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My horse has been really sick for four days. he exhibits symptoms of both colic and Potomac fever. I am praying I don't lose him.
Very sad to hear, but has the vet been out? Four days is a long time.
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1 week in Italy with kids
We are spending a week in France with our 2 10 year old boys and then heading to Italy for approx 1 week. For Italy we are thinking night train from Paris to Venice>2 days Venice>high speed train to Florence>2 days Florence (includes side trip to Pisa)>high speed train to Rome>3 days Rome (including day trip to Pompeii). One of my sons really wants to make sure that we go to all of these places but his top priority is Venice. My husband and I have Rome as our priority since we have been to Italy but didn't make it to Rome. The kids have studied a lot of ancient history and some Renaissance history and art. Does this itinerary sound too rushed? It includes all cities and not much down time or small town time. I would appreciate any tips or suggestions. Thanks!

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GCBAR Tracks - The Grand Canyon Backcountry Adventure Route
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These tracks are from my Ride Report Grand Canyon Backcountry Adventure Ride.
For further details read the RR and feel free to ask me questions.
I missed a lot of places I intended to ride. There are tons of options to make this a complete route.
I intend to update these tracks in the future to make this a more comprehensive circumnavigation of the Grand Canyon.
I intend the completed route to be accessible for riders of moderate skill levels with loaded big adventure bikes.
If you have tracks from some of the areas I missed, please email them to me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll consider adding them to the "official" GCBAR.
Dave, this was an amazing ride to follow you with on your RR. Thank you so much for sharing these tracks! :thumb
Thanks buddy! Have fun out there.
The route is incomplete.
Highlights of my Trip
1. Havasupai Point - You'll have to pay the Native Americans $25 for access across their lands, but the only remote point accessible on the South Rim is worth it.
2. Lime Kiln Pass
3. Near Twin Point
4. Whitmore Canyon Overlook - Only 700 feet above the river with a hiking trail. Bar 10 Ranch is nearby.
5. Toroweap Overlook & Campground - Free camping and the best view west of the Kaibab Plateau.
6. Kanab Point - The view is almost as stunning as Toroweap and this place gets far fewer visitors.
7. Gunsight Point - A fun road takes you to a point overlooking the Kanab Creek Wilderness. A nice side trip, but not as stunning as others.
8. Sowats Point - A fun road through varied terrain to a nice western view.
9. Crazy Jugs Point - A beautiful and wide view. The point is within the national forest with no camping restrictions.
10. Point Sublime - Simply the best backcountry point! A must for any trip, if you can get there. The park service keeps it closed often.
Places That Could Be Added
A. South Rim Drive - If you've not done it before, why not go elbow to elbow with the rest of the tourists to start the trip?
There are tons of great views here and starting in the crowded areas will help you appreciate the solitude you find later.
B. Grand Canyon West - If you want to do tourist type stuff. You can ride all the way to the parking lot near the airport,
but no private vehicles are allowed at the points anymore. You will need to pay the
Hualapai Indians for shuttles to the points and the tourist trap known as the Skywalk.
Some guys have been lucky to get to ride all the way to the river at the bottom of the canyon on Diamond Creek Road.
Others have been sold passes (available at the lodge in Peach Springs) only to be denied access by the Tribal Rangers.
"No motorcycles allowed."
C. You could make better time by taking I-15 or spend more time by visiting the stunning Valley of Fire State Park.
D. Elbow Canyon Road is a rougher and higher alternative pass from Mesquite.
E. Nutter Twists Road and Hidden Canyon
F. Twin Point
G. Kelly Point (Supposedly one of the rougher trails out here with ~30 miles of boulders.)
H. There are trails between Mt Dellenbaugh RD and Whitmore Canyon, but I hear ranchers have started locking some gates.
I. SB Point aka Son-of-a-Bitch Point
J. Jumpup Point and Ranger Pass - There are a few other points out in this direction as well.
K. Swamp Point
L. Cape Royal RD - Unless you want to avoid asphalt as much as possible, there is no reason a motorcyclist can't enjoy one
of the best motorcycling roads in the state out to one of the best spots for photos of the entire canyon, Cape Royal and Angel's Window.
