Bugs can be reported on our bugtracker. Click "Create new", found in the left-hand side of the bug tracker.
At the "Title", you are supposed to write a concise description of the bug, "Game crashes talking to Spencer" for example.
At the description field, you have enough space to place all the information you got on the bug. Please write how to reproduce.
Keywords also describe the bug, telling what areas it affects, for instance "graphics" or "dialog". Clicking the "list" link next to the text field brings up a list of existing keywords.
Files can be uploaded using the "Browse" button next to the "File" text field. Note that you can only upload one attachment at one time. Attaching savegames is often a good idea.
This is a special class to report bugs found at release candidates and stable versions. They are regarded as high priority.
Small glitch which was noted but does not affect gameplay in a relevant way. Difficulty to fix vary from trivial to nightmarish.
Crashes which only happened once with obscure reasons, bugs which should be fixed before next release but does not result in crashes, important things.
These bugs involve reproducible crashes. All crashes are critical. They are the highest priority. Some of them are reclassified as release-blocker.
These bugs are so critical that a release absolutely cannot be done with them. Release-Blocker are high-priority bugs and crashes. Prefer "critical" and/or "important" over "release-blocker" when possible.
A Feature Request. Should be detailed, and may come with a link to a patch on our Review Board. Previously they were classified as "idea".
Just an idea, a comment, and everything which does not affect the game. Feedback gathering, discussions, and anything else which is not a feature request nor a bug. Previously they were also classified as "feature".
If you think the bug report is complete, hit the "Submit New Entry" button and your bug report is uploaded to the Tracker and visible for everyone.
Always tell us which version (or git commit-hash) you use.
FreedroidRPG development may proceed very fast, game content may change very rapidly, so we can estimate, whether the conditions for your bug still exist or whether the feature causing the bug was already removed/changed.
BUT before to write your report, read carefully the following instructions, so that your report is actually meaningful and useful for us !!! Also, please read http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html.
Check whether the bug has already been reported.
Take a look at the bugtracker and check whether you are the first one who found the bug.
The problem you found has already been reported? It would be great if you could add additional information on it if we have problems reproducing it.
Make sure your FreedroidRPG is up to date.
Before you report a bug, please make sure you use the latest version of FreedroidRPG (current version is 0.16.1).
The version you are currently using is displayed in the lower right corner of the FreedroidRPG main menu screen.
Note that if you want your FreedroidRPG to be totally up to date with the current development status (that would be the best case for us), you have to install with git (see our Download page). To run, execute the game (or type ./src/freedroidRPG in a console, if you're Linux.) and see whether you can still reproduce the bug you found.
Try to get as much information on it as possible.
Do you play FreedroidRPG in OpenGL or in SDL mode?
That can be determined via main menu, too. In the lower left corner, if it says "OpenGL output active: YES" OpenGL is in use. If it says "NO", you use SDL as output.
The bug you found is a graphical glitch?
Make a screenshot, make a red circle around the bug if it is not obvious (you can use paint, gimp, photoshop, etc) and attach the screenshot to your bug report.
Don't forget to let us know whether you used fullscreen or window mode.
Also post the resolution you ran FreedroidRPG with. You can determine it at the terminal output ("Using screen resolution 1280 x 960."for example) and also in the menu: Go to Graphics Options -> Change Screen Resolution. The resolution marked with the asterisk is the current one.
The graphical mode (SDL or OpenGL) is important here, too. Mention in at the bug description.
You need some detail on your hardware system (graphic card for example)? The program Hardinfo may be your friend.
FreedroidRPG crashes right after you started it?
Rename the folder .freedroid_rpg in your home directory and try again.
Sometimes something big changed in FreedroidRPG and old savegames do not work anymore because they were made when this big changes were not yet implemented. This is usually the case when you upgrade/update FreedroidRPG to a new version (from version 0.12 to version 0.13 for example).
Don't delete your folder! In the case that it is not the cause of the crash, you won't lose your saved games, and can continue playing when the bug is fixed.
Save and send us savegames.
FreedroidRPG stores its data in the folder .freedroid_rpg in your home directory. If you found a bug, copy (not move) your current savegames into a separate folder. So you can continue playing the game while you still have the savegames in case we need them to reproduce your bug.
A key is not working?
Press the key F1 while ingame. At that screen, you'll be able to change the key settings (back to normal).
If that doesn't fix the problem, make a bug report. Don't forget to let us know the keyboard layout you are using.
FreedroidRPG crashes and the last output line says something like "Segfault"?
Please take a look at "Usage of GDB" and "Usage of Valgrind" or tell us.
Install gdb if you don't already have it on your system.
Attach the output to the bug report or e-mail directly to the developer if they asked for that.
valgrind is a memory utility that does profiling among other things, kcachegrind is the GUI for better visualization of the results. Those tools can help to find the origin of the crash.
Install valgrind and kcachegrind if you don't already have them on your system.
Attach the full output to the bug report or e-mail directly to the developer if they asked for that.
If you want to, and can, fix a bug you found, make the bug report first and give the developers some time to decide whether this really is a bug or just a missing feature or even something that won't get fixed.
Find out which file(s) cause(s) the bug. IRC might be the best way to do so.
Change [file_1] [file_2] [etc...] with the files that you edited (or just type 'master'. This can be enough :P). Change MyDiff with another name, in special if this explains what your patch does.
The patch should be posted at our Review Board.
A guide about patching and using Review Board can be found here.
Don't forget to mention what exactly your patch does, and/or add a link to the bugs/requests it fixes.
And do not hesitate to contact us for any questions concerning the game.


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Equinix To Invest $55M On Third Data Center In Osaka, Japan
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Huawei Plans to Invest $23 Million In New Thailand Data Center
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In a short span of 10 days, the users experienced Microsoft Office 365 outage for the third time. The downtime has affected Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and other vital productivity apps. Microsoft Office 365 Outage, down again Starting at around 2:15...
Bandwidth IG Extends its Dark Fiber Network in Douglas County
Bandwidth Infrastructure Group (Bandwidth IG), a metro dark fiber network provider in Northern California and Greater Atlanta, is extending its huge capacity, dark fiber network within the limits of Douglas County, Georgia. The dark fiber network provider is operating...

