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Tropical Fish Keeping - Aquarium fish care and resources
- Beginner Freshwater Aquarium
- - cloudy tank for two weeks, HELP!!
cloudy tank for two weeks, HELP!! My small tank has been cloudy for almost two weeks, I have tried almost everything to remedy the siutation- I am game for all suggestions. Here is a little background on the tank. 10 gallon, freshwater temp and all water parameters are fine, little to no ammonia. occupants include three tiger barbs- (two medium and one small sized) no live plants (although i plan to change this once it is all cleared up). tank is three months old, and this is the second time this has happened. the tank is just cloudy in general, there is no green hue to it. when i looked at the filter last week, i noticed it was a little gunked up, so i rinsed it in some tank water. SLIGHT improvement in water. before you offer suggestions, I DO NOT overfeed I DO NOT keep my light on too long tank does not have access to excessive natural light I have done a series of partial water changes. Now I am just doing nothing, hoping mother nature can clear it up. The fish look fine, they are playing, eating, etc. they are moving to a larger tank once it has finished cycling. please help me clear up my cloudy water!! I do not suspect algae, for some reason I think this is a bacterial bloom- not sure why. so am I better off leaving it alone or tinkering with it?? please help! |
This problem could be one of a few maladies that plague the aquarium. It could be an algae bloom. Or it could be undissolved phosphates or natural salts in the water, or it could be a bacteria die off. Use a flocculent like AquaClear or some other treatment for clearing the water. These products are not narmful to the tank an will help to narrow down the search for the problem. The problem could also be the food you feed your fish. Some foods do cloud the water. Also, overfeeding could be the culprit. Although if this is happening abnormal water parameters, such as high ammonia and nitrites/nitrates, may be present. |
Do you use carbon in your filter? If not, you might want to get a carbon pad for your filter to see if this helps. |
One time I had this problem in a 10G, I could not get rid of it to save me life... Turns out it was a ton of hard water deposits left on the inside of the tank after letting it air dry when I was not using it (also I think some dust and dirt may have contributed to the deposits nastiness), so I put the fish aside and scrubbed it even better than last time... Had to re-cycle the tank, but it cleared right up! :D :D |
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If carbon doesn't help, or products meant to clear water like Accu-Clear doesn't work, then massive water change ftw. Major water changes have fixed 'almost' every problem I've had with water. |
What kind/size filter do you have on the tank? The water in my tank looked like someone poured a glass of milk into it. Once I upgraded the filter, it cleared up. |
I know what to do!! I had a similar situation happen to me. I researched this to death and bought a natural product called Algone. It's basically a plant in a pouch, but it really worked! I didn't believe it would work but figured I had a bacterial bloom in my tank with nothing to lose. I found it at my LFS for $10 for a pack of 6. It got rid of the cloudiness in one week's time with a water change prior to adding it. I also got rid of my carbon filter. I use basic phosphate lowering floss (because I have high phosphates in my tap water) in an old cartridge holder that I removed the carbon from. I use Algone in my other tank too, it keeps the diatom in control. By any chance is this an Eclipse Tank with a bio wheel? |
Ditto....Algone!!! |
Ditto Ditto! i had this problem just 2 days ago, the tank went really cloudy, to the point where you couldn't see the back of it (and it's only 35cm deep) but i remembered after reading this post that i got a free bag of algone when i bought the tank so i popped it in the filter. It's not all gone yet, but i've stopped accusing my housemate of pouring milk in the tank when i'm not looking. it's loads clearer! Thanks Andyandsue! |
I had this problem soon after i added my first fish. Yiu can spend tons of money on non harmful products, and such, but all you really have to do is clean the tank regulary and mix up the gravel. it will clear up in about a month that way, if it doesnt then by all those products.( BTW this might be caused by dirt off your gravel. make sure to wash gravel before putting it in a tank. |
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Electra Police Chief Fired
Big changes are coming to Electra as city commissioners vote to terminate the city's longtime police chief.
There was a wide range of emotions felt by the dozens of Electra residents who were for and against the termination of Johnny Morris.
However Electra's Mayor Curtis Warner says now that the decision has been made, it's time to rebuild its police department and start fresh.
In a four to one vote, Electra's commissioners voted to fire Morris after 11 years of service.
This hot button had been a big topic of discussion among city leaders and residents since June 2013.
Mayor Warner says the city's police department needs to rebuild.
"I feel it's what Electra needs at the time," Warner says. "We're not condemning anybody. We're not throwing anyone out to the dogs. We're just changing direction."
However, Commissioner Pam Ward did not want to see Morris lose his job.
Ward says, "It's just a sad day for Electra."
She was the only dissenting vote and says Morris had done a great job protecting the city.
"He's cleaned up the town as far as I'm concerned," Ward says. "He's doing a good job. We had probably one of the best police forces we have ever had in Electra and now we're going instead of progressing and going forward, we're going back."
It was standing room only at Tuesday's meeting, plus and overflow area at city hall, as dozens of residents came out to hear the commissioner's decision.
Many like Donna Palmer felt Morris should have kept his job.
"We feel safe with Johnny Morris," Palmer exclaims. "He's not just the chief of police. He's our friend. He is our family. He belongs here."
In addition, Palmer says, "The man has given everything he's had and they spit on him."
Johnny Morris says he is disappointed with the city commissioner's decision but is glad he was able to serve a community he cares so much about.
"I want to thank all the citizens of Electra that support not only myself as chief but the police department. We had a good thing. We arrested a lot of bad guys and a lot of bad guys went to the penitentiary," Morris says.
Mayor Warner says the city only has one police officer and they'll start the process of hiring a new police chief and officers immediately but until that happens, Wichita County Sheriff's deputies will continue to protect and serve the city and its citizens.
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So i finally got FA's dba-02 after months of consideration. So far I did notice the amount of detail is very precise and the seperation is superb but i'm still getting used to the piercing trebles. At first when i got these, i was thinking is this a fluke? $200 dollar phones sound like these? So i tried a few tips and so far i feel like i'm beginning to like the sound.
So far the dba-02 are very treble centred? Or will it only get better over time such that the treble being more tame and thus bring more body to the sound? How good has your dba-02 treated you?
Also bought Koss's KSC75 over the weekend. Over the last 2 months i have gotten FA's Eterna version 1 and Rev.2, Brainwavz M2, Koss's Portapro Anniversary. This is madness! Now i'm starting to feel that the famous quote, sorry about your wallet may be true!


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The numbers are staggering. Stored in a German archive so vast there are nearly sixteen miles of corridors, crammed onto floor to ceiling shelves, over fifty-million files giving mute testimony to the savagery and inhumanity of the Nazis during the Holocaust await their long overdue release to the public.