Stay for sunset and find camping out of the park in the dark. Try to avoid all of the deer you will see at night.
M. Saddle Mountain Trailhead - A fun road leads out to an eastern view only a short hike from Point Imperial.
There are dispersed campsites at the rim within the national forest, but at the border to the park.
N. Other east side points like Dog Point and the Burma Road aka East Side Game Trail if you want a little challenge.
O. Two points on either side of Marble Canyon. Bull Farm Point on the west and Tathatso Point on the Navajo Reservation 23 miles off Highway 89.
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Attached are a few more options. This is tracks for the Great Western Trail on the south and north side of the Colorado River east of Grand Canyon.
Crawdaddy has tracks for his loop around Grand Canyon:
Mine doesn't have GPS tracks, but passes through many of the same places:
Thanks guys! I'll check those out. I remember Crawdaddy had some tracks, but doesn't he get out on some pretty gnarly tracks?
and here (you must upload a track before you can view tracks):
Thanks for posting the tracks.
We did a trip out there in the spring and used some of Crawdaddy's Tracks. I would be real careful about using those. They will put you in a few places you don't want to be.
His original trip report generally made it clear what was hard and what was easy. But the last time I tried to look at it, all the pictures were gone.
These tracks will be very useful. Thanks!
I've spent the last 15 years exploring most everything west of Toroweep by Jeep and bike. I just updated to a newer GPS and a new laptop is next but I lost most of my tracks.
I look forward to adding my 2 cents to this thread after getting a better look at what is here.
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Creamy White Chili Recipe
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I got this wonderful recipe from my sister-in-law, who made a big batch and served a crowd one night. It was a hit. Plus, it's easy and quick, which is helpful since I'm a college student. In all my years of 4-H cooking, I've never had another dish get so many compliments. —Laura Brewer, Lafayette, Indiana
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 cans (15-1/2 ounces each) great northern beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
- 2 cans (4 ounces each) chopped green chilies
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- In a large saucepan, saute the chicken, onion and garlic powder in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Add the beans, broth, chilies and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream and cream. Yield: 7 servings.
Originally published as Creamy White Chili in Taste of Home February/March 2001, p25
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Reviewed May. 27, 2015
"Made just as recipe read except I only had 1% milk. All it needed was a pan of cornbread. Delicious!"
Reviewed Apr. 22, 2015
"My family loves the chili. I thought the beans might scare my little ones so I blended it in my immersion blender a bit. The second time I made it, I did not blen and everyone enjoyed it and requested seconds. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing."
Reviewed Apr. 2, 2015
"This chili was very flavorful and easy to make...freezes well!"
Reviewed Mar. 27, 2015
"This is the best white chili. I double the recipe so we can enjoy leftovers. Thank you for a real keeper."
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What is the status of the Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) revolution? Has the creation of software that can be freely used, modified, and redistributed transformed industry and society, as some predicted, or is this transformation still a work in progress? Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software brings together leading analysts and researchers to address this question, examining specific aspects of F/OSS in a way that is both scientifically rigorous and highly relevant to real-life managerial and technical concerns.The book analyzes a number of key topics: the motivation behind F/OSS -- why highly skilled software developers devote large amounts of time to the creation of "free" products and services; the objective, empirically grounded evaluation of software -- necessary to counter what one chapter author calls the "steamroller" of F/OSS hype; the software engineering processes and tools used in specific projects, including Apache, GNOME, and Mozilla; the economic and business models that reflect the changing relationships between users and firms, technical communities and firms, and between competitors; and legal, cultural, and social issues, including one contribution that suggests parallels between "open code" and "open society" and another that points to the need for understanding the movement's social causes and consequences.
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The excuse for bypassing normal legislative procedures was the existence of an emergency. But one of the most reprehensible features of the legislation, that it allowed Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to permit bailed-out institutions to use public money for exorbitant salaries and bonuses, was inserted by Paulson after the immediate crisis had passed.
