22 PERFECT PIE TIPS

22 PERFECT PIE TIPSThere are tricks to making perfect pie crusts. The first is maintaining the correct balance of ingredients and the second is temperature.Pie crusts are a mixture of flour, fat, and water. The best recipes seem to have a common ratio of these ingredients: 1/4 cup water to 1/2 cup fat to 2 1/2 cups flour. (The flour should bemeasured by spooning the flour into the measure, not scooping it. Scooping packs the flour and overloads the...

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30 Household Hints

30 Household Hints1. Spray plastic food containers with non-stick cooking spray to prevent tomato based products like paste or sauce from staining.2. If your oven racks no longer slide in and out easily, rub the outer edge of the rack with petroleum jelly.3. To brighten copper pots that have become blackened over open flames, use a mixture of salt and lemon juice and then rinse with tepid water.4. Turn the lid from a shoe box upside down and...

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Lion, Tiger, Bear - Unlikely Trio

Lion, Tiger, Bear - Unlikely TrioThey make an unlikely trio, but Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and Shere Khan the tiger have forged an unusually strong bond.Considering that they would be mortal enemies if they ever were to meet in the wild, it is stunning to see their unique and genuine friendship in these intimate pictures.Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta, Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time at barely...

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10 things to keep your voice beautiful!

10 things to keep your voice beautiful!1. Limit intake of dehydrating fluids – coffee, tea, alcohol; up water intake.2. Avoid whispering if you “lose” your voice. Speak quietly instead with support.3. If you must shout,use support muscles!...4. Match your phonation to your breath length.5. Excessive throat clearing is too harsh for the vocal folds. Try to avoid this.6. Improve your posture, so muscles can work effectively.7. See if you can have voice naps during the day.8. Use giggle technique to help blowaway any constriction in larynx.9. Articulate...

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Top 10 camera phone tips

Top 10 camera phone tipsImage Source: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en#1. Use the rule of thirdsWhen composing a picture, imagine two horizontal lines and two vertical lines crossing like a tic-tac-toe grid on top of it. Place strong lines and divisions like the horizon in your image on the gridlines and let elements of interest fall on the intersections. A few camera phones let you activate a grid display on the image-preview...

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10 Sex Tips For Women

10 Sex Tips For Women1. “Why does he want sex so much more often than I do?”Basically, because he's awash with the hormone testosterone and you're not. Women have it, but not nearly as much as men. Testosterone is largely responsible for lust, anger and increased physical strength. Ceren Altin, of online science magazine Kingdom Robertea, explains: “As you get older, the level of testosterone decreases in both sexes and causes a decrease in libido.”On...

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Interesting Cat Facts

Interesting  Cat Facts1. FELIS CATUS - that’s the scientific name for a cat that lives in our houses.2. Most pet cats weigh between 2.5 - 7 kilograms (if your cat is too heavy it might need to go on a diet) .3. A cat uses its whiskers to measure how wide an opening is - that way they can work out if they can fit into spaces .4. Chocolate can make your cat very sick .5. Cats use their tail to keep their balance .6. A cat’s body temperature...

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Elephant Facts

Elephant FactsImage Source:  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en1. Once common throughout Africa and Asia, elephant numbers were severely depleted in the 19th century, largely due to the massive ivory trade. While some populations are now stable, poaching and habitat destruction continue to threaten the species.2. The elephant has the longest gestation period of any mammal at 22 months.3. Healthy adult elephants have no natural...

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Amazing Crocodile facts

Amazing Crocodile factsNile CrocodileSource: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.enKINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Reptilia ORDER: Crocodilia FAMILY: Crocodylidae GENERA: Mecistops, Crocodylus, Osteolaemus  Crocodiles are large, carnivorous reptiles of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the...

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Anonymity on the web

Anonymity on the webI can see you hiding in the shadows over there and so can the logs of all the web sites, FTP servers and other nooks and crannies you visit on the web. The sort of information gathered by these logs and which is available to the webmasters of the sites you visit include the address of the previous site you visited, your IP address, your computer's ID name, your physical location and the name of your ISP along with less personal...

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Amazing Squirrel Facts

Amazing Squirrel FactsImage source: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en1. Squirrels are the most active in late winter, when the mating season begins. The males will chase females, as well as chase off other suitors. This ritual of chasing occurs through the trees at top speed, while they perform some of the most breathtaking acrobatics imaginable.2. Squirrels are usually born in the early spring. The average litter consists of...

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Happy Mother's Day 12-5-2013

Happy Mother's Day 12-5-2013On Sunday May 12, we will be celebrating Mother’s Day.Happy mothers days to all mo...

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Varanasi: India's City of Death and Enlightenment

Varanasi: India's City of Death and EnlightenmentLocated on the banks of India’s River Ganges, Varanasi is considered the holiest place on Earth by Hindus. The city has been a center of enlightenment and civilization for more than 2,000 years, and the Hindu faith continues to define this sacred city. The rituals and beliefs surrounding cremation and the cycle of reincarnation. It is on the banks of the Ganges, which Hindus believe flows with...

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Drag Queens in Half Drag

Drag Queens in Half Drag In his Half-Drag series, New York based photographer Leland Bobbé captures two sides of the city’s drag queens – the unrestrained, made-up drag divas, and the men that lie beneath. Images Sources :http://lelandbobbe.com/blog/category/half-dr...

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100 completely useless facts

100 completely useless factsBelow are 100 completely useless facts.1. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.2. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."3. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.4. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.5. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of...

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