RADIO TAB's Gerard Daffy from Ubet, is forever singing the praises of his home town, Warrnambool in Victoria, when he appears on RadioTAB's Sports Breakfast show.
In 1974 'The Bool', as many call it, hosted a cricket match between the touring England (MCC) team and Victoria Country.
I was there, freezing to death on the hill, the day after attending my first Melbourne Cup meet, where I backed Taras Bulba, (which is still coming).
The Tweed Valley in Northern NSW was my home, and I had never previously been further south than Sydney, so it was quite a shock having to rug up against the cold wind coming off the sea at Warrnambool.
The warmest piece of clothing I owned was a Murwillumbah Brothers' rugby league zip-up jacket, which offered little protection.
I was only 22 at the time, and playing rugby league in the Group 18-Gold Coast competition. Some local youngsters asked if I played for Richmond in the VFL. Evidently my jacket looked like a Richmond Tigers' top (and I looked fit enough to be a VFL player). When I said I played rugby league, they went: 'Yuk (or something to that effect) Rugby'. I said: 'No. League', but, at the time, I didn't realise they wouldn't have had a clue about the difference between league and union.
The highlight of the cricket was 94 by England's Brian Luckhurst in their 4/158 declared; while 42-year-old off-spinner, Freddy Titmus claimed 3/26, as the locals struggled to 5/83.
That night I played pool in a local pub, with some local lads. Maybe Gerard Daffy was among them.
The next day, I drove to Albury, staying at a pub ('The Albion', I think) where a Albury Blues' official offered me a contract to play with them in 1975, in the Group 13 competition. (The other club in Albury was the Kangaroos. Today, the Blues and Roos have joined forces to form the Thunder). I should have taken up the offer, because the Blues went on to win the Clayton's Cup as the best team in New South Wales Country. Instead I played for the Wingham Tigers in Group 3 and we failed to make the semi-finals of our competition.
The next time I was back in Albury was February, 1990. I was a rugby league writer for 'The Courier-Mail', and I was sent there to cover a Channel 10 Cup quarter-final double header, with Penrith defeating Gold Coast 22-12 and Wests beating St George 14-12. Steve Carter was man of the match for Penrith, while Cameron Blair was judged Wests' best. (Canberra went on to beat Penrith in the final, played at Parramatta Stadium).
It was a memorable night in Albury.
The football was good, and after the games I enjoyed a few ales at the Air Force Club, where a number of players (Mark Geyer among them) were also having a coldie, and behaving themselves.
On leaving the club, I bought a hot dog (or something similar) from a street vendor, only to lose the dental cap from my front teeth. (The cap had been put in after I copped an elbow to the jaw playing for Brothers at Murwillumbah, against Old Boys, back in 1973).
I thought, 'I've either swallowed it, or it's fallen into the gutter'. So down on my hands and knees I went, looking for the tooth, as a coach load of cricket fans pulled up, after attending a day/night international between Australia and Pakistan at the MCG.
What a sight I must have made. And I didn't find the tooth.
Normally I smiled at the cabin staff on flights to and from Brisbane, but this time I was too embarrassed, and too vain.


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U.S. Arms Sales To The Middle East Have Soared In Value This Year
Dominic Dudley
I write about business and politics in the Middle East and beyond
Dec 16, 2019, 08:19am EST |
U.S. arms sales to the Middle East have more than doubled in value this year, after two consecutive years of falls.
According to data compiled by the Forum on the Arms Trade from the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, some $25.5 billion in deals have been agreed with nine countries around the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) so far this year. That compares to just $11.8 billion in 2018, marking a 118% year-on-year rise.
Globally, U.S. arms sales have increased by 42% this year, to a total of $69.7 billion, the highest level since 2010. But sales to the Middle East are outpacing the overall trend and this year accounted for more than a third of the worldwide total.
The biggest customer for American arms in 2019 in the MENA region has been Morocco, which has agreed deals worth some $10.3 billion, almost all of it going on the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
In March, the State Department announced a deal to sell $3.8 billion worth of F-16 aircraft and associated equipment to Rabat, to be built by Lockheed Corporation. Since then it has also firmed up plans to upgrade its existing fleet of F‑16 fighter jets at a cost of $985 million and ordered 36 of the AH-64E Apache attack helicopters at a cost of some $4.25 billion. In all, it has agreed $10.3 billion worth of defence deals with the U.S. this year.
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Most of the rest of the spending has come from the Gulf countries, with the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait between them agreeing $14.2 billion worth of deals. Among the largest during the year were a $2.5 billion agreement to supply Bahrain with a Patriot missile system, a $2.7 billion deal to provide the UAE with Patriot missiles and a $3 billion deal to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Qatar.
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The 2019 performance also marks a significant increase for the Gulf countries compared to last year, when $5.8 billion of weapons sales were agreed.
In most years, the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries account for the majority of U.S. arms sales to the MENA region, although 2018 was a rare exception when deals with Turkey, Morocco and Egypt outweighed the Gulf purchases. In 2019, the GCC accounted for 56% of all U.S. sales to the region.
Details about major arms deals are announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency when it notifies Congress. That starts a 30-day process in which Congress can raise objections and block a sale. In recent years, there have been repeated attempts in Congress to block sales to Saudi Arabia, due to the latter's brutal war in Yemen, its murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its dire domestic human rights record.
However, President Donald Trump has often made arms sales a central element of his relationship with Gulf rulers and has vetoed Congressional moves to block the trade. This is despite evidence of how arms sold to the UAE and Saudi Arabia have at times ended up in the hands of Washington's opponents. Analysts say the large arms sales of recent years from the U.S. and other suppliers have been a critical factor behind the rising instability around the Middle East.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the U.S. is the world's largest arms exporter, accounting for more than a third of all international arms deals between 2014 and 2018. Saudi Arabia was the main recipient of American arms, accounting for 22% of all U.S. defence exports during that period.
Many other governments in Europe and elsewhere have blocked arms sales to those fighting in Yemen, including both Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In the U.K. a court order has led to arms sales to Saudi Arabia being suspended, although the London government has repeatedly breached its own undertakings on that.

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I have found one of cinema's all time guilty pleasures. I almost chuckle in embarrassment when I tell people I dig this movie. If you looked up the term "screw loose" in the dictionary, there would be an image of its hyper kinetic poster front and center. This Dirty Dozen on steroids has got well known, respected actors hamming it up to no end. Its also got snappy, thoughtful, and witty dialogue which is something not normally found in a cheesy action flick. Finally, it has Nicolas Cage, letting the world know that hey, I already won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas (1996) and I can do whatever the heck I want.
Cage plays army ranger Cameron Poe, a soon to be father who winds up in a federal prison over a bar fight. A drunk messes with his pregnant wife and Poe, using excessive force, accidentally commits murder. He is sentenced to eight years, gets out early for good behavior, and hitches a ride home on a plane full of convicts. Most of them are being transferred and are in the process of doing consecutive life sentences except for Poe. Once he gets off the plane, he is a free man. However, something happens and there is a hijacking by the criminal passengers on board, hence the title, Con Air.
The unique thing about this late 90's exercise in ridiculousness is that despite its caffeinated, testosterone filled action sequences, we find serious actors (John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Steve Buscemi) striving hard to sell scenes that make you wanna take things seriously. I gotta admit though, it can be hard to embrace what's on screen. A lot of the material is less than plausible. I do however, applaud the effort. Basically this is one of those movies where you can forgive its shortcomings based on the likability of most of the characters. Let's face it, they may be nasty criminals but come on, they're a hoot. For instance, let's examine John Malkovich's character being a convicted murderer named "Cyrus the Virus." He becomes the leader of the hijackers. He spouts lines like, "and if you say a word about this over the radio, the next wings you'll see will belong to the flies buzzing over your rotting corpse." Ah, you gotta love a criminal mastermind who has multiple college doctorates and degrees. Then, you have Ving Rhames as "Diamond Dog," a character who writes a book in prison that may be made into a movie. Federal agent Larkin (Cusack) explains this and also reminds the audience that Denzel Washington is in talks to star. Ah Huh.
With Con Air, you have violent action scenes that have short set ups and even shorter payoffs. This is inter played with biting, sarcastic humor. Cage, almost mumbling his lines with a monumental five o'clock shadow, (I'm thinking he might have been paid per line) exhibits a fearless devil may care attitude because hey, he just wants to get home and embrace the daughter he has never seen before (I'm sure after seeing this flick, you'll probably wanna run out and buy this guy some razors stat).
To end this review, I have a feeling that you will be entertained. Con Air's relentless zing factor will put you through the ringer and slap a big fat smile across your face. If you are looking for a ride this film is your ticket; not first class, but coach and that will do because ultimately you still get to your destination; uninhibited movie going bliss.


