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Q: c# socket multiple packets stack I'm having an issue using Sockets in c#. Heres an example. Say I send the number 1, then I immediately send the number 2. The problem I run into sometimes is the client that is supposed to receive it will receive a packet containing '12'. I was wondering if there was a built in way to distinguish packets without using characters or something to separate the data.
To sum it up again, I said two packets. One with the number '1', one with the number '2'.
Server receives 1 packet with the data '12'.
I don't want to separate the packets with characters, like this ':1::2:' or anything like that, as I don't always have control over the format of the incoming data.
Any ideas?
Like if I do this
client.Send(new byte[1]{'1'}, 1,SocketFlags.None);
client.Send(new byte[1]{'2'}, 1,SocketFlags.None);

then on the server end
byte[] data = new byte[1024];
client.Receive(data);

data sometimes comes back with "12" even though I do two separate sends.

A: TCP/IP works on a stream abstraction, not a packet abstraction.
When you call Send, you are not sending a packet. You are only appending bytes to a stream.
When you call Receive, you are not receiving a packet. You are only receiving bytes from a stream.
So, you must define where a "message" begins and ends. There are only three possible solutions:

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*Every message has a known size (e.g., all messages are 42 bytes). In this case, you just keep Receiveing the data until you get that many bytes.

*Use delimiters, which you're already aware of.

*Use length prefixing (e.g., prefix each message with a 4-byte length-of-message). In this case, you keep Receiveing the length prefix until it arrives, decode it to get the actual length of the message, and then keep Receiveing the message itself.

You must do the message framing yourself. TCP/IP cannot do it for you.

A: TCP is a streaming protocol, so you will always receive whatever data has arrived since the last read, up to the streaming window size on the recipient's end. This buffer can be filled with data received from multiple packets of any given size sent by the sender.
TCP Receive Window Size and Scaling @ MSDN
Although you have observed 1 unified blob of data containing 2 bytes on the receiving end in your example, it is possible to receive sequences of 1 byte by 1 byte (as sent by your sender) depending on network conditions, as well as many possible combinations of 0, 1, and 2 byte reads if you are doing non-blocking reads. When debugging on a typical uncongested LAN or a loopback setup, you will almost never see this if there is no delay on the sending side. There are ways, at lower levels of the network stack, to detect per-packet transmission but they're not used in typical TCP programming and are out of application scope.
If you switch to UDP, then every packet will be received as it was sent, which would match your expectations. This may suit you better, but keep in mind that UDP has no delivery promises and network routing may cause packets to be delivered out of order.
You should look into delimiting your data or finding some other method to detect when you have reached the end of a unit of data as defined by your application, and stick with TCP.

A: Its hard to answer your question without knowing the context. In contrast, by default, TCP/IP handles packet management for you automaticly (although you receive it in a streambased fashion). However when you have a very specific (bad?) implementation, you can send multiple streams over 1 socket at the same time making it impossible for lower level TCP/IP to detect the difference. Thereby making it very hard for yourself to identify different streams on the client. The only solution for this would be to send 2 totally unique streams (e.g. stream 1 only sends bytes lower then 127 and stream 2 only sends bytes higher or equal to 127). Yet again, this is terrible behavior

A: You must put into your TCP messages delimiters or use byte counts to tell where one message starts and another begins.
Your code has another serious error.  TCP sockets may not give you all the data in a single call to Receive.  You must loop on receiving of data until your application-specific records in the data stream indicate the entire message has been received.  Your call to client.Receive(data) returns the count of bytes received. You should capture that number.
Likewise, when you send data, all of your data might not be sent in a single call. You must loop on sending of data until the count of bytes sent is equal to what you intended to send.  The call to client.Send returns the actual count of bytes sent, which may not be all you tried to send!
The most common error I see people make with sockets is that they don't loop on the Send and Receive.  If you understand why you need to do the looping, then you know why you need to have a delimiter or a byte count.

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The U.S. General Services Administration is working to make it easier for agencies to procure agile development services via a government-wide blanket purchase agreement, which could be finalized as early as the end of this year.
GSA initiated the effort with a request for information and an Agile Delivery Services Industry Day tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, January 27, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern time.
To get a better understanding each vendors qualifications and understanding for the agile process, the RFI asks each to explain in 500 words how they would improve the federal government business portal, FedBizOpps. Responses are due by January 23.
To ascertain your agile delivery capabilities, the government is requesting that you describe how you would approach creating a new and improved version of an existing government digital service called FedBizOpps (FBO).
FBO, which you can view at http://www.fbo.gov, is used by government buyers to share information on federal business opportunities with the public. The system is intended to serve as the central portal for federal agencies to solicit products and services from commercial vendors in support of their missions. Using FBO, vendors can search, monitor, and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire federal contracting community.
Based on this brief description of FBO, how would you go about designing, developing, testing, deploying and/or operating a new and improved system that produces such outcomes as user needs being met, risk of overall project failure (in terms of cost, schedule, quality) being mitigated, the architecture being adaptive to change, and taxpayer dollars being spent efficiently and effectively? Please be sure to include a listing of all the labor categories your company would use in this effort.
GSA will start an alpha test phase within "2-3 months" that will include vendors currently on Schedule 70 and apply only to GSA procurement, particularly to help "18F's burgeoning delivery services team." Afterwards, within 6-8 months, a beta phase will work to establish a government-wide BPA for procuring agile services.
Start with "API first." FedBizOps desperately needs a more useful way to access the information available, especially newly-posted RFIs and requests for proposals.
Push all the front-end code to GitHub, where you'll publicly address interface issues.
For design inspiration, start with FBOpen. Emphasize you'll make searching easier and less convoluted. If you're not familiar with this project or its predecessor RFP-EZ, start here.
Put all support/FAQs into Zendesk, much like the Federal Communications Commission has done with its new consumer complaint website.


