Regina Guitar and other Short Stories is a compilation of incarnate capsules: Flavored doses, seasoned with the human condition, and served up on the theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy. Here you will find it all from heartrending drama to goofy buffoonery. The perfect selection for those who love to read but have little time to do it. The Serpents of the Caduceus: An exploration of the subconscious mind, that dark and foreboding chamber, inaccessible from the phenomenon we call reality. This story deals the terrifying nightmares, psychotic delusions and horrid hallucinations that plummet through the tormented brain of a mortally wounded soldier.A Fish Story: This is a tongue in cheek tale of a professional fisherman who wins big at a casino poker table, commits 'accidental' murder, and ends up with a Government Patton on a word known product. Tooter and the Tutor: A brief and funny narrative, revealing just how easy it is for a country boy to fool his summer school teacher. Humanity's Three Most Unusual Sneezes: A completely insane bit of slapstick comedy. A "documentary" which chronicles a trio of sneezes and the calamity and chaos rendered by each. Openers: This story offers insight into the "it's not my fault" life of a looser. When a beautiful woman sits down beside a socially handicapped bus passenger, he blames the world for his inability to think of a pickup line. Cowboy Shootout: A Texas Ramrod on a cattle drive to Kansas must ride his horse backward, and mistakenly herds his Moos to Yuma, Arizona. There, a reluctant cowpoke is forced to protect his lovely lady from Awful Alvin Aggravation, the meanest outlaw and fastest gun this side of the Pecos. Hector the Pup: The cute and cagy puppy shenanigans of a cunning canine whelp, desperate to find food for his injured father. Frankie Farone: Frankie had a boyfriend named Johnny and he and Nelly Bligh end up in a very bad way. Does this remind you of an old, familiar song? Don't be fooled. Like the disclaimer says

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The End is Nigh! Nuclear holocaust, supervolcano, asteroid impact, mega tsunami, alien invasion, zombie outbreak? Will the world end with a whimper or a bang W.H. Mumfrey covers it all. From doomsday predictions that have occurred throughout history, to how the Mayans might have really figured it out, to analysis of movies that offer tips on how to survive a variety of scenarios, he leaves no stone unturned. However the end arrives, Mumfrey prepares you for what to expect after the apocalypse. He provides valuable pointers on how to survive a litany of doomsday scenarios & #151and how to rebuild the earth if you're one of the survivors. Essential topics include foraging for food, looting 101, barricades and fortifications for beginners, dealing with cannibals, mutant identification, post-apocalyptic fashions, renovating your subterranean hideout, decoys and booby-traps for dummies, dating after doomsday and more. So as you stockpile your bottles of water, dig out your bunker, and finesse your plan for a brand new government, keep this book in hand. You won't be sorry.

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Applied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products examines the commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 presents an overview of nanotechnology. It discusses the definition of nanotechnology; the relationship between wealth, technology, and science; the relationship between nanotechnology and innovation; and the question of why one might wish to introduce nanotechnology. Part 2 explains the nanotechnology business and the applications of nanotechnology in a wide range of industries, including engineering, aerospace, automotive, food, textiles, information technologies, and health. Part 3 deals with specific commercial and financial aspects. These include business models for nanotechnology enterprises, demand assessment for nanotechnology products, and the design of nanotechnology products. Part 4 looks at the future of nanotechnology. It examines how nanotechnology can contribute to the big challenges faced by humanity, such as climate change and terrorism. Ethical issues are also considered, including risk, uncertainty, and regulation.

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Live Large for Less! Think you have to earn big bucks to live big in Houston? Think again. Houston is full of free and ridiculously inexpensive stuff-you just need to know where to look. Leave it to "The Cheap Bastard" to uncover all the ins and outs and exclusive bargains to be had, and to tell you the real deal with wit and humor. The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Houston shows you how to find free or low-cost: Entrance to plays, films, concerts, comedy clubs, and museums, as well as the zoo, pools, and other great places for family fun Classes of all sorts, including dancing, cooking, language, and yoga Food-from calamari to crepes, nachos to quesadillas, gumbo to goat cheese, and edamame to sushi Haircuts, manicures, or massages With The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Houston, anyone can enjoy the good life!

