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Photo: Yannick Granieri of France competes during the Crankworx Red Bull Joyride in Whistler, British Columbia, on Saturday. The joyride is part of a 10-day multi-discipline mountain bike festival held each year in the ski resort.

Bilingual: The option of selecting "blank", in addition to the standard choices of "male" or "female" on birth certificates will become available in Germany from Nov 1. This allows parents to opt out of determining their baby's gender, thereby allowing those born with characteristics of both sexes to choose whether to become male or female in later life.

Buzzword: Personality spam refers to incessant online posts and messages relating to one's personal life and interests, particularly on social media, and people with this habit are called personality spammers.

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Blog: There is a lot of talk currently about the gold bull market being finished. Blogger Aristakesyan argues that even though there is a chance gold contracts could slide below $1,100 an ounce, they will stay low for no more than two or three quarters. In this case, gold mining companies will begin to cut output at the most cost-intensive goldfields and thus push up prices.

(China Daily USA 08/20/2013 page2)