text:
Once, long ago, there lived in Northern India a Rajah called Surya Pratap, or "Powerful as the Sun." Now, if this Rajah was not equal to the Sun, he thought himself so, and expected everyone to obey his slightest wish without question. He would never listen to a word of advice, or think twice before the acted, and he was ever ready to punish cruelly anyone who crossed his will even in the smallest matter.
Now, this Rajah had a Vizier, his Chief Minster of State, called Dhairya-Sila, or "the Patient One." His name suited him, for never, even under the greatest provocation, did he lose his temper. Dhairya-Sila was very much respected by the people for his honesty and self-less service to the State.
Dhairya-Sila had a wife called Buddhi-Mati, or "the Wise One," whom he loved more than anything else in the world. If anyone asked him to whom he owed his success, he would proudly say at once: "To Buddhi-Mati. Without her I should be nobody." And he meant what he said, for when his tedious duties at the Court were over, he would spend a quite hour with her in the garden of their home. One evening, when they had sat together silent for some time in their garden, Dhairya-Sila said quite suddenly to his wife: "Suppose our good fortune vanished!"
"Why, what makes you think so?" asked Buddhi-Mati quite startled. "Has anything happened today to make you say such a thing?"
"No," replied her husband; "but some people at Court have grown jealous of me because of the favours the Rajah has heaped upon me just lately."
"But the Rajah loves you so much that you can afford to make no notice of such things," said Buddhi-Mati.
"I don't know," the Vizier spoke thoughtfully. "The Rajah is so suspicious that some odd idea might take root in his mind. Anyway, dearest of all, do not be surprised at anything that may happen."
"Husband," said Buddhi-Mati, "have you any reason to suspect there is a plot against you?"
"Not yet," replied Dhairya-Sila, "but you know the Rajah's temper-restless, suspicious!"
"Alas!" sighed Buddhi-Mati.
"Yesterday," continued the Vizier, "an enemy brought some tale against me to the Rajah. The man lost his ears. Today my name was spoken against. And the enemy was sent to prison. But, dear wife, these little straws show which may the wind blows. Tonight when I bade farewell to the Rajah I noted a coolness in his manner."
"Husband!" cried Buddhi-Mati, "let us fly from this place!"
"Why?" asked the Vizier, much surprised.
"It is not safe!" she replied with tears in her eyes.
"Buddhi-Mati!" said the Vizier. "Do you know why I married you? I married you because you were so wise. With you by my side, I don't care for any enemy, not even for the Rajah. Still, my dear, we must be prepared for a change in our present most fortunate state."
It turned out that Dhairya-Sila was right. A change was indeed coming. A word here, a word there in the Rajah's ear, and the power of the Chief Minster rocked dangerously. For a day or two the Vizier suffered patiently the Rajah's open rudeness to him. And then, like a bolt from the blue, came a command to do a most shameful deed. Dhairya-Sila could stand it no longer and sprang up from his place of honour with a loud "No!"
"No!" roared the Rajah. "Who dare say 'No' to me?"
A dozen hands sprang to the sword-hilt. But they dared not attack Dhairya-Sila, for he, too, carried a sword. They felt that the first to attack him would be a dead man.
The Rajah moved about restlessly. "Who dare say 'No' to me?" he repeated, but less violently. He hoped that Dhairya-Sila would climb down and be ready to eat humble pie. But one look at the Vizier chased any such hope away. There he stood, firm and unbending. Something must be done with him, and at once.
The Rajah breathed hard.
"A subject who disobeys me had no right to live!" he thundered, "but because you have risen high in my favour, Dhairya-Sila, death shall come gently and slowly. Thus you will have longer to repent of your sins."
"Sire," replied the Vizier calmly, "do with me as you will. But whatever my fate, I know that yours will be to repent day and night of your ingratitude towards one whose only fault was in refusing to act unworthily at your bidding."
At these proud words, the Rajah flew into a wild rage.
Then, summoning the guard, the Rajah ordered:
"Seize Dhairya-Sila at once and take him to the top of a high tower which stands outside the city walls, and there leave him without food or water, and with no shelter from the sun."
This in itself was a death sentence. But the men of the guard held back. Not one of them wished to be the first to lay rough hands upon the person of the Vizier. In vain the Rajah stormed. Then Dhairya-Sila said quietly:
"Men of the guard, I go with you right gladly. It is for the Rajah to command; for us to obey."
Dhairya-Sila, without any sign of fear, saluted the Rajah in his usual manner, and, surrounded by the guard, moved away.
But in his heart of hearts, he was thinking:
"My poor Buddhi-Mati! When I do not return tonight, how anxious she will be!"
He had no means of sending her a message, and so the waited for him in the garden, hour after hour, till it was almost day-break. She concluded that something terrible must have happened to her husband. Veiling herself closely, she slipped out of the gates. She saw a group of water-carriers standing in the road, and in their midst an old man talking loudly. She drew near the group to listen to the old man's chatter.
"Ah, ha!" he laughed, "pride goes before a fall. And what a fall the Vizier has had! You know what happened. It is said that the Rajah flew into one of his tempers and ordered the Vizier to do something very bad indeed!"
"And then?" put in a listener.
"The Vizier proudly said 'No'!" said the old man.
"No! to the Rajah!" The men could hardly believe their ears.
"Yes," said the old man.
"The Rajah at once ordered him to be imprisoned on the top of the tower outside the city wall, and left without food or drink and at the mercy of the midday sun," replied the old man.
"He'll soon die for saying 'No' to the Rajah!" declared another of the men.
Buddhi-Mati waited to hear no more. She realized that only she herself could do something to save her husband, but she waited till midnight came. At midnight she slipped through the city gates again and came to the foot of the tower. In the dim light of the stars she could just make out the form of her husband leaning over the iron railing which ran round the platform.
"My lord, it is I, your wife Buddhi-Mati," she said in a low, clear voice. And the answer came as softly and clearly:
"Ah, Buddhi-Mati, I knew you would come. I have been waiting for you."
"Tell me how to help me," he replied, "so listen carefully. At this time tomorrow night return to the foot of the tower, bringing these things with you."
"Yes?" whispered Buddhi-Mati.
"First," said Dhairya-Sila. "I shall want a beetle. It must be a strong, resolute, and greedy insect, for much depends on it. Secondly, I shall want sixty yards of the finest silken thread, sixty yards of cotton thread, thin and strong, sixty yards of good strong string, and sixty yards of rope strong enough to bear my weight. And, lastly, one drop of the purest honey!"
Buddhi-Mati went home as quickly as she had come, and began to search at once for all the things her husband wanted.
She had some difficulty in finding the beetle. There were many beetles in the garden and of various kinds. But none appeared to be strong. At last, she found a very strong-looking beetle, just the one she wanted. "This," she cried out aloud, "is the very beetle that I need."
She caught it easily, and put it with a leaf in a silken purse in the bosom of her robe. Then, with a little bottle of honey, and her balls and coils of silk, cotton, string and rope all ready, she waited for the night to come.
And when the night came, Buddhi-Mati carefully slipped out of the city gates again, and came to the foot of the tower. The guards were all sound asleep. Buddhi-Mati called very softly, lest her voice should awaken the sleeping guards:
"My lord, I have brought all the things you told me to bring. The silken thread, the cotton, string, rope, the beetle and the drop of honey. Now, hasten, husband, and tell me what to do."
"First of all," began Dhairya-Sila, "you must tie the end of the silken thread round the middle of the beetle." "But be sure to leave its legs free!" warned the Vizier. "Now, if the silken thread is fast, smear a drop of honey on the beetle's nose, then set the little creature on the wall, with its nose pointed upwards towards me."
"There, I've done that!" said Buddhi-Mati, "the beetle is on the wall. It has started to climb."
"Hold the ball of silk tight in your hand. Then let it unwind very slowly. Be sure not to let it slip, for my very life depends upon it," said her husband.
Charmed with the smell of the honey in front of it, the little beetle climbed steadily until it reached the tower top. Dhairya-Sila caught it gently and freed it from the silken thread. Then, holding the end of the silken thread securely in one hand, he placed the beetle with the other hand in the soft folds of his turban.
He then called down to Buddhi-Mati again:
"Now tie the cotton thread firmly to the end of the silken thread you hold, and let it unwind slowly in the same way."
Buddhi-Mati tied the ends carefully. Dhairya-Sila pulled up the silken thread very slowly and carefully. And now the end of the cotton thread was in his hand. Breaking off the silk, he put that, too, in his turban, and began to pull up the cotton as carefully as the silk.
"The work is now half done," he called down to the brave Buddhi-Mati. "Now tie the end of the cotton to the string."
"I have done that," replied Buddhi-Mati.
"The string is in my hand," said Dhairya-Sila. "And now, my dear, it is the turn of the rope. Your knot must be firm as the faith I have in you."
Then Buddhi-Mati took the rope, and she tied a knot so tight that the edge cut into her soft hands, and little drops of her red blood were carried up to the beloved prisoner. When the end of the rope was in his hands, Dhairya-Sila tied it firmly to the heavy iron railing which ran round the platform at the tower. Then he slid down to the bottom, where his wife waited half weeping from fear and joy.
"Most wonderful of women!" said Dhairya-Sila, "without you I could never have escaped."
Saying this, he embraced his wife who was full of joy at getting her husband back from the jaws of death, as it were.
Then they immediately went home together, for they wanted to be in their house before it was day. Dhairya-Sila hid himself from the servants, for he did not want anyone to come to know of his escape.
In the meantime the Rajah was miserable. The thought that he might have brought about the death of the wisest man in his kingdom began to weigh heavy upon his mind. But he was too proud to pardon his Chief Minister. But for the two nights and two days during which Dhairya-Sila had remained on the tower, he could neither eat nor sleep.
On the third day he would see no one, and gave orders that none should be admitted to his presence. Standing at the big window, he stared at the distant tower, and wished that he had never been born.
Then a low tap at the door made him call out angrily:
"I will see no one. Anyone who disobeys me shall lose his ears."
"But, Sire," said Dhairya-Sila gently, as he came in boldly through the door, "pray leave me mine, for indeed I have great need of them in your service."
With a cry, the Rajah rushed forward and embraced his Chief Minister. "How I have missed you! Every minute I have missed you," he said. "But how did you escape from the top of the tower? Who helped you?"
"A beetle your Majesty," replied Dhairya-Sila, and then added smiling gently, "a beetle and a drop of honey."


