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Osama bin Laden Killed: Breaking Details
Nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama has confirmed that U.S. agents killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight deep inside Pakistan on Sunday.
Nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama confirmed that U.S. agents killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight deep inside Pakistan on Sunday. He has since been buried at sea.
Plus, Howard Kurtz on Obama's greatest achievement, Peter Beinart on the fate of the war on terror, Andrew Sullivan's live blog of the night's astounding events, and reactions from around the globe
President Obama confirmed Sunday night that al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight deep in Pakistan—ending a nearly decade-long manhunt. No Americans were harmed in the operation, and U.S. agents captured the terrorist's body. "Justice has been done," the president said in a press conference.
According to U.S. officials, two U.S. helicopters swept in to Abbottabad, Pakistan, between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Sunday monring. Twenty to 25 U.S. Navy Seals under the command of the Joint Special Operations Command in cooperation with the CIA stormed the compound, engaging bin and Laden and his men in a fight—killing bin Laden and everyone with him. Bin Laden's son was killed, as well as a woman reportedly being used as a shield by one of the men. Other women and children present in the compound were there, but not harmed.
Across the country, major politicians are weighing on the news. Former President George W. Bush said, "This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001." Former President Bill Clinton has also issued a statement, as has House Speaker John Boehner.
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U.S. intelligence scored its first big lead regarding the whereabouts of bin Laden last August—and since then, has been hunting the terrorist out. In his speech, Obama highlighted how bin Laden's assassination represents the most significant achievement in the war on terror. "The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory—hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction," Obama said. "We have never forgotten your loss."
In the hour between when the White House announced that an unplanned speech on an undisclosed matter of national intelligence was forthcoming and the remarks, reports of bin Laden's death leaked to major news outlets. Hundreds gathered outside the White House chanting "USA! USA! USA!" and "hey, hey, goodbye." Millions reacted on Twitter, with Sarah Palin tweeting "thank you, American men and women in uniform." After Obama's address, crowds began singing the "Star-Spangled Banner."
Bin Laden's death came on the eighth anniversary of when President George W. Bush marked an end to the Iraq War, famously declaring "Mission Accomplished" atop an aircraft carrier—and on the 66th anniversary of the announcement of Adolf Hitler's death. It also comes at time of turmoil in the upper ranks of the military and intelligence community: Defense Secretary Robert Gates will step down in the fall, to be succeeded by CIA director Leon Panetta. Their shuffle comes less than a year after Gen. Stanley McChrystal was forced out of office and was succeeded by Gen. David Petraeus.


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ΗΣΦ is the national honorary collegiate society for students of Latin and Greek. The purposes of the society are to develop and promote interest in Classical Studies among the students of colleges and universities; to promote closer fraternal relationship among students who are interested in Classical Studies, and to stimulate interest in Classical Studies, and in the history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. There are 182 chapters of ΗΣΦ throughout the United States. Members receive a newsletter from the society, have the opportunity to attend an annual national convention, and are eligible for summer travel scholarships to Greece, Rome, or Southern Italy, or for a Latin teacher training scholarship. Honor cords and sashes are available for graduation.
As an undergraduate society, its officers are active, undergraduate members who are elected to office for a period of one year. The society is open to Classics majors and minors with sophomore standing who have maintained a 3.0 overall GPA. Students who have at least twelve hours of Classics-related credit and a 3.0 overall GPA may also petition for membership in the society.
The value of ΗΣΦ is revealed in the work of the ΘΒ chapter of The University of Alabama. ΗΣΦ utilizes various local programs or activities to carry out the purposes of the society and have a positive influence both on individual members and upon the academic community. To this effect, students participating in regional or national conferences, stimulate interest and exchange ideas.
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I ran into the 'unable to move archive' problem too. The way I found to get around it was to save the map as a different name. So I try to do all my .wav/.ogg importing and data editing in one shot so I don't end up with a billion maps or just go and delete those old maps.
Thanks to Tenshi for this tournament !
Hey everyone, I need some help and support about converting a model from WarCraft 3. I have no one skill on modelling, so could someone just convert this model for me please ?
It's not a solo map because there are no computer opponents (though in the beta you can play terran and activate the Developer - spawn zerglings trigger and see how long you can survive! :) ).
- We can't update GUI libraries ! How can someone use a new version of a library in his map ? As far as I know, it's not possible to update a library, if you use functions of it in your triggers, then you can't try to delete the old library and then copy/paste or just import the new one, because all the functions in your triggers will be deleted. Need an update system ! ! !
- If a library uses another one, then you can't import them in a new map. Why ? Let's say the library B uses functions of the library A. If I import the library A in the map, there are no problems, but if I import the library B, the functions wont be recognized. I think - but I'm not sure - that this problem should be due to the library-ID : it seems not to be saved if you export/import the library. Please, fix it too !
Well without these two systems, I consider the GUI library system is useless... I hope this message wont be ignored, at least read. I also hope I will see these fixes in the release, or maybe later.


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Gold ETF vs Gold Futures: Understanding The Difference – 2023 Guide
Marianna Fenton
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Fear of the delta variant of COVID-19 derailing economic recovery efforts has spread as far and fast as the virus itself.
Now investors are searching for new ways to protect their assets from a potential market crash. And after what happened in 2023, it only makes sense.
While trying your luck on untested investments such as cryptocurrency is a trending option, you should go with the time-tested solution instead—gold.
If you were to go back and look at previous historic market crashes you'd notice a pattern involving gold.
When the economy begins to buckle, countless investors rush to gold as safe heaven against anticipated inflation.
And while physical gold is often sought after, savvy investors will target other routes, such as Gold ETFs and Gold futures.
Learn the key differences between a gold ETF vs gold futures to understand how you can use them as a hedge against inflation.
How Gold Affects Currencies
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Back when you were a kid you may have heard that the US dollar is backed by gold. Well, that hasn't been the case since the 1970s.
Despite this, a relationship between gold and currencies around the world has existed throughout history. Oftentimes, when paper currencies begin to lose value or economies begin to slow down, gold's price rises.
In a way, you could measure the health of any economy by the price of gold. The higher the price, the dimmer the outlook of the economy (in most cases).
Is Gold Worth Investing in Today?
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Understanding the relationship between gold prices and currencies can help put you in a prime position to cash in.
No one can predict the future, but you can prepare for it! And in uncertain times as we find ourselves in today—you can use all the security you can get.
Even if the delta variant doesn't cause a similar market collapse as COVID-19 did in 2023, other disasters/crashes could occur at any time.
This isn't meant to make you panic buy gold, but to help you understand why you should invest in it in the first place.
After all, you don't buy insurance after a disaster, you get it in anticipation. The difference here is unlike insurance, you can sell your investment later on for a profit.
Society has always valued gold. It's shiny, it has incredible conductive properties, and it's rare. So it should be no surprise that investing in gold can be fruitful.
However, your return on investment depends on how you invest. For one, most people find accessing physical gold to be cumbersome. So what options are left?
Luckily, there are several ways to cash in on gold without ever physically owning it. For this article, we'll stick to comparing and discussing gold ETF vs gold futures.
What Is a Gold ETF?
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While exploring your gold investment options you're likely to come across gold ETFs.
An ETF (exchange-traded funds) can be traded just like an ordinary stock excerpt that it can track an index, commodity, sector, or other assets.
A gold ETF can be traded on the stock market, presenting you with the opportunity to invest in gold while not investing in storage and other fees associated with physical gold.
However, this doesn't mean that your investment in a gold ETF will cost you nothing. To cover fund expenses, gold ETF holders pay an annual fee, the fund's expense ratio.
The amount you pay in fees will depend on the expense ratio of your fund, so choose wisely. Additionally, there are commission fees to pay for each time you buy or sell a gold ETF.
These fees are usually small but can pile up over time, especially for an active investor. If you choose to use a broker, that will likely come with additional fees.
What are Gold Futures?
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Another convenient way to gain gold exposure without owning it physically is gold futures.
A futures contract commonly referred to as "futures," is a legal agreement that states you must buy or sell a certain asset by a predetermined date.
Futures contracts are traded on exchanges and investors often use futures contracts to offset or anticipate the risk of a price change in an asset over time.
An investment in a gold futures contract would mean that you agree to buy a set amount of gold at a set price on a set date.
How do investors use this to their advantage? Well, consider that the price of gold today could be vastly different from the price of gold in a month.
By claiming a stake in gold's future price, you could be potentially locking yourself into a lower price than it is today, or a higher price depending on your goals.
Difference Between Gold ETF and Gold Futures
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Let's dive into the gold ETF vs gold futures debate to determine which method of gold investment is best for you.
Futures contracts, just like ETFs, are traded on the market. However, unlike ETFs, futures contracts do not come with management fees.
This makes futures contracts the more straightforward route but does not make it superior. Since you are essentially locked into a price, if the price of gold falls, you'll be losing money.
And since gold prices are known for volatility, gold futures can be a high-risk, high-reward investment.
Gold ETFs in comparison is less risky. Gold ETFs are a lot like investing in an index in that it is not much of a hands-on investment.
Since ETFs are handled by a manager and the fund itself requires fees, they are not an attractive investment for active investors.
At the end of the day, your gold investment route will depend on who you are as an investor.
If you prefer a passive investment strategy, then gold ETFs might be perfect for you. However, those who like to analyze the market and stay active may be interested in gold futures.
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Welcome to Makedonikos FC (Greece - Football League 2) statistics. Below you find a lot of statistics for this team. Last and next matches, top scores, best players, under/over stats, handicap etc.
Makedonikos FC is currently on the 8 place in the Football League 2 table. Last game played with PO Triglia, which ended with result: Win PO Triglia 0:2.
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I've seen all these great pictures of spaghetti squash cooked on the egg. I saw them at the store and had to buy one. Now how do I cook it.
GatorEgg,[p] All I did was cut in half from top to bottom. Spooned out the seeds and filled the whole with a couple dollops of butter. Baked indirect 350 till I could easily squeeze the squash.[p] Use a folk to scrape it out of the shell. It's at that point it will resemble it's namesake.[p] Serve with butter or a nice marinara sauce.
Thanks, I'm having it with filets and scallops so I think I'll serve it with some garlic butter!


