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Q: Evaluating $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n-1}\frac{H_{2n}}{n}$ I would appreciate to understand the main steps giving the evaluation of this series: $$ S=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n-1}\frac{H_{2n}}{n}$$ where $H_n$ is the harmonic number. I've tried with no success to obtain this sum with the help of Wolfram Alpha.

A: From the  generating function for the harmonic numbers, we immediately have that
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}  \frac{H_n}{n}z^n=\frac{1}{2}\log^2(1-z)+\operatorname{Li_2}(z)$$
and after multiplying both sides by $-2$ and setting $z=i$, we get
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n+1}\frac{H_{2n}}{n}=-2\left(\frac{1}{2}\log^2(1-i)+\operatorname{Li_2}(i)\right)$$
$$=\frac{5\pi^2}{48}-\frac14 \ln^22$$
Q.E.D.

A: Using integral representation for harmonic number given by Leonhard Euler
\begin{equation}
H_k=\int_0^1\frac{1-x^k}{1-x}\,dx
\end{equation}
and Taylor series for natural logarithm
\begin{equation}
\ln(1+y)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty\, (-1)^{k+1}\frac{x^k}{k}\qquad,\qquad\mbox{for}\,\,|y|<1
\end{equation}
we have
\begin{align}
S&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n-1}\frac{H_{2n}}{n}\\
&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{n}\int_0^1\frac{1-x^{2n}}{1-x}\,dx\\
&=\int_0^1\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{n}\left[1-x^{2n}\right]\,\frac{dx}{1-x}\\
&=\int_0^1\left[\frac{\ln2-\ln\left(1+x^2\right)}{1-x}\right]\,dx\\
\end{align}
Now, apply integration by parts by taking $u=\ln2-\ln\left(1+x^2\right)$ and $dv=\dfrac{dx}{1-x}$. We obtain
\begin{equation}
S=-\lim_{t\to1}\left.\left[\ln2-\ln\left(1+x^2\right)\right]\ln(1-x)\right|_0^t-2\int^1_0\frac{x\ln(1-x)}{1+x^2}\,dx
\end{equation}
Since we have an indeterminate form $0\cdot\infty$ as $t\to1$, we may write our limit as
\begin{equation}
-\lim_{t\to1}\frac{\ln(1-t)}{\frac{1}{\ln2-\ln\left(1+t^2\right)}}
\end{equation}
then apply L'Hospital's rule twice to obtain
\begin{equation}
\lim_{t\to1}\left[\ln2-\ln\left(1+t^2\right)\right]\ln(1-t)=0
\end{equation}
Therefore, we may write our original sum as
\begin{equation}
S=-2\int^1_0\frac{x\ln(1-x)}{1+x^2}\,dx
\end{equation}
The evaluation of the latter integral can be seen here. I take no credit for it. There are some good answers, but my personal choice is the answer using differentiation under the integral sign method since it's very simple and easy to understand. Anyway, this is a good question, thanks for sharing. ツ

A: Here is an approach to obtain

$$
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n-1}\frac{H_{2n}}{n}=\frac{5\pi^2}{48}-\frac14 \ln^22. \tag1
$$

Recall the standard series expansion
$$
\log(1+z)= \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n-1}\frac{z^{n}}{n},\quad |z|\leq 1, z\neq -1. \quad (*)
$$
Then, by the Cauchy product, one has
$$
\begin{align}
\log(1+z)\log(1-z)
&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n-1}\frac{z^{n}}{n}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{-z^{n}}{n}\\
&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left( \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{(-1)^{k}}{k(n-k)}\right)z^{n}\\
&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\!\left( \frac{1+(-1)^{n}}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{(-1)^{k}}{k}\right)\!z^{n}\\
&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=1}^{2n-1} \frac{(-1)^{k}}{k}z^{2n}\\
&=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n}\!\left( H_{2n}-H_n-\frac1n\right)\!z^{2n}\\
\end{align}
$$
equivalently
$$
\begin{align}
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{ H_{2n}}{n}z^{2n}=\log(1+z)\log(1-z)+\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{ H_{n}}{n}z^{2n}+\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{ 1}{n^2}z^{2n}
\end{align} \tag2
$$
Now, if you put $z:=i\,$ ($i^2=-1$) in $(2)$ you easily conclude with
$$
\begin{align}
& \log(1+i)=\log \left(\sqrt{2}\:e^{i\pi/4} \right)=\frac12 \ln2 + i\frac\pi 4 \\
& \log(1+i)\log(1-i)=\frac14 \ln^22+\frac{\pi^2}{16}\\
& \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n}\frac{H_{n}}{n} =\frac{\ln^22}{2}-\frac{\pi^2}{12} \tag3\\
& \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{n}}{n^2} =-\frac{\pi^2}{12} \tag4
\end{align}
$$
giving the desired result.

We may prove $(3)$ by considering the standard identity, easily obtained from $(*)$,  $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n}H_n x^{n-1} = -\dfrac{\ln(1+x)}{x(1+x)} \quad -1 < x<1,\,x\neq0,$$ integrating from $x=0^+$ to $x=1^-$ getting $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n-1} \dfrac{H_n}{n} \!= \!- \int_{0}^{1}\dfrac{\ln(1+x)}{x(1+x)} dx = \!-\int_{0}^{1}\left(\dfrac{\ln(1+x)}{x}\! - \!\dfrac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}\right) \! dx= -\dfrac{\pi^2}{12}+\dfrac{\ln^2 2}{2}$$ where we have classically used $(*)$ again to obtain $$\int_{0}^{1}\dfrac{\ln(1+x)}{x}dx = \dfrac{\pi^2}{12}. $$

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$\ds{S \equiv \sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}\pars{-1}^{n - 1}\,{H_{2n} \over n}}$

With the Harmonic Number Generating Function
  $$
-\,{\ln\pars{1 - x} \over 1 - x} = \sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}H_{n}x^{n}
$$

we'll have:
\begin{align}
-\,{\ln\pars{1 - x} \over 1 - x} &= \sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}H_{n}x^{n}
\\
-\,{\ln\pars{1 + x} \over 1 + x} &= \sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}H_{n}\pars{-x}^{n}
\\[5mm]
-\,{\ln\pars{1 - x} \over 1 - x} -{\ln\pars{1 + x} \over 1 + x}
&= 2\sum_{n\ =\ 1 \atop n\ \mbox{even}}^{\infty}H_{n}x^{n}
=2\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}H_{2n}x^{2n}
\\[5mm]
-\int_{0}^{x}\bracks{{\ln\pars{1 - t} \over 1 - t}
+{\ln\pars{1 + t} \over 1 + t}}\,{\dd t \over t}
&=\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}H_{2n}\,{x^{2n} \over n}
\end{align}

We'll set $\ds{x = \ic}$ such that
  \begin{align}
S&=\color{#66f}{\large\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}\pars{-1}^{n - 1}\,{H_{2n} \over n}}
=\int_{0}^{\ic}\bracks{{\ln\pars{1 - t} \over 1 - t}
+{\ln\pars{1 + t} \over 1 + t}}\,{\dd t \over t}
\\[5mm]&=\sum_{\sigma\ =\ \pm}\int_{0}^{\ic}
{\ln\pars{1 - \sigma t} \over \pars{1 - \sigma t}t}\,\dd t
=\sum_{\sigma\ =\ \pm}\bracks{\sigma\int_{0}^{\ic}
{\ln\pars{1 - \sigma t} \over 1 - \sigma t}\,\dd t
+\int_{0}^{\ic}{\ln\pars{1 - \sigma t} \over t}\,\dd t}
\\[5mm]&=\sum_{\sigma\ =\ \pm}\bracks{-\,\half\,\left.\ln^{2}\pars{1 - \sigma t}
\right\vert_{t\ =\ 0}^{t\ =\ \ic}
+\int_{0}^{\sigma\ic}{\ln\pars{1 - t} \over t}\,\dd t}
\\[5mm]&=\sum_{\sigma\ =\ \pm}\bracks{-\,\half\,\ln^{2}\pars{1 - \sigma\ic}
-\int_{0}^{\sigma\ic}{\rm Li}_{2}'\pars{t}\,\dd t}
\\[5mm]&=-\,\Re\bracks{\ln^{2}\pars{1 - \ic} + 2\,{\rm Li}_{2}\pars{\ic}}
=\color{#66f}{\large -\,\Re\ln^{2}\pars{1 - \ic} - 2\,\Re{\rm Li}_{2}\pars{\ic}}
\qquad\pars{1}
\end{align}

