Liverpool have been advised to sign Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo as a replacement for Mohamed Salah by their former striker Stan Collymore.
Salah is the subject of serious interest from Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League. His potential departure would leave a substantial void in the Liverpool attack. Therefore, while they insist he is not for sale, they might have to start considering their options.
Federico Chiesa from Juventus is one player to have been tipped to replace Salah. Another idea they should be considering, though, is Mbeumo – according to Collymore.
His fellow Brentford attacker Ivan Toney recently confessed to being a long-term Liverpool fan, which could pique interest ahead of his return to action in January, but Mbeumo is the option that Collymore thinks Liverpool should be looking at – for a multitude of reasons.
Collymore told Caught Offside: “Interestingly, it’s actually one of Toney’s Brentford teammates that I think top sides should be taking a closer look at – Bryan Mbeumo – I love him!
“It may surprise some of you but Mbeumo is my favourite player in the Premier League. I think he’s quality.
“Whenever I watch him, he gets the ball close to his feet, he’s very direct, he makes excellent runs in the channels, he can drop deep, he holds the ball up really well, he is very supportive of his striking partner, he gets in the box and poaches goals, he’s physically strong. I could go on and on. He’s a great player!
“If Salah does end up leaving Liverpool this summer then I certainly think Jurgen Klopp should consider Brentford’s number 19.”
Liverpool told to request £300m for Salah
Speaking to the same outlet, Collymore clarified that Liverpool should ask Al-Ittihad for a world-record fee before letting them have Salah.
He added: “The reality is, Liverpool aren’t in the same financial bracket as the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea, so if Al-Ittihad, or any other club, make them an offer, and don’t get me wrong, it’ll have to be a mega offer, probably a world-record, then I can see them accepting because they just can’t afford to say no to something like £300 million.
“I don’t see Salah as a disruptive type of player, but again, if reports he’s being offered £1,500,000-per week are to be believed, there is no way he’s turning his back on that. Who would?
“But it isn’t just the money on offer that will appeal to Salah. There’s a huge cultural aspect to this touted move. He’s a strict Muslim and let’s be honest, he isn’t a born-and-bred Scouser. Yes, he will go down as a Liverpool legend but he’s a career professional that has already had several high-profile transfers in his time so why wouldn’t he move to the Middle East?
“For me, it’s quite simple, if I’m Liverpool, I am holding firm and saying to Al-Ittihad, ‘If you really want to sign Salah, you’ll need to offer £300 million, and if you do that, we’ll fly him to Jeddah ourselves.’”
Salah could reunite with Fabinho at Al-Ittihad, but Jurgen Klopp has maintained he is not thinking about the proposition at present.
Worryingly, the Saudi transfer window will be open for a few weeks after the English one closes, so Liverpool won’t necessarily be able to relax after the September 1 deadline and may have to be proactive in case they are going to lose the Egyptian superstar.


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The Florida state constitution declares unequivocally that in the state of Florida “the supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor … .” The word supreme means highest in authority. There can be no executive authority in the state of Florida higher than the governor. No state law can create an executive authority higher than highest in the Florida constitution. Therefore no court order based upon such a law can constitutionally create such an authority.
If the governor tells the local police in Pinellas County to step aside, they must do so, or else be arrested and tried for an assault on the government of the state, which is to say insurrection.
(If Gov. Jeb Bush fears that for some reason they would question the authority of his representatives, then he should take the necessary law enforcement officials to Tampa in person, thus making the situation crystal clear.)
Since Florida’s highest law grants him supreme executive power, the governor’s action would be lawful. No one in the Florida judiciary can say otherwise, since the whole basis for the doctrine of judicial review (which they invoked when they refused to apply “Terri’s law”) is that any law at variance with the constitution is no law at all.
Gov. Bush has said that he recognizes the injustice being done to Terri Schiavo but is powerless to stop it. He is obviously not powerless, and his view of injustice is fully warranted.
The Florida state constitution declares: “All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty … .”
The word “inalienable” means that the rights in question cannot be given away or transferred to another by law. Now, by allowing Michael Schiavo to starve his wife to death, Judge George W. Greer transfers to Schiavo the exercise of her right to life, doing on her behalf what the Florida state constitution declares she herself could not do (since an inalienable right cannot be given away).
Schiavo’s decision, and any element of the law it is based on that has the same effect, are therefore unconstitutional on the face of it.
The governor of Florida cannot be obliged to enforce unconstitutional edicts, nor can he be faulted for acting to stop an evident violation of the constitution. In his oath as governor he swore to “support, protect and defend the Constitution and government of the United States and of the state of Florida.”
As supreme executive, he is obliged to act in their defense, and no court order can relieve him of this responsibility.
Any order by Judge Greer that seeks to prevent him from doing his sworn duty, as he sees fit, is invalid, and any attempt by the judge to incite armed forces to enforce his order would be an act of judicial insurrection against the constitution and government of Florida.
The judge may have whatever opinion he pleases, but when he attempts to use force to back it up, he breaks the law, going against the constitution of the state, which is to say against the supreme law in Florida.
In Federalist 81, when Alexander Hamilton lists the safeguards against “judiciary encroachments on the legislative authority,” he cites in particular “its total incapacity to support its usurpations by force.”
Accepting the notion that judicial orders at any level may constitute an executive power superior to the chief executive would give the judiciary just such a forceful capacity.
When every judicial decision carries the implied threat of armed insurrection, a key safeguard of liberty and self-government is removed. If any state governor, or the president of the United States acts so as to encourage the judiciary to assume such executive power, or the people to believe that it may constitutionally do so, he undermines the integrity of all our constitutions, and of American self-government as a whole.
This constitutes a grave dereliction of duty and would in saner times clearly be grounds for his impeachment by a legislature intent on defending the Florida constitution against “judiciary encroachments.”
By God’s grace, however, Terri Schiavo still lives, and Gov. Bush may yet act to redeem himself and his constitutional authority. Courageous action would be an act of statesmanship, defending the integrity of our constitutional system and the ultimate sovereignty of the people.
We have long been awaiting the statesman who could turn a crisis into such healing. Like Ronald Reagan before him, Jeb Bush could prove himself such a man. For Terri’s sake and for the sake of constitutional self-government in America, he should act now. For failure to do so, he has no excuse.

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Mater Private Hospital Bundaberg is appealing to the community for memorabilia and keepsakes that help tell the life story of the hospital as it gets ready to mark its 75th anniversary.
Hospital Executive Officer Catherine Hackney said a treasure trove of photos and hand-written records from the Mater’s early days in Bundaberg had been discovered and would be included in a display at the celebrations on July 28 to mark the hospital’s milestone.
“We’ve uncovered photos of nurses in training from the early 1960s as well as the hand-written accounts book from 1941 when the hospital was serving as a hostel for young, single women who needed safe accommodation in Bundaberg,” Ms Hackney said.
“Many families in Bundaberg have had a connection to the Mater hospital and we’re hoping to collect as much memorabilia as possible, from old nurse badges or uniforms to written materials like nurse training books.
“Donations of keepsakes will be curated into a display for the 75th celebrations and would, of course, be returned to their owners.”
From safe housing for young women to compassionate care of the sick and elderly, Mater and the Sisters of Mercy will mark their commitment to the Bundaberg community with a mass followed by a luncheon on the same date that, 75 years earlier, the hospital had first opened its doors.
Former and current Mater Private Hospital Bundaberg nurses, doctors and staff as well as past patients, dignitaries and Sisters of Mercy will attend the celebrations at the Bourbong Street hospital.
Mater Board Chair, Francis Sullivan, said Bundaberg was an integral part of the Mater hospital network in Queensland and the 75th anniversary celebrations provided an opportunity to reaffirm the healthcare provider’s commitment to caring for the people of Bundaberg and its surrounding region.
Mater Chief Executive Officer Dr Peter Steer said marking 75 years of delivering care is a significant milestone in Mater’s life history.
“I am looking forward to thanking the people who have made this achievement possible,” Dr Steer said.
“Mater last year made the decision to become one single, uniform organisation, creating the largest not-for-profit health network in Queensland and providing each of our hospitals with an unprecedented ability to leverage resourcing and expertise from across the state.
“The 75th anniversary of the hospital in Bundaberg is testament to Mater’s commitment, originally founded by the Sisters of Mercy, to providing safe, compassionate care to the community.”

