Former President Donald Trump blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser for the events that unfolded during last year’s Capitol riot.
“January 6th is her [Bowser] and Nancy’s fault. ‘No, I’m not kidding’ (as Joe Bidden would say!),” Trump said Sunday on his social media platform, Truth Social.
The ex-president’s post included his comments earlier that criticized Bowser for asking the National Guard to help deal with migrants being transported to DC, alleging that she refused to do so during the Capitol riot.
In a July 19 letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s office and in another letter sent to the White House on July 22, Bowser requested help from the National Guard to handle the influx of migrants that were being bused into the city from Texas and Arizona .
Former President Donald Trump blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sunday for the events that unfolded during last year’s Capitol riot. Above, Trump speaks during the America First Agenda Summit on Tuesday in Washington, DC Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Christopher Rodriguez, director of Washington, DC’s emergency management agency, said in the letter on behalf of the mayor, that the situation has reached “tipping points” as more buses arrived in the last month.
The mayor asked the National Guard “to help prevent a prolonged humanitarian crisis in the nation’s capital” where efforts by nonprofits helping migrants resettle in the country became “unsustainable” as they are “overwhelmed and underfunded.”
The issue began after Republican Governors Doug Ducey of Arizona and Greg Abbott of Texas began shipping migrants from their states to DC after President Joe Biden pledged in April to lift a Trump-era order restricting border crossings to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Rodriguez wrote in the letter. The nation’s capital has since seen more than 4,000 people brought in with nearly 200 buses.
Trump on Friday targeted Bowser in a Truth Social post, saying: “The Mayor of Washington, DC, wants the National Guard to help with the thousands of Illegal Immigrants, coming from the insane Open Border, that are flooding the City, but refused National Guard help when it came to providing Security at the Capitol Building for a far larger crowd on January 6th.
His remarks come after the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot presented evidence last week revealing that Trump took no action for over three hours after his supporters stormed the Capitol just 15 minutes after his “fight like hell” speech in an apparent effort to disrupt the official certification of Biden’s electoral college victory.
Some of Trump’s top allies have come forward with testimonies to the committee including top White House lawyer Pat Cipollone, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger, and former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, among others. Some of his Cabinet’s officials also reportedly spoke with the committee recently, including former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Newsweek reached out to the offices of Pelosi and Bowser for comment.
Bonza’s first aircraft has touched down at Sunshine Coast Airport, landing a massive coup for our region.
In one of the largest launch announcements in Australian aviation history, Sunshine Coast Airport in February was named as the first Bonza base and head office location for the nation’s only independent carrier.
The arrival of the first aircraft, which left Seattle on July 29, flew to Honolulu July 30 and then left Fiji Monday morning, marks a major milestone for the company and supports its ongoing momentum with the regulatory process.
It is the first Boeing 737 MAX to be based in Australia and will be part of a fleet of brand new and fuel efficient aircraft.
They will cater for Aussie travelers flying to an initial 17 destinations on 27 routes.
Destinations soon to be available for Coast residents are: (Queensland) Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, the Whitsundays Coast, Rockhampton; (NSW) Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Newcastle, Albury, Tamworth; (Victoria) Melbourne, Avalon and Mildura.
Bonza, which hopes to be wheels up by late September, has 200 pilot and cabin crew roles to fill across its network, with 100 of those “Legends” to be based on the Sunshine Coast.
Bonza CEO Tim Jordan said the company was “beyond excited” to welcome its first aircraft to Sunshine Coast Airport.
“With so much buzz around the country for Bonza, we hope it is also exciting for the communities we’ll be flying to,” he said.
“Our team of legends has been working hard behind the scenes to reach this significant milestone and so it was important that we were all here to welcome flight AB 001 together.
“We are now one important step closer to connecting more Australians with convenient low cost travel options to more destinations for holidays and to visit loved ones.”
The aircraft will have its interior completed on Aussie shores. It will be used as a spare aircraft, a clear investment in customer experience and part of Bonza’s strategy to minimize potential disruptions to its customers wherever possible.
Additional aircraft will follow and ultimately support Bonza’s growth plans beyond its initial Sunshine Coast and Melbourne bases.
The first Bonza aircraft arrives at its home base on the Coast.
“This is an exciting time for Australian aviation and most importantly, the Aussie traveling public who will now enjoy more choice,” Mr Jordan said.
