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FORZA match soccer ball specifically designed for use in competitive matches. Highly durable outer skin & inner bladder ensures shape and inflation remains consistent.
Get the professional feel on matchdays with this high quality FORZA match soccer ball. This crisp, traditional looking white soccer ball will have your strikers hitting the back of the net with no effort at all!
The ball comes in a range of different sizes ensuring all members of your soccer club are catered for. The Size 3 ball is perfect for kids matches, the Size 4 is perfect for junior 9-a-side games, and the Size 5 ball is full sized for senior 11vs11 and training drills.
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Lutanda Yarramundi has found some interesting facts about Australia, Did you know? Australia is one of the world's great economic and migration success stories. Australia is a unique, modern and dynamic trading nation of 22 million people with an ancient indigenous history, and European cultural background. Australia's coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometres and is linked by over 10,000 beaches, more than any other country in the world.
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By providing early warning, smoke detectors save lives every day. Designed to protect you and your family, smoke alarms are designed to notify you of a fire as soon as possible so you can find your way to safety.
Much more than the smoke detector from your local hardware store.
Flashes outside lights to make the house easy for authorities to locate.
All in an attempt to give you extra precious seconds to get your family out and get the fire department there for rescue and a chance to save your possessions.
The number one cause of poisoning death in America, it is invisible, odorless and deadly. It can be emitted not just by your car but from some of the most common appliances in your home. CO detectors can trigger the entire alarm system which can in turn trigger the same events described above for smoke detection to help you reach safety.
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Insurance terms and definitions from Motorcycle Insurance Specialist.
Coverages and benefits listed below may not be available in your state. If available, some optional coverages and benefits might be offered at an additional charge. Contact Motorcycle Insurance Specialist today to learn more.
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Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. You can also now share your screen with other users. Skype calls focus on video and audio quality, and secure the calls with end-to-end encryption. All you need to get started is Windows XP with SP3, Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1, a webcam for video calls and a microphone.
Switch between calling and messages–or do both at the same time.
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What are some ways to lower the calorie content while cooking? What is a low calorie diet where i can still have plenty of energy?
Snacking is sneaking in more calories than ever before into our diets, new research says.
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I love them! I also place them in the freezer for a while, and eat them frozen. Delicious!!
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A flavorful recipe for boiled young potatoes with dill.
Place potatoes in a medium pot add enough water to just cover potatoes.
Bring to a boil over high. boil at medium heat for about 10 minutes, until potatoes are just fork tender.
In a small bowl, stir together the butter, dill, and salt.
Transfer the potatoes to a serving bowl, and pour the seasoned butter over them.
Toss gently until they are well-coated.
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What's the true cause of the pectoral gap phenomenon?
Recently a malformation of the pectoral muscles known as the "pectoral gap" has appeared in professional wrestlers and some bodybuilders. This video discusses the most likely causes and what can be done about it.
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This page was for an Expedition that is now defunct. This is an archive, please do not make any further edits to this page. For the old discussion page, please see Talk:List of US Interstates.
The United States is covered with a convenient system of Interstate highways. Interstates are always freeways (limited access; no grade crossings), while U.S. Highways may be freeways on some sections and not on others. These roads network between major (and minor) population centers, and can make it easy to cover long distances – or get to the other side of a large city – quickly. Primary Interstates have one- or two-digit numbers, with odd ones running north-south (e.g. I-5) and even ones running east-west (e.g. I-80). Secondary Interstates have three digit numbers, with ones beginning with an even number (ie. 275) forming a circle or semi-circle around a city and ones beginning with an odd number forming spurs into a city (ie.175).
This is a list of primary interstates of the US Interstate Highway System.
This page was last edited on 15 July 2011, at 23:04.
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Discuss the bills before your spouse leaves. Make a list of all your combined bills and when they're due.
Don't overspend before the deployment. Make a budget for deployment spending. Don’t go overboard with electronics and equipment that you don't need.
Always keep some extra money in savings. Make sure you keep some extra savings for emergencies, even if it's just a few dollars from each paycheck. Through Military Saves, you can find out how to set savings goals, put them in writing and stick to them.
Visit installation travel office for special postdeployment deals. If you're going to a family resort, be sure to ask whether special rates are available for service members returning from deployment and their families.
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This solution provides steps on how to find the name of your computer.
In the Command prompt that opens, type "hostname" and press enter. The computer name displays on the next line.
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Published on September 12, 2018. Industrial Make Up Designs. Eye makeup design: 2017 ideas, pictures, tips about make up, beautiful eye makeup designs youtube. Cool eye makeup designs wwwimgkidcom the image kid has it!. 1839mag.
Cool Eye Makeup Designs Wwwimgkidcom The Image Kid Has It!
Maquiagem: Vdeos, Dicas E Passo A Passo Para Noite, Dia E Festas!
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Four Corners Second Edition Level 3 (CEFR B1) combines effective, communicative methodology with a practical, 'can-do' approach. Twelve units covering topics such as relationships and vacations give students the language they need to communicate with confidence. Clear learning outcomes and 'can-do' statements for every lesson, linked to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), help teachers and their students measure the progress being made. This version is the Student's Book with Self-study and Online Workbook. The Student's Book contains a unique code that gives access to online self-study activities and the online workbook.
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Drying time 16 hours. Clean equipment using white spirit. Apply with brush.
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to all you fundamental particles out there.
kookaburra i want to matter.
my greatest fear is that i don't.
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Turkey, bacon, stuffing & leftover mash cake - stupendous.
Kick up your leftover game with this easy recipe. Mashed potatoes, stuffing & bacon – what wrong could there possibly be?
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Leaf type lettuces generally produce (cut and come again) varieties. Sow seeds in succession every 2-3 weeks to extend your season. Leaf lettuces are also great for short season areas and they tolerate heat better than most head type lettuces. Leaf lettuce is best sown directly outdoors in loose fertile soil, as soon as soil can be worked. Sow 0.2 inches deep closely in rows of 12 inches apart or in 2-4 inch bands. Thin and harvest as baby greens or allow to grow out to larger salad sized leaves.
