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namespace SlimMessageBus.Host.Redis;

using SlimMessageBus.Host.Serialization;
using StackExchange.Redis;

public class RedisMessageBusSettings
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The <see cref="ConnectionMultiplexer.Configuration"/> configuration setting.
    /// </summary>
    public string Configuration { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Allows to override the default <see cref="ConnectionMultiplexer"/> factory.
    /// </summary>
    public Func<IConnectionMultiplexer> ConnectionFactory { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Maximum allowed idle time before polling will be delayed to save on CPU cycles.
    /// Default is 1 second.
    /// </summary>
    public TimeSpan QueuePollMaxIdle { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3);
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies the optional delay between when polling of keys that are list in the event that none of the keys have new messages.
    /// If you want to optimize latency between periods on queue retrieval set to null. However, having some small delay is advised to optimize CPU usage.
    /// Default is 1 second.
    /// </summary>
    public TimeSpan? QueuePollDelay { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);

    /// <summary>
    /// The <see cref="IMessageSerializer"/> serializer capable of serializing <see cref="MessageWithHeaders"/> that wrap the actual message type. The wrapper is needed to transmit headers for redit transport which has no headers support.
    /// By default uses <see cref="MessageWithHeadersSerializer"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public IMessageSerializer EnvelopeSerializer { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Hook that is fired when the Redis connection to database is established on startuo. Can be used to perform some Redis database cleanup or initialization.
    /// </summary>
    public Action<IDatabase> OnDatabaseConnected { get; set; }

    public RedisMessageBusSettings(string configuration)
    {
        Configuration = configuration;
        ConnectionFactory = () => ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(Configuration);
        EnvelopeSerializer = new MessageWithHeadersSerializer();
    }
}

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Аарон Вормс () — немецкий , главный раввин французского Меца (1832).

Биография
Родился в 1754 году в деревне Гейслаутерне, близ Саарбрюккена. Образование получил под руководством отца, Авраама Иосифа (), большого знатока Талмуда, затем в Мецской раввинской школе, во главе которой стоял раввин Арье-Леб бен-Ашер. Уже в 15 лет произнёс речь в мецской синагоге на талмудическую тему, и с того времени стал писать глоссы. Также изучил каббалу и прекрасно знал «Зогар», который, по его мнению, был составлен танаитом рабби Шимоном бен-Иохаи (Рашби).

Благодаря содействию Арье-Леба он получил раввинское место в Крихингене (1777), но в 1785 г., после смерти своего учителя, был приглашен в Мец в качестве лишь члена раввинской коллегии, так как, чтобы стать главным раввином, правительством требовалось знание французского языка; и всё же позднее, в 1832 году, он был утверждён правительством в качестве главного раввина Меца.

Иногда высказывал взгляды, клонившиеся к еврейской реформе. Французская революция оказала на него сильное влияние. Он стал надевать форму национальной гвардии и сбрил бороду. Он порицал евреев за нежелание заниматься ремёслами (сам он сына Илию отдал в обучение к ремесленнику).

В качестве члена созванного Наполеоном I Синедриона (1806—1807) он составил записку об «отношениях евреев к неевреям по раввинскому законодательству», в которой доказывал, что под «неевреями» в Талмуде разумеются язычники и потому изложенные там постановления не могут служить руководством в настоящее время. Обнаруживал либеральный образ мыслей и в ритуальных вопросах, будучи, вероятно, единственным консервативным раввином того времени, открыто заявившим, что лучше молиться на отечественном языке, чем произносить молитвы по-еврейски, не понимая их содержания. Ввиду этого он не присоединился к агитации против реформы в гамбургской синагоге и сочувственно относился к идее открытия в Меце еврейской школы с общеобразовательными предметами; он обратился по этому поводу к членам общины с двумя посланиями, составленными в духе известных писем Гартвига Вессели. Вормс настаивал на исключении из богослужения пиутов, об авторах которых он отзывался с насмешкой. Он был врагом всяких суеверий и предрассудков, несочувственно относился к тем обрядам, которые, совсем не будучи обязательны по закону, были основаны лишь на долголетнем обычае, и неоднократно выражал неудовольствие по поводу того, что Моисей Иссерлес желал сделать обязательными для всех без исключения евреев лишь одни польские обычаи.

Умер в Меце в 1836 году.

Труды
 «Meore Or» (Мец, 1789—1830) — критические заметки и комментарий к большинству талмудических трактатов и на значительную часть «Шулхан аруха», отдел «». Сочинение было издано анонимно и обнаруживает в авторе способность к самостоятельному мышлению и критический ум. Один христианин, поклонник Вормса, заявил, что, если бы автор ограничился составлением лишь половины книги, то и тогда он имел бы право на кафедру в любой европейской академии.
 Составил краткие заметки к махзору и пасхальной агаде.
 «Malbuschim» — комментарий на Библию,
А также проповеди, «Sefer ha-Aruch» и комментарии на Песикту, «Tana debe Eliahu rabba» и «Zutarta»; молитвенник, составленный по «Зогару».
Все эти сочинения, за исключением комментария на Библию, сохранившегося в рукописи y семейства Л. М. Ламберто в Меце, были уничтожены — согласно предсмертной воле их автора — и известны лишь по цитатам, приведённым в изданном его труде.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Aaron Worms / Jewish Encyclopedia

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Раввины Франции
Раввины XVIII века
Раввины XIX века
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Karolina Olsson – Sleeping Beauty of Oknö
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On Sep 6, 2018
Karolina Olsson was born in Oknö near Mönsterås, Sweden, on the 29 October 1861, the second-eldest of five children, her siblings were all brothers.
Karolina became known as "the Sleeping Beauty of Oknö", having purportedly remained in a state of sleep for 32 years, from 1876 and 1908, from the age of 14 to the age of 46. This is believed to be the longest time that anyone has lived in this manner who then awoke without any residual symptoms.
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However, it has been also been claimed that Olsson may not really have been asleep all that time, as there were many unexplained characteristics of her state, for example, her hair, fingernails, and toenails did not seem to grow, and their were rumours that her parents hid her away following talk of witchcraft.
The story begins on the 18th February 1876 when she was returning home to her village crossing the ice of a frozen river when she fell. Some say she fell through the ice, nearly drowning but being pulled to safety at the last moment, although other sources claim she tripped and hit her head, knocking a tooth, resulting in a tooth ache.
Whatever the truth she did make it home safely but with a sore face and toothache. When the toothache got worse her father, a local fisherman, and her mother thought it was down to witchcraft.
Knowing there was nothing they could do that evening Karolina was told to go to bed and see how she felt the following day. However, Karolina went to sleep that night aged 14 and she wasnt to wake up again until 1908 when she was 46, having slept for 32 years.
Her father was a fisherman and unable to afford a doctor, and the family relied instead on the advice of friends and the town midwife. Eventually neighbours paid for a visit from a doctor, who was unable to wake the sleeping girl and determined that she was in a coma.
This doctor continued to visit her for a year, after which he wrote to the editor of Scandinavia's leading medical journal, soliciting the help of other doctors in finding a cure for Karolina's continuous sleep-state.
Karolina was visited by several doctors all who could not definitively explain her state of torpor and all attempts at rousing her failed, and they noted that her hair, fingernails, and toenails did not seem to grow.
Pins were inserted into her fingertips for a response but without any effect. Later in 1892, when she had been asleep for 14 years she was put in a hospital for a month where more attempts at waking her took place. Even electricity was used, passing a current through her body, but again without any success.
Karolina Olsson
She was returned back home and as she slept life passed her by. Her mother passed away in 1904 and later two of her brothers. After the death of her mother the family took on a housekeeper to look after the families home and Karolina.
Upon the death of her brother in 1907, Karolina is said to have began crying hysterically, although she remained asleep. Everyday Karolina was fed two glasses of sweetened milk by having it spooned into her mouth, luckily her swallowing reflex was intact or she will have likely wasted away.
Several times she was seen to sleep walk or crawl. Her father had also witnessed her in a kneeling, praying position next to her bed saying a few mumbled words before returning to her bed.
When Karolina eventually woke up, she found that her world had totally changed. She must have known something was wrong as the first anyone saw of her she was inconsolable, perhaps having looked into the mirror and seeing that she was now a middle aged woman.
Astonishingly though, although she was now firmly in her middle aged years she only looked to be in her mid 20's, her prolonged slumber having preserved her youthful beauty. When her surviving brothers arrived, however, she did not recognise them.
When word got around that this 'sleeping beauty' had awakened, people travelled from far and wide to visit. She was a instant celebrity. Newspaper reporters from all over Europe, England, and the United States travelled to Oknö to interview her, and she and the family went into hiding to avoid the attention.
She later submitted to psychiatric testing in Stockholm and was found to be in full possession of the faculties that she had possessed before she fell asleep. At 46 years old, they described her as appearing to be no older than 25.
Her mental acuity was still that of a young woman, intelligent but, obviously, knew little of the history of her country… understandable as she had slept through it, but no lasting physical damaged found.
When later asked about what she could remember she replied she remembered everything before her sleep, and all that she could remember about the sleep itself was constant visions of blue faces submerged in water. Curious as her brothers had died by drowning.
However not all was good and well. Many thought Karolina was a fraud and that the 32 years of sleep had been staged, helped along by the family. No-one believed she could have been kept alive on just milk and sugar.
Many believed it was possible for her protection, her mother having strongly believed her daughter had been bewitched all the way back in 1876.
Karolina lived out a quite happy life afterwards and passed away on April 5th 1950 aged 88 from an intracranial haemorrhage.
It is still not entirely known why she had slept for so long and as such is still regarded as a medical marvel.
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Cristina Barcellini (born 20 November 1986) is a retired Italian female volleyball player.