“Ninety three per cent of Bonza’s routes are currently not serviced by another airline (25 out of 27 routes) and 96 per cent are not currently served by a low-cost carrier,” he said.
“Flights are expected to start from around $50 for each hour a customer is in the air and 8kg of carry-on baggage is included in the flight price.”
Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Andrew Brodie said the arrival of Bonza’s first aircraft on the Sunshine Coast was “a momentous day for the region”.
“We are very proud to be named as the home base for Bonza,” he said.
“Our partnership with Bonza will benefit the region, state and community, connecting more people to more places, bringing them closer to the moments that matter most.
“The arrival of Bonza is a game changer for the Sunshine Coast that will create more local jobs and spearhead tourism and business growth across the wider region.”
Cabin crew will be wearing casual and hip uniforms.
Earlier this month, Bonza announced its IATA code as ‘AB’ as a nod to Andrew Brodie and his team who welcomed Bonza to the Sunshine Coast as its home base. It also represents Bonza’s mission of getting customers from A to B without C (cost and complexity).
Aussies are encouraged to download the Fly Bonza app, which will be the only place to book directly.
The airline is also calling out for Aussies to help name the plane by asking them to comment on Bonza’s social media pages with their nicknames.
“Who better to name our first aircraft than the people we are here to serve. If you have a nickname that would look good on the side of our first aircraft, head to our Instagram and Facebook pages and let us nick your nickname,” Mr Jordan said.
Short format media has been dominating lately, with bite-sized and easily digestible clips gaining a resurgence thanks to apps like TikTok. Because of this, YouTube introduced its take on short-form videos called Shorts, encouraging users to experiment with shorter media on its platform. From now on, YouTube will make it easier for creators to make Shorts, allowing them to take existing content in their library, edit it, and upload their new creations to YouTube.
Creators can head to the YouTube Studio app and choose from any long-form video in their library, select up to 60 seconds, and create Shorts. Users will have access to all of the same tools found in the web-based version of YouTube Studio, like the timeline editor, filters, music, and more. Furthermore, creators can add additional footage as needed from their gallery if it does not meet the 60-second requirement. Creators will also be able to fill in content by using the Shorts camera. Best of all, Shorts created using existing videos on YouTube will have links to the original videos. The feature is currently rolling out to iOS and Android devices.
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We’re beginning to roll out the ability to make Shorts from a VOD on iOS & Android
While short-form videos are having a moment, flourishing on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, other platforms like Instagram are struggling to capitalize. Recently, Instagram released a new change to its feed, displaying full-screen images and videos. Unfortunately, this change didn’t go down well, as users began to complain en masse, requiring Instagram’s CEO to address the changes. As a result, the company eventually back-peddled, reverting the feed to its previous incarnation. Despite this, Instagram has committed itself to evolving and pursuing a future that is leaning more toward videos and away from its roots of still images. It’s hard to tell how this will all pan out, but one thing is sure, today’s trend could quickly and abruptly end as soon as tomorrow.
Married At First Sight‘s Jackson Lonie has surprised his girlfriend Olivia Frazer after she returned home from her overseas adventure.
The bride spent the past month traveling around the UK and Europe only after Jackson was unable to join her on the trip. But he sure did make her welcoming home special.
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The groom posted a video to his Instagram, showing off how he transformed their home into a romantic night for the two of them to enjoy. You can watch the full video above.
“Just trying to romanticize my girl 😍 flowers and candles go a long way lads,” he captioned.
The groom surprises Olivia while she’s out and about. (instagram)
In the video, the 30-year-old tried to quickly set up their living and dining room while he sent Olivia to grab some groceries, as he wanted her to come back to a surprise.
“Liv’s only just come home and I’m doing a three-course meal for her. I’m gonna make this joint romantic as hell,” he explained.
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The groom lit several candles and placed them around the room, and added a bouquet of white roses to the center of their dining table.
The video then cut to all the lights being turned off with just the candles lighting up the room. Olivia stood near the door in shock.
“I got her,” he said in the video. “Are you surprised baby?”
Olivia slowly walked over to the groom, looking around the room while holding her hand up to her mouth.
“I’m so surprised,” she replied.
Olivia is shocked at what she’s walked in to. (instagram)
Some of their MAFS co-stars showed their support for the happy couple in the comment section.
“Nawwww you big softy,” Cody Bromley wrote.
Carolina Santos said, “That’s cute.”
“I love y’all,” Jessica Seracino commented.
