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New deep-water microbes have the skills to help fight climate change
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Newly-discovered deep-water microbes could help us clean CO2 out of the air.
View of the seafloor.
Image credits Brett Baker / University of Texas at Austin.
A bunch of microbes collected at around 2,000 metres (6,562 feet) below the surface of the surface of the Gulf of California might have a strong appetite for pollutants — including CO2 and crude oil. The team describing these organisms hopes they can be used to lessen our environmental footprint.
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"This [discovery] shows the deep oceans contain expansive unexplored biodiversity, and microscopic organisms there are capable of degrading oil and other harmful chemicals," says lead researcher and marine scientist Brett Baker from the University of Texas at Austin.
The microbes live under water in very harsh conditions. Besides sheer pressure, they also have to endure temperatures of around 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) generated by subterranean vulcanic activity.
With this in mind, the wealth of microbes the team recovered is really impressive. A total of 551 separate genomes were identified in the samples — including 22 that had never been recorded before. Better yet, the bugs were observed chowing down on hydrocarbons (such as methane and butane) for their meals.
"Beneath the ocean floor huge reservoirs of hydrocarbon gases – including methane, propane, butane and others – exist now, and these microbes prevent greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere," Baker explains.
This makes their diet very unusual — and valuable. The microbes could help in cleaning up pollution in the future, if we can find a way to harness or copy their abilities. Another very surprising discovery is how genetically different these organisms are from anything we've ever seen before. The 22 newly-discovered species are so unique that they could require us 'adding' a new branch on the tree of life.
The findings are still new, and more work will be needed to determine where these lifeforms fit into the larger picture, as well as any of their potential uses.
"The tree of life is something that people have been trying to understand since Darwin came up with the concept over 150 years ago, and it's still this moving target at the moment," says Barker.
Recent improvements in DNA sequencing and computer software technology, however, are helping clear the picture. The microbes discovered in this study can improve our understanding of biology as well as – potentially – keep a lid on pollutants in the environment.
Also notable is the craft which collected the microbes — it was the Alvin submersible, the same vehicle that explored the wreck of the Titanic bank in 1986.
The paper "Expansive microbial metabolic versatility and biodiversity in dynamic Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments" has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
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TAPP Supports REINS Amendment to Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)
Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity (TAPP) urges the Senate Banking Committee to include the amendment to S. 2098, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 (FIRRMA), that includes the REINS Act, during floor consideration. The REINS act provides Executive Branch accountability and ensures fair access to legitimate foreign investment in our economy.
Under past administrations, regulatory power of the "administrative state" has been consistently expanded; creating new rules and regulations that result in burdensome compliance costs and weakened economic growth, and hamper America's ability to compete in the global marketplace. The growth of the federal "administrative state" and regulation by unelected bureaucrats, has also shifted the power away from Congress and the people, which is in direct opposition to the checks and balances prescribed in the U.S. Constitution.
Responding to Executive Branch agency overreach, the REINS Act has been introduced in every session since the 111th Congress. Currently, 38 Senators and 160 members of the House have cosponsored the measures (S.21 and H.R. 26). A FIRRMA-specific REINS Act would require congressional approval to rules created by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that would have an annual economic impact greater than $100 million. The REINS Act amendment will inject needed accountability to an unelected bureaucracy.
FIRRMA is designed to effectively prevent the transfer of sensitive technology to American adversaries. Unfortunately, it also provides CFIUS broad and far-reaching power to define mergers, acquisitions, and transactions involving foreign investors, which creates the potential for regulatory overreach. Yes, CFIUS must guard against threats to U.S. security interests, but it should not be weaponized to erect barriers to legitimate foreign investment or to insulate domestic firms from competition. CFIUS must not be in the business of choosing winners and losers in the U.S. economy.
Applying the REINS Act-amended FIRRMA to the CFIUS will help to insure that regulation of foreign investment will be narrowly tailored to address malicious behavior by foreign nationals, as Congress intended. TAPP asks the Senate Banking Committee to include the REINS language as part of FIRRMA to provide increased oversight of, and accountability for, government regulators.
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Today, the House of Representatives passed the Senate's version of the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Resolution, H. Con. Res. 71, by a vote of 216 to 212. Unlike the initial House-passed version, the Senate-passed budget resolution does not contain instructions for the committee with jurisdiction over the federal workforce to cut federal employee retirement benefits. This means that the final FY18 Budget Resolution does not include the required $32 billion in cuts to federal employee retirement benefits that initially passed the House. Congressional leadership hopes to use this budget resolution as the legislative vehicle to shepherd tax reform in the coming weeks, as it would only require tax changes to be passed by a simple majority vote in the Senate (51) instead of with the typically-required higher threshold of 60 votes.
By working closely with members of Congress, NTEU was able to defeat efforts to target federal employee healthcare and retirement benefits in this year's final budget resolution. However, this fight is not over. Congress is expected to consider a third disaster spending bill before the end of the year, with the Office of Management and Budget reportedly looking for Congress to provide cuts from unrelated federal programs to pay for this disaster relief. In addition, Congress must pass legislation to fund the federal government by December 8, when agency funding for FY 2018 currently ends, and it must also address mandatorily-required sequestration (so-called spending caps) for FY18, that could necessitate cuts to federal agencies and other programs. Further, there is already talk of spending cuts being included in the Administration's FY19 proposed budget and in potential congressional budget resolutions in the new year. NTEU will now focus its efforts in the House and Senate to ensure that cuts to federal employee pay and benefits are not used to offset the cost of any spending deal between now and the end of the year.


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L'Oréal ambassador Aïssa Maïga leads revolutionary forum on racism in the French film industry
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Actress and L'Oréal ambassador Aïssa Maïga has led a ground-breaking forum at the Cannes Film Festival on the challenges that African women face within the French film industry, speaking alongside 16 actresses of African descent.
The forum looked at the negative portrayals of black women in the French film industry, with the women all making Cannes history, according to a EGM NY's press release, which stated, 'For the first time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival, 16 black women will appear on the festival's red carpet on May 16th."
Having starred in 70 French films and TV shows, Maïga was also nominated for a Best Actress César for her role as Melé in Abderrahmane Sissako's Bamako – the first black actress to be nominated for this award.
Maïga, who has now written a book named Black is Not a Profession, stated, "Now is a moment like no other in the history and evolution of black people in the film industry. Black Panther—need I say more? It's a pleasure to see our French sisters seize the power and momentum of the zeitgeist to speak out as one against racism and sexism to take their rightful place in depicting the wealth and dignity of their contributions to the rich and fascinating fabric of French society."
As part of the panel, Maïga was joined by Mata Gabin from Bye Bye Blondie, Eye Haïdara from C'est la vie! and Sabine Pakora (Samba) to discuss the lack of representation for African women in the industry.
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Axiomatic system | Article about Axiomatic system by The Free Dictionary
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means of constructing a scientific theory, in which this theory has as its basis certain points of departure (hypotheses)—axioms or postulates, from which all the remaining assertions of this discipline (theorems) must be derived through a purely logical method by means of proofs.
The aim of the axiomatic method is a limitation of the arbitrariness of scientific proposition as truths for a given theory. Scientific constructions based on the axiomatic method are usually called deductive. All the concepts of a deductive theory, except for a fixed number of initial ones, are introduced by means of definitions which express (or explicate) the concepts through previously introduced concepts. In varying degrees, deductive proofs characteristic of the axiomatic method have been applied in many disciplines. But despite the efforts to systematically apply the axiomatic method to the exposition of philosophy (B. Spinoza), sociology (G. Vico), political economy (K. Rodbertus-Jagetzow), biology (J. Woodger), and other scientific disciplines, the principal sphere of its application up to the present time has been mathematics and symbolic logic, as well as certain branches of physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and others).
