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Note: This post is adapted from my new book The Seven Things Your Team Needs to Hear You Say. If you'd like practical leadership tools with immediate results, it's available now at Amazon. What Would Happen If… "David, what do you think about…" A few months into her second year of college, our daughter Averie texted me with » Read More
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How Blue Are You?
I was able to take my wife and another couple to the Blue Man Group as it traveled through Oklahoma this week. I expected to see 3 slimy blue people playing strange instruments, but beyond that I wasn't sure what I would experience. To call the show amazing is an understatement. We laughed, we danced, » Read More
3 Portraits of Employee Involvement
In your organization, how much employee input does management get before deciding a course of action? Not much? You might want to rethink that.
Engaging Employees: The Economics of Micro Ingenuity
Wouldn't it be a dream if every employee could add $13,000 to the bottom line of your business each and every year? No need to dream because research shows that's exactly what happens when an employee shifts from being disengaged to engaged. Read More…
Creativity, Risk, and Innovation
Here's an interesting and brief video on the connection between risk, creativity and innovation. The narrator is David Burkus, a friend and the founder of The Leader Lab (www.theleaderlab.org). Check it out.
Etiquette Guide for "Idea People"
Many "idea people" in Corporate America view their employers as inefficient and broken. These frustrated workers have ideas to fix the system but too often hold back due to real or perceived road blocks. How do you challenge broken processes or sacred cows respectfully, without stepping on toes?
Cultivating Idea Leadership—Views From an IBM Fellow
Wondering how to rekindle creativity in your workplace? Meet IBM Fellow John Cohn, Ph.D., an idea powerhouse who has been at IBM for 29 years. He shares six observations about how to keep innovators engaged and on board.
The Plight of "Idea People"
Idea people gravitate toward all things new and have little patience for inefficient processes and corporate silos. They can live in any department at any level of any organization. They can be any age, any color, male or female. To you as a manager, they may represent a breath of fresh air in your department or a colossal thorn in your side. Regardless of how you feel, idea people may be the key to your organization's future. The question is…how are you engaging them today?
Gutting the Talent Bench
What is your organization's claim to fame—operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership? How are you doing in the other two areas? If your focus is customer intimacy, do the employees who personally excel at operational excellence and product leadership feel engaged or disenfranchised in your workplace?
Creating a Creative Crisis
Organizations sputter and stall quickly. Insider focus seems to be our default mode. We naturally work to create personal comfort rather than value for customers. How can stalled organizations re-energize their zeal and reinvigorate their vision? One strategy to get a stalled organization moving is creating a crisis. Webster says a crisis is, "The point of time » Read More


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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is humble and gracious even in victory. The NBA All-Star vote leader Kobe Bryant seemed surprised on Thursday when he was informed of his status in the third round of the NBA All-Star ballot.
"Oh, really? Damn. I guess people want to see an old dog," said Kobe Bryant. "Thank you. I'm extremely honored."
The 17-year veteran may be an old dog but he doesn't need to learn new tricks. Kobe Bryant has been playing consistently throughout, marking a dent in opposing defenses' schemes. The 34-year-old Kobe Bryant has spun around several games for the 15-16 Los Angeles Lakers this season, while leading the league with a scoring average of 30.3 points per game. It is Kobe Bryants' third highest career-scoring numbers. Kobe Bryant has been more efficient in shooting as well, on pace for a career-high 47.9 percent shooting from the field.
Kobe Bryant leads the reigning MVP LeBron James with 1,177,456 votes, a neat cushion ahead of James, who follows with 1,151,304 votes.
Kobe Bryant may be producing some of his most remarkable numbers of his career, after closing-in sixteen 30-point games and four 40-point games this season, but the 14-time All-Star still remains self-critical, taking shots at his own aging form.
"It's just like backyard ball, you see your old ... uncle backing guys down and making shots," said Kobe Bryant. "That's what it's kind of like."
The 5-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant is anxiously awaiting the start of the All-Star games, as his competitive nature seems to grow stronger. Kobe Bryant showed a similar competitive spark during All-Star weekend over the past seasons. He collected his fourth All-Star MVP title jus last season. Kobe Bryant also displayed extreme passion and grittiness playing through a broken nose and concussion in last years' All-Star game.
When have I not competed? That's what it is," said Kobe Bryant. "In those situations, you don't have to worry about zone coverage or double teams. You just get a chance to go at a guy. It's fun for me to be a part of that."
