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The Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for all of the academic courses including The Professional Studies Program (PSP), degree requirements, faculty members, and academic support services at Menlo College.
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The Guardian's Kate Bulkley recently wrote a piece on the proliferation of citizen journalism, whether it can be trusted, how it might augment traditional documentary, and how it has unique marketing value on social networks. An excerpt:
But current affairs is clearly benefiting from citizen journalism and video testimony from ordinary citizens. "Social networks are opening up whole new vistas for documentary filmmakers," enthuses Chris Shaw, editorial director ITN Productions. "You can make the most amazing films using content from social networks, sometimes with the permission and sometimes without the permission of the people who shot them."
Shaw says that ITN's documentary, Syria's Torture Machine, for Channel 4, drew on about 30,000 clips that have been uploaded on various social network sites, including "trophy videos" from Syrian military torturers and footage from local families and citizens caught up in demonstrations. "I think there is a sense that objective journalism is not the same as trawling social networks for citizen reportage and imagery, but there are two problems with that view," says Shaw. "First there are places like Syria where journalists haven't been able to go and second there is an extraordinary resource on social networks for current affairs, even though we have to take extraordinary caution to verify what we use."
In Shaw's view, the way forward is to mix "citizen video" with professionally shot footage to come up with a more rounded picture. "It's a whole new force of amazing, raw and close-to-the action footage and there is a lot more of it," says Shaw. "In the old days we would find one image of someone's feet being beaten with a cable, but now we get 20 of them. Although it is disturbing, we can begin to see patterns and to build a better picture of the scale of abuse – and that has got to be a good thing for the film."
FJP: Another byproduct of citizen journalism is the proliferation of tools and tutorials to help people get better equipped with the craft. We posted about one a few months ago.
Bonus: For further reading, and a class on the matter, see this screencast from a course Michael taught at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He writes:
Are citizen journalists more agile than their professional counterparts, often breaking news before the big boys have had time to react?
The answer is quantitative and anecdotal rather than qualitative, and looks in part on how people use social tools such as Twitter and Facebook to report on the world around them. (Keep reading)
Via Experian Hitwise:
Read through for nine more Facebook stats.
Nate St. Pierre writes:
Lincoln was requesting a patent for "The Gazette," a system to "keep People aware of Others in the Town." He laid out a plan where every town would have its own Gazette, named after the town itself. He listed the Springfield Gazette as his Visual Appendix, an example of the system he was talking about. Lincoln was proposing that each town build a centrally located collection of documents where "every Man may have his own page, where he might discuss his Family, his Work, and his Various Endeavors."
He went on to propose that "each Man may decide if he shall make his page Available to the entire Town, or only to those with whom he has established Family or Friendship." Evidently there was to be someone overseeing this collection of documents, and he would somehow know which pages anyone could look at, and which ones only certain people could see (it wasn't quite clear in the application). Lincoln stated that these documents could be updated "at any time deemed Fit or Necessary," so that anyone in town could know what was going on in their friends' lives "without being Present in Body."
A patent request for Facebook, filed by Abraham Lincoln in 1845.
I've long argued Facebook is working towards natural or timeless (for lack of better words) human interaction. That their central idea is relevant in any age should not be surprising.
(Though it is astounding Lincoln was imagining a nearly identical privacy system.)
(Via The Next Web)
FJP: Color me fascinated — Michael.
UPDATE: Like most things too good to be true, so too is this. Yes, we reblogged before checking into it. Yes, lesson learned.
U.S. Patent No. 8,171,128 — "Communicating a newsfeed of media content based on a member's interactions in a social network environment" – Filed on August 11, 2006, and granted on May 1, 2012.
Facebook patents the News Feed, via ZDNet.
The question then becomes: will they use the patent offensively or defensively against other social networks that display news feeds in much the same way (eg., Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc.).
Via ZDNet:
Reading the patent more closely, you'll see Facebook discusses how to let users see certain status updates, pictures, links to videos, and even actions friends take. The social networking giant describes keeping a profile of each person on the social network in a database, identifying relationships between said users, generating "stories" based on the connections, and then creating a News Feed for each user.
Last but certainly not least, Facebook watches what actions the viewer takes in response to the stories (such as Liking, Sharing, or commenting), and then uses that information to serve more stories. It's also noted that content can come from outside the social network and that users can change preference settings to filter in or out what stories they see.
Paedophilia, necrophilia, beheadings, suicides, etc. I left [because] I value my sanity.
A Facebook moderator explaining why he quit his job monitoring content on the social network. Via The Daily Telegraph, The dark side of Facebook.
Background: Facebook outsources much of its content moderation around the world. There are privacy concerns, of course, but here's how it generally works:
Last month, 21-year-old Amine Derkaoui gave an interview to Gawker, an American media outlet. Derkaoui had spent three weeks working in Morocco for oDesk, one of the outsourcing companies used by Facebook. His job, for which he claimed he was paid around $1 an hour, involved moderating photos and posts flagged as unsuitable by other users.
"It must be the worst salary paid by Facebook," he told The Daily Telegraph this week. "And the job itself was very upsetting – no one likes to see a human cut into pieces every day."
Derkaoui is not exaggerating. An articulate man, he described images of animal abuse, butchered bodies and videos of fights. Other moderators, mainly young, well-educated people working in Asia, Africa and Central America, have similar stories…
…Of course, not all of the unsuitable material on the site is so graphic. Facebook operates a fascinatingly strict set of guidelines determining what should be deleted. Pictures of naked private parts, drugs (apart from marijuana) and sexual activity (apart from foreplay) are all banned. Male nipples are OK, but naked breastfeeding is not. Photographs of bodily fluids (except semen) are allowed, but not if a human being is also shown. Photoshopped images are fine, but not if they show someone in a negative light.
Once something is reported by a user, the moderator sitting at his computer in Morocco or Mexico has three options: delete it; ignore it; or escalate it, which refers it back to a Facebook employee in California (who will, if necessary, report it to the authorities).
Interesting idea submitted by Alakananda Mookerjee (blog / Tumblr) — FJP.
My reloaded résumé quotes a quixotic statistic—the number of my original and curated posts. I mention the number of times I have reblogged others, and others, have reblogged me.
No, I am quipping. But, stick around.
