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Mattis freezes transgender policy; allows troops to continue serving, pending study

Authored by msn.com

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.

Mattis' move buys time for the Pentagon to determine how and if it will allow thousands of transgender troops to continue to serve, whether they will receive medical treatment, or how they will be discharged.

The study estimated that a few to several thousand transgender troops are on the active duty force of 1.3 million. »

The Murder That Never Was

Authored by people.com

David, or D.J., requires meticulous care because of a disease that makes it difficult for his body to digest proteins.

It was five years ago that she met David Stallings, a plate engraver, while working at a 7-Eleven in St. Louis.

They married in 1988, and after having a son, Ryan, in April 1989, they moved to nearby Hillsboro. »

Molecules face the big chill

Authored by sciencenews.org

Scientists regularly chill atoms to less than a millionth of a degree above absolute zero (‒273.15° Celsius), even reaching temperatures as low as 50 trillionths of a degree (SN: 5/16/15, p. 4).

Putting the freeze on already assembled molecules has allowed scientists to chill additional types but, until now, down to only a few hundreds of millionths of degrees.

With these two techniques, the molecules reached a frigid 50 millionths of a degree above absolute zero. »

‘Game Of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen To Play James Joyce In Indie Pic ‘James And Lucia’

Authored by deadline.com
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EXCLUSIVE: Aidan Gillen, whose seven-season run on HBO’s epic drama Game Of Thrones hit its apex during Sunday’s equally epic season finale, has been set to play James Joyce in Robert Mullan’s new film James And Lucia.

The film tells of the heroic struggle of the near-blind Joyce to protect and support his beloved daughter.

Gillen is repped by Greene & Associates Talent Agency, Coronel Group in the U.S. and Independent Talent Group in the UK. »