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3560 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
$9,495,000 (Contingent)
Beds: 4
Baths: 4 | 1
Sq. Ft.: 6,680
Type: Single Family Home
Listing #21610755
Completed 2006, completely bespoke, nearly 6,700 sq ft waterfront villa w/2 levels cascading to Tiburon's eastern shore. 3 beds, 3 full/1 half bath plus guest quarters w/full bath. Living & dining areas open to multiple terraces surrounded by established gdns. Direct access to sandy beach & private pier. Billiard room, library, & rustic wine cellar w/tasting room. Architectural highlights abound w/17th- 18th century antique finishes throughout.
Property Features
Location Information
County: Marin
Map Code: 607D5
MLS Area: Tiburon
Cross Street: Trestle Glen
Latitude: 37.894829
Longitude: -122.459595
Property Location: Coast
Directions: Tiburon Blvd to Trestle Glen, right on Paradise.
Interior Features
Total Rooms: 11
Rooms: Entertainment/Media, Guest Suite, Wine Cellar/Tasting
1/2 Baths: 1
Other Bathrooms Description: Granite, Marble, Shower and Tub, Split Bath, Tub Only, Tub-Master Bedroom
Dining Room Description: Dining Area, Formal
Family Room Description: Fireplace(s)
Living Room Description: Fireplace(s), Great Room, Open Beam
Kitchen Description: Breakfast Area, Breakfast Room, Built-in Oven, Cntr Stone Slab, Cntr Wood, Dishwasher Incl., Disposal Incl, Freezer Incl., Gas Range Incl., Hood Over Range, Island, Microwave Incl., Pantry, Refrigerator Incl.
Has Fireplace: yes
Fireplace Description: 3 Fireplaces, Stone, Wood Burning
Heating: Radiant
Floors: Tile, Wood
Laundry: Dryer Incl., In Laundry Room, Washer Incl
Exterior Features
Style: Farmhouse, Rustic, Spanish/Mediterr
Stories: 2 Story, 3 Story
Is New Construction: No
Construction: Unknown
Exterior: Stone, Stucco
Roof: Tile
Septic or Sewer: Sewer Public
Water: Water Public
Utilities: PG&E
Parking Description: 4 Car, Garage, Detached, Tandem
Has Garage: yes
Garage Spaces: 4
Driveway: Other
Yard: Garden, Landscaped- Front, Landscaped- Rear, Patio(s), Private Boat Dock, Sprink-Automatic
Fencing: Partial, Wood Board
Has a Pool: No
Lot Description: Downslope, Waterfront, Private, Secluded
Lot Acres: 2.45
Lot Sq. Ft.: 106, 631
Outdoor: Other
View Description: Bay, Bridges, Hills, Panoramic, Water
Additional Information
New Construction/Resale: Resale
Attached/Detached: Detached
Sale/Lease-Rent: Sale
Property Type: SFR
Property SubType: Single Family Residence
Year Built: 2006
Status: Contingent
Floor of Unit: Ground Flo
HOA Fee: 0
Miscellaneous: Cathedral Ceiling, Deck(s), Formal Entry, Open Beam Ceiling, Wet Bar(s)
Safety / Security: Sec Alarm Owned, Security Gate
Probate Sale: No
Listing Agent BRE #: 00837358
Listing Office BRE #: 01112888
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There have been some great moments in sports over the last five years, there was the Cardinals World Series run, the Giants upsetting the Patriots in the Super Bowl… twice, VCU going first four to final four, but my favorite moment of the last five years still has to be on April 17th 2009, when Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman walked out on to the field with "NATINALS" written across the front of their jerseys, to this day, I still call them the Natinals. Anyways, let's see how they did in 2011.
Washington Nationals
Record: 80-81 (rained out game not made up)
Finish: 3rd in NL East
Playoffs: N/A
Top Pitcher: Jordan Zimmerman 8-11, 3.18 ERA, 124 SO
Top Hitter: Michael Morse .303 AVG, 31 HR, 95 RBI
Manager: Davey Johnson
Important Off-season Acquisitions: Ryan Perry, Andres Blanco, Jason Michaels, Jeff Fulchino, Mike Cameron, Chad Tracy, Xavier Paul, Gio Gonzalez, Mark DeRosa, Brad Lidge, Chad Durbin, Edwin Jackson
Important Off-season Losses: Todd Coffey LAD, Alex Cora STL, Jonny Gomes OAK, Livan Hernandez HOU, Laynce Nix PHI, Ivan Rodriguez FA, Collin Balester DET
The Natinals had a pretty good season last year, finishing at 80-81. That may not sound great, but it was an 11.5 game improvement from 2010, and a 21.5 game improvement from 2009. They did this without having 2009 1st overall pick, Stephen Strasburg pitch until September, due to Tommy John surgery. Despite this, pitching was still their strength, finishing seventh in the league in ERA. They got great help from their Starting pitching, 6 of their 7 pitchers with 10 starts or more had an ERA under 4.05, Livan Hernandez was the only one over that mark with an ERA of 4.47, and he's gone this year. Their offense did struggle throughout the year, finishing 27th in the league in batting average, and 24th in the league in runs. They didn't get the production they wanted from Jayson Werth, as his batting average dropped .064 points, he had seven less home runs, 27 less RBI and 37 less Runs than he did in 2010, giving him a total of a .232 AVG, 20 HR, 58 RBI and 69 R. However, Michael Morse was able to pick up his slack, with a breakthrough season, recording a .303 AVG, to go along with 31 HR and 95 RBI. Ryan Zimmerman, battled some injury problems, meaning Morse was really the only difference maker in the lineup last year. However, this year, if Morse can keep it up, Zimmerman can stay healthy and Jayson Werth can bounce back, this offense can greatly improve, and If 2nd year catcher Wilson Ramos and 3rd year shortstop Ian Desmond can improve, then the Natinals could become a top 15 offense, accompanied with a top 7 or 8 pitching unit, they could become a tough team in the NL East. Earlier today, the Natinals sent 2010 1st overall pick, Bryce Harper to AAA, so one can only assume that they want to keep him in the minors for one more full season to keep up his development. The Natinals made some confusing moves with their Starting Pitching, they acquired Edwin Jackson and Gio Gonzalez despite already having 6 potential starters in Jordan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg, John Lannan, Chien-Ming Wang, Ross Detwiler and Tom Gorzelanny, so we'll see what ends up happening there. They lost some pieces to their bench and added some pieces to their bench, but some of the bench players they added may be able to steal a spot in the lineup with a lackluster Washington offense. They lost Coffey and Balester from their bullpen, but with the acquisition of multiple relievers including Brad Lidge, who will most likely be the set-up man for Drew Storen, who put up amazing numbers in his first year as a closer, going 43/48 in save opportunities (89.6%). All in all, this team should be improved, and MAY potentially make a playoff run, with that 2nd wild card spot in play this year. However, I ultimately see them falling a few games short, having one of, if not the toughest division in the league, with the improved Miami Marlins to go along with the Braves and the Phillies. However, in a few years, if they develop their players properly, they could become a force to be reckoned with.
Record: 83-79
Finish: 4th in NL East
Playoffs: N/A
Top Pitcher: Jordan Zimmerman 12-11, 3.24 ERA, 143 SO
Top Hitter: Ryan Zimmerman .301, 25 HR, 93 RBI
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Dawn Hampton will be in attendance at the April 5th Screening at Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, 5pm.
Julie Cohen, Film Maker
Julie is a veteran television news and documentary director and producer, and the founder of BetterThanFiction Productions, Inc. She has directed, produced, and written ten documentaries for WNET, NY and other PBS stations around the country; more than 20 hour-long and two-hour programs for Dateline NBC; and three webisode series for Lifetime Television; as well as segments for the national PBS series Need to Know. She also produces documentary-style films for non-profit and educational organizations. A Dateline NBC staff producer for nine years, Julie still does consulting projects for NBC. She graduated from Colgate and holds masters degrees from Yale Law School and the Columbia Journalism School, where she is now an adjunct professor.
About the "Unforgettable Hampton Family"
The story of a family of African American jazz musicians, from their early days playing as a family band across the American South, through their years performing at famed venues like the Apollo Theater and Carnegie Hall, to their later years as solo artists in their 70s, 80s and 90s. As individual artists and as a group, the Hamptons overcame poverty and discrimination to practice their art, becoming remarkable performers in the process. The film's central character is the irrepressible Dawn Hampton, now 86 years old. After a career as a saxophonist and a popular cabaret singer in the gay nightclubs of Greenwich Village, Dawn still travels the world teaching swing dance and performing as a jazz whistler.
Dawn Hampton will be our guest at the April 5th screening of the Unforgettable Hampton Family at Rutgers University – Newark's Institute of Jazz Studies!
Inside Thirteen recently spoke with The Unforgettable Hampton Family's producer, writer, and director Julie Cohen to discuss the film and the impact the Hampton family had on jazz music.
Inside Thirteen:What first interested you in making a film about the Hampton family?
Julie Cohen: I met Dawn Hampton while I was making another documentary, about the swing dancer Frankie Manning. I saw her dance down the church aisles at Frankie's memorial service, I went to one of her popular dance seminars, and I heard her jazz whistling. Dawn had so much talent, zest, and joie de vivre that I wanted to learn more about her. When I found out she was from a huge, talented family, the sister of the jazz trombone virtuoso Locksley "Slide" Hampton, I was even more intrigued. Then, when I saw some footage of her older sisters performing their swinging bass and piano duet of "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" in their 80s and 90s, I was sold.
IT: How big of an impact did the Hamptons have on American music, particularly jazz?
JC: The Hampton siblings – and their kids and even grandkids – have made their mark in many different areas of the jazz world, from traditional big band swing, to more experimental jazz to cabaret singing. Between them, they've worked alongside many of the jazz greats spanning eight decades. Not a lot of families can say that!
IT: Are any parallels ever drawn between the Hampton family and more recent groups of family performers (such as the Jacksons)?
JC: Some people have made that comparison. Obviously, both are very large and very musically talented families, but I don't think there are too many other similarities. The Hamptons grew up in a whole different era, and as talented as they are, most of the brothers and sisters didn't become particularly rich or famous. And the Hampton kids managed to avoid the pitfalls many musicians fall into.
IT: Did Clark Hampton receive criticism for starting his children in the music business at such an early age?
JC: Yes, the Hampton parents did get some criticism, not so much for having their children perform from a young age, but for taking them out of school to go on the road. But as you'll see in the film, Clark was very serious about educating his kids. He himself was self-educated, and he taught his kids not only music, but also English, history and math. From what I've seen, his book lessons and life lessons stood them in good stead.
IT: What message do you hope viewers will take from the film?
JC: As with any documentary, there are different messages viewers could take from this film. I hope it shows the unexpected bonds a love of music can forge. Interviewing Dawn Hampton alongside Freeman Gunter, one of her biggest fans from the gay nightclub scene in Greenwich Village in the 60's and 70's was a great reminder of this. Here are two people from completely different worlds: an African American woman who spent her childhood in poverty traveling the carnival circuit in rural America, and a white urban gay man. But somehow, through Dawn's music, and mutual respect and acceptance, they found a deep connection.
But this film isn't primarily meant to impart messages. I just hope viewers enjoy the opportunity to spend a little time with an extraordinary family, learn their story, and hear some "burnin' music," as Dawn's grand nephew Darius Hampton puts it.
Dawn Hampton, eight siblings of Hampton clan showcase determination, musical talent, spirit in doc
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I have some exciting news. I have joined The Group, Inc. in Fort Collins, CO as Chief Technology Officer. The Group is wonderful brand with a rich history.
The company was founded in 1976 and is known for its high tech / high touch approach to real estate. Its acclaimed sales program, Ninja Selling, is taught throughout the United States and was co-created by Larry Kendall, The Group's Chairman. The Ninja Selling book, written by Larry, was released this year and teaches readers how to be more productive in their sales careers (hint: work smarter not harder). You can learn more the program and book here.
The program is the foundation of The Group's business. The company finished 119 on the 2017 REAL Trends 500 list with a sales volume of $1,678,375,388. The company is also one of the most productive brokerages in the country measured by the number of transactions per sales associate.
As CTO, I'll be responsible for overall technology strategy and implementation throughout the organization. I'm super excited to join the team.
For the past three years, I have been the Vice President of Technology for Alain Pinel Realtors in the San Francisco Bay Area. I want to thank Rainy Hake Austin and the Hulme family for the opportunity. Working in Silicon Valley was a dream come true and an experience I will never forget.


