We rarely have the guts to say it, but this book does! It eclipses, principally, issues and topics that would be beneficial if discussed openly. But sadly, we seldom, if ever, have the gall to do so. It slam dunks you with food for thought - raw. In all there are over a hundred discussions and expos s (many with a complementary illustration) that include the following (paraphrased):The Virginia Tech myth about guns;Juveniles delinquents needed for road kill;How to marry a Canadian murderer;Some speeding tickets are Legal Highway Robbery;The genetic code for sexual orientation;The Pantyhose-Diamonds connection;Dump your wife because life is short;The prostitution solicitation mystery;IQ and geography;The FSBO myth;Put dem prosecutors in the slammer;Is Rush a new four letter word The brain evolution puzzle;When your vote is meaningless;The intelligence behind dumb political ads;The follies of Child Support Court;No place to pee in Brooklyn;Gene mutations in Polygamist Wives;Legal Child Abuse;How to deal with a cop when stopped;Megamart myths;The Daytime Soap? Talk Radio Connection;A High Wire Jamaican adventure;Mabel s demise while traveling with a dish of chicken curry;How to be a rock star; and much more. Honest, satirical, humorous, thought provoking, and very candid. Not politically correct. Enjoy!

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Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. With food scarce and rationing taking hold, plenty of people turned to the black market to get more than their share. In this tale, a girl finds herself mixed up in a spiv's illegal dealings - and what is the secret of the haunted farm?

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Smart, witty, and delightfully unpredictable, Susan Israel's OVER MY LIVE BODY is a truly wonderful debut. Highly recommended." - Doug Corleone, author of GOOD AS GONE "A well written, delightful, interesting and fun read. Looking forward to book two!" - Hotchpotch Delilah Price is accustomed to people seeing her naked. As a nude model - a gig that keeps food on the table while her career as a sculptor takes off - it comes with the territory. But Delilah has never before felt this vulnerable. Because Delilah has an admirer. Someone who is paying a great deal of attention to her. And he just might love her to death. The debut of a shockingly fresh voice in suspense fiction, OVER MY LIVE BODY will work its way inside of you.

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In five essays, followed by extensive notes and bibliographies, Ivan Illich embarks on a major historical and sociological analysis of modern man's economic existence. He traces and analyzes options which surpass the conventional political 'right-left' and the technological 'soft-hard' alternatives and presents the concept of the 'vernacular' domain: ".to name those acts of competence, lust or concern that we want to defend from measurement by Chicago Boys or Socialist Commissars. the preparation of food and the shaping of language, childbirth and recreation, without implying either a privatized activity akin to the housework of modern women, a hobby or an irrational and primitive procedure." Illich deals provocatively with the controlling uses of language and science and the valuation of women and work. Drawing on unfamiliar historical sources, he lays bare the roots of much of the social ordering which affects industrial man: his own creation, but one which, at the same time, connives at his own oppression.

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Pat Willard got her introduction to pie baking at the Bar Ten restaurant in Ravenna, Ohio, where baking great pies every day was no big deal. Now, in this delightful cookbook, she shares her best recipes, plus step-by-step instructions that take the fear out of making crust-as well as warm, witty stories and reflections on the great American pie tradition. From breakfast pies like Potato and Egg to fun pies like Banana Bundles to fancy pies like Empanadas to knock-'em-dead labors of love like Flaming Peach Pie, this down-to-earth collection of recipes is a "sure cure for pie anxiety!" (New York Daily News)

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Mmmmh…wie das duftet!" Wenn das kein guter Deal ist: gleich 100 Schmorrezepte und das dann noch mit dem Dr. Oetker-Rundum-Sicherheits-Gefühl, denn alle Rezepte sind mit ca. 85 Fotos ausführlich dargestellt, verständlich geschrieben und verlässlich getestet. Schmorgerichte gelingen im Ofen ohne Probleme - probieren Sie es doch gleich mal aus! Alle Geschmacksrichtungen finden Sie zusammengefasst in der Printversion 1000 Ofengerichte"- dieses Kapitel ist eines von zehn Auszügen.