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In the food court at the Greenville Mall, Jessica LeCroix drops a bomb: "I'm a lesbian." Ramie Grant cannot believe her ears. Jess! Her best friend, her teammate…a homosexual? It's all way too much for Ramie to handle. I can't deal with this right now. It's just a matter of time before others on the basketball team find out. Quickly, little jokes become vicious attacks, making Jessica even more reluctant to share an even bigger secret. Ramie and fellow teammate BJ want to do the right thing, except so far, everything they do has backfired. In the end, Ramie must decide if she will stand by Jessica's side or turn her back on a friend in need.

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This innovative technique is an inexpensive, low-maintenance way to grow a bounty of food in a small space. All you need is a bale of straw, some fertilizer, and your favorite vegetable seeds! Craig LeHoullier's step-by-step instructions show you how to do everything from sourcing the straw and setting up your bale to planting, dealing with weeds and pests, and harvesting.

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Why Leafy Greens Are A Super (Duper) Food In a typical serving of leafy green vegetables, you get a massive dosage of Vitamin K. This incredible vitamin regulates blood clotting, helps protect bones from osteoporosis, may help prevent and reduce atherosclerosis by reducing calcium in arterial plaques, may be a key regulator of inflammation, and may help protect us from inflammatory diseases including arthritis. Want more? Vitamin K may also help prevent diabetes. Green Smoothie Diet Quick-Start Is The Book For You Choosing The Right Type Of Greens For Your Smoothie You can divide your greens into two main categories; Salads and Hearty. The nutritional value of your smoothie will depend heavily on the type of green you use as the base of your smoothie What's The Big Deal With Smoothies Let's be straight-up and down about this; cooking properly balanced meals beats anything else, period. Smoothies are the next best thing. Freshly prepared, they trump vitamins pill supplements hands-down. Extremely easy to make a routine out of it. No hassle, no cooking. Just find a recipe, stick the ingredients into a blender and your done. Takes about 10 minutes from start to finish to have a nutritionally-rich smoothie ready to drink. Doesn't get easier to consume those greens. How To Get The Most Out Of The Green Smoothie Diet You can take on the green smoothie diet in a number of ways. Find out the best way to achieve your particular weight-loss and health goals. Key Sections of the Book 10 Simple Low-Calorie Recipes For Weight Loss & 10 Easy Meal Replacement Recipes The Best Way To Diet Using Green Smoothies Drawbacks Of The Green Smoothie Diet (yes, there are some!)

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In Taming the Tycoon by Amy Andrews, by real estate tycoon Nathaniel Montgomery is one deal away from making his first billion and fulfilling a promise to his dying father. Nothing will stop him from tearing down the decrepit St. Agnes hospital and erecting posh condos in its place. Not even the crystal-wearing, health food store owner whose publicity stunt lands him in the hospital. After her brush with death five years ago, child prodigy Addie Collins learned what's truly important-health, happiness, and the two-hundred-year-old rose garden at St. Agnes. To make amends for the accident, she agrees to pose as Nathaniel's girlfriend at his eccentric grandmother's birthday party. But Addie has an ulterior motive. To repay her debt to the universe, she must show him there's more to life than making money. Nathaniel hates to lose, but as she breaks through his defenses, losing himself in Addie's arms might be exactly what this tycoon needs…

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I guess this story really starts five years ago in February. I was given the telephone number of a gay porn producer, who was desperate for a model. I was told that if I called him, there was a chance of a job in Tenerife. I had been living in Inverness for the last 5 months, and it is extremely cold there in the winter. The chance of getting away to the sun appealed to me. The only problem was the trip was leaving from Gatwick in 2 days time and I was stuck up in the very North of Scotland."The guy on the phone sounded OK. He told me that he had a model drop out last minute from a filming trip and he needed a replacement. He explained to me about the trip. How he couldn't afford to pay me a fee, but I could have free travel, hotel, food and drink. A week's holiday in the sun, fully paid for! He said my part of the deal would be to let him film me having sex for about 4 days. There would be two scenes a day and the other models were cute."This is the story of Stewart, a 20 something-year-old who gets invited on a porn shoot in the Canaries. It's the stories of ten guys told through Stewart's eyes. Their pasts, their hopes and most of all the shoots. It's graphic at times and contains some unhappy times. But it does contain some great porn film moments.

