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Google's Parent Company Reports Strong Inaugural Earnings
1:14 PM PST 2/1/2016 by Natalie Jarvey
Alphabet reported fourth quarter revenue of $21.3 billion.
Alphabet, the newly formed parent company of Google, showed in its inaugural earnings report that pleasing Wall Street can be as easy as ABC.
Alphabet reported that total fourth quarter revenue was up 18 percent year-over-year to $21.3 billion. Wall Street was expecting revenue of $20.8 billion.
Alphabet also reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $8.67 per share, beating the anticipated adjusted EPS of $8.10.
The strong performance sent the the company's stock surging as high as 9 percent during after-hours trading on the Nasdaq. It was enough to give Alphabet the edge over Apple to become the world's most valuable public company.
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced the plan to reorganize as Alphabet in August last year. The move split Google's core businesses, including search, Android and YouTube, into a separate company from that of the longer-term projects referred to as "Other Bets" such as smart thermostat Nest, the self-driving car and the X lab. Sundar Pichai took over as CEO of Google while Page became CEO of Alphabet.
With its Feb. 1 fourth quarter earnings report, Alphabet broke out reporting for its two segments — Google and "Other Bets" — for the first time.
For the year, Google had revenue of $74.5 billion and operating income of $23.4 billion.
Meanwhile, the "Other Bets" segment was a much smaller driver of revenue for Alphabet, bringing in $448 million for the full 2015 year. The segment, where Alphabet invests into products that are often not yet on the market, operated at a $3.57 billion loss for the year.
Despite providing greater financial transparency under the Alphabet reorganization, Google still does not break out revenue for YouTube. Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat said during a conference call with investors that YouTube "continues to grow at a very significant rate" but declined to provide further details.
Alphabet shares closed Monday up less than one percent to $750.07.
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Professor Gisli Gudjonsson in the Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry at King's, is the lead author of a new paper looking at the suggestibility, compliance and false confessions of prisoners and their relationship with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. The paper co-authored with academics from Iceland and Denmark has been published on line by the journal Psychological Medicine.
Interrogative suggestibility and compliance are important psychological vulnerabilities during interrogation and the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of suggestibility and compliance with childhood and current symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). No research has been conducted yet into compliance in relation to ADHD. A further aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ADHD and the reporting of having made a false confession to the police.The study involving 90 male prisoners raises important questions about the potential vulnerability of adults with ADHD symptoms in terms of their ability to cope with interrogation.
ADHD symptoms were not found to be significantly associated with suggestibility, whereas they were with compliance. The ADHD symptomatic groups were significantly more likely to report having made a false confession to the police. The findings raise important questions about the potential vulnerability of adults with ADHD symptoms in terms of their ability to cope with interrogation and resist pressure from peers.
For a full copy of the paper entitled 'Interrogative suggestibility, compliance and false confessions among prisoners and their relationship with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms' is published on line by the journal of Psychological Medicine. The authors were: G.H. Gudjonsson, Institute of Psychiatry, J.F. Sigurdsson, University of Iceland, O.O. Bragason, the Office of National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, A.K, Newton, the Prison and Probation Administration, Iceland and E.Einarsson. University of Aarhus, Denmark.


The 107-room hotel is ideally situated in the Mount Vernon neighbourhood, one of the loveliest parts of Baltimore, and one with a rich cultural history. The Walters Art Museum, with a superb private art collection, is just a block away (and free!), as is the Peabody Library. The first Catholic cathedral in the United States and a prominent church in the early history of the Unitarian movement are both within a short walk, and the house where F. Scott Fitzgerald finished "Tender Is the Night" is about 15 minutes away. The immediate neighbourhood is home to a wide variety of ethnic restaurants — ranging from Ethiopian to Vietnamese — and the hotel is a quick cab ride or a 20-minute stroll from the Amtrak train station.
My 12th-floor room was basic but pleasantly furnished, its distressed wood floor partly covered by a mottled blue-and-white rug, and with a small seating area off to the side, complete with two free bottles of water, copies of local magazines and a strong reading light. The bed was firm and comfortable, with an upholstered wooden bench at its foot, but was missing a blanket, which I thought I might need on what was forecast to be a chilly December night. I called down to the front desk to have one sent up and was told it would soon be on its way. But when I returned from dinner several hours later, it had still not arrived. (I decided just to crank up the heat and go to bed.) There was a mini-bar in the room, but it was empty.
Topside, the top floor bar and restaurant, with its glass walls giving a panoramic view of the city below, is a popular draw. On a recent Saturday evening, the bar was packed and every table had been booked for dinner. (Reservations are essential on the weekends.) One draw seems to be the extensive list of specialty cocktails and 13 offerings of locally brewed draft beer. Dining options include striped bass yakitori ($14) and braised rabbit with butter beans, bacon, kale and apples ($29).
The hotel has a 24-hour gym, accessible by room key, with two treadmills, an elliptical machine and free weights. Use of the gym is included in the $12.95 daily resort fee — which I noticed on my bill after I checked out — as was the "free" Wi-Fi and those bottles of water in my room.
Location. Location. Location. The Revival has some kinks to work out, particularly in service, but the surrounding Mount Vernon neighbourhood is an alluring weekend destination, and this elegant but slightly flawed hotel is ideally situated to explore it.


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Ronn is Neighbourhood Manager at Project Neutral, Workshop Facilitator at TREC Education, and a passionate member of the Friends of Glen Stewart Park Ravine.
"I think the randomness of nature is the most wonderful thing about ravines. Every time I go for a walk in the Glen Stewart Ravine I encounter something I did not notice before. It can be a majestic tree that sparkles in the sunlight at a certain time of the day and year or a nesting couple of rare urban Northern goshawks. Sometimes it's just a pleasant encounter with strangers for a brief conversation while walking our dog. Ravines tend to relax people and allow them enough time to let their guard down. I never know what to expect but there is always something, if I let it.
I used to let our dog off leash and go off trail until I did a paper on the fragility of the ravine within an urban setting. I have a become an advocate for responsible stewardship of our local ravines (and dogs)! It's not about entitlement or our own selfish needs but inclusive enjoyment for all. Ravines help to see a larger vision and how we are all interconnected.
The natural and organic shape of the ravine itself is calming. So different than the forced built environment around us. The unequal and scattered spacing between trees in a forest can also be quite magical. Not by design or reason as in some manicured parks. There is a circle of 5 trees I like to call "the board of Glen Stewart." I feel a power or strong energy there. The five can advise me sometimes, if I let them in. It may very well be all in my head but it works and I can come out of the ravine recharged when I make the time to enjoy it.
I would argue ravines themselves are ley lines given their historical and geological significance in this region. If Vancouver has the beautiful ocean and mountain views then it is the same view I hold dear in the GTA. An inverse beauty of the land, water and the sun. A perfect synergy of systems thinking."
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Пиер Чарлз Бувие () е канадски изпълнител.

Посещава Колеж Баубойс, гимназия в Монреал, заедно с отаналите членове на групата: Джеф Стинко, Себастиан Лефебре, Чък Комеау, но без Дейвид Десросиер.

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Преди да започне музикалната си кариера, Бувие работи в ресторант, наречен St. Hubert, в родния си град Монреал като готвач. На 13 години той и съученикът му Чък Комеау създават пънк рок групата Reset. В нея той е изпълнител и басист.

Недоволен от художествената посока на групата Бувие помага за създаването на Simple plan, в която той е главният изпълнител, и заедно с Комеау пишат песните за групата. Също така е бил и басист на групата, преди Дейвид Десросиер да се присъедини към групата.

