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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has signaled he's considering leaving after Congress raises the federal debt limit -
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he's considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress to raise the federal debt limit, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Geithner hasn't made a final decision and won't do so until the debt-ceiling issue has been resolved, according to one of the people. All spoke on condition of anonymity to talk about private discussions.
The Treasury secretary has said that the U.S. risks defaulting on its obligations if Congress doesn't raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2. The administration and Republicans in Congress are at an impasse in negotiations to raise the limit, which is tied to efforts to cut the nation's long-term deficit.
Moody's Investors Service said on June 2 that it expects to place the U.S. government's Aaa credit rating under review for a possible downgrade if there's no progress on the debt limit by mid-July. Fitch Ratings said June 21 it would place the U.S. on a negative rating watch if no action is taken by Aug. 2.
An exit by Geithner would complete the turnover in Obama's original economic team, with Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee scheduled to leave in early August to return to the University of Chicago.
Political Impact
That would leave Obama with two key posts to fill as Republicans are seeking to turn the 2012 election into a referendum on Obama's handling of the economy and as the recovery is slowing. Theunemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent in May, according to the Labor Department, and the economy grew at a 1.9 percent pace in the first quarter, according to Commerce Department figures released June 24.
Jen Psaki, a White House spokeswoman, declined to comment.
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Hello, in this example I have two applets which I'm running as a Java Application. This might sound silly but how can I close one of the windows so that the other one remains open? because every time I close it my program just ends.
Normally, if I were using an ordinary frame I would write "myFrame.setVisible(false);" but I don't know how to do that with applets. On the PApplet webpage it says that 'set'Visible()' is inherited from java.awt.Component. Problem is, I just don't know how to call the setVisible method from an applet.
Thanks for your help.
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Portia de Rossi Gossip
Portia de Rossi gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Portia and Ellen OUT with kids
There is a feeling among us of wanting to have children together, right? They seem lovely and genuinely in love with each other so it's easy to project our own baby desires (or mine, anyway) onto them. Also their wedding was flawless so imagine what they could do with a kid's birthday party? Still, no babies for Hollywood's #1 power lesbians, not now, not ever. Full Story
The Bluths are back!
Neilson Barnard
If you've been reading this site for a while, now in its third look!, you know how I feel about Arrested Development. Am still angry that people were too dumb to appreciate its brilliance. For years now, they've been teasing us about an Arrested Development reunion/movie/whatever. But while there was always hope, there never seemed to be anything solid. Full Story
Ellen & Ebola
I love Ellen Degeneres. But if Ellen loves animals… how can she hang with Ebola? It is indisputable fact: Ebola abuses her pets. Attached – Ellen and Ebola at lunch on Friday and Ellen and her wife Portia at the The 'Yes! on Prop 2 Campaign' benefit to stop Animal Cruelty held at a private estate. Full Story
Gay > Gold
Amazing. A People Magazine decision to agree with… perhaps at the expense of the MiniVan Majority? Love the new cover, but you have to wonder, does People love the cover? Or the timing of it? Record numbers tuned in in America to watch Michael Phelps win gold last weekend. Full Story
Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi were married on Saturday. Intimate ceremony, 19 guests, no big names, and despite buzz last week about a major performer… Pippy Timberlake was not invited. Both wore Zac Posen – Portia in some kind of lame ass tutu and Ellen in a suit. An amazing suit, the most amazing trousers. Full Story
Ellen's Weekend Wedding
Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi are getting married tomorrow. 20 guests, very intimate, but the Hollywood rumour mill is already buzzing that a high profile performer will make an appearance. Keep you posted. Portia is supposedly wearing Zac Posen. Am amazed at how they can keep it at 20. My mother would never let me keep it at 20. Full Story


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Southaven CPA Firm | Tax Preparer Southaven MS
Welcome to The Griffith CPA Firm, PLLC
At every stage of your financial life, our CPA office can help you. Your accountant serves as your financial guide, helping you to utilize your resources more effectively as you work towards your financial goals. Here at The Griffith CPA Firm, we do that and specialize as a tax preparer in Southave MS.
Whether you need simple family budgeting tips or you are a business that needs reliable accounting solutions, we specialize in meeting all your accounting needs. We offer a complete line of services for individuals and business owners. We have over 40 years of experience dealing with tax issues, IRS tax resolution, small business bookkeeping, and QuickBooks consulting. How can we help you?
