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This week Colorful has introduced a uniquely designed motherboard, created specifically for the professional miner. One of the first things most will notice is this doesn't look like most motherboards we see on the market. Instead of conforming to any particular form factor, the C.J1900A-BTC Plus V20 breaks that mold and gives us a markedly rectangular shaped board with a total of nine full-length PCIe slots. Eight of the slots can be used for installing mining graphics card of choice while the blue slot in the middle is where the Celeron J1900 SoC resides on its own PCIe card. The SoC itself has a DDR3 SO-DIMM slot, a mSATA slot, and regular SATA for storage; it also contains the board's connectivity like networking, USB...
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Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett is in Ottawa Thursday to press for federal approval of the New Prosperity copper and gold mine proposed near Williams Lake.
Bennett spoke at a news conference organized by the B.C. Chamber of Commerce before leaving to meet with four federal ministers. He said the recent decision by Canfor Corp. to close its Quesnel sawmill in March is not the last of the bad news for the Cariboo-Chilcotin as the mountain pine beetle infestation takes its toll on the forest industry.
"Certainly the government if British Columbia is well aware that there is serious opposition to this project from the Tsilhqot'in people, and we respect that opposition," Bennett said.
He said 37 per cent of B.C.'s mining royalties now go to First Nations through revenue sharing agreements, and there is more the province can do to work with the Tsilhqot'in communities that have fought against the Prosperity mine through two federal assessments.
Taseko Mines, which operates the nearby Gibraltar copper mine that is the region's largest employer, revamped its design for Prosperity after it was rejected in the first federal review. After the second set of hearings, Taseko applied for a judicial review, saying the panel overlooked the use of a barrier in the mine tailings storage.
John Meech, a mine engineering professor at the University of B.C., said the new design not only protects nearby Fish Lake, but will enhance fish habitat.
"I base my assessment on a designed seepage rate that matches what is happening at two other mines in the region, Gibraltar and Mt. Polley, and anyone who tells you that the seepage rates are in error is not telling you the truth," Meech said.
Ervin Charleyboy, former chief of the Alexis Creek First Nation, said he has been shunned by the current Tsilhqot'in chiefs for supporting the new mine design.
"I want a future for my grandkids," Charleyboy said.
Tsilhqot'in leaders have appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada in their long-running case to have their traditional territory declared independent from B.C.


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Missile technology is proliferating. It remains unclear how quickly foes such as Iran and North Korea could develop a capability to strike the United States with missiles, but the U.S. says Iran is already capable of hitting Europe. The United States is spending nearly $10 billion a year on missile defense when military budgets are stretched. But the programs have yet to prove that they can reliably knock long-range missiles out of the sky and protect the U.S. from emerging threats.
Where they stand:
Early in his presidency, Barack Obama replaced a George W. Bush-era plan for missile defense in Europe that had roiled relations with Russia. Obama says his four-stage plan would protect Europe and the United States as foes develop more sophisticated missiles. The announcement initially eased tensions with Moscow, which considered the previous plan a threat to its nuclear might. Obama has proposed cutting missile defense spending in 2013 by about 7 percent, to $9.7 billion.
Republican rival Mitt Romney would reverse Obama's proposed cuts to the program. He wants to maintain Obama's plans in Europe — so long as they work. He argues that part of Obama's plan is based on theoretical technology and was designed as much to appease Russia as to address threats from Iran. Romney has called Russia the top geopolitical foe of the United States.
Why it matters:
Americans have long taken comfort in the distance from tension in Asia and Europe provided by two wide oceans. Intercontinental ballistic missile technology undermines that security by offering foes the ability to strike quickly from great distance with weapons of mass destruction.
Missile defense has been contentious since Ronald Reagan proposed the idea of making ICBMs obsolete in a nationally televised address in 1983. The initiative was dubbed "Star Wars." Critics say that despite about $150 billion spent since then, the U.S. is far from achieving Reagan's goal. Even supporters claim only a limited capability against long-range missiles. Recent government-commissioned reports by the National Academy of Sciences and other panels have highlighted critical problems with the effectiveness and management of the programs.
Despite those questions, both political parties largely support current missile defense programs. Romney has not proposed any major deviations from Obama's path, but could steer policy in Europe back to a more confrontational approach with Russia.
The United States maintains that missile defenses are aimed at countering attacks from rogue regimes and would be impotent against the arsenals of major nuclear powers such as Russia and China. But Moscow says even a limited capability against its ICBMs could destabilize the balance that deters the United States and Russia from contemplating nuclear confrontation. China has also increasingly raised objections to U.S. and Japanese missile defense assets in Asia.
Although Moscow initially welcomed Obama's shift in missile defense policy, Russian officials have since objected to the latter phases of his four-stage plan. A faster interceptor, still in development, is to be deployed in 2020, theoretically capable of shooting down ICBMs that can reach the U.S. Russians also worry about an increased U.S. military presence in Eastern Europe. And Russian President Vladimir Putin said Romney's identification of Russia as a top foe justifies his concern about U.S. missile defense.
Republicans wonder if the U.S. will roll back the latter stages of the plan. They cite Obama's comment in March to Dmitry Medvedev, then Russia's president, when Obama was unaware he was speaking on an open microphone. Obama told Medvedev he would have more flexibility on the issue after November's election.


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Financial national accounts
|Contact organisation
National Statistical Institute
|Contact organisation unit
Financial National Accounts Department
|Contact name
Peter Kamenov
Desislava Malinkova
|Contact person function
Head of unit
State expert
|Contact mail address
2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
|Contact email address
|Contact phone number
+359 2 9857 516
+359 2 9857 192
|Contact fax number
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|Metadata last certified
|31 October 2022
|Metadata last posted
|31 October 2022
|Metadata last update
|31 October 2022
|Statistical presentation
|Data description
Annual national financial accounts reflect the balances of stocks and flows by institutional sectors of the economy: Non-financial corporations (S.11); Central Bank (S.121); Other monetary financial institutions (S.122+s.123); Non-Money-Market Investment Funds (S.124); Other Financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds, financial auxiliaries and captive financial institutions and money lenders (s.125+s.126+s.127); Insurance companies and pension funds (S.128+s.129); General government (S.13); Households (S.14); Non-profit institutions serving households (S.15); Rest of the world (S.2). Balancing item is a net lending / net borrowing. Taxes and social security contributions are calculated using the method of time-adjusted cash basis in accordance with Regulation (EC) № 2516/2000 on taxes and social security contributions.
|Classification system
• European system of national and regional accounts, 2010 (ESA 2010);
|Sector coverage
All institutional sectors of ESA 2010.
