Create wedding, shower, holiday, and festive kids' cakes
Easy at-home instruction for making and decorating fabulous cakes
Want to make beautiful cakes? This fun, instructive guide gives you simple techniques for creating cakes for all celebrations. You get expert advice in all the basics -- from baking to icing to decorating with style. You'll also find delicious foolproof recipes, great ideas for themed cakes, and savvy tips for starting a cake decorating business!
"Patrick’s teaching method showed me how to connect the bits of technique I’d collected into a playing style."
—Adam Clayton, Bass Player, U2
Play rock, blues, jazz, country, new wave, and Latin
Get ready to rock and roll on the bass — even if you can’t read music!
Want to play bass? This instrumental guide shows you how, with expert advice in everything from choosing your bass to playing basic scales to improvising lead solos. You’ll discover how to tune your bass and keep it in great shape, as well as left- and right-hand techniques, timing tips, and in-depth examples in various musical styles.
All this on the audio CD
Author demonstrates the rhythms so you can hear how it’s done
Exercises help you master grooves and reproduce the sound
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Stress?
“He who allows himself to be broken by exhaustion will surely never achieve success. But he who bends with adversity and gathers strength to act will surely see the light in time.”1 Everyone is subject to stress on a daily basis. Just think about what happens during the course of a normal day. The weather is either too hot or too cold. You may be bothered by a craving for something you know you shouldn’t eat. You have too many
responsibilities, your boss will get angry if you are a few minutes late for work, some unexpected expense arises that throws your budget out of balance, etc. All these little things are likely to cause stress. In fact, any stimulus that you perceive as a threat to your physical or psychological equilibrium becomes a stress factor. Causes of stress are so numerous and varied that it is all but impossible to avoid them. Stress, however, does not have to be negative. In fact, some measure of stress is necessary for survival, and for the evolution of
the species. Moderate stress incites you to overcome your limitations. Under the right conditions, even intense stress can stimulate your physical and psychological development. It is often when confronting excessively stressful situations that people reveal the best of themselves. Nevertheless, the fact remains that stress too often has negative repercussions. A body that is allowed to become stiff with stress finds it more and more difficult to relax. Chronic tension sets in. Blood circulation is impeded. Muscles, tendons, joints and the spine suffer. The body starts showing signs of wear, in the form of more and more intense aches and pains. Sooner
or later the internal organs are affected, and your health deteriorates. Managing stress properly is one of the keys to staying in shape. To do this, you first have to learn the difference between good and bad stress.
If you’re looking for a fun Saturday night date or a happily-ever-after mate, this is the guide for you. Whether you’re young and haven’t dated much or older and have been out of circulation so long you’ve forgotten how to flirt, dating can be intimidating. Author Dr. Joy Browne, America’s favorite psychologist, demystifies the whole dating process, from getting a date, plotting the place, and having a great time (or dealing with dud dates) to moving beyond a first date, playing it safe, and how sex can impact a budding relationship.
In this new edition, Dr. Joy offers updated guidance on how to find a date, covering "speed dating," Internet dating services, and singles nights at grocery stores and other unexpected places. She delivers fresh pointers on a whole host of topics, including:
Building your confidence and polishing your social self
Determining if you’re really ready to date
How to meet and approach Mr. or Ms. Intriguing
Where to go, what to do, what to wear, and what to avoid on the first date
Taboo subjects, such as your ex, sex, politics, and religion
Cell phone and e-mail etiquette
Moving from dating to a successful relationship and the four stages of attachment
Breaking up (just in case Mr. or Ms. Right wasn’t) and avoiding pity parties and pitfalls
The dos and don’ts of Internet dating
Dr. Joy Browne’s nationally syndicated daily radio show is the longest running program of its kind. Dr. Joy has won numerous awards for her work including the American Psychological Associations President’s Award and the Talkers Magazine award for Best Female Talk Show Host (two years in a row). She was #10 on the list of the 25 Greatest Radio Talk Show Hosts of All Time, and has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Talk Show Hosts nine times. Dr. Joy can frequently be seen on television as a guest on shows such as CBS’ The Early Show, Oprah Winfrey and Larry King Live. Dr. Joy has authored: It’s A Jungle Out There Jane, Dating for Dummies, The Nine Fantasies That Will Ruin Your Life, and Getting Unstuck. Dating For Dummies, 2nd Edition includes advice for special dating situations such as long-distance relationships, office romances, single parents, senior citizens, and more. It gives you worksheets to help you objectively analyze your date expectations and evaluate a relationship. Packed with real-world wisdom, confidence boosters, and a dash of humor, this is the guide to help you get out of exile, get into dating, and perhaps even get into a meaningful relationship.