She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team at the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup, and at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. She played with Asystel Novara.

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Italian women's volleyball players
Universiade medalists in volleyball
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Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
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Newark, Del. — Driving Dynamics has announced it has been named as a 2016 award recipient in the twenty-eighth annual Awards for Publication Excellence competition. The award, presented in the Education & Training category, was for the custom Drive@Beste-lesson developed for a Driving Dynamics' global fleet client.
Produced in more than 20 different languages and accessible through desktop and mobile devices, this e-lesson targets the mind and body connection to driving. It explores common personal challenges drivers face that may prevent safe driving capabilities from being at peak performance levels. Factors such as emotional distress, fatigue, poor nutrition, willingness to accept additional risk, and change in health status are among some of the concepts covered.
To further engage learners, an interactive board game was built in as a key deliverable of the lesson. Its components were inspired by classic games that have remained relevant across decades and generations and crossed international boundaries.
"Our client's fleet safety experts challenged our development team to bring a new and exciting aspect to their e-lesson experience, one which could be easily implemented and communicated across varied groups," said Driving Dynamics President Art Liggio.
This marks the ninth APEX award received by Driver Dynamics. The APEX Awards for Publication Excellence are an annual competition for publishers, editors, writers, and designers who create print, Web, electronic, and social media. Sponsored by the editors of Writer's Web Watch, the awards are given based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the overall effectiveness of the entry.
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Are you about to buy a house or flat?
If you are in the process of, or thinking about, buying a house or flat, then you need to know about this.
Just after Christmas the government published the detail of its proposals to levy a supplemental stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on the purchase of a second or subsequent residential property.
It is estimated that at least 10% of residential property purchases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, will be affected by the new charge.
The 3% supplement comes into effect for sales completed on or after 1 April 2016, unless contracts were exchanged before 25 November 2015 (the date of the Autumn Statement when the new charge was announced).
The charge applies if the buyer owns (or partly owns) two or more residential properties at the end of the day in which the transaction is completed. For this purpose married couples and civil partners count as one buyer.
the property is a replacement for the main residence, which has already been sold.
If the main residence hasn't been sold before the new main home is acquired the 3% supplement must be paid on the purchase of the new property. However, provided the former home is sold within 18 months after the new home is acquired, the SDLT supplement can be reclaimed.
Properties located anywhere in the world count. So where an overseas buyer with a home abroad buys a UK property that property will be subject to the 3% SDLT supplement. Similarly if a UK first time buyer has a share in an overseas property, then the 3% SDLT supplement applies.
Properties count if held jointly, if 2 people jointly buy a residential property and one already owns a residential property, then the 3% SDLT supplement applies to the entire property (even though this is the only property that the other has a share in).
Married couple or civil partners can only have one property between them before the 3% SDLT supplement applies. Unmarried couples can each have one property, as long as they don't own those properties jointly.
If a parent buys a residential property for a child or helps a child buy a property and takes a share in that property, the 3% SDLT supplement applies. To avoid this 3% additional cost the parents could act as guarantor on the child's mortgage, or lend the funds required to the child.
The 3% SDLT supplement charge will apply to the purchase of a property to be let as furnished holiday accommodation.
It appears that the 3% SDLT supplement will also apply to corporate purchasers with the exception of bulk purchases of 15 or more properties acquired in one transaction.
The above is an outline of the proposed charge. There is a short period for consultation which closes on 1 February 2016. There may be some changes to those proposals following the consultation period, but we are not expecting any significant change.


