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From an article by: Mark Schulte
The Jewish Press
May 27, 2016
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders (class of 1959) and my late father, Barney Schulte (class of 1932), both graduated from Brooklyn's James Madison High School. Press accounts about Sanders and Madison have overlooked the fact that it was a nationally ranked academic and athletic high school between its founding in 1927 and the 1960s.
Four Nobel laureates were Madison graduates: Stanley Cohen (class of 1939, medicine), Robert Solow (class of 1940, economics), Gary Becker (class of 1948, economics), and Martin Perl (class of 1941, physics).
Other distinguished Madison Jewish graduates include Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former senator Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), Marvin Miller, the first president of Major League Baseball's players union, singer-songwriter Carole King (born Klein), sports and entertainment entrepreneur Sonny Werblin, and Sandra Feldman, the former head of the American Federation of Teachers.
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a graduate of Wingate High School (class of 1958), is a third Brooklynite currently serving in the U.S. Senate alongside Sanders and Schumer.
Madison's four Nobel laureates matches Manhattan's Stuyvesant HS for second place among American high schools in producing winners of this prestigious international prize. Ranking first with eight laureates is my alma mater, Bronx High School of Science. Unlike Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, and Brooklyn Tech, which can draw their student bodies from the five boroughs, Madison has always been a neighborhood high school.
As of 2016, the Nobel contingent from New York City public high schools stands at 42 (37 of them Jews). Thirty-one of the laureates won in the three natural-science categories – physics (14), medicine (12) and chemistry (5).
In total, 11 Jewish-American laureates graduated from a Brooklyn public high school. The seven from schools other than Madison are Jerome Karle, Paul Berg, and Arthur Kornberg (Abraham Lincoln HS); Arno Penzias and George Wald (Brooklyn Tech); Isidor Isaac Rabi (Manual Training); and Eric Kandel (Erasmus Hall).
Former New York Times reporter Joseph Berger's 1993 book The Young Scientists: America's Future and the Winning of the Westinghouse documents that 11 of the top 15 producers of semifinalists between 1942 and 1990 were New York City public high schools, and three other Brooklyn schools – Midwood, Brooklyn Tech, and Lincoln – ranked in this elite grouping. (For the last 18 years the contest has been sponsored by Intel.)
Like the Kandel family, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn and his wife, Chaya Mushka, escaped from Nazi-occupied and Vichy-controlled France, arriving in Crown Heights in June 1941. The future Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe also felt immensely grateful to his new homeland, and he used his electrical engineering training to work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. (His father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, had been rescued by the American government from Nazi-occupied Warsaw and arrived in New York City in March 1940.)
Elliot Willensky, in the aptly titled When Brooklyn Was the World: 1920-1957, points out that "327,000 men and women from Brooklyn had fought in [World War II]; 7,000 of them had died in it." No county in the United States sent more its sons and daughters off to World War II than Kings County (Brooklyn).
A good estimate is that more than 100,000 Jewish Brooklynites – out of a population of approximately 900,000 Jews living in Brooklyn at the time – served our country during the war.
The most famous cigar-smoking Jewish Brooklynite was probably the late Red Auerbach, out of Williamsburg and Eastern District HS, who led the Boston Celtics – as coach, general manager, and president – to an unprecedented 16 National Basketball Association titles. Between 1957 and 1966 he coached them to nine NBA titles in ten seasons (including eight straight), and Red would triumphantly light up a cigar in the closing minutes or seconds of a game when victory was assured.
A high school buddy of Auerbach's was the late Victor Hershkowitz, who between the early 1940s and the 1960s won 23 national amateur handball championships. Both Auerbach and Hershkowitz were World War II veterans, and Hershkowitz also worked as a New York City firefighter.
Another Jewish Hall of Fame coach from Brooklyn is the late Red Holzman, out of Brownsville, Franklin K. Lane HS, and CCNY, who coached the perennially second-rate New York Knicks to the team's only NBA championships (in 1970 and 1973).
Bernie Sanders, Vermont's socialist senator didn't play basketball for Madison HS, but was a miler and cross-country runner. However, the school's most famous track star was Marty Glickman, who was supposed to run one of the four legs of the 400-meter relay for the U.S. track team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics final. But Glickman and another Jewish sprinter, Sam Stoller, were removed from the team for the medal round by Avery Brundage, head of the U.S. Olympic Committee and an outright anti-Semite. Just before Glickman died in 2001, the U.S. Olympic Committee apologized to him and to the family of Sam Stoller, who had passed away in 1992.
Glickman was also a star halfback on Madison HS's football team and at Syracuse University. In 1994 the football field of Erasmus, Madison's neighborhood arch-rival, was named for Sid Luckman, the Hall of Fame quarterback for the Chicago Bears and Columbia University. Luckman told The New York Times he had "chased [Glickman] all over the field and couldn't catch" him in the 1934 Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) championship game.
Neither the great Luckman nor Times sportswriter Ira Berkow mentioned that the only Americans who were faster than Glickman in the mid-1930s were Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, and Ralph Metcalfe, the silver medalist in the 100-meter dash at the 1932 and 1936 Games. The two African-American sprinters replaced Glickman and Stoller on the victorious relay team for the final round, despite Owens's protestations to "let Marty and Sam run."
Additionally, the silver medalist in the 200-meter dash in the 1936 Olympics was Mack Robinson, the older brother of the legendary Jackie Robinson, who shattered Major League Baseball's apartheid policy with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in 1947. Willensky's When Brooklyn Was the World ends in 1957, when the Dodgers deserted the borough and relocated to Los Angeles.
There has been much press commentary, most of it comically exaggerated, about Bernie Sanders's prowess as a high school athlete. The candidate preposterously boasted to CNN's Chris Cuomo in a televised town hall discussion in Iowa in late January: "I was a very good athlete. I was a pretty good basketball player. My elementary school in Brooklyn won the borough championship – hardly worth mentioning, but we did. And, yes, I did take third place in the New York City one-mile race. I was a very good long-distance runner – not a great runner, but I was captain of my cross-country team."
Those claims deserve a closer look.
First, an article earlier this year in The Washington Post, "The Untold Story of Bernie Sanders, High School Track Star," noted that the winning time in the one-mile race in which Sanders placed third was a mediocre 4 minutes and 37 seconds.
Second, Marc Bloom, a well-known track writer who ran for Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay High School at roughly the same time as Sanders competed for Madison, pointed-out in a 2012 New York Times article that the scholastic record for the 2.5 mile course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx was held in 1966 by Marty Liquori, a future Olympian, at 12 minutes and 23 seconds, nearly two minutes faster than Sanders's 14 minutes and 16 seconds on the same course in October 1958.
Thus, an impartial evaluation of Sanders's track talent is that he was an average athlete who was not good enough to win a college scholarship.
His claim of being a "pretty good basketball player" is even more delusional. Beginning in the early 20th century and extending into the 1980s, New York City produced the world's greatest basketball players and coaches. The PSAL was founded in 1903, and the city's first hoops hotspot was the Jewish Lower East Side, which produced Hall of Fame players Nat Holman, Barney Sedran, and Marty Friedman.
Playing for Brooklyn high schools when Sanders was a Madison student in the late 1950s were future Hall of Famers Lenny Wilkens and Connie Hawkins of Boys High School and Billy Cunningham of Erasmus. Thousands of other New York City hoopsters in the late 1950s received college athletic scholarships. The passion for basketball among Jewish teenagers in the 1950s is exemplified by the fact that Sandy Koufax, who went on to become a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, starred in basketball as well as baseball for Brooklyn's Lafayette High.
Sanders is quoted as having disrespectfully dubbed Krinsky "Nat The Nose" in an article last summer in Tablet, an online Jewish magazine. "Straight Outta Brooklyn by Way of Vermont: The Bernie Sanders Story," by Jas Chana, misspells the coach's name as "Crinsky" and the author and her editors were apparently unaware of Krinsky's athletic renown and that his two sons attended Madison and became successful professionals – Rear Admiral Paul Krinsky is the retired superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Edward Krinsky captained Harvard's basketball team in 1954, became a winning high school coach on Long Island, and headed the United States Basketball League..
Sanders has the dubious distinction, shared by a number of other Jewish males who came of age in New York City in the 1950s or 1960s, of having an inflated sense of his intellectual and athletic abilities.
By contrast, Federal Reserve Chairperson Janet Yellen, who graduated from Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton High School in 1963, resembles the truly accomplished Brooklynites from the World War I, World War II, and Korean War generations. With a Ph.D. in economics from Yale and a husband, George Akerlof, who won the Nobel in economics, Yellen has an infinitely more sophisticated grasp of the world economy than Sanders, the socialist luftmensch who has spent most of his adult life on the government dole as a politician.
Like an old-time Coney Island carnival barker, Sanders travels the country and beguiles many Generation Xers and Millennials with pie-in-the-sky promises of free college tuition and a harsh comeuppance for the nation's wealthiest one-percenters.
Perhaps Bernie should schedule a one-on-one economics debate, at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who grew up in Brownsville and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. Sanders and Blankfein, who swam for his high school team, could donate the proceeds to the PSAL, which would be greatly appreciated by the current generation of scholastic athletes.
Mark Schulte
About the Author: Mark Schulte is a prolific writer whose work has appeared in a number of publications including The Weekly Standard, New York Post, New York Daily News, and The Jewish Press.
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Derby pizzeria owner to hold delicious exhibit of local artwork
By Patricia Villers
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Art and Italian cuisine: They've been together since the Renaissance.
In that tradition, the Valley Arts Council is presenting "Delicious!," a food-inspired exhibition, next month at a new Italian restaurant in the Valley.
Marco Pizzeria & Restaurant, 656 New Haven Ave., Derby, is holding a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 26.
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Chronicle baseball writer Susan Slusser and sports editor Glenn Schwarz podcast a preview of the American League Championship Series between the A's and Tigers.
They look at how both teams have set their starting rotations, including the Game Four matchup pitting Rich Harden against his friend and onetime roommate Jeremy Bonderman.
And join Glenn Schwarz for a post-game podcast following each ALCS game.