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In the second edition of this bestselling textbook, new materials have been added, including a new chapter on real time polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) and a chapter on fungal solid state cultivation. There already exist a number of excellent general textbooks on microbiology and biotechnology that deal with the basic principles of microbial biotechnology. To complement them, this book focuses on the various applications of microbial-biotechnological principles. A teaching-based format is adopted, whereby working problems, as well as answers to frequently asked questions, supplement the main text. The book also includes real life examples of how the application of microbial-biotechnological principles has achieved breakthroughs in both research and industrial production. Although written for polytechnic students and undergraduates, the book contains sufficient information to be used as a reference for postgraduate students and lecturers. It may also serve as a resource book for corporate planners, managers and applied research personnel. Contents: Principles of Microbial Biotechnology: Screening for Microbial Products (Alex Y L Teo and Hai Meng Tan)Bioprocess Technology (Yuan Kun Lee)Enzymology (Theresa May Chin Tan)Manipulation of Genes (Azlinda Anwar, Heng-Phon Too and Kim Lee Chua)Applications of Bioinformatics and Biocomputing to Microbiological Research (Paxton Loke and Tiow Suan Sim)Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Heng-Phon Too and Azlinda Anwar)Food Production Involving Microorganisms and Their Products: Regulation of Foods Involving Genetically Engineered Microorganisms (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Fermented Foods (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Food Involving Yeast and Ethanol Fermentation (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Fungal Solid State Cultivation (Desmond K O'Toole)Food Ingredients (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Enzyme Modified Food Products (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Microbes in Agrobiotechnology: Microbes and Livestock (

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Celebrate the 7-time National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes! Have your own Buckeye fans celebrating in the stands with your pre-game tailgate party foods and treats. The Ohio State University Cookbook recipes will start 'em off with Buckeye Nation Pigs in a Blanket, Buck Chops, and Gold Pants Potato Packets, then warm 'em up with mugs of Scarlet and Gray Hot Cocoa, and finally sweeten the deal with a helping of Red Zone Velvet Shortbread Cookies. These recipes are game winners! Jen Elsner has a passion for cooking and hosting game-day parties. She has a Master's Degree in Professional Writing from the University of Oklahoma and is the author of The University of Oklahoma Cookbook. She lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Julie Metzler is a graduate from The Ohio State University and is a huge Buckeye fan. Julie lives in Sidney, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.

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Approaching its topic with humor, style, and a critical eye, this unique guidebook enables parents to provide a healthy and diverse diet for their children. Instead of providing yet another guide to kids' nutrition, a medical discussion, a treatise on the perils of obesity, or a parenting primer on good table manners, this study demonstrates that children need to be taught how to eat well just as they are taught to walk. With detailed guidance from nutritionists, physicians, scientists, and chefs, this handbook details how to find the right foods, how to overcome recurring problems, and emphasize the healthiest elements. Dealing with the picky eater and the real worries about obesity and good nutrition, this survey posits that youngsters eat the way they do because of how the parents themselves eat-and shows how to combat any and all bad habits. Offering plenty of information on how to go about serious change and where to find the best resources, this reference is guaranteed to broaden the horizon of any child's menu.

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Counteracting the panic and fear associated with getting lost in the wild, this handbook equips children with practical tools for overcoming adverse wilderness experiences, even if they are endured alone. Compiled by a search-and-rescue professional, straightforward advice is offered on building shelters and fires, signaling for help, finding water and food, dealing with dangerous animals, learning how to navigate, and avoiding injuries. Practice projects are included to hone survival skills-such as starting a fire with a reflective surface, casting animal tracks, or using a treasure hunt to test navigational aptitude. Making a strong argument for danger prevention, each lesson is coupled with simple instructions and diagrams that will reassure and empower young adventurers.