As nearly all of us know, today, the profession of news reporting is in a state of creative destruction.
This is the Golden Age of Social Networks. It is the heyday of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, and Google+, among countless other networks.
To borrow a phrase from David Brooks' op-ed in The New York Times, "The Saga of Sister Kiki, "online, eyeballs and page-views are king."
But, regardless, a byline is what it is—a prestige. And the more venerable a publication it appears in, the greater its journalistic stock value.
When reputable news organizations, everyone from The Economist to The New Yorker to the NPR have eagerly taken up social blogging, it is not terribly irrelevant to ask if getting reblogged on Tumblr, by a media heavyweight, is the digital equivalent of a byline in its print or online version.
A narcissistic life-form, who believes in selfless self-promotion, may well put that on her or his résumé, stating that her or his post was reblogged by The Washington Post.
Via the BBC:
The major social networks have been called to the home office next Thursday to discuss the English riots.
So far only Facebook has confirmed its attendance, although Blackberry has suggested it will also be there.
Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry have all been criticised after it emerged that some rioters may have used them to plan trouble or encourage others.
David Cameron has said the government would look at limiting access to such services during any future disorder.


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Loving to hike is not the same as loving the hike.
Ive been hiking for three years now, but I havent loved every minute of it. For the most hiking has been great, but there have been a few hikes I either cant remember and a hike or two I wish I could forget.
There is nothing better than strapping on a pack and heading out on a trail in the Smoky Mountains. Its a great place to be even on the most horrible of hikes.
And there are two I wouldnt recommend to people who really enjoy hiking: Hen Wallow Falls and Laurel Falls.
Ill start with Laurel Falls. Sure its short 2.6 miles and the footing is cake as its hard to trip on a tree root when the path is paved.
So what made this hike (if you can call it that) my least favorite?
The crowds. Laurel Falls is always crowded and the path only becomes treacherous when running head on to a stroller. Because the path is paved, its a beacon to families. Its short enough that its manageable yet steep enough that its a climb.
Dont get me wrong, its beautiful hike and the 75-foot falls at the end would make any hike well worth it. Only battling the crowds and the knee-pounding pavement takes away a lot of the enjoyment.
Then there is Hen Wallow Falls.
Maybe it was because we trekked to the falls on our last day in the park. Maybe it was because I knew we had a 14-hour drive ahead of us after we pulled off the trail. Maybe I just plain didnt like it, but this was torture for me.
Its a 4.2-mile roundtrip hike that seemed more like 4.2 miles one-way. The falls were beautiful and the last part very, very steep was memorable, but the rest is all forgotten. From my travel journals, I can say that one part was like an enchanted forest, but honestly, I cant remember that part.
Maybe Ill have to hike it again, see if its really as bad as I remember.
Maybe I wont. Maybe Ill seek out new paths, ones Ill enjoy more.
So yeah, I love to hike. But every step isnt always a good one. But you never know when the next step, the next path, the next hike will find.
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USP DT Isaac Gross and DE Temario Strong commit to Rebels
The Rebels couldn't come away from this year without snagging a few good defensive linemen from Mississippi. We've got the first and second of, hopefully, a group of good tackles and ends. If you haven't looked yet, check out the profiles of Quay Evans, Nick James, and Channing Ward.


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It was more than three hours before the main event at Staples Center, and Dewey Bozella may have already produced the best moment.
The sole spotlight was to be on Bernard Hopkins, who was to defend his world light-heavyweight title against Chad Dawson. Hopkins' journey as the oldest fighter to win a title, at age 46 supplanting George Foreman by beating Jean Pascal in Montreal on May 21, was to be the big headline.


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The British Association of American Square Dance Clubs (a voluntary organisation) offers training for dancers in most areas of England and its associated Callers' Club offers training for callers to experienced square dancers.
If you would like to learn square- or round dancing, please contact your nearest club via our website. Most beginners' course start in September.
If you are organising a festival your local SDC can help you with a dance display or workshop.
If there is no club in your area and you would like to start one please use the contact details below for advice. Funding may be available through the Petersen Fund or the Arts Council.
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Our Association teaches square- and round-dancing international syllabi set out by the international callers' professional association, Callerlab (www.callerlab.org). Once you have learnt the basics (Mainstream) you can dance anywhere in the world at that level. Background information is available from www.iagsdc.org.


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Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, September 30, 2005
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Our Lady Matric School, Madurai
Teachers' Day was celebrated in Our Lady Matric School, Madurai, by student organisers. Teachers were divided into four groups and the student organising committee conducted various programmes such as quiz, dumb charades, lucky dip and ...
Ananda Vidyalaya Matric School
Visiting historical places and learning history are two important factors for students to plan their future, said V. Venkataraman, principal, Rajus College, Rajapalayam, while addressing the inaugural function of Aryabhatta History Club at Ananda ...
Bhavan's Gandhi Vidyashram, Kodaikanal
Lack of motivation is a killer disease, said Srinivasa Chaitanya of Chinmaya Mission, Madurai, speaking to students of Std. X to XII, of Bhavan's Gandhi Vidyashram, Kodaikanal, at a camp on the school premises recently. Principal N. ...
Jeya Primary School, Madurai
Jeya Primary School, Madurai, celebrated Teachers' Day. Presiding over the function, the chief guest, T. Ravichandran, project co-ordinator, Gandhi Memorial Museum, spoke on the role played by teachers in moulding students into responsible ...
Kamak Matric H.S. School, Tuticorin
Teachers' Day was celebrated at Kamak Matric H.S. School, Tuticorin, recently. Stressing the importance of learning by teachers and the vital role played by them, Senthil Kani, principal, elaborated on the importance of teaching. ...
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The West Burlington youth tackle football grades 3-6 league is looking for volunteers to help with its Soup Bowl from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday at Bill Nelson Field in West Burlington.
Admission for the game is a can of soup or non-perishable item, which will benefit local food pantries. Cash donations will also be accepted for the West Burlington High School Athletic Boosters. Concessions will be available.
To volunteer or for more information, call Jay Day at (319) 572-9899.


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The Salisbury Township Police Department reported the following retail theft incidents at The Bon-Ton at South Mall:
- Sarah Islam, 20, of Macungie, was charged with retail theft Sept. 19 for allegedly taking two pairs of earrings and a pair of socks from The Bon-Ton; $126 estimated value; issued a summary citation, according to police.