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The north endzone (Sections A, AA, etc.) is also known as the Gold Zone and will give fans a chance to sit with fellow alumni or other Golden Bears faithful. On the opposite side of the field, visitor seating is found in Sections N and MM. Both sides of the field feature just OK views of the field and head-on views of the small videoboards.


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Protecting User Privacy Better with Query l-Diversity
Fuyu Liu (University of Central Florida, USA) and Kien A. Hua (University of Central Florida, USA)
Source Title: International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) 4(2)
DOI: 10.4018/jisp.2010040101
This paper examines major privacy concerns in location-based services. Most user privacy techniques are based on cloaking, which achieves location k-anonymity. The key is to reduce location resolution by ensuring that each cloaking area reported to a service provider contains at least k mobile users. However, maintaining location k-anonymity alone is inadequate when the majority of the k mobile users are interested in the same query subject. In this paper, the authors address this problem by defining a novel concept called query l-diversity, which requires diversified queries submitted from the k users. The authors propose two techniques: Expand Cloak and Hilbert Cloak to achieve query l-diversity. To show the effectiveness of the proposed techniques, they compare the improved Interval Cloak technique through extensive simulation studies. The results show that these techniques better protect user privacy.
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With rapid advances in wireless communication and wide spread of location positioning systems, Location-Based Services (LBS) are becoming increasingly popular. Mobile users can send queries, such as "where is the nearest gas station?" or "where is the closest women clinic?", to service providers and get query results back. These queries are called location-based queries, because they typically consist of a location, usually the location of the query issuer, and a question. There are a lot of challenges to answer this type of query for mobile users. One of the challenges is how to protect user's privacy. As we can see, to get a query result, one has to provide a location as well as a query question to the service provider, which raises a privacy concern if the service provider is not trustworthy.
Many researches have been done to address this challenge (Gruteser and Grunwald, 2003; Gedik and Liu, 2005; Mokbel et al., 2006; Chow and Mokbel, 2007; Bamba et al., 2008; Xu and Cai, 2007, 2008). Most existing solutions assume a three tier architecture, in which mobile users first send the location and query information to a trusted anonymizer server, then the anonymizer server performs some cloaking procedure to enlarge the query's location into a region, finally forwards that region to a service provider. Typically, the goal of this cloaking procedure is to enforce location -anonymity. That is, the cloaked region must contain at least other users, such that an adversary can only link the cloaked query to the actual query issuer with probability. To protect against a query sampling attack (Chow and Mokbel, 2007), techniques have been proposed to ensure that all users included in the same cloaked region must report this region as their cloaked region.
Enforcing k-anonymity alone is not sufficient to ensure privacy. Let us consider a scenario, in which all users from a cloaked region are interested in the same type of service such as the location of a special club. In this case, even an adversary cannot link an individual query back to a specific user, it is still known to the adversary that all the users in the cloaked region have inquired about that special club. While this example depicts an extreme case, in reality, it is not uncommon that users from the same cloaked region request only a limited number of services. Consequently, an adversary can still infer that some user has issued a query on a certain service with a high probability. This kind of attack is referred to as query homogeneity attack (Xiao et al., 2008), and renders the existing k-anonymity model vulnerable. To counter this kind of attack, we modify the l-diversity concept (Machanavajjhala et al., 2006), originally proposed for the relational database domain, and apply it in LBS domain to protect query contents. The key idea is to ensure that for all queries sharing the same cloaked region, their query contents must be different enough, such that the probability of linking a query to its original issuer is less than some pre-defined threshold.
In this paper, we first formally define the problem, and then propose two cloaking techniques that can counter against query homogeneity attack. Both of these techniques first divide the whole terrain into grid cells. Their space partitioning schemes, however, are different. The first technique starts from the center cell, and gradually expands over the space in all directions in search for a good way to partition the space. In contrast, the second technique first maps the two-dimensional grid space into a one-dimensional line of grid cells using a space filling curve, and then sequentially scans these cells to find the best partitioning strategy. We will describe these techniques in details later, and give simulation results to show that they are significantly better than the improved Interval Cloak technique (Gruteser and Grunwald, 2003).
The contributions we make in this paper can be summarized as follows:
To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to use the -diversity concept to address the query homogeneity attack.
We consider a new anonymization criteria: -sharing region, and propose two cloaking techniques to partition the space using this new criteria.
We conduct extensive simulation studies to evaluate the proposed techniques.
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Uliassi is Italy's newest 3-Michelin-star listed in the 2019 edition of the prestigious red guide - a seafood restaurant that manages to capture the magic of the sea in its creative menu.
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The menu offers simple and contemporary cuisine, elegant yet rooted in evolving tradition. Fish is the main ingredient, but game and vegetables also feature.
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James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere" and "The Long Emergency," takes on suburban sprawl, disposable architecture and the end of the cheap oil era each week with program host Duncan Crary.
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James Howard Kunstler is the author of The Long Emergency, Too Much Magic, The Geography of Nowhere, the World Made By Hand novels, and more than a dozen other books. He lives in Washington County, New York.
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Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib discuss and explore some of the most mysterious and interesting events in history. Take a trip to haunted hotels, abandoned malls, deserted amusement parks, paranormal experiences, infamous true crimes, and weird historical and cultural events. This is Ghost Town. Ghost Town has been on both the Apple Podcast's Comedy, True Crime & Overall charts, as well as featured on the AV Club, Bustle, Vulture, Geek.com, LAist, and more.
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The grand narrative of the Cold War covering political, diplomatic, cultural, and ideological dimensions; exploring it from its early origins to its final moments and its effects on the world today. The history from the podcast is fact based using the Leopold Von Ranke method and attracts a highly educated audience with 77% possessing 4 year degrees and 45% possessing 4+. In addition, we are growing ~15% MoM with non-temporal episodes that have more than doubled their downloads after first the first months release. We would be happy to promote you on the show (pre-roll, mid-roll, or end of show credits) and in the podcast show notes for the episode.
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7 Cars With Lowest MPG In 2015 All Have One Thing In Common
January 9, 2021 July 6, 2015 by Joe
Every year, tons of pixels are spilled answering the question, "What cars have the best mpg?" And although, "What cars have the best mpg?", might seem like a simple question, it requires a surprisingly complex answer. In 2015, lists of cars with the best fuel economy are dominated by electric vehicles, with nary a hybrid in sight, let alone the Honda Insight, which ranks as the most fuel efficient gasoline-fueled vehicle of all time, with a 61 mpg highway rating (that's higher than the Prius' combined mpg).
Electric vehicles, by definition, don't get any miles per gallon, because electricity doesn't come in gallons. Yet they still end up on lists of cars with the best mpg ratings. That's because the capacity of batteries in hybrid cars and electric vehicles are converted into an adjusted mpg rating, so consumers can better appreciate the performance of their hybrid batteries.
So instead, let's set aside the annual conversation over what cars have the best mpg and instead take a closer look at the question's inverse. Specifically, which 2015 cars have the worst combined city/highway mpg ratings? So without further ado, here are the 2015 cars with the worst mpg ratings, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration's official ratings.
See if you can spot what these cars have in common:
1. The Bugatti Veyron: We're not sure what's more impressive, its 1,001 Horsepower, or its 10 mpg rating
2. The Lamborghini Aventador Roadster features just 12 mpg
3. The Bentley Mulsanne and the Ferrari FF, with a 13 mpg rating
4. The Chevy Camaro Supercharger and the Rolls-Royce Phantom, with an entire 14 mpg
5. The Aston Martin DB9, the Bentley Continental GT (convertible), the Maserati GranTurismo (convertible), and the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe, which can get you 15 mpg
6. The Lamborghini Huracan, with a 16 mpg rating
7. The Mercedes-Benz E63 Station Wagon, which will get you and your family 18 mpg
If you look really, really carefully, you'll notice that all of the cars featured on this list are completely out of your price range. If you can afford to buy a Bugatti or Ferrari, then apparently you can afford a clean conscience over your abysmal fuel efficiency ratings, too.
Frankly, just be glad these luxury cars all made it to the single digits this year. If you're still wondering what car has the highest mpg this year, it's another luxury vehicle — BMW's i3 clocked in at 124 mpg.
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Q: Ms deploy from the command line Ok built the code and pulled the command details from VS during a verbose build via the publish option on the context menu having cleaned it up, extracted the command I took the command to my build server which just happens to be the same box as my test web box at the moment and changed the paths.
MSBuild from Team services is running with the args "/p:DeployOnBuild=true;PublishProfile=Test;DeployTarget=package" so it spits out a package for each web app.
This being slightly different to how VS does it meant I had to tweak the source param so I ran the following from the command line (formatting added to help readability)...
C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe
  -source:package='..\API.zip'
  -dest:auto,ComputerName='https://localhost/MSDEPLOYAGENTSERVICE',UserName='MSDeployUser',Password='********',AuthType='NTLM',IncludeAcls='False'
  -setParam:name='IIS Web Application Name',value='Api\MyApp'
  -verb:sync
  -retryAttempts=2
  -disableLink:AppPoolExtension
  -disableLink:ContentExtension
  -disableLink:CertificateExtension