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Sai Baba devotee Phyllis Krystal talks about our personal lives, partners, families, working with others, social contacts, dealing with traffic and travel, computers, food, the media, medicine and medical treatment, our views on religion, sports, theelderly, and more. She helps us gain insights into the everyday aspects of life so that loving energy can flow through all of our chakras, especially the heart chakra, and we can refrain from by-passing our hearts.

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Completely revised, updated and enlarged, now encompassing two volumes, this third edition of Fruit and Vegetables reviews and evaluates, in comprehensive detail, postharvest aspects of a very wide international range of fresh fruit and vegetables as it applies to their physiology, quality, technology, harvest maturity determination, harvesting methods, packaging, postharvest treatments, controlled atmosphere storage, ripening and transportation. The new edition of this definitive work, which contains many full colour photographs, and details of species not covered in the previous editions, provides key practical and commercially-oriented information of great USE in helping to ensure that fresh fruit and vegetables reach the retailer in optimum condition, with the minimum of deterioration and spoilage. With the constantly increasing experimental work throughout the world the book incorporates salient advances in the context of current work, as well as that dating back over a century, to give options to the reader to choose what is most relevant to their situation and needs. This is important because recommendations in the literature are often conflicting; part of the evaluation of the published results and reviews is to guide the reader to make suitable choices through discussion of the reasons for diverse recommendations. Also included is much more on the nutritional values of fruit and vegetables, and how these may vary and change postharvest. There is also additional information on the origin, domestication and taxonomy of fruit and vegetables, putting recommendations in context. Fruits and Vegetables 3e is essential reading for fruit and vegetable technologists, food scientists and food technologists, agricultural scientists, commercial growers, shippers, packhouse operatives and personnel within packaging companies. Researchers and upper level students in food science, food technology, plant and agricultural sciences will find a great deal of USE within thi.

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1. The Characteristics of a Mixed Breed Puppy or Dog 2. How to Stop Your Mixed Breed From Jumping Up on People 3. Some Helpful Tips for Raising Your Mixed Breed Puppy 4. What You Should Know About Puppy Teeth 5. How to Crate Train Your Mixed Breed 6. When Your Mixed Breed Makes Potty Mistakes 7. How to Teach your Mixed Breed to Fetch 8. Make it Easier and Healthier for Feeding Your Mixed Breed 9. When Your Mixed Breed Has Separation Anxiety and How to Deal With It 10. When Your Mixed Breed Is Afraid of Loud Noises 11. How to Build A Whelping Box for a Mixed Breed or Any Other Breed of Dog 12. Are Rawhide Treats Good for Your Mixed Breed? 13. How to Stop Your Mixed Breed From Eating Their Own Stools 14. How to Teach Your Mixed Breed to Sit 15. Why Your Mixed Breed Needs a Good Soft Bed to Sleep In 16. How to Stop Your Mixed Breed From Running Away or Bolting Out the Door 17. Some Helpful Tips for Raising Your Mixed Breed Puppy 18. How to Socialize Your Mixed Breed Puppy 19. How to Stop Your Mixed Breed Dog From Excessive Barking 20. When Your Mixed Breed Has Dog Food or Toy Aggression Tendencies 21. How to Stop Your Mixed Breed Puppy or Dog From Biting 22. What to Expect Before and During your Dog Having Puppies 23. What the Benefits of Microchipping Your Dog Are to You 24. How to Get Something Out of a Puppy or Dog's Belly Without Surgery 25. How Invisible Fencing Typically Works to Train and Protect Your Dog 26. Some Items You Should Never Let Your Puppy or Dog Eat 27. How to Make Sure Your Dog is Eating A Healthy Amount of Food 28. Make it Easier and Healthier for Feeding Your Mixed Breed 29. How to Clean and Groom your Mixed Breed 30. How to Trim a Puppy or Dogs Nails Properly 31. The 5 Different Kinds of Worms that can Harm your Dog 32. How to Deworm your Mixed Breed for Good Health.