A position description is your storefront, a welcome, attractive window for aspiring volunteers.
It should be sufficiently informative and engaging to cause anyone looking at it to pause and explore it, especially if the role described relates to a volunteer's Areas of Interest.
As you consider and draft content, consider what an ad for a job looks like (with 'trigger words', and what a member of the public needs to know in order to be confident in clicking Apply Now!). This CHECKLIST does not cover every detail, but it is designed to cue you to best, preferred practices.
To create a position click on the Add an Entry, on the Volunteer Positions page on our website (after you log in to your member account).
You will be taken to a 'Volunteer Opportunity Publishing Request' (blank) form.
Do not concern yourself with 'Featured Position' (at this time).
'YOUR ORGANIZATION' is among the organizations under 'Organization Name', as a dropdown (please insert it).
ALL areas/green boxes with a RED asterisk are mandatory (for the position to be 'published', these must be filled in).
Take some time and consider the goals, description, benefits, and requirements of the 'position'. A good approach is to draft these areas as you would a job advertisement, or think of this as presenting the organization's resume to a client (funder). Positive 'trigger words' are capable of attracting enthusiastic volunteering candidates.
For CONTACT information, consider including a name of a contact – people relate to people, not simply to a telephone number and/or email address.
POSITION TITLE must be descriptive and pretty specific, since that is the first thing seen in a 'search', and it goes hand-in-hand with an organization's name, as part of a bookmark..
Under GOAL OF POSITION, start with a short paragraph that describes your organization and its mission (this sets the stage/scene, but many organizations omit this, leaving the volunteer to wonder to what or to whom he or she is being invited to apply).
Under BENEFITS, consider 3 beneficiaries: the volunteer, your organization, AND the people who will benefit from your mission, especially the volunteer's part toward achieving it. It's a challenge, but try to place yourself in the volunteer's shoes.
Overall, TRY to keep to 'one line' points (type ● to add a bullet when making a list).
Under REQUIREMENTS , start with the most important, then further down list any needs/wants that can read like this, "Child care experience welcome"; "Child care experience not needed, but preferred"; "Prior experience in child care would be an asset". If training will be provided, you can mention that here in order to soften the requirements. Avoid undue repetition of information from the 'Position Description' (keeping things as focused and concise under each heading as possible).
MINIMUM DURATION – Consider your needs carefully. The LONGER the commitment, the less inclined volunteers may be to explore the 'position'. You don't need a 'revolving door', but you also don't need a 'position' that has no 'hits'.
LOCATION OF THE VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY – the physical location (municipalities, and it could be 'to be determined', or 'various'; if a specific address, ID it).
ORIENTATION & TRAINING – Important to include, if mandatory, and for some programs (events), dates/times/places are helpful.
OPPORTUNITY SUITABLE FOR … – Please do not forget to consider 'Newcomers', since many will bring both skills and volunteering experience to your roles.
SOCIAL MEDIA – A further convenient means of communication. At a MINIMUM, cross-reference your WEBSITE, so that its information is current and matches the content of the volunteer position that you are drafting. In fact, your website may provide documentation and/or 'links' that can be inserted under APPLY OPTIONS.
Position Status / Published – Ensure that the boxes read, 'Active'/'Not Published', then click on 'Add' (or 'Update').
VIEW the volunteer position after you have addressed all the boxes (fields), with a view towards accuracy, consistency, and balance (ie. no unnecessary repetition). Once again, put yourself into the shoes of a member of the public who knows nothing about the opportunity that you are advertising. Is the curious, potential volunteer sufficiently INFORMED? ATTRACTED? CONFIDENT?
'Save' (and/or 'Print') your DRAFT, for convenient reference, as Volunteer MBC may make revisions in direct collaboration with you (although all 'positions' are archived when rendered 'Inactive'/'Not Published', an alternate means of retention can be useful for re-use (eg. an event or recurring program) with appropriate updates, so that you save yourself from 'starting from scratch').
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Hadiza Bala Usman on the #BringBackOurGirls TV Ads
Media, News, Security, Women
Statement Issued By Hadiza Bala Usman – 21nd October 2014
I have watched, with keen interest, recent attempts by some principal officers to discredit me and the #BringBackOurGirls group. This is not new. It has been the case since we commenced our citizens-driven advocacy movement, which explains why my initial reaction was to ignore the chatter and concentrate on the noble work of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Unfortunately, my humble silence is being taken as license to further dissuade and divide the populace by spreading inaccurate information, through advertorials, thereby tagging the #BringBackOurGirls group as an affiliate of the APC.
Hadiza Bala Usman at UN Convention on Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
I, Hadiza Bala Usman, the Convener/Initiator of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, is a member of the APC, and there has been no time I have hidden this fact or tried to mask it. But let's be clear, when I worked to mobilize women, men, and Nigerians at large to come out on April 30th to protest that the Government should intensify efforts to #BringBackOurGirls, I did so not as an APC member, but first as a HUMAN BEING, as a WOMAN, a MOTHER, a NIGERIAN and an AFRICAN. It was never about politics and/or my political affiliations; it was rather about our shared humanity as human beings. As a mother, I have experienced the trauma of not knowing where my child is for few minutes; does it then surprise many why I would be moved to act on behalf of mothers who are yet to see their daughters for 2 weeks (at the first instance) and now over 189 days after?
Campaigners for the release of abducted Chibok Schoolgirls light up candle lights representing the number of the missing girls on October 12, 2014 during a vigil in Abuja to mark six-month anniversay of the kidnap by the Boko Haram Islamists at Chibok town.
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I came out as a concerned citizen of Nigeria, one that is very interested in the unity, growth, and development of this nation; one that knows the important role an educated girl-child would play in contributing to the success we all anticipate for our dear country. That these girls dared education in the face of terrorism, intimidation, insecurity, and other life-threatening circumstances, is a rare display of courage, doggedness, and hope.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai on Girl Child Education
This is why I, alongside other #BringBackOurGirls campaigners, daily advocate to make sure these girls are not forgotten, but that they come home to contribute their quota to national development.
Campaigners for the release of abducted Chibok Schoolgirls in Abuja
I came out as someone who, from a very young age, watched my (late) father always advocating and standing up for what is right, no matter the cost.
Nigerians hold candle light during a vigil to mark one month after the girls of government secondary school Chibok were kidnapped, in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Boko Haram abducted more than 300 schoolgirls from the school in Chibok in the northeastern state of Borno on April 15. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
These are values he passed down to me and there was no way I was not going to stand up and demand for the rescue of the Chibok girls. My father would have done the same if he were here.
No one should be made to make the choice of being a member of a political party and being empathetic towards issues that bother on our shared humanity; neither should any citizen be denied the right and opportunity to express their natural humanistic tendency of compassion, on the premise of divisive sentiments, interests, and affiliations. When we allow such divisive narratives as that being peddled by people paid with taxpayers' money to fester in our national discourse, we must see that rather than gain, we lose instead. Rather than come united, we become disunited.
This moment therefore offers for us a unique chance to stand united as a nation, whether you are in PDP, APGA, APC, or any political party; Christian or Muslim; from the North or the South. The issue of the abducted Chibok girls is an opportunity to UNITE and not DIVIDE – to unite against insurgency, terrorism, and every common enemy that seeks to divide us as a people. We must unite to ensure that every girl and boy in Nigeria has equal access to education. We must unite to change the narrative that no matter one's tribe, gender, religion, social strata, interests, and political affiliations, we can all come together as one to transform our beloved nation for the best.
Military personnel at the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State were over 200 girls were abducted in April, 2014
I, Hadiza Bala Usman, choose to tow the path of UNITY. I will not be intimidated by anyone, and I will continue to stand for the Chibok girls regardless of my tribe, religion and political affiliation.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, with one of the escaped Chibok Girls
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European Commission To Invest EUR 13 Billion In Creation Of Transport Networks In Eastern Partnership Countries
News 18 January 2019, 11:39
Ukraine will be able to use part of this money to modernize its existing roads and railways and build new ones.
The European Commission and the World Bank have jointly developed an investment action plan for development of infrastructure in Eastern Partnership countries, including Ukraine, the CFTS portal reports, citing the European Pravda publication.
The European Commission and the World Bank have co-authored an Indicative trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Investment Action Plan that identifies priority projects in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is a European Commission policy directed towards the implementation and development of a Europe-wide network of roads, railway lines, inland waterways, maritime shipping routes, ports, airports and railroad terminals. The objective of TEN-T is to connect the continent both from the west to the east and from the north to the south in the shortest possible time by "inserting the necessary segments of the transport network in the right places, thereby creating a single network instead of the existing transport mosaic."
The European Commission has now determined the amount of investment needed to implement these projects. The projects will require an estimated investment of almost EUR 13 billion and foresee a total of 4,800 kilometers of road and rail, 6 ports, and 11 logistics centers. Those projects will make possible the construction and rehabilitation of new and existing roads, rail, ports, airports as well as logistical centers and border crossing points.
The priority investments include both short-term projects to be completed by 2020 and long-term projects aiming to improve transport links on the TEN-T by 2030.
"Enhanced transport connectivity both within the Eastern Partnership region, and between the EaP region and the EU has the potential to bolster economic growth and create job opportunities. The Plan shall also serve to highlight the importance of road safety as well as digital solutions in new projects, and to align design standards with current EU practices," European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc said.
As the CFTS portal reported, the European Commission recently published indicative maps of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) on the territories of Eastern Partnership countries, including Ukraine. "The European Commission's decision means that Ukraine is included in the Trans-European Core Transport Network and that it becomes an important participant in the development of a Europe-Asia transport corridor. The historical significance of this cannot be overestimated. For the first time, the Ukrainian transport network becomes part of the strategic transport and logistics corridors of the European Union. This is an important step towards infrastructural integration of Ukraine, which means that Ukrainian infrastructure is being modernized, gradually acquiring European quality, and is considered by the European Commission as an integral component of the European Union's transport and logistics system," Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelian said in November 2018 while presenting the maps on the territory of Ukraine.
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Management of international institutions and NGOs : framworks, practices and challenges / Eduardo Missoni and Daniele Alesani.
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Material type: BookPublisher: London ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.Description: xxiv, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415706643 (hardback); 9780415706650 (paperback).Subject(s): International agencies -- Management | Non-governmental organizations -- Management | International cooperation | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business | ბიზნესი და ეკონომიკა მთავრობა და ბიზნესი საერთაშორისო კოოპერაცია მენეჯმენტი საერთაშორისო კოოპერაცია არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაციებიDDC classification: 352.11 Summary: "International Institutions (IIs), International NGOs (INGOs) and Transnational Hybrid Organizations (THOs) play a hugely important role in the modern world economy. Despite having been studied by scholars from a range of disciplines, these organizations have never been approached from a management perspective before this book.This ambitious book analyzes the management challenges associated with international cooperation and sheds light on how these organizations have evolved as the political, economic and business environments have changed around them.The authors cover an admirably broad canvas by including topics such as strategic implementation, big data and human resource management. Each chapter benefits from an integrative case study to aid understanding - cases used include The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Haiti Earthquake and the World Bank.This comprehensive textbook is a must-own resource for students and academics involved with studying and working with international organizations"-- Provided by publisher.
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In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the MWC 2016 taking place in Barcelona, Lenovo quietly unveiled two new budget handsets for consumers around the world.The new handsets Vibe K5 and K5 Plus whose launch went under the radar amongst the other high profile launches, come to the market with almost similar specs.
Both sport 5-inch displays, with the difference in display resolution and on-board SoC setting them apart. The Vibe K5 comes with a 720p display and a Snapdragon 415 SoC while its bigger sibling comes with a 1080p display and Snapdragon 616 SoC.
Both the handsets share specs when it comes to the 2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 16GB inbuilt storage and microSD expansion slot for expandable memory. Both phones also come packing a 2750mAh battery pack to keep them powered on.
Both the handsets are LTE enabled, and come with 13-MP unit at the back, and an 8-MP unit at the front. Further, both these handsets boast Dual-Sim connectivity and come with Android 5.1 Lolipop, and house Dolby Atmos-powered stereo speakers in their chassis.
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Kerry. Determined to get peacekeeping under way
Netanyahu in meeting with Kerry
Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO
Kerry with Abbas
Kerry ends Israeli-Palestinian mission without accord
Secretary of state wraps up four days of shuttle diplomacy without agreement on restarting peace talks, but says achieved 'real progress' in considerably narrowing gaps; adds 'with a little more work' start of negotiations could be 'within reach'
News agencies|Last update: 06.30.13 , 15:12
US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a shuttle diplomacy mission on Sunday without an agreement on resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but said gaps had been narrowed and he would return to the region soon.
"I'm pleased to tell you that we have made real progress on this trip. And I believe that with a little more work, the start of final status negotiations could be within reach. We started out with very wide gaps, and we have narrowed those considerably," he told a news conference before his departure at Tel Aviv airport.
Minister: Netanyahu against settlement freeze
Palestinians demand prisoner release
Op-ed: Why PA sets preconditions
He further remarked, "I know progress when I see it, and we are making progress."
He would not elaborate, but said he would leave a team of aides in the region to continue the mediation efforts. He also said that at the request of both sides, he would return to the area in the near future.
Kerry and Abbas in Ramallah (Photo: AFP)
Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, said after Kerry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah there had been some progress, "but we can't say there's been a breakthrough" towards reviving deadlocked peace talks.
Erakat told a news conference: "It was a positive and profound meeting with president Abbas but there has been no breakthrough so far and there is still a gap between the Palestinian and Israeli positions."
Abbas made no comment after the session, held after Kerry met for six hours overnight in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Narrowing gaps (Photo: Reuters)
Kerry said after the meeting: "We agreed we have made real progress but we have a few things we need to work on.
"We both feel good about the direction," Kerry said, standing next to Abbas at his presidential headquarters.
Netanyahu in cabinet meeting (Photo: Mark Israel Sellem, Jerusalem Post)
Following his late-night meeting with Kerry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday: "Israel is ready to enter into peace negotiations, without further delays or preconditions."
The prime minister further added that "there are things we will not comprise on, first and foremost security. I believe that the people must decide on any agreement we reach (through negotiations)."
Shuttle diplomacy
Kerry has met both men repeatedly in separate locations since Wednesday in the hope of finding a formula to revive direct Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking stalled since 2010 by a dispute over Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The top US diplomat and his hosts have divulged little about the discussions, some of which took place in Jordan. But Israeli and Palestinian officials on Saturday saw little chance of a diplomatic breakthrough.
State Department official said Kerry's marathon discussions with Netanyahu and advisers in a hotel suite ended shortly before 4 am on Sunday.
Afterwards, Kerry strolled through the deserted streets of Jerusalem accompanied by his security and one of his advisers on the Middle East, Frank Lowenstein.
"They discussed a wide range of issues related to the peace process, building on their earlier conversations this week," a State Department official said of the meeting with Netanyahu.
Kerry is keen to get fresh peacemaking under way before the United Nations General Assembly, which has already granted de facto recognition to a Palestinian state, convenes in September.
AP, Reuters, AFP, Noam (Dabul) Dvir and Attila Somfalvi contributed to this report