And youd' be surprised that the guy who calls himself "an old dog" is still able to keep up the younger talent and enjoys the strenuous task.
"It may have a little bit to do with it," said Kobe Bryant, "but for me, I've been that competitive about the game since I was 18. So it's the way I play."
Four of the five Western Conference All-Star starters seem already determined with Kevin Durant (1,088,797), Dwight Howard (716,671), Blake Griffin (593,024) and Kobe Bryant taking the position. Chris Paul (651,893) still remains in a tight contest with Jeremy Lin (605,624 votes).
Two weeks still remain in the closing of the NBA All-Star ballot.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Conference starters also seem nearly set with LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony (1,054,099), Dwyane Wade (765,077) and Rajon Rondo (675,822) appealing as the clear contenders. Kevin Garnett (390,751) is still being closely tailed by Chris Bosh (362,973).
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Timeless and unlikely to go out of style, alphabet art works for girls' or boys' rooms. Depending on the style, a lettered print can even feel at home in an adult apartment. Here are 12 options — some chic, some cute, and some classic.
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Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
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Learn to like people, even though some of them may be different…different from you.
Learn to like to work and enjoy the satisfaction doing your job as well as it can be done.
Learn to like the song of birds, the companionship of dogs.
Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.
Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.
Learn to keep your wants simple and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others.
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So they say - I've never seen anything except the trail right in front of my sled. I'm too scared to look around. I did one time and swore I saw red on the trees beside the trail. Maybe it was trail markers but I can't be sure.
As part of our Welcome to Michigan Package (put together by my husband), our family procured two beautiful snowmobiles. I won't tell you the brand because, evidently, it's quite the point of contention for serious sledders. The equivalent of "Dodge or Ford?" in the pickup truck world. Next thing you know, someone will slap one of those cartoon dudes peeing on my brand on my sled. Let's just say they are new, shiny and most importantly, I have a new matching jacket.
Please don't think I'm some kind of wuss, here. I drive a pretty fierce go-cart, knocked the new off a Gator at the ranch and tend to drive a car with speedy precision. (Oh hush. Those accidents were all while I was in reverse. Those don't count.) Put all that sassy-ness behind the handlebars of a mere snowmobile? Puh-leeese. Bring it on.
Bring on the thermals! Bring on the turtleneck! Bring on some more layers! Bring on the astronaut pants! Bring on the jacket! And the socks! And the boots! And the gloves! And the balaca-whatever-it's-called! And the titanium reinforced, air-flow ventilated, holy-crap-this-is-claustrophobic, $350 helmet! I am soooo ready to........ oh hell, I gotta pee.
Okay. Now I'm ready. Really, honey....
I climb on the back of our luxurious two-man rig. Ooooh! Hand warmers! Neato! And off we go! Off to see what mere mortals will never gaze upon. We are sledders - here us roar! (no really - they're really loud...)
The first thing you need to know is that, basically, you can't move because of all the gear. And you're head weighs about 17 pounds because of the Death Reduction Helmet. So every time you hit a bump and your head bobbles (and by "bobbles", I mean slams into the back of my husband.), you are compressing god-knows what and virtually insuring the eventual purchase of a Beemer by your chiropractor. So be it! God's Country! Pristine nature! uh huh...
At this point, I have to make a confession. I have wrecked every bicycle, dirt bike and Vespa I (and a few of my friends) have ever owned. I have the battle scars. The bikes are boogered up with road rash. I am like an episode of Jackass without the tattoos.
The fact is - I'm not a natural born Leaner. I don't know whether to lean with the turn or against it. It's not like I mind throwing my weight around, I'm just missing a gyroscope somewhere. Because of this deficit, I have a fear of being on the back of moving things I am not driving. In the South, we call it being "pumped". Guys call it "riding bitch". My therapist calls it "control issues". Whatever.
The next time we went out, I demanded to drive my own sled. It was a different color and I didn't have a matching costume, which put me out a little, but anything was better than letting someone else kill me. If I die, it will be by my own throttle, thank you very much.
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Profile: Numerologists declared 10/10/2010 an especially lucky day. And that's when Stone released 10.10.10, the latest in the brewery's Vertical Epic Ale series. It's a Belgian Strong Pale Ale, brewed with triticale (a cross between wheat and rye), German Perle hops, and chamomile, and then fermented with Ardennes Belgian yeast. Even more unusual, it's bottle-conditioned with a blend of Muscat, Gewurztraminer and Sauvignon Blanc grape juice. The result is a complex, full-bodied beer with a funky, fruity acidity, lots of lacy foam and a dry, wine-like finish. Stone suggests tasting one now and cellaring one to try on 12.12.12.