... that got me the following response ...
Info: Using ID '6f5795f6-79bf-49cd-ac27-cc320e3af063' for connections to the rem
ote server.
Error: Could not complete the request to remote agent URL 'https://localhost/MSD
EPLOYAGENTSERVICE'.
Error: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a s
end.
Error: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection
 was forcibly closed by the remote host.
Error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
Error count: 1.

... replacing "localhost" with the domain name pointing at the server (the one I use to remote in to the box with) results in ...
Info: Using ID 'b4820db6-a975-4a77-96f1-51390bcced37' for connections to the rem
ote server.
Error Code: ERROR_DESTINATION_NOT_REACHABLE
More Information: Could not connect to the remote computer ("<my domain>"). On the remote computer, make sure that Web Deploy is installed and that t
he required process ("Web Deployment Agent Service") is started.  Learn more at:
 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_DESTINATION_NOT_REACHABLE.
Error: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
Error count: 1.

... odd since I can remote in to the machine on the domain but I can't talk to MSDeploy on it for some reason, and even when I do talk to it explicitly from the local machine it seems to not be happy.
Is there some wizardry I am missing here?

A: Deploying web packages with MSDEPLOY
As per the answer here ... yup this is so stupid it's not even funny.
MSDeploy can't seemingly deploy to the local machine other than with the /L argument which looks for an iis express instance.

A: Change your computername to just "localhost".

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Shilpi Neha Tirkey is an Indian politician who is serving as a Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandar since June 2022 representing the Indian National Congress. She is daughter of Bandhu Tirkey.

References

Jharkhand politicians
Jharkhand MLAs 2019–2024
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)

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jobs@saber3d.es
Alcobendas, Madrid (España)
Senior Backend Programmer
We're looking for a Senior Backend Programmer to join our team in Madrid, Spain.
As a Backend Programmer, you will help the programming team to build and maintain the network related and backend side of our games. You'll be involved in database design and development as well as in all aspects of client/server architecture programming. You will aid the production of our titles by ensuring that all services and features operate in the desired levels of performance and sustainability. Teamwork will be an essential part of your daily work, as you will have to carry out your work together with other talented and highly proficient experts in this area.
Saber Interactive is one of the world's leading independent developers of interactive games and entertainment, with an unrivaled ability to deliver on a wide range of concepts. Founded in 2001 with its headquarter in New Jersey, Saber has grown into one of the largest and longest-standing developers of interactive games with offices in the US, Spain and Eastern Europe. It is one of the few remaining independent game studios producing AAA content. No matter the genre, platform, or property, we bring AAA skill sets, cutting-edge technologies, and uncompromising inventiveness to everything we do. Our goal is to focus on extremely high-quality experiences that rival the best in the industry. Our teams work, among other titles, on Quake Champions, World War Z and developed and published NBA Playgrounds and NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 for all major consoles and PC.
Along with your resume, please submit code and application samples, which highlight your expertise in the required areas, especially in regards to database development, network communication and their implementation in game engines such as Unreal Engine 4.
Send your application to jobs@saber3d.es, using the following subject line: Saber Interactive Spain - Backend Programmer
•	Experience with Scripts Languages (like Python, Lua, Ruby),.Net Framework:
ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, and C/C++
•	Database experience (Relational and/or NoSQL)
•	Experience in HTTP protocol, REST services.
•	Experience with building production deployment pipelines and configuration system
•	Prior use of Azure, AWS and similar services in production system
•	Experience working on multi-threaded applications
•	Experience with web programming environment (HTML, CSS, JS)
•	Experience working in scrum/agile teams
•	Strong communications skills
•	Optimization of game and engine subsystems in terms of network, network communication and multiplayer mechanics for PC and consoles
•	Implementation of server components for multiplayer games developed together with the in-house server development team
•	Design and implementation of databases and data mining algorithm supporting the work of the other departments
•	Opportunity to work with a great international team of professionals on the next generation of AAA titles
•	Salary based on experience
•	Permanent, full-time contract
•	A good and young work environment
•	Flexible working hours
Full company name Saber Interactive Spain S.L.
Web http://www.saber3d.com
EMail address jobs@saber3d.es
Location Alcobendas, Madrid (España)
About this company Saber Interactive is one of the world's leading independent developers of interactive games and entertainment, with an unrivaled ability to deliver on a wide range of concepts. Founded in 2001, Saber has grown into one of the largest and longest-standing developers of interactive games in Russia/Eastern Europe and one of the few remaining independent game studios producing AAA content. No matter the genre, platform, or property, we bring AAA skillsets, cutting-edge technologies, and uncompromising inventiveness to everything we do. Our goal is to focus on extremely high quality experiences that rival the best in the industry.
Saber specializes in applying our proprietary cross-platform game engines to original IPs, as well as executing on a broad array of design, production, and management services - including Oculus and other VR platform development support. We are a trusted partners of Microsoft on one of the world's biggest IPs - Halo, and of id and Bethesda on the iconic Quake franchise. We have cultivated a long history of fruitful relationships with many other industry leaders like Ubisoft, BANDAI NAMCO, Konami, Sierra Entertainment, and Atlus.


The goal of the Graduate Certificate in Economic Development program is to provide knowledge and skills for those currently employed or pursuing careers in economic development. Economic development professionals are typically employees of state and local governments and development agencies, Chambers of Commerce, regional planning organizations, and engineering firms who ensure that local and regional economies develop in a manner that is consistent with citizens' values and desires. The certificate program focuses both on the theoretical underpinnings of development as well as the management of economic development operations.
The graduate certificate program was developed with the needs of working professionals in mind. All courses are offered in a blended format with intense in-person meetings and interactive, Web-based evening classes.
A theoretical and practical understanding of economic development, including business retention and expansion, business attraction, and entrepreneurship.
Skills needed to manage modern economic development organizations.
Admission to the Graduate Certificate Program requires a baccalaureate degree in any subject area from a college or university approved by a recognized accrediting agency. No specific economic development background is required.
A bachelor's degree in any field of study from an accredited institution.
The TOEFL score of at least 560 for all applicants for whom English is not their native language.
An undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.
Official sealed transcripts must accompany the application.
The Graduate Certificate in Economic Development (CIP 45.0604) requires four three-credit courses for completion and provides broad exposure to the field. Students who successfully complete the program are prepared to take on additional responsibilities in their existing careers or begin new careers as economic development professionals.
The Graduate Certificate Program may serve as an entry point for enrollment into the Master of Science (MS) in Economic Development program.


The entire city of Saint-Sauveur will move to the rhythm of its Festival with this new activity that invites the public to dance with us. Each evening will start with a free class given by professional artists in the field, followed by a live performance where the audience can join in the dance and show off their new-found skills. Presented in collaboration with the City of Saint-Sauveur, these friendly evenings will make the pleasure of dance accessible to all!
Dance classes 6:15 and 8:15 p.m.
Performances 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.
In Montréal, where Argentinean tango is flourishing, Radiotango is without doubt the ensemble most entrenched in the true tradition of Argentinean tango. The group is especially known for its ardent respect for the grass roots of this intoxicating music! A journey to Buenos Aires awaits you!
You may have seen them on the television programs Les Dieux de la Danse, La Fureur, En Direct de L'Univers and La Voix amongst other. The group Studio 88 Swing has been featured internationally and is the reference for swing dance in this country. Their mission is to make the style accessible to all while maintaining the highest standards, and Swings' happy feel. Studio 88 Swing's dancers will be accompanied by two music groups who are equally passionate about the style; the Sunny Jazz Band on August 3rd and Alexandre Brown on August 10th. Mr. Brown was featured on the 4th season of La Voix with his band, The Hepcats.
La R'voyure, projet trad was created by a dozen or so young dancers and four musicians, all Quebecers. Jigs, traditional folk music and songs will either take you back in time or introduce you to the verve and spirit of Quebec's traditional songs and dances. Great fun!
La R'voyure with guests Andrea Beaton and Yves Lambert perform the 6th edition of Les manteaux su' l'lit pis les bottes dans l'bain at Bain Mathieu, Montréal, Québec, Canada, on February 04, 2018. Photo by Vitor Munhoz.
Grab your folding chair and a blanket, and join us to watch a selection of iconic dance movies that are as much fun to watch now as they were in their day. Mark it on your calendar and join other movie lovers in Georges-Filion park.
Sunday, August 5, 2018 8 p.m.
Thursday & Friday, August 2 & 3, 2018 8 p.m.