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Източници
Variety: Pierre Bouvier profile

Външни препратки
 Пиер в myspace

 Simple Plan's Official website
 Role Model Clothing website
 Damage Control's Official Page
 Official Rolemodel Clothing MySpace

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East Libya turns into a military junta
The self-proclaimed military ruler of east Libya has sacked the elected mayor of Ajdabiya Salem Jodran, a step that aims to consolidate military dictatorship in the eastern region.
Sudan denies that its citizens were used as human shields in Ganfouda, Benghazi
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry refuted the news about using its citizens in Ganfouda as human shields by the warring groups in Benghazi, saying they are stuck with other foreign workforce in the district due to clashes.
US airstrikes hit locations near Bani Walid city
Monday, August 22, 2016 - 22:04
Sources from the Municipality of Bani Walid to the east of Tripoli confirmed that warplanes carried out a number of airstrikes in the southeast of the city on Sunday, saying the aircraft is likely to be American.
Tobruk-based HoR gives no confidence to UN-proposed government
The Tobruk-based House of Representatives voted with rejection to give confidence to the UN-proposed government's cabinet that was presented by Fayez Al-Sirraj, the Head of the Presidential Council.
News Roundup - Mon, Aug 22, 2016
Libya, Philippines review health cooperation
Philippine Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and African Affairs held talks in Tripoli on Sunday with Libyan officials over the two countries' cooperation, especially in the health sector.
Al-Raeid: Haftar is dismissed, Tripoli is secure, and Aqilah Saleh is singing out of tune
The member at the Tobruk-based House of Representatives from Misrata, Mohammed Al-Raeid said the commander of the HoR's army, renegade General Khalifa Haftar has become dismissed once the HoR approved the political agreement in

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Iran General NewsHong Kong to pass laws to seize Iran-linked assets
Hong Kong to pass laws to seize Iran-linked assets
AFP: Hong Kong said Wednesday it was "striving" to pass legislation to comply with UN sanctions against Iran, after 20 shipping firms in the city were accused of being linked to Tehran's weapons buildup.
HONG KONG, January 19, 2011 (AFP) – Hong Kong said Wednesday it was "striving" to pass legislation to comply with UN sanctions against Iran, after 20 shipping firms in the city were accused of being linked to Tehran's weapons buildup.
Last week, the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions on 24 shipping companies, including four in Britain's Isle of Man, accused of being fronts for Iranian businesses involved in Iran's missile programmes.
The firms are allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), which has been slapped with international sanctions.
Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese territory, is awaiting Beijing's final approval to usher in the changes, but China has said it would support the sanctions passed by the UN Security Council in June last year.
At present, Hong Kong cannot seize assets belonging to the IRISL-linked shipping companies without first obtaining a court order.
"We are preparing the necessary subsidiary legislation to… give effect to new sanctions against Iran," Hong Kong's government said in a statement Wednesday, adding it was "striving to complete the work as soon as possible."
The government did not immediately provide details about when it had last sought a court-issued warrant to seize assets.
James To, head of Hong Kong's Legislative Council security panel, said the new laws would be passed in the "very near future".
"The process should be very quick", he told AFP.
"I can see no problem with it all, given that China is a member of the UN Security Council".
The US has stepped up its efforts to isolate Iran-linked commercial entities tied to its military development programmes since the Security Council imposed a fourth set of sanctions against Iran in June 2010.
Observers have said firms dodging sanctions or engaging in other illicit activity often look to Hong Kong for cover given the ease of registering a business in the city, which is also a major shipping hub.
In November, Hong Kong authorities detained a cargo ship linked to IRISL over an alleged loan default with a group of European banks.
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It is what it is and that's all that it is.
In yesterday's and today's societies, there are many different schools of thought and actions that just do not make any scientific sense. The Nazi movement, the White Supremacy movement, Heaven's Gate, Flat Earth, Khmer Rouge, Jihads, Crusades, and the list goes on.
I was watching a WWII movie the other day, where the U.S. was assaulting Guadalcanal. The story covered the different views that the individual soldiers had of their experiences. You felt a close bond with how those soldiers felt: hatred, fear, apprehension, honour, dishonour, excitement, and boredom. After the U.S. soldiers finished over-running a Japanese position, there were lots of POWs. Intense hatred and fear pervaded the scenes from the surviving Americans. And, there too, you could see the same thing ... you could feel the same thing... in the Japanese POW's.
Oakowi, the things you point out in your post falls in line with the insanity of what I have here pointed out.
It is what it is. I accept that the world is this way, make sure it does not cross paths with me, and stay the way I am in relation to it all. That's all we can do.
To stop a war? To stop idiots from driving drunk? To stop the school/shopping mall shooters?