Canadian Pacific Railway is continuing efforts to clean up the 15 rail cars that derailed late Tuesday night.
Crews have already transferred the soybean oil from three of the six cars that went into the Mississippi River.
Friday Canadian Pacific worked to remove those three cars from the water and then began transferring out the contents of the three cars that remain in the water.
Canadian Pacific Representative Andy Cummings said that it will take several days before the spill is entirely cleaned up. He said two of the rail cars that went into the river had valves that were damaged causing soybean oil to leak 850 gallons into the river.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife is on scene to assist with the clean up.


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Crown Hill Neighborhood by Allison Luthe
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At the intersection of 38th and Meridian in Indianapolis, four neighborhoods come together, and by some standards Crown Hill neighborhood is the outcast of that quartet. Much has been written about the storied history of Butler Tarkington or Mapleton-Fall Creek (The Polis Center), and the Meridian Kessler neighborhood association even has its own paid employee. Each of these neighborhoods has its own unique housing characteristics, but the housing market in Crown Hill is transitioning as the housing in the area is getting more attention lately. This tour will show an emerging trend of rising housing prices on the south side of 38th Street, and its own impending gentrification problem, as the historic white flight to the north is reversing and finding its way back across 38th Street.
Our Crown Hill neighborhood tour begins at 3702 Kenwood Avenue, just four blocks south of MLK Center. You can follow along and view images at this Story Map. I have been renting and living in this house at the corner of 37th and Kenwood for two years to be in the neighborhood where I'm working and researching. I chose this house for its character like French doors and rounded arch ways. I was drawn in by the modern dark blue exterior paint that was key to its flip. The low rent price was of course attractive, as this house would be at least $100 more per month on the north side of 38th Street in Butler Tarkington, and even as a double, it is much smaller and more manageable than any home in Mapleton-Fall Creek would be across Meridian Street. The owner has a property management company that interfaces with tenants, but I briefly met him a few times when he came to work on the yard. I learned that this was the only rental property he owned on the north side, so I quickly let him know I would be interested in purchasing it if he ever wanted to sell it. This prompted some research into the home's value, and I learned that he purchased the house just a few months before renting it to me, for just $17,000. I have no way of knowing how much money he invested into the repairs, although research into permitting record at the city might provide some insight. Fast forward two years, when the property management company contacted me say the owner was considering selling the house and wanted me to be the first to know. The asking price was $130,000. I called back the next day to make my offer, only to learn he had sold it in an all-cash transaction that included two other properties in his portfolio. With my mortgage pre-approval in hand, I set out to see what other properties were available with potential rental income.
I've previously purchased two homes in Indianapolis and have never profited from either sale. My first homebuying and selling experience could be a narrative all its own, and then most recently, I sold a single-family home on the east side near 10th and Arlington Ave, just outside Irvington. This time was a little different because I was looking for a home that could be my residence and offer potential rental income, either in the form of a double where I lived on one side, or something I could live in temporarily and eventually rent out when the time was right. The first thing I learned, is that it's much more difficult to purchase an investment property than your primary residence. The financing itself is different, and you're required to have a larger down payment. I frequently consider what others might be experiencing when I find things challenging for myself as a privileged, middle class, white woman with 2.5 post-secondary degrees. Beyond intentional redlining, this process was complicated – who else, therefore, is shut out of the investment property world? As reported in Fortune Magazine, according to a 2019 report from the Knight Foundation, "Firms owned by white men manage a stunning 98.7% of the $69 trillion managed by the U.S. asset management industry" (Morris, 2020).
As I consider the housing market as an investment opportunity, I'm conflicted giving the high number of evictions in Indiana and lack of affordable housing. Gentrification has not only impacted existing and potential homeowners, but in New York for example, "In 2017, investors purchased over one-third (38 percent) of the homes that sold at prices within reach of middle- and working-class families in New York City, dramatically diminishing the supply of homes affordable to those households. Renters are also affected by house flipping when investors swoop in terminate tenant leases to house flip" (Leonhardt, 2018). This phenomenon could easily take over in the Crown Hill Neighborhood as new, cheaper investments displace the multiple-generations of families who have called this neighborhood home, like Danita Hoskin, the current president of Crown Hill Neighborhood Association, who was recently highlighted by Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center.
Given the challenges with purchasing, affording and fixing up large doubles in my neighborhood all by myself, my relator encouraged me to look at single family homes that needed only minor repairs and would make a good investment. We saw plenty of homes that would be ideal for a company to quickly flip them, and large doubles that had too much square footage for just me living on one side and have a tenant on the other. On numerous occasions, I received new listings near the Riverside Park area that is considered up-and-coming, and the current target of gentrification efforts. As I declined the offers to look outside Crown Hill, I looked more into the single-family homes in my neighborhood and saw the comparable properties that seemed to be selling for high prices – like the next house on our tour at 3732 N Kenwood, just a few doors down. My realtor was excited to share that she had coincidentally just sold that home to another buyer earlier in the month after it underwent a full renovation. The role of realtors in gentrification is a separate subject matter all its own.
Two blocks west of Kenwood Avenue is Graceland Avenue. The house at 3719 Graceland Avenue is also a single-family home. The price increase from 2020 to 2021 was only about $30,000 but the curb appeal is striking. In between the crowded streets of Kenwood and Graceland is the one-way south, major throughfare of Capital Avenue. As you can see in the story map, comparatively, Google street view photos are much lower quality than any MLS listing photo, but the before and after photos of this property in the story map are the most remarkable of all, even though the two prices are only again, about $30,000 different.
Our tour concludes at 625 W 32nd Street, a house I recently purchased that was renovated and flipped about three years ago. It was built in 1930 across from the south fence of Crown Hill Cemetery that had its first burial around 1964. The roof line is shaped like a barn, and I've gotten more than one question about whether or not it was a Sears house kit, but haven't had a chance to research it. There's a great sunset view from the front porch and I can picture it's spot on the north side of Indianapolis when it was more rural. One street south of the house is I-65, making for an unsightly view from the bedroom window. According to the 2021 appraisal, it is the most improved house on the block and most houses right around it look like they never recovered from the interstate coming through that decimated Black neighborhoods in the late 60s and early 1970s. (Fenwick, 2018). Thirty-second Street is currently a dead end when it reaches Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Street, and a hot spot for illegal dumping that the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association has been tackling with the City Department of Public Works in 2020 and 2021. It can be a long process with city government with the burden falling on neighborhood residents to take stuff to the dump and pay the fee themselves.
Driving around mid-north and mid-town Indianapolis you can appreciate the various history of housing in each neighborhood. You can also see how intentional disinvestment has made the housing cheap and unsafe for current residents, and prime investment opportunities for investors. Indianapolis used to have thriving Black neighborhoods, but just as we heard from Mr. Moore and his other, accessing houses for investment opportunities can be as difficult for potential Black investors as Black homeowners due to redlining (2021). The historical housing records viewed for this project don't speak specifically to race, but it wouldn't take too long to make some inferences by connecting other data and seeing trends. The County Tax Assessors Website can be somewhat of a rabbit hole. A good starting point is using the keyword "Flip" in the Owner Name field, to see the prevalence of housing turnover in Indianapolis neighborhoods.
Fenwick, T. (2018, December 27). How I-65/70 shattered Black neighborhoods. Indianapolis Recorder. https://indianapolisrecorder.com/c57d7e9c-09e4-11e9-b276-83369364ae4e/.
Leonhardt, A. (2018, May 3). Report Reveals How House Flipping Hurts Affordable Neighborhoods (BKReader). Center for New York City Neighborhoods. https://cnycn.org/report-reveals-how-house-flipping-hurts-affordable-neighborhoods-bkreader/.
Moore, J. G. (2021, April). The Work of Justin Garrett Moore. ANTH 680. Indianapolis; IUPUI.
Morris, D. Z. (2020, June 19). Investment management is overwhelmingly dominated by white men-and it's costing you money. Fortune. https://fortune.com/2020/06/19/investment-management-diversity-hedge-funds-mutual-funds-real-estate-pe-private-equity/.
The Polis Center. (ND). Study Neighborhoods. The Polis Center. https://polis.iupui.edu/about/community-culture/project-on-religion-culture/study-neighborhoods/


