Fat n' fluffy

A few weeks ago I blogged about making pancakes and how I was disappointed that they were not fluffy enough. On this blog I was given advice not to over mix and that lumps were good.<br /><br />Today I made pancakes and rather then using an electric mixer I used a hand whisk. The result was lumpy batter and fabulous aerated fat n' fluffy pancakes! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksuwsvfA1tPcG7MCMQ9yvBLFdLXxx53PK-AcDjV16wJWFEtTG_gkIPR3hxxXeLLh5ivsFpt3RtEWIqk0rBq_CqAJ7YlWwTr511lEHDBy4RoDjUEdVDoKvNzRRL7eaiY2XK6Jtz3st4uOB/s640/blogger-image-572949694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksuwsvfA1tPcG7MCMQ9yvBLFdLXxx53PK-AcDjV16wJWFEtTG_gkIPR3hxxXeLLh5ivsFpt3RtEWIqk0rBq_CqAJ7YlWwTr511lEHDBy4RoDjUEdVDoKvNzRRL7eaiY2XK6Jtz3st4uOB/s640/blogger-image-572949694.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iyJZmTP6U7nDIFH-DL_7DrTpPhRrCn99qDtCIq3NBbBRnBZNOTzDznsOh5RXF3buFiYrkFJicYT-42MCWWyQpszAyVNva3Ci0VhluDJxbe9OTLeAX6c6ERxJ4kV5weZRRhxdB-6PzunU/s640/blogger-image--1398037950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iyJZmTP6U7nDIFH-DL_7DrTpPhRrCn99qDtCIq3NBbBRnBZNOTzDznsOh5RXF3buFiYrkFJicYT-42MCWWyQpszAyVNva3Ci0VhluDJxbe9OTLeAX6c6ERxJ4kV5weZRRhxdB-6PzunU/s640/blogger-image--1398037950.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JJoBZY2o9tFCWw3nHkkIZZN4bSMh44_lVTZdTczYiJf4vfxnbr2mnuzI9uvCUvj2sp2nJfy5Jw4LeAXhhEEmegL3bJR2QSC76n5Da1wyJn9z4tjkathtuapWpVNEiOhTFf-zmqFJeKlC/s640/blogger-image--1268545842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JJoBZY2o9tFCWw3nHkkIZZN4bSMh44_lVTZdTczYiJf4vfxnbr2mnuzI9uvCUvj2sp2nJfy5Jw4LeAXhhEEmegL3bJR2QSC76n5Da1wyJn9z4tjkathtuapWpVNEiOhTFf-zmqFJeKlC/s640/blogger-image--1268545842.jpg" /></a></div>

Fat n' fluffy

A few weeks ago I blogged about making pancakes and how I was disappointed that they were not fluffy enough. On this blog I was given advic...

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Chi Cheng Dead: Deftones Bassist Dies At 42