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Apparel company Ralph Lauren said on Friday that they were discontinuing their sponsorship of 13-time PGA Tour winner Justin Thomas after he used a homophobic slur during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii last week. "We are disheartened by Mr. Thomas's recent language, which is entirely inconsistent with our values," Ralph Lauren said in a written statement.
Severe storms possible over SE Qld
The weather bureau warns large hail and heavy rain are possible in southeast Queensland, while it monitors a tropical low that may develop into a cyclone.
'Take hostages': Disturbing new claims about Trump supporters in US riots
The FBI is investigating if there had been a plot to kidnap members of Congress and hold them hostage as new fears emerge about rioters.
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Nearly 100 cats have survived a house fire in a town outside Rochester, New York, according to an animal protection group. (Jan. 15)
Wagging tail lifts Aussies to 369 at Gabba
Australia have been bowled out for 369 on day two of their series-deciding fourth Test against India at the Gabba.
Emirates has suspended flights to Australia's three largest cities as the country further restricts international arrivals over fears of new virus strains.
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Aussie cricket great Shane Warne has hit back at his critics after addressing his on-air comments made about Marnus Labuschagne.
There have reportedly been two positive COVID-19 tests from an Open charter flight from Los Angeles, forcing the players on board into 14-days of lockdown.
DEADLINE ALERT: Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Reminds Investors That a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Stride, Inc. (f/k/a K12, Inc.) and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of investors that purchased Stride, Inc. (f/k/a K12, Inc.) (NYSE: LRN) common stock between April 27, 2020 and September 18, 2020 (the "Class Period"). Investors have until January 19, 2021 to apply to the Court to be appointed as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. Click here to participate in the action. Stride is a technology-based education company that provides proprietary and third-party educational curriculum, teacher training, administrative support, information technology support, software systems and educational services. The Company operates virtual learning systems worldwide. Contrary to the facts asserted by Stride, reports began to surface that Stride's training for teachers in Miami-Dade County—one of the nation's largest school districts—had been woefully inadequate. On this news, the price of Stride common shares sharply fell by 7% over the course of two trading days, to close at $37.70 on August 27, 2020. Once classes began on August 31, 2020, the situation worsened. Stride experienced major technical issues and disruptions with teachers and students of Miami-Dade County being unable to even log into the platform and utilize its contents, which prompted local officials to publicly scold Stride for being "not ready" for the opening of the school year. In response to the overwhelming amount of complaints by outraged parents, MiamiDade County School District called a Board meeting to discuss Stride's many failures. During the meeting, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho revealed that he never signed the $15.3 million no-bid contract with Stride and the school district had never paid Stride for the provision of its services and products. On this news, the price of Stride common shares fell 10.5% over the course of two trading days, to close at $34.89 on September 3, 2020. A week later, after another Board meeting that lasted for over 13 hours and included 400 speakers, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board voted to terminate their $15.3 million contract with Stride on September 10, 2020. On this news, the price of Stride common shares again fell drastically, by 11.5%, to close at $30.55 on September 10, 2020. Meanwhile, the Beaufort County School District in South Carolina engaged Stride to provide virtual learning programs for their students. However, the introduction of the program had to be delayed until the second week of instruction. Soon after, Beaufort County School District board member John Dowling stated that he had lost confidence in Stride's ability to provide educational solutions for the district and moved to terminate the contract, which happened two days later. On this news, the price of Stride common shares fell 4.9%, to close at $27.21 on September 18, 2020. The complaint, filed on November 19, 2020, alleges that throughout the Class Period defendants made materially false and misleading statements, and failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operational, and compliance policies. Specifically, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and failed to disclose to investors that: (i) Stride lacked the technological capabilities, infrastructures, and expertise to support the increased demand for virtual and blended education necessitated by the global pandemic; (ii) Stride lacked adequate cyberattack protocols and protections to prevent the disabling of its computer system; (iii) Stride was unable provide the necessary levels of administrative support and training to teachers, students, and parents; and (iv) based on the foregoing, defendants lacked a reasonable basis for their positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects and/or lacked a reasonable basis and omitted facts. If you purchased Stride common stock during the Class Period and suffered a loss, are a long-term stockholder, have information, would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Brandon Walker, Melissa Fortunato, or Marion Passmore by email at investigations@bespc.com, telephone at (212) 355-4648, or by filling out this contact form. There is no cost or obligation to you. About Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C.:Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. is a nationally recognized law firm with offices in New York, California, and South Carolina. The firm represents individual and institutional investors in commercial, securities, derivative, and other complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country. For more information about the firm, please visit www.bespc.com. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. 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Marc Leishman and Aaron Baddeley are in the mix at the PGA's Sony Open after completing their second rounds on Friday.
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These two Nifty mid-cap stocks rose nearly 100% in one year
Updated : March 28, 2019 02:46 PM IST
Adani Power has rallied nearly 100 percent to Rs 47.40 per share
Bata India gained about 90 percent to Rs 1,387.30 per share
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The Nifty Midcap Index has gained only 0.66 percent in one year, while shares of Adani Power and Bata India have surged about 100 percent during the same period. Adani Power has rallied nearly 100 percent to Rs 47.40 per share while shares of Bata India jumped about 90 percent to Rs 1,387.30 per share.
Adani Power, a unit of the Adani Group, is engaged in providing power generation by coal-based thermal power plants and coal trading. Since February 13, the stock has rallied over 30 percent. The company has recently received approval from the government to set up its first power sector special economic zone (SEZ). With the SEZ status, it would now enjoy duty waiver, tax exemptions, and faster clearances.
Meanwhile, Bata India is in the business of manufacturing footwear and accessories in both retail and wholesale networks. The company has become investors long-term bet after it changed its strategies about premiumization.
The footwear company has been growing in double digits with robust growth coming in from tier-3 and tier-4 cities. Sandeep Kataria, CEO of Bata India, said to CNBC TV18, "Besides shoe and foot care, we have also expanded into ladies and men bags and with so much more to do there. The company has a target of 500 franchise stores over the next 4-5 years and would also continue to open more company-operated stores."
In terms of valuations, Bata is richly priced in with a P/E of 60x. However, its return on equity remains in a comfortable position of 15.83 percent. Bata is a debt-free company with strong results. Its revenue in Q3FY19 was higher by 16 percent at Rs 778 crore while net profits increased 84 percent to Rs 103 crore.
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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge stemmed from a simple idea with a simple goal — to strike out ALS — and turned into a viral phenomenon.
By now you've seen countless friends, family members, athletes and celebrities participate in the challenge by dousing themselves with a bucket of ice water, but how did the incredible movement start? SportsCenter did a feature on the man, former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates, who inspired the effort that has raised millions for ALS research in the past month alone.
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New changes to LMIA exemption codes and eligible occupations for employers
As need for top talent continues to grow, Canada is working to ensure its immigration programs help companies access the highly skilled talent they need by making changes to LMIA exemption codes and eligible occupations.
Recently, the Government of Canada has made changes to the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption codes for employers and foreign nationals applying for work permits under the International Mobility Program (IMP). It has also expanded the list of eligible occupations under the Global Talent Stream, forming part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), which addresses short-term skills and labour shortages.
Addition of new LMIA exemption codes
In general, employers are required to obtain an LMIA from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) under the TFWP prior to hiring a temporary foreign worker. The purpose of an LMIA is to confirm that there is a genuine need for a temporary foreign worker and that no Canadian citizens or permanent residents are available to do the job, among other things. Obtaining an LMIA can be a cumbersome process that typically requires employers to advertise and recruit in the manner prescribed by the TFWP.
The IMP, however, allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers without an LMIA pursuant to sections 204 to 208 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (the IRPR). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently introduced several new LMIA exemption codes to the Global Case Management System (GCMS), the integrated and worldwide system used to process application for citizenship and immigration services. Most notably for employers, new individual country-specific free trade agreements were added to further distinguish categories of applicants.
Employers who rely on LMIA exemptions streams will need to be aware of these new changes, as they will be required to use the new LMIA exemption codes.
New occupations added to the Global Talent Occupation List
Forming part of the TFWP, the Global Talent Stream was developed to help employers access highly-skilled global talent to address short-term skills and labour shortages in Canada, and to compete on a global scale.
Designed specifically for innovative employers seeking unique and specialized talent, the Global Talent Stream eases recruiting requirements for certain in-demand positions providing that the employer has a Labour Markets Benefit Plan approved by ESDC that demonstrates their commitment to activities that will have lasting, positive impacts on the Canadian labour market.
On December 22, 2022, the list of eligible occupations under the Global Talent Stream expanded to include the following new roles:
civil engineers;
electrical and electronics engineers;
mining engineers;
aerospace engineers; and
computer engineers.
As a result of these changes, employers may now utilize the Global Talent Stream Occupations List to hire foreign nationals in these professions on an expedited basis.
For more information about how employers can attract and retain foreign talent to work in Canada, please reach out to the key contacts below.
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As you get older, maintaining a home and your lifestyle becomes more challenging. Senior living offers a positive way to manage these challenges and live more independently. The infographic above shows some key points to consider.


