Q: Use 4 to 8 gallons (15.1 to 30.3 L) of hot water to maintain the fog in 15-minute bursts.  Try to maintain a temperature between 120 and 180 degrees Fahrenheit (49 and 82 degrees Celsius). Additionally, boiling water is not ideal because it adds its own vapor to the dry ice fog, causing it to flow up instead of sprawling down and outward. Keep your container of water hot using a hot plate to maintain your fog for a long time. Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, which has a much lower freezing point than water (-109.3°F or -78.5°C.) Drop the dry ice into the hot water using tongs. Typically, 1 lb (450 ml) will produce enough fog to last for 2 to 3 minutes.  Hotter water will create more fog, but the hotter the water is, the faster the ice will turn to fog and the more often you will need to add more. Always handle dry ice with insulated gloves and tongs. The extremely cold temperature of dry ice will have an immediate reaction to the hot water, causing a thick cloud of fog to form. The rising steam of the hot water, together with the melting ice, creates the effect of fog.  Control the direction of the fog with a small electric fan. Because fog will naturally be heavier than air, most of the fog will sink to the floor or ground unless you force it to rise with the fan. Every 15 minutes or so, you'll need to add more dry ice to consistently maintain the fog effect. Smaller pieces of dry ice added to the water will maintain greater fog volume over time, rather than larger pieces that will great large bursts of fog.  Try using a hot plate to keep your water from cooling off, or refresh with hot water from your kitchen. Be aware that water is likely to bubble out from the reaction of the dry ice and water. If you're making fog indoors, know that the floor is likely to become slippery wherever the fog is.
A: Fill a large metal or plastic container with hot water. Put 5 to 10 lbs (2250 to 4500 g) dry ice in the water. Watch the fog form. Add more dry ice as needed.

Q: Do you want a new car? A boyfriend? Some new clothes? You deserve all of these things, but don’t use shortcuts to get them. It’s so much easier to take the easy way out, but this usually requires hurting someone else, and if you do it often enough it’ll backfire. If you want something, work for it. It’s the honourable thing to do.  Don’t steal or try to rip people off instead of paying what you owe. Don’t shamelessly flirt with someone else’s tipsy girlfriend instead of forming an actual relationship with someone who’s available. Don’t keep borrowing money from your friends and family instead of getting a job. Don’t take credit for someone else’s idea instead of coming up with your own. Honesty and honor go hand in hand. Work on always telling the truth, whether it’s about your own intentions or an outside situation. It will certainly make you uncomfortable at times, and you might be subject to other people’s anger or hurt feelings. But ultimately, people will appreciate that you’re someone who tells it like it is instead of sugarcoating.  If there’s a situation in which you don’t feel comfortable telling the truth, just don’t say anything. It’s better than lying. Even so, it's important to tell the truth as often as possible. When it comes to the tiny lies we tell to spare feelings, you make the call. Just know that if you lie often enough, even in this small way (“No, that dress looks great!” or “Yes, I really liked your speech!”) people will stop trusting your opinion and begin to assume you’re just being nice. Developing your values is one thing, but standing up for them is quite another. It’s easy to argue with something in your head, but truly honourable people speak up and step in. Defending your values can mean any number of things, and it doesn’t always need to involve a big show. In little ways, you can behave honorably and set an example for other people.  For example, if everyone at work makes fun of a certain person when he’s not around, you could make it clear you don’t think it’s right. Sometimes just saying “I disagree” or even changing the subject every time it comes up is a way to make your opinion known. Sometimes you’ll be faced with a bigger problem, and you’ll have to choose between standing up for what you think is right and keeping your job, or staying friends with someone, or upholding your reputation as a sweet and genial person. That’s when true honor kicks in, and hopefully all those times you were honourable in little ways will prepare you for the big decisions. If you were to draw a cartoon of an honourable person, it might look like a guy giving up his seat on the bus for an elderly person while helping a child carry his luggage and offering to front fare for someone who forgot change. These cliches all demonstrate ways to be honourable, and they’re all situations that could happen in real life and provide easy opportunities to be a little honourable. However, true honor is demonstrated when you’re called upon to do something you really don’t want to do, and you do it anyway.  For example, maybe your brother and his two dogs need a place to crash for three weeks after losing their house. Things will be pretty cramped, but he’s your brother, so you do it. Or maybe you’re in the car on the way to airport to catch a flight to Venice for your honeymoon, and you witness a car run off the road and hit the guardrail. Even though it means you’re going to miss your flight, you stop and offer your assistance. Part of being honourable is acknowledging the effect your words and actions have on other people. You have the ability to help, and you have the ability to hurt. Don’t mess with people’s emotions as a way to get what you want. It’s easy to do this without even realizing it, so try to be more mindful of the impact you’re having.  Don’t take advantage of weakness, like using someone’s illness to gain an edge on them. Don’t be controlling of those around you. Let them make their own decisions. Don’t guilt trip people into doing what you want. Don’t lead people on by making them think you’re more emotionally involved than you really feel.
A: Work for what you want. Speak the truth. Defend what you believe in. Come to people’s aid. Never manipulate people.

Q: Pour the heavy cream into a small saucepan, then place the saucepan on the stove. Set the heat to medium, and wait until the heavy cream comes just short of boiling. Place the chocolate chips into a heat-safe bowl, then pour the hot, heavy cream over them. You can use milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips for this. During this time, the hot cream will melt the chocolate chips without scorching them. If you don't have any foil on hand, you can use a plate instead. Lift the foil away, and briskly whisk the two together until everything is smooth. Be sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl often. If you piped the frosting on instead, you can skip this step and more on to the next; you'd want to use the ganache before it starts to thicken. If you piped the frosting on, pour the ganache on instead so that you don't ruin the piped texture. You can also use crushed nuts instead of sprinkles. Once again, set the cupcakes down onto the muffin tin, and place the tin back into the fridge. This will allow the ganache to set up. Once the time is up, you can serve the cupcakes!
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Bring the heavy cream to a just below a boil in a small saucepan. Pour the heavy cream over the chocolate chips. Cover the bowl with foil, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Stir the chocolate chips and milk together with a whisk until combined. Let the mixture sit until it cools and thickens. Use a spoon to pour the ganache onto the frosting and swirl it around. Top each cupcake with a maraschino cherry and sprinkles. Refrigerate the cupcakes for 1 hour before serving them. Finished.