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Chi Cheng Dead" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1085885/thumbs/r-CHI-CHENG-DEAD-large570.jpg?7" /><br /><br /><div class="articleBody" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: none; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Deftones bassist Chi Cheng died early Saturday morning, his family confirms. He was 42.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.oneloveforchi.com/" style="border: none; color: #7c1417; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">According to a statement released on his website OneLoveForChi.com</a>, the musician, who has been in a semi-conscious state since a 2008 car accident, was taken to the emergency room where he died at 3 a.m. on April 13.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">"Our dearest Family, This is the hardest thing to write to you. Your love and heart and devotion to Chi was unconditional and amazing," <a href="http://www.oneloveforchi.com/" style="border: none; color: #7c1417; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">the statement reads</a>. "I know that you will always remember him as a giant of a man on stage with a heart for every one of you. He was taken to the eme[r]gency room and at 3 am today his heart just suddenly stopped. He left this world with me singing songs he liked in his ear. He fought the good fight. You stood by him sending love daily. He knew that he was very loved and never alone."</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.nme.com/news/deftones/69724" style="border: none; color: #7c1417; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Cheng suffered major injuries and was left in a coma</a> following a November 2008 car crash in Santa Clara, Calif. He was driving with his sister when they collided with another car, sending his vehicle to roll out of control. The bassist was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car -- his sister was wearing hers, and only sustained minor injuries.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">In the years since the crash, <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1557423/deftones-bassist-chi-cheng-dead-at-42" style="border: none; color: #7c1417; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Cheng has been making slow but steady improvements in his recovery</a>, according to Billboard.com. In 2009, it was reported that he was no longer in a coma but in a semi-conscious state. A year later, doctors said he was<a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599078/deftones-bassist-chi-cheng-recovering-after-car-crash.jhtml" style="border: none; color: #7c1417; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">"showing signs of improved neuro function"</a> and more recently he regained limited ability to move his legs on command.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151540395013617&id=311849293616" style="border: none; color: #7c1417; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">took to his Facebook page to confirm Cheng's death</a>, writing, "Rest in peace Chi Cheng." 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Some of the things he’s had go on with him have ended guys’ careers in the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/national-basketball-association-15008001.topic" id="15008001" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-kobe-bryant-career-pictures-pg,0,7379579.photogallery" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;"><strong>PHOTOS: Kobe Bryant through the years</strong></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">“He’s figured out a way to get through it and be one of the best players in the NBA.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">ElAttrache, director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program at <a href="http://www.kerlanjobe.com/Home/Default.aspx" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic</a> in Los Angeles, said Bryant’s Grade 3 rupture was typical of hundreds he has repaired over the last 23 years.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">“When they tear, they usually tear in a little bit of a shredded fashion, like two ends of a mop,” said ElAttrache, who declined to detail Bryant’s surgery specifically. “Some of the stitching has to be a little meticulous because usually the tendon ends are shredded, so you have to do a little bit of darning, sort of like darning a sock.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">ElAttrache, who in 2008 repaired the shredded knee of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, said elite athletes such as Bryant and Brady have similar reactions to these types of major injuries.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"> “Generally speaking, these elite athletes go through an initial period of anger, and usually that’s pretty quick,” he  said. “They don’t dwell on that long. 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The rest is conditioning.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">“You want to get them weight-bearing as soon as possible, to some degree, but it’s got to be in a protected way,” he said. “Early on, the tendon is malleable and stretchable, so you want to get them using the muscle and getting on their leg and weight bearing for all the other reasons, even the remote reasons like the hip and the back and all the muscles in the lower leg. All that without stretching the tendon.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">“The problem is, the longer you’re off of it, you develop this limp that’s very difficult to break. And the limp is detrimental to the tendon. Because as the foot goes down, you’re a little bit reluctant to get up on the ball of your foot to push off in time. That’s counterproductive, because the longer the heel stays on the ground as you’re going through your gait cycle, the more tension on the Achilles.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">ElAttrache said elite athletes regain their neuromuscular pattern and timing “better than the rest of us” but cautioned: “Some things you can’t speed up. The biology of the healing tendon is paramount for the first three months. If you try to exceed that and you hurt that healing tendon and stretch it out, it’s not something that you can reverse.”</div></div></div></div>

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NASCAR fan dies following ‘self-inflicted injury’ at Texas Motor Speedway Sprint Cup race

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Dale Earnhardt Jr. captures the pole for the 53rd running of the Daytona 500." src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.136253.1313981721!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/alg-nascar-jpg.jpg" /><br /><br /><div class="story-img" itemid="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.136253!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/alg-nascar-jpg.jpg" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;"><h4 class="caption" itemprop="description" style="border: 0px; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An unidentified man died of a “self-inflicted injury” following a verbal altercation during a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday night.</div></h4></div><div class="story-rail p402_hide" style="border: 0px; clear: both; float: right; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 200px;"></div><div class="story-body p402_premium" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A man died of a “self-inflicted injury” following a verbal altercation in the infield during a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night, police said.</div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Police spokeswoman Cpl. Tracey Knight didn’t specify how the man died, and said he was believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s.</div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She said alcohol may have been a factor in the incident, which occurred late in the Sprint Cup race.</div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Knight did not identify the man and wasn’t sure of the man’s relationship with others involved in the altercation. Several people witnessed the incident, but nobody was in danger, Knight said. The death occurred “in or around a pickup truck” in part of the infield near the middle of the backstretch, track spokesman Mike Zizzo said.</div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Police blocked off the area around the incident, and investigators could be seen looking into a truck.</div></div><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><br /></span></div>

NASCAR NASCAR fan dies following ‘self-inflicted injury’ at Texas Motor Speedway Sprint Cup race

An unidentified man died of a “self-inflicted injury” following a verbal altercation during a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday n...

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Michie Sushi

Miche Sushi is a little restaurant that is about 2 minutes walk from our house. It is situated down a lane in an old garage. We went this afternoon for some sushi for our lunch. It was so fresh and tasty. It's a tiny little restaurant with only 6 tables! We had sushi and also hot food. 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Michie Sushi

Miche Sushi is a little restaurant that is about 2 minutes walk from our house. It is situated down a lane in an old garage. We went this a...

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Today's archidose #667

Here are some photos of <a href="http://www.stevenholl.com/news-detail.php?id=146&page=1">Steven Holl Architects' INVERSION</a>, part of INTERNI's Hybrid Architecture exhibition at FuoriSalone 2013 in Milan, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/">Asli Aydin</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/8645230040/" title="Inversion by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Inversion" height="354" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8536/8645230040_8412b9b267_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/8644097697/" title="Inversion by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Inversion" height="270" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8644097697_6472e48c3e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/8645229436/" title="Inversion by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Inversion" height="403" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8645229436_9c04dd5166_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/8645229816/" title="Inversion by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Inversion" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8645229816_db2772e82f_c.jpg" width="556" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #667

Here are some photos of Steven Holl Architects' INVERSION , part of INTERNI's Hybrid Architecture exhibition at FuoriSalone 2013 in ...

