http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/eggs/ en-us Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:24:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117045/posts Eggs tainted with the industrial chemical melamine were detected last month in the same northeast Chinese city from where contaminated ones sold in Hong Kong originated, an official said Monday. The safety inspector from Dalian city's food and drug department said tests were carried out on eggs for melamine in the wake of the scandal about the widespread use of the chemical in Chinese dairy products. "Agricultural authorities carried out some checks into eggs after the (tainted) milk powder incident was disclosed, the official, who declined to be named, told AFP by phone. Some eggs were found to be tainted... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117045/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:24:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350739/posts "Fraud in science is a major problem." So begins "DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud" by the late J. Gordon Edwards, Professor Emeritus of Entomology at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. The article was published shortly after his death last July in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Fall, 2004. It is based in part on his 34-page manuscript discussing fraud in acid rain, ozone holes, ultraviolet radiation, carbon dioxide, global warming, and pesticides, particularly DDT. His publications distinguish Edwards as the leading authority on the environmental science and politics of DDT. In World War... The American Prowler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350739/posts#comment Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054788/posts LANSDALE, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia couple is accused of damaging the property of more than 400 people during an 18-month egging spree. FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054788/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:16:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053151/posts How to Boil an Egg So That It Peels Easily Cooked properly, an egg can be peeled easily and quickly. Steps Place your eggs into a saucepan . Add enough cool water to cover the eggs by at least 3 inches (8cm). Put the pot on a burner and set the temperature at high. When the water boils, lower the temp, and let the egg be in boiling water for 10 minutes. Turn off the range element you were using. Let eggs sit in hot water for 2 minutes. After the eggs have sat in the hot water for 2... Wikihow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053151/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:00:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010991/posts Can't remember if an egg is fresh or hard boiled? Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it's raw. If it spins easily, it's hard boiled. A fresh egg will sink in water, a stale one will float. Eggs contain all the essential protein, minerals and vitamins, except Vitamin C. But egg yolks are one of few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D. The colour of the egg shell is not related to quality, nutrients, flavour or cooking characteristics. White-shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and white ear lobes. Brown-shelled eggs are produced by hens with red... By Daily Graphic (Ghana) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010991/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 12:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005488/posts A worker in the Mahmudiyah Chicken Hatchery sets eggs into trays April 21 to begin the incubation process. U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Christopher McKenna, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT). FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAHMUDIYAH — Eight months of preparation and planning paid off when the Mahmudiyah Chicken Hatchery received the first of three shipments of eggs for incubation April 21. The first batch contained 35,000 eggs shipped to Iraq from Holland. “The purpose in bringing in eggs from Holland is that they have a faster growing rate and they’re healthier than chickens from within this area,” said Maj. Alaric... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005488/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000319/posts CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, April 11, 2008 – Through the efforts of a Multinational Division Baghdad soldier, deployed troops can once again enjoy fresh eggs as one of their breakfast options after the nutritious staple was banned from Iraq for a year. Fresh eggs are prepared at the Ironhorse Dining Facility for soldiers and civilians at Camp Liberty, Iraq, April 7, 2008. Eggs had not been allowed into Iraq after a March 2007 bird flu outbreak in Kuwait. The efforts of Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Sabrina Nero brought eggs back to patrons of the dining facilities all over southwest... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000319/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:16:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1993770/posts This is an animation of a Red Tailed Hawk, known to be a (Chicken Hawk), and it’s songs with humor. o7jimmy's You-Tube Video - Red Tailed Hawk’s Songs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1993770/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:12:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/651287/posts Gainesville -- Officials at Mar-Jac Poultry said they were shocked to find out Thursday that federal officials suspect the company might have ties to terrorist funding. Company Vice President Doug Carnes said at least a half-dozen U.S. Customs agents spent all day Wednesday gathering financial records and charitable contribution files. They were "real nice, professional and complimentary," he said, but they didn't disclose the nature of their visit. It was only on Thursday that Carnes was alerted by company officials in Virginia as to what the agents were looking for. "I'm shocked. I'm in disbelief. I've worked for them for... Atlanta Journal Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/651287/posts#comment Fri, 22 Mar 2002 03:51:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943591/posts The monks at Mepkin Abbey have supported their contemplative lives for 40 years largely by supplying eggs to local grocery stores. No more. The abbey has succumbed to a campaign undertaken last year by the animal-rights activist group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Too bad. In announcing its decision to phase out its operation over the next year and a half, a Mepkin spokesman said PETA's campaign had become a distraction to the Trappist community: "While the monks are sad to give up work that has sustained them for many years, a hard and honorable work of which... Charleston Post and Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943591/posts#comment Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915182/posts Genetic Screening Can Help Prevent Maladies Later In Life, But How Far Should Pre-Selecting Embryos Go? Thoreau said that every child begins the world again. Thoreau was right, of course. But he never had children of his own. He never spent nine months in the dark, wondering if his baby would be born whole, healthy, or at all. But what was once a final verdict at childbirth has been transformed, in many cases, by a series of medical choices that can be made long before the first labor pains. New York University's Dr. Jamie Grifo helped pioneer a technique that... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915182/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901522/posts Judge Makes 'Green Eggs and Ham' Ruling CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge was driven to rhyme after receiving a hard-boiled egg in the mail from a prison inmate protesting his diet. U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead reached for Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" for inspiration after getting the egg from inmate Charles Jay Wolff. "I do not like eggs in the file," Muirhead wrote. "I do not like them in any style. I will not take them fried or boiled. I will not take them poached or broiled. I will not take them soft or scrambled/Despite... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901522/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1874476/posts Parents who conceal the fact that a child was conceived from donor sperm or eggs could face jail under rules proposed today. The information should be declared on birth certificates to ensure children learn the truth about their creation, says a powerful committee of MPs and peers. In a report which touches on a highly-sensitive ethical issue, they argue that it would give parents "the incentive to inform their child" at the time and in the manner of their own choosing. But because it is an offence to give false information on a birth certificate, anyone who refused could be... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1874476/posts#comment Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868238/posts The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. Swine veterinarians quickly pointed out that “mad cow,” or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has never occurred naturally in swine. At the height of the British “mad cow” epidemic, both swine and cattle were exposed to the tissues from thousands of infected cattle and the... AG WEEKLY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868238/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:50:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813976/posts SIERRA VISTA — Little wonders, a giant Easter bunny and scurrying feet accompanied the wildly popular annual Easter Eggscitement at the Veterans’ Memorial Park on Saturday, an event that’s been going on for more than 20 years. Nearly 2,000 people showed up for the festivities, which turned the park’s Brown and Howard fields into an Easter wonderland. “It’s nice for the city to bring all the kids together to have a good time,” said Jerlene Budnick of Sierra Vista, who brought her 18-month-old daughter to the event. “She’s still a little young, but it was fun.” Budnick and others took... Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813976/posts#comment Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813202/posts Like every devoted mother bird, Pippa the silver crested cockatoo is ready to defend her clutch of eggs to the death. Sadly for her, however, they will never hatch. For Pippa has adopted a bowl containing 20 Cadbury's Creme Eggs, which her owner Geoff Grewcock had intended to hand to friends and family over Easter. The 17-year-old bird squawks and flaps whenever anyone approaches. "When I first saw her perched there I thought it was hilarious but now I'm a bit worried about her," he said at his home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. thisislondon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813202/posts#comment Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1782959/posts Drivers on their way to breakfast in northern Virginia on Saturday found it all over the road after nearly 165,000 eggs spilled out of an overturned tractor-trailer on the Capital Beltway... AP - Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1782959/posts#comment Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768943/posts The tattoo artist is searching for someone willing to turn themselves into a live exhibition of the classic bacon and eggs way to start the day. Mr Dickinson, from Penmaenmawr, Conwy, wants to take his model around UK tattoo competitions. It would include a knife and fork behind each ear. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768943/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767703/posts Anti-cancer chicken eggs produced GM chickens could be a route to faster, cheaper drugs UK scientists have developed genetically modified chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make cancer-fighting drugs. The breakthrough has been announced by the same research centre that created the cloned sheep, Dolly. The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, says it has produced five generations of birds that can produce useful levels of life-saving proteins in egg whites. The work could lead to a range of drugs that are cheaper and easier to make. Professor Harry Griffin, director of the institute, told the BBC: "One of... BBC NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767703/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755823/posts COLUMBUS, Ohio - It was the sort of commonplace misbehavior that raises blood pressure across the nation's roads: kids, out after midnight, egging cars along a busy thoroughfare. This time, though, the mischief turned deadly. The driver of a targeted gray Jeep barreled after the boys and someone inside pulled a gun, firing multiple shots that killed 14-year-old Danny Crawford. Police are still seeking the gunman more than two weeks after Crawford's death. They have interviewed the Jeep's owner but aren't saying if that person is a suspect. Comcast News via AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755823/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1673752/posts LONDON, July 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK fertility clinic has been given the green light by the country’s fertility authority to allow women undergoing in-vitro fertilization to trade costs of the treatment in exchange for any surplus eggs. The eggs are to be fertilized, and the resulting embryonic babies mined for cells to be used in research. The decision marks the first instance where human eggs are being legally sold as items of commerce. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority licensed the North East England Stem Cell Institute to exchange embryos in lieu of payment for IVF services. The... LifeSite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1673752/posts#comment Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:15:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1667597/posts Man tries to smuggle bird eggs in undies Mon Jul 17, 5:24 PM ET SYDNEY, Australia - A man caught with six eggs from endangered species in his underwear as he was preparing to fly to Bangkok was fined 25,000 Australian dollars ($20,000) Monday by a judge who rejected his claim that he only wanted to surprise his girlfriend. Wayne Frederick Floyd pleaded guilty in February to exporting regulated native specimens without a permit or exemption, an offense that carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Although Judge Martin Sides called it a commercial venture, he said he didn't mandate jail... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1667597/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:34:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639272/posts BRITAIN’S most notorious illegal collector of rare birds’ eggs has fallen to his death after losing his footing as he climbed a tree in a Yorkshire wood. Colin Watson, 63, a father of three from Selby, was three-quarters of the way up a 40ft larch near Campsall, Doncaster, when he slipped and fell. It is not known which species he was hoping to add to his collection that proved his downfall. His family said last night that he had climbed the tree only to take photographs. But to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Watson was public enemy... The Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639272/posts#comment Sat, 27 May 2006 12:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1635431/posts Google, whose founders reportedly drive Prius gas-electric cars and have invested in alternative energy, is now taking a stand for animal rights. The company will announce that its cafeterias will serve only eggs from cage-free hens, according to an article in the San Jose Mercury News on Thursday. That's no small matter; the company serves about 300,000 eggs a year to about 6,000 employees a year, the article said. "Animal rights groups urged the switch, noting that at many large farms, six or more hens are confined in a single wire cage," the newspaper reported. "For 12 to 18 months... San Jose Mercury News via Google Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1635431/posts#comment Sat, 20 May 2006 13:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634301/posts CHICAGO - Buying organic milk these days - or organic apples, eggs, or beef - no longer has to mean an extra trip to a Whole Foods supermarket or the local co-op. Organic products now line the shelves at Safeway and Costco. And Wal-Mart - already the nation's largest organic-milk seller - says it wants to sell more organic food. Large companies including Kraft, General Mills, and Kellogg own sizable organic- and natural-food brands. Now, they are developing organic versions of their own products, too. Still, while some organic-food fans welcome its broadening appeal and availability, others worry that the... The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634301/posts#comment Thu, 18 May 2006 13:00:09 GMT