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Belgium - Minimalist Map
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This is a 2D (FLAT) map printed on fine art media! Read more below.
We understand this is like no map you have ever seen before, take a moment to read our Frequently Asked Questions regarding shaded relief maps.
This beautiful modern shaded relief map has been digitally stylized to give the appearance of an illuminated landscape.
• Created using high-resolution satellite elevation data (Courtesy: USGS, NASA)
• Stylized with stunning digital hillshading effects (printed in 2D)
• A perfect fit for any home decor theme
Please note: The 18x24 option is cropped slightly to accommodate the image aspect ratio
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Premium Matte Paper:
Our Premium Matte Paper option is a museum-quality poster printed with giclée inks. The thick paper is archival and acid-free with vivid color definition. Paper details:
• 10 mil thick
• 189 gsm weight
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Unframed posters arrive in a shipping tube, allow time to flatten before use.
These are 2D prints - this means the product is flat to the touch
Our lightweight, wood poster frames are a great option for prints ready-to-hang out of the box. Framing service and shipping included in price. Product details:
• Alder, semi-hardwood 3/4″ thick frame
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Our vibrant metal prints are a stunning alternative to traditional posters and frames. Product details:
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Each product is printed on demand so that you receive a brand new print instead of one that has been sitting on a shelf. Production times will vary, but orders will typically be shipped out within 2-5 business days with longer wait times occurring during the holiday season (November and December). During the holidays, there will be clearly advertised deadlines to ensure your product arrives on time.
Are the relief maps 3D printed?
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Yes! We currently offer free shipping worldwide! To facilitate efficient delivery of international orders, we utilize partner facilities in the EU and Australia. We are not responsible for any customs fees incurred upon delivery.
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All domestic orders are printed in the USA. We also partner with printing agencies in the EU and Australia to facilitate quicker shipping times for international orders.
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We primarily use USPS and FedEx for shipment of domestic orders. International orders are shipped using various services depending on the destination country. All orders are shipped with a tracking number.
Can I order a custom map?
Unfortunately we do not take commissions for any custom maps.
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We offer 30-day, no-hassle returns on all unframed prints. No questions asked, if you don't like it just send it back to us. Unfortunately, we cannot take returns on any framed prints. Read more about our return policy here.
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In the rare case your product was misprinted or damaged during shipping, reach out to us via our contact page and we will get a new print out as soon as possible. Be sure to send photographs of the full print, the damage, and the packing slip.
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We are not currently accepting new retail partners at this time.
Why is there an anachronism on my vintage map?
The date printed on the Vintage Topographic maps is an approximate date that reflects the original publication. Sometimes, old maps are reprinted and small changes are made (e.g. addition of an airport) that don't fit the time period of the original publication. Additionally, in the mosaic process, multiple maps are brought together that may have been published at slightly different times. If you are interested in more technical information about the historic topo maps, reach out by email and I will answer any questions.
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30 days, no questions asked.
We accept returns and/or exchanges within 30 days of the purchase date for unframed posters only. Prints must be returned in perfect condition with proof of purchase. Upon receipt of returned merchandise, we will process your refund and the balance will be returned through your original payment method (e.g. credit card, PayPal).
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Having depleted the supply of champagne in the locker room, Nationals players returned to the field to celebrate their National League East championship Monday night and began spraying themselves and nearby fans with beer.
Though Teddy and the racing presidents had joined them on the field to celebrate, they kept their distance from the beer soaking — that is, until one Nationals player (Is that Ryan Mattheus?) did his best to annoint the Rough Rider with brew.
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Huge tax increase looms at year-end 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A typical middle-income family making $40,000 to $64,000 a year could see its taxes go up by $2,000 next year if lawmakers fail to renew a lengthy roster of tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, according to a new report Monday.
Taxpayers across the income spectrum would be hit with large tax hikes, the Tax Policy Center said in its study, with households in the top 1 percent income range seeing an average tax increase of more than $120,000, while a family making between $110,000 to $140,000 could see a tax hike in the $6,000 range.
All told, the government would reap more than $500 billion in new revenue if a full menu of tax cuts were allowed to expire. The expiring provisions include Bush-era cuts on wage and investment income and cuts for married couples and families with children, among others. Also expiring is a 2 percentage point temporary payroll tax cut championed by President Barack Obama.