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what do lebron think about cry baby cleveland?
will i EVER PLAY FOR BUTTHURT CLEVELAND AGAIN?
THERE IS NO EFFIN WAY!
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Comfort – A good sports bra should feel comfortable, stay in place, and not chafe. The straps should not dig into the shoulders and the band should be comfortably snug to offer support, but not feel restrictive. Do jumping jacks, run in place, and swing your arms side to side to make sure what feels good on is comfortable and supportive when you're in motion.
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Baking fish in salt is one of the surest way to keep it soft and succulent. I like to use rock salt with a little coriander seed and lemon to create my crust. And don’t be shocked by the amount of salt you need – it’s purely for the crust and you won’t eat any of it.
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during this section. Don't do it. It rings too much. It is meant to be a short note.
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Helping our students to become better writers is a passion of ours. We always love to share instructional ideas and this week we are honored to have a feature article in the ASCD Express issue on well-argued writing. The issue's focus is on "how teachers, in all subject areas, are helping students approach argument writing with a sense of inquiry—generating relevant theses or claims that are supported with clear reasoning and vetted evidence."
In our article, we offer a range of lessons and activities that can be used to teach this kind of writing in elementary and middle school.
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Some horses seem to put on weigh no matter what you do. This could be a combination of metabolic problems that we can help test for and a lack of exercise. In order to avoid even more dangerous problems like laminitis, weight management programs are available. We have a horse scale for monitoring weight and a walker available to help with exercise. Have your horse examined and see what is recommended.
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Browse other questions tagged electric-bike or ask your own question.
Is an e-bike more of a bicycle or more of a scooter?
Central axis motor or wheel motor for conversion to electric bike?
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The video for 'Burning Blood' now on You Tube.
Titles, Animation, Video Editing And Production - Andrew B. White.
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“Most people see the world in binary categories. They believe that there is either an inherent moral good that we must all obey, or there are no rules and life is pointless anarchy. Nihilism argues for a middle path: we lack inherent order, but are defined by our choices, which means that we must start making smarter choices by understanding the reality in which we live more than the human social reality which we have used to replace it in our minds.
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Chemical pinkeye (conjunctivitis) or toxic pinkeye is caused by getting smoke, liquids, fumes, or chemicals in the eye. Flushing the eye with running water must be done immediately to remove the toxic chemical or liquid.
Mild pinkeye can be caused by the chlorine in swimming pools. Most people don't need treatment. After the eye is rinsed free of the toxic substance, artificial tears or ointment may be used to decrease the redness and irritation.
Pinkeye from a chemical or toxic substance needs to be evaluated by a doctor.
Chemical pinkeye is not contagious.
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Photo by Roxanne Ready. Creative Commons License.
Shredding is when you cut or tear a food into long narrow strips, either by hand or by using a grater or food processor.
Shredding a food can serve a variety of purposes. Shredded meat is a popular preparation, and shredded cheese allows for the cheese to melt more easily.
Shredding meat is a little different than shredding cheese. Meat is typically shredded by letting it sit in a slow cooker, and then pulling apart with two forks. But luckily most foods can be shredded using a grater. Popular foods to shred include lettuce, carrots, and radishes.
The steps below are for shredding something using a grater, like cheese or a vegetable.
Have a bowl or clean surface ready to catch your grated parts.
If you are grating cheese, try to chill the block of cheese first. This will make the cheese easier to shred.
Move the food you are shredding against the grater, pressing just enough to start the shredding. Pressing harder against the grater will make the shredded pieces a little bigger and thicker, but might also clog your grater.
If your grater gets clogged, simply rinse it under water. The clogged pieces of food should come right off!
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I am a published novelist living in Southeastern Louisiana, but my first love is writing about politics from a Christian and conservative viewpoint. Originally from western Pennsylvania, I am married and have seven children and six grandchildren. Toda leche Hashem!
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And last but certainly not least, BOB and BOB-veteran was stunning veteran lady FI & EE CH Pirtek Poema Dantalian!
She is an aunt to Dantalian's First Polar (GB CH Llaneirwg the Heretic - FI CH Pirtek Pigna Dantalian) and therefore also of course a great-aunt or a great-great-aunt to all entered Dantalian's cardigans.
So happy over this family!
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As you may know, Prohibition was repealed in 1933.
That means it’s been more than 80 years since Americans abandoned the catastrophic folly that fueled organized crime and turned otherwise law-abiding folks with a taste for liquor into outlaws.
Yet many states – yes, I’m including Virginia – continue to treat alcohol as a vaguely sinful substance, even as state coffers swell from its sale.
Not only is the Old Dominion saddled with sterile state-run liquor stores, but the laws and regulations that control the distribution of booze are longer than Leviticus.
Now for the good news: Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Department is introducing a host of changes to liquor regulations after an arduous process that involved multiple public comment periods, vetting by several government agencies and approval by the governor.
Some of the modifications took effect in December and others will go live this month or in February.
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Learn how to make a nectarine, banana and strawberry smoothie after the jump. . .
Put all the ingredients into a blender and mix until your smoothie is smooth. Poor in two longdrink glasses.
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Here are some of the jobs that were done in order to get the renovation finished.
After the entry way wall was removed.
Check out the size of these nails!
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Concrete mixing ratios for cement, sand, ... the stronger the concrete mix. Accurate concrete mixing ratios can be ... 17 cubic feet of sand, and 18 cubic feet of gravel.
How much of concrete amount is from cubic feet ( cu ft ... sand/gravel aggregate : cement ... Unit mass per cubic centimeter, concrete has density 2.41g/cm3.
In the estimation of cement, sand, and gravel ... We use here 94 lbs Portland Cement per cubic ... How to calculate how much cubic sand and gravel in a concrete mix.
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Hi my name is, who? My name is, what?
The Hacker Project - a free online game | General Category | Hi. My name is... | Hi my name is, who? My name is, what?
Hey all. Just figured I would stop in to say Hi. I've been lurking on HP for a while now, and figured I would come out of the shadows....a little. :P Glad to see such an active community here on the forums!
Re: Hi my name is, who? My name is, what?
i Am Nopey , i need to join a group, bcz its hard to develop programs on ur own.
i also like how active the forums are.
