Congratulations to Blue House who - this week - have managed to win the House Trophy with a grand total of 463 points!
When we return after the holiday we will see which House has managed to earn the half term award of drinks and cakes!
I am so proud of my House. We have been cheering them on when we spot them walking in the corridors and being polite! I'm sure we can lift the trophy after half term too.
We believe that regular, purposeful practice is the key to great achievements. If you read through and rehearse your spellings every night for 15mins, then you will achieve great scores in your weekly tests.
I have been practising my spellings every night. That's why I have managed to get 21/21 in all of my tests!
To celebrate the effort that these Spelling Superstars have made, they have been awarded the Super Spellers certificate. If they can keep it up until the end of term the they stand to earn a £5 Argos voucher!
Year 4 enjoyed a Roman School Workshop, which bought the history of Roman Britain alive in our school hall. First there was a fun and exciting timeline-based visit from a Roman auxilliary who talked about his quest for Roman citizenship.
The pupils learnt about some of the hardships suffered by the soldiers: from cold nights spent on Hadrian's wall in 150AD, to long days marching and fighting barbarians! After that the pupils had a hands on demonstration of how the Romans used the legendary Roman Testudo (Tortoise) fighting formation in battle.
This was followed by a look at the day-to-day life of a Roman soldier with a detailed examination of a soldier's kit.
I really enjoyed the Roman artefact sorting task, wherewe handled genuine 1,800 year old Roman artefacts: rings, brooches, belt buckles and pottery.
I wouldn't have wanted to be a Roman soldier... too much walking!
Molly Wheal, Jordan Iordan, Eriya Byamugisha, Adam Murray, Kaden Nicol, Ella Nash, Rokas Zaikauskas, Alisha March, Caitlin Bowden & Libby Northwood: all of these pupils have shown that they are making a sustained effort to improve and develop their presentation.
We were very excited to have the chance for our JTAs (Junior Travel Ambassadors) to go to Londo and meet Leon Daniels as part of their work on sustainable travel.
Leon joined TfL in April 2011 from FirstGroup, where he had been a director of the UK Bus Board since 2000. He is directly responsible for 30,000 staff. He oversees TfL's responsibilities for the safe and efficient running of London's buses, taxis, river services, the road network, congestion charging and Santander Cycles... a very wide portfolio!
What did he do before TfL?
For several years Leon owned and ran his own bus company, which grew to be the largest private sector bus company in London prior to the privatisation of London Buses. He sold the company to FirstGroup in 1998.
Apparently he is a qualified bus driver. When he has a day off he takes part if the TfL bus events and often drives the vehicles himself!
He talked alot about reciprocity. He said that travelling on the network can be quite stressful and busy. He likes to drive the trains himself so that he can tell some jokes and help the passengers to laugh and enjoy their journey home.
I thought that such an important job would be really scary. He made it seem very enjoyable and achievable. He made it clear that he is just an ordinary person who really loves what he does every day.
I thought I'd drop you a quick line to say how well mannered, enthusiastic, and attentive your pupils Kieran Dash, Daniel Joy, Katherine Barrett and Melisa Krasniqi were at the LT Museum when we interviewed Leon Daniels, Managing Director of Surface Transport at TfL. They represented the school and the Borough brilliantly. They have been the same at all our meetings and are a credit to your school.
Our Year 3 pupils were learning about WW2 before the half term. As part of their topic, they looked at rationing and were able to try some of the dishes that would have been served during the war and austerity period.
"Last week we also had a visit from Miss Coook's Grandad. He had told us about some of these dishes - things like spam fritters. It was great to be able to taste them. I thought they'd be horrible, but they were actually quite nice."
Why was food rationed in Britain in World War II?
Before the Second World War started Britain imported about 55 million tons of food a year from other countries. After war was declared in September 1939, the British government had to cut down on the amount of food it brought in from abroad as German submarines started attacking British supply ships. There was a worry that this would lead to shortages of food supplies in the shops so the British government decided to introduce a system of rationing.
Rationing made sure that people got an equal amount of food every week. The government was worried that as food became scarcer, prices would rise and poorer people might not be able to afford to eat. There was also a danger that some people might hoard food, leaving none for others.
Both Jamel & Adam have been giving up their time to help out as part of Team Broadford. Adam has been a great helper at lunch time and a very effective eco-warrior. Jamel is always keen to heklp and has completed the Bronze stage of his tracker in record time... well done boys!
These are the key skills that our children will need to learn effectively in class and be successful later in life. Maple class have earned a special award for their creation of a giant Chinese scroll.
Caitlin Parmenter, Nikola Urban, Chloe Trew, Courtney Simpson, Isabelle Munford, Maisy Cohen, Evie Crispin, Lola Mae Trinder, Lillie- Jo Guidotti, Jack Dempsey, Armani Peek, Matthew Murcia & John Paul Rensch have also demonstrated effective reciprocity this week – able to listen carefully, work collaboratively and take turns.
We are delighted that Broadford Primary has been awarded the RWI Training Certificate, which recognises the commitment we make as a school to ensuring all of our staff are highly skilled in the teaching of phonics.
As a consequence of the high quality training we provide - in partnership with RWI - our pupils have seen their results rise at Year 1, KS1 and Year 6. This year 85% of our pupils passed the screening test in Year 1 compared to a National rate of 77%. When you factor in the lower level that many of our pupils come in at as well as the lower exposure to books at home, that is a great achievement!
At a recent Parent Council meeting a parent suggested that we include pictures of new staff on the blog so that parents know who they are.
This year we are delighted to welcome seven new members of staff to Broadford.
Did you know that the largest baguette in the world is 400ft long and took seven hours to bake? In order to complete it, over 60 bakers had to help.
The Belcher Sea Snake is typically found in the Indian Ocean, off the coasts of the Phillipines, New Guinea, and Thailand. Amazingly the toxicity of this snake's poison is so potent that it can kill a person in less than 30 minutes! The good news about this snake is that it seems to be quite friendly and mild-tempered, and if it does decide to bite, studies show that only 25% of the time will it release its venom.
In Year 2 the pupils have been learning about The Great Fire of London. They have been very excited about this topic... particularly the grand finale. The children had explored how houses were constructed during the 1600s. This meant they were able to come up with reasons for how the fire spread so quickly and destroyed so many homes!
They had a go at making their own houses and then got to set them on fire in the fire pit. It was amazing to see how quickly the fire took hold and obliterated the village.
Because the houses were made of flammable materials and so closely packed together it was easy for the fire to spread. Now we use brick and concrete, not wood and thatch. We have also got a more effective fire brigade!
As part of their topic on Ancient China, our Year 5 pupils enjoyed a session with a Chinese dancer to learn about the fan dance.
The Chinese fan dance plays a few different roles in China. First, it is used to help pass down stories and traditions of Chinese culture. Both tourists and younger Chinese generations learn classic tales and lore of China's past through the fan dance. This is why you can often see fan dancers at festivals, theater performances, and other exhibition-style events where the performers are able to promote their rich roots in history.
In addition, fan dancing also serves as entertainment. Fans are used as props, complimenting brightly-colored costumes for an eye-catching spectacle of movement. Chinese fan dancing also serves as exercise, as well as an exercise in discipline for its participants.
Like many other forms of dance, the choreography that comes along with fan dancing requires physical fitness and the ability to memorize routines. Being responsible enough to attend regular rehearsals and performances is another form of personal discipline.
The origins of the fan dance are rooted in the Han Dynasty, which dates to around 200 AD. The Han Dynasty was the first to value and preserve the arts, which is probably why fan dancing endures today.
The routines were easy at first, but then the teacher kept adding more steps! It was hard to memorise them all, but I really enjoyed it!
I didn't expect the dancing to be so tiring. I kept thinking that we were going to get a rest, but the teacher said we had to keep going if we wanted to learn all the moves. My favourite was 'The Peacock'!
Congratulations to Cedar class who have finished at the top of the league this week.
Suada found out a very impressive fact/story this week!
Did you know that, in partnership with ESA and the UK Space Agency, the BBC's Blue Peter programme asked schoolchildren to design a mission patch for Tim Peake (British astronaut) and received more than 3000 entries.
Principia refers to Isaac Newton's principal laws of gravity and motion so I drew an apple because that is how he discovered gravity... plus Tim Peake is promoting healthy eating as part of his mission and apples are healthy.
Fittingly, a stylised Space Station glints in the apple. The Soyuz rocket taking Tim into space flies over the UK as the colours of the Union Flag run along the border.
At Wednesday's Sharing Assembly we were treated to a performance of the latest Young Voices medley by our KS2 Choir. Although they have only had four sessions with Mrs Nicholls they are well on their way to learning a very complicated piece. Not only are there several songs in just the one medley, the pupils also have to master the dance moves!
All of this is building towards their Young Voices performance in January.
KS1 have learnt the Wiggle Waggle song. A great tune, full of energy for what was a wet and dull Wednesday morning. They might be small in height, but their voices as very large indeed!
As part of our Broadford Cycling Curriculum, we took our Year 5&6 pupils to the Redbridge Cycle Centre to further develop their skills. Once they have achieved Bikeability Level 2, we believe it is important that the children get the chance to use the skills they have learnt and apply them in increasingly challenging situations.
The Redbridge track is a 2km long circuit, which requires the children to be competent at using their gears and brakes on very tough gradients. Once they have explored the course, they then have to complete some challenges which test their balance and control of the bike when it is moving slowly.
Finally there is the chance to finish with a time trial event to see who can set the fastest time for a section of the course!
I was really confident that I would find this easy, as I coped well with the Bikeability. However the slopes were sooooooo steep! When I first tried to cycle down one I got off and walked my bike as I was very nervous. After Mr Drakes gave me some encouragement I tried again and made it... without falling off.
Cycling with just one hand on the handle bars was tough. I always thought that going fast was the main challenge, but it is so hard to control the bike when it is hardly moving. It really helped me improve and focus on my balance.
When it came to the time trial I was really excited. It meant we had to be really fit as you couldn't stop pedaling for a second if you wanted to get a good time. Because we had practiced our use of gears, I was able to keep going up the slope and not loose any time.
We believe that the outdoor environment is a vital resource in propelling the pupils' learning forward. To ensure that it is of an equal high quality to what the children experience inside we are constantly looking for ways to improve and invest.
The latest installation is designed to support practical maths activities and creative play for pupils in Y1 & Y2. It also provides more space for outdoor writing and recording.
In Year 6 the pupils have been looking at how to promote E Safety. On their recent trip to the Sky Academy they had the chance to create a News Special on how to avoid being bullied online.
Over 80% of teens use a mobile phone regularly, making it the most common medium for cyber bullying.
What top tips were there?
Melissa - think about what photos you post as your future employer may not find them funny!
Simona - don't give out key details: address, telephone number or email. You can't be sure who you are speaking to unless you have met them in real life.
Samson - don't retaliate. If someone is unkind or rude report it!
Kyle - CEOP is an organisation that helps you stay safe online. Look out for their logo.
Last Wednesday we saw two very energetic dance performances from our KS2 & KS1 dancers. First we had those from KS1 who produced a display full of bouncing, twirling and twisting.
After that we had a Halloween extravaganza as the Cheerleaders performed their routine to Thriller. With a dramatic entrance, great costumes and awesome dance moves they really lit up the hall! Emmanuel, our BGT Winner 2014, made a guest appearance to lead the show with his dazzling moves.
I was so proud of the children. They have had to learn the moves in a very short time and we have worked hard on their 'performance' of the dance. You can't just do the moves... you've got to try and terrify the audience!
Our Year 6 pupils recently had the amazing opportunity to visit the Sky Academy studios. The trip allowed them to research, plan, develop and conduct an in depth report on cyper bullying and how it can be prevented.
When the pupils arrived they had a talk from the Studio manager about the different jobs and careers that Sky offered and that you need in order to put a news programme together. Our pupils had to reflect on their skills and then decide which media role they would take on to help deliver their team's news report.
Once the pupils were in their groups they were taken on a tour of the studios to see what it is like to work in television.
It was incredible to see all the technology. With Miss Porter we get to work on our digital leadership skills. My experience of using the iPads for presentations would be perfect for working in the studio. Some of their cameras are worth £150,000!
It was then a case of getting down to work to complete the final news reports which had to feature: a studio presenter, a report from a location, interviews with the public, a debate and some top tips!
Getting all of the different elements together in time for the deadline was really tough. Now I know what it feels like to have the editor breathing down your neck as he needs the finished VT for the 5pm deadline! It is a good thing that we have worked on our reciprocity muscles in school.
Thank you to Sky Academy for a very inspiring and informative day!
On Monday 19th October we were delighted to welcome Team GB athlete Rachel Laybourne who came to talk to our pupils about her career as a professional athlete and representing Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics.
Following her inspirational assembly Rachel then went outside to provide a coaching session on our beach volleyball pitch. Pupils from Year 5&6 had the chance to work with Rachel on developing their serve and return skills before taking part in a game with the Team GB star.
Endurance: What has been the toughest moment in your career?
Rachel: Without a doubt the hardest time was when we were told that our funding for the London Olympics was being withdrawn. We were all so excited about the chance to represent our country at a home Olympics that we didn't want to give up. We all took part in sponsored activities to ensure we raised enough money to carry on training and playing. Walking out at the Olympics was the proudest moment of my career.
Ruby: What is a typical day like for you?
Rachel: I'm not competing anymore now. When I was playing professionally it was a very long day. First you had to be in the gym for 7am so that you could complete a 2hr weights session. Then we would be on the court to practice our skills for an hour. Then we could go and do our studies (if we were at University) or go to work. In the evening we'd have to be back in the gym and on the courts for another 3 hours. It was like that six days a week. But if you want to compete with the very best that is what you have to do.
Tahani: What are the benefits of playing your sport?
Rachel: One of the best perks is the travel. I have been all over the world to play volleyball. In fact I had the chance to go to school in Sweden so that I could train with some amazing athletes. It did mean that I had to move away from my friends and family and I didn't speak the language. At first it was hard... and very cold but I became a much better player and met some great people.
Evan: What would your top tips be for me if I wanted to be a professional sportsman?
Rachel: You need to be prepared to work very hard every day. My training involved 6 hours a day 6 days a week. You also need to be good at building relationships with your team mates - you won't get very far without them. Handling pressure is also tough. In one of our Olympic matches the start of the game was delayed by 2 hours as the match before over ran. How well do you handle the wait? How well do you cope with being watched by 5,000 fans?
We were very grateful for the time Rachel gave us and the way it has inspired even more interest in volleyball at the school. Our school is the only one in Havering to have a full size beach volleyball pitch for the pupils to use... and now it is likely to be very crowded indeed!
We are very proud of Sophia, who has managed to achieve her Yellow Award in Jujitsu! For this certificate she had to demonstrate several different stances.
Year 5&6 pupils had a fantastic opportunity to meet an actuary from Price Waterhouse Coopers. We believe that it is vital for the pupils to hear from professionals in order to inspire them to aim for great careers for themselves and see the purpose in their everyday maths and literacy lessons.
Graham Oswald has been an actuary with Price Waterhouse Coopers for over 12 years and now leads a team of professionals who work in the insurance and reinsurance industry.
Actuaries manage risk. They work for companies in a range of fields, but especially in insurance and pensions, analyzing the potential for undesirable events to occur and helping to plan for (or avoid) those events. Actuaries are key players in management teams that help businesses plan for the future.
It was explained to be like the probability in our maths lessons. The more likely that an event is to occur, the more expensive the risk. You also have to create a good plan in case that event happens. If you have too many likely risks then your business may well fail!
Do they have to use our learning behaviours?
We have to use resilience, as deals can take a very long time to complete. If you gave up then you wouldn't achieve very much. Reciprocity is vital. Our company is huge. There are over 4,000 employees in just the London office where I am based. We also have to work with clients - many of whom are overseas. It is vital that we listen to our clients and the team so that we achieve the best results we can.
I could see that maths is a vital skill for the work that Graham does. It sounded quite exciting having to manage risk and help companies. Now I can see why we have to understand about probability and how I can use that skill!
What was the impact of the visit?
We were delighted that Graham was able to give up some of his time, in what is a very busy diary. By coming out and speaking to our pupils, they have left the session inspired to work even harder in their maths lessons. We believe that it is vital to expose our most able pupils to careers they may never have considered, or heard of, so that they have a renewed sense of purpose in their studies and an aspirational target for where they want to get to.
We believe that the mud kitchen and natural play areas are vital in providing a high quality outdoor environment which has a range of sensory experiences.
Contact with soil is actually beneficial as the bacteria in it help to build healthily functioning immune systems in young children and research also suggests that this contact produces serotonin in the body which makes us feel happy!
It is a space where the children have a great opportunity to use their imagination: making potions, measuring and pouring.
In Year 1 the pupils have been looking at their learning muscles and how they can use them to become Learning Superheroes! It has also been a great way to look at the work of Seurat and his technique for dot paintings.
I have been learning about reciprocity! It means that you have to be a good talk partner in Read Write Inc. I need to listen to my partner and help them with their sounds.
Last week our KS2 Spinebreakers were very excited to have the chance to meet the author Chris Powling. He had come to visit Broadford to talk about his work as an author and share some of the many books he has written.
First he led an assembly with KS2 where he showed his books and spoke of how he gets his ideas. It was very interesting to hear about the drafting process and how he has to reflect on his writing to find ways to improve it.
Our Spinebreakers then had an interview with him where they found out lots of facts and information: he was born in 1943; he lives in South London; he has taught at all levels in the state school system (from infants to postgraduates) and for ten years was headteacher of a London primary school!
Do you just write books, or does your job involve other work?
Throughout my career, I have been lucky enough to have a rich and diverse involvement with children's books. I've been a critic for national journals and newspapers as well as a broadcaster for the BBC and various independent radio stations.
We believe that the opportunity to meet real authors, whom the children have experienced is a fantastic way of further inspiring their interest in and love of reading. It has seen the results at our school progress from the bottom 10% in 2010 to the top 1% for the last 3 years running!
Please find a copy of the new school dinner menu below. This new menu starts after the half term holiday. A copy has also been sent home with the pupils.


