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How Weta Digital delivered that digi-double handover of Anthony Mackie in 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'
Ian Failes	May 16, 2021	May 16, 2021 Articles	0
Plus, a look at the studio's canyon creation for that dramatic opening scene of the series.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's first episode features a dramatic canyon sequence over Tunisia involving Falcon (Anthony Mackie), a stolen U.S. Air Force plane and wing-suited flyers.
Working under production visual effects supervisor Eric Leven, Weta Digital, led by VFX supervisor Charlie Tait, combined live-action bluescreen photography of Mackie on wires, wing-suit flying elements and other plates, with extensive digital environments, CG vehicles and CG characters (often mixing and matching the digi-doubles with their live-action counterparts).
Tait explains for befores & afters how this was achieved.
b&a: For the canyon itself, was that something that you considered could be a place you could actually go and shoot, or get photogrammetry reference for? How did you actually approach building the environment?
Charlie Tait: We certainly did consider the drone work, but of course we couldn't really travel. I certainly would have loved to have gone to a canyon and done some drone shooting. But in the end, to be honest, it really wasn't necessary, and the method we came up with, it provided that realistic result, but it was pretty efficient, I think.
We started with a terrain model from satellite data and height maps of Pariah Canyon in Death Valley. And the reason that was a good thing to do was that we had that sort of natural, organic fractal layout. It's a real canyon, it has a narrow, tight end, and it widens up and opens at the other end. And it has all of its cracks and tributaries, doing the right thing and looking natural.
So we used that essentially for our layout, and we then moved into a much wider desert from a different height map actually. So we had our terrain model where we wanted, and these are high-ish res. They're kind of high-res, but they're not high enough res to fly inside. The problem with height maps, of course, is that there's no detail on the vertical surfaces. You've either got high or low, and there's nothing on those steep parts.
A lot of the time when you're in the canyon, you're flying along, looking at those walls, and there's really nothing there, in terms of detail. So we textured and shaded the canyon model that we made from the height map. This means we had something that looked pretty good, and this worked from very high altitude. It would look good from very high altitude from the aeroplane height, but then when we got into it—we used the same model in previs—we were able to scope out where they would put cameras and create shots, using this model. And then what we did is we had a kit set of loads of rocky parts. A lot of them were like biscuits, piled up to make columns, and then you'd jam columns together to make walls.
It was fairly straightforward to do, but the thing that really made it work and gave it that high level of geometric detail, was the fact that we did it every single time to shot. Each shot is its own model, or if you like, a redressing of the height map model, using these bits of geometry.
So, you'd see what you see and then you'd put in all these pieces, and you'd follow the contour of the smooth walls, adding in all these pieces with the extra detail. Following the contour would mean that you're maintaining that realistic form and structure in which you've staged the action in previs. So you've got the action where you want it, you've got a structure that's natural, and then you're adding the detail by adding all those pieces of geo. It was beautiful. It worked so well.
b&a: There's a really nice combination in this sequence of what could be achieved bluescreen photography, wire work, and then obviously any kind of digital augmentation or addition. How do you decide what was going to work on each shot?
Charlie Tait: Well, when they shot the bluescreen, they want these facial shots acted out. They needed him flying and needed close-ups on him. So they had to shoot it somehow. And obviously, hanging him on wires in front of a bluescreen makes a lot of sense. It's going to help to get the cameras doing what you want, and to have that sense of flying. But there were a few things that weren't ideal for us with that material when we started. Unfortunately it was very overcast when they shot it. They shot it outside. And in some of it, it was even raining. You could see spots of rain on him.
Now, when they had shot the stunt guys in wingsuits, there was a lot of stuff they actually shot in-camera. There was a real 'GoPro' style that goes with that. There's tonnes of it on YouTube, all these people with these action cameras, doing these crazy things. Everybody knows what that looks like, a helmet cam, looking back at the guy flying.
Well, the way that that stuff looks, it has a very wide lens. And that means that everything is very sharp. But that's not how it looked in the material that we got, because it was shot a little bit more like a portrait. Perhaps the lenses were too long, perhaps it was because there wasn't enough light. But the back of him, like his feet—if you're looking at his head and he's flying towards camera—his feet and his hands often would be out of focus. Only his face would be sharp.
That might've looked alright at the time, but unfortunately for us, that would mean, if we composite that with our environment, it's all out of focus behind him. And that just doesn't make for a good-looking shot. Also, we wanted more of that GoPro style.
So, the way we attacked this was to line up our digi-double very accurately, including to the face. So the face is a really spot on match. And then we're able to render him without that de-focus. So his face is still his face, but the rest of his body is our digi-double. And that allowed us to have him sharp all the way back in the background shot. Then we did some sort of quite extreme fish-eye looks. We stabilized it all a little, so it looked more like a helmet camera pointing at his face.
The big bonus that we got by doing that was that we were able to re-light him. This meant it would appear, when he turns, that his relationship to the sun was changing. And you could see the lights rotate around him, which really, really helps to bring it all together. And of course, that wouldn't really have been possible with him on wires in an overcast situation.
It meant that there was quite a lot of process in those shots. From the bluescreen that they shot, we'd be extracting the head, we'd be changing the camera, we'd be rendering all CG, including his head, of course. And then we'd remove the sense of light that was there in the plate photography. We flattened him off so he had a little more of an albedo. We tried to basically knock back the spec, and then we'd renderer our guy and extract the spec from him and the sense of the keylight, and add that back onto the plate guy. What you're looking at in every one of those is lighting from a CG head on top of the plate head. So, it looks more like him actually than our digi-double would've looked on its own, and you've got his performance. And it's photoreal, but we're just adding that sense of light that puts him in the scene better.
b&a: There's this one shot where he approaches the cockpit of the air force plane. Can you talk about how that shot was constructed?
Charlie Tait: That was one of the hardest shots for sure. It was really, really hard. The aircraft they shot was at an air force base. It was very overcast. It was raining as well, some of the time. And they had a really enormous wire rig to fly him in towards the plane, but we needed him to fly from further away. We did a digi-double handover, so he could start further away. And he transitions into the live action guy, actually quite late, when he gets really close to the cockpit.
For the aircraft, we had to build the aircraft for other shots anyway, as a CG asset. It was built from that live-action one, because that was what was shot. So it was pretty, pretty damn accurate match. The aircraft that you see, of course, in the photography, the props weren't spinning, it's just sitting on the ground. So part of the nose of the aircraft is still what they shot. But in that case, it's still a little bit of a 50/50, CG and plate. And then from where he lands from about his feet back, the whole fuselage and the wings and everything, that's all CG.
We did the same re-lighting trick, because it was very overcast. As he comes in, when he's in the far background, he's lit with the hard key, the hard single source sunlight that we wanted. And as he transitioned into the live action chap, he looked more flat, so we did the same re-lighting.
Our digi-double actually matches his position all the way through the shot, so that we can extract the lighting from the CG guy and apply it to the plate guy, to give it that more contrast-y look. The plate—which you can see in the breakdown—is really, really flat. And right through the sequence, we went with a very hard key, dark fill side, bright key side. That was a big shot, a complicated shot.
I don't think anybody would have picked that that's a digi-double handover. So what's nice about that is it really looks like he must be flying, because we see him small in frame, and then we see him right up in front of camera, and it's clearly Anthony Mackie.
