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Öljeitü, Oljeitu, Olcayto or Uljeitu, Öljaitu, Ölziit (Mongolian: ᠦᠯᠵᠡᠢᠲᠦ ᠺᠬᠠᠨ, romanized: Öljeitü Ilkhan, Өлзийт хаан), also known as Muhammad Khodabandeh (Persian: محمد خدابنده - اولجایتو, khodābandeh from Persian meaning the "slave of God" or "servant of God"; 1280 – December 16, 1316), was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz, Iran. His name "Ölziit" means "blessed" in the Mongolian language.
Muhammad Khodabandeh
Öljeitü and ambassadors from the Yuan Dynasty, 1438, "Majma' al-Tavarikh"
|13 July 1304 - 16 December 1316
|Abu Sa'id
|[1]24 March 1282
|16 December 1316(aged 34)
Sulayman Shah
Abu'l Khayr
Abu Sa'id
Ilchi (alleged)
Dowlandi Khatun
Sati Beg
Sultan Khatun
|Uruk Khatun
He was the son of the Ilkhan ruler Arghun, brother and successor of Mahmud Ghazan (5th successor of Genghis Khan), and great-grandson of the Ilkhanate founder Hulagu.
Oljeitu was the son of Arghun's third wife, the Christian Uruk Khatun.[2] Oljeitu was baptised as a Christian and received the name Nikolya (Nicholas) after Pope Nicholas IV.[3] During his youth he converted to Buddhism and later to Sunni Islam along with his brother Ghazan. He later converted to Shi'a Islam after coming into contact with Shi'a scholars,[4] although another source indicates he converted to Islam through the persuasions of his wife.[5] He changed his first name to the Islamic name Muhammad. Some of his relatives and companions gave him a nickname of Khutabanda. Rashid al-Din wrote that he adopted the name Oljeitu following Yuan emperor Oljeitu Temür enthroned in Dadu. Some Muslim sources mention that it rained when he was born, and the delighted Mongols called him by the Mongolian name Öljeitu (Өлзийт), meaning auspicious.
After succeeding his brother, Öljeitu became influenced by Shi'a theologians Al-Hilli and Maitham Al Bahrani.[6] In 1306, Oljeitu founded the city of Soltaniyeh,[7] and upon Al-Hilli's death, Oljeitu transferred his teacher's remains from Baghdad to a domed shrine he built in Soltaniyeh. Later, alienated by the factional strife between the Hanafis and the Shafis, Oljeitu changed his sect to Shi'a Islam in 1310.[8] However, it has also been reported that he reconverted to Sunni Islam prior to his death.[9] In 1309, Öljeitu founded a Dar al-Sayyedah ("Sayyed's lodge") in Shiraz, Iran, and endowed it with an income of 10,000 Dinars a year.
He died in Soltaniyeh, near Zanjan, in 1316, having reigned for twelve years and nine months.[7] Afterwards, Rashid al-Din Hamadani was accused of having caused his death by poisoning and was executed. Oljeitu was succeeded by his son Abu Sa'id. His magnificent tomb in Soltaniyeh, 300 km west of Tehran, remains the best known monument of Ilkhanid Persia.
Relations with EuropeEdit
Trade contactsEdit
Trading contacts with European powers were very active during the reign of Öljeitu. The Genoese had first appeared in the capital of Tabriz in 1280, and they maintained a resident Consul by 1304. Oljeitu also gave full trading rights to the Venetians through a treaty in 1306 (another such treaty with his son Abu Said was signed in 1320).[10] According to Marco Polo, Tabriz was specialized in the production of gold and silk, and Western merchants could purchase precious stones in quantities.[10]
Military allianceEdit
After his predecessor Arghun, Öljeitu continued diplomatic overtures with the West, and re-stated Mongol hopes for an alliance between the Christian nations of Europe and the Mongols against the Mamluks, even though Öljeitu himself had converted to Islam.
1305 embassyEdit
In April 1305, he sent a Mongol embassy led by Buscarello de Ghizolfi to the French king Philip IV of France,[11] Pope Clement V, and Edward I of England. The letter to Philip IV, the only one to have survived, describes the virtues of concord between the Mongols and the Franks:
We, Sultan Oljaitu. We speak. We, who by the strength of the Sky, rose to the throne (...), we, descendant of Genghis Khan (...). In truth, there cannot be anything better than concord. If anybody was not in concord with either you or ourselves, then we would defend ourselves together. Let the Sky decide!— Extract from the letter of Oljeitu to Philip the Fair. French national archives.[12]
He also explained that internal conflicts between the Mongols were now over:
Now all of us, Timur Khagan, Tchapar, Toctoga, Togba and ourselves, main descendants of Gengis-Khan, all of us, descendants and brothers, are reconciled through the inspiration and the help of God. So that, from Nangkiyan (China) in the Orient, to Lake Dala our people are united and the roads are open.— Extract from the letter of Oljeitu to Philip the Fair. French national archives.[13]
This message reassured the European nations that the Franco-Mongol alliance, or at least attempts towards such an alliance, had not ceased, even though the Khans had converted to Islam.[14]
1307 embassyEdit
Another embassy was sent to the West in 1307, led by Tommaso Ugi di Siena, an Italian described as Öljeitu's ildüchi ("Sword-bearer").[15] This embassy encouraged Pope Clement V to speak in 1307 of the strong possibility that the Mongols could remit the Holy Land to the Christians, and to declare that the Mongol embassy from Öljeitu "cheered him like spiritual sustenance".[16] Relations were quite warm: in 1307, the Pope named John of Montecorvino the first Archbishop of Khanbalik and Patriarch of the Orient.[17]
European nations accordingly prepared a crusade, but were delayed. A memorandum drafted by the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers Guillaume de Villaret about military plans for a Crusade envisaged a Mongol invasion of Syria as a preliminary to a Western intervention (1307/8).[18] A corps of Frank mangonel specialists is known to have accompanied the Ilkhanid army in the conquest of Herat in 1307.[19] Mongols besieged the castle in Gilan for so long, that epidemic and lack of food supply forced Gilans to submit to them. He punished Kartids in Herat as well.
