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Sildenafil, bland annat sålt under handelsnamnet Viagra, (egentligen sildenafilcitrat) är ett läkemedel som främst används för behandling av impotens. Sildenafil används även för att behandla högt blodtryck i artärerna i lungorna.

Sildenafil utvecklades av Pfizer. Från början var tanken att sildenafil skulle bli en hjärtmedicin för att behandla kärlkramp, men försöken föll inte väl ut.

Förlängd erektion eller en välkommen erektion vid impotens hos män var en vanligt förekommande biverkning. Pfizer beslutade därför att testa läkemedlets effekt på impotens. I den första studien deltog 3 000 personer män mellan 19 och 87 år, och under de fem år som studien varade noterades en signifikant förbättring av deltagarnas förmåga att få en erektion.

Sildenafilcitrat (den aktiva ingrediensen i Viagra) skapades redan 1989, men det var först 1998 som läkemedlet godkändes som en behandling mot erektil dysfunktion (impotens). 2011 förlängdes Pfizers amerikanska patent på Viagra, vilket gör att en generisk version av läkemedlet inte kan släppas i USA förrän tidigast 2019.

Användande
Preparat eller läkemedel som innehåller sildenafil (handelsnamn som Viagra, Revatio med flera) bör endast användas av män med påtagliga potensproblem, diagnostiserat av läkare. Män utan diagnostiserat potensproblem ska aldrig använda dessa preparat, främst på grund av de biverkningar dessa läkemedel kan medföra. Män med potensproblem har god hjälp av dessa läkemedel. Om impotensen beror på psykiska eller fysiska orsaker, eller bådadera, kommer användande beslutas av läkare och eventuellt psykolog. Oftast måste annan behandling/terapi genomföras tillsammans med sildenafil.

Sildenafil påverkar endast blodflödet till penis, och ger ingen förhöjning av den sexuella upplevelsen, det är inget så kallat afrodisiakum.

Forskning visar att sildenafil även skulle kunna vara effektivt som en läkemedelsbehandling mot malaria. Forskare har nämligen funnit att sildenafil kan bekämpa malariaparasiten Plasmodium falciparum i dess sexuella fas, medan de läkemedel mot malaria som idag finns på marknaden endast motverkar parasiten i dess asexuella fas.

Sildenafilcitrat är den aktiva ingrediensen i Revatio, ett läkemedel som behandlar högt blodtryck i blodkärlen i lungorna. Läkemedlet fungerar genom att utvidga blodkärlen, och på så sätt kommer blodtrycket att sjunka. Det används för att behandla vuxna, barn och ungdomar i åldern 1–17, som lider av pulmonell arteriell hypertoni.

Biverkningar
Det finns ett stort antal biverkningar med sildenafil, många är av kardiovaskulär typ.

Vanliga biverkningar (drabbar 1-10 av 100 användare) är: rodnad i ansiktet, huvudvärk, matsmältningsproblem, yrsel, ljuskänslighet, synnedsättning och nästäppa.

Mindre vanliga biverkningar (drabbar 1-10 av 1000 användare) är: kraftigt illamående och kräkningar, ögonproblem (till exempel cyanopsia (blåseende), färgblindhet), hudutslag, oregelbunden hjärtrytm, muskelsmärta, kraftig trötthet/utmattning, muntorrhet och smärtor i bröstet.

Ovanliga biverkningar (1-10 av 10 000 personer) kan vara bland annat: Blodtrycksförändringar, svimningskänsla, stroke, plötsligt näsblod samt förändringar av hörsel.

Vid eventuell överdosering av sildenafil bör omedelbart utskrivande läkare kontaktas

Kontraindikationer för sildenafil är samtidig användning av nitrater, till exempel isopentylnitrit ("poppers") kan ge livshotande blodtrycksfall eller hjärtstillestånd.

Pfizers patent och generiska kopior
Tillverkarens patent för Viagra löpte ut i midsommarhelgen 2013 för flera europeiska länder, däribland Sverige. På många andra håll har patentstrider förts och försäljningen av alternativ är fri. I USA ansågs allmänt att Pfizers patent skulle gå ut i mars 2012, men en federal distriktsdomstol kom fram till att åtminstone ett av Pfizers patent skulle gälla till 2019.

I Sverige är Viagra inte subventionerat — patienten betalar hela kostnaden själv. Recept krävs, men medicinen ingår inte i högkostnadsskyddet och därför måste receptet utvisa vilken av de 14 generiska alternativ till Viagra som avses av de som Läkemedelsverket godkänt sedan 2009.

I gruppen potensläkemedel för män finns i Sverige även de godkända och receptbelagda substanserna tadalafil (Cialis) och vardenafil (Levitra).

Referenser

Externa länkar
 Läkemedelsverket värdering av Viagra (sildenafil)
 FASS

PDE5-hämmare
Citrater
Piperaziner
Fenoletrar
Pyrazolopyrimidiner
Laktamer
Pfizer

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Q: Get only valid url from a file in Python could someone help me please? I have an output.txt file (example file) which looks like this:
output.txt:
account.netflix.com
prod.netflix.com
netflix.com
https://google.com

and I'm trying to put in a file alive.txt just only the existing url with this code
import socket

with open("output.txt", 'r') as f:
    for url in f:
        try:
            addr1 = socket.gethostbyname(url)
            print(addr1 + " is a valid url")

            f = open("alive.txt", "a")
            f.write("\n" + addr1)
            f.close()

        except:
            print("not valid")

f.close()

what am I doing wrong?

A: The problem is when you read the url from the file. When you read the url in url variable, it has an endling \n newline character with it. You have to remove this and then use the url.
Replace this line:
addr1 = socket.gethostbyname(url)

with this one:
addr1 = socket.gethostbyname(url.rstrip())

Moreover, I think you are not aware of python that much, as your code has various things that needs correction.

*

*You have two file references with same name f. Don't do this, it will lead to some strange behavior.

*You are opening the file again and again in for-loop, it's not pythonic. Just open the file once, and when the task ends, close the file.

*Using with to open the file you don't have to close the file later on. with is just for this purpose so, that there is no need to close the file.