However,
\begin{align}
\color{#00f}{\Re\ln^{2}\pars{1 - \ic}}
&=\Re\braces{\bracks{\half\,\ln\pars{2} - {\pi \over 4}\,\ic}^{2}}
=\color{#00f}{{1 \over 4}\,\ln^{2}\pars{2} - {\pi^{2} \over 16}}
\\[1cm]
\color{#00f}{\Re{\rm Li}_{2}\pars{\ic}}&
=\Re\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{\ic^{n} \over n^{2}}
=\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{\ic^{2n} \over \pars{2n}^{2}}
={1 \over 4}\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{\pars{-1}^{n} \over n^{2}}
\\[5mm]&={1 \over 4}\bracks{-\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{1 \over \pars{2n - 1}^{2}}
+\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{1 \over \pars{2n}^{2}}}
\\[5mm]&={1 \over 4}\bracks{-\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{1 \over n^{2}}
+ \sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{1 \over \pars{2n}^{2}}
+\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{1 \over \pars{2n}^{2}}}
=-\,{1 \over 8}\ \underbrace{\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}{1 \over n^{2}}}
_{\ds{\color{#c00000}{\pi^{2} \over 6}}}\ =\ \color{#00f}{-\,{\pi^{2} \over 48}}
\end{align}

With the previous partial result ( see expression $\pars{1}$ ) and these ones:
  \begin{align}
S &\equiv \color{#66f}{\large%
\sum_{n\ =\ 1}^{\infty}\pars{-1}^{n - 1}\,{H_{2n} \over n}}
=-\bracks{{1 \over 4}\,\ln^{2}\pars{2} - {\pi^{2} \over 16}}
- 2\pars{-\,{\pi^{2} \over 48}}
\\[5mm]&=\color{#66f}{\large{5\pi^{2} \over 48} - {1 \over 4}\,\ln^{2}\pars{2}}
\approx {\tt 0.9080}
\end{align}

A: Here is another approach:
We can see that for every $n≥k$, $\frac{1}{2k-1}+\frac{1}{2k}$ is included in $H_{2n}$. So we may conclude that:
$$
S=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \left[\left(\frac{1}{2k-1}+\frac{1}{2k}\right)\cdot\sum_{n=k}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n}\right]
$$
Now we have:
$$
\sum_{n=k}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n}=\sum_{n=k}^{\infty} \left[(-1)^{n-1}\int_0^1 x^{n-1}dx\right]=\int_0^1 \left[\sum_{n=k}^{\infty} (-x)^{n-1}\right]dx=\int_0^1 \frac{(-x)^{k-1}}{1+x}dx
$$
And therefore:
$$
S=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \left[\left(\frac{1}{2k-1}+\frac{1}{2k}\right)\cdot\int_0^1 \frac{(-x)^{k-1}}{1+x}dx\right]=\int_0^1 \frac{\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-x)^{k-1}}{2k-1}+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-x)^{k-1}}{2k}}{1+x}dx
$$
And now:
$$
\arctan(x)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1}x^{2k-1}}{2k-1} \implies \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-x)^{k-1}}{2k-1}=\frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x}
$$
$$
\ln(1+x)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1}x^k}{k} \implies \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-x)^{k-1}}{2k}=\frac{\ln(1+x)}{2x}
$$
Thus:
$$
S=\int_0^1 \frac{\frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x}+\frac{\ln(1+x)}{2x}}{1+x}dx=\int_0^1 \frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x(1+x)}dx+\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{x(1+x)}dx=\int_0^1 \frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x(1+x)}dx+\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{x}-\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}dx=\int_0^1 \frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x(1+x)}dx+{\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{x}}-\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}dx
$$
Now we can calculate the integrals. In the first one we can make the substitution $x\to \tan^2(x)$:
$$
\int_0^1 \frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x(1+x)}dx=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} 2(\tan(x)(1+\tan^2(x)))\frac{x}{\tan(x)(1+\tan^2(x))}dx=2\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} x\space dx=\frac{\pi^2}{16}
$$
The second integral can be calculated as follows:
$$
\int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{x}dx=\int_0^1 \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1}x^{k-1}}{k}dx=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \left[\frac{(-1)^{k-1}}{k}\int_0^1 x^{k-1} dx\right]=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1}}{k^2}=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{(2k-1)^2}-\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{(2k)^2}=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k^2}-\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{(2k)^2}-\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{(2k)^2}=\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k^2}-\frac{1}{4}\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k^2}-\frac{1}{4}\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k^2}=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1}{k^2}=\frac{\pi^2}{12}
$$
The third we may calculate with partial integration:
$$
\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}dx=\left[\ln^2(1+x)\right]_0^1-\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}dx \iff \int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}dx=\frac{1}{2}\left[\ln^2(1+x)\right]_0^1=\frac{\ln^2(2)}{2}
$$
So finally we have:
$$
S=\int_0^1 \frac{\arctan\left(\sqrt x\right)}{\sqrt x(1+x)}dx+{\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{x}}-\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x}=\frac{\pi^2}{16}+\frac{1}{2}\frac{\pi^2}{12}-\frac{1}{2}\frac{\ln^2(2)}{2}=\frac{5\pi^2}{48}-\frac{\ln^2(2)}{4}
$$


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Thanks to Simplicity Creative Group I have another fabulous pattern to giveaway New Look 6186 to two lucky winners! Below is my video review and pics on how I rocked my floral top. Make sure to listen at the end to find out how to enter the giveaway.
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Today's extraordinary developments have been covered elsewhere in more detail than I can in a post here, so I intend to concentrate on one aspect: the lies about drunken, out of control Liverpool fans. Liverpool fans were, and are, ordinary people, not saints, but they did have a reputation for being well-behaved at a time when the word 'football' had often been linked in the media with the word 'hooligan'. Police incompetence caused a disaster of unprecedented proportions, and their response was to begin their cover-up and lies on the actual day of the tragedy by blaming the fans. Senior police officers and the local Tory MP, Irvine Patnick, claimed drunken louts had caused the crowd problems and, when it was clear that hundreds were injured and dozens dead, accused the fans of attacking police who were trying to help injured fans, of stealing from the dead and of urinating on bodies and on the emergency services - all fuelled (they claimed) by alcohol. They tried to find 'evidence' of drunkenness by asking relatives of the dead how much their loved ones had had to drink - this while they were trying to absorb the news of their losses - and by testing the blood of all the dead, including the children, for evidence of drink. And as for the police accessing the records of the dead to see whether they had criminal records ... unbelievable.
We now know (although some of us consider we have known this all along) that this was a lie, and that the fans had behaved extremely well, warned the police that some people were likely to be injured or killed, and when those warnings were ignored and thus came horribly true, tore down advertising placards - condemned as hooliganism at the time - to use as makeshift stretchers. We also know that, while some fans had had a drink, there was no evidence either of mass drunkenness or of misbehaviour. So how did the lies of the police and The Sun strike a chord with so many people for so long?
People usually tend to believe what the police tell them, probably less so now than 23 years ago, so their stories of drunkenness did a lot to give the cover-up credibility at a time when the popular perception of football fans among the general public - gleaned from the press - was that they were habitually drunk and violent; the lies of the police, repeated by The Sun, fitted into such prejudices perfectly. People tend to believe stories that match what they already know or, rather, what they think they already know.
There are many things that went wrong in relation to Hillsborough, covered more extensively elsewhere, but I can't help feeling that police lies were given credibility by tapping into a moral panic concerning alcohol and drunken football fans, with the resulting misconceptions being a significant factor in causing this injustice to fester for 23 years. As the fight for justice continues, I look forward to seeing heads roll.
I've had a link to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign since the first day of this blog.
Labels: justice, news, opinion
Geoff Parry 13 September 2012 at 12:43
Nev - I'm repeating what I said on Facebook, but all I can say is that if it's taken 23 years for the truth to come out about Hillsborough, how long will it take to bring those responsible to justice?
Neville Grundy 13 September 2012 at 13:49
Geoff, yesterday changed everything: no further procrastination will be tolerated, and today's politicians are showing no willingness to protect the police of 23 years ago. Having said that, it will take quite some time as several stages are required:
1. To overturn the inquest verdict of accidental death.
2. To find out who was responsible for incompetence, for lying and for cover ups.
3. To decide who should be prosecuted and prosecute them.
There is a momentum now that can't be stopped, and I don't think anyone wants to stop it, except the guilty of course, but even they must realise the game's up.