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 * CWE: 78 OS Command Injection
 * BadSource: connect_socket Read data using a connect socket (client side)
 * GoodSource: Fixed string
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 * Flow Variant: 81 Data flow: data passed in a parameter to an virtual method called via a reference
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Hyun, K.-H., Min, A., Kim, S.-J. & Lee, J.-H. (2015). Finding Relationships between Visitor Traffics around Major Attractions and the Surrounding Environments in Theme Parks. In Y. Ikeda, C. M. Herr, D. Holzer, S. Kaijima, M. J. Kim. M, A, Schnabel (Eds.), Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, 20-23 May 2015, Daegu, Korea (pp. 777-784). Daegu: Kyungbuk Print Co., Ltd.
Hyun, K.-H., Kim, S.-J., & Lee, J.-H. (2013). Balance between Cultural Features and Service Design in International Theme Parks [USB]. In Consilience and Innovation in Design: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2013), 26-30 August 2013, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 1560-1568.
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The results show that Flick and Multi-touch interaction techniques are beneficial under a smartphone touchscreen environment beyond the traditional Tap-only. Furthermore, functions are maintained with a minimum number of buttons while the situation compatibility of user interaction is verified. This study also shows that adding diverse types of interaction to the simple Tap-only affords a distinctive user experience of long-term interest and fun to the players that were previously restricted to the accustomed Tap-only. The results authenticate the applicability of the intrinsic fun mechanism to the smartphone based touchscreen game interaction. The study has implications in enhancing the traditional Tap-only based virtual game controller, which is a mere metaphor of controllers loaded onto other platforms, through proposing a tailored interface design and evaluation method under a smartphone platform. Furthermore, this study contributes objective reference source for the engineers to design future game contents, interface and heuristics evaluation in the platform.
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Design experiences from past design cases can help designers develop new and enhanced design solutions. A case-based recommender system can recall appropriate design cases for designers based on a similarity measurement mechanism. In the context of Product-Service System (PSS) design, the measurement of similarity between different cases becomes more complex and challenging because of the compound nature of the PSS design and the interdependencies of product and service. Existing researches cannot provide a comprehensive case representation framework or a suitable retrieval strategy for comparison of PSS design cases. This research proposes a similarity measurement framework among PSS design cases based on the context-based activity model of design activity. In the proposed framework, a PSS design case is indexed and quantified by design activity element, design process, and function requirement. The framework also specifies a way to measure similarity between PSS design indices and design cases. A case study was conducted to validate the proposed framework.
The Internet has become a significant transaction platform for the real estate industry because it encourages the homebuyers to search more intensively, and discover and visit more properties. However, the use of the Internet is not beneficial to the homebuyers in terms of search time, flexibility, and intuitive results wasting more time and energy. To improve the efficiency of real estate searches, we developed an online homebuyers' search program based on the investigation of search behaviors, and implemented a user-oriented recommendation system for real estate websites via a combination of case-based reasoning and an ontological structure. The combination of case-based reasoning and ontological structure enhances the recommendation accuracy and information management efficiency, respectively. A user test was carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system and validate the findings of this study.
Kim, Y.-H., Park, S.-J., Park, J., Kim, S.-J., & Lee, J.-H. (2011). Home suggestion service in real estate searching system: Using ontology and case-based reasoning. In T.S. Zupancic, M. Juvancic, S. Verovsek, & Anja Jutraz (Eds.), Respecting Fragile Places: 29th eCAADe Conference Proceedings, 21-24 September 2011, Ljubljana (pp. 605-614). Ljubljana, Slovenia: Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana (Web of Science).
Emotion is a crucial aspect of user experience. To design a user interface for a positive emotional experience, the affective quality of the user interface needs to be carefully considered. An important factor of affective quality of today's user interface for digital media is interactivity, in which motion feedback plays a significant role as an element. This role of motion feedback is particularly evident in touchscreen user interfaces, which have been adopted rapidly in mobile devices. This paper presents two empirical studies performed to increase our understanding of motion feedback in terms of the affective quality of mobile touchscreen user interfaces. With this prototype, the effects of applying pressure requirements on four different types of user interfaces were examined. Results show that implementing the Weight factor can significantly influence the affective quality and complement the physical feelings of the user interface.
Park, D. & Lee, J.-H. (2010). Understanding How the Affective Quality of Motion is Perceived in the User Interface.
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018
019    package org.apache.hadoop.fs;
020
021    import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
022
023    /**
024     * This class contains constants for configuration keys used
025     * in the common code.
026     *
027     * It includes all publicly documented configuration keys. In general
028     * this class should not be used directly (use CommonConfigurationKeys
029     * instead)
030     *
031     */
032
033    @InterfaceAudience.Public
034    public class CommonConfigurationKeysPublic {
035
036      // The Keys
037      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
038      public static final String  IO_NATIVE_LIB_AVAILABLE_KEY =
039        "io.native.lib.available";
040      /** Default value for IO_NATIVE_LIB_AVAILABLE_KEY */
041      public static final boolean IO_NATIVE_LIB_AVAILABLE_DEFAULT = true;
042      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
043      public static final String  NET_TOPOLOGY_SCRIPT_NUMBER_ARGS_KEY =
044        "net.topology.script.number.args";
045      /** Default value for NET_TOPOLOGY_SCRIPT_NUMBER_ARGS_KEY */
046      public static final int     NET_TOPOLOGY_SCRIPT_NUMBER_ARGS_DEFAULT = 100;
047
048      //FS keys
049      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
050      public static final String  FS_DEFAULT_NAME_KEY = "fs.defaultFS";
051      /** Default value for FS_DEFAULT_NAME_KEY */
052      public static final String  FS_DEFAULT_NAME_DEFAULT = "file:///";
053      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
054      public static final String  FS_DF_INTERVAL_KEY = "fs.df.interval";
055      /** Default value for FS_DF_INTERVAL_KEY */
056      public static final long    FS_DF_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 60000;
057      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
058      public static final String  FS_DU_INTERVAL_KEY = "fs.du.interval";
059      /** Default value for FS_DU_INTERVAL_KEY */
060      public static final long    FS_DU_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 600000;
061      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
062      public static final String  FS_CLIENT_RESOLVE_REMOTE_SYMLINKS_KEY =
063        "fs.client.resolve.remote.symlinks";
064      /** Default value for FS_CLIENT_RESOLVE_REMOTE_SYMLINKS_KEY */
065      public static final boolean FS_CLIENT_RESOLVE_REMOTE_SYMLINKS_DEFAULT = true;
066
067
068      //Defaults are not specified for following keys
069      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
070      public static final String  NET_TOPOLOGY_SCRIPT_FILE_NAME_KEY =
071        "net.topology.script.file.name";
072      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
073      public static final String  NET_TOPOLOGY_NODE_SWITCH_MAPPING_IMPL_KEY =
074        "net.topology.node.switch.mapping.impl";
075      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
076      public static final String  NET_TOPOLOGY_IMPL_KEY =
077        "net.topology.impl";
078      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
079      public static final String  NET_TOPOLOGY_TABLE_MAPPING_FILE_KEY =
080        "net.topology.table.file.name";
081      public static final String NET_DEPENDENCY_SCRIPT_FILE_NAME_KEY =
082        "net.topology.dependency.script.file.name";
083
084      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
085      public static final String  FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_KEY =
086        "fs.trash.checkpoint.interval";
087      /** Default value for FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_KEY */
088      public static final long    FS_TRASH_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 0;
089
090      // TBD: Code is still using hardcoded values (e.g. "fs.automatic.close")
091      // instead of constant (e.g. FS_AUTOMATIC_CLOSE_KEY)
092      //
093      /** Not used anywhere, looks like default value for FS_LOCAL_BLOCK_SIZE */