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10 Sept 2012 (New Europe) A 28 year old United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff member was fatally shot yesterday in Or'uba, Syria. The victim was heading to work when according to family sources he was shot in his chest while walking to the bus station just outside the southern border of Yarmouk residential area.
The perpetrator of the shooting remains unknown but there have been claims of sniper activity in the Yarmouk area and it is unclear whether his death was intended or accidental.
This is the second death of an UNRWA staff member that occurs in this particular area in the last three days and the Agency, whose mission is to help Palestinian refugees, is concerned about their safety and the lives of its staff since the ongoing conflict in Syria continues to worsen.
The situation is especially critical in the residential areas surrounding Yarmouk where civilians are facing serious life threats. As UNRWA reports, in the same area between 6 and 8 September ten Palestine refugees have been killed.
The internal conflict in Syria has been going on for almost 18 months now since March 2011, when people revolted and demanded the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. Since then, according to UN, approximately 18,000 human losses have taken place, mostly civilians, in everyday massacres and the situation clearly resembles a civil war now. The international community is seeking a way to de-escalate the tension and cease the conflict but Syria unfortunately does not seem willing to comply with UN suggestions.
International Development Innovations (IDI) has created the Syrian Transition Project, an initiative in consultation with the Post-war Reconstruction & Development Unit. However, the Project itself is owned and managed by those individuals willing to contribute content to this site and to Project events.


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Pence tests negative for coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence have tested negative for the coronavirus, the vice president's office announced Saturday.
"Pleased to report that the COVID-19 test results came back negative for both Vice President @Mike_Pence and Second Lady @KarenPence," Katie Miller, Pence's press secretary, tweeted.
The Pences were tested for coronavirus on Saturday afternoon, a day after one of the vice president's staffers tested positive for the infection.
Earlier, Pence said there was "no reason to believe" he or his wife were exposed to the virus. But he said he will get tested because of his sensitive role in the Trump administration.
Pence made the comments at a Saturday afternoon press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic alongside President Donald Trump.
"We've done all contact tracing and while the White House doctor has indicated that he has no reason to believe that I was exposed and no need to be tested, given the unique position that I have as vice president and as the leader of the White House coronavirus task force, both I and my wife will be tested for the coronavirus later this afternoon," Pence said.
The White House learned on Friday that a member of Pence's staff had tested positive for the coronavirus. Pence said the staffer "had mild cold-like symptoms" for about a day and a half but is "doing well."
"He has not been to the White House since Monday," Pence added. "Neither the president nor I had direct contact with that staff person."
Trump took a test for the coronavirus last week, which the White House said was negative.
During his remarks on Saturday, Pence said 195,000 Americans have been tested for the coronavirus, a total that does not include tests done at county hospitals or health care labs. Of those tests, 19,343 came back positive, Pence said. Both numbers are expected to jump in the coming days as testing becomes more available. Almost 300 people in the U.S. have died form the disease thus far, according to researchers.
In an effort to slow the number of new coronavirus cases, the Trump administration has urged people to avoid groups larger than 10 people. Many theaters, restaurants, theme parks have shuttered and millions of people have shifted to remote work if possible. Churches and other places of worship have also taken their services online. Pence urged church-goers to continue donating to religious institutions, regardless of whether they can attend in person.
"One thing the president and I promised was to remind people that on the weekends that you're not in the pews, it's still a good — it's still a good idea to, if you can, to go ahead and make that donation. All the ministries are continuing to play a vital role in our communities and we encourage your continued support," Pence said.
Evan Semones contributed to this article.
Guatemalan soldiers blocked part of a caravan of as many as 9,000 Honduran migrants Saturday at a point not far from where they entered the country seeking to reach the U.S. border. The soldiers, many wearing helmets and wielding shields and sticks, formed ranks across a highway in Chiquimula, near the Honduras border, to block the procession of migrants. Guatemala's immigration agency distributed a video showing a couple of hundred men scuffling with soldiers, pushing and running through their lines, even as troops held hundreds more back.
At least two members of an Afghan militia opened fire on their fellow militiamen in the western Herat province, killing 12, in what provincial police on Saturday described as an insider attack. Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said the attackers fled with the slain militiamen's weapons and ammunition, adding that Afghan government forces had regained control of the area. A Taliban spokesman Yousaf Ahmadi in a tweet claimed responsibility for the insider attack, which took place late Friday.
Canada's Trudeau embraces Biden in bid to turn page on Trump era
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's swift embrace of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden illustrates the degree to which Canada, one of America's closest allies, is looking forward to turning the page on the Donald Trump era. Trudeau was the first world leader to congratulate Biden when he was declared the winner of the November election, and now hopes to be the first - or one of the first - to meet with the new president after he takes office on Wednesday. "It's very much a tradition that the Canadian prime minister and the U.S. president meet very quickly to be able to talk about all the tremendous things that we can do together," Trudeau said in a Reuters interview on Thursday.
Bobby Bauer and a relative were identified among those who breached the Capitol after an unknown caller tipped off the FBI.
Rare conviction of South Sudan soldiers for rape raises hope
First, the soldiers stole their belongings. What sets these assaults in South Sudan apart from many other rapes by soldiers in the troubled country is this: The women brought the men to court and won. Ten years after South Sudan gained its independence and two years after its own deadly civil war ended, large-scale fighting has subsided but clashes continue between communities and between the government and groups that did not sign the peace deal — and the use of rape as a weapon remains rampant.
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Q: How to convert array to key-values I have the following array:
{
  "red": "Red",
  "blue": "Blue"
}

And I want to convert it to a key-value pair like this:
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{"id":"red", "value":"Red"},
{"id":"blue","value":"Blue"}
]

A: You can convert the key-value pairs to entries and map their key (id) and value to objects.

const colors = {
  "red": "Red",
  "blue": "Blue"
};

const values = Object.entries(colors).map(([id, value]) => ({ id, value }));

console.log(values);
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A: Get the object's entries, then map that to the desired output format.

const obj = {
  "red": "Red",
  "blue": "Blue"
}

const result = Object.entries(obj)
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console.log(result);

A: You can achieve this using Object.entries and map

const obj = {
  red: "Red",
  blue: "Blue",
};

const result = Object.entries(obj).map((o) => {
  const [prop, val] = o;
  return {
    id: prop,
    value: val
  };
});

console.log(result);


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Q: AutoFac MVC Web API I have a simple AutoFac example working but now want to apply this to my web api project AND have the correct separation between the layers.
The issue I am seeing is the standard controller x "does not have a default constructor" but i am stumped so asking for advice..
I am calling RegisterApiControllers as well as RegisterControllers..
this is what I have in my DependencyInjectionContainer
public static class DependencyInjectionContainer
{
    public static ContainerBuilder Builder;
    public static IContainer Container;

    public static void Init(Assembly mainAssembly)
    {
        Builder = new ContainerBuilder();
        var config = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration;