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1832–76 The Aberdeen Herald and General Advertiser for the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine.
This newspaper is published by an unknown publisher in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was digitised and first made available on the British Newspaper Archive in Dec 2, 2015 . The latest issues were added in Dec 17, 2015.


In Philosophical Ethics you investigate the moral implications of human actions from the point of view of virtue ethics, phenomenology, and hermeneutics.
Philosophical Ethics is the part of practical philosophy that aims for the question about what makes human life and living together good, useful or worthwhile, and what we must do to act morally right.
In Nijmegen Philosophical Ethics pays a lot of attention to the history of ethics. Methodically she is guided mainly by phenomenology and hermeneutics. Among ethical theories the main focus is on virtue ethics. Authors that are being discussed extensively include: Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer and MacIntyre. Regularly our education and publications are devoted to the relation between literature and ethics. Besides, there is much expertise on a few domains of applied ethics, especially on administrative ethics, business ethics, military ethics, and the ethics of upbringing and education.
Philosophical Ethics aan de Radboud Universiteit is beoordeeld door 11 respondenten. Gemiddeld waarderen ze de opleiding met 4.4 uit 5.
Graduates tend to fall into three groups. A majority of the students continue their research within academia by applying for a doctoral programme in the Netherlands or abroad. More than 75 percent of our graduates manage to obtain a PhD position within two years of graduating. A second group goes on to teach philosophy at secondary schools. And a third group enter research-related professions outside of education. Our graduates are also represented in journalism, science policy, and politics.


A review by a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration panel into Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX aircraft found a planned software update and training revisions to be "operationally suitable," the agency said Tuesday, an important milestone in getting the planes back in the air.
The draft report from the Flight Standardization Board (FSB) appointed by the FAA, which includes pilots, engineers and other experts, said they "conducted an evaluation of the modified Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) for training and checking differences determination," and the MCAS system "was found to be operationally suitable."
FSB also said additional training was needed for MCAS, but not required to be done in a simulator. The board said ground training "must address system description, functionality, associated failure conditions, and flight crew alerting."
The public has until April 30 to make comments, which FAA will review before they make a final evaluation.
The review was only based on the "training aspect related to software enhancements to the aircraft," said FAA, and a final software package for certification by Boeing is expected "in the coming weeks."
Boeing has completed 96 flights with the updated software, totaling over 159 hours, said its CEO Dennis Muilenburg on April 11.
"They will conduct additional test and production flights in the coming weeks as we continue to demonstrate that we've identified and met all certification requirements," said Muilenburg.
"There is no specific timetable for when Boeing's 737 MAX 8 can resume operations," said Xu Chaoqun, director general of Department of Aircraft Airworthiness Certification of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), at a monthly briefing on Tuesday.
"The resumption time depends on when the problem can be solved, and three prerequisites must be met before that," Xu said.
The three requirements include re-approving airworthiness of the aircraft, implementing indispensable design modifications and pilot training, and solving the safety problems pointed out in the official accident investigation effectively and pertinently.
Boeing applied to CAAC on March 15 for its 737 MAX airworthiness. CAAC, complying with the requirements of airworthiness regulations, reverted to Boeing and FAA on issues regarding the aircraft's airworthiness on March 18, and is waiting for their response.
CAAC has sent out one pilot expert and one expert on aircraft certification to join the FAA review panel as invited.


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hub_path=$(which hub)
if (( $+commands[hub] ))
then
  alias git=$hub_path
fi

# The rest of my fun git aliases
alias gpu='git pull --prune'
alias glg="git log -n 10 --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %an: %s - %Creset %C(yellow)%d%Creset %Cgreen(%cr)%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
alias glog="git log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset %an: %s - %Creset %C(yellow)%d%Creset %Cgreen(%cr)%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
alias gl="git log -n 25 --oneline"
alias glc="git log --oneline"
alias glb="git log master.. --oneline"
alias gp='git push -u origin HEAD'
alias gd='git diff'
alias gc='git commit'
alias gca='git commit -a'
alias gcm='git commit -m'
alias gcam='git commit -am'
alias gco='git checkout'
alias gcb='git copy-branch-name'
alias gb='git branch'
alias gnb='git checkout -b'
alias gst='git status -sb' # upgrade your git if -sb breaks for you. it's fun.
# alias gst='git status' # upgrade your git if -sb breaks for you. it's fun.
alias glom='git pull origin master'
alias gpom='git push origin master'
alias g='git'
alias ga='git add'
alias uncache='git rm --cached -r '
alias grebase='git pull --rebase'
alias amend= "!git log -n 1 --pretty=tformat:%s%n%n%b | git commit -F - --amend"
alias gtrim="git branch --merged | egrep -v '(^\*|master|main|dev)' | xargs git branch -d"

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Director of Post-graduate programs
• Vice-President "Digital Transformation" at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, [2016-2020].
• Elected member of the Administration Council of the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord [2016-2020]
• President-elect of département d'Informatique at Institut Galilée - Université Paris 13, [2010-2013].
• Deputy Director (appointed) of the LIPN-UMR 7030, in charge of theses and the enhancement of research, [2008-2012]:
- PhD theses: scholarships and grants, participation in the Doctoral School, follow-up of theses (encouragement to participate in "summer schools", doctoral training, pre-examinations), relations between doctoral students and supervisors.
- Assistance with the setting up and valorisation of projects: follow-up of tenders, advice on the submission of projects and the valuation of their results.
• President-elect of the Bureau of the Data Mining and Learning Group of SFdS (French Statistical Society), [2009-2012].
• Director of Computer Science at the Galilee Institute of the Master in Science, Technology and Health, University Paris 13, since 2004.
Scientific Responsibilities
• Elected Head of the research team (A3) "Machine Learning & Applications", [2005-2007] and [2008-2011].
• Scientific manager for the research project:
* ANR MN COCLICO
* FUI HERMES
* ANR CSOSG E-FRAUD
* ANR TL CADI
* ANR Blanc SILLAGES
* ANR TL SEPTIA
* DCL&WSN : Distributed Connectionist Learning for Wireless Sensor Networks "
* FUI INFOM@GIC (Pole de Compétitivité CapDigital) (with A. Nazarenko)
* COCPRA : Combining and Optimizing Classifiers for Pattern Recognition Applications "
• Elected member of the Scientific Council of the University Paris 13 [2011-2012]
• Member of the Board of the Galilée Doctoral School (2011-2015)
• Member of the PhD Thesis Committee (2012-2015)
• Member of the LIPN Council (elected [1994-2004], appointed [2005-2011], permanent guest [2011-2015])
• Member of the Board of SFdS (French Statistical Society) (since 2009)
• Member of the Steering Committee of EGC (Extraction and Knowledge Management) (since 2010)
Educational Responsibilities
• Responsible of the master specialization EID2: Machine Learning & Data Science".
• Responsible for the internships of the specialization EID2.
• Chairman of the Diploma Award Board of the EID2 master.
• Chairman of the EID2 Internship Jury.
• Chairman of the admission committee in EID2.
• Director of DESS EID (Computer Data Exploration), 2001-2004.
• Responsible (with C. Recanati) of the DEUST IMaRI, 2002-2004.
• Chairman of the diploma awarding board of the DESS EID, 2001-2005, and the DEUST IMaRI (2002-2004).
• Chairman of the selection board of the admission committee in DESS EID (2001-2004) and in DEUST IMaRI (2002-2004).
• Responsible for the internships of the DESS EID (2001-2005) and the DEUST IMaRI (2003-2004).
• Responsible for organizing the "Conferences" of the training of engineer of the Galilée Institute in "Informatics" (2000-2003) and DESS EID (2001-2004).
• Head of "Multimedia" teaching at DEUG SM and MIAS (1998-2003)
• Responsible for teaching "Computer Networks", Master of Computer Science at the Galilée Institute (1998-2001).
• Responsible for the Computer Science courses of the DEUG SM 2nd year (93-94)
• From 1994 to 2001, I was co-responsible for the Master of Computer Science in Paris 13 (with N. Bidoit and then with D. Kayser).
Councils and Commissions
• Elected member of the Administrative Council of the University Paris 13 [since 2016-]
• Member of the Administrative Council of the Galilée Institute (2010-2016)
• Member of the Commission of the means at the Galilée Institute (2010-2016)
• Elected member of the Council of the IT department of the Galilée Institute (since 2010)
• Member of the Expert Committee of the 27th section of the CNU as a Professor at the University of Paris 13 (2009-2015)
• Member of the Selection Committees of the 27th section of the CNU as Professor at the Universities Paris 5, Paris 8, Paris 11, Paris 13, Toulon.
• Member of the Commissions of Specialists as Professor:
- of the 27th section of the CNU at the University of Paris 13 (2004-2008)
- of the 27th section of the CNU at the University of Cergy-Pontoise (2001-2005)
- of the 61st and 63rd sections of the CNU at the University Paris 13 (2001-2008)
• Member of the office of the computer science department at the Galilée Institute of the Paris 13 University (until 2009).
• Member of the Commissions of Specialists of the 27th section of the CNU as a Lecturer in:
• University Paris 13 (1995-2001)
• CNAM (1998-2001)
• the University of Cergy-Pontoise (1998-2001)
PhD. Supervision
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-Nord - CNRS (UMR 7030)
La Maison des Sciences Numériques - LaMSN