text:
MESA. Ariz. - Sen. Bernie Sanders and DNC Chair Tom Perez are coming to Arizona.
The two are on a nine-state tour across the country -- which hits Arizona on Friday.
According to a release, Sanders and Perez are hitting the road with Congressman Keith Ellison and other leaders with the purpose of visiting conservative states to "help build strong, grassroots movements in those regions."
Sanders will also address the need to bring people together and how President Trump has "turned his back on the working class people who voted for him," a release says.
The rally will take place at the Mesa Amphitheatre from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 21. RSVP here.
Doors are expected to open at 5:30 p.m.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Resorts in Pattaya
Filter Results
162 properties found
- Sort by:
Diana Garden Resort & Lodge
209 / 112 Moo 6 North Pattaya Road, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Diana Garden Resort & Lodge is set in a tourist area, 15 minutes' walk of Mini Siam and Mini Europe . The property is set 20 minutes'…
More...From US$ 41price for 1 nightBook Now
Mind Resort
171/16 M.10 South Pattaya 3 Rd, Nongprue Banglamung, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The Royal-style Mind Resort in Naklua Beach district is rated 3 stars and features a sundeck and a swimming pool. It is set 4…
More...From US$ 52price for 1 nightBook Now
Birds & Bees Resort
366/11 Moo 12 Phra Tam Nak 4 Road,Nongprue Banglamung, Chonburi 20150, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Birds & Bees Resort is a pleasant 3-star property set 1050 meters from Pattaya Hill and 1.9 km from Walking Street Pattaya. The venue is…
More...From US$ 146price for 1 nightBook Now
The Beach Garden Resort
Moo 5, Naklua, Banglamung 164/9, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The Beach Garden Resort is located in a recreational area of Pattaya in 10 minutes walking distance from Tiffany Show. The hotel is 650 meters…
More...From US$ 57price for 1 nightBook Now
Thai Pura Resort
259/59 M.5 Naklua Banglamung, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Thai Pura Resort offers a budget accommodation with free parking, currency exchange and a safe deposit box. The hotel has a quiet location in a…
More...From US$ 29price for 1 nightBook Now
Lee Garden Resort
110/6 Moo 6, Pattaya Nua Soi 2, Nuklua, Banglamung, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Lee Garden Resort is a 3-star venue set 3 km away from Sanctuary of Truth . Lee Garden Resort lies about 20 minutes' walk from…
More...From US$ 35price for 1 nightBook Now
Quality Resort
329 / 14 Pratumnak Soi 2 Road, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The 3-star Quality Resort is situated a mere 4 km away from Underwater World Pattaya. The venue is 4 km away from Curse of…
More...From US$ 36price for 1 nightBook Now
Southern Star Resort
535/25 Moo 5, Soi 12 Naklua Road, Banglamung, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The budget Southern Star Resort is a 2-star venue providing guests with free shuttle service, laundry and ironing service. The property is located in…
More...From US$ 23price for 1 nightBook Now
Veranda Resort Pattaya Mgallery By Sofitel
211 Moo 1, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Veranda Resort Pattaya Mgallery By Sofitel is a 5-star contemporary property, set close to the beach front. Due to a good location of Veranda…
More...From US$ 155price for 1 nightBook Now
Wongamat Privacy Residence & Resort
157/365 Moo 5 Soi Naklua 16/2 Naklua, Banglamung, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Offering non-smoking guest rooms, the spectacular Wongamat Privacy Residence & Resort lies within a 20-minute walk from Sanctuary of Truth . Art in Paradise is…
More...From US$ 38price for 1 nightBook Now
Botany Beach Resort
245/3 Sukhumvit Highway, Na Jomtein, Sattahip, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Botany Beach Resort offers a comfortable accommodation in Pattaya. The hotel is approximately 15 minutes' walk from Mimosa Pattaya.
More...From US$ 83price for 1 nightBook Now
Avani Pattaya Resort & Spa
218/2-4 Moo 10, Beach Road, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Avani Pattaya Resort & Spa is a 5-star property that provides visitors with a rooftop terrace, an indoor swimming pool and a veranda. Guests can…
More...From US$ 176price for 1 nightBook Now
Rabbit Resort
318/84, Moo12, Dong Tan Beach, Nong-Prue, Chonburi, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
A 25-minute walk from Pattaya Hill, Rabbit Resort is a 4-star quiet property offering an individual accommodation. Jomtien Beach is about 2.5 km…
More...From US$ 136price for 1 nightBook Now
Baan Souy Resort
308/3 Moo 10, Soi 15 Thappraya Rd., Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Baan Souy Resort is a comfortable 3-star accommodation in Pattaya. This hotel is about 2.1 km away from Royal Garden Plaza.
More...From US$ 85price for 1 nightBook Now
Palm Grove Resort
245/96 Moo 3, Sukhumvit Rd, Na Jomtien Soi 40, Chonburi, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The comfortable Palm Grove Resort is placed just a short stroll away from the beachfront. The hotel puts guests near magnificent beaches.
More...From US$ 109price for 1 nightBook Now
Thai Thani Pool Villa Resort
100/3 Moo 4, Soi Greag 4, Nong Pla Lai, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Thai Thani Pool Villa Resort is a charming 4-star accommodation in Pattaya. The property lies within 10 km from Sanctuary of Truth .
More...From US$ 292price for 1 nightBook Now
Pattaya Bay Resort
236/21 Moo 10 Pattaya Road 2 Soi 15, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The modern Pattaya Bay Resort is a 3-star accommodation featuring free shuttle bus service, airport transfer and porter service. A central location in Naklua…
More...From US$ 32price for 1 nightBook Now
Cape Dara Resort
256 Dara Beach, Soi 20, Pattaya-Naklua Road, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Cape Dara Resort is a 5-star venue set 4.2 km away from Wat Khao Phra Bat. The property offers a bright accommodation in the…
More...From US$ 265price for 1 nightBook Now
Rita Resort And Residence
308/80 Moo 10, Tappraya Rd, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
The unique Rita Resort And Residence is located in an entertainment area of Pattaya. Guests can reach Walking Street Pattaya within a 15-minute walk.
More...From US$ 47price for 1 nightBook Now
Abricole Pattaya
329/2 Moo 12 Khowpratamnak Road, Pattaya, Thailand (Show map)
Abricole Pattaya Hotel boasts positioning close to Jomtien Beach, Outlet Mall Pattaya and Pattaya Beach, offering 46 rooms and featuring a spa center, a sundeck…
More...From US$ 27price for 1 nightBook Now


text:
what about tags? Are Tags secondary in importance? Also, we know that too many tags, or irrelevant tags are counter-productive,so just what kind of attention should we be paying to our tags?
sort by best latest
Good question and one that is really worth getting a handle on. Tags are mega important and how you use them can make the difference between you getting loads of external traffic and not very much.
I explained the best way to use tags in this forum thread a day or two ago and there is also a link there to a fabulous hub on how to use tagging effectively. https://hubpages.com/forum/topic/63890#post1406479
I had to read that particular hub at least 4 or 5 times before it really sank in, but it's really worth persevering with it :)
My understanding is that tags are as relevant as keywords. Tags are the search terms that people will use to find a topic they're looking for. So basically, using good and effective tags, just like the use of keywords, may help to drive traffic to your article.
My understanding of tags is that they link your hubs to other hubs. So if someone enters hubpages on someone else's hub, and then looks at related hubs, they might just see... and go to... your hub.
I am not convinced they are used for keywords for external traffic. Someone please correct me.
Listing tags links Hubs together by tag pages...more links from more tag pages usually means higher rankings in the Search Engines - add to that the fact that Hubbers search tags too and you've got yourself a traffic increase.
As for importance, it's all important! To me anyways it's like baking a pie but missing an ingredient - pie won't ever be as good without it :)
your tags help people find your hub post. They should be based on your keywords and should be very specific to the content of your hub. To do this, you should write hubs on very specific individual topics.
Hope this helps!
I believe Tags are used more for other Hubbers when they are doing an internal search.
I believe key words are useful for external incoming traffic whereas tags are useful for internal traffic.
Moderation in all things. I like a system whereby excess gets penalized so, yes, make sure tags are relevant
1 answer hidden due to negative feedback. Show
1 answer hidden due to negative feedback. Hide


text:
Accession Number : AD0697529
Title : THE TOXIC EFFECT OF A LEAD COMPLEX WITH DL-CYSTEINE ON ASPERGILLUS NIGER,
Corporate Author : ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER WASHINGTON D C
Personal Author(s) : Zlochevskaya,I. V.
Report Date : 05 NOV 1969
Pagination or Media Count : 14
Abstract : An investigation of the toxic effect of lead chelate with DL-cysteine on Asp. niger revealed that large swellings appeared on the mycelium. One of the substances formed was uracil which indicates a description of cell permeability in the presence of lead chelate. (Author)
Descriptors : (*FUNGI, LEAD COMPOUNDS), (*LEAD COMPOUNDS, *TOXICITY), AMINO ACIDS, CHELATE COMPOUNDS, GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY), PERMEABILITY, CELLS(BIOLOGY), FUNGICIDES
Subject Categories : Microbiology
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


