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Polymers for selectivity control in the capillary electrophoretic separation of small ions
Stathakis, Costas
Polymers were used to control selectivity and electroosmotic flow (EOF) in the capillary electrophoretic separation of small ions. Polymers used included cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes, polyethylene glycols, and oligomeric saccharides (cyclodextrins). In the presence of cationic polymers changes in migration order were possible due to ion-exchange interactions with anions. Enhancement of ion-exchange interactions was observed with large electrolyte anions, which could be more easily displaced by analyte species. Although increases in electrolyte concentration and pH led to improvements in resolution their effects on selectivity were minor. In the presence of organic solvents, ion-pairing interactions and changes in analyte/polylectrolyte solvation resulted in different migration orders, which depended on the concentration and solvating properties of the organic solvent. In the presence of cyclodextrins, different migration patterns were observed due to inclusion of relatively hydrophobic anions in the cyclodextrin cavity. Inhibition of such interactions, with an effect on selectivity, was observed in the presence of hydrophobic electrolyte anions. Depending on polythylene glycol molecular weight and concentration decreases in metal ion/cation migration rates were observed. Larger decreases were observed for species having a large affinity for the polyethylene glycols. Ion-exchange interactions between metal ions and anionic polyelectrolytes were relatively weak and capable of minor analyte differentiation. In the presence of anionic polysaccharides, which can complex metal ions, changes in migration order were observed in agreement with the relative complexing affinity of the metal ions for the dextran moieties. Adjustment of EOF direction and magnitude was possible with different types of polymers. Adsorption of cationic or anionic polyelectrolytes provided for anodal or cathodal EOF respectively, which was stable over a wide range of polyelectrolyte concentration and pH. Large decreases in EOF magnitude were possible depending on polyethylene glycol concentration and molecular weight. Application of the developed methodologies to the separation and quantitation of small ions in real or simulated samples of industrial and environmental significance were also shown.
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Posts Tagged 'Gaza'
Anti-Semitism Definition
Posted: March 12, 2019 in Islam, Livin' in the USA, Politics
Tags: AIPAC, American Heretic's Dictkionary, Anti-Semitism, Antisemitism definition, Chris Hedges, Gaza, Islam, Israel, Judaism, McCarthyism, Palestinians, Right of return, Truthout, United States
Chris Hedges just put up a fantastic, fearless post on Truthout about the libeling of those of us who oppose Israeli brutalization and murder of Palestinians as "anti-semitic" (e.g., 200+ murders and thousands of deliberate maimings by Israeli snipers of protesters on the other side of the fence in Gaza during the ongoing "right of return" protests — and just ask yourself, how desperate must people be to deliberately expose themselves to murder and maiming, while the corporate press dishonestly excuses that slaughter — sniper shootings at hundreds of yards — as "clashes"? ). I just wish I could repost Chris's piece here.
Hence an inadequate but claratory definition from The American Heretic's Dictionary about what "anti-semitism" means currently in the U.S.:
Anti-Semitism, n. 1) A blind, unreasoning hatred of Jewish people by those who fear, with good reason, that they are inferior to Jews. (This is not to say that Jews are inherently superior to anyone else, even anti-Semites; rather, that Jewish culture encourages self-responsibility, social responsibility, learning, dedication to goals, and individual achievement—things sorely lacking in the mainstream of American culture. Hence Jews tend to be perceived as threatening "overachievers" in comparison with average, "fetch me another beer, Bubba" Americans.); 2) As defined in the United States for well over half a century, the unspeakable act of criticizing the oppression and murder of one Semitic people by another (Palestinians by Israelis). Needless to say, this leads to gross confusion of those who seek social justice with actual anti-Semites—which is precisely the intention of those who use the term in this manner. (Curiously, the ethnicity of all of these individuals is apparently Irish, as they invariably respond to the name "McCarthy.")
—from The American Heretic's Dictionary (revised & expanded)
Israel and Terrorism part ii — Israeli State Terrorism
Posted: May 15, 2018 in Politics
Tags: 2014 Gaza incursion, American liberals, Civilian casualties, Donald Trump, Gaza, Gaza protests, Hamas, Israel, Israeli military, Middle East, MSNBC, Palestine, Right of return, Snipers, State terrorism, Terrorism, Unarmed protesters
TERRORISM, noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Yesterday we looked at the first of Israel's terrorism problems: Hamas, Israel's role supporting it in the 1980s, the blowback that's caused, and how both Hamas and the Israeli government have benefited from the carnage that's ensued.
Today, we'll look at an even more serious terrorism in Israeli: the nature of its government. Israel has become a terrorist state.
That's not overstatement.
Before looking at current events, let's look back four years to the bombardment and massacre of civilians in Gaza in 2014. Using Hamas' largely ineffectual terrorism as an excuse (four civilians murdered, including one child), the Israeli government unleashed a firestorm on what has been called "the world's largest open-air concentration camp," while refusing to allow civilians to flee (a war crime).
The result? In contrast with the four Israeli civilians murdered by Hamas, the Israel armed forces murdered, according to UN figures at least 1,473 civilians, including 501 children and 257 women. The Israeli assault also left over 11,000 wounded civilians, including over 3,300 children, of whom 1,000 are suffering lifelong disabilities.
Why? To bludgeon and frighten the captive population in Gaza into submission.
This is a classic case of state terrorism.
Not surprisingly, the Israeli government has claimed that this massacre was Hamas' fault, and that it was acting "defensively." This is equivalent to hostage-killing kidnappers claiming that they were "forced" into committing murder by those who refused to give into their demands. This is hypocritical and morally repugnant.
Now let's look at current events.
Yesterday the Israeli armed forces murdered over 60 (including six children) and wounded over 2,000 unarmed protesters at the Israel-Gaza border. (The protesters, the descendants of the 700,000 Palestinians who were driven into exile and lost their lands in the 1948-1949 war are demanding the "right to return.")
How is Israel doing this? They're using snipers with high-powered rifles to shoot across the fence separating Israel and Gaza into the crowd of protesters (a reported 35,000 yesterday, even after weeks of protests in which the Israeli military had already murdered dozens of protesters). According to reports, the snipers were taking their time between shots, methodically targeting individuals dozens or hundreds of yards from the fence. The only conceivable reason for this is terrorism: the used of deadly violence to attempt to intimidate the Palestinians into submission.
(As for Israel's claim that it's acted in self-defense, consider this: not a single Israeli, soldier or civilian, has been injured, let alone killed, in the protests in which over 100 Palestinians have died and thousands have been injured (many by sniper fire), dozens of whom are now amputees as a result of Israeli snipers. Of course, Donald Trump, and other thugs and hypocrites in his administration — who love murderous regimes such as those in the Philippines, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia — have echoed Israel's grossly hypocritical claim of "self-defense." [I follow these events closely and have not seen a single report of any Israeli injuries.])
If you still doubt that Israel is engaging in a deliberate policy of state murder and terrorism, consider these quotes from news stories over the last few weeks:
On amputations and sniper fire: "When he was hit by a bullet fired by Israeli forces during demonstrations in Gaza on April 6, Mohammed al-Zaieem lost so much blood, and his left leg was so deformed, he feared he wouldn't survive. His arteries, veins and a large piece of bone were destroyed. His right leg wasn't spared either as the round created a massive exit wound and then hit it as well."
On murders by sniper fire:
"One mourner, Mohammad Sabbagh, 30, sat with his family on plastic chairs in a green funeral tent outside their home in the city of Beit Lahia listlessly receiving condolences from well-wishers. He recalled seeing his brother Bader, 10 years his junior, shot through the head on Friday.