Soul Serenade: Barbara George, "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)"
It's one-hit wonder time again and once again that one hit was a monster that inexplicably never found a follow-up. This time the record came out of New Orleans and set the national charts on fire, topping the R&B chart and finding Top 5 crossover success on the Pop chart.
Barbara Ann Smith came from New Orleans fabled Ninth Ward and got her singing start in the choir at her Baptist church. What set her apart from other young singers was that Smith was already writing her own songs at a young age. Another thing she did at a young age was to get married when she was 16 years-old and become Barbara George.
Somewhere along the way, George made the acquaintance of Jessie Hill, another Ninth Ward resident who had a smash hit with "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" in 1960. Hill was impressed enough to get an audition for George with the legendary record producer Harold Battiste who in turn was sufficiently impressed to sign George to his AFO (All For One) record label.
Some accounts claim that "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" was written by George's mother, Eula May Jackson. But the credit on the record belongs to George so I'm going to stick with that. Battiste produced a session that was split between George and another Battiste signing, Prince La La. They recorded at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio and the backing band included Roy Montrell on guitar, drummer John Boudreaux, and cornet player Melvin Lastie. With all of those iconic New Orleans figures on board, George's record couldn't miss … and it didn't.
"I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" was inspired by the traditional hymn "Just a Closer Walk with Thee." Battiste had a distribution deal with Juggy Murray at Sue Records and that allowed the single to achieve national distribution in 1961. When the record became a hit, Murray began to court George, finally convincing her to leave AFO and sign directly with his label. She released one last single for Battiste, "You Talk About Love," but it failed to crack the Top 40. Soon after that, Battiste left New Orleans for Los Angeles and George's career floundered.
There were several singles for Sue including "If You Think," "Send for Me (If You Need Some Lovin')," and "Recipe (For Perfect Fools)," but they all lacked the passion and charm of George's AFO efforts. When "Something's Definitely Wrong" failed to make a mark in 1963 Murray cut George loose. Her failing career led to drug and alcohol abuse that left George in the wilderness until she mounted a comeback in 1967.
She gave it her best shot, signing with Seven B Records and getting Eddie Bo to produce her single "Something You Got," but when the record failed to chart George call it a day, retiring from the music business to concentrate on raising her three boys. There were a couple of singles for the Hep label in the late '70s, "Take Me Somewhere Tonight," and "This is the Weekend," but they would prove to be the last recordings that George would make.
Barbara George, a born-again Christian, returned to where she got her start, her church choir. But somewhere along the way she had contracted Hepatitis C. She fought the disease for more than ten years before succumbing in 2006, a few days before her 64th birthday. George's song, "I Know," has been covered many times over the years including versions by the Newbeats, Cher, Bonnie Raitt, Ike & Tina Turner, Anne Murray, and Steve Marriott.


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Celebrity GossipNewsEntertainment
Kim admits she caused 'physical fights'
BANG SHOWBIZThe West Australian
Mon, 21 January 2013 12:30PM
Kourtney Kardashian claims her sister Kim causes drama in their family.
The 33-year-old reality TV star - who has two children, Mason, three, and Penelope, seven months, with her long-term boyfriend Scott Disick - says her younger sister has a habit of creating problems for them but insists they usually get on "really well".
RELATED: Kardashians targets of emergency hoax
The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star told USMagazine: "Kim is a drama causer." She explained that her younger sister invited her boyfriend Scott to go to Miami with them behind her back.
Kim, who is expecting her first child in June with boyfriend Kanye West, admitted that she has caused a lot of arguments among her friends and family, especially while filming the new season of their spin-off reality series 'Kourtney & Kim Take Miami'.
She said: "This season, I took a look back and I realised how much in everyone's business I really was, and how nosy I was - to the point that I was causing people to get into, like, physical fights, crying, leaving, storming out."
But she also hit back at her sister's comment, insisting she only gets involved in other people's business with "the best intentions" of helping them resolve any issues.
"Everyone was having issues, and I was always trying to bring people together and just make it better," Kim said.
Kim has also revealed that her rapper beau Kanye won't feature in the new E! series because he was recording his new album in Europe while she was filming the show.
The new season of 'Kourtney & Kim Take Miami' premieres in the US on E! on January 20.
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Days after it was revealed she split with her beau of nearly three years, Ryan Seacrest, Julianne's brother, Derek Hough, tells Life & Style that the actress/dancer couldn't be doing any better.
VIDEO: Wedding on the way for Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough?
"She's doing good," he told Life & Style after his first performance with Kellie Pickler on the season 16 premiere of Dancing With the Stars on Monday night.
The blond beauty has been seen out and about hanging out with girlfriends, and was even spotted spending some time with Derek and former DWTS pal Maksim Chmerkovskiy outside Beacher's Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood over the weekend.
"We work hard, and it's why we're attracted to each other," Julianne said recently about her relationship with Ryan. "We both are attracted to drive, ambition and success — depending on what you think success is."
And the American Idol host echoed the same sentiments. "We're really happy and we're really proud of each other."
TAKE OUR POLL: Are you sad about their split?
But unfortunately, the couple — who began dating in spring 2010 — just couldn't make it work.
For more inside Ryan and Julianne's heartbreaking split, pick up the new issue of Life & Style, on stands tomorrow.


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goog.provide('shaka.offline.Storage');

goog.require('goog.asserts');
goog.require('shaka.Player');
goog.require('shaka.log');
goog.require('shaka.media.DrmEngine');
goog.require('shaka.media.ManifestParser');
goog.require('shaka.offline.DownloadManager');
goog.require('shaka.offline.IStorageEngine');
goog.require('shaka.offline.OfflineManifestParser');
goog.require('shaka.offline.OfflineUtils');
goog.require('shaka.util.ConfigUtils');
goog.require('shaka.util.Error');
goog.require('shaka.util.Functional');
goog.require('shaka.util.IDestroyable');
goog.require('shaka.util.LanguageUtils');
goog.require('shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils');
goog.require('shaka.util.StreamUtils');

/**
 * This manages persistent offline data including storage, listing, and deleting
 * stored manifests.  Playback of offline manifests are done using Player
 * using the special URI (e.g. 'offline:12').
 *
 * First, check support() to see if offline is supported by the platform.
 * Second, configure() the storage object with callbacks to your application.
 * Third, call store(), remove(), or list() as needed.
 * When done, call destroy().
 *
 * @param {shaka.Player} player
 *   The player instance to pull configuration data from.
 *
 * @struct
 * @constructor
 * @implements {shaka.util.IDestroyable}
 * @export
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shaka.offline.Storage = function(player) {
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  this.storageEngine_ = shaka.offline.OfflineUtils.createStorageEngine();

  /** @private {shaka.Player} */
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  /** @private {?shakaExtern.OfflineConfiguration} */
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  this.drmEngine_ = null;

  /** @private {boolean} */
  this.storeInProgress_ = false;

  /** @private {Array.<shakaExtern.Track>} */
  this.firstPeriodTracks_ = null;

  /** @private {number} */
  this.manifestId_ = -1;

  /** @private {number} */
  this.duration_ = 0;

  /** @private {?shakaExtern.Manifest} */
  this.manifest_ = null;

  var netEngine = player.getNetworkingEngine();
  goog.asserts.assert(netEngine, 'Player must not be destroyed');

  /** @private {shaka.offline.DownloadManager} */
  this.downloadManager_ = new shaka.offline.DownloadManager(
      this.storageEngine_, netEngine,
      player.getConfiguration().streaming.retryParameters, this.config_);
};

/**
 * Gets whether offline storage is supported.  Returns true if offline storage
 * is supported for clear content.  Support for offline storage of encrypted
 * content will not be determined until storage is attempted.
 *
 * @return {boolean}
 * @export
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.support = function() {
  return shaka.offline.OfflineUtils.isStorageEngineSupported();
};

/**
 * @override
 * @export
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.destroy = function() {
  var storageEngine = this.storageEngine_;
  // Destroy the download manager first since it needs the StorageEngine to
  // clean up old segments.
  var ret = !this.downloadManager_ ?
      Promise.resolve() :
      this.downloadManager_.destroy()
          .catch(function() {})
          .then(function() {
            if (storageEngine) return storageEngine.destroy();
          });

  this.storageEngine_ = null;
  this.downloadManager_ = null;
  this.player_ = null;
  this.config_ = null;
  return ret;
};