text:
The epithet "safe as houses" would make a good tagline for covered bonds as an investment at least in the eyes of the industrys stalwarts. Senior to unsecured debt (which will soon be bail-inable) and backed by assets which must adhere to rigorous standards enshrined in covered bond law, the asset class has been remarkably stable in recent crises compared to other forms of bank finance.
But the authorities have different ideas. Incoming capital requirements regulation for banks (Basel III) and for insurance companies (Solvency II) will require lenders and insurers to hold more capital against covered bonds they have bought that are rated below AA-.
Covered bond market participants say this could make some banks forced sellers, especially in a market where the triple-A rated covered bond has become a rarity.
Boudewijn Dierick, head of structured covered bonds at BNP Paribas and chairman of the Ratings Agency Approaches Working Group at the European Covered Bond Council, says regulators have failed to take into the account the far-reaching ramifications of a ratings cut-off in todays market.
"Even the difference between AA- and A+ has a huge impact because the charge becomes bigger and that can lead to forced selling, even though its just one notch," he says. "And at the moment, covered bonds are lower rated, amid lower rated sovereigns, and lower issuer ratings in general."
Out of covered bonds listed in the iBoxx euro covered index, 48% are now rated AA- and above, compared to 81% last July. Some of this decrease is down to redemptions, but a lot of it has come from downgrades. Spanish issuers in particular make up a large chunk of the iBoxx, and they have been hit again and again by the ratings agencies.
"Were moving towards a new environment where AAA and AA ratings are no longer dominant," says Jens Tolckmitt, chief executive of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks, the vdp.
"You really have to search for these ratings these days. Yet at the same time I dont think we have any indication that liquidity in the product is dependent on the rating."
Irrelevant ratings
The heavy-handed approach taken by regulatory bodies has riled exponents of covered bonds, who argue that the product should be shown more respect because of the features that set it apart from other classes of debt.
Tolckmitt says that ratings are of minimal relevance when it comes to assessing the quality of covered bonds as an investment.
"Nobody can explain why they have done this, because the structural difference between a covered bond and a comparable bank or corporate bond is the same no matter what the rating is," he says.
"You have the double recourse, you have the legal basis, you have the special supervision in the end that is the benefit of the Pfandbrief asset class. You have a bigger safety net, and the reason you have that is because it is subject to the Pfandbrief Act, or the Cédulas Act in Spain, or the Obligations Foncières Act in France, and that has nothing to do with any kind of rating.
"Obviously cover pools look different from issuer to issuer but in the end the actual law is what makes a Pfandbrief a Pfandbrief it sets out the definition of the assets in the cover pool."
But with few other measures of quality available aside from ratings, what other strategies could regulators take to lessen the impact of a plain ratings cut-off?
Dierick says there is an alternative which could work within the current ratings system.
"You could have a step-down approach," he says. "That would mean that if your investment goes down one ratings notch, you are required to hold slightly more capital against it, then if you go down another, slightly more again. That would be more gradual, and would make more sense than having one single threshold.
"You could also conceive of an investment requirement connected to the label initiative. If the bond has the ECBCs label, it would be eligible, for instance. That might not work in practice now, but in the long run it could do. I dont know if there are many alternatives, and the system as it stands now seems unfair.
"Covered bonds have double recourse and there is implied support from the regulator because theres a law protecting it. The assets backing covered bonds have to fit certain requirements, and at least that way you know what the limits are."
Another level
Participants in the covered bond market have also long argued that their product should be treated as a Level 1 high quality asset within the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, a key component of Basel III regulations.
The LCR is intended to protect banks from short term market crises, by requiring them to hold enough high quality liquid assets to cover their cash outflows for 30 days.
Earlier this year, the Basel Committee threw banks a bone when it expanded the range of assets eligible for the buffer to include a broader range of corporate bonds, plus some unencumbered equities and certain residential mortgage-backed securities, as well as commercial paper.
The stock of assets is divided into two levels. The highest quality Level 1 assets must comprise at least 60% of the liquidity buffer and Level 2, up to 40%. The new proposals split Level 2 assets into two further categories.
Level 2A assets will have a minimum rating of double-A minus and are subject to a 15% haircut, while level 2B assets will be limited to 15% of the overall LCR portfolio and have a much higher haircut of 50%.
Covered bonds were conspicuous by their absence from Level 1 when the revised proposals came out.
But documents leaked by European policymakers in February, detailing parts of the fourth Capital Requirements Directive and the first Capital Requirements Regulation the legislation that, along with the European Banking Authoritys Technical Standards for hybrid debt, will enact Basel III that had been agreed upon, suggested that covered bonds would be eligible for Level 1.
According to the document: "Covered bonds traded on transparent markets with an ongoing turnover would be expected to be considered assets of extremely high liquidity and credit quality."
This stance is yet to be officially confirmed and ratified, but promoting covered bonds to this higher status would be a boon to the industry and would recognise inherent qualities that make the asset class of superior quality to other debt instruments, according to Tolckmitt.
"Liquid assets are assets that you can get liquidity for in cases of market disruption," he says. "One requirement for that liquidity should be that the value of the asset remains stable over time. Pfandbrief can really say it has been more stable than most of those assets eligible for Level 1, like government bonds, especially from certain jurisdictions within the eurozone. There is no argument not to admit Pfandbrief to Level 1."
Liquidity, but not as we know it
To appreciate the quality of covered bonds in terms of liquidity, one first needs to consider what liquidity actually means, he says.
The EBA is seeking feedback on its proposed methodology for determining what assets should be included in the high quality liquid assets buffer.
It is planning to use a scorecard system, measuring assets against the fundamental definitions of liquidity already included in the draft CRR, which include trading volume, outstanding amounts, bid-offer spreads and price stability.
Tolckmitt is confident that covered bonds will be deserving of Level 1 treatment, considering their performance over recent years.
"Track record, market depth, the market share of covered bonds relative to the whole economy all of these can be indicators for the liquidity of covered bonds over time," he says. "Pfandbrief has been proven to be stable, and that means that even in difficult times you can find investors who are willing to engage. You can use those criteria as a framework to differentiate between Level 1 and Level 2 in the LCR."
Reliable bidders
When it comes to liquidity, what really matters is finding a bid in a difficult market. And in a difficult market, there will always be one bidder, even after the others have run for the hills with varying haircuts, all covered bonds are eligible for repo with the European Central Bank.
That surely makes covered bonds perfect material for liquidity buffers. But the EBAs definitions of liquidity are not built around ECB repo eligibility, preferring instead to ignore the lender of last resort. Tolckmitt reckons it is time for this view to change.
"At the outset of the LCR, the regulators aim was to define liquidity without taking into account the ECB as the last resort," he says. "But after five years of crisis, can you really discount the ECB? Germany had liquidity without using the ECB too much, but some of the other countries did. Maybe it is time to look at wartime liquidity rather than peacetime liquidity, and considering ECB eligibility would be one way of doing that."
Allowing covered bonds as Level 1 assets would certainly help banks in countries such as Denmark where government debt is scarce, but it might not be of such importance for others.At the very least though, the draft proposals circulated at the start of February are a step in the right direction for covered bonds relationship with regulators, and may indicate a willingness to modify the AA- threshold. Until then, some covered bond investors will find their fingers hovering reluctantly above the sell button.


text:
cleo moore
- 77 years old
- Date of birth: Jun 26, 1916
- Date of passing: Dec 19, 1993
|Let the memory of cleo be with us forever
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, cleo moore, 77, born on June 26, 1916 and passed away on December 19, 1993. We will remember her forever.
Memorial Tributes
"Me & my
are one,
I am sunrise
While she is sunset
Only thing separating us is time
Until I become an rose in heaven like you know how much I miss & love you
Leave a Tribute:
Invite your family and friends
to visit this memorial:
to visit this memorial:
Subscribe to receive e-mail notifications when others contribute to this memorial.
531 views
Have a suggestion for us?


text:
August 15, 2013, 12:51 PM EDTLaw360, New York (August 15, 2013, 12:51 PM EDT) -- Sound science and, more importantly, sound reasoning about science have slowly been making their way into appellate decisions for two decades now, but last year's Ford v. Dixon was something special. We called it the best causation opinion of 2012 and without saying so, thought it as a Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. for this age of big data. Acknowledging the data available for estimating a given asbestos exposure and the risk attendant to that exposure, the opinion simply asked of plaintiffs that they demonstrate...
Alas, Courts Still Resist Substantial Factor Causation
To view the full article, register now.
Try Law360 FREE for seven days
Already a subscriber? Click here to login


text:
The armed occupiers of a wildlife reserve in Oregon were given "ample opportunity" to leave peacefully before their leaders were arrested and one of them killed, police have said.
The anti-government protesters were to blame for the violence, said officials.
The militia took over the refuge to protest about ranchers jailed for setting fire to federal land.
Federal agents have sealed off the site to try to flush out the remaining number still holed up at the reserve.
One man was killed and eight arrested at a traffic stop on Tuesday night.
Police would not release the name of the man but said he died as authorities tried to take him into custody.
He was named by his daughter as Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, a 55-year-old rancher from Cane Beds, Arizona.
The armed protesters "have chosen to threaten and intimidate the America they profess to love," said Greg Bretzing, the FBI's Portland special agent in charge.
Three weeks ago, the group took over the wildlife refuge, claiming the government has been taking land illegally from ranchers for decades.
Witnesses have said the man killed by police charged at them, while others say he complied with authorities' orders.
"Through criminal actions, they've brought these consequences upon themselves," said Mr Bretzing.
"We will continue to look for safe procedures on how to bring this to a peaceful conclusion."
Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward said the traffic stop "ended badly" but it did not have to happen.
He said the occupation has been tearing the community apart and it is time for the protesters to leave the nature reserve.
Those who were arrested will have a court appearance on Wednesday.
The Oregon stand-off
How did it begin?
In October, a federal judge ruled the sentences on two Oregon ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, for burning federal land were too short and jailed them for about four years each.
Angered by the ruling, Nevada native Ammon Bundy began a social media campaign backing them and travelled to Burns, Oregon, organising meetings.
His group attracted supporters from across a number of states and Mr Bundy called it Citizens for Constitutional Freedom. On 2 January the armed militiamen took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge – and widened the range of demands.
What are the militia's aims?
It is an extension of the Sagebrush Revolution of the 1970s and 1980s that demanded the transfer of federal land in many western states to local control.
Mr Bundy's own father – a Nevada rancher – had been involved in a protest over cattle-grazing rights in 2014. One policy is to try to persuade ranchers to tear up their federal grazing contracts.
Although many local residents are sympathetic with its cause, many also oppose the occupation of the refuge. Even the local ranchers who are serving the longer sentences distanced themselves from the militia.
How has the FBI responded?
Initially in a low-key manner. The FBI was fearful of a repetition of the bloody end to the siege at Waco in Texas in 1993.
Local and state officials had demanded the FBI do more.
Are militias legal?
The term has a complex history and generally refers to those outside the official military who can be called on in times of need. The US Constitution refers to the president having command of "militia of several states" and that Congress "can call forth militia" to tackle insurrection and invasion.
Those who form such militias cite the constitution and various references in federal and state law as granting them legality.