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Q: wxPython : Adding an about box. I'm creating a wxPython soundboard and was wondering how to implement an About Box. The goal is to press an About button on the wxPython File menu and generate an About Box.
This is my code so far:
import wx
import os
import pygame

 pygame.init()

 ##SOUNDS##
 goliathwav = pygame.mixer.Sound("goliath.wav")
 channelopen = pygame.mixer.Sound("channelopen.wav")
 ##SOUNDS##

class windowClass(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(windowClass,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
        self.__basicGUI()
    def __basicGUI(self):
        panel = wx.Panel(self)
        menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
        fileButton = wx.Menu()
        editButton = wx.Menu()
        aboutBox = wx.MessageDialog(None, "Created by      Kommander000(cyrex)")
        answer=aboutBox.ShowModal()
        aboutBox.Destroy()
        aboutButton = wx.Menu()
        exitItem = fileButton.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, 'Exit','status msg...')
        aboutItem = aboutButton.Append(wx.ID_ABOUT, "About")

        menuBar.Append(fileButton, 'File')
        menuBar.Append(editButton, 'Edit')
        menuBar.Append(aboutButton, 'About this program')

        self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.__quit, exitItem)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnMenuHelpAbout, aboutBox)

        self.__sound_dict = { "Goliath" : "goliath.wav",
                              "Goliath2" : "channelopen.wav"
                            }

        self.__sound_list = sorted(self.__sound_dict.keys())

        self.__list = wx.ListBox(panel,pos=(20,20), size=(250,150))
        for i in self.__sound_list:
            self.__list.Append(i)
        self.__list.Bind(wx.EVT_LISTBOX,self.__on_click)

        #wx.TextCtrl(panel,pos=(10,10), size=(250,150))

        self.SetTitle("Soundboard")
       self.Show(True)

    def __on_click(self,event):
        event.Skip()
        name = self.__sound_list[self.__list.GetSelection()]
        filename = self.__sound_dict[name]
        if filename == "goliath.wav":
             print "[ NOW PLAYING ] ... %s" % filename
             pygame.mixer.Sound.play(goliathwav)
        if filename == "channelopen.wav":
            print "[ NOW PLAYING ] ... %s" % filename
            pygame.mixer.Sound.play(channelopen)

    def __quit(self, e):
         self.Close()
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    windowClass(None, -1, style=wx.MAXIMIZE_BOX | wx.CAPTION | wx.CENTRE)
    app.MainLoop()

 main()

This is the error I am receiving:
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnMenuHelpAbout, aboutBox)
AttributeError: 'windowClass' object has no attribute 'OnMenuHelpAbout'

Any suggestions?
Thanks as always,
kommander000

A: wx python has its own wx.AboutBox() used in conjunction with wx.AboutDialogInfo()
def About(self, event):
    from platform import platform
    myos = platform()
    aboutInfo = wx.AboutDialogInfo()
    aboutInfo.SetName("My Application ")
    aboutInfo.SetVersion("1.0")
    aboutInfo.SetDescription("My Super App," \
        " That does amazing things\nRunning on: "+myos)
    aboutInfo.SetCopyright("(C) Joe Bloggs-2016")
    aboutInfo.SetLicense("https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html")
    aboutInfo.AddDeveloper("Joe Bloggs")
    aboutInfo.AddDocWriter("Joe Bloggs")
    aboutInfo.SetWebSite('https://www.JoeBlogs.com')
    wx.AboutBox(aboutInfo)

See:https://wxpython.org/docs/api/wx-module.html#AboutBox

A: you again :)
The aboutBox needs to be created in your missing callback OnMenuHelpAbout (that I refactored to make private as stated in my previous answer)
Also (not related) but I have changed the dictionary so it directly points to the sound object: no more if/elif, you can load 200 sounds the code will still be the same.
Fixed code:
import wx
import os
import pygame

pygame.init()

 ##SOUNDS##
 ##SOUNDS##

class windowClass(wx.Frame):
    __goliathwav = pygame.mixer.Sound("goliath.wav")
    __channelopen = pygame.mixer.Sound("channelopen.wav")

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(windowClass,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
        self.__basicGUI()
    def __basicGUI(self):
        panel = wx.Panel(self)
        menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
        fileButton = wx.Menu()
        editButton = wx.Menu()
        aboutButton = wx.Menu()
        exitItem = fileButton.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, 'Exit','status msg...')
        aboutItem = aboutButton.Append(wx.ID_ABOUT, "About")

        menuBar.Append(fileButton, 'File')
        menuBar.Append(editButton, 'Edit')
        menuBar.Append(aboutButton, 'About this program')

        self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.__quit, exitItem)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.__onmenuhelpabout, aboutItem)

        self.__sound_dict = { "Goliath" : self.__goliathwav,
                              "Goliath2" : self.__channelopen
                            }

        self.__sound_list = sorted(self.__sound_dict.keys())

        self.__list = wx.ListBox(panel,pos=(20,20), size=(250,150))
        for i in self.__sound_list:
            self.__list.Append(i)
        self.__list.Bind(wx.EVT_LISTBOX,self.__on_click)

        #wx.TextCtrl(panel,pos=(10,10), size=(250,150))

        self.SetTitle("Soundboard")
        self.Show(True)

    def __onmenuhelpabout(self,event):
        event.Skip()
        aboutBox = wx.MessageDialog(None, "Created by      Kommander000(cyrex)")
        answer=aboutBox.ShowModal()
        aboutBox.Destroy()

    def __on_click(self,event):
        event.Skip()
        name = self.__sound_list[self.__list.GetSelection()]
        sound = self.__sound_dict[name]
        print("[ NOW PLAYING ] ... %s" % name)
        pygame.mixer.Sound.play(sound)

    def __quit(self, e):
         self.Close()
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    windowClass(None, -1, style=wx.MAXIMIZE_BOX | wx.CAPTION | wx.CENTRE)
    app.MainLoop()

main()
    def __quit(self, e):
         self.Close()
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    windowClass(None, -1, style=wx.MAXIMIZE_BOX | wx.CAPTION | wx.CENTRE)
    app.MainLoop()

main()