I think the forum is the best forum one. And we will continue to publish.
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I love other people's pots too. I have a wonderful collection of pottery. These are just a few photos of some of my favorites. I hope to post a full photo record of the pots I love, admire and live with as this site matures.
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This woman desired a facelift to deal with her neck and sagging jawline.
The hair above and behind the ear hide incisions easily. The incision in front of the ear has been placed in a natural crease into which it blends invisibly.
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One of the original tattoo after care. Available in 3 different sizes and available in case discount. Perfect to put on display in your tattoo shop.
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This one day course covers macros and forms to name but two. This course covers working with long documents.
This one day course covers macros and forms to name but two. This course covers working with long documents. Tasks include formatting long documents, creating a table of contents and an index, and using bookmarks and notes. Students will also learn how to track revisions, use comments, and create master documents. Mail merge can also be used to merge a document to a data source and distribute via email.
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You are the mean one!
that I treat you disrespectful!
I look like an angel.
But you better be carefull.
Not every player is a guy!!!
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UPDATE Sept 26 – one bulb died, and took out a fuse in the process. Now I get to find out how the warranty process works. More info in the article (link below).
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As a male garment, the tie is a symbol of virility and also of slavery. According to an esoteric interpretation, the tie is a symbol of debts. To tie it can also reveal a desire to escape from too rigid rules.
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What Are the Main Causes of Stomach Aches?
There are many factors that can contribute to stomach pain. This article will explain a few causes of stomach aches, as well as provide you with some simple remedies. You might like: Why Do I Feel Stomach Pain?
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A good cover letter compliments your resume, shows your personality, and makes it clear why you are the right person for the job.
Cover letters are just as important as resumes. Employers receive hundreds of resumes for a position, but a well-written cover letter makes it clear why you are the best person for the job.
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Aren't these polka dot vases cute? Polka dots make me happy. I'm not quite sure why. But if flowers make me happy. And polka dots make me happy. I wondered what might happen if we put them together.
Here are 5 links for making polka dot vases.You may want to use your own colors to make them more sophisticated or more you. But the basic techniques you'll need are all here. Enjoy!
Which technique do you prefer?
Totally agree! Polka dots mean instant cheeriness. Such a cute project!
I wonder who invented polka dots? Guess I'll have to do some research on that. Always a pleasure to hear from you.
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This is a problem that usually resolves itself. First things first, please be sure you have checked any likely places the carrier would have left the package: front door, back door, mailbox, or even with a neighbor.
Once you have a tracking email, then you have access to the same information we do about the location of your package. After a package has left our facility, there is no additional information we would be able to supply beyond what you can see from tracking.
That said, it is VERY COMMON that USPS tracking shows a package has arrived based on an estimated arrival time, and the package arrives a day or two later. This may be because the package was scanned in advance at your local post office or during the process of loading it onto the truck rather than at your address.
We suggest waiting a couple of days before getting in touch.
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Having problems with your Nikon COOLPIX S70 Digital Camera ?
Broken screen where do u get a broken screen fixed I have a Nikon Coolpix s1 digital camera and it fell into a cup of coffee. I unscrewed it and cleaned off the coffee but in the process, when I was screwing it back together I put pressure on the screen and now it is broken. Everything else seemes to work fine, any suggestions? I am at a loss. Many thanks. Katy.
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In large pot, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
Stir in SunButter until thoroughly combined. Stir in rice cereal until coated.
Coat half size sheet pan with cooking spray. Pour hot coated cereal into pans and using waxed paper, evenly press mixture into pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top and set aside to melt. When chips are melted, spread with spatula to cover top.
Cut into 4x6 into 24 bars.
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I would like to know if you could provide me with the recipe for Vanilla Cupcakes that would yield 12 instead of 24? 24 is a bit too much for my first try haha.
The number of cupcakes you make depends on the size of the cupcake trays you use. If you follow my vanilla cupcake recipe but halve the quantities, it should be perfect.
I always used to make half the amount but it never seemed to be enough which is why I now make the larger quantity.
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Here's what our customers say about us. We have many reviews from our automotive clients collected since 1999.
See some of our written and video testimonials below, and if you wish to leave some feedback about your service with us, please feel free to do so here.
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'Posted worker' means a worker who normally carries out his or her work in a state other than Finland and whom an employer undertaking that is established and performing substantial activities in another state posts to Finland for a limited period to perform temporary work in the course of a contractual employment relationship within the framework of providing cross-border services as subcontracted work, as an internal transfer within a group of undertakings or as temporary agency work.
The supervision of compliance with the Act on the Posting of Workers is the responsibility of the occupational safety and health authority, with the exception of the Equality Act provisions set out in section 3, the compliance with which is supervised the Ombudsman for Equality and the National Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal of Finland.
Questions relating to posted workers can be sent by email to: postedworkersfin@avi.fi.
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Kiss dry lips goodbye. Quickly moisturize and soften your pout. You're left with perfectly prepped lips, ready to make up and mouth off.
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Are you ready to build some serious muscle strength? You will be needing information on how to do it right and achieve the best possible results. Here are a few practical tips about building muscle that can be put into practice as soon as you are ready to do so. Get the body that you want to have by taking some time to read this article, and than applying it to your life.
Try to get in as many reps and sets as you can during each muscle building session. Do at least fifteen lifts while taking a break of less than a minute in between. This stimulates the release of lactic acid, which is a key component in muscle growth. You can grow your muscles tremendously by following this advice.
If you are serious about building up muscle mass, you need to start with the right information. Try incorporating some of the tips given in this article into your routine and you’ll be on your way to the body you’ve been dreaming of. Stick with it, and do not give up.
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If you want to quickly figure out how long it would take to double your money, use the rule of 72.
72 divided by interest rate = number of years to double your money.
If you receive a 6% interest rate, divide 72 by 6, which gives you 12. This means it will take you 12 years to double your money. The reverse: If you know you want to double your money in eight years, divide 8 into 72 to find that it will need to find a 9% interest rate to achieve that.