In its historical development, the axiomatic method has passed through three stages. The first of these is connected with the formulation of geometry in ancient Greece. The basic work of this period is Euclid's Elements, although, evidently, even before him, Pythagoras, who is credited with the origin of the axiomatic method, and subsequently Plato, with his disciples, accomplished a great deal in developing geometry on the basis of the axiomatic method. At that time it was considered that the only statements chosen as axioms should be those whose truth was "self-evident," so that the truth of the theorems was considered to be guaranteed by the infallibility of logic itself. But Euclid did not succeed in limiting himself to purely logical means in constructing geometry on the basis of axioms. He willingly resorted to intuition in problems of continuity, mutual position, and congruence of geometric objects. However, in Euclid's time such recourse to intuition may not have been considered to be going beyond the bounds of logic, primarily because logic itself had not yet been axiomatized, although a partial formalization of logic, accomplished by Aristotle and his followers, was an approach to axiomatization. Nor was there sufficient precision in introducing initial concepts and defining new concepts.
The beginning of the second stage in the history of the axiomatic method is usually linked with the discovery by N. I. Lobachevskii, J. Bolyai, and K. F. Gauss of the possibility of consistently (without contradiction) constructing a geometry proceeding from systems of axioms different from those of Euclid. This discovery destroyed belief in the absolute (obvious or a priori) truth of the axioms and of the scientific theories based upon them. Now axioms began to be conceived simply as points of departure for a given theory; moreover, the problem of their validity in one sense or another, as well as the choice of axioms, went beyond the axiomatic theory as such and had a bearing on its relationship with facts lying outside of it. Many, and varied geometric, arithmetic, and algebraic theories appeared which were constructed by means of the axiomatic method (the works of J. W. R. Dedekind, H. Grassmann, and others). This stage of development of the axiomatic method culminated in the creation of axiomatic systems of arithmetic (G. Peano, 1891), geometry (D. Hubert, 1899), statement and predicate calculations (A. N. Whitehead and B. Russell, England, 1910), and the axiomatic theory of sets (E. Zermelo, 1908).
Hubert's axiomatization of geometry permitted F. Klein and H. Poincaré to prove the noncontradictory nature of Lobachevskii's geometry relative to Euclid's geometry by means of showing the interpretation of concepts and propositions of non-Euclidean geometry in terms of Euclidean geometry or, as it is said, by constructing a model of the former by means of the latter. From that time on, the method of models (interpretations) has become the most important method for establishing the relative consistency of axiomatic theories. At the same time, it became very clear that besides its "natural" interpretation—that is, that interpretation from whose refinement and development a given theory was constructed—axiomatic theory could have other interpretations as well. Moreover, it could equally be considered to "have something to say" about each of them.
The subsequent development of this idea and the striving to describe exactly the logical means of deriving theorems from axioms led Hubert to the conception of a formal axiomatic method, characteristic of its third and contemporary stage of development. Hilbert's fundamental idea was the complete formalization of scientific language, within which its statements are regarded simply as sequences of signs (formulas) which in themselves have no meaning whatsoever; they would acquire meaning only in a certain specific interpretation. This idea also had a bearing on axioms—those of general logic as well as those specific axioms used in a given theory. In order to derive theorems from axioms and, in general, certain formulas from others, special rules of derivation were formulated; for example, the so-called rule of modus ponens (the "means of assertion") which allows B to be obtained from A and "A implies B." Proof in such a theory (calculation, or formal system) is simply a sequence of formulas, each of which is either an axiom or is obtained from previous sequential formulas in accordance with some rules of derivation. In contrast to such formal proofs, the properties of the formal system itself are judged as a whole, and sometimes even successfully proved, by their own content of the so-called metatheory—that is, the theory that considers the given ("object") theory as the object of study. In the language of metatheory (metalanguage), rules have also been formulated for deriving an object theory. According to Hilbert's conception, within the framework of the theory of proofs created by him—that is, allowing metatheory only the so-called finite means of reasoning (those which do not employ references to any object whatsoever not having a finite construction)—one could prove the consistency and completeness of all classical mathematics (that is, the demon-strability of every formula as truth in a certain, defined interpretation). Despite a number of significant results along these lines, Hilbert's program, which is usually called formalism, cannot be carried out in its entirety because, according to K. Gödel's most important result (1931), every sufficiently rich and consistent formal system is necessarily incomplete (the so-called incompleteness theorem). Gödel's theorem bears witness to the limited nature of the axiomatic method, although well-defined extensions of allowable metatheoretical means have made it possible for the German mathematician G. Gentzen, as well as P. S. Novikov and others, to prove the consistency of formalized arithmetic.
The axiomatic method has also been subject to criticism proceeding from various semantic criteria. Thus, the intuitionists (L. E. J. Brouwer, H. Weyl, and others) do not acknowledge the validity of applying the principle of the excluded middle to infinite sets. This principle, however, is not only accepted as a logical axiom in the majority of formal theories, but is also used (although not obviously) in the fundamental premises of Hilbert's program, according to which consistency of a theory is a sufficient condition for its "truthfulness." Like intuitionism, the constructivist school in mathematics (represented in the USSR by A. A. Markov and N. A. Shanin) considers mathematics as the study not of arbitrary models of consistent formal systems but merely of the aggregate of objects which allow effective construction in a specific sense.
Even more hostile views toward the axiomatic method have been put forth by the ultraintuitionist critics, who express doubt about the uniqueness of the natural series of numbers and who, in the same vein, question the simple conceptual definitiveness embodied in the theorem of a formal system. According to this school of criticism, the axiomatic method is based on the "principle of locality for proofs," which assumes that, if the axioms are true and the rules of derivation remain a truth, then the theorems must also necessarily be true. Thus, the intuitive basis for the generally accepted principle of mathematical induction contains, in the opinion of the ultraintuitionist critics, an irremovable vicious circle. Ultraintuitionism does not, however, limit itself to negative criticism; it also proposes a positive program to overcome the difficulties mentioned above.
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In theoretical economics, you have developed an axiomatic system in order to rival the achievements of Newtonian physics, of having universally valid generalizations that can be used interchangeably both to predict and to explain events.
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Moreover, the main purpose of an axiomatic system for arithmetic is precisely to serve as a tool to determine the truth or arithmetical statements.
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That's a misguided belief because relational learners tend to be slower in our axiomatic system. I think that if rules are carefully reiterated after a student has identified them for himself, we'll find that a single experiment actually provides far more rules than it does in an axiomatic system, where it's basically one rule per experiment.
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(Joyce urges elimination of structure axioms from the foundations of decision theory, and he eliminates some of them in his own axiomatic system.) Moreover, he is sensitive to the idea of possible incommensurability of values, as defended for example by Anderson (1993).
The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory. (Book Reviews)
In evaluating what can be established in mathematics, in his On the Geometrical Spirit, Pascal examined the nature of an axiomatic system. One can establish truths within the system, but the relevance of these truths to the world depends upon the truth of the axioms.
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Read all about it: The Herald's Shayne Baird is a fire warden, first aid officer and on the occupational...
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Read all about it: The Herald's Shayne Baird is a fire warden, first aid officer and on the occupational health and safety committee. "I've felt good here for so long that I want to look after other people." Picture: Marina NeilSHAYNE Baird was a teenager who had just completed a secretarial course when a friend mentioned a job going at the Newcastle Herald.
Fastforward 40 years and Mrs Baird has celebrated her 18thand 21stbirthdays, met and married her former compositor husband Jim andbecome a mother to two and a grandmother to one, all while working at the masthead.
"It's not just a job to me," Mrs Baird said.
"I'venever worked anywhere else and I hope I'llbe here for another 20 years. It's been exciting –you're somewhere where news breaks and you're part of major events.
"I might not be writing the story, but I'm a cog in the wheel.
"I feel part of something bigger than me. It's prestigious being part of something that's so community minded.
"The Herald is here for everybody, for the good times and the bad."
Mrs Baird's first official day at theHerald's former Bolton Street offices wasJanuary 31, 1978.
"It feels like it was yesterday," she said.
"I don't know where the time has gone.
"I used to do the pays at times and we used to have up to five members of the same family comingup – sons followedfathers or people met here and got married.
"It had a real family atmosphere and that really hasnot changed."
Mrs Baird started as a junior administration officer in accounting and has served in almost every department since, including circulation, production, editorial, advertising and pre-production.
"One of my first jobs was mailing invoices," she said.
"I used to fill the envelopes and lick the back.
