendering extension provides detailed information about how the report is rendered to that format.
The following table lists the available formats.
Rendering Extension Type
The Comma-Separated Value (CSV) rendering extension renders reports as a flattened representation of data from a report in a standardized, plain-text format that is easily readable and exchangeable with many applications.
For more information, see Exporting to a CSV File (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
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The Excel rendering extension renders a report that is compatible with Microsoft Excel 97 and later. The report is exported to an Excel worksheet with some layout and original design elements stripped out. Properties of the report and groups within the report can be set to enable the naming of worksheet tabs upon export to Excel.
For more information, see Exporting to Microsoft Excel (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
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The Word rendering extension renders a report as a Word document that is compatible with Microsoft Microsoft Word 2000 or later. After the report is exported to a Word document, you can change the contents of your report and design document-style reports such as mailing labels, purchase orders, or form letters. The file name extension of files generated by this renderer is .doc or docx.
For more information, see Exporting to Microsoft Word (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
Web archive
Soft page-break
The HTML rendering extension renders a report in HTML format. The rendering extension can also produce fully formed HTML pages or fragments of HTML to embed in other HTML pages. All HTML is generated with UTF-8 encoding.
The HTML rendering extension is the default rendering extension for reports that are previewed in Report Builder and viewed in a browser, including when run in Report Manager.
For more information, see Rendering to HTML (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
Acrobat (PDF) file
Hard page-break
The PDF rendering extension renders a report to files that can be opened in Adobe Acrobat and other third-party PDF viewers that support PDF 1.3. Although PDF 1.3 is compatible with Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and later, Reporting Services supports Adobe Acrobat 6 or later. The rendering extension does not require Adobe software to render the report. However, PDF viewers such as Adobe Acrobat are required for viewing or printing a report in PDF format.
For more information, see Exporting to a PDF File (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
TIFF file
Hard page-break
The Image rendering extension renders a report to a bitmap or metafile. By default, the Image rendering extension produces a TIFF file of the report, which can be viewed in multiple pages. When the client receives the image, it can be displayed in an image viewer and printed.
The Image rendering extension can generate files in any of the formats supported by GDI+: BMP, EMF, EMFPlus, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF.
For more information, see Exporting to an Image File (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
The XML rendering extension returns a report in XML format. The schema for the report XML is specific to the report, and contains data only. Layout information is not rendered and pagination is not maintained by the XML rendering extension. The XML generated by this extension can be imported into a database, used as an XML data message, or sent to a custom application.
For more information, see Exporting to XML (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
The Atom rendering extension generates Atom-compliant data feeds from reports. The data feeds are readable and exchangeable with applications such as the SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot client that can consume Atom-compliant data feeds.
The output is an Atom service document that lists the data feeds available from a report. At least one data feed is created for each data region in a report. Depending on the type of data region and the data that the data region displays, multiple data feeds might be generated.
For more information, see Generating Data Feeds from Reports (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
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Exporting a Report
To export a report, run the report in Report Manager or Report Builder and then select a format from the Export drop-down list. You are prompted to choose whether to save or open the file. If you chose Open, the report opens in the application associated with the rendering format you chose. (For example, when you select Excel the report opens in Excel). If you chose Save, the report is saved. For example, if you are exporting to Excel, the report is saved as an .xls file. The file associations defined for the local computer determine which application is used for a particular rendering format. For more information, see How to: Export a Report as Another File Type (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
The report server exports the report as it is in the current user session. If someone publishes an updated version of the report while you have the report open or the data that the report displays changes, the exported report is not updated.
Report pagination might be affected when you export a report to a different format. When you preview a report, you are viewing the report as it is rendered by the HTML rendering extension, which follows soft-page break rules. When you export a report to a different file format, such as Adobe Acrobat (PDF), pagination is based on the physical page size, which follows hard-page break rules. Pages can also be separated by logical page breaks that you add to a report, but the actual length of a page varies based on the renderer type that you use. To change the pagination of your report, you must understand the pagination behavior of the rendering extension you choose. You might need to adjust the design of your report layout for this rendering extension. For more information see, Page Layout and Rendering (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
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Generating Data Feeds From a Report
To generate data feeds from a report, run the report in Report Manager, and then click the Generate Data Feed icon on the Report Manager toolbar. You are prompted to choose whether to save or open the file. If you chose Open, the Atom service document opens in the application that is associated with the .atomsvc file extension. If you chose Save, the document is saved as an .atomsvc file. By default, the name of the file is the name of the report. You can change the name to one that is more meaningful.