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Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way Film per tutti senza limiti Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son’s karate exposition, his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure of his son’s television hero, he tries hard to to make it up to him. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man, now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
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Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa’s trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed, Father Christmas.
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin — also known as Santa Claus — finds out there’s an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he’ll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
Caroline and Lloyd are a married couple constantly at each other’s throats, masters at crafting acid-tongued barbs at the other’s expense. Indeed, they are so obsessed with belittling each other that they never stop — not even at gunpoint. The gunman is Gus, a thief on the run from the police, who kidnaps the couple as an insurance policy, planning to use their home as a hideout. But their incessant bickering proves more than Gus bargained for, forcing him — for the sake of his own sanity — into the unenviable role of peacemaker. To make things even worse for Gus, he discovers that he has taken the couple hostage the night of their big Christmas party, and the guests are already on the way. Not wanting to leave Lloyd and Caroline unattended, Gus opts to attend the party, pretending to be the couple’s marriage counselor. This naturally leads to a series of comic confusions, as the hostage crisis and marital tensions head towards their inevitable conclusion.

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New Delhi: Bypolls to panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled from March 5, have been postponed due to security reasons, J&K Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar said on Tuesday.
The by-election to more than 12,500 panchayat seats was scheduled to be held in eight phases from March 5.
"The bypolls to panchayats has been postponed for three weeks due to security reasons," said Kumar, adding this step was taken after inputs given to him by the home department over security issues.
The polls were scheduled to be held from March 5-20 on a party basis. The voting was slated for March 5, March 7, March 9, March 12, March 14, March 16, March 18 and March 20.
The Model Code of Conduct came into force with the announcement of the bypolls on Thursday. Kumar has already issued two notifications for the first and the second phase.
Panchayat elections, last held in 2018, were boycotted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC).
Kumar earlier on Tuesday held a meeting with all parties amid criticism by the mainstream political outfits about the continuous detention of their leaders and failure to allow them to conduct political activities.
Three former chief ministers — NC's Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah, and PDP's Mehbooba Mufti — have been in detention since last year when the Centre abrogated Article 370 and revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status, splitting it into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
"We held a meeting of all the parties of Jammu and Kashmir to hear their concerns. They raised some grievances in the meeting," Kumar said, adding they "we will try to address the issues suitably".
During the meeting, J&K Congress vice-president GN Monga said despite the election department issuing the notifications, the party's chief in the Union Territory, GA Mir, was not allowed to visit Srinagar to hold meetings in connection with the bypolls.
PDP leaders did not take part in the meeting because the party believes polling cannot take place if the leadership remains under detention, said one of its leader.
The CPI(M) criticised the CEO for failing to invite their party for the meeting.
"We were not invited for the meeting. We are a national party. It is a matter of concern for us," said party leader MY Tarigami.
NC's Ratan Lal Gupta said the party is of the view that the situation is not conducive for holding elections.
(With inputs from PTI)

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Thanking the "Godfather"Dec 05, 2019 12:00AM ● By By Paul Scholl
Presenting the award to Bill Van Duker, with his family present, is Kermit Schayltz of Stones Gambling Hall. Photo by Paul Scholl
Citrus Heights, CA (MPG) – Leadership and character are human traits well developed over time. Bill Van Duker, over his 80-plus years has proven to be quite the leader, and quite the character. He has taken the leadership role in so many aspects in the community he simply is the definition of the word to all that know him.
Every year for the past four years Stones Gambling Hall has presented the “21” Award, presented to a member of the community who has shown exemplary commitment and dedication to the advancement of the City of Citrus Heights, has a history of leadership and has demonstrated a passion for making a difference.
Van Duker was honored on Wednesday, November 13, for his years-long commitment to the growth and development of the city. He was his usual joking self, both gracious and inviting to all those who came to thank him for all of his service and to be present as he was recognized with the “21” Award. During the award presentation, he was affectionately referred to as “The Godfather” of Citrus Heights. “Minus the horsehead,” he said.
“I can’t think of anyone more deserving than Bill Van Duker. His accomplishments for his business, family, and community speak to his character and values. It was an honor for Stones Gambling Hall to present Bill with this year’s award,” said Kermit Schayltz, Partner at Stones Gambling Hall.
Bill was instrumental in the incorporation of the City of Citrus Heights and served as President of the Citrus Heights Incorporation project for six years. He was co-chair of the "Yes on Measure R" committee, the ballot measure for the incorporation along with Citrus Heights Mayor Jeannie Bruins.
Over the years he served on both the County of Sacramento Planning Commission and the City of Citrus Heights Planning Commission and served as Chairman for two years on each Commission. He served on several City of Citrus Heights committees including the General Plan Adoption Advisory Committee (Chair), and the City Council Compensation Commission.
In 2004 Bill was founding co-chair of the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life in Citrus Heights and over the course of five years, collectively raised $699,000 for the fight against cancer. He was a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, appointed by Congressman Vic Fazio in recognition of his community leadership. He has owned a printing business in Citrus Heights for 40 years.
Bill is a member of Citrus Heights Rotary and has the longest tenure of any present member. He was honored by the Citrus Heights Chamber with a life-time achievement on the occasion of his 80th birthday in January 2016.
When you see Bill next around town give him a handshake and a “Thank You” for all he has done to make Citrus Heights a better place to live.


The first man to represent China in the main draw at Wimbledon during the Open era was eliminated in the opening round Tuesday.
Zhang Zhizhen lost to Antoine Hoang of France, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, but found consolation in getting a chance to play on tennis’ grandest stage.
“I’m really happy to be a Chinese man here, especially this year, a very tough year,” Zhang said. “For me it’s a very good experience. It’s not really bad to lose, you know?”
Even so, Zhang noted a wall at the All England Club displaying flags from different nations, and he speculated the Chinese flag might hang more prominently if he had won a match or two.
“It’s quite hard to find the Chinese country,” he said. With a smile he added, “Maybe in the second or third round it would be easier to find the Chinese flag, eh?”
Ranked 175th, Zhang faded at the finish in a matchup between qualifiers. In the final set he struggled with his serve, while Hoang had an 11-4 edge in winners.
The 24-year-old Zhang won three matches in qualifying to make Wimbledon's main draw. He failed in three previous attempts to qualify at Grand Slam tournaments.
Li Na has had China’s greatest success in tennis. She won women’s singles titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open and was inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.
The last Chinese men to compete in the main draw at Wimbledon were Chu Chen-Hua and Mei Fu-Chi in 1959. Chinese men have also competed at the Australian Open, and are now 0-7 in Grand Slam matches in the Open era, which began in 1968.
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Lily Collins' Hair Is Having the Best Week Ever
The Okja actress went for daring, different hairstyles at each of her appearances at the Cannes Film Festival
The 28-year-old star landed in the French Riviera four days ago, and hasn’t stopped switching up her hair looks since. She’s debuted everything from faux bangs to a sleek and slick ponytail, proving no hair look is off limits. Of course, she’s had some help: Collins turned to celebrity hairstylist and Ouai founder Jen Atkin — who’s best known for being the KarJenner family’s go-to hair expert — to create five unique hairstyles for the star.
Let’s go through them, shall we?
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On Friday, the actress made her first Cannes appearance of the week at the Okja photocall (she stars in the film, which premiered at the festival) wearing her tresses in a glossy ponytail highlighted with gold wires wrapped around the ends.
“Always have sew much fun glamming @lilyjcollins,” Atkin captioned an Instagram video of her adding the unique finishing touch to the look. According to the stylist, the hair do was “inspired by a look my sweet friend @chadwoodhair did recently!”
SLEEK AND STRAIGHT
Collins walked the carpet hand-in-hand with her co-star Tilda Swinton at the Okja premiere in Cannes, and sported a glamorous, sleek center-parted style, quite reminiscent of how Atkin styled Kim Kardashian‘s hair three weeks ago for her Ellen appearance.
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“I’m obsessed with sleek straight hair right now,” Atkin told PeopleStyle. “It works on literally everyone and is such a strong, feminine image – perfect for a floor length gown.
On Saturday, Atkin clipped in some fake bangs that were asymmetrically cut and landed about an inch above Collins’ eyebrows, and styled the rest of her hair with natural, soft waves.
“You know we love a good bang moment,” Atkin captioned an Instagram photo of the star’s look. “I fell in love with the contrast of drastic above-the-brow bangs, Lily’s dark brows and this mock-neck Prabal Gurung gown. Also, the subtle waves made everything look less graphic and more boho,” the hairstylist told us.
BIG, BOUNCY CURLS
Last night, the actress made her most daring appearance yet, when she wore her hair in huge ’90s inspired curly ringlets at the HFPA bash that had us all doing a double take — Atkin told us this look was inspired by Julia Roberts’ hair in Pretty Woman.
There’s something so spirited about a big head of natural-looking curls on the red carpet and I love a diffuser and mousse moment,” she told us. “We definitely wanted her to feel like the center of attention; a little wild, a little ’90s and a lot of fun.”
HIGH BUN UPDO
Rounding out her Cannes hairstyles, Collins finished out her time at the festival today with a romantic high bun up-do that features a french braid up the back of her head. “Going out with a bang,” Atkin said on Instagram. “I knew a classic french twist on Lily would draw comparisons to Audrey Hepburn so to modernize the look, I made the fringe so it highlighted her bone structure and elongated her face as opposed to softening it,” she added.
Which one of Lily’s hairstyles from Cannes did you like best? Sound off in the comments below.
– with reporting by Jackie Fields