text:
New to IMT CrossFit? Sign up below and the first week of class is on us! You will be starting with our beginner's class, which takes place on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:30 PM.
There's no risk and no obligation — fill out the form below, and we'll get in touch to schedule your free week of CrossFit! Give us a call or email if you have any questions.


text:
Justice Of The Peace in and around Abiquiu, New Mexico.
Life's Moments are those times in life that we decide to make an unique acknowledgment of life changing events. Weddings are celebrations, weddings are events, but most of all weddings are a new beginning, a moment in time to be cherished. Having the ideal Minister is important.
For these moments, we offer detailed Wedding Minister services, Elopement officiating, and also wedding event solutions. From the very conventional to modern services, our weddings and also officiating solutions are designed to mirror your wants, dreams and desires. We can help you to craft an occasion, secular or spiritual that will certainly be a valued memory for many years to come.
Ministerial services and also wedding celebration officiating in the Abiquiu, New Mexico area is our specialty, yet we can travel if the need arises. We give a full variety of Elopement packages; from elopement on the courthouse steps to one of the most elaborate formal wedding you might want.
We additionally offer the finest in Justice of the Peace or nonreligious weddings. These civil ceremonies provide their own type of celebration, whether it be with family or just a couple as well as a couple of witnesses, your wedding is a special moment to be cherished.


text:
Fernando and the Disk of Chaos
Fernando accepts a difficult mission from a suspicious guy who buys him some yoghurt.4.59 / 5.00 3,663 Views
Milhouse dude4.52 / 5.00 6,706 Views
CHASE.fla4.21 / 5.00 6,699 Views
Absolutely brilliant my man! Though the buildings looked a bit...childish? It was over all pretty awesome.
Long, confusing, and excellent.
This is the first episode of this series that I have seen - probably not a great way to start, considering that this is the final one. I often found the story and what was happening rather confusing, but I'll chalk that up to not watching the previous episodes and not downgrade you for it.
The sheer scope of this flash, however, is amazing. This thing is LONG. And I mean REALLY LONG - I thought it was going to end several times, but it just kept on going. It is also very well animated and choreagraphed.
I'll admit that your animation style isn't one of my favourites (it's a bit too angular for my liking), but you do an EXCELLENT job of animating your characters with a minimum number of frames in just the right places. I was very impressed by the graphics - the style, the colours, and how well you animated the fight scenes, camera pans, and all manner of other effects.
The music was also appropriately chosen. The one thing that brought this flash down was the quality of the voice-acting. The script isn't bad (although as a previous reviewer pointed out, the grammar is sketchy in places), but the delivery is cringe-worthy. If I were you I would've found people who could actually act somewhat well to record the voices. I could see that the voice-actors were trying to be good, but the majority of the time it ended up sounding unnatural and forced.
You should really consider a career in either directing or animation, because this flash was great. A tip for next time would be to maybe choose a more straightforward and easier-to-understand story line. I didn't mark you down for that, but I did have a (perhaps inaccurate) impression that this story might've been a little too complicated for its own good.
nice one...
sweet i really like and i hope to see more submissions from you.iight peace!nice characters and your graphics!
the animation was great i loved it it flowed really smooth, the sound was really good it would break out here and there but not bad, i love the part where the cannon fires and that dude is like SHINEYYYYYYYY, that was funny lol, but ya great work loved it and Bigsheep i dont know how u could call this boring u must really have nothing better to do lol jk
Every day I hope for such things on Newgrounds..
This was a hufe effort and a well-done try at being an epic, but ultimately, the characters and plot did not make it. I also did not like the character designs, and I recognized far too many anime components that you copied, but still...
A decent effort, with beautiful backgrounds and effects....and some great drama.
I still think the entire story was corny though. Well done, but corny in the end.
The music was great for the most part, but I can't imagine why you'd use an accoustic theme from Code Lyoko in there. It sounded fine, but I'd rather not be reminded of far inferior series while watching sometihng that attempts to be epic.


text:
Thread: PS3 not reading blu ray help?
12-09-2010 #1zant Guest
PS3 not reading blu ray help?
Hello all,
My phat PS3 80gb is not reading blu rays. However, the blu ray laser comes on, and it is STRONG. it SOMETIMES can read games, but not always. Is there anything out of the new exploit that could help me fix this? Maybe a controller reflash or something? It broke after the 3.00 update.
12-09-2010 #2elser1 Guest
sounds like the bd drive is going...
12-09-2010 #3ps3linux Guest
Please provide more details, when did the problem started to occur? Did it start to happen after some firmware upgrade? Has it started to happen due to excessive use of PS3?
If it happened after upgrading the firmware, then my friend you are among those unlucky people whose bluray got screwed after firmware update.
There is no hack for this, what you need to do is take your console to a service personnel who will change the bluray lens, other alternate could be try the same at home, but that is one option I don't recommend to people who don't have moderate to advanced knowledge and equipment of electronics.
Your only viable option is take the console to a service personnel.
12-09-2010 #4WheedWhack3R Guest
Try checking the ribbon cables on the drive to make sure they are not loose, and if all else fails You might be able to adjust the bias on the laser and squeeze a few more months out of it.
I know for a fact it can be done with Ps2 as I have repaired and modded at least 17 different ps2s. The little variable resister on the back of the laser assembly is labeled DVD and CD on ps2, so it was easy to adjust it to squeeze a little more life out of the laser to give you time to save and buy another!
hope that helps and good luck (^_^)
12-09-2010 #5cackalack Guest


text:
Are you a Carrier?
HIBM is an autosomal recessive disorder, which means that the parents of someone affected by HIBM are carriers of the disease. Carriers are not affected by the disease, which means that their bodies function normally. But when two carriers have a child, there is a 25% chance with each pregnancy of having a child who actually has HIBM, there is a 50% chance that each child will be a carrier like his or her parents (and not have the disease), and there is a 25% chance that each child of the couple will not carry any mutation for the disease (meaning that he or she will not be a carrier nor will he or she have the disease).
Approximately 1 in 15 Iranian Jews are carriers of HIBM and 1 in 1000 Iranian Jewish have the disease. If you are of Iranian Jewish descent, we urge you to get tested so that you can easily avoid passing the disease to your children. It is possible to test at any time, but is particularly important prior to becoming pregnant or during early pregnancy.
Testing is anonymous and can be performed with a painless cheek swab.
Newsletter Subscription


text:
New Health-Related Statistics Page
The Health-Related Statistics page is now available to anyone at: http://www.medicine.iu.edu/body.cfm?id=6834 It lists annotated online and print sources of statistics on health and healthcare topics, hospital data, etc. Besides the U.S. and world health, Indiana-specific data sources are listed as well.
Print reference sources at the Medical Library are listed with their call number for easy access.
For information, contact Elaine Skopelja at email@example.com


text: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Tobin you asked if anyone had any "TRICKS) ????? this is wizard (Potter) land. I have at least 15 tricks up my sleeve . More later. Hagar. PS: every dirty trick nown to man winds up here. --


text:
Is week 1 a window into a team's soul? Or is week 1 best left ignored by analysts, since results are skewed by teams that are still shaking off the rust from the summer? As it turns out, week 1 isn't just like any other week: it's more like any other week than, uh, any other week. What do I mean by that?
Let's begin with a hypothesis. The best teams in the league are [more/less] likely to win in week 1 than they are normally. This is because the best teams are [at their best/rusty] in week 1. How would we go about proving this to be true?
One method would be to take a weighted average winning percentage of teams in week one, with the weight being on the team's actual season-ending winning percentage. For example, the Patriots went 16-0 in 2007, which means New England was responsible for 6.25% of all wins in the NFL that season. That year, the Colts went 13-3, so Indianapolis was responsible for 5.1% of all wins that year. If we want to know whether good teams play [better/worse] in week 1, we care a lot more about how teams like the '07 Patriots and Colts fared than the average team.
By using weighted average winning percentages, we place more weight on the results of the best teams, which is exactly what we want to do. So when the '07 Patriots and '07 Colts won in week one, rather than being responsible for 6.25% of the league, they are now are responsible for over 11% of the NFL's weighted week 1 winning percentage. Of course, you can probably figure out pretty quickly that by using this methodology, we are ensuring that the "average" winning percentage over the course of the season will be quite a bit over .500, since the best teams will win more often than not. And that's exactly what we see: the average weighted winning percentage across all weeks, using this methodology, was 0.574. As it turns out, that's exactly what the average is in week 1, too.
The blue line in the graph below shows the average weighted winning percentages in each week of the season; the red line shows the average across all weeks:
You'll note that weeks 6 and 7 seem to be two of the worst weeks for the best teams, while weeks 11 and 12 are the two best. To use a concrete example, teams that have won at least 10 games in a season from '02 to '13 had records of 77-41 (0.652) and 71-36 (0.664) in weeks six and seven1, but were 95-29 (0.766) in week 11 and 92-34 (0.730) in week 12.2 Meanwhile, all 10+ win teams were 91-38 (0.705) in week 1 over the last 12 years.
So what does this mean? Not much, most likely. We know that splits happen. The results at the end of the graph aren't too surprising: teams in weeks 15 through 17 are more likely to be resting players (or injured), so you would expect those results might not be the best weeks for the best teams. You also have weather impacting games and neutralizing certain talent advantages.
As for week 1, we can safely reject both hypotheses: the best teams are neither better nor worse in week one than you would expect. If a team fares poorly in week 1, it's fine to dismiss that performance just because it's one week. But it doesn't make much sense to dismiss it because it's week one.
- You might wonder, looking at this, why week 6 isn't the worst week. There are other outliers in the data, such as 2 or 3 win teams going 5-11 in week 7, but 2-15 in week 6, that make week 7 the worst week for the best teams. [↩]
- Again, the model used to create the graph looks at all possibilities and weighs them equally, so the numbers here won't perfectly match up. One explanation for why week 11 looks better than week 12 in this sentence is that teams that won exactly 10 games won 66% of their games in week 11 but just 57% in week 12; if you exclude the 10 win teams, the top teams look much better in week 12. [↩]