        RegisterTypes(mainAssembly);

        Container = Builder.Build();

        config.DependencyResolver = new AutofacWebApiDependencyResolver(Container);
        DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(Container));
    }

    private static void RegisterTypes(Assembly mainAssembly)
    {
        var roomBookingConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["RoomBooking"].ConnectionString;

        Builder.RegisterControllers(mainAssembly);

        Builder.RegisterType<RoomRepository>().As<IRoomRepository>().WithParameter(new TypedParameter(typeof(string), roomBookingConnectionString));
        Builder.RegisterType<RoomService>().As<IRoomService>();

        Builder.RegisterApiControllers(mainAssembly);

        Builder.RegisterFilterProvider();
    }
}

I am calling this in my Global.asax.cs
DependencyInjectionContainer.Init(typeof(MvcApplication).Assembly);

One big assumption here is that this is correct...
Builder.RegisterApiControllers(mainAssembly);

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I have just tried moving all of the DI registrations etc in the 2 methods above back to the global.asax.cs and it works!?!?
I think its something to do with the 'RegisterApiControllers'. I am passing the calling assembly into the above init method using 'typeof(MvcApplication).Assembly'. Is there something wrong with this?
Thanks.

A: The RegisterApiControllers method is used by Autofac to locate the controllers.
When you do Builder.RegisterApiControllers(mainAssembly); are you sure the mainAssembly parameter is the assembly containing the controllers?
Anyway, if you have this kind of problems, you can do something like this (guessing you have a controller called RoomBookingController) :
builder.RegisterApiControllers(typeof(RoomBookingController).Assembly);

This way Autofac will locate the assembly containing your controller, no matter where it is.


I originally started out just developing for iOS, and started with Objective C and kind of just stumbled upon Xamarin (formally it was named Monotouch). My background has been in .net development (before that VB6, back in the day), and my day job is as a software developer / consultant developing in C#. So this made sense to use Xamarin for software development, as writing in Objective C doesn't flow as naturally for me as writing in C# does.
So I cut my teeth on Xamarin by developing applications quickly, and just targeting iOS. I developed experiential apps for big London companies, and some international banks, and it meant I didn't need to ever touch a line of Objective C.
It has only been in the last 2 years that I have really come to see the true power of using Xamarin as a development platform, this occurred when I needed to develop for iOS and Android. Other people have to either employ 2 developers to deliver a solution, or have a developer who is versed in Objective C and Java and knows the nuances of both platforms. Using Xamarin allows you to implement lots of different design patterns, and develop in just one language, C#.
I was also very fortunate to also visit Xamarin in San Fransisco, and be put through their Xamarin University course free of charge. The company has some pretty smart guys working for them, and an awesome culture.
So if your a c# developer, I would ditch bothering to write an app in Objective C or Java and be the smart guy who chooses Xamarin. You will use all your existing knowledge of C# and develop apps in half the time.