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What is Gold Day, you ask? It's the Friday preceding a home football game, where everyone in the marching band wears their AAMB hat and gold. Err, well grey. Close enough (right). Anyway, being a graduating senior, I decided that I should have at least one "step-by-step" run through of Gold Day available to look back on. Thus, I took approximately 170 pictures. Yea, disturbing I know.
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What’s your compulsion? That thing you can’t stop doing? Are you a nail biter, a hand washer? Clutter-phobic? Neurotically attached to your smart phone? Most of us have some kind of behavior we just can’t give up. And maybe we shouldn’t. This week, the upside of compulsion.
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A black and white negative of a car that has been in an accident. View is of the driver's side of the car.
Car Wreck, c.1930, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_071A.
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Students examine their emotional health. For this health lesson, students discover the differences between physical, mental, and emotional health. Students consider how to maintain balance in their own lives.
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the storage and retrieval unit. A turntable can be integrated either in the system or in the transfer area so that cars can leave the garage in driving direction. The transfer area can be arranged at each level. The Multi level parking dispenses with the need for ramps and aisles, offers security against theft and vandalism, saves the need for costly building technology compared with conventional garage buildings and is environment- friendly in terms of its compact construction, and it reduces emissions.
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Children's dress begins to soften and develop its own style. Boys are in comfortable short jackets and breeches. Hair is natural. This famous example is strongly influenced by the Cavalier style.
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In very rare instances a cat may attack, growl,. voice in a crowd of cats, and can accurately pinpoint the meaning of a. Cat drooling a lot. Some cats will drool because of eating something that tastes bad. When it comes to cats, tail posture and movement are not quite as easy to interpret.
Some animals will growl if they are. she was always acting strange (mean).
What is mean of dog growling and how to handle Snarling dogs with care at dogmal.
To dream that some dogs may growl menacingly mean that others will criticize and are.
Learn what your cat is trying to communicate when it hisses or growls.To dream that some dogs may growl menacingly mean that others will criticize and are disrupting.
This cat noise is a hybrid between a purr, a meow and a growl.For instance, your cat may growl or hiss in the presence of a new, unfamiliar and bigger cat.
Various meows and hisses from your local tabbycat, including the cat box.Body language, behavior,. ears turned back and tail twitching or waving—your cat may growl or put their teeth on you as a warning to cease and desist.Hissing is sometimes preceded by a growl, and is considered an escalation over the growl. Screaming. Listen to these examples of cat meows and find out what the different sounds mean. Cats growl and hiss when they are very angry,.Wish you had a secret decoder guide to cat behavior and cat. more than a dozen different meows that cats make, each with its own meaning. growls, squeals, and.
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can your dog bed do this?
most dog beds can't stand up to the use and abuse of life with a dog. digging, nesting, sleeping, rolling...it's a rough life. but the molly mutt bed takes it in stride and keeps on going. check out this durability test!
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JT you are always my cheerleader :D Thanks.
Look at you, hot momma!!!!!!!!
I am also one of those people who weighs way more than people estimate. It's hard coming to terms with that - especially when someone is telling you you're "overweight" according to some chart!
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Main Informations: How to make Potato- Banana Cutlets?
How to make Potato- Banana Cutlets?
Clean and peel Banana and Potato. Then cut the banana into large pieces.
done. After Cool and mash the potato banana mixture.
Labels: How to make cutlet?
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Resident Evil is often credited with inventing the survival horror genre. While that particular accolade may not be entirely factual, the game is worthy of recognition for cementing horror as a viable, mass-market console genre. Critics are quick to point out that Resident Evil’s basic game system, consisting of static backgrounds, 3D characters, and character-centric pivot-and-move controls, were lifted almost entirely from Alone in the Dark. Resident Evil, some will argue, might have taken the Dark formula and spruced it up for prime time, but it can hardly be credited with any great game design innovation.
Though it’s true that Resident Evil used Alone in the Dark as its template, I think that critics who write the game off as a copycat are not paying enough attention. There is a wealth of interesting game design ideas in Resident Evil, and in this article I want to tackle one of them in particular: the design of the mansion map.
It’s been a while since we all played Resident Evil, so let me refresh your memory. At the beginning of the game the protagonists find themselves locked in the sinister Spencer Mansion, which is also home to lots of zombies and (as we eventually find) a large underground secret laboratory. As the game starts there are only a few rooms that are accessible–access to most of the mansion is sealed behind locked doors, secret panels, and powered-down elevators. As the player progresses through the mansion he finds keys that unlock doors in areas he’s already visited, and must eventually return to those areas to find more keys to unlock new areas of the structure. Thus the player travels through the map in a very non-linear fashion, moving back and forth between rooms as items are collected and puzzles are solved, and eventually passing into areas with entirely new rooms. The map opens itself up like a spiral shell. I call this design Recursive Unlocking.
This approach has interested me for a long time. The genius part of the Resident Evil level design is that in the course of playing through the game two things happen: the player unlocks shortcuts and the player runs out of ammo. At some point the game becomes entirely about traversing efficiently through the mansion; it’s a run from the safe room (where we can save) through the shortest possible set of rooms until we reach another safe room or a new puzzle to solve. There’s simply not enough ammo to dispatch all of the zombies in the game, so route planning and deftly maneuvering through the Victorian building is eventually the key source of challenge.
Though the Recursive Unlocking pattern is interesting, I’ve struggled with how to study it. The actual order in which rooms are accessed has a lot to do with the player himself; most of the time there are two or three puzzles that are in the process of being solved simultaneously, and the level of traversal efficiency can depend on the order in which these puzzles are attempted. That said, there’s clearly a method behind the design of Spencer Mansion and its surrounding areas. The brains behind this game carefully architected the map so that the player’s traversal through the mansion would occur at a pace that they could control. To understand how the Recursive Unlocking methodology works, it would help to understand how the space was designed in the first place. Since we can’t just call up Shinji Mikami, Hideki Kamiya, and the rest of the (large) design team, I turned to the next best thing: data mining and visualization.