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Limited m.&a. activity foreseen in food industry
By Josh Sosland
NEW YORK — Because of still heavy debt loads, large scale merger and acquisition activity is unlikely in the year ahead for the packaged foods industry, according to Fitch Ratings. The agency offered its assessment of prospects for the food business in an annual report, "2014 Outlook: Global Packaged Food."
A number of companies remain focused on debt reduction, Fitch said, and several would be subject to credit rating downgrades in the event of a large acquisition or leveraged buyout, the agency added. Hillshire Brands, Inc., a spinoff from Sara Lee Corp., was cited as an exception by Fitch and identified as a company that may make an acquisition or even become the target of one. The agency cited what it called "many attractive characteristics" of the company, including a relatively modest market capitalization of $4.7 billion, a clean balance sheet and a "streamlined protein-centric portfolio with good cash flow."
Fitch predicted that gross leverage would remain stable or even improve modestly in the year ahead. Most merger and acquisition activity in the new year is likely to be bolt-on transactions, the agency said.
Larger companies identified by Fitch as potential takeover targets included Campbell Soup Co. and ConAgra Foods, Inc. Fitch noted any action on Campbell may be subject to the founding Dorrance family going along.
"ConAgra has recently had volume declines in its core consumer foods and lost significant food service business," Fitch said. "Also, ConAgra's margins are among the lowest in the sector, implying that it still has more cost cutting that could be done and brand strengthening to command a premium."
With economic growth in emerging markets slowing, the sluggish rate of growth in the United States and other developed markets will come increasingly into focus in 2014, Fitch said.
"While ramping up promotions is a quick short-term fix, it generally is not sustainable and does not enhance brand equity," the agency said. "Fitch expects the near-term low inflationary environment to remain promotional, but companies will also beef up their innovation pipelines and support new product launches and core product categories with advertising to support long-term brand equity. Advertising will continue to shift toward digital and social media, as companies try to assess the best way to reach today's young consumers."
Health and wellness is likely to hold center stage when it comes to areas of innovation, with features such as high protein, gluten free, omega-3 and Greek yogurt having fueled growth for certain products/categories.
"Private label is growing faster than brands," Fitch added. "ConAgra acquired Ralcorp to take advantage of this faster growing segment. However, it has encountered hiccups that have slowed Ralcorp's growth, which could continue into 2014 before favorable trends re-emerge. According to the Private Label Manufacturer's Association, U.S. private label supermarket sales were $59 billion in 2012, with a unit share of 23.1% and dollar share of 19.1%. Since 2009, private label sales in the supermarket channel have increased at an annual rate of 2.6%, versus 0.9% for national brands."
While not quite a bright spot, Fitch said the European macroeconomic picture will not be as great a drag in 2014 following recession in most countries in 2012 and 2013.
"However, the recovery is still fragile — and particularly so in Southern Europe — as austerity measures are still displaying their effects," the agency said. "Fitch expects unemployment to remain above 12% in the region until 2015. The perspectives of growth in France, Germany and the U.K. growth are likely to remain modest."
A concern for the coming year in Europe is the possibility of continued food price deflation, Fitch said. They noted a cut of 1.4% by Nestle in its Zone Europe in the first three quarters of 2013.
"Industry players will therefore need to continue focusing on innovation and affordability while their pricing power is limited," Fitch said. "One bright spot which is growing in the region seems to be pet care. The out-of-home channel remains adversely affected while discount stores continue to increase share of food and grocery sales reflecting consumers' pursuit of more affordable products. Fitch's central scenario for the region in 2014 is for a very mild pickup only later in the year."
While the sluggish U.S. economy generally represents a challenge for U.S. food companies, this cloud is not without its silver lining, Fitch said. Interest rates are expected to remain low in the year ahead, creating an attractive environment for debt refinancing. The agency noted debt maturities in the coming year or so totaling $4.1 billion for PepsiCo, Inc.; $700 million for General Mills; $1 billion for Mondel?z (admittedly a small part of a debt load aggregating approximately $18 billion); and $1.3 billion for Unilever.
Cost cutting initiatives also are likely to be a prominent feature of the packaged foods industry in 2014. Fitch said the industry was caught off guard by the $29 billion takeover of H.J. Heinz Co. in 2013.
"U.S. companies need to streamline their cost structures or risk being publicly criticized by activist investors, acquired by private equity firms or strategic buyers who will drastically cut costs," Fitch said. "Activist investors also typically focus on rewarding shareholders and increasing leverage."
Reviewing an effort in July 2013 by Trian to spur a merger between PepsiCo and Mondel?z, Fitch said there is little reason to expect pressure to diminish in the new year.
"Food companies are implementing their own cost-cutting plans to support or enhance margins, drive efficiency and reinvest in the business," the agency said. "They are trying to do this by implementing their own plans in order to get ahead of activist investors who will do it for them. However, cost-cutting plans, particularly for Kellogg with the magnitude of its recently announced plan, will adversely affect cash flow in 2014 as cash costs, likely from severance, flow through before cost savings emerge."
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The Family Bucket_List? Good Idea or Insurance Rate Increase?
It could all start in such a simple way, just a note on the bulletin board…
Next thing, almost before you know it, you've agreed to step out of an airplane – to go skydiving?
How can you tell until you get your own bucket organized, plus now your future could depend on staying ahead of your family bucket and maybe the grand parents bucket too!
The traditional family is now a wide-ranging unit of diversified interests and initiatives seeking new adventures, this + everyone = dangers previously not aligned with the family ideas described below.
Here's how the Wikipedia describes the framework of the traditional and non-traditional family concepts.
In human context, a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage), or co-residence/shared consumption (see Nurture kinship). Members of the immediate family may include a spouse, parent, brother and sister, and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew and niece, or sibling-in-law. In most societies the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As a unit of socialization the family is the object of analysis for anthropologists and sociologists of the family. Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrifocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a husband, his wife, and children; also called nuclear family); avuncular (for example a brother, his sister, and her children); or extended family in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family. Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history. "Family" is used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, global village and humanism. Family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics.
The social reproduction of the family
One of the primary functions of the family is to produce and reproduce persons, biologically and/or socially. This can occur through the sharing of material substances (such as food); the giving and receiving of care and nurture (nurture kinship); jural rights and obligations; and moral and sentimental ties. Thus, one's experience of one's family shifts over time. From the perspective of children, the family is a "family of orientation": the family serves to locate children socially and plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization. From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a "family of procreation," the goal of which is to produce and enculturate and socialize children. However, producing children is not the only function of the family; in societies with a sexual division of labor, marriage, and the resulting relationship between two people, it is necessary for the formation of an economically productive household.
Christopher Harris notes that the western conception of family is ambiguous, and confused with the household, as revealed in the different contexts in which the word is used:
"We have seen that people can refer to their relatives as 'the family.' 'All the family turned up for the funeral…. But of course, my brother didn't bring his family along – they're much too young.' Here the reference is to the offspring (as distinct from 'all' the family). The neighbors were very good, too. 'The Jones came, and their two children. It was nice, the whole family turning up like that.' Here the usage is more restricted than 'relatives' or 'his relatives,' but includes just both parents and offspring. 'Of course, the children will be leaving home soon. It's always sad to see the family break up like that.' Here the reference is not only to parents and children but to their co-residence, that is, to the household."
Olivia Harris states this confusion is not accidental, but indicative of the familial ideology of capitalist, western countries that pass social legislation that insists members of a nuclear family should live together, and that those not so related should not live together; despite the ideological and legal pressures, a large percentage of families do not conform to the ideal nuclear family type.
Family types
The diverse data coming from ethnography, history, law and social statistics, establish that the human family is an institution and not a biological fact founded on the natural relationship of consanguinity. The different types of families occur in a wide variety of settings, and their specific functions and meanings depend largely on their relationship to other social institutions. Although the concept of consanguinity originally referred to relations by "blood," cultural anthropologists have argued that one must understand the idea of "blood" metaphorically and that many societies understand family through other concepts rather than through genetic distance. Sociologists have a special interest in the function and status of these forms in stratified (especially capitalist) societies.
According to the work of scholars, the huge transformation that led to modern marriage in Western democracies was "fueled by the religio-cultural value system provided by elements of Judaism, early Christianity, Roman Catholic canon law and the Protestant Reformation".
Much sociological, historical and anthropological research dedicates itself to the understanding of this variation, and of changes in the family that form over time. Times have changed; it is more acceptable and encouraged for mothers to work and fathers to spend more time at home with the children. The way roles are balanced between the parents will help children grow and learn valuable life lessons. There is great importance of communication and equality in families, in order to avoid role strain.
Conjugal (nuclear) family
The term "nuclear family" is commonly used, especially in the United States, to refer to conjugal families. A "conjugal" family includes only the husband, the wife, and unmarried children who are not of age. Sociologists distinguish between conjugal families (relatively independent of the kindred of the parents and of other families in general) and nuclear families (which maintain relatively close ties with their kindred).
Matrifocal family
