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Wall Street kicked off December in the loss column on disappointing U.S. manufacturing data and continued budget drama in Congress. All but one major sector ended in the red.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 60 points, or 0.46%, to 12966, the S&P 500 dipped 6.7 points, or 0.47%, to 1409 and the Nasdaq Composite declined 8 points, or 0.27%, to 3002. The FOX 50 slumped 4.9 points to 1042.
The markets are looking to post solid yearly gains with just a month to go before closing the year out. The S&P 500, considered one the best broad-market barometers, was up 12.1% year-to-date as of Monday's close.
On Monday, the only sector to eke out a gain was telecommunications. The biggest loser by a wide margin were materials and industrial stocks -- both seen as especially sensitive to economic fluctuations.
Trader's said the looming fiscal cliff -- a powerful punch of spending cuts and tax hikes set to go into effect at the beginning of 2013 -- is expected to garner much attention. Indeed, the saga continued on Monday, with leading Republicans in Congress saying in a letter could not agree to President Obama's budget proposal, calling it 'neither balanced nor realistic.' The letter outlined reforms they see as necessary for averting the fiscal cliff.
However, this week, the spotlight may also be shared by several important economic reports, capped with the all-important monthly jobs report on Friday.
Manufacturing in the Spotlight
The focus on the day was the global manufacturing sector.
The Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Index declined to 49.5 in November from 51.7 in October, suggesting the U.S. manufacturing sector slipped into contraction territory. Economists expected a reading of 51.2, which would have indicated a slower rate of expansion.
China's manufacturing sector expanded for the first time in 13 months in November, according to a closely-eyed report from HSBC. Fears that the world's No. 2 economy could be in for a so-called hard landing in which growth cools rapidly have caused worries among some economists; although it appears accommodative monetary and fiscal policies out of Beijing may be helping to avoid that scenario.
"This confirms that Chinese economy continues to recover gradually," Hongbin Qu, the bank's chief economist for China said in the report. He reckons the economy will grow at a pace of 8% in the fourth quarter as "as the easing measures continue to filter through."
Meanwhile, the manufacturing sector in the embattled eurozone showed modest signs of recovery. It contracted at a slower pace in November than the month before. Despite the modest improvement, manufacturing still shrunk in the 17-member currency bloc's four biggest economies, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, highlighting the notion that the crisis is not limited to the periphery. Manufacturing in the U.K., which is part of the European Union but not the eurozone, also contracted at a much slower pace than in October, and came close to expansionary territory.
Also on the European front, Spain made a formal request for rescue funds for its banking sector, according to a report from Reuters. The news service said disbursement is expected on December 12. Eurozone finance ministers were also meeting to finalize the terms of Greece's next bailout installment.
In corporate news, Singapore Airlines revealed that it is interested in selling its 49% stake in British carrier Virgin Atlantic. Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) was mulling a takeover, according to multiple news reports, citing unnamed sources close to the matter.
Commodities markets were mixed. The benchmark crude contract rose 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $89.09 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline dipped 0.14% to $2.727 a gallon. In metals, gold gained $8.40, or 0.49%, to $1,721 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.25% to 2582, the English FTSE 100 edged up by 0.08% to 5871 and the German DAX climbed 0.4% to 7435.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 ticked up 0.13% to 9458 and the Chinese Hang Seng sold off by 1.2% to 21768.


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As someone who has neither a defined pension plan nor a government provided plan, I am totally fed up with the budget and debt ceiling battles in Washington ("Opening round in funding fight," Sept. 20). Like millions of Americans, my previous employers provided me with a 401k plan which means I must self-direct my retirement planning. Yes, I have a financial planner, but even he is at a loss in developing a solid financial plan when one has very little idea what the idiots in Washington will do this fiscal go around.
Like other 401k and Individual Retirement Account owners, my retirement funds took a hit during the financial crisis. I don't want to ever experience that again. But what's happening today? Some in Congress are threatening to hold the debt ceiling increase hostage to their other demands. This continued brinkmanship unsettles the markets, which has a negative impact on our retirement funds. What would happen were the government to actually default is even scarier.
The more Washington plays this almost annual game of "who blinks first," the better the chance becomes that no one blinks at some point and default does happen. The impact will be devastating, not only to businesses but to those like myself who will find their retirement funds hit, again.
I have had enough! Stop acting like a bunch of undisciplined two-year olds and allow me, and millions of other Americans, to be secure in the knowledge our finances are safe.
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A Twoll is a humanoid unit. Twolls share the same articulation problem as dwagons, gobwins, and spidews.
One notable twoll is Bogroll. Another named twoll is Zhopa.
Twolls appear to come in one eyed (like Bogroll) and two eyed (like Zhopa) varieties.
Fabrication is a Natural Ability of all Twolls.
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Bogroll created a breastplate for Parson. Bogroll crafted the armor at the forge.Erf-b1-p036-p4 as well as presenting the armor to Parson Erf-b1-p037-p3 Indeed, it seems that equipping others (just Warlords or others also?) is part of his job as henchman.Erf-b1-p037 Later, Zhopa created a picnic basket out of an ordinary basket for Parson, and he implied that he could create more than that (e.g. chairs).Erf-b1.5-p023 Another twoll fabricated a pith-helmet analog for Maggie.Erf-b1.5-p025
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So far the only side seen using twolls is Gobwin Knob.Erf-b1-p077a
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Bosh rises to sink Blazers | Smith lashes out at Cheeks | Clippers interested in Bynum? | Wolves back to .500
No. 1: Bosh rises to sink Blazers — On a night the Miami Heat were looking to avoid consecutive losses for the third time this season, LeBron James sat out with a groin injury and Dwyane Wade didn't have it going. But there was the often overlooked member of the Big Three, Chris Bosh, an All-Star in his own right, standing by to save the day. The Heat's power forward outplayed LaMarcus Aldridge, posting 37 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds to beat the Portland Trail Blazers, the West's No. 1 team. In the final huddle Heat coach Erik Spoelstra drew up a play, but Bosh overruled it, wanting to take the 3, and Spoelstra smartly rolled with it. After Bosh drilled the shot, the Heat bench, including James, erupted and showered Bosh with a wild celebration that revealed how big that win was and how much Bosh's teammates enjoy seeing him succeed.
