You can imagine my surprise when someone recently mentioned this poor semblance of a blog. My initial reaction went something like "I have a blog?" followed closely by "and somebody reads it?" She then went on to threaten the supply of tasty baked goods if I didn't start updating.
The ride in was positively Belgian today.
Where's my sticky buns?
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Good to see you finaaly took the hints.
As suggested from the Rustiest of Tools: For the first time I can r'member a Cyclocross Race is being called off because of what I deem to be perfect conditions. 6" of standing water? That's what I signed up for and damn it, I want it! Anyway - the new date is on Nov 15th. And yes, I fully understand and support the Parks Dept's decision to protect the trails.
Speaking of rain and such - the Tour of Tosa is a weather permitting event. If it's rainy and nasty we'll have it on Saturday the 7th instead. This isn't so much as to protect the trails, but to maximize your enjoyment.
In yet further proof of the impending collapse of the uncivilised world as we know it, Sir CupCake has finally updated his lame-ass blog. Feel free to read it, then leave some long-winded cut&pasted comment that has absolutely nothing to do with his blog - he LOVES it.
No good Sugs - long winded or not, that cut and paste actually mentions his blog so you'll have to try again.
Like this -
Status of Currently Conforming Clubs
The USGA is considering how to treat clubs that currently conform to the Rules of Golf, but would not conform to the proposed new rules. This consideration would be made for the vast majority of golfers who would not likely be affected by the proposed Condition of Competition, as well as for golf clubs already in use and /or manufactured prior to the proposed rule implementation date. The USGA is proposing to allow their use for a lengthy (at least 10 year) period of time. As part of this Notice, the USGA is requesting opinions, comments, or any other type of helpful information from golfers, manufacturers, retailers, golf organizations, and other interested parties regarding the future status of such golf clubs.
Is the the part where I threaten to track you down and ruin your life via computer because you read my blog and post comments?
Whether economics is a science or a subject of the humanities; and whether it is positive or a prescriptive science is a frequently debated issue. All material sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics are pure, abstract and positive sciences. But social sciences like economics, politics, philosophy, history, etc., attempt to analyze human behavior, actions, motives and desires. Human behavior is quite unpredictable. Therefore the degree of positivity and accuracy is expected to be lower in social sciences. Yet the science of economics enjoys the benefit of quantification. Commodities such as machines, tools, land, fruit, clothing, etc. as well as services such as those of teachers, doctors, technicians, etc. which create utility, want and satisfaction are quantifiable. Hence economics has a slight edge over other social sciences.
Though economic scientists have all along been striving to put it on a positive scientific footing, there is a limit within which this can be possible. In its initial stage, economics as a subject was introduced in the atmosphere of ’laissez-faire’ which was mainly dominated by free enterprise and individualism. But in the 20th century after the two world wars (1914-18 and 1939-44) and the period of the Great Depression (1929-33), the significance of individualism was considerably reduced. It has partly been substituted by large-scale public and governmental activity. Today all over the world, public authorities have been allocating 30 to 35 percent of the national income (Gross Domestic Product - G.D.P.) and national resources towards public expenditure alone. Since a great deal of public expenditure should follow the basic criterion of economic efficiency, this has led to an ever increasing interest in the analysis of the economic policy. Some of the goals that the economic policy aims at can be listed as follows:
Output and employment: maintaining high levels of output and employment. All able-bodied citizens who desire to work should be provided with job opportunities.
Aggregate Demand: maintenance of the high levels aggregate demands so as to avoid any fluctuation in economic activities and avoid the dangers of an economic depression.
Steady Growth: direct the economy in a manner that will enable steady growth conditions. In order to ensure this large-scale public investment programs should be undertaken.
Price Stability: maintaining fairly stable levels of prices and to check if the average annual growth rate of prices is compatible with the growth rate of productivity. Controlling inflation is a major challenge faced by modern public authorities.
Redistribution of Income: Usually, market-place distribution of income is likely to be faulty. It may result in economic injustice by aggravating income and wealth inequalities. Public authority holds the responsibility of reallocating a part of the resources from better-off sections (with progressive taxation) into the hands of the poorer sections of the society.