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A foundation for cosmetics: dry water and liquid marbles
By Catherine Whitby, University of South Australia
Do you buy expensive moisturisers in a bid to combat the ravages of age, or does catching a mid-afternoon whiff of your pits have you reaching for the roll-on?
We smear various lotions and potions on our skin every day and, while we might take note of their active ingredients, we may not consider how they're delivered.
Those ingredients are often expensive but in order to work, they need to remain suspended, separate to the lotion, until they come in contact with skin. How is this achieved?
Liquid marbles
Liquid marbles are one type of delivery vehicle for expensive ingredients in, for example, moisturisers and deodorants.
A drop of liquid is covered by a shell of "hydrophobic", or water-repellant, powder.
The shell protects the liquid from the outside world, so you can transport the liquid by rolling the drop along surfaces.
Liquid marbles were discovered by two French scientists, Pascale Aussillous and David Quéré in 2001.
They observed that if hydrophobic lycopodium powder spores are poured onto the surface of water, an object inserted into the water will come out covered with powder, but perfectly dry.
Stephen Fry demonstrates the properties of hydrophobic sand.
From this, Aussillous and Quéré realised that a powder-coated drop of water no longer sticks to surfaces. Instead it rolls and bounces.
A major problem for developing liquid marble products has been the limited number of powders hydrophobic enough to coat drops of common liquids.
This changed when the Australian scientist Karen Hapgood started to use liquid marbles to make capsules from powdered drugs. She found less hydrophobic powders, of drugs such as salicylic acid (which is also used in acne treatment), could at least partially coat drops of water.
This is what happens if you coat your finger in superhydrophobic powder and dip it in water.
Recently my colleague Rossen Sedev at the Ian Wark Research Institute and I showed how the particle wettability (the extent to which a liquid wets the particles) determines what happens when a liquid drop is mixed with powder. This will help people designing liquid marbles choose the best combination of powder and liquid.
Dry skin? Try dry water
Although liquid marbles were discovered in 2001, inventors already knew that large volumes of water could be mixed with some powders to produce a fluffy, apparently dry powder, called "dry water".
The first dry water patent was filed in 1968 by Evonik Degussa GmbH, a German chemical manufacturer, who then invented a new cream by mixing dry water with small amounts of oil.
Rubbing the cream into skin releases the water and leaves the finished makeup to be spread evenly in a matte finish.
It's almost oil-free and is found in cosmetics used by people with sensitive skins who avoid oily, emulsion-based foundations.
But practical applications for liquid marbles and dry water aren't limited to the cosmetic industry.
New applications
Liquid marbles are being developed by scientists excited by their potential to act as sensors.
The Israeli scientist Edward Bormashenko showed liquid marbles could be used to detect water pollution by solvents or petroleum.
A drop of water coated in fluoropolymer particles will float on a pool of water until the pollutant penetrates into the powder and breaks the shell apart.
The powder coating is also permeable to gas. Wei Shen filled powder shells with indicator solutions and showed that the liquid marbles can detect ammonia and hydrochloric acid gas.
You can coat liquids such as molten metals with a protective powder shell, and store dangerous chemicals and increase the rate of chemical reactions using dry water.
So next time you smooth your pricey moisturiser onto those fine lines and wrinkles, spare a thought for the ingredients released from their powdery prisons to work their magic on your skin.
Catherine Whitby acknowledges receipt of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. Her research has been funded by the Australian Research Council, University of South Australia, Australian Academy of Science (COST), FABLS Support Scheme for Emerging Research Projects, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NCNR).
This article was originally published at The Conversation. Read the original article.
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really interesting post about how cosmetics and moisturizers work…and also dry water. dry water
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They mean a nation. One way of dividing up a large, multi-national company is to do it by country.
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, with its 400 years of history, is home to many stories. Though the most recognized is retold each summer through the outdoor symphonic drama, The Lost Colony, the Civil War era also features prominently with the Battle of Roanoke Island and the Freedmen's Colony.
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What George Bush is Doing Now
What does the most unpopular President in history do on his last weekend in office? Party, of course. Here's his dance card:
Sunday, 6:30 PM: Dinner with Condi, the staffer who's "like a sister."