The archival evidence of Hitler's mad Final Solution is irrefutable. Page after page of death, torture, inhumane medical experiments, and fear. I wish the records had been opened long ago, before so many survivors desperate for information concerning the fate of their loved ones had passed away.
It's difficult for me to imagine what it must have been like during that time for the 'undesirables.' The Jews, the gays, the blacks, the gypsies, and anyone else Hitler decided had no right to live. It is far more difficult to imagine myself as one of the perpetrators, killing women and children indiscriminately, without remorse, and considering it my duty to do so. I doubt I will ever understand the collective madness of that time in history, and I am very glad that I don't understand it. I'm glad that I can't find anything within myself that would make my participation acceptable.
I suppose the only real explanation for participating in the slaughter of innocents was the fear of what would happen if they refused. I doubt the Nazis would have hesitated for a second to shoot down the conscientious objectors to the Holocaust. I believe there were very few 'true believers' in the Final Solution, but they were vicious and heartless in their application of madness on a grand scale. I hope I would have had the courage to refuse. To choose an honorable death over a life of shame and grief. I know I could not have participated and lived with it. I would have ended my own life and gone gladly into hell to escape hell. There are things worse than death.
The pages of the archives can tell us what happened to the victims. Who died, when, and where, and in many instances, how. But they can never reveal the true horror of what happened. Pages cannot cry out in fear, they can't beg God to save them, and they can't spend the last moments of their lives desperately trying to save their children. Paper can't feel pain, it doesn't bleed, and it doesn't scream when it's cast into a fire. The people murdered by the Nazis did.
We owe it to them to remember what happened, and we owe it to ourselves to live up to the promise of 'never again.' Our world has witnessed what happens when humanity is sacrificed at the altar of ideology and hate.
My next door neighbor, Mr. Marvin Cook, fought his way across Europe with Patton during World War II. He speaks hesitantly of those sad and lonely days, but he reserves his deepest emotions for his stories of the U.S. Army finding the death camps of the Nazis. It's hard to listen to this old man talk about it, to see his pain and sorrow still keen after all these years. He told me of his platoon sergeant, a man he calls the "meanest sonofabitch in the U.S. Army," a ferocious fighter and a hard man. Mr. Cook said he saw this man cry only one time, when they stumbled onto a concentration camp the Nazis had fled in a panic before their arrival. He told me of his platoon sergeant staring around the camp saying, "Oh My God! What are they doing here? What the hell are they doing here? Sweet Jesus, what are they doing." Mr. Cook told me "a lot of tough boys cried like babies that day. Me too, hell, there was no way not to cry at what we saw."
The opening of the archives will be painful for many Holocaust survivors and their families, but they have to know what happened. They have to discover the fates of their loved ones. They have a right to know, and very little time left.
As for the rest of us, I hope we will realize the importance of containing madness before it's too late.
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Fortress Interlocks has introduced an option pod with keyswitch for its amGard modular safety gate switches, which helps to ensure that an operator can enter a hazardous area only when it is safe.
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Hundreds of people came to listen to state representative Bernie Buescher discuss the problems with the Public Employees Retirement Association. There have been rumors that P.E.R.A. will soon go bankrupt, and Buescher took the opportunity to dispel those rumors,
and explain what the problem really is, as well as hearing feedback from those the problem affects the most. There have been three different legislative proposals to help with the 11 billion dollar P.E.R.A. deficit. None of them have the support to pass, so Buescher hopes to hold several meetings at the legislature where everyone can try to find a common ground and put together a proposal that will work.
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Advance medical directives of members and dependents: requirement for recognition by States
(a)Instruments To Be Given Legal Effect Without Regard to State Law.—An advance medical directive executed by a person eligible for legal assistance—
(b)Advance Medical Directives.—For purposes of this section, an advance medical directive is any written declaration that—
(c)Statement To Be Included.—
(d)States Not Recognizing Advance Medical Directives.—
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Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VII, § 749(b), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 389, provided that:
"Section 1044c of title 10, United States Code, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 10, 1996] and shall apply to advance medical directives referred to in that section that are executed before, on, or after that date."
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Chiefs Practice Update – 11/9
From the Truman Sports Complex
Left tackle Branden Albert continued to be a limited participant on the practice field Friday when the Chiefs worked out under unusually warm conditions at their facility.
Temperatures right around 70 degrees were in contrast to the weather forecast for Monday night in Pittsburgh – an 80 percent chance of rain with temperatures in the high 30s.
Albert has been more watcher than participant in the last two practices because of back problems. The tightness in the low back has lessened but not enough to send him through an entire practice.
The only other limited participant was TE Steve Maneri with his ankle injury.
Listed as fully participating were: OT Jeff Allen (head), CB Javier Arenas (head), RB Jamaal Charles (neck), WR Terrance Copper (calf), RB Nat Eachus (head), WR Devon Wylie (hamstring).
For the Steelers, three players that have not practiced this week have already been declared out of Monday night's game: SS Troy Polamalu (calf), WR Antonio Brown (ankle) and LB Stevenson Sylvester (hamstring). OT Marcus Gilbert (ankle) did not practice on Friday and RB Rashard Mendenhall (Achilles) was a limited participant.
Working the entire practice were RB Jonathan Dwyer (quad), RB Chris Rainey (ribs) and K Shaun Suisham (left ankle).
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November 9, 2012 - ED J says:
Be glad when we pay Albert. Good Left tackles are hard to find in today's NFL. So with all the money under the cap we better pay this guy
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Amen. Maybe Pioli doesn't care cause he knows he won't be here, but Hunt needs to get him wrapped up so or next rookie quarterback won't get killed.


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In a huge setback to the country's gay community, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Delhi high court judgment decriminalising homosexuality and upheld section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Here is a timeline of important events relating to the legality of homosexuality in India:
2001: An NGO fighting for gay rights, Naz Foundation, files PIL in Delhi High Court seeking legalisation of gay sex among consenting adults.
Sept 2, 2004: High Court dismisses the PIL seeking decriminalisation of gay sex.
Sept: Gay right activists file review petition.
Nov 3: HC dismisses the review plea.
Dec: Gay rights activists approach the apex court against the order of the High Court.
Apr 3, 2006: Apex court directs the HC to reconsider the matter on merit and remands the case back to High Court.
Oct 4: HC allows senior BJP leader BP Singhal's plea, opposing decriminalising gay sex, to be impleaded in the case.
Sept 18, 2008: Centre seeks more time to take stand on the issue after the contradictory stand between the Home and Health ministries over decriminalisation of homosexuality.
HC refuses the plea and final argument in the case -begins.
Sept 25: Gay rights activists contend that the government cannot infringe upon their fundamental right to equality by decriminalising homosexual acts on the ground of morality.