"I thought peel and seal was technology overload –40 years later and we're emailing!"
Mrs Baird said she remembered looking from the office into deserted city streets shortlyafter the December 1989 earthquake.
"It felt very eerie, but we had to be there to get the news out."
Mrs Baird has worked for the past two yearsin pre-production and is responsible for placing advertisements on pages, as well as the commercial insets inside the paper.
Her colleagues spanall ages, which she said helped keep her "young at heart".
"The best part is I getup at 5.30am, get the paper offthe lawn andfeel fulfilled and a sense of accomplishment seeing the product," she said.
"When you open up the paper it's different every day, soI neverfeel like I'm doing the same thing."
No apologies for boat policy: Turnbull
SCOTT MORRISON US TAX LEGISLATION PRESSERMalcolm Turnbull says the coalition makes no apologies for taking a tough approach to people smugglers.
Cabinet documents obtained by the ABC show former immigration minister Scott Morrison requested ASIO in 2013 to delay security checks so asylum seekers would miss a deadline to obtain permanent protection visas.
It is unclear whether ASIO complied with the written request.
But Mr Morrison said in a statement on Tuesday, "As minister for immigration and border protection, it was my policy and practice to put 's national security interests first".
The prime minister backed up his cabinet colleague, saying Mr Morrison had "stopped the boats".
"We make no apologies for sending the clearest message to the people smugglers and to their would-be customers: if you think you can come to on a people smuggler's boat, you're wrong. You won't. You won't get here, you will not become a permanent resident," Mr Turnbull told reporters in Sydney.
"Keeping our borders secure is a critical obligation and responsibility of government."
Asked about two days of cabinet leaks from the Abbott era, Defence Industry Ministry Christopher Pyne said he didn't look in the rear vision mirror.
"Four-year-old stories are four-year-old stories," he told reporters in Canberra.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said he would examine the cabinet documents, but was concerned the government continued to mischaracterise Labor's position on people smuggling.
"We want to stop the people smugglers," he told the National Press Club in Canberra.
"When the government says Labor won't do that, they are giving a signal to the people smugglers to test our system – I wish for once they would think about the national interest and people's safety rather than trying to turn it into a partisan issue."
Labor senator Kimberley Kitching says the cabinet leaks appear to be aimed at making Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's leadership rivals Mr Morrison and Tony Abbott look bad.
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SUCCESS: Veteran vigneron Malcolm Roth, whose Westcourt 2016 Riesling was champion wine of the 2017 Mudgee Wine Show, with Mudgee Winemaker of the Year award-winner Jacob Stein of Robert Stein Wines.MUDGEEhas had more than its share of booms and busts since the first wine grapes were planted 160 years ago, but today there's a spirit of optimism, excitement and innovation abroad.
That spirit evidenced in the wake of the 2017 Mudgee Wine Show, as Mudgee Wine Association showed great initiative by sending wine writers samples of the trophy winners.
In tasting the wines and I've been impressed how makers large and small are pushing boundaries. Boutique brands are adding panache and they won seven of the 17 show trophies – with the Westcourt 2016 Mudgee Riesling being crowned show champion, best white and best other than chardonnay and semillon white.
Westcourt is owned by 79-year-old Malcolm Roth, the great grandson of Mudgee winemaking founder Adam Roth and the triple-trophy riesling sells for $25 onvisitmudgeeregion苏州夜总会招聘.au/wineries-cellardoors.
Another fine boutique wine is the Naked Lady 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, judged the best cabernet sauvignon and reviewed below. The vineyard at Bylong Valley Way, Rylstone, gets its name from the naked lady lily, the South African-origin amaryllis belladonna bulb, that grows abundantly on the land.
The vineyard was planted in 2000 and bought in 2013 by wine enthusiasts and former Sydney optical business owners Mike and Diane Quaife.
A lone oak tree and plans for a relaxing country lifestyle led Paula Hanson and David Riley to pick the name Lazy Oak for the 10-hectare Sills Lane, Eurunderee, vineyard they bought in 2015.The pair, a Mudgee diesel mechanical supervisor and a former grief education officer, shed ideas of lazy days in the face of a growing fascination with winegrowing, now rewarded by the bestrosétrophy to the$24Lazy Oak 2017 MerlotRosé, selling onlazyoak苏州夜总会招聘.au.
With ace young winemaker Jacob Stein at the helm, the Stein label has become an area flagship – a status bolstered at Mudgee judging when Jacob was declared winemaker of the year and the company won trophies for most successful exhibitor, best semillon and best museum white. The semillon was the Robert Stein 2017 Aged Release Semillon, reviewed below, and limited stocks of the best museum white 2009 Riesling ($80) are atrobertstein苏州夜总会招聘.authe Mudgee cellar door.
Bunnamagoo Estate, owned by the Paspaley family of pearling fame, won the best museum red trophy with its 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot and the best sweet white trophy with the $25 2016 Autumn Semillon.
The latter is atbunnamagoowines苏州夜总会招聘.auand the Henry Lawson Drive, Mudgee, cellar.
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Wine reviewsTOP MUDGEE SEMILLONTHISRobert Stein 2017 Aqed Release Semillonwon't be officially released until 2019, but is available now on requestatrobertstein苏州夜总会招聘.auand the Pipeclay Lane, Mudgee, winery.It is pale straw and has honeysuckle scents and crisp lemon front-palate flavour. The middle palate has green apple, sherbet and gunmetal and a slatey acid finish. PRICE: $30. DRINK WITH: oysters. AGEING: 10 years.
A SPICY NAKED LADYWITH 14% alcohol, theNaked Lady 2015 Cabernet Sauvignonshines bright garnet in the glass, has bouquet garni scents and spicy blackberry front-palate flavour. Maraschino cherry, licorice, mint and mocha oak marry on the middle palate and chalky tannins play at the finish. Get it onnakedladywines苏州夜总会招聘.auand the Rylstone cellar door.PRICE: $45. DRINK WITH: lamb koftas. AGEING: six years.
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OATLEY DOUBLE ACTFITTINGLY this Oatley group'sMontrose 2015 Stony Creek Chardonnaywon the Bob Oatley trophy as Mudgee's top chardonnay.It's green-tinted straw and has almond scents and ripe peach on the front palate. The middle palate has fig, citrus, mineral and cashew oak and a flinty acid finish. Atrobertoatley苏州夜总会招聘.au, shops and Craigmoor winery.PRICE: $22.95. DRINK WITH: paella. AGEING: five years.
Darryl McLellan back in winners' circle after track fall setback
COMEBACK: Darryl McLellan at Newcastle Racecourse in November during his recovery from hip replacement surgery. Picture: Jonathan CarrollGroup 1-winning Newcastle jockey Darryl "Digger" McLellan is aiming to build his fitness after a successful but delayed second comeback on the weekend.
McLellan, 47, rode Givem Hell to victory for former Scone trainer Toby Edmonds in the first at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
It was the now Queensland-based hoop'sfirst race ride since November 4 last year, after which he returned to Newcastle to have hip replacement surgery.
McLellan hadreturned to racing in August, after almost six years on the sidelines, and startedwith eight winners in 49 rides. A shoulder injury and surgeriesfrom a race fall onBoxing Day2011 at Newcastle had derailed his career.
Before his 2011 fall, McLellanrode more than 1000 winners, including group 1s on Magic Of Money in the 1995 The Galaxy and the 2002 Sydney Cup on Henderson Bay.He also took Lonhro to victory in the 2001Warwick Stakes.
The popular jockey was glad to finally return tothe races after a frightening track work accident in his first week back on the job postponed his comeback.
"It's fine," McLellan said of his hip.
"It was good, getting a winin my first ride back, so it was brilliant.
"I got put back a bit because I had a track work incident and it put meback three or four weeks.
"A horse flipped over on me and landed right on that hip. I couldn't believe it.
"I s–t myself.I thought, 'No, this can't be happening', but it's all right.I tore the groin muscle and the hip flexor a bit."
He had four rides last Saturday and was focused now on getting back into shape. McLellan was down to 51.5 kilograms before his hip surgery.
"When the horse landed on me, it put my fitness program back a bit as well," he said.
