A method of manufacturing a silver halide photographic emulsion, comprising a process of forming silver halide tabular grains in which 50% or more of a projected area of the total silver halide being accounted for by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and a equivalent-circle diameter of 1. The side bearing includes a cage member mounted on top of the bolster. In one embodiment, the decision about whether to collect information for a query is made before the query starts to run by comparing the Predictive Query Threshold to some cost factor. The suppressor bore is defined by at least one bore surface having at least one expansion groove disposed therein. The water carousel is a carousel which is configured to float on a body of water.