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35+ Beautiful Designs of Facebook IconsPosted in Freebies By Alina Shah On October 5, 2012
Facebook has an entire world in itself. Right now Facebook is ranked number one in Alexa ranking. It surely gives one the idea that how popular is this among all peoples of the world. Facebook is craze of everyone specially the young generation of today. It was launched in February 2004 and since then it has been gaining popularity all over the world. People like to be a part of this ever increasing social network to get connected to their loved ones, far off relatives and friends. It is fun to be in touch with all of your loved ones and interact with them. Facebook provides you the best platform to share your views and other stuff you wish. In a fecbook account you have complete privacy to allow only specific people to see the stuff you share and the information about you which you want others to know. This special feature is available in only a few social networking websites. If you are not on facebook, you are unknown of the real colors and fun of life. It is wonderful, to be on facebook and chatting with your friends, making new friends. It is the best way to spend your leisure time. Facebook is informative as well. There are certain pages of the celebrities and political leaders and all famous TV shows and Newspapers. You can like them and know what latest news of the world is and get updated about all the important issues. Further there are societies like ASCE and many other related to your fields and other like Glassdoor and Branchout which keep you constantly updated about new jobs.
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The McBaby had his first paid-for swimming lesson this week - the first since I very thorough and enjoyable class with his aunt when he was four months old!
We headed to the pool at Elcot Park near Hungerford which is the location for our classes as the water is quite warm. In fact, it made me titter to myself, as I watched from the side as the McBaby got ready with his dad (a rare day off for MrM). While they were in the changing room, I put my toe in. It was like bath water.
Then the next lady came and did the same. "Ooh it's freezing."
Then, MrM with McBaby. "Oooh it's warm."
Then, the first lady's husband. "Oooh it's cold."
And so on....
The first lesson was about getting used to the water. He seemed a bit scared but did enjoy it. And not just dad, the McBaby liked it too.
The half-hour lesson went by in a flash. Or should that be "splash".
They swam underwater, the parents learned how to get in and the babies got used to sitting on the side and not being afraid of falling in.
So a great first lesson. Next week it's my turn to take him as MrM will be working. Looking at the other mums, my only concern is that how much weight I can lose before next week's session....