We are a family owned business that's in business 365 days a year to help you with whatever you may need. Every year the tax laws go through minor and sometimes major changes. We continue to educate ourselves on every nuance of the code to make sure you're protected and receive everything you're entitled to. Our goal is to treat every client the same way we would want to be treated. That means taking the appropriate time with you to make sure we answer every question you may have. We return calls within 24 hours to better serve your needs. We even have flexible hours during tax season to make the process as convenient for you as possible. We know we aren't the only CPA firm in the area but we do feel we are the most caring CPA firm in the north Mississippi and west Tennessee area.
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Iwakuma pleased after passing another test
All-Star pitcher pain-free in simulated game, could start rehab stint Tuesday
MIAMI -- An ailing Mariners starting rotation got one step closer to regaining an All-Star on Friday afternoon.
Hisashi Iwakuma threw a simulated game of 35 pitches to live batters for the first time, and the right-hander included everything from his repertoire.
"I was going 100 percent, just like a game, and I had no pain," Iwakuma said through translator Antony Suzuki. "I was pain-free with my finger. Everything looks good so far."
Iwakuma, who missed all spring with a sprained tendon in his right middle finger, had previously thrown three bullpen sessions. The next step in his recovery will be another 'pen session on Sunday. If that goes well, he will likely pitch his first rehab-assignment game on Tuesday with Triple-A Tacoma.
The hope is Iwakuma will return to the big club after two or three rehab starts by early May. Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon expects Iwakuma to throw around 90 pitches upon his return because of his efficiency.
"We just want to see him continue to progress and stay healthy, and we'll figure it as we move forward," McClendon said. "The main thing is when he comes back, we have to make sure he's ready to compete at the Major League level with all his pitches. It could take 20 innings. It could take less than 20 innings. We'll see."
Pitching coach Rick Waits liked the extension he saw from Iwakuma, as well as how he was "finishing pitches. He passed all the tests for me."
"I think I'm at around 70 percent right now," Iwakuma said. "I still need to command my pitches and get that feel back. It's hard to say right now. I need to have my first rehab start and go from there. [Friday] was good. So that's another step. I have to go one step at a time. That's how I look at it."


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125g flour + 1 tablespoon cornflour
1.5 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
113g butter
225g sugar
1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1/2 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 eggs yolk
For the frosting
250g icing sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
200g butter
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Sift the flours, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together butter, sugar, vanilla extract and vanilla bean paste until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- In a measuring jug, whisk together sour cream, eggs and egg yolk until smotth.
- Pour half of the wet ingredients into the butter-sugar mixture and beat until smooth.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and stir in half of the flour mixture.
- Repeat with the remaining dry and wet ingredients.
- Add in 35g of polka dot sprinkles and mix well.
- Fill cases until 2/3 full.
- Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean, about 22-25 minutes.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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This Saturday 8th December local activists in Oxford will be campaigning for a People's Vote because we believe that our local community and our country deserves better. Thousands of activists will be out across the UK for what will be our biggest campaign day yet.
We will be having a street stall and asking local people their views on Brexit. This Brexit deal satisfies no-one and solves nothing and we will be making the case for why the final decision should now be handed back to the public.
Can you spare an hour or so to come along and join us and help make a difference in your local community? If so, please RSVP below. New volunteers welcome!
December 08, 2018 at 10:30am - 1:30pm
St Michael's at the North Gate Church
30 Cornmarket
Oxford OX1 3EY
United Kingdom
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Out to sea and on the go—life's in constant motion in the open ocean. Welcome to the Aquarium's largest exhibit, a place where tuna speed past, sardines swarm in huge, glittering schools, and sea turtles swim lazily across the 90-foot window. Nearby, colorful puffins await their next meal, and brilliant jellies pulse through the water.
Exhibit Highlights
You're watching video highlights of daily activity in this exhibit.
In this Exhibit
Scalloped hammerhead shark
With that wide, thick head shaped like a double-headed hammer, it's easy to identify a hammerhead shark. The shark's eyes and nostrils are located at the extreme ends of its head, which may give it added lift and let it make sharper turns than other sharks.
Green sea turtle
Sea turtles travel far, riding currents across the ocean. Females return to the same beach each year, using magnetic clues as a map, and lay close to 100 eggs each. She then buries them under a sandy blanket and returns to the sea.
Tufted puffin
Its bright colors have earned the tufted puffin the nickname, "parrot of the sea," but this beautiful bird is at home on land as well. In early spring, its beak and feet turn a vibrant orange in preparation for breeding season.