Sept 26: HC pulls up the Centre for speaking in two voices on the homosexuality law in view of contradictory affidavits filed by Health and Home ministries.
Sept 26: Centre says gay sex is immoral and a reflection of a perverse mind and its decriminalisation would lead to moral degradation of society.
Oct 15, 2008: HC pulls up the Centre for relying on religious texts to justify ban on gay sex and asks it to come up with scientific reports to justify it.
Nov: Government in its written submission before the HC says judiciary should refrain from interfering in the issue as it is basically for Parliament to decide.
Nov 7: HC reserves its verdict on petitions filed by gay rights activists seeking decriminalisation of homosexual acts.
Jul 2, 2009: HC allows plea of gay rights activists and legalises gay sex among consenting adults.
Jul 9: Delhi astrologer challenges HC verdict in SC.
Later on, several others including BJP leader Singhal (since dead), religious organisations, rights activists and yoga guru Ramdev's disciple have also opposed the judgement.
Feb 15, 2012: SC begins final day-to-day hearing in the case.
March 27, 2012: SC reserves verdict.
Dec 11, 2013: SC sets aside the 2009 Delhi High Court order which had decriminalised gay sex.
Dec 20, 2013: Govt petitions Supreme Court to drop gay sex ban.
Jan 28, 2014: Supreme Court dismisses a Central government petition seeking a review of its verdict that had declared gay sex an offence.


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HULL, Iowa (AP) — A 42-year-old Hull man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography.
Sioux City television station KTIV reports (http://bit.ly/15ffMfj) that Gary Brummel was sentenced in Sioux City on July 24.
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Otto wrote:2010 Giuseppe Rinaldi Ruché Langhe Rosae
This was phenomenally good. It has an amazingly perfumed aroma, one that suggests a light and sweetly fruity wine. Therefore the palate is a bit of a shock since it was so strongly tannic, high in acidity and delightfully fruitless. Why is this grape so little grown and almost impossible to find? This smells more sexy and alluring than most Nebbiolo and it has Nebbiolo's tough, tannic, palate-cleansing palate. This is a fantastic wine if one has some fatty pork products and cheese on the plate. And just 15€ including postage from Germany!
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Sandra is late getting home.
Fantasy, Domination/submission, Male/Female, Spanking
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Sandra has plans to reconnect with her new husband, but Charles is angered by her coming home late from a night out with her friends.
"You are late." Those three words, stern, a touch of anger in them hits the back of Sandra's head as she closes the front door and settles heavily onto her shoulders. She had hoped Charles would have already been in bed asleep. He had been working so hard lately with the new job, early hours, late hours, all night hours, that she had been feeling lonely and when a couple of her new friends called for a girl's night out in this new country, she had jumped at the chance. She called his office and simply left a message with his service, telling him where she was going, who she was with, and promised to be home at a certain time. The night had been wonderful, full of fun and drinking and relaxation. She had wanted to get home when she had said she would, but they had been her ride and their night had taken her far from home. On the way home, she had decided that she would crawl into their bed and hopefully wake him up with the site of her sucking his cock both apologizing and showing how she had missed him at the same time. Picturing it, she had worked herself up quite a bit and the heat between her legs had grown and demanded that she touch herself. Keeping her hands in view, she silently wished her new friend would hurry.
All of these thoughts went through her head in less than a few seconds as her hands dropped to her sides and she began to turn around. "Don't move" and she froze. She had never heard anger in his voice before. Oh they had argued and yelled at each other, but never had there been anger. She feels more than hears his presence come up behind her. She feels his eyes noticing the tight jeans that hug her ass so nicely, feels his eyes upon the tight shirt that shows off her breasts without revealing a spot of skin.
"Charles, I…"
"Quiet! I do not want to hear it." His voice sends shivers through her, wondering who this new man was. Wondering what was happening. Why it was happening. "Put your hands flat on the door." Sandra places her hands on the door, her eyes going to the ring they had found together and that she hopes to one day pass on to their daughter with the rings from her mother and grandmother. She had come for a visit from France to see if the connection they had felt from the beginning transformed into physical longing and true, lasting companionship. That was a year ago, she had yet to return. Not wanting to anger him any further, she kept silent.
His palm connecting with her ass shocked her and sent both pain and pleasure to her brain. The fire in her pussy had dimmed quickly from the sound of his voice, but suddenly flared anew and hotter than before. Biting her lower lip, she barely kept from crying out.
His hand connected with her other ass cheek and the sting mixed with the pleasure, bypassed her brain, and connected directly to her pussy causing her fingers to curl and nails to dig into the door. His breath warm against her skin, quietly spoke in her ear, "You have been bad tonight, Sandra. You promised to be home at 11 and you weren't here. So now you must be punished."
Another couple of strikes on both cheeks and Sandra could hold back no longer. "Ohhh Charles!"
"And now you disobey me? I see we are going to have to take this punishment even further." Sandra feels one of his hands move around her waist and undo both her belt and unbutton her jeans. After loosening the zipper, his fingers curl over the waistband on each side of her hips and quickly pull her jeans down to her ankles revealing the blue panties she wore. The cool air hitting her exposed skin eases some of the sting from the spanking and fans the fire between her legs. She feels him pause and admire, knowing the panties are his favorite, knowing how he loves her ass, she smiles.
"Step out, Sandra." She steps out of her jeans, each heel clicking against the wood flooring as she puts her foot down. He throws her jeans out of the way and his hands make quick work of her panties in the same manner as her heels click two more times. They cling a bit because of how soaked her pussy is. She feels his hands, so strong and sure move back up her legs once more. One hand guides her hips back and the other presses on her back until she was in the position he desires. Her arms stretch out and pull the fabric of her shirt causing her bra to move and rub her hardened nipples sending even more sensations of pleasure through her body.
She readies herself for the next spanking. It does not come. She thinks he is just prolonging the moment and wiggles her ass a little, but still nothing. Then she hears a noise, like wood being picked up from the wood flooring of their house. And then the paddle lands across both her ass cheeks and she screams. The panties she had thought he had thrown the same way her jeans went, she suddenly finds wadded and stuffed in her mouth cutting off the sound and filling her nose with the scent of her pussy. Her arousal and the taste of her juices from her panties overcome the sensation of pain and new juices begin to run down her legs. Charles rubs her ass with his hand smoothing the sting even further and then another swat sends a new mixture of pain and pleasure.
After several alternating swats and rubs, Sandra is whimpering through the panties. "You want to say something, Slave?" She nods her head and he removes the panties, "Oh please, Maître. I know now I've been a bad girl."