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Understand the Asian consumer's demands and effective marketing strategies! The emergence of China as a viable consumer market has created tremendous opportunities for international or multinational firms looking for market entry or expansion in China. At the same time, the evolution of the Chinese economy and the increasing heterogeneity of Chinese consumers also pose a great deal of challenges for global marketers trying to assess and evaluate the Chinese market. Consumer Behavior in Asia: Issues and Marketing Practice will help marketers and market researchers understand Asia's consumer market by providing you with a consumer segmentation of China's 1.25 billion population as it explores Asia's cultural values, consumer perceptions, and attitudes. From this book, you will discover everything from perceptions and preferences toward advertising and different consumer goods to the emergence and growth of different upper class sectors. Consumer Behavior in Asia provides you with demographics, psychographics, and life-styles of Asian consumers to assist you in successfully entering the Asian market. Academics and business executives will be able to examine the emergence of the Asian markets and focus on the similarities and differences of Asian consumers with Western counterparts. Consumer Behavior in Asia will enable you to accurately assess market demands and enact effective marketing strategies. With this essential book you will explore several studies that reveal information on Asian consumers, including: marketing strategies for firms to adjust and thrive as fast food providers in Asia market segmentation considerations for rural and urban areas a complete outline of China's population segments, buying preferences, and spending power consumer decisions based on the country-of-brand and brand of product Asian generation X-ers'perceptions toward advertising influences of cultural forces on consumer behavior, such as the importance of gift giving Consumer Behavior i

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Reggie Ballantyne is a firebug for the times. He's obsessively clever, full of strong convictions yet willing to sell his services for a song, he's an urban warrior and he specializes in inventive attacks on wheat and sugar cane fields. Australia's crazy weather is playing into his hands. It's baking hot and hasn't rained in prime farmlands for months. Young Reggie is caught by country cop Bruce Brown then freed on the instructions of police headquarters. They're too busy to bother. What a mistake. Then when big-city screen jockey Alix Kingston's telephone rings and he is also too busy to take the call, it takes him weeks of battling office politics to realize that he has turned his back on the biggest, life-saving story of his career. Kingston and Brown finally discover they have just the right mix of divergent self-needs to chase Reggie down. This leads Alix to the knock-out discovery that Chinese government officials are paying Reggie to fulfill his firebug dreams. China! The rising superstar of the world economy. What is it doing in grubby little firebug deals in Australia? Lawless Chinese business practices lead Alix on a treacherous chase through Hong Kong, Outback China and Taiwan. This reveals a world of ruthless Chinese capitalists, decked out in Ray-Ban sunglasses and Gucci suits, and ever-spreading concrete over land grabbed from peasants. Is China saving the world or eating it alive? Shimmering heatwaves from the Australian wheat arson attacks hang like a mirage over a new world where rampant lust for money meets the climate crisis and global food fears in battles across grains bowls and commodities markets. Alix faces the challenge of his life chasing answers in a crooked global game of greed which has the power to hit hard at virtually everyone in every corner of the world.

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GET THE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE NOW. In this useful handbook you will discover strategies on: - Living well frugally in style with tons of moneysaving tips on avoiding debt, housing, utilities, shopping for food and clothing, health care, transportation, and entertainment. Even reusing and dumpster diving if necessary. - Vigilantly protecting your privacy on all levels when using the mail, utilities, phones, computers, banks, and more. Plus learn how to hide your valuables, deal with the police, use disguises, and defeat drug tests. - Defending yourself and your home not only unarmed and armed but how to avoid a conflict in the first place plus spot and use improvised weapons in your immediate surroundings (over 150 are listed). - And finally if you happen to be trapped in the wilderness you will be able to survive until rescue comes. Full of interesting and detailed knowledge for anyone wishing to live under the radar in this increasingly dangerous world.

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From swashbuckling pirates and Caribbean sugar plantations to rum punch and trendy tiki bars, rum is one of our best loved and most historic liquors. The Short Course in Rum began, naturally, as a look at noble, fragrant, complex, wood-aged rum: the type of liquor that's served in snifters and consumed slowly, even reverently. Author Lynn Hoffman (Short Course in Beer) had the suspicion-maybe even the conviction-that rum was a serious, big deal sort of thing, somewhere above single-malt scotch and maybe (just) below cognac. He was infused with missionary zeal. He was hoping to gather the rum snobs of the world to talk about esoteric little bottlings. He was a purist and he wanted to meet other purists and convert the uninitiated. When he started some serious tasting, what he discovered made him abandon the purist approach and embrace the wild and wonderful world of rum. He discovered that rum has taken many forms throughout its history-Rumbullion alias Kill-Devill, Demon Rum, and more. He learned about the American Revolution, lush desserts, the sugar trade, the anti-saloon League, prohibitionists, abolitionists, and alchemists. He tasted great rum from craft distillers and incredible inventions from bartenders. Inside you'll discover: the world's best wood-aged sipping rums recipes for the best rum cocktails plus the secrets of creating your own great recipe the adventures of working in a small craft distillery Lynn Hoffman discovered a world in rum and he invites you to sit down with him and share that world.