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Starting the 2019 race season with a bang!
Congratulations to Theo Erlangsen (EM :44.334) on winning the first Western Province race of the year at Paarl on Sunday 24 February. His old-time rival and good friend, Adi van der Merwe (EM :47.645) kept Theo on his toes in second place, followed closely by Niko Velasco (EM 01:49.745) in third position. We certainly missed Johan Potgieter, who was at home in Port Elizabeth and Stefan Garlicki who is wisely nursing an injury to complete recovery.
Even though the temperatures soared to above 30 degrees on Saturday, the shuttle-day was a roaring success as the shuttles swiftly transported riders to the top, allowing many of them to get in as many as twenty practice runs! Pure heaven for downhill enthusiasts.
Race day was a peach with everything running according to a strict time-plan. Thank you Grev and Sharon. Riders briefing at 8:30am was very informative, especially as we had many new, younger riders. Practice gave everyone at least two runs to familiarise themselves with the track. Seeding runs began at 10am sharp and this was our first indication of the 2019 hot-shot riders in each age category.
The race belonged to the du Toit's, with Jason du Toit (EM: 1:50), and Francois du Toit2 (EM: 1:52) coming in 4th and 5th place overall. The 'other' Francois du Toit1 (Sub Vet: 2:16 / ages 30 to 40 years), coming second to first time down-hiller, Antony Ashley (SV: 2:14)…AND then Frances du Toit, taking a first in Elite Women (EW:2:20). We missed Rika but it was great to see Frances on the podium and many new female participants.
The young and old rode side-by-side with Jasper Barret (Junior Men: 1:52 / 17-18 years) just beating Chris Nixon (Master Men:1:54 / 51-60 years). Special mention must be made of a time-long battle between two very good friends, Ike Klaasen (YM:1:58:149) who just beat Dawid Bekker (JB:1:58:561) in his race run.
Fortunately WP DH seems to have attracted many new youngsters to the sport. These 'gangsters' eat more ice creams than race runs and have the most fun on race day. The nippers and sprog classes are both hotly contested categories. A big congratulations to our nipper boy winner Christian Bekker (NB:2:47 / ages 8-10 years) and sprog boy winner Zak Jones (SB:2:24 / age 11-12 years). WP DH is assured of its future.
The committee are meeting this Sunday, 3 March, to finalise arrangements for the next race. We will keep you posted. However we are provisionally thinking that the next race will be a one day race at Zevenwacht on 24 March. However, so that you are at your best on the day, we hoping to arrange a training session the week before with the WP DH big boys as coaches. Everyone who would like tips and advice for riding this track is welcome. All proceeds will go to WP DH funding. More details will be posted on the WP DH Facebook page but provisionally book Saturday 16th March from 8:30 to 12:00.
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Weston-super-Mare's very best people presented with community champions awards for their 'outstanding' work
By Team JP on April 28, 2017 in Local Visits, Press Cuttings
Nominations flooded in from Mercury readers and seven winners were chosen by a panel of judges which included Mr Penrose, Richard Nightingale and Mercury editor Simon Angear. Mr Nightingale said: "Each and every one of the winners has made an outstanding contribution to their community and it was my honour…
MP visits award winning autism care provider
By Team JP on March 29, 2017 in Local Visits, Uncategorized
John Penrose visited award-winning local autism care provider 'Homes Caring for Autism' today, to see the progress people with autism make when they get specialist help in the right environment. John was given a tour of one of the organisation's homes and discussed the Government's 'Transforming Care Policy', which means…
MP Visits Incredible Social Enterprise
John Penrose MP visited local social enterprise Somerset Wood Recycling this week, after they won the Green Business Of The Year award at last month's Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, to see the work they are doing in the local community. They produce handmade furniture, or signs and playground apparatus…
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Matthias Fleckenstein, Francis A. Longstaff, and Hanno Lustig.
"Deflation Risk.", 2017, The Review of Financial Studies, 30: 2719-2760.
We study the nature of deflation risk by extracting the objective distribution of inflation from the market prices of inflation swaps and options. We find that the market expects inflation to average about 2.5% over the next 30 years. Despite this, the market places substantial weight on deflation scenarios in which prices significantly decline over extended horizons.
The market prices the economic tail risk of deflation similarly to other types of tail risks, such as corporate default or catastrophic insurance losses. We find that deflation risk is strongly negatively correlated with outcomes in the financial markets and with consumer confidence.
We show that the price of a Treasury bond and an inflation-swapped TIPS issue exactly replicating the cash flows of the Treasury bond can differ by more than $20 per $100 notional. Treasury bonds are almost always overvalued relative to TIPS. Total TIPS–Treasury mispricing has exceeded $56 billion, representing nearly 8% of the total amount of TIPS outstanding. We find direct evidence that the mispricing narrows as additional capital flows into the markets. This provides strong support for the slow-moving-capital explanation of the persistence of arbitrage.
"Shadow Funding Cost: Measuring the Cost of Balance Sheet Constraints."
Recent theory suggests that balance sheet frictions and constraints faced by financial intermediaries can have major asset pricing implications. We propose a new measure of the impact of these constraints on intermediaries' funding costs that is based on the implied cost of renting intermediaries' balance sheet space. On average, balance sheet constraints add 81 basis points to intermediary funding costs, but the impact often exceeds 200 basis points during a crisis. We find that these balance sheet costs have real effects on intermediary investment decisions and asset holdings. Increases in balance sheet costs are associated with short-term increases in the use of derivatives, but longer-term declines in risktaking by financial institutions. Balance sheet costs introduce a wedge between on- and off-balance-sheet investments which may help resolve a number of asset pricing puzzles.
"Tax Policy Uncertainty and Asset Prices: Evidence from Dual-class Corporate Bonds in the Early 20th Century."
In the early 1900's, many U.S. corporations issued dual-class bonds that had almost identical cash flow and discount rate profiles, but differed in their tax-exemption status. Using a simple model, we derive an empirical measure of tax policy uncertainty from this unique set of financial instruments. We then examine the properties of tax policy uncertainty during the turbulent period immediately after the introduction of the first federal income taxes in the U.S. We also study if tax policy uncertainty is priced in the cross-section of asset returns. We find that tax policy uncertainty demands a pro-cyclical and statistically significant risk premium of -1.4% per year. Our study provides novel evidence that suggests taxes affect asset prices not only through its level but also via tax policy uncertainty itself.
"Treasury Yield Implied Volatility and Real Activity."
The level of at-the-money implied volatility from Treasury derivatives market (Treasury 'yield implied volatility') predicts the level and volatility of macroeconomic activity such as the growth rates of GDP, industrial production, consumption, and employment. This predictability is robust to the inclusion of several popular forecasting variables used in the literature. Treasury yield implied volatility – a proxy for interest rate uncertainty – thus constitutes a useful forward-looking state variable that characterizes risks and opportunities in the macroeconomy. We study one potential explanation for these results: Banks' exposure to interest rate uncertainty. An increase in Treasury yield implied volatility increases interest rate uncertainty and adversely impacts bank deposits, bank credit growth, and banks' cost of capital. Consistent with this mechanism, impact of Treasury yield implied volatility on banks' in creases in their exposure to interest rate risk.
"The Term Structure of Interest Rates and Inflation Derivatives."
This paper presents new insights into the dynamics and determinants of arbitrage mispricing in and across seven of the world's largest and most liquid financial markets. Specifically, this paper analyzes mispricing between nominal and inflation-linked bonds (ILB mispricing) in the G7 government bond markets, and extends the slow moving capital explanation of the persistence of arbitrage mispricing in financial markets. Nominal bonds are "richer" than cash-flow matched inflation-linked bonds on average. The mispricing is stunning in magnitude: aggregate mispricing is in excess of 22 billion on average during the period from July 2004 to September 2011. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, it peaks at 101 billion which represents more than eight percent of the total size of the G7 inflation-linked bond markets. Furthermore, the index-linked–nominal bond trade generates positively-skewed risk-adjusted excess returns across all countries, refuting the notion that the arbitrage trade is just picking up nickels in front of a steamroller. The key new insight for the slow-moving capital theory is that capital available to specific types of arbitrageurs is significantly related to the inflation-linked–nominal bond mispricing. Specifically, returns of hedge funds following fixed income strategies strongly predict subsequent changes in ILB mispricing, whereas other hedge fund categories lack statistically significant forecasting power. This paper also presents new insights into the effects of monetary policy on arbitrage mispricing. Specifically, during the 2008 financial crisis, central banks around the world may have exacerbated ILB mispricing through large-scale asset purchase programs.
A Robust Explanation of the Forward Premium Puzzle and the Failure of the Expectation Hypothesis in Bond Markets."
This paper presents a continuous-time endowment economy model that can explain the uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) puzzle in foreign exchange markets and the failure of the expectations hypothesis (EH) in bond markets. The representative agent is endowed with a reference model of the economy. However, she takes into account the possibility that her reference model might be incorrect and tries to hedge against model misspecification errors by considering a set of models that are observationally close to each other. The model endogenously generates countercyclical real interest rates and an upward sloping real yield curve. The slope coefficients in UIP and EH regressions are negative. Furthermore, the model matches the level and volatility of the equity premium, consumption growth, the riskfree interest rate, and exchange rates.
Financial Times Blog: The Largest Arbitrage Ever Documented..?
Financial Times: Hedge Funds Reap Huge Rewards.
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Black Friday deals might not always be the bargains they seem to be, warn Northumberland County Council's Trading Standards.
While many offers are genuine, some are not, and the council's Trading Standards officers are advising consumers to be wary when buying early Christmas gifts or snapping up a treat for themselves.
They advise on exercising caution when a price seems too good to be true as there could be a sinister reason why.
They also advise watching out for sellers who promote great offers via online marketplaces such as eBay or Facebook and to be sceptical if they offer hard-to-get items, such as the must-have Christmas toy that has been out of stock with all major retailers.
They also say the fact something is appearing in the pre-Christmas bonanza doesn't mean you can't get it cheaper elsewhere.
Although bargains are available at a good price, it may be possible to get a better deal if you shop around.
Officers are also advising caution when it comes to credit deals as consumers could find themselves still paying for this Christmas as the next one rolls around.
When buying goods in a shop, you are not automatically entitled to a refund if you change your mind, unless the goods or services are not of satisfactory quality, not fit for purpose or not as described. Some shops do have their own return policies, so it is worth checking what these are before you buy.
When buying goods online, it is important to know your rights: You have a cooling off period, usually 14 days, which starts the day after you receive the order.
This period allows you to return the goods because you have changed your mind.
It is advisable to make a note of the dates you bought the item, when you received it and check the returns policy. If you return the item, do so within the cooling off period and get proof of postage.
Rather that using your debit card for purchases over £100, it is worth you using a credit card as you have additional legal protection. This means you are covered for a variety of situations. For example, you should not have to pay for something which wasn't fit for purpose or never arrived. The card company is jointly liable with the retailer for any breach of contract. This same protection is not afforded to debit cards.
Other warning signs include accepting bank transfer payments only, accepting more than one offer for an item on an auction site, and giving very little information about the item or seller, as well as postage and returns.
Councillor John Riddle, Northumberland County Council's Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Resilience said: "Black Friday now seems to be the start of the big Christmas push by retailers and there are undoubtedly bargains to be had but buyers remorse can take many forms.
"Our Trading Standards receive regular complaints from shoppers who, after shopping online inadvertently bought counterfeit goods, or the trader they paid disappeared, or the goods or services they purchased never arrived.
If you think you have received or been victim to a scam or bought counterfeit or unsafe goods, please call Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 040506.