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St. Annie curates a mixtape for a woman and her grandmother's road trip
"To serve as a soundtrack for whatever is going on in their lives"
"I guess I'm in heaven"
This week's new singles, reviewed.
HBO Girls served up more than YA angst last night.
The ever humble Annie Clark shares on-the-road horrors, new music, and heartfelt gratitude.


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June 06 2016
With the regulatory landscape of today's business world in a state of constant flux, implementing a mobile call recording solution that is robust enough to meet today's complex compliance obligations and yet is flexible enough to absorb the legislative and technical challenges that tomorrow may bring, can be a difficult hurdle to overcome.
For firms preparing for the incoming era of MiFID II regulation, these challenges will seem all too familiar and for many, just understanding the full impact of MiFID II and the implications for their business is proving to be a daunting enough prospect. This is perhaps not surprising – MiFID II is after all the biggest shake-up of regulation that the financial markets have faced in over a decade and comprehending the myriad of Articles and recitals that make up the regulations is no easy task, which can make it seem very difficult to plan for any required changes to business practice.
Unfortunately, the new rules regarding mobile phone recording are no exception and are in fact particularly confusing. Whilst MiFID II is very clear that trade-related mobile phone calls must be recorded and retained according to the same rigid rules as all other voice and electronic communications, irrespective of whether those communications result in trade or not, the wording of the legislation regarding the use of personal devices is, at best, unclear and actually seems to contradict itself. In an industry where BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies means that the use of personal mobile phones is commonplace, there is no room for uncertainty – and when there is the potential for costly financial penalties for non-compliance, firms and service providers alike are feeling nervous.
So, let's take a look at what the Directive actually says. If we examine Article 16 (7) it tells us that:
"…an investment firm shall take all reasonable steps to record relevant telephone conversations and electronic communications, made with, sent from or received by equipment provided by the investment firm to an employee or contractor or the use of which by an employee or contractor has been accepted or permitted by the investment firm."
The Article continues:
"An investment firm shall take all reasonable steps to prevent an employee or contractor from making, sending or receiving relevant telephone conversations and electronic communications on privately-owned equipment which the investment firm is unable to record or copy."
This seems clear enough; firms must take all reasonable steps to record all relevant (i.e. trade-related – not personal) telephone conversations and electronic communications made with, sent from or received by any equipment that is provided by the firm or that which the firm has permitted the use of. In addition, the firm must take all reasonable steps to prevent the use of personal devices which it is unable to record or copy – which implies that personal devices that can be recorded and copied are allowed.
However, if we now turn to recital 57 we find an additional paragraph, which seems to contradict the rules described in the main Article with regard to the use of personal devices:
"In order to provide legal certainty regarding the scope of the obligation, it is appropriate to apply it to all equipment provided by the firm or permitted to be used by the investment firm and to require the investment firms to take reasonable steps to ensure that no privately owned equipment is used in relation to transactions."
So the recital appears to make it very clear that no privately owned equipment is to be used in relation to transactions. There is no reference to the caveat described in Article 16 (7) which allows for the use of personal devices that have been permitted by a firm as long as those devices can be recorded or copied. As such, recital 57 seems to completely contradict Article 16 (7) in this respect - and no guidance has been offered on which variation of the rules firms should now follow.
So what exactly is a recital and how important are they when interpreting the meaning of Directives?
We know that recitals are generally explanatory in nature and that they are often intended to provide further detail or background information to the legislation set out in the Article. Additionally, recitals sometimes perform a supplementary role and can carry their own legislative weight – in such cases recitals should be considered in tandem with, as opposed to simply an explanation of, the operative part of the Article. We also know that neither the recital nor the Article has an automatic legal precedence over the other and that Directives, along with their attendant Articles and recitals, should be considered as a whole to provide a legislative framework.
When it comes to applying the rules according to the legislative framework set out by the Directive, it is likely that a great deal of the finer detail will be left to regional administrative authorities and national judiciaries to decide - so the final decision regarding the use of personal devices may well be the FCA's to make in the UK. Until then, without further guidance from the EC or the FCA, we simply do not know how the rules regarding the use of personal mobile devices will be applied at this stage.
Of course, in practice, all of this may well prove to be irrelevant. Even if BYOD is permitted under MiFID II, it is clear that any trade-related calls made on mobile devices, be they privately owned or not, must be recorded and retained according to the stringent compliance rules set out in the Directive - and this could create something of a policing headache for some firms. Recording solutions that use dual SIM, App-based or hybrid systems to distinguish between private and business calls effectively rely on end-user trust and as such they are open to abuse by anyone intent on breaking the law. Policing such systems with any degree of certainty is almost impossible. Unless a firm implements a system that records all mobile traffic, including personal calls, it will be very difficult to prove beyond doubt that employees are not making trade-related calls on a personal, unrecorded line. For this reason, many firms may simply opt to ban the use of personal devices altogether, or they may choose to implement a solution that records all mobile call traffic - in the long run that may well be the only way for firms to effectively mitigate the risk of unwanted trader behaviour and ensure that their businesses remain compliant.


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Japanese scientist and music lover, Shigeyoshi Osaki, has discovered that spider silk can be spun into much more the pesky cobwebs. After studying the eight-legged creepers and their silky habits for over 30 years at the Nara Medical Univeristy, Osaki found that the silk can actually be twisted into violin stings. Stronger and more agile than steel, nylon, and gut, the spider silk strings may be the future of violin mechanics. And as for sound, a seasoned violinist strapped the silk strands to a Stradivarius and played Tchaikovsky just as beautifully, if not better, than with more traditional string materials.
Osaki first coaxed the spiders in his lab to spin much longer strands of dragline, the strongest silk usually used for the spider's outer web rim and lifeline. He then twisted the hair-thin filaments together, packing them tightly to create a strand as thick as a violin string. The thickest of them all, the G-string, holds 15,000 filaments.
The most remarkable result of this experiment is the unique sound the spider silk strings offer. Right out of the lab and not even whittled to perfection like most strings, the silk material creates a first class sound. Specialists are calling it a "brilliant" timbre, due to the high harmonics of the material, rather than the typical low harmonics of steel and nylon. Spider silk is even stronger than gut strings, commonly preferred by professionals due to their rich sound and high tolerance for tension. Gut, or Catgut strings are made from the intestines of cattle, hogs, and horses, making them just as brutish, but not nearly as eco-friendly as the spider silk.
A violinist's strings are his choice in the end, but the super strength and beautiful tone that comes from spider silk may change the status quo.
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Limited Liability Despite Active Management
LLC Members can participate in management and still enjoy limited liability – unless that function is strictly delegated to a management committee.
Limited Partners may not participate in management without jeopardizing their limited liability standing.
|Even if they participate in management of the LLC, Members are never subject to unlimited liability as is the case with Limited Partners who participate in management of the LP.
Transferability of Member Interests
Members of an LLC may not transfer their interests to a 3rd-party without first giving other LLC Members, or the LLC itself, an opportunity to buy those interests.
Limited Partners may freely transfer interests without risking the loss of their limited partner status.
Number and Type of Members
LLC's can have an unlimited number of members including natural persons, corporations, partnerships, other LLC's, estates, or trusts.
S Corporations are limited to 75 shareholders, all of which must be natural persons, estates, or trusts.
An LLC is not prohibited from owning 80% or more of a corporation or another LLC and filing a single tax return.
S corporations are prohibited from filing consolidated tax returns.
Income Distributions
LLCs may provide for distribution preferences and special allocations of income.
S Corporations may not distinguish between shareholders when it comes to allocation of profits, losses, or distributions: doing so would violate the requirement that they issue only 1 class of stock.
Debt Allocations
LLC members take their pro rata share of debt as their tax basis.
S corporation shareholders will usually not receive a tax basis for their pro rata share of debt.
In short more losses can be deducted by LLC member than by S corporation shareholders.
Treatment of Appreciated Property
Appreciated property may be distributed without triggering gain recognition by a LLC or its members.
S corporations recognize gain on distributions of appreciated property.
Buyers or heirs of LLC interests may cause an increase in basis for LLC's assets. This increase would be an amount equal to the difference between the adjusted basis of LLC interest in the successor's proportionate interest of the limited liability company's inside basis for its assets.
The same is not true for buyers or heirs of S corporation stock.
Minority Shareholders
LLCs have mandatory determination of profit distributions which favors minority shareholders.
Close corporation methods of distribution profits include (1) majority-controlled board of directors' decision and (2) shareholders' agreement to determine ex ante profit distribution.
Liquidity of Interests
LLC shares are protected by a statutory investment and withdrawal process.
The shares of Close Corporation shareholders are illiquid.
LLC Members withdrawing capital remain liable to the LLC for the amount withdrawn to the extent necessary to satisfy pre-withdrawal creditors.
Per statute, the Close Corporation investment withdrawal process requires substantial notice and other limitations, such as valuation of withdrawn interest, net asset restrictions, and continued liability to pre- withdrawal creditors.
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Welcome to the How-To Site
Have you ever done something on the internet, like sell a book or sold digital products and then discovered you had forgotten the details of just how you did it?
Listed here are all things digital:
Listed here are all things digital:
- How to Make an Embedded Email Newsletter in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher
- How to Stop Advertisements and Pop-ups
- How to Sell Digital Download Products using Gumroad.com
- How to fix Sea-gate Expansion Drive not ejecting
- How to put an Amazon Store on your website
- How to use a GedCom file to produce web pages
- Basic tricks to using Microsoft Word
- How to save sent Outlook messages after you have added a new email account - This might be out of date
- Make your own Domain Name Email Addresses using live.com with Outlook - This might be out of date
- Using Your Domain Name with ZoHo
- Using Google Drive with Windows 10 & sharing a file with an embedded download link.
- Photoshop CS5 Tutorial
- Design your own Google Search box
- Amazon Associates Tax Information
- Bypass Windows 10 Login Screen
- Use Gmail with App Passwords
- PC Administrator or Standard User
- Connect Gmail to Outlook using App Password
- What to do when YouTube mutes your video
- Download an older version of Adobe Acobat
- Change the Customer Service Email address on PayPal receipts
- Make a Recovery Drive USB
- Fix the slow performance in Windows 10
- Make a subdomain with the www and non-www
- How to do a fresh install of Windows 10 from a USB
- How to fix URL not found
- Photoshop Small Interface


