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Marco Gentile (born 24 August 1968) is a Dutch professional footballer who played as a central defender for Burnley in the Football League.

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1968 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Burnley F.C. players
Willem II (football club) players
Dumbarton F.C. players
ADO Den Haag players
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English Football League players
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Q: Updating multiple rows dynamically according to a value in another table oracle sql table 1 :
employee id (ex.: 100000)  | status ((A)ctive/(I)nactive)
table 2 :
group (ex.:'ABC') | emplid (ex.: 100000) | has_documents((Y)es/(N)o)
I am trying to update a table in order to set every employees that is active to the state of has
_document = 'Y' and every employees thats inactive to has_documents = 'N'. An employee can be in multiple groups and has to be in a 'Y' state on every row containing its employee id if his state is active
This is a query I currently have:
UPDATE table2 t2 SET has_documents =
(SELECT (CASE WHEN(
SELECT t1.HR_STATUS
FROM table1 t1
WHERE t1.EMPLID = t2.EMPLID ) = 'A' THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END) FROM DUAL);

And it returns the following error : single-row subquery returns more than one row
I have also tried this query which returned the same error :
UPDATE SYSADM.PS_RH_EE_LITIGATN P
  SET RH_RR_DOC = (SELECT
    (CASE WHEN
        (SELECT J.HR_STATUS FROM PS_JOB_CURR_VW J
        JOIN SYSADM.PS_RH_EE_LITIGATN L
        ON J.EMPLID = L.EMPLID WHERE J.EMPLID = P.EMPLID)
    = 'A' THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END) FROM DUAL);

example data :
table 1:           table2:
empli_id | status  group | empli_id | has_docs
100000   | A       'ABC' | 100002   | null
100001   | I       'XYZ' | 100002   | null
100002   | A       'ABC' | 100001   | null
100003   | A       'ABC' | 100003   | null
100004   | I       'XYZ' | 100004   | null

Desired Result :
table 1:           table2:
empli_id |status   group | empli_id | has_docs
100000   | A       'ABC' | 100002   | Y
100001   | I       'XYZ' | 100002   | Y
100002   | A       'ABC' | 100001   | N
100003   | A       'ABC' | 100003   | Y
100004   | I       'XYZ' | 100004   | N

A: You can use merge statement as following:
Merge into table2 t2
Using (select * from table1) t1
On (t1.empli_id = t2.empli_id)
When matched then
Update set t2.has_document = decode(t1.status, 'A', 'Y', 'N')

Cheers!!

A: Employee may be in two groups, so use conditional aggregation and count inactive rows. Use such prepared data in merge statement and set has_docs to Y if cnt_inactive is 0, N otherwise.
dbfiddle demo
merge into table2 tgt
using (select empli_id, count(case status when 'I' then 1 end) cnt_inactive
         from table1 group by empli_id) src
on (tgt.empli_id = src.empli_id)
when matched then update set
    has_docs = case cnt_inactive when 0 then 'Y' else 'N' end