"I'm 55 kilos and I need to get my weight down and get a bit more fitness. I did kind of struggle a bit there on Saturday."
McLellan moved to the Gold Coast to revive his career after being denied a jockey's licence by Racing NSW.
AAP reports: Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been cleared to ride after recovering from a broken hand.
McEvoy needed surgery on his right hand after breaking his third metacarpal in a pre-race incident at Randwick on December 16.
He was taking Sugar Bella, trained at Newcastle by Kris Lees, to the barriers when she made a sudden sideways move and he twisted his fingers.
McEvoy was given the all-clear on Monday and hopes to be back riding competitively on Friday.
"Got the all clear from the doctor re. the injured hand so looking fwd to doing a few gallops in the morning, possibly races Friday at Canterbury" McEvoy tweeted.
He is the regular rider of Redzel whichis set to have his first start for 2018 in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington on February 17, ruling McEvoy out of the ride on Winx in Sydney if Hugh Bowman fails to have a careless riding ban reduced.
Parole increase halts NSW prison growth
SILVERWATER JAIL STOCKThe rapidly growing and overcrowded NSW prison population has finally plateaued but only because many more criminals are being paroled, a government report has found.
The data comes the same day a new 400-bed prison, designed to ease pressure on the overcrowded corrections system, opens in the Hunter Valley.
The NSW prison population increased 33 per cent between December 2011 and December 2016, but in the 12 months that followed it only increased by a further 0.7 per cent, the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research announced on Tuesday.
The prison population would have continued to increase, BOCSAR executive director Don Weatherburn said, but for a large increase in the number of offenders released on parole.
"Between 2014 and 2017, the average monthly number of offenders released on parole increased by 35 per cent, from 504 to 682 offenders," he said in a statement.
The paroles offset the new intakes, BOCSAR found.
The Public Service Association last year referred to the state's prison system as being "grossly overcrowded" and said it was housing 13,000 inmates despite being designed to accommodate 11,000.
The NSW government hopes to relieve pressure on the system with the Hunter Correctional Centre, which was opened by Corrections Minister David Elliott in Cessnock on Tuesday.
The minimum and maximum security rapid-build prison was ordered as part of the state government's $3.8 billion prison infrastructure program.
But the state opposition says "pop-up" prisons – including the one that opened in Wellington last year – are plagued with problems, including security issues.
"Band-aid solutions won't work. Minister Elliott has lost control of the corrections portfolio, leaving him scrambling to fix all the problems that have happened under his leadership," opposition corrections spokesman Guy Zangari said.
The NSW government is investing $237 million in programs to reduce reoffending with a focus on persistent domestic violence offenders and other high-risk offenders, Mr Elliott's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
BOCSAR data predicts little growth in the prison population over the next 12 months, which is expected to reach 13,244 by December 2018.
Pink lashes Grammy Chief Neil Portnow
60th Annual Grammy Awards Arrivals – NYCThe backlash from Grammy chief Neil Portnow's comment after the show that female artists and executives need to "step up" has met with a furious reaction online that was picked up by Pink, a frequent Grammy performer who sang on the show.
In a handwritten post on her social media accounts, she wrote:
"Women in music don't need to 'step up' – women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also steppin aside. Women OWNED music this year. They've been KILLING IT. And every year before this. When we celebrate and honor the talent and accomplishments of women, and how much women STEP UP every year, against all odds, we show the next generation of women and girls and boys and men what it means to be equal, and what it looks like to be fair."
Earlier in the day, Charli XCX tweeted: "ugh bout 2 step up on 2 ur face.. women are making AMAZING music right now wtf is this dude talking about ?????"
There was a striking absence of female nominees and winners, even though it featured two #MeToo-related segments via Janelle Monae's powerful "Time's Up" speech and Kesha's moving performance of Praying.
But the #GrammysSoMale situation was exacerbated the day before the show when Variety reported that New Zealand singer Lorde – the only female Best Album nominee – was also the only such nominee who hadn't been offered a solo performance on the show (sources say she was offered a spot in the Tom Petty tribute and declined).
Lorde posted on Twitter on Monday, writing: "IF YOU'RE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT I CAN MURDER A STAGE… COME SEE IT FOR URSELF," a reference to her upcoming tour.
That narrative was thrown into stark relief by the perhaps hasty and definitely unfortunate post-show comments from Grammy chief Neil Portnow – who said female artists and executives "need to step up".
When asked whether a Lorde performance should have been included in the show, Ehrlich said "we've got a lot of spots to cover".
Maitland store Hyde & Silk specialises in clothing and giftware made in an ethical and fair trade environment
GOOD BUY: "I love the story behind every product and like sharing that with customers," says Amanda Hyde, in her store. Picture: Marina Neil GROWING up on the Hunter River, lending a hand in her family's commercial fishing business, Amanda Hyde was quickly immersed in all things environmental.
"I was a deckhand on the prawn trawler and we just had smaller and smaller catches year after year and it led me to think about what's happening in the environment and the impacts we have locally andglobally," says Ms Hyde.
After completing an environmental science degree at the University of Newcastle, Ms Hyde worked in natural resource management for the Department of Fisheries and then in emergency management.
A chance conversation with a friend, however, led her to take leave toresearch and recently launch her first retail business, Hyde & Silk.
Located in High Street, Maitland, the shop stocks only fair trade and ethically sourced products from local and global suppliers.
"It follows on from my ethos of ethical and fair trade and having a minimal impact on the environment is important to me," she says.
The business pursuit was developed when Ms Hyde was asked by a friend where she shopped "locally".
"I replied, 'I don't', because I like to always buy something a bit different when I travel," she recalls. "I then thought if I open a shop with clothes that I like and want to wear then surely others have the same interests."
Hyde & Silk –the silk is a reference to the fact all customers are given a silk bag with a purchase –stocks accessories, homewares and clothing in retro, boho and casual styles, including popular local brands that are made in ethical workshops in India, Thailand and Nepal.
"I am passionate about fair trade and ethically producted fashion as opposed to the recent increase in 'fast fashion' –cheap, mass produced and poor quality clothing that only lasts a season at most," she says.
"The term 'fast fashion' implies that it is ok to throw away the item after wearing it only a few times but it is not ok and I hope to inspire shoppers to make responsible purchases that help others less fortunate while reducing waste."
One of the brands she stocks is Happy Trunks harem pants, with each purchase of a pair assistingthe Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai Province in Northern Thailand.
"People can often not realise the impact of their purchase, but I call it ethical consumerism –it's value adding when you can help a community through buying your everyday items," she says."I wantpeople to know that by purchasing anything here it really does value add to thecommunity it came from, they are not big companies I support, they are very small communities."
Mystery Weston couple win over half a million dollars in Saturday Lotto bonanza
A Weston couplewho originally bought alotto ticket in the hope of purchasing a cattle truck are planning on retiring and paying off their mortgage after winning over half a million dollars.
The division one prize of$500,446.24 was won inSaturday Lotto the day after Day.
One of eight division one winners from around the country, the couple were said to be overjoyed with emotion when told of the win.
The wife, who was running on a treadmill whenLotto officials rang, declared she was going to retire.
"$500,446.24! That's us! Whoa! Wow! Oh my god," she said.
"I can't believe that! I've never won anything.
"I don't think I'm going to finish my walk on my treadmill now, I'm going to have a beer!
"We'll pay off the mortgage and I might be able to retire."
Her husband added: "I told you it was our time to win."
The lucky pair, who wish to remain anonymous, purchased their 24 game marked entry online atthelott苏州夜总会招聘.
Asked how they came up with their numbers, the woman revealed the quirky nickname for their entry.
"We have a property and we were trying to buy a cattle truck at the time so we picked all of our favourite numbers and nicknamed the entry 'Cattle Truck'," she said.
"We ended up buying a second hand cattle truck anyway, but have just kept the same numbers and kept playing them.
"The numbers were just dates of special occasions, special people's birthdays and they are truly special to us now."
The winning numbers were 4, 7, 11, 32, 40 and 1, while the supplementary numberswere 26 and 29.
The win continues a lucky string of lotto bonanzas across the Hunter in the past six months.
