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For any fish hobbyist it is crucial to check the water parameters of an aquarium to ensure pristine water quality and the overall well-being of a fish. This often leads to two often asked questions: how do you check the water parameters and what should you be checking for?
From ammonia test kits to pH readers the various brands and testing methods might be overwhelming. The two most common ways to check water levels are five in one test strips and a master test kit.
Test Strips
Beginner fish hobbyists often buy test strips because of how easy they are to use as they simply require a dip in the fish tank for a couple of seconds. While useful for roughly checking water parameters it's somewhat difficult to tell exactly what the levels are and accuracy can fluctuate.
Once a test strip container is opened moisture from the surrounding area will begin to alter the results, making them inaccurate. Test strips are initially cheaper than a master kit, but while they check for nitrites, nitrates, the pH level of the water, carbonate and the general hardness of the water it's missing an essential component: ammonia readings.
For the 5 in 1 test strips a 25 count container costs around $9. To buy a container of 25 ammonia test strips costs around $12. The cost is about 80 cents per strip, making it more expensive over time compared to buying a master test kit.
Master Test Kit
Master Test Kits come in containers that look like the beginning to a basic chemistry lab, but they are quite easy to use after a few tests. The API Freshwater Master Test Kit comes with four vials that hold around 10ml of water and an assortment of solutions that test for pH, high range of pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels.
Master Test Kits are much more accurate than their test strip counterparts and cost a lot less in the long term. The API Freshwater Master Test Kit costs around $27 and if a conservative estimate is used when calculating the number of tests per kit the cost per use averages 30 cents. There is an expiration date of around 3-4 years on the solutions included in the test kit, although this shouldn't be a problem even if a test kit is used sparingly.
How To Use
An instruction booklet is included in the API Freshwater Master Test Kit and is easy to interpret. Each vial has a line that measures 5ml of water to be tested as well as solutions that measure pH, ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates.
For pH add three drops from the test solution (which conveniently comes in a container with a dropper). Adding five drops in a separate vial will display the correct pH level in the tank if the pH level is higher than 7.6.
The API Freshwater Master Test Kit comes with two bottles of ammonia test solution, so adding eight drops from bottle #1 and eight drops from bottle #2 (while shaking the vial for a few seconds in between) will display the correct levels of ammonia in the tank.
To test for nitrite levels adding 10 drops of solution and shaking the vial for a few seconds is all that's needed to check for nitrite in a tank.
The biggest complication in the API Freshwater Master Test Kit is the nitrate test, which involves two bottles of solution. Adding 10 drops from bottle #1 is all that is needed, but it is crucial to vigorously shake bottle #2 for at least 30 seconds to ensure accuracy of the results. One of the ingredients "wants to solidify out of a liquid solution" if the test bottle sits for any period of time, giving a falsely low reading for nitrates if it isn't mixed up.
Because of the fluctuation in the number of drops needed for each test certain solutions will run out faster than others. Listed below are the individual test kits for each solution:
API High Range pH 160 Count Test Kit: $7
API Ammonia 130 Count Test Kit: $7
API Nitrite 180 Count Test Kit: $10
API Nitrate 90 Count Test Kit: $12
Once all of the solutions have been added and the vials shaken it will take at least five minutes for the test results to show up. Each vial will show a different color for the test readings, which are then compared to a color pallet that the test kit comes with showing what each level is at.
As a general rule ammonia and nitrite readings should be as close to 0 ppm as possible, while nitrates should be below 40 ppm.
Winner: Master Test Kit
Five in one test strips may seem tempting, but because the results are harder to interpret the tests can be rather inaccurate and the price is generally higher. Purchasing a master test kit is worth the investment despite the initial cost. The readings are much more accurate, ensuring happy fish, a healthier fish tank and an even happier wallet.


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It was bad enough that the Oakland City Council undermined the election process by moving the goal posts for an education initiative and declaring the measure passed.
Now, collecting the tax called for in Measure AA while it remains in legal limbo would be doubling down on outrageous behavior. We find out Tuesday whether the council will cave to pressure from Mayor Libby Schaaf and others to go along with the latest abusive proposal. Let's hope not.
The council will decide whether to start levying homeowners the $198-a-year parcel tax called for under Schaaf's $1 billion-plus, 30-year measure. The $25 million-$30 million collected each year would help fund early childhood education and provide mentoring and financial assistance to help balance inequities in access to college education.
They are good goals in a horribly drafted measure. But this isn't about the measure. It's about the election process.
City Attorney Barbara Parker told voters that Measure AA required two-thirds approval for passage last November. Then, after the ballot count showed only 62 percent support, the City Council declared the measure needed just a simple majority.
The League of Women Voters of Oakland said the council's "shocking and disappointing" action "undermines public confidence in our elected officials." Precisely.
Council members said they would file a motion asking a court to validate their action. But they haven't yet. Not surprisingly, outraged taxpayers and business leaders filled the void, filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn the council action.
The issue now is whether the city should start collecting the tax while Measure AA is in legal limbo. The answer should be obvious: No.
Even council members realize that. In closed session, they decided unanimously not to collect the tax and announced they would publicly affirm that decision at Tuesday's meeting.