You can check given code for above mentioned points.
import socket

with open("test.txt", 'r') as in_file, open("alive.txt", "a") as out_file :
    for url in in_file:
        try:
            addr1 = socket.gethostbyname(url.rstrip())
            print(addr1 + " is a valid url")
            out_file.write("\n" + addr1)
        except:
            print("not valid")

A: Maybe you can try changing the order of your functions :
import socket

f = open("alive.txt", "w")
with open("output.txt") as fp:
    line = fp.readline()

    while line:
        try:
            clean_line = line.strip()
            addr1 = socket.gethostbyname(clean_line)
            print("valid url : " + addr1 + " from " + clean_line)
            f.write(addr1 + "\n")

        except:
            print("not valid: " +addr1 + " from " + clean_line)

        line = fp.readline()

f.close()

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Unraveled / Pantheon
Unraveled / Pantheon (ePub)
A History of Our Garments and Where They Come From (Sprache: Englisch)
Autor: Sofi Thanhauser
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A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it's made of--an unparalleled deep dive into how we've made what we wear, and how our garments have transformed our societies, our planet, and our lives.
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In this ambitious, panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories--Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool--about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed from lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional weaves and knits, and how the modern Western garment industry has refashioned our attire into the homogenous and disposable uniforms popularized by fast fashion brands. Thanhauser makes clear how the clothing industry has become one of the planet's worst polluters, relying on chronically underpaid and exploited laborers. But she also shows us how micro-communities and companies of textile and clothing makers in every corner of the world are rediscovering ancestral and ethical methods for making what we wear.
Drawn from years of intensive research and reporting from around the world, and brimming with fascinating anecdotal material, Unraveled reveals to us that our clothing comes not just from the countries listed on the tags or ready-made from our factories--it comes, as well, from deep in our histories.
Autoren-Porträt von Sofi Thanhauser
SOFI THANHAUSER teaches in the Writing Department at Pratt Institute. She has received fellowships and residencies at MacDowell, Ucross Foundation, and the Millay Colony for the Arts, and has contributed writing to The Establishment, Essay Daily, Wag's Revue, The Spectator, whitehot magazine of contemporary art, The Conversant, Entropy, Dilettante Army, and Edible Vineyard, among other publications. She received her MFA in Nonfiction Writing and Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, and her B.A. in American History from Columbia University.
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Justice John Paul Stevens has always been his own man. When he joined the court 35 years ago, he was considered a moderate conservative. He became a reliable liberal, reports CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford.
Serving under seven presidents, he forged his own path.
"When President Ford was faced with a Supreme Court vacancy shortly after the nation was still recovering from the Watergate scandal, he wanted a nominee who was brilliant, non-ideological, pragmatic, and committed above all to justice, integrity, and the rule of law," said President Barack Obama. "He found that nominee in John Paul Stevens."
Three years ago, when Crawford was at ABC News, Stevens granted her his only network interview. He insisted he was the same conservative Republican Gerald Ford nominated.
"I don't really think I've changed," Stevens said. "I think there have been a lot of changes in the court."
Born into wealth and privilege in Chicago, Stevens is a lifelong Cubs fan. He is known for his trademark bow ties and polite Midwestern manner.
"This is a country in which people can disagree without being disagreeable," Stevens said. "I try not to be disagreeable in my opinion writing and I think for the most part I succeed."
He is also fiercely independent. When the justices put on their robes before taking the bench, tradition calls for an aide to assist them. But not Stevens. He is the only one who refuses help - he does it himself.
But the courtly justice also can be harsh. He wrote a scathing dissent in Bush v. Gore, sharply criticizing the court's decision to stop the Florida recount, saying the decision would damage the court.
"Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear," Stevens wrote. "It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the law."
In a letter, Stevens notified the White House this morning. Sources say the leading contenders to replace him are Elena Kagan, former dean of Harvard Law School and the current Solicitor General, Diane Wood, a Chicago Federal Appeals Court judge, and Merrick Garland, a Federal Appeals court judge in Washington, D.C. who is considered more moderate on criminal issues.
The president hopes his choice to be a lasting legacy - just like John Paul Stevens. The president said Stevens couldn't be replaced, but he'd try for someone with his wisdom and experience.


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During the end of August 2018, Talos Energy exited most investors who own a stake when it announced a merger with Whistler Energy. Through its CEO Duncan, Talos revealed the plan to purchase a majority stake in Whistler Energy great assets. At the time of this announcement, the daily production of Whistler assets stood at 1900 barrels of crude oil per day. This acquisition is an excellent addition to Talos Energy Asset portfolio and a great benefit to all its shareholders.
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Penelope Kokkinides currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at InnovaCare Health Solutions. Prior to her position there, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Aveta for six years, from 2006 to 2012. Her service in the healthcare industry doesn't stop at Aveta, before her tenure there, she operated as the Chief Operating Officer of Touchstone Health HMO beginning July of 2008. Her educational background includes a B.S. in biological sciences and classical languages from Binghamton University and an M.S. in Social Work from New York University. Ms.
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Ethelberta, nothing daunted, swept along the pavement and down the street in a turbulent prance, lord mountclere trotting behind with a jowl reduced to a mere nothing by his concern at the discourtesy into which he had been lured by jealous whisperings.
His short stories are all written in a lighter vein-we peruse them as we eat a plover's egg, and with the same relish and appreciation.
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Very busy morning a head of me, picking up the peices of my Centaur after it executed a perfect docking manuver with the support of its onboard docking computer...... I think I got the docking computer from the Mars lander.
Can someone explain to me what the DC does and why I would want to buy them? Then explain to me why I bought them without knowing that? Then explain to me why I have freighters docking hundred times a day without incident but the first time I tell a military vessel to dock, its heads straight into the stations mess haul.....?
It is best employed on the player ship and allows docking from 5 km away for your ship, for the AI, it seems to do nothing, though there are scripts that supposedly make it work better, but i have yet to see em.
Can someone explain to me what the DC does and why I would want to buy them?
The docking computer is used exclusively by the player, not the AI... afaik. If you're in a range under 5 km your ship will dock instantly at the docking clamp/hangar so you can save some time.
Set a Hotkey for automatic docking. Hit it once in a distance over 5 km will force the autopilot on and will let your ship normally dock on a station. Hit it once you're in a range UNDER 5 km to the station and you will dock instantly if the station has docking places fitting to your shipclass. This works with all ships, M5 to M1.
Then explain to me why I bought them without knowing that?
You didn't read the manual or the encyclopedia? Don't know.
Then explain to me why I have freighters docking hundred times a day without incident but the first time I tell a military vessel to dock, its heads straight into the stations mess haul.....?
They are normally faster than TS, so they tend to drift more if you let them dock while on SETA. If you're unsure about docking, leave the sector before you give him the command to dock. OOS there will be no problem with docking issues.
wasn't there a script that let the AI use the docking comp?
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In memory of John Foster, of Halifax, who departed this life March 11th 1862 aged 56 years.
When sorrowing o'er this stone I bend. Which covers all that was my friend and from his hand, his voice, his smile. Divides me for a little while. My Saviour marks the tears I shed. For "Jesus wept" o'er Lazarus dead.
Also of Thomas Binns Foster, son of the above who died Feby 22nd 1877, aged 24 years.
Our loss though great his eternal gain.
Also Emma, the beloved wife of William Henry Foster, born March 12th 1854, died March 15th 1888.
Also Harold, infant son of the above born, Sept. 15th 1887, died June 28th 1888.
Also of Mary, the beloved wife of the above named John Foster, born August 10th 1817, died June 22nd 1896.
In loving memory of Lieut Charles Clifford Foster, who fell in action in France July 29th 1918, aged 32 years.
He gave his young life for others, no man can do more than this.
Also Thomas Haigh Foster, born Feb. 8th 1879, died Nov. 9th 1918.
Also William Henry Foster, born June 22nd 1854, died Dec.10th 1927.
Charles was born at Halifax on 21st June 1886, second son of William Henry and Emma Foster. He was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man and Heath Grammar School, and at Edinburgh University. He later assisted his father at Edward Foster and Son Limited, brassfounders.