Military operation of 1308Edit
Byzantine Emperor Andronicus II gave a daughter in marriage to Oljeitu and asked ilkhan's assistance against growing power of the Ottomans. In 1305, Oljeitu promised his father in law 40,000 men, and in 1308 dispatched 30,000 men to recover many Byzantine towns in Bithynia and the Ilkhanid army crushed a detachment of Osman I.[20]
1313 embassyEdit
On April 4, 1312, a Crusade was promulgated by Pope Clement V at the Council of Vienne. Another embassy was sent by Oljeitu to the West and to Edward II in 1313.[21] That same year, the French king Philippe le Bel "took the cross", making the vow to go on a Crusade in the Levant, thus responding to Clement V's call for a Crusade. He was however warned against leaving by Enguerrand de Marigny,[22] and died soon after in a hunting accident.[23]
Öljeitu finally launched a last campaign against the Mamluks (1312–13), in which he was unsuccessful, though he reportedly briefly took Damascus.[7] A final settlement with the Mamluks would only be found when Oljeitu's son signed the Treaty of Aleppo with the Mamluks in 1322.
- Consorts
Öljaitü had thirteen consorts:
- Terjughan Khatun, daughter of Legai Kurkan and Baba Khatun;
- Eltuzmish Khatun (m. 1296, died October/November 1308), daughter of Qutlugh Timur Kurkan of the Qonqirut tribe, sister of Taraqai Kurkan, and widow of Abaqa Khan and previously that of Gaykhatu Khan;
- Hajji Khatun, daughter of Chichak, son of Sulamish and Todogaj Khatun;
- Qutlugh Shah Khatun (m. 20 June 1305), daughter of Irinjin,[24] and Konchak Khatun;
- Bulughan Khatun Khurasani (m. 23 June 1305), daughter of Tasu and Mangli Tegin Khatun, and widow of Ghazan Khan;
- Kunjuskab Khatun (m. 1305), daughter of Shadi Kurkan and Orqudaq Khatun, widow of Ghazan Khan;
- Oljatai Khatun (died 4 October 1315), daughter of Sulamish and Todogaj Khatun, sister of Hajji Khatun, and widow of Arghun Khan;
- Soyurghatmish Khatun, daughter of Amir Husayn Jalayir, and sister of Hasan Buzurg;
- Qongtai Khatun, daughter of Timur Kurkan;
- Dunya Khatun, daughter of al-Malik al-Malik Najm ad-Din Ghazi, ruler of Mardin;
- Adil Shah Khatun, daughter of Amir Sartaq, the amir-ordu of Bulughan Khatun Buzurg;[25]
- Despina Khatun, daughter of Andronikos II Palaiologos;[26]
- Tugha Khatun, a lady accused of having an affair with Demasq Kaja;
- Sons
Öljaitü had six sons:
- Bastam (1297 - 1309) - with Eltuzmish Khatun;
- Bayazid (1300 - 1308) - with Eltuzmish Khatun;
- Tayghur - with Eltuzmish Khatun;
- Sulayman Shah - with Adil Shah Khatun;
- Abu'l Khayr - with Oljatai Khatun;
- Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan - with Hajji Khatun;
Öljaitü also allegedly had an additional son, Ilchi who was claimed as an ancestor of the Arghun and Tarkhan dynasties of Afghanistan and India.[27]
- Daughters
Öljaitü had three daughters:
- Dowlandi Khatun (died 1314) - with Terjughan Khatun, married on 30 September 1305 to Amir Chupan;
- Sati Beg Khatun - with Eltuzmish Khatun, married firstly on 6 September 1319 to Amir Chupan, married secondly in 1336 to Arpa Ke'un, married thirdly in 1339 to Suleiman Khan;
- Sultan Khatun - with Qutlugh Shah Khatun;
- Genghis Khan
- Tolui
- Hulagu Khan
- Abaqa
- Arghun
- Öljaitü
See alsoEdit
- ^ Linda Komaroff, Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan (2012), p. 19
- ^ Ryan, James D. (November 1998). "Christian wives of Mongol khans: Tartar queens and missionary expectations in Asia". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 8 (9): 411–421. doi:10.1017/s1356186300010506.
- ^ "Arghun had one of his sons baptized, Khordabandah, the future Öljeitu, and in the Pope's honor, went as far as giving him the name Nicholas", Histoire de l'Empire Mongol, Jean-Paul Roux, p.408
- ^ Alizadeh, Saeed; Alireza Pahlavani; Ali Sadrnia. Iran: A Chronological History. p. 137.
- ^ The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith By Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, pg. 197
- ^ Al Oraibi, Ali (2001). "Rationalism in the school of Bahrain: a historical perspective". In Lynda Clarke (ed.). Shīʻite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions. Global Academic Publishing. p. 336.
- ^ a b c Stevens, John. The history of Persia. Containing, the lives and memorable actions of its kings from the first erecting of that monarchy to this time; an exact Description of all its Dominions; a curious Account of India, China, Tartary, Kermon, Arabia, Nixabur, and the Islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all Cities occasionally mentioned, as Schiras, Samarkand, Bokara, &c. Manners and Customs of those People, Persian Worshippers of Fire; Plants, Beasts, Product, and Trade. With many instructive and pleasant digressions, being remarkable Stories or Passages, occasionally occurring, as Strange Burials; Burning of the Dead; Liquors of several Countries; Hunting; Fishing; Practice of Physick; famous Physicians in the East; Actions of Tamerlan, &c. To which is added, an abridgment of the lives of the kings of Harmuz, or Ormuz. The Persian history written in Arabick, by Mirkond, a famous Eastern Author that of Ormuz, by Torunxa, King of that Island, both of them translated into Spanish, by Antony Teixeira, who lived several Years in Persia and India; and now rendered into English.