|Statistical concepts and definitions
• European system of national and regional accounts, 2010 (ESA 2010);
|Statistical unit
|Statistical population
Financial instruments by Institutional sectors.
|Reference area
Financial indicators for all domestic sectors of economy (S.1) and Rest of the world (S.2)
|Time coverage
Stocks - 1995 - 2021; Transactions - 1996-2021.
|Base period
Not applicable.
|Unit of measure
Million BGN
|Reference period
|Institutional mandate
|Legal acts and other agreements
• Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union;
|Data sharing
According Eurostat transmission program.
|Confidentiality - policy
• Law on Statistics;
• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
• Regulation (EU) 2015/759 of the European parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics
|Confidentiality - data treatment
Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The distribution of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.
|Release policy
|Release calendar
The date of publishing of the statistical data is shown in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. The data for stocks and transactions and net lending / net borrowing by institutional sectors are presented to Eurostat and published in the Website of NSI.
|Release calendar access
The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/79
|User access
Data is published on the NSI website, section Macroeconomic statistics in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
|Frequency of dissemination
|Accessibility and clarity
|News release
Not applicable.
Main macroeconomic indicators electronic format.
|On-line database
The survey results are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Macroeconomic statistics Financial national accounts: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6552
|Micro-data access
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
|Documentation on methodology
· Annual financial accounts - data sources and methods (Bulgaria);
· European system of national and regional accounts 2010.
|Quality documentation
Not applicable.
|Quality management
|Quality assurance
· European Statistics Code of Practice;
· Common framework for quality management in the National Statistical System.
|Quality assessment
The quality assessment procedure includes arithmetical checks on the data and consistency checks with the ESA 2010.
|User needs
Main users of date for Annual economic accounts:
· Eurostat;
· European Central Bank (ECB);
· Bulgarian National Bank (BNB);
· International financial institutions, etc.
|User satisfaction
Not applicable.
Bulgarian financial accounts meet all requirements, concerning financial indicators and institutional sectors of ESA 2010.
|Accuracy and reliability
|Overall accuracy
Overall accuracy is ensured according to the above regulations.
|Sampling error
Not applicable.
|Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
|Timeliness and punctuality
T+9 mounts in the current year with data for previous year, according Eurostat Transmission program requirements.
T+9, without any delay.
|Coherence and comparability
|Comparability - geographical
Not applicable.
|Comparability - over time
The published data for financial accounts for financial indicators and institutional sectors are comparable over time according Eurostat Transmission program requirements.
|Coherence - cross domain
The elaboration of financial accounts followed procedures and rules that intended to ensure clarity and methodological reliability of the results:
· Consistency checks are performed using different data sources providing;
· In some cases additional enquiries are made in order to clarify the causes of some differences in primary data. In other cases the most methodologically reliable source are chosen.
|Coherence - internal
Internal coherence is fully ensured.
|Cost and burden
Not applicable.
|Data revision
|Data revision - policy
According requirement of Eurostat main revisions and current revisions.
|Data revision - practice
Current revision policy yearly are made mainly, related with revisions of the data of Notification tables, International Investment position, Money and banking statistics, etc.
|Statistical processing
|Source data
Main data sources for compilation of annual financial accounts are:
|Frequency of data collection
|Data collection
Exhaustive surveys for all economic units.
|Data validation
Validation of the data from Eurostat.
|Data compilation
Analysing, balancing, grouping.
Not applicable.
- Annual Financial Accounts
- Balance sheets for financial assets and liabilities (stocks)
- Financial accounts by sector (transactions)


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1. A justiciable question under Article III of the Constitution is presented by the suit of an alien for a judgment declaring that, in passing on his application for suspension of deportation under 19 (c) of the Immigration Act, the Attorney General and other immigration and naturalization officials must act on the assumption that he is eligible for naturalization. Pp. 167-169.
86 U.S. App. D.C. 48, 179 F.2d 796, affirmed.
The District Court dismissed respondent's suit for a declaratory judgment and an injunction. The Court of Appeals reversed. 86 U.S. App. D.C. 48, 179 F.2d 796. This Court granted certiorari. 339 U.S. 956 . Affirmed, p. 176.
Robert W. Ginnane argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, L. Paul Winings and Charles Gordon.
David W. Louisell argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Samuel Spencer.
Jack Wasserman filed a brief for Rasmussen et al., as amici curiae, supporting respondent.
MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.
Review was granted by this Court to determine whether the Attorney General was justified in refusing to suspend deportation of an alien under 19 (c), as amended, 62 Stat. 1206, of the Immigration Act of 1917, 1 39 Stat. 874, [340 U.S. 162, 164] 889, 8 U.S.C. 101, 155 (c), on the sole ground that the alien was ineligible for naturalization. The alien's eligibility for naturalization, the substantive question in this case, depends upon whether the alien was "residing" in the United States and therefore liable for military service under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, when he made application to be relieved from the liability. Section 3 (a) of that Act as amended, the applicable section, provides that "any person who makes such application shall thereafter be debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States." 2 [340 U.S. 162, 165]
The grant of certiorari also covered a procedural question: whether the Attorney General's refusal on the ground stated to grant suspension of deportation was subject to judicial review otherwise than by habeas corpus.
The allegations of the alien's complaint have not been controverted. Kristensen, a Danish citizen, entered the United States on August 17, 1939, as a temporary visitor for sixty days, to attend the New York World's Fair and visit relatives. The outbreak of World War II prevented his return to Denmark. Successive extensions of stay were applied for and granted, but eventually economic necessity compelled Kristensen to become employed and thereby violate his visitor's status. The process of deportation on the ground of violation of his visitor's status was begun in May 1940, stayed for the duration of World War II, and reopened in 1946. A warrant of deportation was issued in 1941 but was withdrawn on June 10, 1946, to permit the alien to submit an application for suspension of deportation under 19 (c) of the Immigration Act, supra, which allows such suspension when deportation would result in serious economic detriment to the United States citizen wife of an alien. This relief was refused on the sole ground of Kristensen's asserted ineligibility for citizenship resulting from his having filed with his Selective Service Board on March 30, 1942, after registration, an application for relief from service under 3 (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act, supra. Eligibility is a statutory prerequisite to the Attorney General's exercise of his discretion to suspend deportation in this case. 3
Respondent, not then nor thereafter in custody, sought a declaratory judgment that the Attorney General and other immigration and naturalization officials must, in [340 U.S. 162, 166] passing upon his application for suspension of deportation, decide on the basis that he is eligible for naturalization in the United States. 4 He also sought to enjoin the Attorney General and other officials from exercising their authority under 19 (c) of the Immigration Act on the assumption of respondent's ineligibility.