I found myself in an incredibly rare predicament the other night: I had a ton of time on my hands, but zero chef-spiration! Usually it's quite the opposite—I'm racing the clock to get a meal on the table and I have to edit my ideas down to what's achievable in the span of an hour.
My malaise was so powerful that even after flipping through a few of my cookbooks (The First Mess Cookbook, One Part Plant, and Thug Kitchen) I was without direction. A lot of recipes sounded great, but I was always an essential ingredient or two off. I'm, like, the Dowager Countess of substitutions, but, like I said, I had zero creativity.
So, since time was on my side, I decided to make something that has evaded and frustrated me for years: polenta.
Polenta is a tricky beast. It's technically easy to make, but making it properly is difficult and time-consuming. When I saw the cornmeal in my cabinet, I knew I had found my white whale. Combining this singular vision with a bunch of pantry staples, I embarked on making the least cohesive, yet most delicious dinner I've made in ages. And I thought I'd share.
Preheat the oven to 400, on the roast setting if you have it.
Start the polenta—I use this recipe. I'll give some basic instructions, but I strongly recommend reading the Serious Eats recipe, as well as the accompanying backstory. I did not follow this recipe properly, which led the polenta to take twice as long to cook. Do as I say, not as I do.
In a large pot, warm the water over a high heat. Whisk in the cornmeal. Bring the pot to a boil, and let boil/simmer, stirring consistently, until the mixture begins to thicken and "spit". Then lower the heat and let cook for about an hour longer. Make sure you're stirring frequently! When it's thick enough that you can pull it away from the pan with your stirring implement, it's ready to be seasoned with salt and butter. Stir and then serve.
While the polenta is simmering away, steam your corn for a few minutes, until soft. Set aside. Chop your onion, zucchini, squash, and cauliflower, and place them in a glass baking dish. Toss them in a tbsp of olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Stir at the 15 minute mark, and add more olive oil if they've dried out. Roast until they reach your desired doneness, browned on the outside, about 30 minutes.
While the polenta and veggies are cooking, start your beans. Drain and rinse 2 cans of white beans. Set aside. Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for a minute or so, until fragrant. Add beans, and toss to coat in the oil. Once the beans are warmed, add your white wine, hot pepper flakes, and bay leaf. Simmer together for 5 minutes, or until the alcohol has cooked off. Add butter and veggie broth, stir, and let simmer for 20 minutes, or until the beans start to fall apart and the liquid has reduced to a gravy-like consistency. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf before serving. When finished, the beans have a surprisingly meaty taste!
Stir the corn into the polenta before serving!
Plate the meal in layers, starting with a bed of polenta, piling on the veggies, and topping with the beans and "gravy". Finish with a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper. Dig in and enjoy!
**There's a way to make this so that everything finishes at just about the same time. But I'm more of a renegade chef, plating on the fly.
Always serve with La Croix, obviously.
It's not the most beautiful meal (lots of yellow and beige) but it is to-die-for delicious! It made a huge batch, so I got to enjoy the leftovers for days to come. For non-veg folk, it might seem odd to eat beans & vegetables for dinner, but trust me—all of your essential food groups are represented, and if I'm not mistaken, this meal is gluten-free!
BRB, fantasizing about making this again.


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Extended Reads, International Relations, US Politics, World
North Korea needs to reform, but how?
Richard Mason, 2 years ago 3 min read
Regime changes, from communism to capitalism, can take many shapes. In the best cases, we might see a peaceful transition into democracy in a way akin to the Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia. Worst case, we might see a communist dictator replaced with non-communist one, such as the seizure of power by Augusto Pinochet in Chile, 1973.
But what about the third-way? In countries like China and Vietnam, we don't really see transition as a change of regime, or movement from one system to another. Rather, the powers that be simply begin to adopt more free-market principles and (occasionally and within limits) civil liberties. What former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping called 'socialism with Chinese characteristics'; communist in name, but with a gradual acceptance of the benefits of a free market economy.
As the world tries to make sense of the failed Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi between the leaders of the US and DPRK, we have to ask the crucial question: how can we anticipate reform in the so-called 'hermit kingdom'?
Naturally, there's a lot of ground to cover when we're discussing reform. Oftentimes, the media likes to focus on the nuclear-aspect, and understandably so. After all, we can hardly take the possibility of nuclear weapons pointed at the US, as well as the massive artillery barrage aimed at the South Korean capital of Seoul, lightly.
Within the North's borders, however, live twenty-five million people who are consistently ranked as some of the most oppressed on the planet. Alongside abject poverty, North Koreans face corruption, a total lack of civil liberties, and the constant threat of brutal and arbitrary punishment. Seeking reform in North Korea is an exceptionally tenuous task, and one that can't be taken without careful consideration.
Things become even more complicated when we realise that real reform is going to have to come from within the North Korean government. Pushing reform from the outside through 'maximum pressure' serves only to further corner the reclusive state, pushing up its defenses even higher and, in all likelihood, making life for the average North Korean even more miserable than it already is.
Inside the country, the blackout on virtually all outside information and the vice-like grip the state holds over the people makes internal protest or calls for change very unlikely, so we can hardly expect an Central-and-Eastern European style peaceful transition anytime soon.
In all likelihood, reform in North Korea is going to mirror that of China. No dramatic uprising or fall of the Kim regime, but a gradual adoption of more free-market principles and a slow re-integration into the global community.
In fact, this has already been going on for a while. After current leader Kim Jong-Un succeeded his father Kim Jong-Il, the state mantra changed from 'Military First' (Songun) to 'Parallel Development' (Byungjin).
Following this new slogan, the government of the DPRK is gradually mirroring the aforementioned Chinese policies under Deng Xiaoping. There's been a slow-growing acceptance from the state on free-market activities (such as the Jangmadang markets, upon which a fifth of the population is dependent). In 2016, nearly half of the North Korean GDP came from private enterprise.
Change is possible in North Korea, and it seems clear that Kim Jong-Un is far more open to certain reforms than his predecessors. But this will be gradual, and can only be achieved if the global community starts to try to bring the country back into the global community.
While it is absolutely crucial that the systemic human rights abuses within the country be challenged and brought to a stop, pushing too hard in the past has simply pushed the DPRK back into it's corner, shields up and closed for business. Let's learn from those mistakes, start to trade with North Korea, and bring about a gradual and sustainable regime change that works for everyone.
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I mentor a 14 yr. old girl in high school with many problems with learning. She has a lot of trouble understanding & doing algebra but also can't read out loud. She can write Spanish words & sentences & spell the words correctly but can't pronounce the words properly. Same with English. She has test anxiety & is under so much pressure from teachers & is constantly criticized & humiliated by teachers who call on her to read out loud or answer questions in front of the class when she has told them she "doesn't get it" in the first place, & is unable to speak in class due to fear of ridicule over her inability to pronounce words properly.
She has no speech impediment, can speak & articulate well. Her parents can't help or can't afford to hire a tutor. She can write & does fairly well in English (except for reading out loud) but is really struggling in science & math. The teachers aren't helping her learn & the after school study lab isn't effective or helpful to her either. She says her teachers put such emphasis on the importance of passing tests that it causes her anxiety so that she doesn't do well. It's too bad when teachers put so much pressure on a child that they are too fearful & full of anxiety to concentrate or remember test material.
The program can be found at http://www.learningbreakthrough.com and is very affordable relative to therapist visits, clinical eval's and other types of interventions. It is hugely helpful in developing the precursor skills needed by this student. It takes devoted time each day to work with it though so if they can't take that time, don't go this way. Sensory processing barriers can be effectively overcome with a balance program like this and it is powerful even though it looks very simple. Best luck with your work.