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Gleb Smirnov
Art critic, philosopher, writer, Art theorists.
Graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University (Department of Art History) in 1991.
In 1992, he left Russia for aesthetic emigration, wandered through Europe, reached Rome, entered the Jesuit University of Gregoriana at the Vatican, and in 1997 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Systematic Philosophy (specializing in the philosophy of language, Vico and Heidegger).
Since 1999, he has been in Venice. He has been developing the strategy of Total Review.
He owns a literary and art salon.
Author of "samizdat" manuscripts (poems, essays).
The books published:
"Palladio. Seven philosophical journeys" (2017);
"Metaphysics of Venice" (2017);
"Artodoxia" (2018);
"A baroque treatise upon eternal love" (translation of an unpublished 17th-century manuscript) (2015);
Guide to Rome (2001);
An essay on the artistic origins of the Soviet power, "The Stroke of the Knight" (2003, it. and germ.);
"Sensor Destruction" or how to understand modern art (2013);
Author of multiple essays and articles in the Russian and European media.
He taught at the University of Venice. He worked as a librarian in the house of Count Girolamo Marcello.
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X Of Swords, X-Factor
Swords-A-Go-Go: X-Factor #4 – At Least We Still Have Onyxx
Date: October 1, 2020Author: Steve 0 Comments
We've been covering the new era of X-Men on Shelfdust over the last few months, but on a time-delay from the actual issues being released. With the start of a new 22-part crossover story called "X Of Swords", though, we thought… well, what a great chance to really screw up our own internal timeline, eh? And so we've gone Swords-A-Go-Go, and we'll see if we can get through all 22 issues together. If nothing else, at least we'll try to make some good… points.
Several characters go through some massive changes in X-Factor #4, which is only our second chapter of X Of Swords. So far this event crossover has proven to be incredibly dense, even though the central narrative is a simple one: the X-Men need to go fight an invader. Whilst that central narrative essentially gets left to one side for this issue – thank god, to be honest, or this whole thing would implode from stress – writer Leah Williams nevertheless packs in a staggering amount of character detail into these pages.
We've all known for a long time that Polaris is one of the best X-Men characters, and she gets the spotlight here. You can see why a writer like Williams – who enjoys finding a mess and spreading it round gleefully – would be, uh, attracted to her: she's a force of nature who has repeatedly lost confidence in herself. Although she's always pushing forwards on the outside, Williams uses thought captions to explain to the reader how unsure of herself the character is on the inside. And here she's put through a tremendous amount of stress – yet it makes her such a propulsive, engaging character. When you force a magnetic charge into a denser space, you tend to give off a more powerful magnetic energy, after all. Physics!
After being part of Apocalypse's hastily-defeated team on Otherworld, Polaris carries a latent psychic message in her head, which nobody realises until she's dragged in front of the Quiet Council and yelled at by her father. She's literally holding the exploded remains of Rockslide in her hands at the time, cradling it like a comfort blanket, and when the psychic message is forced out of her she drops him – smashing him on the ground. When she wakes up, that's her first thought – and she runs off crying at what's happened to her younger teammate.
It's unsettling in and of itself, but Rockslide's appearances through the issue are deeply worrying to look at as well. Having died in Otherworld, "The Five" aren't able to resurrect him – but they don't realise that until after they've tried, and we're then repeatedly told that something has gone very wrong with Santos. Whatever comes out of that egg is *not* the Santos that readers knew before, but the creepiest part is that we don't get any real insight into what exactly has happened. Rockslide himself is pretty silent (and he keeps his head cocked at an eerie angle once he resurrects, an unnerving artistic choice from Carlos Gomez which really pays off) and there's no demonstration of what he is now. All we're told is that he's "new" and "different".
That's just enough to get readers worried about the other X-Men, who are all about to head off into Otherworld to fight a battle. We've had a year of seeing the X-Men resurrect through any problems that come their way, and now the writers have brought us the first real problem. If they die on Otherworld, they come back wrong. Immediately the stakes are back! Up until now the X-Books have pushed a message of a singularity – clearly seen in HoXPoX, but also in books like Marauders, Excalibur and New Mutants in particular. Now there's an individual capacity for loss brought back into the books, which gives the characters a sense of individuality once more.
You can see it throughout this issue. Proteus gets a Scottish accent, and "The Five" start making choices of their own accord, which we've not seen before. This issue gives them possibly more lines than they've had in the rest of the year, and during those pages we see that each of them has retained their unique personality and traits – and as a group they make the decision to destroy all the other eggs on Krakoa, which prompts fury from Xavier when he wakes up. The first chapter of this crossover saw Apocalypse and Krakoa both defy the Quiet Council, and in this issue both Xavier and Magneto get pushed past their usual reserve. Both of them yell at other characters at some point in the issue, which sneakily moves them into the antagonist role which is otherwise vacated here.
That's pushed even further when both Polaris and The Five – the recipients of both verbal attacks – are put in front of the Quiet Council to explain what's happened. Emma Frost, sacred protector of The Children, is obviously the one who objects to what's going on, and the lack of empathy being displayed by their two leaders. There may be an army on the way, but the real villain here is Magneto and Xavier's slavish devotion to protecting this one timeline Moira has told them they need to adhere to. They go on to take out their frustrations on a heavily wounded Apocalypse, telling him that he has failed and he's failed because he didn't follow the requirements of the Council. As Apocalypse gets berated from his death-bed, the issue breaks in and out of a sequence where Lorna takes the shattered remains of Rockslide and builds them into a summoning circle for the coming swordfight.
We're seeing Apocalypse suffer an open and clearly-stated attack from Xavier and Magneto, but at the same time we see Lorna experiencing a similar attack brought on by those same three men. Hers is a mental break, enhanced by the repelling forces of positivity and negativity in her life. Whilst the mutant "elders" go around attacking and blaming each other, she literally shoulders the burden and carries Rockslide's broken body across Krakoa to build the next step forward. It's a really effective sequence (despite the muddied colouring from Israel Silva, which has none of Marte Gracia's spark) and it sets up the crossover for whatever comes next. Krakoa is angry, the "heroes" on the Quiet Council are at each others' throats, and dissent and discord are singing across the island in various little ways. It's a story which is really dense in character, and that's so much more interesting than a crossover which is dense in cog-whirring, plate-spinning narrative.
It doesn't hurt that the issue ends with Magik showing up: finally, somebody who knows what they're doing.
X-Factor #4
Writer: Leah Williams
Artist: Carlos Gomez
Colourist: Israel Silva
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
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U-Boat Worx is the world's largest manufacturer by specializing in the design and construction of small submersibles. U-Boat Worx's main focus is currently on producing the C-Quester 3 and the C-Explorer 5. They are all certified for various depths ranging from 100 metres up to a staggering 1,000 metres.
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Even gadget-heads like us occasionally get tired of fiddling with dials, knobs, and buttons to get our devices working right. Sometimes, in the sleepy, alcohol-infused predawn hours, we just want to snap a picture of our new Reno friends without having to worry about whether we've picked the right white balance setting or adjusted the freakin' autofocus properly. And yet, control freaks that we are, we don't want to give up such options during our more lucid moments back in the Mobile offices, after the annulment has gone through.
That's why we like the Fujifilm FinePix F10, a straightforward compact camera that produces excellent shots without requiring you to get a PhD in photography — and yet offers a wealth of easy-to-access options for shutterbugs who refuse to loosen their deathlike grip on their camera's exposure settings.
With 6.3 megapixels of resolution, the F10 is bumping up against prosumer camera territory, yet it's still small and portable. The F10's no-nonsense silver case is about an inch thick except for a slight bulge on the right side of its front face. The display is a generous 2.4 inches, and it's clear and bright. Fujifilm left out the optical viewfinder, and we didn't miss it, except when sunlight was drenching the display.
The mode dial encircling the shutter button is simpler than most, with just four positions. In "scene position" mode, you choose between five different preset configurations.
In automatic mode, the F10 is fairly intelligent at sussing out exposure, white balance, and focus settings — and it does so very quickly, with a shutter lag of just half a second and a shot-to-shot recovery time of 1.2 seconds. It powers up quickly, too, and can take a decent shot within 1.8 seconds. If anything, the F10 is a little too eager to get going — it's easy to turn the camera on accidentally by brushing the power button. Image quality is very good, with accurate color and fine detail; the F10's clarity score of 2.1 is average for a six-megapixel camera.
For more control, switch into manual mode and use the "F" and "menu" buttons on the camera's back to adjust film-speed equivalent (there's a wide range, from ISO 80 to ISO 1600), exposure compensation, and so on. The menus are very easy to use, in combination with Fujifilm's intuitive onscreen display. Strangely, there's no autobracketing option for taking three shots in quick succession with different exposures.
In movie mode, the camera shoots videos that, at 640 x 480 pixels and 30 frames per second, look as good as anything you're likely to see from a pocket still camera.