Is it possible to add an optional extra with selectable quantity. For example if someone reservs a room and wants to bring his two dogs. So he sets the "Dog optional extra" to 2. Then he gets charged for additional $10 for each dog, so altogether $20.
no, sorry, that's not possible. You could create different extras, one for "1 Dog" and one for "2 Dogs".
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February 27, 2018 Middle East
New PDF release: A World of Beasts: A Thirteenth-Century Illustrated Arabic
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The Kitāb Naʿt al-Ḥayawān is the earliest of a gaggle of illustrated manuscripts facing the features of animals and their medicinal makes use of. the current examine considers either the confluence of textual traditions inside this paintings and the stylistic and iconographic relationships of its illustrations, which make it a key witness to early thirteenth-century Arab portray. After a re-examination of past ways, emphasis is put on touching on snapshot to textual content, on stylistic affiliations, and at the modalities of creation, supported by means of technical analyses undertaken for the 1st time. In elucidating the actual context of this detailed manuscript, the examine contributes to our figuring out of a serious interval within the improvement of center jap portray and artwork.
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1r (2r), which call it kitāb naʿt al-ḥ ayawān, and the same wording appears in the interpolated folio 124r–v (94r–v) but there is no guarantee that it is an exact copy of the original title. In other works, as might be expected, the term manāfiʿ is associated with the Ibn Bakhtīshūʿ tradition, and naʿt with material of Aristotelian (or, to stress the point once more, pseudo-Aristotelian) provenance. 15 It 12 See Amedroz 1903; also Minorsky 1949. This would contradict Meyerhof 's identification (Meyerhof 1928b, p.
Fol. 139v), and then on fols. 251r–252r (= Esc. fols. 139v–140v), where the text on the Scorpion begins and continues until 252v, where it breaks off. In the Escorial the corresponding point occurs on fol. 141r, with the remainder of the account of the Scorpion continuing until fol. 141v, followed by the Beetles and the ʿaḍāh16 wa-'l-wazagh, the Wall Gecko. In the Naʿt we find the latter part of the usefulness of the Wall Gecko beginning at fol. 249r (= Esc. fol. 142v), followed by the Green Lizard ʿaḍāya,17 and continuing until fol.
Be in the section of Wild Quadrupeds, instead of being among the Birds. Then the text goes back to the (mutilated) chapter of the Dog, as the other texts of the same tradition confirm (see Escorial fols. 47v, 49v, 50r for the sequence Bear, Leopard, Dog). The Naʿt section of the Dog is not to be found in any other part of the manuscript. It is therefore quite obvious that at least one folio is missing, containing the further material on the Leopard, including the whole usefulness section, and the beginning of the Dog.
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A new monthly podcast dedicated to celebrating the literary short story and all things bookish. Bite-size short fiction for writers and readers everywhere. Listen to a short story on the 1st of each month at 12:00am.
Hosted by Tabitha Potts and open to new and emerging writers in the English language. Always free to submit.
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In order to ensure that this Milwaukee landmark will be enjoyed for centuries to come, a major restoration project was initiated in 2016. As a part of this restoration, the parish decided to add a new visual element – lighting. Until now, the basilica had never been illuminated.
Because the Basilica had never been lit prior to the restoration, defining fixture placement, strength, and optics would be important for successful illumination. The lighting fixtures would need to be placed in discrete locations so as not to distract from the architectural qualities of the basilica. Yet, these fixtures would need to be powerful enough to cast an even light around the 80 ft wide and 200 ft tall dome.
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The MacFarlane lands were near the headwaters of Loch Lomond. Some of our ancestors emigrated from Scotland to Ireland at the time of the "Highland Clearances" and back to Scotland when the "Potato famine" struck Ireland. They lived in Edinburgh and Kinghorn in Fifeshire before settling in Stirling from where Theresa McFarlane emigrated to Australia.


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I'm trying to multiplex 32 devices for that chip.
I'm looking for a very fast way of multiplexing those 32 devices, an idea or schematic or a design.
The only solution that I found is to use an FPGA.  Is there a clever solution with just normal embedded microcontrollers ?
One chip costs 50ms, If I want to do 1000 signing, it would cost 1000*50ms. What I want to achieve is to have 1000signing with just 50ms cost. Is there a way of that without using FPGAs ?! Only with discrete components


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"Yoga has improved my life and health dramatically, and I feel like it is my mission to bring its healing magic to the masses. I hope to introduce yoga in a friendly and approachable way to people who may have never considered it. I know it works, and I am ready and eager to pass it on, " Theodose said.
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Bombinatoridae is a family of toads found in Eurasia. Species of the family have flattened bodies and some are highly toxic.

Taxonomy and systematics
Fossil specimens of the genus Bombina are known from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene. The earliest fossil specimens are Eobarbourula from the Eocene of India, and Hatzegobatrachus from Late Cretaceous of Hateg island, Romania. The genus Barbourula was considered to be situated intermediate between Discoglossus and Bombina, but closer to the latter, so was added to the Bombinatoridae when that family was split from the Discoglossidae.

Genera
Currently, there are two extant and at least two extinct genera recognised in the family Bombinatoridae:

Extinct Genera
†Eobarbourula (Folie et al., 2012)
†Hatzegobatrachus (Venczel & Csiki, 2003)

Description
Bombina species are warty, aquatic toads about  in length, and most noted for their bright bellies. They often display the unken reflex when disturbed; the animal will arch its back and limbs to expose the bright belly, and may turn over on its back. This acts as a warning to predators. The vocal behavior of some Bombina species are unusual in that the call is produced during inhalation rather than exhalation as in other frogs. They lay pigmented eggs in ponds.

Distribution and habitat
Species of the genus Barbourula occur in the Philippine Islands and Borneo, while species of the genus Bombina are found throughout Eurasia. They are slightly less colored than Bombina spp., and possess webbed fingers in addition to webbed toes. Characteristics of tadpoles of Barbourula spp. are unknown.