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Just what every mother of the bride needs to help her deal with the emotional, logistical, and financial challenges of her daughter's big day! What premarital advice should a mother give the daughter who knows more about sex and stock portfolios than she does? Can the groom's step-grandparents march down the aisle as part of the wedding procession? How can a cousin get ordained on the Internet to perform the ceremony? This witty, brass-tacks survival manual for the 21st-century mother of the bride provides sharp, sensible answers to these and myriad other questions. Hilarious anecdotes and practical advice abound as the lifestyle editor for The Washingtonian shares wise counsel and helpful hints from a mom who's been there as well as chronicles some ill-fated nuptials (as a primer for what not to do). From deciphering the mysteries of wedding food to learning to understand florist-speak, from picking a suitable mother-of-the-bride outfit-without looking like a Red Hot Mama or, worse, your grandmother in lavender and lace-to keeping a sense of humor when some of what can go wrong does, this down-to-earth guide makes a perfect gift for every mother determined to give her daughter the wedding of her dreams.

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Read Tyler Cowen's posts on the Penguin Blog. In Discover Your Inner Economist one of America's most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage-often when you least expect it to be relevant. Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions-such as incentives, signals, and markets-apply far more widely than merely to the decisions of social planners, governments, and big business. What does economic theory say about ordering from a menu? Or attracting the right mate? Or controlling people who talk too much in meetings? Or dealing with your dentist? With a wryly amusing voice, in chapters such as "How to Control the World, The Basics" and "How to Control the World, Knowing When to Stop" Cowen reveals the hidden economic patterns behind everyday situations so you can get more of what you really want. Readers will also gain less selfish insights into how to be a good partner, neighbor and even citizen of the world. For instance, what is the best way to give to charity? The chapter title "How to Save the World-More Christmas Presents Won't Help" makes a point that is every bit as personal as it is global. Incentives are at the core of an economic approach to the world, but they don't just come in cash. In fact, money can be a disincentive. Cowen shows why, for example, it doesn't work to pay your kids to do the dishes. Other kinds of incentives-like making sure family members know they will be admired if they respect you-can work. Another non- monetary incentive? Try having everyone stand up in your next meeting if you don't want anyone to drone on. Deeply felt incentives like pride in one's work or a passing smile from a loved one, can be the most powerful of all, even while they operate alongside more mundane rewards such as money and free food. Discover Your Inner Economist is an introduction to the science of economics that shows it to be built on notions

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In some countries, especially on the European continent, there still exists a remarkable veal market. This type of meat production seems, irrespective of any economic forecasts, to remain unchallenged so long as consumers expect that restaurants should offer courses like "r6ti de veaux", "vitello a la casa" or "Kalbsschnitzel". Producers, at least since about the past 1-/2 decades, have been aware of the beneficial effect of anabolic agents in veal production. This is possible due to the lack of endogenous sexual hormones during the juvenile or prepuberal status of these animals. A discussion about the benefit / risk - evaluation in connection with the use of anabolic agents in general was promoted in recent years by the public. This concern occurred concomitantly with the detection of illegally treated veal calves and the occurrence of diethylstilbestrol (DES) residues in canned food containing veal. The aim of this paper is to summarize the present status of residue data in edible tissues and excreta in order to allow the evaluation of the risk (given in the paper of Hoffmann within this program) and to consider reasonable monitoring measures. We have to face the fact that without an efficient control system the illegal treatment of calves can not be excluded. Therefore, this paper will not only consider different compounds and formulations, but will also deal with practised routes of administration.

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Can you imagine how many issues we deal with every day? Can you imagine capturing each of those issues for 365 days and being able to look back a year later and see the benefits of your struggles? There is a saying that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, and I believe reading this book will surely make you stronger. Every response to the questions I've asked, I've written just the way I've heard it. I have not been always consistent in my writings, so there are some responses that I've lost. Luckily those I've captured are sufficient to blast you into the mode of super growth and help you to become an over-comer willing to live life to your fullest and explore your true potential. If you want to become an over-comer and conquer issues such as spiraling emotions, lust, and temptation read my book. If you want to over-come an addiction and regain your spiritual peace, read my book. If you ever catch yourself judging others read on. If fear has become your security blanket, or you're stuck in a dead-end job read my book. If there is a quiet cry of uncertainty due to medical bills, utility bills, car notes, mortgages, rising fuel, and food cost read my book. If you are bludgeoned by bill collectors, and bank overdraft fees read my book. If you feel burnt out, or like a failure, or are wrapped up in self-pity read my book. If you feel like you live in a troubled world with news of terrorism, suicide bombers, political upheavals, collapsing economies, abortion, gay marriage, racism, class-ism, prejudice, and other hot topic issues, then read my book. If you work in an environment where you deal with angry people all day, where each Monday leaves you wondering if you are going to make it to Friday, read my book. If you feel like you always find a way to mess things up, read my book. If you ever had dreams of becoming rich and famous read on. If your ego has ever been so badly bruised that you want to disappear into a dark corner, then read my book. If.