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The Coolest Things You'll See in Florence's Medici Hall of Maps
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The most important civic palace of Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, is home to magnificent treasures, including the Hall of Geographical Maps, or Sala delle Carte Geografiche, located on the second floor of the building, a place where Cosimo I used to keep all the goods of the family.
The Hall of Maps is simply stunning: it was designed by the great Giorgio Vasari, one of the most influential artists of the 16th century who worked for the Medici family. Vasari envisioned this room inside the stunning Palazzo Vecchio adorned with maps of the known world at that time, portraits of important personalities and also illustrations of exotic plants and animals.
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The room has a magnificent wooden ceiling, realized by Dionigi Nigetti, a Florentine architect. Once inside the room and before admiring the maps, spend a moment taking in the wonderful work.
The most wonderful thing to admire in the hall of geographical maps is undoubtedly the walls, which are occupied by wardrobes decorated with 53 maps painted between 1563 and 1589 from Egnazio Danti, a Dominican friar, and Stefano Buonsignori, an Olivetan monk.
The Maps Derived from Ptolemy's Geographia
All the maps are absolutely stunning and have great historical interest because they offer invaluable geographical knowledge during the second half of the 16th century. But the most impressive part of the maps is the one derived from Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia, a great Roman-Greek astrologer and astronomer considered one of the fathers of geography .
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The Great Globe
At the centre of the room is the great exposed globe, or map mundi. It was realized by Egnazio Danti, who, after his work in Florence, was called to Rome where he created the Vatican Gallery of Maps. After being located elsewhere, in the last century it was returned to its original place.
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The Map of Armenia
One of the coolest peculiarity of the hall is the presence of hidden secret passages to other rooms, normally not accessible by the visitors. For example, behind Armenia's map is a secret passage leading to the former room of Duchess Bianca Cappello, who was the second wife of Francis I de' Medici.
The Small Window
Another curiosity is the presence of a small window protected from a grate in the room. It was used by Duchess Bianca to observe, and at the same time allow her to remain hidden from, the majestic Salone dei Cinquecento, the biggest and most beautiful room of Palazzo Vecchio, used as the council meeting room.
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Yay! The Blog is back! It's been nearly a year since I last posted and a lot has happened in that time. My website and Etsy shop have been ultra busy, I'm now selling on Amazon as a Prime Seller and my Etsy shop The Strandline Finds (selling beachcombing finds) is stocked and doing very well.


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October snowstorm set to smash early-season records
Brandon Buckingham
In conjunction with the record-challenging cold that is set to surge southward across the central and western United States, another potentially record-setting snowstorm is set to target millions of Americans in the coming days. This time, the dose of wintry precipitation will target areas much farther south, including some that typically don't pick up snow until much later in the season.
With this storm coming on the heels of recent winterlike weather that shattered a 115-year-old snowfall record in the Twin Cities, residents across the Plains and Upper Midwest may check their calendars twice to make sure it's still October.
AccuWeather meteorologists expect the next storm to be one of the most disruptive so far this season for the western and central United States over the coming days. It is projected to bring record-challenging cold and snow, howling winds and even the threat of severe thunderstorms to areas farther east.
The Washington Cascades as well as the mountains across the interior Northwest will be first in line Friday and Friday night as snow expands southward from southern British Columbia. Those traveling across some of the mountain passes Friday afternoon and night -- especially on the eastern-facing slopes of the Washington Cascades and into the northern Rockies -- could face dangerous travel conditions as heavy, wet snow falls. As a result, winter storm warnings have been put into effect for the impending weather.
Progressing through the day and into the nighttime hours Friday, snow will continue to expand to the south and east, spreading into Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Places such as Great Falls and Helena, Montana, could both potentially be buried under double-digit snowfall totals from late Friday afternoon through Saturday morning before the snow comes to an end.
And for the mountainous areas in between the two cities, snowfall totals of more than 2 feet will be possible, providing a hefty early-season snowpack for people itching to hit the ski slopes.
Snow will continue to advance southeastward through the day on Saturday, into Wyoming, as well as the High Plains of Montana and the Dakotas. On Sunday, the leading edge of snowfall will continue its trek into Colorado and the central Plains.
Along with the snow, roaring winds will further increase the hazards associated with the storm, with blizzard conditions and nearly impossible travel predicted. Stretches of Interstates 90, 80, 25 and 15, just to name a few, could all be shut down for a time due to deteriorating and dangerous conditions this weekend.
"Even in areas that aren't expected to get snow, powerful wind gusts will bring the threat of blowing over high-profile vehicles. Almost every major transportation route in the Mountain West will experience this wind threat for a period of time this weekend," AccuWeather Meteorologist Jake Sojda said.
Strong and gusty winds will also create difficult firefighting conditions once again in northern Colorado on Saturday where the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires continue to burn and force evacuations. By Saturday night, however, Mother Nature will begin to lend a hand in the battle against those blazes by spreading snow into the area.
Snow will also begin to spread across the more populous areas of the Wyoming and Colorado Front Range on Saturday night. Cheyenne, Wyoming, as well as Fort Collins, Boulder and even Denver, Colorado, could all get snow as early as Saturday night, and with the temperatures already expected to be below freezing, it should begin to stick to the ground rather quickly.
Players and the limited number of fans being permitted at Sunday's NFL football game between Kansas City and Denver will have to brace for bitterly cold, blustery and snowy conditions. The AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature is expected to hover between a harsh 5 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit during the matchup.
The storm's snowfall area will continue to spread out during the day on Sunday, expanding into the Plains and even portions of the Midwest. North Platte, Nebraska, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and even places as far east as Minneapolis could get snow during the day on Sunday.
Minneapolis has had quite the stretch of winterlike conditions this October, with just over 8 inches of snow already observed. If the city picks up just 0.10 of an inch of snow from this storm, a new monthly snowfall record for October will fall. And the city is expected to shatter that record with 2-4 inches of new snow expected by the end of the weekend.
Even though it's not too unusual to see snowfall in all of the aforementioned cities during the month of October, this winterlike storm doesn't look like it will quit there. The continued surge of cold and snowy weather will continue to shift southward into portions of the southern Plains and Southwest by early next week, including places that aren't so accustomed to getting snowfall this early in the season. Some of these same regions have been experiencing unusually warm weather even for October standards. The average temperature in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been nearly 6 degrees above normal for the month so far.
The panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma are no strangers to snowy and icy conditions, but this impending storm system would prove to be unusual given the time of year. However, what may be even more unusual is that these locales also had an October snowstorm last year, when places like Amarillo picked up nearly a half of a foot of snow.
Snow and ice could cause major disruptions to the Monday morning commute all the way from Kansas City to Albuquerque.
Portions of the drought-stricken Southwest may also get their first bouts of precipitation in weeks as the storm continues to dive southward by next Monday. Residents of Flagstaff, Arizona, could even see snowflakes fly early next week.
Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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Sep. 2014. Solo show at Lawrence Alkin Gallery. Soho. London.
Nazare Soares: Visuals and support.
Cecilia Bartolome: Production and support.
Big thanks to Mamen Rivera, David Rico and Mike Penwolf.
The paintings, light installation, mirrors, visuals and sound will illustrate our relationship to money and power, and attempt to deconstruct the complex narratives and systems that lie behind these concepts. The sound will represents the chaos, fear and unbridled optimism. Multiple animalistic calls will altogether describe the nature in which humans trade.


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Greystone Closes $11.7 Million in Fannie Mae Financing for Brooklyn Multifamily Portfolio in Under 2 Weeks
Category: Deals
Greystone, a leading commercial real estate lending, investment, and advisory company, announced it has provided a total of $11,727,000 in Fannie Mae loans to refinance a portfolio of multifamily properties in Brooklyn, New York. The loans were originated by Anthony Cristi in Greystone's New York office on behalf of Zalmen Wagschal.
The four separate Fannie Mae loans, closed in under 2 weeks from the application date, are all 7-year Hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs), secured to refinance the following properties comprising 6-12 units in the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods:
867-869 Knickerbocker Avenue;
221 Himrod Street;
299 Throop Avenue; and
634 Wilson Avenue.
"When an owner is both prepared and motivated, the loan process can be quick and efficient," said Mr. Cristi. "That said, it took an incredible amount of cooperation among all parties, including Fannie Mae, to close this financing in just 10 days."
"The relatively shorter-term period of a hybrid loan enables an owner to perform value-add improvements to a property, acting as a bridge of sorts, to a longer-term solution once the property is reappraised and ready to be refinanced," added Mr. Cristi.
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Purchase these sweets in a dazzling Red to bring your event alive.
Suitable for consumption for those with Gluten Free dietary requirements.
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We recommend this Confectionery for Candy Buffet / Event Styling / Catering,Lolly / Chocolate Shop,Party Shop.
You will be left wanting more of this candy as the devine flavour of Strawberry sets in.
Love them, Love them, Love them!


(AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has created a new state office to oversee changes in health care, including efforts to expand the workforce and restructure services for people with disabilities.
Quinn's office announced Thursday that the new Office of Health Innovation and Transformation will replace the existing Office of Health Information Technology.
The new office within the governor's office will be in charge of carrying out recommendations from a state-led group of health policy leaders, health care providers, insurers and others called the Alliance for Health.
The new office also will work on a proposal that will be submitted to the federal government next month for changes to the state's Medicaid program. The governor's office says the proposal would give needed flexibility in spending on care for the poor and disabled.


At Jewel's request, her body has been donated to Loma Linda University Medical Center for the advancement of science.
Jewel Adele Thrash, born May 25, 1922, peacefully passed away on December 17, 2015. She leaves behind her daughter, Charlene Brittain, son, Ron Thrash, 6 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charley Thrash and son, Robert Merritt.


Facebook celebrated it's 5th birthday this Wednesday and it's growing from strength to strength.
I guess one of the reasons this online social network has become so popular are the wide choice of applications that anyone on the network can sign up for, depending on their interest.
Definitely, the most popular applications are the games. Apart from Knighthood, my favourite game on Facebook, I have a few others on my profile. This includes Pet Society, a virtual world where your pet lives, eats, meet friends, play and buy stuff. In case you are wondering how the developers make money from these game, just take a look at the Pet Society website. You can buy t-shirts, mugs and loads of other stuff. Once you open their application on Facebook, you can also visit the bank to buy coins using Paypal and other means of payment. You can then use the gold to buy stuff including virtual wallpaper and seasonal decorations.
This is but one of the interactive games from Playfish.com. Other popular games include "Who has the biggest brain?", "Word Challenge" and more.
Unfortunately, this has become my daughter's favourite game as well and I would have to let her play with it every day after coming back from school. Looking at the bright side, she has a better understanding of money - how to earn it, spend it and more importantly - saving it.
If you are on Facebook, do check out the game.
i didnt know there's such a thing! adam, how did you do the facebook thing (collum/widget) what on earth do you call that thing at the bottom of the post with your picture on. nak letak kat blog.
love to all in warwick!
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Gracie Jiu-jitsu
History Of Gracie Jiujitsu
Brazilian Jiu-JitsuIn 1914, Japanese jiu-jitsu champions Esai Maeda and Inomata arrived in Brazil to help establish a Japanese immigration colony in that developing country. He was aided by Gastao Gracie, a Brazilian scholar and politician of Scottish decent. To show his gratitude, the oriental master taught the basic secrets of that ancient fighting style to Gastao's son, Carlos Gracie.
Carlos taught Maeda's techniques to his brothers: Oswaldo, Gastao, Jorge and Helio and in 1925 they opened the first jiu-jitsu Academy in Botafogo, a district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Helio went a step further than his teachers by introducing techniques that required less strength than the Japanese style. Led by him, the brothers were driven by a constant determination to find effective ways to deal with every possible aspect of a real fight. Daring to break away from the traditional Japanese style, they began experimenting, modifying and perfecting simple techniques that would be effective regardless of stature. That is how the Gracie family developed this style of Jiu-Jitsu. Though this martial art descended from the ancient Japanese style, the differences are quite apparent. Many of the Japanese facets of the art which depended on physical prowess and stiff motion were tossed aside, leaving only pure technique.
At the age of 17, he first stepped into the ring in Frontao against a boxer named Antonio Portugal where Helio won in 30 seconds. Some of his astonishing feats include the longest fight in history: three hours and forty-five minutes, non-stop with his oldest student, Valdemar Santana; and he was the first jiu-jitsu master in the western world to practically defeat a Japanese jiu-jitsu master: Namiki in 1932. This was the first jiu-jitsu battle of his career and also the first time he wore a gi during a combat fight. Helio ended the fight with Namiki in his guard when the bell rang a few seconds before Namiki tapped out.
Another amazing performance of Helio was his brilliant fight against Kato, World Jiu Jitsu vice-champion, at Maracana Stadium which seats 120,000 people. The fight ended in a draw and Helio asked for a rematch. The second match, held in Ibirapuera Stadium in Sao Paulo, was a very technical fight. Helio defeated Kato with a choke hold. His victory brought glory to Brazil and international recognition to Helio's art in the Jiu-Jitsu world .
Upon defeating Kato, a challenge match was set between Helio and the world Japanese champion, Masahiko Kimura, probably the best fighter that Japan has ever produced. This historical match took place in 1951 and was held in the Maracana Stadium. At this time, Helio was 42 years old and weighed 63kg, and his opponent Kimura was 34 years old and weighed 100kg. The 37kg lighter Helio lost after his brother Carlos threw in the towel.
Helio also challenged boxing greats Primo Carnera and Ezzard Charles, and world champions Joe Louis and later Muhammad Ali, to matches to compare styles. They all declined.
An example of courage and determination, Helio became a national hero in Brazil. After a lifetime of combat, Helio taught into his 90's, he taught the art and has the same determination to live jiu-jitsu as his lifestyle. He is recognized as the creator of the style. He past away at 94 a great loss
to the Martial Arts worldwide.
After 70 years of mastering the art, Helio Gracie's youngest son from his first marriage, Rickson Gracie, is still keeping the Gracie Challenge alive. Rickson Gracie, the champion of the family for the last 16 years.
"The Jiu-Jitsu that I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong. It was so successful that they decided to create a sportive version of it. I would like to make it clear that of course I am in favor of the sportive practice and technical refinement of all athletes, whatever their specialty may be, as well as good nutrition, sexual control, avoidance of addictions and unhealthy habits. The problem lies in the creation of a sport-oriented Jiu-Jitsu, based on rules and time limits, which benefits the heavier, stronger, and more athletic individuals. The primary objective of Jiu-Jitsu is to empower the weak who, for not having the physical attributes, are often intimidated. My Jiu-Jitsu is an art of self-defense in which rules and time limits are unacceptable. These are the reasons for which I can't support events that reflect an anti Jiu-Jitsu." -Grand Master Helio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009)


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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a film about a middle aged woman hiring a young stud for impersonal hotel sex. Things get talky rather than saucy (that stuff is going on off-screen). So much so that you can almost imagine watching it with your mother. Your Mother May Vary.
It's a stage piece, really, a two-hander that feels expressly written for that clever, dithery, diffident, endlessly self-unpromoting British character Emma Thompson has been playing for what seems like aeons. Nanny McPhee gets her bits out.
Nancy, not Nanny, since Thompson plays Nancy Stokes (possibly not her real name), a recently widowed ex-teacher whose blameless life of service to her husband, children and career now seems, at this point in her life, like a cruel joke. On top of that she's never had an orgasm, not even on her own, and has had only one sexual partner in her entire time on the planet. Since her husband died she's not been short of offers of consolatory sex, but she doesn't want sex with "old men". She wants a hard-bodied hottie who will make her go weak when he peels off his shirt.
Enter Daryl McCormack as Leo Grande – obvious porn name – a handsome Irish guy with charm as well developed as his sculpted physique and an easy, reassuring smile.
In the way of these things, it does not end there. Both parties have issues to be aired, puzzled over and possibly solved. Nancy is boiling with resentment at having missed out on the life she might have had if motherhood hadn't intervened – she admits she finds her son "boring". Leo for his part is not quite the carefree charmer he paints himself as and beneath the smooth surface disquiet is also bubbling. Leo isn't so much ashamed of what he does as ashamed that he lacks the balls to be honest about it to his mother and brother. They think he works on an oil rig.
Nancy, Leo definitely doesn't work on an oil rig
If you know the director's name, Sophie Hyde, it might be from a strange but sensitively handled film, 52 Tuesdays, which also dealt with non-straightforward sexuality – the gender transition of a parent seen through the eyes of a teenage daughter – but this isn't really a director's film, though Hyde does make sure her camera comes with a "female gaze" – it's interested in Leo's body more than Nancy's.
It's more a writer's movie. Katy Brand wrote it, adding movies to a lengthening list of accomplishments – stand-up comedian, actor, TV presenter, novelist, podcaster. A writer's and actors' movie, with Thompson and McCormack playing against each other in ways that feel just right. She the nervous virgin, he the man of the world, neither quite either of those things underneath and the age difference undercutting both positions. There was no intimacy co-ordinator on the film, apparently, instead Thompson, McCormack and Hyde rehearsed the sex scenes all totally naked, a fact that was juiced for press coverage. That said, there's barely any nudity in it.
At a certain point it wobbles, and there are some very stagey expositional "getting it all off our chests" scenes that seem designed to quickly get through what feel like the screenwriting manual's prescriptions for a dramatic resolution. We've named the problem, we've hashed the problem about and now we're going to damn well resolve that problem.
And then it recovers again, thanks in large part to an arrival from left-field in the shape of Isabella Laughland, as one of the ex teacher's former pupil's, now a surly but smart waitress at the hotel where Nancy and Leo have their assignations.
In its messaging it's a touch 1970s Cosmopolitan – orgasm as a right and a duty – but it's not strident about it. This is in fact a nice, positive, upbeat story of two people who find each other and use each other in the right way, then leave the scene feeling a little better than when they arrived.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande – Watch it/buy it at Amazon
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | June 17, 2022 (United Kingdom) 7.2
Director: Sophie HydeWriter: Katy BrandStars: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella LaughlandSummary:


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import datetime
import hashlib
import logging
import os

import alerts
import enhancements
import jsonschema
import ruletypes
import yaml
import yaml.scanner
from staticconf.loader import yaml_loader
from util import dt_to_ts
from util import dt_to_unix
from util import dt_to_unixms
from util import EAException
from util import ts_to_dt
from util import unix_to_dt
from util import unixms_to_dt

# schema for rule yaml
rule_schema = jsonschema.Draft4Validator(yaml.load(open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'schema.yaml'))))

# Required global (config.yaml) and local (rule.yaml)  configuration options
required_globals = frozenset(['run_every', 'rules_folder', 'es_host', 'es_port', 'writeback_index', 'buffer_time'])
required_locals = frozenset(['alert', 'type', 'name', 'index'])

# Used to map the names of rules to their classes
rules_mapping = {
    'frequency': ruletypes.FrequencyRule,
    'any': ruletypes.AnyRule,
    'spike': ruletypes.SpikeRule,
    'blacklist': ruletypes.BlacklistRule,
    'whitelist': ruletypes.WhitelistRule,
    'change': ruletypes.ChangeRule,
    'flatline': ruletypes.FlatlineRule,
    'new_term': ruletypes.NewTermsRule,
    'cardinality': ruletypes.CardinalityRule
}

# Used to map names of alerts to their classes
alerts_mapping = {
    'email': alerts.EmailAlerter,
    'jira': alerts.JiraAlerter,
    'debug': alerts.DebugAlerter,
    'command': alerts.CommandAlerter
}

def get_module(module_name):
    """ Loads a module and returns a specific object.
    module_name should 'module.file.object'.
    Returns object or raises EAException on error. """
    try:
        module_path, module_class = module_name.rsplit('.', 1)
        base_module = __import__(module_path, globals(), locals(), [module_class])
        module = getattr(base_module, module_class)
    except (ImportError, AttributeError, ValueError) as e:
        raise EAException("Could not import module %s: %s" % (module_name, e))
    return module

def load_configuration(filename, conf, args=None):
    """ Load a yaml rule file and fill in the relevant fields with objects.

    :param filename: The name of a rule configuration file.
    :param conf: The global configuration dictionary, used for populating defaults.
    :return: The rule configuration, a dictionary.
    """
    try:
        rule = yaml_loader(filename)
    except yaml.scanner.ScannerError as e:
        raise EAException('Could not parse file %s: %s' % (filename, e))

    rule['rule_file'] = filename
    load_options(rule, conf, args)
    load_modules(rule, args)
    return rule

def load_options(rule, conf, args=None):
    """ Converts time objects, sets defaults, and validates some settings.

    :param rule: A dictionary of parsed YAML from a rule config file.
    :param conf: The global configuration dictionary, used for populating defaults.
    """

    try:
        rule_schema.validate(rule)
    except jsonschema.ValidationError as e:
        raise EAException("Invalid Rule: %s\n%s" % (rule.get('name'), e))

    try:
        # Set all time based parameters
        if 'timeframe' in rule:
            rule['timeframe'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['timeframe'])
        if 'realert' in rule:
            rule['realert'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['realert'])
        else:
            rule['realert'] = datetime.timedelta(minutes=1)
        if 'aggregation' in rule:
            rule['aggregation'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['aggregation'])
        if 'query_delay' in rule:
            rule['query_delay'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['query_delay'])
        if 'buffer_time' in rule:
            rule['buffer_time'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['buffer_time'])
        if 'exponential_realert' in rule:
            rule['exponential_realert'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['exponential_realert'])
        if 'kibana4_start_timedelta' in rule:
            rule['kibana4_start_timedelta'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['kibana4_start_timedelta'])
        if 'kibana4_end_timedelta' in rule:
            rule['kibana4_end_timedelta'] = datetime.timedelta(**rule['kibana4_end_timedelta'])
    except (KeyError, TypeError) as e:
        raise EAException('Invalid time format used: %s' % (e))

    # Set defaults
    rule.setdefault('realert', datetime.timedelta(seconds=0))
    rule.setdefault('aggregation', datetime.timedelta(seconds=0))
    rule.setdefault('query_delay', datetime.timedelta(seconds=0))
    rule.setdefault('timestamp_field', '@timestamp')
    rule.setdefault('filter', [])
    rule.setdefault('timestamp_type', 'iso')
    rule.setdefault('_source_enabled', True)
    rule.setdefault('use_local_time', True)
    rule.setdefault('es_port', conf.get('es_port'))
    rule.setdefault('es_host', conf.get('es_host'))

    # Set timestamp_type conversion function, used when generating queries and processing hits
    rule['timestamp_type'] = rule['timestamp_type'].strip().lower()
    if rule['timestamp_type'] == 'iso':
        rule['ts_to_dt'] = ts_to_dt
        rule['dt_to_ts'] = dt_to_ts
    elif rule['timestamp_type'] == 'unix':
        rule['ts_to_dt'] = unix_to_dt
        rule['dt_to_ts'] = dt_to_unix
    elif rule['timestamp_type'] == 'unix_ms':
        rule['ts_to_dt'] = unixms_to_dt
        rule['dt_to_ts'] = dt_to_unixms
    else:
        raise EAException('timestamp_type must be one of iso, unix, or unix_ms')

    # Set email options from global config
    rule.setdefault('smtp_host', conf.get('smtp_host', 'localhost'))
    if 'smtp_host' in conf:
        rule.setdefault('smtp_host', conf.get('smtp_port'))
    rule.setdefault('from_addr', conf.get('from_addr', 'ElastAlert'))
    if 'email_reply_to' in conf:
        rule.setdefault('email_reply_to', conf['email_reply_to'])

    # Make sure we have required options
    if required_locals - frozenset(rule.keys()):
        raise EAException('Missing required option(s): %s' % (', '.join(required_locals - frozenset(rule.keys()))))

    if 'include' in rule and type(rule['include']) != list:
        raise EAException('include option must be a list')

    if isinstance(rule.get('query_key'), list):
        rule['compound_query_key'] = rule['query_key']
        rule['query_key'] = ','.join(rule['query_key'])

    # Add QK, CK and timestamp to include
    include = rule.get('include', ['*'])
    if 'query_key' in rule:
        include.append(rule['query_key'])
    if 'compound_query_key' in rule:
        include += rule['compound_query_key']
    if 'compare_key' in rule:
        include.append(rule['compare_key'])
    if 'top_count_keys' in rule:
        include += rule['top_count_keys']
    include.append(rule['timestamp_field'])
    rule['include'] = list(set(include))

    # Change top_count_keys to .raw
    if 'top_count_keys' in rule and rule.get('raw_count_keys', True):
        keys = rule.get('top_count_keys')
        rule['top_count_keys'] = [key + '.raw' if not key.endswith('.raw') else key for key in keys]

    # Check that generate_kibana_url is compatible with the filters
    if rule.get('generate_kibana_link'):
        for es_filter in rule.get('filter'):
            if es_filter:
                if 'not' in es_filter:
                    es_filter = es_filter['not']
                if 'query' in es_filter:
                    es_filter = es_filter['query']
                if es_filter.keys()[0] not in ('term', 'query_string', 'range'):
                    raise EAException('generate_kibana_link is incompatible with filters other than term, query_string and range. '
                                      'Consider creating a dashboard and using use_kibana_dashboard instead.')

    # Check that doc_type is provided if use_count/terms_query
    if rule.get('use_count_query') or rule.get('use_terms_query'):
        if 'doc_type' not in rule:
            raise EAException('doc_type must be specified.')