But some Measure AA backers, including Schaaf, are pushing council members to reverse themselves. Take the money out of the pockets of property owners now, they argue. The city can give it back if it loses in court.
It's a cynical disregard for the electoral process and taxpayers' pocketbooks. The case could take years. The city administrator estimates the cost of collecting the money and then refunding it three years later would be about $2 million. Her analysis makes no mention of paying property owners interest for that time.
Will council members have the backbone to stick by their decision to not collect the tax? Expect an Oakland-style political brawl at the meeting, which starts at 5 p.m. in the council chamber.
Those who support implementing the tax now will refuse to acknowledge that the measure was badly flawed. They will portray themselves as protectorates of children and upholders of majority rule. They will demonize opponents as greedy special interests using the state's unfair tax-election rules to protect their pocketbooks.
But those are the rules that state voters have approved. Those are the rules the city attorney announced for the Measure AA election — the ones campaigns on both sides relied on when planning their strategies.
If backers of the measure didn't like Parker's determination that two-thirds approval would be required, they had ample time to challenge it in court before the voter pamphlet was printed and mailed out. They didn't.
Now that they lost, they're claiming a majority threshold should have applied. They cite a 2017 state Supreme Court ruling that suggests local initiatives like Measure AA, put on the ballot through a signature-gathering process, require only majority approval.
But that Supreme Court case had to do with election timing, not the vote threshold. The council should avoid an over-broad interpretation until the high court provides clarity.
The City Council has a steep legal hurdle to clear to uphold its claim that Measure AA passed. Oakland shouldn't be taking property owners' money until the issue is resolved.


text: Anna, I really appreciated your post because I felt as though it nearly mirrored my own thoughts on the topic. Coming from a rather privileged identity, I never felt like I could fully understand religious oppression or its effects. More so, I was confused about how religious oppression could be an issue in a country that was founded on the idea of freedom of religion. I agree when you say that for those of us (i.e. me) who buy into the concrete idea of American freedom of religion, it is extremely hard to notice these violations. As I've looked into the issue more, I have begun to understand how religious oppression can manifest in ways that are hard to identify for those who are not directly affected, with "in God we trust" plastered across the federal currency as a prime example. Thank you for taking the time to write on this subject, because I think it's important to try to ensure those of us who don't regularly face oppression based on our religion develop a sensitivity to the subject. I think this is a great first step to ensuring more American citizens use their religious privilege to step up and say something when they see another person or group's liberties in danger.


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We live in an age of urbanization. For the past ten years, more than half of the world's population has lived in cities. Moreover, there's no end in sight for this migration of people to urban areas. On the contrary, the latest UN forecast predicts that 70 percent of the world's population will be living in cities by 2050. At that point, the world's total urban population will be almost equal to the earth's entire population today. Within a mere century, the number of people living in big cities will have grown from one billion to almost six billion. This trend will also lead to the rise of more and more megacities — cities that have over ten million inhabitants. Whereas there were 28 megacities in 2014, there are expected to be 41 by 2030, and demands on infrastructures will grow accordingly.
Many cities are already suffering from housing shortages, overstretched infrastructures, and uncertain water and energy supplies. Added to this is the increasing risk of natural disasters resulting from climate change. Emissions from big cities, in particular from the transportation sector, are contributing considerably to this development.
Clean Air for All
The aim in many cities is therefore to set the stage for clean air instead of smog, and smart public transportation facilities to reduce congestion. As more and more cities move toward these goals, they will rely increasingly on digital resources that will, for example, monitor emissions figures and traffic density and coordinate local public transportation and traffic light switching times with monitoring results. Ultimately, they will also use digital technologies to inform individuals about the best ways to reach their destinations, regardless of whether they are driving their own vehicles, sharing cars, using a public transport system, or combining transport modes.
The first step toward making a city smart is to increase knowledge regarding the operations of its infrastructures, ranging from water and energy management to traffic, air quality and lighting. In every big city, innumerable sensors and meters collect data from these and other sources. The challenge that cities face is thus to turn this avalanche of data into actionable information. Such information will, for example, enable smart grids to predict – and thus offset – fluctuations in the electricity supply that are caused by changing weather conditions.
Data: Presenting Cities with a Wider Range of ChoicesTomorrow's cities will not look dramatically different from today's, says architect and MIT researcher Carlo Ratti. Nevertheless, urban life will be transformed, he explains, by digital technologies and the pervasive influence of smart data.
You have said that every city can be transformed into a smart city. Is this process already taking place?
Ratti: I would say that it's not about systemic solutions – it is more like an incremental process that is already being applied in many dimensions. Let me explain this with an analogy. What is happening on an urban scale today is similar to what happened two decades ago in Formula One racing. Up to that point, success on the circuit was primarily credited to a car's mechanics and the driver's capabilities. But then telemetry technology blossomed. Cars were transformed into computers that were monitored in real time by thousands of sensors, thus becoming "intelligent" and better able to respond to the conditions of the race. In a similar way, over the past decade digital technologies have begun to blanket our cities, forming the backbone of a large, intelligent infrastructure.
What kinds of new business opportunities do you foresee from this process?
