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Climate concerns put Austria glacier project on thin ice
Published December 12, 2019, 10:29 AM
In his office nestled in Austria's snow-capped Pitztal valley, Eberhard Schultes is among those pushing to expand the region's skiing sector — but environmentalists alarmed about the region's vanishing glaciers are pushing back.
Schultes is the managing director of the Pitztaler Gletscherbahnen mountain lift company, which is trying to win approval for a new ski area to connect the Pitztaler glacier to the neighbouring Oetztal formation.
A team of researchers in Switzerland warned earlier this year that unchecked greenhouse gas emissions could see more than 90-percent of glaciers in the Alps disappear by the end of the century (AFP / JOE KLAMAR / MANILA BULLETIN)
Even though the last winter season saw Austria break records for accommodation booked, visitor numbers have stagnated in Schultes' native valley. He is banking on the scheme to bring them back.
But the project has drawn the ire of environmentalists and the Greens, at a time when the party is negotiating to be in government — and amid growing concerns about the sustainability of winter sports.
"The Pitztal glacier has hardly changed for the past 30 years in terms of offer — the amount of slopes and facilities — and given that this is winter guests' number one criteria, it is absolutely necessary to carry out this merger," Schultes says.
In Tyrol state, where the 3,440-metre (11,290-feet)-high Pitztal glacier is located, every fourth job and every third euro ($1.10) earned come from tourism and leisure.
Spectacular, Bond-like scenery
The project was first floated five years ago and has been gradually winding its way through the approvals process, with an environmental impact hearing due in January.
If it does get the go-ahead, the project — estimated to cost more than 130 million euros ($140 million) and take six years to build — will add more than 64 hectares (160 acres) of slopes to the current 120 hectares.
In addition, it will link up to the Oetztal glacier area, which encompasses the popular Soelden resort. Its spectacular scenery may be familiar to anyone who watched the snow-chase sequence in the last James Bond film, 'Spectre'.
The project envisages a summit station with a restaurant, two new cable cars, a ski tunnel, artificial snow generators and, most importantly for the Pitztal, a new gondola — a cable lift to bring guests up from the valley into the new ski area.
Schultes says the current mountain railway built-in 1983 is outdated, as it can only carry a maximum of 1,100 people per hour. With the new gondola, that capacity would triple.
But the project in the area, which already boasts Austria's highest mountain gondola, has drawn criticism from those questioning the sustainability of such plans.
'Massive destruction'
A team of researchers in Switzerland warned earlier this year that unchecked greenhouse gas emissions could see more than 90-percent of glaciers in the Alps disappear by the end of the century.
They say that because of historic emissions and current CO2 levels, the Alps will lose half of their glaciers no matter what is done about emissions.
Environmentalist groups have formed an alliance to lobby against the Pitztal project's "massive destruction… of an untouched landscape".
An online petition against the plans has racked up more than 150,000 signatures within two months.
And the Greens, who have governed Tyrol in coalition with the conservative People's Party (OeVP) since 2013, have also come out against the project.
"The massive encroachment into nature is irreversible," Georg Kaltschmid, a Green Tyrol parliamentarian, told AFP.
Political tensions
Tyrol is one of two states governed by an OeVP-Green coalition, and the two parties are currently negotiating to enter government together on a national level.
If that did happen, it would be the first time the Greens entered government at national level.
OeVP leader Sebastian Kurz is hoping to return as chancellor after his previous coalition with the far-right fell apart earlier this year.
Kaltschmid insists the two parties "work very well together" despite their differences over the glacier plans.
OeVP state premier Guenther Platter has spoken out in support of the project, citing the boost to tourism.
"Of course even in a coalition, there are certain projects where both sides don't agree," Kaltschmid tells AFP.
While several winter sports enthusiasts told AFP they would welcome new slopes, describing it as a "gain for the area", one said the ski resort's current smaller size contributed to its "charm".
Schultes, for one, is not concerned about receding glaciers endangering the project.
"If it's possible to ski anywhere, then it's at high altitude — even in the future, without a glacier," he says.
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I came up with this recipe for a recent edition of Cork Independent . It's a simple and tasty side dish that works well with quickly fried lamb chops or simply serve it on its own for a super healthy lunch. It marries the classic combination of mint & peas and is a middle-eastern tabbouleh influenced bulgur wheat salad. Bulgur wheat is readily available in most supermarkets though they often tend to hide it in the health / specialist food aisle. Once you've used it you'll see how quick and versatile it is and it makes a welcome break from your spuds, rice and pasta.
Cover the peas in a saucepan with boiling water and bring to the boil and cook to pack instructions.
Place the bulgur wheat in a small/medium-sized bowl, pour over hot chicken stock and cover with cling-film (or a plate) until all stock is absorbed (approx five minutes).
Finely chop the parsley and mint (you could use a food processor for this) and place in a large serving bowl.
Add the chopped spring onions and mix through.
Fluff up the bulgur wheat with a fork and mix it though the herbs and spring onions.
Add the drained cooked peas and then the juice of the lemon and mix well.
Serve the salad while still warm with cooked meat or cold as a salad.
I'll bet that is fantastic with a nice salted lamb chop.
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THE MODERATOR: For Murray State we have head coach Matt McMahon and student-athletes, Terrell Miller and Jonathan Stark. We will begin with an opening statement from Coach McMahon.
MATT McMAHON: I would say credit to West Virginia. They've got an excellent team. They were everything we thought they would be. Wish them the best moving forward. But I'm really proud of our team. It's been a special year for us. These two seniors up here with me, Terrell Miller and Jonathan Stark can't say enough good things about them and what they've done for Murray State in Murray, Kentucky. Our team has been a blast to coach and it's been one of the great privileges for me to be a part of this special group. I'm thankful for that opportunity.
Q. Terrell, can you talk about your offensive game today and maybe your game plan coming into this match-up against West Virginia and how you were able to execute it so efficiently?
TERRELL MILLER: Thanks to my teammates. They did a good job getting me the ball and they got me the ball in spots where they knew I could hit shots, and our guards did a great job of finding me on time and giving me the threes that I knew I could knock down. We work on that all year and it showed tonight.
Q. Jonathan, it's obviously a tough day for you. How challenging was their defense and what maybe specifically were they doing to keep you off your game offensively?
JONATHAN STARK: They're a solid defensive team, but I got a lot of wide-open looks. I just didn't knock the shots down. Credit to them. They did a great job of contesting some of my shots, so I got to do a better job of making shots.
Q. Obviously, this whole week you've been scouting this West Virginia defense. Did you expect them to be as physical as they were today?
TERRELL MILLER: They was probably a little bit physical as we thought. They were physical at the beginning of the game, but when the game started flowing it was just a regular basketball game. They just pressed us and we had to finish plays at the end. They are a tough team. Credit to them on the defensive end. They have guys that come off the bench and they come in and play hard and they have a nice team. They come in and play good.
Q. You guys were close to make it go in double digits until the second half in the end. What changed after they pulled away and what kept you from being able to get over the hump at the end?
TERRELL MILLER: Just felt like rebounds. We gave them a lot of second-chance shots and they was being a little more physical toward the end of the game and that's what changed the game toward the end of the game.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you, gentlemen. We will continue with Coach McMahon.
Q. Matt, you talked about how tough it is to simulate what they do. Now that you saw it up close, how tough of a defense is that to face?
MATT McMAHON: Oh, it's everything we expected. I mean, they're a really good basketball team. I guess Virginia has been the most dominant team in the country throughout and West Virginia beat that team. I think it takes a cumulative affect on you. We weren't horrible against the press, and we talked about that all week. I thought we would be able to attack the press, but their half court defense is just so good. You can sit around and try and run different offense. It's not happening. You have to be able to make plays and when you draw help and kick you have to be able to knock down open shots and we didn't make enough of them this afternoon.
Q. Coach, maybe can you talk more about your two seniors and what they were able to give you over these last few weeks, especially in this big run, 13-straight wins, unfortunately comes to an end here against West Virginia?
MATT McMAHON: It's tough. It's a hard conversation to have, and I told them that in the locker room after the game. When you don't necessarily love your team, that conversation is real easy. You tell them to turn their uniform in and call it a year. But when you love your team and you have a special team and you have special young men as a part of your team, it's tough, because you never prepare your remarks. You never expect to lose.
So it's emotional in there because those two guys, you know, all you hear on TV is about all the crooks and the cheating and stuff in college basketball right now. Those two guys are what college basketball is all about. Jonathan Stark is what college basketball is all about. Jevon Carter from West Virginia, that's what college basketball is all about.
So I'm so proud of Terrell and Jonathan for what they've been able to do, to basically start our program over from scratch and to rebuild our roster in short order and it's because of those two guys, the work they've put in. They've built the foundation of what our program not only has been this year but what it will be moving forward. They've built the culture in the locker room of what our program is all about and for me, you know, it's one of the great Murray State teams and they're two of the best players every to put on that jersey at Murray State. I'm extremely proud of them and very thankful for the opportunity to get to coach them because they've been terrific. They've been terrific.