    # Check that query_key is set if use_terms_query
    if rule.get('use_terms_query'):
        if 'query_key' not in rule:
            raise EAException('query_key must be specified with use_terms_query')

    # Warn if use_strf_index is used with %y, %M or %D
    # (%y = short year, %M = minutes, %D = full date)
    if rule.get('use_strftime_index'):
        for token in ['%y', '%M', '%D']:
            if token in rule.get('index'):
                logging.warning('Did you mean to use %s in the index? '
                                'The index will be formatted like %s' % (token,
                                                                         datetime.datetime.now().strftime(rule.get('index'))))

def load_modules(rule, args=None):
    """ Loads things that could be modules. Enhancements, alerts and rule type. """
    # Set match enhancements
    match_enhancements = []
    for enhancement_name in rule.get('match_enhancements', []):
        if enhancement_name in dir(enhancements):
            enhancement = getattr(enhancements, enhancement_name)
        else:
            enhancement = get_module(enhancement_name)
        if not issubclass(enhancement, enhancements.BaseEnhancement):
            raise EAException("Enhancement module %s not a subclass of BaseEnhancement" % (enhancement_name))
        match_enhancements.append(enhancement(rule))
    rule['match_enhancements'] = match_enhancements

    # Convert all alerts into Alerter objects
    rule_alerts = []
    if type(rule['alert']) != list:
        rule['alert'] = [rule['alert']]
    for alert in rule['alert']:
        if alert in alerts_mapping:
            rule_alerts.append(alerts_mapping[alert])
        else:
            rule_alerts.append(get_module(alert))
            if not issubclass(rule_alerts[-1], alerts.Alerter):
                raise EAException('Alert module %s is not a subclass of Alerter' % (alert))
        rule['alert'] = rule_alerts

    # Convert rule type into RuleType object
    if rule['type'] in rules_mapping:
        rule['type'] = rules_mapping[rule['type']]
    else:
        rule['type'] = get_module(rule['type'])
        if not issubclass(rule['type'], ruletypes.RuleType):
            raise EAException('Rule module %s is not a subclass of RuleType' % (rule['type']))

    # Make sure we have required alert and type options
    reqs = rule['type'].required_options
    for alert in rule['alert']:
        reqs = reqs.union(alert.required_options)
    if reqs - frozenset(rule.keys()):
        raise EAException('Missing required option(s): %s' % (', '.join(reqs - frozenset(rule.keys()))))

    # Instantiate alert
    try:
        rule['alert'] = [alert(rule) for alert in rule['alert']]
    except (KeyError, EAException) as e:
        raise EAException('Error initiating alert %s: %s' % (rule['alert'], e))

    # Instantiate rule
    try:
        rule['type'] = rule['type'](rule, args)
    except (KeyError, EAException) as e:
        raise EAException('Error initializing rule %s: %s' % (rule['name'], e))

def get_file_paths(conf, use_rule=None):
    # Passing a filename directly can bypass rules_folder and .yaml checks
    if use_rule and os.path.isfile(use_rule):
        return [use_rule]
    rule_folder = conf['rules_folder']
    rule_files = []
    for root, folders, files in os.walk(rule_folder):
        for filename in files:
            if use_rule and use_rule != filename:
                continue
            if filename.endswith('.yaml'):
                rule_files.append(os.path.join(root, filename))
    return rule_files

def load_rules(args):
    """ Creates a conf dictionary for ElastAlerter. Loads the global
    config file and then each rule found in rules_folder.

    :param args: The parsed arguments to ElastAlert
    :return: The global configuration, a dictionary.
    """
    names = []
    filename = args.config
    conf = yaml_loader(filename)
    use_rule = args.rule

    # Make sure we have all required globals
    if required_globals - frozenset(conf.keys()):
        raise EAException('%s must contain %s' % (filename, ', '.join(required_globals - frozenset(conf.keys()))))

    conf.setdefault('max_query_size', 100000)
    conf.setdefault('disable_rules_on_error', True)

    # Convert run_every, buffer_time into a timedelta object
    try:
        conf['run_every'] = datetime.timedelta(**conf['run_every'])
        conf['buffer_time'] = datetime.timedelta(**conf['buffer_time'])
        if 'alert_time_limit' in conf:
            conf['alert_time_limit'] = datetime.timedelta(**conf['alert_time_limit'])
        else:
            conf['alert_time_limit'] = datetime.timedelta(days=2)
        if 'old_query_limit' in conf:
            conf['old_query_limit'] = datetime.timedelta(**conf['old_query_limit'])
        else:
            conf['old_query_limit'] = datetime.timedelta(weeks=1)
    except (KeyError, TypeError) as e:
        raise EAException('Invalid time format used: %s' % (e))

    # Load each rule configuration file
    rules = []
    rule_files = get_file_paths(conf, use_rule)
    for rule_file in rule_files:
        try:
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                raise EAException('Duplicate rule named %s' % (rule['name']))
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        rules.append(rule)
        names.append(rule['name'])

    if not rules:
        logging.exception('No rules loaded. Exiting')
        exit(1)

    conf['rules'] = rules
    return conf

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Amsterdam based label INI Movement, run by the wonderful guys from Umoja, put out an excellent EP earlier this year titled 'Patchwork Jazz'. The author of this truly excellent release is Italian producer Piero Paolinelli, aka SofaTalk. After doing some homework I found an artist with a discerning and diverse sonic palette creating works that fused elements of Jazz, House, Hip-hop, Funk, Breakbeat and Disco. I was of course delighted that he was interested in taking part in our mixtape series and am proud to present the latest iteration.
All the above styles are at play on this brilliant new mix, 85-minutes of eclectic beat driven tunes, filled with wobbly baselines, space funk synthesisers and some serious percussive gold dust, as well as featuring excellent and exclusive new material from SofaTalk himself. Piero is originally from Rome but currently resides in Toronto, Canada where he continues to work on music production and graphic design. He lists, among others, the works of Herbie Hancock, Arthur Russell and Sun Ra as inspirations, and there's traces of all three on display throughout the wonderful Métron Musik Mixtape - 021.
With releases forthcoming on Italian vinyl only label Roots Underground, as well as London imprint Tusk Wax, there's a lot to look forward to from SofaTalk in the coming months. Check out his Soundcloud and Facebook for more information and be sure to pick up his recent releases.


So this beautiful residence wrecker informed me that the factor her and also her other half for separated was reason he was ripping off on her … well hmmm amusing that her things began appearing in my home when I had not been there. I took a seat with her for 4 hrs as well as she vouched she had not been seeing my spouse … after that my hubby gives up getting home as well as messages me he's separating me, he relocated with her!! So he was copulating both people at the exact same time.
I wound up having a losing the unborn baby as well as attempted to eliminate myself as well as she utilized it to claim awful points to me and also concerning me. She also uses my wedding celebration ring!! And she enjoys to upload points using my things or my other halves pack that he had provided to me and afterwards reclaimed like tees that claim military things on them that I used our whole marital relationship !! Classy!! Then the day our separation was last she published a big message on Facebook of him as well as her kissing regarding just how crazy they are!! Are you joke me?
I still sob myself to rest every evening as well as both of them are simply off with her youngsters being a family members and also my ex-spouse partner hasn't already seen our little girl in 6 months since this house wrecker desires him to be her children father as well as not have anything to do with me or our child! She also aided him submit the separation documents !! Who voluntarily separates a family members similarly that she simply had her family members separated over!!?