According to Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vermont) the bailout bill originally called for a cap on executive salaries, but Paulson changed the requirement at the last minute. Welch and other members of Congress were enraged by "news that banks getting taxpayer-funded bailouts are still paying exorbitant salaries, bonuses, and other benefits."1 In addition, as AP reported in October, "Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. questioned allowing banks that accept bailout bucks to continue paying dividends on their common stock. `There are far better uses of taxpayer dollars than continuing dividend payments to shareholders," he said."2
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We no longer have a civilian-led government. It is hard for a lifelong Republican and son of a retired Air Force colonel to say this, but the most unnerving legacy of the Bush administration is the encroachment of the Department of Defense into a striking number of aspects of civilian government. Our Constitution is at risk.
President-elect Barack Obama's selections of James L. Jones, a retired four-star Marine general, to be his national security adviser and, it appears, retired Navy Adm. Dennis C. Blair to be his director of national intelligence present the incoming administration with an important opportunity — and a major risk. These appointments could pave the way for these respected military officers to reverse the current trend of Pentagon encroachment upon civilian government functions, or they could complete the silent military coup d'etat that has been steadily gaining ground below the radar screen of most Americans and the media.
While serving the State Department in several senior capacities over the past four years, I witnessed firsthand the quiet, de facto military takeover of much of the U.S. government. The first assault on civilian government occurred in faraway places — Iraq and Afghanistan — and was, in theory, justified by the exigencies of war.
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Learning about self-deception is important for all people today. That's because many of our problems, both as individuals and as a society, are rooted in self-deception, and many of the ways in which others abuse us relate to our inherent tendency to self-deceive. We can overcome these problems, and have a decent chance at long-term survival as a species, only if we learn about such limitations, and strive to control them. One great way to rapidly learn about self-deception, and other forms of deception, is to learn about the events of September 11th.
It's easy to see widespread self-deception with regard to 9/11. For one thing, most people don't know the actual official story, given by the 9/11 Commission and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This is despite the fact that everyone, at least in the US, has invested essentially their entire future in that story, whether they know it or not.
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The 9-11 attacks were the pretext which sold the myth of evil Muslim terrorists imminently threatening Americans. That tale allowed the Cheney-led members of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) to implement their 1990 DPG plan for world control. The "war on terror" has nothing to do with protecting the U.S. and world's people from "terrorists", and everything to do with securing the American empire abroad and muzzling democracy and human rights at home. Designed to inspire popular support for U.S. wars of world conquest, it is modeled on Islamophobic stereotypes, policies, and political structures developed by the Israeli Likkud and Bush Sr. since 1979. To defeat this plan, we must overcome our Islamophobic fear of "terrorists" and stand in solidarity with Muslims.
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The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), called the allegations "extremely disturbing" and said the committee has begun its own examination.
"We have requested all relevant information from the Bush Administration," Rockefeller said Thursday. "The Committee will take whatever action is necessary."
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Kinne described the contents of the calls as "personal, private things with Americans who are not in any way, shape or form associated with anything to do with terrorism."
WATCH Kinne discuss why it was 'awkward' listening to her fellow Americans.
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The Congressional anthrax hearings of September 16-17 revealed that public pressure is keeping the doors open in the anthrax case. FBI Director Robert Mueller promised that the FBI will provide their evidence to a panel of experts for scientific evaluation. The battle will now turn to the independence of this panel, and whether "all evidence" or merely "scientific evidence" will be under review.
During the hearings, Mueller found himself under fire by Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman John Conyers for not having answers to their questions. Republican Arlen Specter was furious at Mueller for his unwillingness to assure them that Congress would have a role in determining the panel's composition.
Meanwhile, new evidence shows just how deeply wrong ABC and Washington Post reporters have been over the years on their coverage of the anthrax attacks. They can't have it both ways: Either they made repeated "mistakes" by relying on their sources, or several people deliberately lied in order to advance war on Iraq.
In his recent book Taking Heat, former White House secretary Ari Fleischer wrote that Bush was more shook up by the anthrax attacks than by any other event. White House officials repeatedly pressed Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by al-Qaeda or Iraq. After days of provocative statements designed to scare the American people, Cheney himself believed that he had been exposed to anthrax. Although the test… Continue reading
by P. Devlin Buckley
September 5, 2008
The American Monitor
Law firms representing victims of the 9/11 attacks in an ongoing legal dispute with wealthy Saudis suspected of financing al-Qaeda have recently turned their attention to two individuals with unique ties to the U.S. government.