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Olivia and Jackson had spent more than a month apart after the bride decided to travel around the UK and Europe alone.
She based herself in Edinburgh for the trip and traveled back and forth to different places, such as London, Ibiza, Bristol, Glasgow, Inverness, Isle of Skye and Stratford-upon-Avon – taking her followers along the journey with her.
After having many questions about why Jackson didn’t join her travels, Olivia explained he was training for an upcoming fight and it was a “bit too tricky for Jack to drop his training”.
“Jackson’s boxing match has been on the cards for ages. This trip was so spontaneous originally (I booked the first ticket the night before I was supposed to leave),” she wrote.
Olivia is excited to travel with Jackson in the future. (instagram)
While the pair didn’t get to travel together this time, Olivia explained she’s excited to do the trip with him again one day and show him all of the wonderful things she’s discovered.
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It didn’t take long for Henrik Stenson’s decision to join the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series to pay off handsomely.
Less than a fortnight after the even-keeled Swede was stripped of Europe’s Ryder Cup captaincy with immediate effect for defecting to the controversial Saudi-backed breakaway circuit on a reported $50m signing fee, Stenson carded a final-round 69 on Sunday afternoon to win LIV Golf’s third event by two shots over Dustin Johnson and Matthew Wolff at Trump National Golf Club in the leafy New Jersey township of Bedminster 45 miles west of New York City.
“I guess we can agree I played like a captain,” said Stenson, who brought home $4m for beating the field and an additional $375,000 for his team’s second-place finish, eye-watering sums that helped compensate for the withering criticism he’s endured since reneging on a March pledge upon accepting the captain’s post to fully support the DP Tour.
“I think there might have been a little bit of extra motivation in there this week,” he added. “When we as players have that, I think we can bring out the good stuff. I guess that’s been a bit of a theme over the course of my career, I think, when I really want something I manage to dig a little bit deeper, and a lot of times we manage to make it happen.”
On the surface it hit all the notes of a feel-good narrative: a hard-won return to the winner’s circle for a 46-year-old ranked 173rd in the world who hasn’t been there often since his record-breaking triumph at the 2016 Open. But as Stenson accepted the trophy alongside Donald Trump during a pyrotechnic-peppered ceremony that was curiously omitted from the official broadcast, while Donald Trump Jr declared it “the greatest F/U in the history of Golf”, a gnawing sense of tedium prevailed that not even the post-game Chainsmokers concert near the 10th hole could dispel.
The opprobrium that has come to define the upstart circuit bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund was only magnified at the Bedminster golf club owned by a former US president whose role in fueling the US Capitol riot remains under investigation by a House select committee. Controversy, but louder.
Trump sucked up the spotlight throughout the proceedings, consistently drawing the biggest crowds of the weekend as he watched the competition from a custom-built terrace along the 16th tee with a rotating cast of VIPs that on Sunday included Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson and far- right firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson and former US president Donald Trump watch Sunday’s final round. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA
The 54-hole, no-cut competition – absent of meaningful stakes with no meaningful history or world ranking points on the line – felt more like a soft launch for Trump’s 2024 presidential run than an authentic sporting experience. Never more than during Sunday’s final round as spontaneous chants of “Four more years!” and “Let’s go Brandon!” – a coded vulgarity among Trump supporters – resounded across the Old Course.
The renegade circuit has enticed some of the sport’s biggest names with exorbitant $25m purses and nine-figure signing-on fees. It has also drawn fierce backlash from critics who accuse the Saudi government of using sports to launder the kingdom’s dismal human rights record, alleged ties to the September 11 attacks, severe repression of women’s and LGBTQ+ rights and the 2018 murder of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
But it doesn’t take a certified public accountant to understand why LIV Golf – despite the sparse crowds at Bedminster and its modest streaming audience in the absence of a TV deal – has continued to poach one household name after another from golf’s established tours. Consider Johnson, a two-time major champion who reportedly joined on a $150m signing fee, who has earned more than $5.2m in prize money in three LIV events so far. The splashy purses don’t stop at the top of the leaderboard, either. Australia’s Jediah Morgan, who finished 14-over-par for the weekend, a gaping 25 shots adrift of Stenson and in dead last, brought home $120,000 for his trouble from him. Nice work if you can get it.
LIV Golf is here to stay, it seems. Next stop: the Oaks course at the International outside Boston in September. But the strange scenes of Bedminster have only driven home just how far it has to go in order to win over its skeptics and bridge the divide of golf’s mounting civil war.