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Movie Review: "Transcendence" (2014)
Movie: "Transcendence"
Director: Wally Pfister
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) and his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) are two of the nation's top research and developers of a new, advanced type of artificial intelligence. Along with their colleague Max (Paul Bettany), they have strong ideas about how this A.I. can work for the betterment of mankind. When Will is shot with a radiation-laced bullet by a radical member of R.I.F.T. (Revolutionary Independence From Technology) in a coordinated attack on A.I. labs across the country, he does not have long to live. In an effort to keep his consciousness alive after his body dies, Evelyn and Max upload his brain into P.I.N.N., their artificially intelligent supercomputer. The process seems successful, but many are unsure if the computer is actually Will, or if it's just an artificially intelligent computer pretending to be Will.
Make no bones about it, folks: this movie is pretty much just a sci-fi romance with a fancy-schmancy computer and medical terms thrown around like its nobody's business.
When the box office numbers came out this weekend, newspapers and blogs alike proclaimed "Transcendence" was Johnny Depp's 4th straight flop in theaters and that he hadn't made a box office smash since the last installment of the (overdrawn) "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. To this, I thought: poor, poor Johnny Depp, sitting on his millions (if not billions) of dollars with his numerous houses and series of cars and fame and riches and jewels, he made another flop. Boo-hoo.
Well, we must admit, this movie was not his strongest, but it's really not as bad as people are making it out to be. Sure, it takes itself too seriously and drags through many parts of the film, but the idea is captivating and makes for a semi-decent ride. Let's put it to you this way: we wouldn't be disappointed if we had actually spend $6.00 on this movie, but I'd be pissed if we had spent more than that.
Rebecca Hall is good in this film. The majority of the drama and emotion comes from her character. She does a great job showing what one woman would do to save the man she loves. The cast of supporting actors including Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman, and Cillian Murphy are all good in this film, too, and it's nice to see the "Batman" tie-in with Morgan and Murphy (this movie was directed by longtime Christopher Nolan cinematographer Wally Pfister). I think my biggest problem with this movie is, in fact, Mr. Millions himself, Johnny Depp. I just don't buy it, I don't buy him in this role. BigJ didn't like Kate Mara or her character as a RIFT terrorist. He doesn't know if the movie was trying to portray her as someone we should feel sympathetic towards, but all in all, she is just a terrorist. She kills for her ideals and perpetuates fear...there is nothing sympathetic about that.
Other than that, this movie feels really, really complicated but still manages to not go very far. It's fear-mongering and technological acceptance all in one, and we're not quite sure which prevailed in the end. Sure, there's a clear ending point, but the entire movie feels overworked, over-thought, and yet still remains extremely rigid. At first, I got a "Her"-esque vibe from Depp's character of Will Caster as his consciousness is uploaded into a supercomputer, but that thought quickly faded away. To me, this computer-person-mind hybrid is not capable of having even the most minute feeling, but BigJ disagrees. Perhaps it is Depp's way of acting the part, but I just didn't feel connected to him as a character who would, in turn, do anything he could to give the woman he loves what she wanted most in life.
Visually, the CGI is pretty good, but at some point, it all becomes a series of squiggles. Obviously, since it's directed by a cinematographer, it is shot well.
The end of the film has this overall message that makes us think that man's fear of the unknown and of advancement in general will eventually end up leading us back to the Dark Ages. Either that, or it's your basic "God" metaphor: have faith that this "higher power" will act with the best intent for humanity, even if we don't always understand its actions.
I'd like to think the destruction of all of Internet-kind could be brought down by something more powerful than a roll of copper wire I could buy at Home Depot. Alright, I'm making a leap, but still...the inclusion of this seems rudimentary, at best.
Do we recommend this movie: Sure, why not?
Posted by Lolo at Monday, April 28, 2014
Labels: 2010's, drama, movie review, mystery, sci-fi, year 2


Now that's a question. Where have I been?
Time has been an issue. Finding time to organise myself, let alone write a blog has been difficult. I have moved house, travelled again, pretty extensively and worked harder than perhaps I should.
Life, however is still great. Work still provides me with massive freedom, combined with a chance to see the World. It is March as I write this, and as usual I am on a flight. This time though it is a private one (flight, not plane) as it isn't work related. The Pretty One and I are returning from Marrakesh (my 7th country of 2012) where we took a long weekend. On the way out I trawled my emails and had a message from an industry friend in Australia. He came across the unused blog and mailed me about it. I supposed it was the kick I needed.
Anyway, I don't think I will publicise the 're-activation' just yet. I'd hate to excite people then let it die again (like anyone cares) but I will try to update at leader whenever I take a flight! There are a few in my near future – USA is booked for example.
Mum says back to the future!
Ha ha. I have now edited it. Work is at fault. We are always talking 2013 and 2014 product!


The up-front costs associated with buying a home can be frightening. These beginning costs are often the reason that most people don't achieve their dreams of owning Fidalgo Island Real Estate.Harsh economic times have made lenders wary, which means qualifying for a mortgage is a lot more difficult. As our economy is gaining it's health back, more and more lending programs are coming back. Many buyers were previously unable to come up with 20 % on top of the closing costs. That down payment can be quite a sizeable chunk of money to save. With the cost of Fidalgo Island real estate being on the rise that figure keeps going up.
These large onset fees are making homeownership less and less attainable for many. New lending programs are on the market that offer smaller down payments. Some with as little as 3% down and even zero down loans. With these loans comes a higher cost to obtain them. When the lender takes a larger risk it in turn will cost the consumer something more as compensation. Sometimes that cost is in a higher interest rate or higher loan fees, or both.
Many buyers think they can get a gift from their relatives for the fees or down payment. Strangely enough, most lenders don't like gifted funds due to you have "no skin in the game". If your lender does allow them they will want documentation as to where the funds came from. Your lender will also want those funds to sit in your bank account for a while before closing. Some lenders will require up to a three-month aging process of the funds. Unfortunately, gifted funds are rarely used these days. A good Fidalgo Island Realtor with great lender resources can direct you to a lender. A lender that will provide many options and coach you as to what steps you need to take in order to secure the right financing option that best suits your needs.
Your Realtor doesn't receive any kind of kickback for their referring a specific lender or any other service provider involved in the transaction. Receiving a kickback in this manner would be against the laws that govern Realtors. Your Realtor should be a wealth of information to you for services you need, a well-established Fidalgo agent will have a great referral base to every trade and business you need, before, during and after your transaction is closed.
Even with these low to zero down loans now available, as mentioned earlier, they come with higher fees and costs associated with the loan. In order to cover the loan fees and other costs involved, a buyer can build in closing costs when they place an offer. In your offer you would ask the seller to cover your fees at closing. Keep in mind, when making your offer you have to subtract your fees out of what you are offering, you are only building them into your offer so that you can build them into your financing. Your seller will be subtracting them out of your offering amount in order to get at the figure you are really offering. This is a difficult concept for many to grasp but your Fidalgo Island real estate agent can guide you through it.
All lenders have limitations as to the amount of funds they can allow the seller to contribute towards closing. Each program is slightly different on their guidelines and these guidelines are everchanging. In order to make the best decision, find a good agent to get you to the correct lending resource. Many people think that the best lender is their own bank. This is not always true, there are a lot of lending institutions out there that do not specialize in home loans. Not all banks are not up to date on all the programs available.
Mortgage Insurance-Will You Have to Pay it? How Much?
Most loans, other than a government insured loan, will require mortgage insurance if you have less than 20% equity in your home. The amount of insurance will vary depending on the amount of equity you do have in the home. With a rising market, your equity will build quickly and soon you will be able to refinance. By showing you have 20% equity in the home you will be able to drop the mortgage insurance. Mortgage insurance is in place to ensure your lender that the mortgage will get paid off in the case you were to default. Lenders believe and history has proved that homeowners with less than 20% equity in their home are more likely to default than homeowners with more acquired equity.
Working with an expert when contemplating a Fidalgo Island real estate investment will serve you well. A well-versed Realtor will guide you through the many purchase forms and ensure that the correct language is inserted in order to get the seller contributions you need for your financing. They will direct you to reliable resources and make sure your offer is contingent upon a successful appraisal and many other things in order to protect you and your best interest. Consulting with an expert should resolve any doubts that may stop you from purchasing and will better pave the path to the closing table.
This blog is great. Thanks for the fantastic work.
I have a new article going live soon about home inspections. I think you will find it very informative. Stay tuned for more great information on home buying and selling.
Here is my new article I just published. It is all about the process home inspections, I thought you might enjoy reading.