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Maryland Shall Issue Update for November 15, 2016
Despite receiving further legal analysis from us, Baltimore's City Council voted yesterday, in favor of an amended bill to ban toy guns in the city.
Michigan Conservation Officers Give Tips for a Safe Hunting Experience
With the start of firearm deer hunting season less than a week away, Michigan's hunters will soon be in the field, carrying on the state's rich hunting traditions.
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Many moons ago, one of my favourite bloggers, Bibsey Mama, a fellow mummy expat here in Spain for those who don't yet know her fab blog, tagged me on an 11 questions meme. As I explained in a previous post, my blog has a split personality between travel, expat and mummy, three categories which can have a certain degree of crossover.
I was recently nominated, then shortlisted, now a finalist (yipee!), for the Brit Mums awards (see badge to the right) in the travel section (my mum content is probably less than my travel content, but as a mum I qualify). Anyway, I was invited to the awards ceremony, but unfortunately I won't be able to attend due to a prior engagement: my son's end of term show. They're doing the Beatles. He's got a guitar. He gets VERY nervous before hand and is not a natural performer. Missing it isn't an option.
Anyway, Bibsey's observations as mum of a toddler always make me chortle (how she didn't get shortlisted for a BIB, god only knows – I haven't read a funnier blog about motherhood), so answering questions from her is a delight: the blogger's equivalent of eating a large bar of Green&Blacks dark chocolate with orange bits in, slowly and extreeemely indulgently.
I used to wonder what the point was of these questionnaire type posts, until I read more of them and realised they are totally fascinating, as they let you find out all sorts of juicy background
dirt information on your fellow bloggers. So I hope this won't be too dull – I don't like writing about myself very much.
Here are her 11 questions and my answers:
1. If you can bear to, describe a mistake that you have made in the past and what you learned from it.
Just after I got married, my husband did a job for a friend. They fell out over money, and it cost me the friendship; I was pregnant at the time, and it was a very unpleasant experience for all concerned. I will never again mix business and friends. Big mistake. (Sorry, bit serious that one. This is supposed to be fun, isn't it?)
2. I often wake up feeling like an old lady who's been playing musical beds with a toddler all night. Strange I know. How old would you be if you woke up one morning not knowing how old you were and had to hazard a guess?
Either 25 or 55, depending on how (and where) I and my children have slept. We tend to play musical beds. If we all end up in mine, as often happens, child 1 has 50% of the bed, child 2 45% and me 5% (father gets relegated to the sofa).
3. And how old would you be if you woke up one morning having chosen how old you would be the night before? And why?
35 – I had met my husband, but we weren't married and didn't have children yet – we were living life to the full, in a nice flat in a cool barrio, travelling and going out. Not that I regret having kids, for one second, but that part of my life was pretty fun.
4. I have utter shoe envy where Claudia Winkleman is concerned. If you could walk in some one else's shoes for one week, whose shoes would they be and why? (alive or dead, famous or not)
Anyone with thin ankles, I'm not fussy – I have cankles which look especially horrible with dainty sandals. Cate Blanchett has nice pins and wears a frock well (and is a damn fine actress to boot. Ha).
5. Is there one particular blog post you have written that makes you most proud? Tell us why and drop the link here.
My post about things I've learned since I've been living in Spain elicited a strong response, with lots of people getting hot under the collar – always nice for a blogger to see their writing provoke a debate. *Rubs hands together in glee.*
6. Going back to the Amazing Matron's questions. You are the leader of a political party that has just won the general election, what would your first act as prime minister be?
Make all childcare free for working mothers. Women who have children and want to return to the work place (or never left it in the first place) are a hugely undervalued resource. Having subsidised nursery places for my kids has saved my career, and my sanity.
7. As a kid I used to wish that I went to school at Grange Hill – more than anything I wanted Trisha Yates' hair. If you had to live as a fictional character, who would it be and from what book/film/play etc?
What a fabulous question – I love being sent off into realms of fantasy and make-believe. After much pondering, I've decided it would have to be Jennifer Beals' character in Flashdance. Perhaps not to live as, but talking of school days, she made such an impact on an impressionable, terminally uncool teenager with curly red hair and glasses (not forgetting the cankles). Alex had the biggest and coolest apartment I'd ever seen, a job where she was equal to men, she got her dream, and she was utterly gorgeous – a face and body to die for. Never been remotely interested in dancing, but that audition sequence is one of my favourite movie scenes e-vah.
Watch it here – kicks off at 1:55 (sorry, no embedding).
8. The papers have a story on you, what would that headline be?
British expat journalist gets exclusive warts'n'all book deal with the Duchess of Alba.
9. I used to be able to down bottles of beer in one go via a thing called a beer bong (length of tube and a funnel). Did you have a 'party trick' in your twenties and do you still perform it now?
Blowbacks, and no.
10. It was quite a surprise when I conceived Bibsey and I am often to be heard saying to her things like "how did mummy and daddy make something as gorgeous as you?" and "what did we do to deserve you?". Anyone might think that I didn't know how babies are made. How are babies made? Where do they come from?
Because the parrots ate 'em all (no? paracetamol!).


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I'm trying to solve a simultaneous equation that involves imaginary numbers. The first problem I'm finding is that Wolfram|Alpha wildly misinterprets anything that to me makes sense and every imaginary number needs brackets around it so that it is not misinterpreted.
I have put in the following after some corrections to try and get wolfram to properly interpret what I want:
((120-a)/2)+(a/(-i5))+((b-a)/(-i5))+((14.14+i14.14)/-i5)=0, ((b-i120)/4)+(b/(i4))+((a-b)/(-i5))+(-14.14-i14.14)/(i4))=0
However it completely misunderstands this and is not interpret it as two equations. I get something that to me is ggodibigook and it makes a rough attempt at solving for B. It's quite possible the equations are totally wrong but the fact that the website completely misinterprets what I am putting in because maybe it is trying to be too clever means that I am totally none the wiser.
I tried to misuse this or am I formatting my input incorrectly?
For equations you should use == , and the imaginary unit is I
eq1 = ((120 - a)/ 2) + (a/(-I 5)) + ((b - a)/(-I 5)) + ((14.14 + I 14.14)/-I 5) == 0
eq2 = ((b - I 120)/4) + (b/(I 4)) + ((a - b)/(-I 5)) + (-14.14 - I 14.14)/(I 4) == 0
Solve[{eq1, eq2}, {a, b}]
{{a -> -55.1829 + 126.834 I, b -> -36.4162 + 84.4572 I}}
Ok, well I'm quite confused here because if i use "i" it says that it is taking "i" as the imaginary unit, the example of simultaneous equations simply states the two equations using "=" not "==" (as used in C) with no extra "code" to tell it what to do. Is there a reference to the Wolfram code/language ? this all seems far more complex than needs be.
I have also found that altering the equation gets a difference result in how it is interpreted
Well, what do you mean by "altering the equation"?
And what do you mean by "wolfram"?
I am using Mathematica (Version 7 , Windows 7) and I have essentially no idea of Wolfram Alpha,
I suggest you buy a Mathematica - this had the advantage that you can post notebooks to show what you mean - smile.
Err wolfram as in the main website. I have already shelled out money to join wolfram, now i need to spend more money for matematica ? this is starting to sound like a racket. Apparently distance learning students don't exist, if I want to buy a student lisence I have to post a link to a page on my university website that shows me as a student........
Hmmm. I find your wording somewhat indecent and agressive.
If you gave money already - ok, that is so. Anyhow I can only recommend to buy a Mathematica. You have a really profound documentation, you can do incredible lots of calculations and document them, you can write reports (it has a sort of integrated text-system), you can prepare slide-shows (not bad if you are a student and have to show something in a seminar), you can make charts and no - I am not an employee of Wolfram, but I have my experiences with Mathematica.
Wolfram Alpha may be great - but as I mentioned I do not know it. But Mathematica is simply great.
So - go on. If you have uncles and aunties have them make it a gift for you - smile.
my problem here is the total confucion the website brings, there is no clear explanation as to what does what and while I can afford it I don't see why I should be paying for something that I think I already paid for. Either this site works or it does not. I am no mathematician and i don't buy this story that if I simply buy this program or whatever it is I will suddenly understand math and pass my grades. All I want is to solve simultaneous equations with complex numbers.
WolframAlpha appears to correctly interpret this
Solve with two equations
Perhaps you can compare that with what you used, see if you can track down any differences and see if those differences matter. You might be missing a pair of ( ) in your original posting because in most cases you have /(-I 5) or /(I 4) but in one place you have /-I 5 and that worries me. If you have more than one item in a denominator then those need to be wrapped inside ( ). I did eliminate some ( ) in my WolframAlpha input which appeared to not be essential.
WolframAlpha doesn't support assigning expressions to variables and then using those variables in expressions. And it has a limit on line length so you sometimes have to get creative in finding a way to make expressions short enough. Sometimes you can try to get around this by solving part of your problem using Wolfram alpha and then substitute that solution into a second query to get your final answer.
In[14]:= eq1 = ((120 - a)/2) + (a/(-I 5)) + ((b - a)/(-I 5)) +
5 ((14.14 + I 14.14)/-I ) == 0 // FullSimplify
Out[14]= (-10.7 + 70.7 I) + (0. + 0.2 I) b == 0.5 a
In[15]:= eq2 = ((b - I 120)/
4) + (b/(I 4)) + ((a - b)/(-I 5)) + (-14.14 - I 14.14)/(I 4) == 0 // FullSimplify
Well, it seems that I get your results:
Out[15]= (-132.325 + 17.675 I) + (1. + 0. I) a - (2.25 + 1.25 I) b == 0
In[16]:= Solve[{eq1, eq2}, {a, b}] // Rationalize
Out[16]= {{a -> -(319233/5785) + (733732 I)/5785, b -> -(84267/2314) + (97717 I)/1157}}
Yes moving brackets around seems to make it work. what is the character limit? is there an easier way of entering this stuff ?
I mean for something that promises to be this sofisticated it would be nice to have a text box to enter stuff into rather than a single line.
I'm glad you seemed to get your calculation to work.
I think I recall that the free version has a limit of about 128 characters. I believe that paying for the Pro version removes that limit and provides some other features. I have never found those clearly enough explained to get me to try that.
For anything other than really simple examples I prepare my text using other programs and then paste the text into the box.


