text:
Lubbock shoppers hit ground running to get in on pre-Black Friday sales.
DEAL BY KAREN MICHAEL
Serious shoppers. Silly shoppers. And accidental shoppers.
All three categories could be found Thursday evening as various stores opened in Lubbock to kick off Black Friday a few hours early.
Jordyn Gutierrez joined the line winding outside the doors at Best Buy to get in around 5:30 p.m. She was with friends, and although this was her first-ever effort to shop the pre-Black Friday sales, she was prepared, not with a list of the best places for deals, but an app.
"I have an app. It's called Flip," Gutierrez said, motioning to her phone and saying the app gives her the best deals available for the items on her Christmas list.
She came to Best Buy with two particular items in mind, but she didn't really want her relatives to know they were in the newspaper prior to Christmas.
"We were watching the game. It got kind of boring," Gutierrez said, adding she came out for a more competitive sport. "We came out to fight the lines."
But if shoppers expected an adrenaline rush at the door of Best Buy, they would be sadly disappointed.
Sean Medina, general manager at Best Buy, said he remembers when he was a part-timer at a store in another city.
"It was so disorganized. So I made it a point to make sure that we're organized here. Two main lines, constantly flowing. Products immediately available for customers," he said.
Planning for Thursday night and Black Friday took three weeks, he said. Balloons flew high through the store to mark where lines began and duct tape on the floors also directed traffic on the ground in the midst of the store.
"It's just one seamless effort to get the customers what they came in for, to get the products to them, get them in, get them out. Normally, we want them to stay longer, but today, it's about efficiency. So even big screens like that, we can get them out," Medina said, pausing briefly in bewilderment as a child of perhaps 10 guided a big-screen TV out on a cart. Moments later, two parental units followed him out into the parking lot, and Medina resumed his interview.
"I don't want to call it organized chaos, but we have three security guys, two police officers, we have three managers up front to direct customers, so it's pretty much, everything's under control," Medina said. "It's safety first for my employees and the customers."
Medina said he overstaffed for the holiday rush so that there was no sense of a frantic rush at the doors.
"Everybody knows their roles," he said. "From full time to part time."
Thomas Hinkle, store manager of Kohl's, said organization is key for Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales. Although this is his first year at Kohl's, it's his 30th in retail, and he has always stressed organization and putting customers first.
Hinkle said he is in no particular hurry to get customers out the door if they want to browse, but he does want them moving through lines quickly.
"Once they get in line, we want the process to be smooth, but we don't want to rush them. The lines aren't bad, they're moving smoothly, and that's what it's all about," he said.
Kohl's was scheduled be open through the night Thursday and until midnight Friday.
"Your shopping experience shouldn't change, whether it's 6 o'clock this afternoon, midnight tonight, 2 o'clock in the morning. It shouldn't change, because we're going to be staffed," Hinkle said.
Getting out of house
After a day of cooking and cleaning that probably started way before the day of Thanksgiving, four women outside of Kohl's exited the store in exhilaration shortly after 6 p.m., declaring that their shopping took a mere 17 minutes.
That may not have been accurate.
"We've been out since 4 (p.m.)," Ginger Peters said, noting the quartet had gone into just two stores since then. "I actually found a better deal at (one online store) than I did going into the store. There was a huge line, so we just left."
That was a pattern that repeated itself throughout their experience. But they made a purchase at Kohl's and were laughing as they left.
"We really didn't plan ahead," Lisa Ritter said, noting they had never tried shopping on Thanksgiving before. She said she planned to go home and get on her laptop.
The experience was not disappointing or frustrating at all though. The women, also including Mia Peters and Vera Ritter, were having fun with the experience.
And it was also a bit of a getaway.
"There are small children at the house. They're with their fathers now," Lisa Ritter said.
"They were watching the football game, so we said, 'We're going shopping. You've got the kids,' " Vera Ritter said.
Josh Davis just wanted to play some video games on Thanksgiving night.
Alas, his mouse was broken. Mice at the first store he went to were insufficient for gaming, so he ended up in the winding line outside of Best Buy.
"I don't even know if it's worth it, but I don't have anything else to do, so ..." Davis said, looking around as though he was unsure how he arrived at the entrance to Best Buy.
Would he be looking at any of the Black Friday deals inside?
"Maybe. Maybe if there's ... I don't know what the deals are here," Davis said.


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S&P 500 closes higher to end longest losing streak since October; European markets close lower as nervousness over the global economy dominates sentiment
Stocks rose Thursday as the S&P 500 broke its longest losing streak since October and Wall Street evaluated the odds of a recession ahead.
The S&P added 0.75% to finish at 3,963.51. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 183.56 points, or 0.55%, to settle at 33,781.48, while the Nasdaq Composite rallied 1.13% to end at 11,082.00.
Investor attention remains laser-focused on next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting, where the central bank is widely expected to issue a 50 basis point interest rate hike. It's a smaller increase than the prior four rate hikes, but may do little to alleviate recession fears as the Fed attempt to squash surging prices.
The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard, the regulator announced Thursday.
Microsoft agreed to buy the video game company for $95 per share in January, though the deal has always been viewed with skepticism on Wall Street. Activision's stock has consistently traded well below the offer price, suggesting that many investors expected a challenge from antitrust regulators.
Microsoft was last up less than 1%, while Activision Blizzard fell more than 2%.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended down 0.2%, with most sectors in negative territory. Retail led losses down 1.2%, while mining stocks gained 1.2%.
Euro zone government bond yields hovered just above their lowest levels for months as investors look toward the European Central Bank's policy meeting next week.
Inflation in the bloc is close to its peak, Reuters reported, citing comments made by ECB officials this week, which has heightened expectations of a slowdown in interest rate hikes. The interest rate is likely to be raised by 50 basis points, a slowdown from the unprecedented 75 basis point hike in October.

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text:
using media::MediaDrmBridge;
using media::MediaPlayerAndroid;

// Threshold on the number of media players per renderer before we start
// attempting to release inactive media players.
static const int kMediaPlayerThreshold = 1;

namespace media {

static MediaPlayerManager::FactoryFunction g_factory_function = NULL;

// static
CONTENT_EXPORT void MediaPlayerManager::RegisterFactoryFunction(
    FactoryFunction factory_function) {
  g_factory_function = factory_function;
}

// static
media::MediaPlayerManager* MediaPlayerManager::Create(
    content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) {
  if (g_factory_function)
    return g_factory_function(render_view_host);
  return new content::BrowserMediaPlayerManager(render_view_host);
}

}  // namespace media

namespace content {

BrowserMediaPlayerManager::BrowserMediaPlayerManager(
    RenderViewHost* render_view_host)
    : RenderViewHostObserver(render_view_host),
      fullscreen_player_id_(-1),
      web_contents_(WebContents::FromRenderViewHost(render_view_host)) {
}