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Mary Robinson MP
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Campaign Responses
Surveys and Petitions
International Women's Day (IWD) #BeBoldforChange
Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Today is International Women's Day (IWD) an important milestone which celebrates the achievements of women, promotes gender equality and acts as a call to action
The Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness
Mary Robinson MP supports the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness which seeks to help start a conversation about loneliness.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2017: Book of Commitment
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2017, Mary signed the Holocaust Educational Trust's Book of Commitment in Parliament
The Prime Minister's Speech on Brexit
Mary Robinson MP responds to the Prime Minister's 12 negotiating objectives for Britain as it leaves the European Union.
MP addresses recent burglaries in Cheadle
Monday, 9 January, 2017
Over the past few weeks I have been concerned to hear about the spike in burglaries in the area, with thieves particularly targeting homes and cars.
£250,000 in LIBOR fines to benefit local trust
Great news about funding for Hydrotheraphy Pool at the Seashell Trust
I am delighted with the news that the Seashell Trust has been awarded a massive cash boost of £250,000 to assist with the cost of a hydrotherapy pool.
Good news for the North
Tuesday, 29 November, 2016
As the Chancellor delivered his first Autumn Statement since the Brexit vote, he set out his plans to put ordinary working families first, increase the National Living Wage, build more homes that local people can afford, end tenants' fees and continue the fuel duty freeze for the seventh successi
Today, I joined the pupils, staff and alumni of Stockport Grammar School in observing two minutes silence in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the many freedoms we take for granted today.
Save Our Green Belt Petition!
Thursday, 27 October, 2016
Mary Robinson has launched her petition to protect Cheadle's precious green belt. Sign here!
Protect Our Green Belt!
Friday, 21 October, 2016
I have just had sight of a draft plan, the "Greater Manchester Spatial Framework", to develop 225,000 new homes across Greater Manchester over the next 20 years. I am shocked and angry that this draft plan proposes over 8000 houses to be built on precious green belt land in Woodford, Heald Green and Cheadle Hulme.
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NOTE: Because of poor air quality in the Bay Area as a result of wildfires in the region, the CIF-San Francisco Section rescheduled this meet to Saturday.
Here's a preview look -- in virtual meet form -- at this week's San Francisco Section All-City Finals on the 5K course at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park.
Lowell's boys team has won the section title 12 years in a row and 28 times over the past 31 years dating to 1987.
Lowell senior Noah Battaglia, who was second at the section final last fall, is the boys individual favorite.


10 a.m.Two U.S. Navy warships carrying helicopters and rescue equipment are in position off the East Coast to help with the response to hurricane-turned-Tropical Depression Florence.
The U.S. Navy said in a statement Monday that the amphibious attack assault ship USS Kearsarge and the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington are available to provide support if it's requested by civilian officials.
In a news release Monday, the White House said Trump had declared that a major disaster exists in the state. He ordered that federal aid be used "to supplement state, tribal and local" recovery efforts in the state.
According to data obtained by The Associated Press, the state has 1,445 dams rated high hazard. That's out of a total of about 5,700 dams that range from large federal ones to small privately owned ones.
The data show that of the state's high-hazard dams, 185 had conditions of poor or unsatisfactory during recent inspections.
Authorities are searching for a 1-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in North Carolina after the boy's mother lost her grip on him.
WBTV reports that the CSX train derailed Sunday evening in Anson County, east of the state's largest city of Charlotte.
In Wilmington, the state's eighth-largest city, residents waited for hours outside stores and restaurants on Sunday for basic necessities like water. Police guarded the door of one store, and only 10 people were allowed inside at a time.


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Former Federal Treasurer Peter Costello on the GFC and its legacy, and is Vladimir Putin trying to revive the Soviet Empire?
Christine Blasey Ford will testify at the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and terrifying details about Kavanaugh continue to emerge like him being the treasurer of the "Keg City" club in high school. A wild argument over a mattress in a dumpster ended up in a fatal shooting in Texas. $18 Million dollars of cocaine was discovered inside Colombian bananas, again, and other headlines.


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Edward Kenway is one of the most popular characters in Assassin's Creed. Discover the Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag pirate bust from Ubicollectibles. This bust is the latest addition to the Legacy Collection, which includes all the most charismatic characters from the Assassin's Creed series.
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Do you have fresh conical shaped holes with little piles of dirt either in your lawn or garden in the morning? You, my friends have most probably got bandicoot(s) visiting overnight.
The bandicoot has a long tail and long nose and prefers to hang out at night-time similarly to a rat but that is where their similarities end.
Bandicoots eat spiders, cockroaches, and a variety of other insects, snails and most importantly their favourite food - the black beetle and beetle larva known as curl grubs. These grubs feed on the root systems of your lawn causing dieback or brown patches. Bandicoots are effectively also aerating your lawn so that it will grow with renewed vigour during spring. They cause no long-term damage and are beneficial to lawns and gardens. Once their food source has gone, so do they - move on from your yard. What perhaps is less attractive is, they can dig up seedlings in the vegetable patch. If you are living in a bandicoot area perhaps some mesh to protect your precious seedlings might be the way to go.
These marsupials breed year-round but have a breeding peak from winter to summer, so look out for them now as they will be more active and may have babies with them. Bandicoots generally live for 2-4 years in the wild. They are territorial and usually solitary. The female stays in a relatively small area to forage and mate, but males have a bigger territory and mark and defend their territory by fighting off other males. They do this by standing on their back legs and clawing at each other's shoulders and backs, often leaving scars.
Bandicoots are multi-oestrus, meaning they breed several times during the year. Females can give birth to as many as five babies, but usually only one or two survive. These babies remain in her pouch for about three months until they're old enough to fend for themselves. Their gestation period is very short, about 11 days (the shortest of any marsupial). The young are born very tiny and under-developed. They travel through a cord attached to their mother's womb to reach the pouch and here they drink milk from the mother's teats and grow until they are large enough to leave the pouch.
Bandicoots are usually solitary animals however during breeding times, your backyard can become a temporary boxing ring for their territorial scuffles.
Like wombats, bandicoots have backward-facing pouches so when mum is digging around, her pouch won't fill up with soil.
Your best bet to observe them is by torchlight either at night or in the early morning when they will often still be out and about foraging for food.
During the day bandicoots will nest in shallow holes in the ground, lined with leaf litter and built under dense vegetation or debris, hiding them from predators and protecting them from rain and sun.
Northern brown bandicoot (isoodon macrourus) is around 30-47cm in size and weighs up to 2.1kg. It has small, rounded ears, an elongated snout, and a speckled brown-black coat with a pale to white underbelly.


...Moments later, Sector S08 G&K Tactical Command.
M16A1: Commander, I have this unfortunate report for you.
(Radio) Negev: M16, Commander, come in!
(Radio) Negev: We just located SOP II!
M16A1: Eh? Their comms are unblocked?
(Radio) Negev: Not a clue, we only detected SOP II's signal, nothing about M4 yet.
(Radio) Negev: SOP II isn't replying to our communication attempts either.
(Radio) Negev: Sending you the coordinates now!
(Radio) Negev: This area is not far from the previous garrison, but a lot of Ferri units are arriving just now.
M16A1: What? Alchemist launched another assault?
(Radio) Negev: Firstly this... This is a lot of Ferri, far beyond Alchemist's command capability.
(Radio) Negev: Secondly, their behaviour... Strange, chaotic, can't exactly tell their purpose.
M16A1: If they are not aiming at us, we don't have to worry about them, for now.
M16A1: Report this to Helian, ask her to compare the data and find the possible leader behind this.
(Radio) Negev: I was about to do that, be careful in your missions.
(Radio) Negev: Commander's forces must breach in from here, then you have a chance to rescue SOP II.
(Radio) Negev: Luckily the comms just went back to normal in that area, so Commander you may deploy your forces.
M16A1: Move carefully Commander, lets go rescue SOP II.
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Musée national d'art moderne
Museum (France)
3,292 Artworks have been viewed 3,292 times.
Having inherited the collections of the musée du Luxembourg, created in 1818 to house state purchases from living French artists, the musée mational d'art moderne-centre de création industrielle now contains Europe's leading collection of modern and contemporary art. It is also one of the largest in the world, with over 100 000 works dating from 1905 to the present day.
Initially set up in the Palais de Tokyo in 1947, the collection was based on the musée du Luxembourg's store of works by French artists, and those of the Musée du Jeu de Paume, dedicated to contemporary foreign schools. Its first director, Jean Cassou, sought out donations and purchases from artists to fill the gaps in the national collections. The core, consisting of masterpieces by Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Robert Delaunay, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
When the Centre Pompidou opened in 1977 and the museum moved into the new building designed by architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the collection began to expand in a new way. The institution's multidisciplinary standpoint, focused on truly topical creation, profoundly influenced the Centre Pompidou's purchasing policy by including contemporary artists and opening out to art from all over the world. Major figures in modern art previously absent from the museum now entered the collection, including Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte, Piet Mondrian and Jackson Pollock, alongside key names in the international contemporary scene, like Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Lucio Fontana and Yves Klein.
Now laid out in a new, deliberately decompartmentalised way, the museum circuit revealed the wide diversity of contemporary art and new territories of creation. Photography made an appearance, together with moving images, experimental films and videos. The expansion of the collections was spectacular, and in 1993, the museum entered a new phase in its history with the incorporation of industrial creation and the architecture and design collection. It was now called the musée national d'art moderne-centre de création industrielle. Since then, its collections have continued to grow (largely through the generosity of its donors), and to open out to new art scenes.
Website www.centrepompidou.fr/en
gonefg Conservator (101,486)
Dimitra Valeonti Artist Representative (Greece)
Reciprocal Accords 1942
Wassily Kandinsky (RU)
La Lampe électrique 1925
Juan Gris (ES)
Tunis, Street 1905
Nature morte sur une chaise
Composition II ; Composition 2 avec rouge et bleu 1937
Piet Mondrian (NL)
Sensation of danger 1930
Kazimir Malevich (RU)
Portrait of Henri Rousseau 1914
Robert Delaunay (FR)
Gentle Event 1928
Portrait of Henri Carlier 1906
To Nina for Christmas 1926
The Banks of the River
La Verseuse 1916
Impression V 1911
Saint-Cloud, Landscape Study 1910
Matisse in Manguin's Studio 1905
Improvisation 3 1909
La femme blonde 1919