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ABOUT THE BOOK To me, living in San Francisco, California means eating at new restaurants, trying microbrews at dive bars, discovering new parks, seeing up-and-coming bands, and paying an extremely high monthly rent. Aside from the final part, I love that about San Francisco. But it wasn't until the introduction of Groupon to my life that I was able to enjoy these things. and at half the cost, no less. Since it began to appear in my daily email inbox, Groupon has brought nothing but good: more beers with friends, more local comedians, more great food, and more getting out of the house because I can afford to do so. Watching "60 Minutes: The Real Deal With Groupon" confirmed my love for the company and its revolutionary idea, but made me question whether Groupon is doing any good for the businesses it represents. This "60 Minutes" segment doesn't just show the fun side of Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason; it also questions whether all that fun is going anywhere Regardless, the "60 Minutes" segment is worth the watch. If nothing else, it will show you where your money is going the next time you hit that bright green "Buy!" button. MEET THE AUTHOR Macie Melendez has been a professional writer since 2005 and has been published in various publications, including Home Energy and San Francisco magazine, among others. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Diego State University, and currently lives in San Francisco with her husband and their dog.

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Are you creative? Interested in taking your favorite hobby or inventive attitude to a new, more profitable level? Would you like to work from the comfort home, making money around the clock? Thanks to today's turnkey technology, in just a few clicks and a few days you can build a virtual gift store selling your favorite items to millions! Choose from today's hottest online gift businesses, including food, pets, hobbies, home goods, and holiday items, or debut and sell your signature goodies. In just one week, break into the billion-dollar gift industry, create a fully-functioning website, tap into millions of eager online shoppers, and more! Design an attractive, multi-functional website using inexpensive, turnkey solutions that require no programming knowledge Tap into the newest gift trends, and choose your specialty and services Use easy, automated solutions that work 24/7 to accept orders and handle payments Skillfully manage inventory, order fulfillment, customer service, and all other operations Create repeat shoppers with online deals and promotions Drive traffic using search engine optimization, social marketing, and other online marketing techniques

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Corporate professional Eve OBrien needs a crash course in parenting when her dearest friend Jacinta and her husband die, naming her sole guardian of their baby son Bailey. As if bright orange goo on her business shirts and terminal exhaustion arent enough to deal with, Baileys uncle shows up insisting on being part of his nephews life. Roguishly handsome with a devil-may-care attitude, Mike Wilcox is always first with a quip or a flirtatious smile. When he breezily suggests he move in with her temporarily, Eve sees no way to refuse, as the cottage in which she now lives has been left to Mike by his late brother. On the surface, Mike seems like the perfect housemate. Hes a successful chef, so Eves diet goes from fast food to five star overnight, and he effortlessly takes on day-time care of his nephew, while working at a local restaurant in the evenings. But he wears muscle hugging T-shirts and makes the cottage seem like a home, things that appeal to Eve more than she cares to admit. A lonely, neglected child, Eve has learned to rely only on herself, but soon having Mike around makes her want to believe things can be different. But how can she trust a man whos lived life by the seat of his pants to stick around for the long haul?

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'Beauty and the Beast' is a magical tale of love, understanding, and triumph. Late one night a merchant becomes lost in the woods and stumbles upon a seemingly deserted castle. Hungry and tired, he enters the castle and finds a feast laid out on a grand table. Finding no one else in the castle, he eats the food himself. In the morning as he leaves he finds a beautiful rose bush in the garden and picks a single flower for his daughter Belle. Suddenly a beast appears and tells him he must die for abusing his hospitality. The merchant explains that he only picked the rose for his daughter. The Beast makes a deal with him that he can take the rose and other riches back to his daughter but only if he agrees to return and does not tell his daughter of the deal. The merchant agrees and makes his way home. He is unable to keep this terrible secret from Belle and when she finds out she returns to the Castle in his place. This is a wonderfully enchanting story, from the opening Once Upon a Time until the final Happily Ever After. A story your children will cherish for years.

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