"Yes you have. This is not going to happen again, is it?" Sandra shakes her head, immediately thinking of ways that might cause her Maître to punish her again. He grabs her arm and turns her around and for the first time since she is home she lays her eyes on her man. Her eyes widen as she sees he is naked and fully aroused, pre-cum leaking from the tip of his cock. Sandra yearns to lick off every drop and she stares. "Answer me, Sandra, when I ask you a question."
Her eyes travel to his, "No, Maître. It won't happen again."
He sighs. "I see we still have some issues to work on." He turns and begins walking down the hall. "Follow, and lose the rest of the clothes."
Sandra quickly sheds her shirt and bra, but decides to keep the heels. As she passes through the arch into the living room she notices the paddle leaning in the corner and shivers at the recent pleasure. She enters the living room and her Maître is already seated on the couch, one hand slowly stroking his cock around the tip, spreading the pre-cum into the rest of his shaft. Sandra wants to run over and slap his hand away so she can take him into her mouth. Instead she slowly walks towards him, knowing that he takes pleasure from watching her, seeing her need in her eyes, her nipples, and the glistening moistness from her pussy. She stands in front of him, the nervousness of being on display before him the first time has since been replaced by the sheer joy from the arousal and desire she sees in his eyes.
"Kneel down, Sandra." She kneels on the carpet thankful that they had covered the wood flooring in here. "What do you want?"
"I want your hard dick, Maître. I want it to fill my mouth."
"Who are you?" His voice grows huskier as he is not able to keep his own desire completely from it.
"I am yours. I am your cock-slut, I want it so bad." With each of her words the fire in Sandra's pussy grows and aches to be sated.
"Then take it, Slave." Before he finishes the sentence, Sandra leans forward and wraps one of her hands around Charles' cock and he moves his hand to her head. She kisses and licks the tip and then moves her tongue up and down his shaft. The smoothness of the skin flavored with a faint salt taste from the pre-cum that had been rubbed on. She moves back to the tip and sucks him into her mouth sending even more pleasure to her pussy and she moans with need. One hand is stroking his cock, and with the other she is massaging his balls.
"Oh Baby, your mouth feels so fucking good!" With the use of that name, Sandra knows that she has shattered his patience with the role play and has given herself free reign to do as she wants. Immediately her hand around his cock flies to her clit and she begins rubbing it. She doesn't stay long and moves her fingers to her soaked lips and then into her pussy. She is so wet that two fingers enter with little resistance. The feeling of sucking her man's cock and fingering herself sends her to the edge. The tightening of his balls in her other hand and the sudden expansion of his cock tells her he is about to cum as well and she moves both her head and her fingers faster to bring them over the edge together.
"Sandra, I am going to cum!" She takes as much of his cock into his mouth as possible as his hand tightens in her hair and she inserts a third finger into her pussy. The taste of his spunk as he explodes in her mouth starts her own orgasm and both of their bodies clench completely as they ride the waves together. They stare into each other's eyes as their bodies convulse through their shared orgasms. She milks his cock for every drop he has and then releases it.
Neither one of their shared desire is lessened by the release and Charles pulls Sandra up onto the couch with him. She puts her fingers from her pussy into his mouth and he greedily sucks her juices, closing his eyes in enjoyment. He grabs her wrist, pulls her fingers from his mouth, "I want more."
"Everything is yours, Lover." Sandra then moves to the end of the couch they had sent for from her apartment in France and sets one foot on the floor and moves her other leg to hang over the back. Charles wastes no time in moving between her legs and begins feasting on her pussy. His tongue covers her pussy as his nose rubs against her clit. He spreads her lips with his fingers and then spears her pussy with his tongue. "Oh mon Dieu! Eat my pussy! Take everything!" Sandra's hands run into his hair, but there seems no need for guidance. Charles' tongue explores the inside of her pussy, wanting every bit of her juices that have continued to flow from her previous orgasm. He withdraws his tongue and sucks one of her pussy lips into his mouth and then the other. Small bites send shocks of pleasure through Sandra and she moves her hands to her breasts. Pulling on her nipples, grabbing handfuls and pressing them together as Charles licks her pussy from the bottom to the top and then flicking his tongue across her clit.
Sandra's eyes move from Charles head between her legs to his cock which has started to stiffen again. "Oh Charles, please. Please."
Charles' eyes find her staring at his cock, "Please what, Baby?"
Without looking away from his cock, watching it grow with every word, "Please fuck me! Please stick that cock in my pussy." Charles then lifts Sandra's hips and pulls her towards him as he moves onto his knees on the couch. She feels his cock at the entrance to her pussy and the look in her eyes tells him exactly how she wants it. He spends only enough time to align his fully re-hardened cock with her pussy and then he buries his cock inside of her. Holding himself above her, he fucks her fast and hard. Pulling out to the tip of his cock and then slamming back to the hilt, stretching her pussy and each time he slaps her clit with his pelvis sending extra jolts of exquisiteness through her body. Her arms are over his shoulders, her legs wrapped around his waist letting him get only far enough away to continue fucking her with abandon. He leans his head down to her ear. "Ma Sandra, your pussy feels so good around my cock. I love fucking this pussy. This is my pussy, Baby."
His words and his cock cause Sandra to moan loudly. "Yes Lover! Yours! Only yours, forever!" Their words to each other heighten the passion and Sandra cums loudly as Charles continues to slam his cock inside her. Her nails dig into his back and she knew the scratches would be there for days. She didn't care, she knew he enjoyed them. She knew that he showed them proudly without saying a word in the gym locker room. She often smiled when she would pick him up from the gym and the guys he was with would pretend not to stare at her. She was his and all they could ever do is keep pretending that they didn't become aroused at the thought of what she and Charles do to cause such passion. Her smile would grow even larger the few times she would show up early to watch him work-out and see the jealousy in the other women's eyes because they had at least some idea of what it took to cause marks like that and the men they were with could not compare to her man. He was hers and all they could ever do is pretend that they were with men that satisfied them completely.
All this goes through Sandra's head in an instant when she feels Charles' body telling her he was about to cum again. "Cum inside me, Lover! I want you to empty your seed inside my pussy!"
"Sandra!" He yells as he spurts his seed into her womb. His body jerks with each pulse of semen being released and then collapses gently onto her. Her legs release from around his waist, but he stays inside her. Theirs breaths slowing. He raises his head, " I've missed you, Baby. Sorry things have been so busy with the new job." Sandra thinks of the paddle resting in the hallway and smiles, "Well, you definitely picked the right way to make it up to me." His smile takes up his whole face and their love for each other is almost a physical presence in the room. Their lips find each other, sensual and sated desire flowing together. They fall asleep together and as Charles' cock softens inside of her, Sandra smiles to herself before drifting off thinking that she could still fulfill her original plan in the morning.