Lawyers for victims of the attacks, as well as insurance companies of property owners in New York, have filed a motion of discovery in federal district court in Manhattan targeting the Saudi-owned National Commercial Bank (NCB) and two of its former executives, Khalid bin Mahfouz and Yassin al-Qadi.
Both Mahfouz and al-Qadi have a murky history that includes alleged ties to the CIA, the White House, the Bush family, al-Qaeda, and organized crime on a global scale.
The discovery motion, if granted, would advance the case by requiring both sides to disclose and exchange all available pertinent facts regarding the defendants. The motion comes just days after a circuit court ruled members of the Saudi government are immune from terrorism lawsuits in the United States, a setback in the plaintiffs' case against Saudis suspected of financing al-Qaeda in the years leading up to 9/11. There are some defendants, however, the ruling does not protect, including Khalid bin Mahfouz, Yassin al-Qadi, and the NCB.
Government documents, expert testimony, and media reports dating back several years suggest Mahfouz and al-Qadi have raised millions of dollars for al-Qaeda and other militant groups. Evidence indicates some of the defendants' activities were sanctioned by the U.S. government.
During the late… Continue reading
by Luke Ryland
September 5, 2008
In last Monday's New York Times, David Sanger and William Broad wrote a front-page article about the CIA's involvement in the nuclear black market.
The article demonstrates (again) that the New York Times, Sanger & Broad in particular, has simply become a mouthpiece for the government (see my previous articles 1, 2, 3) but they did let one fact slip through to the readership. I can only presume that the slip was accidental, because they don't appear to have understood the ramifications of what they reported:
The US Government is covering up the fact that US citizens and entities are involved in the nuclear black market.
Three members of the Tinner family in Switzerland were key suppliers to AQ Khan's nuclear black market ring. They were arrested in 2004 and have been awaiting trial but the US government has been trying to sabotage the Swiss trial because "compromising and embarrassing information about the CIA's activities with the Khan network" would be exposed if the trial were to proceed.
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The New York Times reported that in July 2007, the Swiss Justice Minister came to the US to discuss the case with high-level US officials, apparently to find a mutually-acceptable arrangement regarding how to deal with the Tinner case.
According to an anonymous former Bush administration official:
"The State Department wanted the bomb plans destroyed as a way to stem nuclear proliferation, while the C.I.A. wanted to… Continue reading
By Kathy Sanborn
13/08/08 "ICH" — – Sanborn: When I read your article, "Marching Off Into Tyranny," I was impressed by how you were able to concisely sum up one of the most important issues that we face as Americans, namely, the erosion of our civil liberties, mostly due to fabricated terrorism such as the anthrax scare and the attacks on 9/11. You talk about the Florida university professor, Al-Arian, who continues to be victimized by the Feds although a jury has cleared him of any terrorism charges. [As of August 8, 2008, the Associated Press states, "U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema postponed the trial indefinitely, questioning whether the government was overeager in filing charges." –KS]
What was your wake-up call, Dr. Roberts, to the fact that the current administration was determined to take away the civil liberties of Americans?
Roberts: When they responded to 9/11 with the Patriot Act. That document was thick, and it would have taken months and months to prepare it, yet it came out shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
Why does combating terrorism require an assault on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? It was clear to me that there was an undeclared agenda there.
On the day of 9/11, I knew right away that something was wrong. I had been an engineering student at Georgia Tech, and things just didn't add up. As I watched the towers fall, I could see that the buildings were blowing up from the top, at least initially.… Continue reading
All military personnel who are headed to combat are required to take vaccinations. Are these shots leaving some troops deathly ill?
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WASHINGTON – Today, in a blatant assault upon civil liberties and the right to privacy, the Senate passed an unconstitutional domestic spying bill that violates the Fourth Amendment and eliminates any meaningful role for judicial oversight of government surveillance. The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 was approved by a vote of 69 to 28 and is expected to be signed into law by President Bush shortly. This bill essentially legalizes the president's unlawful warrantless wiretapping program revealed in December 2005 by the New York Times.
'Once again, Congress blinked and succumbed to the president's fear-mongering. With today's vote, the government has been given a green light to expand its power to spy on Americans and run roughshod over the Constitution,' said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. 'This legislation will give the government unfettered and unchecked access to innocent Americans' international communications without a warrant. This is not only unconstitutional, but absolutely un-American.'