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To find out what may have changed, please call MTA Benefits at 800.336.0990.
Using medical claims data from
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medical and dental insurance. Data subsets were created by including those
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periodontal disease. Chronic conditions included cerebral vascular disease
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The Exeter oncology Centre is located at the Royal Devon & Exeter Wonford hospital.
The Exeter Oncology Centre is where the majority of Oncology outpatient clinics are held it also houses the RD&E's Radiotherapy department.
The Radiotherapy department is the busiest department in the south west and one of the busiest in the country for its size. Last year we performed over 26,000 daily treatments to nearly 2000 patients.
The Oncology Centre works closely with the Cherrybrook Day-case chemotherapy department and Yarty haematology services as well as Yeo ward, the hospital's dedicated oncology ward.
Radiotherapy is a treatment that uses high energy radiation to treat both cancerous and non-cancerous conditions. The radiotherapy team consists of clinical oncologists, therapeutic radiographers, radiotherapy physicists, clinical technologists, assistant practitioners and radiotherapy helpers.
The centre has a highly successful specialist head & neck radiographer role and is in the process of implementing radiographer led breast planning and radiographer led review.
Pre-Treatment (Radiotherapy Simulator and CT Planning)
The pre-treatment team consists of a group of specialist therapeutic radiographers. The oncology centre has two specialised machines dedicated to the planning of radiotherapy treatment:
Acuity Simulator
|Toshiba wide Bore CT Scanner
Our Toshiba CT scanner has been specifically designed to allow us to perform 3D and 4D scans with our patients in the best positions for them to receive their radiotherapy treatment.
The oncology centre uses two advanced planning systems to accurately plan patient's treatments. The radiotherapy planning team routinely plan the latest, most advanced treatments such as intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) & volumetric arc therapy (VMAT), and are in the process of introducing SABR treatment for lung cancers. The planning team currently consists of 3 radiotherapy physicists and a therapeutic radiographer.
The Radiotherapy Physics team work along side oncologists and radiographers to precisely plan radiotherapy treatments. This work involves meticulous attention to detail and comprehensive quality assurance. They are also responsible for the reliable maintenance of a range of highly complex equipment.
External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)
External beam radiotherapy is delivered by a team of specially trained therapeutic radiographers using a machine called a linear accelerator (linac). The radiotherapy department currently has three beam matched Varian iX linacs all of which routinely deliver the latest in IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) and IGRT (image guided radiotherapy) techniques.
There is currently a fourth treatment machine in the planning phases.
The Exeter Oncology Centre offers a pioneering Brachytherapy service. The service was the first in the UK to offer both medium and high dose rate brachytherapy treatment, and we have continued to build on our experience in this area. We were the first in the south west (and only the third in the UK) to introduce high dose rate brachytherapy as a treatment for prostate cancer. Today we offer cutting edge image guided brachytherapy treatments for a range of gynaecological, lung, upper GI, skin, head & neck and urological cancers utilising ultrasound, CT and MRI planning. Brachytherapy is planned by radiotherapy physicists, with treatments being delivered by a team of specially trained therapeutic radiographers.
Superficial Treatment
Our LVT (Low Voltage Treatment) or superficial treatment machine uses low energy X-rays to treat a variety of skin lesions.
At the Exeter Oncology Centre we place patient care at the centre of what we do. We always strive to provide our patients with the best quality care available, and as such all our procedures are regularly audited by Lloyds of London ISO9001:2008.


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A dictionary of resource values to be set.
The error that occurred if one or more resource values could not be set.
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This method synchronously writes the new resource value out to disk. If an error occurs after some resource properties have been successfully changed, the
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Attempts to set a read-only resource property or to set a resource property that is not supported by the resource are ignored and are not considered errors.
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Two alumni of the Acting Loft in Manchester directed and produced the independent movie The Mystery Team, which is now out on DVD. And while their success has been great, it is even sweeter because it is being enjoyed by those who helped them along the way.
Dan Eckman (director) and Meggie McFadden (producer) rose to fame by making humorous Internet videos as part of the Derrick Comedy troupe. Acting Loft Artistic Director Chris Courage is not surprised by this rise to fame. He could see it coming.
"Dan was an actor and filmmaker since I've known him," said Courage, which was when Eckman was about 11 years old. "He always approached performance from a directorial standpoint. He didn't want to be an actor but he wanted to know what actors went through so he could direct them."
Courage said McFadden worked in the production aspect and as his special assistant for several years. Courage said the Acting Loft was very much an intern program for the two.
"Success brings recognition," Courage said. "There are a lot of theater companies in New Hampshire. This makes people more aware of what we're doing."
On a personal level, Courage said the success of his alumni confirms that what's being done at the Acting Loft has meaning. Courage began the company 15 years ago to give kids in New Hampshire the kind of training that was available in California and New York.
This feeling of pride is not confined to those involved at the Acting Loft. Mathew Cahoon, Arts Facility Director at Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy, said when students succeed — and he's had several perform on Broadway — it is what teachers live for.
"As a teacher of theater, nothing makes you prouder," Cahoon said. "Well, maybe if your own children did it. But after four years with these kids, in some ways, it does feel like they're your children."
Cahoon said so many of these students enter high school not knowing much about theater and when they fall in love with it and then shine, it is a great feeling to know you were part of that process.
This sentiment was echoed by Diane Rothwell of the Timberlane School District, whose former students include a trombone player for the singer Michael Bublé.
"Having these alumni come back and tell their story really inspires the young students," Rothwell said. "Of course we try to help them succeed in many ways, not just in the arts."
While the success of alumni can lead new students to a specific theater company, others' success does not keep them performing, according to Courage.
"If someone is interested in acting and then they hear about Dan and Meggie they'll know the Acting Loft provides great training and it may be the impetus for them to walk through the door," Courage said. "But once inside they'll study because of their passion."


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Scottish De-tour!
De-Tour with the Scots!!
I jumped off the bus in Wellington and met up with Nikki and Christine that I had met in Fiji. They had rented a car and were travelling up the North Island up the East coast that I hadn't been to with the bus. I jumped in with them for a couple of days and went up to Gisborne, Napier (Nappy er) and Hamilton.
We had a good laugh and good banter, Christine nearly killed us with her awesome driving skills and Nikki nearly made us laugh to death with her comic "genius".
We drove through some cool scenery and stopped off now and again at random little towns. We went on a nice walk to a really amazing waterfall and tried to go in but it was freezing!
The towns we visited were a bit strange all really quiet and no one seemed to be about. We still had a good time though so that was all good.
I left the girls in Gisborne and went back down to Wellington so I could go over and get a new bus on the South Island.
I spent a day by myself in Wellington which was nice to chill out. I went up Mt Victoria that gave an amazing view over the whole of the city and surrounding area. I spent 2 nights in the hostel there and had the worst 2 nights sleep probably of my life! The guy under me was older, fat and smelled of mingingness but to top it off he snored like a fog horn! Non stop! It was unbearable! He would stop every now and again and I'd start to relax then BOOOM he'd start snoring again, I kept shaking and kicking the bed to make him stop but yeah it was pretty bad! Every hostel should do dorms or cells for snorers I think!