"It's just a huge, huge number," said Eric Toder, one of the authors of the study.
Economists warn that the looming tax hikes, combined with $109 billion in automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect in January, could throw the fragile economy back into recession if Washington doesn't act. The automatic spending cuts are coming due because of the failure of last year's deficit "supercommittee" to strike a bargain. The combination of the sharp tax hikes and spending cuts has been dubbed a "fiscal cliff."
"The fiscal cliff threatens an unprecedented tax increase at year end," says the report. "Taxes would rise by more than $500 billion in 2013 — an average of almost $3,500 per household — as almost every tax cuts enacted since 2001 would expire."
Cumulatively, the country would see a 5 percentage point jump in its average tax rate, which works out to taxes on the top 1 percent jumping by more than 7 percentage points and about 4 percentage points for most people earning below $100,000 a year.
Put another way, people in the $40,000-$64,000 income range would see their average federal tax rate jump from 14 percent to 17.8 percent — or an increase in their overall federal bill of 27 percent.
All told, almost 90 percent of all households would face a tax increase, though the top 20 percent of earners would bear 60 percent of the overall cost.
It's likely that Washington policymakers will allow the payroll tax cut first enacted for 2011 to expire, and Obama is calling for permitting rates on individual income exceeding $200,000 and family incoming over $250,000 to go back to Clinton-era rates of as much as 39.6 percent.
Republicans controlling the House have also called for the expiration of Obama-backed tax cuts for the working poor, including expansions of the earned income and child tax credits.
But all sides are calling for the renewal of Bush-era tax rates for everyone else. Without a renewal of those rates, a married couple would pay a 28 percent rate on taxable income exceeding $72,300 instead of the 25 percent rate they now pay. And the 10 percent rate paid on the first $8,900 of income would jump to 15 percent.
The new top rate of 39.6 percent would kick in for income over $397,000. The current top rate is 35 percent rate.
The Tax Policy Center is a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution.
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Gunman kills TSA agent at LAX, injures 2 others
LOS ANGELES — A man with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing a TSA employee and wounding two other people in an attack that frightened passengers and disrupted flights nationwide, officials said.
Los Angeles police Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger said the unidentified gunman was apparently wounded following an exchange of gunfire with officers and was in custody.
Tim Kauffman, a spokesman for the American Federation of Government Employees in Washington, confirmed Friday that a Transportation Security Administration officer was killed. Kauffman said the union's information comes from their local officials in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon said that at about 9:20 a.m., the gunman pulled what he described as an "assault rifle" from a bag and began firing inside Terminal 3. He then went to the security screening area, where he fired more shots and went into the secure area of the terminal, Gannon said.
Officers exchanged fire with the gunman and apprehended him; police believe he was the only shooter, Gannon said. "As you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place in this entire incident," he said.
Some passengers who already had cleared security rushed onto the tarmac to evacuate, while others were locked down in airport restaurants and lounges. The airport was being swept as a precaution and the bomb unit was on scene.
Air traffic was affected nationwide as the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights that had not yet departed for LAX. Some flights were still allowed to depart what is one of the nation's busiest airports. Cars were blocked from entering.
Witness Brian Keech said he heard about a dozen gunshots from inside a security gate at the terminal, which has been evacuated.
Ben Rosen was sitting at the Starbucks in Terminal 3 eating oatmeal at about 9:20 a.m. when he heard gunfire erupt and people start running in all directions and others crouching on the ground. Rosen got on the ground and another passenger said "don't worry we're safe."
Then more gunshots erupted. He grabbed his phone and tried to lie down as flat on the ground as he could. Police showed up with their guns drawn, shouting, "This is not a drill! Hands up!"
Everyone put their hands up and then were led out of the airport terminal to the international terminal, Rosen said.
As they were led out they saw broken glass from a window that looked like it'd been shot out. Rosen left his bag behind.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a "ground stop" was in affect for all flights heading to Los Angeles, meaning planes at other airports can't take off for the city, although some flights already in the air were allowed to land.
LAX air traffic controller Michael Foote said some flights were still being allowed to depart.