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Do you need a lawyer when selling your home?
There is a lot to know to make sure you get everything done legally and correctly.
Once you have found a buyer for your home the next step is to enter a Contract between Buyer and Seller. Selling a home is a three step process. Caution: Only a NJ realtor prepared contract requires a 3 day attorney review. If the contract you are presented with does not include an attorney review provision you should consider reviewing the contract with an attorney before you sign.
1. Contract/3 Day Attorney Review.
In the State of New Jersey, if a contract is prepared by a real estate agent, the contract is required to have a 3 Day Attorney Review provision. This provision gives either party, buyer or seller, the right to terminate the contract within 3 business days (weekends and holidays do not count) after the contract has been signed. If a contract does not have an attorney review provision, then the contract if signed is binding on the parties.
Certificate of Occupancy: Typically a seller is responsible to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy or Transfer from their municipality prior to closing. Most Cities and Towns require a brief inspection of the house to make sure the home is at least habitable, proper permits obtained, and compliance with State mandated Fire Certification (Smoke Detectors, Fire Extinguishers , and Carbon Monoxide Detectors).
The closing is the culmination of the contract. All contingencies should be satisfied. The buyer performs a final walk through of the home and then meets with their attorney to sign the various mortgage documents. The buyer and seller meet for the transfer of title. The seller's sign the required documents to sell the home. Both buyer and seller sign the closing statement indicating agreement to the dollars and cents, which authorizes the settlement agent to disburse the funds. The Seller then celebrates a new page in their life.
There are partial exemptions from the real estate transfer tax for qualifying senior citizens aged 62 or older, blind persons, disabled persons; and on property that is low and moderate income house. There may also be full exemptions in different situations, such as parent to child.
2% Estimated Income Tax: In some situation a seller may be required to pay an estimated income tax equal to 2% of the sales price. Exemptions include being a resident tax payer of the State of NJ, or qualifying for free capital gains pursuant to the IRS Tax Code.
For Sale By Owner (FSBO): A FSBO is where there are no real estate agents involved in the transaction. The buyer and seller come to agreement on terms and must enter a contract. Unlike a contract prepared by a realtor, there is no 3 Day Attorney Review. The parties should only sign a contract after they have reviewed the contract with their attorney. The attorney for the buyer or the seller may prepare the contract for review by the parties.
Estate Sales: An Executor or Administrator is appointed by the Surrogate Court to administrate the affairs of the Estate of the Deceased. An Estate Sale may include extra issues for the seller, such as certain tax liabilities. The Executor has the fiduciary duty to act on behalf of the Estate as the representative for the Estate.


Played her freshman (2017) and sophomore (2018) seasons for New Mexico of the Mountain West Conference…during her two years with the Lobos, she made 57 appearances in the circle, including 46 starts…combined for 15 wins and threw nearly 245 innings (243.2)…as a sophomore in 2018, she posted team highs in wins (8), appearances (37), starts (29), complete games (13) and innings pitched (162.2)…one of those appearances came at the Lobo Classic in which she faced Sacramento State…despite the Hornets winning, 7-5, in extra innings, Main allowed the Hornets just four hits and no earned runs over 6.1 innings…also in 2018, she picked up wins over San Diego State on back-to-back days, combining to allow the Aztecs just three runs over 12 innings pitched…Main also had wins during her sophomore season against New Mexico State, Colorado State, UNLV and Cal State Northridge among others…offensively during her two seasons, she hit .320 (8-for-25) with six runs scored, a double, home run and seven RBIs…that included a sophomore year where she hit .357 (5-for-14) with seven RBIs in 14 at-bats…in the Lobos' 5-2 win over Cal State Northridge, she pitched a complete-game victory while also hitting a three-run homer in the third inning.
A 2016 graduate of Stevenson High School…named the Mission Trail Athletic League MVP during both her junior and senior seasons…a four-time all-county selection and a three-time Stevenson High School Top Female Athlete selection…named the conference pitcher of the year as a senior in 2016.
Parents are Thomas and Cathleen Main…a child development major…sister, Caroline, played softball at Canisius College in Buffalo…has four siblings - three sisters and one brother.


If there is one thing that I have discovered in the design and furniture world, you always get what you pay for. Forget the Odell's sale they have (every) Friday and Saturday "only"…I firmly believe in finding a piece of furniture suitable to you and your family and saving up for it. If you find you need a couch where the springs won't sag, invest in a good one. If it's out of your price range right now, save a little longer, and you will be happy with the results.
This was re-affirmed to me again when I discovered a whole new category in this business a few days ago. I have been working on a boy's bedroom (you'll be able to see it in a later post) for my son, and I got down to the pillow inserts (you have to price everything). The company I was looking at had an insert for $65 dollars, and I thought I could beat that price, so I went searching. As I was searching, I discovered a wealth of information about down (sometimes called feather) pillows, and I thought I would share some of it with you. The joy of learning is that it never stops, right?
I've always assumed a down pillow was the pillow your grandma had, and it always went flat. Little quills came out every once in awhile and poked you. (Somehow they missed feather pillow courses in design school…maybe a new class needs to be started). Anyway, just to get us started, there is a major difference between feather pillows and down pillows. Who knew there were two categories? Obviously I've just had feather pillows. Down pillows have absolutely no spines in them, and they can last you a decade (if you take care of them) without going totally flat. And no surprise here, they cost you much more than the "down" pillows sold at box stores. There is literally another industry just dealing in high-quality, down pillows and comforters.
When I started searching down pillows (feather pillows are out), I started reading numbers with "fill power" after them. What was that all about? 550 fill power, 700 fill power, 800 fill power… ?????? I found a great explanation by Down and Feather Company. Here's a basic rule to follow: the higher the fill power the higher quality pillow it is. 600 down fill came from a smaller, younger bird. 800 fill power clusters are more expensive because there are fewer, older birds. Keeping a bird alive for that long is time consuming and expensive, so it is harder to get 800 down fill, therefore, the pillow costs you more. This is the major factor to go by, but quality is also affected by what type of bird it came from (Canadian goose vs. European vs. Chinese), and how it was cleaned.
I was also seeing these types of numbers: 5/95. This is percentage of down that is clustered. A higher cluster count equals better quality.
Down pillows are machine washable, feather pillows are not. If anything, you could check the cleaning instructions and know if it was a down pillow or a feather pillow. I've not studied this long enough to know if manufacturers label there items clearly, but my guess in not. I would check if they say where the down came from…if it isn't stated, your best bet would be China, where it might not have been carefully farmed and cleaned. And as we do a full circle back to the beginning, a good pillow will cost you a lot more. A common price I've found is the $300 range for a standard 20 X 26 pillow…not cheap.
For more information, I've located two very high quality sites you might want to peek at: Plumeria Bay and the Down and Feather Company. These pillows are labeled to show exactly what they are, where they came from, and how the down was cleaned. These are high-end pillows, but it will give you something to judge everything else by.
Now, am I in the market for a $300 pillow for my boy? Definately not right now, but I will be interested in looking at down comforters soon. I've had two very cheap ones (one is definately just feather and perfectly flat now) and the other is a synthetic fill, which has gobbed together in spots and left other spots empty. This makes a very lumpy comforter with cold spots, and I would definately consider spending my money on a good one.
I hope this gets you thinking the next time you are out shopping…that "great deal" is most likely just be a cheaper product, so watch out! Anyone have down or feather stories to share? Leave them as a comment, and others will enjoy reading them!


Current back-to-back Coleman medal winner, named as the All Australian full-forward.
Kennedy played every game and never went goalless, including bags of five or more goals on eight occasions.
Who else would have landed in the No.1 spot, other than Buddy Franklin. He can do it all.
Edged out of the coleman medal by 1 goal by Josh Kennedy, Franklin was back to his stunning best in 2016.
Buddy managed to play every game in 2016, after recovering from his personal issues from 2015. It was evident that Franklin was enjoying football again and his performance on the field showed.
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In the wake of VMLY&R merger, expect more ad agency brands to fall
Last week, WPP merged two large agencies with different strengths to better navigate the demands of modern advertising. It won't be the last.
[Photo: Aaron Sebastian/Unsplash]
By Jeff Beer 3 minute Read
In response to what can only be described as an existential crisis back in 2009, General Motors decided to cut its roster of brands in half to just four: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC. Jettisoned were Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, and Saab.
Now, in response to an existential moment of their own, advertising agency holding companies are finding ways to navigate an increasingly volatile landscape. One of those ways, according to industry analysts, is culling and consolidating the hundreds of agency brands under their roofs.
Last week it was WPP merging two of its major agency brands–VML and Y&R–into a single global agency network called VMLY&R. The move created a 7,000-person agency with offices around the world, combining the digital chops of VML, founded in 1992, with the creative legacy of Y&R, founded in 1923. WPP acquired VML in 2001, and Y&R a year earlier.
New VMLY&R CEO Jon Cook, who was VML's CEO, says this was more of a proactive move than a reaction to industry demands.
VMLY&R CEO Jon Cook [Photo: courtesy of VMLY&R]
"These are agencies with choices, agencies with really strong leadership. They have success and good history," says Cook. "I think there will be occasions in this industry where people will be forced together, where they have to have certain things to survive. We're doing this at a time where we choose to do it and are excited to do it, and we get to choose our dance partner. It's from a position of strength."
In August, an industry report by Forrester analysts said that WPP should look to "dissolve its agency brands to meet the CMO's need for simplicity, accountability, and scale," restructuring nearly 400 companies into just dozens. It also called for WPP to consolidate its 100 creative agencies within the seven global networks of AKQA, Grey, JWT, Ogilvy, VML, Wunderman, and Y&R. Last week's merger was a significant step in that direction.
"Right now, we're at a point where the industry cares less about agency labels than ever before," Cook says. "This is an industry where so many people have worried about whether something is an ad agency, a digital agency, a PR agency, or a consultancy. We may be at the first point I can remember in a decade where the labels of agencies don't really matter."
Used to be that ad agencies, like those of the products they helped market, had more distinct personalities, working models, and creative sensibilities. You could guess pretty quickly which work was done by BBH London or by McCann New York. Or Crispin Porter + Bogusky and BBDO. But in the last decade, this has become much less the case. Holding companies like WPP, Publicis, Omnicom, IPG–even MDC Partners–ramped up their own branding, touting themselves as the big-box store version of creative advertising. They even combined talent from different subsidiary agencies to set up custom shops–like Omnicom's We Are Unlimited, for McDonald's–for especially big (and lucrative) clients.
Some, like industry observer and author Bob Hoffman, think this approach has completely devalued agency brands, ultimately hurting their ability to attract new business. This week, he wrote, "Nobody buys a Berkshire Hathaway or a Procter & Gamble. The buy GEICO insurance or Tide detergent."
Cook, of course, disagrees. He says the industry has matured to the point where traditional territorial disputes and tribalism no longer matter. "I think a few years ago people would've asked why this was happening between a more traditional agency and a more digital agency, but now I think because of the intensity and scrutiny in our industry, the attitude is more positive and inclusive of the different talents," he says. "It's welcoming of anyone who can help navigate this current landscape."
What matters most is survival.
Jeff Beer is a staff editor at Fast Company, covering advertising, marketing, and brand creativity. He lives in Toronto.
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Q: Is joint variation a plane? This is probably a foolish question, but I am going over some old math problems and started thinking about joint variation. My question is:
Can joint variation $y = kxz$ be graphed as plane in $3D$ space? Such that if $k$ remains constant, and $x$ and $z$ vary, will $(x, y, z)$ make a plane? It seems intuitively like it will... but I was never made to graph direct relationships that way.
Aside: Is there any application to this you have encountered? I googled and didn't get any straight answers but did see some snippets about virtual reality...