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We offer full service catering for groups of all sizes, pick up, delivery or have out team take care of your whole evening so you can sit back relax and enjoy.
Chula is a lively Taberna Mexicana with amazing selection of tequila, mezcal, beer and cocktails that complement flavorful delicious food.
Chula is a two-story space with 2 outdoor patios & 3 tequila bars, equipped for large parties & private events that offers authentic cuisine inspired by traditional & modern Mexican cantinas.
Saturday and Sunday brunch service until 3pm.
Really great experience! Food was delicious especially the cactus dip!
Food was sub par. Underseasoned and overly wet, and wet tacos are not a win.
Some of the greatest Mexican in the city! The tacos are AMAZING!
Great service with a smile , great food ,great ambience! The cactus dip is to die for ! We thoroughly enjoyed it.we will definitely go back !
The food was good, but a little pricey for what you get. Most of the tacos have a mayonnaise type sauce on them so not a fan. The restaurant was tight, with too many tables crammed in. I felt like we were sitting on top of the people at both tables on either side. Service wasn't the greatest, though I don't think it's a problem for the entire restaurant just the server we had.
Service is ALWAYS great. Food is delicious and the drinks are fantastic. Great spot to go on a date, meet with friends and hang out. Patio is great during the summer.
Came with a large group and had a great time. The food is always fantastic and the service is awesome.
Food was quite tasty. We had the tortilla chip and dip trio - the chip to dip ratio was low but waitstaff did bring a small bowl of extra chips. Shrimp tacos were very tasty - a bit difficult to eat again a bit small to hold the shrimp and condiments. I would highly recommend this restaurant.
Amazing restaurant with excellent food and great vibe!! Will definitely go back again!
Good vegetarian updates to the menu! There should be a sides section that lists beans and rice and Mexican cuisine ingredients such as jalapeños, queso, cilantro lime, cactus et cetera.
Amazing food! Had brunch there and the spice level was just enough for me to enjoy the flavours without feeling like I needed to put out a fire in my mouth. Their spicy ketchup is so good. I highly recommend the chula Benedict. The noise level was not crazy but we were in the booth by the bar not in the back of the restaurant.
This was our first time going there and I had requested a nice seating when I booked the reservation. When we went there, they just asked us to sit anywhere, didn't seem like they even took our request. Food was OK. Have had better tasting guacamole. Drinks was ok as well. My husband ordered a cocktail and it was sweet instead of being Smokey. The art work was very nice. Service was alright. Overall an OK place. Not sure if I'd go there anytime soon.
Food is amazing. Drinks are creative, but not cheap. Atmosphere is active. We were in a booth so able to have a conversation relatively easily, but at a table I would suspect it would be more difficult to hear the other person speak.
Great upbeat environment - Server gave good recommendations, food was great, we were well looked after. Loud atmosphere, but not so loud that you couldn't have a conversation. Fun night!!!
I had such a fun night and amazing food! My friend and I slit a number of dishes as everything is amazing! Fried calamari with a spicy chili sauce, tacos: beef brisket, pork shoulder, chicken, battered haddock, each one with a unique set of toppings that just amps up the already succulent flavours. Amazing menu especially for sharing. We also sipped on (multiple) classic margaritas. I love Chula! It's my Mexican heaven in East York!
All the food ordered was loved by the table.
Very noisy and crowded. Service was average.
Great time, food, atmosphere and service. We're definitely going back!
Chips and guacamole and salsa are good and nice price point. Tacos are so overstuffed you need to use a knife and fork. Butterflied shrimp tacos did not have butterflied shrimp. Weak margaritas, nice server.
We went for Valentine's Day. They had a great deal for unlimited tacos for the night. Very good!
We choose Chula as our go to spot for special occasions - not because we wouldn't love to go there regularly, but we find ourselves spending so much that we can only go once in a while. Everything is so good that we can't decide what to get - so we get everything! The fixed price menus are a great value and they allow for the trying of their excellent appetizers and cocktails. That mango habanero margarita is a nectar of the gods! Highly recommend!!
You can't go wrong with Mexican food, but Chula is still able to stand out. It's our go-to restaurant for special occasions. The neighbourhood is low key. It is easy to find street parking. Inside, the restaurant has a festive, and energetic ambiance. Their drinks menu, especially their signature cocktails, are fun, creative, and enjoyable. Their selection of tacos offers enough variety that can be easily sampled with their moderate prices. Service is also fast. I just hate their washrooms.
If you're seated upstairs ask for a low table - the high chairs are ridiculously uncomfortable, slippery and small. 3 tacos will set you back about 15 bucks average - not the most outrageous price but not lux enough or authentic enough to merit the price. Decent margarita, nothing to write home about and sub par guacamole. All said and done not my favourite way to blow through 90 dollars for a 2.
Delicious and unique brunch menu without the lineups.
The food was amazing but the noise level on weekend nights is almost too loud to handle.
Love this place!! The food is ALWAYS on point! Staff are friendly and fast!
The food was amazing but I felt like I was in a cafeteria a bit. The lighting could have been more dim and candles would have been ideal.
My friend and I were having dinner on a Wednesday evening with people still in the restaurant. It wasn't that busy but the staff were set on cleaning up the place with gathering sauces from the tables and getting ready for close. Kind of made us want to leave sooner than planned.
Great food, large portions, but could be mas picante.
This was our second visit to Chula, and it was as good this time as last. Terrific food, great drinks, and a really fun atmosphere. Ceviche was really REALLY good, so if you go, order it.
Great food and drinks. Awesome margaritas. A bit loud and sort of surprising on a Wednesday evening.
The tables were really squashed in. People had to stand up to let someone at another table out. Taking a few tables out might really help with the ambiance. It was also really loud. Food was delicious though; would absolutely come back!
Been here many times and it is always consistently great, authentic Mexican flavour. Also a large selection of tequila for sipping!
Last minute change of plans on New Year's Eve. Our table was tucked away but suited my partner fine. Our server disappeared and the bartender took over, but service was very efficient. Would definitely visit again.
Food was really nice and not too pricey. Had a good selection of beers and extensive tequila list. If you are into that. Fried zucchini taco was delish. Sat at a high table and the light was kinda blinding so would suggest a table that isn't raised. All in all a very nice experience.