The FISA Amendments Act nearly eviscerates oversight of government surveillance by allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to review only general procedures for spying rather than individual warrants. The FISC will not be told any specifics about who will actually be wiretapped, thereby undercutting any meaningful role for the court and violating the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
The bill further trivializes court review by authorizing the government to continue… Continue reading


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This 2nd grade teacher's guide provides tips and lesson plans that emphasize letter skills, word skills, and sentence skills. There's plenty of information on how to prepare for lessons, stages of learning, instructional stages, a scope & sequence, posture, grip, spacing, and other helpful hints. Lessons include scripted questions, reproductions of reduced-size student pages, multisensory activities, finger trace and check models with instructions, page numbers, word lists, and more. 142 pages, softcover.
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Mendham farming family so proud of champion Mystique
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A long-established farming family are proud to have won a string of prizes with their home-bred Limousin X, Mystique - culminating in them sweeping the board at the Aylsham Show.
Gary Kent, 47, a third generation farmer at Mendham, on the Suffolk/Norfolk border, returned from the bank holiday event jubilant after the 18-month-old heifer won commercial champion and interbreed continental champion awards before finally being crowned supreme beef interbreed champion.
Earlier in the year the heifer won the commercial champion award at the Hadleigh Show in May and best Suffolk born and bred at the Suffolk Show.
Next up was the Wayland Show, where Mystique claimed the commercial champion and reserve supreme champion trophies.
Gary, whose father James, 76, moved to Mendham in 1939 at the age of one, said: "A friend persuaded me to start showing cattle seven years ago and told me I would quickly get hooked.
"I had always hoped that one day we would breed a champion and this year was our year. It is very unusual for a commercial animal to win such a prestigious award and the whole family are very proud of our achievements."
Showing cattle has become a real family affair with Gary's son Hayden, 13, regularly taking part in young handlers' events at shows in the region while his niece, Juliette Tompkins, has also had successes as a young handler over the past few years.
Kent beef is regularly available at Bramfield Meats, local butchers and restaurants in the Waveney Valley area, including the Sir Alfred Munnings Hotel and Public House in Mendham.
Gary, who farms 650 acres, taking in both counties, said their plan now was to get Mystique in calf and hopefully breed the next generation champion.


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The Ripon City Council will look at a backup plan for the city clerk position.
Summer is almost over and Ripon Christian Preschool is busy getting ready for all the new and returning faces.
Michael Restuccia, a one-time mayor, is again in the running for a seat on the Ripon City Council.
The first day of school at Ripon Unified School is Thursday, Aug. 14.
It's been over a month since the City of Ripon implemented a water conservation effort.
An alert citizen helped Ripon Police find an indecent exposure suspect within nine hours from the time the man allegedly exposed himself to two young girls under 18.
It's the responsibility of elected leaders to conduct regular monthly sessions.
The Ripon Police Department hosted the Advanced Junior Police Academy for two weeks from July 7-18 18 with 14 cadets under the direction of Officer Trevor McGinnis.
In Ripon, Second Street is considered a major thoroughfare.
John Mangelos is being installed as the Ripon Chamber of Commerce president Thursday night for the second time.
The handmade rustic sign reads: "Grandpa's Flower Patch. Only God can make a flower. Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matt 6:29."
Call it the home stretch of the Ripon Community Athletic Foundation's seven-year effort of renovating the facilities at Ripon High.
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Ripon is exploring having two water systems - one for domestic use and the other for landscaping.
Dr. Glen Shirk was once the pediatrician to Jake Parks.
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Five teens - 18 and 19 years old - who robbed Ripona Market at gunpoint last August have been sentenced to multi-year state prison terms.
Graduation at Ripon High is Friday, May 29, at Stouffer Field.
The City of Ripon must reduce its water usage by 36 percent.
The Color the Skies event is being taken over by the Ripon Chamber of Commerce.
Ripon's city-wide cleanup of is half way complete as crews finished with residences on the west side of Highway 99. Next week the city will collect the remaining articles placed in front of homes.
The Ripon Unified teachers will be getting raises next year.
