If you have a computer or smartphone, you have many useful calorie-counting tools at your fingertips. Resources like the USDA's Food Composition Database or WebMD's Food Calorie Calculator archive the nutrition facts for virtually every food imaginable and make them easy to view with the touch of a button. Non-packaged items, like fresh fruits and vegetables and prepared meals in restaurants, don't give you the benefit of being able to review the relevant nutrition facts. An online calorie counter can come in handy when you want to know more about what's in these foods. Some calorie counters only offer the number of calories and recommended serving sizes of the foods you look up. Others may also give you their macronutrient values. As an alternative to online tools, there are also traditional publications that document the nutritional value of common food items. Bring your guidebook with you when you eat out or go grocery shopping to get a sense of how various foods are being used in your body. A few of the most popular food composition guides include "The Complete Book of Food Counts" by Corinne T. Netzer, "Nutritive Value of Foods," by Susan E. Gebhardt, and the USDA's "Handbook of the Nutritional Value of Foods in Common Units." Some guidebooks even report the nutritional value of menu selections at well-known restaurants. If you're ever wanted to know how many calories are in a Bloomin' Onion from Outback Steakhouse, now's your chance! Type in the name of the item or flip through your food composition guidebook until you find the correct listing. There, you'll see the calorie count for the USDA recommended serving size, along with other info like the values of the major macronutrients and recommended daily values (DV). Be sure to specify the exact serving size of the item you're researching. Serving sizes are most often measured in cups, ounces, or grams. The items in a food composition guide may be listed alphabetically or grouped into sections by category (such as fruits, vegetables, meats, bread products, or snack foods). If you're curious about how many calories are in an entire meal, it will be necessary to record each ingredient individually. You'll then add together the values according to the specific amount used in the dish. Grab a pen and piece of paper so you can write down each value as you go alongthis will make it much easier to total them later. To find out approximately how many calories are in a bowl of homemade beef stew, for example, you would need to refer to the listings for beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, and broth or stock, then figure out the number of calories found in the amounts that the recipe calls for. Don't forget to include ingredients like butter, oil, shortening, and bread crumbs. These are often left out of calculations because they're not thought of as main components of the dish. Scan the listings carefully and highlight the one that most closely matches the item you're curious about. A chicken breast cooked with the skin on, for example, will be higher in fat and calories than a skinless one. Looking at the wrong item could give you an inaccurate impression of how healthy your food choices are. Foods like fruits, vegetables, meats, nuts, and cheeses in particular come in a wide array. There are over 200 common varieties of potatoes sold in the US alone! Variety is common even among packaged food items. In some cases there may be 3-4 different kinds of the same product, including low-fat, high-protein, and whole grain variations.
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One-sentence summary -- Use an online calorie calculator to look up nutritional information quickly. Carry a food composition guidebook when you're on the go. Search for a food or ingredient. Look up ingredients for homemade meals separately. Consider the nutritional distinctions between similar foods.

Just double-click on the software's icon on your desktop, if it's there, or click on it in your programs list. Go to the window where you located the image you saved. Click-hold the image, drag it, then drop it onto the editor to display it. You can resize or rescale the image before saving it into PNG format if you want; you can even add texts using the Text tool of your software. This is entirely optional though. Click "File" in the upper left of the editor and choose "Save as." Enter a file name by typing the desired name in the File Name field. Click on the "Save as type" drop-down menu under the File Name field to view all the compatible formats the image can be saved as. Select "PNG" then click "Save." The file will be saved in the same directory as the original one but as a PNG file.
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One-sentence summary -- Open an image-editing software like Paint for Windows or Paintbrush for Mac. Open the image you saved. Edit the image. Save the image as PNG.

The quotation needs to be introduced in your own words. This can come either before or after the quote itself. You should identify the speaker of the quotation. Particularly if your quote is the first sentence in your paper, be sure to provide 2-3 sentences of explanation and context. There should be a clear sense of why you are choosing to use the quotation and why it is important to the rest of your paper. You should provide an explicit connection between the quotation and your thesis, or the central argument of your paper. Be sure that the quotation you use supports your thesis. Be sure that using the quotation enhances, rather than distracting from, your argument.
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One-sentence summary -- Introduce the quotation. Provide context for the quotation. Connect the quotation to your thesis.

Hip hop dancing relies a lot on the contrast between loose, flowing moves and quick, jerky ones. Generally, the hips are kept loose while the arms and hands perform sudden, dramatic movements, though quick hip moves are not uncommon either. The first step to making your dancing more hip hop-like is to embrace this contrast. Popping and locking are two dance styles that provide a foundation for a lot of hip hop dance technique. Learning the basics of both will allow you to quickly look more like Beyonce while dancing. Popping: This is a bouncy style of dancing that requires the isolation of body parts, moving them in succession, to the beat. To perform popping, imagine a wave moving through your body, making your body parts move one after another. Locking: The basic concept of locking is to move quickly and then freeze, and then continue moving at the same speed as before. This can be applied to both the whole body or to one body part at a time. Usually, locking involves jerky arm movements and a looser hip area, which moves to the beat. Once you understand the basics of popping and locking, you can learn a few basic hip hop moves that will get you started. These moves are the kind of things they'll teach you at almost any beginner's hip hop dancing class. Hip step: Start in the standard position with your feet shoulder length apart and knees slightly bent. Kick one foot out in front of you, then swing it to the outside of your other foot, crossing your legs. Then uncross your legs by moving your other foot back into standard position. Repeat in the other direction. Slide and step: From the standard position, move your feet closer together. Then step far to the side with one foot. Slide the other foot towards the first foot and then step it back into place next to the first foot. Then repeat in the other direction. Arm cross: Lean your torso forward a bit. Spread your arms in either direction, outwards but still pointing toward the floor. Then swing your arms both in and cross them in front of you. Move your hips back and forth to the beat as you do this.
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Utilize both relaxed and jerky movements. Introduce popping and locking into your dancing. Master some of the basic moves of hip hop dancing.