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Reese Witherspoon & Her Mom Are Adorable
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Reese Witherspoon & Her Mom Betty Are Adorable
Cortney Riles
Photo: Courtesy of Reese Witherspoon.
Reese Witherspoon and her daughter, Ava Phillippe, have been the talk of the town lately. And, rightfully so, as it not only mind-blowing to see how much Ava has grown up, but the two look nearly identical (though we do see a hint of father, Ryan, in those eyes). The pair is very close, and in fact, the mother-daughter relationships in the Witherspoon clan are seemingly unbreakable.
Throughout the years, thanks to social media, we've been able to witness special moments Witherspoon's spent with her mother, Betty. They appear to have the mother-daughter relationship many dream of. Not only does Reese's mom make a beautiful Oscar date, but she is also clearly the star's biggest fan. She's got her daughter's back — and Witherspoon has the adorable text messages to prove it. Her mother's texting style is all too familiar: multiple lines, semi-sporadic thoughts, and many emoji.
We'd guess that the southern belle's been receiving texts from her mother for quite some time, but she started sharing their laughable (often one-sided) conversations via Instagram last December. It was The Golden Girls that started it all:
Best text? This morning from mom, congratulating me on my #GoldenGlobe nomination. I love you mom. You inspire me everyday ❤❤❤ (and I love that you love the Golden Girls too! 😂😂😂)
A photo posted by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on Dec 11, 2014 at 10:49am PST
Then, Witherspoon got the biggest and best encouragement before the Golden Globes. So many hearts. So much love.
Aww thanks Mom for all the words of encouragement. ❤ Congrats to all the #GoldenGlobe winners last night! What a fun celebration of movies this year....and thank you to all the amazing fans who have supported #WILDmovie. 🙌
A photo posted by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on Jan 12, 2015 at 10:42am PST
Before the Oscars, her mom shed some light on how busy Whole Foods can be, and just how much she adores Cheryl Strayed.
My biggest fan...
A photo posted by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on Feb 22, 2015 at 2:15pm PST
Finally, mama Betty sent her daughter a smile after losing the Oscar — and a hello to Neil Patrick Harris, of course.
One more. #LoveNotesFromMom (And for @Instagranph)
We can't wait to see what she has to say next. As Mother's Day approaches, we imagine Witherspoon is spending the day with her favorite girls — Betty and Ava.
Reese Witherspoon Mom Text Messages
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written by Cortney Riles
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Q: Objective-C crash I'm checking self.next_id is not null why would this line crash? I can't reproduce the issue on my test devices. I only get crash reports from Crashlytics at this line.
-(Second*)getNextSecond:(BOOL)returnSelf{
    Second* retValue = nil;

    if(self.next_id){
        //this line !!!!
        retValue = [[SecondDatabase sharedManager] getSecond:[self.next_id stringValue]];
    }

    if (retValue == nil && returnSelf) {
        return self;
    }else{
        return retValue;
    }
     }

This is my SecondDatabase sharedManager function:
@property NSMutableDictionary* dictionary;
- (id)init {
    if (self = [super init]) {
         _dictionary = [@{} mutableCopy];
    }
    return self;
}

+ (id)sharedManager {
    static SecondDatabase *sharedMyManager = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        sharedMyManager = [[self alloc] init];
    });
    return sharedMyManager;
}

This is my getSecond function:
-(Second*)getSecond:(NSString*)idString{
    return [_dictionary objectForKey:idString];
}

Where should I be investigating? Would this crash if dictionary didn't have object for key so that it returns NULL?
My crash report:
Crashed: com.apple.main-thread
EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000007d8

Thread : Crashed: com.apple.main-thread
0  libobjc.A.dylib                0x3acd164c realizeClass(objc_class*) + 19
1  libobjc.A.dylib                0x3acd1715 realizeClass(objc_class*) + 220
2  libobjc.A.dylib                0x3acd1715 realizeClass(objc_class*) + 220
3  libobjc.A.dylib                0x3acd39ab lookUpImpOrForward + 74
4  libobjc.A.dylib                0x3acd3957 _class_lookupMethodAndLoadCache3 + 34
5  libobjc.A.dylib                0x3acd88b9 _objc_msgSend_uncached + 24
6  itsmysecond-ios                0x001287c7 -[Second getNextSecond:] (Second.m:93)
7  itsmysecond-ios                0x000fd5ff -[EBParallaxViewController adjustViewsToSeconds] (EBParallaxViewController.m:181)
8  itsmysecond-ios                0x000fd21d -[EBParallaxViewController scrollViewDidEndDecelerating:] (EBParallaxViewController.m:154)
9  UIKit                          0x32ed6957 -[UIScrollView(UIScrollViewInternal) _stopScrollDecelerationNotify:] + 806
10 UIKit                          0x32e0cd47 -[UIScrollView(UIScrollViewInternal) _stopScrollingNotify:pin:tramplingDragFlags:] + 466
11 UIKit                          0x32e0cb6b -[UIScrollView(UIScrollViewInternal) _stopScrollingNotify:pin:] + 30
12 UIKit                          0x32ed621b -[UIScrollView _smoothScrollWithUpdateTime:] + 3322
13 QuartzCore                     0x32a06df3 CA::Display::DisplayLinkItem::dispatch() + 98
14 QuartzCore                     0x32a06b9d CA::Display::DisplayLink::dispatch_items(unsigned long long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long) + 344
15 IOMobileFramebuffer            0x3577f75d IOMobileFramebufferVsyncNotifyFunc + 104
16 IOKit                          0x31209451 IODispatchCalloutFromCFMessage + 248
17 CoreFoundation                 0x304ddea9 __CFMachPortPerform + 136
18 CoreFoundation                 0x304e8a67 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 34
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Chris is based at the University of Hull, where he is in the final stages of his PhD in chemistry education, under the supervision of Prof Tina Overton. He will be discussing methods in the context of his recent CERP paper "Expert vs. novice: approaches used by chemists when solving open-ended problems", which invoked grounded theory. You can read Chris' pre-seminar information on grounded theory here.
Claire is based at Dublin Institute of Technology, where she works at the Learning Teaching and Technology Centre. Claire is a member of the editorial board of CERP. She completed an MA (Higher Education) and will present the methods used in her research project which studied students' experience and perception of learning resources, as viewed from a phenomenographic perspective. Claire will also discuss the process of preparing a publication from a dissertation. You can read Claire's pre-seminar information on phenomenography here.
Ross is based at the University of Edinburgh, and is a member of the Physics Education Research Group, being part of the substantial amount of innovative practice and educational research completed there. Ross will discuss the methods used in the recent publication from the group in Phys Rev ST, "Analyzing learning during Peer Instruction dialogues". This involved the use of smart pens to collect data and Ross' talk will focus on the use of this method in the context of the research design and how the data could be used to address the research questions. You can read Ross' pre-seminar information on this approach here.
Fraser is based at the University of Strathclyde, where he is a researcher in medicinal chemistry. His education interests in the general area of maths for chemistry. His talk will focus on his recent CERP paper, "A simulated peer-assessment approach to improving student performance in chemical calculations". This used a quantitative approach, and Fraser will discuss the methods used in gathering data, along with the statistical tests employed in his analysis.
Jane is based at Brunel University, London where she is a lecturer in science education. She has a long involvement with the Chemistry Education Research Group. She has wide interests covering teacher education, communication, and mentoring. She will speak on the latter topic, specifically on her CERP paper "An exploration of the effects of mentoring on post-16 Chemistry students' exam performance". She will discuss the use of interviews in gathering data in the context of this project, and generating data to relate to examination performance.
*Author summaries written by Michael Seery.