Ratti: There are many possibilities. Here is one we are directly involved with. HubCab is an interactive visualization that invites you to explore the ways in which over 170 million taxi trips connect the City of New York in a given year. Studying this data, we demonstrate the vast potential of taxi shareability. And what the data indicates is that the total number of taxi trips in New York City could be reduced by 40 percent, and that fleet operation costs and pollution could be reduced by 30 percent, while overall service and timeliness would remain about the same. Collecting data is actually the basis of city planning. Over a century ago, Élisée Reclus claimed that all planning had to start from surveying and the collection of data. The only difference today is that we have access to a staggering amount of robust, real-time data!
"Progress has always been profoundly marked by the gradual externalization of our functions. This fact, per se, has a liberating effect; technology presents us with a wider range of choices."Carlo Ratti, Architect
In your opinion, will all of this data tend to improve the quality of urban life?
Ratti: French anthropologist Leroi-Gourhan in his book "Le geste et la parole" underlines how it is possible to draw a curve of human civilization simply by looking at the way tools are used across history. From the Neolithic period to the twentieth century, progress has always been profoundly marked by the gradual externalization of our functions. This fact, per se, has a liberating effect; technology presents us with a wider range of choices.
Carlo Ratti (46) is an architect and engineer by training. He works in Italy and teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the Senseable City Lab. Ratti graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, later earning his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's 'Global Agenda Council for Urban Management.'
MindSphere – a Gigantic Toolbox
For example, it will be possible to coordinate power generation and power demand more precisely than ever before. Such developments will make increasing decentralization manageable, merge the markets for heating and electricity, and integrate industrial facilities, buildings, and vehicles as energy suppliers – and allow citizens to evolve from consumers to active prosumers.
One step in this direction is offered by MindSphere, an open, cloud-based IoT operating system from Siemens that offers both connectivity and a range of industrial applications so that any enterprise, regardless of industry or size, can begin analyzing data to optimize its operations. As a first example, Siemens is working with Singapore to turn the city state into a smart nation. Singapore is the first country worldwide to implement MindSphere on a pilot basis to harvest information from its infrastructures. Siemens supports this process through the creation of a digital information hub, which entered service on July 11, 2017.
Global Market for Smart City SolutionsSuch developments open up completely new markets for technologies and services. A McKinsey report from 2016 estimates that a total of $49 trillion will have to be invested in infrastructure projects worldwide between 2016 and 2030 in order to reinforce expected economic growth rates.
This averages out to $3.3 trillion per year, or about 3.8% of worldwide GDP (based on an average GDP increase of 3.3% per year). Approximately 60 percent of these investments would have to be made in emerging markets. This trend is causing the global market for smart city solutions to grow. According to Navigant Research, this market will grow by 10 percent annually, from $40 billion in 2017 to $98 billion in 2026.
Cities and their residents can be linked together in networks that have the potential for optimizing not only energy use, but transportation, logistics, medical information, entertainment, and much more. Ultimately, however, all of these services are based on data — and that raises concerns about a "big brother" state. Will tomorrow's cities be the world of George Orwell's 1984? Not at all, says Gerhard Engelbrecht, expert in intelligent information and communications technology (ICT) at Siemens Corporate Technology. He heads the Smart ICT topic in Austria's Aspern urban lakeside development project (see picture) on the outskirts of Vienna, where more than 100 households are taking part in a research project, making their data on power consumption, air quality and room temperature available. "We are aware of the sensitivity of this topic and have designed the system accordingly, so only anonymized and aggregated information can be used for research," says Engelbrecht.
Siemens' Solutions for smart Infrastructures
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Our May 2013 report was titled "The Dollar isn't the Peso anymore", and in that report we rebutted the argument that the US dollar was doomed because the US government was "printing money".
We pointed out that despite the general consensus that the USD was a weak currency, the DXY Index had actually troughed
in the Spring of 2008 (see Chart 1).
Now in the seventh year of the US dollar rally, we still look for a stronger USD ahead.
Many observers, including the Fed, continue to worry about inflation, but the USD is being supported by the deflation of the global credit bubble. A strong USD and disinflation/deflation seem more likely than inflation so long as global overcapacity forces nations to fight for market share and depreciate their currencies.
Chart 1: The US dollar (DXY Index) actually troughed seven years ago!
The on-going deflation of the global credit bubble
Investors apparently still don't fully understand the deflation of the global credit bubble, and continue to focus on credit-related asset classes. Chart 2 highlights the relative performance versus the S&P 500® of credit-related asset classes during the credit bubble and afterward. Whereas credit-related asset classes handily outperformed as the credit bubble inflated, they have generally underperformed since the credit bubble began deflating in 2008.
The secular investment strategy within our portfolios remains to underweight or avoid credit-related asset classes. The fact that credit-related asset classes have yet to be "discredited" despite their significant and extended underperformance suggests that the ultimate capitulation in these asset classes still lies ahead.
Chart 2:
Strong dollar hurting non-US returns
For many years, currency was not an important consideration when USD-based investors invested outside the US because the USD was either weakening (which contributed to USD returns of foreign assets) or was stable. However, the recent rapid appreciation of the USD has significantly curtailed USD returns of non-US assets, and has made them somewhat less attractive relative to USD assets.
Chart 3 shows the performance of the MSCI All Country ex US Index in local currency terms versus that of the MSCI All Country ex US in USD terms. The performance difference between the two during the past year has been significant. Whereas in local terms non-US stocks have returned over 14%, non-US stocks have been only marginally positive in USD terms (+0.9%).