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New Luxury Hair Salon in Woodbridge to Create Jobs
Planning for an exciting new luxury hair salon in the centre of Woodbridge is underway. Quay Street Collective is due to open in the former site of Smashing Wines in May 2020 and will create eight jobs in the area.
In order to recruit talented, career-minded individuals, Quay Street Collective is taking a novel approach to recruitment, inviting those interested in joining the team to send a 60 second video to the Quay Street Collective Instagram page that shows their passion for the industry, their inspiration, motivation and career aspirations. Successful applicants will be invited to a face-to-face audition, where they can showcase their talent in front of industry peers.
The salon requires anyone applying for a position to have a minimum of three years’ salon experience. Part-time and full-time positions are available, in a self-employed or employed capacity. Applicants must be qualified to NVQ Level 2/3. Auditions will take place in Woodbridge in April and applicants can contact email@example.com with any questions.
Other non-hairdressing vacancies are available, with full and part time applications considered. Experienced ‘front of house’ staff and salon managers are welcome to apply.
The Director of Quay Street Collective explains: “We are creating a brand-new team and are looking for technique-driven, talented, innovative stylists who will bring their own vibe to the salon. We are passionate about education and proactively create opportunities for people within our industry. We offer fantastic opportunities for our team members throughout their careers, including; coaching, training courses, photo shoots, competitions, shows, and incentives with great rewards. With well-being in mind, we will also offer our full-time colleagues the option of a four-day working week.
“The salon will be eco-friendly, and sustainable. Our stylists will be giving detailed, personalised consultations for every client – covering colour, cut and bespoke hair treatments. A lot of research has gone into sourcing the right products and furniture to ensure a luxurious and contemporary customer experience. The salon will offer a full range of hair treatments and will satisfy the increasing requests for innovative products, techniques and styles that we’ve received from the people of East Suffolk.”
The town centre premises are currently being fitted out to create a unique space where comfort and creativity are at the forefront.
*Upload your videos via Instragram to quaystreetcollective.

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cant work on the car at the moment as we are in lock down , but heres some pics of all the repainted parts.
got all the brakes bled up as well as the painting so once i can get back down to the garage it should just be a matter of bolting it all back together.
as you say mygasser the front wheels are bigger than you think .
started to paint a few bits today but on closer inspection they still need a bit of work so i have opted to repair and paint later in the week. how ever bleed the clutch up today and it works spot on so during the week i will bleed up the brakes.
can not load any pics at the moment so will try later.
header wrap looks neat (it's a poxy job i know) but the 2 v band clamps are about all that's left uncovered and coincidentally are also the 2 bits closest to the inlet pipes that go over them. the first and second pics without the inner wings show just how big the wheels are too, more so than an 'outside' pic.
rest of the floors now dyno mated.
and stripped of a few more pieces that are going purple.
hopefully get them painted through the week.
i have had a bit of a result through the week,
put the starter motor on and wired it up and turned the key, result engine turns over. one step closer so this weekends mission is to put everything back on the engine so that may be by next week i can try and start it.
not a bad day today,
got the clutch all bolted up to the flywheel and the box bolted to the engine and the whole lot is now back in the car. need to order the flexi pipe for the clutch and once thats all in and working i can connect the engine up.
pics on tomorrow.
i really dont like the idea but to be fair it never felt finished in side and any way the floors where getting marked up with getting in and out.
How did you feel covering all that nice painted quilted floor with the dynamat? must have been a little bit gutting to cover it over.
yes that is one of the jobs on the list.
i have had some really silly quotes for wrapping the bumpers in chrome ( 350 quid ) and also for having the bumpers chromed ( £750/£1400 ) so i think i am going to paint them in the alsa chrome. with doing them in the paint i can also do the front grill and rear light frames.
theres still a few more parts in the engine bay that are going purple instead of the copper colour.
You need to get the cortina script back to chrome as well.........
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July 20, 2023 update: This post is now old, and kept online for archival purposes. Please read my new and more detailed article on Chandrayaan 3 instead.
After India’s Chandrayaan 2 lander unfortunately failed to land on the Moon in 2019 during its final mission phase, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) undertook building a repeat mission with Chandrayaan 3. It is currently undergoing final tests and is slated for launch in mid 2023. Originally slated for launch in the first half of 2023, Chandrayaan 3 was robbed of its ride to space as ISRO prioritized two GSLV Mk IIIs for commercial OneWeb launches.
To increase the chances of sticking the landing this time around, ISRO has made several upgrades to the Chandrayaan-2-like lander such as software improvements to accommodate failure, strengthened legs, a couple of new sensors for enhanced and redundant navigation-related measurements, and better power and communication systems. The host of sensors on the lander, its engine configuration and the gentle touchdown specifications are listed on ISRO’s official Chandrayaan 3 page.
The mission will also have a 2148-kilogram orbiter that will propel the 1752-kilogram lander to the Moon post-launch and put it into a 100-kilometer circular polar orbit. During and after landing, the orbiter will relay communications between the lander and Earth. It will also host the SHAPE Earth-observing experiment, which is a near-infrared spectro-polarimeter made to observe the full Earth disc from the Moon to get a sense of what signatures of habitable Earth-like exoplanets would look like.
The Chandrayaan 2 orbiter will serve as a backup (and secondary) relay provider. Being a repeat of the Chandrayaan 2 landing attempt, the mission will last a maximum of one lunar day i.e. 14 Earth days.
The landing site
The Chandrayaan 3 lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at the near-polar location of 69.37 S, 32.35 E (click the link to browse on an interactive map). That’s roughly just 100 kilometers east of the Chandrayaan 2 landing site (70.83 S, 22.67 E) lying in the same larger rocky highland region.
Like other lunar highlands, the Chandrayaan 3 landing region is expected to contain material from the ancient lunar crust as well as materials ejected when nearby craters formed during the period of heavy bombardment by asteroids and comets roughly 3.8 to 4.1 billion years ago. Both of these types of materials are great targets for the two spectrometers onboard Chandrayaan 3’s rover.
The lander will carry payloads similar to Chandrayaan 2. It will insert a thermal probe about 10 centimeters into the lunar soil to measure its thermal properties and learn about the Moon’s interior. A seismometer onboard will detect moonquakes, like NASA’s Apollo missions did. If a strong enough moonquake occurs during the mission, it could provide additional clues about the Moon’s interior, particularly its core.
Vikram will also carry a Langmuir probe to determine the amount, distribution and properties of hot, ionized particles on the lunar surface created by the solar wind, and a radio occultation experiment that will measure electron density in the Moon’s thin but persistent atmosphere. NASA is contributing a retroreflector, an upgraded version of the ones left on the Moon by Apollo missions, which scientists will bounce laser pulses off to better understand the gravitational dynamics of the Earth-Moon system.
The six-wheeled, 26-kilogram Chandrayaan 3 rover, essentially the same design as the one on Chandrayaan 2 but with enhanced software, will study the geology of the landing region. An X-ray spectrometer will study what the region’s rocks and lunar soil are made of. A high-power laser will shoot and vaporize target material and analyze radiation emitted from it to determine the material’s composition using a (different) spectrometer. Both spectrometers are expected to find pristine materials from the ancient lunar crust.
Aside: Reddit user u/ravi_ram has compiled a nice list of research papers related to the Chandrayaan 2 rover.
ISRO’s lunar soil simulant
For testing the Chandrayaan landers and rovers, ISRO developed a lunar soil simulant called LSS-ISAC-1. To make the simulant, ISRO sourced naturally occurring anorthosite rocks fragments from the Sittampundi Anorthosite Complex in southern India, which aids the simulant’s fidelity. The bulk chemistry, mineralogy and physical & mechanical properties of the final LSS-ISAC-1 simulant are similar to Apollo 16 highland soil samples, in part because Chandrayaan 2’s target landing site was in a lunar highland too.
ISRO and NASA signed an agreement in February 2022 to use the latter’s Deep Space Network (DSN) to support communications for Chandrayaan 3. It was shared as but a small note in the February monthly summary of India’s Department of Space. ESA will also provide backup communications via their Estrack network for Chandrayaan 3, as one of the first benefits of a broader technical support agreement signed in July 2021 between ESA and ISRO.
ISRO uses its own Indian Deep Space Network as a primary means for communicating with its planetary spacecraft but partners with other space agencies for backup and secondary options. India’s Chandrayaan 1 orbiter had DSN support too.
ISRO’s lack of mission information
Update: Many of the concerns below, which were written in June 2022, have been addressed by ISRO’s official Chandrayaan 3 webpage as of February 2023. However, I’m keeping this section in tact for now because it was true at the time of publishing and for months after.
All of this information has been put together by following minor developments and tracking multiple sources consistently for over a year. For such a critical mission, it’s frustrating as an Indian to see ISRO not even have a one-pager on their website about Chandrayaan 3, and no official mechanism to provide major updates.
If anything, ISRO has continued to withhold any substantial information on the mission. When Twitter user @frustratedpluto submitted several questions to ISRO under the Indian Right to Information Act in September 2021, nearly all the responses read as follows.
The information sought is exempted from disclosure under Section-8(1)(a) of RTI Act as it would prejudicially affect the scientific, technical and strategic interest of the state/country.
ISRO, a tax-payer-funded civilian space agency, has been outright refusing to provide the public any asked-for substantial information on Chandrayaan 3’s configuration, tests, and more. Even the purely scientific question of “Provide me with the location of the NASA’s LRA payload onboard the Vikram lander on Chandrayaan 2” was given the same response. Indians who have submitted questions to ISRO before are unfortunately familiar with this dreaded statement. It almost makes one think of Chandrayaan 3 as a cold-war-era lunar defense mission rather than a robotic explorer.
For an organization that’s supposed to help inculcate scientific thinking and aspiration in hundreds of millions of Indians, this is a dreadful state of affairs.