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The multi-award winning drummer, Tony Royster Jr!
The child phenom turned talented professional, Tony Royster Jr. is a drummer without peer. Performing all over the world, Tony Royster Jr. has racked up numerous endorsements and a legion of fans.
Tony Royster Jr. is only 24 years old and has been playing drums since the age of 3. Often referred to as a "prodigy" by his fans, he has participated in numerous drummer events and contests worldwide including the 1995 Guitar Center National Drum-Off competition in Hollywood, CA which he won at the ripe old age of 11!
Tony Royster Jr. was voted #1 Up and Coming Drummer by Modern Drummer magazine 2000 readers' poll and has been voted #2 in the UK 2001 readers' poll. He has appeared on the cover of the millennium issue of Modern Drummer magazine with Dennis Chambers and continues to receive high marks that earn him endorsements with companies such as DW Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans drumheads, LP percussion, Drumframe, Shure microphones, Warner Bros. Publications, HQ percussion products, Drumometer, and Specialty Cases.
Tony's talents have carried him across the globe to Europe, Japan, and Asia but in 2001 he achieved substantial international acclaim with the Warner Brothers video release of, "Common Ground", featuring Tony with his mentor, and favorite drummer, Dennis Chambers.
Most importantly, Tony is a positive role model for all kids. His motto is "Be cool, stay in school" and he sets the standard for personal achievement among his peers.
Tony is becoming accustomed to high-profile performances that include TV's Nickelodeon House Band (lead by Paul Shaffer of the David Letterman show), the Jenny Jones show, the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards show, and an international tour in 2001 as the drummer for #1 selling Asian artist, Hikaru Utada. Additionally, he is regularly invited to perform at prestigious events worldwide such as PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention), Modern Drummer Festival, the Montreal Drumfest, and the Florida Drum Expo.
Proficient in numerous styles, Tony excels at Funk, R&B, Latin, Rock, and Jazz. He has performed alongside such notable drummers as Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, Steve Smith, Sheila E., and veteran drummer Chester Thompson. He has also graced the stage with legendary musician's Branford Marsalis, Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, among others.
He has played with Imajin, Lazyeye, New Flava, and En Vogue. He performed on the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards show at the age of 15, and an international tour in 2001 backing #1 selling Japanese artist Hikaru Utada as well as performing with Paul Shaffer (of The David Letterman Show) in the Nickelodeon House Band. Right now he's also playing with Francisco Fattoruso, Jay-Z and his own band. He also came out with a new video called Pure Energy on his first solo drummer video explaining everything he learned and his band playing along on some of the tracks.
He is currently on tour with rapper Jay-Z as the band's drummer.
Jay-Z Goes Back To School With College Arena Tour
JAY-Z, undeniably one of the most powerful voices in music today, a multiple Grammy Award winner and influencer that has resonated with a generation of music fans, is officially announcing his fall tour. With 21 dates confirmed, the tour will make stops at a mix of college campus arenas and traditional venues across North America starting at Penn State University on October 9th. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning on September 11th at LiveNation.com.
Prior to the tour kickoff, JAY-Z will hold a charity concert at New York's legendary Madison Square Garden on Friday, September 11th in support of the New York Police & Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund. For this live event, 100% of the proceeds from tickets sales and concert merchandise will go directly to the charity. For more information please visit www.answerthecall.org.
JAY-Z's highly anticipated new album, The Blueprint 3, will be released on September 11th. The fall tour is the follow-up to the historic "Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z: Heart of the City" tour where they performed for more than 600,000 fans and received rave reviews at every stop. The 28 date trek grossed more than $35 million.
Beginning September 4th, fan club members will have an opportunity to buy pre-sale tickets for select cities. A pre-sale for CITI card holders in select cities will begin on September 8th through CITI's Private Pass program, for complete details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Tickets are available to the general public in select markets beginning September 11th at www.LiveNation.com. The North American tour is being produced by Live Nation. For additional ticket and tour information please visit LiveNation.com. Jay-Z Fan Club information is available at http://jayz.tickets.musictoday.com. Additional dates to be announced soon.
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Oct 09 State College, PA Penn State/Bryce Jordan Center Fri. 9/11 @ 12 Noon
Oct 10 Cincinnati, OH N Kentucky U/Bank of Kentucky Center Sat. 9/12 @ 10 AM
Oct 13 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Oct 14 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Oct 15 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Oct 16 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Oct 17 Seattle, WA KeyArena Sat. 9/12 @ 10 AM
Oct 21 Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan U/Convocation Center Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
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Oct 24 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center Sat. 9/12 @ 10 AM
Oct 25 Amherst, MA U of Mass/Mullins Center Fri. 9/11 @ 12 Noon
Oct 27 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Oct 28 Columbus, OH Ohio State/Schottenstein Center Fri. 9/11 @ 11 AM
Oct 29 London, ON John Labatt Centre Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Oct 30 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Fri. 9/11 @ 12 Noon
Oct 31 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Nov 01 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Nov 12 Champaign, IL University of Illinois/Assembly Hall Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
Nov 19 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum Sat. 9/12 @ 10 AM
Nov 20 El Paso, TX U of Texas at El Paso/Don Haskins Ctr Fri. 9/11 @ 10 AM
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someone twice his age! Starting at the age of 3, his prodigious talent helped him
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VOL. 6, features 10 smash hits UNWRAPPED, including "Lollipop" which alone
fueled over 3.0 mil. albums for Lil Wayne, and is one of four #1 hit singles to include
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We are in a constant state of PTSD, not post, post implies that whatever caused the trauma is over, implies the nightmares and flashbacks will eventually subside. Black people in the United States of America suffer from Persistent Traumatic Stress Disorder – because there is literally no time to recover from one shocking, traumatic event before another one occurs. We can't watch the videos anymore, can't breathe, can't wish the reality away, can't explain to anyone who doesn't already understand, and most of all we can't make it stop alone! And we are not alone, after 15 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, over two million veterans of the war on terror are walking our streets, and many of them have become police officers or school resource officers or prison guards, who now view American citizens as their enemy, especially Black Citizens because of how this country was founded.
The origin of police officers vs. a local Sheriff stems first from pursuing fugitive slaves and then enforcement of Jim Crow Laws; there's a flimsy pretense that things are different now, but the underlying motivation has never changed, in the eyes of the law Blacks are not seen as people and therefore are not worthy of protection. Until there is a collective acknowledgement of this sub-human status, no amount of training will solve the problem of murder at the hands of police with impunity — after all we see examples everyday of people (mass murders, rapists, thieves) brought into custody and given a fair trial — while Blacks die in the street for selling loose cigarettes or CDs, for sitting in a car reading a book or asking a question. It has always been incredibly scary, sad, and infuriating, but seems to have a renewed fervor during the Obama years, because good old boys are so frustrated by his existence and their inability to extinguish his swagger. Now with over 2 million Americans in prison and an untold number on probation and more mass shootings than days of the year and rampant poverty, the persistent anxiety pervades our daily lives like a cancer.
A bunch of us were facilitating poetry writing at Berkeley High when Columbine happened, we threw out our lesson plan and let the students process what they were feeling. Running an open mic at LA Pena the night this one happened. Dreaming of a different world when that one happened. We've lost count, from Aurora to Sandy Hook to Charleston to Orlando, from Trayvon Martin to Mike Brown, from Kathryn Johnston to Sandra Bland, to the very skin I'm in as a Black, Lesbian, Woman living in the United States of America; I often wonder which identity puts me more at risk – as if I could separate them.
I weep for the lives lost, I weep for the ones left behind, I weep for the fear that these incidents leave behind, I weep for the racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia and poverty of spirit that leads to them. What I believe is most important in times like these is to gather together in love and solidarity, to express our grief and channel our outrage into activism that cultivates the future we want to see bloom, just as our brothers and sisters at Standing Rock are doing, All Nations Rise it will take lots of collective and individual nurturing. One of my beloveds, Adrienne Maree Brown recently posted, "things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. we must hold each other tight and continue to pull back the veil." I totally agree, and I want to be part of a community that takes and demands consistent, constructive action: until state sanctioned murder with impunity ends in this country, until we have dismantled the school to prison pipeline, the Prison Industrial Complex and the militarization of police, until 1 in 3 women aren't raped and beaten regularly, until our Persistent Traumatic Stress Disorder actually becomes post, until we can actually heal. We need art, music, dance, counselors and critical thinking back in schools. We need to find a way to see one another beyond stereotypes and labels, to choose love over media driven fear, to know we only rise by uplifting each other, before we destroy one other and this planet.
I honestly don't know what broke my heart more, the images of Alton Sterling's oldest son sobbing uncontrollably during a press conference, or Diamond Reynolds' 4-year-old daughter comforting her mother in the back of a police car. "It's okay Mama, I'm here with you." In the back of a police car, in the moments after they watched Philando Castile murdered right in front of them, a 4-year-old girl should not have to comfort her own mother. A 4-year-old shouldn't have to be a "strong black woman." We who are never, ever seen as innocent or valuable or given sanctuary, who are forever taught we can handle anything, the down chick, the mamas who bury their babies, only to get up and make breakfast for everyone else. We who organize and compromise and agonize, without recognition, we need someone, like that baby needed someone, to hold us close and let us cry.
We all need to log off once in awhile and connect to the earth. I call on all of us to do whatever we need to do to take care of one another, don't isolate through the moments of despair and don't imagine being on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram means you are connecting with someone, it isn't the same. Find someone to talk to and cry with and dream with offline, face to face.
To our white allies, we want to know if you can you listen to the reality we face everyday without pretending it away or acting like it has nothing to do with you? Can you be a perceiver? Can you as a white ally share these stories on your timeline, in your conversations with friends, family and co-workers? Can you say enough is enough, I stand with you, I see you, I believe you, I'm tired for you and I will call out racism, I will acknowledge that I have benefited from the system of white supremacy even if it's unintentionally; because we will never effectively change this country until you do! Dr King, called on us to join together in the struggle, that's why the March on Washington worked, the crowd was multi racial, multi ethnic, multi religious, multi determined, and multi organized – well I say it's time for a new March on Washington, a new solidarity, a call to acknowledge and heal our collective PTSD by ending war both abroad and in our streets, a renewed call for an end to public lynching's – the noose has been replaced by the bullet, slavery has been replaced by mass incarceration and it's enough!