*From the authors - Charles and Sandra want to thank you(the reader) and XNXX for sharing in their first published adventure. Comments and feedback are welcomed, please be constructive though, as we would like to share future adventures with you(and possibly past True adventures).
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2013-02-01 03:11:13
Thank you for the comments Bard and Anons. Alabama, no thanks, we are all set here, but very kind for your offer.
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2013-01-28 00:06:51
I thought this was very well written and look forward to reading more soon :)
Bard of the Badlands
2013-01-27 14:04:09
Very, very good. Well written, well formatted, believable characters and situations. I look forward to the further adventures of Charles and Sandra.
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2013-01-27 03:26:42
I hope to read more stories soon :)
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By NEMS Daily Journal
Manufacturers push talks in plant standoff
On April 29, Mississippi Power Co. received an order from the Mississippi Public Service Commission on its proposed coal gasification plant in Kemper County. The commission's order included several conditions that, according to MPCo, may deter the project. This would be detrimental to our state in many ways.
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The loss of this project is of great concern to Mississippi's manufacturers because the largest consumers of energy are manufacturers. Failure to construct this plant will result in substantial costs to our members and threaten their competitiveness. We urge the Commission and MPCo to continue working together to make this project a reality.
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Democrats only should not hold Congress
I'm really concerned about what's becoming of our country.
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S&P Reiterates Hold on Pfizer
Pfizer (PFE ): Reiterates 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Herman Saftlas
Pfizer announced Lyrica (its follow-on for off-patent Neurontin) was cleared by the FDA for neuropathic pain, but it is still under review for epileptic seizures. Lyrica will be a scheduled drug, with a launch expected after DEA classification. We still see over $1 billion potential for Lyrica. We expect growth in Lipitor and other drugs to help offset likely significant erosion in Celebrex/Bextra. We believe Pfizer's pipeline is strong, with much potential seen for Lipitor/torcetrapib. The dividend yield is 2.8%. Our target price is $30, which factors in a below-peer multiple of 13.7 times our 2005 earnings per share estimate.
Sprint (FON ): Reiterates 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Kenneth Leon, CPA
We are raising our 12-month target price to $26 from $23, based on what we see as improving fundamentals at Sprint and our positive view of the proposed merger with Nextel Communications. We applied a higher EBITDA multiple for Sprint's wireless operations than for its peers, assuming a higher growth profile, strong margins and the highest mix of business users in the industry. The merger is not expected to close until the second half of 2005, subject to required approvals. With Sprint's stronger earnings per share growth than wireline peers, we would hold the shares.
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Walgreen posted November-quarter operating earnings per share of 31 cents, vs. 25 cents, and 2 cents ahead of our view. Total sales rose 13.4%, in line with our estimate, on 9.4% higher comp-store sales and a 9.1% rise in total store count. Margins improved more than we expected on an improved digital photofinishing business, due to increased investment in in-store photo lab equipment. We believe Walgreen is on pace to raise store count by 8.0% in fiscal 2005 (ending August) and reach its goal of 7,000 stores by 2010. We are raising our fiscal 2005 earnings per share estimate by 3 cents to $1.55, and our 12-month target price by $3 to $48, on a revised discounted-cash-flow and p-e analyses.
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We believe this holiday season was difficult for the home furnishings industry, with fairly light traffic and increased promotional activity. As a result, we are lowering our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate for Linens 'n Things to 97 cents from $1.01, and our 2005 estimate to $1.85 from $1.90. However, we are raising our 12-month target price to $28 from $24, 15 times our 2005 earnings per share estimate, based on valuation. Linens 'n Things is trading at trough p-e levels, and at a sizeable discount to peers. We think this discount will narrow in 2005 as Linens 'n Things's merchandising initiatives likely take effect.
China Life Insurance (LFC ): Reiterates 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Gregory Simcik, CFA
In a 6-K filing, China Life Insurance's board states that it believes it has not been notified by the SEC that the company is the subject of a formal investigation. We think this announcement is in response to unconfirmed reports by the Financial Times that the SEC has formalized an investigation of China Life Insurance's 2004 IPO for alleged accounting irregularities. Despite China Life Insurance's statement, we think investors should remain cautious of developments along this front, as China Life Insurance also indicates that "shareholders and potential investors of the company should exercise caution when dealing in the shares in the company."
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Analyst: Mark Hebeka, CFA
Liberty Property Trust announced the planned development of a 1.2 million square foot, 57-story office tower in Philadelphia, named the Comcast Center. Projected construction costs are $435 million, with occupancy to begin in fall 2007. Comcast has signed a 15-1/2 year lease and will initially occupy 534,000 square feet. Our 2004 and 2005 earnings per share estimates remain $1.70 and $1.71, and our 2004 and 2005 funds from operations/share forecasts stay $3.22 and $3.24. We raise our target price to $45 from $42, 14 times our 2005 funds from opeartions/share estimate, a slight premium to peers based on better future prospects we see.


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The photo on the left shows where the Filling Station and Storytime Room were located on the Central Library's main floor. This space on the southeast corner will be the location of the new Cafe. Through the window on the right you will see the newly opened Fifth Street, and the window on the left will be replaced by doors to the Cafe's outdoor seating area.
Kat, very soon photos of the Central Library renovation will be placed on Flickr, and you will be able to see a larger photo.
WOW! Is there a place where we can look at the pictures a little bit (or a lot) larger? It's so fun to see the progress!


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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:21 PM
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Increasingly, New Face of Asian American Electorate is a Democrat
SAN FRANCISCO After the election, media noted that Latino voters helped buoy President Barack Obama to a second term. Largely ignored, however, was the Asian American vote, which exit polls show trumped even Latino support for the president.
National exit polls show that more than 70 percent of Asian American voters broke for Obama, and that this voting bloc may have also played a pivotal role in swing states such as Nevada. The Asian American vote in Tuesdays election underscores a key trend born out in a number of recent pre-election polls: The Asian American vote is changing, shifting more Democratic, even across subgroups. Despite the trend, Asian American voters are not being courted as much as those from other ethnic groups, say community advocates. More than half of Asian American voters said they were not contacted by either campaign or third-party group during the election season, according to a pre-election survey by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). http://newamericamedia.org/2012/11/increasingly-new-face-of-asian-american-electorate-is-a-democrat.php HopeHoops: The fortune cookie read, "He who use racism to campaign get eggroll up asshole." This DUer was more accurate than most GOP pundits. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021701745
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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:25 PM
Dawson Leery (15,522 posts)
1. Bill O'Reilly conceded what we all new about the tea party.
They are old white conservative Christian males who are trying to hold on to their monopoly. They have failed.