- ^ Ann K.S. Lambton, Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia, ed. Ehsan Yarshater, (Bibliotheca Persica, 1988), 255.
- ^ Curatola, Giovanni; Gianroberto Scarcia (2007). Iran: The Art and Architecture of Persia. Perseus Distribution Services. p. 166. ISBN 9780789209207.
- ^ a b Jackson, p.298
- ^ Mostaert and Cleaves, pp. 56-57, Source
- ^ Quoted in Jean-Paul Roux, Histoire de l'Empire Mongol, p.437
- ^ Source
- ^ Jean-Paul Roux, in Histoire de l'Empire Mongol ISBN 2-213-03164-9: "The Occident was reassured that the Mongol alliance had not ceased with the conversion of the Khans to Islam. However, this alliance could not have ceased. The Mamelouks, through their repeated military actions, were becoming a strong enough danger to force Iran to maintain relations with Europe.", p.437
- ^ Peter Jackson, p.173
- ^ Peter Jackson, The Mongols and the West, p.171
- ^ Foltz, p.131
- ^ Peter Jackson, p.185
- ^ Peter Jackson, The Mongols and the West, p.315
- ^ I. Heath, Byzantine Armies: AD 1118–1461, pp. 24–33.
- ^ Peter Jackson, p.172
- ^ Jean Richard, "Histoire des Croisades", p.485
- ^ Richard, p.485
- ^ Lambton, Ann K. S. (January 1, 1988). Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia. SUNY Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-887-06133-2.
- ^ Hillenbrand, Robert; Peacock, A. C. S.; Abdullaheva, Firuza (January 29, 2014). Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran: Art, Literature and Culture from Early Islam to Qajar Persia. I. B. Tauris. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-780-76015-5.
- ^ Korobeinikov, Dimitri (2014). Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-198-70826-1.
- ^ Mahmudul Hasan Siddiqi, History of the Arghuns and Tarkhans of Sind, 1507-1593 (1972), p. 249
- Atwood, Christopher P. (2004). The Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4671-9.
- (ISBN 0-295-98391-4) page 87
- Foltz, Richard, Religions of the Silk Road, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-62125-1
- Jackson, Peter, The Mongols and the West, Pearson Education, ISBN 0-582-36896-0
- Roux, Jean-Paul, Histoire de l'Empire Mongol, Fayard, ISBN 2-213-03164-9
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A collection of clips on how not to fit a wooden floor, plus a bonus feature
Hardwood Flooring FAIL
For our first clip of wooden floor fitting fails, we see how a floor can be fitted and dismantled in a speeded up video clip. In 70 seconds, we see how a badly fitted floor is taken apart in no time at all.
Worst Hardwood Buckle
He's right! We have seen lower slag heaps than this sorry specimen.
Bad hardwood floor installation
With this wooden floor fitting fail, we find that the original installer used the wrong nails. Here's why it's such a cinch to dismantle the flooring.
Elastilon from lumber liquidators bad results
For this hellish installation, we see how a cherrywood floor buckled in two months. The customer had to pay an extra $2,220 dollars to remedy this issue.
Tommy's Trade Secrets – How To Level a Buckled Floor
Just to add some balance to this compilation of catastrophes, we close with one of Tommy's Trade Secrets. His series of videos have a wealth of subscribers who have turned to him for DIY tips. We see how he levels a buckled floor.
Castle Floors, 13 March 2017.


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It's that time of the year again! Boise ISSA is having its 16th annual conference on May 3, 2018! Keep an eye on their website for more updates!
Every year they strive to deliver excellent Key Note Speakers as well as smaller break out session and hands-on training.
This year the Keynote Speakers are William Kimble, President/CEO Cyber Defense Technologies and James McMurry, CEO of Milton Group. Richard Marshall, CEO of X-SES Consultants, LLC will be our special members only lunchtime keynote.
Ken Dunham will have more in-depth classes focusing on Threat Hunting (Price $100. Invoices will be sent out VIA PayPal)
They will also have the Ms. GreyHat Organization doing a Raspeberry Pi Hacking Workshop (Price $175 by April 3rd, $195 by May 2, May 3rd $220. Invoices will be sent out VIA PayPal)


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Are You the Missing Piece?
By Dr. Chuck F. Betters
My wife's mother, Eleanor, loved jigsaw puzzles; she thought looking at the puzzle picture on the box was cheating and instead loved to solve the mystery without help. She loved puzzles. I loved to tease her. So, as this patient and meticulous woman carefully assembled an extremely challenging puzzle, "Snow White without the Seven Dwarfs" (a circular, completely white puzzle with well over a thousand pieces), I hid one small piece of the puzzle in my pocket. How disappointed she was when she could not have the satisfaction of seeing her project really finished. The first question of everyone who saw her puzzle was, "Where's the missing piece?" I finally handed over the missing piece and, after she soundly rebuked me for my misbehavior, she put it in place, sat back and smiled at a job well done.
How many "incomplete puzzles" are there today in the ministry of local churches because the children of God refuse to bring their "puzzle pieces," their special gifts and abilities, to the table of ministry? Instead, they hide them in their pockets and then join the chorus of critics who ask, "Why isn't this church meeting those needs?" - when all the while they themselves are holding the missing pieces.
God's confrontation with the Old Testament patriarch, Moses, gives us a glimpse into our own hearts and often excuses for turning down God's invitation to partner with Him by using our own gifts to introduce others to His son, Jesus.
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
Moses, when given the task of leading the Israelites out of Egypt, objected strenuously (Exodus 3:1-4:17). First, Moses questioned, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
God responded, "I will be with you," the very promise He made to Abraham (and to us, Matthew 28:28).
Second, Moses objected, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is Him name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
God responded, in effect, "Tell them that Jehovah, the faithful and trustworthy God of their fathers, has sent you."
Third, Moses doubted. "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to you'?" Moses probably remembered his earlier rejection by his people and questioned why this time would be any different.