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The Gorilla Glass DX+ comes with lower front surface reflection and increased display contrast ratio with the same display brightness level.
Alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Samsung also announced its first smartwatch under Galaxy series. Priced at $329.99, "Galaxy Watch" comes with LTE connectivity and the new stress-and-sleep-monitoring capabilities would allow users to text, stream music, receive notifications and would work in compatibility with Galaxy Note 9 or even independently.
The Galaxy Watch will be available starting in the US on August 24 and in additional select markets on September 14, the company announced at its Galaxy Note 9 launch event. The Galaxy Watch will be available in Silver, Midnight Black and Rose Gold colours.
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Notably, the Galaxy Watch's LTE connectivity is available across over 30 carriers and more than 15 countries. At the same event, Samsung also showcased its first ever smart speaker, namely, the Galaxy Home, which comes with Bixby built-in. The company also announced a partnership with music streaming service Spotify.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be available for purchase starting August 24 in India and the pre-orders for the device have begun already. Samsung is yet to reveal when the Galaxy Watch and Bixby Home devices will come to India.


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Tonight was parent-teacher conferences night. The sad thing about these at the high school level is that the parents who need to attend the most, don't. I had my typical turnout of one parent, and then I put on my surrogate-parent hat and went around to a bunch of my students' teachers to see how they're doing (I'll be giving up my planning periods to tutor someone in geography, two other kids in Earth Materials, and a third in Guided Writing). I still had an hour left, so I turned to my homework.
My online writing group is making a conscious effort to expand our understanding of the craft. This week's assignment: Read (and discuss!) the linked essay by George Orwell and write a 500-word piece of flash which responds to it, or which features some of Orwell's four reasons for writing in mixed amounts.
I've already written about why I write, but this time around I'll focus on Orwell's essay.
In his essay, Orwell gives four reasons for writing: sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. I can maybe buy that.
First is egoism. There's a definite thrill when I receive an acceptance for a submission and then again when I see my name in print, knowing that the message I've thrown into my work may reach its intended audience. Knowing that my work will have an impact on someone, somewhere. However, I hide behind a pen name and most people don't know that I write, or if they do know they don't bother to read any of it, so obviously egoism isn't a main reason for why I do this.
And that leads to his next reason, historical impulse. In The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien wrote, "A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth."I couldn't agree more. For myself and I think many writers as well, how things are and how we see them overlap equally with the truth. We interpret what happened; whether it happened or not is irrelevant.
This shouldn't be confused with political purpose. If I can understand your reality and articulate it when you can't, does it matter whether it happened as I wrote it or as you experienced it, if both versions arrive at the same truth?
That's not to say I don't put a spin on what I write – Orwell's political purpose. I color my stories with how I see the world or want to see it, and, more importantly, how I want the reader to see it.
All these reasons for writing blur together. I write because I enjoy when other people (egotism) react to my words (aesthetics) and see the world (historical impulse) as I see it (political).
It's not egotism; I'd write even without an audience, and I have tons of stories I've written that I don't plan to share with anyone. It's more than how well a series of paragraphs come together, or an agenda I push on people.
I write, quite simply, because I have ideas in my head that I want to express.
Everything else is just excuses.


