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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Trump: no transgender people will serve in U.S. military
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not allow transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military in any capacity.
“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” Trump wrote in a series of Twitter posts.
“Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” the Republican president wrote.
The Pentagon ended its ban on openly transgender people serving in the U.S. military in 2016 under Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration. It was expected to start allowing transgender people to begin enlisting this year, provided they had been “stable” in their preferred gender for 18 months.
Last month, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis approved a six-month delay in allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. armed forces.
The delay alarmed transgender advocates.
Source: Trump: no transgender people will serve in U.S. military – Twitter
Central station shooting: NSW Police fire at man in standoff
A NSW Police spokeswoman told news.com.au she could not yet provide any details.
News.com.au has contacted NSW Ambulance for comment.
It is not known if the man is dead or alive or if anyone else was injured.
Nathan Yin was standing near Eddy Avenue entrance to Central Station waiting for a friend when he saw a man approach the florist and begin “breaking everything”.
‘A man came from nowhere. He tried to grab an old man, the florist owner, and he was pulling him and yelling at him. I said, ‘What the f*** do you want?’ and he said, ‘I just want to die’.
“I took off my bag and yelled at him, I tried to get him to stop.”
Mr Yin said he called police, who arrived within five minutes. That’s when he says the situation escalated.
“The man, I think he was holding scissors and trying to grab police and the police have shot him. Three or four gun shots.
“I was right there and I tried to escape the gunfire. I saw him go down. I think he got hit all over the body and he went down straight away.”
Another witness, Serena Whelan, said she heard three loud bangs from the park across the road around 6.20pm.
More to come.
Source: Central station shooting: NSW Police fire at man in standoff
Two women killed during shooting in rural NZ
Police attended a property outside of Whangarei and discovered the bodies of the two women and an injured man.
Authorities say the trio went to the property as part of a routine house inspection when they were shot at.
Police tried to negotiate with a fourth man, believed to be the offender, however he shot at authorities after tear gas was deployed.
The property caught fire during the encounter and was subsequently engulfed in flames.
It is not believed the alleged offender survived the fire.
The injured man has been admitted to Whangarei Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
Police believe the two women killed were related.
An exclusion zone has been set up around the home, with authorities planning to talk to anyone who witnessed the events.
Source: Two women killed during shooting in rural NZ
#F1 Mercedes Ferrari battle: Hidden reason for Hamilton’s success
So are we seeing Mercedes grind ahead in the development war as it better understands its intricate diva of a car? Or have we just had a run of circuits that happen to suit the Merc’s concept better than the Ferrari’s?
Perhaps a little of both. But there’s a third factor too — the FIA’s various rulings on technologies that each team has been using in attempting to gain a definitive advantage.
There have been three key rulings this season, one hurting Mercedes, two directed at Ferrari. They are:
THE pre-season banning of the hydraulically-operated heave spring Mercedes had conceived the W08 around.
TECHNICAL directive 22, issued on the Tuesday prior to Azerbaijan, but essentially underlining the pre-season TD04 banning of oil burning in the combustion chambers.
FERRARI being requested before the Austrian race weekend to stiffen the slot attached to the front of its floor.
To more fully understand how these rulings have impacted upon the competitive picture, it’s as well to recap on the key differences between the two cars.
The Mercedes W08 and Ferrari SF70-H are quite different in concept. The long wheelbase of the Mercedes is a significant factor in its better aerodynamic efficiency (ie for a given downforce it has lower drag).
The airflow around the shorter wheelbase Ferrari has less length in which to reattach efficiently as it makes its way around various obstacles, such as the wheels. However, the shorter wheelbase allows the physically smaller Ferrari to be lighter — and thus the team can use more ballast to vary its balance from one track to the next without as much compromise, giving it a bigger set-up window and more flexibility in getting the tyres to work front and rear. Mercedes can now use ballast (having been over the weight limit for the first four races), but still not as much as Ferrari (which is reportedly 7kg under the minimum weight limit, pre-ballast).
In terms of aerodynamics, the Mercedes is a low-rake car, the Ferrari an increasingly high-rake one (following the example set by Red Bull). Generally, the closer to the ground the leading edge of the floor runs, the more downforce is produced thanks to the principle of ground effect.
As the speed of the car increases, the downforce acting upon it increases, pressing the car down harder on its springs and reducing the ride height (and further increasing the downforce). As the speed decreases, so it rises on its springs and the aerodynamic load provided by the floor reduces again.
A high-rake car (with ride heights set to make it downward-sloping towards the front) amplifies the ground effect of the floor. The slope means the floor has a bigger expansion area behind the tiny gap between the floor’s leading edge and the track. The bigger this expansion area is, the faster the air is sucked through the gap and the greater the downforce.
Continued Here; F1 Mercedes Ferrari battle: Hidden reason for Hamilton’s success
Asia Cup basketball, Opals beat Japan to make quarters, FIBA, Amanda Lulham, Swoop
The Opals only need to win one more match to confirm their spot at next years world basketball championships, with the top four at the Asia Cup automatic qualifiers.