094      public static final long    FS_LOCAL_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT = 32*1024*1024;
095      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
096      public static final String  FS_AUTOMATIC_CLOSE_KEY = "fs.automatic.close";
097      /** Default value for FS_AUTOMATIC_CLOSE_KEY */
098      public static final boolean FS_AUTOMATIC_CLOSE_DEFAULT = true;
099      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
100      public static final String  FS_FILE_IMPL_KEY = "fs.file.impl";
101      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
102      public static final String  FS_FTP_HOST_KEY = "fs.ftp.host";
103      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
104      public static final String  FS_FTP_HOST_PORT_KEY = "fs.ftp.host.port";
105      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
106      public static final String  FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY = "fs.trash.interval";
107      /** Default value for FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY */
108      public static final long    FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 0;
109
110      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
111      public static final String  IO_MAPFILE_BLOOM_SIZE_KEY =
112        "io.mapfile.bloom.size";
113      /** Default value for IO_MAPFILE_BLOOM_SIZE_KEY */
114      public static final int     IO_MAPFILE_BLOOM_SIZE_DEFAULT = 1024*1024;
115      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
116      public static final String  IO_MAPFILE_BLOOM_ERROR_RATE_KEY =
117        "io.mapfile.bloom.error.rate" ;
118      /** Default value for IO_MAPFILE_BLOOM_ERROR_RATE_KEY */
119      public static final float   IO_MAPFILE_BLOOM_ERROR_RATE_DEFAULT = 0.005f;
120      /** Codec class that implements Lzo compression algorithm */
121      public static final String  IO_COMPRESSION_CODEC_LZO_CLASS_KEY =
122        "io.compression.codec.lzo.class";
123      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
124      public static final String  IO_MAP_INDEX_INTERVAL_KEY =
125        "io.map.index.interval";
126      /** Default value for IO_MAP_INDEX_INTERVAL_DEFAULT */
127      public static final int     IO_MAP_INDEX_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 128;
128      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
129      public static final String  IO_MAP_INDEX_SKIP_KEY = "io.map.index.skip";
130      /** Default value for IO_MAP_INDEX_SKIP_KEY */
131      public static final int     IO_MAP_INDEX_SKIP_DEFAULT = 0;
132      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
133      public static final String  IO_SEQFILE_COMPRESS_BLOCKSIZE_KEY =
134        "io.seqfile.compress.blocksize";
135      /** Default value for IO_SEQFILE_COMPRESS_BLOCKSIZE_KEY */
136      public static final int     IO_SEQFILE_COMPRESS_BLOCKSIZE_DEFAULT = 1000000;
137      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
138      public static final String  IO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY =
139        "io.file.buffer.size";
140      /** Default value for IO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY */
141      public static final int     IO_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = 4096;
142      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
143      public static final String  IO_SKIP_CHECKSUM_ERRORS_KEY =
144        "io.skip.checksum.errors";
145      /** Default value for IO_SKIP_CHECKSUM_ERRORS_KEY */
146      public static final boolean IO_SKIP_CHECKSUM_ERRORS_DEFAULT = false;
147      /**
148       * @deprecated Moved to mapreduce, see mapreduce.task.io.sort.mb
149       * in mapred-default.xml
150       * See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6801
151       */
152      public static final String  IO_SORT_MB_KEY = "io.sort.mb";
153      /** Default value for IO_SORT_MB_DEFAULT */
154      public static final int     IO_SORT_MB_DEFAULT = 100;
155      /**
156       * @deprecated Moved to mapreduce, see mapreduce.task.io.sort.factor
157       * in mapred-default.xml
158       * See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6801
159       */
160      public static final String  IO_SORT_FACTOR_KEY = "io.sort.factor";
161      /** Default value for IO_SORT_FACTOR_DEFAULT */
162      public static final int     IO_SORT_FACTOR_DEFAULT = 100;
163      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
164      public static final String  IO_SERIALIZATIONS_KEY = "io.serializations";
165
166      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
167      public static final String  TFILE_IO_CHUNK_SIZE_KEY = "tfile.io.chunk.size";
168      /** Default value for TFILE_IO_CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT */
169      public static final int     TFILE_IO_CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT = 1024*1024;
170      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
171      public static final String  TFILE_FS_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY =
172        "tfile.fs.input.buffer.size";
173      /** Default value for TFILE_FS_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY */
174      public static final int     TFILE_FS_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = 256*1024;
175      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
176      public static final String  TFILE_FS_OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY =
177        "tfile.fs.output.buffer.size";
178      /** Default value for TFILE_FS_OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY */
179      public static final int     TFILE_FS_OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = 256*1024;
180
181      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
182      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_CONNECTION_MAXIDLETIME_KEY =
183        "ipc.client.connection.maxidletime";
184      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_CONNECTION_MAXIDLETIME_KEY */
185      public static final int     IPC_CLIENT_CONNECTION_MAXIDLETIME_DEFAULT = 10000; // 10s
186      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
187      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_KEY =
188        "ipc.client.connect.timeout";
189      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_KEY */
190      public static final int     IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 20000; // 20s
191      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
192      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_KEY =
193        "ipc.client.connect.max.retries";
194      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_KEY */
195      public static final int     IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_DEFAULT = 10;
196      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
197      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL_KEY =
198          "ipc.client.connect.retry.interval";
199      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL_KEY */
200      public static final int     IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = 1000;
201      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
202      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_ON_SOCKET_TIMEOUTS_KEY =
203        "ipc.client.connect.max.retries.on.timeouts";
204      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_ON_SOCKET_TIMEOUTS_KEY */
205      public static final int  IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_ON_SOCKET_TIMEOUTS_DEFAULT = 45;
206      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
207      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_TCPNODELAY_KEY =
208        "ipc.client.tcpnodelay";
209      /** Defalt value for IPC_CLIENT_TCPNODELAY_KEY */
210      public static final boolean IPC_CLIENT_TCPNODELAY_DEFAULT = true;
211      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
212      public static final String  IPC_SERVER_LISTEN_QUEUE_SIZE_KEY =
213        "ipc.server.listen.queue.size";
214      /** Default value for IPC_SERVER_LISTEN_QUEUE_SIZE_KEY */
215      public static final int     IPC_SERVER_LISTEN_QUEUE_SIZE_DEFAULT = 128;
216      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
217      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_KILL_MAX_KEY = "ipc.client.kill.max";
218      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_KILL_MAX_KEY */
219      public static final int     IPC_CLIENT_KILL_MAX_DEFAULT = 10;
220      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
221      public static final String  IPC_CLIENT_IDLETHRESHOLD_KEY =
222        "ipc.client.idlethreshold";
223      /** Default value for IPC_CLIENT_IDLETHRESHOLD_DEFAULT */
224      public static final int     IPC_CLIENT_IDLETHRESHOLD_DEFAULT = 4000;
225      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
226      public static final String  IPC_SERVER_TCPNODELAY_KEY =
227        "ipc.server.tcpnodelay";
228      /** Default value for IPC_SERVER_TCPNODELAY_KEY */
229      public static final boolean IPC_SERVER_TCPNODELAY_DEFAULT = true;
230
231      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
232      public static final String  HADOOP_RPC_SOCKET_FACTORY_CLASS_DEFAULT_KEY =
233        "hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default";
234      public static final String  HADOOP_RPC_SOCKET_FACTORY_CLASS_DEFAULT_DEFAULT =
235        "org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory";
236      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
237      public static final String  HADOOP_SOCKS_SERVER_KEY = "hadoop.socks.server";
238      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
239      public static final String  HADOOP_UTIL_HASH_TYPE_KEY =
240        "hadoop.util.hash.type";