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Marnus Labhuschagne becomes first ever concussion substitute in Cricket, scores 59 to guide his team to safety
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Substitute batsman Labhuschagne plays a backfoot punch on the final day of 2nd Ashes Test against Engand at Lord's Cricket ground in London
Substitute batsman Labhuschagne plays a backfoot punch on the final day of 2nd Ashes Test against England at Lord's Cricket ground in London
In the first of its kind event in cricket history, Marnus Labhuschagne became first-ever concussion substitute for a player when he came on to bat in place former Australian skipper Steve Smith in the second innings of Ashes Lord's test match.
Steve Smith was stuck on the neck by a 92 mph bumper of Jofra Archer while batting in the first innings. He walked off the field at that point of time for a concussion test but returned after some time to carry on his first innings. But on the final day of the test, he was having some headache following the incident. He explained, "I started to feel a bit of headache coming on last night, probably as the adrenaline got out of my system. I was able to get a good sleep in, which is somewhat rare for me.
Steve Smith walking off the field for a concussion test in the first innings of Ashes Lord's Test match
"But woke up feeling a little bit groggy and with a headache again, so had some tests done and upon some further assessments deemed to be a mild concussion unfortunately and have been ruled out for of this Test match."
Cricket Australia released a statement after this episode, "Steve has been closely monitored by medical staff overnight and this morning reported that after sleeping well, he woke with "a bit of a headache and a feeling of grogginess. Steve reported that his left arm which was also struck during his innings yesterday was "much better".
"As part of the Cricket Australia concussion protocol, repeat concussion testing of Steve Smith was also performed this morning and demonstrated some deterioration from his testing which is consistent with the emergence of the symptoms he was reporting."
As per new rules, a cricket team can request the Match Referee for a replacement player to bat or ball in place of the injured concussed player and Cricket Australia did that on the final day, "On that basis Steve has been withdrawn from the match by team doctor Richard Saw and the Australia team will lodge an application for a concussion substitute with the ICC match referee in line with the ICC protocol."
Marnus Labhuschagne, who came on to bat for Smith, scored a stroke-filled 59 off 100 balls to take his team of out choppy waters on the final day. Steve Smith is unlikely to take a part in the Headingley test which would be a massive blow to the Australian team as he has been, by far the best batsman in the series, both teams combined.
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Kyle B here - BIO RAW's Nutrition Expert!
Gluten is a really interesting topic these days. It's been stereotyped, joked about, eye-rolled at . . basically all the good stuff.
It's become commonplace and the but of jokes BECAUSE people know it's a THING! It's not for everyone, and there's a growing number of people who simply don't do their best when they eat gluten.
Thought I would do a little rapid fire, quick sum up on Gluten and my thoughts about it. Heads up if you're in a rush and want the bottom line: I don't recommend it as part of a regular diet, especially if you are Celiac (obvi), sensitive to it OR have any autoimmunity at play.
Luckily - ALL of our meals are GLUTEN-FREE - because we want everyone to enjoy them, all the time!
Okay, here we go . .
Gluten is the general term for types of proteins (primarily Glutenin and Gliadin) found in grains like wheat, barley and rye. These proteins provide the gluey elasticity of these foods (think of really fluffy bouncy bread - that's gluten). There's more gluten in today's crops than our ancestors ate, and it's hidden in a ton of things now (see below). We're overexposed!
Is everyone allergic?
NO. But more people than we think might be sensitive to it. And we definitely consume too much of it in breads, pastas and cereals. Sometimes it's even snuck into things like chocolate.
Celiac Disease - the more commonly known Gluten Disease
This affects about 1% of the North American population, and is an autoimmune condition triggered by gluten that causes the body to attack the lining of the intestinal walls, resulting in pain, cramps and nutrient-malabsorption. It should be noted however, that pain and cramping is not always present, even if a person has the disease. Because of this, it can be a tricky thing to diagnose.
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
THIS is becoming more common, affecting roughly 6% of the population. However, NCGS is more controversial than celiac disease, which is easier to pinpoint. It is not an autoimmune condition, nor a "true" allergy - it's a delayed response to gluten that can cause a range of symptoms, and is often hard to pinpoint because it can veer far from just gut issues. (1) Symptoms can include bloating, cramping, constipation, acid-reflux, skin rashes (2), joint pain, fatigue, lethargy, brain fog, numbness and headaches. Symptoms are also not immediate, making it that much more tricky to diagnose.
Is it needed in a healthy diet?
Absolutely not. It confers no benefit aside from protein intake, which you can easily acquire from other foods. If you are not sensitive to it, once in a while is okay (I'll get flack for that one I'm sure).
A note on autoimmunity.
If you have an autoimmune condition (especially thyroid), I do advise going completely gluten free. When the body mounts an immune attack on gluten (common with people with autoimmunity), the body can mistake its own tissue for gluten because, simply put, they look similar on a molecular level. (3) So for example, if you eat gluten, the body will attack it and attack the thyroid gland at the same time, because of a case of mistaken identity.
I'll say it again.
IF you have thyroid issues, GO GLUTEN FREE. (4) More on that here.
Do I eat Gluten?
Occasionally, yes. But it's not part of my everyday diet. Based on MY symptomatology, I seem to be okay in the hours and days following consumption. I DO however, retain more water in these days, which never feels great. Do I break out a little more in the days following consumption? Possibly, but that could also be due to other factors. I DO know that I think clearer when I don't have gluten in my diet, and I have more energy.
I think everyone should go gluten-free for a period of 1 month and SEE how they feel. See if you have more energy, less brain fog, better skin and more pep in your step. Then depending, have it occasionally if you feel like it. You should NOT be eating it every day, and I do believe a gluten-free diet is more or less essential for optimal health in this day and age, partly because we've modified our foods and products to contain more gluten than ever before.
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Q: GitHub: Refresh failed: Could not connect to remote server On GitHub Desktop (I use it on Windows), I have had this error over the last few days:

My Internet connection seems to work fine though. What could cause the issue?

A: Is your internet connection goes through firewall/proxy server. I found that GitHub Windows client is only reliably works when no proxy enabled. Being windows (.NET to be precise) application it takes proxy settings as they defined in Internet Explorer connection settings. Meanwhile, Git itself, which GitHub Windows client desktop application simply uses via command prompt, is governed by http and https proxy settings in .gitconfig file or environment variables. This discrepancy makes it quite sophisticated to setup.
What's interesting, is that desktop app was working the first time I installed it fresh (never had it on this Windows), but it wasn't able to connect to GitHub. Then I started to fiddle with --global http/https settings and I broke the app. Now, even uninstalling and installing it back again, I still have connectivity issues, as it seems to remember settings somewhere, as it doesn't prompt me with welcome screen and does remember my name.
Worth to mention, that even if the app complains about connection, I can clone the repo with it.

A: This worked for me:
In Internet Explorer:  Tools/Internet Options/Connections/LAN Settings
Uncheck "Use a Proxy server..."
Restart GitHub.
You might also be able to disable the Proxy Server via Edge.  In my case, I found that after turning it off in IE, it was off in Edge also.
Edit:  I also had to update the GitHub application in order to be able to clone to my local repository.


We have all been told to R.I.C.E (rest, ice, compression, elevation) an injury before but it seems that times are finally changing. A conversation I have had many times with my patients is the advantages/disadvantages of resting and icing an injury but this article is written much better than I can describe it.
Written by Dr. Mirkin; the same doctor that coined the term RICE in 1978; who has since changed his stance on rest and ice as the "gold standard" for treatment.
There is lots of good meat to the article, especially if you follow the links to the studies provided. But later in his article, under his recommendations, is the part that I feel are the most pertinent to anyone reading this.
"If you are injured, stop exercising immediately. If the pain is severe, if you are unable to move or if you are confused or lose even momentary consciousness, you should be checked to see if you require emergency medical attention. Open wounds should be cleaned and checked. If possible, elevate the injured part to use gravity to help minimize swelling. A person experienced in treating sports injuries should determine that no bones are broken and that movement will not increase damage. If the injury is limited to muscles or other soft tissue, a doctor, trainer or coach may apply a compression bandage. Since applying ice to an injury has been shown to reduce pain, it is acceptable to cool an injured part for short periods soon after the injury occurs. You could apply the ice for up to 10 minutes, remove it for 20 minutes, and repeat the 10 minute application once or twice. There is no reason to apply ice more than six hours after you have injured yourself.
If you are injured, come in to talk to us about your best options for rehab. waiting 6-8 weeks hoping it will get better may be doing more harm than good. At Utah Sports Chiropractic we are trained to evaluate, treat, and rehab injuries. Give us a call for a free consultation. (801) 893-1010 .