Foote said his colleagues in the control tower saw passengers spilling from the terminal onto the tarmac, "evacuating the building, getting out as fast as they could." Officers eventually corralled them.
Other travelers described a chaotic scene as airport security staff evacuated terminals, including onto to the tarmac. Hundreds of people remained gathered outside next to airplanes as authorities investigated what happened.
Six people were taken to the hospital, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. It's unclear whether the gunshot victims were among the group.
"People started saying there's a shooter, there's a shooter," said Natalie Morin, a senior at USC who was heading to San Francisco for a graduate school interview.
Terminal 3 is home to airlines including Virgin America, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, JetBlue, Virgin Australia.


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IDENTITY AND ADDRESS OF ENTITY RESPONSABLE FOR THE FILE WHERE YOUR DATA IS FOUND. By virtue of the applicable rules with regard to Personal Data Protection, Explotaciones Turísticas Canabal, S.L., CIF. B15518350located at c/ Fernando Macías, nº. 2-1ºB, La Coruña (CP.15004), España, (hereinafter Pazo do Rio or the entity responsible for the file) inform you that, upon entering your data through electronic forms on our website or upon sending your "curriculum vitae", you shall provide us with certain Personal Data that shall be automated and incorporated into the corresponding mixed files previously registered before the Spanish Data Protection Agency of which the entity responsible for the file is or shall be the holder and responsible entity and, in your case, in charge of its processing. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING YOUR DATA The purpose of collecting and processing your Personal Data in an automated fashion is the following: Customer management for services and lodging at our hotels. 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Félix-Antoine Fortin from Calcul Québec gives an introduction to high-performance computing with the Compute Canada network, first providing an overview of use cases for HPC and then a hand-on tutorial. Though some examples might seem specific to the Calcul Québec, all computing clusters in the Compute Canada network share the same software modules and environments.
The lesson was given in the context of the BrainHack School 2020.
Shawn Brown presents an overview of CBRAIN, a web-based platform that allows neuroscientists to perform computationally intensive data analyses by connecting them to high-performance-computing facilities across Canada and around the world.
This talk was given in the context of a Ludmer Centre event in 2019.
This course will teach you AWS basics right through to advanced cloud computing concepts. There are lots of hands-on exercises using an AWS free tier account to give you practical experience with Amazon Web Services. Visual slides and animations will help you gain a deep understanding of Cloud Computing.
This lesson is courtesy of freeCodeCamp.
Lecture on functional brain parcellations and a set of tutorials on bootstrap agregation of stable clusters (BASC) for fMRI brain parcellation which were part of the 2019 Neurohackademy, a 2-week hands-on summer institute in neuroimaging and data science held at the University of Washington eScience Institute.
As a part of NeuroHackademy 2020, Tara Madhyastha (University of Washington), Andrew Crabb (AWS), and Ariel Rokem (University of Washington) give a lecture on Cloud Computing, focusing on Amazon Web Services.
This video is provided by the University of Washington eScience Institute.
This video explains what metadata is, why it is important, and how you can organise your metadata to increase the FAIRness of your data on EBRAINS.
This lecture provides an introduction to the study of eye-tracking in humans.
This lecture provides an introduction to the application of genetic testing in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Tutorial describing the basic search and navigation features of the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas
Tutorial describing the basic search and navigation features of the Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas
This tutorial demonstrates how to use the differential search feature of the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas to find gene markers for different regions of the brain and to visualize this gene expression in three-dimensional space. Differential search is also available for the Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas and the Allen Human Brain Atlas.
GeneWeaver is a web application for the integrated cross-species analysis of functional genomics data to find convergent evidence from heterogeneous sources. The application consists of a large database of gene sets curated from multiple public data resources and curated submissions, along with a suite of analysis tools designed to allow flexible, customized workflows through web-based interactive analysis or scripted API driven analysis. Gene sets come from multiple widely studied species and include ontology annotations, brain gene expression atlases, systems genetic study results, gene regulatory information, pathway databases, drug interaction databases and many other sources. Users can retrieve, store, analyze and share gene sets through a graded access system. Analysis tools are based on combinatorics and statistical methods for comparing, contrasting and classifying gene sets based on their members.