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Here's a List of the Sitting Republicans Who Have Tested Postive for COVID-19
By Michelle Stein
Soon after President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19, a torrent of fellow Republicans in his inner circle also revealed positive test results in early October. The spread of the novel coronavirus among the GOP seems to have stemmed from the Rose Garden event during which Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was announced, along with the presidential debate held in Cleveland.
But what Republicans have tested positive for COVID so far?
Donald and Melania Trump tested positive for COVID on Oct. 2.
News that President Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 dominated headlines on Oct. 2. According to multiple reports the POTUS had a fever and cold-like symptoms. He was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he will spend "the next few days." So far, Trump has received an experimental Regeneron treatment and a drug called remdesivir.
"I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. I'm going to Walter Reed Hospital. I think I'm doing very well," Trump said in a short video posted to Twitter. We're going to make sure that things work out. The first lady is doing very well. So thank you very much, I appreciate it. I will never forget it. Thank you," he said.
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As for First Lady Melania Trump, she also tested positive. "Thank you for the love you are sending our way," she tweeted on Oct. 2. "I have mild symptoms but overall feeling good I am looking forward to a speedy recovery."
Donald and Melania's son Barron tested negative for COVID-19 — and so did Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence.
Thank you for the love you are sending our way. I have mild symptoms but overall feeling good. I am looking forward to a speedy recovery.
Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19 a day earlier.
News that Hope Hicks, a close adviser to the president, had tested positive for COVID-19 came late on Oct. 1 — a day ahead of Trump's positive test result. She had traveled with the POTUS aboard Air Force One earlier in the week, both for Tuesday's debate in Cleveland, Ohio, and at a rally the following day in Minnesota. Immediately after Hope tested positive for COVID-19 (and before he tested positive himself), he started quarantine.
Kellyanne Conway tested positive for COVID, too.
Kellyanne Conway tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday as well. Although Kellyanne resigned from her position as an advisor at the White House in September, she made an appearance at the Rose Garden event held on Sept. 26. The crowded event — at which Donald Trump announced his nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court — is now being considered a super-spreader for COVID-19, according to The Guardian.
Trump's campaign manager, Bill Stepien, tested positive for COVID-19.
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
1. Donald Trump
2. Melania Trump
3. Hope Hicks
4. Kellyanne Conway
5. Bill Stepien
6. Thom Tillis
7. Mike Lee
8. Ronna McDaniel
9. Rev. John Jenkins
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 3, 2020
You can add Trump's 2020 campaign manager, Bill Stephien, to the growing list of Republicans who have tested positive for COVID-19. Bill is experiencing "mild flu-like symptoms," Politico reported.
Another Republican who tested positive for COVID-19: Chris Christie.
I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 3, 2020
On Oct. 4, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — who helped President Trump prepare for the first presidential debate — revealed he had tested positive as well.
"I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19," he tweeted. "I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition."
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tested positive, too.
Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, tested positive for COVID and has been experiencing mild symptoms, The New York Times reported. She was with President Trump on Sept. 25, and has reportedly been quarantining at her home in Michigan since testing positive on Sept. 30.
Sen. Thom Tillis is yet another Republican who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Tonight my COVID-19 test came back positive. I'm following the recommendations of my doctor. Thankfully, I have no symptoms and feel well. COVID is a very contagious virus. If you were exposed or start to display symptoms, please call your doctor, self-isolate, and get tested. pic.twitter.com/fwc826dkvQ
— Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) October 3, 2020
"Tonight my COVID-19 test came back positive," Sen. Thom Tillis — a U.S. senator from North Carolina — tweeted on Friday. "I'm following the recommendations of my doctor. Thankfully, I have no symptoms and feel well," he tweeted at the time. "COVID is a very contagious virus. If you were exposed or start to display symptoms, please call your doctor, self-isolate, and get tested."
Add Sen. Mike Lee to the list of Republicans who have COVID.
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— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) October 2, 2020
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, tested positive on Oct. 2.
Sen. Ron Johnson tested positive.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson — a Republican from Wisconsin — tested positive on Oct. 3.
Trump's personal assistant, Nicholas Luna, tested positive for COVID-19.
Nicholas Luna, a White House aide among those who work closest to President Trump, tested positive for COVID-19, multiple news outlets reported on Oct. 4.
Additionally, three journalists who work at the White House tested positive on Oct. 2, according to memos from the White House Correspondents Association, CNN reported.
Kayleigh McEnany tested positive on Monday, Oct. 5.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Trump's press secretary Kayleigh McEnany revealed she also tested positive for the coronavirus but was asymptomatic. She also reassured reporters and members of the press that they are not at risk.
"As an essential worker, I have worked diligently to provide needed information to the American people at this time," she added. "With my recent positive test, I will begin the quarantine process and will continue working on behalf of the American people remotely."
A number of sitting Democrats have tested positive for COVID-19, too, in case you're curious. (Former Vice President Joe Biden has tested negative.) Hopefully, everyone is able to make a speedy recovery without any serious medical complications.
The best way to prevent contracting or spreading the coronavirus is with thorough hand washing and social distancing. If you feel you may be experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus, which include persistent cough (usually dry), fever, shortness of breath, and fatigue, please call your doctor before going to get tested. For comprehensive resources and updates, visit the CDC website. If you are experiencing anxiety about the virus, seek out mental health support from your provider or visit NAMI.org.
Here Are the Current Sitting Democrats Who Have Been Diagnosed With COVID-19
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway Has Resigned — Who Will Replace Her?
With Her Children, Judge Amy Coney Barrett Is "Used to Being in a Group of Nine"
Meet 'Binging With Babish' Star Andrew Rea's Girlfriend