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'That's So Raven,' 'Family Matters' Star Orlando Brown Arrested for Domestic Violence
Brown was booked on Thursday in Lima, Ohio, following a dispute involving a family member at a local residence where a knife and hammer were found.
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Former Disney Channel star Orlando Brown was arrested on Thursday in Ohio, the latest in a string of arrests for the That's So Raven and Family Matters actor.
Brown was arrested and booked on misdemeanor domestic violence charges Thursday, an officer with the Lima police department told The Hollywood Reporter. Local authorities were called to a residence on the 400 block of Baxter Street following a report of a fight around 9:30 a.m., according to a police report.
Brown was already at the residence, according to the report, when another man who identified himself as Brown's brother and the home's owner arrived to the former actor yelling. Brown allegedly threatened the victim with a hammer and "broken off knife blade." Police recovered both items involved in the incident from within the house.
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According to the victim, Brown is currently unhoused and was residing at the location — which is undergoing renovations — for around two weeks to avoid the former actor going to a shelter. Brown's brother told authorities he intends to file charges.
The 35-year-old is currently being held in the jail at the Allen County Sheriff's Office without bond.
Brown appeared in multiple seasons of the Disney Channel show That's So Raven and voiced the character Sticky Webb in the network's original Proud Family animated series. The former child actor appeared or guested in a number of other Disney Channel properties through the 2000s, in addition to roles on Family Matters, The Jamie Foxx Show and Straight Outta Compton.
This is not the first time Brown has been arrested. Brown has previously been arrested on domestic violence and drug-related charges in California, as well as for making death threats in 2014 and, before that, a DUI.
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Easy to grow, even a beginner can do it. Nutrient rich, eat the skin where they reside.
Good for diabetics, with only 17g/carb per 3.5 oz (1/2 cup serving--low on the Glycemic Index), though not low calorie. NOT a nightshade, like other potatoes.
Combine boiling the veggies with taking probiotics to ensure enough beneficial bacteria is there to help process out the oxalates.
"Researcher Susan Owens points out an intriguing fact about oxalate absorption in the body: A history of heavy or even recent antibiotic use can increase the body's risk of dietary oxalate damage. The reason being is that antibiotics wipe out beneficial bacteria in the inner ecosystem, needed to break down oxalates. These good bacteria must be replenished after any antibiotic cycle."
More ways to reduce Oxalates: http://naturaltreatmentfordepressions.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-g... and http://www.livestrong.com/article/268569-how-to-neutralize-oxalates... and http://www.ehow.com/how_5859381_break-down-oxalic-acid-food.html. Calcium carbonate is the calcium in egg shells, so wash the shells and grind them up into powder.
Sweet potatoes are not the same as yams. Both are nutritious, but yams have very little Vitamin A precursors. Yams come from Western Africa, sweet potatoes come from the tropical Americas. But good news on the oxalate front. The Japanese yam can be washed in vinegar/water to neutralize oxalate crystals in the skin: http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/yams.html. Though it doesn't look as versatile.
I never paid much attention that there was a difference between sweet potatoes and yams.
There is. I never knew that sweet potatoes were high in oxalates. I've had kidney stones before and so I avoid foods with oxalates. Anyway, oxalates also cause inflammation, and may be implicated in autism.
Sweet potato is also a beautiful plant with heart shaped leaves and purple/blue flowers. About 17 years ago, I found that a sweet potato I had started to sprout, so, just for fun, I desided to plant it in the front yard near the fence. I grow rapidly climbing on the fence and it was full of beautiful flowers. Later I noticed there where bumps on the ground around the plant, I dug a little and I found a few sweet potatoes, so I dug more. At the end I extracted from the ground about 30kg (66 pound)!!!


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At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
Stars: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Chōtarō Tōgin
Director: Ishirō Honda, Ishirō Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takeshi Kimura
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
The Host (2006)
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Silent Hill (2006)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Independence Day (1996)
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black II (2002)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
All Monsters Attack (1969)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)


The head of the top two divisions of Spanish football has spoken out after it emerged yesterday (Wednesday) that Al-Khelaifi, who is also chairman of Qatar-owned beIN Media Group, was poised to take up the influential position in the European game.
The Executive Committee is the supreme executive body of Uefa. It comprises Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin and 16 other members elected by a Uefa Congress, plus two elected by the European Club Association (ECA) and one by the European Leagues organisation.
Al-Khelaifi is set to take up the second ECA seat on the committee alongside ECA chairman Andrea Agnelli. Al-Khelaifi will replace Ivan Gazidis, who last month became chief executive of Italian Serie A club AC Milan.
Gazidis became ineligible to serve on the Executive Committee when moving from English Premier League club Arsenal to AC Milan. Italian clubs are already represented on the committee by Agnelli, president of Juventus.
The decision, which was announced by the ECA Executive Board, is subject to ratification from the Uefa Congress, which will meet on February 7 in Rome. Tebas has been a vocal critic of PSG and its adherence to Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules.
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Journal Article: The Mean Is Not Enough: Using Quantile Regression to Examine Trends in Asian-White Differences Across the Entire Achievement Distribution
ACADEMIC achievement, RESEARCH, ASIAN Americans, EDUCATION, WHITES, EDUCATIONAL attainment, ACHIEVEMENT gap, UNITED States, MODEL minority stereotype
Konstantopoulos, Spyros
Background: In recent years, Asian Americans have been consistently described as a model minority. The high levels of educational achievement and educational attainment are the main determinants for identifying Asian Americans as a model minority. Nonetheless, only a few studies have examined empirically the accomplishments of Asian Americans, and even fewer studies have compared their achievement with other important societal groups such as Whites. In addition, differences in academic achievement between Asian Americans and Whites across the entire achievement distribution, or differences in the variability of the achievement distribution, have not been documented. However, this is an important task because it provides information about the achievement gap for lower, average, and higher achieving students. Purpose: The present study examine, differences in academic achievement between Asian American and White students in average scores (e.g., middle of the achievement distribution), in extreme scores (e.g., the upper and the lower tails of the achievement distribution), and in the variability of the achievement distribution. The main objective of this study is to determine the achievement gap between Asian American and White students in the lower and upper tails of the achievement distribution to shed some light on whether the achievement gap between the two groups varies by achievement level. Participants: I use data from four national probability samples of high school seniors to examine Asian American-white differences in achievement from 1972 to 1992. Specifically, I used data from the base year of the NLS (NLS: 72), the base year of the High School and Beyond (HSB) survey of 1980, the first follow-up of the HSB survey in 1982 (that is HSB:80, HSB:82), and the second follow-up of NELS (NELS:92). Research Design: The study is correlational and uses quantile regression to analyze observational data from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Findings: The findings indicate that the Asian American-White gap is more pronounced in mathematics than in reading. In 1992, the gap in the middle and the upper tail of the mathematics distribution is greater than one third of a SD, which is not a trivial gap in education. In reading the gap is overall smaller, and nearly one third of a SD in 1992 in the upper tail (favoring Asian students). Conclusions: It appears that Asian American students are indeed a model minority group that performs not only at similar levels but also at higher levels than the majority group, especially among high achievers in mathematics (and reading in the 1990s). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Congratulations to Darren Zack - Fastpitch Chronicle
Congratulations to Darren Zack.
From Bob Tomlinson – The Fastpitch Chronicle
The following article is from the 1990 Vancouver Magicians team program. I was able to garner a program from my good friend Doug Roberts that summer. Later in 1990 I got my first view of Darren Zack from behind home plate as he pitched for the Magicians in an exhibition game the night before the ISC World Tournament began. He was an imposing sight and, during that world tournament, was as thin as I have ever seen Darren. He was amazing and a pitcher that everyone went to the ball yard to watch. Here is the article, which is just one of six or seven about Darren in that program.
When 'Magic Man' takes the mound, teeth chatter
By Steve Frost – Sports Reporter
His name isn't Mr. Wizard so the things he does on the pitching mound at South Memorial Park can't be explained away that way.
Although his teammates have branded him with the moniker Magic Man, basically what Vancouver Magicians fastball pitcher Darren Zack does without hocus pocus is make batters miss. You know: now you see the softball, now you don't.
In 11 games this season Zack 10-1, has fanned 162 batters, more than 100 more strikeouts than the next closest pitcher in the seven-team, Senior A Nor-West League. Tonight, when Vancouver hosts Abbotsford Fast-as-Flite in a 6:30 doubleheader, he will certainly add to that total.
"I haven't seen a pitcher quite his caliber, who throws as hard with so many different pitches," says Magician manager Al Mitchell, who has been around the league for 20 years. "He is really quite amazing."
Standing on the pitching mound 46 feet away the 6'3" 275 pound Zack is an imposing presence for hitters.
His reputation as a fearsome pitcher is even bigger.
Earlier this season, Zack struck out 20 of 21 batters in the opening game of a doubleheader and then came back to fan 15 in the second game.
For his part, Zack says he doesn't have a secret bag of tricks. He relies on speed and deception.
"I'll tell you, when you put 275 pounds behind a ball it's going to move," the righthanded Zack says.
Using his overhead, windmill wind-up, he routinely throws the ball in the 85-90 mph range.
"I can throw it hard to get it by 'em but if you change speeds you keep them guessing and get them mad," he says.
Mitchell says most pitchers have three pitches and the good ones use four. Zack works six different pitches off a ball that either curves, drops or rises.
"If I just threw it straight it would get pounded out of the park," he says.
Zack a 29-year-old Ojibwa Indian from Sault Saint Marie, has transformed the Magicians into a contender for the International Softball Congress world championship August 10-19.
Seattle and host Victoria Payless have already grabbed berths in the 48-team tournament. Vancouver can gain entry by winning the Nor-West league title. It is currently in second place behind Seattle.
"I've never won a championship – it's always come down to one run or one mistake," says Zack. "I'd really like to be able to wear one of those rings."
Bob's Notes: Darren does indeed have some championship rings but not from the 1990 tournament. He'd later win Most Outstanding Pitcher awards at the ISC world Tournament in 1991 in Sioux City, 1993 in Kimberly, 1995 in Sioux City and again in 2000 with the Decatur Pride. He also won other Most Outstanding pitcher awards in the ASA and Canadian tournaments. In the late 1990s, I had my good friend Ron Jordak do a painting of Darren in a Toronto Gator uniform but the picture we used was actually one I'd taken of Darren in a Magician uniform that night in Victoria. Doug Roberts was the first owner the original painting. It has now moved on to another collector and Darren fan. I have two of the photo-reprints at my home here in Wisconsin. I had my radar guns on Darren many, many times from 1990 through the end of his ISC career. The fastest speed I ever got on Darren was 86 mph. His change ups, and there were several varieties were always 62-63 mph. His rise ball was usually around 81-82 mph.