Ripon Unified teachers will soon be getting an 8 percent on-going salary increase.
Jack Tone Golf Course could soon see some improvements.
Road closures are being coordinated by the Ripon Police Department on Saturday for safety purposes during the 5K and the first 1.5 miles of the Half Marathon course of Rina's Run from 7 to 7:50 a.m.
It's been an interesting year for eighth-grade students at Weston Elementary School.
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Nicola Killen, children's author from Cambridge, pops in to see youngsters at St Neots Library
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An illustrator whose writing career started when publishes picked up her university work met youngsters at St Neots library this weekend.
Nicola Killen, 42, a children's author from Cambridge, read with them and showed them how to make a pop-up book.
She said: "It's a really nice thing to see how children react to your books and to encourage them to read.
"When I was younger I used to love going to the library, there's something for everyone.
"I talked about animals and read some stories featuring animals."
Nicola has been a children's author since 2009 and has books coming out in May.
One is called Stop Sticking Stan and the two others are pop-up books.


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In this course, author and educator Chris Mattia demonstrates how to use the Apple iBooks Author application to create and publish your own ebook, without extensive design or publishing experience.
Follow along with Chris as he assembles, refines, and publishes a dynamic and engaging ebook for distribution on the iPad using the iBooks app. The course demonstrates the process of adding all of the components of a dynamic ebook, including engaging text, images, audio, video, 3D models, and dynamic web content. It also shows how to customize the iBooks Author interface and leverage built-in templates to produce a beautifully designed and polished ebook. The course wraps up with a review of the iBookstore publishing process.
Now let's have a look at my favorite feature of iBooks Author for working with images. That's Instant Alpha. To begin, let's go ahead and open up our Media Browser, and in the Chapter 06 exercise files I've included an image called condor_face. Go ahead and grab that image and simply drag it onto Page 25 of our Explore California Travel Guide. This image once again has come in as an Anchored image, so I'll go ahead and change it to a Floating image. And what Instant Alpha is going to allow us to do is it's going to allow us to get rid of all of this extra blue around here so that it becomes completely transparent, and we can cause the head of the condor to simply float in space.
To do that, we'll use a tool that's up here in the Format menu, under Image, and it's called Instant Alpha. Now, I use this tool so much that I like to go ahead and instead of accessing it from my menu, I like to add it to my Toolbar. So I'll go up here to the View menu and come down to Customized Toolbar. You can then find the Instant Alpha tool located down here. Simply grab it and drag it and drop it right here into your Toolbar. It will be a great location, and it will be easy to access. Go ahead and click Done.
And now, let's go ahead and use the Instant Alpha tool. To begin, click one time on the image to select it, and then click on the button that says Alpha. Now, find an area in the image, such as here in the sky, and click and drag. And as you start to drag--I'm dragging in the upward direction--you'll notice that the image is starting to be selected for colors that are similar to this color that I have selected already. When the circle gets close to a portion of the image that you don't want to turn transparent, go ahead and let go on your mouse, and it will apply that Alpha channel.
Now, come down here to the bottom and find another spot and do the same thing, click and drag up. As you make the selection, you want all of the areas that are in blue to turn pink, and release. Now, there's a couple of spots that we didn't quite get, but that's all right. Now that we've got our Instant Alpha applied, go ahead and click away from the image to deselect it. Now, let's simply crop the image using the Crop tool. So click one time on the image to select it and then click on the Mask or Crop tool, which is here in your Formatting Toolbar.
You'll notice the handles that appear for the crop area. Go ahead and drag the left-side handle over to the left of the image, then the top middle handle up towards the top. Then grab the right-handle, drag it over towards the image, keep making adjustments until the cropped area is just around the condor's head. When you get it looking pretty good, go ahead and hit the Enter or Return key on your keyboard to complete the mask and then click away. Now we can take the condor's head, and we can drag it right up here to the top left of the image.
We can also now grab one of the handles with it selected, and we can adjust the size of the image ever so slightly. I like it looking like that. This way we get the text, it's hard to believe, up in the top just above the head, and then the text below wraps underneath of the condor's head. Since the beak is pushing just a little bit over into this next column, we're getting some wrapping effect of the text around that portion of the image at the same time. We can go ahead and deselect. Now we have a nice condor's head looking down on top of all the rest of the images on this page.