Sunday, 8:30 PM: Swing by a goodbye party with 600 of your closest employees.
Monday, 10 AM: Have tea at the White House with your replacements, the uber-popular Obamas.
Monday afternoon: Get escorted to your departure ceremony by the new guy.
What's next for the Bush crew? Book deals and unemployment checks.Bush will set up shop in Dallas and get cracking on his presidential library. He'll also bike and write a book because "I just can't envision myself, you know, the big straw hat and Hawaiian shirt sitting on some beach. Particularly since I quit drinking." He might get a rude awakening when he tries to rake in the cash with speaking engagements and book deals. Bill Clinton earned a whopping $90 million in the seven years after he left office -- Bush may not be so lucky. The publishing industry is in the tank and isn't likely to dole out a hefty advance to a guy who was disliked and not known for being either articulate or reflective.
As for speaking engagements, most of the companies that generally dole out huge sums to hear from retired presidents - the financial industry, mainly - are in dire straits or out of business because of the guy.
Dick Cheney is owed a pension worth an estimated $132,451 a year. Add that to the millions he raked in from Halliburton and you'd think the 68-year-old V.P. with heart problems would kick back at his Wyoming ranch and do whatever it is people do in Wyoming. Not so for old Dick. He wants to write a book because he's got "a few scores to settle." He's just that kind of guy.
Condoleezza Rice is heading back to her old haunts at Stanford University to pick up her academic career again. She's apparently house hunting in Palo Alto and flirting with publishers about writing her memoirs.Everyone else is just out of a job. When a president leaves office, it's a little like a company going out of business. Everyone gets their pink slips and few usually have jobs lined up. However, the Bush staffers are in a uniquely unfortunate position. They get to start pounding the pavement in a job market that resembles the Great Depression and a resume that ties them to the guy most people blame for the mess -- not necessarily a good look. The holdouts are two Justice Department appointees who didn't get the memo that they're boss left town. Typically political appointees dutifully hand in their resignation letters when their boss loses his job. But not these two. U.S. Attorneys Mary Beth Buchanan of Pittsburgh and Alice Martin of Birmingham didn't realize that things were heading south when Alberto Gonzales got the ax. Now that Bush is on his way out they're still profoundly clueless. What's so important that they can't leave? They've got Democrats to prosecute!
I hate these articles. Get a life people. Have some respect. Aren't you glad you live in a place where you won't be shot for saying such things? Freedom comes with responsibility.
Couldn't agree with you more Ginny. It really has become an implication that Bush was a bad president. That is not the case. As proof, all you moms ask your kids what they think of Mr. Bush? The likely response will be that he is a bad president, and they think Obama is the "cool" guy. Do these children have any clue what these political figures stand for? I think not. In fact, the democrat socialist way is fundamentally more idealistic and unattainable, and I believe that if the world was more educated toward our countries issues and disregarded such irrelevant characteristics like a man's skin color the United States would be a primarily Republican capitalist nation. Lets start thinking realistically.
Its time for the peopleon the left who ahve nothing but hate in there heart to get a life. You are in power now. you wanted it you got it. nowitstime to govern. The president( and yes i call him that, not like the way you disrespected former president bush) wants to bring us all togethor, but the hate is not comingfromthe left. its coming from the right. i opray we are notattacked again and that we all remain safe. for the last 7 years youshould have been thanking president bush for that. you did not. i pray that president Obama has the wisdom to do the same
Apparently, you were not around when Jimmy Carter was president. Ole' Jimmy was definately
the "worst" and "unpopular" president of all time.
Guess what ? He still is. That is one title that old
Jimmy will never shake. Never. How long was he in
the white house. Oh yeah, . . only 4 years. We, the american public, voted his dumb a$$ out. Sorry to tell you the truth but you are wrong. Ole' Jimmy Carter was the worst. Enjoy.
I'm not US citizen. But I could not understand, how Americans call him as bad president after majority of them voted for him, TWICE! If anybody to blamed for his mistakes, it is YOU the Americans voted for him.
OH yes, Dear LORD will all you Bush people just give it a rest. He had 8yrs to promote your issues and he did and look at the results, And boy you should thrilled, he was a weapon of mass destruction all by himself.
I found this article to be quite interesting, I never really thought about what happened to all the people who worked for an administration when their term is up. The author is right, this is a rough time to be looking for new sources of income, I guess many of them will be joining the rest of us in the unemployment lines.