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CHICAGO— In the end, it was just Oprah.
For the final episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" taped Tuesday, the talk show queen appeared alone on her Chicago stage, talking to viewers about what they've meant to her during the show's 25-year run. The finale will air on Wednesday.
Fans leaving Tuesday's taping said Winfrey had tears in her eyes as the television icon said a final thank you.
"She said, `This isn't goodbye. This is until we meet again," said Amy Korin, 32, of Chicago, who was in the audience.
Winfrey then kissed and hugged her longtime partner, Stedman Graham, and made her way through the halls of Harpo Studios, saying goodbye to her staff, audience members said. She kept saying, "We did it! We did it!," Korin said, and giving employees high-fives.
There was a single chair on the stage, but Winfrey stood most of the time, audience members said.
"A lot of crying and hugs, crying and hugs," Korin said.
Audience members described a simply produced series finale filled with a sense of gratitude.
"It was just her the whole time, a recap of what she believed in, what we've given her as viewers and what she hopes she has given us," said Nancy Evankoe, 60, Hoffman Estates, who went to the taping with her daughter.
Winfrey announced in November 2009 that she would end her popular talk show after 25 years. Tuesday's taping comes a week after Hollywood's A-list and 13,000 fans bid Winfrey farewell during a double-episode extravaganza at Chicago's United Center. The shows that aired Monday and Tuesday included Aretha Franklin, Tom Cruise, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jordan and Madonna, among other stars of television, music and movies.
The bare-bones final taping had its share of celebrities in the audience including Tyler Perry, Maria Shriver, Suze Orman and Cicely Tyson, but none of them joined Winfrey on stage. There were 404 audience members, according to Harpo Productions.
Hundreds of giddy fans struck by their luck at getting tickets for the final show had gathered outside Winfrey's television studio in Chicago Tuesday morning.
Sarah Cranley, 32, of Chicago waited in line with her mother, who traveled in from Pittsburgh for the taping. Cranley said she felt very lucky to snag tickets to the last show and the prospect of seeing Winfrey live didn't yet feel real.
"You think about how many billions of people around the world watch her and want to be here," Cranley said. "What are the odds?"
Cranley's mother, Sally Mowrey, 59, said Winfrey was a constant in her life when her husband's job transfers had her family move 17 times.
"That was something I could count one, watching Oprah," Mowrey said. "That was one thing that didn't change."
Fans said they went through the normal ticketing process for the final taping by submitting their names online. Some said they wrote letters explaining why they were Winfrey fans.
Winfrey's best friend Gayle King mixed with the waiting fans and interviewed several with a camera phone. For her, the show's end is bittersweet.
"I have such mixed feelings about it," King told fans.