Throw Down Your Staff
God responded that Moses should throw down his staff, the symbol of his identity as a working shepherd. Without his staff he could not take care of the sheep or protect himself. God changed the staff into a snake, the national symbol of Pharaoh's alleged sovereign power. God changed it back into a staff when Moses obediently picked it up. This was no magic trick; it underscored God's power and authority over Pharaoh. Moses had to surrender his shepherd's calling in order to accept God's commissioning. Though Moses carried the simple staff of a shepherd, God had invested it, as indeed He had invested Moses, with a power far beyond its humble appearance.
Fourth, Moses continued to object, claiming he was not a man of words. "O Lord," he complained, "I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."
God responded, reassuring Moses and promising him that the Lord Himself would help him speak and teach him what to say. As with Moses, God also promises to give us the strength and abilities we need. As it says in the book of Ephesians, every child of God is "created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (2:10).
Fifth, Moses decided he wasn't the best man for the job. God's promise of His presence, power, and authority was apparently not enough for Moses. He desperately exclaimed, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it" (Exodus 4:13).
This is the first time during this encounter that God actually became angry with Moses. He bluntly told Moses that his eloquent brother Aaron would serve as Moses' spokesman.
Moses at last acquiesced and obeyed. On his long journey back to Egypt and into the jaws of his enemy, however, Moses did not travel alone, for God was with him.
Since then no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt - to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. (Deuteronomy 34:10-12)
Everyone who answers God's call to know Him intimately must confront His call to courageously serve as Moses did.
Look around your local church. Are you the missing piece needed to reflect God's compassion and mercy in a broken world? Which of Moses' excuses is your favorite one behind which you hide?
What gift, talent, or resource are you hiding in your pocket?
Are YOU the missing piece in your local church? Share the love of Jesus in you, by sharing the gifts He has given to you!
In His grip,
Dr. Chuck F. Betters
Click here to check out videos from In His Grip's YouTube channel: Ask Dr. Betters.
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A cave in New Zealand looks like some sort of magical glowing landscape on an alien planet. Photographer Shaun Jeffers spent a year capturing the magic of New Zealand's Ruakuri Cave. The limestone cave is not only known for fantastic geological formations, but for whimsical natural lighting that emits from glowworms. These worm-like insects provide an ethereal atmosphere to the celebrated cave.
Jeffers, who is an official Hobbiton photographer, frequently captures incredible landscapes for tourism companies. He snapped some glowworm photos for Discover Waitomo, a company that organizes cave visits, rafting, and tours of the Hobbiton Movie Set. To obtain the images, Jeffers had to spend six to eight hours submerged in chilly cave water.
Related: Biofluorescent sharks glow bright green in the depths of the sea
According to his Bored Panda post on the experience, he said, "When the headlamps are out and all you can see are the glowworms, you can't help but feel like you've stepped into James Cameron's Avatar Pandora; it's just unreal!"
Discover Waitomo says the glowworm "is unique to New Zealand." The caves were first explored back in 1887, when Maori Chief Tane Tinorau and English surveyor Fred Mace entered via a raft on the river that runs into the cave. According to Discover Waitomo, the Maori knew the caves were there but hadn't yet explored far into their depths. Chief Tane and Mace were the first to discover the now-famed Glowworm Grotto.
In 1889 tourists began venturing into the caves using the other entrances Chief Tane found, led by the chief and his wife Huti. The government started managing the caves in 1906, but in 1989 management was given back to the Maori. Discover Waitomo says many of the staff that guide tourists through the enchanting caves today are "direct descendants" of Chief Tane and Huti.
Jeffers said, "Something quite special dwells beneath the surface of New Zealand and these images prove that the country is just as beautiful below ground as it is above!"
Images courtesy of Shaun Jeffers, Shaun Jeffers Instagram, and Shaun Jeffers Facebook


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Helmut Kraft remix for Jody Wisternoffs single "Starstrings" made a world tour after it was being picked up by Pete Tong on BBC1.
Supported by a lot of djs, Helmut Kraft remix has been re-released by one of the biggest dance labels in the States, Hed Kandi America, with a Tocadisco remix.
After several remixes for artists and labels (PIAS, Hed Kandi, Alpha Matrix) Helmut toured over Europe sharing decks with great artists.
AE GAMES firm asked Helmut Kraft 3 tracks of his catalog for their new NEED FOR SPEED Rivals game including tracks of Muse, Bastille, Chris Lake, Linkin Park, The Naked And Famous.
Manoir II of Helmut Kraft has been chosen for the official Need For Speed Rivals trailer and has been commented as the best track of the game by most of players around the world.
New projects will release in 2017 with Planet Rhythm, Comade, Gynoid audio.
///////Almost 1.4 million views//// Music by Helmut Kraft
july 6th REVOLUTION Festival Lithuania
May 26th MTW club Frankfurt
May 5th Der Weiße Hase Berlin


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1. Betway: Licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority and the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (for the United Kingdom only), Betway is the best esports betting site for Indians because it supports Indian Rupees (INR) as a betting currency, has a world-class reputation as a safe and secure online betting destination, and because it is heavily involved with the esports industry as a sponsor of top LoL team Ninjas in Pyjamas. Betway often has the earliest markets and lowest odds for major and minor esports tournaments held for CS:GO, Dota 2, LoL, OWL, Vainglory, World of Tanks and several niche competitive games. The one thing Betway currently lacks is full Indian language support, which we hope to see added in the near future. Read our full review of Betway's esports betting options to learn more.
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Which esports can I bet on from India?
As we mentioned previously, all of our top-reviewed and recommended esports betting sites offer markets on almost all major tournaments globally, and often offer options to bet on smaller, regional qualifiers and minors for the more popular esports games. We have provided a list of links to more detailed esports betting guides for each game you will find betting options for at online sportsbooks catering to India.
- Call of Duty (COD)
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)
- Dota 2
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
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Yes, you can bet on esports (and other sports and racing markets) over the Internet if you live in India. Many of the top-reviewed international esports betting sites accept Indian customers, allow them to bet on their platforms and are fully licensed and regulated in foreign jurisdictions.