الإسكندرية (باليونانية:Ἀλεξάνδρεια)، والتي تشتهر باسم عروس البحر الأبيض المتوسط، هي ثاني أكبر مدينة في مصر بعد العاصمة القاهرة، وتعتبر العاصمة الثانية لمصر والعاصمة القديمة لها، تقع على امتداد ساحل البحر الأبيض المتوسط بطول حوالي 70 كم شمال غرب دلتا النيل، يحدها من الشمال البحر المتوسط، وبحيرة مريوط جنوبًا حتى الكيلو 71 على طريق القاهرة الإسكندرية الصحراوي، يحدها من جهة الشرق خليج أبو قير وقرية إدكو، ومنطقة سيدي كرير غربًا حتى الكيلو 36.30 على طريق الإسكندرية – مطروح السريع. تضم الإسكندرية بين طياتها الكثير من المعالم المميزة، إذ يوجد بها أكبر ميناء بحري في مصر هو ميناء الإسكندرية والذي يخدم حوالي 80 ٪ من إجمالي الواردات والصادرات المصرية، وتضم أيضًا مكتبة الإسكندرية الجديدة التي تتسع لأكثر من 8 ملايين كتاب، كما تضم العديد من المتاحف والمواقع الأثرية مثل قلعة قايتباي وعمود السواري وغيرها، يبلغ عدد سكان الإسكندرية حوالي 4,123,869 نسمة (حسب تعداد 2006) يعملون بالأنشطة التجارية والصناعية والزراعية. تنقسم الإسكندرية إلى ستة أحياء إدارية هي حي المنتزه، حي شرق، حي وسط، حي غرب، حي الجمرك، حي العامرية، تحتوي هذه الأحياء على 16 قسما تضم 129 شياخة، بالإضافة إلى مدن رئيسية تابعة لها مثل مدينة برج العرب ومدينة برج العرب الجديدة. بدأ العمل على إنشاء الإسكندرية على يد الإسكندر الأكبر سنة 332 ق.م عن طريق ردم جزء من المياه يفصل بين جزيرة ممتدة أمام الساحل الرئيسي تدعى "فاروس" بها ميناء عتيق، وقرية صغيرة تدعى "راكتوس" أو "راقودة" يحيط بها قرى صغيرة أخرى تنتشر كذلك ما بين البحر وبحيرة مريوط، واتخذها الإسكندر الأكبر وخلفاؤه عاصمة لمصر لما يقارب ألف سنة، حتى الفتح الإسلامي لمصر على يد عمرو بن العاص سنة 641. اشتهرت الإسكندرية عبر التاريخ من خلال العديد من المعالم مثل مكتبة الإسكندرية القديمة والتي كانت تضم ما يزيد عن 700,000 مجلّد، ومنارة الإسكندرية والتي اعتبرت من عجائب الدنيا السبع، وذلك لارتفاعها الهائل الذي يصل إلى حوالي 35 مترًا، وظلت هذه المنارة قائمة حتى دمرها زلزال قوي سنة 1307. (تابع القراءة)
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Step 1
Pick out your favorite color or yarn style for your beanie. To knit a beanie approximately 20 inches around, you need bulky weight yarn in approx 125 yards. To knit your beanie, you must also have a 16-inch circular needle size 10.5, double point needles size 10.5 or size required to get gauge.
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Step 2
Check out this great pattern to knit your beanie. Pattern is compliments of Jimmy Beans Wool: With the circular needle, cast on 70 sts.
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Step 3
Try a variety of options for your knit beanie. You can try stripes, polka dots or a solid beanie. Mix it up for your next knit project.
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Step 4
Join, being careful not to twist.
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Step 5
K1, P1 * repeat to end of row.
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Step 6
Work previous row for 3 more rows.
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Step 7
K every round until hat measures 5.5 inches from cast on edge.
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Step 8
Start the Decreases: K 2 k 2 tog* repeat to end of row.
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Step 9
Knit 5 rows: K 2 k 2 tog* repeat to end of row.