Ethan Skolnick of Bleacher Report provides the details:
"My call at the end of the game was much more conservative," Spoelstra said, after the Heat's 108-107 victory. "I drew something up to get him on the move, and he said no, I want it for three."
Bosh wanted the extra space, especially since he knew his momentum would take him away from the hoop anyway.
He wanted the extra point too.
"I told him I wanted to go for the jugular," Bosh said.
"So he overruled it and became a prophet," Spoelstra said. "Why did I even diagram something else for him? I mean, he already hit two threes. He was feeling it, he wanted it, and as soon as he said it, I said, 'Yeah, that makes sense.' It was much better than what I had planned."
It was. So much better.
Norris Cole inbounded to Dwyane Wade from the left side, with Mario Chalmers running Damian Lillard down the baseline from right to left, while Ray Allen occupied Mo Williams' attention on the left wing. It was similar to the previous play, in which Allen's screen freed Wade for a slam.
Bosh set a brush screen—and this time, Aldridge left him to help Nicolas Batum chase down Wade.
"My job was to drive his man to me," Wade said.
It went just as they planned.
"It didn't really go exactly like that," Wade said.
OK, it didn't. Wade lost the handle briefly, before chucking the ball behind him on one bounce, fortunate that Williams didn't budge.
"He threw a crazy pass a little bit, I'm not going to lie," Bosh said. "But I was able to see it, nobody was in the vicinity, so I didn't have to rush, and I was able to lock into the goal the whole time."
Bosh collected it with his left side touching the three-point line, backing up, stepping in and launching from 26 feet with 2.6 seconds left.
With 0.5 seconds left, it fell through.
No. 2: Smith lashes out at Cheeks — The Detroit Pistons were on the verge of hitting .500, but have now lost four of five and two in a row, blasted on back-to-back nights by Orlando and then at Washington on Saturday. And now the Pistons have the first signs of internal conflict brewing with big free-agent acquisition Josh Smith unhappy about being benched for the entire second half and suggesting that coach Maurice Cheeks called him out for not playing hard. As David Mayo of MLive reports:
Josh Smith didn't play the second half of a 106-82 blowout against the Washington Wizards, the second time head coach Maurice Cheeks has made that decision this season.
This time, Smith suggested Cheeks called him out for not playing hard, and that he took "real offense" to the accusation.
Smith also was benched the second half of a Nov. 12 game at Golden State.
"Like I told y'all before when we had this conversation, when you hit adverse times, characters are gonna be tested," Smith said. "It's either that we're gonna come closer together and make it all one team, or are you gonna use a scapegoat to get away from what's really at hand?"
What's really at hand is the Pistons (14-18) have lost four of five, bombed in a two-game road trip against sub-.500 teams this weekend, and now have their first hint of internal upheaval.
How long it lasts remains to be seen.
Asked if Smith will start Monday's home rematch with the Wizards, Cheeks replied, "I assume he will. I don't know why he wouldn't. We'll wait until that next game gets there."
Smith said he isn't inclined to have a personal discussion with Cheeks about their disagreement before the next game.
"To me, it's over with," Smith said. "But you know, some people hold grudges longer than others. I don't know. I don't know. I'm not saying that he (Cheeks) does. I don't know.
"But I'm not the type of person that really likes to go all the time in the coach's office and have one-on-one sitdowns. I'm more of a team morale guy, worrying about what we can do, as far as teammates are concerned, to make ourselves more successful."
No. 3: Clippers interested in Bynum? — The former Lakers big man, troubled by knee injuries and possibly a lack of desire to play at the highest level, was suspended indefinitely by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday for conduct detrimental to the team. Reports have the Cavs eager to deal Andrew Bynum. The Clippers, in need of frontline support behind center DeAndre Jordan and power forward Blake Griffin, could be one team interested in trying to make it work with the troubled 7-footer who had not long ago put himself in the discussion alongside Dwight Howard as the league's top center. Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times breaks it down:
The Clippers would have interest in Bynum if he was released by the Cavaliers, according to several NBA executives who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
But according to one Eastern Conference executive, the Clippers would have competition for Bynum because the Miami Heat also would have interest in the seven-footer.
The Clippers have the NBA-maximum 15-player roster and would have to waive a player if they were to sign Bynum, who is still only 26.
The Cavaliers signed Bynum to a two-year, $24-million deal over the summer. But only $6 million of Bynum's $12.2-million contract for this season is guaranteed if he is waived before Jan. 7.
The Eastern Conference executive said it's possible Bynum will be released by the Cavaliers in early January if they can't trade him so the team is not on the hook for the last $6 million Bynum would be owed.