You save the Atom service document to your computer. Later you can upload it to a report server or another server to make it available for others to use. For more information, see Generating Data Feeds from Reports (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS) and How to: Generate Data Feeds from a Report (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
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Troubleshooting Exported Reports
Sometimes your reports look different or do not work the way you want after you export them to a different format. This occurs because certain rules and limitations might apply to the renderer. You can address many limitations by considering them when you create the report. You might need to use a slightly different layout in your report, carefully align items within the report, confine report footers to a single line of text, and so forth.
The topics about specific renderers describe how report items and data regions are rendered as well as the limitations and solutions for each renderer.
Generating Data Feeds from Reports (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS)
SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services provides additional features to help you create reports that work well in other formats. Page breaks on tablix data regions (table, matrix, and list), groups, and rectangles give you better control of report pagination. Report pages, delimited by page breaks, can have different page names and reset page numbering. By using expressions, the page names and page numbers can be dynamically updated when the report is run. For more information, see Understanding Pagination in Reporting Services (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
In addition, you can use the RenderFormat built-in global to conditionally apply different report layouts for different renderers. For more information, see Using Built-in Globals and Users References (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS).
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Other Ways of Exporting Reports
Exporting a report is an on-demand task that you perform when the report is open in Report Manager or Report Builder. If you want to automate an export operation (for example, to export a report to a shared folder as a specific file type on a recurring schedule), create a subscription that delivers the report to a shared folder. For more information, see File Share Delivery in Reporting Services.
Reports previewed in the reporting tools or opened in a browser application such as Report Manager are always first rendered in HTML. You cannot specify a different rendering extension as the default for viewing. You can, however, create a subscription that produces a report in the rendering format you want for subsequent delivery to an e-mail inbox or shared folder. For more information, see Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Standard Subscriptions and Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Data-Driven Subscriptions.
You can also access a report through a URL that specifies a rendering extension as a URL parameter and render the report directly to the specified format without rendering it in HTML first. The following example renders a report in Excel format:
http://<Server Name>/reportserver?/Sales/YearlySalesSummary&rs:Format=Excel&rs:Command=Render
For more information, see Specifying a Rendering Format in a URL.
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Charger Location Apps
Charger Location Apps
Recargo has an iPhone app too. I've been enjoying trying it out, and finding out the Tesla-specific charging stations along the I-5 corridor in Oregon.
I use three iPhone charge location apps:
- Recargo
- ChargePoint
- EVCharger
I also have AllStays Camp & RV loaded - good source for 40amp charging.
I have been using PlugShare and I like it a lot here in East Tennessee. Recargo left me searching going from one non-existent charge station to another. So far PlugShare has been spot on.
DHrivnak, I will be traveling to East Tennessee to visit family late next month. Would you be interested in meeting another Roadster driver? and do you know of any 70A level2 charging in this part of the country?
There is also an application called, PlugShare. It is very usefull. Anybody needing a charge in the palm springs, California area can call me, frank, 760-617-7666, I know most of the places to charge, and I have a nema 14-50 in my garage. Thanks. Peace. :-)
Between tesla HPC chargers, RV camps, Nissan dealers, GM dealers, and public chargers, I find there is a charger about every fifty miles or so. And more being added daily. :-)
Just in case someone from Germany is reading this, you may want to consider joining the Drehstromkiste network:
Along these lines, there is another iphone app called Car Stations. Until I start using these, it will be hard to know which is best.
Do you Roadster owners use the Chargepoint pay stations very much? I'm curious about the cost and how useful the Chargepoint network is. Seems like there are plenty of free stations out there, but that could be my naivety.
At last! A jenyus who has not only produced a perpetual motion machine, but can drain energy from it without it coming to a halt! We're all saved!
Or not.