Ocean sunfish
Ocean sunfish, or molas, look like the invention of a mad scientist. Huge and flat, these silvery-gray fish have tiny mouths and big eyes that vanish into an even bigger body with a truncated tail. They can weigh up to 5,000 pounds!
Pelagic stingray
Unlike other rays, which spend most of their time buried on the sandy seafloor, pelagic stingrays spend their time in open waters. They are distinguished by their diamond-shaped bodies with rounded snouts and streamlined eyes that don't protrude from their bodies. Pelagic rays are dark purplish above and purplish to gray underneath. This coloration makes the rays harder for predators to see from above, as their dark backs blend with dark waters below, making these rays almost "disappear". from view.
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Cool Facts
- Puffins know how to pack: they often carry 10 fish in their mouths, but have been known to hold more than 60!
- Anchovies frequently seem to be "yawning"—that's how you know it's mealtime. They're opening wide, straining tiny plant and animal plankton from the water.
- Ocean sunfish hatch from tiny eggs but grow to weigh more than a pickup truck, increasing in size 60 million times along the way. Topping out around 5,000 pounds, molas are the world's heaviest bony fish.
- Sea turtles rid themselves of excess salt through a salt gland near each eye, making them appear to be crying.
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DRT blasted on Alamo
A blistering report released Tuesday by the Texas attorney general's office outlines a long list of problems and dysfunctions in the past management of the Alamo by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
In a 38-page report to the Legislature, the attorney general's office accuses the DRT of misappropriation of state funds; failure to care for the shrine; and improper claims of ownership of "historic artifacts."
The report points out problems have been mostly with the organization's leadership, and not the more than 7,000 DRT members who devote "countless volunteer hours" to preservation and education.
"It should be noted that the misconduct detailed in this report is largely attributable to the DRT's leadership — and that conduct should not detract from the individual DRT members who tirelessly and selflessly served the Alamo for over a century," the report states.
DRT President Karen Thompson, who received a verbal summary of the report Friday from First Assistant Attorney General Daniel Hodge, said she saw the report for the first time Tuesday night.
"This evening, we learned from the news media that after two and a half years, the OAG has released a report regarding our organization," Thompson said in a statement. "We are very disappointed that our organization did not receive the courtesy of a copy directly from Greg Abbott's office.
"Further, DRT is shocked at the outrageously inaccurate conclusions within the report," she said. "It is important to note that the OAG report contains no required changes for DRT to be compliant with State law."
She said the OAG report focuses on issues identified nearly three years ago that already have been resolved.
"It seems that this report, which includes only interviews with disavowed members and former employees, is not an accurate description of DRT in 2012," Thompson said in the statement.
She added that OAG investigators denied five requests in the past two years to meet with DRT leadership and staff.
The document, posted on the attorney general's website late Tuesday, summarizes findings from an 18-month investigation of the DRT's Alamo operations that began in 2010. During that time, the Legislature passed a law transferring Alamo custodianship from the DRT to the Texas General Land Office.
The Daughters, who had been the shrine's custodian since 1905, remain at the Alamo, providing daily operations under a state contract set to expire in mid-2013. Because the Legislature removed the DRT as custodian, the AG's office "agreed to refrain from pursuing legal action against the DRT in court," the report says.
More InformationmySA.com: Read the full report by the attorney general's office on the DRT's handling of the Alamo.
AG's Alamo report
It outlines a complaint that the DRT co-mingled Alamo gift shop proceeds that are designated for repairs and maintenance with unrestricted state dollars and even the group's private funds, and used state Alamo funds to cover more than $56,000 in DRT legal fees and pay a $150,000 debt for a marketing contract.
In its 2009 federal tax return, the DRT "improperly reported certain state-owned Alamo funds" totaling $1.4 million.
"Financial ledgers ... were largely in a state of disarray," the report shows, noting the Alamo was in "financial distress" in 2011, as the DRT did not decrease expenses amid a drop in gift shop sales.
The group is chastised for failing to plan and raise funds for structural preservation, and for disregarding engineers' reports outlining concerns about cracks in the Alamo's concrete roof, which had been leaking since 1997.
The report notes that "no testing actually occurred until the governor's office instructed the DRT to confirm whether the public could safely visit the Alamo."
DRT leaders "refused to back down" when Gov. Rick Perry's office challenged the group's application for a trademark on the words "the Alamo," and gave "misleading" responses in legislative hearings, according to the document.