Edible insects might be the newest breakfast trend most North Americans living above Mexico have never heard of. Dozens—if not hundreds—of cricket and mealworm farms have cropped up across the United States. If even the idea of stocking grocery store shelves with bugs makes you gulp back disgust, consider that the UN predicts that by 2050, we'll need to increase our current food production by 70 percent in order to feed over nine billion people living on the planet. Raising insects requires far fewer natural resources than raising beef or other livestock, and they emit significantly less greenhouse gases. Adding insects to our diets might one day not only be a choice, but a necessity, and even global change-makers such as Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, and Angelina Jolie have espoused them as a solution for long-term food security.
Aside from being sustainable, insects are healthy. According to Little Herds, a nonprofit that educates young students about using insects as food, crickets not also have roughly the same amount of protein as chicken, beef, and pork, but they also have a much higher content of vitamins, minerals, and all nine essential amino acids. In short, eating crickets for breakfast can help jumpstart a person's day, and proponents of entomophagy, or the human use of insects as food, are banking on it.
A two-ounce serving of SEEK Food's cinnamon almond crunch granola, for example, contains eight grams of protein derived from ground cricket powder, and comes in a waterproof rice paper bag that allows people to just add yogurt or milk and then have their breakfast on the go.
For those among us who prefer a fruitier breakfast, Aketta, a cricket farm and manufacturer in Austin, Texas, includes recipes on its website for a few perfect, easy breakfast items, including a strawberry-banana and maca smoothie and a crispy cricket and avocado smash on toast.
Although the idea of eating products made from what Shapiro calls a "future food" might still seems strange, consider the fact that two billion people—or about 30 percent of the global population—around the world are already eating them on the regular.
Shapiro agrees: "Our cultural aversion will fade away soon," which she believes is largely due to media coverage of the movement. If exoskeletons offend you, then ask yourself: Is the eating of insects for breakfast any stranger than diving into heaping plates of shrimp and grits? Shrimp are crustaceans, but just like crickets, they're also arthropods.


