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[GardenGnomes]

Oh man that sounds so good! -- You must have really great talent! -- sounds like it! Maybe one day you will come up with something that hasnt been out yet. :)

Peanut butter & Jelly cheese cake, I never heard of that before! :)

[Garyst]

Quite the talent you have. Very nice!

[Xander3]

I'll have to chat with him. I don't mind cooking entree type foods but desserts are more fun to me. Entree food was fun in culinary school when I could experiment with free food.

[Marilynt]

Xander3, you should get acquainted with looking 4 a win who recently joined us on the Newbies board. He's a professional chef and I think he must be a good one. Really nice fellow.

[Xander3]

Yeah, plus the extra cash was nice. I prefer cheesecakes over any over desserts. They are a lot more difficult to work with but so delicious. I had a cheesecake factory red velvet piece 2 weeks ago and it doesn't compare to the base recipe I use. I tweak of to make all the different kinds from red velvet to peanut butter & jelly to liquor infused cheesecakes. Fun creating different flavors but some don't work out like a bacon maple pancake cheesecake which the pancake crust wasn't good repeated.

[Garyst]

Always good to learn new things. So that's why you were making the wedding cake some weeks back one night as you wrote.

[Garyst]

Love the Fish Sandwich...... just not the Fish Bites:(

[Xander3]

Quality over quantity my friend.

[Xander3]

Well if I brag about something, it's that I make awesome desserts. I also brag about my Greek knowledge but that's not as useful. Haha

[Xander3]

Special cookies. Lol good luck with that

[GardenGnomes]

Good to know, I can make my own chewy cookies!

[GardenGnomes]

Ya I prefer the fish sandwich. That's my favorite order, or the grilled ranch chicken wraps. Very delish!

[GardenGnomes]

Over here they have a special 40 pieces for $8.99!

[Garyst]

Speakin of Mickey D's, I tried the Fish McBites. I'm not a fan of them :(

[Garyst]

Interesting. Didn't know that.

[Marilynt]

Might add a little Marijuana too. LOL

[Xander3]

Egg yolk I mean. Not a whole egg.

[Xander3]

Did you know adding an addition egg took to a cookie recipe will make it softer? It is due to the fats (Egg and butter) breaking down at different times.

[Xander3]

They're certainly not healthy and it's pretty much a meatloaf nuggets. Lol chicken, flour, air, and other ingredients whipped to death and shaped.

[Xander3]

I'm working on a book collection myself. Have a Teddy Roosevelt book from 1903 that I paid $4 for. Antique place up the road has a ton of old books. I just love reading.

Btw, since this is a "help" board, my areas of expertise are exercise (specialized diploma), culinary arts (degree), and history (nerdiness). Im a wealth of useless Greek myth and history knowledge. Wrote whole essays and reports by memory on the subjects.

[GardenGnomes]

What's wrong with mcnuggets? I eat them regularly! Am I doomed?

[Xander3]

I've made sausage and things like that. I won't eat hot dogs, sausage, and other "meatloaf" protein like MCnuggets. Never

[edwarsd]

difference between FINRA share volume and NASDAQ share volume?


Why is the daily list published by FINRA have considerablly less volume then the volume data published by NASDAQ,

for example take the stock AAV


http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/aav#.UTg5YzDFXIo shows 92k


where as http://regsho.finra.org/FNSQshvol20130306.txt shows only 27k?

[Garyst]

They sound good :) I'll have to try them!

[GardenGnomes]

Baking cookies!

I have a sweet tooth. One of my favorite sweets are cookies. So here's a recipe that shows you how to bake them!

Ingredients

- 2 1/4 cups flour (280 g)
- 1 teaspoon salt (4.7 g)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda (2.3 g)
- 1 cup butter, softened but not melted (1/2 standard American sticks / 250 g)
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar (165 g)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar (150 g)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (5 ml)
- 1 to 2 cups chocolate chips (168 to 336 g)

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C.

2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. To reduce clumpiness, sift through a sifter or sieve. Gently mix these together, then set the bowl aside.

3. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars together, then beat in eggs and vanilla. The coarseness of the sugar granules will help break the butter down, so be sure to do these first. Then add the eggs and vanilla and mix again until completely combined.

4. Slowly add the dry ingredients from the medium bowl to the wet ingredients in the large bowl, then add chocolate chips. Pour some of the dry ingredients, stir, and repeat until the dry and wet ingredients are totally combined. Fold the chocolate chips in until fully incorporated. At this point you should have a moderately thick cookie dough.

5. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a pre-greased or a lined baking sheet. Leave at least an inch of space between the cookies because they'll spread out when they cook. You can usually fit 12 cookies on a full-sized cookie sheet at a time.

