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" Make America Great Again ", it was a call that resonated in the de-industrialised heartlands in America's Rust Belt. But it was also also a cry from sections of the US elites because they find themselves beset on all sides by challenges to the US' global hegemony . Rise of military and economic challengers The rising global influence of China and Russia is threatening to upend, in the minds of US policy makers, the global order. In the Middle East the US has lost its dominance and finds itself vying with Russia, Turkey and Iran. Even in its own backyard the US finds itself insecure, with China especially making inroads. Dusting off The Project for the New American Century Rebuilding America's defenses Given this environment it's perhaps not surprising to see the re-emergence of key foreign policy makers from the 1990s. One of the think tanks they organised around was The Project for the New American Century (PNAC). PNAC had a profound in...

Using FFmpeg to Convert and Encode Video and Audio This document details a set of common commands for encoding video and audio using FFmpeg , a "cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video". Contents. Video Bitrate Calculator Converting a DVD to MP4 and MKV Converting DVD to MKV format with subtitles Two pass encoding Including subtitles in the video Adding external audio and subtitle streams to video file Batch converting video Change a video container Extract audio from a video file Denoise video Setting the setdar and pixel ratio Joining two video files together Splice video with fade in and fade out FFmpeg Documentation License Video Bitrate Calculator for ffmpeg Encoding Use the calculators to work out the bitrate or calculate a target file siz...

  Token left candidate set to win election Voting in the Labour leadership has just started and the ‘token’ left candidate Jeremy Corbyn, regarded as little more than a joke by the media , by galvanising the anti-austerity support into a genuine movement now looks mostly likely to win. With the first signs of the popularity for Corbyn and his anti-austerity message, the right-wing of the Labour Party and their ideological friends in the political establishment snorted with derision declaring Corbyn unelectable . The right wing and their allies in the press have descended into outright, even blind panic judging by Peter Mandelson’s eccentric attempt to halt the election to prevent a Corbyn victory . What began as barely concealed contempt turned into insults. Tony Blair retorted to those expressing a desire to follow their heart and vote for Corbyn, telling them to “get a transplant“ [1] . Jeremy Corbryn Speaking at a Labour leadership rally This contempt has transformed ...