Bynum has averaged 8.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 20.0 minutes in the 24 games he has played with the Cavaliers. He had 18 points and six rebounds in 24 minutes when he started for the Cavaliers against the Clippers on Dec. 7
No. 4: Wolves back to .500 — It had been since Dec. 10-11 that the Minnesota Timberwolves had won consecutive games. A team expected to make the playoffs this season following last year's disastrous injury problems, the Wolves have yet to find any consistency and have lost late leads in multiple games. On Saturday night, they avoided a letdown on the second night of a back-to-back, blowing out woeful Milwaukee to get back to .500. They haven't won three in a row since starting the season with three consecutive victories. They'll get the chance to match their season-high win streak at home on Monday against the Dallas Mavericks, a team they handled twice in November. Kent Youngblood of the Minnesota Star Tribune has the story:
The message, at halftime, was something like this: Don't let it happen again.
The Timberwolves were winning against the lowly Bucks on the road Saturday night, but Milwaukee was getting too many easy baskets and points in the paint. This was feeling a bit too much like last week's game against the Lakers. Or the week before in Boston, when the Wolves had followed an impressive win with a listless loss.
Not to worry.
With Kevin Love leading the way, the Wolves scored the first 14 points of the third quarter and built their lead to as much as 31 late in the quarter at Bradley Center. That was enough to withstand some shoddy play by the bench to start the fourth quarter. The result was a 117-95 victory that ended a three-game road losing streak and put the Wolves (15-15) back at .500 with five of their next six games at home.
"We haven't played great in the second night of back-to-backs," said Love, who scored 33 points with 15 rebounds. He made four of six three-pointers and had six assists. It was his 10th consecutive game with 25 or more points, most in the league this season, and his fifth game with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds.
The Wolves, who won Friday against Washington, have won two in a row, sweeping both ends of a back-to-back for only the second time in eight tries this season. Love and center Nikola Pekovic (19 points, 11 rebounds) took advantage of a Bucks lineup missing 6-11 John Henson. Kevin Martin added 20 points and Corey Brewer had 12.
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Deron Williams' season keeps getting uglier as Nets get crushed by superior Pacers … Knicks hope to get Carmelo Anthony back for tough Texas road swing. … Bradley Beal makes welcome return 24 hours after limping off the floor and helps Wizards rout of Pistons … Nets center Brook Lopez will undergo foot surgery next Saturday


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And a bath, a nap, a facial...you get the picture.lt's been just over a month since our arrival to the country and during this time I have been pretty consistently snapping pics and/or painting, cleaning, unpacking etc. The result is a plethora of pictures, and a lack of time to post them and blog about it. I thought I would take advantage of these ten minutes of peace and do just that. It was post or bathe, you're welcome, cheers
Odds and ends from the last four weeks. A few of our lovely new kitchen pieces made from BC Fir. The pieces were taken from a deconstructed barge used in the Trent-Severn Waterway. A coffee grinder we scored at an antique store down the road, and a few of my kids, who are being very good sports about this adventure. Although my daughter does inform me at least once a day that she "wants to go home" to which my son yells "y'ar home"!
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Lying on a resume. Being deceitful to a boss. Stealing proprietary data/intellectual property. Embezzling company funds. All of these behaviors are, unfortunately, a workplace reality. In fact, many employees have no reservation about stealing electronic assets when they leave a job. Even more scary, data theft now outpaces the stealing of tangible assets in the workplace. Wouldn't it be great if you could prevent such incidents simply by hiring the most honest job candidates you can find? With the right tactics, this is possible, according to Denis Collins, author of Essentials of Business Ethics (Wiley/Available now). In his book, Collins outlines an extensive series of steps that CIOs and other managers can take to spot potential resume fibs and other character weaknesses that raise red flags. Managers need to "redesign the hiring process to help screen for employees who suffer from 'selective integrity,' " Collins says. "After an employer fires someone for theft, the natural question they ask is, 'How'd we even hire that guy?' Well, by changing your hiring practices, you can reduce the number of times you ever have to ask yourself that question again." Collins is a tenured professor of business at Edgewood College in Madison, WI, specializing in business ethics. Here are revealing statistics and advice for CIOs from his book:
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In their attempt to stay alive in the Western Conference playoff race, the Chicago Blackhawks secured two crucial points their last time out. The next two might not come as easily.
The Blackhawks look to sustain their postseason hopes and salvage a split of the season series with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night as the teams meet for the second time in five days.
|The Chicago Blackhawks are 4-2-1 since their four-game losing streak from March 7-12 and are hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2001-2002 season. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
Chicago (37-33-8), which last reached the playoffs in 2001-02, saw its current postseason aspirations take a hit after its four-game losing streak from March 7-12.
The Blackhawks, however, have since gone 4-2-1, including a 4-3 win at St. Louis on Saturday night to move within four points of Nashville, Vancouver and Edmonton for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West. Chicago has four games remaining, as do the Predators and Canucks. Edmonton has two games left.
Duncan Keith and Craig Adams each contributed a short-handed goal and an assist Saturday for Chicago, which prevailed despite allowing three third-period goals.
"It was a big win," Blackhawks coach Denis Savard said. "It keeps us in (the playoff chase). We came here to do a job, get two points and we got it."
The Blackhawks received another strong effort from Nikolai Khabibulin, who turned aside 31 shots to improve to 6-1-2 with two shutouts and a 1.69 goals-against average in his last 10 appearances.
He was able to bounce back after Wednesday's 4-0 loss at Columbus (34-33-11). Two of the Blackhawks' five shutout defeats this season have come against the Blue Jackets.
Chicago fell to 3-4-0 against Columbus in 2007-08, after splitting the eight-game series last season.
