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Internet marketing has its exclusive set of methods and tools. If you are planning to implement online marketing for your business, you have landed on the right page. Today, we are going to see some of the most effective internet marketing tools and methods in this blog.
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Apart from these tools that are mentioned above, the backbone of internet marketing is lists. It is a database of contacts, and you can have the permission to contact or email them. This is something like the newsletter that will help the marketers to promote their products. RSS feeds and blogging are also essential internet marketing tools.


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Denver's Housing Crunch Has Many Starting To Think Outside The Metro
By Ben Markus
One of the big selling points for Heather Rubenaker's new home in Bennet, Colo., was the yard. "We have a huge piece of land," she said. Tired of the tight market in Denver, Rubenaker and her husband looked to the Eastern Plains.
Denver's hot hot housing market might be reaching a boiling point with frustrated buyers. Fed up with record low levels of inventory, climbing prices, a booming population and new construction that's more focused on apartments than single-family dwellings, many have told CPR News their eyes are turning away from the Mile High City.
Heather Rubenaker and her husband were losing what few properties were on the market to cutthroat bidding wars. So they expanded their search to the Eastern Plains.
"Everybody's like, 'Bennett? Where's Bennett?'" Rubenaker recalled of their search that brought them 30 miles east of Denver. "I had given up actually. I was 8 and a half, 9 months pregnant. We had been outbid on so many properties, and I was just done."
Now they have about half acre of land and a darling house for $200,000. That's an impossibility in Denver today. But it does come with another cost: Rubenaker's husband still works in downtown.
Extreme commuting has been a fact of life in expensive places like the California Bay Area or New York, but this is a growing phenomenon in Denver, and another symptom of buyers looking to leave the market. Real estate agents in Colorado Springs say more Denverites are moving there and commuting up to the metro.
Rubenaker remembered asking her husband if he was sure he wanted to make the drive everyday but, "once we got out here and we sat in this house, it just felt like home."
Still, there's a certainly a culture shock, moving to a plains town of 1,915 people rather than a bustling urban center of 2.8 million.
"We just find that while it's nice to live out here, there's not a lot to do, so we generally find ourselves back in Denver," Rubenaker said.
They won't be alone in making the drive from Bennett. Smelling an opportunity, developers have moved in with plans for more than 260 single family homes. The brochure says the development off I-70 is "uniquely positioned to capture the next wave of growth east of Denver."
Even though Heather Rubenaker is comfortable here and clearly proud of her new slice of the American Dream — "Having a dog, having a kid, there's nothing that can replace this amount of space," she said — many aren't willing to make the drive or even see a chance to stay here at all.
On the other side of the Front Range, on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, Tyler Peterson is busy wrapping up his masters in accounting. Colorado-born and raised, he loves the outdoors and his family.
And he's leaving his home state after graduation.
"Thinking long term, financially, it makes the most sense to leave," Peterson said. "If I want to buy a house, which I plan to do in a couple of years, that just wouldn't be possible here, you know, I've got student loans."
Student loans are a major impediment to affordability. Surveys from the National Association of Realtors show a strong desire among younger generations to buy a home, but the combination of skyrocketing home prices and student loan debt can make it frustratingly difficult. For Peterson, it's the "lack of space with everybody moving here and it's kind of just this toxic mixture."
His solution was to apply for jobs in Duluth, Minnesota and he got one.
"They were pretty surprised that this guy from Colorado would apply to Duluth," Peterson said. "They thought I was applying to Duluth, Colorado, or something like that. No, I just I had a huge enthusiasm for wanting to be there, and they appreciated that."
There's a different kind of sticker shock with a move to Minnesota. Like winter temperatures that are routinely 20 or 30 degrees colder than the Front Range. But Peterson has family there and is well aware of the tough winters.
He'd love to stay in Colorado, but he can see that the housing market has become unworkable. About 220,000 people moved to Colorado in 2017. But 193,000 thousand people, just like Tyler Peterson, left the Centennial State.
Are you feeling the challenge of finding a home in Denver? This story was suggested to us by a Colorado Public Radio reader/listener. Help us dig deeper into how housing affects the community at large.
Let us know, email business@cpr.org or tweet @CPRMarkus or @NewsCPR.

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You have perhaps come across the phrase homo economicus, which describes a model for human behavior as seen through the lens of economics. In this hour, you'll hear Freakonomics Radio producer Greg Rosalsky embark on a long and tortuous process to live his life like this strange creature. Is this even possible? If so, is it desirable? Even if it is better for an individual, is it good for society?
In his quest, Rosalsky is guided by Richard Thaler, the Nobel laureate economist who has dragged the homo economicus model into the modern era, helping to pioneer the field of behavioral economics.
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The Beginners Guide to the Classics
« on: January 09, 2013, 15:08 »
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From the forests of the Ardennes, to the "falling leaves" of Lombardy, via the cobbles of Roubaix the "Classics" are the pinnacle of one day racing in the cycling calendar. For many they are the greatest and most prestigious races of the year, ahead even of the Grand Tours. With few exceptions, all of the greats of cycling have made their mark on the classics; Merckx and Coppi, through the great Irishman Sean Kelly, and Eric Zabel to modern day stars such as Tom Boonen, and young Brit Mark Cavendish. The classics are the pinnacle of many riders careers. Once you've won one, you can live off the stories for the rest of your career. From the historic "monument" classics of San Remo, Roubaix, Flanders, Liege and Lombardia, to the minor classics, we take you on a journey through what to expect this season.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Late February
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (previously known as Omloop Het Volk) is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The race was first held in 1945, organised by the newspaper Het Volk in response to Het Nieuwsblad's Classic Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Omloop, with the start and finish in Ghent, uses many of the climbs in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, and is for that reason often used in preparation for the bigger event. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is the opening event on the Belgian cycling calendar and is usually held on the last Saturday in February or the first in March. It is characterised by cold weather and short cobbled climbs. Recent winners include Phillipe Gilbert and Thor Hushovd. The race is followed the next day by the single day race Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne with many of the riders competing in both.
Strade Bianche - Early March
Originally held in October Strade Bianche moved to the spring in its second year, when it also became longer and featured an additional sector of the now famous white gravel. Characterised by its white gravel roads, in the dry its a dust bowl of gravel and chalk, and in the wet a slimy mudbath.
Not dissimilar to its cousin, Paris Roubaix, the race features long stretches of flat, bumpy roads, but where the Hell of the North has "pave" the Eroica has sharp gravel, and then Flanderesque short sharp climbs of up to 10%. A typical hard mans race, It may only be seven years old but, with its parcour, and a winners list that reads Kolobnev, Cancellara, Lofkvist, Iglinsky, Gilbert, Cancellara, Strade Bianche has a rightful place in the season as a semi-classic.
Giro del Lazio/Roma Maxima - Early March
Cobbles of the Appian Way
Is back on the Calendar. Provisionally set for Saturday March 2nd, the day before Strade Bianche to form a double header of Italian spring classics. The race dropped off the calendar after 2008 (started in 1933), but RCS are looking to bring it back. Not definite yet, but they have the date saved.