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As China Invests, Many Kazakhs Say: Not Too Fast Having broken from its past as a Soviet republic, Kazakhstan is now a proud country with an up-and-coming economy and a desire to be a player on the world stage. Neighbor China seems to be offering what Kazakhstan wants: investment and political ties. But many worry about losing Kazakhstan's identity.
China: Beyond Borders
NPR examines the many ways China is expanding its reach in the world.
As China Invests, Many Kazakhs Say: Not Too Fast
June 7, 20112:30 AM ET
A worker welds at the China-Kazakhstan pipeline junction in Xinjiang, China, in 2008. Carlos Spottorno/Getty Images hide caption
Carlos Spottorno/Getty Images
This month, NPR is examining the many ways China is expanding its reach in the world — through investments, infrastructure, military power and more.
As China grows in power and influence, few countries are feeling the effects more than neighboring Kazakhstan.
China's Global Reach
Having broken from its past as a Soviet republic, Kazakhstan now has an up-and-coming economy and a desire to be a player on the world stage. China seems to be offering just what Kazakhstan needs — billions of dollars in foreign investment and deeper political ties with real-world powers.
But many people in Kazakhstan have a plea: not too fast.
They fear China's ambitions and worry that Chinese influence could rob Kazakhstan of its identity — all but swallow up a country whose population is outnumbered by China's 80 to 1.
"China is going to help us little by little," says Saule Amirova, a 61-year-old woman who lives in Kazakhstan's eastern city of Almaty. "And then, they'll own our land."
The world is pondering whether to embrace China's economic power or fear it. And Kazakhstan offers a window into the potential benefits and costs of the decision.
Investments In Infrastructure And Energy
Many Americans may know Kazakhstan from the 2006 movie Borat. The film erroneously painted the country as a far-off land that produces foul-mouthed goofballs like the star of the movie.
In fact, this is a diverse country, full of pride after emerging from a difficult past. For centuries, it was a barren, nomadic place. During Soviet times, Kazakhstan's intelligentsia was hounded by Stalin's regime, and many Kazakhs died fighting in the Red Army. Yet, Kazakhstan's people have long felt a deep connection to Russia, in language, culture and lifestyle.
Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR
There is little emotional connection to China. Yet China has offered billions of dollars in loans to Kazakhstan. New money was announced earlier this year, when Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, went to China for three days and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
China has agreed to build a new railroad across the country. China is helping to build an oil pipeline, and partnering in Kazakhstan's energy sector like never before.
Tempers did flare early last year after Kazakhstan's president floated an idea to help the nation's economy: He suggested renting 2 1/2 million acres of farmland to China to grow food.
People demonstrated in the streets, yelling that this relationship with China was getting too close. What's next, speakers cried out — will China force Kazakh people to eat with chopsticks?
The Eurasia Land Bridge, financed in large part by China, will pass through Kazakhstan and is now under construction. The railway will link Western Europe with China. This section is being constructed near the China-Kazakhstan border. Carlos Spottorno/Getty Images hide caption
A Big Player In The Oil Industry
China's influence can certainly be felt in western Kazakhstan's Aktobe region, a place that looks and feels like Texas oil country. The flat brown and green landscape stretches for miles, with cattle grazing, trains occasionally passing and oil flowing.
Western countries, Russia and China have long had interest in the oil here. But especially through the recent economic downturn, Chinese investment has been welcomed, and China appears to be the big player now.
Through direct investments and tax dollars, China and its state-owned energy companies have invested $14 billion into the Aktobe region's economy. Chinese money now makes up somewhere between 30 percent and 50 percent of the entire regional budget.
"They are maintaining our roads and doing the repairs," says Marat Balmukhanov, the director for industry and entrepreneurship in Aktobe's regional government. "They built a nursing home for war veterans. They bought computers for our schools. Every year, they buy 10 or 20 ambulances."
It's hard to know any of this from walking around town. China's growing presence is all but hidden. The Chinese oil and gas companies employ mostly local citizens.
Nurlan Akhmetalin, a 38-year-old Kazakh, worked from 1996 to 2009 for the China National Petroleum Corp., the state-owned oil and gas company. He handled chemicals, drove a truck and for a while made good money.
Eventually, he says, the culture in the workplace got to him. There was little regard for safety, he says, and bosses brought in from China had a demanding, aggressive style that people in Kazakhstan were not accustomed to.
"We are losing our resources, and losing our independence," he says. "In the future, we'll have to rely on China. They'll give the orders here. Sure, they'll give us jobs and small salaries, maybe a bowl of rice. But we'll be working just like if we were in China."
Reinventing Chinese Foreign Policy
Scholars say China is desperate for energy — but, above all, influence.
Nurlan Akhmetalin, 38, stands in front of a Chinese-owned oil processing facility near Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Now a cab driver, he worked for the China National Petroleum Corp. from 1996 to 2009. He made good money, but became less comfortable with how he says Chinese bosses treated employees and suspicious of China's intentions in his country. David Greene/NPR hide caption
David Greene/NPR
Nurlan Akhmetalin, 38, stands in front of a Chinese-owned oil processing facility near Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Now a cab driver, he worked for the China National Petroleum Corp. from 1996 to 2009. He made good money, but became less comfortable with how he says Chinese bosses treated employees and suspicious of China's intentions in his country.
Adil Kaukenov, a political scientist who founded the Center for Chinese Studies at the Institute of World Economics and Politics in Kazakhstan, says China has been jealous of Russia and the U.S. for having political leverage across Central Asia. China became especially worried in 2001, when then-President George W. Bush began getting close to then-Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bush even said he looked into Putin's eyes and got a sense of his soul.
"Bush looks in Vladimir Putin's eyes and sees something," Kaukenov recalls. Immediately, he says, China's alarm bells went off. China worried that the United States and Russia were becoming "very big friends" who were determined to beat terrorism in Central Asia.
Like Russia and the U.S., China is deeply concerned about terrorism and instability in Central Asia. But when China looks into the region today, it sees the U.S. leading a war in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, it sees countries that turn to Russia — not China — for help when they face unrest. Kyrgyzstan was the perfect example last year, reaching out to Moscow in the midst of political unrest and ethnic violence.
To gain leverage in Central Asia, China has tried to work through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was established in 2001. China, Russia and countries in Central Asia are members and are supposed to cooperate on security. But Kaukenov says China's real strategy for gaining leverage with its neighbors, like Kazakhstan, begins with showing them the money.
"It's the first target — security," he says. "Economics is [the] instrument to do security."
Kazakhstan's political leaders talk about China with some trepidation, but with a sense that the economic benefits of a relationship outweigh any fears.
Tanirbergen Berdongarov, a 35-year-old member of Parliament, supports his president's policies toward China. "The main goal in our economic policy is to have stability and good relations with the neighbors," he says.
The U.S., Russia and China all want to partner with Kazakhstan economically, Berdongarov says, and all want Kazakhstan to be an "island of stability" in the region. It would be difficult, he says, for his country to close the door to any of those world powers.
At the same time, Berdongarov has grown worried as he has watched Chinese goods flow across the border, even as Kazakhstan's own manufacturers have shut down. "[China is] a very big machine. For them to produce such a kind of shoes, T-shirts — it's very cheap and easy," he says.
And that's all part of China's plan, he says. The more Kazakhstan's people rely on Chinese goods to live, the more pressure Kazakhstan's political leaders are under to maintain close ties with their neighbor. Berdongarov says China has reinvented foreign policy.
"[It's] not like with the guns," he says. "It's with the shoes."
INTERACTIVE MAP: China's Global Reach June 7, 2011