The same has been true for local currency bond funds. Chart 4 looks at the past year's performance for two of the major local currency bond ETFs (LEMB and EMLC). Both have produced negative total returns over the past year.
Chart 3: The strong US dollar has negated foreign stock returns during the past year.
Chart 4: Local currency bonds have suffered as well from the strong USD.
The Fed
Some members of the FOMC seem to feel that interest rates need to be "normalized" in order to avert future inflation. It's our guess that proponents of such normalization of interest rates are using models that underestimate the open structure of the US economy. If the US were a closed economy, then the risk of inflation would likely be considerable given the improvements in the US labor markets and credit conditions. However, the US is a very open economy, and the excess capacity around the world continues to exert deflation on the world's economy.
Governments in what seems to be a growing number of countries do not want to shutter productive capacity because it would be politically unacceptable. Rather, governments would prefer to depreciate their currencies in order to try to undercut other countries and gain market share. Growing market share and increasing prices are generally mutually exclusive strategies. With the competition for global market share intensifying (e.g., recent data suggest that Japan is starting to gain market share versus Korea and China), it seems imprudent to us to "normalize" interest rates in order to fight future inflation.
However, if the Fed were to indeed "normalize" interest rates, it could escalate currency tensions around the world. The combination of the Fed prematurely increasing US interest rates and non-US governments depreciating foreign currencies could be quite volatile for non-US assets. This may be an issue that USD-based investors haven't fully considered given the continued inflows to non-dollar assets.
The dollar isn't the Peso
The dollar isn't the Peso, and is unlikely to be a weak currency in the foreseeable future. The Fed might exacerbate the strength in the USD should they prematurely tighten monetary policy. Investors in non-dollar assets have been spoiled for many years by a weakening or stable dollar. They now need to be fully aware of potential currency risks in a deflationary environment.
Our portfolios are positioned accordingly.


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STEETON-based Acorn Stairlifts is being held-up as a beacon of how to work positively with Trading Standards.
The firm is involved in a so-called primary authority scheme with the organisation, which means the manufacturer gets tailored advice on all rules and regulations covering its operations.
Now Acorn has become one of just three UK businesses featured as case studies on the Government's primary authority website.
Catherine Beecroft, the company's customer service manager, said the partnership had proved hugely beneficial.
She said it had helped the business build an "effective and autonomous" customer relations department and achieve a five-star rating on the online review website, Trustpilot.
"West Yorkshire Trading Standards really understands our business DNA," she added.
"We constantly strive to conduct business within regulations and remain compliant and it's nice to know there's always a helping hand."


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The company, with its unique innovation, chlorine dioxide in stabilized form, will provide the world with the most effective disinfection method available today and help to solve the increasing global need for bacteria-free drinking water.
The business was started in 1993 in order to continue and further develop the activities based on an invention and method for forming a stabilized aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide, a gas, which is well-documented as one of the most effective disinfectants we know today.
The hub of the company's operations is thus the two main areas of innovation:
Water Disinfection
Hand and Surface Disinfection
The company's products are already used successfully for water disinfection by a number of well-known companies and organizations all over the world.
Here, too, more than 40 scientific studies show that the degree of disinfection is superior to other products that are currently available on the market.


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Age Range: 35-45
Nationality: Australian
Height: 165 cm
Accents: Australian, Standard American
For a full list of Nina's Credits, Skills and Attributes please visit;
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2015 Nominated WA Screen Award Best actress Indefinate.
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Nina graduated from the Film and Television Institute with a diploma in screen acting in 2010, and it was while she was studying that she was cast in feature film Little Sparrows, and short film Potato Peelers. Little Sparrows was well received both Nationally and internationally and was selected as one of only 16 films worldwide to compete at the Rome International film festival in 2010. Also in competition was Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman, The kids are alright starring Julianne Moore and Oranges and Sunshine starring Emily Watson. In 2013 Nina was cast in 3 feature films – Foreshadow (with screenings at selected Hoyts cinemas nationally), Pinch Directed by Jeff Asselin, and Indefinite – filmed in both Perth and Kalgoorlie with Director Kane George Jason. As well as film Nina has also worked in theatre and in 2012 was nominated for a Finlay award for her performance of nurse Ratchet in the play One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
I've had the pleasure to work with Nina Deasley, a performer of incredible natural talent and drive. I cast Nina in my 2012 play 'Les Affreux'. She brought a tremendous sense of intensity and honesty to the role. Nina has always been a warm, hard working and honest person and performer. I've valued the work we've created together and would not hesitate to recommend her in any fashion. – Wade K Savage (Director: The Owl : WA Screen award winner for best short film 2013)
I have had the great pleasure of working with Nina Deasley as an actor through the Film & Television Institute of Western Australia, the premiere centre of film studies where Nina completed a Diploma in Screen Acting focusing on the methods of Lee Strasberg, Irene Adler & Harold Guskin. Nina possesses mastery in building organic, honest and truly beautiful characters. Her continued willingness to explore and learn in a fluid industry is both admirable and the mark of a true professional. Her outstanding body of work in independent film is evidence of her true diversity and skill. – Iskandar Sharazuddin


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COSTA MESA, Calif.—Dei Murray, past President of the CA Parks & Recreation, now a Commissioner & Board Member, enjoyed her Sunday afternoon watching the performance by Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, on March 16.