They also violated DRT bylaws and the Texas Business Organizations Code in entering a $900,000 marketing contract with a California firm and failing to release information requested by members.
The Daughters are accused of "improperly" using state funds to run the DRT Library on the state-owned Alamo complex and are criticized for planning a $10 million library expansion while programming $1.6 million for historic preservation.
"By utilizing state funds to support the DRT Library, the DRT misappropriated state resources for its own benefit and diverted public dollars that should have been used to support the Alamo," the report reads.
It continues that the Daughters "purported to own the Alamo's historic relics."
"In the absence of documentation" of a donor's intent to give an item to the DRT, "it must be presumed that a donation to the Alamo collection was a gift to the state of Texas," the attorney general's office said.
Land Office spokesman Mark Loeffler said the report marks a "milestone that's important in putting the past behind us." Most of the issues outlined occurred before the change in custodianship, he said.
"Right now, we have a very good relationship with the Daughters, and this does not change that," Loeffler said. "It's important for everyone, including the DRT, to move forward."
Sarah Reveley, who filed a complaint with the attorney general's office in 2010 that led to the investigation, said she feels the DRT's state contract at the Alamo should be terminated. Reveley was expelled as a DRT member six months after filing the complaint.
"It has been a lonely battle," she said. "I knew all along I was right."
The report notes that progress made at the Alamo under Land Office oversight include repairs to the roof, better financial controls and planned decreases in state support for the DRT Library, to be phased in over the next three years.
The Land Office has hired a contractor to run the gift shop, and has said it will seek a one-time, $1 million appropriation from the Legislature next year to address an "extensive list of issues that need to be completed and fixed."


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All About Black Widows!
Are you afraid of spiders? Don't scream, this fun worksheet is jam-packed with interesting facts and activities, all about black widow spiders! It includes a word search, true/false questions and a funny joke, to get your child in the mood for learning all about the animal kingdom.


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There is another in store planned…..are you ready!?
Its on Thursday January 10. Its celebrating 10 years of Northside……The Soul Of Melbourne VINYL album dropping….Daptone goodness!….and just DANCING!!!
The band that made me start a label, SASKWATCH are going to do a live instore show on a THURSDAY afternoon at 4pm. (one I have been waiting for!!) Then as a show of respect to traveling DAPKIDS we will be having an INSTORE SIGNING, by members of THE MENAHAN STREEET BAND and THE DAP KINGS.
it was an awesome day! and thanks to all who turned up and got down! Thanks to Saskwatch and the team Daptone who all did their thing!


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2nd pull of the night, after a wipe on P1 to a spawn overrun. Hehe... squeee! We made it look easy. I wish we'd gotten it frapsed.
Group makeup:
- Prot warr (MT)
- Prot pally (cleanses, loldps, and offtanking in p1/p3)
- Survival Hunter
- Arcane Mage
- Blood DK
- Destro Warlock
- Feral kitty
- Ret Pally
- Holy Priest
- Resto Druid
The Backstory:
We'd had a messy raid the night before, between lag, dps bugs (no energy for you, kitty!), a pug shaman with tank-assist problems, and a full-out server restart. We were wiping to Freya. FREYA. Tempers were short, and we were wary of what would happen to our raid this 2nd night, especially as two of our main dps were going to be running late (kickball and martial arts) and another was unavailable.
We form the raid with 7 players, and decide to pick up one of our raiders' pvp buddies, a ret paladin, as an 8th to help fill in the holes. We get through the trash to Ignis just as one of the late players shows up, so we're able to 9-man Ignis easily enough (we've 8-manned him before), and then Razorscale. Getting into our stride, we were now feeling quite a bit more confident about this night than we did before, after the "badness" of the 1st night. Our 10th raider arrives in time for Freya, and she goes down like a sack of bricks, securing our confidence in ourselves.
Mimiron was a joke. We spent more time explaining the fight to our pvp friend than we did actually fighting the boss, though we did have to pick him up off the floor after a laser barrage. Vezax crumbles in a similar one-shot in spite of a mishap where our 3rd healer--the prot pally--forgot to switch to her holy kit and was thus healing in her tank gear.
It's 10:20 then, about an hour left to our raid night, and we're on a bossblood high. "Yogg, yes?" I ask. "I'm feeling good about this, I think we've got a good chance to get him!" The others agree, and we decide to take a short break to stretch, snack, bio, et cetra, while the entirety of Yogg Saron is explained to the PvP pally.