When designing a game we can assume that the level designer thinks in terms of the fastest path through the space. If several goals must be completed before the next space is unlocked, the level designer knows the most efficient order in which to complete them. He’s likely to lay the main path out first, then go back and flesh it out with extra details, secondary goals, or side-paths. Therefore, if we look at a highly efficient traversal of the space that doesn’t rely on bugs or tricks, we should be able to get a rough approximation of how the level was put together originally.
What I did is take a video of a speed run of Resident Evil: Director’s Cut (using Jill, on Arrange Mode, with 100% completion) and trace the player’s path through the game. I recorded each room transition in order, along with a time stamp, to produce a mapping of the speed runner’s entire path through the game. Then I wrote some code to render this path over a 2D map of the whole game using Processing. Finally, I took all the data I had, threw it into a spreadsheet, and made some graphs.
The results are pretty interesting. The speed runner takes the most efficient path possible through the game; no time is wasted with story or items. The only rooms visited are those that are necessary to progress to the end of the game. Since this is Arrange Mode, the actual details of the traversal might differ slightly from the original Resident Evil, but even so the main arc of the game, the way that the player moves from one part of the mansion to another, is clearly visible and worthy of analysis.
Here’s a visualization of the most efficient path through Resident Evil 1.
You can download a full-res movie file (Quicktime format, 30 MB) of this if you want. There’s also a Java applet version, but it doesn’t work well in some browsers and needs a lot of memory.
This speed run is by UltimateSpeedRuns. The maps were produced by Daniel Engel and posted on Gamefaqs. Resident Evil: Director’s Cut: Unauthorized Game Secrets had a useful numbering system for the rooms (which is unfortunately ignored by the actual walkthrough text) that I used to keep track of the speed run data.
What you are seeing here is the path from room to room that UltimateSpeedRuns took to finish the game in a little under an hour and a half (you should also check out his hilarious 44 second speed run of Clue). The game starts with Jill entering the dining room on the first floor of the mansion and ends with her running down a hall in the laboratory to catch an elevator to the helipad. There are 213 room transitions here, which I’ve sped up to show in about a minute (if you want to see them in real time, try the Java applet).
So that looks pretty cool and all, but what does it really tell us? Let’s start with some of the raw data collected for this research.
There are 116 unique rooms in Resident Evil, split between four major areas: the mansion, the courtyard, the guardhouse, and the laboratory. A room is any space the player can occupy: a hallway, passage, closet, or room. To finish the game, UltimateSpeedRuns visited 213 rooms total, which means that most rooms were visited only twice. Does it strike you as odd that a game known for requiring a lot of backtracking can be completed without passing through most rooms more than two times? Remember, this includes all hallways and passages, as well as proper rooms, in the game.
In fact, the data shows that we can be far more efficient than that. Of the 116 rooms in the game, 19 of them were not visited at all in this run. These are rooms that contain story pieces, or access to guns or other items that are not strictly necessary for progression. The majority (44, 38%) of rooms were only visited once. The most visited room in the entire game is a small hallway in the upper-right part of the mansion’s first floor. This room connects the mansion to the courtyard, to the second floor, and it is also right in the middle of several shortcut paths. It was visited a total of eight times.
This means that while there is some backtracking involved in Resident Evil, the path is from beginning to end is mostly linear. In fact, looking at the video above, we can see that there is a common pattern to the traversal: the player enters an area and then spends a lot of time in that immediate vicinity, visiting adjacent rooms several times before moving forward or heading back the way they came. You can see how an area will light up with activity for a few seconds, then the player travels on to some other part of the mansion. There’s a little bit of micro-backtracking within these “hot” areas, but very little retracing of steps across the larger map. At a macro level, Resident Evil is pretty much a linear string of these hot spots.
The presence of these high-activity areas reveals a key trait of the level design in Resident Evil: items and puzzles are organized together spatially and on the game timeline. When a puzzle in a room becomes solvable, it’s likely that the next item required after it, or the previous item required to access it, is in an adjacent room. The hot spots we see in the video are areas where a bunch of related items are stored in close proximity, but the unlocking of these hot spots is sequenced, so we also know that related items are revealed to the player when they become relevant. The message to the player is this: the items you have now are useful soon, and you won’t have to travel far to use them. Looking at the fastest-path traversal of this game, we can see how a skilled player only collects items when they are relevant and close, which leads to hot areas of the map and helps him avoid back tracking. That he can schedule item collection and traversal like this at all indicates that the levels were designed with this sort of progression in mind.
Of course, regular players might not realize that there’s an optimal order to collecting items and solving puzzles. They may backtrack to previous areas unnecessarily, or miss a key item and be unable to progress. But because the items and puzzles are staged both spatially and on a timeline, the player who wanders around looking for the next step should find himself returning to the same areas over and over. If there’s something left to be done in one room, there’s probably an item or puzzle in a room close by as well. This design serves to shrink the search space for the player, to localize the area which requires extra focus. I’m sure many players do this unconsciously without realizing that they are being guided by the game design.
There’s one specific moment where the player suddenly makes a long arc back through the first floor of the mansion, revisiting the areas where the game began. You can see this in the video at about 35 seconds in, which puts it at roughly 60% of the way through the game (it occurs 51 minutes into the speed run). This is a great example of the Recursive Unlocking pattern because it shows how the designers use this map layout to control tension and pacing.
At this point in the game the player has been all over the mansion. Then they left the mansion and spent some significant time (about 15 minutes of speed run time; 16% of the total game time) in the guardhouse. They then returned to the mansion and fought a boss (the giant snake, second appearance). This lead to a new area of the mansion that the player has seen but been unable to access (the library on the second floor), and eventually deposits the player back in the long hall next to the dining room where the game begins. The next destination for the player is the courtyard, which is accessed from the top-right corner of the map, and to get there the player passes back through the main hall and a bunch of other rooms that appeared early in the game.
We can see in the traversal visualization that this is one of the few times the player actually has to cross the whole mansion map without doing anything on the way. This trip serves a couple of purposes. On some level, it is comforting for the player to revisit these early areas, as they are familiar and the location of nearby saves and health has been long since memorized. On the other hand, the passage also serves to ratchet tension up as the player approaches a new area (the courtyard basement): the zombies that the player originally faced in these halls have now been replaced with giant spiders and hunters, both of which are pretty hard to kill. And finally, this section serves as a reminder of where we are; it brings us back to the beginning of the game and reestablishes the mansion in our memory. This is the last time the player will see the mansion; after traveling through the courtyard basement the he continues to the laboratory, which is the last environment in the game. So the last bit of the mansion that we see is the area that introduced us to the mansion to begin with. It is these rooms that we’ll remember the best when the game is over.