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Arab, Sudanese of Saudi Arabia
Photo source: Steve Evans. Some rights reserved.
People Name: Arab, Sudanese
Language: Arabic, Sudanese Spoken
Unreached: Yes
People Cluster: Arab, Sudan
Primary Religion: Islam
% Adherents: 1.40 %
% Evangelical: 0.13 %
Progress Status: 1.0
Statistics Source: Joshua Project
Profile provided by:
www.joshuaproject.net
Map source: Bethany World Prayer Center, © 1999.
Sudanese Arabs originated in the Khartoum region of Sudan many centuries ago. Today, they live primarily in northern and central Sudan and in Egypt. A few groups are also scattered in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Libya, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates.
The first "pure" Arabs were called "Bedouins." They were tribal nomads from Saudi Arabia, famous for their love of poetry and war. The Sudanese are a tribe who branched off of the Bedouins. They are a heterogeneous people with a mixture of diverse blood and cultures.
Since 1983, conflict between the predominately north Arab and southern animist and Christian regions of the Sudan has accounted for more than two million deaths. Also tragic are the recent atrocities to non-Arab African groups on the Western Sudan/Chad border in the region of Darfur. Killings, mass rapes, looting of livestock and burning of villages by the Arab militia, Janjaweed, have devastated the area. It is estimated that over 70,000 have lost their lives due to hunger and disease alone.
Over the years, many "Arabs" have emerged by either assimilating into Arab culture, religion, and language, or by intermarrying with groups in their areas. The Sudanese Arabs have intermarried with the African tribes of Sudan.
Most Sudanese Arabs live in small rural villages. They grow grains, vegetables, and cotton, and raise livestock, all of which are used for food or trade. Clusters of mud-brick homes with dirt floors make up the villages. The homes are built close together, which reflects the close ties between the family members within the communities. Although farming is the chief occupation of the villagers, some of them have jobs as skilled carpenters, tailors, religious leaders, or barbers.
Some Sudanese Arabs live in towns or cities. They have a greater variety of occupations, but weaker family ties than those who live in the villages. These Arabs have more concern for such things as economic prosperity and education. Today, many of them work in the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, attend universities in neighboring countries, or use trucks instead of camels.
Other Sudanese Arabs have continued living the nomadic lifestyle of their ancestors. They have temporary dwellings and move from place to place with their herds. Camels are used to transport them across desert lands, and their economy is based primarily on livestock production and trade. Rigid codes of honor, loyalty, hostility, and hospitality are among those values that have remained strong throughout the centuries.
In the Arab culture, children are considered to be a family's greatest asset, providing both workers and security for the parents as they grow older. Although boys and girls may be raised together when they are young, they are treated differently. Mothers show great affection towards the boys, pampering them and responding to their every wish. Girls are shown some affection, but are not pampered. The boys are taught by their fathers to obey and respect older males. Girls are taught the values of obedience to their future husbands. Teenagers are not permitted to have any contact with the opposite sex until after marriage.
The Sudanese Arabs are Muslims, as are most Arabs. Identification with the Islamic religion is one of the primary cultural characteristics of most Arabs. They are devoted to their faith, and this is evident in their daily life.
While the men gather in the local mosque five times a day for prayer, women meet in homes and have their own religious services, conducted by female religious leaders. Only on certain occasions are the women permitted inside the mosques.
According to Islamic law, a man may have up to four wives. Rules concerning marriage and divorce are held in accordance to what is written in the Koran. Regulations regarding inheritance, taxation, wartime, submission to those in authority, and the roles of family members can also be found there.
Sudanese Arabs live in a country engulfed by tension, terror, and war. Even more than the physical provisions that are so badly needed in the Sudan, Sudanese Arabs need to hear about the saving love of Jesus. They have some Christian resources available to them. But churches are often closed, destroyed, or not allowed to be built. Converts from the Muslim faith are not well accepted. They will need courage and grace to withstand persecution from their Islamic relatives.
* Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect church planters, especially the women workers.
* Pray for additional Bibles and Christian literature to be provided and placed.
* Ask God to bring natural and spiritual peace to this needy country.
* Ask the Lord to call out prayer teams to go and break up the soil through worship and intercession.
* Pray that God will raise up long term workers to join those who have already responded.
* Pray that the Holy Spirit will complete the work begun in their hearts through adequate discipleship.
* Pray that the Holy Spirit will anoint Christian broadcasts as they are aired among the Sudanese Arabs.
* Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Sudanese Arabs for the glory of His name!
Text source: Bethany World Prayer Center / GAAPNet


Summer Sailing through the north side of the bridge in South Mills N.C> The US Hwy rt 17 bridge can be seen in the background.
Winter Docking. The true beauty of the region can be seen in this wintry freeze with snow and ice covered vegetation.


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Q: Nginx symfony "invalid number of arguments in "try_files" directive" I am working on dockerizing my symfony application, but I cant figure out why the following error occours:
web_1  | 2018/09/11 07:21:40 [emerg] 1#1: invalid number of arguments in "try_files" directive in /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:6
web_1  | nginx: [emerg] invalid number of arguments in "try_files" directive in /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:6

This is my config:
server {
    server_name localhost;
    root /application/web;

    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ ^/(index)\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass php:9000;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        return 404;
    }

    error_log /var/log/nginx/project_error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/project_access.log;
}

This is my docker-compose.yml so far:
version: "3"
services:
    web:
        image: nginx:latest
        volumes:
            - ./docker/nginx/default.template:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.template
            - ./:/application
        ports:
            - "8080:80"
        links:
            - php
        environment:
            - NGINX_HOST=localhost
            - NGINX_PORT=80
        command: /bin/bash -c "envsubst < /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf && exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'"

    php:
        image: php:7.2-fpm

Currently I am just trying to get NGINX running without resulting in config errors. I don't expect the symfony application itself to work. Just NGINX combined with PHP-fpm.

A: For anyone finding this question in the future,
If you're using Docker and envsubst in your docker-compose.yml like the Docker NGINX README tells you to do, that's likely causing the problem. Basically, it is stripping out vars like $uri from your NGINX config, leading to errors like this.
There's an issue on it (with the solution) at https://github.com/docker-library/docs/issues/496
Example:
Before (in docker-compose.yml):
command: /bin/sh -c "envsubst < /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.conf && exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'"

After:
command: /bin/sh -c "envsubst '$$NGINX_HOST' < /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.conf && exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'"

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Dhamjir () is a sub-district located in Dhi Na'im District, Al Bayda Governorate, Yemen.  Dhamjir had a population of 2237 according to the 2004 census.

References

Sub-districts in Dhi Na'im District


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IC 2657 ist eine elliptische Galaxie vom Hubble-Typ E0? im Sternbild Löwe an der Ekliptik, sie ist schätzungsweise 2,25 Milliarden Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt.

Entdeckt wurde das Objekt am 27. März 1906 von Max Wolf.

Einzelnachweise

Elliptische Galaxie


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Q: Generate/download CSV file without storing on server I'm using the apache.commons.csv library in Java to generate CSV and make it downloadable without storing on server using following code:
try (OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(response.getOutputStream())){
        csvWriter = new CSVPrinter(osw,CSVFormat.DEFAULT);

        writer.printRecord(row);
        response.setContentType("text/csv");
        response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + "\";");
catch(Exception e) {
        //Exception block
}
finally {
        try {
            csvWriter.flush();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            logger.error("Exception while flushing file writer and CSV writer",e);
        }

    }

But it showing csv on browser, rather than asking me save as option for download.
What is wrong in the code or is there any other way to do the same?

A: You can refer below code. This will ask you for 'Save' popup.
set your data in request attribute as ArrayList like request.setAttribute("list", list)
and send it to JSP file.
Write this code in your JSP file.
<%
    response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
    response.setHeader("Content-disposition","attachment; filename=Report_File_Name.xls");
    response.setHeader("CookiesConfigureNoCache", "false");
    response.setHeader("Pragma","private,no-cache");
    response.setHeader("Cache-control","private,no-store,no-cache,max-age=0,must-revalidate");

    ArrayList<String> List = (ArrayList<String>) request.getAttribute("list");
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new comments and replays. comments: I don't like it. I wish you to stop creating impossible mods!
Gratulations! You build a mod that actually isnt playable. In many levels youre stuck in the very first room. Lots of graphic bugs all around combined with no progged rooms youre dying in.
This is a very good example how you should NOT build a mod. For other reasons like gameplaying or even having fun its not even worth downloading.


