I’m happy to report that our own WTBQ now has a full-fledged wiki-page, and it is pretty comprehensive.  Among other facts, it includes:

1.      It is one of the last locally-owned radio stations left in Orange County, New York. The station airs on 1110 AM (throughout Orange County and northern New Jersey) and 99.1 FM (in the Town of Warwick and surrounding areas).

2.     The call letters came from Ed Klein’s (who brought WTBQ to air July 27, 1969) young daughter’s affection for her Teddy Bear.

For the full page of interesting facts, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTBQ

Thanks to my good friend and daughter-in-law’s sister, Tina, for forwarding this to me! I put my little twist on it in italics just for fun
If you see this Polka Dancer turning in clockwise to polka music, you are using your right brain (and like Polka Music fast and furious).
If you see it her turning the other way, you are using left brain (and sometimes like to dance polkas slow and romantic).
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way. See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain’s current.

BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN. Experimentation has shown that the two different sides or hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The following table illustrates the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking:

Most individuals have a distinct preference for one of these styles of thinking. Some, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes. In general, schools tend to favor left-brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right-brain activities. Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right-brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity. If you look away, the polka dancer may switch from one direction to the other. I found that if I just look at her feet or relax and look at the floor where the reflection shows, she will switch direction!

U.S. Dollar exchange rate to the Polish Zloty and here

Warsaw Stock Exchange 

Polish Stock Ticker

A nice list of links to Polish Stock Market: Quotes, Charts, News, Analysis, Market Reports and Summary, Research, Polish Economy.

Business Portal for Poland

Here are the answers for the Polish Crossword Puzzle for 5/21/2008 (Click here to play that puzzle):

ACROSS 

1.     JASON—Edyta Sliwinska’s Dance Partner5.     HILARY—First Polio Vaccinator7.     BALTIC—NW Coastline8.     POLKAMUSIC—world’s happiest music.10.   GERMANY—poland border country11.   VIGILIA—Vigil supper12.   GREAT—Polish Dialect14.   LECH—Solidarity trade union mover and shaker18.   YAZ—captain carl’s other nickname19.   DOZYNKI—Harvest Day20.   DROP—”Polka ’til you ____”21.   TATRA—Southern mountain range25.   RED—Flag color26.   COPERNICUS—Jagiellonian University Graduate Star Gazer28.   KIELBASA—meat and herbs in a casing29.   CORN—____-Poppy (Debatable National Polish Flower)30.   BABUSHKA—Grandma

31.   ZLOTY—money money

32.        WARSAW—For a while it was the “New Paris”

DOWN

1.     JOHNPAUL—Polish Pope2.     ONION—Common recipe ingredient3.     PL—Poland’s dot com4.     CASIMIR—Patron Saint5.     HEAVEN—”in ______ there is no beer ….”6.     BRYGA—a form of Bridget9.     CHICKEN—Jimmy Neutron’s Favorite Polka: “______-Dance”13.   THANK YOU—Dziekuje15.   HAPPYFATHERSDAY—DZIEN SZCZESLIWEGO OJCA (3 words)16.   JURATA—Fairy Tale’s Queen of the Baltic17.   TWO—Number of trumpets for Chicago-style polka19.   DOT—polka-___20.   DRUM—”Un-tuned” musical instrument needed for Polkas22.   POLONAISE—Stately processional march23.   WHEEL—Stella at the _________24.   SWIT—”Hot Lips” Houlihan real-life surname25.   REKSIO—Poland’s famous cartoon character

27.   SANOK—A good-sized town in Krosno province in far southeastern Poland

30.        BEER—polka party staple

It’s a great way for you to post links to neat sites, post random thoughts, questions, trivia.  It seems that the possibilities are endless really. Once you get in you start to find yourself almost in a large chat room where you can talk to others.   Twitter is great for networking with others and developing relationships with people you would normally not know and let them know about your website … and in my case what POLKA DANCES I’m heading out to !

The hard part, of course, is always keeping it up to date … I’ll let you know how I make out and if I like using it ….

Here’s a new crossword puzzle for the site …. I plan on getting a new one up every other week or so   Feel free to print it out or solve it right on the website …..

Just Click on “CROSSWORD PUZZLES” Above …. or CLICK HERE TO BEGIN

(p.s., I’ll post the answers in a week …. but if you need an “extra hint” just drop me a line at purple @ polkastella.com).

Have fun !!!

Stel

Click here for the BIG Version of this Game …