- Maximo Tomlinson, 40, of 916 N. 21st St., Allentown, was charged with retail theft Sept. 17 for allegedly taking six Guess purses from The Bon-Ton- $348 estimated value; Tomlinson was seen walking out of the store with a bag of merchandise and driving away; a Salisbury police officer pursued Tomlinson through parking lot; the bag Tomlinson was carrying was found with stolen merchandise near the Perkins restaurant.
- Police reported a man fled The Bon-Ton with a pair of stolen jeans on Sept. 17. He dropped the jeans, which were recovered with ink from the exploded security dye tag. The man fled in a maroon Pontiac Sunbird police said.
The information was provided by the Salisbury Township Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.


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If you're using the Twitter API and you issue the command to query a timeline, you'll get what looks to be a whole mess of XML. If you look closely, the XML is well-structured and hierarchical. The encompassing array is the statuses element. This houses a list of status elements which describes each individual status update. In the status element are various other elements, such as text and created_at. Nested even more deeply inside the status element is the user element, which describes the user the update belongs to.
It sometimes helps to view the XML with all the information you do not want taken out. Below is just such a view, the only remaining elements are the ones we're interested in. This should give you a much better idea of the structure of the document we're looking at.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<statuses type="array">
<created_at>Thu Feb 26 03:11:50 +0000 2009</created_at>
<text>Posted from CURL!</text>
<name>About Ruby</name>
<created_at>Thu Feb 26 03:07:42 +0000 2009</created_at>
<text>A test post for the XML example</text>
<name>About Ruby</name>
There are many ways to parse XML data with Ruby, but I prefer the Hpricot for a non-validating parser. Though it's intended for HTML, it will work just fine for these purposes. There is another parser, called Nokogiri, but it's harder to install as it has more dependencies. Ruby also comes with the REXML library, and there are a few other libraries and bindings to native libraries you can use.
The basic concept of the following code is to iterate over all status elements and, for each element, print the text and the name of the person that said it. This uses the CSS-style selectors that Hpricot supplies. The status selector will get all status elements, while the user name selector will return all name elements that are child elements of user elements.
This parses data saved in a file called timeline.xml, which was obtained with the following command. Parsing data directly from the server will work in a similar way.
$ curl -u aboutruby:pass123 http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml >timeline.xml
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
doc = Hpricot(open('timeline.xml'))
(doc/'status').each do|st|
user = (st/'user name').inner_html
text = (st/'text').inner_html
puts "#{user} said #{text}"
Making HTTP Queries From Ruby
The previous example was good, but it was reading from an XML document stored on the hard drive. This XML was obtained using CURL, not the ideal way of going about things. It's better to query Twitter directly from your Ruby program for the information.
Ruby comes with an HTTP library we can use called Net::HTTP. To start using this library, include the net/http library.
The first step is to make a TCP connection to the Twitter servers. This is done with the Net::HTTP.start method. Pass just 'twitter.com' to this, as it only needs to know the hostname. It returns an object that allows us to communicate with Twitter, and we'll store it in a variable called twitter. We'll use this variable to make a GET request. Note that the connection is not closed until the variable goes out of scope, so make sure to limit the scope of the variable. The start method provides a block mechanism much like File.open to make this easier, but it's not use here since the api method provides the correct scope.
Next, you need to set up the request object. This will be a GET request, so we'll use the Net::HTTP::Get class. It needs to be passed the path is should access (minus the hostname), and it needs to know the username and password for authentication. Alternatively, the Net::HTTP::Post class can be used to create a POST request.
All of this has been encapsulated in a reusable method called twitter. Since it was designed to be reusable, it's a bit longer and does a bit of error checking. It's commented though, so it shouldn't be difficult to follow.
Finally, the request is made, the response is read, its body is extacted and an Hpricot document is created from it. The code from then on is the same as the previous example.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'net/http'
$username = 'aboutruby'
$password = 'pass123'
def twitter(command, opts={}, type=:get)
# Open an HTTP connection to twitter.com
twitter = Net::HTTP.start('twitter.com')
# Depending on the request type, create either
# an HTTP::Get or HTTP::Post object
case type
when :get
# Append the options to the URL
command << "?" + opts.map{|k,v| "#{k}=#{v}" }.join('&')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(command)
when :post
# Set the form data with options
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(command)
# Set up the authentication and
# make the request
req.basic_auth( $username, $password )
res = twitter.request(req)
# Raise an exception unless Twitter
# returned an OK result
unless res.is_a? Net::HTTPOK
doc = Hpricot(res.body)
raise "#{(doc/'request').inner_html}: #{(doc/'error').inner_html}"
# Return the request body
return Hpricot(res.body)
doc = twitter('/statuses/friends_timeline.xml')
(doc/'status').each do|st|
user = (st/'user name').inner_html
text = (st/'text').inner_html
puts "#{user} said #{text}"


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During BlackBerry World 2012 we got a chance to chat with The Martinez Brothers. Steve and Chris are a DJ team and both BlackBerry users (and lovers). They were recently featured in a TV ad as part of the BeBold campaign and were the headling act at the BlackBerry World party this year at Universal Studios. The duo talked a bit about their BlackBerry use and how it helps in their career as well as what they think of BlackBerry 10. Take a few minutes and check out the full interview above. BeBold!
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This was the one commercial I did not like by RIM. Really didn't showcase the phone at all and the tag line "we need tools, not toys" seemed so weak.
Rub3n5 May 5, 2012 at 11:16 am
I agree. And in all honesty, IMO even this interview should not have been posted.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a long time BlackBerry user. But they "just" saw the PlayBook? They know nothing really about the new OS and where RIM is heading? No idea what model they had before the 9900? I don't know. The commercial portrays them as BlackBerry loyalists. You figure they'd just be a little more educated on RIM and their products given the commercial they did. And RIM didn't give them a free PlayBook for doing the commercial?
I think stuff like this makes RIM look bad. Just my $0.02.