The District Court dismissed the complaint without opinion, apparently for failure to state a ground for relief. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed on the ground that, under the facts alleged, Kristensen could not have been subject to the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 at the time he made his claim for exemption, and therefore the claim was without effect and did not render him ineligible for naturalization. 86 U.S. App. D.C. 48, 179 F.2d 796. The Court of Appeals ruled that the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, applied only to aliens "residing in the United States" and "absent any showing of acts or declarations indicating an intention to remain at the time the form was filed, the immigration authorities erroneously construed `residing in the United States' when they held it applicable to an alien in this country under a temporary visitor's visa whose deportation had been ordered and then stayed because of war." 5 [340 U.S. 162, 167]
We granted certiorari because of the importance of the question in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws. The principle of the decision below is in conflict with that applied in Benzian v. Godwin, 168 F.2d 952. An important procedural question also exists in view of the Government's insistence that habeas corpus is the only available judicial remedy for aliens in deportation proceedings. Before we consider these questions, however, we turn to a jurisdictional problem.
Federal Jurisdiction. - The Government properly presents for our consideration an issue of federal jurisdiction not heretofore raised. The quaere is whether this proceeding involves a justiciable question under Article III of the Constitution. 6 It is said the Attorney General's suspension of deportation is merely a recommendation to Congress, and that federal courts cannot intervene because at this point a court order does not finally control the deportation of the alien. 7 This argument is founded on 19 (c) of the Immigration Act which provides that, if deportation is suspended longer than six months, a detailed report must be made to Congress, and, if Congress fails to approve the suspension before the termination of the session next following the session in which the case is reported, the Attorney General must thereupon proceed with the deportation. 8
While such a jurisdictional point may be raised at any time, 9 we do not think there is basis for the objection [340 U.S. 162, 168] here. The statute gives the Attorney General the power to suspend deportation for a minimum of six months and until Congress acts or the time for action elapses. The Attorney General's power is final for such deferment of deportation. That other forces may come into play later with authority to take other steps does not detract from that finality. The United States relies particularly on Chicago & Southern Air Lines v. Waterman S. S. Corp., 333 U.S. 103 . The congressional power here is quite distinct from the Presidential power concerning overseas licensing in the Chicago & Southern case. The license in question there was ineffective until the President acted. The delay here is effective despite subsequent congressional action. This litigation, whatever its ultimate effect, is aimed only at the delay. The judgment sought in this proceeding would be binding and conclusive on the parties if entered and the question is justiciable.
Declaratory Judgment. - The United States does not challenge finality for purpose of review. 10 However, the Government does contend that the Immigration Act provision, 19 (a), making the Attorney General's decision on deportation "final" precludes judicial review except by habeas corpus of his refusal to grant suspension of deportation. The procedural question as thus narrowed is whether an administrative decision against a requested suspension of deportation under 19 (c) of the Immigration Act can be challenged by an alien free from custody through a declaratory judgment or whether, to secure redress, he must await the traditional remedy of habeas corpus after his arrest for deportation. [340 U.S. 162, 169]
The Immigration Act of 1917, 39 Stat. 889, as amended, 8 U.S.C. 155 (a), authorized the deportation of any alien found in the United States in violation of the immigration laws, and always provided that administrative decision as to deportation "shall be final." The end of that administrative proceeding creates a situation which is subject to test on constitutional grounds through habeas corpus by one in custody. 11 We do not find it necessary to consider the applicability of 10 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 60 Stat. 243, to this proceeding. Where an official's authority to act depends upon the status of the person affected, in this case eligibility for citizenship, that status, when in dispute, may be determined by a declaratory judgment proceeding after the exhaustion of administrative remedies. Under 19 (c) of the Immigration Act the exercise of the Attorney General's appropriate discretion in suspending deportation is prohibited in the case of aliens ineligible for citizenship. The alien is determination to have a proscribed status by this administrative ruling of ineligibility. Since the administrative determination is final, the alien can remove the bar to consideration of suspension only by a judicial determination of his eligibility for citizenship. This is an actual controversy between the alien and immigration officials over the legal right of the alien to be considered for suspension. As such a controversy over federal laws, it is within the jurisdiction of federal courts, 28 U.S.C. 1331, and the terms of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. 2201.
It was so held in Perkins v. Elg, 307 U.S. 325 , where a declaratory judgment action was brought against the [340 U.S. 162, 170] Secretary of Labor, then the executive official in charge of deportation of aliens, the Secretary of State, and the Commissioner of Immigration, to settle citizenship status. The Department of Labor had notified Miss Elg, who was not in custody, that she was not a citizen and was illegally remaining in the United States, and the Department of State had refused her a passport "solely on the ground that she had lost her native born American citizenship." The District Court sustained a motion to dismiss the proceeding against the Secretary of State because his function as to passports was discretionary, but declared against the contention of the Secretary of Labor and held that Miss Elg had not lost her American citizenship. On appeal, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed both the dismissal of the Secretary of State from the proceeding and the holding that Miss Elg was a citizen, and also determined that the case was properly brought within the Declaratory Judgment Act. Perkins v. Elg, 69 App. D.C. 175, 99 F.2d 408. The United States raised no question on its petition for certiorari as to the propriety of the declaratory judgment action. Miss Elg, however, obtained certiorari from the dismissal of the proceeding against the Secretary of State, and the United States defended the judgment of dismissal on the ground that the Declaratory Judgment Act did not add to federal court jurisdiction but merely gave an additional remedy. 12 In the Government's brief it was said judicial jurisdiction would be expanded without warrant "by permitting the court to substitute its discretion for that of the executive departments in a matter belonging to the proper jurisdiction of the latter." We rejected that contention [340 U.S. 162, 171] and reversed the Court of Appeals on this point, saying,
Eligibility for Naturalization. - Under 3 (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Kristensen was liable for service if "residing" in the United States within the meaning of the Act. Section 3 (a) also provided [340 U.S. 162, 172] that if he applied "to be relieved from such liability" as a subject of a neutral country he would be excused from service but would thereafter be debarred from our citizenship. 15
If Kristensen was not "residing" at the time of his application for relief, he could not then have had "such liability" for service. If there was no "liability" for service, the disqualification for citizenship under the penalty clause could not arise because the applicant had not made the "application" referred to in the statute as "such application." "Such application" refers to an application to be relieved from "such liability." As there was no "liability" for service, his act in applying for relief from a nonexistent duty could not create the bar against naturalization. By the terms of the statute, that bar only comes into existence when an alien resident liable for service asks to be relieved.