Pork barreling in the New South Wales government “could be” considered corrupt conduct in some circumstances, the state’s anti-corruption watchdog has found.
Pork barreling is when a politician or party allocates public funds, mainly taxpayer money, and resources to certain projects in order to win votes.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found ministers can be deemed corrupt if they influence a public servant’s decision-making powers, or pressure another public servant to carry out actions in breach of public trust.
NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption found pork barreling could be considered corrupt in some circumstances. (Janie Barrett)
It also found ministers could be considered corrupt if they allocate grants based on merit, or deliberately exercise power to approve grants for partisan reasons such as for family members, the party or particular interests in the electorate.
“The report notes that those who exercise public or official powers in a manner inconsistent with the public purpose for which the powers were conferred betray public trust and so misconduct themselves,” the report said.
The watchdog said it wishes to make clear that ministers “do not have an unfettered discretion to distribute public funds.”
“The exercise of ministerial discretion is subject to the rule of law, which ensures that it must accord with public trust and accountability principles.”
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The report made several recommendations including ministers should consider whether approving funding is “efficient, effective, economical and ethical” and to follow existing frameworks.
The investigation was sparked by controversy surrounding a $250 million Berejiklian government Stronger Communities Fund grants scheme which was considered a blatant example of politicians using taxpayer money to buy votes.
UPDATE: 7/31/2022, 10:07 pm – According to a Bozeman Police Department social media post, at approximately 7:50 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2022, officers responded to Walmart after receiving multiple reports of a shooting inside the store.
“Officers eventually located one male victim and took one male suspect into custody. It appears there was an altercation between the two males which led to the shooting. There does not appear to be an ongoing threat to the public. Please avoid the Walmart area as multiple agencies continue to process the scene and interview witnesses.”
UPDATE: 7/31/2022, 10 pm – MTN News has attempted to interview other Walmart employees who are leaving the scene, but they say it’s against company policy to talk to the media.
UPDATE: 7/31/2022, 9:47 pm – Bozeman Police are asking the public to stay away from the area of Walmart on No. 7th and Oak St. The area and store will be closed for several hours as police interview witnesses and employees and try to piece together exactly what happened.
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A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Optics and Lasers in Engineering that demonstrated the feasibility of using digital holography-based three-dimensional (3D) tomographic flow cytometry for high-throughput cell analysis.
Study: On the hydrodynamic mutual interactions among cells for high-throughput microfluidic holographic cyto-tomography. Image Credit: pinkeyes/Shutterstock.com
Limitations of Imaging Flow Cytometry
Imaging flow cytometry is often used as a robust measurement technique in healthcare, life sciences, and clinical diagnostics. It combines high-resolution spectroscopic and optical information with conventional flow cytometry technology.
Fluorescence and brightfield imaging modules typically record cells flowing in a microfluidic channel to obtain their chemical and morphological insights through fluorescence and optical signal colocalization.
Although the realizable throughput of the imaging flow cytometry systems is up to tens of thousands of cells per second, these systems are based on fluorescent analysis and provide only a single two-dimensional (2D) projection of a 3D object.
Digital Holography as an Alternative to Imaging Flow Cytometry
Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) was recently proposed as a low-cost alternative to imaging flow cytometry systems to detect cells rapidly. Digital holography, a non-destructive and non-contact 3D microscopy technique, is considered an effective tool for cell imaging by QPI in biomedical applications.
During the conventional digital holography cell imaging, cells are kept in Petri dishes to complete necessary recordings through their non-stained real-time observation, specifically for studying the cell division process, cell drug response, and cell morphogenesis.
In-focus imaging of each cell can be retrieved easily due to the ability of digital holography to obtain numerical focus after the recording process.
However, a limited number of cells can be observed using this type of microscopic technique, which is a significant drawback. Microfluidic channels can be combined with digital holography-based cell imaging to overcome the drawback.
Digital Holography-Based 3D Tomographic Flow Cytometry to Achieve High-Throughput Cell Analysis
Opto-fluidic holographic microscopy has gained considerable attention in the last decade to meet the requirements of holographic flow-cytometry, a high-precision, high-throughput cell flow imaging technique.
In flow cytometry conditions, using digital holography as the imaging module can eliminate the number of cell observations limitations due to its label-free QPI and multi-refocusing capabilities.