Online sports betting in India is presently unregulated by the government as there is no specific legislation which prohibits or restricts the act of wagering on a sport over the Internet, despite numerous calls over the years to create a country-wide, regulated industry. The Information Technology Act of 2000 comes the closest to applying to sports betting, but it predates esports by several years, so it offers no specific regulation for esports wagering, just general regulation of cyber activities with the intent to block certain websites. There has not been one single case of an Indian citizen being punished or fined for betting or gambling online.
There are two minor exceptions only relevant to residents living in the state of Maharashtra and Sikkim: Maharashtra has completely banned online gambling, which includes sports betting, while Sikkim enacted the Sikkim Online Gaming (Regulation) Act in 2008. However, these local state laws do not apply or effect Indian residents living in other states across the country who wish to bet on esports over their computer or smartphone.
Many forms of online sports betting, including betting on esports, is incredibly popular in India. We hope that the country does introduce legislation sometime soon to create a regulated and less ambiguous online sports betting industry, which includes and recognises esports betting. However, for now, just know that it is perfectly fine for you to bet on esports over the Internet in India, and that many foreign betting sites that are licensed internationally are reputable and safe for Indian customers.
Esports betting sites payment methods for Indians
Even though India has no specific legislation banning online sports betting and esports betting specifically, many in the country have reported difficulty with depositing money into their betting accounts with traditional payment methods such as bank transfers, MasterCard and Visa. Occasionally, card companies and banks block sports betting-related transactions, so the most popular option for Indians are e-wallets and pre-paid services.
These two types of deposit and withdrawal options allow Indians to deposit rupees into a digital account, which then can be used to convert their rupees and then deposit the converted amount into their betting account, effectively acting as a middle layer between personal accounts and betting accounts. Many Indians prefer these services, such as Skrill and Neteller, for their anonymity, privacy and security – and thankfully, many betting sites, including the ones we recommend for India, support these methods.


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|The furnace stack area at Pine Grove Furnace offers plenty of parking and the Taj Mahal of state park bathrooms!
Hiking Tumbling Run
|Robby crossing the stream at the trail head.
|Elephant tree. Pretty cool, if you want my opinion.
|The path is sometimes obvious...but with obstacles!
|The path to the top of Tumbling Run deviates based upon the time of year. In early Spring most of this is under water.
|Alex, Robby, and Austin hiking up the waterfalls that run through Tumbling Run.
|The trail to to top of Tumbling Run gets pretty steep.
|Top of Tumbling Run. This is the spot were I asked my amazing wife, Robin, to marry me!
|Top of Tumbling Run
Lunch at the Furnace Stack Area
|Alex, Robby, & Austin enjoying lunch at Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
|Alex didn't pack enough water. The pump came in handy.
|Water pump and furnace stack at Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
|Furnace Stack Pavilion
|Austin, Alex, and Robby exploring the old furnace stack at Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
Hiking Pole Steeple
|Follow the Blue Blazes!
|Charcoal Terrace on route to the top of Pole Steeple.
|Pole Steeple Trail offers choices.
|Alex, Robby, and Austin taking the "Steep" trail to the top of Pole Steeple.
|David Raymond on top of Pole Steeple
|View from the top of Pole Steeple. You can see Fuller Lake in the distance.
Remember...All Trails Lead to Ice Cream!
|Mountain Creek Campground north of Michaux State Forest on state route 233.


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Posting ID : A1068546850
Date Posted : 2015-08-19
Category : Video Gaming By Owner
Selling these like new turtle beaches that can be used for the Xbox and/or the computer. I'll also be selling with the smaller wire that you need to plug into the Xbox controller. Works with pc and xbox
$20 obo


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Gol, Gol, Gola
May 11, 2005
Golas are all over the place now. Colourful redi gadi's (push carts), are visible on every street displaying tall bottles with jewel like juices waiting to be sprinkled over a lolly of crushed ice. The welcoming ring of the brass bell draws children out of their homes.
Is there a human heart that does not thrill to the herald of the ice lolly man ?
What an exquisite quandary to have to choose a flavour. Kala Khatta (made with black rock salt), Orange, Lemon, Mango, Pineapple, Gulab (Rose), Wala (Khus), Katchi Kairi.
And then to watch the ice being crushed into crystals and formed into a lolly around a split bamboo stick.
Then sprinkled liberally with the syrupy fruit squash of one's choice; to be sucked and drawn out with much relish, until the ice crystals have become compacted and colourless once again.
It would be great if sorbets ,(which is really French for Gola), could be offered in between courses at Indian restaurants with Indian flavours like kala khatta, katchi kairi , kokum or even paan. It would provide that touch of freshness to cleanse the palate of heavier flavours and prepare the tongue and taste buds for more to come.


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Northamptonshire 135 for 3 beat Derbyshire 133 for 5 by seven wickets
South African allrounder Johan Botha showed his international pedigree at Derby to give Northamptonshire a rare Friends Life t20 victory and end Derbyshire's faint hopes of reaching the last eight.
Botha conceded only 14 runs from his four overs of off-spin and than scored an unbeaten 54 from 48 balls as the Steelbacks cruised past the Falcons' 133 for 5 to seal a seven-wicket win - only their second in the North Group.
Derbyshire needed an unbroken stand of 82 in eight overs from Garry Park (50) and Ross Whiteley, who hit 39 from 26 balls, to give them a respectable total. However, Botha and Rob White, who weighed in with 51, ended the home side's chances of victory.
The Falcons had been struggling to reach three figures after thoughtful tight bowling restricted them to 66 for 5 after 15 overs. Martin Guptill drove the first ball to the boundary but that proved deceptive as the Steelbacks bowled straight and full to frustrate the batsmen.
After Wes Durston was caught behind and Greg Smith was leg before wicket padding up, Wayne Madsen was run out backing up before Guptill failed to clear long-off. t the halfway mark, Derbyshire were 46 for 4 and when Chesney Hughes was caught behind in the 12th over, Northamptonshire were firmly in control.