Does anyone have a strong phobia(s)? I mean like claustrophobia, that type of thing. I have a fear of heights myself. Well, the way I look at it, it's not so much the height but the fall and subsequent splat that I fear. One summer a long time ago I worked with an electrician and he warned me about having to climb different heights and such and I was feeling pretty paranoid about it. Anyway, I climbed like 20'-30' ladders and such and I was ok with it. Then one day we had to do this building where it was necessary to climb 120' on an attached ladder. Well sir crap. What a climb that was for me!
I was climbing and climbing and when I felt I should have been near the top, I looked up and could see I still had a ways to go so I looked down (big mistake) and just froze on the spot. I couldn't move either way. I kept telling myself I gotta move but it was like I was paralyzed. After a couple of minutes I told myself I have to move somehow. So I kept looking straight ahead and put one foot above the other, taking each step as a major accomplishment and I finally made it to the top.
Then I had to come back down. Argh, not as bad but it was no picnic either. Anyway, I had to make the climb about 6 more times and in the end it wasn't bothering me hardly at all, which I felt great about. After that summer I never really had to climb heights like that again and my fear returned. I guess it was like exposure therapy to me. It did work but I didn't do it enough for it to stick I guess.
(1) Appliances. Sounds weird but I have had SOOO many appliances either fail or fail to shut off or something like that -- that now, I won't even use them unless necessary.
(2) Elevators. I still ride in them but always am on guard and freak out when something happens.
Spiders and bugs. I have no idea why. And though it isnt a phobia, sometimes I get depressed when I think about my parent and dog dying. I will become hysterical, even though they are all healthy. And of course my avoidance is sort of a phobia.
But aside from that im not really scared about a whole lot. Im worried about becoming crippled or permanently immobile, but not death really.
heights. I can´t look from a window more than three floors up. Blood. I can´t see blood. I can´t go on this last. I guess it can be related to fear of death. Anyway, I don´t worry the first one I´m not gonna climb the Everest and in relation to the second one, I have seen that in a case of emergency I forget the fear and act.
What you say is the only way I know to overcome a phobia, that is, face to your fear over and over again.
Flying. Heck, just about any public transportation. Pretty much any situation where I am in with a group of strangers. I think that counts as social phobia. But flying is the worst because I would have no control - if the pilot was a nut it's over. Maybe if I learned to fly myself it would be better.
Heights, very much acrophobic. Many times my dreams involve me climbing up someplace too high and not being able to climb back down due to that panic feeling. I hate those facking dreams, they always wake me up and put me in a great mood to start the day.
Parador, you drive as fast as your car can go without a seatbelt on the off-chance that something might go wrong yet you worry about a suicidal pilot?
I'd think it's the passengers you should be more concerned with, if you fall alseep the guy beside you might cut off your head and start eating you. No wait, that's the bus.
GuySmiley wrote: Parador, you drive as fast as your car can go without a seatbelt on the off-chance that something might go wrong yet you worry about a suicidal pilot?
I'm not so sure you die right away in a plane crash. I can see myself getting burned alive. As for the pilot - I just don't like it when someone else has that much control over my fate. In my car I am in charge. If I want to be an idiot them it's ok with me. And my car tops out at 115. What do those planes do? 500 mph?
I'm afraid of being exposed by any means. I have to have my arms, chest, legs, feet, everything covered... I even hide my face behind my hair and refuse to move it out of the way. I also don't like to be exposed as in having some one know me too well or know stuff or catch on to stuff I'd rather keep to myself no matter how important it is to my well-being.
"Could we fix you if you broke?"


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Blacksburg metro area recognized for job growth
NewGeography.com has recognized the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area as the No. 29 Best City for Job Growth in the U.S.; No. 2 in Virginia.
NewGeography Ranking of Virginia Metro Areas
Metro Area Ranking
Blacksburg 29
Harrisonburg 90
Northern VA 91
Richmond 114
Danville 127
VA Beach 169
Roanoke 217
Lynchburg 291
Charlottesville 296
Montgomery County, Virginia - NewGeography, a website devoted to analyzing and discussing the places where we live and work, has recognized the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as one of the best places in the U.S. for job growth.
Of 398 MSAs analyzed, NewGeography ranked the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area No. 29 on its list of the Best Cities for Job Growth for 2013, just one spot behind Silicon Valley (i.e. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA). The metro area had the second highest overall ranking in Virginia and ranked No. 17 nationally within the Small Cities category.
To compile the 2013 rankings of the best cities for job growth, NewGeography used an index comprised of these measures of growth: 1 ) recent growth trend: the current and prior year's employment growth rates, with the current year emphasized; 2) mid-term growth: the average annual 2007-2012 growth rate; 3) long-term trend and momentum: the sum of the 2007-2012 and 2001-2006 employment growth rates multiplied by the ratio of the 2001-2006 growth rate over the 2007-2012 growth rate; and 4) current year growth.
Montgomery County along with the city of Radford and the counties of Floyd, Giles and Pulaski comprise the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area. The region – known locally as the New River Valley – has a population of almost 200,000 and is designated a metropolitan statistical area by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget due to its high degree of economic and social integration.
NewGeography's ranking of the Best Cities for Job Growth isn't the first time the metro area has been recognized for its economic performance. Other notable third-party rankings include:
No. 32 Best-Performing Small City of 2012 (Milken Institute, 2013)
No. 2 American City Adding Jobs (24/7 Wall Street, 2012)
No. 32 Best Small Place for Business and Careers (Forbes, 2012)
No. 5 Best Small City for Jobs (Forbes, 2012)
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in Montgomery County - home of Virginia Tech and the towns of Blacksburg & Christiansburg - has jumped 9.2 percent since January 2010, dropping the unemployment rate from 8.6 percent to 6.5 percent. During that period, the local economy added 3,737 net new jobs and annual wages have increased, on average, 5.5 percent or $2,005.
Growth in Falling Branch Corporate Park and the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center are positively impacting economic development in Montgomery County. In 2012, over 261 new jobs were announced in Falling Branch Corporate Park by expanding companies, including Aeroprobe Corporation, Dish Network and Inorganic Ventures. Backcountry.com also opened its $20 million, 216 person, East Coast fulfillment center in the park. Employment in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC) - home to over 150 research, technology and support companies - has grown to over 2,600 people. Just last month, San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting announced plans to expand in the CRC and create over 100 new jobs.
Montgomery County is also experiencing consistant population growth, likely due to its economic opportunities and quality of life. Over the past decade, from 2002 to 2012, Montgomery County's population has grown to 95,626 - increasing 12.5 percent or 10,599 new residents. In recent years, the community has received the following third-party accolades recognizing its quality life:
No. 2 Best Mid-Size Mountain Town (Blue Ridge Country Magazine, 2013)
No. 1 Best Place to Raise Kids/Family (Bloomberg Businessweek, 2011; Homes.com, 2012)
No. 19 Most Secure Place to Live (Farmers Insurance Group, 2010)
Top 50 Best Place to Live and Launch for its "mix of business and lifestyle appeal" (CNN Money, 2007)
For more information about living or doing business in Montgomery County, visit - www.YesMontgomeryVA.org.
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Last week, a Vine clip of a woman expressing her frustrations in an Apple store went viral. It appears Jimmy Kimmel found this clip so mesmerising that he felt that her performance needed to be immortalized in a song. The Backstreet Boys, who happened to be lying around his studio, have taken her dialogue and made a song out of it (via CNET).
The clip, that was shared on Vine by actress Porscha Coleman, showed a lady who walked into an L.A. Apple store and screamed her head off for not having an appointment at the Genius Bar. On Jimmy's advice, the Backstreet Boys created something far more tuneful out of it, a "cappella".
From the malodorous to the melodious.
You will, on hearing this ditty, surely hum it for days as you wander about your office on your legs or skateboard.
So that's what happens when Barbershop meets Apple store!


