I am a real idiot to do this: 2017-07-30

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Man missing in Pilbara, Anthony Collis, found ‘alive and well’

A 32-year-old man missing since Thursday in a remote and rugged stretch of Western Australia’s Pilbara has been found alive after he became separated from his travelling companion and vehicle.

Anthony Collis was travelling with a woman to Darwin on Thursday when they became separated, roughly 570 kilometres inland south-east of Broome, near the Karlamilyi National Park, on the Canning Stock Route.

Anthony, wearing a blue-stripped collared shirt and an earing in one ear, smiles at the camera.

The woman, disoriented and dehydrated, later walked into the Georgia Bore Camp on the Canning Stock Route, 8.2 kilometres north of Well 22, and reported him missing.

The pair’s vehicle was found abandoned on Friday, one kilometre north of the well and yesterday and clothes and equipment were found yesterday.

This morning, Mr Collis was found by police about 8am about 1 kilometre north of the well.

“He is dehydrated and suffering from exposure, but otherwise fine,” the statement said.

“He is currently being flown by helicopter to Newman Hospital for treatment.”

The search involved local officers, tactical response group trackers, the police airwing and State Emergency Services volunteers.

Source: Man missing in Pilbara, Anthony Collis, found ‘alive and well’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Boy injured after falling onto rocks at Avon Descent white water race WA

A teenage boy has been injured after falling from a bridge onto rocks at Bells Rapids while watching the Avon Descent, a white water race held annually east of Perth.

The accident happened about 11:15am as competitors continued to race through the rapids.

It took emergency services about 20 minutes to stretcher the boy off the rocks, with fast moving water making the rescue difficult.

With a large crowd looking on, rescuers stretchered the boy onto a waiting dingy before moving him to shore.

Police officers, paramedics and rescuers helped lift the boy, who was wrapped in foil for warmth, up a steep slope into a waiting ambulance.

Bells Rapid is about 40 kilometres from the start of day two of racing for the 2017 Avon Descent, and attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

The notorious rapids are the final hurdle for competitors, and represent the end of the difficult section of the race.

Several kayakers came unstuck attempting to navigate the fast moving water.

The Avon Descent covers 124 kilometres of the river.

Source: Boy injured after falling onto rocks at Avon Descent white water race – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood diagnosed with lung cancer

Ronnie Wood has been fighting a secret battle with lung cancer. Ron, 70, had an op but refused chemo. He said: “Everything was in the balance.” Ronnie has revealed how he prepared to say goodbye

Ronnie has revealed how he prepared to say goodbye to his family after he was diagnosed with cancer.

The Rolling Stone said the diagnosis led to the darkest period of his life.

The guitarist also recalled how he took the agonising decision to have an operation rather than chemotherapy because he did not want to lose his hair.

The father of six said: “I’ve had a fight with a touch of lung cancer.

“There was a week when everything hung in the balance and it could have been curtains, time to say goodbye.”

Ronnie, who quit smoking a week before his one-year-old twins Gracie and Alice were born, was diagnosed…

Source: Ronnie Wood says he was ready to say goodbye to his family after being diagnosed with lung cancer

Student pilot dies, instructor clings to life after plane crash in Melbourne – CLIP

A Hong Kong teenager and a pilot remain clinging to life after their plane plunged into a paddock in Melbourne.
Student pilot Nicholas Cheung, 19, and his instructor John Dwyer, in his 30s, were trapped in the wreckage for hours after the crash at Clyde North on Thursday.
A spokesperson from Royal Melbourne Hospital confirmed to Daily Mail Australia the pilot remained in a critical condition.

White House crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump

There is a grand jury in Washington DC. The special counsel’s team is full of experts in financial crime. On Russia, the president can feel the net closing

The legal net around Donald Trump’s beleaguered presidency tightened dramatically this week with news that a grand jury has been established a few hundred yards from the White House, to pursue evidence of collusion with the Kremlin.

It is a troubling development for the president, for several reasons. In the US legal system, a grand jury has broad powers to issue subpoenas, and ultimately indictments, at the request of prosecutors…

Source: White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump | US news | The Guardian

Dean Smith releases marriage equality bill as Liberals prepare for showdown

Liberal senator, who wants to see a free vote, warns colleagues a future Labor bill will not protect religious freedoms

As the Liberal party prepares for a showdown on the issue, Smith called for the party to allow a free vote, just as John Howard did when dealing with contentious issues including abortion drug RU486 and euthanasia.