The question, then, is whether Kristensen was "residing," within the meaning of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 and regulations issued thereunder, at the time of his application, March 30, 1942. As we conclude that he was not a resident under the Act at the time of his application for relief from military service, we do not decide whether Denmark was a neutral country. Nor need we determine whether the bar against citizenship has been removed by the termination of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. 16
The phrase of 3 (a), "every other male person residing in the United States," when used as it is, in juxtaposition with "every male citizen," 17 falls short of saying that every person in the United States is subject to military [340 U.S. 162, 173] service. But the Act did not define who was a "male person residing in the United States," liable for training and service after December 20, 1941. 55 Stat. 845. 18 Such precisiveness was left for administrative regulation. Section 10 (a) and (b), 54 Stat. 893, 894, authorized the President to prescribe rules and regulations for the Act with power of delegation. The President prescribed the first regulations on September 23, 1940, and authorized the Director to prescribe amendments. Exec. Order 8545, 3 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp., 719, 722. Amendments promulgating the regulations here applicable were issued, effective February 7, 1942, 7 Fed. Reg. 855. They are set out below. 19 Under these regulations it would seem that Kristensen, who never declared an intention to become a [340 U.S. 162, 174] citizen of the United States and who entered the United States in August 1939, was not classified as a resident neutral alien until May 16, 1942. Otherwise, there would have been no occasion for 611.13 (b), which declares the male alien who remains in the United States after May 16, 1942, to be a resident. Until that date he was in the same category as the newly arrived nondeclarant alien who, under the regulations and the Act, did not become a resident for three months. The application for relief from service was made on March 30, 1942.
The regulations, quoted above, either made an alien in Kristensen's situation a nonresident of the United States for the purpose of the Selective Training and Service Act, between February 7 and May 17, 1942, or [340 U.S. 162, 175] they were nondeterminative of status in that period. 20 In the absence of a determinative regulation, the meaning of the word "residing" in 3 (a) requires examination. The meaning of that word, of course, depends upon the meaning of "residence." "Residence" sometimes equals domicile, as in voting. Again, as in taxation, one who is not a mere transient or sojourner is a "resident." 29.211-2, Income Tax Regulations. The definition varies with the statute. Restatement, Conflict of Laws (1934), 9, comment e. See Carroll v. United States, 133 F.2d 690, 693. In a naturalization case where eligibility depended upon the required residence in the United States, it was held that an enforced service in the German army 1914-1918 and subsequent foreign residence until 1921 on account of lack of means and inability to obtain a passport did not break the continuity of American residence. The court there said,
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is
MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS dissents from the holding of the Court that respondent was not "residing" in the United States within the meaning of 3 (a) of the Act. See the opinion of Judge Frank in Benzian v. Godwin, 168 F.2d 952.
MR. JUSTICE CLARK took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
[ Footnote 2 ] Section 3 (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 885, as amended, 55 Stat. 845, provides in part:
[ Footnote 3 ] See note 1.
[ Footnote 4 ] While respondent alleged that his application for deferment was filed because of erroneous advice received from a member of the local Selective Service Board, it sufficiently, though inartistically, appears from the complaint that its true gravamen is the ineffectiveness of the application for relief from service to bar the alien's naturalization because he was not "residing" in the United States within the meaning of the Selective Training and Service Act at the time the application was filed. This construction was put upon the complaint by the Court of Appeals and has been adopted by the United States in its presentation here.
[ Footnote 5 ] 86 U.S. App. D.C. 48, 56, 179 F.2d 796, 804.
[ Footnote 6 ] Federal constitutional courts act only on cases and controversies and do not give advisory opinions. Hayburn's Case, 2 Dall. 409; Muskrat v. United States, 219 U.S. 346 ; Chicago & Southern Air Lines v. Waterman S. S. Corp., 333 U.S. 103, 113 -14.
[ Footnote 7 ] Cf. Gordon v. United States, 117 U.S. 697, 702 ; United States v. Jefferson Electric Co., 291 U.S. 386, 400 -401; Chicago & Southern Air Lines v. Waterman S. S. Corp., supra.
[ Footnote 8 ] See note 1.
[ Footnote 9 ] King Bridge Co. v. Otoe County, 120 U.S. 225, 226 ; United States v. Corrick, 298 U.S. 435, 440 .
[ Footnote 10 ] We think the Attorney General's refusal to suspend deportation for the reason of ineligibility for citizenship has administrative finality. Administrative remedies are exhausted. Compare Levers v. Anderson, 326 U.S. 219 .
[ Footnote 11 ] Ng Fung Ho v. White, 259 U.S. 276 ; Mahler v. Eby, 264 U.S. 32, 43 ; Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath, 339 U.S. 33 . Cf. Gusik v. Schilder, 340 U.S. 128 ; Estep v. United States, 327 U.S. 114, 122 .
[ Footnote 12 ] Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Haworth, 300 U.S. 227, 240 ; United States v. West Virginia, 295 U.S. 463, 475 ; Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Quarles, 92 F.2d 321, 324, were cited.
[ Footnote 13 ] 8 U.S.C. 903 has since been enacted, providing in part:
[ Footnote 14 ] Cf. Benzian v. Godwin, 168 F.2d 952.
[ Footnote 15 ] See note 2.
[ Footnote 16 ] See 16 (b), 54 Stat. 897, as amended, 59 Stat. 166, 60 Stat. 181, 342; Benzian v. Godwin, 168 F.2d 952, 956.
[ Footnote 17 ] See note 2.
[ Footnote 18 ] The original version of the Act required every male alien residing in the United States to register, but subjected only aliens who had declared their intention to become citizens to liability for service. 54 Stat. 885. The Attorney General construed the words "male alien residing in the United States," the earlier phrase defining those subject to registration, to include "every alien . . . who lives or has a place of residence or abode in the United States, temporary or otherwise, or for whatever purpose taken or established, . . . ." 39 Op. Atty. Gen. 504, 505.
[ Footnote 19 ] " 611.12 When a nondeclarant alien is residing in the United States. Every male alien who is now in or hereafter enters the United States who has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, unless he is in one of the categories specifically excepted by the provisions of 611.13, is `a male person residing in the United States' within the meaning of section 2 and section 3 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended.
[ Footnote 20 ] Apparently the regulations intended to give aliens time to enable them to file the Alien's Application for Determination of Residence, see 7 Fed. Reg. 2084, 611.21 (b) (1), or to leave the country before their status as "residents," resulting in liability for military service, was fixed.