BrowserMediaPlayerManager::~BrowserMediaPlayerManager() {}

bool BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnMessageReceived(const IPC::Message& msg) {
  bool handled = true;
  IPC_BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(BrowserMediaPlayerManager, msg)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_EnterFullscreen, OnEnterFullscreen)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_ExitFullscreen, OnExitFullscreen)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_Initialize, OnInitialize)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_Start, OnStart)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_Seek, OnSeek)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_Pause, OnPause)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_SetVolume, OnSetVolume)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_Release, OnReleaseResources)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_DestroyMediaPlayer, OnDestroyPlayer)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_DestroyAllMediaPlayers,
                        DestroyAllMediaPlayers)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_DemuxerReady,
                        OnDemuxerReady)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_ReadFromDemuxerAck,
                        OnReadFromDemuxerAck)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_DurationChanged,
                        OnDurationChanged)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_MediaSeekRequestAck,
                        OnMediaSeekRequestAck)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaKeysHostMsg_InitializeCDM,
                        OnInitializeCDM)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaKeysHostMsg_GenerateKeyRequest,
                        OnGenerateKeyRequest)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaKeysHostMsg_AddKey, OnAddKey)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaKeysHostMsg_CancelKeyRequest,
                        OnCancelKeyRequest)
#if defined(GOOGLE_TV)
    IPC_MESSAGE_HANDLER(MediaPlayerHostMsg_NotifyExternalSurface,
                        OnNotifyExternalSurface)
#endif
    IPC_MESSAGE_UNHANDLED(handled = false)
  IPC_END_MESSAGE_MAP()
  return handled;
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::FullscreenPlayerPlay() {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetFullscreenPlayer();
  if (player) {
    player->Start();
    Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_DidMediaPlayerPlay(
        routing_id(), fullscreen_player_id_));
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::FullscreenPlayerPause() {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetFullscreenPlayer();
  if (player) {
    player->Pause();
    Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_DidMediaPlayerPause(
        routing_id(), fullscreen_player_id_));
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::FullscreenPlayerSeek(int msec) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetFullscreenPlayer();
  if (player)
    player->SeekTo(base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(msec));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::ExitFullscreen(bool release_media_player) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_DidExitFullscreen(
      routing_id(), fullscreen_player_id_));
  video_view_.reset();
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetFullscreenPlayer();
  fullscreen_player_id_ = -1;
  if (!player)
    return;
  if (release_media_player)
    player->Release();
  else
    player->SetVideoSurface(gfx::ScopedJavaSurface());
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnTimeUpdate(int player_id,
                                             base::TimeDelta current_time) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaTimeUpdate(
      routing_id(), player_id, current_time));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::SetVideoSurface(
    gfx::ScopedJavaSurface surface) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetFullscreenPlayer();
  if (player) {
    player->SetVideoSurface(surface.Pass());
    Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_DidEnterFullscreen(
        routing_id(), player->player_id()));
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnMediaMetadataChanged(
    int player_id, base::TimeDelta duration, int width, int height,
    bool success) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaMetadataChanged(
      routing_id(), player_id, duration, width, height, success));
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1)
    video_view_->UpdateMediaMetadata();
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnPlaybackComplete(int player_id) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaPlaybackCompleted(routing_id(), player_id));
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1)
    video_view_->OnPlaybackComplete();
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnMediaInterrupted(int player_id) {
  // Tell WebKit that the audio should be paused, then release all resources
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_DidMediaPlayerPause(routing_id(), player_id));
  OnReleaseResources(player_id);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnBufferingUpdate(
    int player_id, int percentage) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaBufferingUpdate(
      routing_id(), player_id, percentage));
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1)
    video_view_->OnBufferingUpdate(percentage);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnSeekComplete(int player_id,
                                               base::TimeDelta current_time) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaSeekCompleted(
      routing_id(), player_id, current_time));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnError(int player_id, int error) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaError(routing_id(), player_id, error));
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1)
    video_view_->OnMediaPlayerError(error);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnVideoSizeChanged(
    int player_id, int width, int height) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaVideoSizeChanged(routing_id(), player_id,
      width, height));
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1)
    video_view_->OnVideoSizeChanged(width, height);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnReadFromDemuxer(
    int player_id, media::DemuxerStream::Type type) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_ReadFromDemuxer(routing_id(), player_id, type));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::RequestMediaResources(int player_id) {
  int num_active_player = 0;
  ScopedVector<MediaPlayerAndroid>::iterator it;
  for (it = players_.begin(); it != players_.end(); ++it) {
    if (!(*it)->IsPlayerReady())
      continue;

    // The player is already active, ignore it.
    if ((*it)->player_id() == player_id)
      return;
    else
      num_active_player++;
  }

  // Number of active players are less than the threshold, do nothing.
  if (num_active_player < kMediaPlayerThreshold)
    return;

  for (it = players_.begin(); it != players_.end(); ++it) {
    if ((*it)->IsPlayerReady() && !(*it)->IsPlaying() &&
        fullscreen_player_id_ != (*it)->player_id()) {
      (*it)->Release();
      Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaPlayerReleased(
          routing_id(), (*it)->player_id()));
    }
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::ReleaseMediaResources(int player_id) {
  // Nothing needs to be done.
}

media::MediaResourceGetter*
BrowserMediaPlayerManager::GetMediaResourceGetter() {
  if (!media_resource_getter_.get()) {
    RenderProcessHost* host = render_view_host()->GetProcess();
    BrowserContext* context = host->GetBrowserContext();
    StoragePartition* partition = host->GetStoragePartition();
    fileapi::FileSystemContext* file_system_context =
        partition ? partition->GetFileSystemContext() : NULL;
    media_resource_getter_.reset(new MediaResourceGetterImpl(
        context, file_system_context, host->GetID(), routing_id()));
  }
  return media_resource_getter_.get();
}

MediaPlayerAndroid* BrowserMediaPlayerManager::GetFullscreenPlayer() {
  return GetPlayer(fullscreen_player_id_);
}

MediaPlayerAndroid* BrowserMediaPlayerManager::GetPlayer(int player_id) {
  for (ScopedVector<MediaPlayerAndroid>::iterator it = players_.begin();
      it != players_.end(); ++it) {
    if ((*it)->player_id() == player_id)
      return *it;
  }
  return NULL;
}

MediaDrmBridge* BrowserMediaPlayerManager::GetDrmBridge(int media_keys_id) {
  for (ScopedVector<MediaDrmBridge>::iterator it = drm_bridges_.begin();
      it != drm_bridges_.end(); ++it) {
    if ((*it)->media_keys_id() == media_keys_id)
      return *it;
  }
  return NULL;
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::DestroyAllMediaPlayers() {
  players_.clear();
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1) {
    video_view_.reset();
    fullscreen_player_id_ = -1;
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnMediaSeekRequest(
    int player_id, base::TimeDelta time_to_seek, unsigned seek_request_id) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaSeekRequest(
      routing_id(), player_id, time_to_seek, seek_request_id));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnMediaConfigRequest(int player_id) {
  Send(new MediaPlayerMsg_MediaConfigRequest(routing_id(), player_id));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnProtectedSurfaceRequested(int player_id) {
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ == player_id)
    return;
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ != -1) {
    // TODO(qinmin): Determine the correct error code we should report to WMPA.
    OnError(player_id, MediaPlayerAndroid::MEDIA_ERROR_DECODE);
    return;
  }
  OnEnterFullscreen(player_id);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnKeyAdded(int media_keys_id,
                                           const std::string& session_id) {
  Send(new MediaKeysMsg_KeyAdded(routing_id(), media_keys_id, session_id));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnKeyError(
    int media_keys_id,
    const std::string& session_id,
    media::MediaKeys::KeyError error_code,
    int system_code) {
  Send(new MediaKeysMsg_KeyError(routing_id(), media_keys_id,
                                 session_id, error_code, system_code));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnKeyMessage(
    int media_keys_id,
    const std::string& session_id,
    const std::vector<uint8>& message,
    const std::string& destination_url) {
  Send(new MediaKeysMsg_KeyMessage(routing_id(), media_keys_id,
                                   session_id, message, destination_url));
}

#if defined(GOOGLE_TV)
void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::AttachExternalVideoSurface(int player_id,
                                                           jobject surface) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player) {
    player->SetVideoSurface(
        gfx::ScopedJavaSurface::AcquireExternalSurface(surface));
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::DetachExternalVideoSurface(int player_id) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->SetVideoSurface(gfx::ScopedJavaSurface());
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnNotifyExternalSurface(
    int player_id, bool is_request, const gfx::RectF& rect) {
  if (!web_contents_)
    return;

  WebContentsViewAndroid* view =
      static_cast<WebContentsViewAndroid*>(web_contents_->GetView());
  if (view)
    view->NotifyExternalSurface(player_id, is_request, rect);
}
#endif