Derbyshire did not hit a boundary for 12 overs until Park drove Rob Keogh for six but that broke the shackles as Whiteley swept the spinner high over the midwicket boundary. Whiteley drove Jack Brooks for another six as 67 came off the last five overs, although Andrew Hall strangely ignored strike bowler David Lucas - who had conceded only eight runs from two overs.
Northamptonshire were still only chasing a modest total and although they quickly lost David Murphy to a brilliant leaping catch at cover by Guptill, White and Botha steadily chipped away at the target.
It might have been different if White had not been dropped by Hughes at slip before he had scored but Derbyshire were never able to exert any pressure on the second wicket pair - who added 109 to take the Steelbacks to the brink of victory.
White drove and pulled Jon Clare for three consecutive fours to reach his half-century from 43 balls and Botha reached the milestone in style by pulling Whiteley over the midwicket boundary. White was caught behind cutting at Mark Turner, who then bowled Alex Wakeley. However, the fast bowler then sent down a wide to give the visitors victory with 10 balls to spare.


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I have been struggling with blaming myself. Everything is my fault. Everything.
If baby girl starts acting out, I think it's because I have postpartum depression and it's making her aggressive.
I worry that she has something wrong with her and it will be all my fault.
I worry that my having to take blood pressure and asthma medications during pregnancy could have caused her hemangioma. I have no basis for thinking this might be the case, I just feel guilty about everything.
When people don't understand what I'm going through, it causes rifts—and I feel guilty that this even has to be an issue. I hate that I can't just snap out of it.
I think that maybe I need to try harder—but I know that I'm giving every ounce of my effort and I don't have any more strength to try any harder. I'm trying so hard.
I feel guilty that I need help. Why am I not strong enough? Why is everything so hard?
I feel bad that I am not a better wife right now. I feel bad that hubby has to deal with this.
There is so much guilt—about everything.
Sorry to be such a debbie downer—just wanted to get this off of my chest. I'm so afraid that this is my new normal. It just can't be.


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dating a guy 5 years younger than me!!
bananashake Posts: 65Registered Users
He will turn 29 in August. I'm turning 34 in a month. We are having so much fun together, but it feels so weird dating a guy who is 5 years younger! His mom is only 19 years older than me. His "older" brother is still younger than me. He is mature, has a nice job, has a mortgage, etc. But I can't help but feel that I'm too old for him. He's never really been in a relationship before, whereas, I have had a few and I sometimes feel like I'm damaged goods because of those failed relationships. He is sooo undamaged and playful. :blob3:
Is 5 years too much of an age difference????
Is 5 years too much of an age difference????
Nallia Posts: 2,979Registered UsersIf he was the one five years older would you still be worried about the age difference? If you have things in common and enjoy each other I don't see the problem. Maybe his lack of baggage will help you find your faith in relationships again."...just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." ~Harry Dresden0
Corrina777 Posts: 3,204Registered Users Curl ConnoisseurShort answer is no. I just turned 34 myself and look younger than my age, so I'm normally approached by guys in their mid-20's (admittedly, being asked out by a 22 year old totally freaked me out). I think the older you get the less the age difference matters, as long as you're both mentally in the same place- and he sounds like he's totally got his life together. It took me a very long time to get comfortable with the idea of dating younger guys, but now 5 younger doesn't seem bad.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Eilonwy Posts: 12,391Registered Users Curl Connoisseurbananashake wrote: »Is 5 years too much of an age difference????0
CanItBeChristine Posts: 6,343Registered UsersHis mom is "only" 19 years older than you?! Then she is still old enough to be YOUR mom, so I don't see the big deal!
I really don't think it's a big deal...I'm currently interested in a guy 4 years younger than me, and I look younger than him and when I first met him, he refused to tell me how old he was because he thought it would be a turn-off.
It'd be more extreme if you were 25 and he was 20 (I feel like a lot happens during those years) but it really closes-up as you get older.
Ugh, I'm sorry that you're stressing about this! I'm thinking about the guy I worked with last lusting after an 18-year-old girl (he was 29) and that was all fine but when it's the other way around...0
NetG Posts: 8,116Registered UsersI'm 34 and wouldn't hesitate to date a 29 year old guy if he seemed like he might be a good match for me. I try to stick to guys who are in relatively similar places in their lives, but the age range of ones who will cuts a pretty wide swath. I'd say mid 20's up to mid-40's probably contain guys who are potential good matches as far as what's going on in their lives as a general rule. Of course many aren't - but I wouldn't rule a guy out if he's in a similar place in his life.The pews never miss a sermon but that doesn't get them one step closer to Heaven.
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Kikapoo Posts: 1,087Registered UsersI'm married to a guy who's 4.5 years younger than I am. His older sister is also younger than I am. My MIL is a grand total of 13 years older than I am (she started young). Obviously I see nothing wrong with it :-D.0
KurlyKae Posts: 3,413Registered Users Curl Neophytebananashake wrote: »He will turn 29 in August. I'm turning 34 in a month. We are having so much fun together, but it feels so weird dating a guy who is 5 years younger! His mom is only 19 years older than me. His "older" brother is still younger than me. He is mature, has a nice job, has a mortgage, etc. But I can't help but feel that I'm too old for him. He's never really been in a relationship before, whereas, I have had a few and I sometimes feel like I'm damaged goods because of those failed relationships. He is sooo undamaged and playful. :blob3:
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He sounds like a great guy. If this is the only thing that's bugging you, I think you can relax. Age is a number. Maturity is what's important. As long as he's not acting like a teenager, you're in a good place. Enjoy, continue to get to know each other. The rest will come as it should.3a/2c
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rouquinne Posts: 13,737Registered Users Curl Connoisseur5 years, is that all?
i've gone 16 years each way. and lots of relationships with guys 9/10/11 years younger.My blog:
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redcelticcurls Posts: 17,502Registered Users Curl NeophyteMy BF is nine years younger and it hasn't presented a problem at all.