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Veggie Burgers
I have been on the search for a great homemade veggie burger recipe. It has been about 2 years now that I have been vegetarian, with bouts of flexetarian the last 4 years. I am slowly moving to a vegan mostly raw diet for all the health benefits that diet offers for my body and my loved ones.
After surviving cancer 8 years ago and watching my 16 year old daughter battle with ovarian cancer the last 2 years I am convinced that animal proteins in this day and age with all the antibiotics and steroids are a leading cause of cancer growth in our bodies.
Cancer thrives on an acidic environment that occurs when we consume these foods. So my search for a great burger without using animal protein has started. I tried a mock wholefoods recipe of beet sliders but they didn't cut it with my daughter. She loves the Amy's brand and I wanted to make one that has the same type of texture and taste. So I went to Amy's sight and found the ingredients of the Bistro burger our favorite variety, then proceeded to experiment.
My Veggie Burger Experiment
These are my attempt to make a veggie burger that was similar tasting to Amy's Bistro burgers. This is what I came up with and they came out really well, even my teenage daughter gave them a yummy report. These are great for mixing up and freezing extras. They have not been tested on the grill yet, but perhaps on foil would be the safest way to keep from loosing pieces to the coals!
Start out with your egg replacement binding agent:
1/4 cup warm water mixed with 1 1/2 tbs flax seed meal and 2 tsp Nigari (Magnesium Chloride) mixed and set aside for 10-15 minutes
- 1 cup mushrooms (processed on food processor)
- 1 cup organic brown rice
- 1/2 cup firm tofu (water pressed out)
- 1/4 cup pinto beans refried
- 2 tbs onions minced
- 2 tbs finely diced celery
- 2 green onions diced
- 1 medium carrot shredded
- 1/2 cup soybeans (processed in food processor)
- 1/2 green pepper diced
- 1 clove diced garlic
- 1 tbs green chillies
- 1 tbs minced fresh cilantro
- 3 tbs almond or rice flour
- 1 tbs avocado oil or safflower oil
- 2 tbs tomato puree
- 2 tsp organic tamari
- 2-3 tbs bbq sauce (your favorite brand or homemade)
- 1 tsp corn starch
- 1/2 tsp ground mustard seeds
- Evaporated sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Once you have the egg replacement mixed and set aside you can take all the the other ingredients get them chopped and processed. Then toss all ingredients together in a bowl and mix well. Depending on the water content in the veggies you may have to add or decrease liquid ingredients or add in a little more flour.
Heat some olive oil or an oil of your choice in a frying pan till it sizzles, shape your burgers and place in hot oil. Cook on one side not turning till the the burger has a bit of a crunchy crust then flip to other side. They still may break apart but you can continue shaping them as you cook. I froze the extra burgers and cooked them at a later date. The frozen ones seemed to stay together better.
Enjoy veggie burgers wrapped in romaine lettuce to keep them low in calories too. These are very satisfying and fulfilling for sure!
This recipe is more about playing with ingredients and amounts so it gives you the creativity and freedom to call them your own. I also will change up the veggies if I don't happen to have a certain one on hand. Have fun with them and enjoy your health!


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It's truly been a fascinating time for the American oil and gas industry over the last decade. Even as recently as 6 years ago it was written that "the amount of oil produced in America each year has been on a path of
inexorable decline now for two generations."
There was a sense that the dominance of oil and gas production was going to move towards Russia and other oil-producing countries, thus America started to create more advanced technologies to better import oil. Yet the US is still dominating the oil and gas market and Fircroft continues to supply contract personnel to oil and gas clients across America from our offices in Houston, Anchorage, New Orleans, Toledo and Pittsburgh.
So what's changed? The game changer for the US has been the reserves of shale oil and gas and the technology that's been developed in order for it to be accessed. This technology has created a plethora of new jobs and opportunities that Fircroft has been helping to fill.
Whilst it is true that Russia also has vast quantities of shale gas to be accessed it has fallen behind in terms of the drive to embrace horizontal drilling and the hydraulic fracturing that is needed to do this. It is true that there is some controversy about fracking but there is no denying the much needed shot in the arm that it has been for the US economy.
This year the United States is expected to actually pass Russia in production of oil and natural gas, according to the
U.S. Energy Information Administration
. All in all, this means that this is a fantastic time to work in the boom happening in North America's oil and gas industry. It has created economic growth at a time when it's been sorely needed and created over directly 600,000 jobs which are attributed to shale gas.
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The improvements have had positive effects in North Dakota, Alberta and Pennsylvania. It has helped to create some of the lowest oil and gas prices in the developed world for American consumers.
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The US has imported 32% less natural gas and 15% less crude oil in the last five years. The amount of crude oil coming from the US's best plays in South Texas and North Dakota is still rising and is also creating great job opportunities. As the first major economy to take advantage of the new shale processes, America is currently winning in the global energy race; creating investment and a positive cycle for job seekers in this industry.
Here at Fircroft we've worked closely with many oil and gas clients based in the USA and are very excited about the opportunities that we're able to offer. Working in America comes with an incredible number of advantages because it is one of the most advanced countries in the world. The variety of culture, food, entertainment and standards of living are all incredibly high and it has the largest national economy in the world.
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If I have a choice, I will buy my coffee anywhere but Starbucks. Even the gas station (which actually has a decent cinnamon drip). But I have to admit the cookie-cutter coffee house really saved my tail today, AND I learned a few tricks they're employing to actually reach out and show me they care about my business.
Let me tell you the scenario first.
I went to Empire Cafe (a cute coffee house in Houston) to set up shop on this dreary day, enjoy a decent coffee, and get some work done. To my surprise, actually more like SHOCK, they didn't have Wifi. I found this out 15 minutes before I needed to be on Skype for a call.
So I raced over to the nearest Starbucks, ordered a coffee, and inquired about Wifi, which STILL isn't free (in the US). Seriously?! Yes, businesses are still trying to scrape an extra couple of bucks off of our necessity to be connected.
Because it was three minutes until my call, I would have gladly paid, but the barista offered a better solution.
"You know, if you register a Starbucks RED card, you get free wifi with any of your purchases. They say you only get two hours, but I've heard it actually can last up to a day or two. And, you get free syrup, soy, and refills, even if there is no money left on the card, but you have it in your possession."
Huh, that's cool. So I put $20 on the card to pay for future lattes. Seconds later he saw my iPhone and said, "Oh, you have AT&T, then your wifi is free anyway. I'll refund the card if you want."
Let's review, Starbucks and AT&T, two of the most annoying brands of the decade, are taking initiative to satisfy their customers BEFORE we complain. I'm impressed.
I'll still choose the coffee house over SB and Verizon when they finally get the iPhone. Unfortunately their strategy isn't strong enough to outweigh the burned beans and dropped calls, but I think it's notable they're coming around. And, I'm excited to save a dollar when I order my short double soy latte.Tweet this!