It produces a really nice effect. One thing to note though, once we've done this, we've pushed our text around a little bit, and it looks like The Fossil Tour, which is a Header, has been left hanging on this page, and it really should be pushed over to the next page. That's easy to remedy. Go ahead and click your mouse one time in front of the text and then go up to the Insert menu and come down to Page Break. When you select Page Break, it will force that Header to jump over to the top of the next page, and then we're ready to begin working on our next image effect.
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What's The Best Car That Is The Ford RS200?
There are many cars, but only some of them are the Ford RS200. »
There are many cars, but only some of them are the Ford RS200. »
Hey, there's a Ferrari Group B rally car for sale. »
Back when Group B rally cars were running virtually unrestricted, faster than sense or safety, newscasters called them 'supercars.' What if you took that Group B tech and applied it to a traditional supercar concept? »
Do you love the Audi Quattro? Yes, you do. Here's one leaping into the air, for you to enjoy in perpetuity. »
In the 1980s, international rallying was virtually unrestricted. The cars became more and more powerful until a series of horrifying fatal crashes led to the series' cancellation. It's a story worthy of a film. In fact, one is getting made right now and it stars the dude from Game of Thrones. »
The Metro 6R4 went down in history as the ugliest Group B contender this side of a Citroën BX 4TC, the car that gave its engine to the Jaguar XJ220, and the naturally-aspirated pocket rocket surrounded by all those turbo giants. 30 years on, it remains just as exciting as at its premier. »
If you've ever wondered what the Scandinavian Flick looks like, you'll likely never see a more extreme example than this. »
In 1986, the FIA banned Group B rallying. What's interesting is that they banned the cars before the season was over, but decided to let the cars run the final two events of the calendar. This gave the world the 35th Lombard RAC Rally, the last time Group B ran in the UK. »
Everyone's seen a lot of Subarus and whatnot four-wheel sliding through the snow and on the dirt, but not many have seen something with AWD going fully sideways on pavement. That's where this Group B-spec Audi Quattro S1 comes in. »
How do you tell a Group B Rally-spec Mazda RX-7 from your standard drift car? Simple: the rally Mazda is louder. »
When you think of drifting, you probably think of a Nissan 240SX or other rear-drive some such. What if I told you an all-wheel drive Audi Quattro could slide like the best of them? »
This was one of those sobering posts that comes across from my Facebook friends that have closer connections to the racing world than I do. »
Back in the '80s, you could enter just about any kind of purpose-built race car you wanted, so long as you also built some road-legal versions for the public, too. This is what it's like to run one of those homologations specials, the mighty Lancia 037. »
I keep forgetting to post this video because I always end up leaving it open and listening to the rockin' boppin' mid-'80s soundtrack. Trust me, this could not be more '80s if it was doing lines and tagging a subway train. »
This Group B Audi swings so close to the crowd that the driver actually takes out a video camera, valued at £30,000. »
By the time this picture was taken in 2001, the car hiding in the background wasn't a secret anymore. But in its day, it was one of Audi's greatest behind-the-scenes projects. »
What's it like to own a Ford RS200? Apparently, awesome is where it starts. »
I am not sure how unpopular of an opinion it is, but Group B seems to be the more popular of the two around these parts. But I have always though Group C was just more badass. I guess I am going to rant real quick like. »
It's easy to think of all-wheel-drive barging into the rally scene and dominating the field immediately. It wasn't so simple, as this video shows. »


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Why is On The Waterfront rated Not Rated?
Official MPAA Rating: On The Waterfront is rated Not Rated for
Overall: B+ Sullied only by the flagrant violence employed by the union leaders, this redemptive story of personal atonement leaves viewers holding to the hope that one man can make a difference if he is willing to stand up and be counted.
Violence: D+ Man thrown from roof, characters fighting in bar, rock thrown through church window, fighting scene outside church, man shown with bloody face, man killed by falling crates, objects thrown at priest, man points a gun at his brother, man struggles with woman, truck tries to run down two people in alley, dead man with blood on his jacket shown hanging on hook in alley, man takes gun into bar looking for revenge, dead birds shown in coop, fist fight shown between two men, man shown with bloody and bruised face, man yelling threats at other men, references made to other deaths on the dock.