Khabibulin is 1-3-0 with a 3.28 GAA versus the Blue Jackets this season, but he is 3-0-0 with two shutouts and an 0.91 GAA in his last four home appearances. The Blackhawks play their next three games at the United Center before finishing the regular season at Detroit next Sunday.
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The Blue Jackets have been shut out twice in their last three games, including a 2-0 home defeat against Nashville on Friday. They couldn't score despite totaling a season-high 43 shots - three nights after they had 36 shots on net in a 3-0 loss to the Predators on the road.
"If you look back on it, we're not able to finish (against Nashville)," Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We just don't win the one-on-one battles in the offensive zone."
The Blue Jackets will look to Rick Nash, who leads the team with 38 goals and 67 points, to get their offense back on track. Nash has been kept off the scoresheet in two of his last three games, but has four goals and four assists in seven games versus Chicago this season.
In 31 career meetings with the Blackhawks, Nash has 17 goals and 35 points - his most against any opponent.
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The most dramatic improvement is that Jen can look at the lake through massive picture windows while she chops veggies.
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Established CBS drama "The Good Wife" managed to do something few shows well into their run can do: It got people talking.
Viewers spent four seasons following one firm, Lockhart/Gardner, and then, to quote the buzzy episode that gave the series a jolt in its current fifth season, things hit the fan. Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) broke free from the central law firm to start her own enterprise with Cary Agos (Matt Czuchry), ditching the partnership she had secured alongside her onetime flame Will Gardner (Josh Charles). The showdown had longtime viewers at the edge of their seat.
Husband-and-wife creators Robert and Michelle King were on deck Wednesday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena during CBS' panel with some of its drama show runners. In speaking of the often accelerated story lines that dramas have adopted to compete with their cable counterparts, Robert talked about the caution in shaking things up.
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"We only want to go some place where we think we have enough story to go there," he said. "The show is 'The Education of Alicia Florrick' — that can only happen with change."
The Kings noted that the drastic move got a thumbs-up from CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler.
"We sat across the table from her," Michelle recalled of the meeting. "And she said, 'Oh, my God, that's brilliant!' It could not have been more lovely."
The move has taken the show in a new direction. The resulting episodes have featured cases in which Lockhart/Gardner lawyers are pitted against those of Florrick/Agos. There will be less of that in coming episodes.
"A lot of it was the fun of playing off red team, blue team from last year," Robert explained. "But we can't live in that world [forever]. At a certain point you're repeating yourself. We're splitting off into other directions."
The season also saw Lockhart/Gardner expand to New York, taking on the name LG. But it's not the seeds of a spinoff, Robert insisted, rather it's an example of Will's coping process.
"We really felt that the Will Gardner character was going through a grief period he's in denial about," he said. "There's a frantic energy in him that I think Diane [Baranski] is correct to analyze as being an energy about him from being in this limbo for so long. Now he's making all these multiple choices that will hurt the firm."
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D-backs top prospect matches career high with 11 strikeouts
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | May 18, 2012 9:35 PM
MLB.com's No. 8 prospect tied a career high with 11 strikeouts and allowed one run on four hits over a career-best eight innings as the Reno Aces edged the Oklahoma City RedHawks, 2-1.
Bauer (1-0) carried a shutout into the eighth before allowing a leadoff homer to Landon Powell. He set down the next three batters, striking out the final two match the personal best he established on April 20 for Mobile.
"I'm happy the team got a win. It's always fun to win," Bauer said. "I always expect to win, I always hold myself to a high standard. I go out there and compete, no matter what level I'm at."
Selected third overall by the Diamondbacks in last year's Draft, Bauer ran into early trouble. He allowed one-out singles in the second to Scott Moore and Brett Wallace but struck out Brad Snyder and watched as Moore was caught trying to steal home. In the third, Brian Bixler doubled and took third on a wild third strike to Jimmy Paredes, but Bauer stranded him there by fanning Fernando Martinez.
The 21-year-old right-hander did not allow another hit until Powell's blast. He walked one, equaling a season low, and threw a career-high 113 pitches, 73 for strikes. Bauer had a feeling he'd pitch well in his first exposure to the Pacific Coast League, based on how he warmed up.
"I had a terrible bullpen before the game. It would have worried me more if I had a good one," he said. "For whatever reason, I'm better off when I have a terrible bullpen [session]."
Following his last start on May 19, Bauer spoke about how he was enjoying his time at Double-A Mobile. While he was happy to move up a level, he described the promotion as "a little bittersweet".
"We were heading off to a Jackson for a big series and I was looking forward to it, but whenever you get moved up it's a good thing," Bauer said. "There's parts about leaving that I'll miss, but I'm excited to be here in Reno with all my new teammates."
Despite the high pitch count, Bauer would have liked to get a chance to finish what he started.
"I was hoping to," the UCLA product said. "I love throwing complete games, but I had 113 pitches at that point, so I don't expect them to send me out there this early in my career; it's the manager's decision. I just try to do the best I can while I'm out there."
Reno held on for the win, thanks to center fielder Adam Eaton. The D-backs' No. 16 prospect threw Moore out at the plate with one out in the ninth, a play Bauer described as "huge."
"It's funny. I was charting with [Zach] Kroenke yesterday and I was just talking about how [Eaton] lives for throwing guys out in the outfield," Bauer said. "As soon as I saw he had a play on it, I had a good feeling about it because he has a good arm."
Strong debuts are nothing new for the California native. In his first pro outing for Class A Advanced Visalia last July 30, he tossed two scoreless innings. He followed that with five shutout frames on Aug. 14 in his Southern League debut. After Friday's gem for the Aces, Bauer was asked how many innings he might pitch in his big league debut.