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http://www.steeletraining.com – Get sharp photos with your DSLR camera with these five professional focus tips from photographer Phil Steele.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Thank you – very helpful!
Thank you!
Thank you those tips I'm sure will help greatly
great tips
What tip can you share for getting that "sharp" image? I find that
closeups work pretty good, but when I shoot a subject at about 10 – 20
feet away, although the image seems clear, when I zoom in on computer OR
camera, that the subject itself has an un crisp rather dull focus, almost
as to say that it's not really focused. Now granted I am using my "kit"
lens (that is usually not that great quality) and I DID do the fine-tune
adjustment on the lens, but would it be better if I shot the image with my
older Pentax "m" 50mm or 80 – 200 mm. lens? I have a Pentax K-50 with
18-55mm kit lens at the moment.
nice bass, man!
Love it! Thanks!
Hello! Have you ever tried – Pycane DSLR Camera Tricks (google it)? Ive
heard some extraordinary things about it and my father shot some great
photos with it.
Brilliant! Thanks. :)
Thank you
This is a good video on focusing. It would have been nice to catch this
video before I had to learn them all the hard way!
Sir, how about focus in video recording? I see in the reviews DSLRs lose
their focus a lot if objects are moving or people are trying to focus on a
new object. Any way to avoid that problem?
Thank for your kindly sharing. :D
great Thanks !
hi Steele I'm really glad to let you know that your website has everything
which a photographer needs…yeah,thanks for that..
So here's my question…what type of focusing mode should i use to get
sharp sport shots..very recently i went for a sport event and i faced a big
problem on the line,i could not focus the runner properly who was running
quickly..what kind of technique should i use and also what type of focusing
technique should i use for bird photography
Well presented video…… Straight to the point…. Thanks for uploading
so infomative thnx sir
The first part of this video should be called "Canon DSLR Focus Tips"
Thanks,great work!
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you so much. One question I have for you, I
tried focussing on my subject and then recomposed. However when I
recomposed, somehow I lost my focus even though I am half pressed on my
shutter release button. Why is that?
Best tips.. its very useful
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To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing.
To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing.
to arrive at being all desire to be nothing.
To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing.
(St. John of the Cross) [ | John of the Cross on Amazon ]
Have a mind that's open to everything and attached to nothing.
(Unknown; sounds like Gautama Buddha)
The chains that bind us most tightly are those we refuse to acknowledge.
(Sam Keen
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Do not try to become anything.
Do not make yourself into anything.
Do not be a meditator.
Do not become enlightened.
When you sit, let it be.
What you walk, let it be.
Grasp at nothing.
Resist nothing.
If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.
(Ajahn Chah, Buddhist)
True individuality consists in reducing oneself to zero. The secret of life is selfless service. The highest ideal is to become free from attachment.
There is nothing scary about life, if you are not attached to the results.
(Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God, Book One. 1995, p.120)
The renunciate never denies passion – the renunciate simply denies attachment to results. Passion is a love of doing. Doing is being, experienced. Yet what is often created as a part of doing? Expectation.
To live your life without expectation – without the need for specific results – that is freedom; that is godliness…
Renunciation is not a decision to deny action; renunciation is a decision to deny a need for a particular result. There is a vast difference.
(Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God, Book One. 1995, p.101)
Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. [do not become attached to the opinions of others]
(Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements – p.93)
He who binds himself to a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.
(William Blake, poet/artist)
These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood.
Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings,
How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!
(Gautama Buddha)
Having a wider heart and mind is more important than having a larger house.
Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.
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The latest measurements confirm that the world's oil and natural gas supplies are running out too fast. At some time between 2010 and 2020 the world's supply of oil and gas will fall below the level required to meet international demand.
The US government is aware that we are about to endure a disastrous international energy shortage. According to Dr James McKenzie, a senior member of the climate change programme at the World Resources Institute in Washington, USA: "That's why we went to war in Iraq."
We always knew the world's oil reserves would run out eventually. The oil was formed by natural geological processes which occurred over millions of years. Oil consumption presently exceeds 25 billion barrels a year and demand continues to spiral upward, out of control. The outcome is inevitable.
In the 21st Century we rely on oil (petrol) and gas for transport – cars, lorries, ships, aircraft – as well as electrical power. We cannot survive without oil and gas, and when the supply runs out the great engine of Western civilization will finally grind to a halt. We are heading for an event that will be remembered as one of the great disasters of human history, and life is going to get harder for everybody as the day of reckoning draws nearer.
In the years ahead, wars will be fought over oil and fuel as the oil-dependent superpowers struggle in vein to preserve our unsustainable way of life. We are entering a period of great change and there are be difficult times ahead. The process has already begun. Students of prophecy will be familiar with certain relevant verses from Christian scripture concerning the signs of the end times (Matt. 24.8; Mk 13.8, Rom. 8.22; Rev. 12.03, 21.1-4). As it was translated in 1961 in the New English Bible: "With these things, the birth pangs of the new age begin" (Mt.24:8; Mk.13:8). Whether you are religious or secular, you should be aware that the tide of history is turning.
In North America, where we use far more oil than anywhere else on Earth, the vast majority (71%) of electrical power generation is entirely dependent on fossil fuels – coal (52%), gas (16%), and oil (3%). The world's natural gas is running out along with the oil, and the coal supply is not unlimited either. Nuclear energy contributes only one-fifth to the US power network, and 7% of power is hydroelectric. Only 2% of US electricity production is from renewable sources. As we continue to burning up the world's dwindling fossil energy sources at a terrifying rate, we simultaneously unleash catastrophic damage to the natural environment.
The Insider recently reported a wave of four major electrical power outages which struck the US; then the UK; followed by Denmark and Sweden; and then Italy, Switzerland, Austria and France. The effects only lasted a few hours, but each case was the biggest power failure in the history of the affected country. These massive power cuts were separated by a matter of days. The governments were only practicing this time. This is just the beginning.
It would be prudent to pursue alternative energy sources before it is too late, but the oil corporations will never allow this to happen. So important is oil as a resource that it brings great wealth and power to those who control it. Consequently, our corrupt politicians, whose power is lavishly funded with oil money, prefer to serve the short-term interests of greedy oil executives than the long-term interests of ordinary people like you. But as long as we have food in our bellies and entertainment to keep us busy, why should we care? Thus, it is the immorality and indifference of our species that ultimately leads to our own demise.
Nothing lasts forever. Like all the great civilizations in the past, ours has a limited life-span. A few years from now the Westernized world will reach the point where there is no longer enough fuel to sustain civilization in its present form. This will literally be the end of civilization as we know it.


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Today the yoga pose of Tadasana is my altared space. I love the power to simply stand erect, toes forward, knees and hips aligned, shoulders placed on my back, ribs and belly hugging toward my spine. When I began yoga, the power of this pose escaped me. I just stood there, schlumpadinka style.
Now Tadasana is my temple. I want to find Tadasana in every yoga pose I do. It is the fabulously unique Ross Rayburn that introduced me to this idea of finding the Tadasana in my backbend and triangle pose. No matter how tangled I get, there is a temple of center to be found.
I practice yoga on a small mat with utter devotion so that my larger life will know I was quiet for a time.
When the rice is boiling over because I'm distracted thinking about a work deadline and answering the phone, the dog barks because someone is knocking at my door and my son is determined to get me to listen: these are the moments I live in a triangle pose. I'm tangled and off center.
As I stand in Trikonasana on my mat, I imagine myself to Tadasana. I think about my feet. Can I press the four corners of my foot to the mat even if my feet are not parallel? Even if I cannot do it, I can imagine that I can. Instantly, energy races up my leg and I feel muscles engaging I hadn't known before.
Can I bring my shins together just as I do in Tadasana? It takes some mind bending, but yes, and once again, a shift takes place; this time the awareness is in my pelvis which rises up an inch. Can I open my inner thighs? Again, the answer comes as does the expansion in my pelvis which now experiences the room for Grace that was previously trapped.
My heart opens further as I secure my shoulder blades on my back, bring my ribs and bellybutton toward my spine and then allow my skin to melt. With the security of fundamentals, my skeleton is in place and my heart feels the freedom to expand skyward. My pose soars into outer space.
The temple of Tadasana was hidden in a triangle.
I can find it in pigeon pose and a backbend as well. My temple of center is with me wherever I go, but I must remember to look for it. When the chaos of boiling rice, work deadlines, and barking dogs all descend simultaneously, as happens frequently in life, it is my practice imagining these moments that carry me through.
I tangle myself up in yoga so that I can practice finding my way to center; even when it feels confusing. When the pathway to my left heel is a bit of a maze it prepares me for the moments when the rice boils over and I'm confused about what to do next. What is most important?
I think about gravity and the wonderful promise it provides to hold me firmly to planet earth. I pour myself into that abundant stronghold and simultaneously surrender to what I cannot see.
Later today when the rice boils over I may or may not be able to think about my feet. I may or may not be able to focus on my breath. But over time, the temple of Tadasana will work on me, bringing me toward the center of who I am no matter how tangled the limbs of life become.
What makes you get tangled into a triangle pose? How do you find your center again?
This photo is of the altar at Ross Rayburn's workshop in Vail, Colorado.