This tutorial shows how to use the UCSC genome browser to find a list of genes in a given genomic region.
This tutorial shows how to find all the single nucleotide polymorphisms upstream from genes using the UCSC Genome Browser.
This tutorial demonstrates how to find all the single nucleotide polymorphisms in a gene using the UCSC Genome Browser.
The Saved Sessions feature of the Browser has been around for quite some time, but many of our users have not made full use of it. It offers a great way to keep track of your thinking on a particular topic.
This tutorial demonstrates the visibility controls on the Genome Browser, showing the affect on BED tracks, wiggle tracks and Conservation tracks. It also discusses supertracks and composite tracks.
This tutorial describes the isPCR tool and demonstrates how to use it for predicting the size and location of PCR products and visualizing the genomic location on the genome. The tool operates on DNA templates for all organisms and DNA or RNA on human and mouse. It also demonstrates how to use the Browser to obtain DNA sequences from the genome.
This tutorial describes the dbSNP resources in the UCSC Genome Browser, including display conventions and the subdivision of the data into several useful subset tracks, especially the Common SNPs. There is also a discussion about changes to the genome assemblies from one version to another, and of two ways to navigate between different assemblies of the human genome in the Browser.


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Trying to describe our online database Learning Express Library is just a few words is impossible. For starters Learning Express Library offers practice tests for a large number of jobs requiring licensing, certification or aptitude measurement. Fields such as cosmetology, culinary arts, first responders, military, law enforcement and civil service careers are just a few of the occupations you'll find.
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I'll be the first to admit that cheap natural gas prices are one of the biggest short-term threats to deployment of renewable energy in the U.S. today. With a glut of gas dropping prices to historic lows, the competitiveness of technologies like wind, solar PV, and solar hot water are facing significant challenges.
But here's the important thing to remember: The industry is being challenged, not beaten. Amidst all the hand wringing over what cheap natural gas will do to investment in renewables, we often lose sight of the fact that the cost and price of renewable energy technologies are still chasing the record price drops in natural gas. When the price of natural gas starts to climb back up (according to many estimates, it will fairly soon), renewables will be more competitive than ever.
Over the next couple of years, I believe that the age-old idiom will again be proven true: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
Below are my top three reasons why natural gas won't be the death of renewables.
1. Cheap gas won't stay "cheap" for too much longer
Source: Slate.com
It's often said that America has a 100-year supply of natural gas. However, those figures, which are based on estimates from the Potential Gas Committee, factor in "proved" reserves, "possible" reserves and "speculative" reserves. If we narrow these figures down to proven, technically-exploitable resources based upon current natural gas consumption rates, more cautious estimates put our supply at roughly 11-21 years.
With mature gas plays like the Barnett Shale and Marcellus Shale in decline or appearing to be nearing a peak, and drillers scaling back on operations because it's not profitable to drill with such low prices, a growing number of analysts are questioning whether the U.S. gas industry is approaching peak production. Petroleum Geologist Arthur E. Berman recently wrote about the decline rates in conventional and unconventional gas fields at the Oil Drum:
"This development may expose the notion of long-term natural gas abundance and cheap gas as an illusion. The good news is that this adjustment will lead to higher gas prices in a future less distant than most believe. Higher prices coupled with greater discipline in drilling will allow operators to earn a suitable return and offer the best opportunity for supply to grow to meet future needs."
In its latest Annual Energy Outlook, the U.S Energy Information Administration also cut estimates of unproved technically recoverable resources by 42%. As energy analyst Chris Nelder recently wrote: "Everything you know about shale gas is wrong."
2. Renewable energy is challenged, but still competitive
Source: Institute for Local Self Reliance, using data from Lazard
Over the years, the conversation around gas has changed dramatically in renewable energy circles. For example, up until 2008 when gas prices were at their peak and wind development was soaring, the industry's message was simple: We're a far more cost-effective, reliable investment than gas.
But the tide turned in 2009, when gas prices started their precipitous drop. I remember the American Wind Energy Association's annual conference in 2010, when shale gas dominated the CEO roundtable discussion. "Our single biggest challenge is improving technologies to compete with these low prices," said one executive.