6. Bake for about 9 to 11 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let the cookies rest on the pan for 3-4 minutes.

7. Using a spatula, lift cookies off and place onto wax paper or a cooling rack. Let cool for about 5 more minutes.

8. Eat when hot and steamy or cooled and slightly crisp.

Hope this helps, enjoy baking you guys!

Is there anything that you like to bake?

[Garyst]

That might be the end to my Hot Dog eating days :)

[GardenGnomes]

They say American loves food. So whats more American than hotdogs?

I found this video that explains exactly how hotdogs are made!

Do you have something like a recipe that you would like to share with everyone?

[GardenGnomes]

If I find any old antique beer memorabilia I'll def look out for you. :)

[Garyst]

Very true! Many "want" all their lives but never seek it or have the motivation to do it. Once I got into Ebaying I found it very rewarding and that has kept me going strong with it.

[GardenGnomes]

Someone told me that there is a difference between wanting and seeking. I took that philosophy and now seek and achieve! :)

[Garyst]

I definitely stay busy between Ebay, working and trading :) You are very right in that there are so many opportunities out there one just has to have the ambition to jump at them and put some time into them and there is money to be made. You too sound like a very ambitious guy!

[GardenGnomes]

Haha, check out the newbies board. We have a 20% weekly plan going on over there. So far our picks have been spot on, and the only time we did loose, we just lost fees.

I'm an admin there too so check my post history and you'll find it.

[investnowsleeplater]

Sounds like you are on the right track. It all sounds familiar. The sad part is I haven't used any of my statistics education in over two years. Maybe we can figure out how to use it to improve on trading stocks.

[GardenGnomes]

That is so awesome! If I ever pass by signs, or old beer collectables, I will def let you know -- Your feed back is insane! I don't know how you manage to keep up with eBay, Stocks, and your daily job!

We are exactly the same. When I was 17, 7 years ago, I moved away to a friends house and we collected coins. We collected coins from the civil war area, and literally built a penny collection from 1858 civil war pennies, until 2012 pennies. We also had an 1856 till 1857 Eagle cent pennies!

Then as time went by, maybe 3 years later, our collection had over 1,500 pennies, and civil war memorabilia. We then sold it all and actually doubled our money, and had a completed set remaining.

Currently, I still have my completed set, and debating if I should send it out, or keep it.

There are so many ways to make money on this earth, all you have to do is look around you.

One thing that I am working on branching out on are books. :)

[GardenGnomes]

I think for part A, it says how many will none be defective. So I figured there is a .10 chance that 1 will be defective. So that leaves a .90 that it won't be defective. We have to pick 5 TVs. So I did: (.90)(.90)(.90)(.90)(.90) = .5904.

Then for the second one, How many would be defective if they are 2 or less.

I found the binomial distribution probability formula and worked it out and got .0729, then I found an online calculator and input it the data and got .073.

I'm not sure if its right, but I think my probabilities are good, lol.

[Garyst]

GardenGnomes, very true with online selling. Back when I was a little guy my Dad and I collected older beer stuff (signs etc...). When he died I was young and ended up with all the packed away boxes and didn't really have an interest in collecting again until 3-4 years ago.

I got back into it a few years ago and began going to flea markets in the Summer to find stuff for my own collection. I have a huge collection of old Beer Signs (hamms motion ones from the 60's etc..../quite the display in my basement). I also started going to auctions. Along the way I thought "Why not buy things to list on Ebay"? Hmmmmm. I had never sold anything on Ebay til that time (3-4 years ago). As of tonight I have feedbacks on Ebay of 3582 and there are many that do not leave feedback so with that said I have sold over 4000 items in the past 4 years there and do very well. I usually have 20-30 items listed at any given time. It's actually pretty easy and once you know what type of stuff to pick up one can make a decent amount of money selling online on Ebay like you mentioned.

Just my little story :)

[investnowsleeplater]

How did you get the answer/solve the problem?

[GardenGnomes]

Thanks!

Feel free to share anything you think someone may want to learn!

Choices are unlimited! :D

[PennyMaster]

Nice board.. Good job!

[Marilynt]

That's even better, Entrepreneur GG.

[GardenGnomes]

The shop I worked for was actually that!

They got everything free. Only difference was instead of hiring low wage employees.....

.... They hired volunteers!!!

[Marilynt]

You could set up your own Goodwill store and let the donars deliver their freebies. Hire low-wage employees... Almost 100% profit!

[GardenGnomes]

A similar way to make money that's good is the Craigslist "Free" section.

I once worked at a shop and everything they found was from the Craigslist Free section.

Everyday you may find something unique, and most importantly its FREE!

Plus, you will never know what you may find!

