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The backyard chef concocts tempting, mouthwatering fare with 100 recipes for juicy meats, vibrant vegetables, and flavorful sauces. Two-color illustrations throughout.

When you come home, after a long day at work, wouldn't you love to have a delicious, healthy dinner all ready and waiting, filling the air with an irresistible aroma? You can--by tossing some vegetables, meat, or fish into a slow cooker in the morning and then just letting it simmer into a robust stew, light soup, or pasta sauce. Not only do these recipes require little preparation time, but each has an incredible marriage of flavors that results only from lengthy cooking. And, they're low in fat and sodium, too! You'll get simple instructions on how the equipment works so that you'll feel like a real chef as you whip up such mouthwatering temptations as Grecian Beef Stew, Winter Vegetables with Cheddar and Croutons, Italian Tomato Soup, Twice-Cooked Almond Potatoes, Easy Turkey Meatballs, Rainbow Trout with Orange, Banana-Almond-Maple Custard, and more--all marvelously yummy.

America is as addicted to electricity as it is to oil. Our electricity usage increases every year, yet we still use the same transmission grid that was constructed in the middle of the last century. The grid is stretched to the limit, creating the potential of future blackouts like the one that brought the Northeast to its knees in 2003. Meanwhile, some of our most abundant and affordable generating fuels have become major culprits in global warming. Power of the People explores in a nontechnical, conversational way some of the clean, green, 21st-century technologies that are available and how and why we should plug them into our national grid. This important essay explores our failure as a country to adopt these no regrets technologies and policies as swiftly as the rest of the world, and why it matters for the future of every American.

This unique 2-in-1 reference presents vital information on pathophysiology in two helpful ways on every page. The wide inner column contains detailed narrative text; the narrow outer column contains brief bulleted summaries of the same information. This format enables nurses to quickly scan the bulleted points and jump to in-depth information as needed without turning the page. Organized by body system, the book covers 220 diseases and disorders. Two 8-page full-color inserts illustrate selected disorders. Illustrations and flowcharts demonstrate abnormal structures and pathophysiologic proces.

The postcrania of the vombatiform marsupial Ilaria illumidens from medial Miocene strata of South Australia are described and compared to those of other vombatiforms, with the observation that Ilaria shares a similar morphology of the manus and pes with living wombats. While this indicates a certain degree of fossorial activity, the size and vertebral morphology of Ilaria argue against a burrowing lifestyle. Another medial Miocene vombatiform, Ngapakaldia tedfordi, is described as having a plesiomorphic vombatiform skeleton similar in many ways to that of phalangeriform possums, but with adaptations for greater size and a plantigrade, terrestrial habitus. Besides stouter and more robust limbs, these adaptations are evident in the concave dorsal surface and laterally facing fibular facet of the astragalus that creates a less flexible upper ankle joint. For this study, a cladistic analysis was made using the postcrania of all the families in the Vombatiformes and several species representing outgroups, in order to establish synapomorphies uniting the group and to evaluate the position of these two genera within it. The results indicate that the ilariids and vombatids probably share a common ancestor, based on the similarity of the metapodials and phalanges, especially the uniquely identical morphology of the proximal metapodial facets. Ngapakaldia's similarity in form to phalangeriform possums reflects the arboreal ancestry of the vombatiform clade and indicates the plesiomorphic state from which the postcrania of other, more specialized vombatiform families (i.e., fossorial wombats and ilariids) are derived.

Offers one hundred recipes for soups and stews featuring beans, vegetables, seafood, poultry, and meat, as well as accompanying dishes

Here’s the information on selecting a pot, deciding on glazed or unglazed, preparing it, heating it up safely, cleaning, and storage. But, the point is the food, and these recipes feature special stews, super soups, vegetarian entrees, poultry dishes, class-act meat meals, fabulous fish, breads, and desserts—with calorie, fat, sodium, and fiber counts. Potatoes, Asian Chicken with Basmati Rice, Mahi-Mahi with Persimmons, Sesame Rolls, and Ginger Poached Pears—all marvelously yummy.

Flight is the metaphor that brings meaning to this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Ultimately the fable emphasizes the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if one's flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds such ambition threatening. By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan earns the ultimate reward of transcendence. Dreamy seagull photographs provide ideal illustrations for this spirituality classic.Hay quien obedece sus propias reglas porque se sabe en lo cierto; quien experimenta un especial placer en hacer algo bien; quien adivina algo má s que lo que sus ojos ven; quien prefiere volar a comprar y comer. Todos ellos hará n amistad duradera con Juan Salvador Gaviota. É sta es una extraordinaria fá bula cuyo mensaje intemporal y universal ha calado hondo en varias generaciones de lectores.