The industry clearly took the challenge seriously. Today, due to bigger turbines, more reliable equipment and better materials, the cost of wind has dropped to record lows. In fact, some developers are even signing long-term power purchase agreements in the 3 cents a kilowatt-hour range. And last fall, Bloomberg New Energy Finance projected that wind would be "fully competitive with energy produced from combined-cycle gas turbines by 2016″ under fair wind conditions.
The same technological improvements and maturation in project development in wind are driving down the cost of solar PV as well. For example, in California, solar developers have signed contracts for power below the projected price of natural gas from a 500-MW combined cycle power plant. (That projection does include a carbon price).
These trends are driving record levels of interest from investors. In 2011, for the first time ever, global investments in renewable energy surpassed investments in fossil fuels.
The bottom line: the price of renewable energy continues to come down while the projected price of natural gas is only expected to rise.
We do have to be realistic about the situation: assuming gas prices stay near record low levels for a long period of time — which they likely won't — renewables deployment won't grow at the rate we need it to. But if you look at the where large-scale renewables stack up with the cost of energy from peaking gas plants and combined cycle plants (chart above), you can see that the industry is still nipping at the heels of gas — even with a "revolution" underway in accessing shale resources. That's something that can't be ignored.
3. Natural gas is a fossil fuel and still contributes to global warming
Source: Nature
When considering our energy investment choices, it's important for us to remember why we want renewable energy in the first place. Sure, it's a domestic resource that empowers local communities, encourages entrepreneurial innovation, and spurs new types of economic development. But ultimately, renewables are an important tool for helping us reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming. We should never lose sight of this environmental context.
So while gas will be an important short-term tool to knock old coal plants out of the energy mix and provide a source of back up for intermittent renewables, the global warming challenge will eventually present limits to our investments in natural gas, if not this decade, then certain in the 2020s.
As we've pointed out numerous times, without a price on carbon, natural gas is not a bridge fuel — it is a bridge to nowhere. Under the International Energy Agency's "Golden Age of Gas" scenario that assumes an aggressive build-out of "clean" natural gas plants, we would still see global temperatures rise 6° Fahrenheit.
While the science is still far from settled on the life-cycle emissions issue, measured emissions in some cases are well above what drillers claim (see chart above).
Even if natural gas is cleaner than coal, it is still a fossil fuel. When we get serious about addressing global warming and put a price on greenhouse gas emissions, the current economic advantages of natural gas are diminished or disappear. Last October, three center-right economists — Nicholas Z. Muller, Robert Mendelsohn, and William Nordhaus — found that with a carbon price of $27 per ton, the cost of environmental and health damages from natural gas were greater than the resource's added value to society.
In other words, natural gas isn't nearly as inexpensive as current prices suggest (see also "Economics Stunner: Natural Gas Damage Larger Than Its Value Added For Even Low CO2 Prices").
Writing to 415 of the world's biggest global warming polluters this week, global investors representing $10 trillion put it best:
"The external costs of greenhouse gas emissions will become internalized into company cash flows and profitability," Paul Abberley, chief executive officer at Aviva Investors in London said in the statement today. ''Managing greenhouse gas emissions is therefore essential to delivering sustainable shareholder returns.''
Natural gas certainly has a role to play in this long, complicated energy transition — assuming we properly value its environmental impact. But if we listen to these forward-thinking global investors and take their call for a low-carbon strategy seriously, renewables, efficiency and demand response will not be swept aside, no matter what the short-term challenges are.
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Announcing Sugar High Fridays – Browned Butter!
August 1, 2010 at 12:08 am 34 comments
August has only just begun, but I can already tell it's going to be one of the busiest months I've had. Sweet and short announcement today – it's an honor to host the 68th edition of Sugar High Fridays!
Created by Jennifer of The Domestic Goddess, SHF is an international dessert extravaganza. Every month a host picks a theme, whether an ingredient or category of baking, and foodies around the world create something around that theme. The results are showcased in a round-up at the end of the month, and I'm always amazed at how differently people are inspired by the same theme.
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— Photograph the dessert and post it on your blog, with a link to this announcement.
— Email me your name, the name of your blog, the name of your dessert, a link to your post, and a 250x250px picture of your dessert by August 30th. My email is 17andbaking [at] gmail [dot] com.
