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Buddy's Best Cupcakes & Little Cakes (from Baking with the Cake Boss)
By Buddy Valastro. 2012
From Baking with the Cake Boss: a collection of ten delectable cupcake and little cake recipes, including a decorating guide…
for creating pretty, sweet treats!Cake Boss desserts are in high demand, with fans clamoring for more of Buddy Valastro's delicious cupcakes and little cakes. This collection of recipes includes easy-to-follow instructions, along with mouthwatering recipes for butterfly pastries, beautifully decorated cupcakes, and charming Cassatini. Stunning photographs and a helpful decorating guide provide clear directions for making your treats even more appealing with an assortment of flowers, Christmas trees, and decorative flourishes. Whether you're looking to impress with your decorative flair or you just need a quick-and-easy reference for perfect buttercream frosting, Buddy's winning recipes are here for your convenience and baking pleasure.Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security
By Paul Midford. 2011
Part of a series of peer reviewed works on national and regional security issues in Asia, this volume examines the…
role of Japanese public opinion in the formation and execution of national security policies. Drawing on a large pool of available, previously un-analyzed public opinion data, this study presents a discussion of the evolution of the Japanese role in international security activities, including the two Gulf Wars and international peacekeeping activities. The work includes numerous figures and tables. Midford is a professor of political science and sociology at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology at Trondheim. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)Worlds Within
By Vilashini Cooppan. 2009
Cooppan (literature, U. of California-Santa Cruz) looks at the interplay between nationalism and psychoanalysis, scoffing at critics who say both…
may already be extinct. He explores both the psychic inside and the global outside in a series of national narratives that span the globe and the 20th century. They are inner territories, Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the postcolonial novel; W. E. B. Du Bois and the psychic politics of place; race, nation, and genre in Frantz Fanon; new nations and new novels; and Severo Sarduy's fantasmatic Cuba. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)Epic Meal Time
By Harley Morenstein, Josh Elkin. 2014
Do you find yourself craving pizza topped with deep-fried chicken nuggets and fries? Does a six-patty burger buried under a…
mound of bacon have your mouth watering? How about a 5,800-calorie corn dog? Harley Morenstein (a.k.a. The Sauce Boss), created EpicMealTime for the extreme chef in all of us. His kitchen crew (none of whom, amazingly enough, have had any culinary education or previous cooking experience), brings his artery-clogging visions to life--and now you can, too, using ingredients as diverse as waffles, chicken hearts, cake mix, tortilla chips, maple syrup, fast food menu items, bacon grease, Irish crème whiskey, cheese sticks, breakfast sausage, pounds and pounds of bacon . . . and much more!(Re)Negotiating East and Southeast Asia
By Alice D. Ba. 2009
This book seeks to explain two core paradoxes associated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): How have diverse…
states hung together and stabilized relations in the face of competing interests, divergent preferences, and arguably weak cooperation? How has a group of lesser, self-identified Southeast Asian powers gone beyond its original regional purview to shape the form and content of Asian Pacific and East Asian regionalisms? According to Alice Ba, the answers lie in ASEAN's founding arguments: arguments that were premised on an assumed regional disunity. She demonstrates how these arguments draw critical causal connections that make Southeast Asian regionalism a necessary response to problems, give rise to its defining informality and consensus-seeking process, and also constrain ASEAN's regionalism. Tracing debates about ASEAN's intra- and extra-regional relations over four decades, she argues for a process-driven view of cooperation, sheds light on intervening processes of argument and debate, and highlights interacting material, ideational, and social forces in the construction of regions and regionalisms.Urban and Regional Planning Education
By Ashok Kumar, Diwakar S. Meshram, Krishne Gowda. 2016
This is the first volume exclusively dedicated to planning education, with a focus on India and learning from global experiences…
for India. Prior to the 1990s, planning education in India was largely confined to national and local economic concerns. Within a globalized scenario, such pedagogies and theories have become outmoded. With new concerns emerging in planning, new pedagogical tools and theorizations need to be developed within planning curricula to provide today's planners with the wherewithal to adapt to changing and globalizing cities and regions in India. Therefore, the eminent contributors to this volume deal exclusively and comprehensively with planning education in a globalized context. Divided into four thematic sections, this volume provides a comprehensive view of planning education in India, with focus on: * The trajectory of planning education in India. * The kinds of knowledge used for teaching in Indian planning schools, and whether some sort of integration of diverse knowledges is achieved. * The ethical foundations of urban and regional planning in Indian planning schools. * The role of international planning perspectives in providing new insights for Indian planning education. Comprehensive and topical, this volume is of interest to academics and researchers from planning institutes, urban and regional planners and policy makers, as well as architects, social geographers and economists.The Juice Generation
By Amely Greeven, Salma Hayek, Eric Helms. 2014
Welcome to the Juice Generation ! Refresh, Restore, and Rejuvenate Get ready to live juicy with The Juice Generation. Fresh…