"He said, 'I am bored, I don't want this life'. He asked me for a cigarette; I gave him a lit one, he took about two puffs and then a bullet shot him in the head and went out the other side. I carried him to the ambulance, and he was dead," he said. . . .
"The brothers stood between the group at the front of the protest, who were throwing rocks at Israeli forces, and the demonstrators at the back, where thousands of men, women and children had gathered. "He didn't do anything; he was standing next to me," Mohammad said of his brother."
Israeli soldiers cheer a murder: (This incident took place in December along the Gaza-Israel border, but was just reported last month.)
"With international criticism of Israel's response to the Gaza protests growing, video emerged on Monday appearing to show an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) sniper shooting a Palestinian man standing near the border fence.
"After the Palestinian man falls to the ground, soldiers are heard cheering in the background. One yells, "What a legendary film!"
"The video, which circulated on social media, appears to be through a scope, showing the Gaza border fence and a field behind it.
"The sniper is heard discussing the shot with another soldier nearby.
"'When he stops, you take him down,' the soldier says. 'Are you on him?
"'I can't fire because of the barbed wire,' the sniper responds a short time later.
"'Take out the one in the pink,'" the other soldier says after a few moments.
"IDF soldiers cheer as you hear the gunshot and see the Palestinian man fall."
And how have most American liberals and the corporate news media responded? Some actively support Israel's murderous activities (e.g., Chuck Schumer), many others (e.g., Obama and the Clintons) have been conspicuously silent about it, and a good majority of the media are either silent or actively complicit in the coverup of the murders (e.g., describing them as "clashes" — incidents in which one side occurs no casualties while killing dozens on the other side of a fence with sniper fire). The "news" organizations engaging in this shameful misrepresentation of murder include supposedly progressive MSNBC. (Chris Hayes is an honorable exception on MSNBC; he's probably safe because he's their second biggest star.)
All of this strongly suggests that Western liberals are morally bankrupt, that their humanitarianism is a sham.
They stay silent in the face of oppression and murder.
No one but the dishonest and the willfully blind can deny that Israel is engaging in state terrorism
Our First 1,000 Posts — Best Anarchism, Libertarianism, and Politics Posts
Posted: October 9, 2016 in Anarchism, Civil Liberties, Humor, Libertarianism, Livin' in the USA, Politics
Tags: Anarchist Cookbook, FBI Entrapment, Food Not Bombs, Gaza, Islamic terrorism, Israel, McCarthyism, Nazi Germany, Nonviolent direct action, Objectivism, Occupy Wall Street, Police brutality, Presidential Election, Republican Party, Socialist Realism, Terrorism, U.S. Military, Vanguard parties, Voting
We put up our 1,000th post about three weeks ago. Since then, we've been looking through everything we've posted, and have been putting up "best of" lists in our most popular categories.
This is the ninth of our first-1,000 "best of" lists. We've already posted the Science Fiction, Humor, Music, Interviews, Atheism, Economics, Science/Skepticism, and Addictions lists, and will shortly be putting up our final "best of": Religion.
Here, we've folded three categories (Anarchism, Libertarianism, and Politics) into this post because of the relative paucity of posts on Anarchism and Libertarianism. We hope you'll enjoy at least some of these posts.
Anarchism: What It Is and What It Isn't
You Call This Freedom? (Part I)
You Call This Freedom (Part II)
Why We Wrote the New Anarchist Cookbook
An Anarchist Bibliography
Anarchist Science Fiction: Essential Novels
35 Years of Food Not Bombs
Anarchist Cookbook Author Arrrested for Nonviolent Activism
Don't Call Them Libertarians
Objectivism (definition)
The Horror of the 2016 Election: Some Definitions
To Vote or Not to Vote?
The "Yelling Fire" Fallacy
McCarthyism (definition)
Socialist Realism
Vanguard Parties
Nonviolent Direct Action
International Proletarian Hammer Throwing and Rhetoric Flinging Competition
The Left's Terminology Problem
Revolutionary Leaders
How to Fight Islamic Terrorism
Invisible Terrorism
Police Brutality–How It Works
Israel Uber Alles
The Military: Are They All Heroes?
Nazi Germany and the USA
Posted: August 23, 2014 in Politics
Tags: Gaza, ISIS, Israel, Nonviolent Civil Disobedience, Sabotage, Terrorism, Violence
What is a terrorist?
Despite authoritarian attempts to redefine the term, it's not a saboteur (who engages in property destruction), and it's not a citizen who engages in nonviolent civil disobedience. It's someone or some entity who threatens or engages in violence to intimidate others into bending to his (yes, almost always "his") dictates.
Let's take a look at Ferguson, Missouri. Militarized police killing civilians. Shots to the back of the head. Cops in body armor pointing automatic weapons at civilians, and sometimes firing on them. This is terrorism.
Let's look at Gaza. One Israeli child reportedly killed by Hamas's glorified fireworks, 400 to 500 Palestinian children killed by Israeli bombs. Another thousand with life-altering injuries: paraplegia, quadraplegia, limbs blown off. Families living in dread of the next bomb tearing their children apart. This is terrorism. (And, yes, Hamas's use of crude rockets qualifies, too.)
Let's look at Syria and Iraq. ISIS, murdering Christians who refuse to convert. Murdering journalists. This is terrorism.
What to do with terrorists? First, recognize what terrorism is. After we've recognized what it is, let's talk about how to deal with it and those who perpetrate it.
Let's stop pretending that anyone you dislike is a "terrorist." Let's reserve the term for those who kill people and threaten to kill people. Only then can we deal with the problem.
'They are terrorists and must be punished:' Calgary imam speaks out against ISIS
The ISIS Threat Will Be Used For Homeland Repression
Militarized police occupy USA
Stop The Militarization Of Our Police
The Founding Fathers Fought the Revolutionary War to Stop the Type of Militarized Police We Now Have In the U.S.
How Israel Used Its Own Civilians as Human Shields While Assaulting Gaza
The Logic of Israeli Violence
Four More Palestinians Killed In Gaza, Many Injured
Israeli offensive cost Gaza billions: Palestinian official
Backlash on militarization of police
Posted: July 29, 2014 in Journalism, Livin' in the USA, Politics
Tags: AIPAC, Gaza, Israel, Lidice, MSNBC, Palestine, Ward Chruchill
by Chaz Bufe, publisher See Sharp Press
(Note: The final Palestinian civilian death toll resulting from the 2014 Israeli bombardment of and incursion into Gaza, was 1,660, including 527 children, resulting a grisly end result of 527 Palestinian children murdered by the Israeli armed forces to one Israeli child murdered by Hamas.)
I've had it. I've had it with being silent in the face of murder. I've had it with my tax dollars paying for murder.
I've had it with American politicians kissing the butt of the brutal Israeli extreme right, thanks to AIPAC, which will bury in negative ads any politico who stands up for basic human decency. I've had it with the intimidated/complicit corporate media (hello Phil Griffin and MSNBC), and I've had it with politicians whose first loyalty is to Greater Israel rather than the United States (hello Chuck Schumer).
You'll find more diversity of opinion in Israel than in the United States. Only here will you find apologists for mass murder arguing, somehow, that the two-hundred-plus Palestinian children killed by the Israeli "self-defense" forces were complicit in their own murders. Only here will you find headlines trumpeting the deaths of single Israeli soldiers, while the scant details of the deaths of dozens of Palestinian civilians are buried in later paragraphs.
One has to go back to the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to find such nauseating apologetics for the killing of innocents–and, no, not "hello" Ward Churchill, but rather "go to hell"–you who called the 9/11 victims "little Eichmanns."
That effectively dehumanized the 9/11 victims, just as the corporate media dehumanizes the hundreds of children who have been murdered in recent days in the world's largest open-air concentration camp.
This time, the number of Palestinian deaths (mostly civilians) is "only" about 30 to 1. Last time, it was a hundred to one. The only comparable death toll that comes to mind is Lidice.
I hold no brief for Hamas. I hold no brief for Fatah. I despise them. Just as I despise the brutal, expansionist Israeli extreme right.
In the end–despite all the sickening blather about "self-defense" as bombs hit schools, homes, and hospitals–it's pretty damn simple: STOP MURDERING CHILDREN.
Israel Has Lost
We must be honest: Israelis are behaving and acting very much like the Nazis did
Terrorism in the Israeli Attack on Gaza
What If It Had Been 35 Palestinian Dead, and 800 Israeli?