"Maybe 12," he said with a laugh. "I just try to focus on pitching and controlling what I can control. Hopefully, it goes as well when I get a callup to the Majors."
Jonathan Albaladejo allowed one hit and recorded the final two outs for his seventh save.
Mike Jacobs hit a solo homer and Josh Bell delivered a run-scoring double, giving him 30 RBIs in 24 games with the Aces.
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Kuih Bangkit - a melt in the mouth cookie made with tapioca flour and coconut milk. It is one of the must have cookies during Chinese New Year in Malaysia. Traditionally, this cookie is shaped using a wooden mould with shell or animal shapes by pressing a small ball of dough into the mould then turn it out onto a baking tray. My modern cookie is made by rolling out the dough then cut with cookies cutter.
I baked this cookie at my mom's place, thanks CMG for letting me know the oven temperature and baking time. I made some with pink colour for mom, she likes pink and red for CNY goodies... typical Chinese thinking. Actually this is my second batch of kuih bangkit. I used different recipe for the first batch, which called for less amount of egg yolk and the result was not as good as I expected. I tried another recipe this batch, the result was promising - melt in the mouth.
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- 350g tapioca flour, pan-fried with scew pine leaves and cooled
- 5 screw pine leaves (pandan), washed and cut into 2" long
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large egg yolks
- 140g caster sugar
- 150ml concentrate coconut milk (pati santan, I used those in the box)
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- Red food colouring (optional)
- Sift flour together with salt. Divide flour into two portions, 270g and 80g. Set aside 80g for dusting purpose.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sugar till pale and fluffy then add in oil.
- Add in flour mixture (270g) in batches, alternate with coconut milk added with food colouring (if using). Knead briefly to form soft dough.
- Lightly dust the dough, then roll it out in between two sheets of plastic to about 1cm in thickness.
- Cut rolled dough with cookies cutter (≤ 3cm in diameter) and arrange shaped dough onto tray dusted with flour.
- Preheat oven at 170ºC and bake cookies for 15 to 20 minutes or until cookies are browned lightly at edges. Adjust the baking time if using smaller cookies cutter.
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(HumanityCritic drops his pants, gets his best hand lotion, and pops in a porno entitled "Santa Drawls", and says..."
HumanityCritic: Time to get the good old holiday spirit all over this towel!!
(As HC beats himself like his testicles had an expiration date on them, or like his genitalia owed him money, he fell asleep right at the part of the film where Santa and the elves start to gang-bang Mrs. Claus. He looks peaceful sleeping the way he is, kind of like a Norman Rockwell painting, that's if he wasn't gripping an erect penis.)
(Minutes later, HC is awakened to a loud rumbling sound, which at first he thinks is an earthquake, but finally he comes to the conclusion that its a burglar. HC quickly wipes the lotion off of his hands, grabs the loaded 380 off of his Mahatma Gandhi nightstand, and does some investigating. When he opens up the door to pump that unfortunate burglar full of lead, he is met with a gigantic smoke cloud and notices a crusty ass dead figure emerging from it.)
HC: Lord, help me!! Awww!(fires multiple shits into object) Take that motherfucker!!
Crusty Dead object: You are just wasting your bullets..
HumanityCritic: Who are you, and what do you want??
Mr. Mercer: It's your old boss, Elliot Mercer in the flesh..
HumanityCritic: Or not in the flesh. You're dead!!
Mr. Mercer: No shit, Really?? I thought my decayed body, my breath that smells like Lil Kim's crotch, and the insects that made a permanent home in my asshole were a dead giveaway!!
HumanityCritic: OK, what in the fuck do you want with me??
Mr. Mercer: I came here to tell you something very important.
HumanityCritic: Tell me what, the benefits of being worm food?
Mr. Mercer: Still the asshole I see, I hope that's working for you. No idiot, I really came to warn you, you don't want to end up like me do you??
HC: What are you talking about Mercer? You were the fucking man, continuous ass, people were scared shitless of you.. Didn't you die fucking???
Mr. Mercer: Hee-Hee, I sure did. Critic, that pretty young thing had an ass that you could balance a glass on man!! Uh-hem, that's not the point though. I did get more ass than a toilet seat, very true, but my biggest regret was not having anyone to truly love, no wife or kids to give my heart to.
HC: Bor-ing! Does death turn everyone into Pussies, spouting off dialogue from a goddamned Lifetime movie??
Mr. Mercer: Listen Jerk-off, when I died I angered so many people and burned bridges that there were only 5 people at my funeral and one was the preacher and two worked at the graveyard!! Why weren't you there??
HC: Well, I..
Mr. Mercer: You were in an emotional tailspin weren't you, not wanting to come to grips that your mentor passed, right?
HC: Actually, I didn't want to miss the opening of "Chasing Amy" to be totally honest.
Mr. Mercer: BASTARD!!!! Anyway, tonight you will be visited by three ghosts..
HC: Ghosts!! (reloading gun) 3 more motherfuckers like you??
Mr. Mercer: No, I'm a walking rotten ant farm. The ghosts will look as human as you, pull your skirt up.
HC: What kind of ghosts?? Like Dorothy Dandridge, that would be hot. Or Marilyn Monroe, she sure had a rack on her.(begins to pitch a tent)
Mr. Mercer: Fucking perv!! Don't worry what they'll look like, it will be relative to your interests and that god forsaken blog that you have. I'm outta here!!!
(Mr. Mercer disappears out of thin air, leaving the room smelling like 1000 ass-cracks. HC spends the next few minutes vacuuming Mr. Mercer's corpse flakes out of his carpet, and proceeds to light candles and burn incense to get that "Death ass" scent out of his crib. He then falls asleep)
(HC goes to see who is at the door)
HC:(Opens the door, wiping eyes): Wait a minute, what are you doing here??