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Athletic Bilbao vs Eibar Preview and Line Up Prediction: Bilbao to Win 1-0 at 5/1
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Eibar and Malaga will play their twentieth game of the La Liga season at the Estadio Municipal De Ipurua on…
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Eibar and Atletico Madrid will play their nineteenth game of the La Liga season at the Estadio Municipal de Ipurua…
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Real Madrid and Eibar will play their ninth game of the La Liga season at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on…
Barcelona vs Eibar Preview and Line Up Prediction: Barcelona to Win 3-0 at 13/2
Barcelona and Eibar will play their fifth game of the La Liga season at Camp Nou on Tuesday, 19th September.…
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Barcelona and Eibar will play their thirty-eighth game of the La Liga season at Camp Nou on Sunday, 21st May.…
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Atletico Madrid and Eibar will play their thirty-sixth game of the La Liga season at the Estadio Vicente Calderón on…
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Where To: Buy Crypto at ATMs in Philadelphia
With rising popularity in crypto, Bitcoin ATMs are emerging throughout Philadelphia as a simple and safe way to purchase Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for those who may not be as tech savvy. [continue reading…]
Elections: Voters, Officials Consider Ways to Vote During COVID-19
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While understanding how to enroll for health care services can be a challenge for everybody, immigrants to the United States are far more likely to live uninsured. Navigating the health care process as an immigrant [continue reading…]
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The most successful homes take their inspiration from and reflect the people who live there, says Jill Schumacher, of Rariden Schumacher Mio in Birmingham.
The most successful homes take their inspiration from and reflect the people who live there, says Jill Schumacher, of Rariden Schumacher Mio in Birmingham. That was certainly the case with the Bloomfield Hills house the interior designer and her associate, Kirsten Roby, recently completed for a couple. "They're very stylish people, but not fussy, and like things to be in their place — so the house is all of those things," she explains.
An eye-catching, 6,300-square-foot residence of stucco and stone, the home's traditional English manor exterior belies a surprisingly modern interior, with a contemporary open floor plan, an abundance of windows and natural light, and rooms that are both clean and serene. The soft, predominantly white palette is punctuated with organic shapes and natural materials.
Serenity Times Two – Located at the center of the house, the great room is open to the adjacent kitchen and, like the rest of the residence, features custom furnishings. Painting above fireplace by Rosalind Tallmadge, from David Klein Gallery, Detroit and Birmingham.
The homeowner and designer worked with John Morgan of Perspectives on the kitchen. "He helped create a kitchen that represents our style," the homeowner says. The dining room light was custom-made in England and specifically designed for a cascading look, "sort of like rings falling gently out of your hand," says the designer. The self-storing Amish-made custom table unfolds like a pie to seat 12 when open. Artwork by Cyrus Karimipour, David Klein Gallery, Detroit and Birmingham.
When describing that style, "clean" and "calm" top the list. "Our interior leans toward transitional and modern," the homeowner says. "We like a bright feel. We were pretty sure, from the beginning, that we wanted dark floors and a clean and quiet feeling throughout." Concerned that an all-white palette would be too monochromatic, the designer brought in texture through carefully chosen fabrics, rugs, pillows, and art, and even added crisp painted-wood paneling to the stairway that connects the second floor to the lower level.
"We used fresh, light fabrics and simple geometric patterns throughout to add texture, but also to keep the interiors simple to the eye," Schumacher explains.
The family also likes a good party, the designer says, and the house — and amazing backyard — reflect that interest, as well. "We have big families and lots of friends, so we worked to create a house that had open areas and an easy flow," the homeowner says.
Handsome Retreat – The den is wrapped in teal and golden brown grass cloth by Phillip Jeffries, with deep peacock blue built-ins. A small hallway, RIGHT, is used to display a few items from the homeowners' impressive art collection. The glass display case features sculpture from the Bent Mirror series by Nina Cho from Next:Space Detroit. The painting is by artist Joseph Konert.
At the home's heart is the great room, a serene space that's open to the adjacent kitchen.
The kitchen has a formal edge, featuring a large marble-topped island and walnut cabinets with antique mirror insets that were inspired by a vintage apothecary. "It doesn't really look like a kitchen," Schumacher says.
Because marble slabs only come so large, the designer and John Morgan opted for walnut butcher block extensions on both sides of the island for extra space, and tucked the microwave into one end. Built-in storage on both ends ensures that there are plenty of places to tuck away kitchen essentials. While she purposely kept the space simple, "We went all-out on the hardware," Schumacher admits. "It was the jewelry." She points out that the kitchen nook table in a lighter wood brightens the space while providing visual variety.
The four seasons room features black, platinum, and gold tones with a natural stone fireplace. "We wanted to keep it cozy," the designer says. The light fixture was inspired by a light spotted in Spain and was made locally.
The great room and kitchen look out over the backyard toward the pool and pool house, areas that "are a major part of our living space," according to the homeowner. "We love being outside. It's very beautiful. You feel like you're on vacation." Not surprisingly, the family enjoys the space as long as the weather permits. "We open it early in the season and close it at the last possible moment," she says.
Favorite indoor areas include the "warm and cozy library," where the homeowner enjoys spending time with a book, and the master bedroom, a calm escape equipped with his-and-hers closets and bathrooms. Other bedrooms share the same quiet palette; the one exception is the 14-year-old daughter's room, which pops with bright pink.
Sheer Beauty – The powder room's walls feature Moore & Giles faux shagreen-embossed leather. The mirror was made locally, while the hand-hammered sconces are from England. The "minky taupe" master bedroom has a thread of dusty pink throughout, interior designer Jill Schumacher says. "It's a very calm room that we love to spend time in," adds the homeowner. His-and-hers closets and bathrooms are located off the master bedroom.