BerryPotter May 2, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Why is RIM aligning themselves with these guys? Are they even popular DJs? Their youtube videos don't have that many views and they don't seem to know crap about the phones. Someone pls explain it to me. My only guess is that they're doing it for free whereas legit celebrities would cost bank.
igor10000 May 2, 2012 at 12:29 pm
That is exactly what I am thinking about this, I mean, who are these guys? Never heard of them before :-D
Douglasfx May 2, 2012 at 3:09 pm
I remember when people used to talk like this about Cee-lo, Outkast and The Black Eyed Peas and look where they are now. New talents deserve the opportunity as well. This guys are starting to become popular in the electronic music scene, they are very talented, real musicians and they work hard. let's just give them the opportunity :)
espresso1967 May 3, 2012 at 2:26 am
I dont know these guys but if you are djing at a Defected party at WMC thats pretty good. Even if they are opening acts, its good to see young talent up and coming.
I agree with you douglasfx, they have talent and im sure we will hear more about them.
igor10000 May 3, 2012 at 3:56 am
I have known both Outkast and BEP since 1996, so your argument is a bit out of its element :)
Rub3n5 May 5, 2012 at 11:21 am
I wish them success and I'm sure they are good at what they do. But they really shouldn't be poster boys for anything related to RIM marketing. If RIM wants to show support for being hip and cool, do it with people that can speak well about their products and have some knowledge of them.
glennster28 May 2, 2012 at 12:40 pm
They actually tour the world doing shows. Check out their FB page.
Here's a 2009 article on them, gives a good background on how they started
Everyone has been wondering why??
Especially when you have Canadian talent like Deadmau5, someone that actually has more then 10,000 hits on youtube. He even made a song about Blackberry!!
koolrosh May 2, 2012 at 4:21 pm
I would love to see Deadmau5 promote Blackberries. Apparently he's a blackberry fan. I saw a video of him with a Bold 9900.
Just Me May 2, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Martinez Brothers are great young and raw talent. Awesome to have them using the product. Deadmau5 is a whole different level, he's probably one of the biggest Canadian artist in the world right now.
Let's see what these DJs can do with Pacemaker. I want to hear some mixes from both.
Rootbrian May 5, 2012 at 2:55 am
You didn't spell please correctly either.
depscribe May 2, 2012 at 12:18 pm
They're lovers? Ick.
jonduran86 May 2, 2012 at 12:29 pm
I lol'd
depscribe May 2, 2012 at 12:57 pm
According to the headline, Blackberry advocates them.
LoganSix May 2, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Not too impressed with using DJs as someone who needs "Tools, not toys".
They should use the cops up in Canada who have the BlackBerry phone and PlayBook setup in their squad cars.
Blind2Light May 2, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Sorry, but I hate these two guys. The come across as buffoons on the tv ad and the fact that I've never once heard of them doesn't help either.
Even though Blackberry users are in decline at the moment, there are still a plethora of celebrities to choose from who all still use Blackberries, if RIM wants to go down that route. If you were to look at market share for celebrities only, I bet Blackberry would probably own the lion's share of it. Why not align the brand with real celebrities rather than these two chumps (no offence)? For example, didn't I just see Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L Jackson toting iDevices in recent ads? I think so, and I believe those ads were very well received too.
Just some food for thought...
Third rate dj's for a third rate OS, a perfect match.
yanicmb May 2, 2012 at 2:17 pm
that sir was a low blow lol
playbookster May 2, 2012 at 7:32 pm
is diplo third rate too?
lnichols May 2, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Says a fourth rate member of the Crackberry community.
slheins May 2, 2012 at 12:57 pm
So far there's a lot of bad feedback on the guys. And I can see how people would interpret them as buffoons or a little bit strange. But I ran into these guys yesterday at the Party and the one thing that really stands out is their energy level. Why pay tons of cash to get a celebrity up on stage who is just going to do his usual performance. I've been to concerts of various artists, you can always tell who is actually having fun on stage. And these guys, they were all about bringing the right vibe to the people. And if they can get "Blackberry People" to dance and form circles and whatnot at a party, I think thats a pretty good outcome, as Blackberry People tend to be stereotyped as older business men from a past era.
Keep up the good work guys!
drummer_god May 2, 2012 at 12:58 pm
when i see a music star like Liam or Noel Gallagher, Billy Corgan, Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Anthony Kiedis, Billy joe Armstrong or James Hetfield pitching for blackberry, i will be impressed. although, the only one on that level who would sell-out and do it would be Bono...lol
heck, even Wil.I.am is a known BB fan. get him in an ad.
drummer_god May 2, 2012 at 1:53 pm
right person, wrong ad.
could have done so much more than that.
koolrosh May 2, 2012 at 4:28 pm
I actually loved this ad. I think RIM should make more ads that are emotional and capture the imagination of people.
This is how you make people fall in love with the brand. Just read the comments of that video and you will see.
derrickps3 May 2, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Also beyonce lol.....she is seen alot with that porshe blackberry
berryaddict338 May 2, 2012 at 1:52 pm
These kids always get negative feedback on this forum, and I really don't get it! Who cares if they are famous or not, what matters is somehow RIM heard about them and they even did a commercial... At least they are talking about blackberry! You won't find younger generation being proud of have a blackberry, this generation love apple and android they don't even know what blackberry means. So by once young people put bb name out there and they get attack by people in this forum, regardless if you heard about them or not they are down with bb,so I don't see a reason to be bash! I'm looking around many forums and I've not never seen the level of hate or bash between each other (meaning the same users finding some smart a** comment against they're own community) why even be sarcastic with some one who are just trying to help?? I think every community know about the attitude on this forum (including press) and that's why they some how find the way to bash RIM, the company may have part of the reason for being slow in execution... But I'm almost a 100% sure, they do it more just to buried little by little the blackberry costumers or community than RIM themselves!! This is unbelievable!! ( I think ya bash this kids because they last names are Martinez and not smith or some other American last name
Im sorry but these guys are tools. They cant speak other than saying things "like basically" "n stuff" "you know"
They play music i get it. They BBM with their fans. OK fine.
That commercial was among the worst RIM has put out and their have been some doozies.
I know im not these guys target market so if the dj twinks say BB is "kewl" it doesn't sway me in the least. If RIM pays these guys than its money well wasted IMO.