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Cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food. In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30s, 40s and beyond. www. cff.org. Unveiled tells a true story of how life can change in a single breath. Unveiled is a true story about how two parents dealt with the devastating news that their baby girl was born with cystic fibrosis. Which in 1973 was considered a death-sentence. When the doctor informed Laurie's parents of the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in 1973, Laurie's father made the decision for the whole family, including her mother and her sister, aunts, uncles, and grandparents etc. to keep cystic fibrosis a secret from her. This story unveils the truth about how an illness can disrupt an entire family's life in a single breath from the life they once knew and the challenges they faced, the unforeseen obstacles, the heartbreak and the triumph. Laurie was a young woman of twenty-two when she found out the shocking news that she has a fatal disease, cystic fibrosis. She found out shortly after walking up the stairs one Friday evening and became short ofbreath. Since that moment on the stairs, Laurie's life has never been the same. Behind the veil of distressing symptoms of CF, she overcame the shock of her diagnosis, learned to deal with its daily struggles and strengthened her relationship with her parents and her sister. With an

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How a Midwestern family with no agriculture experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged farm-and discovered why local chicks are better. When Lucie Amundsen had a rare night out with her husband, she never imagined what he'd tell her over dinner-that his dream was to quit his office job (with benefits!) and start a commercial-scale pasture-raised egg farm. His entire agricultural experience consisted of raising five backyard hens, none of whom had yet laid a single egg. To create this pastured poultry ranch, the couple scrambles to acquire nearly two thousand chickens-all named Lola. These hens, purchased commercially, arrive bereft of basic chicken-y instincts, such as the evening urge to roost. The newbie farmers also deal with their own shortcomings, making for a failed inspection and intense struggles to keep livestock alive (much less laying) during a brutal winter. But with a heavy dose of humor, they learn to negotiate the highly stressed no-man's-land known as Middle Agriculture. Amundsen sees firsthand how these midsized farms, situated between small-scale operations and mammoth factory farms, are vital to rebuilding America's local food system. With an unexpected passion for this dubious enterprise, Amundsen shares a messy, wry, and entirely educational story of the unforeseen payoffs (and frequent pitfalls) of one couple's ag adventure-and many, many hours spent wrangling chickens.

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Autumn returns to Ontario cottage country. Leaves redden. Pumpkins ripen. And Trevor and Margaret Rudley, proprietors of the Pleasant Inn, expect nothing more than a little Halloween high jinks to punctuate the mellow ambiance of their much-loved hostelry. However, the frost is barely on the pumpkin when Gerald, an old female-impersonator friend of the Pleasant's esteemed cook Gregoire, turns up, dragging his very frightened friend Adolph behind. They've witnessed a drug deal in progress in Montreal and they're on the lam, hoping to blend into the Pleasant's pleasant rhythms until the heat is off. Alas, they hope in vain. The pumpkins in the patch suffer more violence than frost this autumn. And so do other living things. As the bodies pile up, the intrepid Elizabeth Miller, lately returned from a round-the-world adventure, jumps into the homicidal fray, fully armed with her peculiar intuition, her maddening charm, and her devoted swain, Edward Simpson, who proves a useful fellow behind the wheel of a car. Detective Michel Brisbois, in the past bested by Miss Miller in rooting out unpleasantness at the Pleasant, finds himself racing - quite literally - to keep up with his amateur challenger. But, in this second volume of the Rudley mysteries, when the chips are down - as they inevitably are - it's the laziest creature on earth who ends up saving the day for the good and kindly - and rather eccentric - folk of Ontario's most peculiar country hotel. Autumn is a wonderful time at the Pleasant. The air is crisp. The food is fabulous. Rudley provokes the guests and Margaret provokes Rudley. A glorious Halloween party is planned. Could someone spoil it? You'd want to murder anyone who did!