This updated 4th edition offers detailed overviews of physiology to help nurses and students think critically and understand the results of laboratory and diagnostic tests and their implications for therapy. This latest update is based on the 4th edition and it includes additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates! It aids nurses and students in understanding the basis for a test, how to know if a test is appropriate, where problems can arise, and how to explain to patients what to watch out for. The content is presented as a guiding reference for planning care, providing specific interventions, and evaluating outcomes of nursing care.
What's New:
Nursing care before, during, and after a test or procedure is thoughtfully covered
Background information and description of the test or procedure are followed directly by the reference values and other clinical applications data for each test or group of tests
For each test or study, the reference values include variations related to age or gender, if applicable
Both conventional units and international units (SI) are specified
Why core clinical cases?
In undergraduate medical education there is a trend towards the development of ‘core’
curricula. The aim is to facilitate the teaching of essential and relevant knowledge, skills
and attitudes. This contrasts with traditional medical school courses, where the emphasis
was on detailed factual knowledge, often with little obvious clinical relevance. In addition,
students’ learning is now commonly examined using objective structured clinical
examinations (OSCEs) which again assess the practical use of knowledge, rather than the
regurgitation of ‘small-print’.
Core cases in Medicine and Surgery cannot be an exhaustive list of all of the cases which
could be regarded as ‘core’, largely due to the massive scope of these specialties. However,
the volumes do present examples which can be used to train the reader in a realistic way
of approaching medical and surgical problems. This should help develop a learning strategy
for fifth year medical students to prepare for final examinations, as well as providing useful
revision for pre-registration house doctors taking on a new area.
Infant mortality and under five mortality rates in Ethiopia are among the highest in the world. Diarrhoeal diseases, vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) and malnutrition are responsible for a majority of childhood deaths in Ethiopia.
The Expanded Program on Immunisation (EPI) started in Ethiopia in 1980 with the intention of increasing the immunisation coverage by 10% annually and reach 100% coverage in 1990. At this point, the immunisation coverage figures vary largely between regions, from more than 80% DPT3 coverage in Tigray to less than 5% in Somali and Afar regions, resulting in a national DPT3 coverage of about 50% (DPT3 = 3 doses of diptheria, pertussis and tetanus). The long-term goal of the Ministry of Health EPI Strategy is to achieve 90% DPT3 coverage in all regions.
Ethiopia is a very diverse country, with a need for development of specific strategies for reaching each area. By the implementation of new approaches called Reaching Every District (RED) and Sustainable Out-reach Services (SOS), the present target is to increase the coverage in certain priority areas by 10% and in others by 5%, giving a total national immunisation increase of 6% in a year. The objective set in 1980 was not met because of factors such as poor health infrastructure, low number of trained manpower, high turn over of staff and lack of donor funding. The same factors still affect the program today.
The EPI program is run by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in close cooperation with WHO, UNICEF and other partners and implemented in each region by the Regional Health Bureaus. WHO provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and assists in planning, resource mobilisation and social mobilisation.
The six vaccine preventable diseases included in the EPI program in Ethiopia are measles, diphteria, pertussis, tetanus, polio and tuberculosis. Ethiopia has long term plans to introduce “new” and under-used vaccines, such as hepatitis B (HepB) and hemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). All vaccines are provided for free.
Need a solid foundation in fluids and electrolytes but finding this complex subject difficult to permeate? Here's the solution! Fluids and Electrolytes Demystified makes everything so easy to understand, you'll feel like you're learning through osmosis.
Written by a nursing professor, this accessible guide explains, clearly and concisely, the key elements underlying fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance and imbalances. You will learn about the various health conditions related to imbalances and get details on diagnostic testing, regulators, and treatment options. Useful charts and key terms throughout help you to remember important concepts. Complete with end-of-chapter quizzes to test your knowledge, this book will teach you the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in no time at all.
Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Fluids and Electrolytes Demystified is your shortcut to mastering this essential nursing topic.
This step by step book offers advice for giving the best lovemaking to your woman in creative ways. The Secrets of Sensual Love Making contains a map of a woman’s erogenous zones and advice on the best ways to maneuver the "map." The book also explains clues and tips on psychological as well as physical suggestions on getting your partner in the mood, long before you see each other.