Unidentified Man: You've seen enough renditions of this Charles Dickens tale to know who the fuck I am. I am the ghost of Christmas past!
HumanityCritic: Rakim?? (forcefully hugs Rakim) I'm your biggest fan man!!
Rakim: (pushing HumanityCritic off him) Let go of me you fucking stalker, you know we have a trip to take. Are you ready?
HC: Yeah, but like a breast reduction, let me get something off my chest first. (Grabs a soap box, stands on it, throws an arm around Rakim, and addresses the blog readers with the following Diatribe) Ladies and gentleman, this man right here is by far the greatest rapper of all time, hands down. I love Pac and Biggie, but anyone that puts those men above Rakim should be on the business end of a public caning, thrown in a Mexican prison, or some other random form of punishment that fits the idiocy spewed out by those unenlightened individuals. I don't give a flying fuck how many tribute albums Puffy or Death Row records can regurgitate, Rakim is by far, the greatest rapper of all time. You motherfucking got that??
Rakim: Are you done?
HC: Yep.
Rakim: I appreciate the love but we gotta go!
(Suddenly a 75 pinto arrives in front of HC's house)
Rakim: You all set?
HC: Hey, I thought by the shitload of Christmas movies that I have seen in my day, that we were supposed to magically arrive and witness one of my old Christmases. What's up with the hooptie?
Rakim: The company I work for is simply out of funds dude, when we did this same thing for Dick Cheney last year it put us in the hole big time. Just get in and shut up, the ride isn't that bad. Got any gas money??
HC: Jesus, yeah..
(After a severely bumpy ride, with the vehicle being flipped in various directions, the 75 pinto arrives in Virginia Beach Virginia, 1983)
Rakim:(Stepping out of the car) We're here!
HC:(stumbling out of the car, throwing up) Blaaaaaaa..
Rakim:(Shaking his right foot) Watch the Puma's you asshat!! Take a look around, this is your old hood.
(They both walk around HC's old neighborhood)
HC:(pointing) That's my friend Bobby's house, we were tight as kids. That is Ms. Davidson's house, I remember after I cut her grass one summer she made me touch her breasts.
Rakim:(squinting) OK
HC:(pointing) Right there is Ms. Thompson's old house, she gave me 20 dollars once to wash her car with my shirt off. (pointing in a different direction) Right there is Ms. Shirley's house, she one time touched my..
Rakim: Enough with the molestation stories!! You are in therapy right?
HC: Yeah
Rakim: Good, here's your house.
(They both look into HC's old house, where they see him as a happy 10 year old opening presents amongst his family)
HC: Oh shit, I remember this Christmas, there I am getting a shitload of He-Man men!!
Rakim: I always thought He-Man played for the pink team honestly.
HC: Sure he did, the leather and skimpy outfits, but you are talking to a guy who still listens to Culture Club and digs show tunes.(Looks back in the window) There is my sister, brother, my mom, where's my pop at?
(HC's father comes in the room, pissed that he just stepped on a homoerotic action figure)
Father: Goddamn you HC, I didn't buy those toys for you to leave them lying around everywhere you stupid son of a bitch! You know what, you ain't ever going to be shit, you're worthless!! Go to your fucking room before I hit you in the face with this belt!
(Rakim and HC see the 10 year old version of HumanityCritic run off to his room)
Rakim:(Turning to HC) You ain't going to cry are you??
HC:(smirking) Of course not,(pounds chest) I'm all man baby!! (turns around and wipes a tear)
Rakim: It's OK, like a prostitute who gives Santa free blow-jobs each year for gifts, Christmas left a bad taste in your mouth. Over the years you have tried to act festive, but secretly you loathed Christmas and we have to change that. We gotta get back.
(The Pinto arrives and they head back to HC's house)
Rakim: This is where I say Goodbye, there will be two more ghosts appearing tonight so be looking out for the doorbell!!
HC: OK(Throws arm around Rakim and turns to the blogging Universe) Greatest Rapper Of all Time, I don't give a fuck how many Biggie and Tupac albums come from the depths of people's ass. The best!
Rakim: Should I get a restraining order?? But thanks.(Turns to the blog world) Be looking out for my next album, I am the ghost of Christmas past but I ain't dead motherfucker!!
(After Rakim leaves, HC sits on his couch and begins to smoke a very big spliff. He figures that the whole experience will be better high. Then all of a sudden someone starts knocking on his door like they lost their motherfucking mind, screaming "Open up bitch!")
HC:(opening door) Have you lost your fucking mind,... Shit, you are the ghost of Christmas present?
End of Part 1


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Brandon Roy's retirement from the NBA looks like it might only last one season.
The former Portland Trail Blazers All-Star is apparently headed back to the league, with a host of teams interested in acquiring his services for the 2012-013 season and beyond.
The Bulls, Mavericks, Pacers and Timberwolves are all, according to Yahoo! Sports, among the teams doing their due diligence to investigate Roy's readiness for action. And they are not alone:
Roy's recovery from chronic knee problems has been recently spurred by undergoing the platelet rich plasma therapy procedure that Lakers star Kobe Bryant popularized with NBA players, sources said. The blood spinning procedure gave profound relief to the knees of Bryant, Tracy McGrady and baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
The Golden State Warriors have also expressed strong interest with Roy. The Warriors' general manager, Bob Myers, was Roy's agent with the Wasserman Media Group.