A "matrifocal" family consists of a mother and her children. Generally, these children are her biological offspring, although adoption of children is a practice in nearly every society. This kind of family is common where women have the resources to rear their children by themselves, or where men are more mobile than women.
The term "extended family" is also common, especially in United States. This term has two distinct meanings. First, it serves as a synonym of "consanguinal family" (consanguine means "of the same blood"). Second, in societies dominated by the conjugal family, it refers to "kindred" (an egocentric network of relatives that extends beyond the domestic group) who do not belong to the conjugal family. These types refer to ideal or normative structures found in particular societies. Any society will exhibit some variation in the actual composition and conception of families.
The term blended family or stepfamily describes families with mixed parents: one or both parents remarried, bringing children of the former family into the new family. Also in sociology, particularly in the works of social psychologist Michael Lamb, traditional family refers to "a middleclass family with a bread-winning father and a stay-at-home mother, married to each other and raising their biological children," and nontraditional to exceptions from this rule. Most of the US households are now non-traditional under this definition.
In terms of communication patterns in families, there are a certain set of beliefs within the family that reflect how its members should communicate and interact. These family communication patterns arise from two underlying sets of beliefs. One being conversation orientation (the degree to which the importance of communication is valued) and two, conformity orientation (the degree to which families should emphasize similarities or differences regarding attitudes, beliefs, and values).
The family offers a cultural value to anyone who decides to participate in the family dynamic. Every family is dysfunctional in some ways and in others ways the biggest influence and support network that can really 'be there' and make a difference. Like they say, nothing is closer to you than blood. We can learn things inside the family network that are the basis of how we treat others and how we see ourselves. Family is the way we consider our best friends. What is a higher compliment to someone than to say they are like family.
The strength of our family beliefs is more important than we know. Every generation depends on the one before it. We all need to honor our families and show how to leave this world in better shape than how we found it. There is nothing gained in blaming past generations, as family we need to give each other the permission to 'fail up' and not fall down. As for the Bucket List… Bring it On! We all have time to spare and share. When it's with family the time is priceless!
For full attribution and the complete article go to Wikipedia here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family
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Dr. Chung, could you hold up your mike, please?
I apologize, Mr. Chair.
That's why we advocate and why all the expert guidance has been on a multi-layered approach, recognizing that there are periods when one will perhaps be unable to maintain social distancing, hence the other non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as hand hygiene and wearing facial coverings. That's why those other measures are just as important.
Sonia Sidhu Liberal Brampton South, ON
What about Air Canada? Can you explain the CleanCare program, the new safety protocol of flying during COVID-19? Do you think customers are responding to your program?
I'll start quickly, just to give you a sense of the program. CleanCare+ was instituted roughly a month ago. We were the first airline to introduce the temperature checks and the wearing of masks. It's essentially designed to ensure that we take additional measures within the cabin to keep it sterile and clean. Now everybody who arrives on the aircraft will receive a packet that contains hand sanitizer, wipes, a mask and gloves. Then, the aircraft is static-sprayed on every arrival, pre-departure.
There are designated lavatories for crew, as well as for passengers. All the collateral within the aircraft, where you used to see things in the seatback and so on, has been removed to prevent anything from landing on surfaces. That's in addition to the air quality.
Jim, do you want to add anything to that?
No, I think you've covered it pretty well, Ferio.
Certainly, just to reiterate, we've instituted a multi-layered approach and are also handing out all those non-pharmaceuticals for intervention, such as masks, the hand sanitizer and the wipes, as well as other measures, including the electrostatic spraying and the hygiene in the cabins to ensure that we minimize the risk as much as possible.
Thank you, Ms. Sidhu. We will go now to Dr. Kitchen.
Dr. Kitchen, please go ahead for five minutes.
Robert Gordon Kitchen Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
Thank you, everybody, for being here.
Mr. Chair, depending on how quickly my answers arrive, I may share my time with Mrs. Jansen.
I will try to point out to Air Canada that there has been a lot of confusion over the directives and advice that have been released by the Public Health Agency of Canada, and you indicated even today there were some issues interprovincially. We know there is no legal obligation for the provinces and territories to provide their health information to the federal government.
I already know my answer to this, but the reality is.... Has your organization experienced a lot of confusion or a little bit of confusion with how you proceed with dealing with the preventative measures when we look at things such as the changing answers we get for wearing masks and taking temperatures, etc.?
I can respond to that.
As I said earlier in a previous response, Mr. Chair, there is no manual for this outbreak. We've been learning as we go along, and the manual is literally being written. The data and the science have evolved over time, to the point that it is strongly supportive of facial coverings to this point now.
As the data and science evolve, there are multiple stakeholders as well as different guidances from various organizations. We do follow that up, as do my colleagues in the other airlines, and try to find best practices based on all these guidances.
It would be considered confusing, would that not be correct, with the various answers?
This whole COVID-19 has been somewhat confusing, essentially. Literally, we're on month six, and I remember when it started. I was on a beach somewhere when I got my first notification from BlueDot about this potential SARS-like outbreak in Wuhan.
It has evolved at lightspeed, and everyone has had to adapt. I'm sure WestJet and Air Transat have had to adapt to what feels like lightspeed—
Mr. Mikoch-Gerke, you talked a bit about the standards and the steps that you've done on cleaning, etc. I just want to touch on one aspect of it. When I flew back and forth from Ottawa, I ran into a number of technicians who were saying how clean they keep the airplanes, etc., with the changing of the HEPA filters, etc., and how sanitary they are. I do believe that is the case.
You talked about fogging electrostatically. We recognize that electrostatic fogging is really getting into places where maybe the cleaners can't get into. My question really comes to another step. I realize the research is very new, but I'm just wondering if WestJet has considered ozone technology.
Mr. Chair, I thank the member for the question.
I'm not aware. I don't believe we've actually looked at that technology at this time. Having said that, we've continued to evolve what health measures we do have, and if there's better technology that the epidemiology reflects could be a means of better cleaning our aircraft, that's certainly something we'll look at as we continue to evolve and review our policies around the cleaning of the cabins and other areas.
Mr. Liebman, have you looked at that with Air Transat?
Senior Director, Government and Community Affairs, Air Transat
Howard Liebman
I'm going to ask my colleague Captain Bourdages to weigh in, if you don't mind, sir.
Captain Dave Bourdages Vice-President, In-Flight Service and Customer Experience, Air Transat
Thank you for the question.
As our colleagues from WestJet and Air Canada have mentioned, we're looking at the technology that is available today. We're trying to base our approach on science and what's out there. Electrostatic technology is something that's been proven. We are keeping our eyes and our ears open as to what may come in the future, but we haven't looked specifically at the ozone technology itself.
I'm going to shift over to Mrs. Jansen for a quick question.
I'm going to ask Air Transat.
I have a question from constituents, Paul and Bonnie, who booked a flight to Rome last July. They were supposed to leave in August, and it turns out, of course, that all of that has been turned back as non-refundable. Do I tell them that it's a lack of government support, which you mentioned the U.S. and the EU were giving, why this is being put on the backs of individual Canadians?
Just to clarify, we will be flying from Toronto to Rome as of the end of July, so that's the good news.
More generally, to your question, I want to be very clear. First and foremost, our industry requires our customers, and we as a company put our customers first. Each and every one of them received a full future travel credit because of flights being cancelled due to all these restrictions that the government announced.
Unfortunately, they're not able to use them because of another issue.
Thank you, Mrs. Jansen.
We go now to Mr. Van Bynen.
Mr. Van Bynen, go ahead. You have five minutes.
Tony Van Bynen Liberal Newmarket—Aurora, ON
Thank you to all the witnesses, who are providing us with good insight and perspective into the issues.
My first question is for Air Canada.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Air Canada has worked in close co-operation with Global Affairs Canada to bring Canadians home. Can you share with the committee how many special repatriation flights Air Canada has operated, and how many Canadians were on those flights?
Yes, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the question.
Yes, we actually operated 21 special repatriation flights, and we brought back just over 8,500 Canadians on those flights. In addition, during the pandemic and during the crisis and the taking down and the tightening of border restrictions, we also leveraged our commercial routes that were already in place. When we tabulate it completely, it's roughly 300,000 Canadians who were repatriated back to Canada.
Dr. Chung, we know that some of the cabin air in an aircraft is recirculated after it's been filtered, so I'm hoping you can elaborate on the ventilation system in the aircraft.
First, how does the ventilation system in an aircraft work when the aircraft is in the air? Can you elaborate on the flow pattern of the air in the aircraft and whether it is more likely to contribute to the spread or whether it is effective in preventing the spread? Is there something that the passengers can do to help the ventilation system, such as perhaps keeping the vents above their seats off? Also, how does this differ when the aircraft is parked and the engines are off in the case of ground delays?
Mr. Chair, thank you for the question. That is a very good question, and it does take a bit of a dissertation, so I apologize for a bit of a lengthy answer here.
In flight, the cabin air typically will be a 50-50 mix of bleed air through the engine and recirculated air through the cabin, in most aircraft. The recirculated air through the cabin goes through the high-efficiency particulate arrestor filter, which, as mentioned earlier, will filter out 99.9% of all bacteria, fungi and viruses, and it does get recirculated into the cabin.
The flow of air within the cabin itself, though, is not from front to back but side to side, essentially, so it circulates in a transverse pattern relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Hence, what you will hear from public health officials when they are doing notifications is typically that they are asking for two rows, either in front of or behind the index case passenger, for any potential contact tracing on board an aircraft.
On the ground, the air is plugged into an external air-handling unit that gets plugged into the aircraft.