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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:09 PM
sbmvv (30 posts)
2. Not really a new development
It is welcome to see this being recognized.
The Asian American community is not ethnically monolithic - people from East and South Asia and even the Pacific Islanders are included. However, if one looks at sections of that community (like for example Indian-Americans), they are well-educated and have high household incomes yet they overwhelmingly vote Democrat. The Asian community is very diverse and while some are socially and even fiscally conservative, they have no time for the exclusivist bigotry espoused by the Republican party today. Imagine a Hindu Indian-American, a Muslim Bangladeshi-American or a Buddhist Japanese-American feeling welcome in the Republican party ? No way! I should note that Evangelical Christian (or indeed Christian) Asians are a minority of the community and they tend to be more likely to vote Republican (like Hayley and Jindal). The party of progressive diversity is the Democratic party and we should also say it is the party for all socio-economic groups. The Democratic party is not against economic success - just economic exploitation. What would be positive is to see greater interaction and understanding between all racial minority groups to avoid the misunderstandings and tensions that occasionally flare up. |


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2014: Another Democratic Debacle?
Double Down: Game Change 2012
The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election
The Polarized Public? Why American Government Is So Dysfunctional
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite
The Almanac of American Politics 2014
Here's our current political situation:
• A Democratic president has twice won the popular vote, both times by comfortable margins.
• In the Senate, Democrats (with two independents) hold 55 percent of the seats, receiving nearly that share of the votes in their most recent races.
• Republican now have a thirty-one-seat edge in the House of Representatives, although Democrats together won more votes than Republicans in the 2012 House races.
• Republican-appointed justices freely use their 5–4 majority on the Supreme Court, with only one of them an occasional moderate.
• While Obama twice carried Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, in 2010 those states elected GOP governors and legislatures.
Can the Democrats muster enough votes to win back both the House of Representatives and state governments where the president has prevailed? Several books analyzing Barack Obama's reelection should provide some clues. In 2012, he drew almost 66 million supporters to the polls. In theory, such a pool should be sufficient to turn the tide in state and district contests. Indeed, Republicans have done this with fewer adherents. Why can't the Democrats?
Double Down brings to mind CBS's You Are There, which placed audiences at, for example, the signing of the Magna Carta and the storming of the Bastille. Mark Halperin and John Heilemann describe a "secret retreat" for GOP donors in Bachelor Gulch, Colorado, and then George Clooney's "star-studded" party for Obama that raised a record $15 million. Their book is heralded as an inside story of the 2012 election, centering on "back rooms and closed-door meetings," where aides and advisers and consultants lose their tempers and stumble for lack of sleep. Much is familiar, but it is useful to recall Mitt Romney pleading that he's "severely conservative."
The authors try to give equal time to both parties, but the real drama is in the GOP suites. If Halperin and Heilemann weren't in all those closed rooms themselves, they've spoken with people who were, most of whom apparently have total recall. To maintain suspense, the election is depicted as a dead heat until Obama wins it. Hence nearly an entire chapter suggests that Obama's listless Denver debate could have lost him the race. But it also suggests that Romney—"the most gaffe-prone nominee in anyone's memory"—was doomed from the start. If he had not made his quip about 47 percent of the nation, he might well have said something equally ruinous.
While Double Down makes for intriguing reading, it tells us little about the election. It's like rendering the Battle of Waterloo from—and never leaving—the generals' tents. Missing are the 130 million Americans who turned out to vote. And…
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First Snow of the Season.
We got a bit of snow last night, just enough make driving a pain in the ass and to require clearing the sidewalks. Accordingly, I decided to take a pass on this morning's groundpound and, instead, fire up Mr. Snowblower and clear off everyone's sidewalks and driveways on the block. It was every bit as invigorating as a walk (maybe more so), but with the snowblower blasting in my ears and my concentrating on the task at hand, I didn't have a chance to ruminate on anything to write about – other than snowblowing. Duh.
Seems like a good time to finish that silly novel I'm reading until it's time to head over to the Post to hang with the Usual Suspects.
Winter Wonderland, my ass.


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If you have a little time to spare this weekend, you can help volunteers with local roofing and construction companies build better futures for homeless students at the Raising the Roof for Youth On Their Own 11th Annual Charity Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction.
"Not only does this support a great charity, but it is a fun day with the bowling and the silent auction and the prizes, so it is a win-win for everyone," said Donna Maynard, manager of Allied Building Products and co-chair with Sam Brush and Martin Headlee of the fundraiser that begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at Golden Pin Lanes, 1010 W. Miracle Mile.
"Youth On Their Own is fantastic. We have people who have participated in the past who are ready to sign up for a lane every year — one roofer was out of town this year, but he still wanted to support the charity so he signed up for a lane anyway,"
Staged by the Arizona Roofing Contractors Association, the tournament has raised more than $170,000 in the past 10 years for Youth On Their Own, or YOTO, which is dedicated to helping homeless youth graduate from high school by providing financial help, basic needs and guidance.
It is a population that many people still don't realize exists, Brush said.
"Until we got involved, I never realized that there were so many kids who are homeless. Then you hear the stories of the kids in the program and you find out their parents are incarcerated or on drugs or have left them, and if not for Youth On Their Own, they would be on drugs or involved in prostitution or dead," Brush said.
During the 2013-14 school year, the nonprofit served 1,200 students in grades six through 12, and the number continues to grow each year, according to YOTO Executive Director Teresa Baker.
"The homeless youth population grows so fast that it is beyond our ability to keep up with it. Pima County statistics in December 2012 indicated there were 4,000 homeless, at-risk local youth. In December 2013, statistics indicated there were more that 5,600 in that demographic, and that doesn't include a forecast for the new group of immigrant and refugee kids that will be somewhat absorbed into the community that come over the border. Keeping all of these kids in school is vital to a community's well-being and economic development," Baker said.
YOTO recently began targeting another fast-growing segment of that demographic: Middle school students in grades six through eight. Like their high school counterparts, many of these children deal with physical, sexual or substance abuse or violence in their homes or with issues such as poverty, abandonment or neglect that may result in placement in foster care.
"The process of dropping out of high school begins after fifth grade. If you are a kid in a compromised home environment with no accountability and no leadership in your family, the drop-out process begins when you hit middle school and have more autonomy and your peers become more powerful," Baker said.
"We want to focus on the triage piece and not wait until they are in cardiac arrest, so to speak, in high school to try and save them."
As with its program for high school students, YOTO is promoting prevention for younger students through accountability in the form of monthly stipends ($25 for middle school and up to $140 for high school) to encourage good grades and regular school attendance.