If it goes ahead it will take in a section of cobbles from the Appian Way cobbled Roman road that runs from Rome to Brindisi
Milan San Remo - March
The earliest true classic of the season and the first of the five "Monuments" - Held in late March it is often referred to as the Sprinters Classic with its sister race, the Giro De Lombardia in the Autumn
Cavendish pips Haussler in 2009
to win the 100th Milan San Remo
being the climbers classic. Raced over 298km it is the longest of the one day races, and although generally won by a sprinter, a rider needs to strength to get over the climbs of Cipressa and Poggio, two hills that many times have foiled the sprinters who failed to stay in the front group. Good examples include Laurent Jalabert and Maurizio Fondriest escaping in 1995 and staying away to the finish. In 2003, Paolo Bettini attacked with several riders who all stayed away and in 2006 Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan attacked on the last hill and stayed away. In 2009 the race was won by Briton Mark Cavendish who surprised many, his Columbia team supporting him over the hills. He produced a last gasp sprint to pip Haussler on the line by a matter of inches.
Dwars Door Vlaanderen - Mid March
Dwars Door Vlaanderen is a minor classic race in Belgium, Traditionally, it is the start of the Flemish cycling week, with the Brabantse Pijl, the Three Days of De Panne and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Dwars door Vlaanderen has always been contested on a Wednesday, a week and a half before the Ronde van Vlaanderen or Tour of Flanders, the second of the seasons "Monuments"
E3 Prijs Harelbeke - late march
A semi classic race in Flanders, the E3 classic is traditionally preparation for the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The route is shorter but many of the famous climbs are tackled. The conditions are also comparable as cobbles, wind and climbs decimate the bunch. The route takes a large lap around East Flanders including 12 hills.
Gent Wevelgem - Late March
The race traditionally fells between the Tour Of Flanders, and Paris Roubaix but in 2010 moved to just before Flanders giving a real glut of races before the second monument of the season. Often referred to as a sprinters classic due to its predominantly flat terrain, it is in fact rarely won by a sprinter, as it also takes in the difficult cobbled climb of the Kemmelberg which causes splits in the bunch. The toughest of the sprinters fight to hang in the lead group to battle it out at the end.
Tour of Flanders - Late March/Early April
The Tour of Flanders, or Ronde van Vlaanderen is the second of the Monuments, the most important
Peter Van Petegem leads Frank
Vandenbroucke and Johan Museeuw
on his way to victory in 1999
race in the Belgian calendar and along with Paris-Roubaix the most important single day race in the cycling year. Everything that makes racing in Belgium great is here - sharp hills, cobbles, legions of flag-waving fans and a chance to see the very best racers fighting it out over the energy-sapping 261.5km route. The Tour of Flanders's route is littered with climbs that have become legendary in the sport, including 6 climbs, the Nokereberg, Paterberg, Koppenberg, Steenbeekdries, and the Taaienberg (Up to 2012 it also included the famous Muur) that are pure cobbles, Even the toughest riders can find their dreams lying broken and bleeding in the muddy cobbles. Mountains they may not be, but the sheer pace at which the riders hits the climbs means that the inexperienced can find themselves blowing spectacularly and being shelled out of the back of the race. It's not unusual to see bunches of riders forced to dismount and awkwardly clatter up the fearsome Koppenberg - one of the only times you'll ever see a pro get off his bike and walk. It's a war of attrition, and only the hard men survive to the finish. Won last year by Tom Boonen, it is the race every Belgian dreams of winning and the one that, for them, means lifelong respect and honour if they do.
Schelderprijs- Early April
Falling between the tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix is Schedlerprijs. Traditional it fell the wednesday after Roubaix but in 2010 moved between the two monuments taking the place of Gent-Wevelgem. Typically a sprinters race it covers approximately 200km, including three 15km curcuits of Schoten to finish the race. The route includes seven cobbled sections of between 1300 and 3000 metres each. It is the oldest of the Flandrian races having first been contested in 1907, originally starting and finishing in Antwerp.
Paris Roubaix - Early April
Bruno Wojtineck, Sean Kelly,
Paris-Roubaix 1986
Photo Lionel Préau
A Sunday in Hell, Hell of the North, L'Enfer du Nord, whatever you want to call it, for many, it is the greatest single race in cycling. 28 sections of cobbles, many of them surviving since the time of Napoleon, leave the riders battered, bruised, dusty and frequently caked in mud.
Two time winner, Sean Kelly said that it was the hardest race of all... and the most beautiful to win. It was so difficult that it hurt him to pee for three days afterwards. The first edition started back in 1896, according it as one of the oldest races in professional cycling.
Only the two world wars stopped it. But, it's endured for its passion for the hardship on the pave. In the aftermath of the first world war, plans began for the race's return in 1919. Victor Breyer, correspondent for the newspaper L'Auto, went with cyclist Eugene Christophe and toured the devastated bombed out countryside. Afterwards, Breyer coined the famous phrase: "l'enfer du Nord" or the "Hell of the North."
Quote from: Jean Stablinski
In the mine, when the cage takes you 500 meters underground, you don't know for sure if you'll ever come back up. Arenberg is like a descent into the coal mine. If you start to think of the danger you won't even go there.
Nowadays, the dirt paths are use for the occasional farm machinery but, on this special Sunday they are reserved for a bunch of determined cyclists. There are 28 cobbled sections with the Trouee d'Arenberg or the trench of Arenberg as one of the most difficult to negotiate due to the unusually large pave. It is here that 2400 meters of cobbles were laid in time of Napoleon. Symbolic and dramatic, it's the spot that decides the race. Eddy Merckx said, "This isn't where you win Paris-Roubaix but it's where you can lose it." If you can negotiate the cobbles, the most unique finish awaits - one and a half laps of the famous ancient velodrome in Roubaix - and the trophy of a large cobble mounted on wood for the victor.
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Re: The Beginners Guide to the Classics
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The Ardennes Classics
Held over a week in April the three Ardennes classics, Amstel Gold, the midweek Fleche Valonne, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège along with the cobbled classics of Belgium and France form the "Spring Classics". Three days before Amstel gold is the minor classic Brabantse Pijl
The northern classics give you mud, rain and cobbles,, the Ardennes classics give you leafy forests and hills, a lot of hills. As Gent Wevelgem, Flanders and Roubaix form a cobbled triple, so Amstel, Fleche Wallone and Liege form the Ardennes triple (and later in the season - 'Trittico Lombardo' Tre Valli Varesine, Coppa Ugo Agostoni and Coppa Bernocchi and 'Trittico di Autunno' with Milano–Torino, Giro del Piemonte and Giro di Lombardia.)