text:
When preparing for a camping trip, you know that you can't forget to bring your backpack, shelter, sleeping bag, food, and water. But what else do you need? One piece of gear often left at home, but extremely useful, is a good rope. Rope is useful, but if you don't know some good knots to tie, it won't do you much good. Tying a knot can be the difference between waking up in the morning and cooking a hot breakfast or finding that a bear has taken off with your food in the middle of the night! Knots can be used for various applications while camping and learning some basic ones is a great idea before you head out.
If you're looking to set up a tent or hammock with a guy line between two trees, the taut-line hitch knot is a great choice. It is mostly used when the length of the rope will need to be adjusted to maintain tension after you've strung out your line. In cases like hanging a shelter, the weight it will constantly pull downwards. The taut-line hitch allows you to periodically adjust the tension, ensuring that your shelter won't collapse around you during the middle of the night. Additionally, it's an easy knot to learn, having only four steps.
Another important knot while out camping is the bowline knot. It is often used for climbing, but for camping is used to tie down equipment at the end of the day. The bowline knot has a reputation for being tight and not slipping, but it's still an extremely simple knot to learn. It even has a mnemonic device about a rabbit leaving his hole, running around a tree, and going back into the hole that makes it easy to memorize. If you're looking to teach a knot to a younger camper, this would be a great choice.
A less used knot, but still important while out camping, is the monkey's fist. It is a unique knot in that it isn't used in ways other knots traditionally are. Instead of stringing up gear or bear bags, the monkey's fist is used as a weight. Find a heavy object, usually a rock, and tie the monkey's fist around it. Once the object is secure inside of the knot, simply throw your knot wherever you need. It's usually used as a counterweight for bear bags, but can also be used to throw across a river to another person to provide a safe crossing.
If you ever find yourself in a situation where you don't have the luxury of time to secure your gear, the simple backpacker hitch knot is a great choice. Simply wrap the end of a rope around an object three times tightly, then twice loosely, and then pull the end of the rope through the loose loops before tightening. It holds great but is still easy to untie.
The square knot is another great knot that you shouldn't overlook before heading outdoors. The last thing you want while outdoors is finding your rope isn't long enough. The square knot can remedy this situation, provided you have two shorter ropes on you instead of one long one. In short, the square knot (or sometimes called the reef knot) is used to tie two ropes together. It is easy to tie and untie, yet remains very secure. Other uses include tying the ends of a single rope together to create a handle, perfect for carrying around trash or sticks for a fire.
These five knots all have their uses while camping. You won't use them every time you go out, but you can never be too prepared. If you have any suggestions on knots you would recommend learning out in the field then mention them in the comments below. As always if you found this content useful make sure to like and share it with your friends.


text:
These days every one wants to be fit and fine, and to be fit and fine you need to join some fitness clubs and Fitness and Spots, but to join them you have to go outside search for them, register your self, find suitable timing classes for you and so on.
But instead of going out now you can do all you work by just sitting in you computer, WorkOutSpot is an online web tool which allows you to search for local spots in your area and know everything about it.
Once you join this site you will be able to see which club your friends has joined and at what timing they are working out so that you can set your timing according to it and enjoy your workout with them.
On homepage you can search for your spots, if you know name of your spot then enter it or just enter Zip Code of your area, class type, distance and hit enter button, it will show all spot clubs around your area which you can join.
Each Spot comes with its description, phone number, address, map location which allows you to find the exact location of spot easily. It also shows the classes schedule for week, or month, you can select the best timing and day for you and then register for the class.
You can share your register classes over Twitter so that your other friends can join it too, you can send messages to other people to build your network over the spot. All you classes will be added to your personal calendar which allows you to track all classes and schedules.
If you are looking to join a new spot soon and want to make some new friends then you can try out this online app.
Visit Site :- WorkoutSpot


text:
Rowley, MA Softball
Explore Rowley Softball
Find Rowley Softball players, teams, games, leagues, and activity partners. Recruit for your teams, promote your leagues, or just see what's happening in Rowley Softball... and it's all safe, secure, and easy.
Connect around Rowley Softball
Post bulletins and create your Softball profile to connect with other Rowley Softball players and teams. Use the Bulletin Boards to help you meet new friends, recruit for your team, promote your league, and get your game on!
Organize Rowley Softball Teams, Leagues, & Events
Manage your Rowley Softball teams online. Sportsvite makes it a cinch, with team email, rosters, RSVPs and more! Start pickup games, manage team schedules, set invite alerts and reminders... even vote for MVPs!
Rowley Softball Players Find More Softball Players Create a Profile
Rowley Softball Bulletins Find More Bulletins Post a Bulletin
Hit me up... looking for a Softball player around Ipswich not in the past month by Deb
Female in Rowley is available for a Softball team not in the past month by Tara
Rowley Softball Activity
not in the past month
- Softball Profile Updated
- John in Rowley, MA has updated his Softball profile
not in the past month
- Softball Added to Sports Profile
- Deb in Ipswich, MA has added Softball to her sports profile
not in the past month
- Game results updated for game Softball Pick-Up Game (Softball), played on Sat, Sep 1 at 04:00 PM
not in the past month
- A public Softball game, Softball Pick-Up Game, is scheduled for Sat, Sep 1 at 04:00 PM in Rowley, MA.
not in the past month
- A public Softball game, Dust Off Your Gloves, is scheduled for Sat, Aug 25 at 04:00 PM in Rowley, MA.
not in the past month
- Sports Classified in category 'Players looking for Teams' posted by Erin in Rowley, MA.
24 F looking for a team to play on
More Rowley Sports
- Team Sports
- Rowley Australian Rules Football
- Rowley Baseball
- Rowley Basketball
- Rowley Broomball
- Rowley Cricket
- Rowley Field Hockey
- Rowley Flag Football
- Rowley Floor Hockey
- Rowley Floorball
- Rowley Football
- Rowley Futsal
- Rowley Gaelic Sports
- Rowley Ice Hockey
- Rowley Jai-Alai
- Rowley Lacrosse
- Rowley Roller Hockey
- Rowley Rugby
- Rowley Soccer
- Rowley Softball
- Rowley Squash
- Rowley Trangleball
- Rowley Ultimate Frisbee
- Rowley Volleyball
- Rowley Water Polo
- Action Sports
- Rowley BASE Jumping
- Rowley BMX
- Rowley Bungee Jumping
- Rowley Canyoning
- Rowley Hang Gliding
- Rowley Inline Skating
- Rowley Motorbike
- Rowley Mountain Biking
- Rowley Roller Derby
- Rowley Skateboarding
- Rowley Skating
- Rowley Sky Diving
- Water Sports
- Rowley Canoeing
- Rowley Diving
- Rowley Dragon Boat Racing
- Rowley Flowboarding
- Rowley Inner Tube Water Polo
- Rowley Kayaking
- Rowley Kiteboarding
- Rowley Outrigger Paddling
- Rowley Rowing
- Rowley Sailing
- Rowley Surfing
- Rowley Swimming
- Rowley Wakeboarding
- Rowley Water Skiing
- Rowley Whitewater Rafting
- Rowley Windsurfing
- Fitness
- Rowley Boxing
- Rowley Cheerleading
- Rowley Climbing
- Rowley Crossfit
- Rowley Cycling
- Rowley Dancing
- Rowley Fitness/Training
- Rowley Gymnastics
- Rowley Marathon
- Rowley Martial Arts
- Rowley Running
- Rowley Scuba
- Rowley Tae Kwon Do
- Rowley Track & Field
- Rowley Triathlon
- Rowley Walking
- Rowley Weightlifting
- Rowley Yoga
- Playground / Gym
- Rowley 3D Dodgeball
- Rowley Capture the Flag
- Rowley Croquet
- Rowley Dodgeball
- Rowley Four Square / Box Ball
- Rowley Frockey
- Rowley Hackeysack
- Rowley Handball
- Rowley Horseshoes
- Rowley Kickball
- Rowley Newcomb
- Rowley Oozball
- Rowley Over the Line
- Rowley Paddle Tennis
- Rowley Paddleball
- Rowley Quidditch
- Rowley Racquetball
- Rowley Rockball
- Rowley Stickball
- Rowley Tetherball
- Rowley Wall Ball
- Rowley Wiffleball
- Grass / Field Sports
- Rowley Beach Tennis
- Rowley Bocce
- Rowley Cornhole
- Rowley Disc Golf
- Rowley Equestrian Sports
- Rowley Golf
- Rowley Petanque
- Rowley Pickleball
- Rowley Polo
- Rowley Tennis
Rowley, MA Softball on Sportsvite
- Welcome to Sportsvite, your Rowley Softball community online!
- Take a few minutes to check out Rowley Softball, including local Rowley Softball players, Rowley Softball teams, events, leagues and latest bulletins posted from others in the Rowley area.
- Are you an organizer?
- Manage your own Softball team, organize Softball events, or list your Softball league in the local Rowley leagues directory.
- Setup a free account and be matched up with compatible Rowley players and activities!


text:
How many Cetacean species are there?
Not too many people know that there are about 86 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Order Cetacea. Not too many people know that this word comes from the Latin cetus meaning "a large sea animal," and the Greek word ketos, meaning "sea monster." Anyway, it is interesting to know that these populations are very often re-classified. Needless to say, the order Cetacea is divided into two sub-orders, the Mysticetes (baleen whales) and the Odontocetes (toothed whales). Keep in mind that the Odontocetes are more numerous.