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Gretsch Announces the Tom Petersson Signature Basses
Gretsch will officially unveil two new Tom Petersson signature bass models during the Summer NAMM show this week in Nashville, Tenn.
The members of Cheap Trick have reigned as the high priests of hard-rocking U.S. power pop for more than 40 years, with an influential and infectiously ever-youthful sound. The band has recorded countless hits, performed over 5,000 shows and recently released their seventeenth studio album. On April 8, Cheap Trick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, solidifying their legendary status and entering a new realm amongst their inspirational peers.
On the heels of this pinnacle moment, Gretsch is proud to honor the Cheap Trick co-founder and bassist with the USA Custom Shop Tom Petersson Signature 12-String Falcon™ Bass and G6136B-TP-AWT Tom Petersson Signature 4-String Bass.
Both models will be available in early 2017.
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Tom and Rick featured on The Strombo Show
Tom and Rick are featured on The Strombo Show episode that will air on Sunday night on CBC Radio2 from 8-11pm EST
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The Unio'n vun de Fräiheetsorganisatiounen or just Unio'n (Union of Freedom Organisations) was an organisation of members of the Luxembourgish Resistance which was founded in World War II. It emerged in March 1944 from the merger of the Luxembourgish Patriot League, the Luxembourgish People's Legion, the Luxembourgish Red Lion and other resistance movements, shortly before the end of the war in Luxembourg. In September 1944 the Luxembourgish Freedom Union also joined. It was the head of the Luxembourgish People's Legion, Lucien Dury, who contacted the other resistance movements in 1943 with a view to a merger. The resistance movements at the time had been weakened by raids and arrests by the Gestapo, and the goal was also to create a movement which could act as a representative body after the liberation. It was also planned that the organisation should, in creating a militia, contribute to maintaining order after the liberation.

The Unio'n continued its existence after the war as an association, with the goal of keeping the memory of the active resistance in the years 1940-1945 alive. In 2011 it had about 150 members. In March 2011 the organisation had a memorial plaque put up outside the house in Bonnevoie where the Unio'n was founded.

Further reading
 Hoffmann, Serge: Le mouvement de résistance LVL au Luxembourg, Archives nationales, 2004, 158 pages.

Luxembourg Resistance
Military units and formations established in 1944
1944 establishments in Luxembourg