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By David Lerman
WASHINGTON — Funds for environmental projects are offered as bait for Congress to approve drilling off the U.S. coasts.
Supporters of offshore drilling for natural gas think they have found a new lure to win over critics: billions of dollars for environmental projects, including a $20 billion cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay.
The latest version of an offshore drilling bill, unveiled Wednesday, would funnel an estimated $150 billion in royalty revenues to participating coastal states and provide tens of billions of additional dollars for environmental restoration projects from Florida to San Francisco.
Among the prizes is $20 billion to fully fund a long-sought cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay that federal, state and local officials have for years failed to finance.
"There's been environmental opposition," said Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., a leading supporter of offshore drilling.
"But this whole thing is about improving the environment. People are starting to come to the realization that it is not anti-green."
But opposition to the drilling measure remains fierce and environmentalists offered no sign Wednesday that extra money will turn them around. "Drilling our coasts to pay for environmental cleanup is like selling your house to pay for new furniture," said Kristina Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Sierra Club.
The new bipartisan House bill would open the nation's coasts to drilling for natural gas 100 miles from shore and beyond. Oil drilling would still be banned under a decades-long federal moratorium.
Coastal states also would have the option of drilling for gas closer than 100 miles from shore. Drilling would be permitted between 50 miles and 100 miles from shore unless a state passes legislation prohibiting it.
Drilling between 25 miles and 50 miles would be permitted if a state passes legislation allowing it. Virginia lawmakers have expressed support for offshore drilling, saying the state could reap billions of new dollars and help boost domestic energy production.
Rep. Thelma Drake, R-Norfolk, a co-sponsor of the new House measure, said the United States is losing thousands of manufacturing jobs to overseas markets because of the high price of natural gas in the United States.
Dismissing the environmental concerns of offshore gas drilling, Drake said, "What does a natural gas spill look like? Bubbles?"
She said it was "painful" to learn that Dow Chemical is sending 10,000 jobs and $30 billion worth of new plants to countries such as China and Saudi Arabia because of the high U.S. price for natural gas.
"We're the only country that restricts our supply while increasing our demand" for gas, said Jack Gerard, president of the American Chemistry Council, which supports the drilling bill.
But prospects for passage of the measure this year would appear doubtful.
In a key vote last week, the Senate shot down a proposal by Sen. John W. Warner that would have allowed Virginia to drill for natural gas, but not oil.
And earlier this month, the House Appropriations Committee killed a proposal to allow for natural gas drilling 25 miles from shore.
But the leading sponsors of the new bill, Republican Rep. John Peterson of Pennsylvania and Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, put up a brave front Wednesday in presenting their bill at a news conference.
"We're on the move," Abercrombie said. "We're cresting. I'm an irresistible force and Peterson's an immovable object."
They estimate the bill would generate about $400 billion in royalty revenues over a decade, although it would take eight to 10 years before any gas could be recovered. *
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Mid90s skates through the awkward time of a boy's life
By Peter HowellMovie Critic
Thu., Oct. 25, 2018timer3 min. read
2.5 stars (out of 4)
Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Alexa Demie, Katherine Waterston and Olan Prenatt. Written and directed by Jonah Hill. Opens Friday at theatres everywhere. 84 minutes. 14A
The 1990s are within the memories of most of the people currently alive, and yet these years already feel like the distant past. The middle of the decade was marked by the mainstream adoption of the internet and the vast shift of social interactions that ensued.
The actor Jonah Hill acknowledges this with Mid90s, his lo-fi feature debut as writer and director, which is titled and situated for that time just before all things turned digital and connected-yet-disconnected. (The film is shot on 16mm, giving it a pleasingly uneven texture similar to its topic.)
Hill is also addressing a similar void in a boy's life: that gap between childhood and adulthood when everybody is telling you to grow up but nobody seems willing to take you seriously.
Mid90s surveys the scene through the eyes of sullen preteen Stevie, played by Sunny Suljic, who is currently on big screens in the fairy tale horror The House with a Clock in Its Walls. Hill likely sees a lot of himself in Stevie, since he was about the same age in the mid-1990s and he's played awkward characters in films like Superbad.
Stevie is not having a great life, in the rundown L.A. neighbourhood where he uncomfortably abides. He's constantly being beaten up by his older brother Ian (Lucas Hedges) for one transgression or another, mostly to do with Stevie's fascination for his bro's impressive collection of rap CDs, the same music that informs the era-specific soundtrack that includes a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. (With occasional exceptions: a tune by The Mamas & the Papas sticks out like a sore thumb.)
Stevie's hard-pressed single mom (Katherine Waterston) has too much on her mind to be of much help or comfort to her troubled youngest son.
Stevie falls in with a gang of neighbourhood knuckleheads, the kind who are content to spend the entire day skateboarding down any available strip of concrete, legally or not, while calling each other "gay" if they show any signs of wanting to be civilized.
His new pals include the wound-up Ruben (Gio Galicia), acne-scarred and academically challenged Fourth Grade (Ryder McLaughlin), curly tressed profane dude F—S—t (Olan Prenatt) and the group's lone African-American, Ray (Na-Kel Smith), who is the most thoughtful member of the group.
"A lot of the time we feel like our lives are the worst," Ray tells Stevie, in a philosophical moment. "But I think if you look in anybody else's closet, you wouldn't trade your s—t for their s—t."
That's about as deep as Mid90s gets. Stevie, nicknamed Sunburn for the dumbest of reasons, gets up to various shenanigans with his new pals, as his bro Ian looks on with fear and jealousy.
Things like stealing money so Stevie can buy his own skateboard, experimenting with drugs and alcohol and chatting up girls with the same intent as Hill's character in Superbad.
The film may not have much of a story, but it's agreeably resistant to any attempt to caution or lecture. It just observes, as young rebel movies have since the dawn of cinema, that life is something that happens while you're busy trying to skate around it.
Peter Howell is the Star's movie critic based in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @peterhowellfilm


The Galactic Center offers the rare possibility to quantitatively test general relativity in the so-far unexplored regime close to a massive black hole. Here we present the main results from the last two years of GRAVITY observations: the detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2, and the detection of orbital motion close to the last stable orbit during a flare. The GRAVITY instrument, which we have developed specifically for the observations of the Galactic Center black hole and its orbiting stars, is now routinely achieving ~3 milli-arcsec imaging interferometry with a sensitivity several hundred times better than previous instruments. Its astrometric precision of few ten micro arcseconds corresponds to only few Schwarzschild radii of Galactic Center massive black hole, which opens up the possibility to test the fundamentals of gravity all the way from the underlying equivalence principles, to considerations on new physics and their characteristic scales and strengths.


I'm using HP branded Brocade switches (32 and 64 ports) on which I want to bind a WWPN to a physical port. I'm using HP-UX which is using the switchport ID to generate the device hardware paths and so is dependant on the port of the switch to which my machine is connected.
To be ahead of trouble I would to allow a (HP-UX) WWPN to only login to a specific port. I've been reading the doc's and google-ing, but I can't seem to find if it's possible and if so, how to configure it.
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Breakups can be hard and it appears General Motors is taking Bumblebee's return to a Volkswagen Beetle pretty bad as the automaker has decided to auction four Camaros from the popular Transformers franchise.
There's no word on an auction estimate, but the first Bumblebee helped to promote the launch of the fifth-generation Camaro which made its return after an absence of nearly eight years. Following its appearance in the original live-action Transformers movie, the car was updated and reused for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
The Camaro from Transformers: Dark of the Moon was largely identical to its predecessor, but the model from Transformers: Age of Extinction is unique as boasts a streamlined exterior with concept-like styling. The final Camaro, from Transformers: The Last Knight, acted as a preview of the 2019 model.
Barrett-Jackson didn't say much about the movie cars, but each one features a V8 engine which is paired to an automatic transmission. They all send power to the rear wheels as should be expected.
All four cars are being sold with a scrap title and that means they aren't street legal. Despite this, the models will likely bring in a lot of money as the Transformers franchise – excluding Bumblebee – has brought in over $1.4 (£1.1 / €1.2) billion at the box office.
It'd MUCH rather have the VW Bug from the new movie.
I KNOW which one I want (& To be honest there is really only one that I actually want).
I like this one the best too.
Definitely this one, it's futuristic but doesn't have as many angles as a ball of tin foil.
Well, we certainly know where the first gen ZL1 got the inspiration for its front end, as well as the god awful facelift of the 2019 model before GM decided to tweak it.
The first Bumblebee was a hint of the 5th gen Camaro, the RofF one was a hint of the ZL1, the DotM one I'm not sure, the AoE previewed the sixth gen camaro and sadly, the last one previewed the afwul facelifted 6th gen.
Also note that the first two are based on the 2006 concept, the rest are based on the production 5th and 6th gen, my favorite is the Revenge of the Fallen one. Bad movies but somewhat good cars, except for the last one.
This kinda turns me off, basically all you get is display vehicle.
Most prop cars and even marketing show cars (SEMA) cars are scrapped. They do not have proper VIN or registration, so legally you can't drive them at all.
I am poor but if I had the money I'd pass hated Bay-bee. lol.


Posey, Harper, Bryant and other trade candidates.
Long time eBay and baseball card collector looking to trade the cards in this album for others I'd like to have. Interested primarily in cards BGS graded 9.5/10. Focus is on current MLB players such as Alex Bregman and Top 100 MLB prospects.


Welcome to our channel ScaraBeads, my name is Galina Cheremisina. Today we are going to create bracelet Turquoise Snake with SuperDuo beads.
We are going to weave with both ends, first with one end, then with second.
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Can I use a 6mm bicones crystals instead?


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