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"The Government, Dey Don't Take Care of Us Poor People!"
I heard this comment on the news, spoken by a young rioting punk in Great Britain. His face was covered and he spoke street lingo with a "sophisticated" English accent.
Great Britain has subsided the poor, ignorant, and unemployed for generations. The result? Great Britain is overwhelmed with young barbarians who now attack and attempt to destroy it.
Such are the outcomes of modern socialistic liberalism when the free rewards to its dependents are cut off. If America continues to feed those who do nothing more that eat, drink, sleep and screw their lives away, these people will someday rise-up to destroy the hands that fed and maintained their propagation.
If you positively reinforce good behavior, that's what you will get. If you positively reinforce bad behavior you will get bad behavior.
This is the reality that America must deal with, or perish.
I once watched a mother and her children feed a swan as they stood on the bank of a small lake. They were so happy and the beautiful swan entertained them with its blissful feeding. When they ran out of food, the swan climbed onto the bank and attacked them. My last image of this previously idyllic scene was the angry swan chasing the mother and her two children who were screaming in terror and "running for their lives".
It is no different with humans.
V. Thomas Mawhinney, Ph.D., 8/12/11
Tags: America Grows Dependent People, Barbarians Attack Great Britain, Cutting Rewards Leads To Riots, Rewarding Incompetance, V. Thomas Mawhinney Ph.D., VTM


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Transformers Animated Freeway Jazz Toy Review
General Information:
Release Date: November 2009
Price Point: $10.99 (varies depending on retailer)
Retailer: General (Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart etc.)
Accessories: Nunchaku x 2
- On Card*
- Official Hasbro Picture (Vehicle Mode)*
- Official Hasbro Picture (Robot Mode)*
- Card Scan
- Artwork
- Vehicle Mode
- Vehicle Mode (Side)
- Vehicle Mode (Back)
- Vehicle Mode (Front view)
- Vehicle Mode (Angle view)
- Vehicle Mode (Rear View)
- Vehicle Mode (With Jazz)
- Robot Mode
- Robot Mode (Side)
- Robot Mode (Back)
- Robot Mode (Close up)
- Robot Mode (Angle View)
- Robot Mode (Holding weapons)
- Robot Mode (Alternate view)
- Robot Mode (Kicking Pose)
- Robot Mode (With Jazz)
*Images and text from Hasbrotoyshop.com:
"Yo, check me out!" With DECEPTICON activity at its peak near the galactic rim, rumors begin to circulate that Earth may be getting more evil visitors as well. In anticipation of incoming DECEPTICONS, AUTOBOT JAZZ goes undercover, immersing himself in Earth culture. From where he hides in plain sight, he can enjoy the sights and sounds of Earth while planning the perfect moment to strike.
Speed into excitement with this awesome FREEWAY JAZZ figure! In robot mode, this fighter is a real force to be reckoned with. Then, convert him into sports car mode and convert the "exhaust pipes" into energy chunk accessories to show his enemies an action-packed battle like they've never seen!
Ages 5 and up.
When the original Transformers line was released, several of the figures were the same base design given new colors to represent different characters such as the Seekers. Two such Autobots were Prowl and Bluestreak, who used the same base sculpt with some minor retooling and deco changes to create two separate characters. In the case of "Animated", the newest additions to the line give us a redeco of a previously released Autobot car as the same character, but in a deco inspired by another. This figure is "Freeway Jazz", a new version of the character that was originally meant to be released months ago but was delayed. This review will cover the changes made to the figure for this release, check out my original Jazz review for more details on the figure.
Vehicle Mode:
When I first heard about "Freeway Jazz" he was just text on a catalog. I wondered what kind of deco they would give Jazz, and when I first saw the figure in person it finally made sense - Freeway Jazz is a homage to G1 Bluestreak, known nowadays as "Silverstreak" due to trademark issues. The homage leaps out at any fan familiar with G1 and I think that speaks to the success of the color scheme.
The base colors are two shades of silver, black and translucent yellow. A dark silver color replaces the white on Jazz. The lighter silver replaces the metallic blue parts and in this form the black wheels remain the same color. The translucent yellow is used for the headlights. His windshield is black as well, but it is more reflective than the plastic used on the wheels. The silver and black colors are carry overs from the original G1 Bluestreak who also used these as his base colors.
Paint decos are done up in black, gold, silver and red - all colors that have appeared on previous incarnations of the character. Black is the most prominant color, found on his windows and the covers over his headlights. Gold is used on the sides of the wheels, contrasting very strongly and looking fantastic. The metallic silver color is used to paint the sideview mirrors and the mounts that you attach the exhaust pipes to. You'll also find silver on the rear section, where the rear lights extend back. The red is used for an Autobot symbol on the front of the vehicle. It's also used for the cone shaped lights in the rear.
While the first Animated Jazz's color scheme was a wonderful homage to the original G1 incarnation of the character with its colorful racing stripes and striking white/black contrast, this color scheme is a lot more subtle in its coolness. The silver colors are striking in their own way but it's a much cleaner color scheme that you could imagine being used on a vehicle you see driving down the street. It makes sense that as he learns more about Earth culture, Jazz would take on colors that make him stand out a bit less against other "real world" vehicles, so I like the way these colors act as a homage and also relate to his profile.
Transformation to Robot Mode:
- Detach the exhaust pipes from either side and split them in the middle.
- Flip the car over and extend the robot arms forward.
- Swing back the rear section of the car.
- Swing out the robot feet from the car's rear sections.
- Swing the robot arms out to the sides at angles.
- Swing up the small, triangular black panel below the robot head.
- Swing down the robot chest.
- Rotate the arms around so they face the right direction.
- Rotate the door panels around.
- Swing the robot hands out.
- Place the chucks into each hand by sliding the narrow parts in first, and then sliding them in to lock them in place.
Robot Mode:
Whereas the first Animated Jazz figure is a very bright looking robot being mostly white, Freeway Jazz has a much darker color palette. Most of the newly revealed parts are cast in black plastic. That includes his arms, waist, thighs and feet. Grey paint is used on the face where it is used for the top of his head and the face, but instead of leaving his eyes translucent, the eyes have been painted light blue. A dark silver color like the one used for most of the vehicle mode is found on his shoulders, giving some color variety to the upper body. A lighter silver is used for the waist, and the arrow and rectangle details on the same area are painted red.
Like the vehicle mode, this mode is a fantastic homage to Bluestreak. While the color deco is not dramatically different from the first version, the colors are so different that even subtle color changes make a dramatic difference in the figures' appearance. The red and silver colors help brighten up the figure beyond what would have been a one-note "dark" figure.
Final Thoughts:
Truth be told, instead of "Freeway Jazz" I would have loved to have seen this figure be released as "Animated" Bluestreak/Silverstreak. Heck, in my mind that's pretty much what this figure is, and I think that definitely shows how great of a homage/redeco this figure is. Highly recommended!


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Originally released to retail outlets, hard to find box!
24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack
Subset cards:
45 Star Rookies (1:4 packs)
20 True Talents (1:3 packs)
10 Masters of Arts (1:6 packs)
15 Total Dominance (1:12 packs)
15 Lightning Strikes (1:12 packs)
12 Graphic Jam (1:14 packs)
UD Game-Jersey cards (1:287 packs)
UD Game Jersey Patch cards (1:7,500 packs)
UD Game-Jersey Patch Gold cards (each card sequentially numbered to 25)
e-Card (1:12 packs)
Key Rookies:
Darius Miles, Kenyon Martin, Mike Miller, Morris Peterson
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In February 2010 Google adopted a new strategy that the company's focus is now more on smartphones than on desktops. Eric Schmidt summed this up with a new motto: "Mobile First". Google developers started to create versions of new services for smartphones before creating ones to run on PCs. At that time the global smartphone penetration reached a average of 15% (2009). Two years later, we talk about a global smartphone penetration of 30% (2011). Only in 2011, nearly 500 millions smartphones were shipped.
There will be one mobile device for every person on the planet by 2015.
The mobile market is experiencing exponential growth. With the advance of technology, the growth of the smart phone and introduction of the mobile tablet, we have seen an unbelievable explosion in growth of mobile device sales and usage.
Currently, we are on pace to more than double the number of global smartphone users from 2010-2013 with over 30% of British adults now owning a smartphone.
These statistics also do not take into account the ever-growing tablet market which by 2013 is expected to make up nearly 21% of the mobile market. It's time to accept the mobile market and see it as an opportunity for business growth.
95% of smartphone users have searched locally for information.
The vast majority of mobile users search locally for business information. One of the most staggering statistics is that over 50% of local searches are performed on a mobile device and by 2013, more people will use their mobile phones than PC's to get online.
61% of mobile users who find a business while searching end up calling the business. Additionally, 59% of mobile users end up stopping into the business and 50% of the people who found the business via mobile search end up converting to a purchasing customer. These are some pretty compelling statistics that clearly illustrate the importance of being visible in mobile search.
If mobile users are not happy with a website, 40% of them will then go to a competitor
Don't convince yourself that your current website is good enough - it's not.
In this fast paced world 60% of mobile users expect a website to load on their mobile device in under three seconds. In the event it takes longer, a whopping 78% of visitors will try to load your website one more time before leaving. Once they have left, 40% of mobile users turn to a competitor's mobile website. After their bad experience on your mobile website, 57% of the visitors will not recommend your business to other's on mobile.
It's pretty clear that the user experience that we work so hard for on a PC website needs to be carried over to mobile in order to keep customers happy and gain new business.