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Kurdistan Sectors
Iraq Banking
Banks in Iraq | List of Top Banks in Iraq and Kurdistan
Kurdistan Region of Iraq Report
In this Kurdistan Region of Iraq coverage, we put a spotlight on the Real Estate, Human Capital, ICT, and Agriculture & Water. We also talk to the leading companies on their success stories, future projects and doing business in Kurdistan.
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Banking Sector Introduction
The two largest banks in Iraq is Trade Bank (Public) and North Bank (Private).
There are 7 state-run banks, 23 private banks, 11 Islamic banks and 11 foreign banks operating in Iraq. The Central Bank of Iraq, established as Iraq's independent central bank by the Central Bank of Iraq Law of March 6, 2004, supervises the banking sector, maintains the price stability, implements monetary policy, manages foreign reserves, issues and manages the currency and issues licenses.
The banking sector and banking infrastructure in Iraq and Kurdistan offers unprecedented investment opportunities. "Basic modern banking practices – like electronic funds transfers for payroll or other banking needs – are almost non-existent and credit facilities are hard to come by. Automatic teller machines remain a novelty while mortgages and loans are limited," says Shwan Zulal, a London-based analyst with a legal background.
Mr. Zulal argues that "Iraq has only a few banks with the ability to transfer funds electronically and the number of branches able to undertake this sits at around 240. Transferring funds directly to Iraqi banks remains a patchy process and it is more often done through other banks in the region, such as more reliable sister bank in Jordan or the United Arab Emirates."
Many Iraqis lack access to a bank account - an estimated 80% vs. 50% in Morocco, a country with relatively low banking penetration rate. The public's trust in the Iraqi banking sector remains low, due to negative past experience.
The most important banks are state-owned giants like Rasheed and Rafidain banks, which account for the vast majority of banking business in Iraq. Recently, there has so been a surge in number of financial and investment firms. Around 40 financial and investment licenses issued to date.
"Iraq currently has around one local banking branch for every 60,000 people. Compared to other countries in the region, this is very low: for example, the average in Saudi Arabia is around one branch for every 3,500 citizens," adds Mr. Zulal.
Thus, Iraqi market is largely under-banked. The growth rates of 200% in a single year are common occurence, for example, North Bank recorded deposit growth of 45% in the first half of 2012 to reach ID917 billion, attracting customers with a deposit rate of 7%. This encouraged the bank to increase loans by 27% in the first six months of 2012.
Policy wise, In recent years, the CBI has implemented two prudential supervision policies: (1) requiring all private-sector banks to meet arbitrary capital targets (The government believes that there is a need for a consolidation and sees 10 strong private banks to emerge, making at least 13 takeover targets.), and (2) imposing an impossibly burdensome anti-money laundering (AML) regime.
While capital adequacy is normally measured as a ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets, the CBI has instead imposed absolute levels of capital (IQD 150 billion by the middle of 2012, IQD 250 billion by the middle of 2013) regardless of the size of the banks' loan books.
"Given that most of the banks have more cash than loans, there is really no justification for this on prudential grounds. The policy is rather an attempt to force the banks to lend more and to coerce the smaller banks into merging with one another. It is, in other words, an attempt to replace market forces with central planning," argues Mark DeWeaver, the principal at Quantrarian Capital Management.
Furthermore, Mr. DeWeaver believes that the biggest challenge to the banking sector in Iraq is not compliance and accounting standards. He says: "The real issue with the banks is not how they're reporting but what they're really doing. And a lot of what they're really doing involves related party transactions, in which the majority shareholder family is using bank funds for projects of its own. An interesting example of this is that majority shareholders apparently sometimes will get a line of credit from their own bank to subscribe to the bank's rights issues. In other words, when their bank has a rights issue, they'll take up the rights on the shares that they're holding by borrowing money from their own bank to pay for them. That means that the capital base of the banks is not quite what it seems. If those majority shareholders don't pay back these loans, the new capital disappears. As long as everything's going fine for the majority shareholder family, such capital is real capital I suppose but it is very contingent on the majority shareholder's ability to repay the bank."
According to the World Bank in 2010:
"Total assets of the system amounted to ID 329 trillion–ID 285 trillion (87 percent) and ID 13 trillion (4 percent), belonging to Rafidain Bank and Rasheed Bank respectively. Official figures indicate that private bank assets only amounted to 3 percent of total assets, but this understates the real picture. Total assets according to official figures are very large in relation to GDP when compared with the average for MENA countries (318 percent of GDP compared to 130 percent for the MENA average) however, as explained below, official numbers significantly overstate the real picture.
The comparison between state-owned and private banks is significantly skewed because the two large state-owned banks' balance sheets are inflated by public sector assets and liabilities accumulated under the previous regime, which have not yet been fully cleaned up (see below). Out of total assets of ID 302 trillion for Rafidain Bank at end 2010, ID 257 trillion reflected valuation losses from previous periods. Once the financial restructuring of the state-owned banks has been completed, the balance sheet of the state-owned banks could be reduced by as much as ID 259 trillion.
Thus assets of the state-owned banks could amount to as little as ID 60 trillion, nevertheless still dwarfing the ID 10 trillion for the private banks
Rafidain Bank is the largest bank in Iraq and Rasheed Bank is the third largest; together they account for 62 percent of Staff adjusted bank assets (but more than 90 percent of bank assets, according to official figures). They also have the only nationwide branch systems (165 for Rafidain Bank and 137 for Rasheed Bank. Depositors believe Rafidain Bank and Rasheed Bank carry an implicit Government guarantee, which gives them an advantage in deposit mobilization. They are also recipient of Government deposits. These advantages are to some extent balanced by non-remunerated treasury functions on behalf of the Government."
List of Largest Banks in Iraq and Kurdistan (Private)
North Bank for Finance & Investment (Baghdad/ Al Alwea)
Market Capitalization: US $ 473 million (2013)
North Bank is currenlty the Largest Bank in Iraq (Private)
United Bank for Investment (Baghdad)
Baghdad Bank (Baghdad/Karada outside)
Commercial Bank of Iraq (Baghdad)
Iraqi Middle East Bank for Investment (Baghdad)
Investment Bank of Iraq (Baghdad)
Dar Al-Salam Investment Bank (Al-Sadoon Park)
Mosul Bank for Development & Investment (Mosul)
Babylon Bank (Baghdad)
Basrah International Bank for Investment (Baghdad)
National Bank of Iraq (Baghdad)
Credit Bank of Iraq (Baghdad /AL-Sadoun)
Economy Bank for Investment & Finance (Baghdad /Mansour)
Sumer Commercial Bank (Baghdad)
Gulf Commercial Bank (Baghdad)
Warka Bank for Investment & Finance (Baghdad)
Union Bank of Iraq (formerly: Union Bank of Industrial Investment) (Baghdad)
Ashur International Bank for Investment (Baghdad)
Mansour Bank for Investment (Baghdad)
Trans Iraq Bank (Baghdad)
Emerald Bank (Erbil)
Bank Al-Huda (Baghdad)
Erbil Bank For Investment & Finance (Erbil)
List of Largest Banks in Iraq (Public)
Rafidain Bank (Baghdad)
According to the World Bank, Rafidain Bank was established as a private bank in 1941 but was nationalized in the 60s. Rasheed Bank was established in 1988 by carving out non-performing assets from Rafidain Bank. Both banks suffered losses during the two gulf wars and economic sanctions, including through looting and physical damage to branches. Both banks have been performing quasi-fiscal activities including certain treasury functions without fees, directed lending, and foreign borrowing on behalf of the Government. The latter led to very large foreign exchange valuation losses because of the sharp depreciation of the Dinar following the second Gulf war. Past losses on account of war and valuation changes are still carried on the books of the banks, and assets are accordingly highly inflated (revaluation losses were equivalent to 185 perent of GDP in 2009).
Aassets: US$ 20,3 billion
Trade Bank of Iraq (Baghdad)
Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), wholly owned by the Government of Iraq, was established in July 2003 to facilitate Iraq's international trade and the reconstruction of the country after the expiration of the UN Oil-For-Food Programme. The bank quickly developed into a highly credible and effective organization. In a short period of time, TBI built relationships with an international network of 134 prime banks - the Consortium banks being at its core - covering 63 cities in 39 countries. This gave TBI a truly global reach, a competitive advantage and the ability to provide a diverse range of services.
Assets: US$ 14,3 billion
Rasheed Bank (Baghdad)
Rasheed Bank was established in accordance with law (no.52/1988). It became a public company in accordance with law of public companies(no.22/1977)on 4.Dec. 2001. Its capital reached ID.2billion fromID.1billion. The Bank has (138) branches (61) branches are in Baghdad and (77) branches are outside Baghdad . The General Administration includes within its formations (13) divisions and (56) departments.
Assets: US$ 7,3 billion
Industrial Bank of Iraq (Baghdad)
Agricultural Cooperation Bank (Baghdad)
Real Estate Bank (Baghdad/Karada Outside)
Iraq Bank (Baghdad/Al-Mansour)
Political Risk and Investments in Kurdistan
Qaiwan Group: Growth of Oil and Gas Sector in Kurdistan to Overpass the Predictions
Investing in Iraqi Kurdistan 2013: Detailed Overview of Investment Opportunities in Kurdistan
An Interview with Nechirvan Barzani: The Priority is to Achieve Self-Sufficiency within the new Federal Iraq
Kurdistan's Largest Companies | List of Top Companies in Iraq's Kurdistan
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North Bank: Banking Sector in Iraq & Kurdistan Region 2014 Update
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Q: Possible unhandled promise rejection, network error when using axios I'm trying to send JSON data using react-native, axios and Expo, but when I press "Send" on my application, I get this warning:

Possible unhandled promise rejection, Error: Network Error

My API is correctly receiving the notification (JSON) when I try to send it via POSTman, but when I try to send it using axios, I get the above warning message, so maybe react is not sending the data correctly.
export default class NotificationsInput extends React.Component {

state = {
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    body: ''
}

handleToken = event => {
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handleTitle = event => {
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}

handleBody = event => {
    this.setState({ body: event.target.value })
}

handleSubmit = event => {
    event.preventDefault();

    let notification = JSON.stringify({
        token: this.state.token,
        title: this.state.title,
        body: this.state.body
    })

    let headers = {
        headers: {
            'Accept': 'application/json',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }

    }
    axios.post(`http://127.0.0.1:8000/send_push_message/`, notification, headers)
        .then(res => {
            console.log(res);
            console.log(res.data)
        })
        .then(error => console.log(error));

}

render() {
    return (
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            <TextInput onChange={this.handleToken}
                style={{ height: 25, width: 200, borderColor: 'black', borderWidth: 1 }}
            />
            <TextInput onChange={this.handleTitle}
                style={{ height: 40, width: 200, borderColor: 'black', borderWidth: 1 }}
            />
            <TextInput onChange={this.handleBody}
                style={{ height: 40, width: 200, borderColor: 'black', borderWidth: 1 }}
            />
            <Button onPress={this.handleSubmit} title="Send">Send</Button>
        </View>
    )
}

}
Edit :
I added the catch() function, but the error now is only Network Error in the console.
handleSubmit = event => {
    event.preventDefault();

    let notification = JSON.stringify({
        token: this.state.token,
        title: this.state.title,
        body: this.state.body
    })

    let headers = {
        headers: {
            'Accept': 'application/json',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }

    }
    axios.post(`http://127.0.0.1:8000/send_push_message/`, notification, headers)
    .then(res => {
        console.log(res);
        console.log(res.data)
    })
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

}

A: I can see you have chained two, .then which is not correct. You need a catch block to catch network errors. Take a look below
  axios.post(`http://127.0.0.1:8000/send_push_message/`, notification, headers)
    .then(res => {
        console.log(res);
        console.log(res.data)
    })
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

A: Use catch instead of then for error handling.
.catch(error => console.log(error));

A: If you have cors enabled in your backend stack,
then try replacing 127.0.0.1 with 10.0.2.2
Hope this helps.