— If you aren't a blogger but want to join in, just email me your name, the name of your dessert, and the 250x250px image of your dessert by August 30th.
— Check out the round up of desserts on September 10th!
Regular SHF participants might notice the round-up is a little later than usual… This is because I'm flying out to college the last week of August and the usual end-of-the-month round-up would've been difficult to handle. It just gives you more excuses to bake with browned butter!
[PS: If you're new to browned butter, check out this great guide to browning butter. It's from Elise of Simply Recipes and includes handy step by step photos.]
[PPS: Regular post like always coming in a few days. Happy August!]
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SHF sounds like tons of fun! I'm definitely going to join in.
By the way, I love your photographs on this post!
how lovely for you to be hosting shf!
can't believe it's august either…
i definitely need a sugar high!
enjoy this month & all it brings!
Woohoo, Elissa! So excited!!!
August is going to be a definitely very sweet and delicious month!
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Hi, definitely going to take part, I'm thinking brown butter cupcakes… good hosting!
What a fantastic concept! I love the built-in versatility and the fact that it doesn't spoonfeed (pardon the food pun!) a recipe to the participants. Very creative!
I don't think I've ever heard of browned butter but it sounds delicious! Can't wait to see the different things people come up with. I think there's going to be a lot of yummy treats!
I love your blog & I'm definitely excited about this challenge. I've never made anything with brown butter so it should be fun! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
Oh, Elissa I have been looking forward to this event for a long time now! Good luck and do let me know if you need anything at all!
So glad to have stumbled upon your SHF announcement, I've been wanting to participate in this for the longest time, but haven't managed to for some reason. I love browned butter, I am SO in!
Such a great writer and photographer you are!! I am friend's w/ the counselor you had at your high school. She RAVES about you, and rightfully so! I met the counselor when I was working there as a special Ed teacher. Keep up the great work- as time permits you to do so – your blog is a treat to read!
I'm in!
Hmmm. Maybe I can do yet another browned butter recipe for your challenge here too!
Wow, these are just heavenly and look so delicious and refreshing for summer… Beautiful, Elissa!
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- NBC, Fox say Syria's military has loaded bombs with sarin precursors
- At least three Syrian facilities produce chemical weapons
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U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday to NBC that bombs had been filled with precursors for deadly sarin but that they had yet been loaded onto planes. On Tuesday, officials said there was no evidence the process had begun.
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Top 10 scams of 2012
Topping the list of scam activity for 2012 is work-at-home schemes, accounting for over 33 percent of scam inquiries to the Better Business Bureau. This scam is especially tempting to people that are out of work or in need of additional income.Coming in a close second, with 30 percent of scam inquires, is advance fee brokers. Advance fee brokers are usually, if not always, empty promises of a personal or business loan requiring payment of a fee in advance. This scam attracts vulnerable consumers that need cash urgently.
The BBB's top 10 scams are ranked based on number of specific inquiries made by consumers to provide insight on the deceptive and sometimes illegal business practices in 2012.
"In 2012, many consumers were still working on improving their financial situations in these challenging economic times," said Steve J. Bernas of the BBB. "Scammers were ready to capitalize on this vulnerability and take advantage of consumers."
Bernas explained, "Being aware that these scams exist is extremely important so that people can avoid becoming a victim and losing money or personal financial information."
The complete list of top 10 scams in 2012 from the BBB includes:
- Work-At-Home Schemes. There are certainly legitimate telecommuting jobs, but many work-from-home opportunities are scams. Promising convenient work always attracts attention; however, when the requirement is to send money for materials first, consumers should always be on guard. Do not purchase services or products from a firm that's reluctant to answer your questions and be cautious of any company that offers an exceptionally high salary requiring few skills and little work. Check offers out thoroughly for free with the BBB at www.bbb.org.
- Advance Fee Brokers.Often these appear to be very professional operations with attractive websites and advertisements. However, it is illegal for a business to charge a fee prior to providing a loan. Typically, after wiring money to the scammer, the victim never receives the loan. These "lenders" will use fake physical addresses or the addresses of real companies that are victims of identity theft.