Yogg that night:
Pull 1:
A gas cloud is clipped. Then another. I run circles around the room kiting one loose mob, then another. Oops, someone else clipped another cloud. We get the typical overrun, with shadow volleys eating us alive while MCs go out of control. We wipe comically, with my husband's DK attempting to chop my treeform to bits with his big axe. We regroup, spirit unbroken.
Pull 2:
A gas cloud is clipped. Will it be another cascading wipe? Ah, somehow we catch up! Whoot @ the dps! We make it to P2.
This is where things got eerily smooth. Constrictors would die within a few seconds of grabbing someone (even when I got grabbed while sitting in a sanity well 1/3 of the way around the room from the dps). Corruptors were falling over from DoTs. Crushers were being munched. Cleansing felt easy, as there were rarely more than 2-3 corruptors up at a time. Melee would make it to portals full-health and free of debuffs. Melee was also making it out of the mind with half health at minimum. I actually got to throw moonfires and wrath at tentacles, around my usual reminders for everyone to check their sanity.
My husband calls out from the Mind, "We can kill the brain right now."
MT: "Awesome, do it!"
Kae: "[to Holy priest], let's get to the door before the adds spawn."
MT: "Yeah, everyone head to the front of the room in front of Yogg."
OT: "And check your sanity!"
Yogg gurgles angrily at us. I tremble, wondering how far up to the door I should go while I stack up HoTs on the MT. My back to the room, my camera facing the door, I can't see what's going on, except that I see the tank's health dip in my Grid frames, but I see no monster waving tentacles around coming into my screen.
Kittydruid: "Nice and slow guys, and we've got this. Pace yourselves. Walk it down."
My eyes widen. I check my oRA2 MT list to scan their targets' health, and watch as one of the adds drops. A nervous grin spreads across my face; we'd never gotten past the first add spawn on P3 before. Ever. We'd always wiped as the adds ran about one-shotting people.
The two tanks chat, picking up adds and directing others to turn around when purple beams shoot from the evil skulls, and reminding everyone of sanity checks regularly. To get in-range to help heal the dps as they catch flecks of angry-skull-damage, I move closer to the boss, away from my haven by the door. I have to bounce around a bit as adds spawn around the room, some too close to me for comfort, but it's no biggie. I'm a druid, bouncing around is in my nature.
The melee start twiddling their thumbs, "What should we go kill?" one asks. I finally rotate my camera around to look towards the boss, over my tree's shoulder, and see there are no adds currently up. The MT responds, "You can go dps the boss, I guess, just switch back to adds as they spawn." So we proceed. Yogg dips. My excitement grows as his health bar--ever my main target--drops down to 15%, 9%, 5%... 2%.
Yogg dies, and a collective, happy sigh of relief washes over ventrilo. We did it. Yogg-Saron has been defeated.
MT: "So, I've been watching the videos on the hardmodes..."
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Sydor To Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
Well, it is long overdue, but Alison Sydor is finally going to be inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame at this year's Interbike trade show. The MTBHOF, located in Crested Butte, Colorado, has a strong U.S. bias (the first Canadian was only inducted a few years ago, and we have had long-running correspondence with them over Alison and a number of other Canadians), but we are still very happy to announce that the three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist is included in the list of four individuals to be inducted this year. Other inductees include Hill Abell (Advocacy), Sal Ruibal (Journalism) and Frank Wadelton (Industry). View the MTBHOF at www.mountainbikehalloffame.com.
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Performance pay is at the heart of Denver's teacher strike
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Denver public school teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years. Much of the fight comes down to a pay system known that involves a complicated merit and bonus system, and that teachers say is vastly outdated. For more, Amna Nawaz is joined by Madeline Will of Education Week.
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Industries Licensing
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|Filing a Hydropower License Application with the Commission
|Effective July 23, 2005, the Integrated Licensing Process (ILP) is the default process for filing an application for an original, new, or subsequent license (18 CFR Part 5) . Commission approval is needed to use either the Traditional or the Alternative Licensing Process. Below are summaries of the three processes; view process flowcharts and other related materials under "Additional Information".