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For some constant $k$, is the set $S$ coplanar, when it is defined as $S:=\{(x,y,z)\in \Bbb R^3:y=k xz\}$ ?

Consider that for all $x=0$, then for any $z$ (and any $k$) we have $y=0$. $$\{(0,0,z):z\in\Bbb R\}\subset S$$
Likewise that for all $z=0$, then for any $x$ (and any $k$) we have $y=0$.$$\{(x,0,0):x\in\Bbb R\}\subset S$$
Given these two facts, you can now identify what plane $S$ must be, if it is to be coplanar.
Then too, you can determine what this implies about $k$.

A: I randomized some $(x,z)$ pairs, calculated $y = xz$ for each pair and then made a plot, but it is too big for a comment.

We should not be able to rotate a plane to have it look like this so it must be twisted.
In fact, $y=kxz$ or $kxz-y=0$ is example of one of the lowest degrees of an algebraic variety: a set of equations of multivariate polynomials. In our case we have just 1 equation and the degree is only 2, since the highest sum of exponent for any term is 2 ($kx^1z^1$ and $1+1=2$).
These algebraic varieties are often non-linear differentiable manifolds of some dimensionality and have lots of applications in science and engineering.
Both the fields of algebraic geometry and differential geometry deals with these things.

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"It is to live and to stop living which are imaginary solutions. The existence is somewhere else. " Wrote Breton André in his manifesto of the surrealism in 1924. In another context, the French poet still wrote " the most beautiful present of life is freedom which lets you go out of it at your time. " Stéphanie Jeannet participates of this universe stemming from dreams, told gently, with jumps of scales, from crumpled up registers, consisted in some pencil strokes perfectly mastered in the softness of the paper. Small or monumental, her drawings have the smell of turpentine to have been qualified by shades here and there. Their colors hang on the glance, take you into the depths of a singular world. Great-granddaughter of heart of the surrealists for her taste of the irrational, Stéphanie Jeannet creates outmoded atmospheres where perspectives jostle together without complex and dare a perfect symmetry, made in any rigor of the other times. The whole gets organized in the middle of deep, lost, dreamy or distraught looks of protagonists. Never in exchange, the latter seems orphan in the middle of others and find listening only with Lilliputians who appear in micro crowds by places. What links between a rhinoceros race and rows of headed faces? Why two small pigs lost in the middle of wild grasses? And these legs? There is often a threat which reigns in her composition, that of a precarious balance who could tip over at any time. Doors opens on other doors and a mental maze emerges. Between finished and not finished, Stéphanie Jeannet's drawing is to be read as an aesthetics of surprise which privileges the unusual and the strange. In the wonderful of its drawings resounds something peculiar to the famous words of Lautréamont: " beautiful as a fortuitous meeting of an umbrella and a sewing machine on a dissection table."
The young artist Stéphanie Jeannet, which every drawing represents a world itself. Of a animation film telling the story of a man who leaves to his own discovery-a man absent to himself-misled in the society-to her drawings inviting the spectator in a fresh look, her art questions strangely the fallover of its kind. A journey not to be missed!
The unpublished work of Stéphanie Jeannet, an unclassifiable artist who benefited of a grant of the City of Neuchâtel for a stay of six months in Bruxelles. This young woman develops an original vision of the world in Gulliver, between infinitely large and small.
Interview for the project Les Mécaniques du Bonheur.


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This horrible week is finally coming to an end, and not a moment too soon. Sometimes the universe chooses to throw a succession of mud pies at you and you just have to duck. It feels like I got hit by a Mack truck, or more likely Hino or Isuzu. And more like a convoy than a single truck. Or maybe I'm a scarecrow in a field, buffeted by wind and rain. Or a rag doll drowned in the washer and then pummeled in the dryer. At any rate, I'm bruised.
As much as I'm a fan of new experiences, I've had several firsts recently, most of which I could have done without. This week's was calling and riding in an ambulance. They sent a fire truck as well. There was no explanation except that that's how it's done here. Of course, my Japanese is not perfect and I may have mixed up "heart palpitations" and "spontaneous combustion". We'll never know. In the end, all is well and I can cross that off the list of things I never wanted to do in the first place.
To be honest, I did want to see what it's like to ride in an ambulance, but the conditions were not ideal. It struck me as I sat there on the bench in the speeding (slowly) emergency vehicle that they hadn't provided a seat belt. It's funny that they go so far as to send a fire truck as well as six, yes six, EMTs but nobody was concerned about me falling off the bench and flying out the rear doors of the ambulance.
Work says they're making arrangements to make sure I get all the hardest parts of this new project we're working on and that I should be flattered. I'm not. They want me because I'm the best, yet they have no intention of paying me more. I've had to have the humiliating conversation about money three times already and am getting tired of fighting about it.
I'm tired in general. My head, my heart, my soul. Bad things are happening and there's nothing I can do about them. I am painfully conscious of the unfairness of the universe and this leads to frustration and hopelessness. I'm trying to fight back, but there's a limit to my strength.
Where is my guardian angel when I need her?


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Crown Heights Premium Rental is Now Listing: It's been a 7 year wait, but the new rental building, set to begin leasing in July, has finally released the first listings and Curbed has them, along with some renderings.
Drinking and Grocery Shopping: According to the Observer, the Whole Foods at Columbus Avenue will soon be offering liquor at its pub On Tap from noon to closing. We'll drink to that.
CWCapital Calls off Stuy Town Auction: CWCapital Management officially took over Stuy Town earlier this week and they've decided that cancelling the auction is in the best interest of certificate holders and residents of complex… for now. Crain's NY has more on the story.
Fitting Renovation into Your Schedule: Anyone who's spent a Saturday watching marathons on HGTV knows that renovation can be stressful and time consuming. Apartment Therapy has a few tips on fitting a home reno in your schedule.
123 on the Park Begins Leasing: The new rentals, formerly the site of Flatbush's Caledonian Hospital, has posted 11 listings so far according to the Brownstoner. Best of all, they have pics from the new listings.
Former Hotel Site on Astoria Boulevard Sells: Flushing based LGA Hospitality just purchased the 3 parcels on Astoria Boulevard near Citi Field and the Brownstoner has the scoop.
Just Another Day in Space: FastCo. spotlights Tim Dodd, a photographer who took a series of side-splitting photographs of himself as an astronaut doing typical daily activities.
Godfather of Ice Cream Goes Vegan: Malcolm Stogo, inventor of Cookies 'n Cream (THANK YOU!!), is taking on the challenge of creating a dairy-free ice cream. The Observer talks to him as he works in his Astoria factory.
10 of Archinect's Top Pinterest Interiors: Who doesn't love looking at beautiful interiors. In case you haven't noticed, we do! So we're spreading the love with some of Archinect's gorgeous pinterest pics.