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Bull Put Credit Spread – short put at higher strike, long put at lower strike, typically with same monthly expiration.
Quick update, on our AGNC trade exit just before the close on May 21st (yesterday). Like we stated there was significant event risk for mortgage REITs today with Ben Bernanke's speech at 10am.
There would have been significant volatility in the position, and it would have been down a few hundred dollars during the morning spike (see chart). In the end we were proven wrong, and would have made money if we had held on to the close, then closed out the position a day later. However it probably wasnt worth the risk of AGNC running higher, for the limited gain.
We are a little fixated on getting our $100 back that we lost on this trade, but AGNC looks like technically it could go a lower relatively quickly. Looks like the lowest close since March 2012. So we'll keep an eye on it for now, and probably add the same style of put spread trade at lower levels in a few days or a month or so.
Agnc moved down, and relatively quickly from May 2nd $33.10 to May 21st $29.55.
The June strike 30 put option has protected us relatively well. However getting closer into June expiration there is battle between negative time decay in the near term Jun (losing money if agnc doesn't move down) and the positive downtrend in the agnc stock price (making the overall position money). The position is now slightly short agnc with an approximate delta of -0.10.
If we are to hold this position we need an increasing swift agnc decline into June expiration. We took the position off today on May 21st because we got a nice 1.5% downdraft. We still exited with approximately a $500 loss on all 2 option legs position.
Any bounce up in AGNC of more than $1.5 (to $30) could cause losses over $500, so the risk/reward to holding the short for the 30 days to June expiration is skewed to it moving down increasing quickly. AGNC standing still will lose the position money. Any time you *need* the market to move in a particular direction in a relatively short timeframe or you will lose money every day, it is usually not a good risk/reward trade.
There is also significant event risk for mortgage REITs tomorrow May 22nd with Ben Bernanke's speech at 10am. This will likely be market moving for AGNC based on the FED's bond buying program.
Overall the position lost about $100, which was unfortunate. However our original investment thesis was that AGNC would remain stable over the summer was proven incorrect. Agnc declined from trade entry $33.20 on March 16th, to $28.55 on May 21st (-14% decline). By way of a simple comparison, only 100 shares of agnc would have lost -$465 + $125 dividend = -$340 (and we were trading 8 contracts, controlling equivalent of 800 shares).
We can roll the entire structure down to lower agnc strikes and try again to make our $100 back. This wasn't a positive result, but at least we get to try again without significant losses.
Remember we have to hold each option leg for 30 days, which is why we sometimes adjust (add legs) when selling would be easier.
TSLA beat expectations and is currently up big after hours. This should have a large volatility collapse tomorrow AND went in right direction for the spread (bullish), so this trade is likely a quick winner tomorrow.
Agnc has sold off so we roll into 31 put. Position is still making money overall, so no need to panic yet. Rolling down still makes approx $400 realised profit, on the upper short leg of the spread (even though market was down).
If agnc makes a move up from here this combination will still make money. So we will hold on and see how it does.
We have tried to run a put spread on AGNC to help capture its big dividends over the summer. Put premiums include the implied dividends between now and expiration, so if you are short an AGNC put you could be said to be capturing the dividend in advance. These OTM put options typically trade as expected future dividends + time value. So there is some advantage to selling them over a 6 month period, if AGNC price is relatively stable.
Since this has a delta of 0.60 it is a pseudo long pos, so we need to treat it as if it has significant risk. So we will hedge the downside with a disaster hedge put at a shorter duration (this is a bit like a married put position, where the short Sept spread acts like the stock).


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ICYMI: The Flat Circle's June Recap
June was my busiest month as a blogger yet. I worked with a few different writers and diversified the content that appears on this site. By the end of the month, I was glad that my blog had increased its traffic, but I was more pleased that I had expanded The Flat Circle's workload. Hopefully that has resulted in a better experience for readers.
Brockmire's Big League Problem
IFC's Brockmire is a blue, irreverent comedy that follows the odyssey of a wayward play-by-play man. The titular character, Jim Brockmire is a washed-up broadcaster who is stuck calling games in the minor leagues. He desperately wants to return to calling Major League games. The problem for Brockmire: he can't actually return to the big leagues.
Music Monday: Lucy Pearl's Anniversary
Supergroups do not always reach their full potential. Lucy Pearl was not together long, but managed to put out one amazing record. The group comprised of Raphael Saadiq, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Dawn Robinson was an epic collection of talent too big to fail. On May 23, 2000 Lucy Pearl released their self-titled LP. Two days before their eighteenth anniversary, it is hard not to hope for a reunion from the amazing group that was Lucy Pearl.
The Ten Albums That Influenced Me
There is a Facebook "challenge" floating around that is bringing attention to the artwork of album covers. Each thread calls on readers to "post the covers of ten albums in ten days; albums that have had a big influence on you and that you still play. Be honest. No explanation, just artwork."
What Saturday Night Live's Finale Says About SNL's Trump Problem
Saturday Night Live closed out their forty-third season last night. The episode, which was hosted by Tina Fey and featured Nicki Minaj as the musical guest, was emblematic of the variety show's entire season. The SNL finale placed politics and cameos in the forefront of its show for yet another episode. They doubled-down on mediocre material that was a desperate attempt to put a lasting political stamp on the season. It was almost as if SNL was openly admitting that they cannot help themselves: they have a Trump problem
Courtney Barnett Captivates At Union Transfer
It is not often that you can go to a show where the audience is hearing mostly new music and does not get restless. Usually a longing for familiarity kicks in at some point. The concert at Philadelphia's Union Transfer on Wednesday night was not your typical show. Courtney Barnett mesmerized a sold-out crowd that hung on every word and chord for an hour and a half.
Review: Marty Thompson's Romantic Stories
It is not often that you find an album that was recorded on a pink ukulele on the Bavarian Alps, but Marty Thompson can lay that unique claim to his new LP, Romantic Stories. The LP will be Marty Thompson's second. Romantic Stories has traces of a Bavarian influence, but mostly contains a rock and country sound.
George Harrison's Brilliant "It Don't Come Easy" Demo
"It Don't Come Easy" is a staple of Ringo Starr's long career as a solo artist. The catchy single was released early in Starr's post-Beatles tenure and remains one of his most recognizable solo tracks. There is a lesser-known version of the song by a different Beatle: George Harrison. When you listen to George Harrison's "It Don't Come Easy," the song changes completely. Even though the track superficially sounds the same, Harrison created a deeper and more enduring piece of music.
Mother's Day Music: Queen Of Jeans' "Walk Like An Egyptian"
Today is Mother's Day. Even though it is one of the most important holidays of the year, it is tough to hunt down Mother's Day music. The Intruders, Pink Floyd, and LL Cool J all have music about Mom, but none of those artists made a fun music video with their mothers quite like Philadelphia's Queen of Jeans.


Alpha Neural Networks is a Hong Kong based boutique financial consulting firm that provides quantitative research products that are methodologically robust, commercially potent, and catered specifically for the idiosyncrasies of the Asia Pacific markets. Alpha Neural is working with Northfield to support sales and implementation efforts of prospective clients in the Asia Pacific region.
The primary use of Northfield's services by S&P Global Market Intelligence is for backtesting equity strategies. S&P Global Market Intelligence has integrated the Northfield optimizer, risk models and factor risk/return histories to facilitate this activity.
Charles River Development has implemented Northfield's optimizer and short-long horizon risk models into its analytics platform. Institutional asset managers will use Northfield's risk analytics for individual portfolio analytics, enterprise wide risk management and performance attribution . Tax optimization is also available through the Charles River platform for private wealth managers implementing tax overlay strategies.
Factset has implemented Northfield's multi-asset class risk model, (Everything Everywhere, "EE") with extended coverage in order to focus on risk compliance firm wide. Also available is the Northfield Optimizer for rebalancing by institutional managers and for tax overlay strategies for wealth managers. Northfield risk models (both short and long term risk forecasting), the Northfield risk factor and factor return histories are available for monitoring portfolio risk and performance. All Northfield products are used within Factset's own back testing application. Northfield also provides the underlying methodology for the equity sleeve of the Factset multi-asset class model, "MAC".
FinAnalytica has integrated the Northfield XRD global, US and European equity risk models for measuring and monitoring risk and risk based performance attribution within their Cognity suite of products.
InvestEdge has integrated the Northfield optimizer and risk models within their InvestEdge ASP to be used for automating the rebalancing and risk monitoring of large numbers of portfolios containing all asset classes for the mass affluent and high net worth clients of bank trust departments.
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Northfield has integrated Mayfield's Complete Attribution (CAtt), an innovative approach to performance attribution, within Northfield's Prism Portfolio Manager Workstation and offers it as well as a standalone product marketed through Northfield. CAtt uses the full knowledge of the quantitative process, and then dissects historic performance completely and without error.
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To upgrade to the latest version of Sensu Go:

1. [Install][1] the latest packages or Docker image.

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5. Run a single upgrade command on one your Sensu backends to migrate the cluster:
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   **NOTE**: If you are deploying a new Sensu cluster rather than upgrading from a previous version, you do not need to run the `sensu-backend upgrade` command.
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6. Enter `y` or `n` to confirm if you did *not* add the `--skip-confirm` flag in step 5.
Otherwise, skip this step.

7. Wait a few seconds for the upgrade command to run.
You may notice some inconsistencies in your entity list until the cluster finishes upgrading.
Despite this, your cluster will continue to publish standard check requests and process events.