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Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Ken Buck: In Georgia runoffs, unchecked liberalism is on the ballot
The Pelosi-Schumer-Biden agenda should worry all Americans – and motivate Georgians to head to the polls on Jan. 5
Their names may not appear on the ballot in Georgia's runoff elections on January 5th, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are the politicians Georgians really ought to consider as they cast their votes.
The outcome of those two races will determine not only the majority in the Senate but also the direction of our nation.
If Democrats win, then the next Senate Majority Leader will be Schumer. He'll be able to work with Pelosi to implement one of the most far-left policy agendas the United States has ever seen.
If, on the other hand, Georgians send Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue back to Washington to keep delivering for Georgia, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell will continue in his role as Majority Leader, where he'll serve as an effective and necessary check on the Pelosi-Biden agenda.
It is precisely that agenda, the Pelosi-Schumer-Biden agenda, that should worry all Americans – and motivate Georgians to head to the polls.
That agenda includes radical ideas Democrats have embraced, such as the Green New Deal, which would make us poorer, or a plan to "defund the police,'" which would make us less safe from crime.
Self-professed socialists and other leftists in Congress have ratcheted up the rhetoric, accelerating the Democrats' race to the left.
The Democratic Party needs to be checked before it has enough power to act on its reckless ambitions. The Georgia runoff elections give voters a chance to provide that check.
The stark contrast between the Republican and Democratic visions for America can be seen clearly in these two Senate races. Schumer's would-be allies in the Senate are Jon Ossoff, a 33-year-old trust-fund socialist from Atlanta and Rev. Raphael Warnock, who has a long record of insulting the police and embracing far-left fashions.
The Democrats and their allies in the media are trying to present Ossoff and Warnock as moderates, but their records prove this is a lie. Both candidates recently were endorsed by Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, the highest-profile socialist in American politics—and Ossoff actually welcomed his support.
This approach may win Ossoff friends in the new, radical Democratic Party, but it's far to the left of most Americans, including most Georgians.
Not to be outdone by Ossoff, Warnock has a history of writing and speaking about his appreciation for Karl Marx and the "complex" legacy of Fidel Castro, the communist dictator of Cuba.
At their debate last Sunday, Loeffler pressed Warnock to clarify his positions and denounce Marxism. That should've been a layup for any politician, but Warnock refused to do it.
How hard is it to denounce Karl Marx's radical ideology, which has been responsible for the impoverishment and death of more than 100 million people?
If Ossoff and Warnock are comfortable defending socialism in the middle of a heated election, imagine what they'll do if they're in power. Both politicians will be reliable votes for Schumer's priorities in the Senate—and they could soon crown him as Majority Leader.
The Democrats are hoping voters won't think about the runoff elections in those stark terms. But that's the truth Georgia voters must keep in mind as they head to the polls.
Republican Ken Buck represents Colorado in the United States House of Representatives.
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The Shinning Mountains of Montana
The First Nations Blackfoot, Flathead, Salish, Kootenai, and other tribes local to this area held these mountains in sacred reverence. Well beyond the relatively short span of recorded history, First Nations people began migrating south from the Alaska area. Traveling into what eventually became Montana, they established a rugged passageway along the length of the eastern flank of this imposing natural wall, the Rocky Mountains.
Along the ridgeline of Broken Leg Mountain in the image below, Big Hawk Mountain on the left sits above the frozen Big Hawk Lake and Pilgrim Lake sits below Three Eagles Mountain on the right. In the background up top lays the northern part of Flathead Lake. The snowcapped mountains across the distance are Blacktail Mountain and the Salish Mountains are to the left.
This area is known as Jewel Basin, a beautiful part of the Flathead National Forest located on the Swan Range. In a small mountain top basin area of 15,349 acres (62.1 km²), there are 27 small glacial lakes. In the image below The twin frozen waters collectively called Big Hawk Lake are two ponds connected by a small creek. To the left is Big Hawk Mountain.
Historically known as the Old North Trail, finer details of the original path have been forgotten, lost in the early morning wet mist of surmise, however, ample evidence of its long-term human use is well-etched in the lands below. It was summer, 1805, while heading against Missouri River currents toward the Rocky Mountains that Meriwether Lewis first spied what he called in his journal, the "Shining Mountains" to the west. He wrote that the "sun glancing off of the snow gave the mountains a glittering appearance." Today this 110-mile stretch is known as the Rocky Mountain Front and is considered one of the most iconic and dramatic places on the planet.
The arrival of the occupants of this area dates as early as 500 A.D. and most likely even centuries before that time. This area was located near a thoroughfare that was used by numerous nations as they relocated looking for a place to call home. The mountains held a sacred place for them, and surely each nation had their own names for the peaks and places in present-day Glacier National Park.
The Crown Of The Continent
This image above is a curved semi-panoramic image covering the Swan Range on the far left, the Flathead Range in the left-middle, and the Lewis Range with Glacier National Park on the right side. The Valley in the middle of the image is the Theodore Roosevelt Pass in the John F. Stevens Canyon containing the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Click on the image to view this full-size panoramic photo with names listed for all these mountains, and the scroll bars to navigate around the image.
The Crown of the Continent encompasses more than 10-million acres of pristine, intact wildland. What is remarkable is that the plants and animals that Lewis and Clark found during their expedition still live in this beautiful wild ecosystem. It is a quintessential habitat for wildlife across Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and the Salmon-Selway Wilderness.
Flathead River South Fork
The South Fork of the Flathead River feeds into the Hungry Horse Reservoir in this image above looking north towards the Apgar Mountains alongside the Whitefish and Smokey Mountain Ranges in the distance. Photographed during the spring after the spring snowmelt has begun, the water levels have purposely been dropped to allow for the influx of melt runoff which will fill the 1,640 square mile catchment area to capacity. On the left side of the image is Pioneer Ridge and the Swan Mountain Range and the Flathead Range is on the right side.
In this scene viewed from above Pioneer Ridge on the eastern slopes of the Swan Range, The South Fork of the Flathead River becomes the Hungry Horse Reservoir. During May, the water has been lowered to allow for the deluge of snowmelt water soon to course down the many creeks, streams, and tributaries, rapidly filling the reservoir. In the distance across the river lays the Flathead Range, on the far right is Elk Mountain, and moving left are Mount Murray, Mount Grant, The Great Northern Mountain, and at the far end of the river, that mountain without any snow on it is Firefighter Mountain.
In the image above starting at the bottom right, Lost Island is not much of an island with a land bridge exposed by the lowered water level. Higher up in the image lay Elk Island on the right, Clayton Island on the left, and Kelly Island on the top right. This large reservoir occupies much of the lower half of the river, covering 97 square miles (250 km2).
The reservoir trends north then northwest ( to the left in the image), and passes through the arched Hungry Horse Dam (at the very top end of the lake). The river then enters a deep narrow gorge and exits the canyon for the final time as it runs northwest past the town of Hungry Horse before merging with the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. From there it turns southward around the Swan Range and joins with the North Fork of the Flathead River before flowing serpentine-like through a series of oxbow bends and turns, finally emptying into Flathead Lake.


People say that becoming a parent is the most rewarding thing they have done. It is also the most exhausting. It is more tiring than an advanced spin class followed by a conversation with an enthusiastic anglican.
I became a dad just over four years ago and have spent all that time chasing sleep harder than Bradley Cooper chases Oscars.
Parenting is a perpetual state on functioning insomnia, where the cause of your sleeplessness is your offspring.
In the early months, as a first time parent, you undergo a form of sleep deprivation that would make even the most-hardened CIA interrogator pass the pillow.
Soon you become an expert in living off 4 hours of broken sleep, often taken in tangled proximity with a little person who has no concern for the natural flow of your limbs circulatory system or the inflated rate card of your osteopath.
So if this sleepless state is such an inevitable part of the parenthood package, what hope do we have?
There are some simple techniques I have developed to help secure some sneaky Z's, so I felt I should share with you the science and secrets of my sleep.
There is a saying that goes "Let sleeping dogs lie" and it is the same for children. When they sleep, you sleep. Weekends are best for this as I found syncing your kids afternoon nap when you are desk bound at work wont fly with the boss.
Apparently the night is always darkest before the dawn, but why risk having to know this for a fact?To avoid your kids getting out of bed earlier than a breakfast radio host, let them stay up a bit later. Sure Game of Thrones will replace Ben & Holly as their favourite binge watch, but you'll at least wake at a reasonable hour, instead of one only seen by shift workers.
Invite trusted friends and family to stay the night. What better way for them to repay your hospitality than minding a morning-fresh mini monster?
Why not head off on a long road trip and then convince your life partner to do the driving? You can then drift into an awkward car-sleeping position that makes passing cars think they've seen someone smuggling a dead body.
The best move my wife and I have is the 'tag'. Like WWF wrestlers crossed with miners, we tag each other into the early morning shifts, allowing the other to get some sort of sleep-in.
The system works because you can select your shift. Take the first then have the reward of sleep at the end, or you can sleep through those early hours and rise at a point that your body finds respectable…even if the dreams you had during that time where nothing of the sort! By the way, does anyone else fantasize about Margot Robbie dressed in a giant popcorn suit, handing out promotional leaflets?