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnEnterFullscreen(int player_id) {
  DCHECK_EQ(fullscreen_player_id_, -1);

  if (video_view_.get()) {
    fullscreen_player_id_ = player_id;
    video_view_->OpenVideo();
  } else if (!ContentVideoView::HasContentVideoView()) {
    // In Android WebView, two ContentViewCores could both try to enter
    // fullscreen video, we just ignore the second one.
    fullscreen_player_id_ = player_id;
    WebContents* web_contents =
        WebContents::FromRenderViewHost(render_view_host());
    ContentViewCoreImpl* content_view_core_impl =
        ContentViewCoreImpl::FromWebContents(web_contents);
    video_view_.reset(new ContentVideoView(content_view_core_impl->GetContext(),
        content_view_core_impl->GetContentVideoViewClient(), this));
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnExitFullscreen(int player_id) {
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ == player_id) {
    MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
    if (player)
      player->SetVideoSurface(gfx::ScopedJavaSurface());
    video_view_->OnExitFullscreen();
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnInitialize(
    int player_id,
    const GURL& url,
    media::MediaPlayerAndroid::SourceType source_type,
    const GURL& first_party_for_cookies) {
  RemovePlayer(player_id);

  RenderProcessHost* host = render_view_host()->GetProcess();
  AddPlayer(media::MediaPlayerAndroid::Create(
      player_id, url, source_type, first_party_for_cookies,
      host->GetBrowserContext()->IsOffTheRecord(), this));
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnStart(int player_id) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->Start();
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnSeek(int player_id, base::TimeDelta time) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->SeekTo(time);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnPause(int player_id) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->Pause();
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnSetVolume(int player_id, double volume) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->SetVolume(volume);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnReleaseResources(int player_id) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  // Don't release the fullscreen player when tab visibility changes,
  // it will be released when user hit the back/home button or when
  // OnDestroyPlayer is called.
  if (player && player_id != fullscreen_player_id_)
    player->Release();

#if defined(GOOGLE_TV)
  WebContentsViewAndroid* view =
      static_cast<WebContentsViewAndroid*>(web_contents_->GetView());
  if (view)
    view->NotifyExternalSurface(player_id, false, gfx::RectF());
#endif
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnDestroyPlayer(int player_id) {
  RemovePlayer(player_id);
  if (fullscreen_player_id_ == player_id)
    fullscreen_player_id_ = -1;
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnDemuxerReady(
    int player_id,
    const media::MediaPlayerHostMsg_DemuxerReady_Params& params) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->DemuxerReady(params);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnReadFromDemuxerAck(
    int player_id,
    const media::MediaPlayerHostMsg_ReadFromDemuxerAck_Params& params) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->ReadFromDemuxerAck(params);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnMediaSeekRequestAck(
    int player_id, unsigned seek_request_id) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->OnSeekRequestAck(seek_request_id);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnInitializeCDM(
    int media_keys_id,
    const std::vector<uint8>& uuid) {
  AddDrmBridge(media_keys_id, uuid);
  // In EME v0.1b MediaKeys lives in the media element. So the |media_keys_id|
  // is the same as the |player_id|.
  OnSetMediaKeys(media_keys_id, media_keys_id);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnGenerateKeyRequest(
    int media_keys_id,
    const std::string& type,
    const std::vector<uint8>& init_data) {
  MediaDrmBridge* drm_bridge = GetDrmBridge(media_keys_id);
  if (drm_bridge)
    drm_bridge->GenerateKeyRequest(type, &init_data[0], init_data.size());
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnAddKey(int media_keys_id,
                                         const std::vector<uint8>& key,
                                         const std::vector<uint8>& init_data,
                                         const std::string& session_id) {
  MediaDrmBridge* drm_bridge = GetDrmBridge(media_keys_id);
  if (drm_bridge) {
    drm_bridge->AddKey(&key[0], key.size(), &init_data[0], init_data.size(),
                       session_id);
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnCancelKeyRequest(
    int media_keys_id,
    const std::string& session_id) {
  MediaDrmBridge* drm_bridge = GetDrmBridge(media_keys_id);
  if (drm_bridge)
    drm_bridge->CancelKeyRequest(session_id);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnDurationChanged(
    int player_id, const base::TimeDelta& duration) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  if (player)
    player->DurationChanged(duration);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::AddPlayer(MediaPlayerAndroid* player) {
  DCHECK(!GetPlayer(player->player_id()));
  players_.push_back(player);
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::RemovePlayer(int player_id) {
  for (ScopedVector<MediaPlayerAndroid>::iterator it = players_.begin();
      it != players_.end(); ++it) {
    if ((*it)->player_id() == player_id) {
      players_.erase(it);
      break;
    }
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::AddDrmBridge(int media_keys_id,
                                             const std::vector<uint8>& uuid) {
  DCHECK(!GetDrmBridge(media_keys_id));
  scoped_ptr<MediaDrmBridge> drm_bridge(
      MediaDrmBridge::Create(media_keys_id, uuid, this));
  DCHECK(drm_bridge) << "failed to create drm bridge. ";
  drm_bridges_.push_back(drm_bridge.release());
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::RemoveDrmBridge(int media_keys_id) {
  for (ScopedVector<MediaDrmBridge>::iterator it = drm_bridges_.begin();
      it != drm_bridges_.end(); ++it) {
    if ((*it)->media_keys_id() == media_keys_id) {
      drm_bridges_.erase(it);
      break;
    }
  }
}

void BrowserMediaPlayerManager::OnSetMediaKeys(int player_id,
                                               int media_keys_id) {
  MediaPlayerAndroid* player = GetPlayer(player_id);
  MediaDrmBridge* drm_bridge = GetDrmBridge(media_keys_id);
  if (!player || !drm_bridge) {
    NOTREACHED() << "OnSetMediaKeys(): Player and MediaKeys must be present.";
    return;
  }
  // TODO(qinmin): add the logic to decide whether we should create the
  // fullscreen surface for EME lv1.
  player->SetDrmBridge(drm_bridge);
}

}  // namespace content

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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It's Burns Nicht here in Edinburgh. It's a celebration for the poet Robert Burns. There are held Burns suppers all around Scotland today. And they will eat good food and have an amazing time. I have learnt about this in one of my classes. It is celebrated on 25th January because its Robert Burns birthday and it's been celebrated for over 200 years if I have understood correctly.
I had the chance to go to a Burns Supper Ball this week, but because I was not feeling good, I decided to stay home instead. I know that their are video clips on how a Burns supper is celebrated on youtube if you are interested to know more.
I know that Burns poem "Adress to a Haggis" is read at these gatherings. You can read it down below.
In the source, you can even read the English translation.


