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July Friday 03, 2009 at 14:35
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This year Aphelion, the point in Earth's elliptical orbit when it is farthest from the Sun, occurs tomorrow, July 4th.Of course, that doesn't affect the seasons on our fair planet .Those are determined by the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation and notEarth's distance from the Sun, so July is still winter in the southand summer in northern hemisphere.But it does mean that on July 4th the Sun will be at its smallestapparent size.This composite neatly compares two pictures of the Sun taken with thesame telescope and camera on thedates of Perihelion (closest approach) and Aphelion in 2008.The image labels include Earth's distance in kilometersfrom the Sun on the two dates.Otherwise difficult to notice , the change in the Sun'sapparent diameter between Perihelionand Aphelion is clear.The difference amounts to a little over 3 percent.


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Daily Telegraph
The European Union has been accused of imposing a "tax on the disabled" after it passed a new law which will place mobility scooters in the same tax bracket as Formula 1 cars.

Kids gain mobility with special bikes courtesy of the Kalamazoo Chapter of AMBUCS
The Kalamazoo Gazette
Kaitlyn Newman is an outgoing, spunky 8-year-old with a huge grin. But until Wednesday night, the Vicksburg girl had never ridden a bike. "She used to watch other kids riding bikes," said her Mother, Tina Newman. "She would just cry every time she saw one."

Dream holiday turned sour after mobility scooter damaged
York Press
IT was supposed to be a dream holiday but a York familys Mediterranean cruise turned sour after ship staff allegedly caused hundreds of pounds of damage to their mobility scooter and refused to foot the full repair bill.

Stephen Hawking says 'disgraceful' EU tax ruling will hit the disabled
Daily Telegraph
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Israel rearms Azerbaijani army
PanARMENIAN.Net
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Crane fire slows Sydney traffic to a crawl
Sydney Morning Herald
The damaged crane - now just 84 tonnes of immobile metal - is now stranded on Homebush Bay Drive at Concord West and has blocked two northbound lanes, a situation that will persist until 10pm when the RTA can move it.

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Revisiting the 'golden age of bank robbery'
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