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cosmicfly Posts: 1,814Registered Usersredcelticcurls wrote: »My BF is nine years younger and it hasn't presented a problem at all.
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murrrcat Posts: 9,596Registered Usersmy mom married my dad when he was ummmm 22? she's 6 years older, they've been married 26 years now....uh I don't see a problem, unless like Eilonwy said..you're like 20 and dating a 15 year old.0
Spider Posts: 3,381Registered Users Curl NeophyteI'm 5 yrs older than my DH. No big deal, if everything else is good.
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sleepymeko Posts: 1,002Registered UsersIt's fine! I couldn't date a guy five years younger than me... But that's because I'm twenty-two. Bwhahaha. I'm always perving on the eight-teen year olds though.Check out my personal blog :afro:0
LAwoman Posts: 2,949Registered Users Curl NeophyteNah 5 years is nothing!0
The New Black Posts: 16,754Registered Users Curl ConnoisseurI dont really see the issue. Its not like you are 19 and he is 14.No MAS.
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BekkaPoo Posts: 3,861Registered Users Curl NeophyteAt your age no.. I'm almost 37, hubby just turned 30 two weeks ago, so I might be biased, but I don't see a problem."The challenge is to be yourself in a world that is trying to make you like everybody else.""...rationality is not necessary to sell things.."My staples: Mane n Tail (cowash), Garnier Fructis Sleek n Shine (leave in condish), Grapeseed oil or shea butter (sealing), Organic Root Stimulator Elasticitea (leave-in condish & light hold)0
Fifi.G Posts: 15,490Registered Users Curl NeophyteI am 36 and I would have no issue with dating a guy 5 years younger, as long as he is mature. That is the main issue. If he has had all the "light bulb moments" in life, that he's supposed to have had at this point, and has a good head on his shoulders... Congratulations!! I know plenty of men my age, and older, that have the maturity level of a 16 year old. Age and experience doesn't always make them wise.When I hear terms like "hipster" I think, who told cliques they could leave high school??
Kyonzilla Posts: 22Registered Users Curl NeophyteIt's funny how googling "Dating a guy 5 years younger than me" brought me to a thread I am familiar with...
I am 26, and age is NEVER an issue until one of us actually mentions it. He will be turning.......21 this month. :-? And just saying that makes me CRINGE!!! Besides the (what seems to be a) large age gap, we have a lot in common, get along quite well, he's my type...tall (6'4ish), dark and handsome...we've known each other forever (born & raised in the same small town). And I've never "noticed" him until recently....which makes me feel better because that means I wasn't a pedophile (haha bad joke).
He graduates college this year & has a good head on his shoulders....the age just TERRIFIES me b/c I feel as if he hasn't "lived" yet.....&I'm not sure if I'm in the way of this experience (of living).....sigh1
kells1 Posts: 1Registered Users, Curl Ambassador Curl NeophyteI'm also 26 and his turning 21 December. What a coincidence
I love him to the moon and back, he says he wants me to introduce him to my parents soon, it's gonna be so awkward coz he's a year younger than my little sister..
Gretchen Administrator Posts: 10,840Moderators Curl Virtuosokells1 said:I'm also 26 and his turning 21 December. What a coincidence
I love him to the moon and back, he says he wants me to introduce him to my parents soon, it's gonna be so awkward coz he's a year younger than my little sister..
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jeepcurlygurl Posts: 20,729Registered Users, Curl Ambassador Curl Virtuoso5 years is pretty much nothing. But yes, it all depends on both people. I usually prefer people nearer my own age for something long term but I've dated people from a few years to 15 years older and 15 years younger.--I'm located in Western PA. --I found NC in late 2004, CG since February 2005, joined the forums in May 2005, started going grey in late 2005. --My hair is 3B with some 3A, currently at mid back length when dry, texture-medium/fine, porosity-top is low, middle is medium, ends are porous, elasticity-normal. --My long time favorite products are Suave & VO5 conditioners, LA Looks Sport Gel, coconut oil, honey, vinegar.
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bomega Posts: 1,355Registered Users Curl Virtuoso5 years is nothing. I have dated as much as 10 years in either direction.
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Waterways Ireland have written to the office of Clare Daly TD in relation to controversial emails previously highlighted by our office which appeared to show a cosy relationship between a Waterways Ireland official and a developer in relation to Lowtown Marina in Naas (See August Posting).
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The Vatican has lent its approval to an iPhone application – with the iBreviary bringing the book of daily prayers to Apple's handset.
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What this doesn't show is the percentage of the engaged workers getting weekly, if not daily, positive feedback from clients who will not receive ANY kind of raise or bonus to thank them for their hard work. Whereas many of the low engaged workers (who I call the COO's, managers, supervisors and the higher ups), receiving little or no positive feedback but who gladly dump their work onto the highly engaged workers, will get raises, incentives and bonuses.
At least that is how it works at our company.
Where is my future desire to keep being highly engaged in my job if I get no recognition for it? I get clients sending my boss positive feedback on my work and my yearly job review for the last 12 years has been marked "Grade 1 – "Consistently Exceeds Expectations" (our review grades run 1 – Highly Exceeds Expectations to 5 – Consistently Fails to Meet Expectations").
One can keep being told that one's company is facing "financial headwinds" but then reads of one of their company's many CEO's, after nearly bringing financial ruin for our company in two countries, was allowed to retire with a monthly stipend of $86,000 a MONTH for the rest of his life. $86,000 a month for his incompetence which is more than I make in a year for all of my happy clients and positive feedback.
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Well, it's almost the festive season here, it's 11am on Christmas Eve and the resorts, bars and restaurants are finally putting up the Xmas decorations....it's been very low key here until now, not like Europe when it's been going on for at least 2 months build up!!
Varkala is beach resort full of local eateries offering fresh seafood that they cook in front of you....we've seen massive tunas, huge prawns and pomfret (sea bass), and red snapper and kingfish on ice outside restaurant.