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Extant Pliocene first appearances
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A President's Legacy: Trump's undying support for men accused of abusing women
A President's Legacy: Trump's undying support for men accused of abusing women. Image:[Pixaby]
Donald Trump has a long history of defending and sympathizing with men accused of domestic violence and sexual misconduct.
by Joan King
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When Donald Trump leaves office he will be remembered for his practice of supporting, defending, ignoring and sympathizing with the men in his circle who are accused of vicious assault on their female partners, Sexual Misconduct and assaults including those involving underage girls. In the latest case, Trump has come under fire for praising his aide Rob Porter who recently resigned after his two former wives accused him of domestic abuse.
Blackened eyes - no problem
When photos surfaced of one of Porter's wives with blackened eyes, it was not enough for Donald Trump to scold his staff secretary.
He completely ignored the plight of the woman involved and praised the accused. The White House had denied knowledge of the domestic violence allegations against White House staff secretary Rob Porter until Wednesday when the accusations were made public. It was no secret that his history of abuse was well known and both ex-wives had reported the abuse to the FBI. According to reports including those from the abused women, Porter kicked, punched, choked, blackened eyes, insulted and berated these women.
Their reports were supported by photos and other relevant documents and publications. Donald Trump heaped praise on the alleged abuser, sympathized with him and has not reached out to the women who complained.
Roy Moore - we need him in the Senate
Donald Trump totally ignored the desperate cries of multiple women who came forward to make allegations about Roy Moore's alleged sexual misconduct. He was the Republican Senate candidate and Donald Trump publicly supported him even though many in the Republican party withheld their support.
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His reason for continuing to back Moore was because he totally denied it and said he didn't do it. He also made public pleas to voters to put him in the Senate as he was needed there. Allegations against the senator included a sexual assault on a 14-year-old and sexual encounters with teenage girls.
Corey Lewandoski - A loyal friend
During his 2016 election campaign, Trump found it necessary to defend Corey Lewandowski his campaign manager who was accused of battery.
A 28-year-old reporter, Michelle Fields, said she was trying to interview Donald Trump when she got into an altercation with Lewandowski which left her with bruises. He was charged with battery but the charges were dropped for insufficient evidence. The president's classic response to the allegations was to ask, how does anyone know the bruises weren't there before? He also made it very clear that he had no intention of firing his 'loyal' campaign manager.
A questionable circle of friends
There is a long list of accused men whom the president has defended, who were part of his inner circle or were just friends. Roger Ailes, a top Republican strategist was accused by multiple women of sexual harassments as chairman of Fox news. But as far as he was concerned, the alleged predator was a good person and a friend. He defended him and attacked the women who made the allegations, He said they were complaining and saying horrible things about someone who had helped them.
Other friends of Trump facing allegations of abuses against women include Fox News host Bill O Riley, Donald Trump himself, Steve Bannon, Steve Wynn and Andy Pudzer.
Some men who were accused decades ago are also recipients of his support and sympathy. He defended Mike Tyson who was convicted on rape charges in the 1990's and when Bill Clinton faced several sexual misconduct allegations he called him the victim.
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"What I unveil today will mark a new era for the Empire. We will be able to decimate the Rebels just as we did the Jedi Knights. At last the Emperor's war will be filled only with the glory and beauty of decisive victory."
The Dark Trooper Project was a program run by General Rom Mohc of the Galactic Empire, funded by Emperor Palpatine, to develop what would have become next generation stormtroopers/battle droids, the dark troopers.
The factory ship Arc Hammer served as the main production facility of the battle droids.
The Dark Trooper Phase Zero project was implemented in the early years of the Empire to deal with a shortage of experienced troops. To return veterans of the Clone Wars to peak condition, their limbs and organs were removed and replaced with cybernetics using much of the same technology used to transform Darth Vader into a cyborg. In some cases, over 70% of a clone's body was replaced. With their years of combat experience and cybernetic enhancements, the units that did make it onto the field were undeniably effective. However, as the subjects were forcibly recruited into the project, many Phase Zero Dark Troopers could not cope with the state of being more machine than man and attempted suicide. The project was eventually shut down as the Empire grew in power and the recruitment rate of non-clones rose.
The Dark Trooper Project was the brainchild of General Rom Mohc who drew from his experiences helping TaggeCo develop the Z-X3 experimental droid trooper, as well as the Dark Trooper Phase Zero Project he oversaw in the earlier years of the Empire. General Mohc, working with the Imperial Department of Military Research, requisitioned the Arc Hammer to both construct, house, and transport his new little army. However, not everyone in the Empire supported the project. Several officers and politicians had reservations about droids dating from the Clone Wars experiences. Notably Grand Vizier Sate Pestage never thought the project would work.
A dark trooper attacks a rebel base.
The project was divided into three phases: phases I, II, and III. While the Phase I dark troopers were little more than skeletal prototypes they were put into some use early on by General Rom Mohc guarding installations. A peculiarity of the Phase I when compared to the later stages is that instead of a blaster rifle, or some other projectile weapon, it was equipped with a retractable vibrosword and a blast shield.
Success for the project was ultimately achieved with Phase II. After initial production of the Phase II dark troopers, an attack was launched on Talay Tak Base. The attack proved the capabilities of Phase II dark troopers; the base was completely wiped out in minutes. These battle droids were larger, bulkier, and equipped with armor of similar design to that of stormtroopers. This armor was made of phrik, a dense and durable alloy that was difficult for even lightsabers to cut through. The Phase II carried a weapon capable of firing both plasma shells and explosive rockets.
Not content with the modest success of the Phase II, Rom Mohc went on to develop the Phase III. To General Mohc the Phase III would be the ultimate battle droid. However, it also served as an exosuit for living soldiers. Only one unit was ever constructed of the most devastating of the dark troopers. General Mohc utilized this droid to defend himself and the Arc Hammer from Kyle Katarn.
"I told you it would never work."
Under orders from Mon Mothma, Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors continually sabotaged the production facilities. Kyle Katarn quickly infilitrated and sabotaged a number of key facilities including the phrik mines on Gromas 16 and the phrik refining facility and Phase II factory on Anteevy. Eventually the mercenary infiltrated the Arc Hammer, where Mohc and Katarn had their final showdown. Mohc was killed in the skirmish, and the Arc Hammer was destroyed by thermal detonator charges.
Furious at the time and credits wasted on the project, Palpatine ended all productions of the dark troopers and even went so far as to withdraw funding for all Imperial battle droids being developed at that time.