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We all know what can happen when lightning hits your home and your television gets fried. Well, a similar thing can happen when you plug your RV into a faulty power box at a campground. If there is a fluctuation in power coming into your RV camper or the power goes on and off, your electrical appliances may be wiped out. It is far cheaper to purchase a power surge protector than replace or repair your appliances.
Surge Protectors Can Save You Money in Repair and Replacement Costs
When you park in RV campgrounds that have too little, too much or fluctuating voltage at the electrical hook up, your electrical appliances are at risk unless you have a surge protector. This is not as uncommon as you may think. These fluctuations or surges in power can create havoc with your electrical systems and result in costly repairs or replacements. A power surge protector or guard can protect your RVs electrical system and appliances from being fried.
A surge protector automatically shuts off the power coming in to your RV when it senses an improperly wired pedestal at your site. It shuts off when the power surges, or when it detects low or high voltage. Once the voltage is within safe parameters the power is restored to your RV. Some surge guards have a time delay built in to protect air conditioner compressors from turning on right away after being shut down. It allows for AC head pressure to "bleed off" first.
Click here to view the best RV surge guard / protectors at competitive prices.
If you are concerned about the shaking, motion that your fifth wheel camper trailer exhibits this is the article for you to read. You may have noticed that when you wash and dry clothes or your kids and/or grandkids run through the fifth wheel it begins to shake. The bad news is you are not going to be able to get rid of the shaking entirely because of the flexibility of the camper design and the evolving ground surface. However, the good news is you are able to reduce the shaking significantly.
A fifth wheel king pin tripod stabilizer can help reduce this shaking movement up to 95%. In this article today, we are going to tell you more about the features of king pin stabilizers and much more. By the time you finish reading this article you will be able to purchase a fifth wheel stabilizer that will meet your expectations.
Features to Consider Before Purchasing a King Pin Stabilizer
The first thing you want to analyze before purchasing a king pin stabilizer is its performance. You want to make sure that it will decrease the shaking movement that you are bound to be frustrated with. Keep in mind there is no product available that can eliminate the shaking completely yet you want to make sure that you are going to purchase the product that reduces it the most.
The next thing you want to consider is how easily it can be set up. You want to make sure that you go for king pin stabilizers that you can set up without assistance in just a few moments.
Height adjustment and lifting capacity is another thing to consider. You want to make sure that your fifth wheel over hang height and weight are similar to the tripods capacity. Be sure to be aware of the warranty that comes from the manufacturer.
Lastly, you should be concerned about the price. You will be spending more for heavy-duty stabilizers. Keep this in mind when you see low priced products, especially if you want the maximum amount of the shaking motion to be eliminated from your life.
Key Features to Review before Making a Purchase
1. Performance
2. Easy to set up – You should go for a tripod stabilizer that can be set up in a few moments by one person.
3. Height adjustment and lifting capacity. Compare your fifth wheel overhang height and weight to the tripod capacity.
4. Price - a good price range for a quality king pin stabilizer is $100-$200.
5. Customer reviews - see what prior customers thought after using it on their RV
6. Research and shop online. Comparison shop before making a decision so you can make a smart and informed choice.
As an avid camper, I look for products that make my camping experience better.


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Since October 2013, 52,000 children from Central America have been apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. They are coming here by themselves, many searching for their parents. It's just one more piece in the larger immigration debate that seems to have quieted down until after the November election.
Republicans in Congress are quick to point the finger at the Obama administration. Two years ago, the administration decided to defer deporting young immigrants who met certain criteria and have lived in the states continuously since June 2007. But, as usual with partisan rhetoric, they are missing half of the debate.
In 2008, Congress passed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), which the Senate passed by unanimous consent, and was signed by President George W. Bush. Though the law's main intent deals with human trafficking, it does contain a section that deals with children arriving in the U.S. illegally unaccompanied by an adult.
Children from Mexico are returned immediately, as they would be if they were an adult apprehended illegally entering the U.S. However, children from a non-contiguous nation, such as those in Central America, have a different process.
The children must be turned over to the Department of Health and Human Services which is in charge of their care, finds them safe housing, and apprises them of their legal rights as their immigration cases are decided. Deportation proceedings can take time as immigration courts are generally backed up.Republicans, who in recent weeks have claimed that the Obama administration is not enforcing the laws passed by Congress, are actually demanding that the president not enforce the TVPRA and send the children back to their home countries immediately without any deportation hearings.
Last week, President Obama signaled a willingness to do so but only if Congress modified the TVPRA. The leadership of both the House and the Senate do not seem to be interested in changing the current law, and as of July 7, the Obama administration has backtracked a little though it still would like more authority to act.
Until the law is changed, the children that have come here unaccompanied have to go through the process outlined by the TVPRA. President Obama has asked Congress for $4 billion in extra funds to deal with the situation.
In the debate surrounding these children, it should be noted that they are not refugees or seeking asylum which would be completely different. Asylum and refugee status are special legal protections only available to people who have fled their home countries out of fear and cannot return and can only be sought once they have entered the U.S. There are strict requirements that a person must show in order to be granted those protections.
And though we debate this issue now in regards to Mexicans and those from Central American countries, this is not the first time we as a nation have had this discussion. In the mid-19th century, it was over Irish immigrants. Most were processed legally through Ellis Island but the same arguments that were used then are still being used today against legal and illegal immigrants.If Republicans in Congress have a problem with that, then they need to change the law instead of telling the president not to enforce it.
This doesn't come as a result of a DREAM Act. It comes from an inability to deal with our broken immigration system in terms of those wanting to come here legally, and what to do with those who enter illegally.
Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." For now, as we detain these illegal immigrant children, we need to treat them humanely until they are eventually returned to their countries of origin. If Republicans want this process to be sped up, then they need to revise the TVPRA.


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It's Time For An Extreme Weight Loss Diet Plan!
Why Is It Time For An Extreme Weight Loss Diet Plan?
Losing pounds isn't an easy thing to do and everybody knows about it. Not all of us are blessed with well-shape body and we understand how it feels to get frustrated each and every time you face the mirror and witness a "fatty" person facing you. However, it's not yet the end. We have a personalized solution for every problem.
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Things have been really humming along lately. I have been working on three new websites and started back part-time at Nordstrom. I ran out of Wizard of Oz pillows, so I spent two full days last week silk screening more. I sold pillows at a "Handmade Sale" on Sunday, and had some new ones in the collection. And I have been diligently working on my business plan and branding for Suzanne Harrison Home. Whew!
Sounds crazy, but it's actually perfect. Mostly. I remember back when Todd started his business, how it seemed like he was always either worried about getting enough work, or worried about how he was going to get all of the work done. And he still does sometimes. Maybe that never goes away.
I'm not really stressing about getting my work done, because I am fortunate right now to have clients with very loose deadlines. But I have put personal deadlines in place to help me manage my workload.
What's happening to me is that I feel like I'm not making time for the other stuff that needs to get done – like working in the yard, getting our summer planned, putting the ski stuff away, and laundry! I love the work I'm doing right now, and there's plenty of it, but I'm letting it consume all of my time, putting other things off, letting the little things slide, not meeting some of my personal goals and milestones for the year. But…
Who cares? Does it matter that much? It's hard to say. I always want to do a thousand times more than is actually possible, but I still get a lot done, and I really try to be systematic about my priorities. Will there be more work after I complete these websites? When should I start looking? Should I block off some time to focus more on Suzanne Harrison Home? Plus, summer is right around the corner – what will this be like when the kids are out of school? I have no idea…
I've decided not to overthink it, and just keep plugging away at everything. Making sure I have some billable hours in every day. Making sure I do a little bit of pillow work and/or marketing every day. Making sure I spend only a little bit of time texting, emailing, scheduling, etc. Making sure I'm there for my family, and taking care of myself.
This image came through my email the other day from Tai Lopez, and while I wouldn't exactly call myself an entrepreneur, I think it's really great:
#8 makes me laugh because I don't exactly have a team… Or do I? I am always telling my kids "Solve the problem – don't make it worse!" Hmm…
#9 sounds like something to strive for because I am constantly shifting gears between my various "business activities" throughout the day.
But… at the end of the day, I am happy, and hopeful that all of this effort will pay off. It may not be paying big right now, but it's hard to put a dollar value on the freedom and flexibility I have. Plus I am learning so much about SO MUCH! I'm not sure where I'm going to land with all of this, but I'm excited, and feel like I'm headed in the right direction. Hooray!