Amstel Gold Race - Mid April
The biggest Dutch race of the year held over a gruelling 258km is probably also the most confusing race on the calendar, the route resembling tangled spaghetti looping around the Dutch countryside. It is probably also the most dangerous race of the year, with cars, scattered around the course due to the lack of garages in Holland, and a wealth of street furniture, road signs, and bollards to be avoided. That's before you even consider the gruelling 31 climbs, including the 20% Keutenberg, and the wealth of riotously drunk fanatical fans that line the roadside. The course loops around on itself visiting the same spots several times, adding to the confusion. A true climbers classic suiting a real whippet, and no surprise that the list of previous winners include Cunego, Di Luca, Frank Schleck and Vinokourov.
La Fleche Wallone - Mid April
The first Belgian Ardennes classic and held between Amstel Gold and Leige, (originally it was held the day before Liege-Bastogne-Liege). The 199.5 km event starts in Charleroi and heads east to Huy, where the riders do three laps of a tough circuit including the steep Mur de Huy (The wall of Huy) climb, with several sections steeper than 15%. The finish is at the top of the Mur after the third ascent. Another climbers classic having been won recently by Rebellin (3 times), Valverde, and Danilo Di Luca.
Phillipe Gilbert foils the
Shleck brothers in 2011
Liege Bastogne Liege
Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the fourth "Monument" of the season, the third of the Ardennes Classics and the oldest of the classics having first been held in 1892.
The race follows a straightforward 95 km route from Liège to Bastogne, and a winding 163 km route back to Liège. The second half contains most of the climbs, such as the Stockeu, Haute-Levée, La Redoute, Saint-Nicolas and the Col de Forges before finishing in the northern Liège suburb of Ans. The many hills give opportunities for riders to attack, and the race often rewards aggressive riders.
A true climbers classic with four climbs in the final fifty kilometres including the final climb, the 11% Côte de Saint-Nicolas just a few kilometres from the finish.
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian - late July
The forgotten classic, coming just after the Tour de France when many riders have other things on their minds, The Clásica de San Sebastián is famous for its spectacular views of the coastline and its winding, undulating terrain which strongly favours aggressive riding. The current race route is approximately 227 kilometres in length and includes the tough Alto de Jaizkibel climb at around the 200 kilometre mark. This is usually the decisive point of the race. San Sebastian is followed a few weeks later by the post Tour Vattenfall Cyclassics
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The Autumn Classics
August to October see's the Autumn Classics a collection of minor one day races historically culminating in the Classic Paris Tours, and then the final monument of the season the Giro di Lombardia. Most of the races are set in Italy and all form a strong part of the cycling heritage in the country. In 2012 the UCI as a result of the Tour of Beijing moved the Giro di Lombardia or 'Il Lombardia' to Mid September removing the traditional run up of semi classics prior to the final monument of the season.
Trittico Lombardo - August
The Trittico Lombardo is a series of three races, over consecutive days in the Lombardy region of Italy. The first and most prestigious of the three, Tre Valli Varesine, in Varese was first raced in 1919, and even continued through the second world war with the exception of 1943 and 1944. The following day sees the Coppa Ugo Agostoni. Held since 1946 it is raced in honour of Ugo Agostoni, winner of Milan San Remo in 1914 (and winner of two stages of the Giro d'Italia) who was killed during World War Two. The final of the three races is the Coppa Bernocchi, again first raced in 1919, it takes place around Legnano in Lombardy.
Paris Brussels - Early September
Paris-Brussels was first run in 1893 as an amateur event over two days. The race was a Spring Classic towards the end of April, between Paris-Roubaix and Gent-Wevelgem. The event lost its prestige in 1966 when the Dutch promoted the Amstel Gold Race. The race was also affected by traffic problems and was not run between 1967 and 1972. The race starts at Soissons in Picardie, 85 km north-east of Paris, although prior to 1996 the race started in Noyon and during the 1980s in Senlis. The race is level, but towards the end there are cobbled climbs such as the Alsemberg, Mont Saint Roch and the Keperenberg.The race suffers though being in competition against the Vuelta which tends to draw the better sprinters.
Giro di Lombardia - Mid September
World Number 1 Joaquim Rodriguez
winning Lombardia in 2012
Traditionally the final race of the year, but in 2012 after 100 years the race moved to September. the Giro di Lombardia, Ill Lombardia, La Foglie Morte, loosely translated into English as the Race of the Falling Leaves, Lombardia is the fifth and final monument of the traditional cycling calendar and dates from 1905. Alfredo Binda holds the record of four career victories. The course has varied over time, and for many years finished in the Città Alta of Bergamo. Recently, the course has begun in Varese, tracing out a mis-shapen clover leaf around Lake Como, and finishing in Como. Three climbs, the Madonna del Ghisallo, the Civiglio, and the San Fermo di Battaglia punctuate the finale. Damiano Cunego and Paolo Bettini each won two of the last four editions, and the course favours a punchy climber who can attack the short hills and win the flat sprint at the finish.
Coppa Sabatini Gran Premio città di Peccioli - early October
Set in the Pisa region of Italy the race was first staged in 1952. Eight laps of a lumpy circuit are undertaken before two final laps of a smaller circuit and the uphill finish. Previous winners include Ricardo Ricco, Gianni Bugno and Jan Ullrich. A true all rounders course.
Paris Bourges - Early October
First run in 1913 as an amateur event, Paris Bourges is one of the oldest races on the French calendar and for many years was the final race in the French Cycling Cup. A sprinters race and often a warmup for Paris Tours recent winners include Andrei Greipel and Bernhard Eisel.
Giro dell'Emilia - Early October
Considered by many one of the most important races in the Italian road season, the Giro dell'Emilia takes place over 200km with a big climb 100km in followed by five small circuits with an uphill finish. A climbers classic, Robert Gesink triumphed in 2009, and 2010. It is followed the next day by its sister event the GP Bruno Beghelli. Emilia has lost its status somewhat since it Lombardia moved to an earlier date.
Paris Tours - Early October
Run just before the final monument of the season, the Giro Di Lombardia, Paris - Tours is a true sprinters classic covering 250 almost flat kilometres between St-Arnould-en-Yvelines and Tours and traditionally ends in a bunch sprint although there are occasional breakaway victors.
Paris Tours is another race to have suffered due to the move of Il Lombardia. The Autumn Double was achieved by winning Paris–Tours and the following weeks Giro di Lombardia. The races are totally different - Lombardia is for climbers - making the double almost impossible. Only four ever achieved it: Philippe Thys (Belgium) in 1917, van Looy in 1959, Dutchman Jo de Roo twice (1962-1963) and more recently, Belgian Philippe Gilbert in 2009.
Milano Torino - Mid October
Run over 199 kilometres between the Italian cities of Milan and Torino, it was first run in 1896 making it the oldest of all the Italian classic races. Despite the undulating terrain, this is one of the fastest of all the classics, the record being a shade under 46kph average in 1999 by Markus Zberg. Previous winners include Danilo Di Luca and Michele Bartoli. The race is followed the following day by Gran Piemonte, traditionally the final warmup race for Lombardy. These three races together formed the Trittico di Autunno (The Autumn Triptych/Autumn Treble)
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Only one small correction: As far as I know, the Alsemberg is not cobbled, but a normal asphalt road (if it's the same Alsemberg that the Brabantse Pijl used to finish on).