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Hung Ga Grand Master Y. C. Wong is a true pioneer of Lam family Hung Kyun in the USA. After completing his apprenticeship under Late Grand Master Lam Jou and teaching in Hong Kong, he has moved to the United States in 1963 – he is teaching there for 50 years!
Following rare video shows lightning speed "Ng Long's Eight Diagram Long Pole Sparring Set" (Ng Long Baat Gwa Gwan Deui Chaak), performed by Grand Master Y.C. Wong and his disicple in 1967.
Y. C. Wong Sifu is currently over 80 years young, still practicing and teaching, powerful and fast. We wish him good health hand long life! Check out his website at www.tigercrane.com.
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Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Telltale Games
Batman has seen a great run over the last decade or so with Christopher Nolan's film trilogy, the Arkham game trilogy, and now a story-driven adventure game. Batman tells a story I have personally never heard with the game digging into Bruce Wayne's darker past and finally revealing the truth about his parents and discovering their past. The game isn't' afraid to kill off characters and actually become quite violent, and I was hooked every last minute, but it's not the story or characters that have issues, but Telltale's tired way of telling these stories.
I'll have to give them credit, they cleaned up the graphics engine a bit and the button prompts and commands look sleeker, especially during action sequences, but the game is still an interactive movie, probably more so than any other Telltale adventure game. Rarely do you get to actually control Batman or Bruce and only during investigative scenes to link clues together. This is one gameplay element that's used multiple times and I like it, but it's not really a puzzle either. You walk around examining clues and can link two of them together to figure out what happened at a crime scene. It's easy and obvious which clues go together, so some better puzzle solving would have been nice.
The second gameplay segment is dialog choices and most are timed just like previous Telltale games, but I feel the smaller dialog choices have less of an impact. The game will tell you when someone will notice or remember what you said, but unlike The Walking Dead, I don't know when that comes into play. The Walking Dead is done so well I can recall what I said in a previous decision that made that character act the way they do, now either the writing is so good it's that seamless or it was an afterthought. I want to know when my choices change things, even the little ones. There are times when you have to make two large choices that obviously will affect the story, but these are immediate changes that you see in front of you.
The third gameplay segment is quick-time events, but they're sleek and feel part of the action. Of course, these are incredibly easy and I never once messed up as the game gives you plenty of time to hit the button prompts to see the well-choreographed fight scenes play out that are actually quite cool. Outside of those three gameplay segments, there's no other gameplay present. Puzzles are seriously lacking as they gave the Arkham games some brainpower behind all that fighting and I feel the game could have been better enjoyed more as a game with these put in.
Thankfully, you'll just mow through the 5 episodes that take less than an hour each to complete because the story is so good. Seeing the origins of Harvey Dent become Two-Face, The Joker, Catwoman, Gordan, and seeing Bruce face his own dark past is just cool especially for a Batman fan such as myself. It tells a story that no other medium has told and that's what got me hooked. I don't want another origin story as to how Bruce became Batman, I don't want to see him fight more villains and fight his inner demons. The dredging up the past and seeing Bruce and Batman actually fail and become nothing is fantastic and makes Batman seem vulnerable and adds depth to the story arc.
Overall, Batman: The Telltale Series is a must-play for any Batman fan. I don't think non Batman fans will care for this game, especially when knowing more about the lore and arc of the series makes the game that much more interesting. The visuals are decent, but I'm tired of seeing Telltales comic looking graphics and they are dated and full of bugs and problems still. I ran into graphical glitches, crashes, and at one point my Xbox shut down mid-game for no reason. The voice acting is top-notch and the overall production values are good, but I'm tired of Telltale's way of telling stories in the same manner for every game. Smaller dialog options are lost in the seamless transition between scenes and only the larger choices stand out which is a shame. Towards the end of the game, I stopped caring about which choices I made outside of the large ones because I wasn't seeing any differences. Even at the last dialog scene with Alfred in episode 5, the game said "Alfred will remember that" but why? It's the last scene with him and it won't make a difference if he remembers it or not. With that said, this is a great story and not much else.
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Manufacturer: OnePlus
MSRP: $529.99 (6GB RAM, 64GB Storage), $579.99 (8GB RAM, 128GB Storage), $629.99 (8GB RAM, 256GB Storage)
Colors: Mirror Black, Silk White, Midnight Black
Coming from being a dedicated fan of one manufacturer and switching to a new one can be jarring, but sometimes it can bring in a breath of fresh air. Recently I looked at my Note8 thinking about the Note 9 and realized how little of a difference there is between the two, and about $400. Samsung's phones have gotten more expensive over the years and have become so pricey that I now have to start putting down payments on my upgrades which I never did before. Then after I decide to wait it out for a while along comes OnePlus. I've heard of them before, and most of us have, but they were a flash in the pan that didn't last very long.
Here we are at the end of 2018 and OnePlus comes out swinging with features that both Samsung and Apple have not done yet or haven't done right, and that's what gets you sales. The biggest attraction by far is the on-screen fingerprint sensor and the best screen notch to date, and not to mention it's 1/3 the price of other phones. The same hardware packed into the Note 9 with a fraction of the price? Yes, please!
Looks Matter
The 6T is a very sexy device and probably one of the nicest I have ever seen. The extreme bezeless display is just amazing to look at and has a look even Samsung can't get right with their Edge displays. We finally have a phone with about 95% screen and that's a big deal. Gone are the days of physical buttons and large bezels for cameras and sensors. OnePlus managed to pack ambient light, camera, notification LEDs, and everything else into a tiny spot on the front of the phone that is just about the same width as the notification bar. It's really a sight to behold and looks so damn good with the AMOLED display. OnePlus did not cut any corners here and this is clearly a luxury phone that tops some of the big dogs already.
The entire phone is also made of glass so it feels high-end and features a volume rocker, power button, and a volume slider that allows you to physically silence or set your phone on vibrate, and I can't say how nice this feature is enough. I got so tired of taking my phone out to silence it and this feels like a great addition. The phone has a USB-C connection and a vertical rear camera and flash. It looks sleek, minimal, and attractive at every corner, and it's still slim with a large 3,700 mAh battery.
If you go inside the hardware we have heavy-duty state of the art hardware that makes this a high-end phone. For starters, the Snapdragon 845 is present with the Adreno 630 GPU for insanely smooth high-end gaming, and thanks to OnePlus's OxygenOS the Android experience is buttery smooth and games never see any slowdown or suffer from poor OS optimization which is something that Samsung and a lot of other manufacturers suffer from at least in a small amount. The $580 model also comes with 8GB of RAM which makes switching apps and loading them lightning fast and they instantly load. This is also in part with being the first Android phone to launch with Android Pie 9.0 which has insane optimizations and feels on par with Apple's iOS which is well known for being fine-tuned to their hardware.
Gone are the days of 32 and 64GB of storage so we get 128GB and 256GB options on the 6T which is more than enough, and the exclusion of an SD card slot is a little disappointing, but OxygenOS has the option of using OTG (On-The-Go) storage built into the OS so your USB-C flash drives will come in handy there. The phone also has no headphone jack, but at this point, most phones are leaning that way and it does save space inside the phone. This isn't a deal breaker for me at all as I don't use headphones with my phone hardly ever. I do have to mention that this phone does not have wireless charging which was a bummer and probably the biggest disappointment with this phone, but it makes up for it with the fastest charge time I have ever seen. In my first test, my phone was at 30% and charged to 90% in just 30 minutes. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, so a full charge would be about an hour or less which is insane. Even on my Note8 a full charge from 0-100 was almost 2 hours on fast-charge and it was a smaller battery. With that said, you have to use OnePlus's proprietary charger cables and plugs.
The phone features a 16MP+20MP rear camera dual-lens camera and a 16MP front facing camera which is kind of unheard of. It can actually shoot 4K at 60FPS which the Note 9 can do but only for 5 minutes. The photos are incredibly sharp and vibrant and I am not disappointed at all with this setup. Camera enthusiasts won't be disappointed.
A Smooth Ride
There are quite a few options in OxygenOS that just kept impressing me and this is clearly the most innovative and optimized Android OS variant I have ever used. I actually didn't need my third party home launchers for once which was nice. There are plenty of options to change themes, accent colors, icon packs, and the Shelf is a great alternative to Samsung's Edge Bar as you can swipe left and have a whole area full of neatly organized widgets that allow you to add weather, app shortcuts, contacts, and various other things. I use it a lot and it's much easier than searching for apps in the drawer.
OnePlus's Game Mode works well and while not quite as robust as Samsung's it feels more optimized and has some options Samsung doesn't like various ways notifications display and what part of the hardware you actually want to be optimized rather than a universal setting. It has more options rather than features which is fine by me. OnePlus also added a night mode and reading mode which will make apps appear in black and white and change the darkness based on the ambient light.
OnePlus is also the next phone to use something similar to Samsung's Always On Display as the 6T has a gorgeous AMOLED screen. However, it utilizes this feature better as the actual notifications will now pop up with text while the phone is off rather than just an icon which is really awesome. The Ambient Display is also not always on to conserve battery life but allows you to tap the screen to show it or when you pick up your phone. These are quality of life features that other manufacturers aren't thinking of.
There are some nice gesture features such as drawing letters on the screen while it's off to launch apps, and the navigation bar is fully customizable. You can hide it, and even use gestures to navigate the phone which I am currently using and it's incredible. Swipe up on the bottom left corner for back, bottom right for forward, and up the center for recent apps. It works so well and I haven't run into any issues with it.
Overall, the OnePlus 6T is the phone we've needed in 2018 when the big guys aren't innovating anymore. Each year phones are less and less dissimilar and the prices are skyrocketing. OnePlus brings us premium luxury features at a budget price, and it knocks every single feature out of the park that it does have. Sure, it's missing a 3.5mm headphone jack, wireless charging, and a higher resolution screen, but in the end, it doesn't matter as it does everything else the others are doing better and bringing new things to the table. In-screen fingerprint scanning, ultra-fast charging, a nearly invisible notch, and a gorgeous camera as nothing to scoff at.
Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver S Gaming Headset
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Manufacturer: Kingston
I'm not really big on gaming headset as I don't need to use them often as I have my own place, but when I do I want something amazing, something that can deliver the quality and power of large speakers inside some cans. After having the Razer Man O' War for about 18 months I switched over to some wired headphones and moved brands. Why Kingston? Well, the reviews are great and it's plug and play, which may say iffy to some, but it works out well in the end.
Some people want fancy software, RGB lighting, and crazy controls, but Kingston went a different route here. Most PC headsets are not compatible with a console, but these are thanks to a proprietary USB 7.1 audio card built in the cable with Dolby. Now the downside is that these are only stereo headphones with the 3.5mm jack adapter, but they still sound amazing. The USB part has a three-part equalizer for flat, bass boost, and vocal. For gaming and movies, you can activate the Dolby 7.1 surround sound with just a button allowing the headphones to control everything and no need for any software.
The mic is completely removable which is a nice feature and works just how you would expect. There's a button to mute the mic on the control box, but for consoles, you will need to remove it completely to mute it through the hardware. Outside of these features the headset itself is extremely comfortable and feels like a cloud sitting on your head. Instead of adjustable bands, we get a tension-sensitive soft band under a hard outer band. This means the band adjusts to your head shape easily without any fiddling. The earcups are super soft and no sound escapes. Since these are wired headphones I had to figure out where to clip the control box which wound up going on my keyboard cable to keep it nearby and so I can access the controls easily. The cord behind that is rather long which is needed for console use.
Here's the big question: How does 7.1 audio sound in games and movies? Well, it works surprisingly well. The built-in sound card does a good job decoding the audio and making it sound incredible. I could hear gunshots behind me, people talking next to me, and explosions sounded epic and amazing. Games with 7.1 options sound even better and more realistic, but sadly there aren't many games with this built-in.
With that said the HyperX Revolver S is a solid wired headset without the flash and fancy software accompanying most headsets these days. They are extremely comfortable, give an amazing sound output that is crisp and clear, and also have great 7.1 audio capabilities. There are a few minor gripes like the control box being in a weird spot on the cable, only three equalizer settings, and missing software for those who like to fine tune, but what's here works surprisingly well straight out of the box and being plug-and-play. This is a versatile headset for any gamer, but sadly the 7.1 only works through USB and the 3.5mm jack is strictly stereo. For the price point, you get bang for your buck that you won't get with most other headsets.
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Publisher: SCEI
Developer: thatgamecompany
thatgamecompany are a really talented bunch. With Journey and Flow under their belt, they are known for making artistically stunning games on Sony's consoles. When Flower was released on PS3 amazed gamers around the world with its gorgeous visuals and music. It's a very simple game, but that's okay for what it does.
You control a single flower petal and ride the wind to help other flowers bloom and rid gloom and grayness from the world around you. You can control the speed of the petals and the novelty came from using the PS3's SixAxis controller to move the petals around. On the Vita, you can use the gyroscope or hold the rear touchpad. I honestly don't like the controls and feel it is very difficult to control at low or high speeds. I always missed a set of petals in a run and had to turn around and go back breaking the magic and flow of the game.
It was like this constantly through the entire game. Once I felt the game had jumped from petal set to petal set only to let me go and lose focus of the current run. As the game progressed this became more complicated as you avoided fallen electrical towers that would shock you and send you flying backward. It's a beautiful game to behold, even on Vita, but the frustrating controls and mechanics bring it down quite a bit.
Flower also has some underlying environmental message that feels hypocritical. The game goes from green grasses to dark and dreary in a few levels only to have you restoring color to the city (that clearly represent Los Angeles) so I don't have any idea what the story is or the message is about.
There are about seven levels not including the credits level which was interesting. Flower is a PlayStation classic and should be played just for its beauty and unique gameplay that no other game can touch. The music is amazing and I really felt sucked into the game only to be ripped out again by bad controls.
OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
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Publisher: RollingMedia Ltd.
Developer: Roll7
Skateboarding games have always been one of my favorite genres. They're intense, require an insane amount of skills and coordination, and are just so much fun to play. I started all the way back to the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and ended at Skate 3. From there the genre pretty much died, but OlliOlli revived the series a bit and I fell in love with the first game.
The second is no different, and that's both good and bad. On the plus side, the game feels smoother, there are more tricks, the entire game is more responsive, and there are more modes and new levels and themes. The downside is that it's pretty much the same game with no real evolution of the series.
Career mode is where you will spend most of your time. Here you have six different goals varying in tricks, scores, and special spots. Using the left analog stick you can push down and then up to pop the board up and flick it around to do tricks. Holding it down over a rail will allow you to grind. To properly land a trick you must press X right before landing or they will all be sloppy. This trick system is similar to Skate's and is a great evolution of the button combo system.
Sadly, you can't do grabs and there's no vert skating. Half-pipe rounds would have been fun and it's sad that the sequel doesn't really add all that much. There are two other modes which are trick spot and just a leaderboard tracker. They're fun but aren't different from the career mode really.
The game looks nice with fun music, awesome 2D sprites, a great Hollywood/Los Angeles theme and it's just super smooth. With all that said, OlliOlli2 is a great entry for newcomers and veterans will find enough new stuff in the career mode to consider a purchase.
Apple iPad Pro 10.5″ (2017)
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Manufacturer: Apple
MSRP: $649.99 (wifi only) $749.99 (4G)
Colors: Rose Gold, Space Grey
Some longtime followers of my site may actually laugh at this review and some may have noticed I'm a hardcore Android user. Sure, I have a ton of iOS reviews from years back, but after my last iPod Touch 4G, I hadn't looked back at the platform. As the years went by there were a ton of iOS games that just never made it to Android from Infinity Blade to Civilization VI and not to mention timed exclusives. Why an iPad and not a Touch? Well for starters, the Touch devices are being phased out and haven't been updated since the iPhone 6 hardware. Second, the iPad series is still frequently updated and features more powerful hardware and a better experience than the Touch. Third, price. You can finance an iPad at wireless carriers as the full price for these things is outrageously expensive.
For starters the device is about what I expected, it's sleek, fairly slim (not as slim as the Samsung Tab S tablets, however) and the 10.5″ size makes a huge difference over the standard 9.7″ tablets I am used to. The screen is gorgeous and the speakers are phenomenal. So what's powering this iPad? The A10X processor is Apple's latest and greatest chip offering and runs everything at lightning smooth speed. It is accompanied by the PowerVR 7XT GPU which will run the latest and greatest games at high framerates. The display is an odd 4:3 aspect ratio at 1668×2224 resolution, which is also odd, and has a 12MP rear-facing and 7MP front-facing camera. The iPad features HDR10 and 120Hz refresh rate for HDR content on YouTube and Netflix as well as lightning fast framerates. Probably the best looking tablet camera I've ever seen. Let's not forget those speakers. I thought the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3's speakers were great, but these blow those out of the water. I can actually feel the bass rumble in my hands at max volume and the sound projects very well and actually sounds like PC speakers rather than tinny muffled garbage.
The iPad Pro also features the new lightning charger cable that was featured in the iPhone 5. It's no big deal to longtime Apple users, but for me, coming from the older iPod Touch hardware is really nice. Sadly, the tablet has no wireless charging which should be available by now and just isn't due to Apple's stubborn design quirks. With that said the tablet features a great physical home button with a responsive fingerprint sensor that's quite impressive. You can clearly tell the iPads aren't second-rate hardware like some other manufacturers on the Android side.
Onto the software, and this is where the impressions kind of sizzled away, the iOS suite hasn't changed much in 8 years. It looks nearly the same just more streamlined, sleek, and faster. My iPad came with iOS 11.4 and the new dock and multitasking features actually impressed me as they are more intuitive than Android's. Swiping up from the bottom on any app to get to the dock and then long swiping for the control panel is genius. The snap multitasking works so smoothly by dragging an app from the dock into the screen and having an overlay or tapping the title bar to bring up true multitasking. It works so well and they seemed to have gotten it right. The only downside is you need the apps you want to snap in the dock or it won't work.
I do like how iTunes is dying and is no longer required to tether to your PC to download apps and music. The App Store is now separate from iTunes which is awesome as back in the day these were all in one. There is plenty of customization settings and ways to tweak your device, much more than 8 years ago, and I was pretty satisfied. However, customization is still absent after all these years. No widgets, custom home launchers, or any of those awesome features that Android offers including the more intuitive drop-down menus. What iOS offers is simple and easy to use, and very smooth, but hasn't evolved really in 10 years.
Games look and play amazingly well on the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil is the big selling point for these tablets. I don't have one myself, but I've used my wife's as she draws with it and it's so smooth and responsive, it's a fantastic piece of hardware. The Pencil alone has evolved the iPads into something more than just steamrolled iPhones. They are true productivity devices that can do things laptops can't even do.
Overall, the iPad Pro is an amazing tablet and offers Apple's best tech. It's great for mobile gaming, drawing, watching videos, and overall everyday use.
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Manufacturer: Samsung Electronics
MSRP: $599.99 (wifi), $649.99 (4G)
The Galaxy Tab S2 was the best tablet I have ever owned. It's sleek, powerful, includes a familiar Samsung Android OS, had a beautiful screen, and I never had a single issue with the tablet. That was 3 years ago, and I felt it was time to upgrade. While I understand the Tab S3 isn't the dramatic change that the S2 was from the original Tab S to me at least, it's a marginal difference to justify an upgrade, especially if you are growing tired of your S2 or realize, like I did, that Samsung is no longer supporting it.
When I took the tablet out of the box the differences were noticeable right away. While it's shaped the same way, is the same size, and looks familiar, it's made completely out of glass so that plastic feeling is gone. It's also half the weight and thickness of the S2 which is insane as the S2 was the thinnest tablet around for the longest time. The Tab S3 also includes the S Pen for the first time since the Note 10.1 tablet. The S Pen is large and full-sized unlike the pens for the Note phone series, and it doesn't go into the tablet. This is a bit of an issue because you always have a loose pen floating around unless you buy a case for the tablet that can hold the pen.
Once I turned on the tablet, it was a familiar experience. The Noughat OS is exactly like the S2 with a few added features. Sadly, I noticed that Samsung Themes is absent from this tablet as well and seems to be exclusive the newer Samsung phones. I did notice that everything ran a bit smoother and was more responsive overall.
The biggest change of all would be the sound and screen. The S3 features four speakers for surround sound by AKG which sounds fantastic. As I was playing games or watching videos I could hear the sound differential change with each speaker and was a huge change from the S2's stereo speakers. The screen features HDR which was the first tablet to do so. Watching HDR videos on Netflix or just high res videos, in general, look fantastic on this screen and almost looks better than Samsung's high-end phones. I can't stress enough how great everything looks on this tablet, these two features alone are worth the upgrade.
Let's get under the hood of this beast. While there are more powerful tablets on the market, the Tab S3 is one them. The S3 boasts the Snapdragon 820 SOC with a quad-core CPU running at 2.15Ghz. We get 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and an Adreno 530 GPU. It's not the biggest leap over the S2 and disappointed a lot of people, but as a whole, it's a worthy upgrade and still more powerful than the S2. It has a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front facing which is just fine. Who really takes photos with their tablet? I took maybe a dozen with my S2 over the last 2 and a half years and it never got used. Thankfully the S3 has a flash on the back this time so your photos will turn out a bit better.
I benchmarked the S3 with 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme, and it did fairly well with the Vulkan and OpenGLES 3.1 API. As you can see when the system is pushed fairly hard it can maintain a solid 30FPS so it's ready for games for the next few years.
Overall, the Tab S3 is a fantastically powerful and feature packed tablet. It's a worthy upgrade from the S2 or if you want an all-new tablet this is a great one to jump into. With a gorgeous screen, HDR support, a versatile S Pen, quad speakers, and a slim design, there's nothing wrong here at all. While the SOC isn't as powerful as I'd have hoped, it's not enough to deter me from recommending this.