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Церемонія нагородження MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 відбулася на , Рим, Італія.

Учасниками церемонії також були , Аліша Кіз, N.E.R.D, Наомі Кемпбелл, , Кід Рок та Каньє Вест.

Номінації
Переможців виділено Жирним.

Найкраща пісня
 Анастейша — «»
 Maroon 5 — «»
 Outkast — «»
 Брітні Спірс — «Toxic»
 Ашер (за участі Lil Jon та Ludacris) — «»

Найкраще відео
 The Cure — «»
 Jay-Z — «»
 Outkast — «»
  — «»
 The White Stripes — «»

Найкращий альбом
 Бейонсе — Dangerously in Love
 The Black Eyed Peas — Elephunk
 Dido — Life for Rent
 Outkast —
 Ашер — Confessions

Найкраща співачка
 Анастейша
 Бейонсе
 Аліша Кіз
 Авріл Лавінь
 Брітні Спірс

Найкращий співак
 Jay-Z
 Неллі
 Джастін Тімберлейк
 Ашер
 Роббі Вільямс

Найкращий гурт
 Beastie Boys
 The Black Eyed Peas
 D12
 Maroon 5
 Outkast

Найкращий новий виконавець
 Franz Ferdinand

 Keane
 Maroon 5
 The Rasmus

Найкращий поп-виконавець
 Анастейша
 The Black Eyed Peas
 Авріл Лавінь
 Брітні Спірс
 Роббі Вільямс

Найкращий рок-виконавець

 Good Charlotte
 Green Day
 Linkin Park
 Red Hot Chili Peppers

Найкращий альтернативний виконавець
 Б'єрк
 Franz Ferdinand
 The Hives
 Muse
 The Prodigy

Найкращий R&B-виконавець
 Бейонсе
 Келіс
 Аліша Кіз
 Outkast
 Ашер

Найкращий хіп-хоп виконавець
 Beastie Boys
 D12
 Jay-Z
 Неллі
 Каньє Вест

Регіональні номінації
Переможців виділено Жирним.

Soulwax
 Tiësto

IAM

Beatsteaks

 Die Toten Hosen
 Rammstein

Тіціано Ферро

The Hives

Анна Домбровська
 Рені Юсіс
 Sidney Polak

 Trzeci Wymiar

Mesa

Activ

 Firma
 Ombladon (за участі Raku)
 O-Zone

Найкращий російський виконавець
 Дельфін
 Глюк'OZA
 Ленінград
 ВІА Гра
 Звери

Бебе

Найкращий британський-ірландський виконавець
 Наташа Бедінгфілд
 Franz Ferdinand

 Muse

Виступи

Розігрів
 Кармен Консолі
 Hoobastank — «»
 The Cure

Головне шоу
 Eminem — « / »
 Franz Ferdinand — «»
 Maroon 5 — «»
 Ашер та Аліша Кіз — «»
 Beastie Boys — «»
 Гвен Стефані — «»
 Анастейша — «»
 Неллі (за участі Фаррелла) — « / Play It Off»
 The Hives — «»
 Тіціано Ферро — «»

Учасники шоу
 Кайлі Міноуг — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий альбом
 Паоло Ді Каніо та Алессандро Дель П'єро — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий рок-виконавець
 Кід Рок — оголошення виступу Franz Ferdinand
 Браян Молко та Емі Лі — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий альтернативний виконавець
 Оззі Осборн та Шерон Осборн — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий гурт
 Еліша Катберт та Каньє Вест — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкраще відео
 Сара Мішель Геллар — оголошення виступу Анастейши
  та N.E.R.D — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий R&B-виконавець
 , Нік Картер та Ей Джей Маклін — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий поп-виконавець
 Роберт Сміт — оголошення виступу Гвен Стефані
 Аліша Кіз — оголошення переможця у номінації
 Duran Duran — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий новий виконавець
 Наташа Бедінгфілд, Честер Беннінгтон та Джо Ган — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкраща співачка
 Наомі Кемпбелл — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкращий співак
 Сара Мішель Геллар — оголошення переможця у номінації Найкраща пісня