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I think the Alsemberg is one of those ones with cobbled pavements and small strips of cobbles on it. Frank Vandenbroucke attacked on a cobbled bit in 1995 http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/sept95/parisb.html Not a true cobbled hill, but patches I think..
Well, when I rode up the final hill of the Brabantse Pijl (in Alsemberg) in 2007 there were no cobbles that I can remember on the hill itself. According to Dutch Wikipedia (the quickest source I could find), there's a short section of flat cobbles considered to be part of the hill, but I can't remember that either. And I don't think the local authorities would lay down a stretch of completely new cobbles just for the sake of Paris-Bruxelles when the race doesn't even finish in their town anymore.
Anyway, unless we get l'arriviste to go on a ride and check, the best way to know for sure is to watch Paris-Bruxelles...
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There are no cobbles on the hill, most of which is nothing more than a long drag. I've done that in the car.
I think the cobbles being described are those of Vanderveldelaan in the flat part of Alsemberg village, from which the race would turn right onto Pastoor Bolsstraat and climb up to the Alsembergsesteenweg which continues to rise as far as the border with the politically controversial village of Linkebeek.
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I love the spring classics. I can't decide on just one. Together they form a story with drama a lot like a tour. I'll the first set over the Ardennes and fall classics. In years past I saw the classics as the end of the first half of the season and the TDF as the end. I guess the Vuelta and WC were OT. I thought the Ardennes and final weak of the tour as Anticlimactic!!!
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הַכְּתוּבָה בֵּין הַכְּתוּבִים. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הֲרֵי אָמְרוּ, הַקּוֹרֵא בִּמְגִילָּה הַכְּתוּבָה בֵּין הַכְּתוּבִים — לֹא יָצָא. that was written together with the rest of the Writings. Rav Yehuda said to him: The Sages have said: If one reads from a Megilla that was written together with the rest of the Writings he has not fulfilled his obligation.
אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הַקּוֹרֵא בִּמְגִילָּה הַכְּתוּבָה בֵּין הַכְּתוּבִים — לֹא יָצָא. וּמָחוּ לַהּ אַמּוֹחָא: בְּצִבּוּר שָׁנוּ. Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: If one reads from a Megilla that was written together with the rest of the Writings he has not fulfilled his obligation. But they hit this halakha on its head, i.e., immediately after reporting this ruling they added a qualification that removed much of its force: They taught this halakha only with respect to reading the Megilla for a congregation. An individual who reads the Megilla in private fulfills his obligation even if the Megilla was written together with the rest of the Writings. Only when it is read in public must it be from a Megilla that is a separate scroll.
וְאָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: שִׁיּוּר הַתֶּפֶר — הֲלָכָה לְמֹשֶׁה מִסִּינַי. וּמָחוּ לַהּ אַמּוֹחָא: וְלֹא אָמְרוּ אֶלָּא כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִקָּרַע. Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba also said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: The halakha of leaving a space without stitches, i.e., that the parchment sheets of a Torah scroll must not be sewn all the way to the edge, but rather a small margin must be left at the top and at the bottom, is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai, i.e., it was not written in the Torah but was received in the framework of the Oral Law. But they immediately hit this halakha on its head, explaining that this halakha is not due to the special sanctity of a Torah scroll; rather, they said that it is only so that it not rip. If the scroll is wound too forcefully, the sheets of parchment will begin to spread apart since they are not sewn together at their extremities, and the one who is winding will cease to wind it so forcefully. If the stitching went all the way to the end there would be no such warning and the stitches would cause the parchment to rip.
וְאָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: אִלְמָלֵי נִשְׁתַּיֵּיר בִּמְעָרָה שֶׁעָמַד בָּהּ מֹשֶׁה וְאֵלִיָּהוּ כִּמְלֹא נֶקֶב מַחַט סִדְקִית, לֹא הָיוּ יְכוֹלִין לַעֲמוֹד מִפְּנֵי הָאוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי לֹא יִרְאַנִי הָאָדָם וָחָי״. And Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba also said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Had there been left open a crack so much as the size of small sewing needle in the cave in which Moses and Elijah stood when God's glory was revealed to them, as it is written: "And it shall come to pass, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock" (Exodus 33:22), and: "And he came there to a cave…and, behold, the Lord passed by" (I Kings 19:9–11), they would not have been able to endure due to the intense light that would have entered that crack, as it is stated: "For no man shall see Me and live" (Exodus 33:20).
וְאָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״וַעֲלֵיהֶם כְּכׇל הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה׳ עִמָּכֶם בָּהָר״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהֶרְאָהוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה דִּקְדּוּקֵי תוֹרָה וְדִקְִדּוּקֵי סוֹפְרִים וּמַה שֶּׁהַסּוֹפְרִים עֲתִידִין לְחַדֵּשׁ, וּמַאי נִיהוּ? מִקְרָא מְגִילָּה. And Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba further said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: "And the Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the Lord spoke with you in the mountain" (Deuteronomy 9:10)? This teaches that the Holy One, Blessed be He, showed Moses on the mountain all the inferences that can be derived from the words of the Torah; and all the inferences that can be derived from the words of the Scribes, the early Sages; and also all the new halakhot that the Scribes were destined to introduce in the future in addition to the laws of the Torah. And what is it specifically that the Scribes would introduce in addition to the laws of the Torah? The reading of the Megilla.
מַתְנִי׳ הַכֹּל כְּשֵׁרִין לִקְרוֹת אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה, חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַכְשִׁיר בְּקָטָן. MISHNA: Everyone is fit to read the Megilla, except for a deaf person, an imbecile, and a minor. Rabbi Yehuda disagrees and says that a minor is fit to read the Megilla.
גְּמָ׳ מַאן תְּנָא חֵרֵשׁ דִּיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא? אָמַר רַב מַתְנָה: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הִיא, דִּתְנַן: הַקּוֹרֵא אֶת שְׁמַע וְלֹא הִשְׁמִיעַ לְאׇזְנוֹ — יָצָא, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: לֹא יָצָא. GEMARA: The Gemara asks: Who is the tanna that taught that the reading of a deaf person, even after the fact, no, it is not valid? Rav Mattana said: It is Rabbi Yosei, as we learned in a mishna elsewhere (Berakhot 15a): If one recites the Shema but does not make it audible to his ears, he has nevertheless fulfilled his obligation. This is the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Yosei said: He has not fulfilled his obligation. Rabbi Yosei's statement implies that one who does not hear what he is saying does not fulfill his obligation. Presumably the halakhot for Shema recitation and Megilla reading are equivalent.