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The Brazilian National Energy Policy Council on Nov. 18 published a resolution that allows imported soybeans and imported soybean oil to be used to produce biodiesel. It is unclear how long the resolution will remain in force.
A report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network explains that soybean oil prices in Brazil have been spiraling in correlation with quickly dissipating product stocks. The new policy move reflects the government's growing concern over spiking consumer inflation, according to the report. Consumer inflation was at 0.94 percent in October, the highest monthly rate since 1995. Soybean oil prices were up 22.4 percent for the month.
The Nov. 18 resolution effectively creates an exemption to Brazilian legislation that mandates that all biofuel sold at Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) auctions has to be manufactured from oils and fats of domestic origin. The newly approved exemption permits ANP to allow for the use of imported raw materials in biodiesel auction notices. ANP auctions are the official and only channel of biodiesel distribution in Brazil.
The GAIN report explains that ANP auctions allow the biodiesel industry to keep tight stocks, and produce only the volume of fuel that is to be delivered over the next two months. Brazil in 2019 produced 5.9 billion liters (1.56 billion gallons) of biodiesel. Soybean oil accounted for more than 70 percent of the feedstock used.
The ANP has progressively increased the mandatory blend rate for biodiesel sold domestically in recent years, including a 12 percent mandate put in place in March 2020. Since March, however, the ANP has temporarily lowered the biodiesel blend mandate twice due to a lack of available supplies.
According to the GAIN report, the market is ambivalent on whether the resolution will lead to higher Brazilian imports of soybeans and soybean oil. In the first two days following the resolution, no noticeable impact on prices was realized. The report explains that soy and soybean oil prices from traditional suppliers to the Brazilian market are also currently high, and Brazil's devalued national currency is making imports more expensive. Prices are expected to come down at the start of 2021, when Brazil's 2020-'21 soybean harvest begins and stocks are replenished.
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'We fought the good fight': journalists in Hong Kong reel from assault on media
Newsroom closures and exodus from territory are result of 'draconian' national security law introduced in 2020
Patrick Lam, Stand News acting chief editor, is arrested after police searched his office in Hong Kong on 29 December. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent
Tue 11 Jan 2022 06.41 EST Last modified on Tue 11 Jan 2022 13.53 EST
As the last news programme came to a close and anchors bade farewell to their online audience on 3 January, Chris Yeung, the founder and chief writer of Citizen News, gathered together his staff and tried to strike an optimistic tone.
"Remember our very best memories," he said, dressed in a blue shirt with sleeves rolled up and a crimson jumper draped on his shoulders. "No one knows what will happen next. Don't worry. Just remember the happy things."
It was the day 90 largely pro-establishment legislators were sworn in. The previous evening, the independent Chinese-language news outlet of five years said it was closing. It justified the decision citing a deteriorating media environment and concerns for the safety of its staff.
It was a painful decision for Yeung and his editor-in-chief, Daisy Li, to make. "If I am no longer confident enough to guide and lead my reporters, I must be responsible," Li said last week. "Can we work on some 'safe news'? I don't even know what is 'safe news'."
She added: "What has changed is not us but the exterior, objective environment." On 4 January, another outlet, Mad Dog Daily, followed suit and halted operations together with Citizen News.
Citizen News's chief editor Daisy Li and its founder, the ex-president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Chris Yeung, before a press conference on 3 January. Photograph: Alex Chan/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
The latest developments came as no surprise to those who follow recent events in Hong Kong's once-freewheeling media industry. An exodus of journalists and editors from the territory's much-acclaimed news outlets, such as Cable TV and its public broadcaster, RTHK, in the last couple of years have alarmed free speech campaigners in the city and beyond.
Barely a week ago, another Chinese-language outlet, Stand News, was forced to close after 200 police officers raided its office and detained seven current and former employees. Two former senior editors were charged with conspiring to publish seditious materials and denied bail.
The Stand News arrests came a day after Jimmy Lai, the former owner of the popular tabloid Apple Daily, and six of its former journalists, were given new charges of "conspiracy to print, publish, sell, offer for sale, distribute, display and/or reproduce seditious publications". Last June, the newspaper was forced to close. State media in Beijing called the newspaper a "rotten apple that plagued Hong Kong for 20 years". Amnesty International said it was "the blackest day for media freedom in Hong Kong's recent history".
Across Asia, the erosion of press freedom has repeatedly made headlines in recent years. In Myanmar, dozens of journalists have been jailed since last year's military coup. In Thailand, an emergency decree to ban news that "incites fear" was announced after anti-government protests in 2020. And in the Philippines, the country's most profitable broadcaster, ABS-CBN, was forced to shut down that same year. These incidents are a poignant reminder that even the most successful news outlets could not survive the authoritarian resurgence in the region.
In Hong Kong, once a bastion of free speech within China's territory, the intensified move against independent news outlets began shortly after Beijing imposed a controversial national security law in the summer of 2020. The legislation drew fierce criticisms from western capitals, from Washington to London. Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, however, said the closure of news organisations "cannot be directly connected" to press freedom in Hong Kong. She also rejected claims of a "chilling effect" in the city's media landscape.
The assaults on press freedom have continued since the Apple Daily saga. A few days after the tabloid folded, the city's police chief, Raymond Siu, suggested that a "fake news" law would be necessary to tackle "hostility against the police". His boss, Lam, announced a few weeks before that her administration was working on "fake news" legislation to tackle "misinformation, hatred and lies".
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam. Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP
"The authorities are just adding more weapons into their pocket in order to stifle dissent," Yeung said after Siu's speech in June. "It looks very likely that this proposal of 'fake news' law will be put on the agenda in the next legislative session."
In recent years, the Hong Kong Journalists Association, which Yeung used to lead, has raised the authorities' ire. Last autumn, the city's new security chief, Chris Tang, accused the organisation of "breaching professional ethics" by backing the idea that "everyone is a journalist". In December, Tang gave his full backing to the introduction of a fake news law.
The psychological impact on Hong Kong's journalists, once regarded as muckraking by many, is evident. A November survey released by Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents Club found that 84% of people surveyed thought the situation had deteriorated since the introduction of the national security law. Some of the respondents admitted to a degree of self-censorship. Beijing accused the trade association of "sowing discord".
"We are very nervous here for the future of media freedom in Hong Kong," said Jemimah Steinfeld, a China expert at the London-based Index on Censorship. "It's hard to believe today that until only recently Hong Kong was the place that journalists at foreign media went to if they wanted to report more freely on China. It's devastating."
For young and ambitious Hong Kong journalists, the devastation has been personal. When the police raided Apple Daily's headquarters in 2020, one of its staff reporters was angry. "I at first was too stunned to even react," the reporter, Oscar, said in a Guardian documentary that year. "Then that turned into anger as I watched the events unfold."
Last June, when the nails had been hammered into the coffin of Apple Daily, he met a colleague at the subway platform to share their plans for the future. They greeted each other with a big hug and broke out in tears. "We have never done anything wrong. We have always been doing our part and working hard to make good news. Why did we end up this way?" he said.
Now, at the age of 25, Oscar has put down his pen and works as a photographer in Hong Kong. He said he "grieved" when he left Apple Daily in June. "I [had studied journalism] in college for four years, worked for Apple Daily as part-timer then full-time [for] over four years. It was my dream and passion to be a great reporter, and I did work hard for it. But it turned out to be like this," he said.
The quick turn of events in his home city in recent years has saddened him. Months after mass street protests that began in 2019, the national security law came into force. The authorities claim such legislation is "necessary in order to secure the long-term stability and prosperity of Hong Kong", but critics say it is used to stifle dissent and is draconian.
There have been waves of arrests of individuals, from journalists to politicians, who disagree with Beijing and the Hong Kong government. According to Reporters Without Borders, close to two dozen journalists and press freedom campaigners have been arrested since the implementation of the national security law in June 2020. Among them, at least a dozen have been charged or are awaiting the trial. Some opposition politicians, including Nathan Law, once the youngest lawmaker in the history of the legislative council of Hong Kong, are now living in exile.
Apple Daily journalists holding freshly-printed copies of the newspaper's last edition as supporters gathered outside their office in Hong Kong. Photograph: Daniel Suen/AFP/Getty Images
For Oscar, his transition from a reporter to a photographer was a reluctant one. "This is not the decision I wanted to make, it is the times that forced me to stop being a reporter," he said. "I still want to be a reporter from the bottom of my heart. I'm not afraid to sit in prison. But how about the people who work with me? Will they sit in, too, because of my work? How about my family and my girlfriend? They'd absolutely be heartbroken."
It is not only local Chinese-language news outlets that are feeling the chill. International news outlets such as the New York Times are already shifting their base to elsewhere in the region because, according to the US company, the national security law "unsettled news organisations and created uncertainty about the city's prospects as a hub for journalism".
Senior officials are now sending letters to foreign news organisations, urging them to support the authorities' actions. "If you are genuinely interested in press freedom, you should support actions against people who have unlawfully exploited the media as a tool to pursue their political or personal gains," Hong Kong's chief secretary, John Lee, wrote to the Wall Street Journal in a recent letter.
"So far, western media still operates with a degree of protection but even this is eroding and many are now choosing Taiwan instead," said Steinfeld. "The question is: to what extent will they be pushed out, or will they jump? Beijing has been killing the chickens to scare the monkeys, to quote the Chinese idiom, and it is really working."
At Citizen News, departing journalists have been pondering on their future in these uncertain times. On the eve of the closure, there were tears in the newsroom as well as well wishes.
"We fought the good fight. We finished the course. We kept the faith," one farewell card read.
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Tominthebox News Network - Religious Humor/Satire: Fundamentalists Await New "THiPhone"
Does it come with electronic versions of the Chick Publications library?
Just imagine what a powerful witness the THiPhone could be if you could turn to a Roman Catholic sitting next to you at the coffee shop and quickly show them your portable copy of "The Death Cookie" tract, or even the entire "Alberto" comic series!
Is it true they self-destruct if you try to take a picture of a tulip? But I suppose you wouldn't find one of those on the PCC campus.
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House to Vote on Dec. 9 on Stopgap Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump speaks during the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, in Washington on Dec. 8, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump on Election Battles: Legislators, Judges Need 'Courage' to Do What's Right
By Zachary Stieber
December 9, 2020 Updated: December 9, 2020
President Donald Trump on Tuesday wondered if lawmakers or judges have the courage to help him challenge election results in key battleground states.
"Let's see whether or not somebody has the courage—whether it's a legislator or legislatures, or whether it's a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court. Let's see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right," Trump told a press conference in Washington during a summit on COVID-19 vaccines.
Trump and other Republicans have filed a flurry of legal challenges in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and other states where the margin between him and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was close. None have so far prompted a change to the results.
Two other cases are pending in the Supreme Court: the state of Texas filed a major case on Tuesday, and a group of Pennsylvania Republicans are planning to file a writ of certiorari, their lawyer told The Epoch Times, after the court rejected a request to block the certification of election results in the state.
Trump noted that he received nearly 75 million votes in the Nov. 3 election, almost 12 million more than in 2016 when he won the election.
"President Obama received 3 million less in his second term, and he won easily. I received 12 million more, which, by the way, is a record. Twelve million more," Trump said.
"And they say that when the numbers came out—and the numbers came through machines. And all of those ballots were taken away and added. All you have to do is turn on your local television set and you'll see what happened with thousands of ballots coming out from under tables—with all of the terrible things you saw. All you have to do is take a look. And if somebody has the courage, I know who the next administration will be."
Trump has asserted he won the 2020 election. Biden has declared victory, pointing to results that indicate he'll receive more than the 270 electoral votes required to win, by a narrow margin.
President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in file photographs. (Getty Images)
The Epoch Times isn't calling the race at this time.
Biden's team didn't respond to a request for comment.
Trump's campaign, in addition to filing lawsuits, has been working to convince state legislatures to take back the power to select electors.
Georgia lawmakers circulated a petition this week attempting to call a special session on the matter, but didn't appear to gain enough signatures. Lawmakers in Pennsylvania and Arizona are also pushing to take similar actions.
Wisconsin lawmakers are holding a hearing on the election this week, but don't see a path to taking control of the electors, state Assemblyman Ron Tusler told The Epoch Times on Tuesday.
Another path would see members of Congress challenge electoral votes when a joint session is held in January 2021 to count the votes. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Rep.-elects Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Barry Moore (R-Ala.) have pledged to file objections during the session.
Follow Zachary on Twitter: @zackstieber
Biden to Rely on Executive Orders and Appointees to Push Progressive Agenda