If you live in a big city, your chances are greater in finding something.

Example. I'm on the New York City Free Section, and I found:

An entire store that is "FREE"



If I lived there I would take as much as I could. Resell it on eBay, and because it's free. It would be 100% REVENUE!

[GardenGnomes]

Making Money At Thrift Stores

Many folks like to make money. Outside of the stock market, there are many ways to make money.

One way that I found effective were "thrifting". A lot of my friends use this technique to purchase things at thrift stores, to be resold either online, or on Craigslist.

Personally I did this before. My personal gain was I once purchased a Guess Watch for $10, good condition. I resold it for $50.

If you really do some research you can make a really good gain.

Now take a look at this shirt. It looks cheap right? -- I mean it has to be, I mean this shirt was purchased at $4.25 at a thrift store, but what did it sell for??? Well, it was sold for....



... $95!

For more information on the shirt click here:
http://www.polyvore.com/yves_saint_laurent_vintage_long/thing?id=61325593

Another Item that was thrifted and resold on eBay was a Signed Painting of Mountains. This painting was a garage sale pick up. He purchased it for $5.00, guess how much it sold for???



... $249.00!!!

It's amazing that treasures can be found in one's back yard. Thrifting or Yard-RE-Selling is one way to make some extra cash. If more people get interested on this topic, we can expand on this topic. This can bring extra cash into peoples pockets. :)

For more info on the painting see here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Signed-Painting-Mountains-River-Bridge-Dock-Farmhouse-Barn-Spring-Meadow-Pastel-/160970070459?ViewItem=&rd=1&item=160970070459&nma=true&si=5P8sfCg5623vZXSfZlib6RdvcRw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[GardenGnomes]

If you guys were curious about the answers it was:

A manufacturer of television sets has a historical defective rate of ten percent. What is the probability that in a daily production run of 5 televisions

a. none will be defective? .5904
b. two or fewer sets will be defective? .0729

Took 3 hours to figure it out. -_-

[Garyst]

Give it a little time and people will come. I remember the Newbies Board went for a month after I started it with just me, myself and I LOL! This will work out well if you post stuff about charts, patterns etc...... as many ask for that.

[GardenGnomes]

Thanks, hopefully one day it will grow and more people can contribute. For now I think it will fit well on this site. :)

[Garyst]

Very nice Board and informational Post! Nice job.

[GardenGnomes]

Stock Charts Candle Stick Patterns and Meanings

- Abandoned Baby: A rare reversal pattern characterized by a gap followed by a Doji, which is then followed by another gap in the opposite direction. The shadows on the Doji must completely gap below or above the shadows of the first and third day.

- Dark Cloud Cover: A bearish reversal pattern that continues the uptrend with a long white body. The next day opens at a new high then closes below the midpoint of the body of the first day.

- Doji: Doji Candlestick, Doji form when a security's open and close are virtually equal. The length of the upper and lower shadows can vary, and the resulting candlestick looks like, either, a cross, inverted cross, or plus sign. Doji convey a sense of indecision or tug-of-war between buyers and sellers. Prices move above and below the opening level during the session, but close at or near the opening level.

- Downside Tasuki Gap: Downside Tasuki Gap Candlestick. A continuation pattern with a long, black body followed by another black body that has gapped below the first one. The third day is white and opens within the body of the second day, then closes in the gap between the first two days, but does not close the gap.

- Dragonfly Doji: Dragonfly Doji, A Doji where the open and close price are at the high of the day. Like other Doji days, this one normally appears at market turning points.

- Engulfing Pattern: Engulfing Pattern Candlestick example A reversal pattern that can be bearish or bullish, depending upon whether it appears at the end of an uptrend (bearish engulfing pattern) or a downtrend (bullish engulfing pattern). The first day is characterized by a small body, followed by a day whose body completely engulfs the previous day's body.

- Evening Doji Star: Evening Doji Star Candlestick example A three day bearish reversal pattern similar to the Evening Star. The uptrend continues with a large white body. The next day opens higher, trades in a small range, then closes at its open (Doji). The next day closes below the midpoint of the body of the first day.

- Evening Star: Evening Star Candlestick example A bearish reversal pattern that continues an uptrend with a long white body day followed by a gapped up small body day, then a down close with the close below the midpoint of the first day.

- Falling Three Methods: Falling Three Methods Candlestick A bearish continuation pattern. A long black body is followed by three small body days, each fully contained within the range of the high and low of the first day. The fifth day closes at a new low.

- Gravestone Doji: Gravestone Doji Candlestick A doji line that develops when the Doji is at, or very near, the low of the day.