"These kids have the ability to earn a stipend for their grades every month and receive special needs services, and they are being mentored and guided by someone they are accountable to. The stipend is a proven motivator for kids to stay in school and be accountable," Baker said.
Baker said the stipends are made possible through grants, donations raised by third-party fundraisers and community support from individuals, businesses, organizations and civic groups.
"We don't have the luxury of receiving one lump sum from the federal government. We earn every single penny that supports our program. The challenge for our program is the fact that we earn all of the money through grants, gifts and donations," she said.
"We don't know how many kids we can support because we don't know how much we will earn, but our goal is to never turn a kid away. If we need the money, we will do our best to go out and find it."


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Air Traffic Controller
90th Percentile Income: $186,000
75th Percentile Income: $156,000
This and real estate broker are the only two jobs on this list with a six-figure median wage. Stress abounds. Just getting in the door requires drug screening, background checks, medical exams, attending a Federal Aviation Administration-approved education program and a pre-employment test. Once you've got the job, the benefits and pay are both healthy. Most openings here will come from replacement needs, as a generation of air traffic controllers retires over the next decade.


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Bungee Monkey is a fun fast-paced game that is both addicting and challenging. The goal is to throw vines at the monkey to fly him across the jungle before night falls. Players collect bananas and earn points along the way all while using shields to protect the little fellow against the pesky insects that inevitably slow him down. There are objectives to complete in every game and achievements that earn players bonus awards such as extra time.
The game starts out with a quick introduction to get players started. The controls are simple but hard to grasp at first. Players swipe a bungee from the canopy to the monkey to help him swing. There are an unlimited amount of bungees available, but players must be quick enough to pull them down. Once the monkey latches on, gamers must tap at the right moment to achieve a perfect launch. I utilized the practice mode until I felt comfortable flying the monkey through the jungle, but I still had hard time the first few times I played. The controls take a little while to master.
Players will want to collect as much fruit as possible to build up their bubble shield in the upper left corner. The shields are also available throughout the jungle for those who are swift enough to snatch them. When the insects start attacking, gamers will want to touch the shield to activate it. The shield percentage goes down as the insects attack so only use it when the pests are affecting the monkey's speed.
There are many perks in the game that keep it interesting. For instance, Bungee Monkey wears a special cape when he gains enough speed. Gamers also earn a bonus the next time they play once they complete all three goals and get a new title. There are 10 titles and 30 goals to achieve in total.
The game ends once the sun goes down. The score is tallied at the end and players can view the goals that they completed. Gamers can then play again or strengthen their bungee swinging skills in the practice mode.
Bungee Monkey comes complete with Game Center leaderboards and achievements for those who like to compete. The only issue I noted while playing was that the game can feel repetitive after awhile because the background never changes except from night to day. What would really improve Bungee Monkey would be an endless mode because it has all the right elements for it.
Bungee Monkey is an impressive game and a bargain at less than one dollar. It's perfect for gamers of all ages and really has a family-friendly appeal. If you're in the market for a new pick-up-and-play game, I'd recommend purchasing this one.


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Get a desktop view of Android apps, complete with Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support.
Here's how Samsung's mobile VR controller looks and feels.
A new camera from Bellus scans your face in high resolution with crazy detail, making you the next Dolores or Teddy.
Chipolo claims its new Bluetooth item trackers are the thinnest and loudest on the market.
The Elite Smartcase and Smartblade adds extra power and memory to your Galaxy S6 or S7.
A little foam block that looks like Hellraiser's puzzle box, but it's actually quite charming.
Flow from Plume Labs tracks air quality to give you real-time data for limiting your exposure to air pollution.
Belkin's got another Valet dual charging accessory for iPhones and Apple Watches, but this one's a portable.
A light grid on a touch-sensitive square is an entire music-creation system. Blocks is easy to learn, even if you never played an instrument before.
Whether you're embarking on a camping trip, filling a go-bag for emergency prep or traveling anywhere without a reliable cellular connection, the GoTenna Mesh is a nimble solution for off-the-grid messaging.
Forget the aux cord -- this Logitech Bluetooth Music Receiver is the easiest way to stream audio from your smartphone or laptop.
The Wacom Bamboo Slate and Bamboo Folio provide a practical bridge between handwritten notes on paper and making them available in the cloud.
The Wacom Bamboo Slate and Bamboo Folio provide a practical bridge between handwritten notes on paper and making them available in the cloud.
If you take a lot of photos and have a Motorola Moto Z phone, the Hasselblad is a great add-on to have, as long as you're looking for a big zoom instead of better-than-phone photo quality.
Belkin's trimmed the production costs of its new Powerhouse Charge Dock in an effort to make it a more mainstream product.
Affordable and well designed, the Trianium Atomic S Battery Case is the top iPhone battery case for its price range.
A fast cheap charger, the Anker Ultra Slim is a great iPhone battery case for its price range, despite a few design annoyances.
The Notti smart light illuminates every time you get a notification and the incessant blinking quickly becomes annoying. I like it better as a mood light or party enhancer.


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A Victoria woman faces a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking after Victoria police searched a condominium in the 800-block of Johnson Street Thursday morning.
VicPD's Strikeforce unit arrested a 30-year-old Victoria woman accused of dealing cocaine in the downtown.
"Our investigation led us to believe she was actively dealing," said Strikeforce Det. Cst. Jason Eagles. "Fortunately we were able to act quickly and get these drugs off the street and hold our target accountable."
Strikeforce and the Emergency Response team searched the home around on July 5 around 10:30 a.m.
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The match began at frenetic pace, Adam Lallana going close inside five minutes for Saints as his volley was cleared off the line by Peter Clarke, while Alan Lee struck a post for the visitors with a point-blank header after 10 minutes.
The breakthrough came six minutes later when Terriers midfielder Gary Roberts' fizzing left-footed cross was met powerfully by Lee Novak, who headed clinically past a sprawling Kelvin Davis.
Yet Saints were level just 12 minutes later, Rickie Lambert latching onto a Dan Harding throw-in to lash home from 18 yards. And three minutes later the home side were ahead, livewire winger Alex Chamberlain jinking into space inside the Huddersfield box before coolly slotting into the bottom left corner.
Southampton continued to dominate into the second period and deservedly added a third in the simplest of fashions, Radhi Jaidi rising like a salmon out of water to head home a pin-point Lallana free-kick after 51 minutes.
And the rout was complete 20 minutes from time when on-loan midfielder Richard Chaplow fired home a left-footed drive to hand the dominant Saints all three points.
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Bei HuAscalon Capital Managers Ltd., a company owned by Westpac Banking Corp. that invests in hedge-fund managers, bought a 30 percent stake in Singapore-based RV Capital Management Pvt as it expands its Asian investments.