[ Footnote 21 ] Neuberger v. United States, 13 F.2d 541, 542. Cf. Stadtmuller v. Miller, 11 F.2d 732, 738.
MR. JUSTICE JACKSON, concurring.
I concur in the judgment and opinion of the Court. But since it is contrary to an opinion which, as Attorney General, I rendered in 1940, I owe some word of explanation. 39 Op. Atty. Gen. 504. I am entitled to say of that opinion what any discriminating reader must think of it - that it was as foggy as the statute the Attorney General was asked to interpret. It left the difficult borderline questions posed by the Secretary of War unanswered, covering its lack of precision with generalities which, however, gave off overtones of assurance that the Act applied to nearly every alien from a neutral country caught in the United States under almost any circumstances which required him to stay overnight.
The opinion did not at all consider aspects of our diplomatic history, which I now think, and should think I [340 U.S. 162, 177] would then have thought, ought to be considered in applying any conscription Act to aliens.
In times gone by, many United States citizens by naturalization have returned to visit their native lands. There they frequently were held for military duty by governments which refused to recognize a general right of expatriation. The United States consistently has asserted the right of its citizens to be free from seizure for military duty by reason of temporary and lawful presence in foreign lands. Immunities we have asserted for our own citizens we should not deny to those of other friendly nations. Nor should we construe our legislation to penalize or prejudice such aliens for asserting a right we have consistently asserted as a matter of national policy in dealing with other nations. Of course, if an alien is not a mere sojourner but acquires residence here in any permanent sense, he submits himself to our law and assumes the obligations of a resident toward this country.
The language of the Selective Service Act can be interpreted consistently with this history of our international contentions. I think the decision of the Court today does so. Failure of the Attorney General's opinion to consider the matter in this light is difficult to explain in view of the fact that he personally had urged this history upon this Court in arguing Perkins v. Elg, 307 U.S. 325 . Its details may be found in the briefs and their cited sources. It would be charitable to assume that neither the nominal addressee nor the nominal author of the opinion read it. That, I do not doubt, explains Mr. Stimson's acceptance of an answer so inadequate to his questions. But no such confession and avoidance can excuse the then Attorney General.
Precedent, however, is not lacking for ways by which a judge may recede from a prior opinion that has proven untenable and perhaps misled others. See Chief Justice Taney, License Cases, 5 How. 504, recanting views he [340 U.S. 162, 178] had pressed upon the Court as Attorney General of Maryland in Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat. 419. Baron Bramwell extricated himself from a somewhat similar embarrassment by saying, "The matter does not appear to me now as it appears to have appeared to me then." Andrews v. Styrap, 26 L. T. R. (N. S.) 704, 706. And Mr. Justice Story, accounting for his contradiction of his own former opinion, quite properly put the matter: "My own error, however, can furnish no ground for its being adopted by this Court . . . ." United States v. Gooding, 12 Wheat. 460, 478. Perhaps Dr. Johnson really went to the heart of the matter when he explained a blunder in his dictionary - "Ignorance, sir, ignorance." But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion." If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all. [340 U.S. 162, 179]
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Experiences of a Recently Converted Hindu Woman
Experiences of a Recently Converted Hindu Woman
My Experiences and How I Find that Islam does not Oppress Women"
by Sister Noor, University of Essex
I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves (i.e. women) as beings who were eventually to be married off and have children and serve the husband– whether he was kind or not. Other than this I found that there were a lot of things which really oppressed women, such as:
- If a woman was widowed, she would always have to wear a white sari (costume), eat vegetarian meals, cut her hair short, and never re-marry.
- The bride always had to pay the dowry (bridal money) to the husband's family.
- And the husband could ask for anything, irrespective of whether the bride would have difficulty giving it
Not only that, if after marriage she was not able to pay the full dowry she would be both emotionally and physically tortured, and could end up being a victim of "kitchen death" where the husband, or both the mother-in-law and the husband try to set fire to the wife while she is cooking or is in the kitchen, and try to make it look like an accidental death. More and more of these instances are taking place. The daughter of a friend of my own father's had the same fate last year!
In addition to all this, men in Hinduism are treated literally as among the gods. In one of the religious Hindu celebration, unmarried girls pray for and worship an idol representing a particular god (Shira) so that they may have husbands like him. Even my own mother had asked me to do this. This made me see that the Hindu religion which is based on superstitions and things that have no manifest proof (1), but were merely traditions which oppressed women could not be right.
Subsequently, when I came to England to study, I thought that at least this is a country which gives equal rights to men and women, and does not oppress them. We all have the freedom to do as we like, I thought. Well, as I started to meet people and make new friends, learn about this new society, and go to all the places my friends went to in order to "socialise" (bars, dance halls, …etc.), I realised that this "equality" was not so true in practice as it was in theory.
Outwardly, women were seen to be given equal rights in education, work, and so forth, but in reality women were still oppressed in a different, more subtle way. When I went with my friends to those places they hung out at, I found everybody interested to talk to me and I thought that was normal. But it was only later that I realised how naive I was, and recognised what these people were really looking for. I soon began to feel uncomfortable, as if I was not myself: I had to dress in a certain way so that people would like me, and had to talk in a certain way to please them. I soon found that I was feeling more and more uncomfortable, less and less myself, yet I could not get out. Everybody was saying they were enjoying themselves, but I don't call this enjoying.
I think women in this way of life are oppressed; they have to dress in a certain way in order to please and appear more appealing, and also talk in a certain way so people like them. During this time I had not thought about Islam, even though I had some Muslim acquaintances. But I felt I really had to do something, to find something that I would be happy and secure with, and would feel respected with. Something to believe in that is the right belief, because everybody has a belief that they live according to. If having fun by getting off with other people is someone's belief, they do this. If making money is someone's belief, they do everything to achieve this. If they believe drinking is one way to enjoy life then they do it. But I feel all this leads to nowhere; no one is truly satisfied, and the respect women are looking for is diminishing in this way.
In these days of so called "society of equal rights", you are expected to have a boyfriend (or you're weird!) and to not be a virgin. So this is a form of oppression even though some women do not realise it.(2) When I came to Islam, it was obvious that I had finally found permanent security. A religion, a belief that was so complete and clear in every aspect of life. Many people have a misconception that Islam is an oppressive religion, where women are covered from head to toe, and are not allowed any freedom or rights. In fact, women in Islam are given more rights, and have been for the past 1400 years, compared to the only-recently rights given to non-Muslim women in some western and some other societies. But there are, even now, societies where women are still oppressed, as I mentioned earlier in relation to Hindu women.