The combination between flow cytometry and QPI has been used effectively for crucial biomedical applications, such as cancer cell identification and human leukemic cell classification. Cell rolling-based flow cytometry development to achieve 3D phase contrast tomography has recently opened a new possibility for tomography.
In this approach, the cell’s rolling behavior replaces the mechanical scanning during digital holography recording to achieve 3D phase-contrast tomography in a conventional holographic microscopy system without using any particular setup. This strategy can effectively reconstruct the 3D refractive index map/3D phase contrast tomogram of every flowing cell, such as circulating tumor cells and blood cells.
The complete rotation of any cell in the field of view (FOV) must be ensured to achieve the 3D phase-contrast tomography of the flowing cells in a microfluidic channel. In contrast to the conventional tomographic imaging systems, the in-flow phase-contrast tomography must assess the cells along their flowing paths, which makes a detailed understanding of the cell microfluidic dynamics essential.
Although several cells can be analyzed in the same FOV to increase the system throughput, no investigations have been made until now to evaluate the effects of hydrodynamic interactions on the rotation of very adjacent cells in a tomographic flow cytometer to determine the maximum achievable throughput.
Investigating the Effectiveness of Digital Holography-based 3D Tomographic Flow Cytometry
In this study, researchers studied the hydrodynamic interactions between the adjacent rotating cells within a microfluidic channel to investigate the impact on motion dynamics when the cells were close to each other by performing a numerical and experimental simulation of the fluid dynamics.
Researchers performed experiments using highly concentrated samples to image tens of cells in the FOV simultaneously. A digital holography tool was used to recover and analyze the cell dynamics, including rotation, speed, and 3D tracking of cell position, in a microfluidic experimental scenario observed in tomography.
The ability of digital holography to numerically retrieve the 3D cell positions made the technique specifically suitable for combining with flow cytometry modality. Digital holography was used to collect the experimental data needed to investigate the local changes in the flow properties due to the hydrodynamic interactions among the adjacent cells.
The worst-case within the recorded holographic sequence where a group of five cells flowing very adjacent was modeled to quantify the hydrodynamic interactions between the cells by integrating the numerical simulations with experimental observations.
Research Findings
In the imaged FOV, all cells performed more than one complete rotation, during which they were displaced less than 200 micrometers in the flow direction. This observation from the simulation was consistent with the experimental observation, which showed that necessary full cell rotation could be obtained within the y-axis FOV of 235 micrometers.
Although hydrodynamic interactions led to a quantitative effect on the cell rotational behavior, the cells could still complete necessary rotation without being considerably affected by the adjacent cells within the FOV.
Cell deformation due to hydrodynamic interactions was completely negligible, which allowed reliable reconstruction of the 3D refractive index tomograms of the five analyzed cells. An upper bound of the throughput of the holographic flow-cyto-tomograph was determined by extending this local analysis to the entire FOV.
The holographic cyto-tomographic measurement throughput was considerably increased compared to the conventional tomographic flow-cytometry as more cells could be analyzed simultaneously since interactions among adjacent cells were non-significant.
The xy-section of the microfluidic channel imaged by the digital holography microscope measured 200 micrometers × 235 micrometers. The system throughput can be increased up to 50 cells per frame by cropping a central region of analysis of 160 micrometers × 215 micrometers from the microfluidic channel xy-section and considering the worst-case five cells occupied a 60 micrometers × 60 micrometers region. A maximum of 30 tomograms can be recorded inside the 160 micrometers × 215 micrometers active area as each cell took an average of 40-45 seconds to cross the FOV.
Throughput can also be improved further by increasing the flow rate since no mechanical deformation was observed due to hydrodynamic interactions. A single full rotation was sufficient for the reconstruction of the tomogram.
In the experimental results, the cell experienced 1.5 rotations on average and could take 25-30 seconds to undergo a full rotation within the observed FOV. Therefore, the upper bound of the potential throughput can be increased to 50-60 tomograms per second by setting the correct flow rate.
The angular sampling could be reduced by implementing more performing tomographic algorithms or increasing the camera frame rate to improve the tomographic accuracy.
To summarize, the findings of this study demonstrated that digital holography-based 3D tomographic flow cytometry could provide high-throughput cell analysis. However, more research is required for the system’s future development to adopt it in biomedical applications.