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(1929) Kollaa ist ein Asteroid des Hauptgürtels, der am 20. Januar 1939 von dem finnischen Astronomen Yrjö Väisälä in Turku entdeckt wurde.

Benannt ist der Asteroid nach einem karelischen Fluss, der während des finnischen Winterkriegs Kriegsschauplatz war.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Asteroiden

Hauptgürtelasteroid unter 50 km Durchmesser

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Xifaxan is used to treat travelers' diarrhea caused by E. coli in adults and children who are at least 12 years old. Most people get this infection by eating food or drinking fluids that have been contaminated with the bacteria.
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Xifaxan may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.
You should not use take Xifaxan if you are allergic to rifaximin or medications such as rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifater, Rifadin, Rifamate), or rifapentine (Priftin).
Before you take Xifaxan, tell your doctor if you have severe liver disease, diarrhea with fever, or diarrhea that is watery or has blood in it.
Take Xifaxan for the full prescribed length of time. Your symptoms may improve before the infection is completely cleared. Xifaxan will not treat a viral infection such as the common cold or flu, or any form of diarrhea that is caused by a virus. Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after 24 hours, or if they get worse while taking rifaximin. Xifaxan does not treat all bacterial forms of traveler's diarrhea.
What should I discuss with my health care provider before taking Xifaxan?
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether Xifaxan will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using Xifaxan. It is not known whether rifaximin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not use Xifaxan without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
How should I take Xifaxan?
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What should I avoid while taking Xifaxan?
Antibiotic medicines can cause diarrhea, which may be a sign of a new infection. If you have diarrhea that is watery or bloody, stop taking Xifaxan and call your doctor. Do not use anti-diarrhea medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
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What other drugs will affect Xifaxan?
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Cold case murder suspect enters not guilty plea in Reno court
Crime | November 20, 2019
Liz Kellar
LKellar@theunion.com
Charles Gary Sullivan
A 73-year-old Arizona man was linked to a 1979 homicide thanks to DNA evidence collected in 2007 by Nevada County law enforcement after his arrest in a kidnapping case.
That information came to light in court filings before Charles Gary Sullivan was arraigned Tuesday at the Washoe County Courthouse in Reno on one count of murder.
Sullivan pleaded not guilty in the death of Julia Woodward, 21, whose body was found March 25, 1979, in a remote area about 15 miles north of Reno. Woodward's eyes had been sealed shut with Band-Aids, her legs were zip-tied and a cloth had been used as a gag, news reports stated.
Sullivan's Nevada County victim testified in 2008 that he zip-tied and handcuffed her at gunpoint, but she managed to escape by cutting her ties with a pocket knife. Sullivan was convicted in that case of false imprisonment and making criminal threats, and sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison.
Sullivan's recent arrest stemmed from an investigation launched in 2015 by Washoe County Sheriff's Detective Rick Bjelke after he was named to a newly formed cold case unit. Bjelke asked for additional forensic analysis of evidence taken from the scene where Woodward was found. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, DNA evidence local police pulled from Sullivan during the investigation of the 2007 Nevada County kidnapping case was used to link him to semen found on Woodward's jeans.
In August, the Office of the Nevada Attorney General obtained a grand jury indictment against Sullivan, leading to his arrest. Sullivan was extradited to Nevada on Friday.
According to court documents reviewed by the Review-Journal, authorities believe Sullivan may have also killed two other women in the Reno/Tahoe area in the late 1970s: 17-year-old Jeannie Smith and 23-year-old Linda Taylor. Sullivan has not been charged in those cases, and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford told the Review-Journal his office is focusing on the Woodward case.
"All evidence points to [Sullivan] being a serial killer," lawyers for the Attorney General's Office wrote in a Nov. 7 motion.
Eight months after Woodward's body was discovered, the skeletal remains of Smith were found barely a mile away in a shallow grave. The zipper of Smith's jeans had been "forcibly opened," her underwear and ID were missing, and she was killed by blunt force trauma to the head, court records state. Police believe medical tape found in Smith's hair was used to blindfold her.
Taylor had been reported missing on March 9, 1979, by her roommate. A tip led investigators to Sullivan, who eventually admitted that he had gone on a date with Taylor but denied having any knowledge of how she disappeared.
Sullivan was remanded to Washoe County Jail pending his next appearance in court Jan. 30. A motion to set a trial date is scheduled to be heard then, according to court records.
The Nevada investigation remains ongoing. In a press release, authorities stated Sullivan is believed to have lived a transitory lifestyle and asked that anyone with information contact Bjelke at 775-328-3689.
To contact Staff Writer Liz Kellar, email lizk@theunion.com or call 530-477-4236.
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No, a Reporter Did Not Call the White House Press Secretary a 'Lying Bitch'
Screenshot: Fox News/Twitter
An Al Jazeera reporter did not call White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany a "lying bitch" on Tuesday, despite claims to the otherwise by sizable contingent of pro-Donald Trump Twitter accounts.
At a White House press conference late on Tuesday morning, Al Jazeera English reporter Kimberly Halkett asked McEnany whether the president was as focused on foreign election interference as his obsession with baseless conspiracy theories about mail-in voting. The back-and-forth became testy as Halkett pressured McEnany to cite more recent actions the White House has taken to secure the 2020 elections and McEnany attempted to change the subject to Barack Obama and signs of a rocky rollout of mail-in voting in New York.
"There are legitimate questions about mass mail-in voting. And I know you don't want to hear them, which is why you talk over me," McEnany responded. Afterward, Halkett tried to ask a question about vaccine research; McEnany cut her off and both parties were recorded talking at the same time, which was definitely not helped by the fact that Halkett was wearing a mask. Numerous pro-Trump personalities then tried to drum up outrage over the clip.
Right-wing pundits with large Twitter followings such as Ann Coulter and Benny Johnson; a reporter for far-right site Breitbart; and hellhole content farm the Washington Examiner all circulated versions of the clip (some of which were actually video taken by cell phones pointed at a TV) accompanied by captions priming viewers to believe Halkett said "lying bitch." And on first viewing, it does kind of sound like Halkett said "lying bitch"—again, especially if one was previously conditioned to listen for exactly that.
Unfortunately for anyone who would derive joy or outrage from the matter, that's not what happened. Simple adjustments to enhance the audio of the exchange backs Halkett's version of the story: She responded to McEnany's refusal to answer the question with "OK, you don't want to engage."
Audio of an exchange between White House press secretary Kaitlyn McEnany and Al Jazeera English reporter Kimberly Halkett on July 21, 2020, as well as versions with audio filters. Original audio via C-SPAN.
Several of the conservatives who promoted the hoax retracted the claim or quietly deleted their tweets (others remain live). The Examiner deleted their initial post and replaced it with a more cowardly one: "Some are saying it sounds like a reporter called @PressSec a 'bitch'".
(The official White House transcript, for the record, itself confirms that Halkett said "OK, you don't want to engage.")
To put it another way: it took just a few seconds of people talking over each other for disingenuous right-wing personalities to amplify a bullshit claim to a massive social media audience, likely aided by bots, and then never really bother to retract the claim. When the political deepfakes get here in earnest, we're fucked.
TechPolitics


The word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword. It gives life to a helpless soul and joy to a broken heart. Meditate in the word of God and allow God to use you through His Word. Praise the Lord!