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Surprisingly readable and studded with nuggets of insight."-The Daily Yomiuri "This insightful, well-written, fascinating book offers new understandings, not only of Japan, but also of American culture. It is essential for those in anthropology, psychology, sociology, and psychiatry who are interested in culture, as well as those in law and the business community who deal with Japan."-Paul Ekman, Ph.D,Director, Human Interaction Laboratory, Langley Porter Institute, University of California, San Francisco "[A] thoughtful cross-cultural study of development. His work can only enhance the still evolving psychoanalytic theory of preoedipal development as it is being derived mostly from psychoanalytic research on child-parent interaction in American families."-Calvin F. Settlage, M.D. "Johnson's ambitious and exhaustive synthesis of anthropological and psychological treatments of dependency raises interesting questions. Johnson alerts the reader to issues of universalism and relativity and leads us to ask, 'What would psychoanalysis be like, if it had originated in Japan?'"-Merry I. White, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University ". Johnson's erudite and critical re-examination of human dependence succeeds to re-profile dependence meaningfully and revives our interest in this major aspect of human experience. Indeed, much food for thought for both psychoanalysts and anthropologists."-Henri Parens, M.D, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute Western ideologies traditionally emphasize the concepts of individualism, privacy, freedom, and independence, while the prevailing ethos relegates dependency to a disparaged status. In Japanese society, the divergence from these western ideals can be found in the concept of amae (perhaps best translated as indulgent dependency) which is part of the Japanese social fiber and pervades their experience. For the Western reader, the concept of amae is somewhat alien and unfamiliar, but in order to u

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Around the world the allergy epidemic is spreading. The hospitality industry can no longer bury its head in the sand and pretend allergy prone customers don't exist. But how do restaurants and all other food outlets cope with this new demand? This book is a guide to help reduce the hit and miss situations that currently exist. Books like this can never be definitive, however, they can go a long way to overcome confusion, misinformation and ignorance. The book covers 14 of the most common allergies the hospitality industry is most likely to meet. These include dairy, corn/maize gluten, latex, night shades, nuts, seafood and a lot more. Each chapter covers what people can and cannot eat, substitutes, hidden sources, and cross-over related allergies. Georgina Fatseas-Sano was a special education teacher for 12 years. She furthered her education in various short term certificate and diploma business courses. She still operates a small specialty food shop where she is constantly meeting people with multiple allergies. The shop frequently receives calls from caterers, restaurants and occasionally fast food outlets looking for assistance in dealing with people who have allergies.

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The author, a travel journalist, was born and lives in Germany. This guide focuses on Berlin, Germanys capital, its largest city, and perhaps its most interesting destination. It has more than 170 museums, three opera houses, an enormous cultural variety, and gripping modern history. An interesting daytrip is to royal residences in nearby Potsdam. The author provides innumerable tips on special discounts available for travelers (some 20 on train and bus travel alone) and tells how to save on gas (cheapest on Mondays, most expensive on Wednesdays), as well as virtually everything else, with inside information on getting the best hotel rooms at the best prices, the best deals and the best food at restaurants. For every area of the country, full information is supplied on how to get around, the best shopping, the foods and the recommended places to eat, where to stay, from charming guesthouses, hostels and campsites, on up to the most luxurious hotels. Includes town and country walks, cycling, fishing, canoeing & kayaking, Rhine cruises, wine tours, concerts and other cultural events - it's all here! As a Pocket Adventure Guide, it shows you how to experience everthing the country offers more intensely and directly than most travelers know how to do - seeing the place close-up through adventures, both cultural and physical, including in-depth encounters with the people. Other guides lack our level of detail, our adventure perspective and our emphasis on direct experience of the country. We provide an insider's knowledge that you won't find in other guides.

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