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Step 10
Knit 3 rows: K 1, k 2 tog* repeat to end of row.
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Step 11
Knit 2 rows: K 2 tog* repeat to end of row.
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Step 12
Break yarn, and using a darning needle, gather remaining stitches. Weave in end of yarn.
Voiceover: This man is no ordinary man. This is Mr. H G Superman. To all appearances, he looks like any other law-abiding citizen. But Mr F G Superman has a secret identity. When trouble strikes at any time, at any place, he is ready to become... BICYCLE REPAIR MAN!
Superboy: Hey, there's a bicycle broken, up the road.
Superman One: If only Bicycle Repair Man were here!
Superboy: Yes, wait, I think I know where I can find him. Look over there!
Caption: FLASH!
All Supermen: Bicycle Repair Man, but how?
Superman One: Oh look... is it a stockbroker?
Superman Two: Is it a quantity Surveyor?
Superman Three: Is it a church warden?
All Supermen: NO! It's Bicycle Repair Man!
Superman: MY! Bicycle Repair Man! Thank goodness you've come! Look!
Caption: Clink! Screw! Bend! Inflate! Alter Saddle!
Superman Two: Why, he's mending it with his own hands!
Superman One: See how he uses a spanner to tighten that nut!
Superman: Oh, Oh Bicycle Repair Man, how can I ever repay you?
Bicycle Repair Man: Oh, you don't need to guv. It's all in a days work for... Bicycle Repair Man!
All Supermen: Our Hero!
Voiceover: Yes! whenever bicycles are broken, or menaced by international communism, Bicycle Repair Man is ready!
Wheels
Next to the bike frame itself, nothing has a bigger impact on your bike's performance than your wheels. From rugged training wheels to featherweight racing wheels, upgrading to a set of Bontrager wheels is a surefire way to save weight, go faster, and improve your bike's handling.
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Perfect ballerina buns
I've been a dancer for 12 years. In this time I have seen my fair share of buns, both good and bad. I have long hair, it reaches to my hips, this is the best way that I have found for keeping up in a nice bun. Please keep in mind that this is just my take on them and you may have a better way that works for you. I'm not the be all end all in buns, this is just me.
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High Bun:
Honestly, I think high buns where created just to bug the heck out of people with long hair. It takes me about three or four tries to get my hair up high enough to look decent. Here is how I do it.
Make sure your hair is dry and knot free, that will help so much with this. For starters, make sure that your bobby pins, hair net, and hair spray are all in reach of you. You should have two hair elastics; put them both on your wrist. It doesn't matter if you put them both on the same wrist, or put one on each, just make sure they are there.
Now bend forward at the waist and let all your hair hang down. Now, just using your hands, no brush, gather your hair to where you approximately want it for your ponytail and eventually bun. Flip back up and check your hair in the mirror, still holding on, but haven't put the elastic in yet.
Unless you have wonder hair, you'll probably have a couple of bumps and loose strands that you'll want to deal with. Use your brush to do that now.
Once you have got a good ponytail going, try putting the elastic in your hair. This is the tricky part, because if you let your grip loosen to much while doing this, you will end up with odd bumps in your hair. Try to maintain a good solid hold on your hair while you put the elastic in, and make sure you don't let go until you have put your hair through the elastic enough times so that it will hold, for me personally that is three to four times, depending on the elasticity of the elastic.
Now here is what separates what you are normally told to do from what I do. Instead of just twisting your hair into a bun, what I do now is I braid it first, it makes it more secure, and it has better holds for the bobby pins to grip.
After you braid it, secure with the second elastic, then you can get the bobby pins ready. It doesn't really matter how you do this, what I like to do is hold the first bobby pin in my mouth, then just pick up pins off the counter from there, but you make like to pick them all up, or hold them all in your mouth, doesn't really matter.
After you have placed all the bobby pins, make sure you have one that has secured the tail of the braid, the part after the elastic that isn't actually braided. The tail will probably work itself free, or at least try to, but it will hold it off really well so that your hairspray will finish it and not allow it to come free.