וּמִמַּאי דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי הִיא וְדִיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא? דִּלְמָא רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא, וּלְכַתְּחִלָּה הוּא דְּלָא, הָא דִּיעֲבַד — שַׁפִּיר דָּמֵי? The Gemara questions the assumption on which the previous discussion is based: But from where do you know that the mishna, which states that a deaf person may not read the Megilla, reflects the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, and that it means to say that even after the fact, no, one does not fulfill his obligation if the Megilla is read by a deaf person? Perhaps the mishna was taught in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, and it should be understood as saying that a deaf person may not read ab initio, but after the fact his reading is valid.
לָא סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ, דְּקָתָנֵי חֵרֵשׁ דּוּמְיָא דְּשׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן: מָה שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן — דִּיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא, אַף חֵרֵשׁ — דִּיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא. The Gemara rejects this proposal: This should not enter your mind, as the mishna teaches the halakha of a deaf person, an imbecile, and a minor together, implying that a deaf person is similar to an imbecile or a minor. Therefore, it may be inferred that just as the readings of an imbecile and a minor are not valid even after the fact, so too, even after the fact, no, the reading of a deaf person is not valid.
וְדִלְמָא הָא כִּדְאִיתָא וְהָא כִּדְאִיתָא! מִדְּקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא: רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַכְשִׁיר בְּקָטָן — מִכְּלָל דְּרֵישָׁא לָאו רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא. The Gemara asks: But perhaps it is not so that all three cases are equivalent. Perhaps with regard to the imbecile and the minor, this halakha is as it is, and with regard to a deaf person, that halakha is as it is. Although all three cases are taught together, this may be merely because in all three cases he may not read ab initio; there may be a difference between them with regard to their status after the fact. It is possible that the mishna means that the reading of a deaf person is valid after the fact, and is citing the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda. The Gemara rejects this: It is impossible to say that the anonymous first tanna of the mishna is Rabbi Yehuda, as from the fact that the latter clause teaches: Rabbi Yehuda says that a minor is fit, it may be inferred that the first clause of the mishna was not taught by Rabbi Yehuda.
וְדִלְמָא כּוּלַּהּ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא! מִי דָּמֵי? רֵישָׁא לִפְסוּלָה, וְסֵיפָא לִכְשֵׁירָה. The Gemara continues to ask: But perhaps the mishna in its entirety was taught by Rabbi Yehuda after all, but the first clause of the mishna was taught anonymously, whereas the latter clause was taught explicitly in the name of Rabbi Yehuda. The Gemara rejects this argument: Are the two parts of the mishna comparable, that they can be associated with a single Sage? The first clause of the mishna comes to disqualify the reading of a minor, whereas the latter clause comes to declare a minor fit. These two contradictory opinions therefore cannot be understood as the statement of a single Sage.
וְדִלְמָא כּוּלַּהּ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא, וּתְרֵי גַוְונֵי קָטָן קָתָנֵי לַהּ, וְחַסּוֹרֵי מִיחַסְּרָא וְהָכִי קָתָנֵי: הַכֹּל כְּשֵׁרִין לִקְרוֹת אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן, בַּמֶּה דְּבָרִים אֲמוּרִים — בְּקָטָן שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ לְחִינּוּךְ, אֲבָל בְּקָטָן שֶׁהִגִּיעַ לְחִינּוּךְ — אֲפִילּוּ לְכַתְּחִלָּה. שֶׁרַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַכְשִׁיר בְּקָטָן. The Gemara asks: But perhaps the mishna in its entirety expresses the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda after all. And it is teaching the halakha concerning two different types of minors, and the mishna is incomplete, lacking some words of elaboration, and is teaching the following: Everyone is fit to read the Megilla except for a deaf person, an imbecile, and a minor. In what case is this statement said? Only with regard to a minor who has not reached the age of training in mitzvot. But a minor who has reached the age of training in mitzvot may read the Megilla even ab initio, as Rabbi Yehuda says that a minor who has reached that requisite age is fit to read the Megilla.
בְּמַאי אוֹקֵימְתָּא — כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, וְדִיעֲבַד? The Gemara raises a difficulty with this interpretation of the mishna: In what manner did you establish the mishna? You established it as being in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, and you understand the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda to be that a deaf person is disqualified from reading the Megilla ab initio, but after the fact his reading is valid.
אֶלָּא הָא דְּתָנֵי (רַבִּי) יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן פַּזִּי: חֵרֵשׁ הַמְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹרֵם לְכַתְּחִלָּה, מַנִּי? אִי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה — דִּיעֲבַד אִין לְכַתְּחִלָּה לָא, אִי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי — דִּיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא. But then that which Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi, taught will present a difficulty, as he taught a baraita: A deaf person who can speak but cannot hear may set aside teruma even ab initio, although he cannot hear himself reciting the blessing that is recited before setting aside teruma. Upon whose opinion is this baraita based? If you say it is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, that cannot be, as you have established that Rabbi Yehuda maintains that if one recites something and does not hear it, after the fact, yes, his action is valid, but he should not do so ab initio. And if you say it is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, this is even more difficult, as he maintains that even after the fact, no, his action is not valid. Who, then, is the Sage who would say that a deaf person may set aside teruma even ab initio?
וְאֶלָּא מַאי — רַבִּי יְהוּדָה וַאֲפִילּוּ לְכַתְּחִלָּה? אֶלָּא הָא דְּתַנְיָא: לֹא יְבָרֵךְ אָדָם בִּרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן בְּלִבּוֹ, וְאִם בֵּירַךְ יָצָא, מַנִּי? לָא רַבִּי יְהוּדָה וְלָא רַבִּי יוֹסֵי! אִי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה — אֲפִילּוּ לְכַתְּחִלָּה, אִי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי — אֲפִילּוּ דִּיעֲבַד נָמֵי לָא! The Gemara rejects this reasoning: Rather, what then do you propose to say, that this baraita is in accordance with Rabbi Yehuda and that Rabbi Yehuda permits a deaf person to read even ab initio, whereas Rabbi Yosei would disqualify him even after the fact? But then whose is the opinion that is represented in that which is taught in a baraita: A person should not recite the Grace after Meals in his heart, i.e., inaudibly, but if he recited it in this manner, he has fulfilled his obligation. It is the opinion of neither Rabbi Yehuda nor Rabbi Yosei. As, if it follows the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, it should be permitted even ab initio, and if it follows the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, then even after the fact, no, this should not be valid.


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Quantum entanglement: from a philosophical debate to the Nobel Prize
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics rewards the experiments with entangled particles conducted by Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, which paved the way for the "second quantum revolution". Let's take a look back at this story, which arose from questions about the nature of quantum physics.
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Can quantum mechanics be considered complete? This was the question raised in a scientific article published in 1935 by Albert Einstein and his collaborators Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. Is there not something missing in this theory to make it a complete description of the world, as Einstein claimed in a debate against the Niels Bohr at the time? Experiments conducted from the 1970s onwards, notably by Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, have provided answers to this seemingly abstract question. This earned these three scientists the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.