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In developing a license application, applicants must complete and document a three-stage pre-filing consultation process 18 CFR § 4.38 for original licenses and 18 CFR §16.8 for relicenses. The steps include:
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Double Chocolate Miniature Cakes (from my Mom's Best Recipes Cookbook)
3-oz pkg of cream cheese, softened
1 egg, unbeaten
1 egg yolk, unbeaten (save white)
1/2 C chocolate chips
3/4 C water
1/3 C salad oil (aka vegetable oil)
1 egg white
1 T vinegar
1 t vanilla
1 1/2 C flour
1/4 C cocoa
3/4 t baking soda
silvered almonds(I used this for my cocoa. Silly Cow Farms. How could I resist?!)
In small bowl at medium speed, beat cheese, egg, egg yolk, 1/4 C sugar, and dash of salt until smooth; then stir in chocolate chips. Set aside. In large bowl bowl, combine egg white, water, salad oil, vinegar, and vanilla; beat well with fork. Sift into this flour, 1 C sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and 1/2 t salt. Stir with spoon until well combined. (See the two finished mixtures below.)
Fill each cupcake paper about half full with cocoa batter. Onto center of each, spoon 1 T cream cheese mixture. (Smaller if you are making minis)
(Isn't that picture beautiful? Doesn't it make you want to cry just thinking about all those mini cups of goodness?!)
Generously sprinkle tops with sugar and almonds. Bake 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, until cupcakes are golden. Cool in pans 10 minutes; then remove to rack to finish cooling. Makes 15 large cupcakes, or ~30 minis.Bake well and prosper!


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Estrildidae, or estrildid finch, is a family of small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae, comprising species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills,[1] or as a subfamily within the family Passeridae, which strictly defined comprises the Old World sparrows.[2] Despite the word "finch" being included in the common names of many of the species, they are not closely related to birds with this name in other families, such as the Fringillidae, Emberizidae or Passerellidae.
|Red-browed finch, Neochmia temporalis
|Scientific classification
Illiger, 1811
They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short, thick, but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but vary widely in plumage colours and patterns.
All the estrildids build large, domed nests and lay five to ten white eggs. Many species build roost nests. Some of the fire-finches and pytilias are hosts to the brood-parasitic indigobirds and whydahs, respectively.
Most are sensitive to cold and require warm, usually tropical, habitats, although a few, such as the eastern alpine mannikin, mountain firetail and red-browed finch, and the genus Stagonopleura, have adapted to the cooler climates of southern Australia and the highlands of New Guinea.
The smallest species of the family is the Shelley's oliveback (Nesocharis shelleyi) at a mere 8.3 centimetres (3.3 in), although the lightest species is the black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) at 6 g (0.21 oz). The largest species is the Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora), at 17 cm (6.7 in) and 25 g (0.88 oz).[3]
Species listEdit
- Antpeckers, genus Parmoptila
- Red-fronted antpecker, Parmoptila rubrifrons
- Jameson's antpecker, Parmoptila jamesoni – often included in P. rubrifrons
- Woodhouse's antpecker, Parmoptila woodhousei
- Nigritas, genus Nigrita
- White-breasted nigrita, Nigrita fusconota
- Chestnut-breasted nigrita, Nigrita bicolor
- Pale-fronted nigrita, Nigrita luteifrons
- Grey-headed nigrita, Nigrita canicapilla
- Olivebacks, genus Nesocharis
- White-collared oliveback, Nesocharis ansorgei
- Shelley's oliveback, Nesocharis shelleyi
- Grey-headed oliveback, Nesocharis capistrata
- Pytilias, genus Pytilia
- Orange-winged pytilia, Pytilia afra
- Red-winged pytilia, Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Red-billed pytilia, Pytilia lineata
- Green-winged pytilia, Pytilia melba
- Yellow-winged pytilia, Pytilia hypogrammica
- Crimsonwings, genus Cryptospiza
- Red-faced crimsonwing, Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Abyssinian crimsonwing, Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Dusky crimsonwing, Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Shelley's crimsonwing, Cryptospiza shelleyi
- Seedcrackers, genus Pyrenestes
- Crimson seedcracker, Pyrenestes sanguineus
- Black-bellied seedcracker, Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Lesser seedcracker, Pyrenestes minor
- Bluebills, genus Spermophaga
- Grant's bluebill, Spermophaga poliogenys
- Western bluebill, Spermophaga haematina
- Red-headed bluebill, Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Genus Mandingoa
- Green-backed twinspot, Mandingoa nitidula