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Best TV guide apps: UK TV guides for iPad & iPhone
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There are lots of iPad and iPhone TV guide apps in the iOS App Store, so you don't need to head out into the blustery cold to pick one up. Instead, you can download your TV guide within seconds and turn over to the cheesy Christmas movies without missing a minute.
By Ashleigh Macro | 25 Nov 13
As December approaches, it would normally be almost time to head out to the local newsagents to pick yourself up TV guide. But wait - aren't we living in the digital age? There are lots of iPad and iPhone TV guide apps in the iOS App Store, so you don't need to head out into the blustery cold to pick one up. Instead, you can download your TV guide within seconds and turn over to the cheesy Christmas movies without missing a minute.
First up there's TVGuide, from TVGuide.co.uk. The app, available for iPad or iPhone, gives you an easy-to-read grid that lets you see what's on for the upcoming week. You can sort and select channels to customise it to your preferences, and, if you've got an internet-connected Samsung TV, you can even use the app as a remote.
We particularly like the 'Upcoming Films' feature, which shows all of the films that'll be playing over the next week. You can also find recommendations and mark shows as favourites.
In addition to the general TV Guide, there's also a TV Guide for Sky and TV Guide for Virgin Media, which are already customised to suit the channels available to customers of each service.
TV Guide for Sky has Sky Remote Record, while TV Guide for Virgin has Virgin TiVo Remote Record and Series Record.
If you've got Freeview, there's an official Freeview TV Guide app for iPad and iPhone that shows what's on for the next seven days. It has personal recommendations and top picks, but it doesn't have the option to see only movies, or documentaries, or drama, for example.
Sky customers can make use of the Sky+ app, which lets users browse what's on and then set their Sky+HD box to record shows they choose. Sky+ has recommendations and a search feature.
Similarly, Virgin Media has the Virgin TV Anywhere app for TiVo customers, which lets you watch live TV from your iPhone or iPad, and also lets you set recordings while out and about. It acts as a comprehensive TV guide, too, and can also be used as a remote control.
Another TV Guide app that could come in handy for iPhone users is the TV Guide from tv24.co.uk.
With this app, users can see what's on TV up to 14 days ahead, and get automatic reminders if a new episode of a show they follow is due to air. There's a movie guide, and filters suchas Sports, Series, Fact, Kids, Entertainment and News to make it easier to see what's most suited to you.
Zeebox is another TV guide app that's a little different. It's designed to make watching TV more social, by using 'TV Rooms' that let you chat about your favourite shows. But, as well as that, it's also a good seven day TV guide that lets you bookmark episodes or series that you want to watch.
Radio Times even has its own TV guide app, so if you've got your heart set on picking yourself up a copy this might help convince you that you only need your iPad. There's a free listings app that lets you browse what's on TV in the UK, and you'll get a free 30 day trial of the premium version, which will cost you £2.99 per month if you decide to subscribe once the trial is over.
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If you believe what you see on the internet, this could be the 2016 Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series.
A number of apparent leaked images from Instagram user @hamad1two3 purportedly show an updated version of the Toyota LandCruiser, though there has been plenty of discussion over whether the heavily revised front-end styling seen here is legitimate or not.
The changes appear substantial: there's a new grille, bumper, headlights and bonnet, all of which blend together to give the big Japanese four-wheel drive a more aggressive appearance.
There are also a number of brochure images, apparently showing design highlights of the updated 2016 LandCruiser including new LED elements to the headlights, revised tail-light assemblies, and a revamped instrument cluster.
Further changes are expected inside the cabin, too, with a new touchscreen media system, new rear seat entertainment, a revised shift surround and new switchgear, while an array of wood finishes and interior trim colour changes are also expected.
While it isn't an all-new model, you could say it is about time the Toyota LandCruiser saw some styling attention - in terms of appearance, it has gone largely unchanged in its current-generation guise model hit showrooms in 2008.
International reports suggest the new-look Toyota LandCruiser should hit showrooms in 2016, and given this is a big car worthy of a big reveal, we would expect it to make its debut at the 2015 Tokyo motor show in October.
CarAdvice has contacted Toyota Australia for comment.