/**
 * Sets configuration values for Storage.  This is not associated with
 * Player.configure and will not change Player.
 *
 * There are two important callbacks configured here: one for download progress,
 * and one to decide which tracks to store.
 *
 * The default track selection callback will store the largest SD video track.
 * Provide your own callback to choose the tracks you want to store.
 *
 * @param {shakaExtern.OfflineConfiguration} config
 * @export
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.configure = function(config) {
  goog.asserts.assert(this.config_, 'Must not be destroyed');
  shaka.util.ConfigUtils.mergeConfigObjects(
      this.config_, config, this.defaultConfig_(), {}, '');
};

/**
 * Stores the given manifest.  If the content is encrypted, and encrypted
 * content cannot be stored on this platform, the Promise will be rejected with
 * error code 6001, REQUESTED_KEY_SYSTEM_CONFIG_UNAVAILABLE.
 *
 * @param {string} manifestUri The URI of the manifest to store.
 * @param {!Object} appMetadata An arbitrary object from the application that
 *   will be stored along-side the offline content.  Use this for any
 *   application-specific metadata you need associated with the stored content.
 *   For details on the data types that can be stored here, please refer to
 *   https://goo.gl/h62coS
 * @param {!shakaExtern.ManifestParser.Factory=} opt_manifestParserFactory
 * @return {!Promise.<shakaExtern.StoredContent>}  A Promise to a structure
 *   representing what was stored.  The "offlineUri" member is the URI that
 *   should be given to Player.load() to play this piece of content offline.
 *   The "appMetadata" member is the appMetadata argument you passed to store().
 * @export
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.store = function(
    manifestUri, appMetadata, opt_manifestParserFactory) {
  if (this.storeInProgress_) {
    return Promise.reject(new shaka.util.Error(
        shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
        shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
        shaka.util.Error.Code.STORE_ALREADY_IN_PROGRESS));
  }
  this.storeInProgress_ = true;

  /** @type {shakaExtern.ManifestDB} */
  var manifestDb;

  var error = null;
  var onError = function(e) { error = e; };
  return this.initIfNeeded_()
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        return this.loadInternal(
            manifestUri, onError, opt_manifestParserFactory);
      }.bind(this)).then((
          /**
           * @param {{manifest: shakaExtern.Manifest,
           *          drmEngine: !shaka.media.DrmEngine}} data
           * @return {!Promise}
           */
          function(data) {
            this.checkDestroyed_();
            this.manifest_ = data.manifest;
            this.drmEngine_ = data.drmEngine;

            if (this.manifest_.presentationTimeline.isLive() ||
                this.manifest_.presentationTimeline.isInProgress()) {
              throw new shaka.util.Error(
                  shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
                  shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
                  shaka.util.Error.Code.CANNOT_STORE_LIVE_OFFLINE, manifestUri);
            }

            // Re-filter now that DrmEngine is initialized.
            this.manifest_.periods.forEach(this.filterPeriod_.bind(this));

            this.manifestId_ = this.storageEngine_.reserveId('manifest');
            this.duration_ = 0;
            manifestDb = this.createOfflineManifest_(manifestUri, appMetadata);
            return this.downloadManager_.downloadAndStore(manifestDb);
          })
      .bind(this))
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        // Throw any errors from the manifest parser or DrmEngine.
        if (error)
          throw error;

        return this.cleanup_();
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function() {
        return shaka.offline.OfflineUtils.getStoredContent(manifestDb);
      }.bind(this))
      .catch(function(err) {
        var Functional = shaka.util.Functional;
        return this.cleanup_().catch(Functional.noop).then(function() {
          throw err;
        });
      }.bind(this));
};

/**
 * Removes the given stored content.
 *
 * @param {shakaExtern.StoredContent} content
 * @return {!Promise}
 * @export
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.remove = function(content) {
  var uri = content.offlineUri;
  var parts = /^offline:([0-9]+)$/.exec(uri);
  if (!parts) {
    return Promise.reject(new shaka.util.Error(
        shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
        shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
        shaka.util.Error.Code.MALFORMED_OFFLINE_URI, uri));
  }

  var error = null;
  var onError = function(e) {
    // Ignore errors if the session was already removed.
    if (e.code != shaka.util.Error.Code.OFFLINE_SESSION_REMOVED)
      error = e;
  };

  /** @type {shakaExtern.ManifestDB} */
  var manifestDb;
  /** @type {!shaka.media.DrmEngine} */
  var drmEngine;
  var manifestId = Number(parts[1]);
  return this.initIfNeeded_().then(function() {
    this.checkDestroyed_();
    return this.storageEngine_.get('manifest', manifestId);
  }.bind(this)).then((
      /**
       * @param {?shakaExtern.ManifestDB} data
       * @return {!Promise}
       */
      function(data) {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        if (!data) {
          throw new shaka.util.Error(
              shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
              shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
              shaka.util.Error.Code.REQUESTED_ITEM_NOT_FOUND, uri);
        }
        manifestDb = data;
        var manifest =
            shaka.offline.OfflineManifestParser.reconstructManifest(manifestDb);
        var netEngine = this.player_.getNetworkingEngine();
        goog.asserts.assert(netEngine, 'Player must not be destroyed');
        drmEngine = new shaka.media.DrmEngine(
            netEngine, onError, function() {}, function() {});
        drmEngine.configure(this.player_.getConfiguration().drm);
        return drmEngine.init(manifest, true /* isOffline */);
      })
  .bind(this)).then(function() {
    return drmEngine.removeSessions(manifestDb.sessionIds);
  }.bind(this)).then(function() {
    return drmEngine.destroy();
  }.bind(this)).then(function() {
    this.checkDestroyed_();
    if (error) throw error;
    var Functional = shaka.util.Functional;
    // Get every segment for every stream in the manifest.
    /** @type {!Array.<number>} */
    var segments = manifestDb.periods.map(function(period) {
      return period.streams.map(function(stream) {
        var segments = stream.segments.map(function(segment) {
          var parts = /^offline:[0-9]+\/[0-9]+\/([0-9]+)$/.exec(segment.uri);
          goog.asserts.assert(parts, 'Invalid offline URI');
          return Number(parts[1]);
        });
        if (stream.initSegmentUri) {
          var parts = /^offline:[0-9]+\/[0-9]+\/([0-9]+)$/.exec(
              stream.initSegmentUri);
          goog.asserts.assert(parts, 'Invalid offline URI');
          segments.push(Number(parts[1]));
        }
        return segments;
      }).reduce(Functional.collapseArrays, []);
    }).reduce(Functional.collapseArrays, []);

    // Delete all the segments.
    var deleteCount = 0;
    var segmentCount = segments.length;
    var callback = this.config_.progressCallback;
    return this.storageEngine_.removeWhere('segment', function(segment) {
      var i = segments.indexOf(segment.key);
      if (i >= 0) {
        callback(content, deleteCount / segmentCount);
        deleteCount++;
      }
      return i >= 0;
    }.bind(this));
  }.bind(this)).then(function() {
    this.checkDestroyed_();
    this.config_.progressCallback(content, 1);
    return this.storageEngine_.remove('manifest', manifestId);
  }.bind(this));
};

/**
 * Lists all the stored content available.
 *
 * @return {!Promise.<!Array.<shakaExtern.StoredContent>>}  A Promise to an
 *   array of structures representing all stored content.  The "offlineUri"
 *   member of the structure is the URI that should be given to Player.load()
 *   to play this piece of content offline.  The "appMetadata" member is the
 *   appMetadata argument you passed to store().
 * @export
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.list = function() {
  /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StoredContent>} */
  var storedContents = [];
  return this.initIfNeeded_()
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        return this.storageEngine_.forEach(
            'manifest', function(/** shakaExtern.ManifestDB */ manifest) {
              storedContents.push(
                  shaka.offline.OfflineUtils.getStoredContent(manifest));
            });
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function() { return storedContents; });
};

/**
 * Loads the given manifest, parses it, and constructs the DrmEngine.  This
 * stops the manifest parser.  This may be replaced by tests.
 *
 * @param {string} manifestUri
 * @param {function(*)} onError
 * @param {!shakaExtern.ManifestParser.Factory=} opt_manifestParserFactory
 * @return {!Promise.<{
 *   manifest: shakaExtern.Manifest,
 *   drmEngine: !shaka.media.DrmEngine
 * }>}
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.loadInternal = function(
    manifestUri, onError, opt_manifestParserFactory) {

  var netEngine = /** @type {!shaka.net.NetworkingEngine} */ (
      this.player_.getNetworkingEngine());
  var config = this.player_.getConfiguration();