A: Check again your api_url.
It should include 'http' or 'https'

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had this dress since spring break. been wearing it privately for awhile because wearing it out is dangerous work.
for summer and fall. i haven't done an outfit post in awhile huh?
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Brands get trendy being on social; use online influencers to grab eyeballs
The role of social media influencers is on the rise these days as brands increasingly count on them to generate conversation and grab eyeballs
by Sarmistha Neogy
Updated: Jun 3, 2016 8:06 AM
"A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is - it is what consumers tell each other it is," quoted Scott Cook, co-founder, Intuit. Rightly so, as the marketing power of social media grows, brands are increasingly launching unique and interesting social media campaigns, which help in generating conversation and grabbing eyeballs. Lately, brands like He Deodorants, Cinthol, Del Monte, Bajaj Avenger and BBlunt, have used social media to talk about their news campaigns and spread the news through online influencers.
When stand-up comedian Vir Das appeared in a quirky and humorous digital campaign for HE Deodorants, a lot of positive conversation was built around the brand. Not only was the creative different, which took a dig at other brands objectifying women in their commercials, but it also continued to engage with the audience through hashtag and selfie contests.
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Playing on its price-quotient, Cinthol launched a unique social media activity for their new product 'Deo Stick' priced at Rs 69. Titled 'The Deo Calculator', the brand under the handle @GodrejCinthol posted a question enquiring about the price of Twitterati's deodorant. With no media spends and zero production cost, the activity soon started trending. The activity generated 1.5mn impressions on the first day, with 2443 posts tracked for #DeoCalculator.
Del Monte's recent digital campaign 'DontbeaSucker' featuring rapper Baba Sehgal even stood out because of its unique approach. The brand took a dig at their competition which is available in tetra pack formats and comes with a straw as against their cans. "One of the main reasons for using digital is because we have been in the market for a while, but the awareness is less, so digital helps to efficiently target our audience. We have reached out to nearly 3+ million people in Delhi/NCR though this campaign. For a small brand like Del Monte, digital works better, as compared to TV, where we end up spending more than 5-6 times the amount," said Anshu Anand, Head of Marketing, Del Monte India.
Click here to view the ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy6VtvNqJ_A
A week before the IPL 9 finals, Bajaj Avenger launched a series of seven short videos with Vir Das where he spoke about 'Cool ways to enjoy the weekend Final match (on May 29) at home'. From suggesting quirky options like missing the flight, to creating a ruckus at the airport, to doing garba while watching the match, the brand kept engaging with the online audience. It was only in the final video, that Das revealed he will be enjoying the finals by going on a ride on his Bajaj Avenger.
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Godrej's hair care brand BBLUNT recently came up with a first-of-its-kind blogger featured music video which went viral in a short span of time. Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Varun Dhawan and others spoke about the bold and cheeky campaign which intends to spread awareness about their dry shampoo. The brand claims that the video has got over 20 per cent organic views so far.
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How effective are these initiatives?
We spoke to digital experts and asked them the effectiveness of these initiatives for the brands and also the importance of social influencers today.
Pratap Bose, Chairman and co-founder, The Social Street explains, "Today, a typical media mix comprises 40-50% of TV, 10-15% digital, 20-30% activations and only 10-20% print. The latest trend is young brands like Swiggy, Ola and others are using social media to create noise because it is a low cost method with a targeted reach. Also giving voices to stifled sections of the community especially women, LGBTQA and other oppressed members is a new found reason behind the brand wars to tap these online communities."
"Social media marketing requires consistency and long term planning. Marketing of the film 'Baahubali' started a year before the shoot with an audition campaign on social media platforms. Similarly, the movie Deadpool gained traction in an age of heroes using Tinder profiles and obscene emojis to gain the cool viral quotient. The challenge is how to balance the creative and viral appeal of social media platform with the brand recall. One may remember the angry cute baby video months down the line, but do you honestly remember which brand promoted it?" he questions.
Naresh Gupta, CSO, Managing Partner, Bang in the Middle elaborates, "With the attention deficit millennial audience today, any brand's desire is to stand out and be considered in the cluttered environment. The He Deo commercial with Vir Das for instance has been more written about than views on it. I don't think social gives great reach than TV, but it definitely allows you to engage with audience at non-TV times. Social allows the surfer to see one ad, move on and keep doing what they are doing. The issue with social ads though is: they need to be really, really intrusive. Agencies are not trying to move away from TVC, they are just trying to be trendier by being on social."
Adding to this, Debopriyo Chakraborty, Group Head – Strategy, Famous Innovations says, "Choice of media has become a lot more important in today's time and age. With the advent of digital entertainment, there is a lot more available to consume and with a myriad of choices, it will only become the next battle ground for advertisers and marketers alike. The advent of Hungama, Netflix, Voot, Multi-Channel Networks (MCN) on YouTube all point towards this migration. What it hinges on is customised content that will be lapped up by the target group.However, brands will not be able to retrofit their offline strategy in the non-traditional space. Though traditional media will always deliver the highest unduplicated reach, the analytical-planning possibilities and metrics for the key performance indicators makes non-traditional media a desirable option."
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Speaking about the importance of social media influencers for brands today, Neville Medhora- India Head, Rage Communications said, "The consumer has always been reaching out to (non-traditional) peer groups to know more and get an unbiased opinion of the brand. It's not surprising that 90% of buyers trust peer groups over 33% trusting ads whether banner or traditional. 70% quote online reviews as a determining factor. Or the '1% rule' comes in, where 1% of your brands' social media followers actually share majority of the content (up to 20%). Sharing content through influencers increases conversation by at least 3 to 10 times! Consumers understand that at some level the advice handed out by influencers is crafted by their experiences with the brand. The danger however, comes when consumers start believing that the influencer has sold out and is promoting the brand rather than being an objective reviewer."
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He repeats it twice. (To emphasize his accuracy)? Only in this, latest, revisionist version he leaves out the part where he sets fire to the fuse on the powder keg.
Let's break for a second to answer the President's (probably rhetorical) question: "I think you can't do much better, right?" Yeah, that would've been OK if that's what you'd, in fact, said. But instead you decided to put Nazis on the same plane with protesters. (At least we now know the President knows right from wrong, otherwise he wouldn't have gone so far out of his way to omit, obscure and conceal).
While Trump inside belittled protesters and several times during his speech insisted there "aren't too many", there were apparently enough bearing the 100-degree heat outside that police saw fit to use tear gas and pepper spray to get them to leave.
Police say their action was in response to protesters throwing water bottles, rocks and gas canisters of their own. Phoenix' Mayor said he will investigate. Four arrests were made.
At the same rally, Trump goes and says "I think we'll end up probably terminating NAFTA." But then he immediately follows with something curious, and seemingly contradictory: "I don't think you can make a deal without a termination." So wait. Is this a window into Trump's bargaining strategy? Or just him bloviating?
The U.S., Canada, and Mexico just concluded a round of talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement (as we reported Monday). Even if the preliminary meetings didn't produce any huge breakthroughs, negotiators agreed to an extremely aggressive schedule for further talks, which will start in about a week. That's something to be at least a little excited about if you're a trade negotiator, or a farmer, or a car maker, or an assembly line worker.
We wonder if some Senior White House staff isn't thinking right now, why bother? Because this seems to be a pattern with Trump too: torpedoing or at least adding degrees of difficulty to things that are tough-going enough already.
BTW, even though Trump blames Clinton, a North American free trade agreement was actually Ronald Reagan's idea.
• Canada ramps up unilateral deals with the EU.
• China becomes Mexico's biggest trading partner.
• U.S. Agriculture is devastated. As are manufacturers of big-ticket items like cars.
Our opinion of new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly went way up when Trump beckoned him to the stage in the midst of his crazy-train rally and Kelly didn't go up. But Kelly and others have got work to do, following up on Trump's sober and actually coherent argument for expanding U.S. military activity in Afghanistan.
Tillerson also complimented North Korea for not firing any missiles recently, suggesting "perhaps we're seeing our pathway to sometime in the near future of having some dialogue." This is such a radical statement in some ways, that it would've been our lead story on any "normal" day. While not as explicit, President Trump had some kind words for Kim Jong-un during his speech in Arizona.
Unless we missed it, Trump made no mention of the 10 sailors missing after a collision between the destroyer USS John McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore. The Navy is relieving the Admiral in charge of the Japan-based 7th fleet after that and another fatal accident in June.
Is Trump/McConnell Beef More Significant Than A Reality-Show Type Diva War?
It's interesting too that while Trump and McConnell both support the same candidate in Alabama's special Senate election to fill the seat vacated by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions, they are squaring off big-time in the upcoming Arizona Senate race. A PAC affiliated with McConnell has already started running ads highly critical of Trump's choice to unseat Jeff Flake, the incumbent.
This comes to us courtesy of Vox's intrepid Sarah Kliff. She says Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz is preparing legislation to allow people to buy into Medicaid. This, or even the threat of it, should immediately solve the problem of private insurers pulling out of some regions, without going all the way to a single-payer system.
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America's Gun Culture...
By mr6666, September 14, 2017 in Off Topic Chit-Chat
LsDoorMat
3 minutes ago, darkblue said:
We've found that a healthy mix of socialism with capitalism creates a much more tolerable hybrid system, where everyone is free to get rich but those who are much less lucky or talented (or ambitious) can still exist in a reasonably dignified and safe manner - nothing fancy, but not conditions of inhuman-ness.
Much like Denmark, Finland, Sweden and a few other leading edges of civilization.
Of course, none of us have ever been obsessed with declaring ourselves to be #1 every moment of our lives- which kind of reeks of insecurity, if you know what I mean.