Reference
Pirone D, Memmolo P, Xin L. et al. (2022) On the hydrodynamic mutual interactions among cells for high-throughput microfluidic holographic cyto-tomography. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143816622002433
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Chris Hemsworth covers his bulging biceps in a loose-fitting T-shirt as he goes shopping in Byron Bay
By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia
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He may be one of Hollywood’s hottest actors.
But Chris Hemsworth took some time out of his busy schedule to enjoy a shopping trip in Byron Bay on Monday.
The 38-year-old Thor star covered his bulging biceps in a loose-fitting brown T-shirt as he visited local clothing stores.
Chris Hemsworth covered his bulging biceps in a loose-fitting T-shirt as he went shopping in Byron Bay on Monday
The actor completed his look with a pair of black pants and wore white sneakers for the outing.
Chris held a gray jumper as he strolled along the path and explored the shops.
The Thor star lives with his wife Elsa Pataky and their three children, daughter India, nine, and twin sons Sasha and Tristan, both eight, near Byron Bay, NSW.
The 38-year-old Thor star covered his bulging biceps in a loose-fitting brown T-shirt as he visited local clothing stores
The actor completed his look with a pair of black pants and wore white sneakers for the outing
They reside in a $30million mansion in Broken Head, near the celebrity enclave of Byron Bay.
Last month, Chris said that he is working on more and more films in Australia.
‘My focus ever since I had any sway was to shoot here in Australia due to, on a personal level, being at home with my family, but also because of the awareness that I had about what was possible here when it comes to the talent ‘I told The Daily Telegraph.
Chris held a gray jumper as he strolled along the path and explored the shops
The Thor star lives with his wife Elsa Pataky and their three children, daughter India, nine, and twin sons Sasha and Tristan, both eight, near Byron Bay, NSW
Chris made his latest film, the Netflix science fiction drama Spiderhead, in Queensland.
His production company, Wild State Productions, brought Thor 3 and 4, Extraction 1 and 2, Spiderhead and Interceptor to film in Australia, the paper reported.
‘Life is sweet. It is great and I couldn’t be happier,’ Chris added. ‘If you had said or asked me 10 years ago where I would like to be, this is it.’
They reside in a $30million mansion in Broken Head, near the celebrity enclave of Byron Bay
Last month, Chris said that he is working on more and more films in Australia
NRL Match Review Committee manager Luke Patten has outlined why Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona escaped punishment for an ugly elbow on Wayde Egan — explaining there was only “minor contact”.
Asofa-Solomona’s elbow came down hard on the dummy-half’s chin, forcing him to leave the field in the fourth minute.
The hulking front rower was placed on report for the incident, but escaped sanction — which has since been heavily scrutinized by the rugby league community.
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Patten, who played 282 NRL games, explained the MRC first cleared that the incident didn’t include a crusher tackle.
“There was a number of things for the MRC to consider,” Patten said.
“First of all we identified that there was an extra player, Kaufusi, contributing to the force of the tackle as he joins.
“Two big men, on a smaller man, we identified that Nelson creates space, so there is no crusher force or pressure applied to Egan’s neck here.”
Patten went on to explain that there was “clear separation” between Asofa-Solomona’s elbow and Egan’s head, meaning the MRC cleared a head slam.
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“There was a couple of other things that we needed to clear in this tackle, firstly it was the head slam, we see that there is clear separation from Nelson’s right arm as Wade Egan sort of gets thrown to the ground,” Patten said.
“Nelson has a good grip with his left arm, but there is clear separation, whereas in a head slam you’d see that arm isolate the head and really slam it into the ground.
Then, Patten moved on to the dangerous contact aspect — the exact charge that was handed down to Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves for a similar incident.
The Tricolours prop dropped his elbow onto the head of debutant Zac Fulton, earning a $3,000 fine with an early plea.
Patten said that in this instance there was only “minor contact” with Egan’s neck, and therefore no further action was taken.
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“We have cleared that because his arm does separate from Egan, secondly was the dangerous contact aspect that we had to clear here,” Patten said.
“As I mentioned previously, Nelson has a grip with his left arm and there is clear separation, in one of the back angles you can see Nelson gets a grip under Egan’s left arm, under the underarm.
“We believe that Nelson’s right arm was diagonal from that grip, so diagonally across his chest and that there might be possible minor contact at the end of the tackle with Nelson’s forearm to possibly the neck and chin area.
“But that was only minor contact, it was a forceful tackle which unfortunately resulted in Egan’s head going into the ground.
“But these were all the things that we considered when we ruled that this accidental incident was ruled NFA for us.”