  /** @type {shakaExtern.Manifest} */
  var manifest;
  /** @type {!shaka.media.DrmEngine} */
  var drmEngine;
  /** @type {!shakaExtern.ManifestParser} */
  var manifestParser;

  var onKeyStatusChange = function() {};
  return shaka.media.ManifestParser
      .getFactory(
          manifestUri, netEngine, config.manifest.retryParameters,
          opt_manifestParserFactory)
      .then(function(factory) {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        manifestParser = new factory();
        manifestParser.configure(config.manifest);

        var playerInterface = {
          networkingEngine: netEngine,
          filterPeriod: this.filterPeriod_.bind(this),
          onTimelineRegionAdded: function() {},
          onEvent: function() {},
          onError: onError
        };
        return manifestParser.start(manifestUri, playerInterface);
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function(data) {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        manifest = data;
        drmEngine = new shaka.media.DrmEngine(
            netEngine, onError, onKeyStatusChange, function() {});
        drmEngine.configure(config.drm);
        return drmEngine.init(manifest, true /* isOffline */);
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        return this.createSegmentIndex_(manifest);
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        return drmEngine.createOrLoad();
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        return manifestParser.stop();
      }.bind(this))
      .then(function() {
        this.checkDestroyed_();
        return {manifest: manifest, drmEngine: drmEngine};
      }.bind(this))
      .catch(function(error) {
        if (manifestParser)
          return manifestParser.stop().then(function() { throw error; });
        else
          throw error;
      });
};

/**
 * The default track selection function.
 *
 * @param {!Array.<shakaExtern.Track>} tracks
 * @return {!Array.<shakaExtern.Track>}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.defaultTrackSelect_ = function(tracks) {
  var LanguageUtils = shaka.util.LanguageUtils;
  var ContentType = shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.ContentType;

  var selectedTracks = [];

  // Select variants with best language match.
  var audioLangPref = LanguageUtils.normalize(
      this.player_.getConfiguration().preferredAudioLanguage);
  var matchTypes = [
    LanguageUtils.MatchType.EXACT,
    LanguageUtils.MatchType.BASE_LANGUAGE_OKAY,
    LanguageUtils.MatchType.OTHER_SUB_LANGUAGE_OKAY
  ];
  var allVariantTracks =
      tracks.filter(function(track) { return track.type == 'variant'; });
  // For each match type, get the tracks that match the audio preference for
  // that match type.
  var tracksByMatchType = matchTypes.map(function(match) {
    return allVariantTracks.filter(function(track) {
      var lang = LanguageUtils.normalize(track.language);
      return LanguageUtils.match(match, audioLangPref, lang);
    });
  });

  // Find the best match type that has any matches.
  var variantTracks;
  for (var i = 0; i < tracksByMatchType.length; i++) {
    if (tracksByMatchType[i].length) {
      variantTracks = tracksByMatchType[i];
      break;
    }
  }

  // Fall back to "primary" audio tracks, if present.
  if (!variantTracks) {
    var primaryTracks = allVariantTracks.filter(function(track) {
      return track.primary;
    });
    if (primaryTracks.length)
      variantTracks = primaryTracks;
  }

  // Otherwise, there is no good way to choose the language, so we don't choose
  // a language at all.
  if (!variantTracks) {
    variantTracks = allVariantTracks;
    // Issue a warning, but only if the content has multiple languages.
    // Otherwise, this warning would just be noise.
    var languages = allVariantTracks
        .map(function(track) { return track.language; })
        .filter(shaka.util.Functional.isNotDuplicate);
    if (languages.length > 1) {
      shaka.log.warning('Could not choose a good audio track based on ' +
                        'language preferences or primary tracks.  An ' +
                        'arbitrary language will be stored!');
    }
  }

  // From previously selected variants, choose the SD ones (height <= 480).
  var tracksByHeight = variantTracks.filter(function(track) {
    return track.height && track.height <= 480;
  });

  // If variants don't have video or no video with height <= 480 was
  // found, proceed with the previously selected tracks.
  if (tracksByHeight.length) {
    // Sort by resolution, then select all variants which match the height
    // of the highest SD res.  There may be multiple audio bitrates for the
    // same video resolution.
    tracksByHeight.sort(function(a, b) { return b.height - a.height; });
    variantTracks = tracksByHeight.filter(function(track) {
      return track.height == tracksByHeight[0].height;
    });
  }

  // Now sort by bandwidth.
  variantTracks.sort(function(a, b) { return a.bandwidth - b.bandwidth; });

  // In case there are multiple matches at different audio bitrates, select the
  // middle bandwidth one.
  if (variantTracks.length)
    selectedTracks.push(variantTracks[Math.floor(variantTracks.length / 2)]);

  // Since this default callback is used primarily by our own demo app and by
  // app developers who haven't thought about which tracks they want, we should
  // select all text tracks, regardless of language.  This makes for a better
  // demo for us, and does not rely on user preferences for the unconfigured
  // app.
  selectedTracks.push.apply(selectedTracks, tracks.filter(function(track) {
    return track.type == ContentType.TEXT;
  }));

  return selectedTracks;
};

/**
 * @return {shakaExtern.OfflineConfiguration}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.defaultConfig_ = function() {
  return {
    trackSelectionCallback: this.defaultTrackSelect_.bind(this),
    progressCallback: function(storedContent, percent) {
      // Reference arguments to keep closure from removing it.
      // If the argument is removed, it breaks our function length check
      // in mergeConfigObjects_().
      // NOTE: Chrome App Content Security Policy prohibits usage of new
      // Function().
      if (storedContent || percent) return null;
    }
  };
};

/**
 * Initializes the IStorageEngine if it is not already.
 *
 * @return {!Promise}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.initIfNeeded_ = function() {
  if (!this.storageEngine_) {
    return Promise.reject(new shaka.util.Error(
        shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
        shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
        shaka.util.Error.Code.STORAGE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
  } else if (this.storageEngine_.initialized()) {
    return Promise.resolve();
  } else {
    var scheme = shaka.offline.OfflineUtils.DB_SCHEME;
    return this.storageEngine_.init(scheme);
  }
};

/**
 * @param {shakaExtern.Period} period
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.filterPeriod_ = function(period) {
  var StreamUtils = shaka.util.StreamUtils;
  var ContentType = shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.ContentType;
  var activeStreams = {};
  if (this.firstPeriodTracks_) {
    var variantTracks = this.firstPeriodTracks_.filter(function(track) {
      return track.type == 'variant';
    });
    var variant = null;
    if (variantTracks.length)
      variant = StreamUtils.findVariantForTrack(period, variantTracks[0]);

    if (variant) {
      // Use the first variant as the container of "active streams".  This
      // is then used to filter out the streams that are not compatible with it.
      // This ensures that in multi-Period content, all Periods have streams
      // with compatible MIME types.
      if (variant.video) activeStreams[ContentType.VIDEO] = variant.video;
      if (variant.audio) activeStreams[ContentType.AUDIO] = variant.audio;
    }
  }
  StreamUtils.filterPeriod(this.drmEngine_, activeStreams, period);
  StreamUtils.applyRestrictions(
      period, this.player_.getConfiguration().restrictions,
      /* maxHwRes */ { width: Infinity, height: Infinity });
};

/**
 * Cleans up the current store and destroys any objects.  This object is still
 * usable after this.
 *
 * @return {!Promise}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.cleanup_ = function() {
  var ret = this.drmEngine_ ? this.drmEngine_.destroy() : Promise.resolve();
  this.drmEngine_ = null;
  this.manifest_ = null;
  this.storeInProgress_ = false;
  this.firstPeriodTracks_ = null;
  this.manifestId_ = -1;
  return ret;
};

/**
 * Calls createSegmentIndex for all streams in the manifest.
 *
 * @param {shakaExtern.Manifest} manifest
 * @return {!Promise}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.createSegmentIndex_ = function(manifest) {
  var Functional = shaka.util.Functional;
  var streams = manifest.periods
      .map(function(period) { return period.variants; })
      .reduce(Functional.collapseArrays, [])
      .map(function(variant) {
        var variantStreams = [];
        if (variant.audio) variantStreams.push(variant.audio);
        if (variant.video) variantStreams.push(variant.video);
        return variantStreams;
      })
      .reduce(Functional.collapseArrays, [])
      .filter(Functional.isNotDuplicate);

  var textStreams = manifest.periods
      .map(function(period) { return period.textStreams; })
      .reduce(Functional.collapseArrays, []);

  streams.push.apply(streams, textStreams);
  return Promise.all(
      streams.map(function(stream) { return stream.createSegmentIndex(); }));
};

/**
 * Creates an offline 'manifest' for the real manifest.  This does not store
 * the segments yet, only adds them to the download manager through
 * createPeriod_.
 *
 * @param {string} originalManifestUri
 * @param {!Object} appMetadata
 * @return {shakaExtern.ManifestDB}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.createOfflineManifest_ = function(
    originalManifestUri, appMetadata) {
  var periods = this.manifest_.periods.map(this.createPeriod_.bind(this));
  var drmInfo = this.drmEngine_.getDrmInfo();
  var sessions = this.drmEngine_.getSessionIds();
  if (drmInfo) {
    if (!sessions.length) {
      throw new shaka.util.Error(
          shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL, shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
          shaka.util.Error.Code.NO_INIT_DATA_FOR_OFFLINE, originalManifestUri);
    }
    // Don't store init data since we have stored sessions.
    drmInfo.initData = [];
  }

  return {
    key: this.manifestId_,
    originalManifestUri: originalManifestUri,
    duration: this.duration_,
    size: 0,
    expiration: this.drmEngine_.getExpiration(),
    periods: periods,
    sessionIds: sessions,
    drmInfo: drmInfo,
    appMetadata: appMetadata
  };
};