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Iron on this!

There was 50% off Ironing Boards in Woodies DIY this weekend so we took a trip to Woodies in Tallaght to buy one. There were lots of different brands of various prices. I chose a large Brabantia that is guaranteed for 10 years. <br /><br />I tested it out the minute we got home. It's great! Good cushiony padding and the perfect height. I was able to speedily iron a shirt. <br /><br />Obviously I am not a fan of ironing (who is?) so hopefully this new board will make the task at hand easier! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhi_TKpudvnHcZhow2JxFOXcpKoy1BeeDi5ySlNcSCXUvZeEyo4QPaUeDi-YW7IuYpD47__cQUEQeSKGq_dsQHHaOEokd3HQYti-Z5husx-dkVNvzYebcr4ym8AoBtNG69ijSxp85WGnr/s640/blogger-image--169562014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhi_TKpudvnHcZhow2JxFOXcpKoy1BeeDi5ySlNcSCXUvZeEyo4QPaUeDi-YW7IuYpD47__cQUEQeSKGq_dsQHHaOEokd3HQYti-Z5husx-dkVNvzYebcr4ym8AoBtNG69ijSxp85WGnr/s640/blogger-image--169562014.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdc-k4qv1cOHFP8jU-2S2rT94H8m_p7ybwF0vvqYUFQMctZCfTHiVKzo8VqVWmAtxs2hRiCA_zNESihfs2kWS5_kMnItdHER9YzfA5yXgJHSrp0E9P6FmvpKBePr6bT3R7CMB96fbIGrJ/s640/blogger-image--1814749591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdc-k4qv1cOHFP8jU-2S2rT94H8m_p7ybwF0vvqYUFQMctZCfTHiVKzo8VqVWmAtxs2hRiCA_zNESihfs2kWS5_kMnItdHER9YzfA5yXgJHSrp0E9P6FmvpKBePr6bT3R7CMB96fbIGrJ/s640/blogger-image--1814749591.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91vQ8Q4Wj2OWCeLU560t_1b6eecuW6Usz6fnTgXRVuvMNAgPRkcW997DnKoiTt43XKTPEFNPJdHUzDDT8NJsUHxTghQ_J88aBwMxCNhzEiuCIan1p5j_ma8IMkx3OkiyVY2H8V89gMMe3/s640/blogger-image-1914839596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91vQ8Q4Wj2OWCeLU560t_1b6eecuW6Usz6fnTgXRVuvMNAgPRkcW997DnKoiTt43XKTPEFNPJdHUzDDT8NJsUHxTghQ_J88aBwMxCNhzEiuCIan1p5j_ma8IMkx3OkiyVY2H8V89gMMe3/s640/blogger-image-1914839596.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQ2G2mGzkO4rEpxIeC56Pokz8-ISBrCjAEH4obl-yvlsHmfzOGLLxO33cOjPMlPx0yFvD51VNLlLuKRS3n1t6icMhZjMAdsv9XfZ1p1Otmow3Q10uea9b2BT0xoyTNCPxauQcT6UrSyn1/s640/blogger-image--1162975212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQ2G2mGzkO4rEpxIeC56Pokz8-ISBrCjAEH4obl-yvlsHmfzOGLLxO33cOjPMlPx0yFvD51VNLlLuKRS3n1t6icMhZjMAdsv9XfZ1p1Otmow3Q10uea9b2BT0xoyTNCPxauQcT6UrSyn1/s640/blogger-image--1162975212.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RbwonJ6AhXrLc6uGHRdQK9YgGU7PoRIgiQVRlTQySj6LSHznhTFoIo6UceyFb1iPUiAphgsGxZXz84kP_vlKFiBIjXmffSHgRxntSduBAxHEY-xpK0gmuKADt8aEmV6u18NotqJ1ZxuN/s640/blogger-image--1133515301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RbwonJ6AhXrLc6uGHRdQK9YgGU7PoRIgiQVRlTQySj6LSHznhTFoIo6UceyFb1iPUiAphgsGxZXz84kP_vlKFiBIjXmffSHgRxntSduBAxHEY-xpK0gmuKADt8aEmV6u18NotqJ1ZxuN/s640/blogger-image--1133515301.jpg" /></a></div>

Iron on this!

There was 50% off Ironing Boards in Woodies DIY this weekend so we took a trip to Woodies in Tallaght to buy one. There were lots of differ...

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