MTV Europe Music Awards
2004 в Італії
2004 у музиці

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Always consult with your doctor before starting anything new. I always recommend treating every condition with natural remedies first but there are some conditions when natural remedies can't help.
Anxiety is a feeling of worry and nervousness, also it is a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension. This can lead to compulsive behavior or panic attacks. It is not possible to avoid anxiety completely and it is very normal to feel anxious when you are faced with some problem in your life, before exams, big life events and also when making an important decision.
When someone is suffering anxiety disorder the problem is that the anxiety does not go away which can interfere with daily activities.
In this article, I won't talk about signs and symptoms of anxiety disorder. This is something I learned while working with my clients. As a Gestalt therapist, I always recommend psychotherapy for people who suffer anxiety but there are also some home remedies for anxiety which I always recommend.
If you hate that feeling of anxiety don't worry. There are some home remedies for anxiety which can help you feel better. If something bad happened to you and you suffer this anxiety longer, then try these remedies as a daily routine.
Lemon balm tea is one of my favorite natural remedy for stress and anxiety. I have this plant in my garden because I love how it smells when it is fresh. Follow the directions how to prepare the tea and then add few drops of lemon and honey in it. Don't add sugar. This tea will help you to calm down and also this can help you to treat Insomnia if you take it before bed. Take one glass of this tea before bed so you can fall asleep better. Avoid taking this in the morning because you might feel sleepy.
As a child my mum always gave me chamomile tea. I am not exactly sure why but this always helped me with my nervous stomach. I will make some research soon why chamomile helps with anxiety but if you don't like the lemon balm tea, then this is a good alternative which you can drink in the morning too because it won't make you sleepy.
I personally don't like lavender oil and some swear that this oil is the best. But for me, this isn't true. I believe that aromatherapy is a very personal thing. For me, home baked cookies, butter, and lemon is scents which help me feel better. I recommend my clients to explore which scents help them with the anxiety. For example, one client wanted to smell tangerine or orange and this was the only scent that helped him with anxiety. Be very careful with smells because there are some which may trigger something and then you will have to visit a therapist. This happened to me once and that is why I avoid perfumes and try to stick with baking cookies or bread at home and drinking lemons.
This is something which is very important to include in your diet especially vitamin B6 which can help you a lot. Take vitamin B6 before going to bed because it will help you to fall asleep. Eating healthy will help you with everything not only with anxiety so always take care for your health.
Walking is something that will help you and your body to treat anxiety. If you own a dog then you can walk every day. Also, pets are a great company. Try walking at least 10 minutes every day and I am sure you will notice a difference. When I am anxious and have time, I always walk alone and think. This is my way of meditation and listening to my body. I don't exercise these days but if you can then gym is the right place for you. Exercise will also help you to naturally get rid of anxiety and to clear your mind. I stick to walking because I am very lazy, but if you have kids, or just don't have time or money to go to the gym then take your kids, pets, or just go alone and walk.
Yes, I put some home remedies for anxiety but I think that every person is different and that is why this step is most important. Listen to your body. What does it tell you? What do you want to do? What do you want to eat? Every person knows what to do when is not feeling well, you just have to listen. Maybe ice cream will be a better remedy for you or swimming. Or maybe listening to music, or writing.
Let me know what you think. What do you do when you are anxious?
Consult with your doctor before starting a new way of a treatment.
It's a great way to help me.
"Listen to your mind and body" I love the fact that you emphasize that the mind and body need to be heard. They guide us but we rarely pay any attention to them. Thank you for the helpful tips.
Thanks so much for this article. My fiancee gets some bad anxiety, but the medication (to be used when needed) makes him soooo tired. These remedies will be perfect, can't wait to incorporate into our daily routine.
Thank you Sam, I really hope that these remedies will help your fiancee. Try making him lemon balm tea more often.


In Australia, one in three women has been the victim of violence at the hands of a male perpetrator. This alarming statistic resembles the global lifetime prevalence of physical and sexual assault among women worldwide.
Beyond the devastating health and psychological effects, violence against women is a matter of life and death. On average, one Australian woman is killed every week as the result of domestic violence.
These findings send a compelling message: violence against women needs our urgent attention. But in addition to providing the necessary help to victims and ensuring the appropriate discipline for perpetrators, society needs to confront the source of this complex problem at its roots.
In this regard, there is growing evidence indicating that violence against women may be the consequence of society's traditional and stereotyped beliefs about what it means to be a "real man".
It should be acknowledged that not all men condone violence – and there is never an excuse for acting violently.
From an early age, boys are socialised to regard manhood as a revered and desired social status. This is because, across most cultures, there is a consistent belief that a "real man" is powerful, dominant, assertive, and in control.
However, manhood is not merely a biological milestone. Instead, research findings indicate that it requires constant social validation. Put simply, real men are made – not born.
For instance, men can prove themselves worthy of manhood by pursuing high-status careers, being competitive in sports, having multiple sexual partners, and engaging in risky, adrenaline-fuelled activities like skydiving or motocross racing. For some men, however, the need to validate their masculinity also warrants physical force and public displays of aggression.
But even if manhood is successfully attained, it can be easily lost. Threats to masculinity come in all forms: losing a job and being unable to be the breadwinner or simply missing the final shot and losing the sporting match. But not all threats are so explicit.
The recent Twitter movement #MasculinitySoFragile exposed how delicate manhood can be. It seems that everyday household products – such a stationery, deodorant, and even yoghurt – need to have a masculine equivalent. Evidently, some men need to actively distance themselves from anything remotely "girly" in order to feel like a "real man".
Research has shown that when men perceive that their status is under attack, they often feel angry and ashamed. For some men, these uncomfortable emotions motivate behaviours aimed at reinstating their manhood.
For example, threatening a man's masculinity has been found to breed attitudes that characterise women as gentle, fragile, and in need of male protection. While seemingly positive, such beliefs are disempowering because they allow men to assume a position of authority over women.
Similarly, some men sexualise women as a way of affirming their masculinity. Many genuinely believe that this is a form of flattery. However, it merely reduces women to a sexual object and solidifies the inequalities between the genders.
But can today's standards of being a "real man" lead to violence against women? Research is indicating that this may be the unfortunate reality.
When men feel that they do not measure up, research has shown that they are more likely to display their physical prowess and act aggressively. Feelings of inadequacy can also increase men's desire to commit sexual assault and can even lead to sexual harassment.
Together, this research demonstrates that some men bolster their sense of manhood by behaving in ways that explicitly or implicitly reinstate the status quo. Current social standards both devalue feminine traits for masculinity and legitimise the subordination of women.
More than one-quarter of young people hold attitudes that put them at risk of perpetrating violence against women.
In the current social climate, men are more likely to perpetrate violence and women are more likely to become victims. As young boys grow up into men, stereotyped beliefs about gender are relentlessly reinforced at home, through peer groups, and the mass media.
Research has found that violence is more likely to ensue for those men who see current ideas about manhood as central to their identity. Change therefore begins with adopting a less traditional and more fluid definition of what it means to be a "real man".
Although this is not a new idea, society needs to start having a serious and open discussion about gender. Further ignoring the problem has potentially lethal consequences.
While some have taken to social media to initiate this dialogue, it is without doubt that such an undertaking will not be easy. Many men, for example, have misinterpreted the trending #MasculinitySoFragile to be an attack on their manhood.
Critically, this highlights that real change starts with men recognising – within themselves – how current ideas of what it means to be a "real man" are potentially toxic and self-limiting.
The National Working with Men to Tackle Family Violence Conference takes place in Sydney in February 2017. In association with No To Violence, this event will share and discuss strategies for prevention, intervention and perpetrator accountability.
Stefano is currently completing his doctorate in psychology at The University of Sydney where he also works as an undergraduate tutor and casual lecturer.
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Steinhilber doubled to center field.
C. Rollins singled to left field, RBI; Littlefield advanced to second; Steinhilber scored.
A. Collins pinch ran for C. Rollins.
S. Vaughn doubled to right center, RBI; A. Collins advanced to third; Littlefield scored.
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Q: Xcode 6 auto-layout same spacing I have a problem with auto-layout in xcode 6. I am doing 4xUITextField which are next to each other. I set up constraints for every UITextField, but I don't know how to set up these fields on horizontal center and with same spacing. How can I set up these spacing?
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Die Fürstliche Gruftkapelle, auch Kreuzkapelle Regniet, ist eine Fürstengruft in Isselburg-Anholt. 1672 als Missionsstation für Katholiken aus dem Achterhoek errichtet dient sie seit 1813 dem deutschen Adelsgeschlecht Salm-Salm, einer Linie des reichsfürstlichen Hauses Salm, als Erbbegräbnis, Grablege bzw. Mausoleum. Das Baudenkmal befindet sich im Privatbesitz des Fürstenhauses.