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Ethiopia's Ejigu Sets Course Record at Tufts 10K
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EJIGU SETS COURSE RECORD AT TUFTS HEALTH PLAN 10-K FOR WOMEN
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
(c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
(Used with permission)
BOSTON (14-Oct) -- On a picture perfect day with conditions ideal for racing, Ethiopia's
Sentayehu Ejigu broke a 25-year-old course record en route to winning the Tufts Health Plan
10-K for Women here on the streets of Boston. Breaking away shortly before four miles (6.44 km),
the 28-year-old ran all alone in front of 5916 other women to a final time of 31:32.9, becoming
the race's first champion from Ethiopia.  She won $5000 in prize money.
"I am very happy for this race. It means a lot for me to come and have my first good performance after two years,"
said Global Athletics & Marketing representative Matt McCarron, translating for Ejigu.
After a pedestrian opening mile of 5:11, a lead pack began to form as the women's only field crossed the Massachusetts
Avenue Bridge above the Charles River. Congregating at the front were Ejigu, Americans Janet Bawcom and Emily Infeld, as well as Kenyans Risper Gesabwa and Alice
Kamunya.
Still all together at 5 kilometers --hit in 16:03-- Ejigu seemed most comfortable of the five leaders, arms pumping and eyes focused on the road ahead.
With the four mile marker in sights, Ejigu injected a surge that shook up the group. Infeld and Gesabwa worked together to counter the move, as Bawcom and
Kamunya began to fade off the back.
"I could definitely feel her taking off and I didn't know if my legs had it in them to go with her," said Infeld, who trains alongside Massachusetts native
Shalane Flanagan under coach Jerry Schumacher in Portland, Ore. "I think it was kind of a shock when she surged like that."
Crossing back over the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and returning to the city's Back Bay neighborhood, Ejigu glanced behind only to see Infeld far in the
distance, more than ten seconds adrift. In the midst of her second consecutive sub-five minute mile, Ejigu wasn't quite sure how much racing she had left.
"I felt very comfortable throughout the race," she said through McCarron. "I kept looking back because I didn't see kilometer markers, and I don't know miles
very much. I was unsure of my fitness because I haven't had a good competition after more than a year of injuries."
Keeping her foot on the gas pedal, Ejigu continued pushing through the finish, timed in 31:32.9. Her time was five seconds faster than Anne Hannam's 1988 course
record mark.
Extremely shy and refusing to speak directly with the media, Global Athletics representative McCarron talked on behalf of Ejigu. He said that Ejigu was very
pleased with the performance and was surprised with the course record. As McCarron spoke to Race Results Weekly, Ejigu was on the phone with two-time Olympic
champion Meseret Defar, who offered congratulations.
As it turns out, Defar told Global Athletics management that Ejigu appeared extremely fit while training in Ethiopia and urged the athlete management group to
enter Ejigu in a race.
"Meseret is thrilled for her," said McCarron. "They are very good friends and she is very happy for her. This is big for her."
Behind Ejigu, Infeld placed second in 31:46.6. The 23-year-old Georgetown University graduate was pleased with her time, the fastest 10-K on the roads by an
American this year.
"Obviously I was wishing for the win, but I mean I have to be happy. I gave all I had out there and I don't think I could have run that [what Ejigu did] today,"
she said.
Third went to Gesabwa (32:11.2), with Bawcom fourth in 32:27.4.  Bawcom, who won the event in 2011 when it was still the USA Championship, is coming back from a
battle with shin splints and is anxious for next month's ING New York City Marathon.
"It felt a little quicker than I wanted, but I feel strong," she said. "I'm getting better every day and I'm excited to get fourth place today. Just to run under
33 [minutes], that was my goal."
Rounding out the top five was Alice Kamunya in 32:31.6. Two-time champion Katie McGregor wound up 20th in 34:03.5.
PHOTO: Sentayehu Ejigu on her way to winning the 2013 Tufts Health Plan 10-K for Women in Boston in a course record 31:32.9
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Usually this isn't an issue, but can be annoying when offline. There's also the security issue of sending entire JSON payloads to a third-party server just for formatting 😳. Alternatively, maybe developers copy+paste into their chosen editors and this PR is all a waste of time — I hope not 😛.
We can use collector.requestheaders to detect if the request was JSON and conditionally show the Pretty Print button.
Is JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(content)); the safest, most efficient way to do this?
Should the "Pretty Print" button be in-line next to the "Request Content" header? I couldn't find a pattern for this sort of thing elsewhere in the profiler.
Do people want JSON formatted with 4 spaces, would 2 spaces be preferred? Should this be a configuration option stored in localStorage (such as the light/dark theme configuration)?
Gather feedback and decide where to perform the pretty-print: server-side, or client-side.
It was decided server-side would be better.
I like this proposal a lot. I would apply this behaviour by default, without any button or toggle. To prevent issues with complex queries, I'd apply a max-height of around 500px to the container element.
I think it should be pretty by default, but a Raw option could still be useful?
and if we want to do it all the time (with a tab switcher to view the raw one), it would make sense to do the pretty-printing server-side.
👍 Sounds good. I'll look at getting that implemented.
If we're doing the pretty-printing on the server, that would mean we're putting the entire payload into the DOM twice, once "pretty-printed", the other raw – I'm assuming most payloads aren't too big so this won't be an issue - are we okay with this?
also instead of pretty JSON, wouldnt VarDumper (thus collapsible) be far more useful?
Okay, so, I've taken the above feedback, rebased and updated the UI. There are now "Pretty" and "Raw" tabs. I've left the formatting down to JS for reasons discussed later.
I don't have much experience with the internals of the profiler. However, from what I can workout there are a few options we have to pretty print on the server.
I'm assuming the method of pretty-printing we'd use is json_encode(json_decode($requestContent), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)) (remember, at the moment our $requestContent is a string). Alternatively, we can look for additional libraries, but I'm not sure what the stance on that is?
collector is basically $this->data from RequestDataCollector.php. We could store an additional key (e.g. "content_formatted") and perform our pretty-printing during collection.
Cons: Performance affect during collection; storing the entire request payload twice in the profiler.
We perform the print-printing in ProfilerController::panelAction and add a key to the available twig variables https://github.com/SamFleming/symfony/blob/d56ed851b4f2d012c8633f0632feb96d17b96c17/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Controller/ProfilerController.php#L104-L112.
Pros: Not storing duplicate content.
Cons: Placing Collector specific logic in the generic panelAction — should it really be the responsibility of panelAction to look into the Collector and its attributes to perform the printing?
It would be great to hear some feedback on the above options as I'm not really sure which route to take.
I've had to create commit 9cdcf0b as there appears to be a bug when nesting tabs in the profiler panels. Looks like until this PR it's never been required. Shall I split this out into a separate PR?
Thanks for the approval @ro0NL – I've updated the regex as suggested 👌 — It will match application/hal+ld+json, are you okay with that – alternatively we could change the quantifier to ? to only match one or zero (instead of zero or more) – your thoughts here would be appreciated.
I'm currently trying to setup the "Debug" tab as suggested but am struggling with some unexpected errors. I'll keep trying.
@SamFleming perhaps better to introduce the debug tab in a new PR so we dont block/postpone this one (i was just brainfarting :)) But i definitively think it's a nice addition.
yes, i tweaked it to more generic. Now matches foo+bar+json, foo+++json. I think we want to be tolerant yes.
Anything left for me to do to get this ready for merging?
let's wait :) i do have one last question though; what happens if the request content is not valid JSON? Even if the content-type says so.. does it crash the panel? Will developer see the error?
Is what shows when the JSON is invalid. json_decode will return NULL when invalid JSON is encountered, then json_encode(NULL) returns null.
We could check json_last_error then display json_last_error_msg in the "Pretty" tab if there's an issue?
I definitely prefer, as it removes any abiquity. However, if we're going this route, is there any point checking the Content-Type for being JSON? Is it worth attempting the json_encode(json_decode()) no matter what is in the body, then using json_last_error to determine whether the tab shows?
the extra overhead might bite us as we try to parse each request content, every time. Tend to prefer the explicit check here.
I also wonder if it's worth caching the result of getPrettyJson seeing as it is being called twice in twig and I'm assume json_decode(json_encode()) could be quite resource intensive... or assigning it to a variable in twig.
actually we dont parse during the request :D (im tired), only during display in the profiler. But yeah, i think we should be conservative, and expand as needed.
correct. We should return string|null (checking for last_error intermediary) and call it once in twig.
@dunglas was there anything else you wanted me to do on this?
- [x] Gather feedback and decide where to perform the pretty-print: [server-side, or client-side](symfony/symfony#28919 (comment)).
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Update usage example in ArrayInput doc block.
I used the `mb_ord` to detect whether the amount of bytes read is valid before proceeding.  I limit the number of bytes read to 4 before giving up because characters can use at most 4 bytes.
The test passes with or without the fix though.
+                format: "%%datetime%% %%start_tag%%%%level_name%%%%end_tag%% <comment>[%%channel%%]</> %%message%%%%context%%\n"
user has a point about that.
Add a way to specify an index based on a tag attribute when injecting a tag collection into services, but also a a way to fallback to a static method on the service class.
When dumping the data structures from [Ds extension](http://php.net/manual/en/book.ds.php) Symfony only shows the class name but not the actual data. So in this PR I tried to write a Caster for these data structures.
Map can't be simply casted to array because it can contain objects as keys so I dump the pairs instead.
I ran into an [issue](https://github.com/php-enqueue/enqueue-dev/issues/774) in the enqueue library which copied this part of code from Symfony. I'm now starting to understand what the problem is and it should most likely be fixed in Symfony as well.
If you have a non-catchable pattern in requirements like f.e. a positive lookahead (.+(?=/foo/)), the generator will not accept the parameter as the parameter itself cannot fulfil the requirement, but only matches in the context of the entire path.
This fix looks for lookAround in the path and ignores checking the requirements if any lookAround exists.
This PR was squashed before being merged into the 4.3-dev branch (closes #27570).
Added support for extract type from property's default value.
private $builtinType          => string(3) "int"
- [x] Gather feedback and decide where to perform the pretty-print: [server-side, or client-side](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/28919#issuecomment-431508361).
This PR was squashed before being merged into the 4.3-dev branch (closes #29865).
Currently, when someone runs one of the most common commands, e.g. `server:run`, but does not have a required package installed, they will get a general **'There are no commands defined...'** message.
This commit adds a more useful message, informing the user about a package that might be missing and suggesting a command that should be run in order to install it, e.g. `composer require symfony/web-server-bundle --dev`.
Following #30236 I've prepared two additional addons for the ghost.
The first one will display a plus on February 29, to indicate it's a leap year.
The second one will display a gift on October 18, to indicate it's Symfony's birthday.
I would just like to point out that the addons are purely for fun, to amuse every hardcoding Symfony developer and offer a chance to smile on these few selected occasions.
This PR was squashed before being merged into the 3.4 branch (closes #30243).
When an empty string is passed (or objects with a similarly behaving `__toString()` method) to the constructor, the call to `decide` causes infinite recursion.
Somehow, after #29411 the profiler actually shows the security firewall `ContextListener`.
This listener removes itself at call time, but at this point it's wrapped reference is already in the call stack; to be displayed in the profiler.
Because the wrapped listener lazily collects its priority - it asks it from the dispatcher -  we get null; the listener was already removed.
This fixes it by always passing the expected priority at call time.
[Form] add option to render NumberType as type="number"
42e8f5e3a2 add option to render NumberType as type="number"
[Console] Doc Block: More intuitive usage example in ArrayInput.
Make the ArrayInput doc block example more self-explanatory and less misleading. Show the common use case of having `command`, and replace the confusing `name` argument with something more arbitrary.
The current doc block example for `ArrayInput` seems to imply that the command name goes in as `name`, but this is actually just a random argument, named "name", in this case.
0c8d311657 Update usage example in ArrayInput doc block.
add option to render NumberType as type="number"
Add a new option to specify the date format when using the `string` input type.
The Descriptor throws an exception when it encounters a class having a non existent parent, see https://github.com/nelmio/NelmioApiDocBundle/issues/1470 for the record.