"I loved the show," said Ms. Murray. "Absolutely magnificent."
According to New York-based Shen Yun's website, "For 5,000 years divine culture flourished in the land of China. Humanity's treasure was nearly lost, but through breathtaking music and dance, Shen Yun is bringing back this glorious culture."
Ms. Murray thought the dance, music and theme of the performance was wonderful, along with the intricate and colorful costumes.
"I think the classical dancing was absolutely marvelous," she said. "And of course the theme for 5000 years, heaven, earth and humanity was absolutely beautifully told with the movement, the music, the singing, and of course the costumes were just spectacular. It was just very enjoyable."
Ms. Murray attended Shen Yun with about 25 members of the Manhattan Beach Rotary Club, and she said everyone was very happy with the performance.
"I will remember the beautiful music and the beautiful dance, and it's extremely enjoyable and relaxing. So impressed," she said.
Ms. Murray said it was her first time seeing a Shen Yun performance, but she hoped to see the next one very soon. She recommended the performance for the young and old alike.
"Really recommend this for a family as well as adults," she said.
Reporting by NTD Television and Sarah Le
New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has four touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit Shen Yun Performing Arts.
The Epoch Times considers Shen Yun Performing Arts the significant cultural event of our time. We have proudly covered audience reactions since Shen Yun's inception in 2006


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Program: United States
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- Kimchi Fried Fonio
Serves 4
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
- 3 cups cooked and cooled fonio
- 1 cup roughly chopped kimchi (6 ounces) plus extra kimchi juice to taste
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped or grated fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh garlic
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced
- 1 handful torn or roughly chopped cilantro and/or basil
- 1 teaspoon olive oil plus more
- 2 teaspoons tamari or gluten-free soy sauce, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil, or to taste
- 4 eggs
For Fonio
In a small saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, stir a tsp of oil into 1/2 cup of fonio until grains are coated and not clumping. Add 1 cup water and stir well. Bring to a boil, add salt and stir, then cover, remove from heat, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Fluff gently with a fork while still warm.
For Kimchee Fried Fonio
In a medium pan, heat oil on medium-low, and add onions, garlic, and ginger.
Cook, stir until onions become fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add kimchi and continue to stir about 5 minutes, adding reserved liquid towards the end.
Turn heat to medium-high, add cooked fonio and stir until fonio absorbs the liquid, about 3 minutes.
Add soy sauce and sesame oil, and mix well, stirring about 2 minutes more.
Transfer Kimchee Fried Fonio to bowls, re-use pan, add more oil and fry eggs over medium heat.
Top bowls with fried eggs, scallions, and herbs. Serve immediately!


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This one's on the house.
In the third instalment of 'What the Stars are listening to', our very own Rock Stars share their favourite tunes for the month. Roll those sleeves up while we have a look at the mouthwatering menu.
The Starter:
A heavenly entrée from one of the many female vocalists setting 2016 alight. This tried and true featherweight classic from @OviiiOne is just the right balance of sour and sweet to whet the appetite.
The Main Course:
It's punchy, it's heavy, it's addictive. "Blood in the Cut" melts in the mouth, packed to bursting with emotional power pop. Backed by explosive percussion and riffs, K.Flay is the dish you'll be telling all your friends about for weeks to come.
Compliments to the chef @osornios.
The Dessert:
After licking the plate clean, a sweet treat is the perfect way to round things up. @MattSuda has just the right thing. A glittering synth-pop anthem, "Like It's Over" is perfect for a late night cruise with the windows all the way down....
And that is that! If you liked that you can always come back for seconds in the full playlist here ^_^
what do you think? let us know what you're listening to below!
@Leo @meahtenoha
Loving the wide variety of musical tastes on this month's playlist! Got a little bit of everything from the grungy punk of Green Day to the mellowed out acoustics of old school Maroon 5.
Keep on Rockin'!
Nice one! Enjoyed reading this @crematedman 🙂
@kirashi it is a wide variety! that acoustic is brilliant ^_^
@Melody cheers ❤ glad you liked it
Awesome blog for an awesome playlist.
@musiccornercv thanks for the loooove ❤
Lovely way to describe the music! XOXO
@lindsaysayasane cheers lindsay ^_^ it's a pretty accurate analogy actually
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DetailsJessie the Yodelling Cowgirl, better known as Jessie. Jessie is an excitable and beautiful cowgirl doll. She likes being loved by any other child and has the power to yodel. She hates being in storage-as it makes her claustrophobic- and not having someone to love her.
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Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Pretty in Pink
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So pretty is your card Pat and l adore your beautiful coloured image too! xReplyDelete
Such a pretty card Pat, a sweet image and lovely pink papers.ReplyDelete
I'm so pleased to hear that you had a lovely holiday last week - it's so nice to get away at this time of year.
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Sweet image, lovely design and so pretty in pink!ReplyDelete
Never been to Northumberland although I think we've visited quite a lot of the UK now...much easier than travelling abroad when you have a (very spoilt!) canine companion to consider! Glad you had a good time.