Lage, Beschreibung und Geschichte
Die Anlage liegt unweit der deutsch-niederländischen Grenze am Kapellendeich in der Anholter Bauernschaft Regniet und bildet dort im Rahmen einer Landschaftsarchitektur den Point de vue einer von Anholt dorthin fluchtenden Allee. Die Mitte der Anlage besteht aus einem sechseckigen Zentralbau mit barock gewölbtem, schiefergedecktem Zwiebeldach, bekrönt von einer Laterne, die die Grundform der Kapelle en miniature wiedergibt. Das Gebäude ist als Ziegelbau mit bleiverglasten Segmentbogenfenstern ausgeführt, in Ritzquaderung verputzt und in einem Cremeton gestrichen. An zwei gegenüberliegenden Seiten des Sechsecks sind Vorbauten als Entrée und als Altarraum angebaut. Der Eingangsvorbau verfügt über einen Glockengiebel mit Figurennische für ein Kruzifix, der Altaranbau über einen schlichten Schmuckgiebel. Der Eingang besteht aus einem von Pilastern flankierten Torbogen mit einer doppelflügeligen Holztür, die in schwarzweißen Rauten, einem heraldischen Symbol der Wild- und Rheingrafen, gestrichen ist. Über dem Torbogen ist als Relief ein barockes Allianzwappen eingelassen.

Im Innern des Gebäudes, dessen Wände von zahlreichen Epitaphen bedeckt sind, liegt ein Zugang zum Keller, in dem sich eine Krypta mit Sarkophagen der fürstlichen Familie befindet. Insgesamt verfügt die Anlage über rund 70 Gräber. Eine historische Besonderheit ist die Grabplatte für Dietrich II. von Bronckhorst-Batenburg (1478–1549), dem Herrn von Anholt, aus dem Jahr 1552, die offenbar hierhin transloziert wurde.

Die Gruftkapelle ist von den Rasenflächen eines Friedhofs umgeben, auf dem Grabsteine liegen und Kruzifixe stehen. Dieser Friedhof, der über einen im Sechseck verlaufenden Weg erschlossen wird, ist von einer niedrigen polygonal geführten Mauer aus Backstein eingefriedet, die ihrerseits von einem Trockengraben umgeben ist. In die Mauer sind zwei Tore aus Schmiedeeisen eingelassen, vor denen kleine Brücken aus Backstein den Trockengraben überspannen. Die Tore rahmen Backsteinpfeiler mit barocken Wappenaufsätzen.

Das Gebäude wurde 1672 als Heiligkreuz-Kapelle für Katholiken aus der benachbarten niederländischen Provinz Gelderland errichtet und spiegelt damit Geist und Konfliktsituation der Zeit der Gegenreformation wider, in der es den Katholiken in der benachbarten Republik der Sieben Vereinigten Provinzen verwehrt war, ihre Religion frei auszuüben und eigene Kirchen zu errichten. Bauherr war Karl Theodor Otto zu Salm (→ Missionsstationen im Hochstift Münster). Wegen großen Andrangs wurde sie 1675 zu einer eigenen Vikarie erhoben. Tägliche Messen las ein eigener Geistlicher.

1804 fasste der damalige Herr zu Anholt, der Reichsfürst Konstantin zu Salm-Salm, den Entschluss, die Kapelle, die durch die Einführung der Religionsfreiheit in der Batavischen Republik als Gotteshaus niederländischer Katholiken entbehrlich geworden war, zur Grablege seines Geschlechts umzubauen. Der Umbau erfolgte ab 1811. 1813 fanden die ersten fürstlichen Beisetzungen statt. In jenem Jahr wurden Särge der Ahnen aus der Anholter Pfarrkirche St. Pankratius hierhin überführt.

Bestattungen (Auswahl)
 1813: Überführung von Särgen aus der Anholter Pfarrkirche St. Pankratius
 1828: Konstantin zu Salm-Salm
 1840: Flaminia zu Salm-Salm
 1846: Florentin zu Salm-Salm
 1871: Felix zu Salm-Salm
 1886: Alfred Konstantin zu Salm-Salm
 1962: Maria Christina von Österreich-Teschen
 1988: Nikolaus Leopold Heinrich zu Salm-Salm
 1998:  Ida zu Salm-Salm, geborene von Wrede

Literatur
 Georg Dehio (Hrsg.): Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Neuauflage, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Teil 2: Westfalen. Darmstadt 1969, S. 17 f.

Weblinks

 Regniet: Gruftkapelle, Webseite im Portal heimatkreis.com
 Denkmalliste der Stadt Isselburg (3. März 2016, PDF)
 360°-Panoramaansicht von Gruftkapelle und umgebender Landschaft, Webseite im Portal alamy.com

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Mausoleum in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Gruft
Missionsstation
Barockbauwerk in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Zentralbau in Deutschland
Denkmalgeschütztes Bauwerk in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Baudenkmal in Isselburg
Anholt
Erbaut in den 1670er Jahren
Anholt
Bauwerk in Isselburg
Grabbau in Europa