Before you redicule it, this is not perpetual motion, although if you think about it, perperual motion is as old as the universe, The machine will produce power at 19-1 overunity. It can be built for the price of a generator + $4000 estimated useing material prices in Thompson MB.I need only a large Mlling maching and a large lathe to prove it.I will disclose the design to anybody with a machine shop after signing an ironclad nda.
If you can't spell, I doubt you're a jenyus.
There is no power output equal to unity, much less over unity, unless you're tapping an existing pool.
And the universe is not a perpetual motion machine. It is running down, and will end up as a cool thin soup, the same everywhere.
Get off this thread. It's about charging stations, not charging delusions.
Depends on what you mean by perpetual motion, a few billion years is close enough for me. The only thing we have to lose by trying it is big oil's monopoly, unless you are a menber of the above sect you have a lot to gain. By by the way, I do know how to spell GENIUS.
Either he is lunatic or scam artist. If latter this is matter of law enforcement, if first then there is nothing we can do about it except maybe offer some education.
@rodshears, google "first law of thermodynamics"
Given his request for an nda, I'm leaning heavily towards scam myself.
Any way to report and have removed inappropriate content?
@rodshears, you need to try your con some where else, or get an education in thermodynamics. Best both, but leave us to our dreaming.
@J King, there is a invisible link to flag post as inapproriate under each post, just hover your mouse over the end of the post and you can see it.
Thanks for the Hint. I had to convert to compatibility mode, as the boowser at work is very old. Could not see it previously. Work is in Kazakhstan for the next 8 days.


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Flames outdueled in OT by Northeastern in national rematch
April 20, 2013 | Lakeland, Fla.
Overtime elimination by Northeastern in Saturday's round of 12 finalists was a considerably more respectable way to go out of the 14th annual National Collegiate Paintball Association championship tournament for Liberty University's Class A Red team than the way it started, with a 15-1 loss to Florida Gulf Coast University on Friday.
"We were slaughtered," Flames head coach Todd Hoglund said of the first-match loss to FGCU, which had a bit of a home-field advantage for the tournament in Lakeland, Fla. "Everything that we tried to battle what they were throwing at us, we couldn't find a good counterattack response. They were winning their gun fights, manning us out."
After all but conceding defeat in the second half of that matchup against the Eagles, one of the tournament favorites along with defending champion Cal State-Long Beach, Liberty refused to go down without a fight in its final three skirmishes, beating Northeastern 5-4 and Temple 8-3 on Friday before losing to the Huskies in Saturday morning's rematch, 4-3 in OT.
"We were able to pick ourselves up and remind ourselves that we can play better," Hoglund said.
"Against Temple, we were a dominant. The guys were finally clicking and we were able to break snakeside, get really aggressive and get consistent elimination on their breaks. So we were playing 5-on-4 instead of 5-on-5 and we were able to push the pace a little bit."
The strategy that worked against Northeastern on Friday wasn't as effective in Saturday's elimination match.
"The first time we played them, we were able to break out wide," Hoglund said. "They adjusted (in Saturday's rematch) when they were able to shoot us out of our snakeside. In the final overtime, they were able to get the numbers advantage on us and we couldn't come back. It was a hard-fought game, but it didn't pan out for us."
He said the Flames had the stamina to compete on the national stage.
"They were in pretty good physical condition, and knew we were going to have to work hard," Hoglund said. "Nobody got real winded. Conditioning wasn't a factor, and neither was the heat. Everybody played solid, played as a team."
Overall the tournament was a good experience for Liberty (7-5), which graduated nearly all of its first-line starters from the past two years, when it posted back-to-back fourth-place finishes at nationals.
"We had some good moments and some bad moments," Hoglund said. "It was really a rebuilding year. We're just doing what we can with what we got. For some of these guys, it definitely was a learning experience, their first time playing for and starting on the Class A (Red squad)."
He is optimistic about the future of the program, especially with the up-and-coming players he has to work with and the fact that none of them are graduating. Continuity will be a key to developing a successful team, like Florida Gulf Coast's, which has been playing together since 2007.
"A lot of our guys, like Jeremy Miller, being a new player this semester, it takes some time to build that relationship on the field," Hoglund said, noting he could potentially play for the next four years due to his major.