I can't even STAND these pictures. This family was so adorable and so much fun to shoot that I literally took 847,273 pictures of them and I wanted to post every single one in this blog. Butttt…figuring that WordPress puts some kind of limits on downloading an insane amount of pictures, I decided to narrow it down a tad.
Katie wrote to me a few weeks ago looking for pictures to celebrate her baby's first birthday and we scheduled the shoot for Mother's Day, which was perfect because the weather was gorgeous and spending the day with a new mother on her first Mother's Day totally lifted me out of my "I'm a horrible daughter because I live too far away to celebrate with my own mother on her special day" funk. (Although shout out to my fabulous mother-in-law who I do get to celebrate with!!) What we didn't account for was the fact that everyone and their mother, literally, was out at Larz Anderson Park trying to soak in the sunshine. But with a family as gorgeous and happy as this one, I don't think you'll notice much of anyone else.
Katie and Andrew may be two of the nicest people I know, and everyone claims that your first year of parenthood is rough, but these two made it look like a cinch. It could possibly be because they happen to have the world's happiest and most well-behaved baby ever. Little Liam was the best. I read in photography posts that one-year-olds are supposed to be difficult to shoot. If that's the case, Liam made it MUCH too easy for me. And Katie and Andrew were so stinking nice that I forgot I was actually working and felt like I was just hanging out with new friends. Is it weird if I were to blow up one of these pictures and hang it in my house? Don't answer that.
Liam's little "Whatcha talkin' 'bout Willis" face.
Good Lord, I love this kid.
And then we rewarded little Liam for being so good by torturing him with this birthday hat!
Such a great day…thanks for letting me celebrate with you!


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R&D Funding Is the Best Medicine
By PAUL STOFFELS and ALAN I. LESHNER
Paul Stoffels, M.D., is chief scientific officer and worldwide chairman of pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson.
Alan I. Leshner is chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and executive publisher of the journal Science.
American innovation, badly damaged last year by federal budget tightening and the across-the-board cuts known as sequestration, appears to be getting partial relief with the bipartisan budget deals struck last month and Monday night. The progress is praiseworthy, but it will not counteract the decades-long decline in federal funding for research and development that is so essential to our economic future and critical to accelerating treatments for today's major health care challenges, including Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Federal R&D expenditures plummeted by 16.3 percent, in constant dollars, between fiscal years 2010 and 2013, and the nation's federal investment in science as a share of the economy currently stands at roughly 0.82 percent — the lowest point in 50 years. This recent decline comes at a time when other countries are ramping up their own investments in science and innovation. For instance, Chinese investment in R&D from all sources has increased by more than 400 percent over the past decade, while South Korea's has more than doubled. America still outpaces those countries in total dollars invested in R&D: In 2011 (the most recent year for which there are reliable numbers), the United States invested $414 billion, compared with China's $208.2 billion and South Korea's $59.9 billion. But U.S. growth has been much slower than many of its peers', and as a share of the economy we invest only slightly more in R&D than we did in the year 2000.
Private companies contributed $249 billion toward the nation's total 2011 R&D investment, but industry cannot do it alone. Governments worldwide must provide adequate support — especially for basic science, which promises big payoffs but requires the longer-term, sustainable funding that can be impractical for the private sector. Basic science aims to expand our knowledge broadly — opening doors to innovation, jobs and economic prosperity — but breakthroughs are often unpredictable and come from unlikely sources. Investigations of coral's microstructure, for instance, eventually yielded special ceramics now commonly used in bone grafts and prosthetic eyes. Studies of jellyfish gave rise to better methods for diagnosing and treating cancer.
In the global marketplace, rapidly turning ideas into products requires an open approach to innovation: Increasingly, corporate scientists must collaborate with university researchers and even competitors. This is why 13 pharmaceutical companies last year teamed up with the U.S., British and United Arab Emirates governments, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to help eradicate 10 neglected tropical diseases. U.S.-based public-private partnerships are pursuing new treatments for conditions ranging from cancer and diabetes to Crohn's disease. Such efforts are critical in the biomedical field, as 67 million Americans deal with high blood pressure, 13 million live with cancer, 5 million suffer from Alzheimer's disease and the number diagnosed with diabetes more than tripled between 1980 and 2011.
Yet, National Institutes of Health R&D expenditures since 2010 have dropped by $3.7 billion, or 11.5 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars, and in those terms, the agency's total budget is now at its lowest level since 2001. Sequestration in 2013 meant there were 722 fewer NIH project grants for researchers, and some 750 fewer critically ill patients were admitted to NIH Clinical Center hospitals. Those cuts, which will only be partially rolled back under last month's bipartisan budget deal, has meant laboratory layoffs and less support for graduate students, too. The famous Framingham Heart Study that so dramatically advanced our understanding of heart disease — and could soon yield new clues to Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and aging — lost more than 40 percent of a core administrative grant from the NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. At Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, for example, the Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Laboratory lost one-third of its NIH funding for studies of cognitive impairments associated with aging.
Bright young scientists and engineers are bound to feel disheartened by such news, particularly since sequestration has already triggered job and scholarship losses for college students nationwide. The current situation poses a serious threat to a country with an aging scientific workforce, where the funding situation will discourage many young Americans from going into science and foreign students increasingly return to their home countries after graduation. Yet R&D investments are treated as a "discretionary" component of the federal budget — a category whose funding has been declining since the 1980s. We must invest in our future, and R&D promises the greatest return on that investment.
The budget deal reached late last year was good news. Policymakers now have a tough job to do as they continue to balance competing priorities to tackle the federal deficit. As they work to actually appropriate funds, with the current continuing resolution set to expire on Wednesday, we encourage them to set a positive trajectory for U.S. innovation by protecting our science investments through a balanced fiscal approach. In this way, the United States can send a strong signal to young people worldwide that it understands the importance of basic science for improving the economy and human welfare.


This ices it. Trump is now a shoo-in.
North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as "a prescient presidential candidate" who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack by the North.
A column carried on Tuesday by DPRK Today, one of the reclusive and dynastic state's mouthpieces, described Trump as a "wise politician" and the right choice for U.S. voters in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.
Heck of a headline: "screwy"?


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Vicente "Vic" Sumajit Santos Jr. (May 17, 1944 – February 17, 2012) was a colonel of the Philippine Army – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He is the author of several military books   and other publications, as well as the founding president of Kapatiran ng mga Kawal na Makawikang Pilipino (KAKAMPI).

Early life
Santos was born in Asingan in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines on May 17, 1944, to 3rd Lt. Vicente De Leon Santos and Catalina Dela Cruz Sumajit, he was the eldest among three children. His father was then a military officer who served under the USAFFE during World War II, and was later absorbed in the Armed Forces of the Philippines after the war, whereas his mother worked as a government school teacher.

He took his secondary education in Southern Christian College and graduated valedictorian in 1961.

He graduated at the University of the Philippines with a degree in AB Social Science in 1966. He also showed interest in the military when he graduated on the top of his Advance University of the Philippines ROTC Class of 1966 at the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus as a cadet colonel and class valedictorian.

Military career
He held several positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines during his military career, one of them is the position of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations, G-7 and Historical Officer of the HSC, General Headquarters, AFP.

The last position he occupied in the Armed Forces of the Philippines before his retirement was Chief of Value Information Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, J-7, AFP.