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DALLAS A well-known local book reviewer has been found dead in her Oak Cliff home, and police think it could be a case of murder.
Officers were dispatched to the residence of 73-year-old Penny Terk in the 6800 block of Putting Green Drive late Friday afternoon after her daughter went to check on her. She found the door was open and the home had been ransacked.
Police discovered the victim in her bedroom, "deceased from homicidal violence."
Terk loved literature so much that after her years as a schoolteacher, she wrote a new chapter in her own life.
"She was working like a 50-year-old," said friend Nancy Ashley. "I was so surprised she was 73 because she had such high energy and good ideas, and she was tireless at putting her projects into action."
Years ago, Terk started a new career in Dallas connecting book clubs and book reviewers.
"She really did a service in bringing people together and really helping them to know that each was out there," said friend Colleen Boudreaux.
Terk helped a lot of book reviewers make a name for themselves. But the compelling success story of her life came to an abrupt and violent end.
"I am so sad this is the way her life ended, because she deserved so much more dignity," Ashley said.
Friends and colleagues are stunned by the loss. Terk was organizing her annual literary showcase for early July. No one can imagine how it can go on without her; she was the crucial link bringing artists and business people together.
"I am having a really hard time accepting that she's gone... and gone in such a harsh way," said friend Kathleen Cunningham.
Police have not released any information about suspects in this case. The medical examiner has yet to rule on how Penny Terk was killed.


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Twelve students of Mangalore University, in Karnataka’s Manguluru, on Saturday, May 28, were allegedly prevented from entering their classrooms for wearing hijabs.
The principal, Anasuya Rai, tried to convince the girls to remove their hijabs inside the ladies’ room and then enter the classrooms, but the students insisted on keeping the hijabs on. The children then went to the library.
However, they were denied entry there as well and they had to return home. On Friday, the college development committee decided not to allow students to wear hijabs inside the classes or the library.
“Students can wear the hijab and come on the campus but they will have to remove the headscarf before entering classrooms or the library,” said vice-chancellor Subramanya Yadapadithaya.
The controversy over the hijab in Karnataka began on January 1, 2022, when six Muslim students of Udupi Women’s Pre-University college tried to attend classes wearing hijab. They were denied entry to college for wearing hijabs.
Since then, multiple incidents have taken place all over Karnataka where Muslim girls have come to classes wearing hijabs and Hindu students began wearing saffron shawls as a sign of protest.
Source : India Today
Karnataka: Students protest against college authorities for allowing Muslims to wear hijab inside college premises
Nearly a month after the Karnataka High Court order that upheld the ban on burqas in schools and colleges, the hijab row has once again resurfaced in Karnataka as a group of Muslim students from Mangaluru University College has submitted a memorandum to allow them to wear hijab in classrooms.
According to the reports, the controversy erupted on May 26 after a group of students from the University College in Mangaluru had protested against the college authorities, alleging that a few Muslim girl students were attending classes wearing the Islamic hijab, violating the High Court order.
The protesting students contended that they were being forced to wear the college uniform while the 44 Muslim students are allowed to wear hijab to college. The students also alleged that some of them were wearing the hijab in the classrooms too.
The protesting students also hit out at the college principal and other concerned authorities for failing to enforce uniform rules on the college premises. The students allege that the college authorities are under pressure from a local political leader.
#Karnatakahijabrow opposing #Muslim girls who came to classroom wearing #Hijab at #Mangalore university. #Hindu students held protests demanding to not allow them inside to wear hijab. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/eQxDq1q6lj
— Imran Khan (@KeypadGuerilla) May 26, 2022
“We have been demanding the implementation of the High Court order, despite us submitting memoranda to college authorities, they were not implementing it. Then PTA meeting was called, and parents-representative insisted that the court order be followed, then they said let the matter be decided at the Syndicate meeting,” a protesting student said.
The students also said that the authorities are now deciding to implement the order now, fearing protests by the students and also alleged that some faculty are instigating Muslim girl students to wear hijab in the classrooms.
Earlier, the Syndicate of Mangalore University held a meeting on May 16, where they approved the implementation of a dress code for students, including a ban on wearing the hijab.
However, some Muslim students had that they were not wearing the hijab but had covered their heads with the college uniform scarves and maintained that the hijab is mentioned in the college prospectus, and they were communicated the same before joining. The hijab-clad Muslim students have claimed that the Islamic gear was part of the uniform the students who wear it.
Nothing had happened after court verdict, we wrote exams peacefully. But we received an unofficial note recently to attend classes without hijab. We went to the principal, with HC order, & tried to speak with him. He said that he's helpless. VC said the same: Fathima, a student pic.twitter.com/qdhU3esNiY
— ANI (@ANI) May 26, 2022
“However, we received an unofficial statement in the form of a text message from the college on May 16 stating that hijab is not allowed in the classes and everyone should come in uniform,” a Muslim student said, adding that they submitted a memorandum to the district’s Deputy Commissioner to seek justice in the matter.
Karnataka Hijab row:
The hijab controversy in Karnataka gained momentum in the first week of January after eight Muslim girls were denied entry to classes in a Udupi college because they were wearing hijab. The college authorities had informed that the hijab was not a part of the uniform dress code mandated for the students.
The Muslim girls, adamant about wearing hijab, then filed a petition in High Court seeking permission to attend classes in hijab. They stated that wearing the hijab was their ‘fundamental right’ granted under Articles 14 and 25 of the Indian Constitution and an ‘integral practice of Islam’.
The controversy spiralled as Hindu students in Karnataka came with saffron scarves around their necks and protested against Muslim girls continuing to wear hijab to college. Tensions also prevailed at some educational institutions in Udupi, Shivamogga, Bagalkote, and other parts, as stones-pelting and violence were reported from various parts of the state.
As reported earlier, the students had begun to wear hijab to schools and colleges after they had met the Campus Front of India (CFI), the student branch of the Islamist organization Popular Front of India (PFI), in October 2021. The students confessed that they had spoken with the CFI.
However, the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions filed by a group of Muslim students, saying that hijab was not an integral part of Islam and noted that the prescription of school uniforms is only a reasonable restriction and constitutionally permissible, which students cannot object to.
Source : OpIndia