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As a member of the Armed Services, you are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our nation. Each Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine goes through countless hours of training to prepare them for the possibility that they will meet the enemy on the battlefield. When that moment comes, each man and woman composes themselves with the greatest dignity and executes the mission to their utmost ability. Despite all of our technology, training and preparation the inevitable still occurs and brave men and women continue to fall in combat. At that moment, the sacrifice of the individual is fleeting but the impact is enduring – especially for the families of the fallen. The Department of Defense recognizes these families with Gold Star Lapel Button, or the "Gold Star pin". This powerful symbol is not only a recognition of the family's sacrifice but also a commitment to the long term support of the family.
Recognizing a conspicuous absence, Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams set out to honor Gold Star families with a Memorial to be erected in each state. He set about designing and raising funds for the erection of the first Gold Star Families Memorial in his home state of West Virginia and is currently working to establish the second Memorial in Pennsylvania. The Memorial is planned to be placed on the grounds of the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge near the Medal of Honor Grove. The fundraising and project planning is spearheaded by Gold Star Family member Cory Etchberger, son of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger. Along with the Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove well over half of the funds necessary to realize the Memorial has already been raised.
Cory reached out for assistance to complete the project and Muhlenberg Greene Architects is honored to announce that we, along with landscape architect Terry L. Souders, are volunteering our services and technical expertise to help site and landscape the Gold Star Families Memorial for Pennsylvania. We had the opportunity to meet with Mr. Etchberger and members of the Freedoms Foundation staff and are excited to help advance the project towards the Summer 2014 dedication. If you are interested in learning more, volunteering or in giving to help meet the final project goal, follow this link:
Pennsylvania Gold Star Families Memorial – CMSgt Richard L. Etchberger Foundation
Also, we want to get the word out to family and friends, particularly to Gold Star Families – this Memorial honors their sacrifice and we want to make sure the word is spread far and wide. If you are on Facebook, please visit the Pennsylvania Gold Star Families Memorial page:
Pennsylvania Gold Start Families Memorial | Facebook
I am personally honored to be able to help with such a great cause. I am one of four siblings that served and I am thankful that we have all returned safely. No family seeks the Gold Star designation – it is an honor borne heavily – but it should serve as a constant reminder that freedom is not free and of our responsibility to those who endure the ultimate sacrifice.


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Tie Wrap Skirt & Basic Tee
Boohoo has some super cute items and currently marked down! I bought this Tie Wrap Skirt (less than £5) in denim thinking about next season but I couldn't resist to wear it until then. So during my trip to Paris, I decided to wear it with a white top from the same store, a pair of over the knee boots and a delicate wool vest that it's one of the softest items I own. Hope you like it!
I'm wearing: Vest Kiabi | Skirt Boohoo | Top Boohoo | Boots New Look
Women's Crew Basic T-Shirt from Boohoo (click!) Also in black color! Details - 95% Viscose, 5% Elastane|Machine wash - Cold (30° max) | Regular Fit | Long Sleeve


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Lawrence L. Lapin
Twitter: @LarryLLapin
There is probably no advanced species on Earth more varied than the domestic dog. Yet dogs range in size from teacup Chiauuas to tall Great Danes. They vary in behavior from Setters to Shepherds or from Pinschers to Malamutes. All are the same species and can interbreed.
Once thought to be descended from wolves, it is now believed that dogs and wolves are cousins and have a common ancestor. Research shows that modern dogs have co-evolved with people. And now people have modified dogs to do work and be cute.
But humans and dogs have not been cooperating long enough for separate canine species to emerge. (A key defining characteristic of a species is that members do not naturally interbreed with another species of similar kind. If such events occur, the hybrid offspring will usually be infertile, like mules obtained from horse and donkey.) Dogs have breeds instead. Left to their own devices, they will mix. But the offspring will always be a dog.
Dog breeding is not done with genetic tinkering on DNA. It is achieved simply by selective mating that favor a specific characteristic. Animals inferior for a particular trait, such as herding skill, are not allowed to comingle, while those having the desired property are given extra opportunities to breed. It is a comparatively passive way to achieve change.
A more vigorous way to get a particular characteristic would be to load the genetic dice by creating mutations. Radiation is one tool for doing that. The new generation would be an uncontrolled experiment, and drastic changes might result. Many resulting animals must be euthanized for humane reasons.
A more refined approach would be to change a handful of genes by splicing specific changes onto the DNA molecule itself. This requires lots of knowledge and advanced technology.
All three approaches are used in Adam's Tiger, which incorporates the creation of new species. Beginning with Siberian Tigers, a Sabre-Toothed Cat will be created. The final result will not be an authentic pre-historic animal, but rather a gross approximation that fills the niche of the extinct target.
Book III of Adam's Chronicles moves 500 years into the future. Planet Earth is still recovering from a disastrous meteor impact. The centuries-long effort to bring back animals and plants—and mankind itself—is nearing its conclusion.
Humans make a small footprint in this renewed world, though ecological disaster is expected from explosive population growth. Changes are in the works, troubles are brewing, and Adam Boatwright worries about the future.
The long-lived geneticist vows to discourage mankind from again ruining the planet. He also takes on a new goal: to make life more robust while improving the platform for future evolution. In doing so, he would bring back animals driven to extinction by early humans, starting with woolly mammoths.
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Adam's story is always brought up to date in fresh ways, so that books in this series may be read in any order.
The following book is the series prequel and may be read independently.
All of the above are available at Amazon as Kindle E-Books.
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Malakiah Fitzrandolph + Sarah Bonham
Looking for any descendants of this marriage. Sarah Bonham was the daughter of Zedekiah Bonham, one of the so-called "-iah" Bonhams, a line not recognized by the Mayflower Society. We have proof that Zedekiah Bonham was Hezekiah Bonham´s son. If we can find a descendant of Sarah Bonham of Zedekiah Bonham, we have a shot at proving Zedekiah Bonham as a Mayflower descendant. You can e-mail me personally. Thanks, Linda


text: Shopping for kitty litter at Walmart, I could faintly hear, "It's a marshmallow world...". I stopped, turned to difficult child and said, "OH! Is that Christmas music??" To which difficult child replied, "No, Mom, we're not looking at Christmas decorations." Of course, my cart just steered itself to the back of the store where the music got louder, and sure enough it was Christmas music. And I turned into the aisles full of delightful, sparkling decorations, lights, ribbons, stockings...all the lacings and trimmings for Christmas. I'm oohing and ahhing and, oh...look at this...and butterflies must be the "thing" this season cause they had them at Micheal's, too...and, OHHHHHH I *love* that. difficult child is threatening mutiny. So, naturally, I had to up the ante by singing along with the music. By now "Jingle Bell Rock" was playing. And the more she protested, the louder I got. And I know ALL of the words. Dancing along helped. I love how growing older has caused me to become less embarrassed. Of course, she threatened to play her "loud, scary music" when she got home, but was rather deflated when I reminded her that not only do I listen to the same music, so it's not scary to me, I have a Christmas station set up on Pandora and my speakers are louder than hers.


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Thyroid Health
Thyroid Health Environmental, postural and muscular contributors to thyroid dysfunction can be addressed. Environmental – Thyroid and Chlorine You may already know that chlorine is very harmful for the health of the thyroid gland. As reported by the National Academy of Hypothyroidism (https://www.nahypothyroidism.org), "Chlorine, like fluorine and bromine, is related to iodine which causes it to compete…Details


