EVERY SUNDAY

Sundays thru October 19 • 9am-2pm

Located on N. Old Woodward
across from of Booth Park.

are candlelighting times, and when
Shabbat or Jewish holidays end. There
are also issues of prayer times. The
first question is the accuracy of the
calculations. Everyone always com-
pares what they find in Luach with
other applications, desktop programs,
websites or information provided by
their synagogue. Often there are small
discrepancies in the times. This could
be due to different algorithms that are
used, inaccurate location information
or different customs being used by the
different sources. Luach allows you to
configure all of these times based on
your own customs.

Q: How many downloads do you
expect in the Apple AppStore?
Hirsch: No app developer can ever

really know with certainty how many
downloads to expect. With the wide-
spread use of the Internet and social
networking, it's easier to reach a lot of
people today than it was 15 years ago.
I am confident that anyone who uses
Luach will love it and will recommend
it to others. During the first few days
since its release, it's been very well
received.

Q: How do you plan to publicize the
Luach app?
Hirsch: I'm trying to use the

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Internet and social networking to get
the word out. I'm hoping that custom-
ers who used and loved Luach on the
Palm will hear about the iPhone ver-
sion and if they have an iPhone that
they'll want it. My customers for Luach
on the Palm were very loyal and really
loved it. I'm hoping the same thing will
happen with Luach on the iPhone, and
it will go viral. ❑

Rabbi Jason Miller is the Detroit Jewish
News' technology expert. He's a local
entrepreneur and educator who is
president of Access Computer Technology
in West Bloomfield. Follow him on Twitter
at ®RabbiJason.

Luach by Penticon, version 1.0
can be downloaded in the Apple
App Store at https://itunes.
apple.com/us/app/luach-by-
penticon/id916521924?mt=8 Or
visit http://www.penticon.com/
luach for more information.

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Sky Foundation Annual
Lunch Set For Nov. 2

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ovember is Pancreas Cancer
Awareness month. Sky
Foundation Inc. will use
the opportunity to start the month
with its annual Sky Bistro lunch from
noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at the
Townsend Hotel. Sky Foundation Inc.
is dedicated to raising funds to advance
research and increase awareness for the
early detection and treatment of pan-
creas cancer.
In 2020, pancreas cancer is pro-
jected to become this country's second-
leading cancer killer (claiming 48,000
lives each year), surpassed only by
lung cancer. Pancreas cancer is at No.
4 today and will climb in the ranking
partly by becoming more common, but
mostly because it is ferociously difficult
to detect and treat.
"The dramatic increase in the antici-
pated number of deaths is a wake-up
call to the research and health-care sys-
tems;' said Sheila Kasselman, pancreas
cancer survivor and founder of Sky
Foundation Inc., based in Bloomfield
Hills.
"We focus on the person, and our
goal is to empower and bring hope to
those affected by the disease," she said.
Many symptoms of pancreas cancer
are vague and could be attributed to
many different conditions. Symptoms
can include abdominal and back pain,

weight loss, jaundice, loss of appetite,
nausea, sudden-onset diabetes and
depression. With pancreas cancer,
recognizing even subtle changes in the
body is critical, as is awareness of fam-
ily history.
Sky Foundation recommends genetic
counseling as one important step in
prevention for individuals who have
first-tier relatives (parent or sibling)
or two or more second-tier relatives
(grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins)
with a history of pancreas cancer.
Many health facilities in the metro-
politan Detroit area have cancer genet-
ics programs, including the Barbara
Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute,
Henry Ford Health System, Beaumont
Hospital and the University of
Michigan. Awareness of family history
and changes in your body are critical to
your well-being.
Sky Foundation has awarded a grant
to the Pancreatic Cancer Center at
the University of Michigan. Dr. Diane
Simeone, director of the center, will be
the featured guest speaker at the Nov. 2
lunch, along with Dr. Philip Philip from
the Karmanos Cancer Institute. For
more information or tickets, go to
http://skyfoundationinc.org , call (248)
385-5143 or email sheilakasselman@
skyfoundation.org. ❑

CARE House of Oakland County

Invites you to the

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CARE House

of Oakland County

2014 CARE Night Charity Ball

Honoring Community Leader Mark Davidoff for his commitment to supporting the
CARE House mission to prevent child abuse and neglect and protect children.

Saturday, October 25, at 6 p.m.
The GM Heritage Center, Sterling Heights

Evening also features vocal performance from Detroit Legend Thornetta Davis,
dinner, live auction and dancing.

To purchase tickets, visit:

www.carehouse.org

or call

(248) 332-7173

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