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LULC - Special topic
Land Use and Land Cover II
6207.1 - New global map of land cover pattern types based on the ESA CCI-LC data using a segmentation-classification technique
Location: Maryland B
Presenting Author(s)
Jakub Nowosad, PhD
Co-Presenter(s)
Tomasz Stepinski
Moderator(s)
Ammatzia Peled
Global land cover (GLC) map products support many studies involving the Earth surface, such as climate, ecology, hydrology, soil erosion, and atmospheric quality. The most recent GLC product is the 22-classes GLC raster map of the entire terrestrial land surface at 300 m resolution developed under the auspices of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI). This fine-scale map provides a detailed description of land cover at local sites worldwide, but often, it is the mapping of spatial patterns of LC categories rather than mapping the categories themselves that provides the key insights. Although patterns are sometimes easy to see on a LC map, their delineation to produce a world-wide broad-scale map of such patterns (referred to as landscape pattern types or LPTs) is hard.
Historically, such broad-scale maps were derived manually, but the CCI-LC is just too large for manual mapping. This contribution describes the process of automatic worldwide mapping of LPTs from the CCI-LC raster. The resulting map is unique inasmuch as it identifies and delineates, for the first time, characteristic patterns of LC over the entire terrestrial landmass.
First, the 8-billion cells LC raster is transformed into a regular grid of square-sized blocks of its cells called motifles. Motifels are elementary units of LC pattern. Motifel's pattern is characterized by the co-occurrence histogram of its constituent cells. A degree of dissimilarity between a pair of motifels is calculated using the Jenson-Shannon divergence between their corresponding histograms. Second, the grid of motifels is segmented using a custom algorithm in such a way as to optimize homogeneity of LC pattern within segments. Segmentation delineates the local patterns of LC but there are too many of them to yield a lucid map. Nevertheless, the segmentation vector provides a searchable database of all existing local patterns and can be used to identify all locations with a given pattern of LC. We create a global map of LPTs by clustering the segments using the hierarchical clustering algorithm (with Ward linkage). LPTs are highly generalized, their patterns are much less uniform than patterns within local segments but they are sufficiently uniform to constitute characteristic types of pattern.
The character of the map depends on the scale of the local pattern (the size of motifel). We choose 30 km (motifel of 100 x 100 cells) as the scale of the local pattern. With such choice the segmentation algorithm yielded 10,129 segments. After examining several possibilities we clustered these segments into 32 types. Because we used hierarchical clustering these types can be divided into 11 groups: evergreen broadleaved trees, deciduous broadleaved trees, evergreen needleleaved trees, deciduous needleleaved trees, grasslands, croplands, shrublands, sparse vegetation, bare land, permanent snow and ice, and water. The names of these groups indicate major component of patterns in their LPTs; there are from one to six LPTs different pattern types in a group each featuring named-after category of land cover. For example, the grassland group includes the following patterns: grassland matrix, grassland/cropland mosaic, grassland/forest mosaic, grassland/bare land mosaic, and grassland/shrub mosaic. The complete map can be downloaded from http://sil.uc.edu/cms/data/uploads/pdf/jakub/LandCoverPatternTypesMap-ICC2017.pdf. This map aims at supporting macroecologic applications, global environmental assessments, environmental education and many other, similar tasks.
Jakub Nowosad
Dr. Jakub Nowosad is a postdoctoral fellow at the Space Informatics Lab. During his PhD he had worked on spatiotemporal predictions of pollen concentration of Corylus, Alnus, and Betula using machine learning and GIS. Currently, his research is focused on design and implementation of methods for segmentation and clustering of ecoregions. Jakub's areas of interest also include spatial analysis, statistics, and programming. He has an extensive teaching experience in the fields of spatial analysis, geostatistics, statistics, and machine learning.
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5509.2 - LULC Change Detection toward autonomous updating of large core spatial data bases
6107.1 - Local generalization method for updating land-use maps across multi-scales: A Case of China
6107.2 - Synergy between Sentinel-1 radar time series and Sentinel-2 optical for the mapping of restored areas in Danube delta
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We can offer people from the local community an insight into the lives of those who have made incredible journeys to seek sanctuary in this country, and face them with facts about their experiences here.
Up to a third of our volunteers come from a refugee or asylum seeking background themselves. Volunteering at NNRF enables them to maintain their existing skills and develop new ones. It increases their confidence, improves their communication skills and motivates them to keep active and engaged.
Helping at one-off fundraising or awareness-raising events.
We are looking for bilingual individuals with relevant languages to volunteer as interpreters, supporting advice services at Refugee Forum. In order to volunteer you must first complete the in-house training Introduction to Community Interpreting which is organised 3-4 times a year. The training is part-time, 6 days held over a period of 3-6 weeks, and is free of charge.
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The recent discovery of Vishniac's unsuccessful 1944 application for a Guggenheim Fellowship sheds new light on a group of more than 200 negatives from the early 1940s that had previously appeared to be unrelated. Printed and exhibited here for the first time, these images show the impact of war rationing on shoppers at the Washington Market, the war relief efforts of New York's Chinese American community, women's entrance into the industrial workforce and the military, the carousing of off-duty soldiers in Central Park, and the impact of war on the lives of New Yorkers. Vishniac's Guggenheim proposal described a "photographic series portraying the face of America at war," and this diverse yet cohesive group of images was likely submitted as a sample portfolio with his application, the beginnings of a project never completed for want of funding. His extraordinary, extensive series on Chinatown, reminiscent of his photographs of urban Jewish communities in eastern Europe, depicts a neighborhood that is both separated from and integrated into the fabric of the larger city, reflective of Vishniac's own efforts to navigate yet another new, adopted home as an outsider. The images capture the "objectivity" of "un-posed" journalistic photography, in the words of one recommender, and have a great deal in common with fellow Jewish émigré Robert Frank's Guggenheim-funded project, The Americans, made a decade later.