In 1935, quantum physics was a recent theory - it was formalised in the 1920s - but already powerful. It made it possible to understand many phenomena at the microscopic scale, but also at our scale, such as the fact that matter is stable, as well as the very concrete characteristics of materials: how they conduct electricity, what light they can emit or absorb, etc. This led shortly afterwards to the 'first quantum revolution' (the invention of the transistor, for example). Unlike classical physics, quantum physics places probabilities at the heart of its formalism.
Albert Einstein did not question the results or predictions of this theory, which he himself helped to develop. However, he believed that quantum physics was not the ultimate level of description of reality and that a more detailed theory would, for example, make probabilities less fundamental. Niels Bohr did not agree. The two scientists exchanged arguments through 'thought experiments', involving the manipulation of particles one by one (which was not possible in practice back then). The 1935 article proposes such a thought experiment.
In order to understand the problem, let us imagine for example two particles located in a box. Two colours are possible for these particles: white or black. Intuitively, one might think that there are four options: both particles are white; both particles are black; the first is white and the second is black; the first is black and the second is white. But the formalism of quantum physics also allows for mixtures of these four options, what physicists call superpositions of states. For example, that the two particles are both in the state where the first is white and the second is black and in the state where the first is black and the second is white, without it being possible to distinguish between the two unless an observation is made. Such a state is called "intricate". It is represented with the balls striped with a question mark in the following figure.
In quantum physics, two objects can be 'entangled'. If we send each of them to different locations, we observe correlations between their properties (in this case, the colour black or white), without it being possible to assign a specific colour to each object before the observation. This situation goes against our common intuition.
This is one of the things that particularly bothered Albert Einstein: imagine a system that sends one of these two entangled particles to physicist A and the other to physicist B. If physicist A observes that the particle she has received is white, then the particle received by physicist B is necessarily black. If physicist A observes that the particle she has received is white, then, necessarily, the particle received by physicist B is black. There is a correlation between the results. What contradicts the intuition is that this colour seen by B was not determined before the observation made by physicist A. This observation seems to have influenced, at a distance and without interaction, the result of the observation of physicist B. This 'non-local' correlation made Einstein think that something was missing in the quantum description.
Indeed, there may be a more intuitive explanation. After all, correlations are not unusual in everyday life. Take a black ball and a white one, mix them up without looking at them. Give one ball at random to physicist A who goes to Paris and one to physicist B who goes to Marseille. Of course, if physicist A observes that the ball she received is white, then, of course, the ball received by physicist B is black. Nothing surprising: each marble had a specific colour from the start. What if the 'non-local' correlations linked to entanglement were in fact only the usual correlations, and that hidden variables - i.e. parameters that would still escape the quantum formalism - determined the results of the observations from the start?
The same correlations as in the figure above would be more intuitive if, from the start, a well-defined colour was assigned to each object, even if no observer knew about it before the measurement. In this case, "hidden variables" (inaccessible to the observer) would explain the result.
The debate turns into an experiment
The debate between Bohr and Einstein did not particularly interest the scientists of the time. After all, in both cases, the observed results are the same and quantum physics remains effective. At most, it was a philosophical choice. In 1964, however, John Bell showed in a theoretical paper that certain experimental configurations with entangled particles would give different observations depending on whether or not there were local hidden variables. These demarcation criteria are called Bell's inequalities. In 1969, John Clauser, Michael Horne, Abner Shimony and Richard Holt reformulated these inequalities and showed that it is possible to test them with existing technologies using photons, particles of light, which can be entangled. In other words, it becomes possible to experimentally settle the past debate between Einstein and Bohr.
In the 1970s, several experimentalists, including John Clauser in the United States and Alain Aspect in France at Institut d'Optique Graduate School, started to investigate this question. Their experiments are based on the principle of the examples shown above, where the roles of the physicist are played by detectors A and B. In order to test Bell's inequalities, it is necessary to measure the polarisation of the photons (a property that plays the role of the colour of the ball in the example given above), using several polarisers oriented in different directions. In order for the test to be ideal, measurements at A must also be independent of those at B. Otherwise, there could, for example, be an as yet unknown interaction that would send a signal to the detectors, which would determine the results even before the photons arrive. Assuming that such a signal could not travel faster than light, it must be possible to choose the orientation of the polarizers in a time shorter than that taken by light to travel between the detectors. This last point is the tour de force of the experiment by Alain Aspect and his collaborators Phillipe Grangier, Gérard Roger and Jean Dalibard: the orientation of the polarisers changed every 10 nanoseconds, whereas a possible interaction signal would have taken 40 nanoseconds to cross the 12-metre space between the detectors.
Verdict and technological applications
In 1982, Alain Aspect's results were clear: Bell's inequalities were not respected, there were no local hidden variables that could explain the observed correlations. Quantum physics stood the test. Further experiments refined the result, in particular those of Anton Zeilinger, which excluded other possible flaws in their interpretations. Anton Zeilinger and his team also demonstrated the - misnamed - quantum teleportation. Since then, these properties of superposition and entanglement have been studied in detail in multiple systems (it is for example possible to entangle many particles or sets of particles). This has also launched what some, including Alain Aspect, call the "second quantum revolution", which exploits these properties as resources for secure communications, ultra-sensitive detectors or a possible future quantum computer.
Was Albert Einstein wrong? It's hard to say yes. On the one hand, he had the merit of pointing out a subtle problem in quantum physics that has proved very fertile. On the other hand, the epistemological debates on the interpretation of quantum physics are far from over (hypotheses of superdeterminism, non-local hidden variables...). But one thing is for sure: this is one of the richest intellectual and scientific adventures of the 20th century.
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Formerly a child of the streets, now a brilliant computer hacker and NYPDsergeant, Kathleen Mallory's powerful intelligence is matched only by the ferocity withwhich she pursues her own unpredictable vision of right and wrong. And she will needevery bit of that intensity now, in a murder case that strikes close to home in more waysthan one.
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Welcome to the Beecroft Cheltenham History Group website.
Since it's formation in 1987 by local history enthusiasts, the aim of the History Group has been to record the history of Beecroft/Cheltenham and to collect and preserve photos and other historical information relative to the area.
Since 2005, the History Group has been part of the Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust.
covering the story of the Beecroft Childrens Library. A second book on the history of Beecroft and Cheltenham is planned.


One of my favorite products from Funrise is Gazillion Bubbles, Bubble Rush! I got to try it out at Toy Fair and was so amazed at how many bubbles it produced in such a short amount of time. It is so cleverly made with easy to clean tray and bubble recycling cup too! This is sure to bring so much fun to everyone who uses it!
Check out my video from Toy Fair demonstrating all of the bubble fun!
recycling tray and batteries and motor sealed inside the base.
• Simply pour solution into the reservoir and push the button for a bubble explosion in seconds.
• Designed to create hours of fun for kids and easy to clean for parents.
• Includes an 8 oz. bottle of GAZILLION Premium Bubbles solution.