Liberty's less battle-tested players, from the Blue and White teams, competed in the Class AA division at nationals. However, they didn't fare as well against competition they had faced before, losing to Lynchburg College, East Carolina, Embry Riddle, and Georgia State to finish 0-4 and place 35th out of 39 teams.


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Cardioverter-Defibrillator: A Treatment for Arrhythmia
What is an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (often called an ICD) is a device that keeps track of your heartbeat and, if necessary, sends an electric current through the heart.
An ICD is "implanted" in your body, meaning it is put in your body surgically. It is not much bigger than a cell phone, and has two main parts: a pulse generator and one or more leads. The pulse generator constantly keeps track of your heartbeat. It\'s like a small computer that runs on a battery. The lead (say: "leed") is a wire the pulse generator to the inside of your heart. The lead sends signals your heart to the ICD and, if necessary, sends an electric current the pulse generator back to your heart.
Why might I need an ICD?
Sometimes, your heartbeat may become irregular. A heartbeat that is not regular is called arrhythmia (say: "ah-rith-mee-ya"). There are many different types of arrhythmias. Treatment for arrhythmia depends on what kind of arrhythmia you have. You may need an ICD if you have had or are at high risk of having certain life-threatening arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
Ventricular tachycardia (say: "tack-ee-card-ee-ya") is when the bottom chambers of your heart (the ventricles) beat too fast (called tachycardia). When this happens, your heart doesn\'t pump blood very well. As a result, your body and brain don\'t get enough blood. If it isn\'t treated properly, this type of arrhythmia can be life threatening.
Ventricular fibrillation is when the bottom chambers of your heart (the ventricles) beat very fast and unevenly (called fibrillation). The heart just quivers, and little or no blood is pumped to the body and brain. A person who is having this type of arrhythmia usually passes out. To prevent death, a person having ventricular fibrillation needs treatment as soon as possible, within a few minutes.
Your doctor may recommend an ICD for you if you have chronic (long-term) ventricular tachycardia, or if you are at high risk for having ventricular fibrillation. The ICD can quickly recognize and stop these problems.
How does the ICD work?
The ICD constantly keeps track of your heart rhythm. If your heart beat becomes life-threatening, the ICD delivers the treatment programmed by your doctor. The ICD can do several things:
- Pacing: If you have ventricular tachycardia that isn\'t too severe, the ICD can deliver several pacing signals in a row. When those signals stop, the heart may go back to a normal rhythm.
- Cardioversion: If the pacing doesn\'t work, cardioversion can be used. In cardioversion, a mild shock is sent to the heart to stop the fast heartbeat.
- Defibrillation: If ventricular fibrillation is detected, a stronger shock is sent. This stronger shock can stop the fast rhythm and help the heartbeat go back to normal.
- Pacemaker: The ICD can also detect when your heart beats too slowly. It can act like a pacemaker and bring your heart rate up to normal.
What does treatment with an ICD feel like?
When the ICD delivers pacing therapy, you may not feel anything. Some people feel a fluttering in their chest. They usually say that it doesn\'t feel uncomfortable or painful.
Cardioversion is stronger than a pacing pulse. It feels like being thumped in the chest.
The defibrillator shock is the strongest treatment. Many people say it feels like being kicked in the chest. It usually comes suddenly and lasts less than a second. Although you may feel upset for a short time after a defibrillator shock, it is good to know that the ICD probably saved your life.
Pacing a slow heart rate uses very little energy. You may not feel it at all.
How is an ICD implanted?
The ICD is usually implanted during a minor surgical procedure. The pulse generator may be implanted either under your collarbone on the left or right side of your chest, or in your abdomen (stomach area). In any of these places, the generator may be put in a "pocket" the doctor makes under your skin or, sometimes, in a muscle. One end of the lead wire is put into a vein that goes to your heart. The wire is moved through the vein until it reaches the heart. The other end of the wire is attached to the pulse generator.
Once it is implanted, the ICD is programmed and tested by the doctor to treat your specific heart rhythm problem. This usually requires a short hospital stay. The generator battery should be tested during your regular check-ups and can last up to seven years. It can be replaced in outpatient surgery.
How will an ICD affect my lifestyle?
So that you can heal well, your doctor will want you to limit your activities for the first few weeks after you get the ICD. Then you can slowly go back to a normal lifestyle. Depending on your condition and your local laws, your doctor will tell you when it\'s safe for you to drive a car. In general, you can expect to be back to normal after a month.