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Pan's Problems
Push for state contracting legislation fizzles
Back Update Nov 3, 2014 By Allison Joy
In May we reported on efforts by Assemblyman Richard Pan, who represents the 9th district covering parts of Sacramento and San Joaquin counties, to curb outsourcing of government projects to the private sector ("Relationship Troubles," by Russell Nichols, May 2014). Assembly Bill 906, which required all personal service contracts to be approved by the Legislature, went into effect last January. At the time of our story, Pan had proposed an additional package of bills: AB 1574, 1575 and 1578.
Here's a look at how the bills have progressed:
Status: Vetoed
The bill would have required restrictions preventing state agencies from entering into contracts that include guaranteed occupancy rates, inhibit the agency's infrastructure management, penalize agencies for financial loss due to emergencies or allow unapproved fee increases.
Gov. Jerry Brown said, "Existing law appropriately limits the use of personal services contracts and provides safeguards against the misuse of public funds. The additional prohibitions in this bill would not address an identified problem, would limit the state's ability to make advance payments to community-based nonprofit groups and could invite litigation challenging the validity of existing public contracts."
The bill would have required performance and cost parameters for service contracts entered into by a government authority plus quarterly reports demonstrating compliance.
Gov. Brown said, "Current law already gives state agencies the discretion to require any reports they deem necessary for personal service contracts. I don't believe we should mandate additional paperwork without a clear benefit, which I don't find to be the case here."
Status: Died in committee
The bill would have required the creation and maintenance of a database of services contracted, actual and projected costs, employees hired and parties to a given contract.
Relationship Troubles
Are state workers the best pick for upgrading California's massive IT systems?
In 1984, California's Department of Technology didn't exist. Information technology consultants were rare, and there were fewer contractors involved in state services. For the most part, the state developed government systems with in-house resources. From development and analysis to budgeting and implementation, it was a full-service operation.
Apr 30, 2014 Russell Nichols
In Support of Measure L
Why a strong mayor will make for a stronger Sacramento
I've watched, listened and learned as the debate over Sacramento's "strong mayor" initiative has progressed over the past several years. Like many people, I was surprised and a little disappointed when Kevin Johnson started advocating for the strong mayor form of government within months of election to his first term.
But this time it's different.
Oct 28, 2014 Winnie Comstock-Carlson
Restraining the Titans
California's insurance commissioner on the importance of veto power over rate hikes
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has spent much of the past decade looking to enact rate regulations on the health insurance industry, first as an Assemblymember and now as the state's top insurance regulator. We sat down with him recently to talk about Proposition 45, a November ballot measure he supports that would give him the power to reject health insurance rate hikes.
Oct 27, 2014 Rich Ehisen
The Little Airport That Could
SMF navigates a nose dive
In September 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed and the municipal bond market froze, Sacramento International Airport had just begun constructing the biggest capital improvement project in the county's history.
Oct 31, 2012 Allen Young
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Uber wants to wean drivers off Google Maps and on to their new system - trendistic.com: ever tried. ever failed. no matter. try again. fail again. fail better.
Uber has been weathering quite a storm lately, but the ride hailing company wants to remind you: It also builds technology, and not just sexism scandals.
On Wednesday, Travis Kalanick's beleaguered startup officially launched a new navigation system for its drivers. Features include lane guidance, next turn previews and real-time traffic information. It's also introduced a night-time look to make the app easier on the eyes in the dark.


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