Maybe that's it. Maybe your crime rate is all a product of insecurity?
I completely agree. However, American politics is awash in big donor money, something that has been sanctioned by our Supreme Court. Thus, when asked "Why must the Senate pass this tax bill?" - In case you don't know our Congress is about to pass an overhaul of the tax code that will probably raise everybody's taxes but the rich - Their answer is "our donors are saying no more money unless we get this passed". LOL. They are not even trying to HIDE the fact that they don't care about their constituents anymore.
10 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
You're right, what's the point of having any laws at all...I mean, criminals don't obey laws, do they?
You have many valid points, Calvin, but you undermine them with silly statements like that one.
It may be obvious, but it is true. The point of laws are to punish the criminals in case they are caught, and deter the lawful in case they might be tempted. To outlaw guns would do two things. It would leave the potential victims defenseless, it would let the criminals know their potential victims are harmless. And the criminals would still have their guns. Oh, and the rich, and the politicians? They would be fine because if you can afford armed professional bodyguards you would still be able to have them.
1 hour ago, calvinnme said:
To me it is silly to even discuss the outlawing of guns since it will never happen in the USA because that would mean passing a Constitutional amendment that voids the 2nd.
The actual policy question is how effective are various gun-control measures in reducing gun violence. Sadly most studies are politically motivated and therefore the results tainted, as well as there being multiple factors making it difficult to establish cause and effect related to specific gun-control measures.
Frankly I believe that here in CA, where after almost any mass shooting that gets national media attention politicians pass additional gun-controls measures, that these are passed as 'feel good \ look we are doing something' legislation. I.e. no one really knows what impact, if any, such measures will have in actually reducing gun violence.
Just now, jamesjazzguitar said:
Yes, and usually the mass shootings that are not terrorist related are the work of somebody who should not have had access to a gun in the first place - people with documented criminal records in which some paperwork snafu allowed them to go get a gun, or they just lied on the application. The problem is that we Americans cannot do something moderately. We have to go whole hog into idiot territory. For example, first we let doctors pass out opioids like candy and now people who truly have chronic intractable pain cannot get the treatment they need to live their lives.
darkblue
1 hour ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
First, we have to see who wins the 2nd civil war.
America will have to be reconstituted if it's gonna reduce its gun violence. I'd imagine a lotta people will have to die for that to happen.
On 11/17/2017 at 12:32 PM, jamesjazzguitar said:
DB is right, nothing short of the government confiscating guns would have any significant impact and that type of law will never pass (it would required a Constitutional amendment to overturn the 2nd) and if it did pass it would lead to massive armed conflicts between the government and gun owners.
Depending on which source interprets the 2nd Amendment, the government can confiscate guns. In fact, it can in situations where the individual is not permitted to purchase or own guns. Rarely done though.
Regardless, if Congress passed a confiscation law and the Supreme Court ruled it Constitutional, then it could do it. It was too many years ago that the SC came up with the current, much expanded interpretation of the 2nd Amend. The key has always been Congress and the court determining what a well regulated militia is.
2 hours ago, TheCid said:
OF course the government COULD confiscate guns but the point was that will never happen as it relates to confiscation of a vast majority of guns (say all guns expect single shot hunting riffles). Just taking some guns off the street, even so called assault weapons, wouldn't have much of an impact on annual death-by-a-gun stats (IMO).
Therefore people for gun-control in states NOT like CA (which has strong gun-control laws and will pass additional ones after the latest shooting in the state), should focus on THEIR state; Try to convince their neighbor to vote for politicians that support 'reasonable' gun control. If a Dem in a red-state join the GOP so one can vote in their primary to try to elect a GOP member that would support some gun control etc..... I.e. Do something instead of calling for pipe dreams or just blaming everything on the NRA.
5 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Read your post and my reply. I was replying to your comment that it would "require a Constitutional amendment to overturn the 2nd" in order to confiscate guns. No it wouldn't; just a new interpretation of the 2nd Amendment and the necessary enabling laws by Congress.
You said: "If a Dem in a red-state join the GOP so one can vote in their primary to try to elect a GOP member that would support some gun control etc....." Now that is a pipe dream. You are advocating that Dems abandon their own party so they can vote in the Republican primary? Actually in many states you can do that already without abandoning your party. Regardless, it would take a very large number of Dems to influence the Republican primaries in most red states, especially on gun regulation issues.
1 hour ago, TheCid said:
AGAIN, I meant to confiscate ENOUGH guns to make a difference the 2nd Amendment would have to be overturned. E.g. cities passed laws banning certain type of hand guns. The SCOTUS ruled this was unconstitutional. So I don't see a new interpretation of the 2nd amendment since there is way too much existing case law that defines an Americans right to own a gun (and a minor change in the interpretation wouldn't lead to ENOUGH guns being removed).
Yes, I recommend that in sure-to-be-red-states large numbers of Dems abandon their own party so they can vote in the GOP primary in states that have a 'closed' primary. Of course these Dems can still waste their vote by voting Dem in the general (I say 'waste their vote' because the odds a Dem will win is very low in these red neck states). So why waste one's primary vote. Note that when CA had closed primaries I switched parties before each primary so I could vote in the primary where my vote made a difference.
Cid, if I recall correctly most of the time your voted is 'wasted' (worthless); i.e. you rarely vote for someone that wins because people with your POV are vastly outnumbered in your state. So maybe it is time to try something different.
PS: I do agree that it is a pipe dream to expect enough Dems to crossover and vote in the GOP primary in order to elect a more moderate GOP candidate. It would take a very concentrated grass roots effort and the Dems just can't pull this type of thing off.
LawrenceA
1 hour ago, hamradio said:
Your meme writer should learn to spell. It would make their point less stupid, but not by much.
The Vegas shooter was a legal gun owner, as were dozens of other mass shooters, murderers and miscreants, and yes, we've noticed that it's a problem.
SNL should hire the producer of this video. LMREO!
On 11/19/2017 at 6:18 PM, LawrenceA said:
Seriously folks, If we were the problem, you'd know it.
So the 125,000 shootings a year in the U.S. are being done by umbrella owners, huh?
Giffords group asks web hosts to shut down 'ghost gun' sites
"A gun control group founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords asked two web hosting companies on Friday to shut down websites selling parts and machines that help make untraceable homemade firearms known as "ghost guns."
The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence asked the providers that host GhostGunner.net and GhostGuns.com to disable the websites for violating the hosting companies' terms of service.
The sites sell kits, components and machines that help create homemade semi-automatic weapons. It's legal to build a gun in a home or a workshop, and advances in 3-D printing and milling have made it easier to do so. The kits can be purchased legally for a few hundred dollars without the kind of background check required for traditional gun purchases.........
https://apnews.com/7b9214aea1b147fc8cf5f780cd791d4d/Giffords-group-asks-web-hosts-to-shut-down-'ghost-gun'-sites?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
1 hour ago, darkblue said:
Maybe a few.
Record breaking background checks, 203,086, breaks previous records that were set on Black Friday in 2016 and 2015
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/361833-gun-background-checks-set-record-on-black-friday
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/11/guns_top_black_friday_best-sel.html
No more shootings are gonna happen now - yay.
Dan DiamondVerified account @ddiamond
It's been eight weeks since more than 500 people were killed or wounded by one gunman in Las Vegas. Congress has done nothing in response.
1:34 PM - 26 Nov 2017
Ted LieuVerified account @tedlieu 14h14 hours ago
Ted Lieu Retweeted Dan Diamond
Dear @ddiamond: That's not true. Congress stood silently for 60 seconds after the Las Vegas mass shooting.
Then a few weeks later, Congress stood silently for 60 seconds after the Texas mass shooting.
4 minutes ago, mr6666 said:
Ted Lieu clearly doesn't understand how members of Congress are elected. Ted, you can only vote in YOUR district \ state. You only represent THOSE in your district \ state.
Ted, this is called democracy.
Democrats in the House of Representatives have appointed Ted Lieu as their Assistant Whip. He has, therefore, the right to speak for them in the House Representatives as one of their elected representatives.
58 minutes ago, Princess of Tap said:
So Lieu is complaining about the Dems lack of action. Ok, that makes sense since the Dems are mostly powerless.
Lieu is a Los Angeles Congressman and we know him well out here. To me he is extreme especially when it comes to illegal immigration. But he also is arrogant. CA already has the strongest gun control laws in the nation. Lieu does NOT represent the citizens in all the districts (the majority BTW) that do NOT want strong gun control laws.
Apparently you may know the personality of Congressman Ted Lieu better than I do.
However, I have read his comments online and watched him on cable news and he appears to be a reasonably good advocate for his position.
While I agree more with your stance on immigration than his, I can well understand and appreciate why he would have a different opinion of illegal immigration than us, since he himself is an immigrant from Taiwan.
That's what makes the United States such an exceptional and fascinating place because people come here from all over the world with varying viewpoints. Sometimes it depends how long your family has been in this country as to how you view different issues.
16 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
I don't understand why a LEGAL immigrant would have more favorable views toward ILLEGAL immigrants. In fact legal immigrants should feel cheated by illegal immigrants. E.g. if there wasn't so much illegal immigration, someone like Lieu would be able to legally immigrate more people from Taiwan (a country I believe where the USA should increase the number of legal immigrants, but only after illegal immigration is reduce from the southern border).
Note the same concept applies to refugees. The USA should take in more refugees but the more illegal immigration the less the USA can assist refugees that wish to migrate to the USA legally.
I don't understand why a LEGAL immigrant would have more favorable views toward ILLEGAL immigrants. In fact legal immigrants should feel cheated by illegal immigrants.
Bingo. Polling of legal immigrants has consistently shown that they are for a strict immigration system. These polls are routinely buried (ignored, downplayed, marginalized) by mainstream news operations. Doesn't fit the desired narrative.
Ted LieuVerified account @tedlieu 2h2 hours ago
At Hearing on concealed carry legislation. Despite two of the worst mass shootings in US history this year,
House Republicans now want to allow people with stalking and crime of violence convictions to carry concealed guns.
That's NUTS!