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Finken v. USA Cycling, Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97928
Posted: July 30, 2020 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Cycling, Release (pre-injury contract not to sue), Utah | Tags: Ambiguous, barricade, barrier, Bicycle Racing, Bike, Breakaway Promotions, Closed Street, concrete, Cycling, highway, Inherent Risk, Inherent Risk Doctrine, map, pre-ride, preinjury, Public Policy, quotations, recreational, Release, rider's, riding, Road Barrier, route, Skier, skiing, Spectators, sponsor, Sport, struck, Travel, unenforceable, USA Cycling, Utah Public Policy |Leave a comment
United States District Court for the District of Utah
June 3, 2020, Decided; June 3, 2020, Filed
Civil No. 1:17-cv-79
Counsel: [*1] For Gerald Finken, Plaintiff: P. Matthew Muir, LEAD ATTORNEY, Lesley A. Manley, JONES WALDO HOLBROOK & MCDONOUGH, SALT LAKE CITY, UT.
For USA
Cycling, Defendant: Robert L. Janicki, LEAD ATTORNEY, Lance H. Locke, STRONG & HANNI, SANDY, UT.
For Ogden Weber Convention Visitors Bureau, Ogden/Weber Convention & Visitors Bureau, Defendants: Lloyd R. Jones, LEAD ATTORNEY, LAW OFFICE OF LLOYD R JONES, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
For Breakaway Promotions, LLC, Defendant: Dennis R. James, LEAD ATTORNEY, MORGAN MINNOCK RICE & MINER, SALT LAKE CITY, UT.
Judges: Clark Waddoups, United States District Judge. Magistrate Judge Paul M. Warner.
Opinion by: Clark Waddoups
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
Plaintiff Gerald Finken entered the 2014 USA
Cycling Masters Road Championship race. On August 25, 2014, Finken did a pre-ride of the course using the map published for the race. As he came around a turn on the route, he saw a concrete barrier blocking the road. Finken attempted to swerve around it, but crashed and suffered serious neck and back injuries. He has filed suit against USA Cycling, Inc. and Breakaway Promotions, LLC for negligently failing to warn riders about the barricade. Defendants have moved for summary judgment [*2] on the ground that Finken signed a waiver of liability. For the reasons stated below, the court denies the motions for summary judgment.
The 2014 USA
Cycling Masters Road Championship race ("2014 Championship") was held in Weber County, Utah on September 3-7, 2014. "USA
Cycling is the national governing body for the sport of cycling in the United States of America and was responsible for conducting the 2014 Championships." Amended Complaint, ¶ 11 (ECF No. 20); USA
Cycling Answer, ¶ 11 (ECF No. 30). It entered into an Independent Contractor Agreement with Breakaway Promotions, LLC ("Breakaway"), where Breakaway agreed to perform multiple duties, including implementing the "course design and layout for each race course as well as start and finish areas." Breakaway Agmt., ¶ 7 (ECF No. 56-7). Breakaway also agreed to be responsible for "[a]ll organization and course safety evaluations for each race venue." Id. Breakaway further agreed to supply information "for the race Technical Guide" and contracted that such information would be "precise and accurate[]." Id.
Cycling retained the responsibility, however, to publish the Technical Guide "in a reproducible format that [*3] [could] be printed or sent digitally." Id. The Technical Guide included maps and course route information.1
Cycling Depo., 33:19-35:1 (ECF No. 38-5) (given by Charles R. Hodge).
Before publication, USA
Cycling typically reviewed maps to ensure compliance with its rules. Leif Depo., 9:24-10:10 (ECF No. 45-1). Once a map "was approved, [it] would post it online and make it part of the event materials." Id. 10:10-14. "One of the purposes of posting" the map online was so "participants or prospective participants [could] see . . . where the course [was to be] located." Id. at 10:15-20. Chad Sperry, the owner of Breakaway, asserts Breakaway prepared "a preliminary map" for USA
Cycling to review, and then "USA
Cycling created their own map for the technical guide and to post online of this particular race course." Sperry Depo., 30:4-17 (ECF No. 56-8). USA
Cycling disputes it prepared the map. Id. at 30:18-23; Leif Depo., 11:1-5 (ECF No. 45-1).
Part of the route for the race went along State Road 226, which is known as the Old Snowbasin Road. Prior to "submit[ing] the course layout to USA
Cycling for the event," Breakaway knew a portion of the road was closed near the Ard Nord Trailhead. [*4] Sperry Depo., 20:10-14, 23:1-3 (ECF No. 56-8). A concrete barricade had been placed across the road due to the road's condition beyond the barricade. Id. at 21:2-6, 22:16-20. The plan was to have the barricade removed after the road was repaired for the race. Id. at 26:21-23. No warnings about the road closure were noted when the course map was posted for participants to view.
Sperry did a site visit in early August 2014, and saw the concrete barriers were still in place at that time. Id. at 22:9-15, 23:8-11. Additionally, Rachel Leif, USA
Cycling's National Events Manager, also learned prior to the race that a portion of the road was closed. Leif Depo., 12:22-24 (ECF No. 45-1). "[A] concerned masters rider" sent an email to USA
Cycling, which contained photographs of the route, including a picture of the concrete "barriers across the road and a 'Road Closed' sign." Id. at 14:1-19, 15:3-5. The Vice President of National Events, Micah Rice, forwarded the email to Sperry on August 5, 2014, and copied Leif on it. Id. at 14:18-22, 39:24-40:2. "[B]y August 5th or 6th, 2014, [Leif] understood the road was closed." Id. at 15:10-13. Although she "was the point person," and knew she was viewing [*5] pictures of the racecourse, she did not take action to notify participants of the road closure at that time. See id. at 13:11-17, 15:6-9, 16:13-22. Her conversations with participants pertained only to potholes that needed to be fixed in the road. Id. at 17:14-18. This is so even though Leif knew that "race participants will often pre-ride a course to prepare." Id. at 30:3-10. Similarly, Sperry took no action to notify participants about the closure. Sperry Depo., at 40:10-25 (ECF No. 56-8).
On August 25, 2014, Finken did a pre-ride of the course using the map provided by USA
Cycling. Finken Depo., 60:5-7, 63:6-16 (ECF No. 38-3). Finken alleges he rode the route cautiously during his pre-ride due to his lack of knowledge about the course and wet road conditions. Id. at 68:8-25. Nevertheless, as he came around a turn and saw the concrete barriers across the road, he "locked up the brakes" but was not able to stop. Id. at 78:18-79:12. He attempted to swerve onto a worn path beside the barrier, but his handlebars and left hand struck the barrier. Id. at 77:10-16, 80:7-12, 82:24-83:21. Finken became airborne and landed on his right side. Id. at 82:4-5, 83:25-84:2. He was hospitalized for [*6] two days for serious neck and back injuries. Id. at 107:16-108:25.
After the accident, USA
Cycling modified the Technical Guide to warn participants doing a pre-ride that a portion of the route was closed and would remain closed until the day before the event. Leif Depo., 24:23-25:3, 26:3-7, 27:9-21. Finken contends Breakaway and USA
Cycling were negligent in not giving that warning sooner. Both defendants contend, however, they cannot be liable for negligence because Finken signed a pre-injury waiver entitled, "Acknowledgment of Risk, Release of Liability, Indemnification Agreement and Covenant not to Sue" (the "Waiver").
Finken registered for the race on or about July 27, 2014. Order Summary, at 4 (ECF No. 45-1). Part of that registration required Finken to sign the Waiver. Finken does not recall seeing or signing the Waiver, but for purposes of these summary judgment motions, it is undisputed that he signed it. The Waiver is broad. It notes "that cycling is an inherently dangerous sport" and includes dangers such as "collision with pedestrians, vehicles, other riders, and fixed or moving objects." Waiver, 2 (ECF No. 56-6) (emphasis omitted). It further notes "the possibility of serious [*7] physical and/or mental trauma or injury, or death associated with the event." Id.
Finken agreed to "waive, release, discharge, hold harmless, and promise to indemnify and not to sue" USA
Cycling and specified others for "any and all rights and claims including claims arising from [their] own negligence." Id. (emphasis omitted). Finken also agreed to release "all damages which may be sustained by [him] directly or indirectly in connection[] with, or arising out of, [his] participation in or association with the event, or travel to or return from the event." Id.
I. SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD
"Summary judgment is proper if the movant demonstrates that there is 'no genuine issue as to any material fact' and that it is 'entitled to judgment as a matter of law.'" Thom v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 353 F.3d 848, 851 (10th Cir. 2003) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)). The defendants' motions seek summary judgment based on the terms of a preinjury waiver. The parties have applied Utah law to address the claims in this case.
II. WAIVER AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS
In Utah, "[i]t is well settled that preinjury releases of claims for ordinary negligence can be valid and enforceable." Penunuri v. Sundance Partners, Ltd., 2013 UT 22, ¶ 25, 301 P.3d 984 (citation omitted). "Indeed . . . the majority of jurisdictions" permit "people to surrender their rights [*8] to recover in tort for the negligence of others." Id. (citations omitted). This does not mean, however, that preinjury waivers are favored. Rather, "the shortcomings of exculpatory clauses . . . provide ample cause to approach preinjury releases with caution." Berry v. Greater Park City Co., 2007 UT 87, ¶ 11, 171 P.3d 442, overruled in part by Penunuri, 2017 UT 54, ¶¶ 22, 27, 423 P.3d 1150. Thus, not all preinjury waivers are valid. "Specifically, (1) releases that offend public policy are unenforceable; (2) releases for activities that fit within the public interest exception are unenforceable; and (3) releases that are unclear or ambiguous are unenforceable." Penunuri, 2013 UT 22, ¶ 25, 301 P.3d 984 (quotations and citations omitted).
As to indemnification provisions, "[i]n general, the common law disfavors agreements that indemnify parties against their own negligence because one might be careless of another's life and limb, if there is no penalty for carelessness." Hawkins v. Peart, 2001 UT 94, ¶ 14, 37 P.3d 1062 (quotations and citation omitted). "Because of this public safety concern," Utah court's "strictly construe indemnity agreements against negligence." Id. (citation omitted).
A. Clarity of the Waiver
"Preinjury releases, to be enforceable, must be communicated in a clear and unequivocal manner." Pearce v. Utah Athletic Found., 2008 UT 13, ¶ 22, 179 P.3d 760, 767, overruled in part by Penunuri v. Sundance Partners, Ltd., 2017 UT 54, ¶¶ 22, 27, 423 P.3d 1150, (quotations and citations omitted). The Utah [*9] Supreme Court has stated, "[t]o be effective, a release need not achieve perfection . . . . It suffices that a release be clear, unambiguous, and explicit, and that it express an agreement not to hold the released party liable for negligence." Id. (quotations and citation omitted). Whether a contract is facially ambiguous is a question of law. Daines v. Vincent, 2008 UT 51, ¶ 25, 190 P.3d 1269 (citation omitted). If there is ambiguity as to the intent of the parties, that is a question of fact requiring admission of parol evidence. Id. (citation omitted). In this case, however, the court only addresses facial ambiguity because if the Waiver is not clear on its face, it is unenforceable.
i. USA
The Waiver has clear language releasing USA
Cycling from negligence. What is less clear is negligence from what activity? The Waiver notes "that cycling is an inherently dangerous sport" due to such dangers as "collision with pedestrians, vehicles, other riders, and fixed or moving objects." Waiver, at 2 (ECF No. 56-6) (emphasis added). It further notes "the possibility of serious physical and/or mental trauma or injury, or death associated with the event." Id. (emphasis added). These provisions appear to provide notice about the event itself and [*10] the dangers that may arise from it. Finken's injuries, however, arose from a pre-ride. When a map is published of a racecourse on a public road, one reasonably anticipates that road is open to travel. Although both defendants knew the road was closed until the race, they did not inform participants of that fact. Thus, they exposed pre-riders to a risk that is not inherent in a race on a public road. See Rutherford v. Talisker Canyons Fin., Co., LLC, 2019 UT 27, ¶¶ 19, 79, 445 P.3d 474 (citation omitted) (noting inherent risks are those that are an essential characteristic of a sport and "cannot be alleviated by the use of reasonable care" by an operator).
The Waiver goes on to state, however, that it releases "all damages which may be sustained by [Finken] directly or indirectly in connection[] with, or arising out of, [his] participation in or association with the event, or travel to or return from the event." Id. (emphasis added). The only reason Finken was on the Old Snowbasin Road was in preparation for the event. His pre-ride therefore was in connection with his participation in that 2014 Championship race. Accordingly, the court concludes the Waiver was clear as to USA
Cycling.
ii. Breakaway
Breakaway contends the waiver also applied to it because it releases [*11] "USA
Cycling's Event Directors, Affiliates, Agents, and Officials." Mem. in Supp., at 14 (ECF No. 56). While the Waiver does release those persons, Breakaway has not specified which of those it was. It has failed to show it was an event director, affiliate, agent, or official.
The Waiver was USA
Cycling's waiver, and it appears to protect those persons directly affiliated with USA
Cycling. Based on Leif's title as National Event Manager and Rice's title as Vice President of National Events, the "Event Directors" may reference them and not Breakaway. The term is not defined in the Waiver and is too ambiguous for the court to conclude the Waiver is sufficiently clear on its fact to apply to Breakaway.
Breakaway entered an Independent Contractor Agreement that specifies it was "not an employee, or servant of" USA
Cycling. Breakaway Agmt., ¶ 2 (ECF No. 56-7). The agreement further specifies that Breakaway would "be solely and entirely responsible for its acts, and for the acts of independent contractor's agents, employees, servants and subcontractors during the performance of this agreement." Id. ¶ 3 (emphasis omitted). Nowhere in the agreement does it identify Breakaway as an event director, [*12] or as an affiliate, agent, or official of USA