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On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at about 8:53 a.m., Officers of the Clovis Police Department were dispatched to the area of 6th and Ash Streets to locate a male who appeared to be injured. City of Clovis Public Works employees noted the injured subject and called his description into Clovis Police Department Dispatch. The subject was described as having been shot or stabbed by the initial callers.
Officers located the subject, a 32 year old male, in the area of 8th and Walnut Streets. The subject had an injury to his right hand, and what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his lower left leg. When questioned about his injuries, he stated he was hit by a car. His injuries were not consistent with injuries received by a person struck by a motor vehicle. Officers administered first aid to the injured man and Clovis Fire Department ambulance crews were dispatched to the scene. Aerocare medical air ambulance was flown in to the area, collected the male, and transported him to a Lubbock, Texas area hospital.
block of East Mabry Drive. Droplets of blood were followed to a room at the hotel. No other persons were found in the hotel room. The room was secured and a search warrant was executed for items of evidentiary value from the room.
The investigation into this incident continues. The 32 year old male is listed in stable condition at a Lubbock, Texas area hospital.


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T is in the process of doing the Paw Paw program for cancer and he has noticed several interesting observations in doing this program. His skin had been dry and bothersome with white dry patches, signs of melanoma. In using the super foods as listed in the program , Essential Liquid Minerals, Super Omega-3, Flax Hull Lignans, Chlorophyll and water he noticed that over time the white dry patches had totally disappeared. T also had a knee problem which caused him undue pain and throbbing. By using EverFlex tablets about 3 a day and applying EverFlex cream to the knee area daily he noticed that within two months the throbbing in his knee completely disappeared. He has not had that problem since. T noticed that by using Chinese Mineral Chi Tonic on a daily basis his energy had increased immensely and all arthritic symptoms in his fingers have totally disappeared.
M is doing a program to help her to lose weight. M eliminated all sugar, all lectin containing grains and legumes. Her program includes Essential Liquid Minerals, Psyllium Hulls Combination with lots of water, Flax Hull Lignans about two scoops a day ,Hydrated Bentonite, MC and Collatrim Plus. Within two months M lost 20 pounds and she is ecstatic !
S had a contentious issue with acne particularly noticeable and problematic during the menstrual cycle. She used many of the Nature's Sunshine super foods :Chlorophyll and water Flax Hull Lignans, Essential Liquid Minerals and Lecithin. She noticed that by taking high doses of Lecithin about eight a day that the problematic acne totally disappeared.
P had a cancerous tumour on her neck surgically removed. She applied Vitamin E with Selenium, Aloe Vera Gel and Silver Gel to the surgical area. She reported that the healing in this area was incredible.
One night P woke up with excruciating pain in her kidney area. She realized this was a kidney infection. She went to work on an herbal program for her kidneys. She took 1 ounce of SilverGuard, some Cranberry Buchu capsules some Hydrangea capsules and pine needle. HVP was used to stop the spasms. By six o'clock the following evening her pain totally subsided.
M was diagnosed with liver cancer. There was a dark spot on her liver and she decided to do the Paw Paw program in conjunction with 16 chemotherapy treatments. Her paw Paw program included super foods such as Essential Liquid Minerals, Flax Hull Lignans, Chlorophyll, Green Zone, Collatrim Plus. She also took LIV-A and LIV-J a in high doses along with Paw Paw and Pau D'Arco capsules. She noticed that she had absolutely no side effects from the chemo. There was no nausea and no hair loss and her energy levels was up the entire time. She had lost 45 pounds before the chemo and she lost 65 pounds after the chemo. But in doing the herbal program she had regained 35 of those pounds and she is feeling fabulous.
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P 14 two capsules three times a day with meals. Recently she reported that her blood sugar was normal and that she is in the process of weaning off the Metformin medication.
Pam was diagnosed with a small tumour in her jaw area. She immediately eliminated all sugar, all grains all the legumes and dairy from her diet. She took you UC3-J for her bowels. She took Chinese Mineral Chi Tonic about 2 ounces a day, Protease Plus enzymes on an empty stomach and Paw Paw regularly with meals. Within one month the tumour was so small that no surgery was required.
D was diagnosed with breast cancer. However she had been diabetic since 2007 and she took insulin on a regular basis. In doing the Paw Paw program for cancer she noticed that by eliminating all grains, all sugars, all legumes and all dairy and by using the supplements as recommended in the Paw Paw program for cancer her blood sugar went down to normal within one week. She has now been off the insulin for quite some time. Her blood pressure has decreased and the blood pressure medications are being lowered accordingly.
Norbert is diagnosed with prostate cancer. His ankles were extremely swollen. As a matter of fact there really was no definition of an ankle. His job required that he stand for eight hours at a time. He began doing the Paw Paw program for cancer. He eliminated all sugar, all grains, all legumes, and dairy from his diet. The kidney formula, K, was also added to the Paw Paw program. Within the first two weeks of following the program he lost a considerable amount of water and about 7 pounds in weight. His ankles are now clearly visible.
P is presently doing the Paw Paw program for cancer as he was diagnosed with cancer in the lung and a tumour in the brain area. He decided to do chemotherapy alongside the Paw Paw program for cancer. He eliminated all sugars, all grains, all legumes, and all dairy from his diet. Within two months of following this program strictly he lost 30 pounds of unwanted weight. And he was excited to report that during the chemo treatments he experienced no nausea and no loss of appetite. The tumour in his lung has now decreased substantially.
One hygienist recommended antibiotics for a patient whose teeth were being cleaned. The hygienist was worried and concerned about bleeding and infection. S, however ,decided not to take antibiotics and she took four Cats Claw twice a day instead. Then several times a day for a few days she would hold SilverGuard in her mouth for 6 min. at a time before swallowing it. In following this protocol for a few days she noticed there was no bleeding, no infections, and no problems here.
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On July 6 (Sunday), 2003, the New Life Family Walkathon was held at Duryu Park in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, in which over 30,000 citizens including the foundation members took part.
Wishing for the success of the Daegu Summer Universiade that was planned to be held in August in Deagu, the walkathon played an important role to increase citizens' interest for the Summer Universiade by walking a total of 3 km from Daegu Technical College to Kolon Outdoor Auditorium located in Duryu Park, including 1 km walk through the center of Daegu city.
Although the rain poured down, the walkathon went on as it had been scheduled. The participants who wore raincoats over their pink T-shirts kept walking briskly. Fathers and mothers who wheeled baby carriages, an elderly lady who painted her face with Taegeukgi (the national flag of Korea), and even a disabled member in his wheelchair joined the walkathon. People said that all the Duryu Park was filled with angels in raincoats.
In the walkathon many distinguished figures of various social standing took part: Park Sang-ha the Executive President of the Daegu Universiade Organizing Committee, Lawmaker Kim Il-yun, and Lawmaker Kim Bu-gi. Yun Seok-gi the Chief of the Victims' Family of Daegu Subway Arson Attack, and five measure committee members quietly attended the event.
The New Life Welfare Foundation Chairwoman Zahng Gil-jah said in the interview by KBS that she arranged this walkathon to lead the Daegu Summer Universiade to a success and to offer a cultural program for the youth in need. She also said about the purpose of the event, "I hope that today's event will revitalize Daegu City which is depressed recently for several tragic accidents." The New Life Welfare Foundation delivered admission tickets for the Universiade opening ceremony to the youth in need.