Another interesting aspect of this visualization is the way that the player moves between the four main environments: the mansion, the courtyard, the guardhouse, and finally the laboratory. These areas all look very different; the mansion has huge ceilings, Victorian stylings, and lots of zombies. The courtyard is outdoors, and has zombie dogs, snakes, and eventually hunters. The guardhouse is a wooden structure, old and dilapidated compared to the mansion, and it’s overrun by spiders. The lab is all metal hallways and complex piping, with sliding doors and glowing screens–another big departure from the previous areas.
The mansion accounts for the biggest chunk of the game, but it’s less than half (43%). One fourth of the whole game takes place in the laboratory, and the guardhouse and courtyard combined account for the remaining 30%. In terms of rooms, the mansion itself is the most dense (59 rooms visited), followed by the lab (21 rooms), with the guardhouse and courtyard about tying for third (with 18 and 17 rooms respectively). These areas are not reused much; the player generally enters one of these areas, solves a bunch of puzzles (another hot spot in the traversal), and then leaves, never to return again (the courtyard is sort of an exception–it gets traversed twice).
The four major locations in Resident Evil look distinct and play differently to prevent player fatigue. After solving a bunch of statue puzzles and placing gems into stone eye sockets for a few hours, the player is ready for a change. Leaving the mansion gives the designers an opportunity to change up the pace of the game, introduce new enemies, and just give the player a break from the areas he’s already seen over and over again. Given that the entire design of the Resident Evil map is based on recursion over the same key areas, these secondary spots are an attempt to prevent monotony.
It’s also interesting to note that by looking at how much time the player spends in each room, we can sort of get a sense of how the design changes from area to area. The speed runner in our video goes through the mansion rooms at an average of 37 seconds per room. The mansion is primarily a traversal puzzle. Time spent examining the environment isn’t recorded by this data, as the speed runner did not bother. The guardhouse is similar: 36 seconds per room. But the courtyard and laboratory areas are much longer: 53 seconds per room and 59 seconds per room respectively. Perhaps the difference in speed is related to an intentional change of pace between these areas, or perhaps it is a side-effect of the development process. Either way, it seems clear that the rooms in the mansion and guardhouse feel different than those in the courtyard and laboratory because they are passed through so much more quickly.
Here’s a couple of other interesting tidbits I gleaned from this data.
The hunters are introduced almost exactly half-way through the game.
The door opening animation, which plays between rooms to mask the room load time, takes about 5 seconds. In total, the accumulated cost of this load time is about 25% of the total play time of this speed run.
Arrange Mode (used for this test) moves the locations of items around on the map, but doesn’t generally disrupt the order or point in progression in which they appear.
Visualization of player data can give us interesting insights into how games like Resident Evil work on the macro level. Using a speed run for this sort of visualization is ideal because it removes any bias and confusion that might stem from individual player sensibilities and shows us something close to the path that the level designers intended. In Resident Evil’s case, the Recursive Unlocking pattern is used to control the pace of the game, the flow of the narrative, the progression of enemies and weapons, and even to force a change of scenery on the player, all while maintaining a non-linear feel. This sort of analysis reveals how much thought actually went into the construction of the layout of this game. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find another Adventure game from the Resident Evil era that pulls off such a tight and formal traversal; this level design is clearly the product of serious planning. The data here shows that the layout of Spencer Mansion and its surrounding areas was probably the single most difficult part of the Resident Evil design, but the work that Capcom’s designers put into it made the game the masterpiece that it is.
Ooh! I wanna say it first! So… are Capcom the masters of unlocking?
Great analysis, Chris. This really helped me understand one of the key ingredients of great level design. You articulated perfectly a feeling I had about the game but couldn’t identify. You’ve also justified my feeling that this game really is a masterpiece of the genre.
Nice comeback! Hey Chris… any idea how does it work in the Resident Evil Outbreak series? Specially in the “Decisions, decisions” Scenario… would be very interesting to get your opinion about that….
There are some “abstract” aspects that an analysis can’t account like, for example, the fear experimented and also the randomness in the necessary combat sequences (health, weapon used, ammo, hit%, etc).
Very interesting analysis and I’m glad that more people are willing to delve deeper into the design of horror games.
However, your speed map does mask some problems. For one, Resident Evil does not give clear directions were players can go and hints have to be found. Multiple rooms are open to explore simultaniously and rooms often only have one point of enterance. Thus, the backtracking itself isn’t a result of map-design, but of gameplay design. Players wander through the building because they do not know where to go. An experience the designers were probably aiming for, but your map and data make it seem that it is all in the design of the location. Not so.
For instance, when one finds the sword key, multiple rooms open up, if one can correctly recall the rooms which were locked before, traversal will be quicker, but if players don’t know where to go, they have to walk through the very same rooms again.
Now I know this is just a minor glimpse at a possible scientific analysis of map design, but it would be far better to review 100+ videos of first time players and map their routes. Even a handful of blindrun players would give a better look on the map design.
I don’t think what you say is faulty, but your choice of a speed gamer has some serious influence and making generalizations about the game design feels pretty off-mark.
So really, all the map does is show the most efficient route required to complete the game, leaving many interesting data elements on the floor.
Wouldn’t a display of the ‘most efficient’ route elevate mapdesign in every case? Compared to first timers?
I’m not saying RE was badly designed, it clearly wasn’t. I just think you come to a hasty (but right) conclusion by using the wrong set of data and method.
I agree that the speedrun data does not, in any way, represent an average player. Wandering around is certainly part of the Resident Evil design, but each player does this differently; without an analysis of many many players (as you suggest), I think it would be difficult to draw conclusions about how players actually respond to this map.