Lotto winner graduates from bingo and meat tray rafflesPort Stephens retiree oblivious to lotto winCessnock man's $100,000 lotto win
OpinionAction needed to stop young deaths
The recent passing of Amy 'Dolly' Everett has struck a chord across , with thousands of people expressing their sadness over her death and sharing messages of support to her family.
Our thoughts are also with the Everetts, Dolly's friends and the communities to whom she was connected. Much coverage about Dolly in the news and social media has focused on cyberbullying, shifting the focus from the loss of a young life.
The widespread exposure of the suicide of Dolly may have raised feelings of distress for some people. I would encourage anyone who is going through a tough time to seek support.Talking to a trusted relative or friend, a counsellor, GP, or online services such as Lifeline and eheadspace can help. It is important to recognise that suicide is rarely the result of a single event or factor and is a complex and multi-faceted issue. It is usually a result of a person feeling hopeless about life due to a combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors. It is heart breaking that any young person would feel like their only option is to end their life.
Emphasis should be on supporting young people who may be experiencing similar thoughts of hopelessness. We lose far too many young ns to suicide and we need to ensure that young people are supported and have help available so that we can prevent further tragedies.
LOST: The death of Amy 'Dolly' Everett has highlighted the need for sustained efforts to support young people with mental health issues, the author says.
n Bureau of Statistics data released in 2016, again identified suicide as the leading cause of death for school-aged children. Each week we lose eight children and young people to suicide and as a country we need to continue to work together to change this. headspace School Support teams respond to suicide notifications every week in secondary schools across . headspace will be expanding its work in schools as a delivery partner, along with Early Childhood , for the new mental health education initiative run by beyondblue. headspace also has 101 centres across providing mental health support services to young people aged 12-25.
In June 2017, the federal government announced that a new headspace centre will be opening in Katherine. Suicide rates of school-aged children in the Northern Territory are the highest in . Young people in the Northern Territory die by suicide at more than four times the rate of any other state or territory, with many of these being Aboriginal young people.
I would encourage anyone supporting a young person, as well as friends, to inform themselves so that they can recognise when someone might be going through a tough time. There are a number of resources available on the headspace website, as well as from many other organisations, that provide information and advice on mental health and other topics relating to young people's wellbeing. With many young people heading back to school in the coming weeks, this message is particularly timely.
The need for sustained efforts to support young people with mental health issues is vital; because any life lost to suicide is too many. The responsibility to reduce suicide requires ongoing investment and lies with the whole community. In collaborative and supportive efforts, we can stop this tide of preventable deaths.
Jason Trethowan is the CEO at headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation.If you or someone you know is struggling, visit headspace苏州模特佳丽招聘.au to find your nearest centre or call eheadspace on 1800 650 890.
What's Selling: Charlestown home snapped up quickly
PLENTY OF ENQUIRY: The $605,000 sale of this three-bedroom home on a large block in Charlestown was the equal highest for its street.The continued growth in Charlestown is no surprise to Andrew McKiernan, who grew up in the Lake Macquarie suburb, and he cannot see it slowing down yet.
"It already has had good growthbecause the inner city is so expensive, so areas like Charlestown andCardiff are proving popular," Mr McKiernan, of McKiernan Real Estate, said.
According to n Property Monitors, Charlestown experienced growth of 14.3 per cent last year, the biggest increase since 2004.
For 189 sales, there was a median sale price of $620,000. In 2016, for 228 sales, it was $542,500.
Mr McKiernan sold 26 Willoughby Street in Charlestown on January 25 for a $605,000, the equal highest sale for the street.
Andrew McKiernanNEW HIGH IN HELEN STREETThe sale of a two-bedroom unitin Merewether's Helen Street has set a new highest mark for its small complex. Robinson Property's Mike Flook sold unit 1 at 17 Helen Streetfor $735,000 after less than one week on the market.
A new price high was set in this Helen Street unit complex in Merewether.
Alsoin Merewether, homes inMorgan Street and Curry Street were sold for $1.45 million and $1.7 million respectively.
QUICK MOVER IN ERRINGTONA home in New Lambton's Errington Avenue set a new mark after less a week on the market.
According to n Property Monitors data, the previous biggest sale for the street was $745,000 last year.
Kristen Murnane of Dalton Partners took No.6 to market on January 24 and sold it for $750,000 five days later.
WHERE OTHER SALES WEREA three-bedroom residence inGateshead'sPoplar Place was secured for $470,000.
A three-bedroom home in Montrose Avenue,Adamstown Heights, sold for $725,000.
A home with five bedrooms on around 860 square metres inCardiff'sMyall Road sold for $560,000.
A dual-level brick home on 340 square metres in Thomas Street,Dudley, was bought for $690,000 anda two-bedroom circa 1920s house on around 330 square metres inHamilton'sBeaumont Street sold for $792,000 after a short campaign.
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1.19.2023 - Biden administration, Immigration
GOP congressmen demand immigration parole answers
By J.D. Davidson
(The Center Square) – A group of Republican U.S. senators and House members want the Biden administration to explain what they called a reckless decision to expand immigration parole programs.
The letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday morning says the Biden administration continues to worsen the border crisis. The also called the decision to expand the programs radical.
"Since the day they took office, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have purposefully and maliciously eroded our nation's border security. They have presided over the worst border crisis we've seen in decades and more illegal immigration than any administration in recent history. Now, they aim to sidestep Congress and the law by granting parole to hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants," said Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, said Mayorkas testified immigrant parole is judged on a case-by-case basis, but the congressman said he has seen evidence to support that testimony.
"Instead, his department is abusing the parole authority to mass-release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens into the country. The department's latest announcement reveals that it will continue to proceed and even accelerate this abuse as parole grants will increase by 33% from just last month. It's unclear where the department derives legal authority to parole groups of this size and how this policy change enhances border security. As usual, the department has some explaining to do and I'm grateful for Senator Vance's partnership in this effort," Biggs said.
The letter said the Biden administration created the worst border crisis in U.S. history in the first year of Mayorkas' leadership and became worse in the administration's second year. It says 30,000 monthly increases in paroles under the policy would be a 33% increase over the parole totals from December.
"In the wake of its own failures to effectively address the border crisis, the Biden Administration has also prohibited states from implementing policies to deal with illegal immigration themselves and limited the tools available to border patrol agents," the letter reads. "This administration cannot continue its erosion of the southern border and its mass-parole of migrants into our country. A secure country demands secure borders."
The letter asked for Mayorkas to respond by Jan. 27.
The letter was also signed by Republican Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana; Ted Budd of North Carolina; Bill Cassidy of Louisiana; Ted Cruz of Texas; Josh Hawley of Missouri; Ron Johnson of Wisconsin; Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming; Eric Schmitt of Missouri; and Rick Scott of Florida.
It was also signed by Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Babin, Beth Van Duyne, Michael Cloud, Lance Gooden, Ronny Jackson and Randy Weber of Texas; Jim Banks of Indiana; Dan Bishop of North Carolina; Lauren Boebert and Ken Buck of Colorado; Eric Burlison of Missouri; Eli Crane, Debbie Lesko and Paul Gosar of Arizona; Warren Davidson of Ohio; Matt Gaetz of Florida; Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia; Diana Harshbarger and Andy Ogles of Tennessee; Tom McClintock of California; Ralph Norman of South Carolina; Matt Rosendale of Montana; and Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin.
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An Ohio native, J.D. Davidson is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience in newspapers in Ohio, Georgia, Alabama and Texas. He has served as a reporter, editor, managing editor and publisher.


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NBA's first Black female CEO helped transform culture of NBA franchise
by: Jenny Anchondo
DALLAS (KDAF) — Cynthia Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, became the first Black female CEO in the National Basketball Association. But being "first" is nothing new for her.
Cynthia's family left Birmingham, Alabama, and traveled to California when she was 3 months old. It was an effort to escape the Jim Crow South, but life in the projects on the West Coast wasn't easy.
"When I was 11 years old, some chaos broke out in our family, and I saw my father actually shoot a man in the head," said Marshall, who said it was self-defense on her father's part.