Muslim women have the right to inheritance. They have the right to run their own trade and business. They have the full right to ownership, property, disposal over their wealth to which the husband has no right. They have the right to education, a right to refuse marriage as long as this refusal is according to reasonable and justifiable grounds. The Quran itself, which is the word of Allah, contains many verses commanding men to be kind to their wives and stressing the rights of women. Islam gives the right set of rules, because they are NOT made by men, but made by Allah; hence it is a perfect religion.
Quite often Muslim women are asked why they are covered from head to toe, and are told that this is oppression–it is not. In Islam, marriage is an important part of life, the making of the society. Therefore, a woman should not go around showing herself to everybody, only for her husband. Even the man is not allowed to show certain parts of his body to none but his wife. In addition, Allah has commanded Muslim women to cover themselves for their modesty:
"O prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) over their bodies (when outdoors). That is most convenient that they could be known as such (i.e. decent and chaste) and not molested." (Quran 33:59)
If we look around at any other society, we find that in the majority of cases women are attacked and molested because of how they are dressed. Another point I'd like to comment on is that the rules and regulation laid down in Islam by Allah (God) do not apply just to women but to men also. There is no intermingling and free-running between men and women for the benefit of both. Whatever Allah commands is right, wholesome, pure and beneficial to mankind; there is no doubt about that. A verse in the Quran explains this concept clearly:
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and protect their private parts (i.e. from indecency, illegal sexual acts); that will make for greater purity for them. And Allah is well aware of what they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and protect their privaate parts (from indecency, illegal sexual intercourse); and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments…." (Quran, surah "Al-Nur" 24:31)
When I put on my hijaab (veil), I was really happy to do it. In fact, I really want to do it. When I put on the hijaab, I felt a great sense of satisfaction and happiness. Satisfied that I had obeyed Allah's command. And happy with the good and blessings that come with it. I have felt secure and protected. In fact people respect me more for it. I could really see the difference in behaviour towards me.
Finally, I'd like to say that I had accepted Islam not blindly, or under any compulsion. In the Quran itself there is a verse which says "there is no compulsion in religion" (3). I accepted Islam with conviction. I have seen, been there, done that, and seen both sides of the story. I know and have experienced what the other side is like, and I know that I have done the right thing. Islam does not oppress women, but rather Islam liberates them and gives them the respect they deserve. Islam is the religion Allah has chosen for the whole of mankind. Those who accept it are truly liberated from the chains and shackles of mankind whose ruling and legislating necessitates nothing but the oppression of one group by another and the exploitation and oppression of one sex by the other. This is not the case of Islam which truly liberated women and gave them an individuality not given by any other authority.
Sister Noor has been a muslim for over a year and a half and is currently in her second year of undergraduate study in the Department of Biology
(1) In Islaam, strong emphasis is placed on proof and evidence. Superstition, conjecture and following the ways of ones ancestors is heavily censured. Allaah says:
{Say : Bring your proof if indeed you are truthful} {Baqarah 2:111} {Inform me with knowledge if indeed you are truthful} [An'aam 6:143] {And they do not possess any knowledge regarding it. They do nothing but follow conjecture and conjecture avails nothing against the Truth} [Najm 53:28] {And when it is said to them: 'Follow that which Allaah has sent down', they say: 'Nay! We shall follow that which we found our fathers following} [Baqarah 2:170]
If the scientists among the non-muslims were to follow this advice and research objectively many of the rulings regarding women in Islam they would find that they are in perfect harmony with the biological/psychological knowledge they have arrived at regarding the nature of women. It is the reaction of the feminist movement to western hypocrisy that has led to the debasement of 'perceived' female roles in Islam. That is why most of what is portrayed regarding women in Islaam is pure conjecture and distortion, not fact and truth.
(2) This is where muslims consider the fallacy of the freedom and non-oppression of women lies. Under the name of 'freedom' women are told that they have complete automonomy to do as they wish. However, 'do as they wish' means that they are encouraged to conform to the trends and fashions that are set for them and imposed upon them by means of the media machine and by means of the multi-billion dollar film industry which makes, fashions, and nurtures the ideas of people and their principles, morals and conduct. As a result they are made the objects of the fantasies of menwho harass them, oppress them and reduce them to nothing but a source of temporary joy and pleasure. Men themselves have been made to let loose the reins of their desires due to the high exposure to naked women they receive, day in day out. This results in provocation, frustration and eventually – a deserving punishment – desensitization. Impotence is a widespread 'disease' in the West! This is the position of women in the west.
The mere mention of the words sexual harrasment, date-rape – which includes men deliberately getting women tipsy or drunk so that they can have their way with them – and slogans such as NO MEANS NO are sufficient as proof for this reality of the oppression of women in the west. These problems are unknown to the muslim world and are not issues in Islaam.
There is no complulsion in religion. The truth has been made clear from error [Baqarah 2:256]


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May 1, 2007
Who's Watching This YouTube Video?
YouTube has a cool new feature in their labs. It's called Active Sharing and it lets you see other users that have enabled the feature and watch the same video as you. If you click on the username, you can see the profile and the last six videos they watched. This can be deactivated at any time, but it's pretty useful if you want to discover people who collect cool videos and subscribe to their channels.
In case it crossed your mind to use Active Sharing to track the videos watched by someone, YouTube says you can't. "YouTube respects your privacy. This information only shows to other YouTube users for 30 minutes, so get busy and show off your good taste!"
6 comments:
- AnonymousMay 1, 2007 at 12:35 PM
One more excellent feature in Youtube. It enhances the communication and interaction experience in the website.ReplyDelete
I'll surely see even more videos in Youtube...
- AnonymousMay 1, 2007 at 2:33 PM
I miss YouTube :(ReplyDelete
I still can't watch the videos from it for a long time because I'm living in Thailand.
Thanks you for YouTube News
But maybe someone will write a crawler to automatically collect this 30-minute-only-info... storing it for a longer time.ReplyDelete
Translated your post to Chinese traditional , thanks again!ReplyDelete
各位中文讀者朋友們,本人巳將此文章翻譯成中文(繁體),有空不妨看看!! 請繼續支持此Tech blog!! http://astroboy1928.blogspot.com/2007/05/youtube.html
- AnonymousMay 9, 2007 at 2:50 AM
HI, GoogleReplyDelete
I live in Iran but authorities blocked You tube and Google video for downloading all FLV formats. Would you please make an utility to convert all of the clips in the zip format for all FLV downloads?