You\'ll need to stay away machines that could interfere with your ICD. You shouldn\'t work near strong magnetic fields or strong electrical fields. The ICD is built to work around most home power tools and electric appliances, including microwave ovens. However, you need to be certain that all electric items are properly grounded and in good repair. Your doctor will help you understand what to avoid when you have an ICD.


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Please visit the below links to learn how OSC has empowered Ohio researchers.
Biological Sciences
Bioscience investigators in Ohio are accessing vast amounts of genetic, clinical, imaging and environmental data to individualize the diagnosis and treatment of disease. More...
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Researchers and scientists in Ohio are developing exciting new classes of materials with unusual properties. More...
Data Exploitation
With the growth of information technology, the levels of data generated for use in research, business and industry has risen astronomically. More...
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Ohio always has been a state renowned for its legacy of discovery and innovation. With a vision toward nurturing such lofty pursuits, the Ohio Board of Regents in 1987 created the Ohio Supercomputer Center to help position Ohio's research universities and private industry at the forefront of computational research. More than 20 years later, this enlightened vision still empowers the Center and its dedicated staff.
"The historic strengths and traditions of our individual universities will be drawn upon to create distinctive missions for each, leading to the establishment of nationally and internationally recognized Centers of Excellence that will be drivers of both the regional and state economies," Chancellor Eric Fingerhut said in his recent strategic plan for Ohio's colleges and universities.
"The plan recognizes that a measure of the success of the University System of Ohio will be increases in the amount of federal research funding received by Ohio researchers. Supercomputing is essential to this goal," he said.
The current and future competitiveness of innovators working at The Ohio State University, within the University System of Ohio, at private colleges, at federal labs, in private industry and throughout the State of Ohio rely upon the development and operation of a powerful, science-enabling cyberinfrastructure.
A physicist must have access to cutting-edge supercomputers. A pediatrician needs a fiber-optic network connection to a neonatal specialist. A medical student requires real-time, interactive computer simulations. And, a manufacturer wants new employees skilled in computational science.
These are just a handful of the current demands for robust cyberinfrastructure resources here in Ohio that you will see described on the following pages. The staff of Ohio Supercomputer Center and the Ohio Academic Resources Network partner diligently and collaboratively to provide effective responses to these demands to further extend Ohio's legacy of discovery and innovation.
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Ohio: Truly a State of Innovation. The names of Ohioans famous for their discoveries and inventions are known across this nation and around the globe. The register of names is endless, because the inventory of Ohio innovations continues to expand in the national annals.
Emerging as a significant player in the modern global, information-age economy, Ohio possesses one of the most potent combinations of statewide cyberinfrastructure elements in the world: high-end supercomputers, high-speed networking, research leadership and inspirational education.
"I believe that modeling, simulation and largescale analysis with high performance computing is vital to maintaining an edge in American innovation," said Richard H. Herman, co-chair of the Council on Competitiveness HPC Initiative and chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "High performance computing simply is transforming business processes worldwide."
Supercomputers, however, are only as powerful as the software they can effectively run. In order to expand that base of software, it must be easier to develop code for massively parallel systems.
"The cyberinfrastructure and software development program at the Ohio Supercomputer Center addresses this pressing need through a combination of software development, a robust production services environment and in-house research and consulting," said Ashok Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., senior director of research at OSC.
A rising national issue sponsored by OSC, Blue Collar Computing seeks to help industry gain easy and affordable access to advanced computing technologies. Under this program, advanced computational technologies provide companies with innovative tools that allow for the virtual development of new and improved products.
OSC also has partnered with Ohio's higher education and business communities to develop the innovative, virtual Ralph Regula School of Computational Science to help ensure Ohio fields a highly skilled workforce in computational science.
To energize these initiatives, OSC installed an IBM Cluster 1350 supercomputer earlier this year. OSC's array of equipment also includes a visualization cluster, a network research cluster and a large mass storage environment.