BBC's Strictly Come Dancing judge, Bruno Tonioli, has credited his good health to reducing his meat intake, and now wants to go vegan for a month.
The dancer and choreographer, first tweeted about veganism last year after he reached out to the Vegan Society. More recently, the star's announced he's trying to 'go vegan' for a month.
"I've been reading so much on the benefits of a plant-based diet and I have cut down on eating meat and feel so much better.
"I am going to try going vegan for a month. Has anyone tried it? Any advice? #vegan #plantbased," Tonioli wrote.
The tweet, which gained nearly 400 likes and 17 retweets, caught the attention of fellow TV personality, Kristina Rihanoff, who said: "Aww amazing news! So glad you trying it. You can get amazing cooked vegan meals at http://allplants.com they deliver to your door."
Animal-rights organization also responded to the tweet, saying: "There are so many benefits to enjoy! You'll LOVE the way #VeganLife feels. We're here with all the advice and motivation you need," and attached a two-week vegan meal plan.
Tonioli also quote retweeted an article claiming 92 percent of plant-based meals were consumed by non-vegans, adding: "I am one of them," along with a heart-face emoji, to his 193,000 followers.


It's time to enjoy a fun evening with fellow members after all the hard work getting the boats ready for sea or other such springtime activities! There will be good food, there will be music from Cornish Jam before and after our supper, there will be good company, do come, please do bring guests!
Please book via the CYC website, log in to the Members Only area, click Events, select Fitting-Out Supper, complete the form, check and submit, an email is sent to the Soc Sec so she knows you have booked and payment is done by your CYC direct debit.
If you have trouble with logging in just email webmaster@cycadmin.org and it will be sorted. If you prefer you can email, ring or text, social@cycadmin.org, 07818 002624. Your booking will be confirmed by email. Thank you.
PS, Offers of assistance with the preparation of the club and decoration of the tables during the afternoon before the supper would be much appreciated, just let Jill know if you can help.


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Q: Ping IP Two Times - Python I have one simple question about subprocess.call.
I'm trying to ping some IP addresses, and ping instruction is pinging it 4 times.
But I want to ping every address 2 times. Can I add any value like count =  to `subprocess.call?
I was checking documentation about that, and have found nothing helping me to resolve this, or maybe is there any other instruction to use.
Or do I have to make a method for this? And add count variable?
This is the code:
import subprocess
#import time

for ping in range (30,36):
    ipek = "192.168.0." + str(ping)
    subprocess.call(["ping", ipek])

A: This code should do what you want:
import subprocess #import subprocess

for ping in range(30, 36): #all ip's ending in 30 to 36
    ipek = "192.168.0." + str(ping) #set ip string
    subprocess.call(["ping", ipek, "-n", "2"]) #ping

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Published July 9, 2019 | By cavehollywood
FIRST ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL SUMMER OF SORCERY IN 20 YEARS VIA WICKED COOL/UME Label;
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's Summer Of Sorcery was just released during May on CD, digitally and on vinyl as double LP on 180-
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gram black vinyl via Wicked Cool/UMe label.
A wide-ranging world tour began May 16 at Liverpool, UK's 02 Academy and then made stops across the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Spain.
The first leg of the North American tour started July 2 at the London Music Hall in Ontario, Canada and take Van Zandt and band all across Canada and the Eastern U.S., culminating at Outlaw Jam in Annapolis, Md.
They will return to Europe in August for more shows and return to the US in September for the second leg of the tour that will culminate at New York City's Beacon Theatre on November 6th.
Each show on the American tour will benefit Van Zandt's TeachRock education initiative and offer an introduction to the Teachrock.org curriculum. Before the show, the TeachRock staff will host free professional development workshops designed to engage educators with techniques and content through which they can comfortably use music to inspire students, even if they've never touched an instrument.
The free, multimedia K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum meets prevailing standards in English Language Arts, Social Studies/History, the Fine and Performing Arts, and also includes STEAM and advisory material suitable for K-12 teachers of all disciplines, interdisciplinary best practices and group activities.
Summer Of Sorcery – which arrives just two years after Little Steven's acclaimed 2017's solo return, Soulfire, and its 2018 live follow-up, Soulfire Live! – was written, arranged, and produced by Van Zandt at his own Renegade Studios in New York City; the album was co-produced and recorded by Geoff Sanoff and co-produced by Disciples of Soul musical director and guitarist Marc Ribler.
Summer Of Sorcery was mixed and mastered respectively by Van Zandt's career-long collaborators and friends Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig (. The album – which features an exclusive introduction written by Van Zandt – is adorned with Frank Frazetta-inspired cover art by Steven's longtime art director, Louis Arzonico.
"I know it sounds a bit silly but I do believe Rock 'n' Roll can change the world," Van Zandt volunteered. "It's about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship, and community"
In addition to his ongoing role as a touring and recording member of The E Street Band, the past two decades have seen the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer expand his personal parameters to include legendary work as an actor on The Sopranos and Lilyhammer as well as host-creator of Sirius XM's one-and-only Little Steven's Underground Garage creator of Sirius XM's long-running Outlaw Country format). Continue reading →
Posted in Record Reviews, Rock and Roll History, The Soul Kitchen Connection | Tagged david kessel, harvey kubernik, little steven, soul kitchen connection, steven van zandt, underground garage


throughout centuries, the Islamic heart East hosted huge populations of Christians and Jews as well as Muslims. this day, this variety is generally absent. during this e-book, Heather J. Sharkey examines the background that Muslims, Christians, and Jews as soon as shared opposed to the transferring backdrop of country regulations. concentrating on the Ottoman center East earlier than international struggle I, Sharkey bargains a brilliant and full of life research of daily social contacts, costume, track, nutrients, bathing, and extra, as they introduced humans jointly or driven them aside. traditionally, Islamic traditions of statecraft and legislation, which the Ottoman Empire maintained and tailored, taken care of Christians and Jews as safe subordinates to Muslims whereas prescribing limits to social blending. Sharkey indicates how, amid the pivotal alterations of the trendy period, efforts to concurrently protect and dismantle those hierarchies heightened tensions alongside non secular strains and set the level for the twentieth-century heart East.
We're a lot like our acquaintances. .. but we're so diversified! This e-book, in a chain of probing,entertaining and informative essays, goals at supporting the reader comprehend anything approximately Jewish differentness, whatever approximately how Jews imagine, what Jews think and what Jews have contributed to the realm.
This 3rd quantity of the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae comprises inscriptions from the South Coast from the time of Alexander in the course of the finish of Byzantine rule within the seventh century. It comprises all of the languages utilized in the inscriptions of this era – Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, Samaritan, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, and Nabataean.
The hot Jewish spirituality lies someplace among God's elusive presence in our global and our look for actual language to explain it. own trips seldom have a transparent starting, and so they infrequently have a distinct finish. If there's an finish to our trip, definitely it's person who ends up in a few degree of knowledge, and thence again to its personal starting.
Blood for Thought delves right into a rather unexplored zone of rabbinic literature: the tremendous corpus of legislation, laws, and directions concerning sacrificial rituals. Mira Balberg strains and analyzes the ways that the early rabbis interpreted and conceived of biblical sacrifices, reinventing them as a domain during which to barter highbrow, cultural, and spiritual tendencies and practices of their surrounding global.