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One of my hobbies is rowing, a sport that requires lots of organisation- you need one rower per seat in the boat plus one cox (most of the time) and often a bank party and/or coach to all turn up at the same time. At my club this problem is tackled using a website where each member enters their availability; this data is then used by outing cordinators to schedule sessions when the correct people can make it. On the whole this works well, but the website does some things that make it more awkward than it needs to be when I come to filling in my availabilty:
- Closed outings are still displayed; they clutter up the list without providing any useful information (simply being available doesn't mean that I'm actually rowing)
- There are a series of options that are redundant for our club (for some reason the creator of the software thinks that coaches want specific excuses for unavailability)
- There are constant suggestions of going rowing at silly o'clock in the morning. This is more of a problem with the outing co-ordinators, but still something that can be fixed by software
Greasemonkey is an addon for Firefox that allows JavaScript to be run whenever a page is loaded; this is a perfect quick & easy way to selectively hide or remove elements from a page. My script rummages through the DOM (document object model) of the page making changes where necessary.
If a row contains the word "closed" then it is hidden otherwise the script parses the time of the outing, which it then compares to what I have defined to be a civilised time (8am) in order to establish whether or not the proposed outing is at silly o'clock in the morning and therefore needs to be hidden. The final piece of code searches through all the options of evey drop-down box on the page and compares their values to a list of unused options, if it finds a match it marks them for deletion.
Now when I visit squadlist I see:
I can immediately enter and alter my availability for the upcoming week without having to navigate my way around all the rubbush that used to clutter my screen.
// ==UserScript== // @name squadlist // @namespace mike-worth.com // @include http://cambridge99.squadlist.co.uk/rowers_availability.php // @version 1 // @grant none // ==/UserScript== civilisedTime=8; unusedOptions=[1,2,3,6,7,8]; displayClosedOutings=false; outingsTable=document.getElementById('tblRowersAvailability'); row=outingsTable.firstChild.firstChild;//This contains the tile 'Mens squad outings' row=row.nextSibling;//while this one has the proper column headers in it while (row.nodeType!=1){row=row.nextSibling;}//this skips any non-element nodes (like text nodes from the new whitespace etc.) //this removes whole rows if the outing is too early or already closed while(row=row.nextSibling){ if (row.firstChild!=null){//this skips any non-element nodes (like text nodes from the new whitespace etc.) firstCellContents=row.firstChild.innerHTML//if this a a proper row we get the outing time/date otherwise we get
 if(firstCellContents!='
'){ time = firstCellContents.trim().split(' ')[2]; sillyOClock=(parseInt(time.split(':')[0])<civilisedTime); outingClosed=(row.innerHTML.indexOf("closed")!=-1); if(sillyOClock || (outingClosed && ! displayClosedOutings)){ row.style.display='none'; row.nextSibling.style.display='none';//this strips out the horizontal rules in interleaved rows } } } } //This bit removes the unused options from the selection lists optionsToDelete=new Array();//we can't delete them as soon as we find them because it will mess up our array allOptions=document.getElementsByTagName('option'); for(i=0;i<allOptions.length;i++){ value=parseInt(allOptions[i].value); if(unusedOptions.indexOf(value)!=-1){ optionsToDelete.push(allOptions[i]); } } for(i=0;i<optionsToDelete.length;i++){ optionsToDelete[i].parentElement.removeChild(optionsToDelete[i]); }


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Sophomore Campus Crawl
This past week our entire sophomore class embarked on an adventurous college trip that was not your average college tour. Students visited the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Benedictine University, and University of Chicago, where they participated in a campus-wide scavenger hunt for classes, campus landmarks, and all manner of university offices and academic buildings. While the eloquently articulated admissions presentations, student-guided tours, and critical details of financing college are all fascinating and important, the purpose of this trip was to give students a taste of campus life on their own.
Students were given a mock class schedule comprised of actual classes from each university's course catalogue and charged with the task of finding the location of each class, just a college student would do on the first day of school. Sounds simple, right? But, in addition to finding their classes, students had a gamut of tasks that they needed to complete in order to win the campus crawl. Each task was rooted in a real-life situation that the average college student would experience. For instance, having to meet with a financial counselor in the bursar's office or renew a parking permit at student services required our students to find campus resources of which they had little or no prior knowledge. Armed with a campus map and nothing more, students raced across each of the three campuses to discover just how much more there is to being a college student than going to class.
With the element of competition as a motivating factor, many students really got into the race! At Benedictine, the sophomore counselor recounted her experience with her group, saying "[My group] is acting like we're on The Amazing Race…it's precious! They melted my heart today!" Some teachers even got in on the fun; at the UIC campus, it became Science vs. Social Science as teachers found themselves divided by content area with their groups of students. Returning to school exhausted, students reflected on their experience in class through writing and engaging dialogue with teachers. Having the experience of managing multiple priorities in a day has broadened the context of college culture and has given many students lots to think about for their futures. Overall, it was a great experience, and the weather sure helped to make it a great day!