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It's Time to Fix Baseball's "Pace-of-Game" Problem
I love the game of baseball! Yet, at times, it can be like watching paint dry.
Why? There are several reasons to contemplate.
The big dogs who oversee Major League Baseball are trying to figure out how to pick up the speed of these 3 hour-ish long games we are having to sit through.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred promised that they're working on the issue, "I'm not prepared to accept the fact that we're always going to play three-hour games. I think we need to continue to think about creative ways to make sure that the game moves along as quickly as possible."
Jayson Stark of ESPN wrote an article on this subject, which I thought it was pretty good, so I'm sharing it with you. It doesn't take more than a few pitches to read…
Major League Baseball doesn't have to pay me for this input/consideration: expand the strike zone!
Here's the Cliff Notes on the Stark piece: too many pitches are being thrown, which means fewer balls are being put in play, which leads to longer games and more dead time.
Ultimately, these longer games are keeping fans away, too.
I coached hundreds of competitive youth baseball games, ages 9-14. The best umpires made it clear at the beginning of games they wanted the players to swing the bat. In other words, the umps said, "I'm giving the pitcher a big strike zone so get in the box and be ready to swing!"
Bigger strike zones equaled a much more compelling game…for the players and the fans.
So….batter up, swing the bat and play ball!
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Wheres the problem? Do your research spot it, lay your money down, cash out!
Hockey i try to stay away from teams that play back to back nights.
I started the morning doing my research, on a slim day to bet. But i was going to figure out something. It came down to Texas tech - 5. Ok over 139. Pro Bk -+10. GS -7. Guess which one i took. Worsted collage bb game ive watched in along time. I had this game project to go ten pts over. The more i think i know ! The less i really do.
If you dont kown the pace of game stat or also called the possession pre game stat dont bet it. The slower or faster a game is played affects the o/u. The avg possession a game is 70. Top is about 85. Bottom is about 60. In my experiences fast pace team shoot alot of 3s. Slower play in the paint. Theres money to be made if you know what to look for. Its seem to me low tier teams play fast. That's where you see the big overs. Upper tier teams have more reasonable lines.
Ive watched this team for ever. There bored until comes to playoff time. There finally rested after two cups. Look at Washington now 6 game losing steak. They dont have much cap room for the trade deadline. But can move piece if they want to free up cap space. An this is free! If the pens dont win the cup. It will be the SHARKS! Thank me later. Take that future's money!
Congratulations to caligula44 on a great run. I was rooting for overtime for the over. But i would be interested to know why you picked that game. I looked at the numbers an didnt see it. Especially with washington playing back to back. Anyway great run. I can only hope to get that far!!!
The reds at 77 seems low to me.


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Taphari announces debut album 'Blind Obedience'
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Taphari - 'Table 42'
Brooklyn's own Taphari has announced the release of his upcoming debut LP Blind Obedience by sharing the album's latest single, 'Table 42'.
As a slow jam, 'Table 42' works wonders. As a mission statement for survival and self-determination, it's even better. "At the end of the world who are you going to call?" Taphari explains about the song's message. "Bigger things are happening in the world and I felt myself wasting my youth dwelling on nouns that no longer existed in the present. 'Table 42' was inspired by the energy that comes at the end of relationships. It's very reflective and introspective. The video is the dramatization of the reflection into evolution process."
Queer representation is sorely lacking in most rap music today. The pearl-clutching reaction to something like Lil Nas X's 'Montero' music video shows how divergent mainstream hip hop and proper LGBT+ art are from one another. That's not to say that they are completely separate, or could never gel in a cohesive fashion. It's just that there is still a fair amount of gay-bashing and toxic masculinity that needs to be looked at with a more critical eye.
Taphari certainly isn't too caught up in making you comfortable or not: if you don't want to see him glittery in a bathtub lasciviously drinking champagne, well, he's happy to show you the door. There's nothing explicit, or even terribly risqué, about the video for 'Table 42'. It just doesn't hide anything about his style. It's pure Taphari, and all the strangeness and singularity that comes with him.
Check out the video for 'Table 42' down below. Blind Obedience is set for a July 23 release.
Blind Obedience Tracklisting
1. River to Ocean
2. Cost You
3. Stay in Your Lane
4. Minding My Business
5. Table 42 (ft. Pink Siifu)
6. Kathy Bates
7. Star Signs
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On Thursday, Jan 31, 2019, the Salisbury High School Music Boosters will be hosting a chili supper starting at 5:00 pm in the HS Lobby.
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The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced the 2017 Academic All State Team. The Salisbury Lady Panthers finished with a team GPA of 3.78 for the first semester placing them 7th in Class 1. The following members were named to the Academic All State Team:Congratulations to the Lady Panther Softball Team!!!


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"12 Questions To Boost Your Innovation In 2012." Amy Alexander of Investors Business Daily put together a list of questions professionals should be asking themselves to determine how they can be more innovative in the new year. She turned to Don Mroz, our Provost and Dean of the School of Business, for some of his thoughts. Take a look. Anything you'd add?
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"Technology's growing impact on teaching and learning." Post University Academic Program Manager Jennifer Bouchard has written before on our blog about the increasing importance of developing students' technical and social media skills. The editors of Seen magazine invited her to contribute an article detailing how we can accomplish this by arming educators with these same skills through graduate education programs. Take a look at her recommendations for choosing a graduate education program that helps educators develop tech savvy.
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"Campus-Wide CRM Integration." As you might have read about on our blog, we've been using Oracle CRM On Demand to manage our student enrollment and admissions processes. Mike Statmore, our CIO who spearheaded the rollout, contributed a piece to College Planning and Management that gives a roadmap for integrating such technology systems campus-wide. Click over and turn to page 40 to read our recommendations.
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Mimus
By Lilli Thal
Translated by John Brownjohn
Read by Maxwell Caulfield
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War has cast its cold shadow over the kingdom of Moltovia, but finally, peace appears to be at hand. Prince Florin races to join his father at the joyous banquet in the court of their former enemy, but is greeted by betrayal. Spared the dungeon that is the fate of his father and his loyal followers, he is enslaved as a lowly apprentice to the spiteful and wily court jester, Mimus. Banished to a damp tower and forced to play the fool alongside Mimus, Florin despairs. How can he, a mere boy, save his father, his kingdom, and his own life? Bristling with wit, Mimus is a gripping and suspenseful saga of medieval deception and cunning.
Author Bio: Lilli Thal
Lilli Thal was educated in medieval history, information technology, and multimedia before beginning her freelance writing career in 2002. That same year she won the Martin award for the best children's mystery story. She lives and works from her home in Germany.
Publisher: Listening Library


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Het lemmet moet voldoende scherp gehouden worden. Het moet eenzijdig worden geslepen. Daarvoor wordt er meestal een wetsteen gebruikt.