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$11 Billion Less
Harvard's endowment was valued at $26.0 billion as of June 30—29.5 percent less than the record $36.9 billion at the end of the prior fiscal year. That result reflects a negative 27.3 percent investment return on endowment assets after expenses and fees; plus capital gifts received; minus the distribution of about $1.7 billion from the endowment to support University operations during the year. The latter amount represents an increase over the funds distributed in fiscal year 2008; details presumably will be forthcoming with the publication of the annual financial report (See October 16 online update, published after this issue went to press: "Harvard's Annual Financial Report Fully Details 2009 Losses"). Reduced endowment distributions in the current and next fiscal years, mandated by the Harvard Corporation in response to the investment losses, are driving cost-cutting throughout the University.
The large loss was not a surprise: as Harvard Management Company (HMC) president and CEO Jane L. Mendillo noted in her annual communication to the community, "Clearly, the last year was a difficult one for Harvard as it was for almost all institutional investors." Last December, the University had forecast a 30 percent decline; there were concerns that private-equity and real-estate losses might drive even deeper declines. Thus, HMC's negative 27.3 percent return was within the forecast range, and even modestly positive—by a billion dollars. (Nor was Harvard's experience unique. Yale reported a negative 24.6 percent investment return and, after distributions and gifts, a 28.8 percent decline in the value of its endowment, from $22.9 billion in 2008 to $16.3 billion as of last June 30. Princeton reported a negative 23.7 percent investment return. But in a surprising show of fiscal prowess, Princeton was able to operate without taking any endowment distribution during the year—funding operations instead through the proceeds of a debt offering last winter, and thus avoiding distressed sales of endowment assets during the most adverse securities markets. The endowment declined from $16.3 billion to $12.6 billion during the year.)
But the result was bruising enough. The "policy portfolio," HMC's asset-diversification model, returned negative 25.2 percent as measured by the investment benchmarks for each asset class—2.1 percent better than HMC's actual performance. And the median large investment fund in the Trust Universe Comparison Service returned negative 18.2 percent: a very large loss, but a significant margin of outperformance relative to Harvard, in a year when conventional stock and bond portfolios proved much more rewarding than the complex assets that have given HMC decades of returns higher than other institutional investors'.
HMC's results this year appear in a new format (see www.hmc.harvard.edu/investment_performance/2009_performance.php), and are not exactly comparable to detailed results reported in prior annual letters. There are fewer, more aggregated categories than in years past or than exist in the policy portfolio (which details assets by domestic and foreign equities, emerging markets, private equities, absolute return or hedge funds, commodities, real estate, and four fixed-income classes, plus cash). The results (see chart) show modestly lesser losses, compared to market benchmarks, in two broad classes: public equities (in the past, about one-third of endowment assets) and "real assets"—a broad category (in the past totaling about one-quarter of investments)—including commodities; timber and agricultural land; and real estate, where commercial assets are likely still deteriorating in value. Fixed-income assets (in the past, about 13 percent of the total portfolio) trailed market returns slightly.
In private equities, HMC's results were sharply lower than market returns; the same was true for assets managed using absolute-return (hedge-fund) strategies.
Nonetheless, Mendillo evinced continuing confidence in some of these classes. She noted that private-equity investments have "earned an average of 15.5 percent per year for the Harvard portfolio for the last 10 years even after a 32 percent correction in fiscal year 2009" and that the natural-resources portfolio (within real assets) "has returned 13.0 percent per year for the last 10 years."
Negative factors relative to the market included both investment decisions and new concerns about liquidity. Among the former, Mendillo cited exposure within the internally managed domestic fixed-income portfolio "to some of the less-tradable structured credit securities that were most impacted as the market imploded." That strategy has changed, and the senior investment manager responsible for such assets decided to leave HMC.
As for liquidity concerns, she described "recent over-sized commitments to illiquid asset classes," a problem for an endowment now valued at $26 billion rather than one worth 40-plus percent more and guided by expectations reflecting the rapid growth earlier in the decade. As reported (see "Finding a New Footing," September-October, page 44), at the end of fiscal year 2008, HMC had future commitments to outside investment managers totaling some $11 billion—which would worsen the "over-sized" proportion of the endowment so invested when those cash calls were made. Moreover, those managers typically impose holding periods on investments they make, creating a second problem that Mendillo described as "a larger proportion of strategies with long holding periods" among even the liquid asset classes. Finally, she cited a "lack of ready liquidity in the portfolio to meet our obligations along with the needs of the University," as private-equity, hedge-fund, and other asset managers slowed or stopped their distributions back to HMC, and as the University faced its own credit problems last fall—necessitating sales of assets at a time when HMC might have preferred not to do so.
In response, Mendillo noted that HMC had "decreased our uncalled capital commitments by roughly $3 billion"—through sales of some investments; negotiations with fund managers to reduce the size of new investments; and some calls for funds made and fulfilled during the past fiscal year.
Moreover, HMC has removed leverage from its investment strategy. The policy portfolio for years called for a negative 5 percent cash position (using borrowed funds to boost returns). That allocation was reduced to negative 3 percent at the end of fiscal year 2008, and is now modeled as positive 2 percent: a 5-percentage-point swing in one year. (To accommodate the cash cushion, the policy portfolio reduced absolute-return investments by two percentage points and commodities assets by three points.)
In general, Mendillo noted, "We have made changes to…the portfolio to increase the flexibility and control we have in managing our funds while maintaining attractive return expectations." In the investment world made new during the past year, it is clear from her report, "the risk tolerance of the University needs to be an integral factor in the decisions regarding asset allocation, flexibility, and accessibility of the investment strategies we choose," implying a greater coordination of HMC and University financial plans and operations.
A greater cash cushion will be a comforting hedge if investment markets remain volatile or turn negative again. But if markets improve, the cash could drag down performance. In light of that factor—and her expectation of "prolonged" slower growth in "some markets"—Mendillo cautioned about the need to be "realistic about near-term returns and about our expectations for several years to come."
There is no indication that HMC is backing away from its expectation of long-term returns of 8.25 percent for a pool of assets diversified in line with the policy portfolio. Even including the losses just realized, HMC's 10-year, annualized return on investments is now 8.9 percent—significantly above both conventional stock/bond portfolio performance (1.4 percent) and median large endowment returns (3.2 percent) during the same period. (Yale's 10-year rate of return is now 11.8 percent, Princeton's 9.7 percent.)
But Mendillo noted, "For Harvard, as for almost every investor, regaining the market value lost as a result of the recent global economic crisis will take time." (If distributions to support University operations in the next few years approach 5.5 percent to 6 percent of the endowment's value, as they may, and investment returns are below the long-term goal, the endowment's value could remain essentially flat, excluding any capital gifts. Given the goal of exceeding inflation over time, such results for an extended period would be worrisome.)
Having weathered a punishing first year at HMC's helm, Mendillo signaled two strategic shifts for the longer term. First, she characterized past changes in the policy portfolio as "incremental," and suggested that a broader "rethinking" was under way, "to better suit current realities and lessons learned," with "[f]ewer distinctions among the finely tuned asset classes to encourage greater collaboration among our teams in exploring investment themes." Those are likely, however, to include still greater concentration "in areas where HMC has unique competitive strengths," such as active fixed-income management, natural resources, real estate, and private equity.
Second, she stressed the lower costs and especially the advantages of better control and feel for the market realized through internal money-management expertise (HMC personnel manage about 30 percent of the portfolio now, down from 70 percent early in the decade). As a result, without setting a specific target for internal versus external management, she wrote, "[W]e are looking to increase the share of internally managed assets under the right conditions."
With appropriate liquidity, new strategies, and several new people in place, Mendillo concluded, she and her colleagues have "positioned both HMC and the Harvard portfolio to be robust, steady, and, importantly, poised to benefit from growth in the world's economies. We have reset the building blocks for a solid, innovative, and sustainable investment strategy."
Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts
Photograph by Theresa Kelliher/Courtesy of the Royall House and Slave Quarters museum
Harvard Law School Partners with Royall House and Slave Quarters