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I was wondering if any of you guys play fantasy hockey leagues? I don't mean like Yahoo but rather where you manage a team of make believe players.One group of my friends have been playing something similar to that for the past few years and they seem to love it. i was just wondering how popular this type of game is.If you do play in some feel free to send me links to the sites. I'm kinda curious how good they are.Thanks~BooRadley
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Image was taken in Washington DC, at one of the many Metro stations. I love the contrast between items in motion and the stationary objects. Processed with Redynamix to give it a slight HDR feel. Taken with Nikon D50 and Nikkor 18-70mm lens.
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awesome capture Andy
Thank you so much Gabriele!
I can't wait to go back there! Was a bit… a shock for a country girl…LOL Awesome capture! Love the "rush" feel this gives… Thats sure how it felt to me.
Yes I get the "rush" thing, but also like the architecture (ceiling) and the items not in motion at all. Thanks for the comment!
Pleas be careful of the third rail….it can be a shocker!Motion shots aren't easy so I can appreciate this work Andy…kudos!
Yes, that dreaded third rail …. Thank you for the kind words, I love these "motion" shots.
This is fantastic!!!
Thank you Daniel, much appreciated!
Great shot!! Love the comp!
Thank you so much, Leslie!
nice looking work, great effect
Thanks a bunch, mate!
Wonderful capture and composition Andy. Love the moving blurred train and the perspective of the station..
Thank you so much, Mary!
Cool shot Andy, really liking that Redynamix huh?
Yes Joel, for some applications the Redynamix really produces some fantastic results. Not all, but some for sure!
Joel, yes for some shots Redynamix really works well, not for all, but some are quite stunning!
Great work Andy, i had to hold on when i looked at this!
Thank you Dave, I take your comment as quite the compliment!
You mean this isnt HDR?Holy Crap…are we going here?
That's part of the reason why I posted this shot, to whet your appetite a little bit !!!
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Terrífico Tuesday – I FEEL GOOD!
Submitted by admin on August 11, 2009 - 1:00 pm
You gotta love James Brown for this one! Have you heard of positive reinforcement and affirming how you feel? Wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and give yourself the "I feel good" treatment. It really works 🙂
Now leave the moves to Mr. Brown….
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August 13, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I know. I just want to get up and DANCE, DANCE DANCE!
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Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.
~Pope Francis~
Breaking News
Pope Francis prays the Rosary's Sorrowful Mysteries with Wednesday Papal Audience
Instead of giving the usual catechesis during his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis decided to postpone the speech, leading pilgrims in praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for the victims of an earthquake that rocked central Italy earlier that morning.
"On hearing the news of the earthquake that has struck central Italy and which has devastated many areas and left many wounded, I cannot fail to express my heartfelt sorrow and spiritual closeness to all those present in the zones afflicted," the Pope said Aug. 24.
Good News
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center
The Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center is a Catholic faith-based conservation organization that promotes Catholic teaching on ecology and the environment, conserves nature, and protects life.
The Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center develops on-line and on-the-ground nature centers and programs that promote Catholic teaching on ecology and the environment. We promote an integral ecology that recognizes the relationship between authentic human development, concern for the poor, and responsibility for the environment. We proclaim our faith in God and our fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church. We strive to deepen and share our faith, and to make known the good news of redemption for humankind and the renewal of all of creation.
In the News
Sheriff's deputy risks his life to rescue dog from burning car
Sheriff deputy chief Dan Murchek says he was in the right place at the right time.
And Bella, the pooch he rescued from a burning car, would likely agree with that.
The pup was trapped in a car burning along a Northwest Gary, Indiana, expressway, and thanks to Murchek's heroic efforts, Bella is alive and safe.
Picture of the Week
The Jaguarundi or Eyra Cat is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern, although they considered it likely that no conservation units beyond the mega-reserves of the Amazon Basin could sustain long-term viable populations.
Ask Susi
Q: My parish priest told me that "we (meaning the Catholic Church) do not believe that animals go to heaven, because they have no souls." But, my heart and faith in Jesus tells me otherwise. Is what he said true?
A: This is perhaps the most epic question I am asked, in numerous and varying contexts. Countless books and articles have been given over to the question of animals in heaven and there is the long and short of it, depending on where you really want to go. So, I will answer the initial question, and follow it with an abridged explanation for the positive.
Susi's Weekly Column
I'm a Traditional Catholic in an unTraditional environment
~by Susi Pittman
How the Church has changed since my conversion in 1966. The Banquet of the Lamb has become "fast food" for the busy; the holy spirituality of reverence and awe experienced in the quiet of the Sanctuary during the greatest prayer of all, the Holy Mass has been replaced with irreverent murmurings and cell phone rings.
Catholic Journeyman
A Good Kiwi Shine
~by Louis Templeman
It is a childhood occurrence from Louis' past that reveals a "God appointment" that brought clarity some thirty years later.
Meandering Along the River's Edge
We Are Stewards, Not Czars
~by Virginia Rhys-Anson, OFS
Problems in the natural realm continue to arise as humankind turns a blind eye to the inter-connected-ness that exists between itself and all other natural creatures and things.
Weekly Commentary
Freedom & Bondage – by Father Dwight Longenecker
I have become increasingly cynical about my fellow Americans' praise of freedom. "Freedom," it seems to me, has become a meaningless jingoistic slogan that is used to excuse most anything. "Our boys died defending our freedom!" they cry as yet another flag-draped coffin is unloaded from the plane. Did that boy die defending our freedom? Really? Exactly which of our freedoms were threatened by turmoil in Afghanistan or Iraq? Which foreign dictator threatened to attack us or invade our country and deny us our freedoms?
The mindless shibboleth of "freedom" has also been used by leftist ideologues to condone every variation of vulgarity and every possibility of perversion.
Catholic Writers
Michael Voris
Michael Voris is the founder and President of St. Michael's Media and Senior Executive Producer of ChurchMilitant.com — two media enterprises established to address the serious erosion of the Catholic faith in the last 50 years.
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1983 with a degree in Communications and moved into a career as television news reporter, anchor and producer, mainly with CBS News, where he received four Emmy Awards for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
During the early years of St. Michael's Media, Michael received his Sacred Theology Baccalaureate (an ecclesiastical post-graduate degree) and graduated Magna cum laude.
Michael has spoken at hundreds of events both nationally and internationally, including Australia, Europe, Africa, Canada and the Philippines. Michael carries a message of the need for a stalwart defense and promotion of Catholic doctrine and Catholic truth with him wherever he goes in hopes of reinforcing the faithful.
Recommended Read
MILITANT: Resurrecting Authentic Catholicism – by Michael Voris, STB
How many Catholic souls have been lost over these past fifty years? How many have walked away from the Catholic faith either for a false religion or for no religion at all? And why does practically no one in the Church ever speak in these terms anymore?
The Church has lost Her self-understanding; Catholics no longer understand who they are, what their role in history is, or what is their proper relationship to God. This has come about as the result of a devastating demolition of Catholic life, where Catholics cohabit, contracept, divorce, and abort at the same rate as non-Catholics, and in some cases at even higher rates.
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
~George Eliot~
Discovering Catholic Saints
Saint Roch
Geology & Archaeology
Italy & California share somewhat similar earthquake risks
Like Italy, California is a restless landscape straddling two major tectonic plates. Italy sits atop the slow collision of the African plate into the Eurasian plate — creating tragic earthquakes but also the beautiful Alps and Apennnines Mountains, which run like a spine from the north to south of the nation. California earthquakes, in contrast, are triggered by the sideways motion of the Pacific Ocean's crustal plate moving to the northwest under North America's continental crust.
Is Climate Change Cyclical? NASA study suggests 'yes'
The severity of the current Climate Change "crisis" has been blamed almost exclusively on man-made carbon-dioxide emissions and that the change is permanent. A recent study conducted by several universities as well as NASA point to an "inconvenient truth" – that neither of these statements is true. Antarctica's climate was once warm enough to sustain substantial vegetation including trees. How warm? Some estimates place it at 20 degrees warmer than present day.
This presents a problem for some of the current statements regarding climate change as humans weren't around during this period. Also given that the region was once so warm and then returned to far chillier temperatures points to another potential problem – climate change appears to be a naturally recurring process and one that is cyclical in nature.
Global Weather
The National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is a component of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. The NHC mission is to save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing the best watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather and by increasing understanding of these hazards. The NHC vision is to be America's calm, clear, and trusted voice in the eye of the storm and, with its partners, enable communities to be safe from tropical weather threats.
Keep up with Atlantic Storms & Hurricanes with this interactive map
Solar Innovations in Israel
The Israeli desert maybe not be the first place that comes to mind when someone says "environmental leadership" or "solar innovation", especially when cheap natural gas exploration off the Israeli coast is making headlines. However, the region is home to Israel's largest solar fields, and soon to be the world's largest solar tower. This region is drawing both on the strength of the desert sun, and the sustainable style of living characteristic to the communes found in the area.
"Kibbutz" of Kibbutz Ketura describes a community living structure that was very popular in the early days of Israel, traditionally based on agriculture. Today, most Kibbutzim have privatized, but Kibbutz Ketura has remained true to its communal roots, still embodying a non-hierarchical system and shared resources. In Kibbutz Ketura, community and sustainable living are embodied at its core.
God's Green Earth
Heaven and Earth
Farm News
P.H.A.R.M. Dog USA: Helping farmers to "heel and heal"
P.H.A.R.M Dog USA, Pets Helping Agriculture in Rural Missouri, is the brain child of Jackie Allenbrand. The organization's goal is to make life easier for farmers and farm family members with disabilities. Those eligible for services may have any type of disability — physical, cognitive, or illness-related. Our services are not limited to Missouri. We do place dogs in other states.
Steward Alerts
Pope John Paul I to be honored with museum in northern Italy
Though his papal reign is among the shortest in history, summing up to just 33 days, Pope John Paul I was in office long enough to leave a mark.
Albino Luciani was born Oct. 17, 1912, in Canale d'Agordo, located in Italy's northern Veneto region and which sits just over 400 miles from Rome.
At the age of 65, he was elected Bishop of Rome, taking the name Pope John Paul I. He was the first Pope to take a double-name, honoring his two immediate predecessors St. John XXIII and Bl. Paul VI. However, his reign was short-lived, as he died suddenly after only 33 days in office, presumably from a heart attack.
Steward Activities
Holy Water and it's significance for Catholics
Countless graces flow from the use of Holy Water — but only if you use it properly.
Do you know how it can protect you from danger?
Or how it can deepen your prayers during Mass?
A Song Before The Lord
Gregorian Chant: Gradual & Alleluia
The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
With you is the principality in the day of your strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot you.
The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations: that we may give thanks to Thy holy Name, and may glory in Thy praise.
Thou, O Lord, our Father and our Redeemer: from everlasting is Thy Name.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless His holy Name.
The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
With you is the principality in the day of your strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot you.
(The lyrics are a collection of psalm exerpts)
The Science of Color in Autumn Leaves
As the days get cooler and frost is in the air, deciduous trees and shrubs put on an autumn show in all shades of red, yellow, purple, and brown. The splendor of crisp fall days and vibrant leaves brings to mind memories for nearly everyone who lives in an area where deciduous forests are the dominant vegetation. In many parts of the country, autumn leaves are an important factor in tourism.
Heirloom Apple Varieties You Can Grow
Apples came to North America with the first colonists and quickly became an important sweetener and source of juice for fermented beverages and vinegar. Early settlers established orchards by the thousands, often using apple seed or nursery seedlings grown from seed. Indeed, John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, was so passionate about preparing the way for civilization that he made it his life's work to plant orchards all over the country.
Wellness & Nutrition
National Park Foundation – Active Trails
Our national parks provide remarkable opportunities for outdoor recreation on more than 18,000 miles of land and water trails. The Active Trails program promotes healthy lifestyles while simultaneously protecting and enhancing these precious land and water trail resources. This multi-faceted program offers many ways in which volunteers, community groups, corporate partners, students and educators can get involved with their national parks through hands on trail work, citizen science, formal and informal learning activities, special events and community activities.
Cosmology, Thermodynamics and the Christian Doctrine of Creation
This Doctrine of Creation is an essential part of the Christian faith. Any philosophy that ascribes the works of creation to natural processes, even if the existence of God is not denied, is a pantheistic worldview because it assumes that matter has got divine power to overcome natural laws. These laws prohibit the formation of an ordered universe from disordered gases, the emergence of life from disordered molecules and the origin of complex organs and functions from simpler structures.
The dog days of summer are getting shorter now!
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