text:
Lionel Messi is recognized as the best soccer player in the world. But his coming to St. Louis to play for Argentina in an international friendly Nov. 18 is of secondary importance to tens of thousands of local soccer fans.
With about 70,000 Bosnians living in the St. Louis area … the largest concentration of Bosnians outside of Bosnia-Herzegovina itself … their excitement for the match comes from Argentina's likely opponent: Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"It's exciting to see those players we've always looked up to … Dzeko, Ibisevic, and everyone else on the Bosnian national team," said Adnan Gabeljic, a senior forward on the St. Louis University soccer team whose family fled war-torn Bosnia and reached St. Louis in 1999 when he was 7. "It should be a really neat opportunity for the Bosnian community to see this."
It is not certain that Bosnia will be Argentina's opponent. Bosnia must qualify for the 2014 World Cup first. Bosnia is tied on points with Greece atop Group G and leads on goal differential. The Group G winner automatically qualifies; runners-up will go to playoffs for a chance to qualify. With two qualifying matches left against two relatively weak teams — Lichtenstein at home Oct. 11 and at Lithuania Oct. 15 — Bosnia should have little problem punching its ticket to St. Louis.
Greece faces a touch opponent in Slovakia Oct. 11, and plays Lichtenstein Oct. 15. A plus for the Greeks is that both matches are at home.
It gets complicated if Bosnia finishes second in Group G, one of nine
groups in European qualifying for the World Cup. The eight runners-up with the best records go to a playoff from Nov. 15-19. If Bosnia goes to the playoff round, it's almost certain they would not play in St. Louis on Nov. 18. A replacement team for the match in St. Louis likely would be the Group G winner, Greece.
Bottom line: Bosnia must win Group G to play at Busch Stadium Nov. 18.
If that happens, it would be a major homecoming for Vedad Ibisevic, who came with his family to St. Louis as a teen-ager. He was the NCAA freshman player of the year at St. Louis University in 2003. He turned professional after his freshman season and plays for VfB Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga.
"I was kind of skeptical that we would ever get to see Bosnia play here, but then we had the two international matches here this summer," Gabeljic said. "People started talking about Bosnia coming here after that."
After a six-year absence, international friendlies returned to St. Louis in a big way this year. Chelsea played Manchester City in the first soccer game ever at Busch Stadium on May 23 before a sellout crowd of 48, 263. The match sold out in 20 minutes after public ticket sales opened. Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo faced Inter Milan at the Edward Jones Dome on August 10 with 54,184 on hand. That crowd set a record for a soccer match in Missouri, breaking the previous mark set in Kansas City for a game between Sporting Kansas City and Manchester United.
Although the major tenants of Busch Stadium — the Cardinals — are busy with the Major League Baseball playoffs, the Cardinals' ownership eagerly took on the Argentina friendly. "We were going to sit back and take it easy until 2014, but we could not resist the chance to have a game with these two teams," said Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III. "We're aggressively pushing the envelope, but at least we don't have to work this match around the baseball schedule (as the Cardinals did for the Chelsea-Manchester City game.)"
Lionel Messi, who is injured but should be back in action long before the game at Busch Stadium, would be the major draw were this match to be staged in any other U.S. city. But not St. Louis, as long as Argentina's opponent is Bosnia.
"We have enough Bosnians in St. Louis to fill up the stadium ourselves," Gabeljic said.
SOURCE: Soccer Made in St. Louis
PDF: [prettyfilelist type="pdf" filestoshow="2147," hidefilter="true" hidesort="true" hidesearch="true" filesPerPage="3″]


text:
Follow Public Reason
Join Public Reason
Post Categories
- Academia (64)
- Articles (23)
- Awards (30)
- Blogosphere (20)
- Books (115)
- Calls for Papers (263)
- Conferences (270)
- Discussion (45)
- Fellowships (57)
- Grad Conferences (56)
- Housekeeping (11)
- Jobs (36)
- Journals (44)
- Notices (827)
- Podcast (18)
- Politics (28)
- Posts (215)
- Problems (29)
- Public Philosophy (14)
- Radio (1)
- Reading Group (122)
- Seminars (12)
- Symposia (27)
- Teaching (10)
- Uncategorized (2)
- Video (2)
- Working Papers (17)
Author Archives: Simon Cabulea May
Two Year Postdoc at Florida State
Florida State University is advertising for a two year postdoc in ethics and/or social and political philosophy, beginning Fall 2017.
AOS: Ethics and/or Social and Political Philosophy
AOC: open
Four courses per year.
Anticipated salary $48,000.
Please apply at jobs.fsu.edu. Click 'browse job openings', enter 41436 into keywords box, and follow instructions provided, including those regarding the three required letters of recommendation. Applications must be received by April 28. Applicants must have received PhD after 1/1/2013. The PhD must be in hand by 7/1/2017.
Women and members of minority groups under-represented in academia are especially encouraged to apply. Tobacco (including simulated tobacco) use is prohibited on property, interior and exterior, owned or managed by Florida State University. Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer. FSU's Equal Opportunity Statement can be viewed here. Inquiries to firstname.lastname@example.com or 850-644-1483.
Stanford Ethics Center Postdocs
The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
For 2017-2018, the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford seeks to appoint up to four new postdoctoral fellows. Selected fellows will be designated as either Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellows or General Ethics Fellows. The two types of fellows have some distinct training opportunities and responsibilities as described below, but they form a common community at the Center and participate together in the Center's intellectual life. The programs are described in detail below. We aim to appoint fellows in both programs (four total across the two programs). All applicants will be considered for both types of fellowships, and finalists will be consulted as to their designation as Interdisciplinary Ethics or General Ethics fellows.
Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellowship
2017-18 will be the second year of this new fellowship program at the Center. The program is rooted in the Center's commitment to bring ethical reflection to bear on pressing social problems. Addressing many of these social problems involves knowledge of the work of social science, law, and the life sciences. The premise of this program is that the normative scholarship of our fellows will be enhanced by engagement with empirically-oriented scholars. To that end, each fellow in the program will be matched with a partner research center at Stanford that is dedicated to interdisciplinary research. The partner centers will be determined based upon selected fellows' interests. For the 2016-17 year, the partner centers included the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the Immigration Policy Lab, and the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. To be considered for this fellowship, applicants must have normative training and hold a PhD in Philosophy or Political Science. Scholars with a JD are also eligible so long as their research interests focus on ethical dimensions of public policy or law. Fellows will participate in the regular intellectual life of the partner center and the Center for Ethics in Society (e.g., attend weekly workshops; events; professional training opportunities), interact with undergraduates in the Ethics in Society Program, and contribute to an interdisciplinary ethics community across campus.
General Ethics Fellowship
Some selected fellows will be part of our longstanding postdoctoral program that is more broadly open to candidates with substantial normative research in any area within philosophy or political science. For 2017-18, we are especially interested in candidates with research interests in inequality, global justice, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, and ethics and technology, but we welcome all applicants with strong normative interests. Applicants must have a PhD in philosophy or political science. Scholars with a JD are also eligible so long as their research interests focus on ethical dimensions of public policy or law. General Ethics Fellows participate in the intellectual life of the Center for Ethics in Society (attend weekly workshops; events; professional training opportunities), teach one class per year, interact with undergraduates in the Ethics in Society Program, and contribute to an interdisciplinary ethics community across the campus.
Philosophy for Our Times Podcast
The Institute of Art and Ideas has a new philosophy podcast series, Philosophy for Our Times. The first ten episodes are up, and include episodes on truth, the self, capital, democracy, and anarchism, with Searle, Blackburn, Midgley, Krugman, and others.
Posted in Notices Leave a comment
Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy #4
Via David Sobel at PEA Soup:
This is the final reminder about the December 1 submission deadline.
We are pleased to announce that the Fourth Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy will take place on June 1-3, 2016 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
There will be nine papers at this year's conference, including four invited papers by the following people:
- Alex Voorhoeve (London School of Economics),
- Ralf Bader (Oxford),
- Adam Swift (Warwick) and Zofia Stemplowska (Oxford),
- Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University)
We are issuing a call for papers to fill the remaining five conference slots. Submitted papers should be between 7,500 and 12,000 words including footnotes, should be totally anonymized, and are due by December 1. (The workshop is being held three months earlier than usual, and hence the deadline is three months earlier.) Accepted papers for the conference will receive serious consideration for inclusion in the resulting Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy volume.
Posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences, Notices Leave a comment
Stanford Center for Ethics Postdocs
For 2016-2017, the McCoy Family Center for Ethics at Stanford University seeks up to three new postdoctoral fellows:
We welcome candidates with substantial normative research interests from philosophy or political science. We are especially interested in candidates with research interests in inequality, global justice, environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, and ethics and technology, but we welcome all applicants with strong normative interests. Applicants must have a PhD in philosophy or political science; scholars with a JD or JSD are also eligible so long as their research interests focus on ethical issues with an applied dimension. Postdoctoral fellows teach one class per year, mentor undergraduates in the Ethics in Society Honors Program, and contribute to an interdisciplinary ethics community across the campus.
The appointment term is September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017. The initial term may be renewed for an additional year. Applicants must have completed all requirements for their PhD by June 30, 2016. Candidates must also be no more than 3 years from the awarding of their degree (i.e., September 2013). The application deadline is December 7, 2015 (5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time).
Michigan: Fellowship in Classical Liberalism
Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Postdoc/Research Fellow
Commences September 1, 2015; one-year term, renewable for second year.
Apply by April 24, 2015 for guaranteed consideration.
$55,000/12 months (plus research stipend)
The holder of this postdoc is expected to participate in the Freedom and Flourishing Project (Prof. Daniel Jacobson, PI) by contributing to its research project on the foundations and central tenets of classical liberalism, and their empirical support; organizing its lecture and roundtable series, which has two events per year; and teaching one course each term of the academic year.
The primary responsibility of the holder of this fellowship is to conduct original research in some area of classical liberal thought, whether historical, empirical, or theoretical. The approach can take any central theme of this intellectual movement, and it can but need not focus on interdisciplinary issues of political economy. The holder is expected to produce and publish a significant body of original work. In addition, we expect the fellowship holder will be appointed at 33.33% effort each fall and winter semester as a Lecturer, delivering one (1) course per term (see below). The postdoc effort would be coordinated so the total effort will be 100% over the 12 months. The fellowship holder will also be responsible for organizing a two-event lecture or roundtable series on a relevant and topical issue, with one event to be scheduled per semester.
Teaching up to one course per term as a Lecturer is the expectation. Courses will be assigned at the discretion of the Chair, in consultation with the postdoc, depending upon the needs the department, qualifications of the post-doc, etc. Teaching duties may include either of the 2 core PPE courses: the gateway to the concentration (PPE 300) or the capstone seminar for seniors (PPE 400), as well as courses at any level of the undergraduate Philosophy program, including introductions. The 33.33% effort Lecturer positions would be covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers' Employee Organization. Offers for the Lecturer appointments will be made separately from the Research Fellow offer.