Beautiful card in Pink I adore that cute image also the lovely papers and card design a super makeReplyDelete
lorraine x
This is so pretty, Pat - the image is adorable and the papers and the mesh look lovely with it.ReplyDelete
Have a good afternoon and evening - hope the weather is OK with you at the moment.
Pat, this is so lovely hun! That sweet charm is super cute with this image. Beautifully coloured and lovely card design. Hugs, Wends xoxoReplyDelete


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" [...]— Turmoil from India to Israel. Will there be peace in 2012? | sriramkhe.blogspot 2012-01-29
In another cable about Pranab Mukherjee, the finance minister being groomed to be India's next PM, Hillary Clinton is revealingly blunt: "To which industrial or business groups is Mukherjee beholden?"
During Singh's reign as prime minister, India has also witnessed a strong backlash against globalization among the poor. The most striking instance is the militant Communist movement representing landless peasants and indigenous forest peoples in Central India—these are Indians fighting their dispossession by mining companies that are backed by the Indian government. Early last year, India's Supreme Court censured the government for creating an informal militia against Communist militants. Claiming that "the poor are being pushed to the wall," the court blamed increasing violence in the country on "predatory forms of capitalism, supported by the state."
Since then Singh has also lost his main constituency: the beneficiaries, both real and potential, of "rising" India. Periodicals such as Foreign Affairs, The Economist, and The Financial Times that in 2005 hailed India as a "roaring capitalist success story" now wonder if India is descending into a Latin-American-style oligarchy.
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" [...]— India Factory Workers Revolt, Kill Company President | Forbes.com 2012-01-27
The workers were enraged enough to kill president K. C. Chandrashekhar after their union leader, M. Murali Mohan, was killed by baton-wielding riot police on Thursday. The labor violence occurred in Yanam, a small city in Andra Pradesh state on India's east coast.Police were called to the factory by management to quell a labor dispute. The workers had been calling for higher pay and reinstatement of previously laid off workers since October. Murali was fired a few hours later. The next morning, at 06:00 on Friday, Murali went to the factory along with some workers and tried to obstruct the morning shift, local media reported. Long batons, known as lathis in India, were used by police who charged the workers, injuring at least 20 of them, including Murali. He died on the way to hospital,...
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Remember the story of Gandhi's jailer:
"Bapu spoke to us," reminisces Balsara, "His calm demeanour amid so much uproar over his arrest completely took us by surprise. He was humble to a fault and respected all who served him."
Balsara recalls that, by the time the train reached Poona, he and his police guards were thoroughly mesmerized by Gandhi's personality and his unshakable belief in India's right to its own destiny.
In those few hours it dawned on him that the path of non-violent resistance that Gandhi had chosen to guide India to freedom was so completely at odds with what he was doing as a police officer.
'We were so influenced by Gandhi's charisma and his captivating toothless smile that on reaching Poona we decided to quit our jobs, even though we knew quite well that we would be imprisoned," said Balsara.
That is exactly what happened: all six police officers became prisoners of the Raj.
this entry is part of the OccupyWallStreet compilation 2011-09/10, here.
By Rezwan
The US President Barack Obama is in India now as part of his ten day Asia tour and he has generated a lot of interest in this country of 1.2 billion people. The Indian media got hyped up covering every bit of Obama's action in India and the netizens are also vocal about it. Hanna Ingber Win, a Global Post correspondent from Mumbai, captures the enthusiasm of the Indians:
"Ala, ala, ala," (He's coming, he's coming, he's coming) a little boy shouts in Marathi, the local language spoken in Mumbai.
At another barricade, hundreds push and shove and jump up and down, trying to catch a glimpse of the president as he leaves Mani Bhavan, the museum where Mahatma Gandhi stayed when he visited Mumbai during India's independence movement. Old men lean over their balcony railing; boys climb into trees; girls sit on top of shoulders — all holding their mobile phones out, ready to snap a photograph of Obama. When the president steps outside, the crowd goes wild, chanting, cheering and hooting away.
Greatbong at Random Thoughts Of A Demented Mind describes how the Obamas are being treated in India:
The moment we have an American President coming to visit us, the Pavlovian instincts take over and we are back into our rolling-on-the-ground mode. Coconuts are taken down so that one does not fall on the anointed one's head. Special Indian massages are arranged for him and his wife. Platters are named in his honor. The high and mighty prostrate themselves in his path. Public money is spent like water and ordinary citizens inconvenienced for HIS convenience.
From New Delhi research analyst and blogger Varun Dixit questions "why is Barack Obama in India" and comments:
Obama is trying to bring back jobs in US, which he couldn't succeed so far and I am sure will not be able to succeed in future also. Wall Street knows setting their operations in India will help them in long term whereas Obama is just playing politics by promising to US people what he cannot do.
Indians were also very much interested to know Mr. Obama's stance on Pakistan and he somewhat startled many by his speech as Ghulam Muhammed from Mumbai explains:
He (Obama) said, it is in India's best interest that its neighbor Pakistan should become a peaceful and stable country, so that India's own progress towards a future of economic growth and prosperity can be assured of a steady and peaceful progression. Commentators on all English Channels exploded with open hostility while the speech was still on. Hawks like Times of India's Washington correspondent termed it as giving in to Pakistan blackmail.