- Credit Repair Services with Advance Fees. Consumers with bad credit ratings are particularly vulnerable to this scam. Everything a credit-repair operation offers an individual can do personally at little or no cost. Credit repair operations cannot ask for money in advance and they cannot automatically remove legitimate negative reports from your credit history.
- Foreign Lotteries. Any lottery from a foreign country is illegal in the United States. Stating a person can win, or is a winner already provides a strong incentive; however, people should never send money to obtain lottery money. Scammers using fictitious addresses will request you send "fees and taxes" to them through a wire service, they take the cash and never provide any winnings because there are no winners.
- Prize Promotions.There are several variations of this scam, but most include some aspect that requires people who are identified as "winners" to provide money or some type of personal information, such as a credit card or social security number, to verify being a winner. In the end, no prize is awarded and the personal information is then used to withdraw a victim's money from accounts or for identity theft.
- Office Supplies - Sale by Deceptive Telemarketing.This scam features fake invoices for office supplies being sent to a business, often for only a couple of hundred dollars. This relatively low amount makes it easier for company personnel to quickly sign off and feel it is not worth their time to check the invoice's validity, which would be done if it was for a larger amount.
- Pyramid Companies. Pyramid schemes within companies are fraudulent becausereturns to investors are paid from personal money or the money paid by the newest investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by an individual or organization running the operation. These scams collapse because payouts exceed investments, or because the legal authorities prosecute the organizers for sale of unregistered securities. Often the organizers simply disappear with funds sent to them.
- Debt Relief Services (Non-Compliant with FTC rule). The Federal Trade Commission has established rules for debt relief services (for profit businesses that represent that they renegotiate, settle or alter the terms of payment for an unsecured debt). The FTC rule governs disclosures and representations that debt relief services can make and does not allow advance fees. There are legitimate debt relief companies that comply with the FTC rule and the Better Business Bureau is identifying only the non-compliant companies as scams.
- Paving, Painting, Home Improvement by "Traveling" Workers.Never pay upfront to a "traveling" contractor who just happens to be in the neighborhood, is doing work nearby, or has extra materials. The technique to get your money often requires you to pay for added materials. Once you pay the contractor, he disappears with the money and no work is ever done. Having access to your property also provide an opportunity for these people to check what valuables you may have for a future burglary or ID theft.
- Sweepstakes.If you don't remember entering a sweepstakes, be very suspicious about being declared a winner. If the prize provider wants you to send money or give your social security number to receive your prize, take no action. If you send money you will likely never receive a prize, or you will get a prize of lesser value than the money you've sent.
"Remember, before giving any company credit or debit card information, the BBB recommends reviewing the business fully to avoid potential billing nightmares," said Bernas. "As always, if an offer seems too good to be true, it probably is."
For more information on these scams, visit www.bbb.org.


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A lighter, foolproof take on barbecued chicken
Barbecue chicken is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I like every part of it — the tomato-based sauce (the spicier the better), the crispy skin, even the bones.
And taste aside, it's also relatively healthy, at least as compared to such sundry first cousins as grilled and/or smoked ribs, brisket or pulled pork. It's chicken, after all, and it wears that lean protein halo. Unfortunately, when it's prepared with its skin and bones, and slathered with a sugary sauce, barbecue chicken is nearly as caloric as its brethren. Know why chicken skin is so delicious? It's high in fat.
So I set myself the task of coming up with a recipe for a leaner version of barbecue chicken that somehow still boasted the most lovable aspects of the classic version — a mouth-watering sauce and an element of crunch.
I started by enlisting the usual lean poultry suspect, the boneless, skinless chicken breast. The one problem with this virtuous ingredient is that it's tough to cook just right. Undercook it and you risk getting sick. Overcook it and you're faced with a slab of protein as dry and tough as cardboard.
And then, as I discovered while developing this recipe, there's another problem — chicken breasts come in all different sizes and thicknesses. Generally, if it's labeled "cutlet," it's fairly thin. If it's labeled "chicken breast," it's rather thick. But there's a range of thickness within these categories, too. I tried both and opted for the latter because the thicker breasts were simply harder to overcook.
The breasts also are covered for two-thirds of the cooking time, which helps keep them moist, further ensuring perfectly cooked barbecue.