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Breaking Down Biden's Proposed "Ghost Gun" Rules
COMMENTARY Firearms
Amy Swearer @AmySwearer
Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
Amy is a legal fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
The new definition also could lead to absurd realities where homemade guns end up with multiple serial numbers stamped throughout different parts of the firearm. CatEyePerspective / Getty Images
Firearms without serial numbers are ghost guns in the sense that there are no official records of their existence.
Many gun kits and "80% receivers" now would be regulated the same as fully functional firearms and finished receivers.
The power to make and change law belongs to Congress. And only to Congress.
When President Joe Biden announced a plan in mid-February to "tackle gun violence," he said he would direct the Justice Department to issue new regulations for so-called ghost guns.
The Justice Department last week finally made public what those new rules would be, setting off a flood of commentary on a technical and oft-misunderstood topic.
So what are ghost guns? Why does it seem like everyone suddenly is talking about them? What effect would the new rules have on gun owners?
And, most importantly, are these changes something Biden can do without congressional action?
What Are 'Ghost Guns?'
The term "ghost gun" refers to a firearm that isn't marked with an individualized serial number, either because that number has been obliterated illegally or because the firearm is exempt from federal laws that generally require those markings.
Law enforcement officers often use serial numbers to track guns associated with crimes back to their point of purchase or last known lawful owner.
Most commonly, however, the term is used to mean a specific type of unmarked gun—those made by private individuals for personal use, often using a variety of prefabricated or partially unfinished firearm parts. In other words, most ghost guns are just homemade firearms.
Laws on Homemade Guns
It's impossible to understand the controversy over unmarked homemade firearms without first understanding the way federal gun law currently works.
Federal law doesn't regulate the manufacture and sale of every firearm part. It regulates "firearms," defined as "a weapon which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive," including the weapon's "frame or receiver."
What is a firearm "frame or receiver," and why is it so important that Congress decided to regulate it just as it would a completed firearm?
Congress didn't define "frame or receiver" in any statute, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives long ago created rules defining the frame or receiver as "the part of a firearm which provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel."
In layman's terms, a gun's frame or receiver is a hunk of shaped and drilled-out metal that ultimately will house the parts that make the gun fire when it's all put together.
You can buy or sell any other individual part of a firearm just as easily as you could a bar of soap. But not so with the frame or receiver.
Any person or entity "engaged in the business" of manufacturing or selling firearms—including frames or receivers—has to be licensed by the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, as a federal firearms licensee.
Federal firearms licensees are subject to a plethora of regulatory burdens: Their firearms must be marked with individualized serial numbers; they must keep extensive records of all firearm sales or transfers; and they must conduct background checks on all prospective firearm purchasers.
But Americans who want to build firearms for their own personal use don't have to become firearms licensees and aren't subject to those stringent regulations. It's still illegal for a prohibited person to make a firearm for personal use, or for these unlicensed private gunmakers to "engage in the business" of selling their guns to others.
Understanding the Controversy
Americans have a long and proud history of private gunsmithing. We've always been tinkering with our guns in our garages. Why are homemade guns suddenly an issue?
As has been the case throughout history, most home gunsmiths today are more "gunbuilders" than "gunmakers," assembling a variety of largely premade parts into a custom weapon. Generally, this type of assembly requires some degree of skill, special tools, and time, especially when starting with a "blank" (completely solid) frame or receiver.
But with the advent of 3Dprinting, online tutorials, and a tremendous growth in the number of manufacturers selling partially finished frames and receivers (known as "80% receivers" because they're about 80% completed), homemade gunbuilding has become increasingly easier and more accessible for the average American.
Additionally, some manufacturers now sell "gun kits" that contain not just partially finished frames or receivers, but all the other components or tools necessary for a relative novice to build a functional firearm in a single afternoon.
Nothing in these kits technically comprises a firearm—or a frame or receiver—at the time the kit is sold, so federal law doesn't require the parts to have serial numbers or that buyers undergo background checks.
The fear is that those prohibited from buying guns nonetheless may purchase these all-in-one kits and possess an operable firearm by the end of the day, while bypassing a background-check system designed to keep guns out of their hands. Further, because these kit guns don't have serial numbers, it's harder for police to find leads in criminal cases in which these guns are used.
What New Rules Would Do
Among other things, the new rules would expand the definition of "frame or receiver" to include any part of a gun that can house even one mechanism of the firing process. They also would regulate partially completed frames and receivers when sold in "weapons parts kits" containing all of the tools necessary to assemble a firearm.
This essentially means that many gun kits and "80% receivers" now would be regulated the same as fully functional firearms and finished receivers: They couldn't be sold without a serial number or without the buyer undergoing a background check.
Those kits presumably would still be available for purchase, but no longer could be mailed to your door via the internet. Like firearms, the kits could be paid for online, shipped to a brick-and-mortar firearms licensee, and picked up in person after completion of a background check.
The proposed regulation would not impose additional requirements on unlicensed private gunmakers who build guns for personal use. It would impose new burdens, however, on firearms licensees who take in unmarked homemade guns and now would have to "mark" those homemade guns with a serial number, record those marks with the ATF, and maintain records of the ensuing transactions, just like they would with a commercially manufactured gun.
Problem With Rule Changes
There certainly are questions about whether aspects of the proposed rules constitute good policy. The rules certainly would upend over a century of common understanding and agreement about what constitutes a gun's frame or receiver, based on dubious claims that these definitions are outdated.
The new definition also could lead to absurd realities where homemade guns end up with multiple serial numbers stamped throughout different parts of the firearm.
But those policy questions pale in comparison to the legal question of whether the ATF can impose these changes in the first place.
In our system of government, executive branch agencies such as the ATF are tasked with enforcing laws written and passed by Congress. Agencies necessarily must "interpret" and "apply" the laws they're supposed to enforce, and courts give considerable deference to these interpretations.
But agencies cannot "reinterpret" laws in ways that effectively rewrite what Congress said, especially when reinterpretation dramatically broadens the agency's regulatory authority.
When Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968, it specifically regulated firearms, including the frame or receiver. As renowned Second Amendment scholar Steven Halbrook has noted, "In ordinary nomenclature, a frame or receiver is a finished part which is capable of being assembled with other parts to put together a firearm."
Yet the ATF's new rule in effect would change that law to allow for the regulation of "almost-frames" or "almost-receivers."
Congress simply did not give the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the authority to drastically alter the plain meaning of statutes, or to regulate partially finished frames or receivers that require more drilling or machining on the part of the person assembling the gun. And the ATF is not constitutionally permitted to grant itself that authority, regardless of how good of an idea the agency may think it is to do so.
Power Belongs to Congress
It may well be good policy, as some have argued, to mandate background checks on IKEA-style build-a-gun kits, even though we know this isn't how the majority of would-be criminals acquire their guns.
It also might be easier for law enforcement agencies to track down perpetrators of gun crime if fewer parts are sold without serial numbers to private gunmakers.
And it even could be the case that the new rules are a reasonable way to regulate gun kits while allowing Americans to build their own guns at home.
But implementing this policy, whether sensible or not, requires that an existing statute be rewritten or that a new statute be enacted, which are not powers the Constitution grants to unelected bureaucrats at the ATF.
This piece originally appeared in The Daily Signal.
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Grapevine has it that the paper boy may soon be out of business with the emergence of news blogs on the internet. Conventionally, most home owners, especially those belonging to the older generation are used to reading the daily newspaper in print in order to stay updated with current global news. However, this trend is experiencing a change where the newer generation now looks to the internet when it comes to staying updated with the latest happenings around the world.
This shifting trend poses a threat to many of the conventional print newspapers. So much so that many of them have initiated the move to go online. Many newspaper companies have experienced a drop in their sales due to this new emerging trend. However, the danger for news agencies is far from over because they are being rivaled by another creation of the web that comes in the form of news blogs.
These are basically online websites that deliver round the clock updated breaking news from around the world. These news aggregation websites do not only give you the daily news as quoted from other news sources but they also give you the opportunity to watch original news programs covering your favorite niches. Many of these blogs feature separate sections, writers, videos and original programs on politics, business, sports, entertainment, biz and tech and much more. In essence a news blog is everything that a newspaper could ever wish to be.
There is no denying the fact that news blogs offer the news seeker a much more enhanced experience. At the same time however it has had a significant impact on journalism. This is because readers are given the opportunity to comment and give feedback on anything they read, see or hear on these blogs thus keeping the journalists in check. Unlike conventional media where it is difficult to identify a twisted agenda, with news blogs intentions are always kept in check.
When examined in detailed this phenomenon comes across as a very important and vital development of our century. In an era where the media is being blamed for promoting vested agendas, news blogs deliver impartial breaking news and headlines from around the world in an unbiased, unprejudiced and informative manner.
The newspaper in print can never even dream to match the value that news blogs have to offer. This is why you will find them to be increasing in terms of popularity all over the world whereas the sales and popularity of the conventional printed paper seem to be dwindling fast.