Khamba's hilarious take titled "Things Obama will never say in India " came somewhat true with that speech.Here are some reactions from the Indian Twitter users:
aasthabiyani16: @ArjunKP Word! Sick of Obama Obama and more Obama, hey Raama come n save me from this drama, err that rhymes :p
hopfans: Phew!! Hoping Barack Obama's gone to sleep. The US President sure has taken India by storm… http://goo.gl/fb/hmKIO
jhunjhunwala: Why is the Indian Media having a collective orgasm over Obama? Kuch bolo bhai (please say something).
Greatbong criticizes the Obama mania and suggests:
We should treat Obama's visit as just another visit by a head of state and not take it as a certificate of how much the US respects India. Because it does not. Definitely not under Obama.
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1911. here in my room, all at once there was a roar and a crash that startled us. And we found that a tall oak, called the "witness tree", standing down below the chicken yard, in the bottom, had fallen up hill, and into the chicken yard, filling it and breaking the fence around it. But as the chickens were at roost in their house, none were hart. The tree was about 100 ft. tall and a landmark, and will be missed. It is sad to see such "monarchs" fall, but its roots rotted off from standing in water so often. (T.S.R. 42. 2 P.M. 55. S.S. 50.)
Feb. 1. Wednes. A cloudy day with light showers in the evening. Susie Pascoe Cornish is today 27 years old and I have written her a birthday letter. Our Church Trustees held their monthly meeting here. Only two besides myself were present - Julius Bruml and Mrs. Hatch, but we had our meeting and ordered some bills paid. Lou was detained at home the first of the P.M. but came over afterwards for a good talk. (T.S.R. 42. 2 P.M. 55. S.S. 53.)
Feb. 2. Thurs. Forenoon cloudy. Theresa had planned to go home today, but we were not certain whether trains were running between Lodi and Stockton, so early in the morning she phoned to Mr. Petersen, Lodi Editor of Stockton Herald, to know if she could get to Stockton and he replied "Surely, the Traction Cars are running", but he was not sure whether she could get from Stockton to French Camp - he would inquire and meet her at Lodi and inform her. So she left us and started, and tonight we get a message from her at her own home saying she arrived safely. The Traction cars have run each day but have had a strenuous time to do it. When the water covered the "third rail" in places, they strung a trolley wire for power overhead, and in one place where the track was entirely submerged for quite a distance, they kept a steam engine with steam up and transferred the passengers on it. And when the water put out the fires of the engine, they started with such a head of steam that the engine kept on across the stream by its own momentum. But they have no contract for carrying the mails, so some days we get no mails from Stockton way until they are sent around to us from Sacramento. Nellie Locke Bergquest is now 26 years old and a happy wife and mother. Received letters from Willie, Lizzie McLellan and Susie P. Cornish. The letter (Post-Card) announces the birth of a son to her and Dr. Cornish, on Jan. 30 at 9:25 A.M. So for the third time I am great-grandmother. They have named him Richard Pascoe. (T.S.R. 48. 2 P.M. 59. S.S. 55.)
Feb. 3. Friday. Weather still cloudy and showery. Have written to Post-Card to Susie and Dr. Cornish. Mrs. Miller dined with us. He is still absent. (T.S.R. 43. 2 P.M. 50. S.S. 50.)
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1911. Feb. 4. Sat. Forenoon rainy. Received letters from Eunice and from Ada and Will Cooke and wrote to the children in the East. Rev. O.W. Lucas, who now resides in Berkeley, arrived at night to supply our pulpit tomorrow and will be entertained by us. He came on the second train run between Lodi and Stockton over the S.P.R.R. since the flood. They came so slowly that the 2 P.M. train did not arrive until 5:30. Rev. Lucas formerly preached in Oakland 4th Church and in Mayflower Church Pacific Grove. (T.S.R. 46. 2 P.M. 56. S.S. 52.)
Feb. 5. Sabbath. A cloudy day with a little rain in the evening. Rev. Lucas preached twice. (T.S.R. 46. 2 P.M. 53. S.S. 50.)
Feb. 6. Mond. The sun rose clear this morning and shone cheerfully all day. Rev. Lucas left us this A.M. Received a Post-Card view of the new Normal School Building of San Jose from Alma Locke and wrote to Eureka. (T.S.R. 36. 2 P.M. 49. S.S. 46.)
Feb. 7. Tues. Received letter from Theresa and wrote to Ada. The "pink eye" epidemic seems to be spreading. Some children have been sent home from school who were attacked with it, so all the scholars have been exposed to it. Laura Bruml having seemingly recovered from the first attack, has had a relapse, but is again better. (T.S.R. 32. 2 P.M. 49. S.S. 47.)
Feb. 8. Wednes. Received letter from Willie and wrote to Theresa. (T.S.R. 32. 2 P.M. 53. S.S. 49.)
Feb. 9. Thurs. Morning foggy. Have written to Rev. Wallace. (T.S.R. 35. 2 P.M. 54. S.S. 48.)
Feb. 10. Fri. A cloudy day followed by a rainy night. So our fair days were few. Received a letter from Will and Ada Cooke. Joe Parker has laid a new linoleum on our dining-room floor. This evening the Christian Endeavours held a Lincoln Social at the Parsonage, with good attendance. (T.S.R. 37. 2 P.M. 54. S.S. 52.)