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Articles from this issue:
EDITORIAL: Will money solve the problems of indigenous Australians?
COVER STORY: UK green light for creation of human-animal hybrids
CANBERRA OBSERVED: Rudd Labor Government wobbles for the first time
OVERSEAS TRADE: US farm bill buries talk of free trade in agriculture
TRADE PRACTICES ACT: Will Liberals back Labor or small business?
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Has financial deregulation finally been discredited?
VICTORIA: Vic. court hands gambling decision back to council
CENSORSHIP: Student union bans pro-life activities
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Post-abortive women: from silence to lawsuits
CULTURE: Our topsy-turvy world: on kangaroo culls and child porn
CHILDHOOD: Are violent video games harmless entertainment?
HUMAN RIGHTS: The Olympics and China's organ-harvesting shame
OPINION: Democracy in disconnect: joining the dots
AS THE WORLD TURNS: Urban environments to human scale / War on the family / How we lost the Cold War
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OVERSEAS TRADE:
US farm bill buries talk of free trade in agriculture
by Patrick J. Byrne
News Weekly, June 7, 2008
Why is it economically sound for the US to bail out financially embarrassed banks, but wrong for the US to help struggling farmers?
The world's central bankers have been applauded for handing out unprecedented subsidies to the financial markets after the sub-prime collapse, but subsidies to US, EU and Japanese farmers are being roundly condemned.
As the sub-prime mortgage market collapse progressed, US Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, and his fellow central bankers around the world slashed interest rates (except in Australia) and pumped somewhere between $US700 billion and $US1 trillion into the financial markets to stave off a systemic collapse of the credit system. This was just the latest crisis requiring bailouts.
Many financial institutions suffered huge losses. Some were bailed out by sovereign wealth funds taking a part share in the companies. Some were taken over by other financial institutions, with the backing of reserve banks. But the bulk of the bailout was undertaken by the central banks.
Unprecedented bailout
Ultimately, the cost of this unprecedented bailout will be carried by the taxpayers and those paying higher bank interest and charges.
The fantastic profits of the international financial markets over the past decade have helped create what US economist Paul Krugman describes as an elite whose wealth far surpasses that of the gilded age of the 1920s.
But when the downturn comes, the losses are repeatedly government-subsidised. As Harpers Magazine was wont to recently comment, on a rising financial market we are all supporters of the free market; but on a falling market we are all Keynesians supporting major market intervention.
Nobody disputes the necessary function of central banks in bailing out capitalism's unstable financial system.
However, compare the benevolent praise given to central banks for bailing out the financial markets with the howls of protest over the recently passed US farm bill, which will hand out $US307 billion to US farmers over the next five years.
The Economist magazine described how "shockingly" some aspects of the farm bill were constructed, how "farmers of all kinds get a slice of the action", and how the bill "lavished cash on wealthy farm households".
No doubt, the bill deserves criticism in its construction. However, as a whole, it pales into insignificance when compared with the hundreds of billions lavished on the financial sector.
The US farm bill will provide subsidies of around $US61 billion annually. EU subsidies are about $US68 billion annually, and Japanese subsidies are worth about $US49 billion per year.
If the financial markets received $US1 trillion in subsidies in about nine months, that would be enough to subsidise US farmers for 16 years.
The determination of the US, EU and Japan to continue their farm subsidies stands in contrast to the repeated promises made to Australian farmers over the past 25 years that free trade in agriculture was just around the corner. Going all the way back to the 1980s, Australian farmers were told that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was being pressured to introduce free trade in agricultural goods.
Instead, the 1994 Uruguay round of trade negotiations confirmed the agricultural trade arrangements in the 1947 GATT, with some amendments. The current World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha round of talks on agricultural trade are years behind schedule, and the passing of the US farm bill indicates that there is no hope of the repeatedly promised "break though" on agricultural free trade.
The European Union has been built around farm subsidies for its member states. It has been the means of uniting Europe after 600 years of ongoing warfare, culminating in two world wars and mass starvation in Europe.
Australians have never faced starvation. Europeans have. It is burnt into their consciousness. Europe's first priority is to feed its population and then export the surplus, regardless.
Japan subsidises its farmers for the very same reason. Theoretical arguments about the benefits of free trade in agriculture are easily outweighed by fears of ever facing starvation again.
Even though US President George W. Bush tried to veto the recent farm bill, arguing that it was excessive, the fact remains that when he proposed the last farm bill in 2003, he declared farm subsidies were necessary because US agriculture is a strategic industry.
The current bill was finally passed by Congress, where both sides of politics combined to have the numbers sufficient to override President Bush's veto of the farm bill.
If The Economist can finish off its attack on the US farm bill saying "The fat cats of agribusiness can rest easy for now", it begs the question: what language should be used to describe the "fat cats of the financial sector" after the recent massive bailout following the sub-prime mortgage collapse?
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based on Ingmar Bergman's Persona, Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2013
Persona is a 1966 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Persona's story revolves around a young nurse named Alma and her patient, a well-known stage actress named Elisabet Vogler, who has suddenly ceased to speak. The relationship between the two women becomes strained and the border between dream and reality becomes blurred. By the end of the film the identities of Alma and Elisabeth appear to merge.
As with Bergman's other works, the film is shot and set in Sweden and deals with the themes of illness, bleakness, death and insanity.
Persona is considered one of the major works of the 20th century by essayists and critics. The film was released on 31 August 1966, while the promotional premiere took place on 18 October 1966 at the Spegeln cinema in Stockholm. The film opened in the U.S. on 6 March 1967.
Can you be two people at the same time?
Dots. A word refered to silence. It can be the conscious hushing up, a sound that we choose to mean something. It can also be the weakness to speak when, dazedly from reality, we can't find the correct words.
Exclamation. Everywhere people in role of the speaker. Words. More words. Pause. Everywhere also the other people in the role of the viewer. The pathetic or active silent. Each time in the role they selected. But variable in their role. Different each time. Acrobats between the reasonable and unsavory speaking, the truth and the fake behind what they choose.
Sometime conscious. Semicolon.
Sometime unconscious. Dots.
Enjoying the route of each selection. True or fake.
Director's note.
Script: Ingmar Bergman
Translation in Greek: Anastasia Tzellou
Director: Eleni Efthymiou
Dramaturg: Anastasia Tzellou
Scenography-Costumes: Zoi Molyvda Fameli
Sound design: Kostas Vomvolos
Assistant Director: Themis Theocharoglou
Scenography assistant: Dido Gogkou
Production: Themis Theocharoglou, Brainco
Photos-Poster: Elisavet Antapassi
Video promo: Dimitris Zahos
Alma: Marilou Vomvolou
Elisabet Vogler: Caterina Sisinni
Doctor: Anna Grivakou
Mr Vogler: Yorgos Makris
Technician on stage: Themis Theocharoglou
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Maryland State Police preparing for armed protesters at State House next week as FBI issues nationwide warning
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Around The Park: SP Junior Olympian headed to Houston
By By SHARON LEE TEGLER and For Capital Gazette
Peter Day, who ran with his father as a child, now runs with his son Ryan, 9, who is competing in the Junior Olympic Games in Houston, Texas, from July 25-Aug. 1. Ryan is wearing the medal he won at the Junior Olympic qualifier in Orlando, Fla. (By Sharon Lee Tegler - For Capital Gazette, Capital Gazette)
Just back from the Amateur Athletic Union National Club Championships for Track and Field and Junior Olympic qualifier in Orlando, Fla., Severna Park 9-year-old Ryan Day proudly displayed the handsome medal he won. As fourth-place finisher in three separate events, he'll be competing in the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Houston, Texas, from July 25 to Aug. 4.
Ryan is one of six children from his age group competing in the games as members of Odenton-based Living Waters Athletic Club track and field team. The nationally-recognized team is coached by former college athletes.
"In order to qualify, we had to finish between first and sixth place in our events," he said. "In the 1,500-meter run, which is about a mile, I finished fourth with a time of 5:22. In the 800, which equals half a mile, I came in fourth at 2:48 and, in the long jump, I placed fourth, jumping 3 meters, 11 centimeters."
The Oak Hill Elementary School fourth-grader is equally proud of the fact that he ran the Annapolis Half-Marathon last year in just over two hours. He said he became interested in running when he was 7 and participated in a summer track and field program and found he was good at it.
No doubt, his talent for the sport is in his genes.
His mother Kim and father Peter are longtime runners who organized a Severna Park team that raised $5,000 for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, competing in the 200-mile Ragnar Relay across Maryland last September. His sisters Ali and Emma are members of the Green Hornets track and field team.
To get ready for the Junior Olympics, Ryan runs three times weekly with his team and attends meets on Saturdays. He enjoys being part of a team and making friends with children from different age groups and areas. He looks up to his talented coaches. However, his most exciting role model is Broadneck High graduate Matt Centrowicz, a member of the United States track and field team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
"Matt took second in the 1,500-meter run during the Olympic track trials - one of the events Ryan trains for - so you can be sure our eyes will be glued to the television when he competes," Kim said.
The Day family is again organizing a team for the Ragnar Relay to raise money for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in memory of Jacob Carter Day, who was born Jan. 26, 2009, with half a heart and who died from an infection following a heart/lung transplant. The relay will run Sept. 21 and 22. For information or to make a donation, call 757-927-6690.
5K for 10K
Since last October, we've followed a Severna Park High School Leadership Institute project designed to raise money for an organization called Stop Hunger Now, which helps make and pack meals for needy families in South American and Caribbean countries. Spearheaded by co-leaders
Peter Lerario
Eric Giles
, the Leadership Institute group planned their 5K for 10K Run/Walk fundraiser at Kinder Farm Park for Nov. 5, 2011, with the goal of raising $2,500 to pack 10,000 meals.
We caught up with Lerario in December and learned that the run attracted many runners and walkers, exceeding its financial goals. Spurred by its success to do more, the group elevated its goals and worked to raise money in other ways throughout the year.
LI advisor
Marty Pehrson
and the co-leaders recently informed us that the group completed the project this spring, spending four hours at the high school on a Saturday morning packaging 16,521 meals.
"Our 5K drew 100 participants, some of whom came out to help us pack the meals," Lerario said. "Twenty-five of us formed an assembly line and worked from 10:30 a.m. till 1:30 p.m. The meals contained rice and a nutrient package, including vegetables and soy that can feed a whole family. It was rewarding to see the project come to such a successful conclusion after working on it for over a year."
Now an SPHS graduate headed for Penn State in the fall, Peter can look back on the achievement with pride.
We mentioned last week that the grand opening of the A.C. Moore store at Severna Park Marketplace would take place Aug. 5 along with a Greater Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony. The ribbon cutting will take place at 9 a.m. Aug. 1, rather than during the grand opening.