But that’s not what I’m trying to do here. I’m specifically looking at the fastest path–the path through the game where wandering is eliminated. The reason I think that path is interesting is that I think level designers think in terms of the fastest path, with ancillary areas hanging off the sides. Thus by looking at the most efficient route we can glean a little bit of information about how the map was constructed.
For example, this analysis shows that there is almost always an effort to localize a particular puzzle and its relevant pieces to a specific area; if there’s something to do where you are now, there’s probably something else to do nearby. This is a purposeful design consideration, and one that I wouldn’t have noticed without this data.
Individual players may or may not actually clear an area as they go–the game is certainly designed to encourage some wandering and exploration, as evidenced by the way that enemies increase in power over time. But since every player is bound to play differently, my analysis focused on the design of the map rather than the way it is consumed by individuals. And for that purpose, I think the speed run data is actually very good; the signal-to-noise ratio is very high, and we are given a little window into what the designers were thinking when they put this game together.
I do think your speed-data can be used to check map-efficiency, but I think there is a better designed aspect added to RE’s map system you perhaps overlooked. One that has more influence than puzzle positions.
The gradual unlocking of areas: Players obtain keys and new areas open up, not just a specific room (although that happens too).
You can literally layer the progress by seeing what gets unlocked at what point (or timeframe), enlarging the map with each step. Perhaps in a future analysis, you could include this in your methods of analysis.
Still, I applaud you for taking a scientific approach to games that radically differs from the stale “Do violent VG affect behavior?”.
You can literally layer the progress by seeing what gets unlocked at what point (or timeframe), enlarging the map with each step.
Yep. I call this gradually increasing problem space “recursive unlocking.” It’s the key to RE1 map design, hands down.
Nice article but I think the use of a speedrun can be misleading and lead to a few generalizations.
Puzzles and key items only work in “hot spots” for like half of them.
For the other half the placement of the puzzle solving item will not be in a room nearby but in another “hot spot” or even in another area of the game.
The speedrunner does not show this because he knows about it: for example, the product you find on the east aisle of the mansion is used to kill the plant located on the west aisle, which are pretty far from each other to be considered the same “hot spot”.
However the speedrunner just picks it up on its way to do something else.
Also most puzzles or locked door that will open a new big area do not work in hotspot either, but instead either makes you go all around the place, or backtrack a lot. For example after the guardhouse you get a need key, and you’re told by the game (Wesker tells you) to go back to the house and check any locked door. And after this part you still need to backtrack through the house and the garden before opening the underground.
First up, I wanna say there is a citation error here: All the videos on the channel UltimateSpeedRuns were reuploads from speeddemosarchive.com.
The real runner’s name is Damien “Dragondarch” Moody.
This is a fantastic analysis. Honestly, I don’t think using a speedrunner as the source data was a bad thing at all, because you can still examine any possible route changes and come to the same conclusion.
I analyzed and interpreted the games in much the same way through my own experience speedrunning them, followed by reviewing the way I handled my first playthroughs. Level design and scenario design which forces the player to think and destroys his expectations is what makes a survival horror game great. This lays out the reason why I think the REmake is intrinsically the best Survival Horror game of all time and why I crap all over RE4. I would actually like to use the term “recursive unlocking” myself.
This analysis is simply astounding, it really highlights how much time they spent on designing even the smallest bits of the game area, and your data visualisation is a great idea for showing this.
I’d be very interested to see the same approach applied to another similar game to see if some patterns are recurring in the genre.
Great read; I used to visit your site way back when and recently finished the original RE trilogy again and thought I’d visit your site again.
It is however the first time I am reading this article – which is awesome!
A dude named Dave wrote above: “You articulated perfectly a feeling I had about the game but couldn’t identify” which is damn true! I always felt that RE’s environments were amazing and intricate, but this just made me understand why.
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I've started buying farm fresh white eggs, which have thus far been bloodspot free.
Blood spots totally gross me out because I am weak & squeamish & an a long-tern vegetarian who almost never eats anything capable of bleeding. That said, all they are is fertilized (aka: 'too close contact with a rooster'). Eggs, especially farm-fresh-non-supermarket eggs, being so precious it is probably a high-crime to dump them. I try not to.
I too buy organic brown eggs. While they do have a higher incidence of blood spots, they TASTE (and smell) much, much better than the mega-farmed white eggs. The yolks are big, firm and the perfect shade of yellow while the whites actually maintain their shape in the frying pan. At the end of the day, as with most things, you get what you pay for.
ChefoOno, the USDA is as dirty as the FDA.
Well, thanks for all this info. So far, no blood spots in my white eggs. We'll see what the rest of the carton brings. I'm thinking of trying the light blue heirloom eggs next.
I just looked in Whole Foods tonight, and I only found one brand, of the many brands they carry, that had a 6 egg carton of white cage free eggs, and they're not labeled organic (though they say they're antibiotic, hormone free/natural feed). I'm curious to see what the blood spot scenario will be. I'll keep you all posted.
P.S. ChefOno, all the eggs I have bought are USDA Grade A, and as I mentioned, half of them frequently had blood spots. So I'm not sure how the USDA can make those claims.
The USDA doesn't assign the grades, the packer does. The USDA performs spot-checks along the entire supply chain including retail stores to make sure the regulations are met. The guide I referenced explains in detail but there are allowances made for certain variables, one of which is the difficulty of detecting small blood spots though brown shells. What those tolerances are, I don't know. That's beyond the limits of my knowledge.
Hmmm… I'll see your NPR and raise you Perdue.
The idea that the color of a chicken's feathers relates to the color of its eggs doesn't hold up. The chicken's earlobes are a better indicator, but even that isn't an absolute. Genetics is a trickster.
As for the prevalence of white eggs in this country, it's true that most people prefer a "clean" white egg but that's not the reason there're the norm. Cost of feed is (or at least was). Long story short, white egg layers are less expensive to feed.
Not all eggs are USDA graded -- look for the USDA shield on the carton.
USDA grade A eggs should not have blood spots but, as rachelib pointed out, brown eggs are harder to candle so rejects sometimes get through. The USDA quality program take into account such issues as well as a variance in weight per egg and weight per carton. But they shouldn't vary by a great deal.