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The French Social Night!
Thursday, 14 Feb 2019 7:30 PM
As usual: no agenda, everything is casual and informal!
Please join us for an hour or more for a little bit of fun conversing and interacting with fun people. We're usually at Cornerstone until 10:00 PM. Leave early…arrive late…no problem. Relax, talk, laugh, and make new friends while speaking French. That's what we are all about!
No matter your level of French, from beginner to native speaker, join us for that French language immersion experience that you've been looking for! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday evening of each month.
Comme d'habitude: pas de protocol du tout. On vient pour s'amuser et elargir son cercle de connaissances et d'amis. Tout le monde est sympa et les nouveaux sont toujours les bienvenus. On parle de tout et de rien, on mange ensemble et on rigole pour quelques heures.
Note: Because this Meetup location shares a common building with a bar and grill, Indianapolis ordinance will not allow anyone in the restaurant who is under 18 years of age. We are sorry about the inconvenience. We always look forward to your suggestions about alternative Meetup locations. Cornerstone Coffee House is a non-smoking establishment.


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I spent the day yesterday doing bone readings at a psychic fair. I was inspired by Candelo Kimbisa doing Palo readings at a psychic fair couple of weeks ago. I have worked psychic fairs before reading tarot cards, but it was many years ago – more than I care to elaborate on. I was not sure how bone reading would be received since the fairs tend to attract a rather New Age crowd. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against New Age folks, but I was concerned that the idea of divination using real animal bones might be a bit gritty for some. As it turns out my concerns were without merit. I had many people stop by to see the bones up close and I gave a good number of readings. By early afternoon I had folks waiting for a reading. I didn't get to eat lunch till 3:00 PM.
Early on, one very elderly woman came and actually started picking pieces up from my basket lid and looking at them. She asked if it was OK as she did so! Fortunately I was raised to respect my elders and she quickly became intrigued by my antique thimble. She said she used to have a large collection of silver thimbles from Mexico. She did ask if she could photograph the thimble and I consented. She tried three times to take a photo of it but they all came out blurry. She used different settings too, to no avail. She joked that she got a good shot of the thimble's aura. I suspect that the thimble did not want to be photographed and did not appreciate her presumptuous attitude. Needless to say I ran some Hoyt's cologne through my bone set as soon as she left.
I had a simple set up – a 36″ square card table, a circular black table cloth, a shawl and a table runner, and my bones and reading cloth. I decorated the table with two plain glass encased candles and a pretty bowl of water. I wasn't sure if real candles would be allowed but I brought them anyway on the chance that they would be, and I saw that other readers had candles so I fired them up. I also had my business cards and a few copies of my book on the table. I re-purposed one of my art frames and made a simple sign advertising my services. I displayed it on a fold up easel. Everything except the table and the picture frame fit easily into one small carry-on suitcase. The venue provided three chairs. Surprisingly there were folks with less decoration than me. The Tarot reader across from me just had a small table with a cloth, a banner that she hung behind her, and a desk sign that said she took credit cards. That was it. The reader next to her had a more elaborate set up, even bringing covers for the hotel conference room style chairs. I got some good ideas for decorating next time – and there will be a next time.
I sold one book and had one stolen when I stepped away for a moment. Someone told me that they told the thief that the books were not free and the thief responded that they would come back and pay. They never did. However, if they were not supposed to have it I don't think they will get much out of it. Although I brought a few books to sell, I found that most folks were interested in getting a reading, not in learning how to do one.
One thing that I found very helpful in preparing for this event, aside from Candelo blazing the trail for me, was Valentina Burton's book The Fortune Teller's Guide to Success. This book is full of tips for reading at various types of venues, from reading at parties and fairs to setting up your own office as a professional reader. There are also interviews with successful professional readers who work in different environments.
Lessons Learned:
Pricing – I gave a discount to keep my prices in line with the other readers who were advertised as being at the fair. When I got there I saw that some readers were charging a higher price per 15 minute reading so next time I will charge my full price.
Food – I brought some fruit to snack on figuring that I would be able to pick up something fast at the fair. As it turns out I had to eat at the restaurant next door to the venue. This took more time than I would have liked at a peak time in the customer flow through the fair. Next time I will bring a sandwich or two and grab a quick bite outside the venue. There was a nice courtyard with tables and chairs that would have been perfect for this.
Decorating – I covered this above, but next time I will be a little more elaborate in my table decorations and I may have a banner made as well.
Equipment – I thought about buying an inexpensive, pretty rug and doing my readings from the floor like I do at home, but in the end I decided to get a table. As it turned out that was the right choice because many of the clientele at the fair were middle aged and older. Some customers had canes and walkers and I don't think that they would have been able to sit on the floor even with ample cushions.
Location – I had a good spot located where you pretty much had to walk by me on the way in or the way out of the fair. I was on the end so there was more privacy than I would have had in between two other cubicles. The only complaint I have was that I was across from a crystal merchant who had singing bowls that she demonstrated from time to time. They were loud enough so that you could hear them no matter where you were in the room as it was not a large room, but I was close to ground zero. I had to move in closer to my client when she rang them but I could still be heard and she only did it a few times.
Costs – I thought that the booth was rather expensive given what readers advertised that they were charging, and I was concerned about recovering my costs. This turned out not to be a problem even though I gave a discount.
Timing – I left home early to give myself plenty of time to get set up and be ready when the doors opened. Old timers knew that Sunday morning many folks were in church and that things would not pick up till afternoon. Several were still bringing things in and setting up at the official opening time and since the customers were thin most of the morning, I doubt that it hurt their sales much if at all. Now that I know how long it takes for me to set up (about 15 minutes), I can leave home a little later and not be so worried about being late.
Overall I found this to be an enjoyable, worthwhile experience. I love doing readings anyway, and I think that I may have picked up some new customers. I gave out a lot of cards and I was able to meet some other readers who I am sure that I will see again. Some of the readers did this for a living, following this venue as it travels up and down the coast. I had a nice email from one person I read for at the fair waiting for me when I got home, and it is always nice to get that type of feedback. This venue comes to San Diego every three months or so and I plan to work it again the next time it comes in September.


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text: A child was responsible for saving another toddler who was found to be drowning in a pool. Thankfully the drowning pool accident did not result in the death of the toddler. The pool accident did not result in any personal injuries to the toddler who was scooped up and saved by a heroic 12 year old boy. As weather heats up in Chicago, Illinois pools became a source of satisfaction but if pool safety guidelines are not followed and if negligent lifeguards are on duty pools can end in tragic dips. To read about the heroic boy who saved a drowning child click here.


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EUR/USD ended the month with substantial gains as the Vice Chair of Federal Reserve reported an increased possibility of interest rate hike in the month of September. EUR/USD traded in a range between 1.1172 and 1.1262 before it settled at 1.1215.
Trend of EUR/USD:
The pair was up by 0.0028 or 0.25% on the session. In August, EUR/USD gained more than 2.5% in spite of a losing streak that lasted 4 days last week when it fell below 1.12. The euro remains down by more than 7% against the dollar. EUR/USD gained support at 1.0847 which is the low from 5thAugust and suffered resistance at 1.1616 which is the high from 25thAugust.
Fed Statements:
The Vice Chair of Fed blamed the plunging energy prices, a stronger value of dollar and a soft commodities market for creation of downward pressure on inflation. The Fed is keeping a close eye on the slack in the U.S economy and the labor market as it decides whether it will raise short-term interest rates for the first time in nearly 10 years. A gradual reduction of slack is associated with less downward pressure on inflation.
Strength of the Greenback:
The U.S. Dollar Index measuring the strength of the greenback as compared to a basket of six other major currencies gained 0.02% and closed at 95.98. The index has closed higher on five of the last six sessions.