Because the Waiver does not clearly and unambiguously extend to Breakaway as an independent contractor, the court concludes Finken's claim against Breakaway is not barred67 c x.
B. Public Interest Exception
The public interest exception invalidates a preinjury release when "it attempts to limit liability for activities in which there is a strong public interest." Berry, 2007 UT 87, ¶ 12, 171 P.3d 442. The Utah Supreme Court has adopted the six factors stated in Tunkl v. Regents of the University of California, 60 Cal. 2d 92, 32 Cal. Rptr. 33, 383 P.2d 441, 445-46 (Cal. 1963) to determine if the public interest exception applies. Pearce, 2008 UT 13, ¶ 17, 179 P.3d 760 (citations omitted). For recreational activities, however, it has gone one step further. In Pearce, the Court "join[ed] other states in declaring, as a general rule, that recreational activities do not constitute a public interest and that, therefore, preinjury releases for recreational activities cannot be invalidated under the public interest exception." Id. at ¶¶ 18, 21.
As stated above, Finken's pre-ride was done in connection with his expected participation in the 2014 Championship. Because the event and the pre-ride were recreational activities, the court concludes the public interest exception is inapplicable in this case.
C. Public Policy Exception
Finken [*13] further contends the Waiver is unenforceable because it is contrary to public policy. "To determine whether a contract offends public policy," a court must "first determine whether an established public policy has been expressed in either constitutional or statutory provisions or the common law." Penunuri, 2013 UT 22, ¶ 26, 301 P.3d 984. The Utah Supreme Court also has stated, "for a contract to be void on the basis of public policy, there must be a showing free from doubt that the contract is against public policy." Id. (quotations, citation, and alteration omitted). Thus, this exception should be applied, "if at all, only with the utmost circumspection." Id. (quotations and citation omitted).
i. Penunuri Analysis – Equine Act
In Penunuri, the Utah Supreme Court addressed whether Utah's Equine and Livestock Activities Act made certain preinjury waivers unenforceable as a matter of public policy. The waiver at issue in Penunuri, noted "that horseback riding involves significant risk of serious personal injury, and that there are certain inherent risks associated with the activity . . . that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them." Id. at ¶ 3 (quotations omitted).
Utah's Equine Act specifies "equine [*14] activity sponsors are not liable for injuries caused by the 'inherent risks' associated with equine activities." Id. at ¶ 9 (citing Utah Code Ann. § 78B-4-202)). The same section also specifies, however, that a sponsor may be liable if an injury results from actions of the sponsor. Utah Code Ann. § 78B-4-202(2). The plaintiff argued the Legislature struck a balance as a matter of public policy by removing liability for inherent risks but keeping liability for negligent actions. She asserted the balancing of interests was similar to the Court's analysis in Rothstein v. Snowbird Corp., 2007 UT 96, 175 P.3d 560. Thus, she argued any waiver barring recovery from a sponsor who was negligent was contrary to public policy. The Court disagreed.
It found the Equine Act did not have a public policy statement like Utah's Inherent Risk of Skiing Act addressed in Rothstein. Id. at ¶ 24. When the Legislature eliminated liability for the inherent risks of horseback riding, it did "not explain the motivation behind" that decision. Id. at ¶ 32. Nor did the Equine Act note the economic importance of the activity for the State. Most importantly, it lacked the central purpose of the Skiing Act to "permit equine sponsors to purchase insurance at affordable rates." Id. at ¶ 33 (quotations and citation omitted). [*15] "[I]t was that 'central purpose' . . . that led [the Court] to infer that the Legislature had struck a 'public policy bargain' when it eliminated liability for the inherent risks of skiing." Id. Without "a similar expression . . . in the Equine Act," the Court "resist[ed] the temptation to add language or meaning to the Act where no hint of it exist[ed] in the text." Id. (quotations and citation omitted). Thus, the Court concluded the waiver in Penunuri did not violate public policy. The Court reached a similar conclusion in Pearce, whereby "a preinjury release between a public bobsled ride operator and an adult bobsled rider" was deemed enforceable. Pearce, 2008 UT 13, ¶ 15, 179 P.3d 760.
ii. Rothstein Analysis – Skiing Act
The distinguishing factor between Rothstein and other cases is the combination of a public policy statement and a legislative balancing of risks between operators and participants. In Rothstein, a skier "collided with a retaining wall constructed of stacked railroad ties and embedded partially in the mountain." Rothstein, 2007 UT 96, ¶ 3, 175 P.3d 560. "At the time of the accident, a light layer of snow camouflaged the retaining wall from [the skier's] view. . . . [T]he retaining wall was unmarked and no measures had been taken to alert skiers [*16] to its presence." Id. Rather, the ski resort "had placed a rope line with orange flagging near the wall," but the rope stopped short and created "a large gap between the end of the rope and a tree." Id. The skier thought the gap "indicated an entrance to the Fluffy Bunny run." Id. He suffered serious injuries when he collided with the retaining wall. Id.
When analyzing Utah's Skiing Act, the Court observed that "[s]eldom does a statute address directly the public policy relevant to the precise legal issue confronting a court." Id. ¶ 11. It nevertheless found a clear "public policy rationale" for the Skiing Act. Id. Within that statute, the Legislature found that skiing "'significantly contribute[es] to the economy of this state.'" Id. ¶ 12 (quoting Utah Code Ann. § 78-27-51 renumbered at
§ 78B-4-401). The Legislature also found ski operators were having difficulty obtaining insurance at an affordable rate or at all. Id. (citing Utah Code Ann. § 78-27-51). Thus, it struck a balance where operators could not be held liable "'for injuries resulting from those inherent risks.'" Id. (quoting Utah Code Ann. § 78-27-51).
The Court therefore found the following:
The bargain struck by the Act is both simple and obvious from its public policy provision: ski area operators would [*17] be freed from liability for inherent risks of skiing so that they could continue to shoulder responsibility for noninherent risks by purchasing insurance. By extracting a preinjury release from [the skier] for liability due to their negligent acts, [the resort] breached this public policy bargain.
Id. ¶ 16. The distinguishing factor between the balance struck in the Equine Act and the balance struck in Skiing Act was the express public policy statement that the balance was necessary due to the economic benefit to the State and the ski resort's inability to insure itself for the inherent risks associated with skiing.
iii. Bike Racing Analysis
The facts giving rise to Finken's injuries are closely analogous to the facts in Rothstein. In Rothstein, a wall was unmarked and where one did not expect it to be. In this case, a barricade was unmarked on the course map and where one did not expect it to be. Neither the wall nor the barricade was within the inherent risks of the relevant sport. Although the facts are similar between the two cases, the issue before the court is whether Utah has a public policy that precludes USA
Cycling from avoiding liability for risks that are not inherent in a [*18] bike race.
The Utah Legislature has found there are inherent risks associated with bike riding. Utah Code Ann. § 78B-4-509(1)(a), (d). For injuries arising from inherent risks of participating in bike riding, the Legislature has afforded protection to "a county, municipality, local district, . . . or special service district." Id.
§ 78B-4-509(2)(a). It also has afforded protection to "the owner of property that is leased, rented, or otherwise made available to" the government "for the purpose of providing or operating a recreational activity." Id.
§ 78B-4-509(2)(b). The Legislature chose not to "relieve any other person from an obligation that the person would have in the absence of this section to exercise due care." Id.
§ 78B-4-509(3)(b). That balance is different from the Equine Act and the Skiing Act because it leaves operators of biking events without any statutory protections.
In another section of statute, the Legislature more particularly addressed bike races. It stated bike racing is permitted on a highway only if approved by the highway authority of the relevant jurisdiction. Id.
§ 41-6a-1111. The State has a significant interest in ensuring safety on its public highways. Bike racing can impact not just the participants, but spectators or those in a motor vehicle trying [*19] to navigate the same highway. Thus, the Legislature specified before approval may be granted, conditions must exist to "assure reasonable safety for all race participants, spectators, and other highway users." Id.
§ 41-6a-1111(2)(b).
The Utah Department of Transportation instituted regulations to carry out the intent and purpose of the statute. The Department noted one purpose of its regulation was to "[e]ncourage and support special events such as . . . bicycle races" because it "recognize[d] their importance to Utah's economy and to the well-being of residents of and visitors to Utah." Utah Admin. Code R920-4-1(1)(b). Nevertheless, "to further . . . governmental interests," it implemented safety protocols to ensure "[t]he safety of all participants in, and spectators of, special events," as well as the travelling public. Id. at R920-4-1(2)(b), (c).
One protocol requires a person or entity to obtain a special event permit before holding a bike race on a highway. Id. at R920-4-1(4)(g), (i). To obtain a special event permit, the applicant must "provide a detailed map." Id. at R920-4-13. The applicant also must have "liability insurance," and such insurance must list the State of Utah "as an additional insured." Id. at R920-4-9(1); [*20] see also id. at R920-4-6. Consistent with statute, the applicant must obtain a waiver and release of liability from participants that releases the State and governmental personnel. Id. at R920-4-9(3)-(4). Although the statutory provision bars claims against the government for inherent risks, the regulatory waiver bars all claims. Similarly, though, there is no exclusion from liability for the operator of a bike race.
Based on the Rothstein analysis and harmonization of the relevant statutes and regulations, the court concludes the Legislature and Department of Transportation allow bike races on public highways but recognize inherent risks associated with such races. Safety is paramount because a bike race can impact not only those in the race, but spectators, or motorists who have no association with it. Detailed maps and liability insurance are pre-requisites to obtaining a special event permit to help protect against risks. As the Utah Supreme Court noted in Hawkins, "one might be careless of another's life and limb, if there is no penalty for carelessness." Hawkins, 2001 UT 94, ¶ 14, 37 P.3d 1062 (quotations and citation omitted). Thus, the requirement for liability insurance helps ensure safety for participants, spectators, [*21] and the travelling public.
Utah has recognized, however, that if liability insurance must cover inherent and non-inherent risks of a sport, the cost may be prohibitive and thereby hinder holding events or activities that would provide an economic benefit to the state. Hindering such economic benefits would be contrary to one of the stated purposes of the regulation. Thus, one may reasonably conclude that liability for inherent risks may be waived by the bike race participants so as not to hinder the economic benefits to the State.
The court concludes, however, if an operator is allowed to obtain a waiver from participants even for risks that are not inherent in the sport, it would alter one of the elements for a special event permit. Liability insurance is meant to cover liabilities. If all liability has been waived for bike participants, then the purpose for carrying liability insurance is altered as to those participants. Because bike races on highways are prohibited unless the reasonable safety of participants, spectators, and the travelling public may be assured, a balance was struck and cannot be altered via a waiver of liability. Accordingly, the court concludes as a matter of [*22] public policy, the Waiver in this case is unenforceable because it attempts to waive liability even for non-inherent risks arising from or associated with the negligent acts of USA
Cycling.2
iv. Modification of the Utah's Skiing Act
An additional issue has arisen since briefing on the motions. From 2007 until 2020, the Rothstein balance existed between operators and skiers whereby preinjury waivers were enforceable for risks inherent in skiing, but not for unforeseen risks arising from the negligent actions of the operator. See Rothstein, 2007 UT 96, ¶¶ 16, 19, 175 P.3d 560. In 2020, the Utah Legislature altered this balance by passing legislation that allows preinjury waivers without regard to whether the risk was unforeseen. Utah Code Ann. § 78B-4-405 (2020). Moreover, claims brought on or after May 12, 2020, if not otherwise barred, have a noneconomic damages cap of $1,000,000. Id. at § 78B-4-406. The Legislature's actions have abrogated the ruling in Rothstein and will necessarily impact future preinjury waiver analyses for other recreational activities.
The question here is whether the Legislature's change of public policy should be applied retroactively to the analysis in this case. The United States Supreme Court has stated "the principle that the legal effect [*23] of conduct should ordinarily be assessed under the law that existed when the conduct took place has timeless and universal appeal." Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244, 265, 114 S. Ct. 1483, 1497, 128 L. Ed. 2d 229 (1994) (quotations and citation omitted). Moreover, the Due Process Clause "protects the interests in fair notice and repose that may be compromised by retroactive legislation." Id. at 266 (citation omitted).
Here, the legislation was approved on March 28, 2020, but made effective May 12, 2020. This shows a clear intent for future application of law. Accordingly, the public policy analysis applied in Rothstein was still applicable at the time of the events in this case and informs this court's decision.
For the reasons stated above, the court DENIES the Motions for Summary Judgment filed by USA
Cycling and Breakaway (ECF Nos. 38, 56).
DATED this 3rd day of June, 2020.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Clark Waddoups
Clark Waddoups