juices and superfood smoothies will help you feel energized and invigorated with glowing skin and a clear mind. The revitalizing recipes and tips will make you feel lighter and brighter, inside and out. Featuring more than 100 refreshing, health-boosting, spirit-lifting recipes The Juice Generation offers practical, down-to-earth instructions for making restorative and great-tasting vegetable and fruit juices, smoothies, and tonics. Get on the Green Curve and move confidently from smoothies to green drinks Whether you're newly juice curious, or already an old pro, The Juice Generation's plan will lead you to the endless benefits and possibilities of squeezing, crushing, and grinding, and help you integrate the joys of juicing and blending into your busy life. Juicing Tools for Detoxing and Healing The Juice Generation includes detoxing cleanses as well as flu-fighting elixirs and plenty of recipes and great advice from some of its biggest supporters, including Blake Lively, Michelle Williams, Edward Norton, Jason Bateman, and Martha Stewart.War and State Building in Medieval Japan
By John A. Ferejohn, Frances Mccall Rosenbluth. 2010
Criss-crossing the line between history and social science, scholars in Japan and the US examine the early samurai and the…
imperial courts, lords and retainers, community vitality, religious opposition to political consolidation in 16th-century Japan, autonomy and war in the 16th-century Iga region and the birth of the ninja phenomenon, and organizational technology and the consolidation of regional power in Japan 1333-1600. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)Virtual Freedom
By Dawn C. Nunziato. 2009
Communications giants like Google, Comcast, and AT&T enjoy increasingly unchecked control over speech. As providers of broadband access and Internet…
search engines, they can control online expression. Their online content restrictionsfrom obstructing e-mail to censoring cablecastsare considered legal because of recent changes in free speech law. In this book, Dawn Nunziato criticizes recent changes in free speech law in which only the government need refrain from censoring speech, while companies are permitted to self-regulate. By enabling Internet providers to exercise control over content, the Supreme Court and the FCC have failed to protect the public's right to access a broad diversity of content. Nunziato argues that regulation is necessary to ensure the free flow of information and to render the First Amendment meaningful in the twenty-first century. This book offers an urgent call to action, recommending immediate steps to preserve our free speech rights online.Securing Freedom in the Global Commons
By Scott Jasper. 2010
The new millennium has brought with it an ever-expanding range of threats to global security: from cyber attacks to blue-water…
piracy to provocative missile tests. Now, more than ever then, national security and prosperity depend on the safekeeping of a global system of mutually supporting networks of commerce, communication, and governance. The global commonsouter space, international waters, international airspace, and cyberspaceare assets outside of national jurisdiction that serve as essential conduits for these networks, facilitating the free flow of trade, finance, information, people, and technology. These commons also comprise much of the international security environment, enabling the physical and virtual movement and operations of allied forces. Securing freedom of use of the global commons is therefore fundamental to safeguarding the global system. Unfortunately, the fact that civil and military operations in the commons are inherently interwoven and technically interdependent makes them susceptible to intrusion. This intrinsic vulnerability confronts the international defense community with profound challenges in preserving access to the commons while countering elemental and systemic threats to the international order from both state and non-state actors. In response, the authors of this volumea team of distinguished academics and international security practitionersdescribe the military-operational requirements for securing freedom of action in the commons. Collaborating from diverse perspectives, they examine initiatives and offer frameworks that are designed to minimize vulnerabilities and preserve advantages, while recognizing that global security must be underscored by international cooperation and agreements. The book is written for security professionals, policy makers, policy analysts, military officers in professional military education programs, students of security studies and international relations, and anyone wishing to understand the challenges we face to our use of the global commons.Buddy's Best Cookies (from Baking with the Cake Boss and Cake Boss)
By Buddy Valastro. 2012
From Baking with the Cake Boss and Cake Boss: this collection of ten mouthwatering cookie recipes will bring the perfect…
amount of sweetness to any occasion.Buddy Valastro makes cookies that are as delicious as his famous cakes. With this collection of ten perfect cookie recipes--complete with hassle-free, easy-to-follow directions and beautiful photographs--you'll find your favorite recipes. Here are classics, like Chocolate Chip Cookies, Biscotti, and Chocolate Brownie Clusters, and holiday treats, such as Icebox Christmas Cookies, Rugelach, and Linzer Tart cookies. A perfect purchase for the holiday season, Buddy's Best Cookies will send you straight to the kitchen to mix up your next batch of delicious, irresistible treats.International Migration and Human Rights: The Global Repercussions of U.S. Policy
By Samuel Martínez. 2009
This book contains essays divided into four sections, each section developing a different angle on the repercussions of U.S. policy…
for the rights of migrants at different points in history and in various parts of the world.Refugees, Women, and Weapons
By Petrice R. Flowers. 2009
In this book, Flowers (Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa) looks at why, and under what conditions, a state…