   If you run the upgrade command more than once, it will not harm the cluster — you'll just receive a response that the upgrade command has already been run.

   Some minor versions do not involve database-specific changes, and the `sensu-backend upgrade` tool will report that nothing was upgraded.
Check the [release notes][16] to confirm whether a version has database-specific changes that require a backend upgrade.

8. Confirm the installed version for the agent, backend, and sensuctl:
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**PRO TIP**: If your upgrade is unsuccessful, read the version-specific information on this page and complete the instructions for each version, starting with your current version and continuing up to the version you want to install.

For example, to debug an upgrade from 5.5.0 to 6.1.0, start with [Upgrade Sensu clusters from 5.7.0 or earlier to 5.8.0 or later](#upgrade-sensu-clusters-from-570-or-earlier-to-580-or-later).
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## Upgrade to Sensu Go 6.1.0 from 6.0.0

If you are using 6.0.0 and have a large number of events in PostgreSQL, you may experience a short period of unavailability after you upgrade to 6.1.0.
This pause will occur while the optimized selector information is populating during automatic database migration.
It may last for a period of a few seconds to a few minutes.

This pause may extend to API request processing, so sensuctl and the web UI may also be unavailable during the migration.

## Upgrade to Sensu Go 6.0 from a 5.x deployment

Before you upgrade to Sensu 6.0, use [`sensuctl dump`][15] to create a backup of your existing installation.

You will not be able to downgrade to a Sensu 5.x version after you upgrade your database to Sensu 6.0 after you restart the backend in the [upgrade process][10].

## Upgrade to Sensu Go 5.16.0 from any earlier version

As of Sensu Go 5.16.0, Sensu's free entity limit is 100 entities.
All [commercial features][6] are available for free in the packaged Sensu Go distribution for up to 100 entities.

When you upgrade to 5.16.0, if your existing unlicensed instance has more than 100 entities, Sensu will continue to monitor those entities.
However, if you try to create any new entities via the HTTP API or sensuctl, you will receive the following message:

`This functionality requires a valid Sensu Go license with a sufficient entity limit. To get a valid license file, arrange a trial, or increase your entity limit, contact Sales.`

Connections from new agents will fail and result in a log message like this:

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In the web UI, you will receive the following message when you reach the 100-entity limit:

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If your Sensu instance includes more than 100 entities, [contact Sales][4] to learn how to upgrade your installation and increase your limit.
Read [our blog announcement][5] for more information about our usage policy.

## Upgrade Sensu clusters from 5.7.0 or earlier to 5.8.0 or later

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Due to updates to etcd serialization, you must shut down Sensu clusters with multiple backend nodes while upgrading from Sensu Go 5.7.0 or earlier to 5.8.0 or later.
Read the [backend reference][2] for more information about stopping and starting backends.

## Upgrade Sensu backend binaries to 5.1.0

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**NOTE**: This section applies only to Sensu backend binaries downloaded from `s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sensu.io/sensu-go`, not to Sensu RPM or DEB packages.
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For Sensu backend binaries, the default `state-dir` in 5.1.0 is now `/var/lib/sensu/sensu-backend` instead of `/var/lib/sensu`.
To upgrade your Sensu backend binary to 5.1.0, first [download the latest version][1].
Then, make sure the `/etc/sensu/backend.yml` configuration file specifies a `state-dir`.
To continue using `/var/lib/sensu` as the `state-dir` to store backend data, add the following configuration to `/etc/sensu/backend.yml`:

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[2]: ../../../observability-pipeline/observe-schedule/backend#operation
[4]: https://sensu.io/contact?subject=contact-sales/
[5]: https://sensu.io/blog/one-year-of-sensu-go
[6]: ../../../commercial/
[7]: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
[8]: ../../../api/#authenticate-with-an-api-key
[9]: https://etcd.io/docs/latest/op-guide/recovery/
[10]: ../../maintain-sensu/upgrade/
[11]: https://golang.google.cn/doc/go1.15#commonname
[12]: ../../deploy-sensu/generate-certificates/
[13]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/backup.html
[14]: #upgrade-sensu-clusters-from-570-or-earlier-to-580-or-later
[15]: ../../../sensuctl/back-up-recover/
[16]: ../../../release-notes/


My name is Mueni Wambua. My journey to become a Pastor and eventually a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist and an Authenticity Coach was not necessarily a straightforward one. It is one fraught with twists and turns that require more of an inner conviction and faith that logic and rational.
However, that does not in any way make any less fulfilling, intriguing or challenging.
Having worked in corporate world for close to 15 years in different capacities, I finally took a plunge and went into self-employment. Interesting enough, I found that most of my clients were either churches or para-church organizations that needed my expertise in one area or the other. At that point and time, I was mainly offering research and training & development services.
Having been a Christian, I also became very aware of the need to serve in my area of passion and calling because I was very keen to live out my purpose. I am convinced that as human beings, we are created to fulfill a specific purpose in our lives. And I began to hunger for that purpose.
My first stop was the Personal Development Institute where I undertook 14 week Transformed and Renewed Minds program that helped me to discover what my purpose was. I was able to articulate that I exist to help people discover, uncover and recover authenticity.
The next step was to do the DISC Personality profiling by the same organization to then be able to have deeper insight on who I am and also understand how best to be able to express my purpose. That was a very eye-opening task as it comes with a detailed 50 page report on yourself! Indeed to this day, I regularly make reference to it.
By this point, after prayerful consideration, I had clarity that God was calling me to serve in a church. I submitted an application for internship in my church but after considering the work that I had already been doing with and for them, they instead chose to hire me as a Pastor.
This was extremely intimidating and yet exhilarating in equal measure. It felt like being thrust in the deep end. It was a rich learning experience and it was also rich to see how my years of Customer Service and Sales came into play not to mention the many on the job trainings I had received in my years of service. In the time of transition from employment to self-employment, I had also pursued a Higher Diploma in Counseling Psychology.
My passion was mainly driven by the desire to see people come to the realization of who God would have them be. I was particularly moved to work with people in different seasons of loss and coupled with my own personal grief experiences and a greater quest to be able to minister with greater understanding, I pursued certification from the Grief Recovery Institute (USA).
This was particularly handy as I did a lot of benevolence work but also got to realize that the there are up to 42 incidences that impact the human heart at the level of loss of a loved one. This knowledge helped me to serve with greater understanding. I was also heavily involved in the area of counseling at different levels.
In 2017 August, I chose to go back to school to advance my Psychological training and thankfully, my employer was able to offer me a scholarship.
At the beginning of 2018, I began to get opportunities to speak and train in different places and that was when I registered an organization so that I could have more structure in my activities. It was also during this time that I came face to face with the glaring reality that those that have gone through divorce, separation or even in need of clarity about their unions did not really have a place to go and were seemingly a forgotten lot even within most churches.
This led me to develop The Well, which is a 10 week program that helps them get to a place of healing and recovery from their losses and create new communities even as they launch forth into a new normal.
As an Authenticity Coach, my work is to help people navigate the changes and challenges they encounter in a manner that is true to who they are, protects their dignity and honors God.
It indeed remains a privilege for people to entrust you with their deepest emotions and this cannot be entered into lightly. One must at all times be very away of the responsibility and power that people give to you at their most vulnerable times.
It is also important to note that this work can also be very emotionally taxing and therefore self-care is of utmost importance. Find ways to consistently nurture yourself because ultimately, you cannot pour from an empty cup.
There are different streams of generating an income which include having one on one client sessions, group debriefing therapy sessions, speaking and /or training engagements.
While the services I offer are not free and we are also living in a time when there are more people looking to turn to professionals for help, there must be a greater motivation beyond money to pursue this line of work. Incidentally, I have found that because this work has also changed my mindset, when I operate from an abundance mentality, I regularly take on those that may need my services but are unable to pay for one reason or the other.
I do this because I hold a very deep conviction that you can never outgive God, while I may see a none paying client today, I may get a corporate gig that more than compensates my free service. However, since this is not your regular job, you may be called upon at odd hours and it can be very disruptive to people who prefer a regular routine.
When all is said and done, the pay for what I do is out of this world!
Wow! Inspiring. Pst.Mueni is one lady who is a champion for women. She always encourages me to soldier on whenever we meet. Thank you Mueni.
Thank you for stopping by and for the kind words about Pastor Mueni.
Can see a mentor in you.
Thank you for reading the content and sparing a moment to leave a comment. Indeed, Mueni Wambua is a mentor to many.