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Volvo Cars readies first green bond to support electric car strategy
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely Holding, said on Thursday it had established a new framework to help it fund its electrification strategy and climate plan.
The Sweden-based car maker said the framework would pave the way for its first green bond, aimed at supporting development of new electric car models and increasing production capacity for batteries as well as electric vehicles.
Funds raised under the framework will be earmarked for climate-related projects, Volvo said, adding it would provide improved transparency for investors.
"Our Green Finance Framework allows investors to participate in the transformation of Volvo Cars into an electric car maker," CEO Hakan Samuelsson said in a statement.
Volvo, bought by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd from Ford Motor Co <F.N> in 2010, is targeting a 40% reduction in the carbon footprint of each car it manufactures by 2025 and aims to become fully climate neutral by 2040.
The company is looking to reach the 2025 targets through a string of measures, including generating 50% of global sales from fully electric cars and having a 25% share of recycled plastics in new vehicles.
Sales of plug-in hybrid cars amounted to almost a quarter of its sales in Europe during the first half of 2020.
(Reporting by Helena Soderpalm; editing by Niklas Pollard)
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Watch highlights of first-round action at the Rolex Paris Masters on Monday, led by wins from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Cilic and Fernando Verdasco. Photo Credit: Pauline Ballet / FFT. Watch live tennis streams at http://www.tennistv.com.
Tsonga Earns First Masters 1000 Win Since 2017
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Paire to face Medvedev in the second round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga leaned on the home crowd and some big hitting to earn his first ATP Masters 1000 win in more than two years on Monday at the Rolex Paris Masters. The 34-year-old Frenchman beat VTB Kremlin Cup champion Andrey Rublev of Russia 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 and will next meet 10th seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy.
"I'm delighted to have won today. Everything was not perfect, obviously, but the most important thing is to have won. In the last two sets, I played good tennis," Tsonga said.
The 23-year-old Berrettini is currently in eighth place in the ATP Race To London, which ends Sunday, and is looking to qualify for the first time at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 10-17 November at The O2 in London.
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Tsonga, a wild-card recipient at his home Masters 1000 event, broke Rublev in the 11th game of the second set with some aggressive returning. The Frenchman increasingly ran around Rublev's second serve in the final two sets to smash forehands and immediately put Rublev on defence.
"During the second set, I was closer to the line. The aim was to outpace him. And I wanted to be very aggressive... to put a lot of pressure on him," Tsonga said. "I managed to be more aggressive in my game. So it was quite good."
The 2008 champion slugged 47 winners, including 23 from his forehand wing, and served out the first-rounder. Tsonga, who missed more than seven months last year because of left knee surgery, last won at the Masters 1000 level in May 2017 at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Frenchman Jeremy Chardy set a second-round date with fourth seed Daniil Medvedev by beating American Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 in a battle of qualifiers. Chardy was out-aced (15 to 22) but earned three breaks to Querrey's one. Medvedev will try to push his ATP Masters 1000 winning streak to 12 after winning back-to-back titles in Cincinnati and Shanghai.
Benoit Paire set an all-French showdown with 13th seed Gael Monfils. Paire beat Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 7-5, 6-4.
Top Doubles Seeds Advance
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who have already guaranteed themselves the year-end No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking, continued their career-best season on Monday with a 7-5, 6-4 victory against Nikola Metic and Franko Skugor in the first round of the Rolex Paris Masters.
The Colombians have never advanced past the Round of 16 at the season's final ATP Masters 1000 event. But they will have a chance to do so against fellow Nitto ATP Finals qualifiers Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury or Robin Haase/Wesley Koolhof.
Hubert Hurkacz and Jan-Lennard Struff sprung an upset against two-time Nitto ATP Finals champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers 6-4, 7-6(10). Marcus Daniell and Philipp Oswald also pulled off a surprise, eliminating sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6-1, 6-7(2), 10-7.
Other winners on the first day of action were fifth seeds Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies, Jurgen Melzer/Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Jamie Murray/Neal Skupski.
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Michael Huber is getting the Allies to share their scariest moments in videotapes on Huber Sydrome, I'd like to get your views on your scariest moments in either games, films, books or have you ever had any paranormal experiences?
My earliest memory of a game scaring me was Doom 3, those floating demon heads seriously made me panick and shut the game off.
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For me, there was 1 moment in F.E.A.R. where you drop into a vent and waaaaay down in front of you, you can see the outline of Alma (the creepy little girl) she begins moving at you quickly, then basically teleports right into your face. Definitely got a jump out of me. Something about the way she advances is so unsettling. Game has some other cool oents and some of the best close quarters shooting in any game ever.
For me its hard to pick THE scariest moment, but got a few that made me very uneasy. I remember playing Halo 1 on PC by myself and the first time encountering the flood. Not really knowing what they were and with thier scary sounds and all. I really had panic the whole time running out of the building and so on.. yuck
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I don't play horror games (although Twilight Princess and The Last of Us — action-adventure games with horror elements — are among my favorites). Everything in first-person games, however, is terrifying. Turning around in a Skyrim cave to come face to face with a falmer is always heart-stopping (they're so quiet!).
Last night I was actually playing Dishonored (that game is way better than it has any right to be) without sound and I scared myself when I looked back at the screen and something I didn't immediately recognize was happening. I was also very tired, so that's to be considered.
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I don't play a lot of scary games (or like any, ever) but the Demonica fight in Stretch Panic is so unsettling to me. It's not even a fight really, it's just you in a room with all these doors and windows and you're trying to keep this monster out. All you can see are the movements of the monster in tiny holes in the wall and it's silhouette or that of a hanging girl in the stained glass windows when lightning strikes. Scared the ever living crap out of me as a kid and still creeps me out today.
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Games: I also don't play a lot of horror games, but when I was younger, my friends and I found a disc for Resident Evil just lying in the snow. We brought it back to one of our places and popped it in. The slow head turn of that first zombie is forever etched in my brain.
Movies: This Shining is my favorite movie of all time. I think a lot of the horror in that movie comes from the constantly building tension as opposed to individual scenes, but there are a few standouts. This is my personal pick for the scariest scene in that movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMbI7DmLCNI
Side note - I watched this movie with my parents for the first time when I was around 14. It was a little too quiet at one point, so my dad (named Lloyd) got up to turn up the volume a bit more. At the exact moment he stood up, Jack Torrance looked directly at him and said, "Hi Lloyd... A little slow tonight isn't it?" Before laughing maniacally. My dad literally screamed. It was beautiful.
Books: There's a scene near the beginning of It where Bill looks through a photo album for pictures of his younger brother. Naturally, weird shit starts to happen. If you haven't read the book yet, I highly suggest you at least read up until that point. That whole scene is so good that it makes the rest of the book seem mediocre in comparison. I read It for the first time a couple years ago, and even though books don't scare me (ever), that scene kept me up at night.
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Encountering enemies not knowing what they're capable of reminds me of the chainsaw wielding guy (Dr Salvador) from Resident Ebil 4, every time I heard the chainsaw after that sent me running for the hills / exit.
I was really hoping to read some real paranormal experiences.
Closest I came was going on a ghost walk in Nottingham, England.
Things I remember;
There were around 30 of us in total, We went in a group of 5 friends and didn't recognise anyone else.
There were 3 leading the group, 1 claimed she could see and was firms liar with multiple spirits there.
Not long after getting into the cave 1 of the girls in the group couldn't stop laughing and had to leave for a while (she didn't know why she was doing it)
1 group of friends took a group picture early on, when looking at the image you could see what appeared to be a figure dressed in a black cloak sitting next to them.
One of my friends heard someone say "stop it" from beside her but there was no one there.
at the end of of the night we formed a line and were saying the Lord's Prayer, part of the group on the opposite end appeared /claimed to be pushed back.
I had no personal experiences, I remember being in pitch black room
With a friend calling out for someone or anyone but got nothing tried ouwija board and table tipping but no results. Still not sure if they planted some people in there or if they were genuine.
Silent Hill 2 is an absolute masterpiece and one of my favorite games of all time, yet when I think about the series, there's so many more moments from 3 that freak me out. Here's a few (gameplay is not my own):
And my personal favorite -
Of course, PT is also glorious for everything it does as well.
I don't know if this necessarily qualifies but I'll give it a shot:
In Left 4 Dead 2, during the Hard Rain campaign, all veteran players know of the Sugar Mill. If you don't know the Sugar Mill, good. The place is FILLED with Witches, the game's toughest enemies. It was the most tense moment in gaming I've ever had. Outside of that, typical jump scares are probably the worst that I've played for myself. Just one of many examples is playing Gears of War on Insane and when Dom comes across my vision while hunting down one or two remaining Locust... I've cussed him out at length.
I don't play horror games or watch horror movies cuz I'm a wimp. With that said, I've watched Mr. Huber's streams of Resident Evil VII and that first one wasn't kind to me. Although, courtesy of it being archived I could freeze frame it and come to terms with the demo's ending.
@Lotias Yes. Yes to that. I quit Halo because of them. I got the original game because I only knew of the Covenant, not those Godforsaken parasites. I finished the first, but when I heard the second had them, I cold quit and it took YEARS for me to get back into the franchise. &%#$ the Flood. AND the Library.
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@Brannox Yeah same here! I had NO idea that they would be in there. When I first encountered them I felt scared haha! they jump so high/far and made these horrible noices! and the library were a terrible level!
Rise of the Tomb Raider has a pretty effective jump scare in its first level.
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@Lotias It's funny now, because going through that on Legendary after finding out the things you can do to bypass fights; was a weird feeling the first time I finished that.
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First jump scare would be Resident Evil (dog/window). But being truly scared would be Silent hill. My friends wouldn't play it so I had to play the whole thing while they watched. Many screams. (Cat/locker)!!