Though a senator, Smith said it was important to the moral authority of the marriage bill that it was introduced into the lower house first…

Source: Dean Smith releases marriage equality bill as Liberals prepare for showdown | Australia news | The Guardian

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Newsweek Mocks ‘Lazy Boy’ Donald Trump On New Cover

“I would have added past due bills on floor…”

President Donald Trump won’t want to hang this uncomplimentary magazine cover at any of his golf clubs.

Newsweek depicted the president as a junk food-eating television addict on the front of its next issue, dated Aug. 11.

Under the headline “LAZY BOY,” the edited photo shows Trump slumped in a recliner with a remote control in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other. An open bag of Cheetos is perched on his lap while an empty McDonald’s hamburger carton is discarded on the floor. . .

Source: Newsweek Mocks ‘Lazy Boy’ Donald Trump On New Cover

White House Tries To Shut Down Speculation That Mike Pence Is Preparing For 2020 Run

You know, just in case Donald Trump isn’t.

A spokesman for Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday downplayed speculation that the veep is preparing for a 2020 presidential campaign in case President Donald Trump doesn’t seek re-election.

The speculation began in earnest after The New York Times published a story detailing how Pence has engaged in more political activity than vice presidents typically do: He has has created his own political fundraising committee and has hosted Republican donors and activists at his residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington.

Pence advisers have also indicated to party donors that the vice president has plans to run if Trump does not, the Times reported.

Marc Lotter, a Pence spokesman, said the Times’ report was “wishful thinking.”

Source: White House Tries To Shut Down Speculation That Mike Pence Is Preparing For 2020 Run

$6000 a day to keep lights on at empty #Perth Children’s Hospital

WA taxpayers are forking out thousands of dollars a day to keep lights on at the empty Perth Children’s Hospital.

The McGowan Government has spent $371,000 on power bills for the controversy-plagued hospital over nine weeks in May and June, The Sunday Times can reveal.

The hospital’s daily electricity cost averages almost $6000 — the equivalent of the yearly power bill of four Perth homes.

The Child and Adolescent Health Service only began paying the electricity charges after the McGowan Government decided to accept “practical completion” of PCH from builder John Holland in April.

A PCH project spokeswoman said hospital staff occupied most of the building during the day and night. They required lighting to “complete important commissioning activities to prepare the space for operations”.

“Lighting is also required after-hours to assist the security team who walk the building regularly throughout the night to monitor the large site,” she said.

“Since ownership of the building, attempts are continuing to reduce lighting use wherever possible.”

It is now 115 days since Government took ownership of the site and there is still no opening date.

Yesterday, Opposition health spokesman Bill Marmion said the power bill revelation raised questions about why practical completion was granted, despite lead contamination problems being unresolved.

A parliamentary inquiry into the fiasco is looking into quality of building products, governance and risks associated with granting practical completion.

The Government previously admitted the drawn-out completion of the project was costing WA taxpayers $5.8 million a month since April. This includes paying $500,000 a month for an empty car park.

The Government hopes a phosphate treatment which started in May will stop lead leaching from brass fittings in the hospital’s water pipes.

Health Minister Roger Cook said the Government would receive the latest water test results from WA’s chief health officer this Friday.

Mr Cook said WA Health had sought legal and technical advice on the implications of accepting practical completion.

“Granting practical completion, with water as a defect, enabled the State to take responsibility for PCH without delay,” he said.

“It enabled the State to immediately proceed with essential chemical treatment using polyphosphate as well as removing access constraints on clinical commissioning activities.”

Source: $6000 a day to keep lights on at empty Perth Children’s Hospital | Perth Now

Crane crashes onto building at Wolli Creek Sydney

PARAMEDICS are treating three people after a crane toppled over and crashed onto an apartment building in Sydney’s south today.

No one was inside the crane at the time but three people received minor injuries when the crane toppled from one building to another at Brodie Spark Drive, Wolli Creek.

Roads in the immediate area have been closed and two buildings have been evacuated as police established an exclusion zone…

Source: Crane crashes onto building at Wolli Creek.

Two killed as Typhoon Noru slams Japan

AT least two people have been killed on southern Japanese islands as a powerful typhoon accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds lashed the region, local media report.

A 67-year-old man died after sustaining injuries in a fall on Yaku island, while an 84-year-old was found floating in a port on Tanegashima island, broadcaster NHK reported.