After Portland doctors pushed Roy to stop playing in 2011, the Blazers used the league's new amnesty provision to pay him the remaining $63 million on his contract and made Roy a free agent. He's been working out for several months and planning a return.
Pacers executive Kevin Pritchard made a draft day deal for Roy in 2006 as Blazers GM, and his relationship could play a pivotal part in Indiana's recruitment of Roy, sources said. Roy trusts Pritchard, and values the fact that he brought him to Portland. Nevertheless, Roy hasn't begun the process of narrowing his list of possibilities. After Thursday's draft, more teams could express interest in him.
Roy played five often fabulous seasons for the Blazers, where he became a two-time All-Star and one of the NBA's best and most popular young players. The chronic knee injuries started to take a toll in his final two seasons, and Roy struggled to play 47 games in the 2010-11 season before Portland used the amnesty clause after the lockout. In his five seasons, Roy averaged 19 points per game.
The year off for Roy has probably been more beneficial than anything else he could have done for his knees. And if the procedure he had does anything close to what it did for Bryant, who played like an ageless wonder this season, the team that winds up with Roy could end up getting the steal of the summer.
I watched him play spectacular basketball, in flashes, during his final playoff campaign with the Trail Blazers. If he can provide that sort of mercurial play — even if it comes off the bench in his next stop — some team will have a rare find on their hands.
If Roy is still capable of scoring anywhere from 16-20 points a night in a reserve role, he could join his best friend, fellow Seattle native and former Trail Blazers shooting guard Jamal Crawford, as one of the best sixth men in the league.


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Japanese scientists and medical researchers say they have successfully tried out what they believe to be the world's first free-moving, fin-equipped capsule camera small enough to be swallowed and swim through the human digestive tract.
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SandyJKJ needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Diapers Unlimited DyDee Service
40 yr old business, eco-friendly, provides weekly delivery of clean cloth (cotton) baby diapers (& picks up dirty diapers). We are promoting our product as 1) Healthier for baby 2) Better for environment. Cotton diapers are "reusable" (up to 100 times, then recycled as rags) where as disposables are single-use. See attachment of brochure cover also. Old image was attached to a lot of work by parents; the new image is that cotton is just as easy and convenient as disposables but better for baby and environment. We can accept a logo that doesn't include all the letters in the name, but it has to promote recognition. MUST stay away from the cotton symbol aready in use with the tag "the fabric of our lives".
1) Young couples having their first child
2) grandparents (that also used cloth and want to "gift" our service
3) eco-friendly people that influence others to use cloth instead of disposables to help save the environment.
Simple, memorable, timeless, versatile, appropriate, works with company name (and hopefully what we do). For example the Johnson's Baby logo suggests baby products without showing the whole baby. Once we get going I can give you more feedback.
Will be used on printed materials, billboards, videos, website, etc. Will need files that can be re-sized and maintain quality also need file in black & white with transparent background.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
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Title: USA: and what is happening in it?
Post by: zuma on Aug 17, 2009, 12:02 PM
Hi Group,
Gosh I am really wondering what is happening in the USA. Beyond the fact that Obama as a Black person has been elected President which is obviously igniting all the mushrooming craziness of a relatively small percentage of the population, the current issue of his efforts to overhaul the health care industry seems to have created a kind of trench warfare between not only these crazies but the Corporations themselves. I have been looking at the transits to the USA chart, the one that Wolf chose to use with the Gemini Rising, and it appears pretty darn scary to me. Right now the transiting Saturn in almost on top of it's Neptune in Virgo which of course reflects this health care crisis in the USA, and the current craziness that seems to be happening around this. That is also Obama's Mars. Besides that the Pluto transit is it's 8th house, and opposed it's Venus, Jupiter, and later it's Sun. It just had a Mars return in Gemini in the 1st as well, the Mars transit moving with Lucifer to boot. If this were not enough it has also just experienced a reverse of it's Natal Nodes: it's natal nodal axis being S.Node in Aquarius, N.Node in Leo. The Pluto transit is now balsamic to it's natal position as it's Pluto return is beginning to happen even though it remains quite a few years away. And, lastly, if we look at Geodetic Equivelents, the Pluto transit has crossed the West Coast is is moving across the entire continent for many, many years to come.
So I am wondering, from an EA point of view, if we can discuss what all this means, and what the future looks like for the USA ?
Title: Re: USA: and what is happening in it?
Post by: Bradley J on Aug 18, 2009, 12:51 PM
Great questions and observations!
And to add one more, it is of interest that in the history of this country, it is just recently that mars had stationed retrograde by progression.
This always seemed really significant to me in the sense it is the first time our mars has not been direct.
We all here may agree on this need to turn our energy inward and focus on our own issues as a nation of people.
In light that this occurs at the end of our first pluto cycle, hmmm....
Title: Re: USA: and what is happening in it?
Post by: Bradley J on Oct 03, 2009, 05:07 PM
With the retrograde progression of mars underway on the waning balsamic pluto phase and entering this similar T-square signature that ushered in the "Great Depression"-
I was riding to work today thinking about all the people in need. Filling the food banks will not solve this situation. We are talking about housing and hunger-and about a role in this society/culture/community.
With the retrograde mars, I am really thinking that another war wouldn't even work this time(as in the case of the end of the great depression).
Anyway, that would be an awful "solution".