Defense of Camp Emilio Aguinaldo – August 1987
During the attempt to overthrow the Corazon Aquino government in 1987, Santos was one of the defenders of the General Headquarters Building located at the center of Camp Aguinaldo, the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The GHQ building was burned to the ground during an attack by rebel forces of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, and Santos sustained serious injuries to his lungs; injuries which eventually caused him to take a Complete Disability Discharge (CDD) and retire from military service in 1991.

In the book entitled Demokrasya at Kudeta, by Col. Gaudencio "Ding" L. San Juan, the defense of the GHQ Building was cited and particularly, Santos' account was mentioned.

Private life

Santos married the former Erlinda Solis Tolete on June 22, 1969. Erlinda Santos was a public school teacher, and also a civil servant. They have six children, Vicente III, Benhur, Singapor, Vicerly, Pilipino and Fabian.

Santos was a Born-again Apostolic Christian, he believed in the apostolic doctrine in the Bible at the Book of Acts, Chapter Two (New Testament Plan of Salvation: Acts 2:38) that states:

and attended church at the Lighthouse Apostolic Ministry of Pentecost (LAMP). Before his conversion to born-again Christianity, Santos had been a Bible reader since his childhood. His mother, who was a Methodist, taught him biblical principles which he eventually carried on throughout his life. At one instance, a few hours before the bloodiest coup attack in Camp Aguinaldo, he was approached by Col. Honasan to convince him to join the coup attempts and support the rebel forces against the Aquino administration. Santos took hold of his pocket Bible and declined the invitation to join the coup. '"I am neutral, my loyalty belongs to God and to my country..."'. A few hours later, the siege of Camp Aguinaldo began.

Retirement years
After the bloodiest coup attempt of 1987, Santos' health slowly deteriorated as a result of his taking part in the defense of the AFP GHQ building, which the rebel soldiers razed to the ground.

Although, he was insistent to continue serving his nation in the Armed Forces of the Philippines; his body could no longer fully perform the physical rigors of a soldier. Upon the advice of his military doctors, Santos inevitably opted to file for a Complete Disability Discharge (CDD) paving way for his early retirement on September 30, 1991.

Having completed 25 years of service, starting from January 17, 1966, to September 29, 1991; Santos retired from the military service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the grade of colonel pursuant to Sections 7, 9 and 17 of Presidential Decree 1638, and AFP General Orders 932 dated December 7, 1992.

Santos went on to serve his nation through writing of several military books and publications. He also participated in the development of his community. In 1997, he was appointed as a Public Information Officer of Brgy. Putatan, Muntinlupa by Col. Pablo E. Salamat, who was then the Barangay Chairman of Putatan, Muntinlupa.  He also became a columnist and Editor-in-chief of "Ang Bagong Kalayaan" newspaper (1996); and "Balita sa Barangay" (The first Barangay Newsletter in the Philippines, and the official newsletter of Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa – 1997).

His dedication for the military and concern for the welfare of the veterans and retired soldiers inspired him to write his last book entitled, "The Veteran is Worth Caring For". Together with his youngest son, Prof. Fabian T. Santos, and several military friends like Col. Robinson Lumontod and Col. Gaudencio San Juan, they extensively researched and compiled veteran issues and records which comprised the book.

After several months of praying and coordinating with government agencies, the book was finally launched on May 17, 2011, at the AFP Theatre, Camp Aguinaldo; coincidentally it was also his birthday. The latest volume of this book was co-published by the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) through the support of Undersecretary of National Defense Ernesto G. Carolina.

Death
He died on February 17, 2012, due to lung complications caused by the disability he incurred while defending the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in one of the bloodiest coup d'état of the 1986–90 Philippine coup attempts. The coup attempt was led by then Col. Gregorio Honasan, a friend and colleague of his.

Santos Hall
During the incumbency of then Gen. Hermogenes Esperon as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, a hall inside the AFP General Headquarters was named in honor of Santos. Santos Hall was a recognition of his plight in the burning GHQ building during the defense of the Camp Aguinaldo against the bloodiest coup attempt of August 1987.

Place of interment
Several government officials and officers of the military attended his wake, including former Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos.

He is interred at the COL. VICENTE S. SANTOS, JR - TOMB at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Andres Bonifacio, Metro Manila.

Publications

Santos was a prolific writer, an advocate of the Filipino language and was influential in the use of Filipino (Tagalog) military commands and terminology in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Together with Col. Gaudencio "Ding" San Juan, he co-founded the Kapatiran ng mga Kawal na Makawikang Pilipino (KAKAMPI), a military organization to promote the use of Filipino for the development of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and served as its founding President.

Santos wrote several military books and other publications, among which were:

 The Veteran is Worth Caring For (2010) (Revised 2011)
 Almanac ng ROTC-NSTP Vol.2(2008)
 Almanac ng ROTC-NSTP Vol.1 (2007)
 Filipino para sa Sundalo(2005)
 History of GHQ & HSC, AFP and Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo (Kasaysayan ng Kampo Aguinaldo) (1989)
 Diksyunaryo ng Kawal at Pulis (1985)
 Filipino para sa Kawal, Pulis at Kadete (1984)
 Diksyunaryo ng Kadete (1981)
 Soldier's Dictionary (1978)

Santos also edited Balita sa Kampo (the official newsletter of AFP in 1990) and was a member of the Philippine Army Ad Hoc Committee on the National Language Propagation (1974). He also became a columnist and Editor-in-chief of Ang Bagong Kalayaan newspaper (1996), the Balita sa Barangay (the first Barangay newsletter in the Philippines and the official newsletter of Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa – 1997).

Military awards, decorations and commendations
Santos received numerous military decorations and awards, among them are:

  Outstanding Achievement Medal
  Military Merit Medal with 3rd Bronze Anahaw Leaf
  Military Merit Medal with 2nd Bronze Anahaw Leaf
  Military Merit Medal with 1st Bronze Anahaw Leaf
  Military Commendation Medals
  Presidential Unit Citation Badge
  Luzon Campaign Medal
  Martial Law Citation Badge
 Visayan Campaign Medal
  Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal
 Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operation Ribbon
 AFP TANGLAW Badge
 Instructor's Badge – HPASC (now TRADOC)
  AFP Home Defense Badge
 AFP Civil-Military Operations Badge
 Sharpshooter Badge
 Long Service Medal 25 Years of Military Service
 Letters of Commendation from the Chief of Staff and Former President Fidel V. Ramos
 Letters of Commendations from CSAFP Gen. Fabian Ver
 Letters of Commendations from CGPA Gen. Rafael Zagala
 Plaque of Appreciation from then Gen. Fidel V. Ramos
 Various Military Commendations and Plaques

Santos was also a recipient of the "Gawad ng Pagkilala" from the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (now Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) for his exemplary efforts in the promotion and propagation of the Filipino language in the military, particularly in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

References

External links
Library of Congress – Vicente S. Santos Jr
National Library of the Philippines – Books Authored by Col. Vicente S. Santos Jr
National Book Development Board – Profile of Author Vicente S. Santos Jr.

1944 births
2012 deaths
University of the Philippines Diliman alumni
People from Pangasinan
Philippine Army personnel
Burials at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
Recipients of the Military Merit Medal (Philippines)
Recipients of the Outstanding Achievement Medal
Recipients of the Military Commendation Medal
Recipients of the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation


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Q: Installing Mini filter driver form WIX I am Working on WIX installer. In that i have custom action to install the mini filter driver. In the custom action i have written the code to install mini filter driver using. inf file.
"RUNDLL32.EXE SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\Driver.inf"
in command prompt, but it did not install it.

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*Can any one tell me is there any problem in the above command?