'Homeless in their native lands, refugees in a neighboring country,' is how the world defines them.
Living only 15 kilometers away from their homes in Kobani, Syria, where most of the houses have been devastated by the conflict between the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and Kurdish fighters, Syrian Kurds have no desire to cross back into their own land, which the rest of the world is unable to understand. These refugees have no choice but to be content with seeing bombs rain down on their homes every morning when they wake up.
After fleeing ISIS violence, 200,000 Syrian Kurds fled to Suruç, a town in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa. On October 6, Daily Sabah paid a visit to the small town, which drew worldwide attention when it received one of the biggest Syrian influxes, which doubled the town's population, to evaluate how they are managing to get back to living a normal life.
You don't need to chase for a refugee story in Suruç since stories find you, either in a child's eyes or from a Syrian woman who has left all her belongings and loved ones behind. Nearly all Syrian Kurds fleeing ISIS have a story to tell and they are eager to share it with the entire world.
There are currently 80,000 Syrian refugees who are being accommodated in refugee camps in Şanlıurfa. These are mostly refugees who have no relatives in Suruç. Those who have relatives in Turkey either live in small villages with them or in houses arranged by them.
In every desolate building, three or four Syrian Kurdish families live together in the once quiet border district of Suruç. Laundry, including baby clothes and underwear, hang out in streets covered in dust. All open areas have been turned into a tent city – a term to define temporary refugee camps in Suruç.
Daily Sabah went to a dormitory called YİBO, allocated entirely for Syrian Kurds. There are nearly 20,000 Syrian Kurds trying to build a new life for themselves in this temporary refugee camp. The camp has four bathrooms located 50 meters away from the tents for all to share. Some Kobani refugees arrived in Suruç during the first day of the ISIS advance while others only crossed the border two or three weeks ago.
A Syrian woman grabbed my hands pulling me into the building, which was obviously where students once lived in bunk beds. A baby boy born only 10 days ago was sleeping in a cradle while his father Mohammed, 50, and his mother Zegra, 40, while his five siblings waited near the cradle.
Zegra told Daily Sabah that she named her baby Afad. When asked why she chose this name, she said that when they managed to arrive at the Turkish border after the 14-hour journey as a pregnant woman, the Directorate of Disaster and Emergency Management agency known by its initials, AFAD, provided them with blankets and some water as aid and helped them take a deep, safe breath.
"They helped us and we want to name this [refugee] baby Afad to show our gratitude," said the father, Mohammed.
The baby slept in his cradle, proving that there is always hope for humanity even in the worst situations that can befall mankind.
Mohammed said that they do not want to leave Turkey even after the civil war, which has metastasized with the ISIS advance, ends.
"I worked in Antalya before. I know Turkey. If they do not send us back, I have no intention to go," he said, contrary to the desire of some Kobani refugees who are willing to go back.
The same woman who took me to baby Afad pulled me aside and said, "There is another miracle next door."
There was indeed.
This time we came across a baby girl in her mother's arms, born 15 days ago. The mother of the baby girl asked, "What is the name of Obama's wife?"
Surprised enough, I replied, "Michelle. Why did you ask?"
The mother, holding her baby girl with three others around said, "I want to name my girl Michelle, because when we heard that ISIS was only 10 minutes away from our village, the Americans bombed them."
One of her relatives continued saying that those 10 minutes gave them the opportunity to run and start their escape journey.
The mother of Michelle said that she had the worst experience in her life while trying to run away from ISIS for 17 hours as a woman expecting a baby.
"We walked without stopping for more than 10 hours. We were hungry. We were thirsty. We were exhausted. But we crawled in the times that we had no power to walk," said the mother of Michelle, thanking the anti-ISIS coalition led by the U.S.
With scores of children posing for Daily Sabah's cameras, we left the building and its miracles of nature. An 8-year-old Syrian child started signing a song he wrote about Kobani and the clashes there.
His song brought tears to the eyes of all Syrian mothers. It went, "Kobani the homeland, we will save you."
A 75-year-old woman, Halim, invited us to her tent and gave us some tea.
She said, "I wanted to go back to my country and take my last breath there."
One of Halim's children was an outlawed PKK militant who was killed while illegally crossing Turkey's border. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU for taking up arm against Turkey to carve out an independent Kurdistan in the southeast. Even though she described her son as a "member" of PKK, she did not refrain from thanking Turkey for opening its border to Syrian Kurds.
An old Syrian Kurdish man, Ahmad, 80, who was standing there told me immediately in Turkish, "Kurds, Turks, we are all brothers."
His words showed that the long-running Kurdish question in Turkey that has killed thousands has already been eased by all the agonies in the district as the reconciliation process between Ankara and Kurds aims to end the conflict peacefully.
Beside Halim's tent, a young Syrian Kurdish woman with wrinkles on her face as the evidence of her exhausting life in Syria, told Daily Sabah that her nephew – her uncle's son – was captured by ISIS militants and kept in jail for two months while she beat red peppers to make a hot spice "isot," specific to Urfa, as if she was spilling out her hatred toward ISIS with each beat.
She described her nephew's terrible experiences: "They pulled out his teeth. They cut his ear and some of his toes, but he managed to run away after all of the torture."
Daily Sabah tried to confirm this story and torture with an interview with her nephew, but she said that no one knows where he is since he tries to hide for security reasons.
As all Syrian Kurdish refugees wait to tell their stories, local people also wanted to share the story from their own side of Suruç.
A local woman, Asiye, a 35-year-old mother of three, told Daily Sabah that they even gave the couches in their home to Syrian refugees living in villages, but she added that their arrival has caused conflict in the once quiet city of Suruç.
Asiye shared the story of a Syrian Kurdish woman living in her village. Even though Daily Sabah could not confirm the truth of the story, she claimed, "The Syrian Kurdish woman I helped in my village forgot her three-month-old baby in her house while fleeing ISIS."
Asiye explained that it is was so horrifying that people forgot to take their children with them and tried to save their own lives first.
"I think ISIS scared people so much that they behaved as though Armageddon had arrived in Kobani," she added.
In Şanlıurfa there are some wealthy renowned tribes that have influence on the locals. A head of a well-known tribe, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said that he gave five of his houses in Suruç to Syrian Kurds.
"I am taking care of nearly 200 Syrian Kurds. I gave them homes, blankets, money and some urgent needs. They are so humble that they do not accept more than one blanket even though they need them. They can stay as long as they want," he said, adding that the reason why he did not give his name is the Islamic belief that "Even the right hand does not know the help given by the left one," a direct translation from Turkish, to stress that help given for the sake of God should be done anonymously.
Another head of a tribe is not as optimistic as the other. He said, "I have been looking after a Syrian refugee family for one year. But this civil war does not seem to be ending any time soon. They should find a job. How long can I take care of them?"
Sharing even their bread with Syrian Kurds, the locals seem to embrace the refugees even though they complain from time to time. Şanlıurfa locals do not forget to call on the international community to extend aid and to hear the voices of refugees rising from Kobani.
Hiding under the dust covering Suruç and the camps in it, heart-breaking stories always find a way to make themselves heard. Simply looking in their eyes will tell the agony Syrian Kurds have is beyond all of the political rhetoric that we have heard for months.