About 9000 residents were ordered to evacuate their homes on Amami Oshima island as slow-moving Typhoon Noru brought torrential rains to the region, NHK said…

Authorities were warning of flooding, mudslides, high waves and swollen rivers in the southern part of Kyushu island and on the Amami Oshima region.

More than 100 flights for Sunday have already been cancelled in the region as the season’s fifth typhoon is projected to make landfall on southern Kyushu island on Sunday.

Source: Typhoon in Japan: Two dead | Perth Now

Solar panels innovation gives round-the-clock power without pricey battery storage

Imagine if energy from your solar panels could give you hot water around the clock without buying an expensive battery. Well, it’s already possible.

That concept is already a reality, with cost-cutting energy devices which leverage the power of “big data” helping households get more out of their solar panels by effectively using their hot water system as a battery.

One of the biggest gripes for solar panel owners is that they typically only use around half of the energy they produce before it is exported back to the electricity grid.

A close-up of a solar energy diverting device, a small black and white box with a blue LCD panel on it.

Households are paid a tariff for the power they export to the grid — but that fee has been dramatically scaled back in recent years, providing further incentive for householders to want to use as much of the power they generate themselves as possible.

Expensive battery systems were touted as the only option to secure more power, but high-tech monitoring devices can provide households with a cheaper option.

The devices utilise “big data”, which is the collection of extremely large data sets that are computer-analysed to reveal patterns and trends.

It is what allows people to do things like stream music, look up GPS directions and post pictures online. But it is also helping consumers cut their power bills.

“Big data allows households to optimise their energy use and allows people to have more control of what electricity they use from the solar panels,” Curtin University sustainability expert Dev Tayal said.

“As electricity prices rise and as some of the more generous rebates and feed-in tariffs wind back, we’re only going to see an increased uptake of smart intelligent devices.”

Source: Solar panels innovation gives round-the-clock power without pricey battery storage – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

GWS beat Melbourne, while Collingwood, Fremantle, Essendon + Western Bulldogs also win

The Giants consolidate a top four spot, the Lions give the Bulldogs a fright, and an injury to Kangaroos star Ben Brown lead the headlines after a big Saturday of AFL football.

Source: GWS pushes for top two spot after beating Melbourne, while Collingwood, Fremantle, Essendon and Western Bulldogs also win – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Brisbane Broncos thump Gold Coast Titans 54-0, as Newcastle Knights, Canberra Raiders also grab wins

The Brisbane Broncos annihilate the Titans 54-0, following the Knights’ surprise win over the Warriors, before the Raiders enjoy a convincing win over Cronulla.

Source: Brisbane Broncos thump Gold Coast Titans 54-0, as Newcastle Knights, Canberra Raiders also grab wins – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Bolt beaten: Gatlin wins 100m sprint to spoil Jamaican’s swansong

Justin Gatlin ruined Usain Bolt’s farewell party when the 35-year-old American won the world 100m title on Sunday (AEST), beating the Jamaican superstar into third and sparking a chorus of boos from a London crowd unhappy with his doping past.

What was expected to be a glorious celebration of the departure of the sport’s greatest showman turned into a condemnation of its biggest pantomime villain as Gatlin, twice banned for drug offences, rolled back the years to win a second world title 12 years after his first and 13 after claiming Olympic 100m gold.

As so often before, Bolt, 30, made a terrible start but this time he could not make it up as Christian Coleman, the 21-year-old American who beat him in the semi-finals, looked set for victory.

But Gatlin, who stumbled at the death to lose the 2015 world final by a hundredth of a second to Bolt, on this occasion timed his surge and dip to perfection to win in 9.92 seconds.

Coleman, who has run over 40 races this year but turned professional only a few weeks ago, took silver in 9.94. Bolt finished in 9.95.

Source: Usain Bolt loses out to Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman in 100m final at world athletics championships – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Blizzards hammer Victoria’s slopes, with more strong winds expected

Victoria’s alpine areas are being pummelled by blizzard conditions with heavy snowfalls setting in, as a powerful cold front makes its way across the state.

The front began battering the south-west yesterday evening and peaked in Melbourne in the early hours of this morning, with some bayside suburbs hit by gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

The Grampians in the state’s west recorded the strongest winds of 102 kilometres per hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said alpine areas could receive their heaviest falls of the winter so far.

“We may see wind gusts up to about 110 kilometres per hour. Probably easing a little through the afternoon but still quite windy,” he said.

“We will just see steady snow up there with expected totals of between 20 and 40 centimetres.”

Source: Blizzards hammer Victoria’s slopes, with more strong winds expected – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)