There are a few beaches based at the foot of steep cliffs, one is black due to the sand, the other more golden..hot sun and huge waves to dive into.
There are a few funny names to the places...3 places along from where we are staying is called 'Santa Claus Resort' and we even ate last night at the ABBA restaurant (quite a few Swedish people here).
We are very happy here, and just checked the date and cannot believe it's almost 4 months since we started our travels....time is most definitely flying....it still feels new and fresh probably because we are going to new places all the time. Eating out (ie no cooking or washing up) is a real privilege that we value highly.
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VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) – The UN nuclear watchdog chief held rare talks in Tehran on Monday after voicing hope for a deal to investigate suspected atomic bomb research – a gesture Iran might make to try to get international sanctions relaxed and deflect threats of war.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Yukiya Amano began discussions with the head of Iran's nuclear energy organization, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, a few hours after his pre-dawn arrival, according to ISNA news agency.
Amano, who was on his first trip to Iran since taking office in 2009, a period marked by rising tension between the IAEA and Tehran, was also due to meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Monday. There was no word on the course of the talks by mid-afternoon.
"I really think this is the right time to reach agreement. Nothing is certain but I stay positive," Amano, a veteran Japanese diplomat with long experience in nuclear proliferation and disarmament affairs, said before departure from Vienna airport. He added that "good progress" had already been made.
But while Amano scheduled Monday's talks with Iran at such short notice that diplomats said a deal on improved IAEA access in Iran seemed near, few see Tehran going far enough to convince the West to roll back swiftly on punitive sanctions when its negotiators meet global power envoys in Baghdad on Wednesday.
"We are not going to do anything concrete in exchange for nice words," a Western diplomat said of the Baghdad meeting, the outcome of a big power session with Iran in Istanbul last month that ended a diplomatic freeze of more than a year.
Two days after seeing Amano, Jalili will hold talks in the Iraqi capital with Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief heading a six-power coalition comprised of the five U.N. Security Council permanent members – the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China – plus Germany.
By dangling the prospect of enhanced cooperation with U.N. inspectors, diplomats say, Iran might aim for leverage for the broader talks where the United States and its allies want Tehran to curb works they say are a cover for developing atomic bombs.
Pressure for a deal has risen. Escalating Western sanctions on Iran's economically vital energy exports, and threats by Israel and the United States of last-ditch military action, have pushed up world oil prices, compounding the economic misery wrought by debt crises in many industrialized countries.
Some diplomats and analysts said Amano, given a recent history of mistrustful relations with Iran, would go to Tehran only if he believed a framework agreement to give his inspectors freer hands in their investigation was close. Iran has been stonewalling IAEA requests for better access for four years.
"Amano would not have travelled to Tehran had he not been provided with assurances that progress could be made. If he returns to Vienna empty-handed, the embarrassment will be more damaging for Tehran than the agency," said Ali Vaez, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group.
"However, if the IAEA is satisfied with Tehran's cooperation, Iranian negotiators will have a new trump card to play at the negotiating table in Baghdad."
The U.N. watchdog is seeking access to sites, nuclear officials and scientists and documents to shed light on work in Iran applicable to developing the capability to make nuclear weapons, especially the Parchin military complex outside Tehran.
Two meetings between Iran and senior Amano aides in Tehran in January and February failed to produce any notable progress. But both sides were more upbeat after another round of talks in Vienna last week, raising hopes for a deal.
"We need to keep up the momentum. There has been good progress during the recent round of discussions between Iran and the IAEA," Amano said, stressing that he did not expect to visit Parchin during his short, one-day stay in Tehran.
"We regard the visit … as a gesture of goodwill," Salehi said. He hoped for agreement on a "new modality" to work with the IAEA that would "help clear up the ambiguities".
Yet while an Iranian agreement on a so-called "structured approach" outlining the ground rules on how to address the IAEA's questions would be welcome, it remains to be seen how and when it will be implemented in practice.
"We'll see if the Iranians agree to let the agency visit Parchin. I have my doubts, no matter what any agreement says on paper," said one Western envoy ahead of Amano's visit to Iran.
Such a deal would also not be enough in itself to allay international concerns. World powers want Iran to curb uranium enrichment, which can yield fuel for nuclear power plants or for nuclear bombs, depending on the level of refinement.
Iran, to general disbelief from its Israeli and Western adversaries, insists its nuclear program is intended only to generate electricity in a country that is one of world's top oil exporters and to produce isotopes for cancer treatment.
Unlike its arch-enemy Israel, assumed to harbor the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, Iran is a signatory to treaties that oblige it to be transparent with the IAEA.
Leaders of the Group of Eight, worried about the effect of high oil prices on their faltering economies, turned up the heat on Iran on Saturday, signaling readiness to tap into emergency oil stocks quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to dry up supplies of crude.
Israel, convinced a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a mortal threat, has – like the United States – not ruled out air strikes to stop Iran's atomic progress if it deems diplomacy at an end.
Israel believes Iran is using the talks only to buy time.
In Baghdad, the powers' main goal is to get Iran to stop the higher-grade uranium enrichment it started two years ago and has since expanded, shortening the time needed for any weapons bid.
"What the powers are proposing right now is a kind of interim arrangement … (but) this certainly is not sufficient to stop the military (nuclear) project in Iran," said Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon.
"Our fear is that from Iran's perspective this is a sort of sacrifice of a pawn in a chess game in order to protect the king. We are not voicing satisfaction with this move, if it is the final move," he told Israel Radio.
Iran says it needs uranium enriched to a fissile concentration of 20 percent for its medical isotope reactor. Enrichment to 5 percent of fissile purity is suitable for power plant fuel, while 90 percent constitutes fuel for bombs.
The IAEA wants Iran to address issues raised by an agency report last year that revealed intelligence pointing to past and possibly ongoing activity to help develop nuclear explosives.
Iran says the intelligence is fabricated, and has so far resisted requests for inspectors to examine Parchin, maintaining that it is a purely conventional military installation outside the writ of nuclear inspectors.