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Q: How to detect whether video contains sound or not using exoplayer I want to check if my video contains a sound or not. Based on that I want to add sound enable/disable functionality in my project.

A: You can track the current tracks with Player#EventListener#OnTracksChanged and get the current ones with Player#getCurrentTrackGroups(). If you go through the track groups you can look for the type. If you additionally want to check if any of the audio tracks was selected, then Player#getCurrentTrackSelections() is the place to look at.


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Q: Swift 2.0 - Unable to Write to Text File (OS X) I have a text file that I will be reading and writing to.  I have gotten the code to read successfully, but am unable to write to the text file again.  I want to overwrite everything (not amend).
    if let dir : NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true).first {
        let path = dir.stringByAppendingPathComponent("airports.txt")

        var strTextToWrite:String = String()
        strTextToWrite = "Test"

        do {
            try strTextToWrite.writeToFile(path, atomically: false, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
        }
        catch { print("Error") }

    }

The above code doesn't throw an error (i.e. the word 'Error' isn't printed as per my catch code), but the text file remains unedited, retaining the value it had before the code was run.
The text file is contained inside the X-Code project as shown below:

I'm at a real loss here, I don't understand why the code isn't working.  I have confirmed that it is being run (by printing the value of strTextToWrite before and after the do statement, and it is definitely running through the do block of code because it isn't being caught by the catch block.  The only thing I can think of is that the code is pointing at the wrong file (but the file name is correct, as you can verify with the screenshot above).
What am I doing wrong?  Thanks in advance.

A: You are looking at 2 different files: the one you write to is ~/Documents/airport.txt while the one you see (and check) in Xcode is located in your project folder. To see the update, you need to reference the file in Xcode, not make a copy of it.

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*Right click airport.txt in your Project Navigator and click Delete > Move to Trash

*Go to ~/Documents/airport.csv and drag it into your Xcode project. Do not add it to any target and unselect "Copy Items if Necessary"

You now have created a link to the file.

Modifying files in your bundle is generally a bad idea. If you need a place to output a temporary file, use the app's subfolder under ~/Application Support or the system's temp folder.


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Where Would Loss on Sale of Land Be on a Cash Flow Statement?
by Jonathan Lister
Selling your truck can result in a gain on sale.
1 Definition of Total Financial Gain or Loss in Accounting
2 Tax Breaks for Corporations on the Sale of Property
3 Construct a Cash Flow Statement for Operations
4 What Is the Effect of the Intercompany Sale of Land on Consolidated Net Income?
Recording the sale of business property, including real estate, on a company's cash flow statement has several requirements, depending on the gain or loss associated with the sale. When an accountant is compiling financial information for the cash flow statement, careful attention is necessary to avoid recording a loss or gain from the sale of real property in the wrong section. Doing so can easily throw off the company's financial numbers.
Reporting Cash Received
Reporting cash received from the sale of a capital asset on a cash flow statement requires a notation in the statement's second section. This section -- also known as the investing activities section -- contains all transactions relating to the sale of real property by the business over a given period of time. This can be monthly, quarterly or annually, depending on business reporting policies. Even if the business sustains a loss from the sale of a capital asset, the proceeds received from the sale appear in this second section of the overall cash flow statement. For example, if a business buys a plot of land for $100,000 and sells that same plot for $75,000, the company lists the $75,000 received from the sale in the investing activities section. This transaction also generates a loss of $25,000.
Loss Reporting Requirements
A business reports net income in the first, or operating activities, section of its cash flow statement. The company reports a loss from the sale of a long-term business asset as part of its net income calculation because it represents money spent that the business didn't recoup. A long-term asset is any piece of real property or capital asset that the business holds for at least one year. A business doesn't report cash received from the sale of a long-term asset in the operating activities section because the transaction isn't part of the company's core business or main moneymaking activity. For example, the business includes the $25,000 loss in its net income calculation in the cash flow statement's first section, but doesn't include the $75,000 received from the asset's sale.
Accounting and Loss Reporting
If a loss from the sale of real property occurs, a cash flow statement shows an increase in net income in the operating activities section, according to AccountingCoach, a professional accounting information website. This is an increase because the loss from the sale is a "noncash" charge in that the business didn't actually pay any money. For example, the $25,000 loss from the sale of real property doesn't mean the business paid that amount in cash. It means the business lost the opportunity to make the $25,000 as a result of the sale. Adding the loss to net income serves to offset the $75,000 gain listed for the sale in the investing activities section of the cash flow statement. This allows the business to identify the cash the company actually has on hand by subtracting total cash received in the investing activities section from the financial total in operating activities. A business refers to the resultant financial amount as net cash.
Consequences of Asset Losses
Losses from the sale of real property or capital assets become actual losses for accounting purposes when the business calculates its net cash balance. A company's net cash can be a measure of its overall cash flow. This is the company's ability to access cash quickly without the need of a loan or line credit. Since each loss the business sustains lowers net cash, an excessive number of sales resulting in losses can quickly dwindle net cash into the negative. A company without cash reserves poses a significant investment risk for banks and other financial institutions.
AccountingCoach: Disposal of Assets
AccountingCoach: Introduction to Cash Flow Statement
College of San Mateo: The Statement of Cash Flows
Jonathan Lister has been a writer and content marketer since 2003. His latest book publication, "Bullet, a Demos City Novel" is forthcoming from J Taylor Publishing in June 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Shippensburg University and a Master of Fine Arts in writing and poetics from Naropa University.
Lister, Jonathan. "Where Would Loss on Sale of Land Be on a Cash Flow Statement?" Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/would-loss-sale-land-cash-flow-statement-38907.html. Accessed 18 July 2019.
Lister, Jonathan. (n.d.). Where Would Loss on Sale of Land Be on a Cash Flow Statement? Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/would-loss-sale-land-cash-flow-statement-38907.html
Lister, Jonathan. "Where Would Loss on Sale of Land Be on a Cash Flow Statement?" accessed July 18, 2019. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/would-loss-sale-land-cash-flow-statement-38907.html
The Differences Among Financial Statements `
What Would Be Examples of Non-Operating Losses?
Present an Increase in Intangibles in Cash Flow Statement
What Happens to a Firm's Net Worth as It Uses Cash to Repay Accounts Payable?
The Three Main Business Activities Measured by Financial Statements
The Most Important Financial Report for a Small Business
A Bond's Negative Impact on a Cash Flow Statement
How Much Loss Can You Include With an S Corporation?
Classification of a Bad Debt Expense as a Cash Flow
Accounting Methods for Options to Buy Land
The Direct Write-off Method of Accounts Receivable & Tax Purposes


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Dawud ( ), in Islam is considered a prophet and messenger of God (Allah), as well as a righteous, divinely-anointed monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. Additionally, Muslims also honor David for having received the divine revelation of the Zabur (Psalms). Dawud is considered one of the most important people in Islam. Mentioned sixteen times in the Quran, David appears in the Islamic scripture as a link in the chain of prophets who preceded Muhammad. Although he is not usually considered one of the "law-giving" prophets (ulū al-ʿazm), "he is far from a marginal figure" in Islamic thought. In later Islamic traditions, he is praised for his rigor in prayer and fasting. He is also presented as the prototypical just ruler and as a symbol of God's authority on earth, having been at once a king and a prophet.

David is particularly important to the religious architecture of Islamic Jerusalem. Dawud is known as biblical David who was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, reigning –970 BCE.

Name
The Quranic Arabic form of David is Dāwud or Dāwūd, differing from Koine  and  (which follow ). These forms appear in the Quran sixteen times.