Tom, you are absolutely right. Many of the readers have forgotten or have not lived through the Carter era. He is without a doubt the worst President in U.S. history IMO. Now, back to Bush…what most don't understand is that the President does not have sole authority. Greedy Democrats and Republicans got us out of this mess. The only way to truly forge ahead is to ignore the liberal bias and negative tone of the media and take back our country. Part of that means to be fiscally responsible for ourselves and not rely on government to bail us out b/c in the end we (the working folks) are the ones who foot the bill.
You nailed it Brandon! Though I think you meant that both parties got us INTO this mess. And. Yes. They BOTH did. Not one person.
Hate to be too overly concerned about accuracy on a reputable website such as this, but wasn't the inauguration on a Tuesday, not Monday? Sorry, I guess little things just bug me.
As for all of the bickering about how good or bad Bush was…I guess people are gonna think what they want to think. For what it's worth, I think anyone who is willing to put themselves through the meat-grinder we call the American Presidency deserves some gratitude and respect—regardless of their politics.
We are lucky to live in the US. Lets get on with life and show each other some respect!
Bush was an idoit!! Stop defending him. He'll get 400K for the rest of his life (pension). I don't feel sorry for him at all.
When 9 -11 happened and the President addressed the "World" he stated "This war would be fought differently. Like no other war. It would take a long time to win!"
What has happened to this country has taken more than 8 years to create and it will take more than 4 or 8 years to resolve.
"We the people" took our eye off of the ball" and the elected officials we placed into office "All Offices" took there eyes off of the ball.
All of you know the problems this country faces, I don't need to name them, but we do have to have faith that this President, will have the strength, hire the right people to keep there eyes on the ball, that all parties come together for the good of the country and trust that President Obama can over come the obsticles before him like the "House and the Senate".
I don't get any hate from this article. Only the posts below. I think both sides are haters and choose to be offended by anything in the media.
Like Brandon said…lets take responsibility for ourselves. We can't speak for bush or obama. They were having a tea party together…I don't see any hate there! The less we rely on the government the smaller it gets.
You are a numbskull if you think Bush caused the financial industry downfall. Their own greed did that. I've heard ignorance is bliss. Is it?
those of you who say obama is a socialist:
define socialism,
describe the history of socialism,
demonstrate how obama's approach to governance is similar to your definitions,
compare obama's approach to bush's,
explain why bush is not a socialist,
explain why obama's approach to governance is worse than bush's
explain what a better approach would be,
and use historical examples.
oh wait, can't do it?
sooorrry i overestimated your intelligence. so rude of me.
"Freedom comes with responsibility." Huh Ginny? The freedon to keep your mouth shut? The responsibility to do what your told? You make me want to puke.
I believe that history will show that President Bush was an excellent President and his policies as controversial as they may have been is what has kept our country safe. Every President has had their faults but it seems that the press and the opposition left have been unduly harsh on this man. Many people state that President Bush is hated throughout the world. This is simply untrue. He is not very popular in many parts of the world but is also loved by many too especially in Africa. Please stop hating and move on.
Our country is facing difficult times. Our new President has many serious issues to deal with and needs our UNdevided support, as bush was granted on 09/12/01 even though he was only "selected" president he was my President that day…he blew it even with his "co-president" helping him. Barbara Bush was the only bush I had any respect for and now I feel like she should be compelled to attend "Parenting Classes" for the rest of her life given the miserable job she did instilling values and raising her spawn. NO bush EVER IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION AGAIN! Send the criminals to The Hauge!
President Bush did what he had to. He was in office during a tough time for America. Blaming him for anything is horribly wrong. I assure you he will go down as better president than Obama will.


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This restaurant is packed most nights with travellers who flock to enjoy ABC's BBQ special (RM20), a tantalising array of freshly caught fish, prawn or squid. For less adventurous eaters, chicken will have to do. Beer is available.
This restaurant is packed most nights with travellers who flock to enjoy ABC's BBQ special (RM20), a tantalising array of freshly caught fish, prawn or squid. For less adventurous eaters, chicken will have to do. Beer is available.
This big, busy Chinese coffee shop spills out onto the street in the evenings, with several vendors selling a mix of Chinese and Malay dishes. Big-screen TVs, music and endless crowds make for a lively atmosphere.
Traditional meets contemporary at this appealing two-level space serving Malay staples such as laksa and nasi lemak with a contemporary twist. Live jazz is also performed on Wednesday 8pm to 10pm.