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Picking up right where episode 5 left off, the security guard outside of dougies workplace tries to get cooper home. Share tweet its been both wonderful and depressing catching up with. Afterwards you will differently think of the ers differently. A cult tv series is any show that has a dedicated and loyal audience. Soundtrack from twin peaks by twin peaks on amazon music. To reinstall drivers, on the home window in cfx maestro select. Prior to this, the biopython logo was two yellow snakes forming a double. Use a minimum of 4000 oersted peak field over the entire space that the cartridge. Carefully tighten the two thumb screws that secure the tank to its mounting. Close all data analysis windows and ensure that all instruments are idle before. Angelo badalamenti soundtrack from twin peaks lyrics and.
In the melt curve section, select the peak type to detect either positive or. Coincidentally, death waltz finally reissued its long awaited vinyl release of the original twin peaks soundtrack just days ago, and the liner notes have mr. The current run of the idle thumbs podcast and related announcements were. Naomi watts and kyle maclachlan in twin peaks showtimesuzanne tenner enough with your twin peaks theories already, youre ruining it. Enough with your twin peaks theories already, youre. Its lynch insisting that life is random, unpredictable, and not guaranteed to possess a comforting sense of closure. David bowie approved his twin peaks cameos before his death. This article contains spoilers for fire walk with me and the secret history of twin peaks. An oral history of twin peaks, and the secret history of. September 16, 2017 now that twin peaks the return has concluded, we look to the true hero of the showdeputy chadto provide a model of how we should close out the final episode of twin peaks rewatch.
In any other show, this might be respite, but for twin peaks, were immediately on edge. David lynchs twin peaks is finally headed somewhere. The year was 1997 and id recused myself from a postdinner lan held by my good friend kornelia in the penthouse suite of the plano, tx. Idle thumbs llc is not responsible for video gamerelated illnesses, maladies, or frustrations, excepting acts of god. Seven hours into david lynchs much discussed tv revival, its overarching story is coming into focus. The turning centers described in this manual have a multitool turret with two axes. Its still a dazzling but stubbornly withholding and obtuse piece of storytelling. Being thrust into david lynchs world of twin peaks has already become a life changing experience. Locate any jammed paper inside the printer, grasp it with both hands and pull it towards you.
David lynchs mix of supernatural, procedural and twisted soap opera had a lasting mark on television and returned for an unprecedented third season more than twenty five years after its cancellation. Albert returns to twin peaks with information on windom earle, and ends up looking at josie for the murder of jonathan and the attempted murder of cooper. An access guide by david lynch and mark frost 1991 this volume is a mock directory for the town of twin peaks, published in 1991. The 22 best new twin peaks characters gizmodo australia.
So, a better question may be, why does twin peaks still have a dedicated and loyal audience, 25 years later. The waters 2489 uvvisible detector is a twochannel ultravioletvisible. The tease that cooper might be coming back to himself, the possibility of the missing pages from lauras diary, little connections to the original run and fwwm, a terrifying hitman, and diane. The return didnt address the bombshell it dropped in the last episode that the fingerprints of the longdeceased major garland briggs. Part 8, also known as the return, part 8, is the eighth episode of the third season of the tv series twin peaks. This paper is a heavy twosided matte paper perfect for presentation. While the sixth installment of showtimes twin peaks. One of the distinctive features of the show was the ethereal haunting soundtrack composed by angelo badalamenti, so it was inevitable that he would return to work on the music for the new episodes.
The return to the first bass note of angelo badalamentis theme song. Twin peaks rewatch listen via stitcher for podcasts. Twin peaks is a really good series that sadly died young. Lynch and frost havent watered down their weirdness.
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Diversity remains a key issue within the world of modeling, and though many models have spoken out on the subject, few have incited as much debate as Nykhor Paul. After an incident at a show, Paul took to Instagram to express her frustration with makeup artists who did not understand how to do makeup for women of color. Her sincere post touched a nerve with her online audience and sparked a renewed conversation about race in fashion. Style.com caught up with the Sudanese beauty to talk social media, self-love, and how the industry can truly represent women of all cultures.
What prompted you to write that Instagram post about discrimination in fashion?
I've been in this industry for a long time, so it wasn't one thing that set it off. It's been a constant battle. It's not just the makeup; it's not just black models not getting booked. Dealing with all the makeup issues, skin issues, hair issues, it makes you feel inadequate, especially when you've come to work geared up and ready to do your job as a mannequin. This is not just something I'm going through—a lot of girls are going through this.
Did you anticipate that it would become such a hotly debated post?
I certainly didn't think it would get so much attention. [After posting the Instagram], I woke up the next day and saw the comments—some of them made me so sad. I just started crying, because that people reacted this way speaks to the fact that there is something larger going on. People have been afraid to speak up.
How have the reactions been from the fashion industry?
Everything has been positive except for a few people online. The complaints I have gotten have been from people who feel I was attacking their race, but anyone who reads my comments carefully knows that wasn't my intention. I have talked to models who are in their 60s and I've talked to models who are 15, and they've all experienced the same thing. This has been a roller coaster—one minute we're talking about the lack of diversity in this industry, and then they book a few girls and the conversation goes away until the next time.
Do you feel social media provides models with more advantages for political expression?
I love social media. I always say people don't have room to be racist anymore; it will be picked up by some social media, someone will tape it and expose them. For models, social media is a platform where you can be an activist. It is a powerful tool to get your message across. If you use it the right way and have a passion or a cause that you're connected to, that's a great start.
Do you feel there is a solution to modeling's issues with race?
I don't know what the solution is, but I do feel people need to expand their idea of what black models can do. Black beauty can be Chanel, black beauty can be Dior, it can be Lancôme and all those things. Clients can have a narrow definition of beauty, but so can agencies. I was turned down like crazy by London agencies because they're like, "Oh, we already have a dark girl like you." Then I'd look it up and see that she was nothing like me at all. There is still the idea that if you have two dark girls, they are interchangeable. When you have a board of a hundred girls and only a handful are minorities, there is something wrong.
Are there clients who you feel are leading the way toward inclusive runways?
Vivienne Westwood is one designer who always books black models; I love Vivienne. But normally if I'm doing a show and the collection is 35 girls, there will be me, one Asian girl, and one girl who is Brazilian or mixed. Most of the shows that I do, I'm the only black person. Balenciaga had a very diverse cast this season, and it was great to be a part of that, but it isn't about one runway or season, it's really about consistently having a diverse group of models.
What do you feel has been the best thing to come out of your Instagram post?
I think the best thing that has happened is that it creates a healthy dialogue. That is the only thing that I want, a conversation, and not a racist one or an antagonistic one. People are talking about it in Kenya, in Brazil, in South Africa and Spain. There are girls who have written me, telling me that this is an issue they face daily, and if I can provide a voice for those dark-skinned girls and this issue, I'm happy to. Part of the reason I think people were so reluctant to speak up is because you risk being labeled the angry black girl. This has been going on since the days of Bethann Hardison, Iman, Alek Wek, Naomi [Campbell]: The issue isn't new, but I'm hoping to see more change now. We're in a time when people are more conscious and more aware of the realities.


2.	Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
3.	Place sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended.
4.	Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.
5.	Spoon batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
This recipe is from Cooking Light, the September 2003 issue.
From MC - Per Serving: 171 Calories; 3g Fat (14.0% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 33mg Cholesterol; 176mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.


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Q: Keyboard Interrupt not working on command prompt I've written a simple socket server in python that listens for multiple clients until your press control c so that you can choose which client to connect to. I use error handling for keyboard interrupts but strangely keyboard interrupt does not work on my OS.
I'm using Windows 10 64 bit and running the program through command prompt yet it seems to ignore control c and z when there is a passive socket listening. I have already tried control+Fn+B but python does not recognize this as keyboard interrupt.
Is there a specific setting I need to configure for cmd to see keyboard interrupt? I tried running the program directly on the python 2.7 interpreter but keyboard interrupt is still not possible.
import socket,sys
try:
        s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)#socket
        s.settimeout(10)
        s.bind(('0.0.0.0',port))
        s.listen(1)#accept max 50 connections
        while True:#locate client
            try:
                c,a=s.accept()
            except socket.timeout:
                continue
            except Exception as e:
                print '[!]Error : '+str(e)
            if a:
                s.settimeout(None)
                time.sleep(2)
                auth=c.recv(1024)#wait 5 sec for key
                if auth == serverkey:#verify key
                    socks.append(c)
                    clients.append(a)
                    c.send('authed')
            else:#kill socket
                c.close()
                continue
            if socks:#print available clients
                clr()
                print '[*]Listening for clients...'
                clr()
                print '[ID]   |   [IP]\n==============='
                for i in range(len(socks)):#display clients
                    print '['+str(i)+']   |   ['+str(clients[i][0])+']'
                print '\nControl C to choose/quit'
    except KeyboardInterrupt:#control c for selection
        if not socks:
            sys.exit('[*]User requested shutdown...')
        elif socks:
            while True:
                id=raw_input('\n[*]ID of backdoor/-exit to quit : ')
                if id == '-exit':
                    sys.exit('\n[*]User requested shutdown...')
                else:
                    try:
                        socks[id]
                    except:
                        clr()
                        print '[ID]   |   [IP]\n==============='
                        for i in socks:
                            print '['+str(I)+']   |   ['+c(0)+']'
                        print '\n[-]Invalid ID...'
                        continue
                return id

its at the keyboard interrupt part where the code does not work.