Disclosure: I received product in exchange for this post. All opinions expressed are my own honest opinions and I was not required to write a positive review. However, I did, because I love this Bubble Rush machine.
This makes a lot of bubbles. I like that it recycles the bubble solution. Warm weather is on the way and my grandkids would have lots of fun with this.


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Reuter World Report
Wednesday, August 14 1996 at 09:05EDT
Sci-fi writer wins awards
with focus on human soul
This article ran in newspapers all over the world — including The West Australian for August 21, 1996.
TORONTO, Aug 13, 1996 (Reuter) — With alien invasion film Independence Day shattering box office records and TV networks scrambling to imitate The X-Files, you might expect the top sci-fi novel of 1996 to be a sweeping tale of extraterrestrials or government coverups of UFO landings.
But the book sweeping this year's top science fiction awards is about a Toronto engineer in a bad marriage who stumbles across scientific proof of the human soul. Hard to believe? Some days Robert J. Sawyer, who wrote the award-winning The Terminal Experiment, has trouble believing it himself. "I always wanted to be a science fiction writer but I never thought I could make a living at it," the bearded writer said. "The prize has changed my life in all kinds of ways."
Sales of The Terminal Experiment have skyrocketed since it won the Nebula, the world's top award for a work of science fiction. A movie deal is in the works and the book is being translated into five languages. Often described as the Academy Award of science fiction, the Nebula is voted on by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Sawyer is in good company as past winners include Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert and Arthur C. Clarke.
But unlike most science fiction stories, Sawyer's book contains no aliens, spaceships or adventures on distant planets. It is set just 15 years from now and tells the story of a death-obsessed engineer who finds scientific proof that the human soul exists.
Critics said it was the book's focus on character and the complicated ethical issues that arise from new technology that helped it win both the Nebula in April and the Aurora, Canada's top prize for science fiction, in July. Sawyer's book set itself apart by "dealing with real people — it's not dealing with cardboard cutouts the way much of science fiction does," said Michael Capobianco, president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
At the core of the The Terminal Experiment is a story of a marriage in trouble, and people responded positively to that, Sawyer said. The award is especially satisfying for him because he was originally encouraged by editors to remove some of the more controversial parts of the book.
Sawyer's previous novels were set on different planets with aliens as main characters and the publisher of those novels was uncomfortable with the discussion in The Terminal Experiment of the human soul and abortion. Rather than change the book, Sawyer changed publishers.
"I had some very strong feelings about the vision of this book. This one meant an enormous amount to me and I wanted to do it my way," Sawyer said. His gamble paid off. Publishers tell him the book will likely never go out of print. Japanese, Polish, Russian, German and Italian language rights have been sold and a British film producer has optioned the movie rights.
In the first three months the book sold more than 50,000 copies in English and orders flooded in after the award was announced, said Sawyer, the first native-born Canadian to win the award. U.S.-born William Gibson, who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, won in 1984 for his novel Neuromancer and went on to become one of science-fiction's most popular authors, coining the term cyberspace and helping to found the "cyberpunk" movement in science fiction.
Sawyer, who considers Gibson one of the best stylists writing science fiction, said he does not expect his novel to have the impact or popularity of Neuromancer. "That one novel was enough to secure his claim to fame," Sawyer said. "My novel did not start a movement like Gibson's did."
However, The Terminal Experiment is raising the profile of Canadian science fiction, which is often overshadowed by its U.S. counterpart. Many Canadian science fiction writers rarely set their stories in Canada or make them distinctly Canadian.
"It will give credibility to writers that are working up here," said Rick Green, who hosted Prisoners of Gravity, a television program about science-fiction that ran for five seasons in Canada.
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1. You have lost all communication radios and have entered the downwind leg of the traffic pattern at a tower-controlled airport. You see a steady red light signal from the control tower, so you begin to circle. What signal must you see in order to exit your circling maneuver and re-join the traffic pattern?
2. While taxiing on the taxiway centerline, you see dashed yellow lines on both sides of the taxiway centerline. What are you approaching?
3. Pilots flying under the new "Basic Med" Medical Rules will be allowed to operate single-and multi-engine aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of not more than 6,000 pounds. What is the maximum number of occupants allowed in this situation and what is the maximum allowable speed and attitude at which you can fly?
4. Since 2012, the AIM has recommended taxiing with transponders set to "ALT" to improve airport ground surveillance systems functions. True or false?
5. When departing any airport under IFR conditions unless otherwise specified in an IFR departure procedure, what altitude [AGL] must you be above in order to execute a turn?
6. When navigating on a Victor Airway, the controller states, "Radar contact lost." When you next pass over a compulsory reporting point, what should you report?
7. When operating an aircraft with anti-collision lights [e.g. strobe lights], when are the anti-collision lights required to be turned on?
Answers: 1. Flashing green, indicating "Return for landing." This should be followed by a steady green light, indicating that you are cleared to land. 2. The runway hold short line. 3. No more than 6 occupants [no more than 5 passengers]; no more than 250 KIAS; and below 18,000 feet MSL. 4. True.5. 400' AGL. 6. PTA-TENN: Center (NAME) NXXXXX Position, Time, Altitude, Type of flight plan, ETA and Name of next fix, and Name of the next succeeding reporting point, plus any pertinent remarks, such as turbulence, etc. 7. Anti-collision lights must be turned on at all times when operating an aircraft, unless it would be in the interest of safety to turn them off.


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Gann Matsuda, Publisher/Writer
Frozen Royalty is published by Gann Matsuda, a native of the Los Angeles area who grew up playing roller hockey in the local schoolyard and has been following the Los Angeles Kings since 1973, when he was still a little kid.
Matsuda, who has been writing about the Kings since 1986, has also covered the Kings and the National Hockey League for The Hockey Writers during the 2010-11 season, and served as News Editor for the Online Kingdom from 1995 to 2011. He also served as the Featured Columnist covering the Kings for Bleacher Report from 2009 to February, 2011, and was the lead writer covering the Kings for HockeyTalk from late 2006 to February 2010.
In February 2009, Matsuda became a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
In the 2015-16 season, Matsuda joined the staff of Today's Slapshot, serving as lead writer covering the Kings into the 2016-17 season, until the site was consolidated with FanRagSports.com. Matsuda has also served as a freelance writer, contributing stories to USA Hockey Magazine.
You can follow Matsuda on Twitter at @frozenroyalty, on Instagram at @frozenroyaltynhl, and on Facebook at Frozen Royalty.
David Sheehan
The view from the press box during the 2014 Stadium Series game featuring the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings on January 25, 2014 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.(click above to view larger image). Photo: David Sheehan/FrozenRoyalty.net.
David Sheehan is a deft automobile mechanic, but is an equally qualified photographer as well, having shot live action sports, special events, portraits, still life, architecture, landscape, street art and nature.
The Los Angeles, California native runs CaliShooterOne Photography. He is Frozen Royalty's primary photographer and is responsible for the vast majority of the photographs you'll see on this site.