I wasn't really interested in reading this book. Sure, it's on all these "recommended" lists...bestsellers, etc. I tend to try to enjoy the _other_ books that don't get all this attention...although even reading the 'jacket', it doesn't flow into my typical genre.
But a friend suggested it for book club and I thought I'd give it a try. And even though it didn't turn into a book club choice, this is the type of book I exactly need from book clubs.
And the setting starts during the old era of circus', traveling from town-to-town by train, with their freaks and menagerie of animals. It is vivid and if you have ever seen the amazing HBO series, Carnivale, this eat, lived and breathed the same tones. In fact, most of the characters in the book I related to the characters in the TV show, so I was able to get pretty realistic visuals as I read through this novel.
We're introduced to the main character, Jakob Jankowski, a young man who is fleeing his life of normalcy...after losing his parents...and just before he takes his exams to become a veterinarian. He lands himself within a mediocre circus, shadowed by the Ringling Brothers...and he's welcomed excitedly because they need a vet.
Soon, we meet others: Marlena, Rosie, Camel, August, Queenie...the list goes on. Sara shows the caste system between the workers and the performers...the business of entertaining, which can include keeping less than savory people with the circus, and the abuse of animals.
But it's Jacob that we follow throughout the story...and the morality of dealing with the people he works with...and the woman he falls for.
But if that story wasn't intriguing enough, there's the story of Jacob as a 90-something year old man, 'stuck' in a nursing home. He is recounting his past but also realizing that, well, his body and mental state is getting frail. This strikes at the heart of me, reading the turmoil of the realization that he cannot walk well, no matter how hard he struggles. How his memory fades and yet he can pretend to know things. And how alone he is...he awaits his family -- anyone -- to take him to the circus (which brings back his young memories of the circus)...and no one shows up.
Heartbreaking, as we read the fight to gain his love and freedom to live a good life, with his children, to the end of his life, without a soul near him.
And as sadly profound that sounds, it is still a good book...probably a new classic. I did read that UNC-CH had it as part of the required reading...so I felt pretty good about myself for reading it on my own and _liking_ it...had I been told, in college or high school to read it, I would've fought the desire.