- Genus Clytospiza
- Brown twinspot, Clytospiza monteiri
- Genus Hypargos
- Red-throated twinspot, Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Pink-throated twinspot, Hypargos margaritatus
- Genus Euschistospiza
- Dybowski's twinspot, Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Dusky twinspot, Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Genus Lagonosticta, firefinches
- Bar-breasted firefinch, Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Brown firefinch, Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-billed firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-bellied firefinch, Lagonosticta rara
- African firefinch, Lagonosticta rubricata
- Landana firefinch, Lagonosticta landanae
- Jameson's firefinch, Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Mali firefinch, Lagonosticta virata
- Rock firefinch, Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Black-faced firefinch, Lagonosticta larvata
- Chad firefinch, Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
- Genus Uraeginthus cordon-bleus,
- Blue waxbill, Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-cheeked cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-capped cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Purple grenadier, Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Violet-eared waxbill, Uraeginthus granatinus
- Genus Coccopygia
- Yellow-bellied waxbill, Coccopygia quartinia
- Swee waxbill, Coccopygia melanotis
- Angolan waxbill, Coccopygia bocagei
- Genus Estrilda, waxbills
- Lavender waxbill, Estrilda caerulescens
- Grey waxbill, Estrilda perreini
- Cinderella waxbill, Estrilda thomensis
- Fawn-breasted waxbill, Estrilda paludicola
- Anambra waxbill, Estrilda poliopareia
- Orange-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda melpoda
- Arabian waxbill, Estrilda rufibarba
- Crimson-rumped waxbill, Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-rumped waxbill, Estrilda troglodytes
- Common waxbill, Estrilda astrild
- Black-lored waxbill, Estrilda nigriloris
- Black-crowned waxbill, Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed waxbill, Estrilda atricapilla
- Kandt's waxbill, Estrilda kandti
- Black-faced waxbill, Estrilda erythronotos
- Black-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda charmosyna
- Genus Amandava avadavats
- Red avadavat, Amandava amandava also known as red munia
- Green avadavat, Amandava formosa
- Orange-breasted waxbill, Amandava subflava
- genus Ortygospiza
- Quailfinch, Ortygospiza atricollis
- Genus Paludipasser
- Locust finch, Paludipasser locustella
- Genus Emblema
- Painted finch, Emblema pictum
- Genus Stagonopleura
- Beautiful firetail, Stagonopleura bella
- Red-eared firetail, Stagonopleura oculata
- Diamond firetail, Stagonopleura guttata
- Genus Oreostruthus
- Mountain firetail, Oreostruthus fuliginosus
- Genus Neochmia
- Red-browed finch, Neochmia temporalis
- Crimson finch, Neochmia phaeton
- Star finch, Neochmia ruficauda
- Plum-headed finch, Neochmia modesta
- Genus Taeniopygia
- Zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata
- Double-barred finch, Taeniopygia bichenovii
- Genus Poephila
- Masked finch, Poephila personata
- Long-tailed finch, Poephila acuticauda
- Black-throated finch, Poephila cincta
- Parrotfinches, genus Erythrura
- Tawny-breasted parrotfinch, Erythrura hyperythra
- Pin-tailed parrotfinch, Erythrura prasina
- Green-faced parrotfinch, Erythrura viridifacies
- Tricolored parrotfinch, Erythrura tricolor
- Blue-faced parrotfinch, Erythrura trichroa
- Red-eared parrotfinch, Erythrura coloria
- Papuan parrotfinch, Erythrura papuana
- Red-throated parrotfinch, Erythrura psittacea
- Fiji parrotfinch, Erythrura pealii
- Red-headed parrotfinch, Erythrura cyaneovirens
- Royal parrotfinch, Erythrura regia
- Pink-billed parrotfinch, Erythrura kleinschmidti
- Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae
- Genus Euodice
- African silverbill, Euodice cantans
- Indian silverbill, Euodice malabarica also known as white-throated munia
- Genus Odontospiza
- Grey-headed silverbill, Odontospiza caniceps
- Genus Lepidopygia
- Madagascar mannikin, Lepidopygia nana
- Genus Lonchura, Munias, mannikins and silverbills
- Bronze mannikin, Lonchura cucullata also known as bronze munia
- Black-and-white mannikin, Lonchura bicolor also known as black-and-white munia
- Red-backed mannikin, Lonchura nigriceps also known as brown-backed munia
- Magpie mannikin, Lonchura fringilloides also known as magpie munia
- White-rumped munia, Lonchura striata
- Javan munia, Lonchura leucogastroides
- Dusky munia, Lonchura fuscans
- Black-faced munia, Lonchura molucca
- Black-throated munia, Lonchura kelaarti also known as Jerdon's mannikin
- Scaly-breasted munia, Lonchura punctulata also known as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch
- White-bellied munia, Lonchura leucogastra
- Streak-headed munia, Lonchura tristissima
