After a very West Australian week – bickering over the name on the medal for best afield, West Coast and Fremantle played each other to a standstill at Optus Stadium yesterday and two South Australians shared the last Glendinning Medal.
West Coast did not so much out-last Fremantle as out-clean them. The Eagles’ 13.11 (89) to 12.9 (81) win was the result of slicker ball movement, cleaner ball handling.
Their captain Shannon Hurn won his second his second Glendinning Medal in as many derbies, his 30 disposals off half back intercepting countless Fremantle attacks. When you threw in Jeremy McGovern alongside him, the Dockers were cut off at the pass.
Fremantle’s own derby specialist Lachie Neale had 35 disposals including 16 in contests. When Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe could not quite impose himself on after half-time thanks to the efforts of Elliot Yeo, Neale was Fremantle’s driver and the one that kept them coming.
This was a hell of a match to mark one hell of an occasion in front of one hell of a crowd.
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Western Derby 47: Slick Eagles outpoint Dockers to win first clash at Optus Stadium by eight points
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Yemen fires missiles into Saudi Arabia in retaliation for death of top Houthi official
Yemen’s Houthi movement has fired ballistic missiles at what it called “economic and vital targets” in the southern Saudi province of Jizan, where Saudi authorities said a man was killed by debris from the projectiles.
Key points:
Houthis said they launched eight ballistic missiles at “economic and vital targets”
Riyadh said it intercepted four of the projectiles
Eyewitnesses in Sanaa reported Saudi-led air raids over the capital during the funeral
The attack appeared to be retaliation promised by Yemen’s dominant political faction, as thousands attended a funeral in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa for a top Houthi official killed in a Saudi-led air strike last week.The Houthis said they launched eight ballistic missiles at “economic and vital targets” in Saudi’s Jizan province on Saturday.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
#F1 Vettel: Ferrari front row lockout for Russian Grand Prix as Hamilton struggles to fourth
Hamilton, mysteriously off-colour for much of the weekend here, was more than half a second behind Vettel, who celebrated his pole in raucous fashion over the team radio.
The last time Vettel started from pole was at the Singapore Grand Prix back in 2015, but his and Ferrari’s pace in Russia so far this weekend would appear to point towards a changing of the guard, with Hamilton’s Mercedes team having dominated the sport for the past three seasons.
Indeed Mercedes have a great record in these parts having won all of the three grands prix staged here while leading every lap.
But they, and in particular Hamilton, have struggled for form, with Ferrari now only cementing their status as real challengers for both the drivers’ and constructors’ crown.
Hamilton was nearly six tenths of a second behind Vettel, and almost half-a-second down on Bottas. His sluggish pace was greeted by crossed arms from Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda in the Mercedes garage, with the latter puffing out his cheeks and shaking his head.
For Vettel he was jubilant to seal his 47th career pole.
‘It is a very good result and I am sure everyone is happy and very proud,’ he said. ‘The car was phenomenal this afternoon and it was a real pleasure to take the car around on low fuel and drive it to the limit.’
British driver Jolyon Palmer is in desperate need of a strong weekend after a troubled start to the new season, but he had another day to forget here.
Palmer’s Renault mechanics worked through the night to replace his chassis after an exhaust issue was detected in practice on Friday. He then completed just four laps this morning following an engine failure, before he crashed out of qualifying to complete a torrid 24 hours.
Source: Sebastian Vettel on pole position for Russian Grand Prix | Daily Mail Online
Shark lover is mauled to death off the island of Reunion
A shark lover who was devoted to warning people about the animals was mauled to death in the world’s black spot for such attacks.
Adrien Dubosc, 30, died off the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean just two months after one of his best friends died in almost identical circumstances.
Mr Dubosc was a member of Shark Watch Patrol, an organisation dedicated to cutting down on shark deaths on Reunion, which is plagued by man-eating bull and tiger sharks.
Despite this, he loved the fish, and regularly posted Facebook pictures of ones he had seen, together with biological details about them.
Just after 11am on Saturday morning Mr Dubosc entered the sea at Pointe au Sal in Saint-Leu with his bodyboard, off a beach where watersports are officially banned.
A police spokesman said: ‘The young man was in the water with two friends, when a shark attacked him, biting his right thigh, and his groin area.
‘The victim was pulled out of the water, and emergency workers arrived very quickly. Despite cardiac massage, he died within half an hour of the attack.’
The beach was packed at the time, and members of Mr Dubosc’s family were among those who watched the horror unfold.
Mr Dubosc, who lived in Saint-Leu, on the west of the island, was an extremely experienced bodyboarder, and would enter the water at any opportunity.
Today France Meteo, the national weather service, had warned of strong swells off Reunion, which is one of the country’s overseas territories.
On February 21st Mr Dubosc’s close friend Alexandre Naussac, 26 and another trained shark spotter, died on a nearby beach that had also been officially closed to watersports.