Artificial intelligence (AI) is a space age technology championed for harbouring untapped potential spanning across several industries. To date, AI has helped create digital clones of famous celebrities, analyse health issues, and even resurrect the dead to speak at their own funerals. Now, a relief agency is deploying the tech to identify low-income victims of Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Fiona in order to provide them with emergency cash payments.
New York-based nonprofit organisation GiveDirectly has teamed up with Google.org, the search company’s charitable arm, to identify those most in need of financial support using AI to cross reference aerial images of storm damage with poverty data in Florida and Puerto Rico, as reported by The Independent.
Powered by a mapping tool called Delphi, the software essentially highlights these communities by pulling poverty data from sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The storm damage data is provided by another Google tool called Skai that uses machine learning to analyse satellite imagery from before and after a disaster and estimate the severity of damage to buildings.
The idea behind the broad move is to go beyond traditional disaster response from aid charities and government organisations, which typically focuses on in-kind donations of clothing and food. “Together with our partners at Google, we’re using aerial storm damage imagery and poverty data to identify the highest-need communities,” a GiveDirectly fundraising page, which has garnered 171 donations worth $3,225,319, states.
“We currently have enough funding from our partners to deliver cash to several thousand families in the hardest-hit regions of Puerto Rico and Florida,” it continued. “With additional donations, we’ll be able to scale our response to reach even more people in need.”
GiveDirectly further stated that it plans to immediately distribute one-time payments of $700 to families impacted by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. These transfer sizes are designed to cover the cost of common post-disaster recovery items like food, baby formula and diapers, first aid supplies, toiletries, portable generators, gas, and radios. “We are continuing to assess which communities have been hardest hit through a combination of on-the-ground scoping and analysis of poverty and storm data,” the organisation wrote.
Although the full scale of Hurricane Ian’s impact is yet to be realised, there have already been more than 100 reported deaths across Cuba, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. The disaster also witnessed the evacuation of over 2.5 million people as it made landfall as a Category 4 storm on 28 September. “Estimates suggest there may be up to $67 billion of damage, with modelling firm RMS claiming that the ‘best-case scenario’ is economic damage of $55 billion,” The Independent went on to note.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Fiona, which made landfall in Puerto Rico on 18 September, displaced more than 12,500 people and left 100,000 residents without power mere weeks later. The economic fallout in this case is expected to reach somewhere between $2-4 billion.
“After most major natural disasters on record, inequality skyrockets,” Alex Diaz, head of crisis response and humanitarian aid at Google, told The Independent. “Those that are most affected by disasters tend to be the most marginalised communities… Imagine a system that integrates census data [and] poverty data, and overlays that with disaster data after a disaster has hit.”
In the past, GiveDirectly has provided emergency relief to low-income families impacted by Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Maria, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the addition of the latest technology undoubtedly aids the nonprofit in the process of providing additional relief to support long-term recovery and rebuilding, experts caution that by automating the system to such a large extent, there’s a risk of losing people who might need help the most.
“Delivering aid through technologies is more efficient. However, what is lost is the human connection that aid workers develop with impacted communities,” Reem Talhouk, a research fellow at Northumbria University’s School of Design and Centre for International Development in the UK, told WIRED. According to Talhouk, cultivating personal relationships with victims can be important in preventing people from missing out on aid or benefits assessments.
Given how the technology works, by delivering push notifications to the smartphones of low-income families and offering $700 cash assistance with no questions asked, the expert also believes that citizens without a phone, the power to charge one, or the right mindset to act on a mere notification, could miss out on the aid.
Another downside of the approach is that an unexpected message offering cash will sound too good to be true. In September, a test by GiveDirectly and Google in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona sent out push notifications to 700 people. But just under 200 people took up the offer.
Dementia and its cure has evaded the medical community for decades, with the diagnosis of the disease alone needing several scans and tests. Currently a dementia diagnosis could take multiple weeks or even months to be confirmed—wasting valuable time for the lives of people living with the condition. Now there seems to be a new breakthrough: Artificial Intelligence (AI). With all the genuine concerns about the power of AI—from deepfakes to scary robots—here we are, finally at a positive standstill. With a single brain scan, AI could diagnose dementia and more. So, how does it work?
The AI system developed by UK scientists—which is being trialled at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and other memory clinics across the country—will compare the brain scans of concerned individuals with scans of existing dementia patients along with any relevant medical records. Not only can the AI system diagnose or predict dementia in people (with this cross-referencing), but it can also determine the severity of the condition. The technology will be able to measure whether the patient will remain stable for years to come, or in more serious cases, require immediate treatment.
The BBC, who initially reported the story, showcased the scientists behind the AI technology. Cambridge University’s Professor Zoe Kourtzi—a fellow for The Alan Turing Institute (a national centre for AI and data science)—developed the AI dementia system, told BBC News, “If we intervene early, the treatments can kick in early and slow down the progression of the disease and at the same time avoid more damage. And it’s likely that symptoms occur much later in life or may never occur.”
You may be wondering why the doctors don’t look for those patterns themselves. Well, the sophisticated algorithm backing Kourtzi’s AI system, from a single brain scan, can identify dementia patterns across thousands of scans and medical records that even medical professionals and neurologists cannot see. The AI system’s advancement has been proven in preclinical tests to be a tool that is able to diagnose dementia even before any symptoms are exhibited. In simpler terms, it can detect whether you have it before you do. This could revolutionise dementia treatment. Doctor Tim Rittman, a consultant neurologist, is leading the study trials (alongside the team of neurologists from Cambridge) across the country that would put this technology into practice.
Rittman told the BBC that this AI technology is a “fantastic development” in the fight against dementia, “When I am delivering this information to a patient, anything I can do to be more confident about the diagnosis, to give them more information about the progression of the disease to help them plan their lives is a great thing to be able to do.” The trial’s aim is to identify whether this AI system will work in a clinical setting—with 500 patients expected to participate in the first year. Their subsequent results will then be forwarded to their doctors, who can then advise on the next course of action.
And while that’s underway, it is also important to engage in preventative care to keep your brain healthy. So put on your healthy thinking caps and brace yourselves for more innovative AI solutions in healthcare to follow. Now we’re looking at you, pulse oximeters.


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MasterCard is provisionally repealing the cross-border interchange fees it charges on all transactions made in Europe with credit or debit cards in a bid to comply with a Commission deadline of 21 June. But it will continue to look for a fee scheme that complies with EU rules.
Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said: “Irrespective of MasterCard’s move to temporarily repeal its cross-border MIF (multilateral interchange fees), the Commission will continue to be open to assess any new proposals from MasterCard concerning systems to ensure both efficient payments and a fair share of the benefits for consumers and retailers.”
The Commission ruled, on 19 December 2007, that the American company’s multilateral interchange fees for cross-border payment card transactions violate EU rules on restrictive business practices (EURACTIV 20/12/07). Interchange fees are those paid by the merchant’s bank to the cardholder’s bank at any point-of-sale transaction using a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa.
The European competition authority argued that these fees “inflated the cost of card acceptance by retailers without leading to proven efficiencies” and acted “like a tax on consumption”.
Therefore the Commission gave MasterCard six months (until 21 June 2008) to come into line with EU antitrust rules. So far, MasterCard has not done that, which is why it has decided to temporarily cancel its MIFs to avoid a Commission fine.
In March this year, the company formally challenged the EU executive’s ruling in the European Court of First Instance, which deals with disputes between private companies and EU institutions (EURACTIV 04/03/08). Despite provisionally cancelling its interchange fees, MasterCard will continue its appeal.
“MasterCard’s policy is to comply with all applicable decisions and regulations, but to challenge them through appropriate channels when we believe that is necessary,” said MasterCard Europe President Javier Perez.
Perez confirmed that MasterCard will continue to look for a MIF that complies with EU exemption criteria, despite having already offered several alternatives – all of which were rejected by the Commission. “The level of these fees in the future will depend on the result of our continuing dialogue with the Commission and, ultimately, upon the outcome of MasterCard’s appeal,” he said.
In the EU over 23 billion payments are made every year with payment cards, the overall value of which exceeds €1,350 billion.
A sector inquiry into retail banking conducted by the Commission between 2005 and 2006 found that in five European countries (Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Luxembourg) the payment card system worked well without MIFs.
The EU executive is seeking to do away with anti-competitive behaviour in the payment card sector ahead of the full introduction of the Single European Payments Area (SEPA), which was officially launched at the beginning of 2008. By the end of 2010 all the payment cards in Europe have to be replaced by new SEPA-compliant cards (see our Links Dossier on SEPA).


The Senate Arms Services Committee, chaired by Michigan's own Carl Levin, has determined that it is just as important that the military attain an enlightened social construct as it is for it to kill America's enemies. (Word has it that next month the committee will consider making it mandatory for forces to stay under fire until all spent shell casings can be collected for a new battlefield recycling initiative.)
We're making a point people!
Passage of this bill is a victory for our military, which can now implement this change in a deliberate, responsible way. It’s a victory for our country, which has taken another step toward living up to our highest ideals. And it is a victory for thousands of brave men and women who now can serve the nation they love without having to conceal part of their identity.I can agree that this is a victory for our gay service people. On the first two points however, I have a hard time buying in.
How exactly is this a victory for the military? It must now implement policies that embrace and protect the gay lifestyle when clearly a significant portion of combat troops are resistant to the change and while many military leaders themselves fear a loss of unit cohesion because of it. Shouldn't our military leaders have more important things to worry about?
When a victory for the military is measured by its social impact I think someone has lost track of what the purpose of a military is.
How can this be a victory for our country? By taking a step toward attainment of its highest ideals?
Our country has already taken unprecedented steps toward fighting wars in as moral a manner as possible. We use smart weaponry. We use explosives designed to destroy only the immediate target. We have enacted rules of engagement that place our own fighting forces at heightened risk in order to safeguard the lives of civilians. We bombard the airwaves and use large leaflet drops that inform both innocents and the enemy when we are planning to attack so that they are not caught in the maelstrom.
Now we must send a less effective fighting force into battle against a morally vacant enemy in order to achieve our country's highest social ideals.
All of this is done despite the fact that our enemies intentionally operate in the opposite manner. They target civilians, intentionally destroy public infrastructure, and they hide among civilian populations in direct contradiction of the Geneva Conventions. Oh, and on Wednesdays they kill gays for the evil of being gay. Why do they deserve the benefits of our social ideals?
True, when pressed into answering the questions of social engineers, many among the military brass have said that they believe that Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) is an albatross--that it is ineffective, and that it is unnecessary. However, many among them do not. At best the overall attitude is agnostic.
And yet, Carl Levin makes it sound as if the military has been chomping at the bit to initiate these new changes. If the military had truly been doing so it would have aggressively lobbied for a change in the rules themselves, and not relied on people like Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow to do the sales work for them.
For the record, my personal opinion is that any person with the proper training, straight or gay, should be able to aim and shoot and effectively kill our enemies. Any person with the proper training, straight or gay, should be able to drive a transport. And any person with the proper training, straight or gay, should be able to serve this country well and with honor.
But, what I think about the situation should be irrelevant. What you think about the situation should be irrelevant. And, honestly, what Carl Levin thinks about the situation should also be irrelevant. What should not be irrelevant is how the fighting men and women feel about the policy change. It is they, after all, who must face the enemy's fire, not me, you, Carl, or the gay activist lobby living in Washington. But, apparently, what Carl thinks is most important.
Clearly this should have been the military's decision to make. It should not be made by people like Carl Levin too willing to send an incohesive fighting force into oncoming enemy fire so that Jeffrey and Bruce can announce their plans to hook up after mess.
Doug Giles has more.