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It's no secret that Fox News is not Barack Obama's favorite news channel. In his first year, the White House more or less declared war on Fox, suspending its strategy only when other media outlets began to publicly criticize Obama for it, blocking the White House attempt to freeze Fox out of coverage. They may have relented publicly on the deep freeze, but a new study by the University of Minnesota's Eric Ostermeier suggests that the Obama administration has quietly imposed a big chill on Fox instead:
Over the course of the president's first term, he has generally maintained the tiered approach as to which outlets ask the questions (with the Big 3 and Associated Press usually getting the green light), although the president has departed from tradition on occasion – famously calling on a digital-only media outlet's reporter (Huffington Post's Sam Stein) during his first news conference in February 2009.
But as for FOX, these have been relatively lean years in terms of getting the presidential nod at news conferences, particularly in light of the news outlet's reach vis-à-vis some of the other media organizations which have received more questions.
How lean?
A Smart Politics analysis finds that ABC reporters have been called on the most frequently during Barack Obama's solo news conferences followed by CBS, the Associated Press, and NBC with FOX News coming in at a distant ninth at less than half the rate of the top outlets and less than 40 percent of press conferences overall.
During that time, Fox has been the highest-rated cable news network, a lead which hasn't been seriously challenged since before Obama took office. That ninth-place position only applies to the entirety of the term, too. As Eric points out, Fox has only been allowed one question in the last six pressers Obama has given. Ed Henry, who moved from CNN to Fox, got a lot more attention when representing his former employer.
Until his move to CNN and out of the White House press corps, Jake Tapper was the leading question-getter at 23, but NBC's Chuck Todd tied Tapper in Monday's presser. Todd, however, has the lead for followup questions, and it's apparently not close:
Todd, who is perhaps the King of the follow-up question, has made the most of the 23 news conferences in which his name has been called by the president.
Todd has been able to parlay this into 52 series of questions and follow-up questions (excluding multiple questions posed within one series), including multiple queries to the president on the debt ceiling on Monday.
The Fox chill seems to be a more recent phenomenon, over the past year, rather than a sustained effort from the 2009 War on Fox. It's not much of a secret why Obama would want to avoid Fox News in his pressers, although Todd and Major Garrett didn't give Obama an easy ride on Monday, either, but perhaps a question of why lately.


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We all know which female body parts men most frequently like to explore, but there is more to her than a vagina, breasts and butt. The largest amount of nerve endings may be packed into those areas, but she has pleasure sensors all over her body, and getting her in the mood may be as easy as stimulating some of these often-neglected parts. Incorporating touching these places into foreplay and sex, or just giving her some pleasure after a hard day, will definitely earn you some brownie points.
1. Hair
Maintaining their gorgeous locks isn't the only reason women go to their hairstylists so often. The process of wash, cut, color, and styling can actually be quite a stress reliever. Running your hands gently through her hair is a surefire way to send tingles down her spine. Let your fingers massage circles from her temples to the nape of her neck and she'll be putty in your hands.
2. Nape of her neck
Once you get to the nape of her neck, place a few light kisses there. In ancient Japan, the back of a woman's neck was seen as very attractive by men since it was one of the few places not covered by clothing. In modern times, the nape of the neck is often neglected in favor of more obvious pleasure centers, but never underestimate the power of gentle touches and kisses from her hairline to her shoulders.
3. Clavicle
A well-defined clavicle, or collarbone, can be very sexy on a woman. Why not show your appreciation for its beauty with your touch and kiss? Pay attention to this body part while she's still fully clothed, unbuttoning her shirt just enough to reveal the clavicle and no further. You can always come back to it once the clothes have disappeared as well to remind her of the anticipation it created when you started there.
Small of her back
The best way to guide your woman through a crowd is to place your hand against the small of her back. This small gesture shows that you feel protective of her without being too pushy like an arm around the shoulder might be. When you're alone, kissing or licking down her spine to end up with a kiss on the small of her back will get her heart racing.
4. Behind her knees
This area is one that most men don't think of when trying to stimulate a woman, but it is, in fact, quite sensitive. Gently caressing the back of the knee under her skirt while the two of you are in a public place will make her ready to get busy once you get home. Don't forget to pay some more attention to this special spot once you're alone too.
5. Palms of her hands
People often use their hands as tools to please their partners, but rarely do they consider the pleasure potential of stimulating the hands themselves. The palm of a woman's hand is an innocuous spot to focus a little attention on without making people around you uncomfortable. Tracing your finger along her palm will give her delightful shivers and make you appear sensitive and attentive.
6. Earlobes
Touching, kissing and even lightly biting the earlobes of your woman will up the bliss factor for her. These delicate, soft lobes are very sensitive and most women thoroughly enjoy the sensation of having a man's lips on them. You can nibble around the outside of the rest of her ear as well, but for courtesy's sake avoid jamming your tongue inside her ear.
7. Feet
Pulp Fiction taught us that rubbing the feet of another man's wife may be an offense punishable by being thrown out a window, so the sensual appeal of a foot massage is obvious. There are few better ways to help her relax than to give her feet a good rub, especially if her job requires her to be on them all day. Do it right and grab some massage oil or lotion. Don't forget to pay some attention to her toes, ankles and the sides of her feet too. Some women really enjoy having their toes sucked, but others find it repulsive, so asking first is a good idea before putting them in your mouth.
8. Inner thighs
Touching her inner thighs without venturing into the vaginal area will make for an excellent tease that is sure to get her revved up. Use your hands and mouth to caress and kiss the insides of her thighs, getting excruciatingly close to her ultimate pleasure spot, but pulling back before going all the way.
9. Pelvis
Concentrating some affection on her pelvis is a great idea, however, you'll have to resist the urge to slip down to her vagina while you're so close. Like teasing her inner thighs, kissing and licking around her pelvis will excite her until she's begging for more. Prolong the sensation by leaving the region to focus on another body part for a while.
Every inch of her body is covered with nerve endings that could be stimulated, but that doesn't mean that she doesn't have some no-go places. Some women can't stand to have their faces touched, while others find it unbearable if their hands are tickled. As you explore, you'll learn which places your touch has the best effect on and which you should avoid.


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This page details the required actions to migrating a repo to Eclipse Foundation GitHub.
- 1 Migrating a GitHub repo to Eclipse Foundation GitHub organization
- 2 End User required actions
- 3 Forked repositories
Migrating a GitHub repo to Eclipse Foundation GitHub organization
Step 0 - Transfer repo from original location to Eclipse Organization
$ git --git-dir=new.git init $ git --git-dir=new.git fetch URL refs/heads/*:refs/heads/_old/* refs/tags/*:refs/tags/_old/* $ git --git-dir=new.git push --all URL
Replace URL with the repository location on GitHub.