A new small pasteurizer targeted to low volume beverage copackers and Microbreweries has recently been released by Barry-Wehmiller. Although made for beer, the MicroSE shown at right is a copackers pasteurizer as it can serve as a dual function, dual process machine in modes of pasteurizer, beverage cooler, or beverage warmer; an ideal for the copacker and small brewery which often run a wide range of beverages and filling modes.
Product enters and leaves the pasteurizer from a single end, requiring no additional conveyor to add the machine to an existing packaging line. This presents a not-to-be-underestimated savings in conveyor cost, which rise significantly when they have to run around a pasteurizer. Additionally, the 'single end' feature allows product to "run by" the pasteurizer - A unique feature for beer with live yeast or other products which don't require treatment.
Regeneration is the single most important energy saving option on a machine, and this small pasteurizer has it. The pasteurizer is available with live steam injection or an efficient coil heating system which allows for condensate recovery (reference related article on why this provides an important savings).
Per the manufacturer, the pasteurizer comes only in two sizes - 100 and 200, which are loosely matched to 100 and 200 Bottle Per Minute capacity.The pasteurization capacity can vary depending on the amount of pasteurization required.
Per the manufacturer the pasteurizer / cooler / warmer can be purchased for a price 'only slightly higher' than the price of new beverage warmer or cooler of the same size. It has a PLC based control system and small HMI, and can be outfitted with PC based process monitoring. The machines aesthetics are suitable for tour quality brewery lines. Few microbreweries pasteurize, but as the craft brewery market grows and distribution lines continue to stretch, tunnel pasteurization is imminent in the craft market.


Celebrate life (and death) with Amigos de los Muertos, a contemporary collection of Day of the Dead art. New takes on classic images including sugar skulls, dancing skeletons, dead musicians, the grim reaper, Evel Knievel skeletons, and more—all rendered in the crisp, detailed linework. The artists of Amigos de los Muertos are Jeral Tidwell, Angryblue, Roberto Jaras Lira, and David Lozeau. These four artists draw from the Dia de los Muertos tradition of Posada, blending in their own styles, influenced by tattoo art, gig posters, kustom kulture and skateboarding. Amigos de los Muertos is beautifully designed and printed, with a faux leather debossed cover, gold foil stamping, purple ribbon, and gilded edges.
We made a preview video so you can see a quick flip-through of it! All books are signed by me. Please order books separately from prints. They ship separately. Thank you!


Notes: Château du Stuyvenberg (French: Château du Stuyvenberg, Dutch: Kasteel van Stuyvenberg, German: Schloss Stuyvenberg) is a residency of the Belgian Royal Family, located in Laeken, Brussels. Château du Stuyvenberg is situated at an altitude of 56 meters. Stuyvenberg Castle was built in 1725, acquired for 200,000 franks by the Belgian State in 1840, and later bought by Leopold II who donated it to the Royal Trust. It is near the Royal Palace of Laeken, the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians. The first Belgian King Leopold I used the castle for his mistress Arcadie Meyer-Claret (nl), and their second child Arthur was born there in 1852. Later, it was the birthplace of King Baudouin in 1930 and Albert II in 1934; both spent their early years at Stuyvenberg. After World War II Elisabeth of Bavaria, widow of King Albert I, lived at the castle until her death in 1965. Subsequently it was used for almost three decades as a guest house for foreign dignitaries. From 1998 to 2014 Queen Fabiola, widow of King Baudouin, called it her home. She died at Stuyvenberg on December 5, 2014. The residence has also been home to Princess Astrid of Belgium, the sister of the current King Philippe.


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#include "Array.h"

/**
 * Allocate a new array
 *
 * @return Array *
 */
Array * newArray() {
	Array * ret = (Array *) malloc(sizeof(Array));

	return_null_if(ret == NULL);

	ret->items = NULL;
	ret->last = NULL;
	ret->length = 0;

	return ret;
}

/**
 * Clone an array
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 *
 * @return Array *
 */
Array * Array_clone(Array * arr) {
	Array * ret;
	ArrayItem * items;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	ret = newArray();

	if( arr->items != NULL ) {
		items = arr->items;
		do {
			Array_push(ret, items->data);
		} while((items = items->next));
	}

	return ret;
}

/**
 * Allocate a new array item
 *
 * @param const pointer data
 *
 * @return ArrayItem *
 */
ArrayItem * newArrayItem(const pointer data) {
	ArrayItem * ret = (ArrayItem *) malloc(sizeof(ArrayItem));

	return_null_if(ret == NULL);

	ret->next = NULL;

	ret->data = data;

	return ret;
}

/**
 * Get the nth element from the array, null if doesn't exist
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param int index
 *
 * NOTE: we allow negative index
 *
 * @return ArrayItem *
 */
ArrayItem * Array_nth(Array * arr, int index) {
	ArrayItem * items;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	items = arr->items;

	// if in empty array
	return_null_if(items == NULL);

	if ( index < 0 ) {
		index += arr->length;
	}

	return_null_if(index >= arr->length || index < 0);

	while ( index-- ) {
		items = items->next;
	}

	return items;
}

/**
 * Push data into the array
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param const pointer data
 *
 * @return Array *
 */
Array * Array_push(Array * arr, const pointer data) {

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	if( arr->last == NULL ) {
		arr->items = arr->last = newArrayItem(data);
		arr->length++;
		return arr;
	}

	// debugging purposes
	return_null_if(arr->last->next != NULL);

	arr->last->next = newArrayItem(data);
	arr->last = arr->last->next;
	arr->length++;

	return arr;
}

/**
 * Set the data at given index. If element doesnt exists we add elements
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param int index
 * @param const pointer data
 *
 * @return pointer data
 */
pointer Array_set(Array * arr, int index, const pointer data) {
	ArrayItem * item;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	item = Array_nth(arr, index);
	// If the element does exist
	if( item != NULL ) {
		item->data = data;
		return data;
	}

	// We doesn't let assignment with negative index to an unknown element
	if( index < 0 ) {
		return NULL;
	}

	// If item doesnt exist we create enough empty elements
	while(arr->length <= index) {
		Array_push(arr, NULL);
	}