Narrative in the Quran
David's narrative in the Quran, in many respects, parallels that given in the Bible. He is named a prophet (nabī) and also a messenger (rasūl), David is included in lists of those who received revelation (waḥy; Q4:163) or guidance (hudā; ) from God. In both lists his name appears next to that of his son Solomon. Elsewhere, the Quran explains that God gave to both of them the gifts of "sound judgment" (ḥukm; ) and "knowledge" (ʿilm; ; ). Yet the Quran also ascribes to David merits that distinguish him from Solomon: David killed Goliath () and received a divine revelation named "the Psalms" ( uses an indefinite form, while  uses the definite form al-Zabūr), presumably a reference to the Psalms or the Psalter (the term Zabūr is perhaps related to the Hebrew term mizmōr or Syriac mazmūrā, "psalm"). The mountains and the birds praised God along with David (; in  God commands them to do so; cfr. Psalm ). God made David a "vicegerent" (khalīfa; ), a title that the Quran otherwise gives only to Adam (). This title suggests that, according to the Quran, David was something more than a messenger: he was a divinely guided leader who established God's rule on Earth. This role is also suggested by : "God gave him authority (mulk) and wisdom (ḥikmah) and taught him what He willed. If God did not drive back some people by others, the earth would become corrupt."

Among the things taught to David was the ability to make armour (, ), a suggestion that David's military exploits were the act of God. It is also important that the Quranic reference to David's "wisdom" was sometimes explained by the classical exegetes as the gift of prophecy. The Quran also connects David and Jesus, by insisting that both cursed Jews against their prophecy who did not believe (). Moreover, according to the Quran, David was given the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood when dispensing justice (faṣl al-khiṭāb, ). Furthermore, there is the allusion to a test David was put through, wherein he prayed and repented and God forgave him (). Surat Sad (the 38th chapter of the Quran) is also called "the sūra of David" Exegetes explain that since David prostrated when asking God to forgive him, Muhammad was ordered to imitate him and to perform a prostration when reading this chapter.

Religious significance
David is one of the few Islamic Prophets who received Kingship as well. While other prophets preached during the reign of kings, David, in his time, was the king. Thus, he received an extremely large task, of making sure that the people of Palestine were not only held in check spiritually but that the country itself remained strong as well. His place as both leader and prophet is revered by all Muslims as one of extremely high rank. The figure of David, together with that of his prophetic son, Solomon, are iconic of people who ruled justly over their land. God frequently mentions David's high rank as a prophet and messenger in the Quran. He is often mentioned alongside other prophets to emphasize how great he was. For example, God says:

When the Caliph 'Umar visited Jerusalem, the Patriarch Sophronius accompanied him on the Temple Mount, while he searched for the Mihrab Dawud (David's prayer-niche) to perform a prayer. Later commentators identified this site with the Tower of David. In a hadith, the prayer and fasting of David is mentioned to be dear to God.

The Book of David

The Zabur is the holy book attributed to David by God, just as Musa (Moses) received the Tawrat (Torah), Isa (Jesus) received the Injil (Gospel) and Muhammad received the Quran. In the current Hebrew Bible, the Zabur is known as the Psalms. However, like other scriptures of the past, the Psalms are believed to have been corrupted over time, with some of the original message now gone. Nonetheless, Muslims are told to treat the present Psalms with immense respect because, Muslims believe it was a book from God (Book of God). The Quran states:

Bibliography

Primary
 ʿAbdallāh b. al-Mubārak, Kitāb al-Zuhd, ed. Ḥ.R. al-Aʿẓamī, Beirut n.d., 161-4
 Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, al-Zuhd, Cairo 1987, 111-2, 114, 134
 R.G. Khoury, Wahb b. Munabbih (Codices arabici antiqui i), Wiesbaden 1972 (with bibliography)
 id., Les légendes prophétiques dans l'Islam depuis le Ier jusqu'au IIIe siècle de l'hégire (Codices arabici antiqui iii), Wiesbaden 1978, 157-74
 Hibat Allāh b. Salāma, al-Nāsikh wa-l-mansūkh (in the margin of Wāḥidī, Asbāb), Cairo 1316/1898-9, 262
 Ibn Qudāma al-Maqdisī, Kitāb al-Tawwābīn, ed. ʿA.Q. Arnāʾūṭ, Beirut 1974
 Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, Beirut 1983, xiv, 1-64; lxxiv, 39-44
 Muqātil, Tafsīr, i, 423; ii, 87-8, 639-43; iii, 87-8, 298-9, 525-6
 Sibṭ Ibn al-Jawzī, Mirʾāt, i, 472-92
 Suyūṭī, Durr, vii, 148-76
 Ṭabarī, Tafsīr, v, 360-76
 Ṭabarsī, Majmaʿ

Secondary
 A. Geiger, Judaism and Islam, Madras 1898, 144-5
 E. Margoliouth, The convicted in the Bible, cleared from guilt in the Talmud and Midrash (Hebrew), London 1949, 60-7
 F.A. Mojtabāʾī, Dāwūd, in Encyclopædia Iranica, vii, 161-2
 R. Paret, Dāwūd, in ei2, ii, 182
 Y. Zakovitch, David. From shepherd to Messiah (Hebrew), Jerusalem 1995 (see especially Annex A by A. Shinʾan, 181-99)

See also
 Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah ("The Holy Land")
 Biblical and Quranic narratives
 Legends and the Quran
 Qisas Al-Anbiyaʾ ("Stories of The Prophets")
 Liwa Dawud, Syrian rebel group named after David

References

Cultural depictions of David
Hebrew Bible prophets of the Quran

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Does anyone have any recommendations for an SA or store around Aventura, FL? Also Boca, since I can get there quite as easily since I live in between Aventura and Boca.
Anyway, Aventura Mall is my first choice since it is my regular mall. I was thinking of going to the boutique in Bloomingdales itself, although I think there is a stand-alone as well inside the mall.
Does anyone have any rec's for SA's at any locations in Aventura or Boca?
Emily G. (Aventura) helped me via telephone over there today. Very sweet and nice in my opinion and was extremely helpful. She made me wan to buy all my LV from here even with 1000+ miles and many LV stores in between.
Thank you so much for this information. Emily G.. I will keep that in mind!
I've purchased from a few.. but worked most recently with Yashira. She has short bleach blonde hair.. really nice. The blonde with the longer hair who wears it back usually in a ponytail.. I wouldn't work with her. Hope that helps!


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Study: Economist Says Global Cigarette Tax Is A Terrible Idea
07.18.2014 | Daily Surge |
The World Health Organization announced potential plans to institute a global tobacco tax, but economist Arthur Laffer' expresses significant skepticism about the idea in a new study.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Raising taxes on tobacco in support of the reduction of tobacco consumption is a core element of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international treaty that entered into force in 2005 and has been endorsed by 178 Parties."
"Raising taxes on tobacco is the most effective way to reduce use and save lives," added WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. "Determined action on tobacco tax policy hits the industry where it hurts."
In the recent study, however, Laffer employed the Laffer Curve, which looks at the relationship between tax rates and revenue. Prior to his innovation, it was traditionally thought that an increase in tax rates lead to a corresponding increase in government revenue.
And while this generally holds true, Laffer's work showed that this applies only up to a certain point, after which higher taxes actually result in less government revenue, graphically represented by a curve. Once taxes are too high, consumers will substitute to black market goods, among other things, which may actually lead to an increase in tobacco consumption.
"Tobacco taxes represent an essential source of tax revenue for most countries across the globe," Laffer said during Friday's release of his "Handbook of Tobacco Taxation: Theory and Practice."
"Governments levy excise taxes on tobacco to achieve fiscal and public health objectives," he added. "Because the goal of reducing smoking incidence cannot be understated, this handbook is for everyone interested in setting tobacco tax policy as it focuses on using tax as the solution to the tobacco consumption problem."
"It's important to think twice about the mounting pressure on the international level to create an overarching tobacco tax structure and level for every country across the globe," Laffer also said. "One size does not fit all. Tobacco regulation and taxation are complex matters that require consideration of a number of political, economic, and demographic factors prior to deciding on tax structures and levels."
Instead, Laffer gives four principles to help governments determine the most efficient and productive way to generate revenue and discourage tobacco consumption through taxation: clear product categories, solid tax structures, correct tax levels and efficient collection.
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