Hello. I come to you live from my iPhone, as I vacation in Charlotte. Well not a vacation exactly, but more to see my younger cousin graduate from high school.
Wow, that's always an impressive achievement. I remember doing that eighteen (18!) years ago. How old am I, y'all? The weird thing is I can't recall which day I graduated, but it had to be either the 22nd or the 23rd of May. The following standing ovation was one of the best feelings I've ever had.
Ah, that and college will always be my best days. But reality dictates that I must learn to function within the constraints of adulthood. They are finally becoming more palatable, thanks in no small part to my partner, with whom I have enjoyed the last three months.
We have a few exciting things planned for this summer. Of course, there's the conference in August, which I've talked about a few times. Ah, the stress of setting that up! I kinda feel like the most useless President ever, but so it goes.
Is it any wonder then that I need some nice quiet time by the sea? To that end, we're going on a trip to Carolina Beach in mid July. I've not stood on those oddly shifting sands and listened to pounding surf in at least 13 years. I love the awe of feeling like a little speck in this large universe. I might be mistaken for dinner though by a shark, aaahhh!
So yeah, I have a lot to look forward to. If this Braille display functions as well as it is at the moment, maybe y'all might finally! start hearing from me more. No promises, though. More when I get home.


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Q: Random number generator - variable length Currently my program (see below) generates random strings (made of numbers) from 8 - 12 characters in length.
public static string GenerateNewCode(int CodeLength)
{
    string newCode = String.Empty;
    int seed = unchecked(DateTime.Now.Ticks.GetHashCode());
    Random random = new Random(seed);

    // keep going until we find a unique code       `
    do
    {
        newCode = random.Next(Convert.ToInt32(Math.Pow(10, CodeLength - 1)), Convert.ToInt32(Math.Pow(10, CodeLength) - 1)).ToString("0000");
    }
    while (!ConsumerCode.isUnique(newCode));

    // return
    return newCode;
}

However, their is a problem with the method, when the codeLength is 10 or greater it causes error because 109 is greater than int32.MaxValue.
Not sure how to get around this issue.

A: Your code doing the same thing without some freak lines:
public static string GenerateNewCode(int CodeLength)
{
    Random random = new Random();
    StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();

    do
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < CodeLength; i++)
        {
            output.Append(random.Next(0, 10));
        }
    }
    while (!ConsumerCode.isUnique(output.ToString()));
    return output.ToString();
}

A: Generate a random number from 0 to 9; add '0' to it; cast it to a char; now you have a random digit. Repeat for as many digits as you need.
Like this: char c = (char)(random.Next(10) + '0');

A: Rather than generating a number from 0 to 10n-1 and then converting it to string, generate n numbers from 0 to 9, convert each one to a string, and concatenate them together.
I note that this technique yields numbers in the range (say for n = 4) 0 to 9999; your original version yielded numbers from 1000 to 9999. You could generate the first digit from 1 to 9 instead of 0 to 9 if you wanted to preserve that property.

Surely the way I am doing it is more random then 'n' concatenated 0 - 9 values.

Please explain why you believe that. I am fascinated to learn why people believe falsehoods.

Could you not create a Guid.NewGuid().Tostring() and truncate the most significant characters to get a random string of length N?

You could but you should not. GUIDs are not guaranteed to be random and no proper subset of the bits of a GUID is guaranteed to be unique. Taking bits out of a GUID and expecting the bits to have the properties of a GUID is like taking the rudder off a plane and expecting the rudder to fly. Never ever ever do that.
Rather, use tools for the purpose they were designed for. GUIDs were designed to provide globally unique identifiers, so use them for nothing else.
A question you did not ask but probably should:

What else is wrong or suspicious with my code?

int seed = unchecked(DateTime.Now.Ticks.GetHashCode());

What on earth is that code doing? First off, the random class already uses the current time as a seed; this is unnecessary. Second, what on earth is the purpose of an "unchecked arithmetic" expression that contains no arithmetic? Third, why would you get the hash code? You are not balancing a hash table!
Random random = new Random(seed);

If this method is called twice in the same tick then the seed will be the same, and therefore the sequence of random numbers will be the same, which means that you will potentially wait a long time because every generated number will be a collision in your 'unique' set.
A better technique is to make a static instance of Random, seeded once. If your program is single-threaded then that's no problem. If it is multi-threaded, make sure you don't access the Random from multiple threads; it is not thread safe and its thread safety violation failure mode is not good.
   newCode = random.Next(Convert.ToInt32(Math.Pow(10, CodeLength - 1)),                         Convert.ToInt32(Math.Pow(10, CodeLength) -

Is it really necessary to work out the power twice per loop, when it is exactly the same every time? Work it out once before the loop begins. The code will be shorter, clearer and faster.
while (!ConsumerCode.isUnique(newCode));

If the collection is full, this loops forever. If the collection is almost full then this loops for a long time. This is a potentially bad technique for generating unique random numbers in a range. Only do this if you know ahead of time that the number of possibly generated numbers is far, far larger than the maximum size of the collection.

So what would your method look like for this functionality?

I would be inclined to do something like this. First, I'd like an infinite supply of digits:
// Yield an infinite sequence of pseudo-random digits 0-9
// This method is not thread-safe.
private static Random random = new Random();
static IEnumerable<int> Digits()
{
    while(true)
        yield return random.Next(0, 10);
}

Now I can generate a unique string of digits:
// Generates a random code of given length. If it is not
// in the set, adds it and returns the code. If it is
// already in the set, tries again.
static string AddUniqueCode(int length, HashSet<string> set)
{
    while(true)
    {
        string code = string.Join(null, Digits().Take(length));
        if (set.Add(code))
            return code;
    }
}

I like my methods short.
You could also make the Digits method use crypto-strength randomness instead of pseudo-randomness if unpredictability is important to you. pseudo-random numbers are easy to predict.

A: One method you could use Random.NextDouble() to return a number between 0..1, then scale it to 0..26 and use a lookup table to return an alphabetic character based on the index. For example:
char lookup = new char[] { 'a', 'b', 'c' ... 'z' }; // ensure length 26
int index = (int)(random.NextDouble() * 25.0);
return lookup[index]

A more efficient method would involve using the ascii table to convert an integer to the desired alphanumeric character.
Best regards,

A: You can create two random numbers where the first random number has a length of 6-10 and the second random number has a length of 2. After the two numbers are generated, combine them to make a string that has a length of 8-12.
Example:
public static string GenerateNewCode(int CodeLength)
{
string newCode = String.Empty;
int seed = unchecked(DateTime.Now.Ticks.GetHashCode());
Random random = new Random(seed);

// keep going until we find a unique code       `
do
{
// The firstPart int will be a random number that has a length of 6, 7, 8, ,9, or 10 digits
int firstPart = random.Next(100000,2147483647);

// The secondPart int will be a random number that has a length of two digits
int secondPart = random.Next(10,99);

// Concatenate firstPart and secondPart. This will create a string that has a length of 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 chars.
newCode = firstPart.ToString() + secondPart.ToString();

}
while (!ConsumerCode.isUnique(newCode));

// return
return newCode;
}


text:
'use strict';

var Operator, validOperatorVals, InvalidOperatorError;