You can now place the hairnet on your bun. Finish up by smoothing your hair back and applying hairspray. You now have a gorgeous high bun that won't come loose.
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scru- tinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a mis- sionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, re- volves about the sun at a mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the sun is barely half of that received by this world. It must be, if the nebular hypothesis has any truth, older than our world; and long before this earth ceased to be molten, life upon its surface must have begun its course. The fact that it is scarcely one seventh of the volume of the earth must have accelerated its cooling to the temperature at which life could begin. It has air and water and all that is necessary for the support of animated existence.
Yet so vain is man, and so blinded by his vanity, that no writer, up to the very end of the nineteenth century, ex- pressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level. Nor was it generally understood that since Mars is older than our earth, with scarcely a quarter of the superficial area and remoter from the sun, it necessarily follows that it is not only more distant from time's beginning but nearer its end.
The secular cooling that must someday overtake our planet has already gone far indeed with our neighbour. Its physical condition is still largely a mystery, but we know now that even in its equatorial region the midday temperature barely approaches that of our coldest winter. Its air is much more attenuated than ours, its oceans have shrunk until they cover but a third of its surface, and as its slow seasons change huge snowcaps gather and melt about either pole and periodically inundate its temperate zones. That last stage of exhaustion, which to us is still incredibly remote, has become a present- day problem for the inhabitants of Mars. The immediate pressure of necessity has brightened their intellects, enlarged their powers, and hardened their hearts. And looking across space with instruments, and intelligences such as we have scarcely dreamed of, they see, at its nearest distance only 35,000,000 of miles sunward of them, a morning star of hope, our own warmer planet, green with vegetation and grey with water, with a cloudy atmosphere eloquent of fertility, with glimpses through its drifting cloud wisps of broad stretches of populous country and narrow, navy-crowded seas.
I know I may be young, but I've got feelings too.
And I need to do what I feel like doing.
So let me go and just listen.
All you people look at me like I'm a little girl.
Well did you ever think it be okay for me to step into this world.
Always saying little girl don't step into the club.
Well I'm just tryin' to find out why cause dancing's what I love.
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOOOA) (Do you like it)
Get it get it, get it get it (OOOHHHH) (This feels good)
I know I may come off quiet, I may come off shy.
But I feel like talking, feel like dancing when I see this guy.
What's practical is logical. What the hell, who cares?
All I know is I'm so happy when you're dancing there.
I'm a slave for you. I cannot hold it; I cannot control it.
I'm a slave for you. I won't deny it; I'm not trying to hide it.
Baby, don't you wanna, dance upon me,
(I just wanna dance next to you)
To another time and place.
Baby, don't you wanna, dance upon me,
(Are you ready)
Leaving behind my name, my age.
(Lets go)
(Like that)
(You like it)
(Now watch me)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (OOOHHHH)
(Panting)
I really wanna dance, tonight with you.
(I just can't help myself)
I really wanna do what you want me to.
(I just feel I let myself go)
I really wanna dance, tonight with you.
(Wanna see you move)
I really wanna do what you want me to.
(Uh Uh Uh)
Baby, don't you wanna, dance upon me,
(I just wanna dance next to you)
To another time and place.
Baby, don't you wanna, dance upon me,
(Are you ready)
Leaving behind my name, my age.
I'm a slave for you. (Take that) I cannot hold it; I cannot control it.
I'm a slave (It just feels right) for you. (It just feels good)
I won't deny it; I'm not trying to hide it. (Baby)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (OOOHHHH)
(Panting)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOOOA)
Get it get it, get it get it (OOOHHHH)
(Panting)
I'm a slave for you. (Here we go now)
I cannot hold it; I cannot control it.
I'm a slave for you. (Here we go) I won't deny it, (Yeah)
I'm not trying to hide it.
(Like that)
Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs) are special types of electrical outlets and circuit breakers designed to detect and respond to potentially dangerous electrical arcs in home branch wiring.
How do they work?