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The charismatic founder of SpaceX is presenting his Mars vision to aerospace experts. Here's how to watch live—and what you need to know.
Watch Live Elon Musk presents his vision for getting humans to Mars at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has famously said he wants to die on Mars—just not on impact.
At 2:30 p.m. ET on September 27, Musk will take the next step toward making that wish come true by announcing his company's vision for how to get humans to Mars and beyond.
The highly anticipated talk will likely cover many of the moves Musk and his team have already made to get humans to the red planet.
In successfully testing its self-landing Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX has become a leader in supersonic retropropulsion—a braking method that will be crucial to slowing down large payloads in Mars's wispy atmosphere. NASA has taken notice: The space agency has entered a retropropulsion data-sharing agreement with SpaceX.
And in April, the company announced plans to begin sending its spacecraft to the red planet by 2018. While the initial flights wouldn't have humans on board, they would represent a critical first step to putting astronaut boots on Mars.
Musk's September 27 talk is expected to build on that announcement, ultimately outlining a plan to send humans on the interplanetary voyage at some point in the 2020s—an exploration program that would involve a non-financial collaboration with NASA.
MARS Trailer The year is 2033, and humankind's first Mars crew is about to launch. This is the story of how we make Mars home, told by the pioneers making it possible. MARS, a global miniseries event, premieres this November on National Geographic.
"Among the many exciting things we're doing with American businesses, we're particularly excited about an upcoming SpaceX project that would build upon a current 'no-exchange-of-funds' agreement we have with the company," NASA deputy administrator Dava Newman wrote in an April 27 blog post.
"In exchange for Martian entry, descent, and landing data from SpaceX, NASA will offer technical support for the firm's plan to attempt to land an uncrewed Dragon 2 spacecraft on Mars."
Launching vessels to Mars without people on board is the first step in any scheme to eventually parking humans there, which Musk said was one of his goals when he founded SpaceX more than a decade ago. For now, it seems SpaceX plans on starting with the Red Dragons, which will be updated versions of the Dragon 2 spacecraft. The craft would slow themselves to touch down on Mars with retrorockets—much like the sky crane that lowered NASA's Curiosity rover to the Martian surface in 2012.
SpaceX's plan to deliver the Red Dragon to Mars will probably rely on its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, which the company says will debut later this year but which has previously been subject to flight delays.
In addition, unless space travelers are up for a one-way trip to the red, dusty world, there's still the question of getting back off the planet—something that might matter to a few people, even Musk.


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Take a good look in the mirror once in a while. Remember all you have achieved and all you are still capable of offering the world.
Bringing it back to 1983 with this one, and why not? It's a classic that stands the test of time.
"You trade your passion for glory. Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past. You must fight just to keep them alive." When you need a boost to stay the course, this is as good as it gets.
Everybody needs a "take back my life song." Until you have your own, you can borrow Rachel Platten's.
When the pressure is on, "you better lose yourself in the music." You own the moment, and "you better never let it go." Who doesn't get motivated when listening to this?


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Adopting 'Norwegian Proposal' would benefit European plastics recyclers
Low grade mixed waste for export
Adopting Norway's proposal to amend a global agreement on rules for exporting mixed plastic waste would benefit European plastics recyclers and lead to more investment in infrastructure, says UK plastics recycler, Axion Polymers.
Manchester-based Axion Polymers welcomes the proposed changes to the Basel Convention that would set strict quality specifications about exports.
The Basel Convention has 187 signatory countries, including the UK, that have signed up to legislation governing the classifications and export of hazardous wastes around the world. Individual countries, however, can dictate their own rules for the classification of waste for import purposes.
Last year, amid concerns over exports of poorly-segregated waste plastics to the Far East/non-OECD countries and ocean plastics, Norway put forward an amendment to the B3010 'Green list' to restrict shipments to higher-quality, single polymer materials. B3010 dictates what types of plastics can be exported and there are stringent rules about material specification to be included on the list. Any mixed plastics bales that fail to meet the strict B3010 quality standard will automatically fall under a system of 'pre-informed consent' and be managed in a similar way to hazardous waste shipments.
The amendment would mean that bales of rigid mixed plastic, for example, which are usually very low-quality material, would no longer be acceptable for widespread export. The UK currently exports significant quantities of this material. The proposal also calls for the restriction of these exports to EU/OECD countries.
If the Norway proposal is adopted by the Basel Conference of the Parties (CoP) at the end of April, it will become law within six months and signatories will have to enact their own laws by the end of the year.
Axion's Associate Consultant Keith Freegard welcomed the proposal, saying: "It will clean up waste packaging flows – a major cause of ocean plastics – by setting strict quality specifications for exports and clearly put pressure on the waste and recycling sector to raise processing standards."
However, he expressed concern that the timeframe is not long enough to boost the installed UK capacity for WEEE, ELV and packaging recycling. It will take several years to build new infrastructure, so the UK waste industry will need a managed ramp-down in the proportion of waste plastics being sent for overseas recycling.
"The best place to get a sustainable, resource-efficient and low-risk material supply is from our own recycling infrastructure. And that means delivering good quality material back to the packaging producers. Money raised from PRN system reforms should be invested in the recycling infrastructure to ensure it delivers the quality of material required."