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Sports Law And Regulation
Author: Matthew J. Mitten
Editor: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
The fourth edition of Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems explores both amateur and professional sports as well as issues common to both industries. A comprehensive collection of cases and materials provides balanced perspective and flexible coverage, while the organization provides instructors the flexibility to cover selected sections or chapters for a separate course in either Amateur Sports Law or Professional Sports Law. The fourth edition includes recent landmark sports precedents, an updated Olympic and international sports law chapter, and the addition of youth sports materials to the high school sports chapter. Materials examining the governance authority of the Big-5 conferences, and Title IX to address student-athlete sexual assault of women have also been included in the updated edition. Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems contains the appropriate amount of introductory and explanatory materials, notes, and questions to facilitate students' understanding as well as hypothetical problems for applying new knowledge. Key Features: Most recent landmark sports law precedents, including Brady v NFL, O'Bannon antitrust and right of publicity litigation, Garber and Laumann antitrust litigation challenging MLB and NHL broadcasting restrictions Updated Olympic and international sports law chapter, including Pechstein v International Skating Union (German Federal Supreme Civil Court recognizes independence of Court of Arbitration for Sport and enforces its arbitration award) and 2015 World Anti-doping Code materials Addition of youth sports materials to high school chapter Addition of materials examining the governance authority (autonomy) of the Big-5 conferences and other institutions at the most competitive level within the NCAA Addition of Title IX to address student-athlete sexual assault of women, and a discussion of issues relating to transsexual, transgender and intersex athletes to the gender equity chapter Addition of discussions of the evolving definition of sport and new sports, including mixed martial arts and e-sports Addition of a comment on concussion related claims in the health and safety chapter
The authors of the leading sports law casebook joined with two of the leaders in the sports law field to develop a problem-based sports law and governance text for undergraduate and graduate students. The text is presented in the traditional law school case method style, with a unique focus on how those regulatory and governance materials can be used to solve problems in sports, from issues like Deflategate to the future of big-time intercollegiate athletics. Whether students are interested in careers in professional or amateur sports law, they will acquire foundational knowledge that will help them identify legal issues, minimize risk, and become a generation of problem solvers within the sports industry. Contracts, torts, agency, labor/employment, antitrust, and intellectual property law are all addressed, as well as health and safety issues and high school, college, and international/Olympic/regulatory concerns. In a world where sports has proven to be a leader, the book also addresses racial and gender equity issues in depth.
Public Law And Regulation Collected Essays
Author: Anna Cicchetti
Editor: Maggioli Editore
Sports Law In India
Author: Lovely Dasgupta
Editor: SAGE Publishing India
Sports is probably one of the greatest instruments of social cohesion in today's conflict-stricken world. It has grown from being just an activity for leisure to an activity that is treated as an industry and like all industries, there are innumerable issues that crop up day in and day out. Sports Law in India: Policy, Regulation and Commercialisation presents the legal challenges that sports faces in India today and further debates on the numerous legal issues, policies and regulations that have arisen and are most likely to arise in the near future. It discusses current issues such as spot fixing, public access to sporting events, doping controversies, concerns about religion in sports, and broadcasting law and taxation of earnings from sports. The book also compares the recent legal developments in India with the international sports law to provide a better understanding.
Sports Law In The United States
Editor: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in the United States deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports law and its own national and local sports organizations. Sports law at a national or organizational level thus gains a growing relevance in comparative law. The book describes and discusses both state-created rules and autonomous self-regulation regarding the variety of economic, social, commercial, cultural, and political aspects of sports activities. Self- regulation manifests itself in the form of by-laws, and encompasses organizational provisions, disciplinary rules, and rules of play. However, the trend towards more professionalism in sports and the growing economic, social and cultural relevance of sports have prompted an increasing reliance on legal rules adopted by public authorities. This form of regulation appears in a variety of legal areas, including criminal law, labour law, commercial law, tax law, competition law, and tort law, and may vary following a particular type or sector of sport. It is in this dual and overlapping context that such much-publicized aspects as doping, sponsoring and media, and responsibility for injuries are legally measured. This monograph fills a gap in the legal literature by giving academics, practitioners, sports organizations, and policy makers access to sports law at this specific level. Lawyers representing parties with interests in the United States will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative sports law.
Essentials Of Sports Law
Author: Glenn M. Wong
Editor: ABC-CLIO
Format: PDF, ePub
Outlines the American legal system and tort law as they apply to sports from high school to professional, and discusses liability, drugs, discrimination, contracts, antitrust, labor relations, violence, gambling, and other topics.
Sports Law And Policy In The European Union
Author: Richard Parrish
Editor: Manchester University Press
Adopting a distinctive legal and political analysis, this book argues that the EU is receptive to the sports sectors claims for special treatment before the law. The book investigates the birth of EU sports law and policy by examining significant court decisions, the possibility of exempting sport from EU law, sport and the EU treaty, and more.
Sports Law In China
Author: Junxin Kang
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in China deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports law and its own national and local sports organizations. Sports law at a national or organizational level thus gains a growing relevance in comparative law. The book describes and discusses both state-created rules and autonomous self-regulation regarding the variety of economic, social, commercial, cultural, and political aspects of sports activities. Self- regulation manifests itself in the form of by-laws, and encompasses organizational provisions, disciplinary rules, and rules of play. However, the trend towards more professionalism in sports and the growing economic, social and cultural relevance of sports have prompted an increasing reliance on legal rules adopted by public authorities. This form of regulation appears in a variety of legal areas, including criminal law, labour law, commercial law, tax law, competition law, and tort law, and may vary following a particular type or sector of sport. It is in this dual and overlapping context that such much-publicized aspects as doping, sponsoring and media, and responsibility for injuries are legally measured. This monograph fills a gap in the legal literature by giving academics, practitioners, sports organizations, and policy makers access to sports law at this specific level. Lawyers representing parties with interests in China will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative sports law.
International Sports Law And Business
Author: Aaron N. Wise
This comprehensive, three-volume set focuses on the legal and business aspects of sports in the United States and abroad. The authors have presented the subject matter from a practical and pragmatic perspective, yet with analytical precision and attention to fine points of detail. This book is composed of five parts: Part I deals with the law and business of sports in the United States, with the primary emphasis on the legal aspects of professional sports. Part II deals with the internationalization of sports from various perspectives, principally North American team sports. Part III explores the law and business of sports in 18 non-U.S. jurisdictions--subject matter hardly covered in other sources, if at all. Part IV treats the legal and, to some extent, business aspects of broadcasting and sports, both in the United States and in selected foreign jurisdictions. Part V focuses upon sports marketing in its various forms in the United States, as well as its international perspectives. This easy-to-read work is unmatched in that it covers subjects not addressed or only tangentially addressed in other works, presents insiders perspectives on the subject matter, and focuses extensively on international aspects of sports law and business in connection with many different subjects. Among its exhibits, International Sports Law and Business includes a World League of American Football Standard Player Contract form, a sample World League of American Football Acquisition and Operation Agreement, Statute of Court of Arbitration for Sport and Regulations. It also includes a comprehensive index.
Author: Patrick K. Thornton
Editor: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Sports Law looks at major court cases, statutes, and regulations that explore a variety of legal issues in the sports industry. The early chapters provide an overview of sports law in general terms and explore its impact on race, politics, religion, and everyday affairs. Later chapters address hot button issues such as gender equity, drug testing, and discrimination. Written from a sport management perspective, rather than from a lawyer's, this text covers all the major areas presented in sports law today including: cases relating to torts, contracts, intellectual property, and agents. Factual scenarios throughout the text allow students to critically examine and apply sport management principles to legal issues facing the sports executive. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.
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The Godly Man's Picture
The Colder War
Modern Tapestry Crochet
Ford Vans (69 - 91)
Der Wanderer, 1 Audio-CD
The Tale of the Body Thief
American Wheels, Chinese Roads
Visible Signs
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
The Polynesian Tattoo Handbook Vol.2
Once and for All
Little Children's Activity Book
The Life of Constance L. Goodell, Part 4
Lightning Reed
Las Alas del Aguila
The Brother Lawrence Collection
Toyota Hi-Lux P&D
Ford Pick-Ups, 1965-86
The Intimacy Factor
Mark Twain on the Move
Brave Flyer
My Hero Academia, Vol. 4
The Meaning of Truth
Cipher (The Shadow Ravens Book 1)
Spencer and the Terrorist Plot
Grisham Generic Counterpack + 12 Xa Time to Kill
Die Bestimmung - Letzte Entscheidung
The Dark Side of Japan
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
Foundation and Empire
Katie Jerram on Showing
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Sorcerer'S Secrets
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Bleeding Heart Square
Top 100 Birding Sites Of The World
Birds of Washington Field Guide
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion
Thoreau Notebook
Whisper of Warning
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Is Doug Pederson A Better Offensive Play Caller Than Sean McVay?
Doug Pederson and Sean McVay - Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
After the Los Angeles Rams only scored three points versus the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 53, there are questions about if Rams' Head Coach Sean McVay really deserves the "Offensive Genius" label that has been assigned to him by many people in the media and around the NFL. By contrast, Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson was the play caller when Philadelphia scored 41 points versus the Patriots Defense in Super Bowl 52. Pederson is 4-1 in the postseason as a Head Coach and his offense is averaging 24.8 Points Per Game along with 375.6 Total Yards Per Game. McVay is 2-2 in the postseason as a Head Coach and his offense is underwhelming, averaging 18 Points Per Game along with 364.5 Total Yards Per Game.
ESPN.com NFL Insider KC Joyner joined The Sports Bash on Monday and gave his perspective on Sean McVay as a play caller compared to Doug Pederson:
"(Sean) McVay has a system - They play those condensed sets of the receivers, (the Rams are) usually using what they call 11-personnel (which is) one running back, one tight end, three receivers, and they do a lot of things with that. But I think also when the Rams lost Cooper Kupp, he gave them a third receiver that was able to allow them to stretch the field....Josh Reynolds is just a big drop off and I think that started to limit their offense. Once that happened and you had (Todd) Gurley come out of the lineup...their offense went into a completely different direction. I think (Doug) Pederson, if you gave him that same set of talent, (he) would be doing more with it. He wouldn't just be leaning on the same concepts and the same type of structure, I think he'd be trying to do more with it. - I would take Pederson's play calling over McVay."
Hear what Joyner had to say about Jared Goff's development as a Quarterback, Bill Belichick's legacy, Rob Gronkowski's future, and more analysis of Super Bowl 53
Filed Under: Doug Pederson, Eagles, Football, la rams, NFL, Sean McVay, Super Bowl 53
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asymmetry
TDB Vol. 2 No. 6: 'Asymmetry' and the Threat of Disinformation
25th October '18
Fake news have successfully penetrated democratic societies due in part to public complacency, the explosion of social media, and deficiencies in the media environment. New measures to counter disinformation spread by anti-democratic forces are being mooted by governments, but it will be a long time yet before the effects of this new assault on reality can be properly mitigated. Alison Hsiao discusses recent developments in Taiwan.
Most Taiwanese are familiar with the joke in which a Taiwanese celebrates the fact that he or she is free to comment on politics and to lambaste the Taiwanese president — and the Chinese replies, "I can lambaste the Taiwanese president, too!"
When the term "sharp power" was introduced, the authors of the report drew our attention to the idea that authoritarian regimes are "exploiting a glaring asymmetry" by "[raising] barriers to external political and cultural influence at home while simultaneously taking advantage of the openness of democratic systems abroad." Authoritarian regimes may have problems selling their repressive system as an alternative to the liberal-democratic order, but by freely launching propaganda campaigns calling democracy "foreign" and "Western," inefficient, and unable to deliver, they have won some adherents in democratic societies.
They have also been wily enough to criticize democratic institutions using democratic standards and are quick to dismiss democracy as "no better" than other systems of governance. The most recent case involves Beijing accusing the UK of "violating" a Chinese reporter's freedom of speech when she was forced to leave a venue after she threw a tantrum during an event on the erosion of freedom and rule of law in Hong Kong after handover in 1997.
The cover photo of Biyun Temple's Facebook page, showing the temple celebrating the 91th anniversary of the establishment of the PLA.
In Taiwan, we can see the five-star red flag waved in the capital and raised at a "shrine to the Chinese Communist Party" which the owner called "the united front patriotic education base." The CCP mouthpiece Global Times reacted strongly to the demolition of the "base," which was ruled an illegal construction in violation of the Mountain Slopes Conservation and Utilization Act (international coverage undoubtedly helped the local government summon up the political courage to tear it down and end a controversy that had begun in 2017). The hawkish party publication called on Taiwanese authorities to "provide legal space for the activities organized by the pro-unification groups, whose calls are in accordance with the PRC Constitution and do not violate Taiwan's laws as long as they are not violent, and therefore should be treated equally as all other political forces without being subjected to political discrimination."
Contrasting the self-righteous language with the fate of Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che for holding discussions about history and democracy with people in China, or with the Chinese citizen who was detained for expressing the wish to celebrate the Republic of China's National Holiday, the asymmetry is evident, and this has been fueled, in part, by our complaisance. All of this now calls for counteractions.
Rumors kill
The inroads made by disinformation — a phenomenon with a long history but whose detrimental effects have been amplified in a world connected by the Internet and social media platforms in particular — also epitomize the "glaring asymmetry" and how it is being exploited.
A Taiwanese diplomat deployed in Japan committed suicide earlier this year, allegedly due to the pressure he was under over how much assistance — unjustifiably little, some believed — Taiwanese nationals trapped at Kansai Airport during Typhoon Jebi received from Taiwan's representative office (TECO) in Japan. The pressure snowballed after information appeared and gained attention on PTT, the country's largest online bulletin board system. The post alleged that China had dispatched buses to the isolated Kansai Airport to extract its nationals, and that at least one Taiwanese national admitted to have taken the ride by agreeing to be a Chinese national, all allegedly because the Taiwanese government "had done nothing."*
The heated debate and finger-pointing soon escalated, with accusations that officials at Taiwan's representative office had failed to do their job. Few netizens, however, questioned whether the source of the "news" should be examined for its authenticity before they plunged into the debate.
The diplomat is said to have complained about disinformation in his suicide note.* It was later discovered that the buses which the Chinese embassy dispatched to pick up Chinese nationals were only sent after the trapped Chinese had been transported out of Kansai Airport by buses provided by airport authorities. In other words, Chinese nationals did not in any way get privileged treatment because of their embassy's move in terms of how and when they left the airport. It was later found out that the initial post (Sept. 6) on PTT which claimed that China had made a laudable diplomatic effort in Japan came from an IP address located in Beijing.
When influence operations meet open societies
Ethan Tu, dubbed the father of PTT, came to PTT's defense after the platform was accused of acting as "a source or abettor of fake news." In his response, Tu underscored the fact that PTT is an open forum, and added that it was also PTT users who first expressed doubt about the "Chinese power" hype made by posts from Weibo, the Chinese Twitter-like platform. He also pointed out that it was Taiwanese online news outlets that amplified the controversy and that they never bothered to correct or update the reports after their authenticity had been called into question by PTT users.
Taiwanese news outlets compete for "clicks" and have a penchant for sensational content and headlines in order to attract readers, as the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shinbun has correctly pointed out. This can be exploited by the "Taiwan-targeting team" set up by the CCP Central Propaganda Department and the China Internet Information Center, according to the Japanese paper, which quoted a source saying that the team would be rewarded with bonuses if the disinformation it deliberately initiates receives coverage in Taiwanese media.
Another one of the team's guiding principles is to spread rumors that concern people's daily lives. These can be about anything from the plummeting price of bananas to President Tsai Ing-wen riding a fully armed armored personnel carrier and "refusing" to come down during an inspection at flood-devastated areas in southern Taiwan in August.
The media environment, along with the unexpected consequences of social media platforms — originally designed to encourage people interactions but more often than not giving rise to filter bubbles instead — have compounded the spread of malicious disinformation.
Much discussion has been devoted to the idea of amending existing laws to put the kibosh on the deliberate spreading of disinformation in the country, which in turn has given rise to misgivings about the possible abuse of new regulations. Legislation or not, there is a need to raise public awareness on how our open environment and political biases may be — and have been — exploited to the advantage of those who wish to destabilize Taiwanese society.
The establishment of the Taiwan FactCheck Center and the introduction of media literacy in Taiwan's new K-12 curriculum are a good start, but the immediate effects will still be limited. For one thing, people who turn to the FactCheck Center probably already harbor healthy skepticism, but this does not help those who generally consume news uncritically. Also, media literacy does not only concern future adults but current ones as well, so more immediate solutions are necessary. The government must therefore bolster public trust through transparency in its operations, and by collaborating with civil society to keep the public aware by exposing and delegitimizing disinformation.
Feature image: From Flickr CC BY 2.0.
*There have been new developments and debates concerning the diplomat's suicide after this article was published. Please refer to the reports (1, 2) for the updates.