AnotherBillJ May 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm
I got a chance to talk to them before their show; they're two of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Kudos to RIM for choosing them.
berryberrygood1981 May 2, 2012 at 2:48 pm
I find it interesting that many people comment on how they don't know who the Martinez brothers are and lists artists that others may not know (I sure don't know many of the artists and bands that were highlighted on here). Just because you aren't familiar with them doesn't mean that other people aren't as well. People will always hide behind the anonymity of the internet but wouldn't have the balls to say any of the negative stuff they spew if the person was right in front of them.
drummer_god May 2, 2012 at 4:05 pm
I can't help but feel that comment was aimed at me, since I'm the one who listed off a bunch of artists. If you don't know oasis, smashing pumpkins, pearl Jam, STP, red hot chili Peppers, green day, Metallica or U2, then just give up.
buffandsweet33 May 2, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Can't wait for the Martinez bros to come back to club space miami. Quality muzik. Really cool dudes! #candela muzik!
buffandsweet33 May 2, 2012 at 3:16 pm
The Martinez bros are dj's who play techno and house music through out the world! Recognize!!
Majestic Lion May 2, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Jeez, RIM can't distinguish what's cool without a bloody step-by-step tutorial it seems.
Why oh why cant RIM pick celebs that are known outside North America as well as within?
RoseBud68 May 2, 2012 at 6:39 pm
I'm sorry but if you can't remember the old BB phone you used to have then you never had a Blackberry. These guy are tools nothing more.
drmike May 5, 2012 at 10:19 am
Their constant head bobbing during the interview is highly annoying.
They mix music for a living. Unless they use the BB for mixing music...they are tools and not toys.
atlkid891 May 2, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Wow what's with all the hate on the Martinez brothers?You guys.....tsk tsk.Thier life isnt about Blackberry,its about music and getting out there in the world.Not trolling on Crackberry.They use thier phone for a lot of things and Blackberry wanted to show off that even the busiest people (DJ's,doctors,entrepenuers) need a phone that's going to get the job done.
anthogag May 2, 2012 at 9:18 pm
I watched the video...
It kind-of looks like these two lied to RIM about being BB lovers...
The M-bros said they used BB for 6 years and they couldn't name the phone they had before the 9900
lnichols May 3, 2012 at 7:41 am
They said the previous Bold and the the Bold before that. I doubt a lot of users know the number designations, and just the names. These guys aren't techies, at least not for things that don't relate to DJ stuff. Hopefully they will start using the Playbook and that new dj app they saw. You have to remember of over 77 million BB users, only 3 million are here, and half of those seem to be trolls, so there is a larger part of the BB user base that just use the devices, and aren't passionate about them like people here are.
DarshOne May 2, 2012 at 10:12 pm
i tried to watch the video but couldnt. RIM uses these nobodies to push the tools not toys slogan, yet most producers are rocking ipads and iphones as they have great music applications such as ableton controllers and more entry level stuff like algoriddims djay. RIM has none of this except a barebones dj app thats "coming". i just dont see the connection here between BB and these "cool" djs who clearly know nothing about the product and use it for nothing more than fb/twitter/IM all functions that are standard on any smarthpone.
Real BlackBerry Users always know what model they have or Had,.. these guys are FAKE...


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- Cook and stir bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Add onions and cook in the bacon drippings until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add squash, salt, and black pepper; stir to coat.
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As this recipe's first reviewer, I'm happy to say that while this may not be particularly unique, it is nonetheless particularly delicious. I often prepare any number of different vegetables with bacon and it has never let me down, especially when fresh minced garlic is added! Tonight I chose to use both green and yellow patty pan squash, but zucchini or yellow squash would be equally as good.
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PowerPivot Workbook Size Optimizer
Browsing through my RSS feeds this morning, I saw a new download on the Microsoft site: an Excel addin (Excel 2013 only, I think) called the PowerPivot Workbook Size Optimizer. You can get it here:
Here's the blurb from the site:
The Workbook Size optimizer for Excel can better compress data inside workbooks that use PowerPivot or PowerView if this data comes from external data sources. The best size compression can be achieved for workbooks based on SQL Server databases and there are a few tricks we can do for other SQL datasources as well. The optimizer will install as an add in to excel and will provide you with a nice wizard to better compress the size of your workbook. Using the optimizer you can often get more than 1,000,000 rows datasets in a workbook under 10 MB, share it in SharePointOnline and interact withit using the Excel Web App in any browser.
Here's a screenshot:
Despite a testing a few models with data from Adventure Works I couldn't get it to suggest any changes (it didn't spot that I had imported a column containing binary data, hmmm) but I guess it needs more testing on larger/more diverse data sources. Maybe there's a blog post coming from the PowerPivot team coming soon explaining how to use this?
UPDATE: after playing around with it a bit more, I was able to get it to suggest some changes to tables. Marco has some more details:
And there's a white paper on the rules that it uses:
A Partly Successful Attempt To Create Life With Data Explorer (Power Query)
NOTE: This post was written before Data Explorer was renamed as Power Query. All of the content is still relevant to Power Query.
I'll apologise for the title right away: this post isn't about a Frankenstein-like attempt at creating a living being in Excel, I'm afraid. Instead, it's about my attempt to implement Jon Conway's famous game 'Life' using Data Explorer, how it didn't fully succeed and some of the interesting things I learned along the way…
When I'm learning a new technology I like to set myself mini-projects that are more fun than practically useful, and for some reason a few weeks ago I remembered 'Life' (which I'm sure almost anyone who has learned programming has had to write a version of at some stage), so I began to wonder if I could write a version of it in Data Explorer. This wasn't because I thought Data Explorer was an appropriate tool to do this – there are certainly better ways to implement Life in Excel – but I thought doing this would help me in my attempts to learn Data Explorer's formula language and might also result in an interesting blog post.
