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def main_thread(master):
    # A sample trigger list - you'll replace
    # this with something more configurable in Problem 11
    try:
        # These will probably generate a few hits...
        t1 = TitleTrigger("nemtsov")
        t2 = TitleTrigger("Spanish")
        t3 = PhraseTrigger("Election")
        t4 = OrTrigger(t2, t3)
        triggerlist = [t1, t4]
        
        # TODO: Problem 11
        # After implementing makeTrigger, uncomment the line below:
        # triggerlist = readTriggerConfig("triggers.txt")

# **** from here down is about drawing ****
        frame = Frame(master)
        frame.pack(side=BOTTOM)
        scrollbar = Scrollbar(master)
        scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=Y)
        
        t = "Google & Yahoo Top News"
        title = StringVar()
        title.set(t)
        ttl = Label(master, textvariable=title, font=("Helvetica", 18))
        ttl.pack(side=TOP)
        cont = Text(master, font=("Helvetica",14), yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set)
        cont.pack(side=BOTTOM)
        cont.tag_config("title", justify='center')
        button = Button(frame, text="Exit", command=root.destroy)
        button.pack(side=BOTTOM)
        
        # Gather stories
        guidShown = []
        def get_cont(newstory):
            if newstory.getGuid() not in guidShown:
                cont.insert(END, newstory.getTitle()+"\n", "title")
                cont.insert(END, "\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n", "title")
                cont.insert(END, newstory.getSummary())
                cont.insert(END, "\n*********************************************************************\n", "title")
                guidShown.append(newstory.getGuid())

def whileloop():
            
            print "Polling . . .",
            # Get stories from Google's Top Stories RSS news feed
            stories = process("http://news.google.com/?output=rss")
            
            # Get stories from Yahoo's Top Stories RSS news feed
            stories.extend(process("http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories"))
                
            # Process the stories
            stories = filterStories(stories, triggerlist)
            
            map(get_cont, stories)
            scrollbar.config(command=cont.yview)
            
            print "Sleeping..."
            frame.after(60000, whileloop)

except Exception as e:
        print e
        
    
    whileloop()

if __name__ == '__main__':

root = Tk()
    root.title("Some RSS parser")
    main_thread(root)
    root.mainloop()

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