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WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS MANAGED: ANALYTICS-THE FUTURE OF MARKETING
The Marketing Analytics Conference organised by Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi on 19th October 2013, has become a hot topic of discussion, across the business world. With active support from Homestead- our lead sponsor, Fractal Analytics- our knowledge partner, PHD Chambers- Chamber Partner, Business Standard- Print Partner and Yourstory- our online partner, MAC 2013 has proved truly to be an enriching experience for all who attended it.
A first of its kind in NCR, the conference brought together distinguished Industry and Academia professionals from various marketing and analytics profiles from across the nation, together under one roof to share and exchange ideas that could help the corporate world prosper. The goal of the Conference was: To incorporate both the practitioners' and the academicians' perspectives on marketing analytics.
The Conference commenced with the introduction to "Concerns of Analytics in Marketing Strategy" by FIIB Chairman, Mr. Manish Kheterpal. He discussed Analytics from a layman's perspective. He mentioned, "The combination of right people (culture) and execution empowered by Analytics could lead to a sustainable business advantage. It is high time to bring on a change in the mind-set of marketers with a prime focus on Marketing Analytics. It is critical to link Marketing Analytics investment with Revenue and Profits."
Analytics for Marketing in the 21st Century & Using Big Data Analytics to win the Customer
The two eminent Key Note speakers, Prof. Arnab K Laha from IIM Ahmedabad and Mr. Saurabh Mittal, Senior VP (Retail and CPG), Fractal Analytics, started the discussions with their keynote addresses. Prof. Laha initiated his talks by stating a fact that "Implied needs are hardest to capture in any data collection mode." He further talked about the opportunities and challenges of Big Data. His mantra for Analytics in the 21st century is that: "Analytics will have tremendous impact on marketing in the coming decades of the 21st century as it will help in meeting a customer's implied and dynamic needs. New statistical methods for Big Data are sought after. But all advantages of using analytics can be frittered away if Actions on the ground don't match the promise made".
Mr. Mittal began with the forecast that "Analytics shall rewrite the roots of Marketing & Strategy". He mentioned analytics as a testing tool that can help businesses across all variants localize the product and services through observing consumer behavior. The time has come when India is heading towards creation of Data Scientists. In addition to his own views, Mr Saurabh was assisted by representatives from his team of Data Scientists, who presented an innovative case study to demonstrate to the audience, how analytics and different approaches to analytics allow us to improve on services and revenues together. Mr. Saurabh Mittal's speech can be summed as: "The ABCDs of Marketing will be rewritten with the inclusion of Analytics just the way IT had changed the services sector. Big Data Analytics will assist in going to the ultimate level of building customer genomics."
DIGITAL MARKETING & E-COMMERCE ARE TAKING CENTER STAGE
After a tea break of 15 minutes, the session commenced with conversations with Mr. Prashant Tandon, (Co-Founder and Managing Director, Healthkart), who shared some facts and figures used in their organization through big data. He shared figures where he mentioned that big data helped his organization to realize that 1/4th of his sales numbers were achieved due to clicks pressed in Tier-4 cities unlike a common belief that people in these cities would not have access to internet. He mentioned that, "Gone are the days when law of average could be applied in marketing and sales strategies as now you sell brand to every individual and not an age group or a city or product fragment." He concluded by saying "The game is the same- but the tools to play are newer, bigger, sharper and smarter making marketing giving it Multi- Dimensional face."
Panellists from the technology, consumer durables, real estate and academics area discussed about using Marketing Analytics to achieve constant relevance for the customer which is a recurring benefit. The panel agreed that the pursuit of profitable customers could be a big benefit of adopting marketing analytics.
First Panel Discussion was initiated by Prof. Jones Mathew, moderator for the panel session. The panel was a unique mix of Industry Professionals including Mr. Anurag Gour (Director Marketing, Microsoft India), Mr. Deepak Taneja (Head-Digital Marketing and E Commerce, Nokia), Mr Sidharth Misra (AGM Sales and Marketing, Homestead India) and Prof Tuhin Chatopadhyayy, (Professor, FIIB). The panel was brought together to discuss the best practices of Customer Analytics.
Mr. Anurag Gour suggested that there should be zeal of innovation to every creation, consumer solutions and design. Mr. Taneja added from his experience that, "A close watch on consumer behavior and competitiveness" forced them to think out of the box.
Mr. Sidharth Misra mentioned that "Connecting to customers" in today's well connected world has become all the more different. To add perspective from Academia, Prof. Tuhin suggested to the industrialists, that in the race of big data, data itself does not guarantee big insights. Gap between analytic professional, data acquisition and data absorption needs to be bridged for successful implementation of big data.
They chiefly deliberated on the strengths, pitfalls, challenges and opportunities of using marketing analytics at the market level. Usage of Marketing Analytics to achieve constant relevance for the customer came up as a recurring benefit. The pursuit of profitable customers could be the other big benefit of adopting marketing analytics.
Post Lunch, the second session commenced with the welcome speech of Prof. Tuhin Chatopadhayay who introduced the topic of "Marketing Database Analytics" and invited our panellists including Prof. Anandakuttan B Unnithan,from IIM Kozhikode, Prof. Arindam Banerjee, IIM Ahmedabad, Mr. Niranjan Roy, Ex- Principal Consultant & Head- EIM, Steria and Mr. Pratul Chopra, Head- Marketing Analytics, Fidelity Investments.
Prof Arindam shared his experiences while practicing analytics and suggested to link 360 degree of customer data in order to predict the hand and feet movement. To use predictive modelling, data needs to source from various sources. He highlighted a challenge for Big Data as "merger of data and technology may make companies lose track of implied needs."
This thought was backed by Mr. Pratul who elaborated by explaining that losing this track deepens the gap of customer being able to derive value of investments that in turn hits the business. He emphasized that use of past data helps you sense silent turbulences. Mr. Niranjan Roy suggested that patience is required while handling and using big data as business needs time to absorb these changes and insights. According to him "If you torture data too long, it will confess".
In his presentation, Prof. Anandkuttan highlighted that "Analytics may address the complexities of marketing however, can also shorten the average lifecycle of customer with a brand". Prof. Chattopadhayay concluded that close monitoring of tools and techniques of analytics and usage strategy of big data maintaining the human touch shall allow it to reach new heights in the marketing segment.
The Conference was concluded by Prof Jones Mathew, where he summarized and reflected upon the key learnings from all the speakers and thanked the sponsors and team for support. He also invited all the participants for high tea for a second level of discussions with the industry and academia speakers.
Pictures from the Conference can be viewed here
Media Coverage highlights can be viewed here


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September 3 marks the annual feast of St. Pius X, Pope and Confessor. Born on June 2, 1835, Giuseppe Sarto (English: Joseph Tailor) was ordained a priest on September 18, 1858 and consecrated a bishop on November 16, 1884. Pope Leo XIII created him a cardinal on June 12, 1893. When Pope Leo died in 1903, the conclave elected Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro to succeed him. However, due to a veto issued against Rampolla before the conclave by the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph -- a right that had been granted to the emperor by the rules of the conclave then in force -- Rampolla's election was void, and the conclave had to choose a different candidate. On August 4, Cardinal Sarto was elected Pope and took the name of Pius X. The cardinals' choice of Sarto as Pope and the veto against Rampolla turned out to be among God's greatest blessings ever granted to His holy Church. Rampolla, it turned out, had been a secret Freemasonic infiltrator into the Church; and Sarto, the man chosen as Pope in his stead, ended up becoming the first canonized Pontiff in centuries. Full of charity, piety, apostolic zeal and unbounded fortitude, Pope Sarto defended God's Church most valiantly and prudently against the errors of his (and our) time, especially Modernism, which he termed "the synthesis of all heresies." Not only did St. Pius expose and condemn the Modernist errors, but he also acted to ensure that everything humanly possible would be done to counteract and defeat the threat of this deadly spiritual poison. In 1907, he issued a syllabus of 65 Modernist errors that he severely condemned, and a few weeks later published his landmark anti-modernist encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis. In 1910, His Holiness imposed the famous Oath Against Modernism, which he required to be sworn by all Catholic clergy and seminary professors. During his glorious pontificate Pope Pius also established the Sodalitium Pianum, the diocesan vigilance committees, to exterminate Modernism at its roots, and excommunicated and punished those who would not amend (the most famous cases being those of Fr. Alfred Loisy and Fr. George Tyrrell). On December 22, 1907, St. Pius X personally consecrated the bishop who would become his immediate successor as Pope Benedict XV, Giacomo della Chiesa, who in turn ended up consecrating his successor, Eugenio Pacelli (Pius XII), on May 13, 1917, the day of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, "at the very hour" Our Lady first showed herself to the shepherd children (Walter H. Peters, The Life of Benedict XV [Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing, 1959], p. 217). On August 20, 1914, Pope Pius X died in heroic sanctity at the Apostolic Palace. He was beatified by Pope Pius XII in 1951 and canonized a saint of the Catholic Church by the same Pontiff on May 29, 1954, a mere 40 years after his passing. The tomb of St. Pius X is located under an altar in St. Peter's and can be seen in this photo here. St. Pius was incorrupt for decades, though it has been said that his body began to decay after the take-over of the Modernist Vatican II Sect now occupying the Vatican structures. St. Pius X chose as his papal motto Instaurare Omnia in Christo - "to restore all things in Christ". This he worked for most heroically, and for this he merited to hear these most blessed words: "Well done, good and faithful servant... enter thou into the joy of thy lord" (Mt 25:21). Below we are providing some links to his most important documents, some amazing video, and other tidbits. Sancte Pie X, ora pro nobis.
September 3 marks the annual feast of St. Pius X, Pope and Confessor. Born on June 2, 1835, Giuseppe Sarto (English: Joseph Tailor) was ordained a priest on September 18, 1858 and consecrated a bishop on November 16, 1884. Pope Leo XIII created him a cardinal on June 12, 1893. When Pope Leo died in 1903, the conclave elected Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro to succeed him. However, due to a veto issued against Rampolla before the conclave by the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph — a right that had been granted to the emperor by the rules of the conclave then in force — Rampolla's election was void, and the conclave had to choose a different candidate.