Some of the more iconic hockey-related events Sheehan has photographed include:
Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Championship Parade and Celebration/Rally, June 2014
National Hockey League's Stadium Series game featuring the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium, January 2014
National Hockey League's Stadium Series practice (Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings) at Dodger Stadium, January 2014
National Hockey League's Stadium Series Media Day at Dodger Stadium, September 2013
Los Angeles Kings Hockeyfest 2013, September 2013
Sheehan was also a contributor on the NHL Network during their pre-game show prior to Game 5 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final featuring the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings.
Sheehan has also photographed games of the Ontario Fury (indoor soccer) and has been a credentialed photographer for the ECHL's and AHL's Ontario Reign (minor league hockey) since the 2011-12 season. His work has also appeared on FoxSportsWest.com and LAKings.com.
Sheehan's was also privileged to shoot the 2015 Special Olympics in Los Angeles.
You can follow Sheehan at:
Web: CaliShooterOne Photography
Twitter: @calishooterone
Instagram: @calishooterone
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E-Mail: calishooterone@gmail.com


Guy Dorion, 78, has always loved to play sports. Every summer, he would spend hours playing tennis and golf, and in winter he enjoyed downhill and cross-country skiing. But last December the Trois-Rivières resident was forced to stop all physical activity because a blocked artery was causing angina, which results in severe pain in the chest due to inadequate blood supply to the heart.
It wasn't a first for Mr. Dorion, who is diabetic and has suffered from heart problems for 30 years. He had already undergone coronary bypass surgery and four angioplasties, a procedure that uses a catheter to widen clogged sections of an artery. He expected that a new angioplasty would solve the problem. Unfortunately, the procedure didn't work.
Cardiac catheterization laboratories are examination rooms equipped with advanced diagnostic and imaging equipment to perform a coronary angiography or coronarography. During these procedures, a thin tube or catheter, is inserted into an arterial vessel in the patient's wrist or groin and threaded through to the heart carrying a contrast agent that allows blocked or narrowed arteries to be detected under X-ray. The patient must stay awake throughout the procedure, which usually takes about 30 minutes. In the case of an angioplasty, a thin wire goes through the narrowed artery, which is then widened. This is followed by the insertion of a metallic drug-eluting stent – a metallic tube coated with drugs – that keeps the artery open and optimizes blood flow to the heart.
The effort was rewarded. Dr. Rinfret finally succeeded in reopening the blocked artery. Unfortunately, Mr. Dorion later developed other health issues unrelated to his heart problems (he had bladder surgery for a cancerous tumour) but things have returned to normal since the end of his treatment.


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Another way to get Post Card
Post Card is, of course, available on Noisetrade, but it is now also posted to Bandcamp. Get it at:
https://douggibson.bandcamp.com/
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I love idea behind post cards. You send someone you care about a little snapshot of where your travels have taken you, and you have just enough room to include a little message about what's going on in your world. That's a pretty good explanation of what this record is, too. My little snapshot that I'm sending out to the world. You can still get postcards, but nobody much sends them anymore since we can text and email. You can also still find good music that someone actually plays and sings, but you have to go looking for it and avoid the auto-tuned crap that gets shoved in your face. This record is far from perfect, but that's how it should be. Perfection is stale and boring, mistakes and imperfections are honest and real, and I prefer real.
I also get that we music fans have been cheated for decades by an industry squeezing blood from the stone that was our empty pockets. I get that people just don't want to pay for music anymore unless they do want to. I buy records and cds and mp3s from artists that I believe in and want to support, but I have also downloaded a lot of music for free. I think that people should be able to hear the music and share it, and if they decide that they want to support the artist that created it, then so be it. With that in mind, I will be releasing this album so that you can all name your own price. You can download it for free and pay me afterwards if you like, or you can pay up front, or you can simply have it. I want people to hear these songs. I hope some of you will throw me a few bucks here or there to help with the cost of printing some discs or vinyl to take on the road when next summer rolls around, but most importantly I just want to put these songs out there for everyone to enjoy. The main location for downloading the album will be Noisetrade. My page there is linked here. The album will also be available on my Bandcamp page here. Both are great sites that help independent artists, so use whichever one works best for you. I'll also be posting the songs on YouTube on release day as well. Those links may or may not work between now and the 21st, but on that day you will be able to use them to get the record.
So that's it. Post Card is ready to go, and you don't have to pay a dime for it. Thanks for the support, and hopefully I will see everyone soon.
So I Made A Record
I am really excited about this record. You guys that know me, which at this point is pretty much everyone reading this, know that I generally have something to say about, well, most things. I fought it for a few years there, but creating music really is what I have been called to do. I haven't been part of a record that's been put out since 2008. That's kinda crazy to think about, and it makes me wish I had written more, but I am proud of the songs I'm about to put out there. There are seven songs on my new record. There were originally going to be more, but a few of those morphed into songs that Alicia and I are working on and will record in December. Two of the songs are my versions of old Boss Kean's Ditch songs. We had about half of a record ready to go when I left Richmond, and we never got to record those songs, but I wanted to resurrect at least two of them. As a result, the record starts off with Singing Hymns and Better To Fly. I wrote those songs and the guys from BKD...Shane, Ryan, Tommy, Robbie, and Jimmy helped write the music for them. I modified it for my one man band style, but the soul of those songs belongs to those guys too. The rest of the songs are new, and every song on the record features me playing every instrument. I recorded the vocals, guitars, bass, and drums. You name it, I played it. The record is far from perfect. To be honest, these are really just demos that I am going to release as an album, but the more I listen to, the more I appreciate raw, honest recordings, so I didn't want to fancy it all up in a studio. Some of these songs may make it into a studio for the next record, but I have no issues letting this collection of songs stand on its own. I sure hope you guys enjoy it. The title of the record is "Post Card" and the track listing is as follows:
1. Singing Hymns
2. Better To Fly
3. Forward Together
4. Go On, Move On
5. Ten Room Coffin
6. Who You Are
7. Into The Wind
As far as availability of the record goes, rest assured everyone will be able to get it. Music should be shared, and this record hopefully will be. I will have more details on that as the release date approaches. In the meantime, I hope everyone is well, and I hope you guys are excited about this record like I am.


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Nobody Watched The MLS Cup Final
Sunday night's MLS Cup Final may have been David Beckham's last game as a member of an American team. But that wasn't enough for sports fans to give up football and NASCAR on television.
According to Michael Hiestand of USA Today, the championship match drew just a 0.8 rating on ESPN. That translates to just 0.8 percent of households in the 56 largest television markets, including Los Angeles and Houston. For comparison, FOX aired a tape-delayed English soccer match on Sunday afternoon between Chelsea and Liverpool was watched by nearly twice as many households (1.5 rating).
The MLS Cup Final went head-to-head with NBC's Sunday Night Football that drew a 14.0 rating and NASCAR's season-ending race which had a rating of 3.5.
Attendance in the MLS is up, but the league still has a ways to go before they are reaching the average American sports fan.
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