chooses to adopt international norms and laws that appear to conflict with its domestic norms. Using a constructivist framework, the author examines three treaties adopted by Japan, which address refugee policy, women's employment, and the use of land mines--issues that go the heart of what it means to be Japanese, challenge accepted roles for women, and affect decisions involving national defense. Flowers argues that, in the absence of strong domestic advocacy, the state's desire for legitimacy ensures only a low level of compliance to international norms, and she offers a comprehensive theoretical model involving the strength of nonstate actors and the degree to which international and domestic norms conflict. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)Tort, Custom, and Karma: Globalization and Legal Consciousness in Thailand
By David Engel, Jaruwan S Engel. 2010
David (law) and Jaruwan (Thai language, both State U. of New York-Buffalo) first conducted research in the Chiangmai region beginning…
in 1975 that yielded a 1978 book on law and society in Thailand. They returned in 1990, and much of this present work is concerned with how the role of law to injury cases had declined during the 15 year interval. They discuss Buajan's injury narrative, a history of globalizations in Chaingmai, state law and the law of sacred centers, injury practices in a transformed society, litigation, justice, and Ming's injury narrative. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)RAND Review: May-June 2017
By RAND Corporation. 2017
This issue highlights recent RAND research on suicide prevention; on the scope of the humanitarian and security crisis in the…
Mediterranean region; and on what RAND is doing to improve the security and well-being of people throughout the Middle East.Fuzzy Social Choice Models
By Peter C. Casey, Michael B. Gibilisco, Carly A. Goodman, Kelly Nelson Pook, John N. Mordeson, Mark J. Wierman, Terry D. Clark. 2014
This book explores the extent to which fuzzy set logic can overcome some of the shortcomings of public choice theory,…
particularly its inability to provide adequate predictive power in empirical studies. Especially in the case of social preferences, public choice theory has failed to produce the set of alternatives from which collective choices are made. The book presents empirical findings achieved by the authors in their efforts to predict the outcome of government formation processes in European parliamentary and semi-presidential systems Using data from the Comparative Manifesto Project (CMP), the authors propose a new approach that reinterprets error in the coding of CMP data as ambiguity in the actual political positions of parties on the policy dimensions being coded. The range of this error establishes parties' fuzzy preferences. The set of possible outcomes in the process of government formation is then calculated on the basis of both the fuzzy Pareto set and the fuzzy maximal set, and the predictions are compared with those made by two conventional approaches as well as with the government that was actually formed. The comparison shows that, in most cases, the fuzzy approaches outperform their conventional counterparts.The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons
By T. V. Paul. 2009
Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons. What explains this? According to the author, the…
answer lies in a prohibition inherent in thetradition of non-use, a time-honored obligation that has been adhered to by all nuclear statesthanks to a consensus view that use would have a catastrophic impact on humankind, the environment, and the reputation of the user. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the nuclear policies of the U. S. , Russia, China, the UK, France, India, Israel, and Pakistan and assesses the contributions of these states to the rise and persistence of the tradition of nuclear non-use. It examines the influence of the tradition on the behavior of nuclear and non-nuclear states in crises and wars, and explores the tradition's implications for nuclear non-proliferation regimes, deterrence theory, and policy. And it concludes by discussing the future of the tradition in the current global security environment.Receitas: Refeições para o jantar super-rápidas (Livro de receitas)
By Emanuel Guedes Santos, Luke Morgan. 2017
Jantares Rápidos As melhores receitas de jantar: Como cozinhar RÁPIDO e SABOROSO Cozinhar o jantar às vezes é tão desinteressante,…
especialmente para aquelas pessoas que estão trabalhando e não tem muito tempo para preparar o jantar. Algumas pessoas pensam que é muito difícil e demorado, mas alguma atenção e manter o guia adequado pode transformar esta visão sobre cozinhar em uma forma positiva. Há também algumas receitas de jantares que são realmente simples, fácil, saboroso e rápido para cozinhar que realmente podeter muito sabor e também irá ajudá-lo a fazer o jantar em um curto espaço de tempo com grande gosto. Uma vez que você experimenta sua primeira receita, você será fisgado! Não são apenas estas refeições deliciosas, mas são perfeitos para qualquer horário e pode ser feito em qualquer orçamento! Não espere mais um minuto. Saiba como você pode revolucionar a hora das refeições e liberar um pouco mais de tempo em cada dia! Não é tempo suficiente para fazer refeições saudáveis e deliciosas? Dump Dinners é a resposta ... agora com bônus GRATUITO Lembre-se - Você não precisa de um dispositivo Kindle para ler este livro - Basta baixar um Kindle Reader GRÁTIS para o seu computador, smartphone ou tablet! Além de receitas ainda mais deliciosas!Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of 18th Century Halifax
By The Osgoode Society, James Muir. 2016
In the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. People from all classes frequently used litigation and…
its use in private matters was higher than almost all places in the British Empire in the 18th century. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency. Muir's lively and detailed account of the individuals involved in litigation reveals a paradoxical society where debtors were also debt-collectors. Law, Debt, and Merchant Power demonstrates how important the law was for people in their business affairs and how they shaped it for their own ends.The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran
By Matthew P. Canepa. 2009
This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East and investigates the shared…
ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires and explores the artistic, ritual, and ideological interactions between Rome and the Iranian world under the Sasanian dynasty.