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Karma is a funny thing on the Amazing Race Canada.
After U-Turning Anna and Todd in Indonesia (a move that caused the couple to be eliminated), Navy sailors Zainab and Monica fell victim to the same tactic this week.
As the seven remaining teams made their way from Stratford to Toronto following last week's non-elimination leg, Zainab and Monica were U-Turned by engaged first responders Adam and Courtney.
It was a move neither of them saw coming.
"We thought that one of the other teams ahead would have U-Turned someone else," Zainab said the day after their elimination.
"And we were surprised when we got to the Pit Stop and saw that we were the only team who had been U-Turned," Monica added.
As each team arrived at the Monkey's Paw bookstore in Toronto, they all said they weren't going to U-Turn anyone else. But that changed when Adam and Courtney showed up. Worried about coming in last, they pasted Zainab and Monica's photo to the U-Turn board and forced the pair to complete a dancing challenge and make the perfect latte.
We caught up with the friends to see if there are still any hard feelings and find out who they are rooting for to win it all.
Was this karmic retribution for what you did to Anna and Todd a few weeks back?
Zainab: It could have been a part. This race challenges you so much mentally, physically and spiritually. Obviously, we felt bad about U-turning Anna and Todd, but it was part of the race. And when we got U-turned, it was part of the race. It's no different. I guess you get what you give out.
Is the U-Turn the hardest challenge to overcome?
Zainab: I think so. The thing is; it's out of your control. Everything else you can control. We didn't have any issues mentally and physically and as a team, we were super cohesive. But the one thing we couldn't control was the U-Turn and it set us back at least an hour and we couldn't catch up.
Now that you've been in it, is the Amazing Race more luck or skill?
Monica: Definitely more luck. The whole race is based on luck. Everyone is skilled in different ways and the challenges are doable and they're not impossible. But I think luck plays a bigger role in helping you go from A to B.
Zainab: All the teams were very strong. There weren't a lot of weakness. There weren't a lot of teams who couldn't complete challenges. We were doing well, but a lot of our setbacks were getting from A to B. One red light, one wrong turn — those set us back quite a bit.
A lot of teams have complained that the pie challenge was the hardest. Was it?
Monica: I think it was tough for people because they were so focused on trying to inhale all of it instead of trying to digest it. It was a giant pie, but to us, it was mind over matter.
Who are you rooting for now that you're the fourth team that's been eliminated? Adam and Courtney maybe?
Zainab: [laughs] Good one. Kwame and Dylan. They're all great. All the teams deserve a fair shot at first place, but we like those two.
The Amazing Race Canada airs Tuesdays on CTV.


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If you're following the schedule, you should read these chapters today: 1 Chronicles 18, James 5, Jonah 2, Luke 7. Click on any of those references to see all the passages in one long page on BibleGateway. If you can't do all the readings today, read Jonah 2.
Jonah seems like such a rare person–a disobedient prophet. Surely all the prophets struggled with disobedience in their everyday lives as all believers do. Jonah's disobedience, however, was disobedience to be the prophet God commanded him to be. He refused to go where God commanded him to go because he did not want to deliver the message God wanted him to deliver.
What is often misunderstood about Jonah, however, is the reason for the fish that swallowed him. This passage is sometimes taught as if the fish was God's judgment, God's dungeon to punish Jonah. The truth is that the fish saved Jonah's life. Verses 5-6 describe a man who was drowning until "…you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit (v. 6c). And why did God do this? Because Jonah was repentant: "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple" (v. 7).
The fish was an unpleasant place to be, I'm sure. It was certainly part of God's discipline in Jonah's life. God's discipline is never "pleasant at the time, but painful" (Heb 12:11). Yet those painful, unpleasant times save us from the self-destruction of our sins. When God allows you to drown in your own sin but saves you through his discipline, the proper response is the one Jonah brought: "I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, 'Salvation comes from the Lord.'" This is a good word for us as we prepare to give thanks tomorrow.
Now for your thoughts: What stood out in your Bible reading for today? What questions do you have about what you read? What are your thoughts about what I wrote above? Post them in the comments below or on our Facebook page. And, feel free to answer and interact with the questions and comments of others. Have a great day; we'll talk scripture again tomorrow.


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As we continue to countdown to Christmas, our team has been selecting promotional gifts, which we think are useful to the recipient, whilst exposing a brand or service. Kristy, one of our sales support/admin people thinks that small and inexpensive items can really be a great way to connect with your clients at this time of year. Kristy says any item that can be kept on the person is a really clever way to keep your brand visible within a target market so finding the right items is really important. The usual habit of just sending a Greeting Card may not be the best option in 2013. Much more thought is required in today's competitive markets.
The team at JEM thinks that using alternatives to the usual Christmas Greeting cards can be a much more successful way to say thank you to good clients at this time of year. Often Greeting Cards are kept at reception and not passed on to the intended person so finding a creative alternative may be the key.
Promotional items such as our Hand Sanitisers Gel with Aloe can be customised with seasons greetings or just a company logo and even an individual's name. The options are many and the benefits great, as most people find Hand Sanitisers a useful item to keep in their bags as they enjoy travel to and from holidays during the Christmas break.
An odourless FDA approved hand sanitiser gel made with aloe. Comes in a 30ml clear plastic dispenser with a full colour digital label.
Variable-data printing (VDP)
(Also known as variable-information printing (VIP) or VI) is a form of digital printing, including on-demand printing, in which elements such as text, graphics and images may be changed from one printed piece to the next, without stopping or slowing down the printing process and using information from a database or external file.
For example, a set of labels, each with the same basic layout, can be printed with a different name on each label. Variable data printing is mainly used for direct marketing, customer relationship management, advertising, invoicing and applying addressing on selfmailers, brochures or postcard
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- Colours Available
Please contact the team at JEM Promotional Products on (02)82051334 or email@example.com for more information on our Hand Sanitiser Gel with Aloe or any other promotional item in our range.
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"It was a little bit scary." Bryant Goldstone told us. He described his first run at Roadkill Nights on Woodward Avenue as "kind of jittery." The lanes were narrow, the pavement was unprepared, the crown of the road intimidated the right-lane driver(s), the shutdown area faded to the left, and if he managed to get down the track, Goldstone would be turning it around to run again almost immediately with his six-gallon fuel tank probably almost empty after a few runs. Despite the anxiety, Goldstone's 1973 AMC Javelin—which will be familiar to those who followed HOT ROD Drag Week™ in 2015—roared down the track on its way to the All-Run Fast Four.
There's not much Kenosha left in Goldstone's red and black Javelin, which he has owned and raced for 30 years in various arenas, including bracket racing and NMCA competition before rebuilding it for HOT ROD Drag Week competition. The current engine is a Dart-block 572 cubic-inch Big Block Chevy that his father-in-law built. Two massive 88-millimeter Precision turbos forcefeed that 572 and when it's running a healthy 25-30 pounds of boost, the engine can make around 2,500 horsepower.
Because of the challenging track conditions—Hey, Roadkill wouldn't want to make it easy for anybody—Goldstone ran an eight-pound wastegate spring to reduce the boost and let the tires hook up better. That let him to manage boost off the line through engine RPM, which was not as consistent as he'd have liked. However, Goldstone hardly stumbled at all in his stack of runs down the track and while he loves racing and new challenges, Bryant made no bones about why he was there: "All I wanted to do was beat [Tom] Bailey."
Goldstone got two shots at taking down Bailey's Sick Seconds '69 Camaro, which won Drag Week in 2013. Bailey beat him straight-up in the first run. However, Goldstone had Bailey on reaction time in the second run, but the Javelin just didn't leave the line as well as it had in previous runs, which allowed Bailey to run Goldstone down.
The immediate turnaround after each run caused concern for both Goldstone and Bailey. "That was a lot of runs in a short period of time," Goldstone said. "It's a little bit much for both of our cars so I think we're lucky to end up finishing where we did without breaking anything." Ultimately, the Javelin made it down the track quick enough to come in second place to Bailey, earning him bragging rights, $500, and a gift certificate from Gear Vendors.
The Javelin is still steel-and-glass, which allows Goldstone to compete in Drag Week's Ultimate Iron class for all-steel cars. He won the class last year, finishing second overall to Bailey who ran Unlimited. Some changes to the bumpers and the exhaust have shed 60 pounds from the car's 2015 fighting weight, trimming it to a slim 3,350 pounds. With the weight loss, more power from the shortened exhaust, and better fuel management this year from a second fuel pump, Goldstone expects to have shaved a couple of tenths off the car's best time so keep an eye out for the unmistakable thundering red Javelin at Drag Week in September.