I can tell you *exactly* why you'll find more brown organic / free range / cage-free eggs. Because people believe (wrongly) that they're more healthful or more natural.
So given all this, should grade A organic and free range eggs still not contain blood spots? And does anyone know why most organic, free range eggs are brown as opposed to white--I know it has to do with the chicken, but i would think they could have chickens that lay white eggs that are alsp raised in a cage free environment and are fed organic feed. it sounds like a white organic, free range egg would cover all my issues, because I have to say, the blood spot still bothers me.
I also try to use organic free range eggs and I often find small blood spots in them. Usually I ignore them completely. Occasionally, if it's larger or brighter than usual, I'll remove it with a piece of eggshell. If I'm using the egg raw or for meringue, I'm always careful to remove it. I say ignore it unless you can't stand it aesthetically. At least, eating eggs with them never seemed to do me any harm.
My mother removed the blood spot with a piece of egg shell, which makes a much better scoop than a spoon.
The blood spots don't mean the egg is fertilized, typically they are caused by a minor blood vessel rupture in the ovary or oviduct. My impression is they are more common in cage free hens - which makes sense in my mind because more activity means more opportunity for minor traumas to happen. They are not dangerous, but can be aesthetically troublesome.
That makes perfect sense, hla. I notice them much more since I shifted exclusively to cage-free eggs. And as Pierino mentions, there is more variation in size. I get around that by measuring them by volume: the average Grade AA Large egg comprises 1.66 ounces. That times the number of eggs a recipe calls for equals the total ounces of eggs needed. Global warming bothers me; blood spots in eggs, not at all.
Brown eggs are harder to candle, which is how eggs with spots are separated out. While blood spots will make the egg non-kosher, it doesn't effect the taste or baking properties of the egg.
I can't afford to toss eggs with a tiny blood spot in them. I buy my eggs direct from the farmer, and lots of them have that speck. I wouldn't toss it unless I saw the real beginnings of an embryo in the shell.
Once you beat the eggs, the spots disappear.
I fascinated with this issue. Does this mean the egg is fertilized, Pierino? Sometimes I notice the blood spot has a bit of a solid piece of albumen attached. I have not noticed it as much lately but also buy mostly free range, organic and this is where I see it too. I usually ignore the blood spots but have been curious about them.
I think Maedl is correct. I occasionally see that tiny blood spot which I've been told means the hen has had a close encounter with a rooster. But unlike ChefOno I haven't actually studied the literature. I prefer locally farmed, free range brown eggs myself. I like the flavor and the fact that the yolks are brighter. They are usually unevenly sized in the carton, but who cares?
The eggs with tiny spots are fine to eat. If you are terribly squeamish, you can remove the spot with a spoon, but once an egg is beaten, the fleck disappears. Cage-free has EVERYTHING to do with it. The chickens are allowed to be chickens and lead a normal life that includes contact with a rooster. Remember, the basic purpose of eggs is reproduction, not to provide humans with food!
If the carton had the USDA shield, all those eggs should have been sold as grade B. But, as the handbook notes, defects in brown eggs are more difficult to detect so that could be a factor. I doubt the organic and free range classifications have anything to do with it but the species of chicken could. The handbook points out blood spots can be a genetic trait.
In any case, if the spots are small, the manual says they're okay to use.
I have zero experience with organic and free range products so maybe someone else has had similar issues. I can't remember the last time I've seen a blood spot on a conventional egg.
Grade A, organic and cage free. The blood spot is tiny. To be honest, in the last few years, but with increasing frequency, it has not been unusual for me to find that half of the carton of eggs have blood spots--and I've bought different brands in an attempt to avoid the issue. The only thing the eggs have in common is that they have all been organic and cage free. I started to wonder whether that had anything to do with it. But in any event, do folks suggest not using. It does make me uneasy, but then I think that ihad been hard boiled, I would not have known the blood spot was there.
What is it with egg issues lately?
Satisfy my curiosity please. Were these eggs USDA graded? Were they white or brown shelled?
Small blood spots (not more than 1/8") are classified as "B" grade. Larger spots, diffusion of blood into the albumen, blood due to germ development, lines or rings are classified as inedible.
What can I use to stick sesame seeds to bagels? Egg allergy.
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One of the most fearsome Chelonians around is the alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii, which is the biggest freshwater turtle in North America. It can grow to 2.5 feet long, can weigh as much as 200 pounds, and has powerful jaws, a sharply-hooked beak, nasty bearlike claws and a muscular tail. The alligator snapping turtle does eat some aquatic plants, but it's mostly a carnivore that dines on a variety of smaller creatures -- fish, frogs, snakes, worms, clams, crayfish and even other turtles.
The alligator snapping turtle catches prey by way of a fiendishly clever evolutionary adaptation: an appendage to its tongue that, when wriggled, looks an awful lot like a worm, according to the Saint Louis Zoo. A fish who gets fooled by the turtle's tongue will swim right into range of the hungry predator's jaws.
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I'm a huge fan of barley in soup!
Kalyn, same here, yet I'm guilty of making the same barley soup all the time. I love some of the ideas in this collection of recipes. Time for new soups in my house!
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Need space to grow into now but can't budget for it. offices above ready to move into (no work) The property has exposure parking and direct access to the ground area to its rear.
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The UNO Alumni Association will conduct its 107th Board of Directors Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 21, in the Thompson Alumni Center (6705 Dodge St.). The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. prior to the quarterly board meeting.
Voting will be held for officers and at-large members. The proposed slate will be posted here soon.
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She wants to become beautiful. From what she needed to start? Help the proper use of cosmetics, jewelry, and choose to do hair.
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The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on en... (more)tertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music) and Tony Awards (for stage). They are presented in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment programming, news and documentary shows, and sports programming. As such, the awards are presented in various area-specific ceremonies held annually throughout the year. The best known of these ceremonies are the Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring excellence in American primetime television programming (excluding sports), and the Daytime Emmy Awards, honoring excellence in American daytime television programming.
When is The Emmy Awards back?
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In order to access this resource, please complete the form by clicking on the link. You will be contacted by a member of Macmillan's Learning and Development team with further details.
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