The euro had a quiet start to the week and did not see any significant movement against sterling. The seventeen-nation currency did fall to a six-week low against the US dollar, before making a modest recovery later in the day. Both Italy and Spain produced manufacturing data that was marginally worse than expected, however both sets of figures did reveal growth, albeit minimal, in each Southern European state which had, if anything, a positive impact on single currency strength. Thursday's rate decision from the European Central Bank is likely to be the most influential event this week in terms of euro performance as investors wait to see if interest rates are lowered to record lows of 0.25%. First thing this morning, Spanish unemployment figures came out much worse than expected showing unemployment rose by 87'000 in October. Additionally, the European Commission are today set to release their triannual economic forecasts, which may have increased importance given their proximity to the rate decision. Call your trader now to mitigate the risk posed by expected euro volatility.


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Маурісіо Сабільон (,  11 листопада 1978, Квімістан) — гондураський футболіст, захисник клубу «Марафон».

Виступав, зокрема, за клуб «Марафон», а також національну збірну Гондурасу.

Клубна кар'єра

Початок кар'єри
У дорослому футболі дебютував 1997 року виступами за команду клубу «Марафон», в якій провів дванадцять сезонів і став у цьому клубі топ-гравцем своєї країни. Під час виступів у «Марафоні» технічний Сабільон виступав на позиції правого захисника. Протягом десяти років разом з командою виграв 6 національних титулів.

Китай
Своїми виступами в «Марафоні» привернув увагу китайського клубу «Ханчжоу Грінтаун», в якому він виступав у 2010 році. Під час цього єдиного сезону в китайському клубі зіграв 24 матчі в національному чемпіонаті, тим самим допоміг клубу посісти 4-те місце в чемпіонаті та кваліфікуватися до групового етапу Ліги чемпіонів АФК 2011 року.

Повернення в Гондурас
До складу клубу «Марафон» повернувся 2011 року. Відтоді встиг відіграти за клуб із Сан-Педро-Сула 150 матчів в національному чемпіонаті. 27 січня 2011 року Сабільон підтвердив, що він отримав пропозицію від клубу «Нью-Йорк Ред Буллз» з Major League Soccer, але американці мали домовитися з «Марафономом», з яким у нього залишився ще рік контракту.

Виступи за збірну
2001 року дебютував на Кубку націй УНКАФ у складі національної збірної Гондурасу проти Панами. Представляв свою країну в 14 матчах кваліфікації Чемпіонат світу, а також виступав на Кубку націй УНКАФ 2001 та 2011 років і на Золотому кубку КОНКАКАФ 2011 року. Наразі провів у формі головної команди країни 49 матчів.

У складі збірної був учасником чемпіонату світу 2010 року у ПАР. Були побоювання, що переїзд Маурісіо до китайського «Ханчжоу Грінтаун» може йому завадити виступи на турнірі, але головний тренер збірної Гондурасу Рейнальдо Руеда включив його до списку 23-ох гравців, які поїхали на турнір. 25 червня 2010 року дебютував на Чемпіонаті світу, відігравши усі 90 хвилин в нічийному (0:0) матчі проти Швейцарії.

Досягнення
  Чемпіонат Гондурасу
  Чемпіон (6): 2001/02 (Клаусура), 2002/03 (Клаусура), 2004/05 (Апертура), 2007/08 (Апертура), 2008/08 (Апертура), 2009/10 (Апертура)
  Срібний призер (6): 2001/02 (Апертура), 2003/04 (Клаусура), 2004/05 (Клаусура), 2005/06 (Апертура), 2006/07 (Клаусура), 2007/08 (Клаусура).
 Переможець Центральноамериканського кубка: 2011

Примітки

Посилання

 Профіль гравця  на сайті soccerpunter.com
 Профіль гравця  на сайті footballdatabase.eu

Гондураські футболісти
Гравці збірної Гондурасу з футболу
Гравці розіграшу Золотого кубка КОНКАКАФ з футболу 2011
Футболісти «Марафона»
Футболісти «Чжецзяну»
Гондураські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Китаї

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Lake George man charged after break-in, assault
by: Harrison Gereau
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Lake George man is on probation, police say, after he broke into a house on Caldwell Avenue and assaulted the person inside. It happened around 5:30 p.m., at 47 Caldwell, according to a press release from the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
Matthew P. Charlson, 43, was arrested at the scene, police said. He was taken back to the sheriff's office, where he was processed for first-degree burglary, a felony, and arraigned in CAP Court.
Charlson was released on probation. His arrest was handled by Warren County Sheriff's Patrol Officer Blake MacWhinnie.
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AMHERST, N.Y. -- Daemen College's Founders Celebration, a tradition to commemorate its rich history of academic excellence and the college's founding, will officially begin with the ceremonial ringing of Founders Bell at 11 a.m. Sept. 6.
For the ceremony, Daemen's Founders Bell will include a symbolic ring for each decade since the college was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity.
Official bell ringers will include Daemen President Gary Olson; Dr. Thomas Stewart '74, chair of the Daemen Board of Trustees; Catherine LePage-Campbell '84, board trustee; Mikayla Otero, Student Association president; Dr. Matthew Ward, director of the Honors Program and associate professor of chemistry; Edith Wyss, O.S.F. '66, of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity; and Dr. Lynda Cessario, emeritus faculty member.
Initially crafted in 1858 by the renowned Meneely Bell Foundry, the bell is located adjacent to Founders Walkway outside Daemen's historic Rosary Hall, site of the college's earliest commencement ceremonies. The bell's decorative stone base, which matches a stone wall on the front of campus grounds, is designed to represent the college's strength and stability.
An all-campus luncheon in the Wick Campus Center Dining Hall and Social Room will immediately follow the ringing ceremony.
Also on Sept. 6, a college memorabilia exhibit showcasing items from throughout Daemen's history will be on display in the Research and Information Commons, where a new permanent display for the historical items is being housed. The exhibit will feature photos, clothing, mugs, and other mementos. Kathryn Hammer, alumni relations director, will be on hand from 2 to 3 p.m. to answer questions about the college's history.
This year's exhibit will also feature several antique items discovered on Daemen's campus as part of an ongoing search by Michael Farley of Amherst, a metal detecting enthusiast and former Daemen student. Since last fall, more than 35 items have been unearthed on campus grounds, including a vintage shoe buckle estimated to be from the 1700s, 19th and 20th century coins, a Model T Ford hubcap, keys, toys, and a 1940s makeup compact made by cosmetics tycoon Helena Rubenstein.
The day's festivities will also include a reception at 3 p.m. in the Wick Social Room to honor faculty and staff celebrating various years of dedicated service to Daemen. A bonfire scheduled for 8 p.m. outside the Wick Center will conclude the day's events.
For a list of all Daemen Founders Celebration events scheduled for Sept. 6 and 7, visit www.daemen.edu/founderscelebration.


QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, ITALY -- In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams.
It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, homogeneous, crystalline, reminiscent of sugar." He deemed it perhaps even more precious than that from nearby Carrara, where he had obtained marble for some of his most famous statues.
In exchange for getting a quarry operation going, Florentine authorities granted Michelangelo the right to take as much marble as he wanted from Altissimo -- which in Italian means both "most high" and "God" -- for his use for the rest of his life.
Today, the quarries of 1,589-meter-high (5,213-feet) Altissimo, in Italy's Apuan Alps, buzz with the kind of activity that even a genius like Michelangelo probably could not have foreseen.
"The primitive technology consisted of human labor and beasts of burden," said Franco Pierotti, director of extractions.
Before the extracting begins, experts known as tecchiaroli hang on ropes from the sides of the mountain and pick at its sides with pointy iron bars to remove loose rock that could fall and hurt workers in subsequent phases of the extraction.
In the three centuries following Michelangelo's time, the Altissimo quarries went through cycles of abandonment and rediscovery.
Over the years artists such as Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Joan Miro, and Isamu Noguchi have used Altissimo marble for their sculptures.


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package org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.simple;

import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexService;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapperParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.ParseContext.Document;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.Uid;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ESSingleNodeTestCase;

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperBuilders.doc;
import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperBuilders.object;
import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperBuilders.rootObject;
import static org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperBuilders.stringField;
import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToBytesFromClasspath;
import static org.elasticsearch.test.StreamsUtils.copyToStringFromClasspath;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;

/**
 *
 */
public class SimpleMapperTests extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
    public void testSimpleMapper() throws Exception {
        IndexService indexService = createIndex("test");
        Settings settings = indexService.getIndexSettings().getSettings();
        DocumentMapperParser mapperParser = indexService.mapperService().documentMapperParser();
        DocumentMapper docMapper = doc(settings,
                rootObject("person")
                        .add(object("name").add(stringField("first").store(true).index(false))),
            indexService.mapperService()).build(indexService.mapperService(), mapperParser);

        BytesReference json = new BytesArray(copyToBytesFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test1.json"));
        Document doc = docMapper.parse("test", "person", "1", json).rootDoc();

        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.mappers().getMapper("name.first").fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo("shay"));
        doc = docMapper.parse("test", "person", "1", json).rootDoc();
    }

    public void testParseToJsonAndParse() throws Exception {
        String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test-mapping.json");
        DocumentMapperParser parser = createIndex("test").mapperService().documentMapperParser();
        DocumentMapper docMapper = parser.parse(mapping);
        String builtMapping = docMapper.mappingSource().string();
        // reparse it
        DocumentMapper builtDocMapper = parser.parse(builtMapping);
        BytesReference json = new BytesArray(copyToBytesFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test1.json"));
        Document doc = builtDocMapper.parse("test", "person", "1", json).rootDoc();
        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.uidMapper().fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo(Uid.createUid("person", "1")));
        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.mappers().getMapper("name.first").fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo("shay"));
    }

    public void testSimpleParser() throws Exception {
        String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test-mapping.json");
        DocumentMapper docMapper = createIndex("test").mapperService().documentMapperParser().parse(mapping);

        assertThat((String) docMapper.meta().get("param1"), equalTo("value1"));

        BytesReference json = new BytesArray(copyToBytesFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test1.json"));
        Document doc = docMapper.parse("test", "person", "1", json).rootDoc();
        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.uidMapper().fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo(Uid.createUid("person", "1")));
        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.mappers().getMapper("name.first").fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo("shay"));
    }

    public void testSimpleParserNoTypeNoId() throws Exception {
        String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test-mapping.json");
        DocumentMapper docMapper = createIndex("test").mapperService().documentMapperParser().parse(mapping);
        BytesReference json = new BytesArray(copyToBytesFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test1-notype-noid.json"));
        Document doc = docMapper.parse("test", "person", "1", json).rootDoc();
        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.uidMapper().fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo(Uid.createUid("person", "1")));
        assertThat(doc.get(docMapper.mappers().getMapper("name.first").fieldType().names().indexName()), equalTo("shay"));
    }

    public void testAttributes() throws Exception {
        String mapping = copyToStringFromClasspath("/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/simple/test-mapping.json");
        DocumentMapperParser parser = createIndex("test").mapperService().documentMapperParser();
        DocumentMapper docMapper = parser.parse(mapping);

        assertThat((String) docMapper.meta().get("param1"), equalTo("value1"));

        String builtMapping = docMapper.mappingSource().string();
        DocumentMapper builtDocMapper = parser.parse(builtMapping);
        assertThat((String) builtDocMapper.meta().get("param1"), equalTo("value1"));
    }

    public void testNoDocumentSent() throws Exception {
        IndexService indexService = createIndex("test");
        Settings settings = indexService.getIndexSettings().getSettings();
        DocumentMapperParser mapperParser = indexService.mapperService().documentMapperParser();
        DocumentMapper docMapper = doc(settings,
                rootObject("person")
                        .add(object("name").add(stringField("first").store(true).index(false))),
            indexService.mapperService()).build(indexService.mapperService(), mapperParser);

        BytesReference json = new BytesArray("".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
        try {
            docMapper.parse("test", "person", "1", json).rootDoc();
            fail("this point is never reached");
        } catch (MapperParsingException e) {
            assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("failed to parse, document is empty"));
        }
    }

    public void testHazardousFieldNames() throws Exception {
        IndexService indexService = createIndex("test");
        DocumentMapperParser mapperParser = indexService.mapperService().documentMapperParser();
        String mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("type").startObject("properties")
            .startObject("foo.bar").field("type", "string").endObject()
            .endObject().endObject().string();
        try {
            mapperParser.parse(mapping);
            fail("Mapping parse should have failed");
        } catch (MapperParsingException e) {
            assertTrue(e.getMessage(), e.getMessage().contains("cannot contain '.'"));
        }
    }
}

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Disfigured Boy Overcomes the Odds
News 12:30 PM PST, December 1, 2010 - Inside Edition
12:30 PM PST, December 1, 2010 - Inside Edition
Just imagine facing the world with a massive growth that has left this 3-year-old horribly disfigured. A deformity so shocking people cruelly called him the elephant boy.
"People would stop and stare. Quite a few kids would start crying and run away from him," said Nicole Flynn.
From the day Maddox Flynn was born, it was obvious to his mom Nicole that something was terribly wrong.
"I was terrified. I didn't know what it was," Nicole told INSIDE EDTION.
The small tumor began growing at an alarming rate. It blinded his right eye and distorted his mouth making speech almost impossible. Doctors didn't know how to treat it.
"I was very determined. I was going to find a doctor. Because, throughout the whole world, there has to be somebody," said Nicole.
Help would come thousands of miles away.
Looking at a photo of Maddox, renowned New York vascular surgeon Dr. Milton Waner diagnosed Maddox with a lymphatic malformation.
"By the time he's 4 to 5-years-old it could potentially be double the size," Dr. Waner diagnosed.
Maddox was flown from his hometown in Edmonton, Canada to New York City's Roosevelt St. Luke's Hospital.
Mike Flynn carried his son to the operating room. Removing the massive growth is an extremely complicated undertaking that took 12 hours of surgery.
"I had to reposition his nose, and his lip, and the corner of his mouth," said Dr. Waner.
Maddox emerges from the O.R., and his parents race to his bedside. The sight of their little boy's face, tears and all, has them overcome with emotion.
"This is a dream come true," said Mike.
"I started crying. I held him and told him how proud of him and that he looks beautiful," said Nicole.
Just 3 months later, and still healing, the mass is now gone from Maddox's face.
But, there are more surgeries to come. Today, he's undergoing a critical procedure to save his eye by removing scar tissue.
His transformation is astounding. The little boy who once scared people away is now proudly showing his new face to the world.