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The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 26th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States.

The UCLA Bruins won their first national title by defeating the American Eagles in the championship game, 1–0, after eight overtime periods. The final match was played on December 14, 1985, in Seattle, Washington, at the Kingdome for the second straight year.

Early rounds

Final
This game is the longest game in NCAA soccer history, with the winning goal scored at 166 minutes and 5 seconds of playing time. After this game and the 1982 final both went to eight overtimes, the NCAA changed the rules for the 1986 season from unlimited 10-minute overtimes to a maximum of two 30-minute periods divided into halves.

See also
 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
 NAIA Men's Soccer Championship

References

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament seasons
NCAA
Soccer in Seattle
Sports competitions in Seattle
December 1985 sports events in the United States
1980s in Seattle
1985 in sports in Washington (state)


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by 1259 people
That's Dancin'!
Bloody feet, aching muscles, strict diets, and rigorous physical workouts may seem more appropriate for Olympic athletes than dancers. But viewers lucky enough to see Center Stage will learn how much these sacrifices apply to wannabe ballet stars too. Filled with sensational dancing by talented newcomers, this musical drama pleases the eye while emphasizing such admirable principles as courage, dedication, and self-awareness.
The story follows a group of students vying for spots in an exclusive professional dance company. One of these students, a striking blonde named Jody (Amanda Schull), has trouble with her "turn-out" and is told she may not make the cut. Another student, Charlie (Sasha Radetsky), falls in love with Jody. The group also includes: Eva (Zoe Saldana), who has a bad attitude learned on the streets of Boston; Maureen (Susan May Pratt), an overachiever keeping her weight down by purging; Erik (Shakiem Evans), a gay man who lends support wherever he can; and Sergei (Ilia Kulik), a young Russian who sometimes prefers Salsa dancing to traditional ballet.
When a famous ballet star/choreographer (Ethan Steifel) makes a play for Jody, the usual love triangle develops. That's enough about the film's soapy plot. Dancing is the most important thing in Center Stage. And it's great!
I'm glad I didn't pass up this opportunity to watch Steifel, considered by many to be the most advanced male dancer in the world, in a dazzling performance of the George Balanchine-choreographed Stars and Stripes ballet. He's also unforgettable in an exciting jazz class sequence. Steifel, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, seems to defy the laws of gravity --- and with no help from computer enhanced special effects. Radetsky, another member of the American Ballet Theatre troupe, gives Steifel serious competition. It's difficult to decide which of these fine artists to watch during the closing Rock Ballet number. Kulik (yes, the champion ice skater!) and Saldana also shine in a romantic ballet set to music from Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto.
The film's vibrant dancers leave most of the acting to Peter Gallagher (American Beauty) and two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy. Playing the egotistical head of a prestigious ballet company, Gallagher is totally convincing. Murphy's strong portrayal of a strict dance instructor shows why she is such an acclaimed stage actress. Hopefully, viewers will see more of her on screen in the future.
Director Nicholas Hytner (The Madness of King George) obviously used his knowledge of Broadway musicals while working on this film. Winner of a Tony as Best Director for Carousel, he also directed the popular Miss Saigon. In addition, choreographers Susan Stroman and Christopher Wheeldon make an impressive team. Stroman previously won a Tony for her Show Boat choreography, and Wheeler has choreographed several ballets for the New York City Ballet.
Although Center Stage may not be in the same class as those fabulous MGM musicals like An American in Paris and Singin' in the Rain, it's definitely an entertaining look at the joys and challenges of the world of dance.
(Released by Columbia Pictures and rated "PG-13" for language and some sensuality.)


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