While her father survived the incident, Marshal did not forget it. She sought a "way out" by setting her sights on leadership.
At her sisters' graduation, she noticed the only speakers were white boys.
"I was in the ninth grade, and I looked at my mom and I said, 'Can a Black girl be senior class president? Can a Black girl be student body president?' She said, 'Of course. You can do whatever you want to do.' I said, 'OK I gotta get one of my buddies because when we graduate, we're going to do that.' I found out that had never happened before."
Marshall became the first African American president at her school.
"It was historic and the faculty was more emotional than I was. We've been blazing trails ever since then," Marshall said.
Marshall later became the first African American cheerleader at Berkley and the first Black woman in Delta Gamma at the school.
Yet, even at almost 40 years old, she found herself not being accepted for who she was.
"When you fundamentally try to change who I am, when you tell me I can't say blessed, when you tell me I'm too loud, you're actually telling me you don't want me to be a Black woman," she said.
Now, as CEO of the Mavericks, tasked with transforming the culture, she's making sure nobody else experiences that.
"If nothing else, I am proud of the speak-up culture we have. Our people have a voice," she added. "The level doesn't matter. I had a one-on-one with every single person in the organization when I got there."
Marshall says now is the time to embrace all cultures — and February, which is Black History Month, is a good reminder of that.
"It's a time when the whole nation gets to do that," she said.
More Black History Month Stories
Black Girls Run defies the perception of Black women and exercise
by Constance Jones / Jan 11, 2021
RICHMOND, VA (WRIC) – Jay Ell Alexander is down 115 pounds. At her heaviest she was 304 pounds. In her twenties she had a bout with high blood pressure and instead of going on medication to bring her numbers down, she focused on physical activity.
And with that lifestyle change, Alexander is now leading others by her example. As the CEO and founder of Black Girls Run, she says it's important for women to take a moment and refocus on self care.
Higher calling: Former NFL player helps children through 'art activism'
by Amanda Lee / Jan 11, 2021
BALTIMORE, Md. (WTAJ)– Aaron Maybin was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland as a creative kid with a heart for expressing himself through painting, writing and playing sports.
At a young age, he was diagnosed with borderline attention-deficit disorder but says creative expression helped him cope with ADD and other struggles that came with growing up in an impoverished community.
'All hell broke loose': A look at Black Wall Street
by Donna Terrell / Jan 11, 2021
TULSA, Okla. (KLRT) - Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a city diverse in its people and culture, fueled by a complicated past.
Some of which involves the historic Greenwood District, better known as Black Wall Street, a community of prominence and wealth for Black people in the early 1900s.


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Will Amazon's New TV Box Be Cheap or Free?
His rivals are selling theirs for as little as $35. But Jeff Bezos hasn't given away hardware -- yet.
By Peter Kafka Apr 2, 2014, 5:00am EDT
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We know some important things about the streaming video gadget Amazon is introducing today:
Like Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets, it will give users access to Amazon's own video service, as well as third-party app/services like Netflix.
Like the Fire machines, it will run on a "forked" version of Android.
It's going to compete with a bunch of devices that also make it easier to move streaming video to your TV, like the Apple TV, Roku's gadgets and Google's Chromecast.
Amazon has been working on a device like this for a while. Last year, it had planned on rolling one out before Christmas, but it shelved those plans.
I don't know if the Amazon video doohickey is going to be a stick or a box, though my educated guess is that it will be a box. But I don't really care what it looks like, and my hunch is that most potential buyers/users won't either, as long as it works.
Which leaves one thing that I'm really interested in learning about today: How much is this going to cost?
Unless Amazon adds a lot of bells and whistles to its mystery box — like a full-fledged game controller — it's reasonable to assume it won't sell for more than $99, which is what Apple TV and the top of the line Roku box go for. But when Google introduced Chromecast at $35 a pop last summer, that price seemed to interest a lot of people.
So why not go the next step, and simply make the thing free for anyone with a $99 Amazon Prime subscription?
That's what Amazon is already doing with its Prime Instant video service, of course. And Jeff Bezos is spending more than a billion dollars a year on that giveaway, just so he can convince more people to sign up for his real subscription service, which gives them other goodies like free two-day shipping and encourages them to buy more stuff from Amazon.
So throwing in a relatively low-cost box — so it can make Prime Instant video more appealing, so it can make the main Prime service more appealing — seems like a no-brainer to Internet geniuses like me. Especially since many people don't know that Prime Instant video exists, even if they have access to it.
The best argument against this theory is that we've heard it before — every time Bezos rolls out a new Kindle line. Surely, the Internet geniuses predict, this time Bezos is going to give his tablets away. After all — he doesn't care about profits, right?
But it's 2014, and if you want to buy a new Kindle from Amazon, it's going to cost you a minimum of $69. And that's if you're willing to see ads from Amazon on the thing. Just because Bezos could give his hardware away doesn't mean he's going to.
Still. Wouldn't it be cool if he did? We'll find out in a few hours.
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May 11, 2022 Movie & Sports / Non-Scale / Other Brands / Statues
Alien-Like Physique: Shin Ultraman Statue- Preview
Posted by Allen
The Japanese superhero kaiju film "Shin Ultraman" has been released in Japan on May 13, 2022, and Prime 1 Studio recently also brought a Shin Ultraman statue to take advantage of this trend. Its alien-like physique is quite interesting, let's take a look!
Ultraman series has been a long ongoing fantasy by the Tsuburaya Productions ever since 1966. Ultraman's only motive was fighting with the alien invaders to keep his reputation by fighting off evil. He is the fictional superhero who fights against uranium-eating kaiju (sinister monsters) and the never-ending threats against Earth.
This Shin Ultraman statue adopts the non-scale. Its overall height is 57cm, approx. 22 inches and the total weight reaches 10.1kg.
And it belongs to the Ultimate Premium Masterline Series of Prime 1 Studio.
Meanwhile, its sculpted appearance is designed based on the original artwork for Ultraman by Tohl Narita.
This statue shows the posture of the Shin Ultraman standing on the base and facing forward, with the Kaiju Gabora stepped on by him. This scene shows that Shin Ultraman is ending a battle and victory.
In terms of appearance, the slender figure of Shin Ultraman in the movie is faithfully reproduced. According to the official introduction, this Shin Ultraman statue shows a leaner physique like an alien.
Made out of sleek and bold red linings over his body, Shin Ultraman can be seen with his iconic scarlet and silver color suit that fits perfectly over his giant body.
It is worth mentioning that the familiar "Color Timer" on Ultraman's chest has been removed, which fully conforms to the settings in the movie.
You can also see his hands formed into a fist as the muscles of his arms can also be seen entirely on display as if the original hand was attached instead of the sculptor.
It reflects that the silver paint finish is very good, and then from the dust stains on the back of his feet, it can be seen that the surface has also been treated with weathering effect, and the sense of reality has been improved.
From the back, Shin Ultraman's muscle lines depicted are really amazing, and the streamlined muscles look particularly comfortable.
The sleek material of the silver helmet of Shin Ultraman is also sculpted realistically as the shine over the helmet along with his bright eyes can be seen as perfectly sculpted. Also, keep your hopes up for the most pragmatic eyes of Shin Ultraman, as they can be illuminated with the help of the LED lighting installed in them.
At the same time, the familiar eye hole "tear ducts" are also canceled, returning the Shin Ultraman's design to its roots from the original painting.
The base part is a major highlight of this statue, and it is designed from the Shin Ultraman combat theme as a whole.
It can be seen that the base is designed as a countryside quarry scene. In addition to the sand and stones, there are many rich details, and the most important thing is the mutilated body of the Kaiju Gabora.
Although it is a mutilated body, Kaiju Gabora's body structure is still very accurate.
Looking at it up close, the details of the monster's head are very delicate, and even the structure of its mouth is reflected. At the same time, the surface of the head also has a fine paint application.
And you also can see the details of shipping containers and a warehouse dock are depicted on the base.
Bonus Version
If you pre-order this Shin Ultraman statue in advance, you will also get a cool Bonus Part: an SSSP Shin Ultraman Title Plaque!