A number of traffic and travel restrictions will be in operation on Thursday (March 17) in Belfast city centre for the annual St Patrick's Day celebrations.
Motorists can expect disruptions along the parade route, which includes Donegall Place; Royal Avenue; Donegall Street; Bridge Street; and High Street.
A series of rolling road closures will operate along the route from 11.30am-1.30pm.Traffic diversions will also be in place around Dunbar Link and Wellington Place during this time.
It should be noted that on street parking on Donegall Street and High Street will be suspended from 9pm on Wednesday 16 March until after 1pm on 17 March to allow for the parade to progress.
Drivers should be aware of large volumes of pedestrians in and around Custom House Square, Donegall Quay, and High Street area whilst the concert and family activities are taking place between 12pm and 3pm.
Translink will maintain city centre services throughout the day; details of any diversions will be available on their website, and will be notified on the display screens at any affected bus stops.
Drivers should also be aware of the Spar Craic 10k run which leaves from Belfast City Hall at 9am on St. Patrick’s Day and which ends at the Titanic Slipways. They are advised to exercise caution along the route.


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Right now I don't have much plants but some java moss and they are more of a dark green to brown looking, I want to get those light green and fresh looking plants I see whenever I go the store, any tips?
Plants do best when they have a consistent availability of light and nutrients. Getting your lights on a timer will ensure your lighting periods are more consistent; algae will always take advantage of any inconsistencies in your lighting and fertilizer regiment.
Next is availability of nutrients. In the wild plants usually don't grow in plain sand or gravel, as it is nutrient poor. Likewise, your plants will do much better if they have access to readily available nutrients. The best way is to provide them with a nutrient-dense substrate, such as organic soil or aquasoils. The next best thing would be to provide nutrients for your plants with root tabs. Something is certainly better than nothing.
The three main nutrients utilized by plants are nitrogen, potassium, and carbon. Nitrogen is derived from substrates rich in nutrients, as well as ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. The later is reason enough to keep plants in your freshwater tank as they greatly improve water quality and cleanliness. Potassium is an important macro found in nutrient rich substrates. Normally when plants are in need of potassium, their leaves form holes and turn yellow. A macro-rich fertilizers such as Thrive ensures plants always have plenty of potassium. The final macro nutrient, carbon, is derived from CO2 via photosynthesis. There is always some CO2 dissolved in the water column, but it is in very tiny concentrations. Blasting plants with excessive amounts of light is counter-productive if you do not have the correct concentrations of CO2. By increasing the concentration of CO2, along with increased dosing of fertilizers, you can not only get lush, green plants, but they will be more compact, fuller, and usually grow much faster in these conditions.
Consider this: all plants grow faster outside of water when exposed to air. This is because the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is approximately 400x higher than in the water. By having virtually unlimited access to available carbon, plants grow larger and faster. You can simulate this in an aquarium environment by injecting CO2.
Its all about finding a balance. In tanks with lower light and no injected CO2, you will see slower growth but you also don't have to dose as much. Light and CO2 are the throttle, and nutrients are the fuel. All you really need in a low-tech tank is a good fertilizer that contains all the essential macro nutrients.

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At the HLCM’s 29th session in March 2015, FICSA submitted a document with a proposed cost sharing formula to distribute the annual cost of the two FICSA officers (the President and General Secretary) across all organizations having staff associations/unions which are members of FICSA. HLCM requested the HR Network, as the primary interlocutor with staff, to consider the proposal by FICSA and to submit its views for discussion by the Committee at its October 2015 session.
The Co-Chair of the HR Network acknowledged the importance of adequate representation of staff federations in the relevant inter-agency mechanisms such as HLCM and ICSC. She highlighted that, to date, any cost sharing arrangements had been ad-hoc in nature. Any systematic provision would have to be looked at more comprehensively, given the existence of three different staff federations in the UN system.
Resourcing of elected officials at the federation level was not homogeneous, with two full time positions in the FICSA case being the most resource-intense option. In times where administrations are asked to do more with less, due care would need to be given to the most efficient and collaborative representation of staff federations, including with a reflection on the most suitable secretariat structures and locations. Finally, it was highlighted that it would be worthwhile exploring alternative financing mechanisms, in particular as other positions in the FICSA Secretariat as already financed through membership-based contributions.
Considering the views of the HR Network and prior discussions at HLCM, the HLCM Vice-Chair proposed the establishment of a small working group including FICSA representatives and some organizations whose staff are represented by FICSA, with a view to discuss the matter further. UNESCO indicated its willingness to chair such a working group, and to reach out to other organizations for potential participation.
The Committee: Expressed appreciation of the value of engagement and representation of staff federations in the relevant inter-agency mechanisms.
Took note of the views expressed by the Committee with regard to exploring options for: a. Identifying alternative funding approaches for elected officials’ positions, including those based on membership fees; b. Reviewing functions and composition of FICSA secretariat, and well as the possibility of providing its services from a low cost duty station; c. Identifying solutions for all three Staff Federations for a more cost-efficient collaboration on coordination matters.
Agreed to establish a small working group under the leadership of UNESCO, with staff representatives and representatives of interested organizations, to develop proposals for HLCM’s consideration at its spring 2016 session.

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In the version that appeared in The Bulletin (1893) and The Worker (1894), the third line in verse three reads : '(Ah, men of town! you have songs of woe to tell of the rights you lack,'. This line appears in the later versions as : 'The poor of the city have friends in woe, no matter how much they lack,'
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Sydney:Angus and Robertson,1907Z4070251907anthology poetry A selection of published and previously unpublished verse 'representative of the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and conditions of life, - "Australian" in this connection being used to include New Zealand.' (Introduction, p. vii)Sydney:Angus and Robertson,1907

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It is a high performance double glazing unit that has been designed with an emphasis on achieving gas-tight and structurally sound glazing incorporating warm edge technology.
All components in a high performance Thermoflex warm edge insulated glass sealed unit are to be extensively tested and comply with Euro Norm (EN) 1279 standards.
Used to create the airspace within an insulated glass sealed unit, spacer bar also helps to maintain its structural integrity. Thermoflex warm edge spacer is a pre-desiccated flexible foamed spacer system with a gas diffusion barrier to minimise gas loss from the edge of the unit. The composition of Thermoflex ensures that the unit is structurally sound while helping to reduce the heat loss at the edge of the glazing unit. A Thermobar rigid tube warm edge spacer is also available.
Thermoflex is a Passive House approved component which achieves a phA+ rating for Arctic Climate Zones and all other climate regions with lower requirements. It achieves best thermal values as certified by Bundesverband Flachglas Association.
For more information on warm edge spacer and the advantages of Thermoflex Warm Edge spacer visit: thermoflexwarmedge.com.
Low-e glass means Low emissivity glass. It differs from normal float glass in that one side of the glass has a special metal coating, technically known as a low emissivity, or Low-e coating. All energy efficient windows must contain a Low-e glass.
Edge sealants bond to the spacer bar and seal the edge of the sealed unit from moisture ingress and protect the unit from gasses passing out of and into the internal unit construction. Hot Melt or Reactive Warm Melt Sealants are suitable for use with Thermoflex.
The airspace between the glass panes is filled with an inert gas such as Argon. Units filled with an inert gas must meet the requirements to pass EN1279 part 3 standards for gas loss.