# Verify that we are deleting the branches and tags we want to delete $ git branch -r | grep -v HEAD | cut -d/ -f2 | while read line; do echo :$line; done; $ git tag | cut -d/ -f2 | while read line; do echo :$line; done;
# Actually delete the branches and tags $ git branch -r | grep -v HEAD | cut -d/ -f2 | while read line; do git push origin :$line; done; $ git tag | cut -d/ -f2 | while read line; do git push origin :$line; done;
Deleting master branch will fail because it's the current branch.
- NOTE: we should probably not delete branch gh-pages... it's a github special page.... "grep -v gh-pages"?
- NOTE: should verify that we aren't deleting the new "_old" prefix branches during this process
Step 3 - Push a new Eclipse Approved master
$ git update-ref -d refs/heads/master $ git commit -m "New initial commit" $ git push origin master $ git push eclipse master
Step 4 - refs replace
$ git replace new_initial_commit old_history_last_commit $ git push origin refs/replace/commit_hash
- NOTE: End user mush additionally run (If they want the history): git fetch origin '+refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*'
End User required actions
If a user had previously cloned the repository before it was moved to the Eclipse Foundation GitHub organization. The move will have caused a few issues to the user's local repository. The easiest option to resolve the issues is to just do a brand new git clone of the repository from the new location. If however this is not an option below outlines issues that the user will run into and steps to resolve the issues.
Update repository URLs
The origin remote will need to be updated to point to the new URL.
$ git remote set-url origin email@example.com:Eclipse/project.git
Fix master branch
The user's master branch will still be based on the old master branch and needs to be changed to the new master.
The following commands will rename the local master to "old_master" and create a new master based on the new upstream master:
$ git checkout origin/master $ git branch -m master old_master $ git checkout -b master
Repeat these steps for any other additional branches that may have conflict.
(Optional) Git Replace history
If the user would like to see the old history attached to the new Initial Commit they can checkout the refs/replace/* refspec.
$ git fetch origin refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*
Forked repositories
Forked repositories will have branches that no longer match with upstream due to upstream renaming all the branches to /_old/ prefix. The easiest way to resolve this issue is to refork upstream. However if this is not an option below lists the tasks that will need to be considered in each fork of the project.
Fix master branch
The fork's master branch and upstream master branches will be different. To fix this the fork owner can rename their original master branch and push a new master branch based on the upstream project's master.
$ git branch -m master old_master $ git push origin old_master $ git checkout upstream/master $ git checkout -b master $ git push --force origin master
WARNING: These command will backup master to old_master and then force pushes a brand new master to your GitHub repository.


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The stuff of pop culture rumors and fast food lovers' dreams, the McGold Card does indeed exist, McDonald's confirms.
"The mysterious McGold Card, which for years has been rumored to grant a select few free McDonald's, for life, is in fact real and returning for one fan," the company said in a press release.
The McGold Card doesn't necessarily mean unlimited food, however. According to the fine print, the winner can collect two free meals per week for 50 years. McDonald's is also going to award a custom-made mobile McGold Card phone case with the winner's name engraved in gold.
So how did the McGold Card start? The company said this in a Facebook post:
Back in 1965, a McDonald's Owner did the unthinkable! By awarding its most loyal customer with the McGold Card, giving the cardholder free McDonald's for life. Too good to be true? It's real all right and it will have you seeing gold!
Since then, there have been various rumors of celebrities and businesspeople getting free food for life. Warren Buffett, Rob Lowe and Bill Gates are said to be among them, but Business Insider reports that Gates is the only one who has a physical Gold Card.
This is the first time a McGold Card has been awarded in a contest.
To enter the sweepstake, customers need to use the app to make an order between the 10th and the 24th of August. Each time they use Mobile Order & Pay to order, they will gain another entry. It's also possible to enter via email without buying anything. See the full rules here.
McDonald's says they will do a random prize drawing "on or about" August 29, 2018.


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Story highlights
Adam Lanza's mother bought a semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle at Riverview Gun Sales
Lanza used that gun to kill 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School
The Connecticut gun store lost its license to sell guns six days after that mass shooting
A detective suspects gun sales at the store were stopped due to poor record keeping
A Connecticut store that sold a gun used to kill 26 people last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School no longer can legally sell firearms.
Debora Seifert, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told CNN on Friday the Riverview Gun Sales shop in East Windsor, Connecticut, lost its federal firearms license December 20 – six days after the massacre about 65 miles southwest in Newtown.
That day, after killing his mother in their Newtown home, Adam Lanza drove to the elementary school and shot dead 20 young children and six adults using a semiautomatic Bushmaster .223-caliber model XM15 rifle.
The shooter's mother, Nancy Lanza, bought the Bushmaster firearm two years ago at Riverview Gun Sales, according to Detective Matthew Carl of the East Windsor Police Department.
The ATF spokeswoman did not comment on why the store's license was revoked, including if it had anything to do with the Newtown rampage.
But Carl said "probably the reason the ATF raided the store on December 20 was for poor keeping of the records."
According to police, on December 15 – a day after the Sandy Hook shooting – a man was arrested at Riverview Gun Sales for stealing a .50-caliber firearm. Upon investigation, authorities learned the man allegedly stole a Wyndham firearm from the same shop four days earlier; in fact, he'd been arrested in June 2011 for allegedly stealing nine firearms from the store.
Newtown shooting details revealed in newly released documents
Afterward, authorities told Riverview Gun Sales' owner David LaGuercia of the December arrest and checked surveillance images. LaGuercia was not aware multiple thefts had taken place.
"The owner is nonchalant. He is a very non-caring gun owner, very lax in his paperwork," said Carl, the East Windsor detective. "He was eventually closed for hundreds and hundreds of federal and state law violations."
LaGuercia, the store's owner, could not be reached for comment on Friday.
His store has reopened but no longer sells guns, the detective said, though shoppers can still buy survival equipment and other items there.
The ATF conducted more than 11,400 firearms compliance inspections in 2012. The federal agency sought to revoke licenses in about 100 cases that year, which works out to less than 1% of all places inspected.
According to the ATF website, violations commonly cited in license revocation include "failure to account for firearms, failure to verify and document purchaser eligibility, failure to maintain records requisite for successful firearms tracing, and failure to report multiple sales of handguns."
This past week, Connecticut passed what advocacy groups call the strongest gun-control legislation of any state in the country. The law bans the sale or purchase of high-capacity magazines, like the ones used in the Newtown shooting, and requires background checks for all gun purchases.