- Hammer: Hammer Candlestick, Hammer candlesticks form when a security moves significantly lower after the open, but rallies to close well above the intraday low. The resulting candlestick looks like a square lollipop with a long stick. If this candlestick forms during a decline, then it is called a Hammer.

- Hanging Man: Hanging Man Candlestick example a Hanging Man candlesticks form when a security moves significantly lower after the open, but rallies to close well above the intraday low. The resulting candlestick looks like a square lollipop with a long stick. If this candlestick forms during an advance, then it is called a Hanging Man.

- Harami: Harami Candlestick example A two day pattern that has a small body day completely contained within the range of the previous body, and is the opposite color.

- Harami Cross: Harami Cross Candlestick example A two day pattern similar to the Harami. The difference is that the last day is a Doji.

- Inverted Hammer: Inverted Hammer Candlestick example A one day bullish reversal pattern. In a downtrend, the open is lower, then it trades higher, but closes near its open, therefore looking like an inverted lollipop.

- Long Day: Long Day Candlestick example A long day represents a large price move from open to close, where the length of the candle body is long.

- Long-Legged Doji: Long-legged Doji Candlestick example, this candlestick has long upper and lower shadows with the Doji in the middle of the day's trading range, clearly reflecting the indecision of traders.

- Long Shadows: Long Shadows Long Shadows Candlestick Candlesticks with a long upper shadow and short lower shadow indicate that buyers dominated during the first part of the session, bidding prices higher. Conversely, candlesticks with long lower shadows and short upper shadows indicate that sellers dominated during the first part of the session, driving prices lower.

- Marubozu: Marubozu Candlestick example A candlestick with no shadow extending from the body at either the open, the close or at both. The name means close-cropped or close-cut in Japanese, though other interpretations refer to it as Bald or Shaven Head.

- Morning Doji Star: Morning Doji Star Candlestick example A three day bullish reversal pattern that is very similar to the Morning Star. The first day is in a downtrend with a long black body. The next day opens lower with a Doji that has a small trading range. The last day closes above the midpoint of the first day.

- Morning Star: Morning Star Candlestick example A three day bullish reversal pattern consisting of three candlesticks - a long-bodied black candle extending the current downtrend, a short middle candle that gapped down on the open, and a long-bodied white candle that gapped up on the open and closed above the midpoint of the body of the first day.

- Piercing Line: Piercing Line Candlestick example A bullish two day reversal pattern. The first day, in a downtrend, is a long black day. The next day opens at a new low, then closes above the midpoint of the body of the first day.

- Rising Three Methods: Rising Three Methods Candlestick example A bullish continuation pattern in which a long white body is followed by three small body days, each fully contained within the range of the high and low of the first day. The fifth day closes at a new high.

- Shooting Star: Shooting Star Candlestick example A single day pattern that can appear in an uptrend. It opens higher, trades much higher, then closes near its open. It looks just like the Inverted Hammer except that it is bearish.

- Short Day: Short Day Candlestick example A short day represents a small price move from open to close, where the length of the candle body is short.

- Spinning Top: Spinning Tops Candlestick example Candlestick lines that have small bodies with upper and lower shadows that exceed the length of the body. Spinning tops signal indecision.

- Stars: Stars Candlestick example A candlestick that gaps away from the previous candlestick is said to be in star position. Depending on the previous candlestick, the star position candlestick gaps up or down and appears isolated from previous price action.

- Stick Sandwich: Stick Sandwich Candlestick example A bullish reversal pattern with two black bodies surrounding a white body. The closing prices of the two black bodies must be equal. A support price is apparent and the opportunity for prices to reverse is quite good.

- Three Black Crows: Three Black Crows Candlestick example A bearish reversal pattern consisting of three consecutive long black bodies where each day closes at or near its low and opens within the body of the previous day.

- Three White Soldiers: Three White Soldiers Candlestick example A bullish reversal pattern consisting of three consecutive long white bodies. Each should open within the previous body and the close should be near the high of the day.

- Upside Gap Two Crows: Upside Gap Two Crows Candlestick example A three day bearish pattern that only happens in an uptrend. The first day is a long white body followed by a gapped open with the small black body remaining gapped above the first day. The third day is also a black day whose body is larger than the second day and engulfs it. The close of the last day is still above the first long white day.

- Upside Tasuki Gap: Upside Tasuki Gap Candlestick example A continuation pattern with a long white body followed by another white body that has gapped above the first one. The third day is black and opens within the body of the second day, then closes in the gap between the first two days, but does not close the gap.

For images or more information:
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:chart_analysis:candlestick_pattern_#dragonflydoji


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[GardenGnomes]

Very true! As long as it paid off. That's all that matters!

Thanks for the help on problem. I hope others join as this board and it doesn't have to be school related.

Just a learning board on no matter what you wanna learn! :D