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Over the top… excessive makeup and jewellery can put off your potential employer.
Zanny email addresses, typos and spelling mistakes in cover letters and resumes, poor preparation for job interviews … these are just some of the job hunting sins that will get your application binned.
CareerOne.com.au surveyed recruiters and HR managers to compile the top 10 ways job hunters ruin their chances of landing the job.
1. Spelling mistakes on a CV/cover letter.
4. Interrupting an interviewer to look at a text message or take a call.
5. Reeking of that last minute cigarette as you walk into the job interview. Yuk.
Overpowering colognes/perfumes are also bad form.
you are interviewing with. Also, jewellery that jangles irritates interviewers.
asking questions or loud music in the background are interview killers.
8. Sharing too much personal information.
9. Bagging your former employer or boss.
10. Not doing your home work about the employer – and worse – calling the employer by the name of their competitor.
"When we talk to people about some of these faux pax they think we are exaggerating but I have a real 'silly email address collection taken from the resumes people have sent in via Ask Kate," explained Kate Southam.
"Spelling mistakes make employers worry that you will be equally careless on the job. Holding a phone interview in a room with a TV going in the background says you don't take yourself or the job role on offer seriously. This is all commonsense but the mistakes are all too common," says Kate.
Angela Vithoulkas who owns the VIVO Café franchise in Sydney said that one candidate came in for an interview dressed in a clown costume.
Helen Olivier, of The Olivier Group said that there was a degree of desperation in the market so people overstate their skills and salary.
Andrew Brushfield of Robert Half in Australia says spelling mistakes on resumes is a pet hate for consultants.
To make sure you don't get caught short on the job hunt trail, now use our Editor, Kate Southam's top 10 tips for job hunting success.
1. Research, research, research – on both yourself and the employer.
2. Tailor your resume and your interview prep for each role.
5. Pick your job interview outfit days ahead to make sure it fits and is stain free.
10. Be on your best behaviour but be genuine. If you have to pretend to get the job then it is not the job for you.