/**
 * Converts a manifest Period to a database Period.  This will use the current
 * configuration to get the tracks to use, then it will search each segment
 * index and add all the segments to the download manager through createStream_.
 *
 * @param {shakaExtern.Period} period
 * @return {shakaExtern.PeriodDB}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.createPeriod_ = function(period) {
  var StreamUtils = shaka.util.StreamUtils;

  var variantTracks = StreamUtils.getVariantTracks(period, null, null);
  var textTracks = StreamUtils.getTextTracks(period, null);
  var allTracks = variantTracks.concat(textTracks);

  var chosenTracks = this.config_.trackSelectionCallback(allTracks);

  if (this.firstPeriodTracks_ == null) {
    this.firstPeriodTracks_ = chosenTracks;
    // Now that the first tracks are chosen, filter again.  This ensures all
    // Periods have compatible content types.
    this.manifest_.periods.forEach(this.filterPeriod_.bind(this));
  }

  for (var i = chosenTracks.length - 1; i > 0; --i) {
    var foundSimilarTracks = false;
    for (var j = i - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
      if (chosenTracks[i].type == chosenTracks[j].type &&
          chosenTracks[i].kind == chosenTracks[j].kind &&
          chosenTracks[i].language == chosenTracks[j].language) {
        shaka.log.warning(
            'Multiple tracks of the same type/kind/language given.');
        foundSimilarTracks = true;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (foundSimilarTracks) break;
  }

  var streams = [];

  for (var i = 0; i < chosenTracks.length; i++) {
    var variant = StreamUtils.findVariantForTrack(period, chosenTracks[i]);
    if (variant) {
      // Make a rough estimation of the streams' bandwidth so download manager
      // can track the progress of the download.
      var bandwidthEstimation;
      if (variant.audio) {
        // If the audio stream has already been added to the DB
        // as part of another variant, add the ID to the list.
        // Otherwise, add it to the DB.
        var stream = streams.filter(function(s) {
          return s.id == variant.audio.id;
        })[0];
        if (stream) {
          stream.variantIds.push(variant.id);
        } else {
          // If variant has both audio and video, roughly estimate them
          // both to be 1/2 of the variant's bandwidth.
          // If variant only has one stream, it's bandwidth equals to
          // the bandwidth of the variant.
          bandwidthEstimation =
              variant.video ? variant.bandwidth / 2 : variant.bandwidth;
          streams.push(this.createStream_(period,
                                          variant.audio,
                                          bandwidthEstimation,
                                          variant.id));
        }
      }
      if (variant.video) {
        var stream = streams.filter(function(s) {
          return s.id == variant.video.id;
        })[0];
        if (stream) {
          stream.variantIds.push(variant.id);
        } else {
          bandwidthEstimation =
              variant.audio ? variant.bandwidth / 2 : variant.bandwidth;
          streams.push(this.createStream_(period,
                                          variant.video,
                                          bandwidthEstimation,
                                          variant.id));
        }
      }
    } else {
      var textStream =
          StreamUtils.findTextStreamForTrack(period, chosenTracks[i]);
      goog.asserts.assert(
          textStream, 'Could not find track with id ' + chosenTracks[i].id);
      streams.push(this.createStream_(
          period, textStream, 0 /* estimatedStreamBandwidth */));
    }
  }

  return {
    startTime: period.startTime,
    streams: streams
  };
};

/**
 * Converts a manifest stream to a database stream.  This will search the
 * segment index and add all the segments to the download manager.
 *
 * @param {shakaExtern.Period} period
 * @param {shakaExtern.Stream} stream
 * @param {number} estimatedStreamBandwidth
 * @param {number=} opt_variantId
 * @return {shakaExtern.StreamDB}
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.createStream_ = function(
    period, stream, estimatedStreamBandwidth, opt_variantId) {
  /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.SegmentDB>} */
  var segmentsDb = [];
  var startTime =
      this.manifest_.presentationTimeline.getSegmentAvailabilityStart();
  var endTime = startTime;
  var i = stream.findSegmentPosition(startTime);
  var ref = (i != null ? stream.getSegmentReference(i) : null);
  while (ref) {
    var id = this.storageEngine_.reserveId('segment');
    var bandwidthSize =
        (ref.endTime - ref.startTime) * estimatedStreamBandwidth / 8;

    /** @type {shakaExtern.SegmentDataDB} */
    var segmentDataDb = {
      key: id,
      data: null,
      manifestKey: this.manifestId_,
      streamNumber: stream.id,
      segmentNumber: id
    };
    this.downloadManager_.addSegment(
        stream.type, ref, bandwidthSize, segmentDataDb);

    segmentsDb.push({
      startTime: ref.startTime,
      endTime: ref.endTime,
      uri: 'offline:' + this.manifestId_ + '/' + stream.id + '/' + id
    });

    endTime = ref.endTime + period.startTime;
    ref = stream.getSegmentReference(++i);
  }

  this.duration_ = Math.max(this.duration_, (endTime - startTime));
  var initUri = null;
  if (stream.initSegmentReference) {
    var id = this.storageEngine_.reserveId('segment');
    initUri = 'offline:' + this.manifestId_ + '/' + stream.id + '/' + id;

    /** @type {shakaExtern.SegmentDataDB} */
    var initDataDb = {
      key: id,
      data: null,
      manifestKey: this.manifestId_,
      streamNumber: stream.id,
      segmentNumber: -1
    };

    this.downloadManager_.addSegment(
        stream.contentType, stream.initSegmentReference, 0, initDataDb);
  }

  var variantIds = [];
  if (opt_variantId != null) variantIds.push(opt_variantId);

  return {
    id: stream.id,
    primary: stream.primary,
    presentationTimeOffset: stream.presentationTimeOffset || 0,
    contentType: stream.type,
    mimeType: stream.mimeType,
    codecs: stream.codecs,
    frameRate: stream.frameRate,
    kind: stream.kind,
    language: stream.language,
    width: stream.width || null,
    height: stream.height || null,
    initSegmentUri: initUri,
    encrypted: stream.encrypted,
    keyId: stream.keyId,
    segments: segmentsDb,
    variantIds: variantIds
  };
};

/**
 * Throws an error if the object is destroyed.
 * @private
 */
shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.checkDestroyed_ = function() {
  if (!this.player_) {
    throw new shaka.util.Error(
        shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
        shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
        shaka.util.Error.Code.OPERATION_ABORTED);
  }
};

shaka.Player.registerSupportPlugin('offline', shaka.offline.Storage.support);


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Tuesday, March 17 • 12:30pm - 1:30pm
The Future Is Short-Form: Storytelling for Today
Short-form content has emerged as a new form of storytelling as millennials continue to alter their entertainment consumption habits. With the ubiquity of mobile phones and tablets, millennials are watching short, snackable video clips more than ever. In this session, Bonnie Pan, executive vice president of programming at Maker Studios, and David Freeman, co-head of the brand partnership and digital content packaging groups at CAA, will discuss the rise of short-form content and changing viewing habits. Pan will share her exclusive insight on working with brands and content creators to develop new, innovative programming for Maker's millennial audience. Led by Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw, the group will discuss best practices for storytelling using short-form content and why this new medium has resonated so strongly with millennials.
Co-Head The Brand Coverage Group, Creative Artists Agency
Bonnie Pan
Exec VP of Programing, Maker Studios
Bonnie Pan, Executive Vice President, Programming; Maker Studios o Bonnie Pan serves as Executive Vice President of Programming at Maker, overseeing the company's four business units across the Gaming + Sports, Life + Style, Family and Entertainment divisions along with editorial... Read More →
Lucas Shaw
TV & Music Reporter, Bloomberg News
Lucas Shaw is a reporter for Bloomberg covering the television and music industries. He has spent the past few years reporting on the growing overlap between entertainment and technology, in particular how companies such as YouTube, Netflix and Hulu have influenced the TV and movie... Read More →
Tuesday March 17, 2015 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Hyatt Regency Austin Texas Ballroom 2-3 208 Barton Springs Rd
Interactive, Panel
Theme Content and Distribution
Type Solo / Dual / Panel
Tags interactive-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge, entertainment, storytelling, video


WASHINGTON -- The EPA has issued a notice of its intent to publish in the Federal Register a further delay of the effective date of five EPA regulations, including the formaldehyde regulation, to May. The Composite Panel Association has released this information to the wood industry.
The new effective date for the EPA formaldehyde regulation will be extended from March 21 to May 22, 2017. The notice does not provide any indication at this time if the EPA will also adjust the formaldehyde regulation's December 12, 2017 compliance date.
The rationale provided in the notice is that the newly arrived political appointees within EPA need additional time to learn more about these regulations and determine whether or not to conduct a substantive review.
Should EPA decide to conduct a substantive review, this could lead to further implementation delays and the possibility of EPA opening up the regulation for amendment. CPA reported that it will continue to work with EPA, and through other means, to ensure our members' interests are considered during this period. See Federal Register, or www.CompositePanel.org.