For Ohio, with widely distributed educational and research centers, OSCnet, managed by OARnet, provides the connectivity to enable widespread collaboration. OSCnet features more than 1,850 miles of fiber-optic backbone, and OARnet provides an array of networking services, such as videoconferencing, Internet2 connectivity, engineering consulting and satellite trailer systems for remote Internet connectivity. OSCnet has merged over the last year with a new state and local government networking initiative to create the Broadband Ohio Network.
With these statewide cyberinfrastructure elements largely in place, state policymakers in recent years moved to strategically align Ohio's research and technology portfolio to position the state for maximum and sustained economic growth.
Battelle, the Columbus-based international science and technology enterprise, compared the state's institutional and industrial technology platforms to identify those areas most promising for statewide economic impact. Seven specific technology platforms were identified, and the biosciences were organized into four additional technology platforms. Information technology was recognized as an important crosscutting technology platform on which numerous other fields rely and in which interdisciplinary research and development can occur.
OSC studied these dozen platforms and determined that three areas would be the most productive "areas of excellence" on which the Center could focus investments, collaborations, research and market solutions: biosciences, advanced materials and, within the IT platform, data exploitation.
The Center already had established close ties with the state's bioscience research community, especially within bioinformatics and biomedical sciences. OSC and OARnet have developed high-definition videoconferencing technologies to assist pediatricians in rural communities, created a virtual environment in which medical students can practice delicate surgical techniques and is helping to expand the highly skilled bioinformatics workforce.
OSC staff members are improving research in advanced materials and multi-scale computational modeling and design. For example, physicists are developing new algorithms on OSC systems that could unlock the mysteries of superconductivity, a scientist is working with OSC staff to exploit the spin of electrons to create smaller, more efficient semiconductors, and a professor taps into OSC supercomputers to research new and improved materials that may lessen the impact of crashes.
The amount of data generated in research, engineering and medicine has grown astronomically, and researchers often are at a loss to exploit its full potential. OSC provides Ohio researchers with a combination of innovative data storage, annotation systems, file systems, advanced I/O and management systems, as well as analytical software and the computational muscle to exploit the data. Using OSC resources, a polar scientist combines a decade of land, sea and atmospheric measurements to understand climate changes at the North Pole, and researchers use a hardware/software package developed at OSC to manipulate powerful electron microscopes and mass spectrometers over the Internet.
OSC also supports basic and applied research outside of its three targeted areas of excellence, supporting a wide array of researchbeing conducted at Ohio's institutions of higher learning. A researcher creates visualizations at OSC to provide forestry officials with new insights on wildlife survival of forest fires and a scientist processes satellite data on OSC systems to predict flood patterns for the central Amazon floodplain.
The research and discoveries enabled by the Ohio Supercomputer Center are valuable because of their contribution to the expansion of human knowledge, the improvement and saving of lives and the attraction of talent and valuable jobs.
"By attracting and supporting talented researchers who are interested in pushing the boundaries of existing disciplines, higher education can become the source of new inventions and technologies that spur the creation of entire new industries, transforming the economy of the state in the same way that the invention of the automobile transformed Ohio a century ago," Chancellor Eric Fingerhut recently noted in his strategic plan for Ohio higher education.
Whether scientific inquiry in Ohio delves into the furthest reaches of the biosciences, advanced materials, data exploitation or other fields across the research landscape, OSC is prepared to provide the computational resources and professional talent to help maintain Ohio's legacy as the State of Innovation.


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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Arrow of Light
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Liberty's Baptism
Liberty in the same dress I wore.
It may not have been Brit's big day, but he was dressed to KILL! He looked so cute in his suit. He was screaming at the beginning of the baptism because he wanted to "get in the water"! He was so cute, he fell asleep after he calmed down and ended up sleeping through everything!
Grammy started to cry when she first saw Liberty.
One of my favorite photos EVER! I love that I happened to capture this moment between Craig and Liberty. So sweet!
Liberty & Craig just before the baptism
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Eight Is Great!
Happy Birthday to my little girl! It's a big one, eight years old. Very exciting time for you.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Caleb Birthday
While they were gone Lib and I decorated the house and made his strawberry cheesecake. He came home to balloon, gifts, cheesecake, and because he left too early for us to go on our birthday donut run, we had some donuts waiting for him also. He had a great day!
And in case you were wondering...just like his shirt says...he's a keeper! We love you Caleb!
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