The island, which is just 40 miles long, has seen some 15 per cent of all the world’s fatal attacks over the past five years.
The French authorities have insisted they are tackling the problem with nets and boat patrols, and by catching and killing about 100 sharks a year.
In turn, conservationists have complained about such culls, saying that there are enough of the fish being killed by pollution
Source: Shark lover is mauled to death off the island of Reunion | Daily Mail Online
Tokyo subway shut down over fears of North Korean attack
One of Tokyo’s major subways systems says it shut down all lines for 10 minutes after receiving warning of a North Korean missile launch.
Tokyo Metro official Hiroshi Takizawa says the temporary suspension affected 13,000 passengers this morning.
Service was halted on all nine lines at 6:07 am and was resumed at 6:17 am after it was clear there was no threat to Japan.
Takizawa said it was the first time service had been stopped in response to a missile launch.
Train services are generally suspended in Japan immediately after large earthquakes.
The transport shutdown came after a North Korean missile test failed this morning.
The ballistic missile was fired to the northeast around 5:30 a.m. from the Pukchang area, north of Pyongyang, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
He said firing a missile would be ‘a clear violation of U.N. security council resolutions.’
He added that Japan ‘cannot accept repeated provocation by North Korea’ and had ‘lodged a strong protest against North Korea.’
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the missile flew for several minutes and reached a maximum height of 44 miles before it failed.
South Korea says it’s still analyzing what type of missile the North fired.
MORE HERE: Tokyo subway shut down over fears of North Korean attack | Daily Mail Online
Sebastian Vettel fastest in final practice for #F1 #RussianGP 🇷🇺
Hamilton conceded on Friday night that Vettel holds the advantage at the Sochi Autodrum after an impressive display from the German and his resurgent Ferrari team.
Kimi Raikkonen was fastest in opening practice before Vettel topped the timesheets in the day’s second running.
And Vettel’s best effort of one minute and 34.001 seconds on Saturday morning in the third and concluding practice session saw him finish comfortably ahead of Raikkonen with Valtteri Bottas third and his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton only fourth.
Indeed Hamilton, who trails Vettel by seven points in the championship, was more than half-a-second adrift of his title rival at a circuit which has played to Mercedes’ strengths in previous years.
Hamilton has won twice here, while his Mercedes team has led every lap of each of the three races staged at the site of the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
But it is Vettel, the four-time champion, who will now be the favourite to capture his first pole position of the year in qualifying later on Saturday.
Max Verstappen finished fifth for Red Bull with Felipe Massa sixth and Daniel Ricciardo seventh. Fernando Alonso was 14th in the order.
British driver Jolyon Palmer is in need of a strong performance this weekend, but he failed to complete a single timed lap on Saturday.
Palmer’s Renault team worked through the night to change his chassis following an exhaust issue.
But there were further dramas in practice as he limped back to the pits reporting a lack of power. Renault confirmed they will now have to change his engine before qualifying.
Source: Sebastian Vettel fastest in final practice for Russian GP | Daily Mail Online
Shocking images reveal life inside a giant rubbish dump that’s home to 3,000 families
About 12 miles from Jakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia lies Bantar Gebang – the largest open landfill site in south-east Asia.
And home to around 3,000 families. Some of the children that call this frightful place home were even born there.
Their lives have been documented in a series of shocking images by 36-year-old photographer Alexandre Sattler from Colmar, France. He visited the dump – which receives 9,000 tonnes of rubbish a day – because he was interested in discovering more about Indonesia’s waste problem.
What he found profoundly shocked him.
He discovered that families there use the landfill as a way of making a living, foraging in the grime for items they can re-sell.
Sattler called it ‘a world of filth’.
He told MailOnline Travel: ‘When I arrived in Bantar Gebang I saw many families living there. The most shocking thing is that what some consider a waste, becomes a resource for others. The scale of inequality is striking and shocking. Fruit and vegetables thrown away by some, become a source of food for others.
‘The living conditions are terrible: smells, bacteria, insalubrity… families and their children live there in shelters without access to medical care and drinking water.
‘Children were living in the middle of rubbish, playing in garbage.’
Some, he said, walked around in bare feet. Injuries are not uncommon as the ground is littered with sharp objects.
‘Parents showed me their son’s open foot wound – I felt helpless,’ he said.
Amazingly, he said, some of the children seemed happy and carefree – but he suspects only because they have no points of reference for how their lives could be better.
He said: ‘The children have taught me that even in the worst situations, joy exists. I saw children playing, cheerful and happy to share time with me, to show me their shelter, toys and introduce me to their parents.
‘Not being able to compare themselves with children living beyond those mountains of waste, they seem fine.’
Source: Images reveal life inside an Indonesian rubbish dump | Daily Mail Online
Australia seeks $180m US anti-radiation missiles
The US State Department has approved the possible sale and Congress has been notified, a news release from the country’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency says.