From an EA perspective, i was thinking "what is going on?" besides seeing people on the street corners in need, besides the no longer ignorable displaced have nots-
First, I decided we are collectively approaching, as a nation, a crisis point. Scary, yes, but also transformative. Pluto as an inconjunct to the north node as the cardinal T-square forms-
We need, seemingly, a solution that will not be a bandaide-a real solution for a crumbling nation-
No, of course, I don't have such answers, but from the EA perspective, I began to see the positve side of a bleek potrait of the nation-this critical mass in need of health care, housing, food, heat, basic survival stuff, and more importantly, a functional role in society where these needs are met thru this, THIS is the Crisis we need for this nation to change-or will the upper echelon milk us til they have the last penny and fly the coop of a new "3rd world country"?
Title: Re: USA: and what is happening in it?
Post by: adina on Oct 16, 2009, 09:14 AM
Sorry it took me so long to get to this, but I think some good questions have been raised, and I'd like to ask Rad, Deva, et al, about the current (and future) situation in light of a post Wolf made after the attacks on 9/11, after which we had an extended discussion about America's "fall from grace" on the original message board.
Here's a later question, with an answer by Wolf.
(Q): The u.s. pluto in capricorn; that one day our nation will fall from grace and become simply one nation among many (as opposed to the superpower we now are). Could this possibly occur when pluto transits the u.s. pluto in capricorn in the next 20 years or so? Is it too early to tell what the timeline is for the u.s. finally realizing equality with other nations?
(A): It is already underway in many ways, and will continue via a variety of earth scenarios, political scenarios, and disease scenarios .. all leading to that effect .. the timing of course being the pluto transit relative to the u.s natal pluto ... as it increases toward a pluto return
It's become even more evident that the U.S. has been sliding in how it treats the majority of its population, but also, as Bradley pointed out, to becoming another 3rd world country. Unless something drastic happens, it appears that the US will continue to slide toward ACTUAL 3rd world "status." Could the Pluto return itself "seal,' or REFLECT that designation? I ran the Pluto return chart for Philadelphia, since that was the location for the inception of the US. Pluto return is Feb. 20, 2022; 11:52PM EST.
Title: Re: USA: and what is happening in it?
Post by: Rad on Oct 16, 2009, 01:02 PM
Hi Adina,
One thing I would like to point out that will occur as the Pluto returns to itself in the U.S.A, along the way, is the Pluto in Capricorn and it forms squares to Uranus in Aries over a series of years. And within that of course the fact that Pluto will be in the U.S.A's 8th house, and also oppose the Cancer planets in it's 2nd House. In terms of a 'modern' parallel consider that when you had your Great Depression in the 30's Pluto was then in Cancer and squaring Uranus in Aries at that time. Of course in the context of your country this implicates your form of Capitalism. And the consequences to the entire country and it's people because of that form. Look what has recently happened in your country because of that form.
So for those that wish to look at this please consider the above transits.


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Christine L needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 209 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Christine Lasher Photography
I am a lover of photography who is trying to launch my business in earnest after urging by many over the past decade. My ultimate goal is to take the unexpected photograph that has a profound impact on the world. My more immediate goal is to change the life experience of my clients by allowing them to see themselves and the world we share through my unique lens.
Words that describe my photographs and the way in which I work include passionate, inviting, natural, unselfconcious, and real. I "see" people, things and places differently - use of angles, colors, themes; capturing emotions and raw, real moments are what I do best.
My photography has been used on the front page of the local newspaper to advertise theatre events. I have been sought after for commissioned landscape work and given creative license by these clients to find a "mood" or a "feeling" in nature and to capture it just for them. People fascinate me and I feel challenged and motivated at the thought of capturing the essence of them with just the limited use of this tool we call a light box.
I'm a single mother of four great kids who want me to succeed. I wear cowboy boots to every shoot but within minutes find myself barefoot with a high ponytail. I love being in the zone...loose with my camera and an idea.
My logo should be simple and easy to remember. Understated but beautiful. Just me.
My audience is varied but I will highlight a few examples.
Theatre - local theatre shoots for pre-production shots to be used in print ads, Playbills and TV spots.
Portraiture - individual and families, High School and college seniors, engagement photos, children and infants
Landscape - assorted commissioned work, all seasons, all locations
Sports - varied sports including equestrian events, NASCAR, youth sports (e.g. youth softball, track) and large format events (e.g. national cheer tournaments, etc.)
Looking for alternate design ideas. I would like all artists, based on my general overview above to submit original designs outside of my requirements stated below to give me an idea about things that perhaps I HAVEN'T yet considered! Giving you creative license. Just bear in mind...understated, beautiful, passionate, clean, simple, easy to remember...and let me see what you create for me.
** My original requirements were...
I envision my name on one row "Christine Lasher" (with the designed logo between the two names) with the word "Photography" beneath. Font for this should be a very delicate and slender print...NOT script for these letters [Note: I attached some sample logos that mimics this look...sample 1 is closest for this part]
One thought was to have a colored square in the middle with the capital initials "C" and "L" in it. These letters should be in some form of script with the "C" to the upper left in the box and the lower portion of the "C" becoming the upper curve on the "L" which would be situated to the lower right. [Note: I hand drafted an example to explain what I am after here. One has the letter A which is my middle initial. One thought is the convert this to a tripod with a camera in the center of the logo?.]
The box should be a pleasant color. I like the colors of sunrise...particularly something in the blue/green family. Another option would be coral. The lettering should be white inside the box which itself will be a solid color. For the portions of the letters that spill outside of the box (and I would like some portion to do this for both the "C" and the "L") I would like those portions to be the same color as the box itself. This font for the "C" and the "L" should be gentle and flowing. It should not be too busy or two heavy.
Another possible item to incorporate is a hummingbird. This has substantial meaning to me as well.
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