AFCIs function by monitoring the electrical waveform and promptly opening (interrupting) the circuit they serve if they detect changes in the wave pattern that are characteristic of a dangerous arc. They also must be capable of distinguishing safe, normal arcs, such as those created when a switch is turned on or a plug is pulled from a receptacle, from arcs that can cause fires. An AFCI can detect, recognize, and respond to very small changes in wave pattern.
What is an arc?
When an electric current crosses an air gap from an energized component to a grounded component it produces a glowing plasma discharge known as an arc. For example, a bolt of lightening is a very large, powerful arc that crosses an atmospheric gap from an electrically charged cloud to the ground or another cloud. Just as lightning can cause fires, arcs produced by domestic wiring are capable of producing high levels of heat that can ignite their surroundings and lead to structure fires.
According to statistics for the year 2005 from the National Fire Protection Agency, electrical fires damaged approximately 20,900 homes, killed 500 people, and cost $862 million in property damage. Although short-circuits and overloads account for many of these fires, arcs are responsible for the majority and are undetectable by tradition (non AFCI) circuit breakers.
Where are arcs likely to form?
Arcs can form where wires are improperly installed or when insulation becomes damaged. In older homes, wire insulation tends to crystallize as it ages, becoming brittle and prone to cracking and chipping. Damaged insulation exposes the current-carrying wire to its surroundings, increasing the chances that an arc may occur.
Locations in which AFCIs are required depend on the building codes adopted by their jurisdiction. Inspectors are responsible for knowing what building codes are used in the areas in which they inspect.
The 2006 International Residential Code (IRC) requires that AFCIs be installed within bedrooms in the following manner:
E3802.12 Arc-Fault Protection of Bedroom Outlets. All branch circuits that supply120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20- amp outlets installed in bedrooms shall be protected by a combination type or branch/feeder type arc-fault circuit interrupter installed to provide protection of the entire branch circuit.
Exception: The location of the arc-fault circuit interrupter shall be permitted to be at other than the origination of the branch circuit provided that:
The arc-fault circuit interrupter is installed within 6’ feet of the branch circuit overcurrent device as measured along the branch circuit conductors and
The circuit conductors between the branch circuit overcurrent device and the arc-fault circuit interrupter are installed in a metal raceway or a cable with metallic sheath.
The National Electrical Code (NEC) offers the following guidelines concerning AFCI placement within bedrooms:
Dwelling Units. All 120-volt, single phase, 15- and 20-ampere branch circuits supplying outlets installed in dwelling unit in family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, parlors, libraries, dens, sun rooms, recreation rooms, closets, hallways, or similar rooms or areas shall be protected by a listed arc-fault circuit interrupter, combination type installed to provide protection of the branch circuit.
Home inspectors should refrain from quoting exact code in their reports. A plaintiff's attorney might suggest that code quotation means that the inspector was performing a code inspection and is therefore responsible for identifying all code violations in the home. Some jurisdictions do not yet require their implementation in locations where they can be helpful.
Well I didn't complain about your lack of blog updates, but I am sending over a cinnamon roll and some mexican hot chocolate snickerdoodle cookies with Russell for you to enjoy! So enjoy them...and have fun at the race!
Chocolate Dirt Cupcakes
Recipe courtesy of Victoria Pink
Prep Time:
25 min
Inactive Prep Time:
20 min
Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Serves:
36 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake:
* 8 ounces sour cream
* 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 1/4 cups sugar
* 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup strong brewed coffee
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 3 large eggs
Chocolate Fudge Frosting:
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup heavy whipping cream
* 5 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
* 10 tablespoons butter
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
Topping:
* 30 to 40 chocolate sandwich cookies
* 36 gummy worms
Directions
For the cupcake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 3 cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour into cupcake liners about 2/3 full. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
For the frosting:
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and cream. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer for 6 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; add chocolate and butter, stirring until melted and smooth. Let cool for 10 minutes. Whisk in confectioners' sugar. Let mixture cool until it reaches a spreadable consistency, then top cooled cupcakes with frosting.
For the topping:
Place cookies into a resealable plastic bag. Crush cookies with hands to make a "dirt" consistency. Sprinkle frosting with cookie crumbs, top with gummy worm and enjoy.
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