Australia’s closest call of the tournament in India came against Japan.
Source: Asia Cup basketball, Opals beat Japan to make quarters, FIBA, Amanda Lulham, Swoop
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Britain will ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars from 2040 as part of a plan to get them off the roads altogether 10 years later, environment minister Michael Gove said on Wednesday.
“The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure that by 2050 there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads. Today we are confirming that that means there should be no new diesel or petrol vehicles by 2040,” Gove said in a BBC interview.
Gove also said the government would make 200 million pounds available to local authorities shortly for schemes to restrict diesel vehicles’ access to polluted roads.
Gove said he favoured road-by-road restrictions for diesel vehicles rather than outright bans from town centres or costly vehicle scrappage schemes, but did not rule them out entirely if they were local authorities’ preferred options.
Source: Britain will ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, minister says
Dr G Yunupingu remembered as a ‘dear friend, truly great musician’ by Midnight Oil frontman
Acclaimed musician Dr G Yunupingu has been remembered as a dear friend and a talented artist after his death in Darwin aged 46.
Fellow musicians, as well as his family and friends have mourned the singer, with many paying public tribute to him.
Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett expressed his sadness at the death of his “dear friend” while on stage in Paris before dedicating a song to the artist.
“Dr Yunupingu is someone that Midnight Oil toured with and knew from a very young age,” he said.
“We saw his career take off not only in Australia but also in other parts of the world singing in Yolngu language.
“And creating music which was beautiful, culturally strong and lifted people’s spirits all over the world.”
‘Apocalyptic’: 10,000 evacuated in France as wild fire blazes
The new fire came a day after France asked for Europe’s help to tackle the flames already raging in the tinder dry south, including near the popular resort of Saint-Tropez.
“The evacuations, at least 10,000, followed the progression of the fire. It’s an area that doubles or triples its population in summer,” said a fire service official of the blaze near Bormes-les-Mimosas on the Mediterranean coast.
The number of people on France’s Cote d’Azur bulges in July and August as holidaymakers head to the beach, though the area is experiencing an exceptionally hot, dry summer that has made it especially vulnerable to fires.
On Tuesday over 4,000 firefighters and troops backed by 19 water bombers had already been mobilised to extinguish the flames, which have left swathes of charred earth in their wake.
Source: ‘Apocalyptic’: 10,000 evacuated in France as wild fire blazes | SBS News
#Perth weather: heavy rain causes building collapse in Mt Hawthorn
The incident happened on Oxford Street around 11.30am Wednesday morning.
The awning outside a new medical centre and barber shop collapsed following heavy rain.
It is believed one man aged in his 30s was injured and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Tim Van Den Akker, who works nextdoor at Festival Travel, told PerthNow staff heard a loud bang then looked outside to see what had happened.
He said a man who was outside suffered head injuries and was rushed to hospital for treatment.
More to come.
Source: Perth weather: heavy rain causes building collapse in Mt Hawthorn | Perth Now
Cassie Sainsbury: ‘plea deal’ reached for cocaine smuggling charge
Details of Ms Sainsbury’s deal are due to be released later today when a court considers whether or not to accept it.
The 22-year-old South Australian is accused of smuggling 5.8kg of cocaine hidden inside 18 headphone cases at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota last month.
Her lawyers say they are still working on presenting her case.
But court authorities have confirmed a deal has been done.
“There is a deal between Fiscalia (prosecution) and the prisoner which will be made public tomorrow,” a spokesman said.
A plea deal means Ms Sainsbury should avoid the maximum sentence of more than 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors had reportedly been demanding Ms Sainsbury reveal the identities of others involved in her smuggling scheme. But her lawyers have expressed fears such revelations could endanger her life.
Source: Cassie Sainsbury: ‘plea deal’ reached for cocaine smuggling charge | Perth Now
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Barbara Sinatra, philanthropist and wife of singer Frank Sinatra, dies at 90
Barbara Sinatra, the former model, activist and wife of the late singer Frank Sinatra, died Tuesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, according to a family spokesman. She was 90 years old.
The spokesman, in an official release from the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, said she died of natural causes and was surrounded by friends and family at the time of her death.
Barbara Sinatra married the iconic singer in 1976 and they remained married until his death in 1998. She was Sinatra’s fourth wife and had been married twice before herself.
“He was always very much a gentleman and he really cared about treating me well,” Sinatra told the New York Times in 2011 about her famous husband.
But the Missouri native wasn’t just a former model and the wife of a legendary singer. She helped found the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center in the 1980’s to assist young victims of physical and sexual abuse.
“They can have a simple loving life that they didn’t have before.” Sinatra told CBS in 2013. “You feel like you’re saving lives, and you are.”
An official release today from her foundation stated, “Through Barbara Sinatra’s efforts, more than 20,000 children through age 18 have received beneficial therapy at [the center], making it possible for them to cope with traumas associated with abuse.”
Barbara is survived by her son Robert.
Source: Barbara Sinatra, philanthropist and wife of singer Frank Sinatra, dies at 90 – ABC News
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