The red background with the white scribbling over it is the perfect title plaque you can attach with the statue to represent the owner of the victory in the battle. After adding this Shin Ultraman title plaque, the overall display effect is slightly improved.
The Ultraman series, featuring one of the most famous fictional superheroes, has been carved into a statue so that fans like you can experience the realistic version of such a character sitting in your room. You wouldn't want to miss out on such an opportunity to grab hold of a magnificent statue of Shin Ultraman.
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Made of polystone and other material
Approx. 22 inches (57cm)
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The Mission of the Gateway End-of-Life Coalition is to Promote High Quality End of Life Care for Patients and Their Families.
Educate the public, health care providers and students regarding optimal care for the maximum benefit of persons at end of life.
Promote collaboration among health care providers, patients, family members, educators and organizations that provide or promote end-of-life care.
Advocate for quality end-of-life care with policy makers.
Gateway End-of-Life Coalition recently sponsored a program for African Americans designed to encourage conversation about end-of-life care preferences using an innovative new game called HELLO! In the game, participants respond to a series of questions about what's important to them in life and what would be important for other people to know if there came a time when they had a serious illness. Participants shared stories about their own lives and discussed how they would want to be cared for, and they received resources to help them talk with family members about their preferences and put them into writing. The Gateway Coalition plans to conduct several more of these programs in 2019, and if your organization is interested in collaborating with the Coalition please contact us at gatewayeol@gmail.com.
The visits can teach children invaluable lessons on death, give them a chance to say goodbye and provide closure. Click here for this article in the Washington Post by Jessica F. Hinton.
Facing an inevitable outcome, terminally ill patients meet extraordinary medical practitioners seeking to change our approach to life and death. See the trailer here.
Cara Wallace, Gateway board member is a guest on St Louis On the Air, April 11.
You can learn more and listen here.
What are the spiritual needs at the end of life?
Do individuals become more religious as they die? This question has often been debated among academics who study death. Such debate avoids the central issue that the dying process raises profound spiritual concerns of meaning and connection for individuals.
Talking to loved ones about important end-of-life decisions can spark a complicated landmine of emotions. So much so, many people put it off until it's too late. In this podcast, Brian Carpenter, PhD, talks about why it's important to have these conversations and how to approach these discussions successfully.
This article by Dr. Karen Wyatt who describes herself as a hospice physician, death awareness advocate, and spiritual seeker who loves to help people live life fully and fearlessly, outlines the problems and offers solutions related to peace at the end of life.
As your family gathers for the holidays it offers an opportunity to discuss difficult, but important topics in life. Free resources are available at the Center for Practical Bioethics.
In a recent message on end-of-life care, Pope Francis said that it is permissible and moral for a patient to decide, in dialogue with medical professionals, that a proposed or ongoing course of treatment that might extend their life is nevertheless overzealous and disproportionate. The patient is not required by their Catholic faith to use every tool and treatment available, he said. Click here for the full article.
After the death of loved one, many people turn to grief self-help books to understand what they are feeling. The right grief book can shine a light on the complex emotions of bereavement, providing expert knowledge and compassionate care in your time of need. Here are 10 of the best self-help books on grief, from respected doctors and those on their own journey through bereavement. Click here.
Using the Conversation Starter Kit, the Gateway End-of-Life Coalition will guide participants through the steps and considerations for having a discussion about end-of-life wishes. An attorney and notary will be present for those ready to complete their advance directives. Please spread the word. For dates click here.
We Plan for Death Poorly in the U.S.
Where there is life, there is death. It is inevitable for us all; yet as a society, we speak of it with hand over mouth – in hushed tones, as if the mere verbalization of it would bring it upon us. In America, we don't deal with death very well. We want to believe that we will live to grow old and that death will be a quick and sudden event. That's not always the case. It's not a fun topic to talk about, and therefore we don't talk about it nor do we plan for it properly. Click here to read more.
This April 2017 article in The Economist discusses a survey conducted jointly by The Economist and the Kaiser Family Foundation, an American non-profit focused on health.
Board Chair Joan Bretthauer and Jen Galantowicz were interviewed recently on Aging America Radio about End-of-Life conversations. They talked passionately and simply about why and how these conversations can enhance our lives - and deaths. To listen, click here and scroll down to the show titled 4/29/2017 "End of Life Planning"
National Healthcare Decisions Day is celebrating 10 years of inspiring, educating, and empowering the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning. To mark this occasion, there will be a congressional briefing on May 3rd in Washington D.C. Ellen Goodman, Founder of The Conversation Project, will moderate a round table discussion featuring Nathan Kottkamp, Founder and Chair of NHDD, Edo Banach, CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Judge Patricia Banks on behalf of the American Bar Association, and Father Charles Bouchard of the Catholic Health Association about how we can ensure that everyone's wishes regarding end-of-life care are both expressed and respected.
The Conversation Project, a five-year-old grassroots initiative based at Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), has just published a new, free resource: How to Choose a Health Care Proxy & How to Be a Health Care Proxy. Learned more about this latest proxy kit and the issues surrounding choosing a health care proxy on the free April 6 Audio program WIHI: Who's Your Health Care Proxy? Click here.
St Louis Magazine highlighted the recent event at St Luke's Hospital highlighting the need for Advance Care Planning in a unique and entertaining fashion and the work of our member, Rebecca Lasatar. In the article they point out, that the Before I Die exhibit can continue beyond the event. The wall is reusable and can be used in other spaces. The article noted the collaboration with Gateway End-of-Life Coalition. Check out the article in St Louis Magazine, here.
As part of our community's celebration of National Healthcare Decisions Day Gateway End-of-Life Coalition board members Brian Carpenter, PhD and Ginny Rice, Attorney at Law were guests on St. Louis on the Air, hosted by Don Marsh. They discussed the importance of advance care planning for end-of-life decisions. Listen here.
Applications for the Missouri Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Council are now being accepted.
In this article, a hospice chaplain reveals what she's learned about supporting loved ones as they prepare to embark on their last journey. Click here.
On Monday, November 27th a thoughtful discussion occurred on The Diane Rehm show. Listening to educated, experienced people talk through the complicated, personal issues that come up at end of life will provide you with something to think about. Click here to listen.
Every year, organizations across the U.S. join together on April 16th to celebrate National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), a day of conversations and action about advance care planning. How can you hold an event that will get your community, your staff, and your patients talking and taking action? We've got the answer: hold a Conversation Event.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is now promoting that nurses lead by example.
Nurses have an ethical duty to promote advance care planning conversations and provide care that is consistent with palliative care practice standards. Given their focus on providing patient and family centered health care, nurses are often the first to recognize the need for palliative care and advocate for palliative care services. In the coming months the Professional Issues Panel will release their findings on further integrating palliative and hospice care into the U.S. healthcare delivery system and the role nurses can and should assume going forward. For more information click here.
direct NIH to expand research funding specific to palliative care.
Please consider contacting the staff of our cosponsors to encourage their bosses to speak with Energy & Commerce Committee leadership to apply pressure for a mark-up on the bill. For more information click here pqlc-pcheta-final-push-memo-10122016.
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Earlier this month HATE entered the studio to record the follow-up to 2017′s "Tremendum". The new opus, bearing the working title "Salve Ignis", is tentatively slated for summer 2019 and will be the band's debut collaboration with the legendary Metal Blade Records. Details are still surfacing, but the band has so far released two raw pre-production tracks: "Path to Arkhen" and "In The Shrine Of Veles", and have confirmed that production on the finished record will be handled by the talented Wiesławski brothers at Hertz Studio, Poland (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated, and others). Stay tuned for more info coming soon!
Polish Death Metal squadron HATE is preparing to head to the studio in December to record the follow-up to 2017′s Tremendum. The new opus, bearing the working title Salve Ignis, is tentatively slated for summer 2019 and will be the band's debut collaboration with the legendary Metal Blade Records. Details are still surfacing, but the band has so far released two raw pre-production tracks: "Path to Arkhen" and "In The Shrine Of Veles", and have confirmed that production on the finished record will be handled by the talented Wiesławski brothers at Hertz Studio, Poland (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated, and others). Stay tuned for more info coming soon!
Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of HATE, the glorious death/black metal force hailing from Warsaw, Poland.
HATE have been praised by press and fans alike for years for creating lacerating and dark music, proven best on their current album, Tremendum (2017). The album saw ATF Sinner (vocals, guitars) utilize the dark aspects of the mystic and arcane Slavonic folklore to explore themes both personal and impersonal. It is an album that is relatable at first listen, but that is hard to fully know.
In 2018, we find HATE as ever, advancing. In preparation for what might be their most fruitful endeavor so far, to collaborate with the home of American metal, Metal Blade Records. "'You are judged by the company you keep', the saying goes – and if that is true, then we shall be judged extremely favourably. We are very proud to announce our signing to Metal Blade Records, a label that is as synonymous with metal as the invention of the distortion pedal. This signing could not have come at a better timing, as it coincides with an opening of a new chapter in the band's history. Beginning with the release of 2017′s 'Tremendum', Hate has been on a journey towards new, even darker horizons, and we're confident that this step will help us in reaching these goals. Our first collaboration is already well underway and plans have already been laid down to enter the studio in December of this year, with a tentative release date for mid-2019. Come, bear witness and join us on this journey", comments the band's front-man ATF Sinner.
Watch Hate on their world tour, which is kicking off tomorrow at In Flammen Open Air! See below for all dates.
Highly regarded Polish extreme metallers HATE have refined their formula and have created an album that re-establishes them as a serious player on the scene! Tremendum sets a strong new approach and you will definitely re-discover the band on a new level! With Tremendum they have tapped into different musical resources including progressive beats, ingenious song structures and a completely new sound, which is still authentically harsh and yet very powerful.
Tremendum will be released via Napalm Records on May 5th 2017! Make sure to grab your pre-order HERE!
Today the first official music video for the song Numinosum has been released.
Have you seen their latest lyric video? "Asuric Being" can be viewed HERE.
Tremendum will be available as CD Digipak and LP Gatefold.
Beware! The sheer amount of fierceness on HATE's upcoming album is beyond anything these Polish Extreme Black / Death metallers have ever done before! Fast and well-defined songs set a new standard in the band's songwriting, while the structure of the songs let you submerge in them as soon as you press play.
Polish Extreme Black / Death metallers HATE have refined their formula and have created an album that re-establishes them as a serious player on the scene. Please welcome Tremendum – out on May 5th via Napalm Records!
You will re-discover the band and on a new level, as they seem to reach into different musical resources including progressive beats, ingenious song structures and a completely new sound, which is still authentically harsh and yet very powerful. Beware! The amount of fierceness on the album is beyond anything HATE have ever done before.
The material's title Tremendum (eeriness and the fear of the holy) refers to an archaic notion of holiness, which is both good and evil. And you will have absolutely no doubt which part of it this band represents.
Pre-Orders of Tremendum will be available shortly!


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Manak-E's new album titled "Darr" is set for a 31st May Release ..
Mr Hor Glassy, Manak-E is back with a brand new solo album, Darr, the album has been in production for a few months now, with Manak-E gaining a helping hand from RDB, Sangra Vibes, Aman Hayer and Kam Frantic all on the production duties.
'Darr' will be the first release from the ailing Untouchables UK camp, who did not do too well in 2005, with dissapointing releases from RDB,E=MC and the continuation of the stale Urban Flavas series.
A video for this album will shortly be airing on your TV screens! With the video being shot in toronto, featuring Manak-E and Manj from RDB... so no dodgy india videos then guys?
In his own words he has said that this is by far the best album he has done to this day.
A new mind-blowing 11 track album that will take the industry of Bhangra music by storm! Containing a blend of all types of music, it will be an album that is simply played everywhere by everyone. Composed and mastered to set new heights in the world of Bhangra Music. It's a must for all music lovers. The lyrics have been carefully chosen by Manak-e and can confidently say that they will appeal to everybody.
Do you remember the massive hit track's 'HOR GLASSY, JEE KARDA, PAISA'. Well it just got a whole lot better, with the new track 'YEAH YEAH', listeners better be aware that they are about to be given a track that will become another instant anthem.
Darr has 11 brand new tracks and every single track is brilliant and you will be left amazed as to how such quality has been expressed in one album.
Untouchables Records with such reputable artists are confident this album will continue to bring them huge success in the Bhangra music scene and they will be remembered for their innovative ideas. The album is destined to have a positive impact throughout the world.
Tracklistings:
Lut Ke Laigee
Boliyan
Kushian
Na Ni Karnee
Kan Wich Gal
Aja Mahi
Kaun Nachdhi
Ikh Pal
Dil Diwana
Keep It Locked To SimplyBhangra.Com!
*Album is expected for 31st May!*
0 #40 P.K.TaLLi.JaTT 2006-05-28 21:53
its been released already i have it
0 #35 tsj 2006-05-25 14:58
Finally!! cant wait 4 this album 2 cum out. been waitin a long time 4 it.
0 #30 darr — luckybrar3 2006-05-03 16:23
excellent song thanxxxx


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Fears about the ga Pact
| 14 Feb 2018 12:00 AM GMT
The news that the fil ga Pact is to be incorporated in the Indian Constitution is bound to raise legitimate fears about how the boundaries of the proposed Greater galim are likely to affect its neighbouring States. Much of the fears arise from the fact that the Union government has maintained the utmost secrecy about the terms and conditions of the fil ga Pact. This is what inevitably happens when the Union government decides to maintain utmost secrecy about developments that are likely to affect not just one particular State but also its neighbouring States that have been left completely in the dark about what compromises the Centre has had to make in order to bring peace to a troubled State. But this is not how a democracy can be allowed to function.
The Union government stated on Monday that it was not apprehending any major law-and- order problem during the ensuing State Assembly polls in galand since the tiol Council of galim (I-M) and the working group of the ga tiol Political Groups (NNPGs), the umbrella body of six rebel outfits which are talking with the Centre, have given a formal commitment of not interfering with the election process. It is this ambience of concord that seems to have prompted the government to incorporate the fil agreement to be signed with the rebel groups of galand in the Constitution of India to give it a formal stamp of approval. This is indeed a matter of serious concern for the stakeholders of the fil ga Pact. And the real problem arises from the Centre's failure to regard the neighbouring States of the proposed Greater galim also as the stakeholders of the pact. By now, it is quite evident that the Centre had not been able to arrive at any kind of satisfactory pact for the people of galand without making certain assurances about increasing the size of present galand in order to create a Greater galim. And this is not going to be possible without including parts of the territories of Assam, Manipur and Aruchal Pradesh no matter what assurances are given to these three States that the creation of Greater galim will not in any way affect the boundaries of the neighbouring States. The obvious conclusion is that the high level of secrecy surrounding the fil ga Pact has been occasioned mainly by fears of very legitimate protests from the neighbouring States of Assam, Manipur and Aruchal Pradesh once it becomes known that territories of these three States have been included to create Greater galim. That apart, certain concessions obviously had to be made also to ensure that the forthcoming general elections of galand would be conducted smoothly after the rebel groups filly softened their opposition to the elections and agreed not to interfere directly with the election process.
So far, Assam Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary have remained firm in their resolve not to part with inch of Assam's territory for the creation of Greater galim. However, in the context of the Centre's determition to secure peace in galand at any cost, it is quite possible that the Centre might impose its decision on the creation of Greater galim by annexing territories from the States of Assam, Manipur and Aruchal Pradesh. And once the decisions of the Centre that form the principal determints of the proposed Greater galim are implemented and become part of the Indian Constitution, it will become virtually impossible to make any changes to the complete satisfaction of the people of Assam, Manipur and Aruchal Pradesh. This in turn is bound to stoke chronic disturbances and violence in these three States. The fil ga Pact has not yet been made public. There is still time for the Centre to make the necessary changes to the ga Pact to ensure that the attempts to appease one refractory State of the Union that seeks the status of a sovereign country within a country does not come at the cost of territories annexed from neighbouring States. True, it has taken decades to forge any kind of accord with this refractory State of ours. But this is not good enough reason to make compromises that could remain unfortute precedents for many more decades to come.