Sexual Content: A- Man shown looking at pornographic magazine, kissing between unmarried couple, woman shown in slip.
Language: B+ At least one mild profanity and four terms of Deity are used.
Alcohol / Drug Use: C+ Smoking and bar scenes are shown numerous times, man invites woman to a bar, later tries to force her to drink, bride at wedding asks for a cigarette, priest asks for both a cigarette and a beer, main character shown drinking when angry.


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Team USA Opens Italian Softball Week with Wins over Australia and Italy
AZZANO DECIMO, Italy - The USA Softball Women's National Team started their European run strong on Thursday going 2-0 with wins over Australia and Italy on the opening day of Italian Softball Week.
Jolene Henderson (Elk Grove, Calif.) earned the win in game one as Team USA defeated Australia 7-3. In the second game of the USA doubleheader, Jackie Traina (Naples, Fla.) started in the circle and threw five innings, allowing just one run, as Team USA cruised to a 7-1 victory.
"We played well tonight for most of both contests," said USA Head Coach Ken Eriksen. "There were spurts where we let up a bit but I think some of that has to do with fatigue from traveling just a day ago. With that said, we were able to take care of business and get the two wins that we wanted. Now we're in good shape going forward."
USA 7, Australia 3
Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.) was 3-3 at the plate in game one sparking Team USA's offense throughout their 7-3 win over Australia. She singled in the second inning, doubled in the fourth and tripled in the sixth. The lefty speedster finished with two runs and one RBI in the contest.
On the defensive side, Henderson looked sharp on the rubber through four innings as Australia managed just one run on two hits as Jolene struck out four and walked just two. Jessica Moore (Sutter, Calif.) earned the save entering the circle in the fifth and allowing just two runs on four hits.
Team USA jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the first when Raven Chavanne (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) singled and advanced to second on an error in the next at-bat. A walk to the following batter loaded the bases for Samantha Fischer (Simi Valley, Calif.) who delivered with a hard ground ball to right field scoring two.
Australia got a run back in the top of the fourth on a Tsitsikronis homer but Team USA stole it back in the bottom half of the inning when Kelsey Stewart (Wichita, Kan.) doubled to left field scoring Moultrie from second.
Trailing 3-1 Australia tied the game in the top of the fifth when Bowering singled to left field scoring Godfrey and Porter but Lauren Gibson (Pasadena, Md.) quickly broke the tie in the bottom half with a solo homer to center field.
Moore held Australia scoreless in the sixth and Team USA added three runs to their lead to jump ahead 7-3. Another scoreless inning in the top of the seventh sealed it as the USA Women moved to 1-0 in the Italian Softball Week event.
USA 7, Italy 1
A big fourth inning opened up a previously low scoring game for Team USA in their second matchup of the evening. Taking on the host team Italy, Traina lead the way in the circle allowing just one run in five innings in the circle. From the plate, Kellie Fox (San Diego, Calif.) was 2-4 with a single and a huge grand slam in the top of the fourth to bust open the scoring for the USA National Team.
Holding a 5-1 lead, Team USA added runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Taylor Hoagland (Flower Mound, Texas) doubled to left field in the fifth to score Valerie Arioto (Pleasanton, Calif.) and a Moultrie triple in the sixth scored Hallie Wilson (Santa Ana, Calif.).
Sara Nevins (Pinellas Park, Fla.) entered to pitch to start the bottom of the sixth and allowed just one hit in the final two innings as Team USA took the 7-1 win to move to 2-0 in the tournament.
The USA Women will return to action on Friday night as they take on Australia for a second time at 9 p.m. local time (2 p.m. CDT). Visit www.USASoftball.com for complete Team USA coverage as they compete in Italian Softball Week and move on to the International Softball Federation (ISF) Women's World Championship beginning August 15.
**courtesy of ASA/USA Softball


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Meaning: Persuade
Example: She TALKED them AROUND to accepting her point of view.
- Separable [obligatory]
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Meaning: Talk about a problem or issue without really dealing with it
Example: WE TALKED ROUND the issue but didn't reach a conclusion.
- Inseparable
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