text:
Home / Forums / DynamiX Support / Dynamix Header/Logo/Drop menu
John GriffinParticipant
When viewing my page resized to a shortened width or half page on desktop, the logo is positioning awkwardly (Chrome, Firefox, ie, etc.)
It appears the logo is not downsizing to keep position and pushing the menu down thus increasing the height of the header.
Also, when viewed as mobile view on desktop browsers, as well as on mobile devices, the dropdown is present but only functions (opens/closes) on iPad (I know, strange).
This also results in strange mobile menu/dropdown/logo placement depending on device.
Obviously I have fudged but I can't seem to find where.
Is it possible to disable the dropdown in mobile view?
HERE is the page
Any direction is greatly appreciated!
Hi John,
I believe the button alignment is due to this bit of CSS in Appearance > Theme Options > Customize > Mobile CSS:
.header-wrap .mobilemenu-init {top:18px;}
The half page logo alignment is something that can't really be changed, unless you write a specific bit of CSS the size of the browser when the alignment occurs and change the size of the logo to keep it all on one line.
You also have this set in the Mobile CSS which will stop the drop panel displaying on smaller devices. This will need to be removed.
#toppanel { display: none; }
John GriffinParticipant
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.


text:
When Sirabian Kennedy entered the Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity's homeownership program in 2006, her entire life was about to change.
Today, the single mother of two said she has everyone at Habitat to thank for that.
This week, the group will be accepting applications from families in similar situations.
"It has changed my life a whole lot," Kennedy said. "If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't be a homeowner - my kids wouldn't have their own home and privacy."
Applications will be available for pick-up at the Savannah Habitat office at 1106 E. 70th St. beginning Monday and continuing through July 20. Applications must be completed and returned to the office by 5 p.m. July 20.
Virginia Brown, Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity executive director, said the group is expecting 1,500 applications this year. That's up from the average of about 1,100 the past two years because of the economic downturn.
The application is the initial portion of a process that can take up to two years before a family gets a home.
Stepheny Campbell, program director, said the forms being given out now are pre-applications to determine whether the applicants qualify for the program.
Applicants must be legal U.S. residents who have resided in the Savannah-Chatham County area for 12 of the past 24 months and have a serious need for housing. The family must be able to pay for the home, and total family income cannot exceed 50 percent of the median income for the Savannah Metropolitan Statistic Area - which is about $29,500 annually for a family of four, Campbell said.
Once families are approved, they will be invited to participate in homeowner seminars to take place in late August.
Families also must be willing to partner with Habitat to help build the homes. All families are required to complete 350 "sweat equity" hours that give the family more pride in knowing it helped build the home, Campbell said.
"You see the change in the person as they proceed through the process," she said. "You see the metamorphosis in them to say, 'I can do this, I've got this opportunity to own a home that most people don't have.' "
To date, Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity has helped 103 families purchase homes with its 0 percent mortgage rate designed to allow families to be able to own their homes outright in 20 years.
Kennedy said families should take it from someone who has been in their shoes.
"If they don't think they can do it, they can - because I did it," she said. "It's hard work, but it is worth it."


text:
About this title
- 9780008219338
- Size
- n/a
- Binding
- Electronic book text
- Imprint
- HarperVoyager
- Division
- HarperFiction
- Released
- 24 Nov 2016
Share This
The Elvenbane
Andre Norton
Mercedes Lackey
There will come a child. One born of human mother but fathered by the demons, possessed of magic more powerful than the elven lords! The child shall be hunted before its birth, yet shall escape the hunt and will rise up against the masters and cast them into the lowest hell…
The world is run by the elvenlords. Powerful, proud and secure in their dominion they keep legions of human slaves for work and take their pleasure in elven or human concubines. The breeding of halfbreeds is strictly forbidden. Then Serina Daeth – the favoured human concubine of elven overlord Dryan – finds herself pregnant.
Forced to flee into the desert, Serina dreams – as she dies – of a midwife delivering her baby, Shana; the midwife is in fact the shapechanging dragon-shaman Alara.
But Shana is no ordinary child: raised by the dragons, she is destined to become the Elvenbane.


text:
What are the costs of a sleep study procedure?
The costs associated with your sleep study, or polysomnogram are dependent on the diagnosis of the physician after the consultation. To find out more about the initial cost of an overnight sleep study, please fill out our confidential, FREE Insurance Verification Form.
What Insurances are accepted at the Los Angeles Sleep Study Institute?
Our Sleep Study Institute accepts Medicare, and All PPO plans. Check with your health insurance provider if the Los Angeles Sleep Study Institute is in your provider network for coverage.
Will My Health Insurance Pay for a Sleep Study?
Most insurers pay for sleep studies, if they are medically necessary. To ensure that your study is medically necessary, patients should first undergo a comprehensive consultation. On the basis of this consultation, a preliminary diagnosis is made. This diagnosis is submitted to your insurance company and a pre-authorization is obtained.
If your physician directly refers you for a sleep study without the benefit of a center consultation, you will be asked to fill out a comprehensive questionnaire. The medical director will review this and if the questionnaire supports the medical necessity, a pre-authorization will then be obtained from your insurer.
To find out if your insurance company provides coverage for sleep disorder treatment, please call our Sleep Study Insurance Hotline at 1-855-690-0563 or fill out our Sleep Study Insurance Verification Form.


text:
Whether you are looking for the perfect seasonal side dish, or just love green beans, this dish is for you. They are coated in delicious butter and garlic, and then topped with cranberries and walnuts for a dash of sweetness and a bit of crunch. The key to keeping these green beans vibrant and bright is making sure to plunge them in an ice bath (see directions), and completely cool them down before continuing the cooking process.
Green Beans with Cranberries and Walnuts (Serves 4-6)
Time: 15-20 minutes
1 lb fresh green beans, washed and trimmed
2 tsp butter
2 tsp olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1⁄3 cup dried cranberries (whole or chopped)
3 ounces walnuts, chopped
1. In a medium sized pot, bring water to a boil. While waiting to water to boil, fill a large bowl with ice and water, set aside. Once the water is boiling, add the green beans and
cook for 2-3 minutes.
2. Quickly drain the green beans and then dump them into the cold water bath. Keep in cold water for 2-3 minutes, or until cold. Remove from water and place green beans on a
clean kitchen towel. shake around gently and pat to dry.
3. In a large skillet, add butter and olive oil. Let butter melt over medium high heat and then add the garlic. Saute for 1 minute. Add the green beans and saute for 5-6 minutes or
until they are tender.
4. Add the cranberries and walnuts and saute for 1 minutes, stirring to coat. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
What is your favorite side dish?


text:
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Begin your tour with a ride on the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway. Built in the 1890s, this unique transportation mode takes you through Chattanooga, Hamilton County and the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park.
10:30 am – 11:15 am
Next, the Battles for Chattanooga Museum will introduce you to 1863 Civil War sites throughout the Chattanooga area. It features an electronic map presentation of the Civil War battles fought in this area with a great overview of the importance of the area battles and the railroads.
11:15 am – Noon
Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Point Park commemorates the veterans of the Battles for Chattanooga, and is the site of the Civil War's "Battle Above the Clouds" fought in November, 1863. The park offers a spectacular view of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River.
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Enjoy lunch and tour the 1847 antebellum plantation home and formal gardens at the Gordon-Lee Mansion. This home served as the headquarters and hospital for the Union army during the Chickamauga Battle in September, 1863.
2:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Experience America's first and largest National Military Park, the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park. The park commemorates Civil War soldiers from both the North and South. Features include a spectacular audiovisual presentation and the Fuller Gun collection. Tours through the park are either guided by park rangers or self-guided, depending on the season and availability.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Head for dinner and a play at the new Buttonwillow Church Civil War Dinner Theater.
You'll enjoy 19th Century Southern recipes and a story of Brother against Brother from the Tennessee Valley. Central Standard Time.
Other Tour Options
Chattanooga National Cemetery: Over 12,000 Union soldiers were reinterred from different battle sites. The most notable interments are those of the famed "Andrews' Raiders," the first recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. FREE guided tours by appointment 423/855-6590.
Coolidge Park: The new exciting downtown park on the Northshore named in honor of local citizen Charles Coolidge, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient. The carousel has more than 50 hand-carved and hand-painted animals on an 1890s Denzel Carousel frame: small admission fee is charged for the carousel.
Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail: During the Civil War, a major objective of General Bragg during the Chickamauga campaign was to block the Federal Army from Chattanooga. The Federal life line was dependent on two roads – LaFayette and Dry Valley roads. Major fighting occurred for control of these routes. The Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail features 68 sites along the historical driving route, which follow troop movements through SE Tennessee, NE Alabama and NW Georgia


text:
Seidel City: A Multi-Media Celebration of Colorado Art and Community
December 2, 2016 @ 9:00 am - January 31, 2018 @ 10:00 pm
As HOVAB considers the past, we are also intensely interested in the future — fresh, invigorating! And at last there's a new "seasoned" kid in town. Its name is Seidel City.
Terry Seidel, creator and proprietor of Seidel City ─ a contemporary art gallery and series of outbuildings just outside Boulder city limits ─ thoughtfully designed his studio and surrounding work/play spaces to be interactive, inclusive, and cool.
On December 2, Seidel City officially opened its doors with a grassroots event akin to "where the rubber meets the road" ─ shining the spotlight on the artists and the art itself versus the institution where it's housed. This, too, is HOVAB's mission, and in Boulder, this has become essential.
Seidel's vision is to give participants a multi-media experience that's a little "rougher around the edges," yet possessing a soft heart ─ reminiscent of Boulder County's creative community in the early 1980's. Seidel is the host of HOVAB@ Mr. Pool Gallery: Objects and Abstractions and we are proud to be associated with him and this exciting new venture!
Seidel likens his approach to the new space as "Guerilla Arts," where word of mouth is where it's mostly at. New shows are constantly happening at Seidel City.
Stay updated by checking out https://www.facebook.com/seidelcity/?fref=ts