241      /** Default value for HADOOP_UTIL_HASH_TYPE_KEY */
242      public static final String  HADOOP_UTIL_HASH_TYPE_DEFAULT = "murmur";
243      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
244      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUP_MAPPING =
245        "hadoop.security.group.mapping";
246      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
247      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_SECS =
248        "hadoop.security.groups.cache.secs";
249      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
250      public static final long HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_SECS_DEFAULT =
251        300;
252      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
253      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_NEGATIVE_CACHE_SECS =
254        "hadoop.security.groups.negative-cache.secs";
255      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
256      public static final long HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_NEGATIVE_CACHE_SECS_DEFAULT =
257        30;
258      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
259      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_WARN_AFTER_MS =
260        "hadoop.security.groups.cache.warn.after.ms";
261      public static final long HADOOP_SECURITY_GROUPS_CACHE_WARN_AFTER_MS_DEFAULT =
262        5000;
263      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
264      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION =
265        "hadoop.security.authentication";
266      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
267      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTHORIZATION =
268        "hadoop.security.authorization";
269      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
270      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_INSTRUMENTATION_REQUIRES_ADMIN =
271        "hadoop.security.instrumentation.requires.admin";
272      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
273      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_SERVICE_USER_NAME_KEY =
274        "hadoop.security.service.user.name.key";
275      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
276      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTH_TO_LOCAL =
277        "hadoop.security.auth_to_local";
278
279      @Deprecated
280      /** Only used by HttpServer. */
281      public static final String HADOOP_SSL_ENABLED_KEY = "hadoop.ssl.enabled";
282      @Deprecated
283      /** Only used by HttpServer. */
284      public static final boolean HADOOP_SSL_ENABLED_DEFAULT = false;
285
286
287      // HTTP policies to be used in configuration
288      // Use HttpPolicy.name() instead
289      @Deprecated
290      public static final String HTTP_POLICY_HTTP_ONLY = "HTTP_ONLY";
291      @Deprecated
292      public static final String HTTP_POLICY_HTTPS_ONLY = "HTTPS_ONLY";
293      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
294      public static final String  HADOOP_RPC_PROTECTION =
295        "hadoop.rpc.protection";
296      /** Class to override Sasl Properties for a connection */
297      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_SASL_PROPS_RESOLVER_CLASS =
298        "hadoop.security.saslproperties.resolver.class";
299      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_CODEC_CLASSES_KEY_PREFIX =
300        "hadoop.security.crypto.codec.classes";
301      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
302      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SUITE_KEY =
303        "hadoop.security.crypto.cipher.suite";
304      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SUITE_DEFAULT =
305        "AES/CTR/NoPadding";
306      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
307      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_JCE_PROVIDER_KEY =
308        "hadoop.security.crypto.jce.provider";
309      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
310      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY =
311        "hadoop.security.crypto.buffer.size";
312      /** Defalt value for HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_BUFFER_SIZE_KEY */
313      public static final int HADOOP_SECURITY_CRYPTO_BUFFER_SIZE_DEFAULT = 8192;
314      /** Class to override Impersonation provider */
315      public static final String  HADOOP_SECURITY_IMPERSONATION_PROVIDER_CLASS =
316        "hadoop.security.impersonation.provider.class";
317
318      //  <!--- KMSClientProvider configurations —>
319      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
320      public static final String KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_SIZE =
321          "hadoop.security.kms.client.encrypted.key.cache.size";
322      /** Default value for KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_SIZE */
323      public static final int KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT = 500;
324
325      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
326      public static final String KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_LOW_WATERMARK =
327          "hadoop.security.kms.client.encrypted.key.cache.low-watermark";
328      /** Default value for KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_LOW_WATERMARK */
329      public static final float KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_LOW_WATERMARK_DEFAULT =
330          0.3f;
331
332      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
333      public static final String KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_NUM_REFILL_THREADS =
334          "hadoop.security.kms.client.encrypted.key.cache.num.refill.threads";
335      /** Default value for KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_NUM_REFILL_THREADS */
336      public static final int KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_NUM_REFILL_THREADS_DEFAULT =
337          2;
338
339      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
340      public static final String KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_EXPIRY_MS =
341          "hadoop.security.kms.client.encrypted.key.cache.expiry";
342      /** Default value for KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_EXPIRY (12 hrs)*/
343      public static final int KMS_CLIENT_ENC_KEY_CACHE_EXPIRY_DEFAULT = 43200000;
344
345      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
346      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_JAVA_SECURE_RANDOM_ALGORITHM_KEY =
347        "hadoop.security.java.secure.random.algorithm";
348      /** Defalt value for HADOOP_SECURITY_JAVA_SECURE_RANDOM_ALGORITHM_KEY */
349      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_JAVA_SECURE_RANDOM_ALGORITHM_DEFAULT =
350        "SHA1PRNG";
351      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
352      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_SECURE_RANDOM_IMPL_KEY =
353        "hadoop.security.secure.random.impl";
354      /** See <a href="{@docRoot}/../core-default.html">core-default.xml</a> */
355      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_SECURE_RANDOM_DEVICE_FILE_PATH_KEY =
356        "hadoop.security.random.device.file.path";
357      public static final String HADOOP_SECURITY_SECURE_RANDOM_DEVICE_FILE_PATH_DEFAULT =
358        "/dev/urandom";
359    }
360


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Girl Got Game: Why You Need to Keep Girls in Sports
By the time girls reach 17, more than half of them will have quit sports altogether. If your daughter wants to call quits on sports, here's what you can do to keep them in the game. Playing sports have a myriad of benefits, beyond just the physical. Higher levels of confidence, Self-esteem and communication are just some of the positive effects of sports. Yet, by the age of 14, girls are dropping out of sports at twice the rate of boys.
IN THE PAST YEAR, Canadian women have achieved some impressive accomplishments in the world of sports. Team Canada saw its largest percentage of women ever in the 2016 Summer Olympics, and our female athletes dominated the podium in Rio—87 per cent of Canadian medal winners were women.
Yet, despite these achievements, recent statistics point to a disturbing trend when it comes to girls and sports—by the age of 14, girls are dropping out of sports at twice the rate of boys, according to the Women's Sports Foundation. By 17—according to the Always Confidence & Puberty Survey by the multinational company Procter & Gamble—51 per cent of girls will have quit sports altogether.
Being involved in sports has many benefits beyond the physical. For girls, in particular, it can give them a boost in self-esteem while fostering friendships, communication and even an athletic career. We chatted with experts and parents about why keeping girls in sports is so important and what you can do to encourage them to stay in the game.
THE BENEFITS OF SPORTS
The benefits of staying active are manifold. We all know how important regular exercise is for our health, but for teenage girls and young women, being involved in a sport or other type of physical activity has many mental, emotional and social benefits, as well.
"The main non-physical benefit of sports is that they offer so many connections," says Natascha Wesch, a London, Ont.-based sports psychologist and assistant professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. "Girls tend to enjoy being part of a community or tribe. Being involved in a sport or other type of physical activity provides opportunities to create friendships and make social connections that are live—not like social media where you are just connecting with your phone. Participation in sports forces you to have faceto- face, human-to-human interactions where you can actually feel the person next to you.