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We are a group of Enthusiasts from all over the world, mostly Germany, who create historical battles in scale 1:72. As we do this since more than 10 years we thought it is time for our own blog. Being a historical enthusiast I wanted to fulfill my dream of producing my own figures in this scale too. So I started working with several sculptors to produce exotic figures in 1:72 which I fear nobody else would bring on the market.
Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2018
Another forgotten war - Bosnia 1878
From Wikipedia:
Following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, the Congress of Berlin was organized by the Great Powers. By article 25 of the resulting Treaty of Berlin (13 July 1878), Bosnia and Herzegovina remained under the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire,[1] but the Austro-Hungarian Empire was granted the authority to occupy the vilayet (province) of Bosnia and Herzegovina indefinitely, taking on its military defence and civil administration.
If you want to read the full text, check here for the English version. The German text is here.
I want again show one of the small dioramas in the Kaiserjägermuseum at Innsbruck. The diorama was created from the painting of the clash at Stolac in 1878.
An interesting subject for small dioramas or skirmish wargames I think.
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SELECT toYYYYMM(created_date) dt,count(*) comments FROM commententry1 GROUP BY dt ORDER BY dt
SELECT toYYYYMM(created_date) dt,count(DISTINCT author) authors FROM commententry1 GROUP BY dt ORDER BY dt
SELECT toYYYYMM(created_date) dt,count(DISTINCT subreddit) subreddits FROM commententry1 GROUP BY dt ORDER BY dt
SELECT toYYYYMM(created_date) dt,count(*)/count(distinct link_id) comments_per_post FROM commententry1 GROUP BY dt ORDER BY dt
And the graphical result:
It impressive to see the constant growth in comments (to 70mln per month by the end of 2016) and authors (to 3.5mln for the same time period). There is something interesting happening with subreddits, which jump up and down. It's interesting to see that the average count of comments per post stays stable, with a slight decline to 13 comments/post by the end of 2016.
Now let's check most popular subreddits:
SELECT subreddit,count(*) cnt FROM commententry1 GROUP BY subreddit ORDER BY cnt DESC limit 100
and using a treemap (available in Tabix.io):
We can measure subreddits that get the biggest increase in comments in 2016 compared to 2015:
SELECT subreddit,cntnew–cntold diff FROM (SELECT subreddit,count(*) cntnew FROM commententry1 WHERE toYear(created_date)=2016 GROUP BY subreddit) ALL INNER JOIN (SELECT subreddit,count(*) cntold FROM commententry1 WHERE toYear(created_date)=2015 GROUP BY subreddit) USING (subreddit) ORDER BY diff DESC LIMIT 50
Obviously, Reddit was affected by the United States Presidential Election 2016, but not just that. The gaming community saw an increase in Overwatch, PokemonGO and Dark Souls 3.
Now we can try to run our own DB-Ranking, but only based on Reddit comments. This is how I can do this for MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB:
SELECT toStartOfQuarter(created_date) Quarter,
sum(if(positionCaseInsensitive(body,'mysql')>0,1,0)) mysql,
sum(if(positionCaseInsensitive(body,'postgres')>0,1,0)) postgres,
sum(if(positionCaseInsensitive(body,'mongodb')>0,1,0)) mongodb
FROM commententry1
GROUP BY Quarter ORDER BY Quarter;
I would say the result is aligned with https://db-engines.com/en/ranking, where MySQL is the most popular among the three, followed by PostgreSQL and then MongoDB. There is an interesting spike for PostgreSQL in the second quarter in 2015, caused by a bot in "leagueoflegend" tournaments. The bot was actively announcing that it is powered by PostgreSQL in the comments, like this: http://reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/37cvc3/c/crln2ef.
To highlight more ClickHouse features: along with standard SQL functions, it provides a variety of statistical functions (for example, Quantile calculations). We can try to see the distribution of the number of comments left by authors:
count(*) AS cnt
FROM commententry1
WHERE author != '[deleted]'
GROUP BY author
The result is:
quantileExact(0.1)(cnt) – 1
quantileExact(0.2)(cnt) – 1
quantileExact(0.3)(cnt) – 1
quantileExact(0.4)(cnt) – 2
quantileExact(0.5)(cnt) – 4
quantileExact(0.6)(cnt) – 7
quantileExact(0.7)(cnt) – 16
quantileExact(0.8)(cnt) – 42
quantileExact(0.9)(cnt) – 160
quantileExact(0.99)(cnt) – 2271
Which means that 30% of authors left only one comment, and 50% of authors left four comments or less.
In general, ClickHouse was a pleasure to use when running analytical queries. However, I should note the missing support of WINDOW functions is a huge limitation. Even MySQL 8.0, which recently was released as RC, provides support for WINDOW functions. I hope ClickHouse will implement this as well.


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Saturday, October 13, 2012
One more gem from FB:
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Via JMG: BUSTED: WND's Lie About Obama's Ring
Urban Legend's has posted a debunking of World Net Daily's claim that the president's wedding ring bears the Arabic inscription, "There is no god but Allah." From their "Hoaxes & Legends" page: "Contrary to what has been claimed in various online sources, President Obama's gold wedding ring does not feature the Muslim saying 'No God but Allah' in Arabic script. It bears no visible inscription at all, only an abstract design." Today World Net Daily again posted their claim, this time with the complain that the mainstream media is ignoring this "obvious evidence" that the president is secretly Muslim.
Labels: liars, teabaggers, wingnuts, World Net Daily
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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Via JMG: Romeny Surges In Electoral Forecast
Joe usually posts Nate Silver's electoral college forecasts on Fridays, but today he notes a surge for Mitt Romney.
Mitt Romney gained further ground in the FiveThirtyEight forecast on Monday, with his chances of winning the Electoral College increasing to 25.2 percent from 21.6 percent on Sunday. The change represents a continuation of the recent trend: Mr. Romney's chances were down to just 13.9 percent immediately in advance of last week's debate in Denver. He has nearly doubled his chances since then.
Labels: electoral college, Mitt Romney, Nate Silver
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
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Word Ball Free - A Fun Word Game and App for All Ages by Continuous Integration Apps 4+
Continuous Integration Inc.
- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
★ Chosen by Ansca as App of the Month for the month of June, 2011
★ 4 out of 5 stars "Word Ball is ana-great, lexi-squisite, and er, vocabula-tastic." - 148Apps.com
★ "Word Ball is a fun and terrific app (And Is A Great Learning Tool Too)" - AppAdvice.com
★ 4 out of 5 stars "Engaging, somewhat frantic game sneaks in spelling practice." - commonsensemedia.org
★ "Word Ball is enjoyable and a great little time-killer." - TiPb.com
Word Ball challenges your word building skills in a fast paced, unique, and fun word game. Play with friends and beat the top scores! Test your limits by keeping the letters alive and reach the top levels. Gain achievements for different word building categories. Word Ball will make you a "Word Master" in no time!
Word Ball provides a beneficial brain training exercise by allowing the user to focus and think on their feet when building words as quickly as possible. By concentrating on the letters as they shrink and bounce, the game will allow your cognitive senses to react in a manner that reinforces word and pattern recognition.
- Game Center enabled
- OpenFeint enabled
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Extensive dictionary of over 175,000 words
- HD retina display graphics
- Detailed statistics and history of scores
- In-game word lists
★ "Recommended" by OpenFeint in the OF dashboard
★ 4 out of 5 stars "An excellent and highly polished offering that won't disappoint" - ifanzine.com
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★ "This is a quick, addicting word game." - theiphonemom.com
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★ 5 out of 5 stars "Word Ball is the one of the best word trivia game I've ever played and I recommend all word trivia fans to get it." - pocketfullofapps.com
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★ "Word Ball is fun and will definitely appeal to word game lovers." - iheartthisapp.com
★ "I'm addicted to word games. So, whether I play Word Ball with or without my kids, I will play language games like Word Ball." - giggleapps.com
★ "I enjoyed the game overall and found myself wanting to play again and again." - allaccessgames.com
★ "Word Ball is a good looking and fun game to play." - tapmyapps.com
★ "Word Ball is simple, very cleanly presented and the gameplay is very good." - arcadelife.com
★ 4.5 out of 5 stars - "Word Ball is both a fun, frantic and addictive experience, something different for all you wordsmiths out there." - nineoverten.com
★ 93% Rating - "Be warned...This is seriously addictive!" - gamesscoop.com
★ "Word Ball has that perfect balance between a brain game and a timed game, which makes it addicting." - gamenacho.com
What's New
Version 1.54
- Bug Fixes
Ratings and ReviewsSee All
Fun game
Gets really hard the higher you go... Good hand/eye coordination practise.
This a great game is addictive and lots of fun
Great word game
But those ads that pop up at the top of screen every time u level up annoy me grrrrr so I upgraded automatically. (can't stand those I've won a prize ads)
Other than that great game, that's the only reason lost a star.
Nice and colourful for the kids too.
- Seller
- Continuous Integration Inc.
- Size
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 4.3.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
- Languages
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013 Continuous Integration, Inc.
- Price
- Free
Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.
Family Sharing
Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled.


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WTSH cross posts it only partially, with a link to the full article provided.
Strange Week in Music gives each Strangeways DJ an opportunity to highlight one track that is related to his/her show that week; the article will include information, links, images, a video/stream of the tracks and where they can be purchased. You can think of it as Strangeways' Week at a Glance.
If you are new to Strangeways Radio, or are curious about other station shows aside from WTSH, this weekly feature on the Strangeways blog will be the perfect introduction. Below is WTSH's latest contribution.
Strange Week in Music || DJ Amber Crain Selection
Artist: Soft Metals
Album: Lenses
Song: Lenses
RIYL: Chromatics, Glass Candy, Kraftwerk, John Carpenter
Where to buy: Amazon or Captured Tracks
Soft Metals is multi-genre duo LA-based Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall. Brought together by a common love of 70s and 80s synthesizer music, their electronically rooted compositions are dark, ominous and often lacking any discernable hook or cathartic crescendo. Their songs are built from moody, improvised sessions together using exclusively electronic instruments, often incorporating nods to krautrock, psychedelic rock, and shoegaze genres, and heavily featuring Hall's ethereal, distant vocals and unnervingly detached lyrical persona. Soft Metals is signed to Captured Tracks and just released their newest LP, Lenses, in July 2013...