	Array_push(arr, data);

	return data;
}

/**
 * Get data from the nth element of the array
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param int index
 *
 * @return pointer
 */
pointer Array_get(Array * arr, int index) {
	ArrayItem * item;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	item = Array_nth(arr, index);

	return_null_if(item == NULL);

	return item->data;
}

/**
 * Removes the last element of the array and returns the data in it
 * NOTE: You must manually free the data in the returned pointer
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 *
 * @return pointer
 */
pointer Array_pop(Array * arr) {
	ArrayItem * penultimate;
	pointer ret;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	// trying to pop from empty array
	return_null_if(arr->length == 0);

	if ( arr->length == 1 ) {
		ret = ArrayItem_free(arr->items, FALSE);

		arr->items = NULL;
		arr->length = 0;

		return ret;
	}

	penultimate = Array_nth(arr, -2);

	ret = ArrayItem_free(penultimate->next, FALSE);

	penultimate->next = NULL;
	arr->length--;

	return ret;
}

/**
 * Removes the first element from the array and returns the data in it
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 *
 * @return pointer
 */
pointer Array_shift(Array * arr) {
	ArrayItem * first;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	first = arr->items;

	arr->items = arr->items->next;
	arr->length--;

	return ArrayItem_free(first, FALSE);
}

/**
 * Insert an element in the first position and return the length of the new array
 * TODO: do not return length and return another thing (for performance)
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param const pointer data
 *
 * @return size_t
 */
size_t Array_unshift(Array * arr, const pointer data) {
	ArrayItem * item;

	return_val_if(arr == NULL, 0);

	item = newArrayItem(data);

	item->next = arr->items;

	arr->items = item;

	arr->length++;

	return arr->length;
}

/**
 * Delete a single element from array
 * If with_data is true, returns the element value
 * else returns null
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param int index
 * @param boolean with_data
 *
 * @return void
 */
pointer Array_delete(Array * arr, int index, boolean with_data) {
	ArrayItem * element;
	ArrayItem * prev;

	return_null_if(arr == NULL);

	element = Array_nth(arr, index);

	// TODO: Check for negative index to the first element, which wont work
	if( index == 0 || index == - ((int) arr->length) ) {
		arr->items = element->next;
		// Element was last
		if ( element->next == NULL ) {
			arr->last = NULL;
		}
	} else {
		prev = Array_nth(arr, index - 1);

		prev->next = element->next;

		if ( element->next == NULL ) {
			arr->last = prev;
		}
	}

	arr->length--;

	return ArrayItem_free(element, with_data);
}

/**
 * Removes elements from an array and returns the new length
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param int index starting item
 * @param size_t elements number of elements to remove
 * @param boolean with_data
 *
 * @return size_t
 */
size_t Array_splice(Array * arr, int index, size_t elements, boolean with_data) {
	size_t i;
	ArrayItem * prev;
	ArrayItem * last_removed_element;

	return_val_if(arr == NULL, 0);

	// this allows negative index
	if( index < 0 ) {
		index += arr->length;
	}

	return_val_if(index >= arr->length, arr->length);
	return_val_if(elements + index > arr->length, arr->length);

	if( index == 0 ) {
		for(i = 0; i < elements; i++) {
			Array_delete(arr, 0, with_data);
		}
		arr->length -= elements;
		return arr->length;
	}

	prev = Array_nth(arr, index - 1);

	return_val_if(prev == NULL, arr->length);

	last_removed_element = Array_nth(arr, index + elements - 1);

	i = elements - 1; // want to keep the last one

	// TODO: optimize
	while(i--) {
		ArrayItem_free(Array_nth(arr, index + i), with_data);
	}

	prev->next = last_removed_element->next;
	arr->length -= elements;

	// If removed the last element
	if ( prev->next == NULL ) {
		arr->last = prev;
	}

	ArrayItem_free(last_removed_element, with_data);

	return arr->length;
}

/**
 * Concat two arrays, modifying the first one
 *
 * @param Array * arr1
 * @param Array * arr2
 *
 * @return Array * arr1
 */
Array * Array_concat(Array * arr1, Array * arr2) {
	arr1->last->next = arr2->items;
	arr1->length += arr2->length;
	arr1->last = arr2->last;

	return arr1;
}

/**
 * Check if element is in array
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param const pointer data
 *
 * @return int -1 in error, index in success
 * NOTE: This performs strict pointer comparison
 */
int Array_contains(Array * arr, const pointer data) {
	size_t i = 0;
	pointer arr_data;

	return_val_if(arr == NULL, -1);

	ARRAY_EACH_WITH_INDEX(arr, arr_data, i,
		if ( arr_data == data ) {
			return i;
		}
	);

	return -1;
}

/**
 * Loop through each array element data, calling callback
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param void (* callback)(pointer, size_t, pointer) a function that receives the data, the index and the custom data
 * @param pointer data
 */
void Array_forEach(Array * arr, void (* callback)(pointer, size_t, pointer), pointer data) {
	pointer arr_data;
	size_t i = 0;

	return_if(arr == NULL);

	ARRAY_EACH_WITH_INDEX(arr, arr_data, i,
		callback(arr_data, i, data);
	);
}

/**
 * Loop through each array element, calling callback
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param void (* callback)(Array *, size_t) a function that receives the data and the index
 */
void Array_forEachItem(Array * arr, void (* callback)(ArrayItem *, size_t)) {
	ArrayItem * items;
	size_t i = 0;

	return_if(arr == NULL);

	items = arr->items;

	if( items ) {
		do {
			callback(items, i++);
		} while((items = items->next));
	}
}

/**
 * Free an element memory
 *
 * @param ArrayItem * item
 * @param boolean with_data
 *
 * @return pointer the data if with_data was TRUE
 */
pointer ArrayItem_free(ArrayItem * item, boolean with_data) {
	pointer data;

	return_null_if(item == NULL);

	data = item->data;

	if ( with_data && data != NULL ) {
		free(item->data);
		data = NULL;
	}

	free(item);

	return data;
}

/**
 * Remove an array with all its items
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 *
 * @return void
 */
void Array_destroy(Array * arr, boolean with_data) {
	size_t length;

	return_if(arr == NULL);

	length = arr->length;

	// TODO: optimize, we must free reversing the order...
	while(length--) {
		ArrayItem_free(Array_nth(arr, length), with_data);
	}

	free(arr);
}

/**
 * Sorts the array using the bubble sort algo
 *
 * @param Array * arr
 * @param int (* compfunc) (pointer, pointer)
 *
 * @return void
 */
void Array_bsort(Array * arr, int (* compfunc)(pointer, pointer)) {
	size_t
		length,
		i,
		j;

	ArrayItem * current_item;
	ArrayItem * compared_item;
	pointer temp_data;

	return_if(arr == NULL);
	return_if(compfunc == NULL);

	length = arr->length;

	for(i = 0; i < length; i++) {
		for(j = 0; j < length - i - 1; j++) {
			current_item = Array_nth(arr, j);
			compared_item = current_item->next;
			if( compfunc(current_item->data, compared_item->data) <= 0 ) {
				// Instead of swapping the whole element we just swap the data
				// This doesn't break arr->last, so even better
				temp_data = current_item->data;
				current_item->data = compared_item->data;
				compared_item->data = temp_data;
			}
		}
	}
}