"Being physically active also helps develop confidence," says Wesch. "The health benefits have psychological impacts. Physical activity helps you to feel stronger and proud of what you can achieve with your body—proud of yourself."
WHEN SHE WANTS TO QUIT
Still, even with all these positives come challenges, most notably when girls hit puberty. "Suddenly, their bodies are going through a multitude of changes, including getting their period for the first time, which can leave them feeling very exposed—especially when they're wearing a gymnastics leotard," says Wesch.
This is why having female role models and support is so imperative.
"There is a lot of value in female coaches," says Wesch. "As a coach, you need to be able to understand what girls are going through, physically and emotionally. Giving young girls exposure to role models is hugely beneficial."
Stress is another factor that can make a girl want to quit sports, especially if they are playing at a high level. This is why ensuring your daughter has a good support system is paramount.
"Girls tend to be more connected with their emotions and more sensitive about what is said to them. We shouldn't look at emotion as a weakness in sport. We can harness our emotions to make them work for us," says Wesch.
Marlene Bruckner's 16-year-old daughter, Tereza Vithoultias, has been diving with Club Camo Plongeon in Montreal, Quebec, for five years and just made the Canadian Junior National Diving Team. Bruckner has another daughter, Katherine, who swims competitively and a son, Nicholas, who runs track.
"My daughter is a "ball of nerves" before diving," says Bruckner. "I always tell her 'One dive at a time.' Parents need to encourage their kids and not put pressure on them. Let them know that no matter what happens, you'll always be there for them."
SPORTS CAN SHAPE HER FUTURE
Twenty-five-year-old Taryn Wicijowski, a retired pro basketball player originally from Saskatchewan and now living in Edmonton, Alberta, says that sports have shaped everything about her life.
"Through sports, I learned to work as a part of a team, how to talk with other people whose communication styles are different than mine, how to be a leader, and how to bring my best effort to everything I am involved in. Sports have given me an opportunity to travel the world and have paid for my education," says Wicijowski, who is currently an assistant coach for the University of Alberta Pandas basketball team and is also pursuing a medical degree.
But while Wicijowski has reaped many of the benefits associated with being an elite athlete, including playing for Team Canada, the road to her success wasn't always easy. She had to overcome a number of serious basketball-related injuries that relegated her to the sidelines for two of the four years that she was eligible to play in the NCAA.
"Learning to stay focused and positive about basketball, when the sport had been taken away from me was a major obstacle that has made me a stronger, more confident and driven woman," she says.
SPORTS TEACHES DISCIPLINE
Among the benefits Bruckner has seen in her daughters from their involvement in sport through the provincially funded Sport Etude (Sport-Study) program is the self-discipline the girls have had to develop in order to stay on top of their academic game, while spending part of each day training. In order for student athletes to stay in the program, they must maintain a minimum 75 per cent average. In fact, numerous studies have shown that involvement in sports is linked to better academic performance, particularly in female athletes.
But for some teens, it can be hard to remain focused, especially when their non-athlete friends are hanging out at the mall and going to parties, while they have to stay on a strict regimen. "As a parent, you have to remind them of the pay-off. When they are 25 years old, they could have a scholarship or be in the Olympics," says Bruckner.
KEEPING THE DIALOGUE ON POINT
Taryn Wicijowski's mother, Laurice, remembers when Taryn was in Grade 10 and playing both basketball and hockey at high levels. "It was an extremely busy year for her. She came to us in the spring and told us that she wanted to quit hockey so she could dedicate her time to improving her basketball skills. She was worried that she would be disappointing her dad who loves hockey. We discussed it together and told her that it was her decision and that we would support whatever decision she made."
"We all need to ask, 'What is the language around sports in our home?'" adds Wesch. "Making physical activity a priority and keeping in mind that everyone is different—and celebrating those differences—will go a long way toward keeping our kids active throughout their lives."
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Robert Yates has written 5 work(s)
The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers: Debates That Made America
Product Description: These papers mark a moment in history when debates raged, passions ran wild, and the United States constitution was eventually ratified by the entire union. The Federalist Papers include all 85 articles that advocated to have the United States constitution ratified...read more
By Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, John Jay, James Madison and Robert Yates
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9781453634196 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 15, 2010, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: These papers mark a moment in history when debates raged, passions ran wild, and the United States constitution was eventually ratified by the entire union.
Product Description: The arguments against ratification appeared in various forms, by various authors, most of whom used a pseudonym. Collectively, these writings have become known as the Anti-Federalist Papers. They contain warnings of dangers from tyranny that weaknesses in the proposed Constitution did not adequately provide against, and while some of those weaknesses were corrected by adoption of the Bill of Rights, others remained...read more
By Robert Yates
9781453631348, titled "The Anti Federalist Papers" | Createspace Independent Pub, June 14, 2010, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: The arguments against ratification appeared in various forms, by various authors, most of whom used a pseudonym.
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Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America
Product Description: This bicentennial library edition is an historic collection of reprints presented to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Birth of AMerica 1776-1976
By John Lansing, Luther Martin and Robert Yates
9781575887449 | William s Hein & Co, October 1, 2003, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: This bicentennial library edition is an historic collection of reprints presented to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Birth of AMerica 1776-1976
Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention, 1787
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9781410203632 | Univ Pr of the Pacific, December 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: One of the most important collections of documents pertaining to the formation of the Constitution of the United States.


The changes come as part of the sweeping healthcare reform that became law in 2010, which mandated a large variety of changes in healthcare coverage to which all employers must adhere.
Religious groups across the country, including Jesuit-Catholic universities, have spoken out against the move by the federal government, saying it violates their First Amendment right to religious practices. Just as Quakers are not obligated to serve in the military, many have argued that religious nonprofit institutions should not be required to provide contraceptives to their employees. Boston College also spoke out about the policy.
In a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, of which BC is a member, wrote in support of an exemption for religiously affiliated institutions.
"Compliance with these new rules would force us to deny our religious institutional heritage and identity by helping our students to act contrary to Catholic teaching and belief," the letter said.
The Affordable Care Act, as the reform is called, will allow employees to access contraceptives and other preventive services without co-pay or other cost to the patient.
Advocates for the bill say that contraception and preventive services are imperative for the overall health of a person, and that by including religiously-affiliated institutions in the clause, the Obama administration rightfully gives employees across America access to such services. Many also argue that although the clause mandates that institutions provide coverage for contraception in their insurance plans, it always remains the patient's decision whether or not to use such products.
Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME), supported the decision of Obama's administration.
Surveys conducted by the Guttmacher Institute and the National Survey of Family Growth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that 99 percent of sexually active women in the United States, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraceptive devices.
Religious institutions will continue to examine the law and lobby for an exemption on the basis of religious practice.


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There are several drug rehabilitation centers possibilities to people living in the Ashburn region. You will need to recognize each one of the varieties of treatment options available in Ashburn, AB., to be able to find the suitable treatment option for yourself or someone you care about. Selecting the proper drug rehabilitation program in Ashburn is an essential element in the process of treating of substance abuse, addiction and alcoholism. The following data will help you to recognize your various treatment options allowing an individual to have the maximum potential for an effective end result.
Let's check out the many alcohol and drug rehab centers in Ashburn, Virginia choices that correlate with the circumstances of the individual seeking rehabilitation.
Inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Ashburn, AB. is a treatment possibility ideal in case you need medical intervention during treatment or individuals with substantial drug abuse histories. People can develop physical and mental dependence to drugs even after a short period of time, so inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Ashburn is considered the best rehabilitation choice in virtually all cases. On account of dependence and addiction, women and men will frequently be unable to make a full recovery with the minimal services made available from outpatient rehab programs in Ashburn, Virginia where drugs continue to be easily available when they leave the outpatient program. Likewise, people in rehab who take part in outpatient rehab instead of inpatient drug and alcohol treatment in Ashburn continue to be prone to negative influences and situations which may get in the way of their process of recovery. If an individual lives with an abusive companion or maintains relationships that entail drug use, any rehab endeavours in outpatient rehabilitation will be in vain. This is why in-patient drug treatment in Ashburn, AB. will most certainly generate more tangible outcomes that may prove lasting as opposed to an outpatient drug rehabilitation program where advantages could be very limited and short-lived.
In Ashburn there's both short-term and long-term inpatient alcohol and drug rehab. Short-term is often a 30-day center, while long-term inpatient drug treatment in Ashburn, Virginia is much more intensive and treatment lasts 3 to 6 months generally speaking. It is deemed an excellent environment for clients as it is a completely drug free setting where they are able to recover both physically and mentally without interruptions. Preferably, women and men will continue inside a long-term in-patient alcohol and drug rehab center in Ashburn for the optimum time period permitted, to be able to deal with anything which may cut across their abstinence after they depart rehab. Because of the fact that detoxing and becoming physically stabilized can take 2-3 weeks by itself, the 3 to 6 months in long-term in-patient drug treatment in Ashburn will be time spent well and a lot more efficient than short-term centers.
The main aspect of all if you or someone you love is struggling with a substance abuse or addiction issue is to do something about it, call someone and seek the advice of skilled addiction professionals and get an evaluation and treatment options to ensure the greatest potential for a full recovery.
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A Roman Catholic Charismatic group in Sinda district has been ex-communicated from the church.
By News | January 7, 2014 - 11:22 | January 7, 2014 Community News
A Roman Catholic Charismatic group calling itself Catholic One from Vulamkoko area of Chassa Parish in Sinda district has been ex-communicated from the church.
St. Anne's Parish Communications Officer, Father Jacob Zulu confirmed this to Breeze News.
Father Zulu explained that the group, which has been in existence for fifteen years, has been banned from the church, following several attempts by senior church officials to ask the group to co-operate with the church.
He says that in a letter issued by Chipata Diocese Bishop, George Lungu, the group has been banned from attending any catholic meetings and using catholic symbols.
Father Zulu also warned members of the Catholic Church who will be found with the ex-communicated group that they will also be ex-communicated from the church.
He has advised the ex-communicated group to register itself with the registrar of societies if they want to be independent.


The Ethics and Public Policy (EPP) Committee presents a White Paper on GINA that includes a discussion concerning the discordance between provisions in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regarding Employee Sponsored Wellness Programs. This information is relevant for healthcare professionals practicing in the US.
Thank you to the contributors Mary Beth Steck and Susan B. Dickey. Also, thank you to Marie Twal for facilitating and to the Board of Directors for their review and suggestions.


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For many people working indoors, mobile connectivity within the workplace is essential for everyday tasks.
Smartphones and tablets have become a key tool for employee productivity and communication, allowing workers to make phone calls, check emails, send messages and video chat. The problem is, for many people working indoors – such as in office buildings, hospitals, retail establishments and hotels – mobile connectivity within the workplace is essential for everyday tasks such as client communication, internal applications and more. As such, when poor connectivity becomes a common occurrence in the workplace, it can significantly affect employee stress levels, productivity and, ultimately, a company's reputation.
According to a mobile coverage workplace survey conducted by Zinwave of around 1,000 office workers in the UK, 69 per cent of employees complained that they either 'frequently' or 'sometimes' had problems with poor mobile coverage in the workplace. What's more, 24 per cent of workers indicated that their stress levels increased, while 14 per cent said their productivity decreased. Nearly a quarter - 24 per cent - were forced to make calls from outside the building. In addition, 15 per cent of office workers said poor mobile connectivity within the workplace made the company look bad. While the problem of unreliable mobile coverage in the workplace is widespread, not every employee is inclined to notice spotty coverage.
The survey revealed that millennial office workers, such as those between the ages of 18 and 34, were 45 per cent more likely to complain of 'frequent' problems with mobile coverage in the workplace, than their counterparts aged between 24-54 and 55 plus. There are a couple of factors that likely contribute to that number, including the fact that many younger workers haven't lived through a time when mobile coverage – even outdoors – wasn't anywhere near 100 per cent reliable. Also, millennial workers are likely to spend more time online, not least because data access and the capabilities that come with it are woven into their everyday lives. As such, this makes them more reliant on access to mobile data and, therefore, more likely to notice when it's not there.
For millennials, spotty coverage had the biggest impact on their stress levels and productivity. Indeed, nearly 30 per cent of millennial employees said that connectivity issues increased their stress levels and 21 per cent said that their productivity decreased – the two highest figures out of all three generations surveyed. This means that one in three millennial employees said that when they can't make a phone call or get mobile connectivity they notice an increase in their stress levels, and one in five say it makes them less productive. As coming generations enter the workplace, uninterrupted mobile signal is going to be the expectation, especially as we enter the realm of 5G. Failure to provide it could potentially put workers off an employer.
Who is responsible for boosting connectivity – operators or enterprises?
Until just a few years ago, mobile operators made the investment in small cell architecture, such as distributed antenna systems (DAS), that boosted indoor mobile signal for their customers in certain venues, like sports arenas, large office complexes and airports. However, with the proliferation of mobile devices, it's all the mobile operators can do to keep up with the demand on their outdoor networks. Indeed, they don't have the time or the money to invest in indoor signal amplification. That responsibility has now fallen to the building's owner or manager or the enterprise, especially if the business owns its own facility.
Since connectivity and boosted radio signals are only going to become more critical in the future, such as with the rollout of 5G, building owners and managers need to solve the mobile connectivity problem within the workplace. It is not just about being able to make phone calls, but allowing employees to work effectively and efficiently. Indeed, it is about allowing them to find the technologies they need to work productively, and making those technologies available and usable in the workplace. However, there is more to solving the indoor connectivity problem than just employee productivity.
By boosting indoor mobile signals, businesses are positioning themselves well for the technologies that are on the horizon. For example, location services that will allow commercial centres to locate specific shoppers in their buildings and push appropriate advertising content to them, as well as technologies that allow for machine-to-machine communications in manufacturing centres which are at the heart of boosted productivity and the Internet of Things (IoT).
By embracing small cell architecture, such as wideband DAS, companies will be able to efficiently and economically provide ubiquitous, in-building mobile connectivity within the workplace. While small cells are a preferred solution for smaller buildings, given their current limitations, they will struggle to replace DAS in larger enterprises. As such, combining small cells and DAS together can reduce the cost of deployment in the future, especially in terms of equipment, cabling and real estate. As such, companies can cost effectively embrace trends such as BYOD that will become critical in the run up to next generation services, such as 5G.
Ultimately, organisations have found themselves in a position where they need to boost mobile connectivity within the workplace. When considering the right in-building connectivity solution, businesses need to remember that if it is spectrum and technology agnostic, this will not only ensure employees have the connectivity they expect today, but also provide businesses with the infrastructure they need to support the technologies of tomorrow. This will be a necessary component in ensuring ubiquitous coverage.