InvalidOperatorError = require('./invalidoperatorerror');

validOperatorVals = [];

function isValidOperator(operator) {
  if (validOperatorVals.indexOf(operator) !== -1) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

Operator = function(operator) {
  if (!isValidOperator(operator)) {
    throw new InvalidOperatorError('InvalidOperatorError: "' + operator +'" is not a recoginzed Boolean operator. Please use ' + validOperatorVals.join(', ') + '.');
  }
  this.name = operator;
  this.type = 'jsrules.Operator';
  this.toString = function() {
    return this.name;
  };
};

Operator.AND = 'AND';
Operator.OR = 'OR';
Operator.XOR = 'XOR';
Operator.NOT = 'NOT';
Operator.EQUAL_TO = 'EQUALTO';
Operator.NOT_EQUAL_TO = 'NOTEQUALTO';
Operator.LESS_THAN = 'LESSTHAN';
Operator.GREATER_THAN = 'GREATERTHAN';
Operator.LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO = 'LESSTHANOREQUALTO';
Operator.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO = 'GREATERTHANOREQUALTO';
Operator.INCLUDES = 'INCLUDES';

validOperatorVals = (function() {
  var i, keys, vals;
  vals = [];
  keys  = Object.keys(Operator);
  for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
    vals.push(Operator[keys[i]]);
  }
  return vals;
}());

module.exports = Operator;

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Learn how to edit audio with Adobe Premiere Pro CC, as well as how to fine-tune your audio adjustments by using keyframes.
Now, to flesh out our movie and add a little bit of excitement, I'm gonna to add some music to the beginning and let it flow into the opening shot, and then fade it down so we can actually hear the host and myself speak.
If you look over in the project pane, there is folder called Music, and once again, I can either double-click it or drag it into the source monitor, or I can actually even right-click it, and there's an option towards the very bottom of the dropdown menu that says Open in Source Monitor. And as you can see, this is the waveform of the audio file that I'm gonna to go ahead and bring into my show.
Let's briefly take a listen to the opening of the song. [pause/play press spacebar] I think that's nice. It sets the mood that we're gonna to be making some sort of an Italian dish. I'm ready to bring it into my timeline. I can simply grab the audio waveform here and drag that down and drop that onto track two. Now if you notice, if I just dragged it and let go anywhere, it might not be at the beginning of my show, so I need to make sure that I drag it all the way to the left.
Let's listen to how this sounds while watching the video. Well, I love the music, but it definitely has to be lowered when Vanessa starts speaking, and I may want to raise the volume of her voice up a little bit higher. This is very easy to do in Premiere Pro.
What I want to do is open up the audio tracks a little bit, or make them taller so I can see the audio waveform. To do this, I can place my cursor directly over where it says A1, and I'm simply using my scroll wheel. [change track height scroll wheel] And I'm making the track taller,[change track height scroll wheel] and now I can actually see the waveform for Vanessa. And then I'm gonna to scroll down a little bit. So I can see audio track two which is on music and do the same thing.
If I wanted to, I could hold down the shift key. [change all track height shift + scroll] And that would expand all of the track at the same time. To see this a little better, let me adjust my window so we see more of our timeline and less of the video.
Now depending on the resolution of your computer screen, you probably can see both the audio tracks and the video at the same time without having to change your layout. So as you can see, I now have my music and I have my voice. And if I want to change the levels here, all I have to so is hover my mouse between the left and right channel and I can actually make them louder or softer by simply dragging my cursor up or down.
I'm gonna to go ahead and bring the audio down to where it says about -19 or -20dB, dB stands for decibels. And if I go ahead and play that and look at my meters...Oh, that's a little bit too soft. I want to bring that up a little bit ,just so that the meters on the far right hit about -12.
Now you can simply guess or you can actually do that while the music is playing. I'll do the same thing to Vanessa's voice because I want her to be a little bit louder, and I will do that while I'm playing. I'm gonna to place my cursor on top of that middle line, press the Spacebar. So, her voice is a little bit louder, and the music is good at the beginning, but when she starts to talk, I'm gonna to have to put in what's called a keyframe, or break the audio so it dips down underneath her voice. I'm gonna go ahead and press the Backslash key.[fit to window press"\" key] That will allow me to see my entire timeline, and what I want to do is put what's called a keyframe right at this point and break the line.
Now if I continue to scroll a little bit more to widen this out, you'll see, as I scroll down, in addition to seeing the audio waveforms, I also get two little arrows and a button that allows me to add or remove my keyframes. So what I want to do is simply slide the playhead over here when we start fading in. And I want the music to start dipping under, right when we start seeing Vanessa. And I'm gonna to go over here to press this button. Now, if the button is grayed out, make sure that clip is selected. Click on the little diamond, add a keyframe, and then move the playhead over a little bit, and you can click that button again. And now you have two keyframes.
If I want to lower my audio, you definitely need two keyframes to create that ramp or that break. If you only have one keyframe, you'll bring the volume down for the entire clip. I'll simply move my mouse over, lower this dramatically. Oh, I guess about -30,-35dBand simply hit the play button, and see how it sounds. Well, I think that's a little bit too soft and probably a little too dramatic, so let me go ahead and make it a little bit louder. And see how it sounds next to her voice.
Now I want to sneak the audio out, so I'm gonna to bring it down to an absolute volume of zero, and I can do that by once again putting in a keyframe moving forward a little bit, putting in another keyframe, and dragging that all the way to the bottom to where it says -infinity dB, and you'll see the music fades out.
If that seems a little bit too abrupt, I can simply drag that over to the right and it will fade out slowly. Now let me scroll over and adjust the height of the line a little bit and the location, so we can see on track one that the volume has gotten unusually loud because from that angle we just had a camera mic on.
Now ultimately, I would actually replace that audio with clean audio from camera one, but for now, I just want to reduce the volume level so it doesn't leap out when I'm working on my rough cut. Again to do that, I would simply grab the line over here and pull it down and take a listen. So that's pretty loud, let me bring it down a little more. [zoom in press"+" key] If you can't quite grab it, go ahead, press the Plus key to zoom in. And we'll bring that down to about 13 and see what that sounds like. So that actually kind of smoothes it out a little bit. And I want this audio here to match with this audio here, so I'll simply visually grab that and bring that up so I can kind of see where it is.
And we'll learn how to finesse that audio so that it matches later on in the course. As you can see, adding music to a program is pretty simple. It's just dragging it to an unused track, adjusting the volume, and fading it out when necessary.
Learn how to edit audio in Premiere Pro. Mix your soundtrack and fine-tune settings using keyframes.
Drag your audio file into an empty audio track in Premiere Pro.
Adjust your start and end points.
To adjust volume, expand your audio track by clicking and scrolling.
Hover your mouse between the left and right channels to adjust the volume.
Insert keyframes to ramp volume levels up and down.