Feb. 11. Sat. Weather partly cloudy with a heavy shower between 1 and 2 P.M. Received letter from Eunice and Post-Card from Mrs. Shaw of Lansing, Mich. and wrote to the children in the East. Myrtle Hammond came in. She has now graduated from Lane Hospital and received her Diploma as trained nurse. She has been sick and has lost flesh - Will now take a rest for awhile. A new School District is about to be formed from parts of Lockeford, Alpine and Lodi Dists. to be called Victor, near Victor R.R. Station. Some of our scholars have been coming over three miles to school. Harold Pope, one of Hannah's S.S. boys in here for the night. (T.S.R. 39. 2 P.M. 50. S.S. 45.)
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Is her family getting bigger?
When Briana DeJesus was first added to the Teen Mom 2 cast, her co-stars weren't exactly thrilled. Even though many of them reached out to introduce themselves and make nice, it was pretty clear that the cast members weren't happy about losing even more screen time to make room for Briana.
But Briana brought a new vibrancy to the show that many fans appreciated. While she struggled to battle her second baby daddy, she gained the support of thousands of viewers who wanted the best for her. But when her second season of Teen Mom 2 rolled out, she brought the drama.
As many on the show have pointed out, Briana DeJesus and Javi Marroquin could have chosen to date any of the billions of people on earth… but they chose each other. Their relationship turned into a bombshell of feuds and fighting that pulled nearly every member of the cast in, and we're still seeing it play out on Teen Mom 2. In the meantime, we all know how the relationship went, since Briana is now single.
Luckily, Briana is still young and she has her entire life ahead of her. But could her plan involve having a third child?
Be sure to keep reading to watch a sneak peek of Teen Mom 2!
Big Changes
Sometimes, by the time events air on Teen Mom 2, fans have already known about them for months. The cast members aren't very good at keeping their social media accounts spoiler free, and they often spill the beans about major life events months before they air on the show. But this time around, Briana DeJesus is being a little stingy.
"My life literally just took a turn just now," Briana tweeted vaguely. "And I'm like uhhhhhh what now?"
Considering that Briana's fame is based around her unexpected pregnancies, can you blame fans for assuming she was hinting at another pregnancy?
"Let me guess one of the guys you're stalking got married ? Or you're pregnant again from a one night stand ?" wrote Twitter user @IHumanFreddy. User @cakesforcats even wrote, "Get a DNA test so you know which homie is the daddy and then hit that b*tch up for child support. You'll be aight."
"Let's get this question out the way your NOT pregnant right ?" wrote @NiviaaThtCool1 and user @AmyPalmer1289 even theorized, "Javi having 2 babies now."
Moving On
But soon, Briana cleared things up. "And now I'm not pregnant lol," she wrote.
"That's good. Javi don't need no mo babies!" wrote @MassageMama11. User @Its_cynthia_88 wrote, "Im not being mean but gooood you have a baby. enjoy her."
But this isn't the only hint that Briana is dropping on Twitter. She's even hinting that she may be in a new relationship… or maybe something more casual.
"How does someone ask for a nude without really asking for one? Asking for a friend lol," Briana tweeted.
Whatever Briana's relationship status is right now, there's one thing that's definite: she's no longer with Javi Marroquin. In addition to moving on and getting back together with his ex-girlfriend Lauren Comeau, Javi has also just revealed he's gotten her pregnant!
New Baby
Javi Marroquin has locked it down with his on-and-of girlfriend, Lauren Comeau. Fans will recall that his previous relationship with her put some tension on his co-parenting relationship with Kailyn.
The two began dating long-distance after meeting at a wedding. Javi was in Delaware while his bae lived in Charleston, South Carolina. "We met at one of our best friend's weddings," Javi told Radar Online. "She was the maid of honor." He revealed that their relationship was "fairly new" but that he "[didn't] feel that way." (We all know that Javi is an expert of moving super fast in relationships.) "This one feels right. We decided we'd give it a try officially at the wedding this past weekend." Lauren was also the fourth girl he dated in the year after he split from Kailyn Lowry.
Unfortunately, their relationship didn't last very long. The stress of having a public relationship was too much for Lauren, and the couple split in September of 2017.
"I love Lauren, but unfortunately it didn't work out," Javi informed Radar. "I'm learning not everyone wants the attention. Dating someone on a TV show is tough. I think Lauren had a hard time adjusting to that and I had a hard time understanding that."
"It was a lot for her and we couldn't fix it," he explained. "I learned for my next relationship that I have to put myself in the other person's shoes."
But he made it clear that he wasn't totally over Lauren. "I never believed in love at first sight, but when I saw Lauren I definitely did," he said. "I'm hoping Lauren and I can figure this out because she made me the happiest I've ever been."
Javi isn't very good at being single for long stretches of time, and when he and Lauren broke up, he soon began dating Briana DeJesus. We all know how that went down, and it wasn't pretty. And it was only a few months before Javi got back together with Lauren. He shared a picture of them embracing and wrote, "Sometimes, two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together."
Even though they only got together two months ago, they clearly didn't waste any time. Javi has just confirmed to Radar that his girlfriend Lauren is pregnant (yes, with his child).


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Maggie Belted Midi Dress
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