- Chestnut munia, Lonchura atricapilla
- Tricolored munia, Lonchura malacca
- White-capped munia, Lonchura ferruginosa
- Cream-bellied munia, Lonchura pallidiventer
- Five-colored munia, Lonchura quinticolor
- White-headed munia, Lonchura maja
- Pale-headed munia, Lonchura pallida
- Great-billed mannikin, Lonchura grandis
- Grey-banded mannikin, Lonchura vana
- Grey-crowned mannikin, Lonchura nevermanni
- Hooded mannikin, Lonchura spectabilis
- Hunstein's mannikin, Lonchura hunsteini
- Forbes's mannikin, Lonchura forbesi
- New Hanover mannikin, Lonchura nigerrima
- Yellow-rumped mannikin, Lonchura flaviprymna
- Chestnut-breasted mannikin, Lonchura castaneothorax
- Black mannikin, Lonchura stygia
- Black-breasted mannikin, Lonchura teerinki
- Western alpine mannikin, Lonchura montana
- Eastern alpine mannikin, Lonchura monticola
- Buff-bellied mannikin, Lonchura melaena
- Java sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora
- Timor sparrow, Lonchura fuscata
- Genus Heteromunia
- Pictorella mannikin, Heteromunia pectoralis
- Cut-throats, genus Amadina
- Cut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata
- Red-headed finch, Amadina erythrocephala
The phylogeography and possible origin of estrildid species have been studied. The following scheme may be useful to represent a hypothetical origin in India in the last and stronger Himalayas uplift (16.5 million years ago), when the monsoon rains regime was established in India (see figure). The conclusions from this study[4][5] are:
- Estrildids are a monophyletic group with polytomies that may have started evolving by Middle Miocene Epoch (about 16.5 million years ago)
- This proposed timing is coincidental with the Fringillinae radiation starting time and also with the biggest Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau uplift, triggered by the Indian tectonic plate strongest collision; this established present day southern Asia monsoon regime and other drastic climatic changes, like drier weather in the Tibetan Plateau and Chinese deserts.
- The estrildids form a monophyletic group which includes several polytomies and comprises African, Asian and Australian birds.
- The most ancient evolutive group comprises African (African silverbill), Asian (Indian silverbill) and Australian (diamond firetail); this suggests that the whole Estrildids radiation might have originated around India.[4][6][7]
- The African group Nesocharis is grouped with the African gender Estrilda.
- The Gouldian finch (Erythrura or Chloebia gouldiae) is definitely included within genus Erythrura with the other species.
- The Java sparrow (Padda or Lonchura oryzivora) is a very modified species from genus Lonchura: bigger than the rest of Lonchura species, and a noticeable and quite different head pattern. It is endemic to Java, Bali, and the Bawean Islands, although escapes from captivity can be seen today in other neighboring islands.
- African munias (Spermestes) belong to a genus totally different from Australian and Asian munias.
- The Australian red-browed firetail (Neochmia temporalis), very similar to African common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), is unrelated to it. Their similarities (bill, red brow, etc.) are due to convergent evolution, since their environmental pressures (weather, habitat, feeding) are similar.[4][7]
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David. "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. IOC World Bird List (v8.2).
- ^ Christidis, L.; Boles, W.E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Canberra: CSIRO Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6.
- ^ "Estrildid FINCHes".
- ^ a b c Arnaiz-Villena A, Ruiz-del-Valle V, Gomez-Prieto P, Reguera R, Parga-Lozano C, Serrano-Vela JI (2009). "Estrildinae Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) from Africa, South Asia and Australia: a Molecular Phylogeographic Study" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 2: 29–36. doi:10.2174/1874453200902010029.
- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio; Gomez-Prieto, Pablo; Ruiz-Del-Valle, Valentin (2009). Phylogeography of Finches and Sparrows (PDF). Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3.
- ^ Sibley, C.G.; Monroe, B.L. (1990). Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press.
- ^ a b Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Gomez-Prieto, P.; Serna-Ayala, J.M.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V. (2009). El origen de los Estríldidos [The origin of the Estríldidos] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish).
External linksEdit
- Zipcode Zoo: Estrildidae
- Internet Bird Collection.com: Estrildidae videos, photos and sounds
- Waxbill Finch Society — specialist waxbill bird society based in the UK.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estrildidae.


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