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Home Entertainment Bollywood Indo-Pak Kiss But in Reel Life
Indo-Pak Kiss But in Reel Life
She may be Pakistan's sweetheart, but the country's most highly paid actress, Humaima Malik, says she worries about how home audiences will respond to her latest on-screen romance – soon she'll be seen locking lips with Indian co-star Emraan Hashmi in her first Bollywood starring role, a BBC report said.
With this kiss, Malik joins the line-up of Pakistani female actors who have crossed the border to India, and – in the eyes of some – to infamy. Another Pakistani star, Veena Malik, caused quite an uproar by posing daringly on the cover of an Indian men's magazine cover wearing nothing but the initials ISI – an acronym for Pakistan's notorious spy agency, the Inter-intelligences service – tattooed prominently across her arm, the BBC said.
"But the backlash against "our girls" going across the border to seek fame and fortune has always been extreme in conservative Pakistan. People feel that kissing the enemy and colluding with Indian men's magazines is simply not on – not halal. In fact, until recently, kisses were invariably censored in all films shown in Pakistani cinemas," the report added.
Stars of upcoming con flick Raja Natwarlal, Emraan Hashmi and Humaima Malik were seen promoting the film at PVR Cinemas in Mumbai. Specially designed T-Shirts which had a text 'Main Hoon Raja Natwarlal' was distributed.
"Humaima Malik's kiss is unlikely to pass the Pakistan censors, who always seem to take patriotic umbrage at such close fraternising with the Indians. Bollywood may be bigger and brighter, but Lollywood (based in Lahore) and the Pakistani army are determined to bring our girls back to Pakistani cinema," the report said.
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St. Louis native Rolf Petermann has been a staple in the Lawrence music and art scenes since 2004. He's a member of the band Karma Vision, an organizer of shows at SeedCo Studios, and founder of Whatever Forever Tapes and the Pizza Power series.
Tonight, Karma Vision is performing at SeedCo Studios, 826 Penn., along with local folk and bluegrass band Monzie Leo and the Big Sky and Colorado band Bearsnail (Petermann described them as a "folk-punk duo"). The event is hopefully just the beginning of a monthly after-hours Final Friday event that will feature a preview of the upcoming month's artwork (at two floors, the warehouse provides an urban feel of an art show) and some music.
I chatted with Petermann earlier this week to discuss his vision for SeedCo events, the nature of DIY shows in the local music scene (think shows in a house, gallery or studio), and the charm of warehouse shows.
Hosting shows in warehouses: "I'm pretty excited for seeing this east Lawrence Warehouse District evolve and develop. I have a soft spot for that warehouse thing. I grew up in St. Louis, which is full of big warehouses and loft spaces, so it's nice to have that urban feel and that flexibility within a big space, where you can make it feel like a new space with every show. It's super accessible in terms of still being a part of the downtown culture. You can hop around between the bar scene or the warehouse scene or your house.


The radius server itself is fine since other NASes work without problems. It only happens on my accel-ppp NASes.
3) CoA works, I can change parameters of existing connections.
There's a large queue request count for radius that never drops.
It is probably the problem. Radius requests are queued, and never dequeued - causing no requests to go out at all.
I can "unblock" the radius module by changing the "req-limit" radius setting from 50 to 60 in accel-ppp.conf and reloading the config with accel-ppp reload, then the queue length gets back to 0 and everything starts working again.
condition in those locations. If for whatever reason the req->try variable gets bigger then the radius request queue will never be cleared.
I am having a problem similar to that reported in this post.
There are connections that start as "start" in the state field, and do not evolve to "active".
I changed all the settings described here and it did not work.
One detail is that it happened only with d-link branded routers.


Volvo and Mitsubishi will probably continue to make cars at their NedCar joint venture plant in Born, the Netherlands. But they will not share platforms after the current generation S40/V40 and Carisma models go out of production in 2004.
'We plan to produce the next generation of small cars in a joint venture with Mitsubishi in the way we do today,' said Curt Germundsson, Volvo senior vice president for car manufacturing.
Volvo has decided the S40/V40 replacements will share components and technology with Ford. Volvo and Mitsubishi are doing a feasibility study of what synergies they can find if they do not share platforms.
Under terms of the contract signed when forming NedCar, Mitsubishi now has the right to decide whether it wants to buy out Volvo's share of the venture, or leave it altogether. But Mitsubishi and Ford both seem eager to continue.
Germundsson said it might be possible to jointly use not just the paint shop, but also the press and trim shops. Since the plant has two assembly lines, the separate vehicles could still be built on different lines.


Latvia's euro adoption, dangled as the ultimate reward while the country endured the world's deepest recession, is being met with resentment.
Like everything else in China, Mao's role today is a study in paradox. He is both more and less than the ginormous portrait that dominates the centre of Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
State media say it is first time reporters have been required to take such a test en masse.
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A loose fuse carrier sparked the problem that plunged part of the John Smith's Stadium into darkness shortly before last Friday's Giants game.
Now Gareth Davies, managing director of KSDL which operates the stadium, has explained how his team of engineers dealt with the power failure ahead of the Giants/Catalan match which ended in defeat for the home team.
Mr Davies said the power failure happened at 6.50pm when there was a power loss in the Revell Ward stand.
The loss came at the most inconvenient time imaginable as the Sky TV cameras geared up to capture a tense clash for a place in the semi-finals of the Super League play-off.
Mr Davies said he was entertaining guests in one of the boxes when the lights went out.
"The lights went on to emergency lighting and I went to check what was happening," he said. "Within minutes I was down there with my team.
"We identified the problem and got a specialist engineer in and had a conversation with match officials telling them what we thought the problem was – a fuse carrier had worked itself loose and that led to it tripping itself as it should to avoid something worse.
"This affected the Revell Ward stand and the two floodlights adjoining it.
"Also the roadway lights outside the stadium which are serviced by the electrical transformer in question.
"No other part of the stadium was affected at any point. The match officials subsequently decided that the match could proceed with only two floodlights operational.
Mr Davies added: "A joint decision had already been made before kick-off to move all spectators to the Britannia Rescue Stand purely for health and safety reasons.
"The concern being that depending on how long the fault took to correct, the emergency lighting in the Revell Ward Stand would eventually have gone out as well.
"This would, of course, have been potentially very dangerous had the fault not been quickly corrected.
"Turnstiles were only kept closed for a short period while the plan was being agreed.
"During this time additional stewards were deployed outside the turnstiles to convey information to supporters.
"It is already clear that the transformer in question has a fully up to date service record. It was last serviced on August 11 and that service included the part in question.
"We have genuinely been very unlucky.
"There will be a full review and we will learn what we can from this.
"This incident came out of the blue – one million per cent.
"Of course, disruption to supporters is greatly regretted.


Ashley Educational Trust was set up in 1978 to promote educational projects which foster a greater appreciation of personal freedom and responsibility along with an effective concern for others. It encourages young and old alike to volunteer their time and skills for service projects and provides opportunities to help increase their social awareness. We believe Christian principles contribute to character development and are the basis of good society, and we try to foster virtues such as loyalty, service and integrity in all of our activities. Coniston Hall university residence and Ashley Catering establishment are major projects of AET. Coniston offers a range of opportunities to complement the university experience and contributes to the all-round development of young women. In addition to an atmosphere conducive to study and intellectual enquiry, it provides possibilities of cultural and spiritual development. From day one, educational projects for the benefit of the local community have been promoted from Coniston Hall in Longsight, Ardwick, Hulme, Moss Side and Wythenshawe; Coniston Hall founded one of the original homework clubs in inner-city Manchester. Over 400 residents and other students have helped thousands of beneficiaries.
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Hi, Sarah! I've linked the December calendar for the Magic Kingdom here for your convenience, and if you'd like to see specifics, just click on each day that you're there to find out entertainment schedules, too. (Of course, park hours, Extra Magic Hours and entertainment schedules are subject to change, but at least you'll have an idea before you make your ADRs.) For each park's hours, simply scroll over "Parks" from the Disney World home page until the drop down menu appears. Click on each park and then click on "Calendar" from the list that will appear on the left side of the screen. You can then go to the December calendar to find out park hours, EMHs and some of the entertainment schedule. I sure hope this helps you plan your days. Come back and visit the Moms Panel if you have more questions. Have a wonderful day and a magical vacation!