*Or do i need to follow different steps to install.?
Update:
When i run the same command using "CMD" in admin mode then it installs the driver.
When i run the same command in a .NET process then it fails.
 string FileName = "rundll32.exe";
 string Arguments = @"SETUPAPI.DLL, InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 131 E:\del\FsFilter1.inf";
 ProcessStartInfo StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(FileName, Arguments);
 StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
 StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
 StartInfo.Verb = "runas";
 Process process = Process.Start(StartInfo);
 process.WaitForExit();

A: You should use the Difxapp extension. For a complete example look at this: Installing filter drivers with DIFxApp and a WiX v3 MSI


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11.5 lakh jobs to be created in first half of FY19
The report analysed the net employment outlook, hiring sentiments and attrition level in different sectors and industries.
HRK News Bureau
There has been a lot of talk around the issue of unemployment in India. But there is good news for people looking for jobs. According to a report, India is expected to add 11.5 lakh jobs in the first six months (April-September) of the fiscal year 2019-20. The report also says that 57 per cent of the industries are expected to see an increase in their net employment outlook.
With four per cent rise in the net employment outlook, travel and hospitality and BPO/ITeS are leading the optimism. The reason for such a positive outlook is attributed to the increase in investments, revised FDI regulations and the new governance policies across sectors. Power, energy and logistics are the second leading industries in net employment outlook with three per cent.
As the report suggests, 11 out of 19 industries covered in the survey are expected to witness an increase in the net employment outlook. Some sectors, such as retail, logistics, educational services and fast-moving consumer goods and durables (FMCG&D) are alone going to add about 1.66 lakh, 1.49 lakh, 1.17 lakh and 1.10 lakh jobs, respectively.
The worrying part is that eight sectors, including marketing and advertising, telecommunications, agriculture, KPO, healthcare and pharma, will see a decrease in the net employment outlook.
The net employment rate had seen a drop of two per cent in the last half year, but the positive business outlook created by the stock market rally and increased investment have changed the figures. Now, in the current half year the net employment outlook has seen a three per cent increase.
If we look at this from the geography point of view, the net employment outlook is very much positive. Tier-2 cities are expected to see a heavy increase of five per cent in the hiring sentiments, following Tier-3 and rural areas, where hiring is expected to increase by two per cent each.
As per the report, jobs across all levels will gain from the optimism, but freshers will gain the most, because 17 per cent jobs, which will be created in the first half of FY19 will be for freshers.
Now, if we break it down city wise, out of the 11,44,286 jobs which will be created, a majority of these roles will appear across Mumbai (1,67,585), Delhi (1,59, 051) and Bangalore (1,50,120).
From the city drilldown point of view, the net employment outlook witnesses a mixed bag with seven out of 14 cities showing a negative sentiment. Cities such as Pune, Coimbatore and Indore are showing an increase in the net employment outlook at five per cent, four cent and four per cent respectively. On the other hand, Kochi and Gurgaon with minus four per cent each are on the decline.
As per the size of the business, the report estimates an increase in hiring of five per cent in medium-sized businesses. Large and small-sized enterprises are also expected to see an increase in hiring sentiments of two per cent and one per cent each.
The net employment outlook will increase by five per cent in the medium-sized business and large businesses report an outlook growth which will see an increase of two per cent.
Analysing the attrition level, out of the 19 sectors covered by the survey, five sectors have seen a drop in the attrition level, namely agriculture and agrochemicals, educational services, FMCG&D, financial services, and retail in April-September 2018-19 as compared to October-March, 2018-19.
On the other hand, the level of attrition increased in five sectors, such as agriculture and agrochemicals, educational services, FMCG&D, financial services, and retail. Attrition level at BPO/ITeS and e-commerce & tech start-ups stands at 19.12 per cent and 16.17 per cent respectively.
The survey was done by a staffing and recruitment company, called TeamLease, which covered 775 Indian enterprises and analysed functional and environmental aspects across 19 sectors for evaluating employment outlook trends.
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5 Banned Classic Books That Will Surprise You
When you think of classic literature, controversial probably isn't the first word that comes to mind. It's hard to imagine writers like Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, or F. Scott Fitzgerald stirring up a whole lot of controversy with their works. As it turns out, there's quite a few classics that have run the gauntlet of being banned, and here's 5 in particular that might surprise you.
It's hard to imagine this beloved American classic ever being banned reading, but To Kill A Mockingbird has been considered controversial through the decades due to its language and the difficult topic of racism broached within its pages. Use of the 'N' word in the book is what originally got it banned, although in the 1980s it was challenged by an Indiana school district for its representation of institutionalized racism.
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2. Animal Farm by George Orwell
Orwell's famous allegorical novel has been stirring up trouble practically since the day it was published. In fact, its original publication was delayed in the UK in the 1940s due to the anti-Stalinist themes present (if you remember, Stalin joined forces with the Allies following Hitler's invasion of the USSR), and was confiscated by Allied troops when they marched into Germany. But Animal Farm has been banned as late as 2012 in the UAE due to its un-Islamic values.
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3. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar tells the story of a woman struggling with mental illness and many consider it to be a keen look into the machinations of author Sylvia Plath's mind. It's the suicide attempts carried out by the book's main character that have made The Bell Jar a frequenter of the most-banned books list. Plath's own eventual suicide has given the book more weight and added to the controversy often swirling around it.
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald's famous novel seems to be a part of every high-schooler's reading requirements these days, but there was a was a time when this Jazz Age tale was quite a bit less popular. The Great Gatsby is one of the most banned books of all time due to its supposed questionable language and sexual content. But maybe now that it's been turned into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, its days of being banned are long gone!
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5. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut's novels tend not to be for everyone, but Slaughterhouse-Five's brush with the book blacklist can come across as a bit over the top. Vonnegut's satirical WWII novel was banned in some schools in the 70s for being 'un-Christian' and, in a move very reminiscent of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (which, ironically, is also one of the most frequently banned books), some schools even ended up burning copies of Slaughter-House Five!
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Effect of torsion on microarterial anast...
Effect of torsion on microarterial anastomosis patency
Topalan M., Bilgin S., Ip W., Chow S.
MICROSURGERY, cilt.23, ss.56-59, 2003 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Doi Numarası: 10.1002/micr.10092
Dergi Adı: MICROSURGERY
All kinds of technical faults must be prevented in microvascular anastomosis for successful reconstructive microsurgery. Torsion at the anastomosis site is one of the most basic technical errors. In this study, we investigate the effect of different degrees of microarterial torsion on patency and its physical changes on anastomosis in a rat model. A total of 144 microanastomosis were performed in 72 Sprague-Dawley rats. They were divided into 9 groups. The anastomosis was performed at 0degrees, 45degrees, 90degrees, 135degrees, 180degrees, 225degrees, 270degrees, 315degrees, and 360degrees of torsion randomly. Patency rates and the narrowest point of the artery after the anastomosis were recorded after 1 hour for each group. In the second stage of the study, the 9 groups were divided into 2 groups for patency rates and histopathological sampling at the second and seventh days postoperatively. The femoral arteries in all groups were all patent at the end of 1 hour. Only 5 microanastomosis were thrombosed (one in the 45degrees group, one in the 225degrees group, one in the 270degrees group, and two in the 315degrees group) at the second day of exploration. Only two arteries were thrombosed (one in the 45degrees group and one in the 315degrees group) at the seventh day of exploration. The patency rate was 96.8% in experimental groups excluding the control group. Different degrees of torsion had no statistically significant effect on the patency rates of microvascular anastomosis. Torsional repair of the femoral artery in the rat has no significant histopathologic changes, but alternately, endothelial integrity was affected by excessive degrees of torsion. Different degrees of torsion at the anastomosis site do not affect patency rates and cross sectional histology of rat femoral arteries. In clinical practice, minor torsion can be tolerated, however, factors affecting patency such as tension, diameter disproportion, and tight closure can affect the final result of anastomosis. We observed that torsional force of the vessel is distributed along the artery to the weakest point.


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