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Kendall Goddard
Actor Singer Writer
Head On (Blog)
Deep diving: the collision of inner and outer cosmos
May 4, 2017 May 4, 2017 by Kendall
Since I was a little girl, I've been fascinated by Space: Space exploration, Space theories, Space geography. You name it, if there's news of a newly discovered moon or planet or solar system or black hole theory, you can pretty much guarantee that I'll be transformed into a panting puppy dog when reading the articles; absolutely enamoured and delighted.
I've been like this since I was first able to comprehend the concept of Space. When I was about 9, I heard an Astro-physicist interviewed on an Australian current affairs program and although I had no idea what an Astro-physicist actually did, I immediately started telling everyone that I wanted to become one because I was intoxicated by the sort of realm they studied.
To this day, I don't really know what an Astro-physicist does (I clearly wasn't clairvoyant at 9!) but Space.com explains that they study "a branch of space science that applies the laws of physics and chemistry to explain the birth, life and death of stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae and other objects in the universe."
Birth, life and death… now that sounds very yogic in nature to me (Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshvara). No wonder I'm interested.
In truth though, it was probably more Cosmology that I was drawn to rather than Astrophysics; the bigger picture stuff. After all, I've never really done anything in halves. I'm an all-or-nothing gal. Age and wisdom have tempered this somewhat but it will always be in my theatrical nature and today I'm grateful for this passionate experience of life.
I've just always loved the unfathomable enormity of Space and its structures and patterns and symmetry that went on ad infinitum like a bejewelled pandora's box bestowed upon us by the Gods.
As I've aged, the synchronicity between the ever expanding universe as a whole, and that of the microcosmos that exists within each of us (complete with patterns and galaxies of cells and structures that seem to directly mirror those of the macrocosmos of Space) has been like a great divine joke that I've finally been let in on. I've discovered that going deep within is like launching a rocket into outer space (although less expensive!).
You can imagine my glee, then, at hearing of space probe Cassini's embarkation on a series of deep dives between the rings of Saturn and the planet itself. Cassini was launched by NASA in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004 to feedback data to all of us little microcosms here on Earth about that amazing planet and its moons (particularly Titan) which may possess the sorts of environments which could harbour life. From 26 April, Cassini started a series of 22 weekly dives between the rings and planet that have never before been performed, and will eventually lead to a kamikaze crash into Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September. Talk about the ultimate HEAD ON experience!
What's so beautiful about this adventure is not just it's longevity and epically tragic ending, but the deep probing of areas of Space yet unseen: those mythically famous rings of water ice and rocky material, and their fiery, stormy Lord up close and personal.
This got me thinking. Since our egos would have us all be the Lords of our own worlds, what are the sorts of protective rings we wear as unenlightened beings which keep us orbiting in our lives, keep us upright? What sort of shields and outer layers do we possess? What crowns do we unwittingly bestow on ourselves which keep us separate from others, or locked into our own repetitive patterns, twirling and twirling around the same fires without the ability to truly experience our own real light and power which emanate from our divine inner being? And how can we get a little more up-close-and-personal with these to really know ourselves? Are these emotional shields and beliefs really solid and impervious, or are they merely an illusion of our egoic selves, ready to be traversed and conquered?
Cassini is literally offering itself up for this delving and revealing enquiry which is apt because the roman God of Saturn is often symbolic of death, but perhaps us humans don't need such a dramatic experience for our own self-searching enquiry. When we take a twisting pose in life or in a yoga practise, we get the rare opportunity to take a peak at our own backs and behinds, the sorts of surfaces we don't often look out upon or consider in our daily lives. We are almost always consciously observing the front side of our bodies: our faces, eyes, chest, stomach, thighs and calves etc, but we rarely get a reflection of the backside, or more appropriately the underside, of ourselves which is synonymous with our subconscious mind, beliefs and being. Our truth.
Cast and crew on the set of filming the music video for Take Flight, Sydney 2016
The funny thing is that the people around us, even strangers, get a glimpse of our backs all the time! They can often see our truth more effortlessly than we can, which is why community, a shared orbit, is so important.
So how are you going to deep-dive into your own truest self today?
What will you discover, traverse and conquer?
What can you embrace about your deepest, darkest self, even if you only catch a fleeting glimpse of it and what will you ultimately be able to let go of?
And who will you be reporting back to?
Take flight and enjoy the journey, my friends.
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2 thoughts on "Deep diving: the collision of inner and outer cosmos"
Virginia says:
You can help me see my underside with open eyes anytime please. Beautiful.
kendall says:
Sure honeybunch. And what a gift that you've seen all of mine and still love me! 😘
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Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Ho-sung Choi, with golf's craziest swing, lands invite
Sporting Green // Golf
Ron Kroichick Jan. 14, 2019 Updated: Jan. 14, 2019 8:43 p.m.
Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Ho-sung Choi, with golf's craziest...
1of4Ho-sung Choi has received a sponsor exemption to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am next month. It will be his first PGA Tour appearance.Photo: Arep Kulal / Asian Tour via Getty Images 2018
2of4CHEONAN, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 21: Choi Hosung of Korea pictured during round one of the Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on June 21, 2018 in Cheonan, South Korea. (Photo by Arep Kulal/Asian Tour/Asian Tour via Getty Images)Photo: Arep Kulal/Asian Tour / Asian Tour via Getty Images
3of4CHEONAN, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 24: Choi Hosung of South Korea pictured during the final round of the Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on June 24, 2018 in Cheonan, South Korea. (Photo by Arep Kulal/Asian Tour/Asian Tour via Getty Images)Photo: Arep Kulal/Asian Tour / Asian Tour via Getty Images
4of4South Korea's Ho-sung Choi's unorthodox swing will be sternly tested at Pebble Beach during next month's AT&T Pro-Am.Photo: Al Saracevic / The Chronicle 2018
Golf's wackiest, craziest, most unconventional swing is coming to Pebble Beach.
South Korea's Ho-sung Choi, who hits a golf ball unlike Tiger Woods ever did, has landed a sponsor exemption to play in next month's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Tournament officials made the announcement Monday.
Choi's unorthodox action — sometimes he practically hops out of his stance upon making contact with the ball, and other times he whips his right leg around like he's dancing — has made him an internet sensation in the past year. Several PGA Tour pros, including Justin Thomas, posted tweets about Choi's curious swing upon seeing it last summer.
Choi, 45, plays mostly on the Japan Tour and has won three times worldwide, including the Casio World Open in November. He stands No. 200 in this week's official world golf ranking. The AT&T Pro-Am will be his first PGA Tour start.
Steve John, CEO of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and tournament director, received an email Jan. 7 from Kevin Canning, the U.S. liaison for Choi's agent. Canning asked if there would be any interest in giving Choi a sponsor exemption.
John quickly offered an encouraging response, then presented the option to the tournament committee Friday. Choi gained unanimous approval for one of the event's four unrestricted exemptions.
"His swing is pretty awesome — it's going to be a fun story," John said Monday. "… You think about what Bing Crosby started in 1937 (with this event), and it was about getting together with Hollywood friends and having a good time.
"This guy has a good time playing golf. It's a good fit for our tournament."
Choi grew up poor in the port city of Pohang, South Korea; his father was a farmer and fisherman, according to a lengthy golf.com profile in July. As a high school senior, per the story, he lost the tip of his right thumb in a freak chainsaw accident during a visit to a tuna factory.
He started playing golf in his mid-20s and developed his swing without the help of a coach (not surprisingly). His unusual contortions occur after impact and are accentuated by demonstrative expressions and no shortage of body language.
CHEONAN, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 23: Choi Ho-sung of South Korea pictured during the third round of the Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on June 23, 2018 in Cheonan, South Korea. (Photo by Arep Kulal/Asian Tour/Asian Tour via Getty Images)
Photo: Arep Kulal/Asian Tour / Asian Tour via Getty Images
Put another way: Choi is the antithesis of a stoic, bland golfer.
He used a more conventional follow-through most of his career, but the loss of flexibility and distance in recent years prompted him to try this animated swing. He told golf.com the swing has helped him regain 15 to 20 yards off the tee.
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"I never imagined this day would come," Choi said of his impending PGA Tour debut, according to Korean media outlets. "I took up golf at the age of 25, after a hard life. I'm fully aware that none of this would be possible without the love and support of my fans. I will, of course, do my best, wherever I go."
The AT&T will be held Feb. 7-10 at Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course. Among the notable pros field are Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Brandt Snedeker.
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Michel Bougeard is a conveyancing manager in the Property department in Jersey, with over 40 years´ experience. He has represented both lenders and borrowers with regard to residential mortgages and associated financial issues, and has also acted in a wide range of property transactions for financial and professional institutions and property developers. Michel generally now specialises in residential property matters.
Michel joined Appleby in 1983. Prior to this he worked at the Autorisé de la Partie Publique (the predecessor of the Conveyancing Section of the current Law Officers Department) and at a Jersey-based international law firm.
He is a former Vice Chairperson of the Jersey Association of Property Conveyancers and, as a result, played an active part in the consultation process relating to the change-over of conveyancing documents into English. He also played a major part in discussions relating to the formation of a professional recognition among conveyancers of the standard that they have reached with a view to this ultimately being converted into formal qualifications in conveyancing.
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