“Australia is requesting these missiles for its Electronic Attack EA-18G Growler aircraft,” it says about the missiles, which are designed for attacking ground-based radar.
Source: Aus seeks $180m US anti-radiation missiles | Perth Now
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Inside Sydney waterfront mansion it is bought for an staggering $70MILLION
The historic estate Elaine located in the luxurious Point Piper suburb has been purchased for over $70 million by 37-year-old Australian billionaire Scott Farquhar.
The sale of the extravagant mansion broke the national house price record after it sold on Friday, having previously been owned by the Fairfax family since 1891.
New owner Scott Farquhar has significantly climbed the property ladder since buying his first home in 2006 for $1.41 million – a two-bedroom home in Prymont where he currently resides.
Mr Farquhar co-founded the software company Atlassian with his university friend Mike Cannon-Brookes in 2002 using $10,000 in credit card debt.
The business duo made their first entry onto the BRW Young Rich List in 2007 and nine years later, in 2016, topped the list with a combined net worth of $4.6 billion.
Mr Farquhar and his wife, Kim Jackson, are looking forward to raising their family in a place that holds a great sense of nostalgia to with the property having been home to generations of an iconic Australian family, he said.
Former owner John Breher Fairfax said the sale was an ’emotional day’.
‘I sold a home that has been in the Fairfax family since 1891. I am delighted it is being purchased in one line by an Australian family,’ he said.
Boasting a beautiful harbour view and situated on Seven Shillings Beach, listing agent Ken Jacobs, of Christie’s international also sold the property that held the previous number one house price record.
Source: Point Piper mansion sells for more than $70 MILLION | Daily Mail Online
Two pints of beer can cut pain by a quarter
Medical researchers said blood alcohol content of approximately .08 per cent produced ‘a small elevation of pain threshold’ and a ‘moderate to large reduction in pain intensity ratings’.
They added: ‘Findings suggest that alcohol is an effective analgesic that delivers clinically-relevant reductions in ratings of pain intensity, which could explain alcohol misuse in those with persistent pain despite its potential consequences for long-term health.’
The analysis, published in The Journal of Pain, observed 18 studies involving 404 participants who were experiencing chronic pain.
The studies provided alcohol versus no-alcohol comparisons for 13 tests of pain threshold.
Now the experts are planning to find out if alcohol either lowers anxiety of pain, which then reduces the perception of discomfort, or if it numbs the sensation of pain by affecting the brain receptors.
Dr Trevor Thompson, who headed the study at London’s Greenwich University, told The Sun: ‘[Alcohol] can be compared to opioid drugs such as codeine and the effect is more powerful than paracetamol.
‘If we can make a drug without the harmful side- effects then we could have something that is potentially better than what is out there at the moment.’
But Rosanna O’Connor, director of Alcohol and Drugs at Public Health England, added: ‘Drinking too much will cause you more problems in the long run. It’s better to see your GP.’
Source: Two pints of beer can cut pain by a quarter | Daily Mail Online
NASA’s Cassini probe transmits closest pictures of Saturn’s atmosphere after successful dive
Cassini began its dip on Wednesday night (AEST) but could not make contact for almost 24 hours while its antenna was facing away from Earth.
The spacecraft’s big dish antenna served as a shield as it hurtled through the narrow gap, temporarily cutting off communications.
Scientists were jubilant when the probe sent its first signals yesterday afternoon — proving it had survived — accompanied by the first raw images.
Scientists say the pictures show details never seen before, including a gigantic swirling hurricane at Saturn’s north pole.
“In the grandest tradition of exploration, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has once again blazed a trail, showing us new wonders and demonstrating where our curiosity can take us if we dare,” NASA’s planetary science director Jim Green said.
“We are just ecstatic,” project science engineer Jo Pitesky said. “Saturn continues to surprise us.”
During its dive, Cassini skimmed about 3,000 kilometres above Saturn’s cloud tops, closer than ever before, and within 300km of the innermost visible edges of its rings, NASA said.
Cassini project manager Earl Maize said extra precautions were taken for the historic mission.
READ MORE HERE: NASA’s Cassini probe transmits closest pictures of Saturn’s atmosphere after successful dive – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Robin Millhouse, first Democrats MP and ‘maverick personality’, dies aged 87
Former maverick MP and Supreme Court judge Robin Millhouse is being remembered for his contribution to law reform in South Australia after dying at the age of 87.
Mr Millhouse was a member of State Parliament for more than 25 years before going on to a career as a judge first at home and then overseas.
One of the most colourful characters in South Australian legal and political circles, Mr Millhouse was Australia’s first Democrats MP.
He was also a devout Christian, a fitness fanatic, cycling enthusiast and ardent nudist.
Former SA Democrats leader Ian Gilfillan said Mr Millhouse was “one of the most remarkable and unusual people that you’d ever meet”.
“A remarkable friend and a remarkable individual with a maverick personality,” he said.