This cool Malaysian restaurant located off Jiugulou Dajie is in a cleverly converted courtyard house at the entrance to Doufuchi Hutong. The minimalist bar opens into a narrow dining area that has a temporary roof during winter, but is open in summer so you can dine under the stars and satellites. It's a popular spot for dates. The food is classic Malaysian.
Open-air stalls selling all manner of local dishes line the T-shaped alleyway here, which links Jln Siu Chin, Jln Meldrum and Jln Wong Ah Fook, and which heaves with customers come early evening. Many of the stalls are Muslim-run, so don't expect to be able to sink a beer with your meal. Wash it down instead with a fresh coconut.
Cheap, tasty dishes to look for include superb laksa (available from about 7am to 4pm), Chinese-style mee sapi (beef noodle soup), red kolo mee (noodles with sweet barbecue sauce), tomato kueh tiaw (another fried rice-noodle dish) and shaved ice desserts (ask for 'ABC' at stall 17). An ideal spot for breakfast before boarding the bus to Bako National Park.
British Malay cuisine, as interpreted by Hainanese chefs of yore, is on the menu at this pukka restaurant in the heritage wing of the Majestic.
Considering the surroundings – located next to the former Sultan's palace (now the Malay Heritage Centre) and inside the beautiful house of the former bendahara (an important administrative position in pre-colonial Malay kingdoms) – this place is surprisingly informal.
If you've never tried Malaysian cooking, it's like a mix of Thai and Indonesian with a bit of Indian thrown in, redolent with chilli, lemon grass, garlic and dried prawns.
Specialising in some east coast peninsular Malaysian dishes such as nasi kerabu (blue rice), this is the place to dine inexpensively on the main Kampung Baru restaurant strip. Take your pick of items from the buffet along with rice, sit down and the waitstaff will come to take a drink order and tally up your bill.
This culinary outpost from south of the border exudes a casual cafelike atmosphere, and authentic teh tarik (Malaysian-style sweet tea) and roti canai (a crispy pancake served with a lentil dip) make it a clever locale for an air-conditioned break.
Secreted away on the 8th floor of one of Huaihai Rd's numerous shopping malls is this authentic Malaysian option. Join the throng of office workers crowding into the lift and ascend to some stellar Southeast Asian flavours: sample classics such as rendang beef (slow cooked with coconut milk), chilli-flecked laksa (coconut curry noodle soup), chicken satay and fish curry.
Providing a ringside view of the feathered inhabitants of KL Bird Park, this slick restaurant and cafe offers very good food without gouging the tourists too much. Go local with its nasi lemak (rice boiled in coconut milk, served with fried anchovies and peanuts) and fried noodles or please the kids with fish and chips or the homemade chicken or beef burgers.
This longstanding and tidy restaurant does tasty versions of Indian-Muslim (also known as Mamak) faves. Think rich nasi beryani , huge murtabak (roti filled with pieces of mutton, chicken or vegetables) and an intimidatingly large fish-head curry – all of which should ideally be accompanied by the delicious house mango juice, here supplemented with lychee.
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This hugely popular nocturnal eatery specialises in lok lok , skewers (eg of fish, prawn, cuttlefish or bean curd; RM1.50 to RM2 each) that are either boiled or deep fried and eaten with sweet, sweet-and-sour, belacan or satay sauce. Also serves rojak and traditional mains such as curry chicken. Ideal for a late – or late-late – meal.


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Leading the way is senior quarterback and defensive back Patrick Porter, who is projected to play on the defensive side of the football at the next level. After a full season of recruiting, the 5-foot-11, 169-pounder is ready to end the process.
"I will announce my college decision Friday, January 10 at 10:00 a.m. (CST) at the Paul W. Bryant High School library," he said Monday.
Three schools -- Minnesota, Washington State and Miami (Fla.) -- remain among his list of double-digit scholarship offers.
"They have all been recruiting me the hardest from the start," Porter said. "That's why there are my top three."
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Washington State: "Washington State is graduating six DBs, so I feel like I got a good chance of going in and battling for a spot."
Minnesota: "Minnesota is looking to sign three DBs in my class and they said I'm one of the guys they would like to get. My position coach, Coach [Jay] Sawvel, recruits me hard, we talk just about every day. They have a great coaching staff up there."
Miami: "Miami runs the same defense as I do at school, so I would already know what to do if I decided to go. It would put me ahead of the other guys."
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