Here's the code I came up with eventually:
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Input"]}[Content],
GetAction = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Source"]}[Content]{0}[Source],
GetLastOutput = try Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Output"]}[Content],
ChooseInput = if GetAction="Input" or GetLastOutput[HasError]
then Source else GetLastOutput[Value],
Unpivot = Table.Unpivot(ChooseInput,{"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"
, "7", "8", "9", "10"},"Column","Value"),
InsertedIndex = Table.AddIndexColumn(Unpivot,"Index"),
PivotedRows = Table.RowCount(InsertedIndex),
OriginalColumnCount = Table.ColumnCount(ChooseInput),
GetValue = (i) =>; if i<0 or i>=PivotedRows then 0
else InsertedIndex[Value]{i},
GetNeighbours = (i) =>; GetValue(i-1) + GetValue(i+1)
+ GetValue(i-OriginalColumnCount) + GetValue(i+OriginalColumnCount)
+ GetValue(i-OriginalColumnCount-1) + GetValue(i-OriginalColumnCount+1)
+ GetValue(i+OriginalColumnCount-1) + GetValue(i+OriginalColumnCount+1),
NeighbourCount = Table.AddColumn(InsertedIndex, "Neighbours",
each GetNeighbours([Index])),
Custom1 = Table.AddColumn(NeighbourCount , "NewValue",
each if [Value]=1 and ([Neighbours]=2 or [Neighbours]=3)
then 1 else if [Value]=0 and [Neighbours]=3 then 1 else 0),
HiddenColumns = Table.RemoveColumns(Custom1,{"Value", "Index", "Neighbours"}),
Custom2 = Table.Group(HiddenColumns, {"Column"},
{{"Count", each Table.Transpose(Table.RemoveColumns(_,"Column")), type table}}),
#"Expand Count" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Custom2, "Count", {"Column1", "Column2"
, "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6", "Column7", "Column8", "Column9"
, "Column10"}, {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9","10"}),
HiddenColumns1 = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expand Count",{"Column"})
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Some explanation of the code:
- The first problem that I faced was that in Life you need to start with a grid of cells, apply the rules of the game, and then output the results to the same grid. This is a problem for Data Explorer because, unless you have already run a query, the output table doesn't exist, and even if you have you can't update the values in that table without them being overwritten. So I decided to create a table where you can enter the initial state of your grid as a series of 1s and 0s. It's on the Input sheet and its called Input:
- Whether the Input table is used as the starting point for the query depends on the contents of yet another table, called Source, on the sheet called Output in the workbook. It can hold one of two text values: "Input" or "Output" (I used Excel's Data Validation functionality to lock this down), and the ChooseInput step then determines whether the Input table or the table called Output is used as the input for the Data Explorer query. Here's what the Output worksheet looks like:
The workflow is therefore as follows: enter the starting point on the Input table, make sure the Source table shows "Input", refresh the query, change the Source table to "Output" and then refresh the query to show each subsequent iteration.
- The Output table simply displays the same values as the table that shows the results of the Data Explorer query. I created a separate table for two reasons: one, I wanted to use custom formatting to show the results; and two, to try to work around the big problem that I eventually found I couldn't work around completely, which is that Data Explorer doesn't actually support this type of recursive query (ie scenarios where the output of a query is also used as the input). This thread on the Data Explorer MSDN Forum has some details on the problem. I found I got errors after just about every other step when using the Data Explorer-created table as the input, whereas the errors were much less frequent if I duplicated the values in a separate table. It now works most of the time, but it still errors far too much for my liking. Hohum.
- I did also use Data Explorer's error-handling functionality, using the try statement in the GetLastOutput step, to solve this problem but it made no difference. It was good to find out how a try statement works: basically when you use it, the return value is a record containing two values, one which indicates whether an error occurred in the try, and the other the value that was returned if there was no error. You can see me checking these values in the ChooseInput step, with the calls to GetLastOutput[HasError] (which returns true if there was an error in the try) and GetLastValue[Value] (which returns the value tested in the try if there was no error).
- Once the query worked out which input to use, the next step is to calculate the values in the grid for the next iteration. I decided that the easiest way to do this was to unpivot the resultset using the the new UnPivot() function; with all the data in a single column it was then relatively easy to declare the functions GetValue() and GetNeighbours() to apply the rules of Life, output the results in a new column in the Custom1 step.
- The final problem to solve was that I needed to re-pivot the data to get it back into original table format. Although Data Explorer has an UnPivot() function it doesn't have a Pivot() function; luckily, Peter Qian showed me how to do this on the forum in this thread using Table.Group() and my code is in the Custom2 step.
So despite the errors (and Data Explorer is still in beta, so some errors are only to be expected), many lessons learned. I hope you find this useful too.
Cloud-Based DAX and MDX Formatter
It's been away for a while, but now it's back – the site where you can enter your MDX or DAX code and have it formatted for you! Here's the link:
Thanks to Nick Medveditskov, the man responsible for it.
SSAS on Windows Azure Virtual Machines
You may have already seen the announcement about Windows Azure Virtual Machines today; what isn't immediately clear (thanks to Teo Lachev for the link) is that Analysis Services 2012 Multidimensional and Reporting Services are installed on the new SQL Server images. For more details, see:
SSAS 2012 Tabular is also supported but not initially installed.
Applying a Function to Every Cell in a Table in Data Explorer (Power Query)
NOTE: This post was written before Data Explorer was renamed as Power Query. All of the content is still relevant to Power Query.
Now that the PASS Business Analytics Conference is over, I can get back to playing around with Data Explorer and blogging about it. I've been working on a fun demo that I'll try to blog about later this week, but in the course of creating this demo I came across a technique that I didn't end up using but which I thought deserved a post on its own: how to apply a function to every cell in a table, rather than just every cell in a column.
For example, let's imagine that you have a table that looks like this:
…and you want to add one to every single cell in the table, so you get:
It's possible in the UI by creating lots of custom columns and then deleting the original columns, for sure, but I found a more elegant solution. Here's the full DE code:
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Input"]}[Content],
FunctionToApply = (x) =>; x + 1,
GetColumnNames = Table.ColumnNames(Source),
TransformList = List.Transform(GetColumnNames, each {_ , FunctionToApply}),
Output = Table.TransformColumns(Source, TransformList)
Here's what each step does:
- Source: gets the data from the Excel table named Input
- FunctionToApply: defines a new function that takes a single parameter, x, and returns the value x+1. See this post for more details on using function in Data Explorer.
- GetColumnNames: returns a list object which contains the names of all of the columns in the table returned in the Source step.
- TransformList: this is the interesting step! It creates a new list based on GetColumnNames, but whereas GetColumnNames contains just one record per item in the list (the column name), this returns a list of lists, each with two items: the column name and a reference to the function FunctionToApply. It looks like this in the UI:If you click on the first of the list links shown (and this isn't part of the process, I'm only doing this to show what's there) you see the following:
- Output: the list of lists created in the previous step can now be passed to the Table.TransformColumns() function to apply the function FunctionToApply() to every cell in every column in the table.