Can a Resume Make You Look Old?
The number of baby boomers out of work is growing, and more and more of them entering the job hunt. Don't let your resume recommend that you're past your prime. Many of the old rules about resume writing have changed and keeping up to date can keep you in the game.
It is becoming more and more common in the current job market for the person in charge of hiring to be considerably younger than the job applicant. While you can't hide this fact you can lessen the impact by following these easy strategies.
Dates are all over a resume. There are dates of employment, dates of graduation, dates of certification. Some you can simply leave off, others you can hide to a lesser extent. The years associated with your schooling should be left off altogether. They do not add anything and only prove to focus the resume screener's attention on the fact that you might have graduated before they were born.
As for the years that match up with your work history, ignore the age-old advice to place dates on the left hand side of the resume. While this might have been true in the past, it is no longer a hard-and-fast rule so you do not need to follow it. The eye naturally drifts to the left and you do not want the dates to stand out, you want your seasoned experience to shine. Place all dates all the way over to the right hand margin.
While you might have multiple email addresses, a cell phone and a land line, you don't want to place them all at the top of your resume. It sends the impression that you're trying to hard. Simply put your name, address, email and one phone number at the top of the page.
Of course it goes without saying, but I'll state it anyway, that you need to stay on top of those accounts. Nothing says out of touch more than a person who only checks his or her email once a day. You want to be able to respond to any inquiries within a two-hour period.
You might very well have 30 years of unmatched experience, but what you've been doing over the past 15 is what will get you the interview. With few exceptions, your work history should be limited to the past 10 to 15 years.
According to a study by Urban Institute, for those 62 and older, the chance of finding a job within 12 months is 18 percent, which means keeping your resume up to date is of vital importance. Use these tips to create the strongest resume presentation possible.
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Home Banking | Finance | Money security FIRSTBANK PARTNERS VERVE INTERNATIONAL, MAKES CUSTOMERS MILLIONAIRES IN THE FIRSTBANK VERVE CARD...
FIRSTBANK PARTNERS VERVE INTERNATIONAL, MAKES CUSTOMERS MILLIONAIRES IN THE FIRSTBANK VERVE CARD PROMO
In partnership with FirstBank – Nigeria's premier and leading financial inclusion services provider – Verve International, Africa's leading payment technology and card business, has launched its third National Consumer promo designed to reward users of FirstBank verve card with exciting gifts and cash prizes to appreciate their patronage and use of the card to carry-out their electronic banking transactions.
The ongoing 2-month promo will end on 30 October 2022 as 20 customers (10 customers per month) with the highest transaction count during the promo will be made millionaires, winning the sum of N1 million each. Also, N20,000 will be won by 25 customers monthly.
On the other hand, 2620 FirstBank verve cardholders that double their transactions every week, stand a chance to enjoy 10% cashback capped at N2,000 per customer.
Speaking on the promo Chuma Ezirim, Group Executive, e-Business & Retail Products, FirstBank said "we appreciate our partnership with Verve Card through the years; a partnership of empowerment and opportunities which include growing the economy, supporting new businesses and preventing unemployment. FirstBank verve card holders are encouraged to keep using their cards as it is a card offering that promotes safe, convenient and rewarding digital banking experience with 20 customers standing a chance to be millionaires at the end of the promo."
Verve card is a secure debit card that allows cardholders to conveniently meet their daily financial needs such as payment for goods and services, airtime recharge, bill payments, funds transfer, etc. Verve card is accepted across all ATMs, POS, Web and Mobile Platforms in Nigeria.
The promo is also opened to new verve cardholders as non-verve cardholders are encouraged to visit the nearest FirstBank branch today to pick up a Verve card and start getting rewarded!
Only recently, FirstBank – in partnership with Verve – rewarded over 2601 FirstBank verve cardholders with various prizes; including N20,000 cash prize, N10,000 cash prize, N10,000 worth of airtime; power generating sets, refrigerator, cooking gas, smart TV and the grand prize of a brand-new car to a lucky winner.
About FirstBank
First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is the premier Bank in West Africa and the leading financial inclusion services provider in Nigeria for over 127 years.
With over 750 business locations and over 180,000 Banking Agents spread across 99% of the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria, FirstBank provides a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services to serve its over 30 million customers. The Bank has an international presence through its subsidiaries, FBNBank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank in the Republic of Congo, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Senegal, as well as a Representative Office in Beijing.
The Bank has been handy at promoting digital payment in the country and has issued over 10million cards, the first bank to achieve such a milestone in the country. FirstBank's cashless transaction drive extends to having more than 10million people on its USSD Quick Banking service through the nationally renowned *894# Banking code and over 4.5 million people on FirstMobile platform.
Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, optimised risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government's privatisation and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner.
FirstBank has been named "Most Valuable Bank Brand in Nigeria" six times in a row (2011 – 2016) by the globally renowned "The Banker Magazine" of the Financial Times Group; "Best Retail Bank in Nigeria" for seven consecutive years (2011 – 2017) by the Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards and "Best Bank in Nigeria" by Global Finance for 15 years. Our brand purpose is always to put customers, partners and stakeholders at the heart of our business, even as we standardise customer experience and excellence in financial solutions across sub-Saharan Africa, in consonance with our brand vision "To be the partner of the first choice in building your future". Our brand promise is always to deliver the ultimate "gold standard" of value and excellence. This commitment is anchored on our inherent values of passion, partnership and people, to position You First in every respect
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European operator Altice's foray into US adds to consolidation wave, but what does it mean?
European telecoms operator Altice has made a deal to buy Cablevision, a New York based-cable company, marking its second foray into the U.S. market, following its announcement in May that it was buying St. Louis-based Suddenlink. It's one more tie-up in a wave of consolidation that is sweeping the U.S., which in recent months has seen Charter agree to merge with Time Warner Cable and AT&T buying DirecTV.
Here's a quick look at what's behind the trend and what it means for consumers.
Q: WHY ARE THESE DEALS HAPPENING?
A: Online video providers like Netflix and Hulu are taking a toll on traditional satellite and cable TV providers, capping their growth and leading some customers to cut or shave their pay TV plans, even while programming costs are rising. So cable and satellite companies are teaming up to trim costs, re-invest in their profitable broadband Internet networks, and create new bundles such as ones that marry mobile phone service to your home Internet connection and video service.
Q: WHAT IS ALTICE'S PLAN?
A: By joining Cablevision's 2.6 million video customers with Suddenlink's 1.1 million, Altice is creating the 4th largest video provider in the U.S., behind Cox with 3.9 million. It plans to save some $1.05 billion in annual costs over the next 3-5 years in part through bulk purchases of set-top boxes and modems, by eliminating overlapping corporate functions, and improving and simplifying its network.
Q: HOW COULD CABLEVISION CUSTOMERS BE AFFECTED?
A: In several ways: a simpler cable bill, a better Internet network, and possibly fewer channels. Altice CEO Dexter Goei said on a conference call Thursday that the vast majority of customer service calls have to do with billing questions, and he aims to cut those calls by simplifying billing. Investing in modernizing the network will also reduce breakdowns and expensive maintenance, he said. While he didn't address programming, Suddenlink's decision to drop Viacom channels like Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon last October suggests Altice will be a tough negotiator with channel operators who are seeking fee increases, especially given its bigger customer base.
Q: WILL IT SPIN OFF CABLEVISION'S MEDIA BUSINESSES LIKE THE NEWSDAY NEWSPAPER AND NEWS12 TV CHANNEL?
A: No. Although the two businesses lose a combined $60 million per year, Goei said they are deeply embedded in the local community and plans to keep them, while perhaps running them more efficiently over time.
Q: WILL THERE BE FURTHER CONSOLIDATION?
A: Yes. Goei said the company looks to continue to expand in the U.S. Even if big players like Charter and Time Warner Cable are spoken for, there are several smaller cable operators it could possibly make a play for, including Cox, Mediacom, Wow! and Cable One.