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Ronn BlitzerApr 4th, 2016, 10:01 am
U.S. soccer champion Abby Wambach was arrested early Sunday for allegedly driving under the influence. According to police, the recently retired star, 35, was pulled over while driving in Portland, Oregon Saturday night for driving through a red light, and then allegedly failed a sobriety test, ESPN reported. She was charged with misdemeanor DUI at 2:02 am on Sunday.
Wambach, international soccer's leading career scorer for men and women, was said to be "polite and cooperative," and was released on her own recognizance as she awaits the next step in her case. Later on Sunday, she posted about the incident on Facebook, saying she "let myself and others down." "I take full responsibility for my actions," she said. "This is all on me. I promise that I will do whatever it takes to ensure that my horrible mistake is never repeated."
In the meantime, MINI USA, who sponsors Wambach, announced that they are pulling their car ads that feature her. The automaker released a statement saying, "This behavior is against the values we promote as an organization, and the safety of everyone on the road is a priority here at MINI." They said they are "re-evaluating her association with the brand" but "will continue to assess the situation and weigh [their] options."
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Four Isle of Man Squash players are currently representing the Merseyside county team at Masters level, we are affiliated to Merseyside Squash so we can represent them at county level. The 4 players are pictured below and are left to right – Dave O'Neill, Ian Sheard, Les Callow and Peter Sharples.
Peter, Ian and Les all performed well in this mornings match against Yorkshire Over 65's but they all lost 3-0 only just failing to win the 'money' points to take games.
The Winter Ranking Tournament, the first junior competition of 2019, showed that Junior squash on the island is very healthy. There were sixteen entries with some fantastic squash on show and some players entering for the first time.
EasyGym met Team AON in a top of the A League table clash with only three points separating these teams. Malcolm Levy showed his class with a good 3-0 win over Robin Crease at one and Paul Barnett took the other win for EasyGym at two, beating Jason crease 3-1. However Team AON's strength in depth meant they took the rest of the matches 3-1 courtesy of Mason McLarney, Dafydd Lewis and Chris Cave. The match score finished 158-155 to Team AON which means that these two teams are now joint top of the table with points totals of 768 each.
Cannell Print put out possibly the strongest side that they have fielded all season against StoneArt, with their top two players placed at 2 and 4 on the rankings. Rob Colquitt and Ashley Sandyford-Sykes both had convincing 3-0 wins for Cannell Print at fifth and second string respectively. However number one Thomas Whiteway and the ever-improving Joshua Green at five had to work a little bit harder for their 3-1 wins. The only match to go to StoneArt was the number three string match where Steve Baker just got the better of Mike Hayler in a five game encounter. Cannell took the match 179-127, only dropping 1 point, and are now level with StoneArt with both sides having 733 points totals in the league.
The B league is beginning to look like a three horse-race, with Crowe Dragons in the lead by a short head and Outcasts and Island Exhausts close behind. Island Exhausts closed the gap when they defeated Crowe Dragons in a close match. Dragons' Ben Peach reached a record high 14 in the IOM rankings with a comprehensive defeat of Dave O'Neill 3-0. Exhausts James Martin had a real battle with Oliver Wait eventually winning 3-2 but only by a single point. Exhausts Mark Grace had a similarly close game with Jon Shepherd with Jon just edging it. At four and five the experience of Exhausts players Peter Sharples and Ian Sheard showed as they both got straight forward 3-0 wins over Beth Jones and Darren Smethurst.
Sharks beat the Conister Racketeers to win the battle of the B League's bottom two by 245-185 points. Rob Boyles and Daf Lewis won two titanic tussles with Mark Webster-Smith and Douglas Jacobsson at one and two to register the Racketeers' two victories on the night. It was the Sharks' tail that secured their side the overall win, however, with skipper Dave Freer, Mark Stratford and Alan McNair all netting victories.
In the C League Buchanan & Pitts Misfits had a good 4-1 win over Jewel Tech Juniors. The fourth and fifth string matches were very close with Allan Walkingshaw resisting a fight back from Rania Gomaa to secure a 3-2 win at five, and Emma Leith beating Stephen Pitts by a similar margin at four to secure the only win of the night for Jewel Tech. However the the Misfits top order wrapped up the overall win without dropping a game, through convincing victories for Andy Dixon, Terry Holt and John Watterson.
Dandara Falcons did well to field a team against Browne Craine Dragons, although they lost 3-2. The two top order matches were won for Falcons by Greg Ansara who dominated his match, and Stuart Highy, who started more slowly, dropping the first game to Darren Smethurst, but then going on to win 3-1. Richard Lewy, new to the island, made his debut for Falcons at three and grew in confidence as the match progressed, eventually losing 3-1 to Alex Cave. Fatheha Essa and Helen Cave took the other wins for Dragons at four and five.
Santander International Racketeers Academy, rocking out with their new kit, hosted the Junior Academy on Friday night. The Junior Academy took the victory winning 4 of the 5 matches. John Workman took the sole win for the Santander International Racketeers Academy on this, his debut. At number one Andrew Brown had a cracking match with Richard Webster only just losing 45-43 in points. The other junior victors were Harvey Douglas, Leighton Ginty and Ben Leith.
Dohle Stars and Island Exhaust Vets had a relatively brief encounter with all five matches over in three games. Pat Russell guested for Dohle at one and beat Peter Sharples in three close games. Nick Hardacre had a good win over Jimmy Fick at five, making him one of the favourites for player of the month. However the Vets took the rest of the matches courtesy of stalwarts Ian Sheard, Les Callow and Lee Loughren to further cement their place at the top of the table.
Location – NSC . Dates – Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th, Thursday 14th and Friday 15th of March 2019. Start time – 6.30pm. Finish time – about 9pm. Format – Monrad/Swiss – a match every round. Prizes – All entrants will receive a 'Tournament' T Shirt PROVIDED your entry is received on or before Sunday 24th February 2019. Cost – £15 for Seniors /£10 for Juniors (payment on the first night of the tournament).
The first ever Isle of Man Squash 57 Championships will be run alongside the Isle of Man Squash Championships. Cost – £15 for Seniors /£10 for Juniors (payment on the first night of the tournament).


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