Here at Border Criminologies we are creating an archive of UK immigration detention. This archive, which we will initially digitise, but hope eventually to house in a physical collection, will collect a range of types of material culture produced by and about detention. The kinds of items we are collating include: music CDs, detainee letters, artwork, photographs, life histories, cookbooks, copies of official regulations, and other documentation.
As the collection grows, we will scan items and make them freely available on our website. There they will join other forms of evidence and debate, such as blog posts, podcasts, academic reports, and, soon, a public access SSRN journal. Standing alongside these more traditional forms of academic output, we believe that the items produced by detainees and in detention offer a particular perspective on this form of custody.
As Gillian Whitlock noted in her account of a similar collection held by the Queensland University library, items produced in detention can be interpreted in many ways. On the one hand, they offer an enduring reminder of people's creativity, even during periods of great uncertainty and distress. In their physicality, they make real the detention experience, reminding us of the people working and living in these places. The different things produced by detainees might reveal aspects of detention and border control that others have not considered.
In the items in our collection, we catch a glimpse of cultural exchange, as men and women share craft techniques and designs, teaching one another origami, talking about landscapes and music from their pasts (and presents). Arts and crafts teachers play a role in this exchange, bringing in equipment, trying out new techniques, offering a space for creative expression. Items created in conjunction with others, such as the music CDs by Music in Detention, remind us of the scope for cooperation across walls. Although tie-dyed t-shirts cannot help resolve immigration matters, nor can mosaics or beaded key rings, each of these items, and the thousands of others produced in detention, reveal the everyday ways in which men and women try to cope, pass time, and make friends.
Criminologists have not traditionally been all that interested in or at ease with material culture. We are far more used to interpreting words than objects. In putting the archive together, we hope to encourage criminologists and other researchers to consider the sorts of everyday items that are produced in spaces of confinement, including the connections these materials have to issues of identity, agency, and resistance in everyday life.
We hope that in building an archive we can engage with a range of groups and organisations within and outside immigration removal centres (IRCs), along with detainees. This collection will, we believe, be a useful resource for future researchers, as well as for those interested in life in detention in the present. If you have items you'd like to contribute, please contact us at bordercrim@law.ox.ac.uk or via post.
Border Criminologies (2014) Archiving Detention: Learning from Material Culture. Available at: http://bordercriminologies.law.ox.ac.uk/archiving-detention/ (Accessed [date]).


Ariana Grande Interview & "Break Free" Performance on "Alan Carr: Chatty Man"
Did Ariana's mother really think she was going to become a serial killer? LOL. She's just too sweet now! I'm really curious to see photos of that "phase" of hers Ariana talks about in the interview. This chit-chat between Ari and Alan is a must-see too because she explains how "Bang Bang" came about.
She later performed her latest single "Break Free" on "Alan Carr: Chatty Man". Ariana wore a black latex number and her whole performance was a festival of lights and heavy dancing. You can tell she was unwell at the time as she sounds a bit energy-less.


New national statistics released today from the 10th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference show that Australia is making great progress towards eliminating hepatitis C, with record numbers now being cured of the disease. The challenge now is how to effectively engage diverse populations in both prevention and treatment programs, and to overcome barriers in the health system preventing many people living with both hepatitis C and hepatitis B from coming forward for testing and treatment.
"Untreated viral hepatitis is Australia's leading cause of liver cancer and the fastest-growing cause of cancer death in Australia. Australia is unquestionably leading the world with its trail blazing approach to hepatitis C. By bringing together health professionals, researchers, policy makers and communities, and introducing programs based on latest research, we are now on track to making elimination a reality by 2026," said Dr Krispin Hajkowicz, Conference Convenor and Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, University of Queensland.
"However, there is a huge amount of work to be done to link every Australian with hepatitis C with testing, care and cure, particularly those in diverse communities. Meanwhile hepatitis B is at risk of becoming the number one neglected infectious disease in Australia and urgently needs to be put in the spotlight."
Australia is on track to cure more people of hepatitis C in 2016 alone than in the past two decades with an estimated 26,360 people having received treatment this year.
Both reports identified the need to address stigma and discrimination by health workers, and the need for innovative approaches to bring people forward for diagnosis and in to care.
One third of the estimated 232,600 people living with chronic hepatitis B infection remain undiagnosed, with only 6% receiving treatment.
However, hepatitis C rates are actually increasing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, with a 43% increase over the same period. The rate in 2015 was four times greater than in the non-Indigenous population.
Overall rates of hepatitis C diagnosis in Australia have remained stable over the last five years.
The Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference is the leading multidisciplinary viral hepatitis conference in Australasia, bringing together the range of professions involved in the disease to address awareness and break down barriers to testing and treatment.
Key examples include specific training sessions for GPs and nurses, evaluation of new models to increase capacity such as nurse-led hepatitis C treatment in prisons, discussion of hepatitis B outreach testing models and presentation of latest international research.
"The Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference offers a unique opportunity to capitalise on the remarkable progress already made in Australia, and ensure no one is left behind," said Dr Hajkowicz.
The Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference has been held biennially since 1997. The tenth conference is being held from 29 September – 1 October 2016 on the Gold Coast, where innovative research is being presented – in the collective efforts to move towards the virtual elimination of viral hepatitis in Australasia.


Bluetooth Communicator - What is it?
There is a typical scenario where the manager, in any environment, wants to get in contact with a staff member with regard to a particular job. Ideally as soon the issue of concern arises the manager will be able to communicate with a staff member. In our case we assume that there is no dedicated communication system but all staff members have Bluetooth-enabled mobile device. These devices, together with certain number of fixed Bluetooth transmitters, are employed to create a completely distributed ad-hoc collaborative network, which enables communication with staff members at a fraction of cost of the dedicated communication system. All Bluetooth-enabled computers and mobile devices together with fixed Bluetooth transmitters represent a set of nodes that provide the infrastructure for the ad-hoc the communication network. SystemJ is in this case used to create communication paths between nodes in the network.
In order to achieve this level of connectivity the application has several core and extended functionalities.
Figure 1 demonstrates a possible scenario where quick and discrete communication is necessary. From his office the manager can see that there is only one employee dealing with all the customers but there is also a noxious mess a few aisles over that has thankfully gone unnoticed by the visitors. Since he cannot see any other staff he would have to use the intercom to call some and let them know that they are needed. But, if the loading dock employees could not hear it or were on break and the other remaining employee had their hands full the manager would not know that the mess was not being dealt with. As demonstrated in Figure 2, assuming that the necessary coverage is provided, the proposed system allows the manager to quickly communicate directly with the other employees and get confirmation as to who is able to fulfill this task. Not only does the system clearly notify, through vibration and a flashing backlight, the employee of a new task but it allows communications to be dynamically mapped in an ad-hoc collaborative manner throughout the warehouse by messages sent via other Bluetooth enabled devices. This is just one scenario. Another possible case is where a link in the communication chain of a hardwired network is lost or broken, in particular in a system that is expensive or difficult to maintain – an easily remedied situation for the proposed case as the units are cheap to replace and simply require a small software bundle to be able to use the system.