I'm sure this is going to be useful to me at some point in the future… You can download the sample workbook here.
PASS Business Analytics Conference Summary
The PASS Business Analytics Conference in Chicago finished yesterday, and because I was there and because I did a fair amount of cheerleading for it (see here and here for example) I wanted to post a few thoughts on how it went.
I'll be honest and say that I had a few worries before the event. Would anyone want to go? Would the sessions be a repeat of what get on the BI tracks at the PASS Summit and hundreds of other SQL Server conferences? In fact, everything went really, really well. Some of the sessions were quite sparsely attended (though this had nothing to do with the quality of the content – some of the best sessions didn't get much of an audience) but overall there was a very respectable number of people (1200ish?). I had as many people in my session on OData as I'd get at any other large conference, and it was standing room only in at least one of Marco's sessions. I also rather liked the fact that it was smaller than the Summit – it made it much easier to meet all the people I wanted to meet. If it carries on for a few years it could easily attract a much larger number of people.
Regarding the content I was particularly pleased because a lot of the topics I'd asked for turned up on the schedule. In fact one thing that struck me (and a few other people said the same thing to me as well) was that this was the first conference I'd been to in a long time where there were sessions that I really wanted to see in every time slot. My favourite session of the whole conference was Marc Smith on NodeXL; anyone that reads my blog knows I've been a big fan of NodeXL for a long time, but I learned a lot from this session because it concentrated on the basics of social network analysis rather than the tool itself. This was a prime example of the kind of topic that you simply wouldn't get at a regular SQL Server conference – it was a business analytics session. Even the more technical presentations, such as the one on HPC Services for Excel, was outside the usual boundaries of SQL Server BI. Incidentally, I must get round to playing with HPC Services for Excel – you could use it to parallelise some DAX calculations, or even to batch process large numbers of PowerPivot models on desktop machines overnight…
So, in summary, the conference was a big success and I had a great time. I'll definitely be going back next year. And did I mention that I got to meet Steven Levitt of Freakonomics fame?
GeoFlow Public Preview Available
First big news from the PASS BA Conference: the public preview for GeoFlow is now available. You can download it here:
Here are the official announcements with all the details:
GeoFlow is an addin for Excel 2013 that allows you to visualise your data on a 3D map, to zoom in and explore that data, and record 'tours' of this data. It's a lot of fun! As a taster, here's a screenshot of a visualisation showing English secondary schools exam results data (average A-Level point score per pupil) broken down by school gender of entry:
UPDATE: one other thing I have to mention is that when this was announced in the keynote at the PASS BA Conference this morning, Amir Netz did an absolutely astounding demo showing GeoFlow's touch-based capabilities running on a massive Perceptive Pixel screen (I think it was this one: http://www.perceptivepixel.com/products/82-lcd-multi-touch-display). It was possibly the most impressive demo I've seen of any Microsoft BI product. Anyway, I got to play on it myself later and it was as cool as it looked. If you've got $80000 burning a hole in your pocket then you could do worse than invest in one of these babies.
SSAS Multidimensional and MDX Training in Australia
This is just a quick post to mention that this summer I'll be running two courses in Australia, one in Sydney on July 23-26, and one in Melbourne on July 29-August 1, in association with the folks at Wardy IT. The course content will cover all things Analysis Services Multidimensional: there'll be one day on SSAS cube design, two days on MDX queries and calculations, and one day on SSAS performance tuning; you can see the full course outline here. It's aimed at intermediate-to-advanced SSAS developers who want to deepen their knowledge and learn best practices. I'm really looking forward to it, and I hope to see you there!
LightSwitch and Self-Service BI
Visual Studio LightSwitch has been on my list of Things To Check Out When I Have Time for a while now; my upcoming session on the uses of OData feeds for BI at the PASS BA Conference (which will be a lot more exciting than it sounds – lots of cool demos – please come!) has forced me to sit down and take a proper look at it. I have to say I've been very impressed with it. It makes it very, very easy for people with limited coding skills like me to create data-driven line-of-business applications, the kind that are traditionally built with Access. Check out Beth Massi's excellent series of blog posts for a good introduction to how it works.
How does LightSwitch relate to self-service BI though? The key thing here is that aside from its application-building functionality, LightSwitch 2012 automatically publishes all the data you pull into it as OData feeds; it also allows you to create parameterisable queries on that data, which are also automatically published as OData. Moreover, you can publish a LightSwitch app that does only this – it has no UI, it just acts as an OData service.
This is important for self-service BI in two ways:
- First of all, when you're a developer building an app and need to provide some kind of reporting functionality, letting your end users connect direct to the underlying database can cause all kinds of problems. For example, if you have application level security, this will be bypassed if all reporting is done from the underlying database; it makes much more sense for the reporting data to come from the app itself, and LightSwitch of course does this out of the box with its OData feeds. I came across a great post by Paul van Bladel the other day that sums up these arguments much better than I ever could, so I suggest you check it out.
- Secondly, as a BI Pro setting up a self-service BI environment, you have to solve the problem of managing the supply of data to your end users. For example, you have a PowerPivot user that needs sales data aggregated to the day level, but only for the most recent week, plus a few other dimension tables to with it, but who can't write the necessary SQL themselves. You could write the SQL for them but once that SQL is embedded in PowerPivot it becomes very difficult to maintain – you would want to keep as much of the complexity out of PowerPivot as possible. You could set up something in the source database – maybe a series of views – that acts as a data supply layer for your end users. But what if you don't have sufficient permissions on the source database to go in and create the objects you need? What if your source data isn't actually in a database, but consists of other data feeds (not very likely today, I concede, but it might be in the future)? What if you're leaving the project and need to set up a data supply layer that can be administered by some only-slightly-more-technical-than-the-rest power user? LightSwitch has an important role to play here too I think: it makes it very extremely easy to create feeds for specific reporting scenarios, and to apply security to those feeds, without any specialist database, .NET coding or SQL knowledge.