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In this biology worksheet, students complete a concept map of the Phylum Arthropoda using the word list given. They fill in the 10 blanks with correct answers.
Young scholars acquire a general knowledge of fossils and paleontology, the study of evidence of life in the past and identify the major invertebrate groups (phyla) commonly found in the fossil record.
Students discuss the contributions of different organisms to our world. In this biology instructional activity, students research countries with limited food supply. They create an improvement plan for a fictitious country assigned to them.
In this protists worksheet, 9th graders complete the table identifying several types of protists and matching the correct picture to them. Then they describe and name what phylum or class each protist belongs to.
In this Porifera worksheet, students compare and contrast the characteristics of the organisms found in this phylum. This worksheet has 1 graph, 2 short answer, and 15 fill in the blank questions.
In this animal kingdom worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in the phylum and body symmetry for the 12 animals listed.


The Spearhead frontman reflects on acceptance, yoga, and his daily prayer.
Michael Franti's music is inseparable from his work as an activist, humanitarian, and spiritual being. For the past two decades, the energetic six-foot, six-inch performer has used his platform as singer-songwriter for the hip-hop/funk/rock band Spearhead to spread positivity, raise environmental and political awareness, and alleviate human suffering through charities like Soles4Souls and his own recently established foundation, Do It For The Love.
Franti, who has famously gone shoeless since 2000, brings a high level of consciousness to his life as a touring musician, maintaining a vegan diet and a steady yoga regimen as he travels the country in a biodiesel-fueled bus.
Born to an Irish-German-French mother and an African American/Native American father, Franti was raised by a Finnish American couple after his biological mother placed him for adoption, fearing that her parents would disapprove of his ethnicity. Not coincidentally, he is now a prominent crusader for tolerance and equality. On Spearhead's latest album, All People, he celebrates the multiculturalism that is written into his very DNA.
What are some of the things that your travels around the world have taught you?
I think the main thing is that there are lots of ways of looking at the world. There's not one way that's the right way to do it. My mom used to tell me when I was a kid, "It's not enough just to have tolerance for other groups of people. Empathy and compassion are great, but when you have acceptance of other people, it becomes a part of who you are." So when you accept another way of being, that enters into your life and the way that you start to live your life. That benefits you and makes your life richer, more fulfilling, and happier.
Especially through music—you see all different styles of music, ways of playing it, ways of communing through music. It's amazing that this tiny little vibration that you can't see will tickle our eardrums and inspire us to connect with other people, inspire us to laugh and smile, cry, and open up that window to our soul.
What's the spiritual significance of the tattoos on your arms?
There's one on my left arm that says, "Today I pray for . . ." and then it has a line. I fill in that blank with a Sharpie every day: "Today I'm praying for my mom," or "I'm praying for a friend," or "I'm praying for rain," or whatever it is. Sometimes I let fans write into it. People will write in somebody that they're praying for: a friend or family member.
Spearhead's style of music is about being openhearted. It's about positivity. There's a lot of people who come to our shows who aren't feeling positive or openhearted, and they want to get that experience from the music that night that we're playing in their town. I think [having them fill in the tattoo] is another way to help someone feel positive about whatever situation they're in.
As for the tattoos of birds turning into fish on my forearms, a friend of mine in New Zealand who has done most of my tattoos told me a story that he had heard when he was in Tahiti: Fishermen watch the birds leave the trees in the morning, and they see where the birds are flying into the water, which angle they're flying in from, and how long the birds stay underwater. From that, they're able to learn where to cast their nets to catch fish. They can see how deep the fish are, and they can see which direction they should approach the fish. So it's kind of like a prayer of abundance: if you pay attention to what's happening in your life, watch the signs, and connect with nature, you'll get what you need from life.
Tell me about the hatha yoga that you do while you're on the road.
What experience do you hope to impart to your audiences?
The main thing is that I want people to feel like, when they leave a show, they're standing just a little bit taller: their head is held a little higher, there's less weight on their shoulders, there's a smile on their face, and they feel like they can face whatever's happening to them. My life partner, Sara, and I recently started the Do It For The Love foundation, which brings people with advanced stages of life-threatening illness, kids with severe challenges, and wounded veterans to live concerts. We see it happen every night at our shows: people come who are really sick or have really severe challenges, and we see music change them. We see people cry, open up, and be with the people that they love the most. That's really why we do this.
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package test.utils.domain;

import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.annotation.KeySpace;
import test.utils.TestConstants;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
 *

 * Domain class used for tests, re-factored from inner class in {@link EnableHazelcastRepositoriesIT} for wider use.
 *

 *

 * A simple Pojo for the value part of a key-value store. Although it is not necessary for the value
 * object to contain the key, this is done here and the field is indicated with {@code @Id}.
 *

 *

 * Use {@code @KeySpace} to name the map used for storage, "@{code Actors}".
 *

 *
 * @author Christoph Strobl
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @author Neil Stevenson
 */
@KeySpace(TestConstants.PERSON_MAP_NAME)
public class Person
        implements Comparable<Person>, Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    @Id
    private String id;
    private String firstname;
    private String lastname;
    private boolean isChild = false;

    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getFirstname() {
        return firstname;
    }

    public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
        this.firstname = firstname;
    }

    public String getLastname() {
        return lastname;
    }

    public void setLastname(String lastname) {
        this.lastname = lastname;
    }

    public boolean isChild() {
        return isChild;
    }

    public void setChild(boolean child) {
        isChild = child;
    }

    // Sort by lastname then firstname
    @Override
    public int compareTo(Person that) {
        int lastnameCompare = this.lastname.compareTo(that.getLastname());
        return (lastnameCompare != 0 ? lastnameCompare : this.firstname.compareTo(that.getFirstname()));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {
            return true;
        }
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        Person person = (Person) o;
        return isChild == person.isChild && Objects.equals(id, person.id) && Objects.equals(firstname, person.firstname)
                && Objects.equals(lastname, person.lastname);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Objects.hash(id, firstname, lastname, isChild);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Person{" + "id='" + id + '\'' + ", firstname='" + firstname + '\'' + ", lastname='" + lastname + '\''
                + ", isChild=" + isChild + '}';
    }
}

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