We have been asked a lot of questions about our home security services over the past 16 years. Since you might have similar questions, we put together a list of some of the most frequently asked ones for your reference.
Q: Do I need a phone line to buy a home security system?
A: No. We wanted to find a way for everyone, regardless of whether they had a home phone line or not, to be able to keep their property and loved ones safe. You can buy a home security system that uses an SafeLink radio system as an option. The radio system uses our network to reliably communicate with our local central station here in Albuquerque. Our technicians are fully prepared to respond to an alarm system trip immediately, regardless of how they will contact you.
Q: How many false alarms will I have, on average?
A: Approximately one to two every year. These false alarms include someone opening a window accidentally when the alarm is set or opening a door before the alarm is turned off. No matter what, we will follow your custom protocol after receiving notification of a tripped alarm to check on you. Ultimately, an accidentally tripped alarm system a couple times a year is a small price to pay for peace of mind and security.
Q: How difficult is the home security surveillance system to operate?
A: Very easy. Our home security and surveillance equipment takes very little training to operate once the system is installed. Our installation technicians will go over the specifics of your alarm system until you have the proper understanding needed to operate it. And you always have access to an operator 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for immediate support. They are trained to answer any question you might have about the operation of your system.
Q: Will you perform surveillance on my home security system locally or from out-of-state?
A: Locally. Go Safe Security LLC has invested in providing the best possible service to you by building our own central monitoring station. We are the only Lubbock-based security company that monitors your alarm system from our offices here in Lubbock. You'll get the quickest response times from Go Safe Security along with being familiar with the area because we are local.
Q: Can you install a hybrid system?
A: Yes. A hybrid system, or one that is both hardwired and wireless, can be installed in your home depending on your needs and available space. Whether your system is hardwired, wireless or hybrid, there is no difference in the quickness of response you will receive from us.
Send us a message and we will get back to you to discuss your security system needs.


94,874. The number of poor rising from one million after Allende to seven million today, while the population has remained stable at twelve million. ibid.
94,875. Environmental degradation is also a severe problem in Chile. ibid.
48,618. They range in age from nineteen to sixty-three. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,619. The mine owners believed their mine to be safe. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,620. One man recalls a butterfly inside the shaft moments before the cave-in. Two miners who were driving out of the tunnel would have been crushed had they not stopped to look at it. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,621. Numerous suits are filed against the San Esteban Mining Company. Their assets are seized in order to ensure payments for the rescue effort. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,622. While the world is concentrated on the 33, the other 250 workers of the San Jose and the San Antonio mines, which have been shut down since the accident, have been out of work for almost two months. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,623. On September 27th the first of the Fenix pods arrives at Camp Hope. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,624. Up to one billion viewers worldwide watched the twenty-two finale of Chile's greatest endeavour. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,625. A miracle beyond imagining: to rescue intact thirty-three human beings who were trapped underground longer than anyone in the history of mining. Against all odds Operation San Lorenzo becomes a symbol of unity, endurance, and faith, and changed Chile and the miners for ever. (Miners & Chile & Under Ground & Operations) ibid.
48,627. The copper mine at San Jose was notorious; it paid higher wages to compensate for a bad safety record. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground & Copper) ibid.
48,628. No-one was even sure how many men were down the mine. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,629. The men were expecting to find at least two days' supply of food as required by mining regulations. Management had once again failed to prepare for an emergency. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,630. The temperature in the mine was over forty degrees. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,631. On the third day there was a further collapse. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,632. The daily prayers were followed by a general meeting at which decisions were taken establishing democracy from the beginning. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,633. The miners had established daily routines but still had no idea if anyone was even looking for them. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,634. Their campaign succeeded; soon drills began to appear from all over Chile. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,635. So on day seventeen the rescuers' camera found not rubble but the first images of the missing men. They would have to wait another fifty-two days before they could be brought to the surface. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
48,636. Privately, they are still haunted by what they lived through. (Mines & Chile & Under Ground) ibid.
66,859. Early in 1970 Pepsi and IT&T were concerned about political developments in Chile ... [Salvador] Allende promised to nationalise Chile's copper industry, a direct threat to IT&T and of concern to other American corporations. (Chile & Kissinger & Empire US) ibid.
66,860. After Schneider's death Allende was elected, but the efforts of Kissinger and Nixon to overthrow Allende would ultimately succeed. In 1973 military forces launched a coup in Santiago, killing Allende. Augusto Pinochet would assume power and begin a reign of terror that would last seventeen years. The date was September 11th. (Chile & Kissinger & Empire US & Coup) ibid.


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Q: C# Синхронизированный доступ к списку Имеется задача:
Родительская нить программы должна считывать вводимые пользователем строки и помещать их в начало связанного списка. Строки длиннее 80 символов можно разрезать на несколько строк. При вводе пустой строки программа должна выдавать текущее состояние списка. Дочерняя нить пробуждается каждые пять секунд и сортирует список в лексикографическом порядке (используйте пузырьковую сортировку). Все операции над списком должны синхронизоваться при помощи мутекса.
как я могу решить данную задачу? Подскажите с чего начать.

A: Например, можно как-то так:
IEnumerable<string> InputLines()
{
    while (true) yield return Console.ReadLine();
}

List<string> lines = new List<string>();

foreach (var l in InputLines())
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// в новом потоке
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{
    await Task.Delay(5000);
    lock (mutex) lines.Sort();
}

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This package uses C++ algorithms called 'engines'. More details are shown in vignette.
For all functions, the main input data must be a numeric matrix object. Depending on each funtion, user must indicate some extra arguments for the filter.
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It's time! We are finally launching the first public version of Slidebean tomorrow. Slidebean is a new presentation tool that we've been developing that we consider to be the next evolution in presentation-making, by offering an extremely simple and straightforward approach to making slides.
Slidebean was selected to be a part of Startup Chile (Round 8), and there's so much more behind this launch that meets the eye, so I wanted to share a little bit of the story behind this product.
We discovered the need for a tool like Slidebean (called Prezqb in early conception stages) when we were working on Pota-Toss as part of the DreamIt Ventures program in New York, for two particular reasons:
Making Power Points (or Keynotes) was taking too much of my time.
Our slides seemed to catch everyone's attention.
So we had the first thing, a problem to solve.
It was only months later, after we decided not to move on with Pota-Toss that the idea for Slidebean started taking shape again. It seemed everyone we knew had dealt with the issue of Power Point taking too long, and the fact that most presentations we get to see throughout the day were hideous or worse. But that was still too small of a sample.
We've been asked a lot why did we decide to take on this project specifically, and the best answer we have is that everyone in the team could relate to the problem, and we believed that there was a promising market for the now-called Slidebean.
1- Validation, validation, validation
The initial money for our previous project came from Kickstarter funds. We were extremely lucky to have been picked up by Techcrunch (see the article here), which was key to funding our campaign, but the biggest lesson we learned was that we didn't need a developed product to be able to sell it.
When we launched Kickstarter not a single line of code had been written, and we decided to go down the same road with Slidebean. I developed a motion graphics/startup video with a narration recorded with my iPhone inside my closet (to get rid of the echo) that showed the vision and basic functionality that Slidebean would have; and we put it on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit (this was somewhere around June 2013).
Original Slidebean startup video.