These are just thoughts at this stage – as I said, I'm going to do some demos of this in my session at the PASS BA Conference, and I'll turn these demos into blog posts after that. I haven't used LightSwitch as a data provisioning layer in the real world, and if I ever do I'm sure that will spur me into writing about it too. In the meantime, I'd be interested in hearing your feedback on this…


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FORT MILL TOWNSHIP — For Jacki and Jonathan Sullins, natives of Fort Mill and Tega Cay now living in Catawba, the importance of family and community is realized daily as they rely on those around them in coping with the cancer of their 2-year-old son, Harlan.
As a parent, you are suppose to make everything better, Jacki says. Typically a kiss and a hug does the trick, but when you have someone whom you've never met tell you your pride and joy, the answer to your wildest dreams, has a plum size brain tumor, your world comes crumbling down pretty fast.
Harlan's tumor was discovered Feb. 7; Less than a week later he had surgery and by Feb. 18 he was diagnosed with a grade 2 ependymoma.
I'd be a liar if I said coping [with Harlans disease] was a walk in the park, he mom says. It's anything but. If it wasn't for our families, friends, employers, and awesome community, we would not be where we are now. Prayer is an amazing thing.
To pay for Harlans medical treatment, local businesses have pitched in to host fundraisers. Barnyard Celebrations, 3000 Old Farm Rd., Fort Mill, is holding a family event with pony rides, live music, a petting zoo, vendors and a bake sale, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Grapevine, a Baxter wine bar that also features craft beer, will host a charity night for Harlan at 5 p.m. on June 19.
The community is responding in a big way.
Captain Steves in Fort Mill recently hosted a barbecue sale in its parking lot and sold out of food early. Dr. Brian Biehls dental office, where Harlans mother works, also hosted a barbecue sale and sells Harlan T-shirts and bracelets. Harlans pediatrician and Birds of a Feather in Fort Mill also sell bracelets.
As the latest partner in Harlans journey, Grapevine, on Market Street, is continuing its tradition of philanthropy.
The Grapevine hosts charity nights every Wednesday night throughout the year. As long as the check is made to an actual foundation or charity, and not a person, they will allow you to do charity night, explains family friend Jamie Cooke of Fort Mill.
Four friends of Harlan's family will go to The Grapevine at 4 p.m. the day of the event to be trained to be guest bartenders. Two of the regular Grapevine staff will also stay for the night. In order to make it fair for them, the first $150 made will be split between the two bartenders. After the first $150, every dollar that is given to tips we get to keep for Harlan. So while we need people to show up and drink, we also need them to tip big!


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CyberKnife is useful for both cancerous and noncancerous tumors. While it has been used to treat tumors of the head, neck, breast, lung, pancreas, kidney, liver, and prostate, it can be extremely effective for the treatment of spinal tumors.
How does CyberKnife work?
Patients who undergo CyberKnife have a specialized treatment plan created for them by their neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist, and a medical physicist. These personalized plans take into account the specific location of the tumor in the body, including the tumor type, shape, size, surrounding tissues and organs (to minimize radiation exposure) and the exact quantity of radiation the tumor cells are receiving,
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How to treat PFS runner's knee
Patellofemoral pain constitutes a quarter of the injuries to the knee. Kneecap pain can be both debilitating and frustrating; prolonged pain can limit physical activity and cause those suffering from it to abandon their recreational and sporting activities.
Patellofemoral pain usually manifests as a gradual onset of pain around the edge or underneath the kneecap during physical activities. Common activities such as descending hills or stairs, squatting, running, or sitting for long periods of time can all aggravate the pain and cause soreness.
How your knee works
The knee joint is made up of three bones: the femur (thigh bone), the tibia (shin bone), and the patella (kneecap). The patellofemoral joint refers to the kneecap and the groove (trochlea) in the femur in which the patella sits. The four muscles of the quadriceps all attach to the patella. The patella is a sesamoid bone (the bone is embedded within the tendon) and it plays a crucial role in the function of the leg by lengthening the lever arm of the muscles and tendons of the quad to maximize power and function and by acting as a shield to protect the knee from direct trauma. The cartilage covering the kneecap within the knee joint acts as a shock absorber, protecting the underlying bone from stress. With running and jumping, the knee (and its overlying cartilage) can experience forces up to 8 times bodyweight. The cartilage itself does not have a nerve supply, but the bone underneath has an extensive nerve supply and these nerves become painful when the cartilage is not functioning properly to pad and protect the bone.
In patellofemoral syndrome, or PFS (also known as runner's knee), the cartilage undersurface of the patella become angry, inflamed, irritated, and the kneecap hurts.
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Loosen things up. Use a foam roller to roll out the quad muscle and the illiotibial (IT) band. These tissues all hook into the kneecap and can contribute to pain when they are tight.
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Radiation treatment to a moving target adds a level of complexity. However, CyberKnife tracks a tumor and directs targeted radiation via a state of the art robotic arm. Most patients complete their treatment in 3 to 5 days.
Highly focused radiation has become the standard of care for treating medically inoperable early stage non-small cell lung cancer with excellent results.
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In addition, when interviewing for a internal position, you will be asked specific questions related to your present job, the company, your role within the company, and the job you are applying for.
Review some of the internal job interview questions you may be asked when interviewing for a new job with your current employer.
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- What is it like working for your supervisor?
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- What do you like best about your current position at the company?
- What don't you like about the job you're in now?
- What other positions have you held with the company?
- How long have you been in your current position?
- What was your biggest success story in XYZ department?
- Can you tell me what you know about the position you are being considered for?
- What do you know about our department?
- Why do you want the new position?
- Why should we consider you for this position
- Are you the best candidate for this position? Why?
- What training will you need to be successful in this position?
- How would you handle the transition to your new job?
- How will you handle it if you don't get the job?
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When you respond to job interview questions, remember that internal candidates have an insider advantage because they already work for the company. Differentiate yourself from the competition when you are competing with external candidates by mentioning your company-specific experience, knowledge, and skills when you answer the interview questions.
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The Manhattan Piano Trio will perform in Oak Ridge on Sunday afternoon, March 24, as part of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association's Chamber Series. The concert is at 3 pm in the Pollard Auditorium on the campus of Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
The Manhattan Piano Trio consists of Milana Strezeva, piano; Wayne Lee, violin; and Dmitry Kouzov, cello.
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