text:
Abstract 92: Outcomes of CPR in a Rat Model of Chronic Myocardial Ischemia
Introduction: A majority of sudden cardiac deaths occur in victims who have ischemic heart disease. In such patients, lesser success of CPR and lower likely ultimate survival are assumed. In the present study, we investigated this issue in a model of chronic myocardial ischemia in Sprague-Dawley rats.
Methods: The LAD was partially constricted to 350 μm in open chest male breeder rats weighing 500±50g. Global cardiac performance prior to and 4 weeks after ligation was measured with a Sonos 2500 echocardiographic system utilizing a 7.5 Hz transducer (Model 21363A, Hewlett-Packard Co., Medical Products Group, Andover, MA). VF was electrically induced. After 6 min of untreated VF, mechanical ventilation and precordial compression were started and continued for 6 min. Defibrillation was attempted with a 2 J precordial biphasic shock. Identical procedures were followed in sham-operated animals.
Results: Significant decreases in ejection fraction (EF), increases in left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), and increases in left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) were documented in LAD constricted animals. Surprisingly, no differences in outcome with respect to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), nor duration of 72 hour survival were observed. Numerically but non-significantly greater numbers of shocks were required for defibrillation in animals with heart failure (Table⇓).
Conclusion: In this experimental model, the outcomes of CPR were not compromised by preexisting myocardial ischemia.
This Issue
Article Tools
- Abstract 92: Outcomes of CPR in a Rat Model of Chronic Myocardial IschemiaXiangshao Fang, Wanchun Tang, Shijie Sun, Lei Huang and Max Harry WeilCirculation. 2006;114:II_1207, originally published December 17, 2015
Citation Manager Formats


text:
Indian - hidden, desi, arab, 18 years tamil teachers @ Mom 2 Fuck
Indian Girls, Indian Watch Indian couples caught by hidden cameras while fucking. Bhavana South Indian Actress Fucked In Movie Indian Teen Girl Sex Chat By -xdesi. 3 - Indian SeXXX Tube - Free Sex Videos & Hot XXX Movies. Added on Thu, 12 Milf foot dom porn videos Hairy milf Kaho Itou gets cunnilingus and vibrator treat.
Sort movies by Hot Big Tit Indian Teacher Fucking Young Student 1,439,629 views. XVIDEOS Horny Indian Aunty mature superb pussy quick fucking with devar at homemade sex video - indiansexygf free. DesiPapa - Hardcore Indian Sex Videos.
Andi, Erika, Hanna Sweet, Jacqueline Hannah Sweet is a Porn Star from Hungary. Angie Everhart Sex porn videos free online and download on Angie Everhart hardcore wild sex Compilation. Sort movies by Most Relevant and catch the best full length Gay Indian Fuck movies now!
Bangladeshi Couple Indian Sex Video Of An Indian Aunty Showing Her Big Boobs. Cute young chick shows 610 days ago 15 pics XXXonXXX Redhead milf slowly strips 226 days ago 20 pics XXXDessert. XVIDEOS indian sex video of horny babe masturbating fucking her shaved pussy on live sex free.


text:
"… with the prevailing emphasis on ecology and poverty, many would be hard-pressed to agree with George Smeaton that "to convert one sinner from his way, is an event of greater importance, than the deliverance of a whole kingdom from temporal evil." – Sinclair Ferguson, In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life
That quote from George Smeaton is likely to rub the skin off the theology of many Christians. Or it will rub sound theology off their skin. It shouldn't do either because it is putting spiritual life above the temporal physical life. Both are important, we should help those who are in need on a temporal level and more importantly think of their eternity. Jesus' words help us to keep eternity far above physical comfort.
"What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?"
It is important to remind ourselves of the foremost priority and calling of the Church. No, it is not to be one big welfare and social services department. It is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the power of God unto salvation to reconcile sinful man to the holy God through Christ by the power of His Spirit (Rom. 1:16; 2 Cor. 5:18-21). All of our good works towards and for our fellow man should not lose focus of the greater need, which is actually the real need, the pressing need of every person.
In my opinion, William and Catherine Booth had the balance when they formed The Salvation Army: "Heart to God, Hand to man." There we have it, in proper priority and order.


text:
The second coming of Laron Landry
OBJ's Cousin Terron Beckham Runs a 4.47 at Pro Day
For those who haven't heard of him, Terron Beckham is an athlete trying to get into the 2016 NFL Draft. He also has the same namesake as one of the NFL's best young stars- Odell Beckham Jr.
I've read about Terron in the past but since he has zero college football experience I always thought of him as a super long shot to make the pros. That was until his pro day.
Terron put up some very respectable numbers including a 4.47 forty yard dash and over 30 reps on the bench:
Terron Beckham's first 40-yard dash attempt. pic.twitter.com/Lmp0TNdRyB
— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) April 7, 2016
Beckham Pro Day thus far:
– 44.5-inch vert
– 4.47 40
– 11-foot broad jump
– 36 reps at 225lb
– 6.80 3-cone
VIDEO: https://t.co/q9ZjJATxtQ
— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) April 7, 2016
According to reports the Colts, Jets, Giants, and Raiders were all there.
Beckham re-jumped.
He hit 44.5 inches on the vertical. #Raiders, #Giants, #Jets here to watch pic.twitter.com/FaBXl0zN4r
— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) April 7, 2016
I hate to say it but this guy seems more of a bodybuilder than a football player. Yes he has the numbers on paper but we haven't seen him tackle or attempt to avoid tackles on a football field. Vernon Gholston had more muscles than anyone and we saw how his career ended.
I think Terron would be best served doing a season in Canada before entering the league but we'll see. Maybe someone makes room on the practice squad for him.


text:
Millet is my new quinoa. It is such a great grain (technically a seed). Did you know that millet is often found as the main ingredient in bird seed…but I assure you it is not just healthy for birds. Just like quinoa, millet, is also gluten free but the best thing is that it is much more cost effective. I usually see millet in the stores for 1/4 the cost of quinoa. Its a great staple to have on hand if you follow a tight budget.
Millet is widely grown around the world. It is an important crop in Asia and Africa. 97% of millet is grown in these countries due to the productivity and short growing season under dry, hot conditions. People have been eating millet for generations.
Millet is a good source of some very important nutrients like copper, manganese, phosphorus, and magnesium. Magnesium has been shown to reduce asthma and migraine attacks. It may also lower high blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks. The phosphorus in millet is important to our cells which develop and repair body tissues. Millet is also a great source of insoluble fiber. As part of a healthy diet plant based foods like millet can reduce our risk for so many different diseases that are all too common these days.
If you have never tried millet before, it has a very mild flavor which makes it work well in just about any dish. Use it in place of any grain such as quinoa, rice, wheat, or couscous. I use it for so many different dishes like breakfast cereal and even ground up in place of breadcrumbs. Sweet or savory…it doesn't matter. Millet can take it.
As with all grains, nuts, and seeds, I soak them before use to reduce the phytic acid which can act as an anti-nutrient. It is really easy to do this by simply soaking the dried millet in water overnight, drain, and rinse right before cooking it.
Have you tried millet before? Id love to hear what you make with it and what you think of it in the comments.
- 1 cup millet (soaked in water overnight)
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp dijon mustard
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ cup parsley, chopped
- ¼ cup kalamata olives, pitted and cut in half
- ¼ cup capers, drained (optional)
- ½ cup diced cucumber
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ cup red onion, diced
- Drain and rinse the millet.
- Add millet to a small sauce pan and cover with water.
- Cook over medium heat until all of the water is absorbed, about 15 min.
- Add the millet to a large bowl.
- In a small jar or bowl add the vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, oregano, oil and shake or mix with a whisk.
- Add the dressing over the millet and mix to coat.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
- Keeps covered in the fridge for up to one week.
Related posts:
The Organic Dietitian is a for profit blog. Affiliate links may be present within these posts and if clicked, this blog may receive a commision based on your purchases. For more information about our privacy policy, click here.


text:
View other listings in Clayton, Surrey Hills, Glen Waverley, Box Hill, Hawthorn.
Online about 1 year ago
Rent budget
Preferred stay length
Move date
Friendly. Clean. Easy going. Fun to hang out with, Civil and social person. Working professional looking for a clean and quiet place. Likes to keep things organised and Clean. Drama free


text:
"We've rented a lot of places. We've jumped from a lot of places. We recently just left a home in South Calgary that was really, really old and was falling apart and we could not find rent anywhere else," says Amanda.
"We didn't plan on buying a home. We didn't think it would be possible."
When Ryan and Amanda saw that units were available at Skymills through the Attainable Home Ownership Program, they jumped on it. They purchased an apartment condo at Skymills and recently moved in with their three children.
"The best thing about the program is the education and the down payment. The fact that it's only $2,000 [down]... that's what helped us get in right away."
Ryan added, "It's nice to have a place that you can call yours and you can stick to one payment."
Attainable Homes Calgary Corporation (AHCC) is a nonprofit social enterprise and wholly owned subsidiary of The City of Calgary that delivers well-appointed, entry-level homes for Calgarians who have been caught in the city's growing housing affordability gap.
Through our Attainable Home Ownership Program, we connect builders, developers, lenders, lawyers and others to bring down the upfront costs of ownership so qualifying Calgarians can buy their very own home with a $2,000 down payment. Furthermore, when you decide to buy an attainable home, you're also choosing to pay it forward to help another family in the future. When you eventually decide to refinance or sell your home on the market, a share of the appreciation goes back into the program to fund more developments that will help even more people get a foot on the property ladder.
Do you aspire to own a home of your own? Contact us today and let us show you just how attainable this milestone can be.
One Bedroom options with Attainable Homes
Click here for Sales Centre hours
Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Login
Copyright © 2015 Attainable Homes Calgary Corporation. All right reserved. Design by Rdeca Group