We also setup a simple yet stylish landing page on Squarespace (check it out here) with a huge Sign Up button that actually pointed to a standard contact form. The response was astonishing!
Over 1,000 people had visited our website the first month, and around 25% had signed up for the tool. There were no 'Coming Soon' signs on the page, it just said "Sign Up" so we knew that most of our 'users' were genuinely signing up to use the tool. It was only after we had captured their data that we told them that the tool was under development (which actually wasn't, yet).
This excellent conversion rate and an apparently convincing video got us a ticket to Startup Chile and convinced us that it was worth making an investment in developing this tool.
I'm particularly proud of this cheap, fast and effective validation that has already worked twice for me. With this approach, we also managed to grow to a user base of almost 1,000 users even before the tool launched, a huge user base that plenty of startups would consider a luxury. This of course costed us $0.
2- Show me the money
¿How to develop a product with no money? Sadly, money is the reason most ideas end up being only ideas. The core Saborstudio team consisted of myself, Vinicio Chanto (Industrial Designer), José Enrique Bolaños (CTO) and Alejandra Paniagua (Web Developer). Our burn rate around that time was somewhere around $7,500/mo including salaries and office expenses.
This meant even a very short development period of 2-3 months would cost us around $20K. Allow me to remind you that we are in Costa Rica, and finding Angel investorswilling to chip -twenty thousand dollars- for an idea are extremely hard to find.
Saborstudio had been doing some client work for some time, so we decided to focus on specific customers that were willing to pay a good price to hire our team, and we worked hard to secure some consulting work for the next few months. This of course meant working on Slidebean part time, but it was better than nothing.
I've always said that developing a great product requires 110% commitment. This was not the case for us, but the whole team was understanding of the situation and we were able to find a 'virtual' 110% commitment that meant doing our consulting work at late nights and focusing our day-office time on Slidebean.
This works, and may work for your startup as well, but it does require a very committed team and client work that doesn't take too much of your time and mental power. We were lucky enough to have both. With that, we are proud to say that got to an amazing milestone without raising a cent.
3- Start with a tiny market
You may someday develop a product that everyone uses, but you can't expect everyone to use it at first. We decided to focus on a market of users that are not designers, and that -might- not require all the features that Power Point or Keynote offers.
Slidebean is designed for people that need to make presentations on a weekly or even daily basis.
This means a LOT of presentations and little time to focus on the details. We don't expect Slidebean to be used for Demo Days or defending your graduate dissertation, we expect it to be used on day-to-day office or college presentations (for now).
It's still a huge market to cover, but it's people with a very specific set of needs and one that we are also particularly familiar with and with easy access to. On the marketing and growth stages we'll probably be even more specific as to who are we approaching, but for the development purposes we expect this tool will fulfill their needs.
As a strong recommendation, do NOT be distracted by what people outside of that market has to say. In our case, for example, other colleague designers have raised their concern as to the flexibility of the tool. It's simple, take the feedback, write it down, nod, then go back to your desk and work on the market you are focusing in.
4- Strip down to basics: a true MVP.
MVP stands for minimum viable product, and it truly needs to be the minimum product that you can launch to validate your assumptions. A great startup quote to keep in mind is:
"If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product,
you've launched too late.
— Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn Founder)
This is probably the hardest part of all, especially as the team gets larger. I'm anything but an authoritarian CEO (actually all of the oposite) and I am lucky to have an amazing team; but this has been the only case where I've had to truly raise the "project manager flag" and forcefully (not really), determine to leave features out of a release.
For people new to the 'Lean Startup' approach, determining truly -necessary- features can be extremely hard. We've been working with the Lean Validation Board by LeanStartupMachine, which has resulted in an excellent tool to keep the team focused on the task at hand. For this beta version we worked with the following Core Assumptions (a Core Assumption is defined as one that if invalidated would break the business).
People is willing to change the tool they currently use.
People is willing to pay for a new tool.
People can handle a Cloud-Based only platform.
People is willing to lose certain control in exchange for an efficient and good-looking alternative.
After careful discussion, we confirmed that this last assumption is the core thing that we need to validate at this point, since it's also the main differentiator of Slidebean versus other, traditional tools.
With this in mind, we can then focus on developing a tool with a set of features that works towards validating THAT specific assumption and nothing else. This meant leaving out -plenty- of stuff we had in mind, and cutting corners to solve interface conflicts in an effective although not-ideal way.
It's also important to avoid getting caught up in discussions as to how to solve a particular feature. In our particular case, all members of the core Slidebean team have a very strong background in design, which sometimes resulted in longer-than-necessary discussions over the look of a button. Avoid this as much as you can, and remember this is probably going to be irrelevant towards the core assumption you are trying to validate.
It's also very helpful (I dare say necessary) to work with an unmovable deadline. Get used to setting deadlines and not missing them. It not only gives the team a great sense of accomplishment, but it puts a pressure on everyone's back that eventually results in people working harder and focusing more on MVP-material. Not having a deadline brings a sense of 'peace' that a startup cannot afford to have; or even worse, it allows you to add features that you don't need yet.
A first MVP should not take over 3 months to develop, and you should look at 1 or 2-week tops developing sprints. It's useless to cook a feature for +1 month unless you are absolutely sure it's going to have a big impact on your product.
"Fuck it ship it" is a good modo to remember from time to time. No matter how careful you are, you are going to encounter bugs, crashes and stuff you didn't account for. The best way to find out is with real users and not with on in-house tests.
Now go, finish your product and launch it!
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Working Time: At home but on call
02 March 2018 #Employment
Working time is defined as any time during which a worker is:
Working; or
At his employer's disposal; or
Carrying out his duties.
There has been a lot of debate and varying case law over what counts as being at an employer's disposal and what the situation is in respect of being on call. Previous case law has confirmed that on call time is working time if the worker has to remain on site even if they are not required to work during that time and are resting. Some periods of travel by a worker have also been classed as working time. In all of these cases the requirement to be at a place chosen by the employer has been an important factor. So what about where the worker is at home?
In the case of Ville de Nivelles v Matzak the Court of Justice for the EU (CJEU) has decided that time spent by a worker who was on standby duty at home was part of the normal working duties and thus was working time.
Mr Matzak was a firefighter in Belgium. When on standby duty he had to remain contactable and be able to report to his station within eight minutes. The result of this is that he had to live near the station and restrict his activities when on standby to ensure he could meet the 8 minute requirement. Mr Matzak was not paid for his time spent on standby.
Mr Matzak bought a claim against his employer seeking payment for his time on call. In deciding this claim the court referred several questions to the CJEU. One of those questions was whether the time spent at home on standby was working time or not. The CJEU held that the requirement to respond to calls within 8 minutes meant that he had to remain physically present at a place determined by his employer (namely his home) and had such restraints on what he could do personally/socially that this time must be considered to be working time.
It would appear from this case that where an individual's freedom to pursue personal activities during on call time is severely impacted then that will likely be working time. However, Mr Matzak's situation should be distinguished from someone's who while on call only needs to be contactable by their employer or able to attend work but within say 2 hours. The difficulty will be where to draw the line in order to determine when someone is severely impacted. The greater the restrictions on an individual on call the more likely the time is to be considered working time.
This case was very much determined by its own particular facts, applying well-established principles from previous cases. However, employers should ensure they have clear objectives as to what time they want to be classed as working time or not and then plan their requirements for the on call individual accordingly. Clear policies and guidance on this will assist.
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