The acquisition includes an investment in RV Capital's flagship Asia Opportunity Fund, which bets on rising and falling securities in the region's rates, credit and foreign exchange markets, Ascalon said in an e-mailed statement.
The latest investment was Ascalon's third in Asia, where the shrinkage of funds of hedge funds has left its predominantly small managers starving for capital. Almost 54 percent of Asian hedge funds oversee less than $50 million of assets, according to Singapore-based Eurekahedge Pte, making them too small to attract capital from international institutions which prefer larger managers.
"RV Capital is led by experienced investors who have operated at the highest level for many years," Chuak Chan, Hong Kong-based chief executive officer of Ascalon, said in the statement. "We believe RV Capital is poised for strong future growth."
Asia Expansion
Ascalon opened an office in Hong Kong in 2011, expanding to take advantage of the region's economic growth. It last year took a 30 percent equity stake in Singapore-based Canning Park Capital, a long-short equity fund started in July 2010. That added to a 35 percent stake in Hong Kong-based Athos Capital Ltd., an event-driven hedge fund manager and its first investment in the region in December 2011.
RV Capital was set up in 2011 by Ranodeb Roy and Vickram Mangalgiri, according to the statement. The Ascalon investment took its assets to $50 million, Roy said in a telephone interview from Singapore, declining to give the monetary value of the Ascalon investment.
RV Capital's macro hedge fund returned 21 percent last year and 5.2 percent in the first two months this year, according to an investor newsletter. It outperformed the Eurekahedge Asia Macro Hedge Fund Index, which gained 4 percent last year and 2 percent in the first two months this year.
Roy was once Asia-Pacific head of fixed-income at Morgan Stanley where his responsibilities also included rates, foreign exchange, structured credit and special situations, according to the statement. Mangalgiri worked in jobs including asset management, trading, structuring and risk management at organizations including Pacific Investment Management Co., manager of the world's largest bond fund better known as PIMCO, Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch & Co. unit and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., it said.


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The Khutbah before Friday prayer (Salatul Jumu'ah) is considered by most jurists as obligatory (wajib), but a few regard it as only desirable (mandub). However, they agree that it was regularly conducted by the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him. In performing the khutbah, as in all forms of 'ibadat, the practice of the Prophet is the model that Muslims have to copy. That is why it is necessary to know how he used to deliver the khutbah.
After climbing the minbar (pulpit) the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, would greet the congregation and sit down facing them. Then he would get up to give the khutbah after the second adhan was announced. This adhan could be said inside the prayer room. When the hutbah starts it is essential that the congregation should keep completely silent and listen carefully. Any talk among the audience is considered as iaghw (nonsense). However, the preacher could interrupt his khutbah to give an instruction or make a remark, as the Prophet himself had done, when he got down from the minbar to answer a query, and on another occasion to look after his grandson.
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, used to have a light pause during which he would sit down and get up again to continue the khutbah. When we speak about two khutbahs we are referring to the one before the pause and the one after it. It is desirable that a member of the congregation silently recites a du'a during this pause.
As it is desirable that any speech should begin with the praise (al-hamd) of God, it is more so in the case of both khutbahs. It is also desirable that each of the two khutbahs include the shahadah, salat upon the Prophet, and some form of stighfar (asking the forgiveness of God). The following is a known beginning of the Prophet's khutbah:
"Al-hamdu lillahi nasta'inuhu wa-nastaghfiruhu wa.na'udhu bi-'Ilahi min shururi antusina. Man yahdi Allahu tala mudilla lahu, wa-man yudlit fala hadiya lahu. Wa-ashhadu an la ilaha ila Allah wa- ashahhad anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa-rasuluhu arsalahu bi-l haqqi bashiran bayn yadayi al-sa'ah. Man yuti' Allaha ta'ala wa-rasulahu faqad rashad, wa-man ya'sihima fa-inahu la yadtiru ila nafsahu wa-la yadru Allaha shay'an."
There are other forms of introductions used by the Prophet and reported in the books of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). However, the introduction is not the essential part of the khutbah. The substance of the khutbah should be educative on the essentials of faith, in order to strengthen it, and to influence people towards good behaviour. This is the whole purpose of the Khutbah. It may be conveyed in any language understood by the congregation and in any form that reaches their hearts. Unfortunately many imams in the Muslim world are fond of reciting a beautifully-phrased khutbah written some centuries ago. Some of them never get tired of repeating a few selections of khutbahs all their lives! Apart from a drowsy audience, what response can one expect from such a talk? How different was the attitude of the Prophet!
The reporters of the Sirah (biography of the Prophet) have said that when the Prophet gave the khutbah his eyes would turn reddish, he would raise his voice and he would become angry like a warner bringing the news of an invading army. This was not due to any form of exhibitionism. It was a natural outcome of a strong consciousness of the transitory nature of this life, unwavering conviction in the Promise of God and deep concern for the human condition and salvation. The Prophet would ask the community to do one thing and not another. If he noticed someone in need he would ask them to help him, if there was a drought he would make du'a for rain. In short, the Prophet's Khutbahs dealt with matters that were relevant and of immediate concern to the community.
The sirah writers argue that the khutbah of the Prophet was short and precise. It is considered a sign of 'ilm (religious knowledge) on the part of the imam to make a short khutbah and a long prayer. Nowadays the practice seems to be the opposite! It is desirable to quote from the Qur'an whenever possible in the Khutbah.
The Arabic language is by no means necessary for the Khutbah. In fact, it is absurd to preach in Arabic when most of the congregation would not understand. Of course, the Prophet always delivered Khutbah in Arabic; but that was because all his listeners spoke Arabic. Nevertheless, it might be desirable to give the short introduction that includes praise of God (hamd), Shahadah and Salat upon the Prophet, in Arabic. That is because they are quotations from the Prophet (like the one given above) and because most Muslims do understand them in the original language.
Although it is desirable that the imam who leads the prayer should deliver the Khutbah, it is sanctioned that the preacher could be different from the imam. Originally, it was the Muslim ruler himself who would lead the prayer and deliver the Khutbah. As the leader of the society he was in a position to know best the needs of the community. In Islam there is no dichotomy between worldly and religious affairs. In most Muslim countries, if not all, the present rulers are not very keen to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet and his best-guided caliphs in this respect.
The conclusion one therefore draws from the practice of the Prophet is that the content of the Khutbah should mainly be about the essentials of faith (imaan), that it should be relevant to the prevailing, circumstances and in a language which everybody understands. While the basic facts of faith are immutable, the arguments which support them are not. In preparing these arguments one should take into consideration the standard of knowledge prevailing in the community at the time. However, the decisive factor remains the sincerity of the speaker and his conviction of what he preaches.
The Muslim February-March 1975