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It is clear that Minsait Payments and Afterbanks Arcopay are driving the industry forward and achieving huge numbers in their respective areas, which is why Enrique has become a eminence when it comes to explaining emerging trends and opportunities in the financial sector.
Here is a summary of the session. We hope you enjoy it!
The importance of finding a suitable partner in terms of banking aggregation
Juanjo Gómez, Head of Marketing at Coinscrap Finance, made the introductions and welcomed Enrique to begin a very intense afternoon. His first question addressed the complexity of managing two business development management roles. Enrique explained that, in his case, it has arisen naturally due to his career of more than 15 years in the world of payment solutions.
Both reminded the audience that Minsait and Afterbanks are our partners, since the second one is part of our team of bank aggregation providers (open banking). And with Minsait payments we try to jointly reach the market. Juanjo then launched a question about the way in which both companies boost the Fintech sector in Spain and the international market.
Here’s a video with the complete webinar!
Adaptability and technology at the service of the industry
Enrique indicated that, being a company of the Indra group, they have been helping large financial entities both in Europe and Latam for years. The need to increase flexibility meant that they have practically become a FinTech. Agility is a fundamental point in their offer and they provide the industry with everything related to means of payment.
“Afterbanks was already born with that culture. It also came up for banks, but many of their users are FinTechs who need access to transactional data.”
In addition, they support companies that are dedicated to managing the administration and accounting of SMEs, which is why they work with practically all ERPs on the market.
“We are the ones with the best connectors.”
The regulation of open banking in Latam: The market is going faster
Compliance issues and the times faced by large financial institutions have made Minsait and Afterbanks confront multiple commercial challenges, but its Director indicated that the biggest one is operational. He highlighted the great work of his operations team, capable of processing 70 million units of data per month and adapting to the needs of each customer in record time.
At that time, Juanjo wanted to introduce the issue of open banking and open finance regulations:
“In Spain and Europe we share the PSD2 regulations, but in Latam each country has been advancing its own FinTech laws, as is the case of Mexico or Chile. It is expected that Colombia will join soon with a new regulation”.
Enrique expressed the uncertainty caused by this situation, even though they have been working without formal regulation for many years.
“This part is positive for the advancement and expansion of technology but, without regulations, there could be risks for the industry and users. In Europe there is a single payment space, while Latin America needs to regulate the FinTech that arises from the social need for banking of the population. It is a basic need. The important thing is that there are standards in all these countries”.Enrique Álvarez
How to generate immediate adoption of new technologies
Enrique spoke of his consulting service in Latam to improve existing standards in payment systems “every month a new means of payment appears”, he commented. There are many new players and it is a very active market due to this pressing need to access banking services. “They attack uncovered use cases in a super agile way,” insisted Enrique.
“Mach in Chile has a closed model that is succeeding because everyone needs to make payments. In Latam, when a FinTech launches a tool that works better than previous ones (and improves people’s lives), its adoption is immediate”.He admitted.
Juanjo wanted to take advantage of the occasion to ask the manager about his outstanding success stories.
Success stories and future prospects for the FinTech sector
Enrique highlighted the method they use to interact with entities and startups. They value the trust they generate with their partners thanks to their expertise and their developments in technology. “Our core is the processing part,” he said. He explained the importance of the user experience in the financial sector and the demands of a constantly growing sector.
Regarding the future, he wanted to highlight that credit and debit cards, as a digital asset (whether there is “plastic” or not) will continue to be one of the most powerful means of payment on the market. They will be used not only in shops, but will grow in other areas. Regarding open banking payments, where banks give up the payment capacity to a third party (as in the case of bizum), he believes that there will be new scenarios but with more concentrated players.
“Definitely,” he explained.
“Account to account is going to boost usage. The most optimal means of payment that exists is an immediate transfer”.
He predicted a great future for open finance and open data in Latin America in the next two years and recall the importance of being able to turn from B2C to B2B or B2C2B, as in the case of Coinscrap Finance.
We want to thank Enrique for participating in our Meets and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Until the next edition!


Perth 2011's goal is to make the cyan blue triangle synonymous with the lead up events prior to the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, which will be held in Fremantle, Western Australia from Saturday 3 December to Sunday 18 December 2011.
Guests at today's launch heard from Perth 2011 Chairman The Hon. Ian CAMPBELL, Perth 2011 Event Director John LONGLEY and Western Australian Olympic gold medallists in the women's 470 class Belinda STOWELL, Elise RECHICHI and Tessa PARKINSON.
The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships will be the primary qualifying event for the 2012 London Olympic Games for the 10 competing sailing disciplines.
As the primary qualifying event, the world's best sailors will converge on Perth in a bid to secure a place for their nation in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the coveted World Championship in their chosen sailing discipline.
An anticipated 5,000 visitors, including 1,500 sailors, from 80 nations are set to arrive in Western Australia for one of the largest international sporting events in Western Australian history.
The competition will be held in the events and equipment selected for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition.
(Event - Equipment)
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser
Men's One Person Dinghy Heavy - Finn
Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Men's Two Person Dinghy High Performance - 49er
Men's Keelboat - Star
Men's Windsurfer - RS:X
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Women's Windsurfer - RS:X
Women's Keelboat Match Racing - Elliott 6m
Fremantle will "come alive" during December 2011 when the eyes of the sailing world fix their sights on Western Australia's historic port city. A genuine festival atmosphere will sweep through the city as the world's best sailors battle for World Championship and future Olympic glory just metres off the water's edge along the Fremantle coastline.
Tourism Western Australia Chief Executive Officer Richard MUIRHEAD said Perth 2011's bid success was a result of a major commitment from the State Government to bring world class events to Western Australia.
"I am confident that this event, combined with the natural beauty of our aquatic environment, will provide us with a great opportunity to showcase our State on the global stage," MUIRHEAD said.
The Emerging Nations Programme (ENP) will be the first initiative Perth 2011 co-ordinate ahead of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
The first camp, to be held from 22 July to 3 August 2009, will be the first of six camps and an additional test event to be held in the waters off Fremantle between July 2009 and the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
The Emerging Nations Programme will see up to 40 nations that were not represented at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in any sailing discipline invited to Perth for a series of intensive training courses designed to improve their chances of earning a place in the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships and 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The Emerging Nations Programme will focus on Laser and RS:X Windsurfers for both men and women. Being one person classes that have global representation, they were identified by the ISAF Events Committee as the best route to bring more nations to the Olympic Sailing Competition - one of the key objectives ahead of Perth 2011 and the 2012 London Olympics.
Perth 2011 Event Director John LONGLEY said the Emerging Nations Programme was conceived as an additional benefit that Perth 2011 offered the International Sailing Federation as a part of its bid to secure the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
"After the announcement of Perth's successful bid, ISAF, Perth 2011 and Yachting Australia worked to establish the modus operandi for this project," LONGLEY said of the ENP.
"The overriding objectives are to encourage and assist developing and emerging sailing nations to participate in the Olympic Sailing Competition and to increase the number of participating nations and their competitors at the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships."
On 4 November 2007 it was announced that Western Australia had been the successful bidder and would host the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. In announcing the decision to award the next event to Western Australia, ISAF noted sailing conditions and venue facilities as top priorities in selecting the host city. They also highlighted Perth and Fremantle's strength in these areas, with the famous winds affectionately known as the 'Fremantle Doctor' providing ideal sailing conditions and a high level of existing sailing infrastructure.
To keep up to date with the latest Perth 2011 news, please visit www.perth2011.com.
ISAF Sailing World Championships - www.sailing.org/isafworlds


text: It had been a while since we last heard from Ras Shiloh. His last album, 'From Rasta To You', was released back in 2002. The long silence is somewhat strange as at the end of the nineties, Shiloh was still tipped as one of the new roots promises next to the late Garnet Silk. He now returns with 'Coming Home', an album produced by Bobby Digital that sounds like a logical sequel to 'From Rasta To You'. Without sounding dated in any way, 'Coming Home' definitely has a nineties vibe. For the riddim-junkies amongst you there's, among others, 'Voice Of The People' (on the same riddim as Capleton's 'Jah Is My Everything'), 'Come Down Jah Jah' (on the Johnny Too Bad riddim) and 'All Of Me' (on the indestructible classic Breaking Up).