By the way, the internal temperature of the cooked breasts should be 165 degrees. And be sure when you take the temperature to insert the thermometer sideways into the center, and not straight down from the top. That way you'll get a more accurate reading. Also, don't forget to let the chicken rest for a few minutes after you pull it out of the oven. It's another way to maximize the juiciness.
For the sauce, I wanted to conjure up something with big flavor that wasn't too sweet and somehow didn't require hours of simmering on top of the stove. I started with the usual ketchup base, balanced off the sugar with acid and Dijon mustard, then spiked it with a secret weapon — adobo sauce from canned chipotles in adobo.
Finally, I needed to add some crunch to the recipe to replicate the missing skin and bones. Panko breadcrumbs did the trick. One of my favorite ingredients these days, these fantastically crispy Japanese breadcrumbs are available at most grocers (check the international aisle if you don't see them in with the regular breadcrumbs).
I was very pleased with the end result: a juicy, spicy, slightly crunchy, easy-to-make chicken barbecue that happens to be tasty hot, cold or at room temperature.
Easy Baked Barbecue Chicken Breasts
This barbecue sauce can be as flavorful as you like. For the adobo sauce and garlic, start with the lower amounts, then taste and adjust to your preference.
Start to finish: 40 minutes (10 minutes active). Servings: 4. Per serving: 240 calories; 45 calories from fat (19 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 65 mg cholesterol; 20 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 28 g protein; 750 mg sodium.
½ cup ketchup
1 to 2 tablespoons adobo sauce (from a can of chipotles in adobo)
2 teaspoons packed dark brown sugar, or to taste
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts without the filet (a total of 2 to 3 breasts, each about ¾- to 1-inch thick)
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup panko breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl combine the ketchup, adobo sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard and garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
Line a shallow baking dish with foil, leaving enough excess to generously overhang the sides. Spread half of the sauce on the foil in an area just the size of the chicken breasts. Arrange the breasts on top of the sauce and spoon the remaining sauce over them. Bring the edges of the foil up and over the chicken and fold it to enclose them. Bake the breasts on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the breadcrumbs, thyme, a pinch of salt and some pepper. Saute until light golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
After the chicken has baked for 20 minutes, open up the foil and spoon any sauce that has fallen off the chicken back on top of it. Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly over the chicken. Continue baking, uncovered, until the chicken is just cooked through, another 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes.
Carefully slice the chicken, then divide between 4 serving plates, spooning any sauce and crumbs that have fallen off over the chicken slices.


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Valentine II is a Soviet Tier IV premium Light Tank.
This graphs compare's the tank's player population by WR at Tier to other same tier Light Tanks.
This graphs shows how well players of different skill-level (measured by WR at Tier) perform in the tank vs. their other same tier, same type tanks.
These graphs players input-stats vs. the WR they have reached with the tank. The players' averages over all the same tier tanks is shown in grey. The bars show the 20-80% stat levels within the WR bucket (20% of players will have higher/lower stats than these).
These graphs shows how different stat-pairs (X/Y) relate to WR (the color coding).
This graphs shows Average WR as a function of Average Damage and Kill per Battle.


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Pursuing the Pennant with Milwaukee Brewer Manager Tom Trebelhorn
During spring training this year I had a chance to meet with Milwaukee Brewers Bob McClure and Paul Molitor and reminisce about DYNASTY League Baseball Powered by Pursue the Pennant . My visits with "Mac" and "Molly" reminded me of another meeting I had with Brewer manager Tom Trebelhorn in May of 1987 in which I played Pursue the Pennant with "Treb" in his managerial office in Milwaukee County Stadium:
After getting off to a scorching 20 and 3 start, the Milwaukee Brewers were languishing in the midst of a seven-game losing streak. Some of the hometown faithful seemed to have already soured on rookie manager Tom Trebelhorn, or so it appeared as I entered his office in County Stadium.
"Where do we file letters like this?" queried Trebelhorn as he handed a letter to Public Relations Director Tom Skibosh. I read the hand-written letter alongside of Skibosh. At the top of the page, Trebelhorn had written the words, "STAY POSITIVE" The writer began by saying that the 13-0 streak was the worst thing that could have happened to the Brewers because now they would be "stuck with this miserable manager (Trebelhorn)." The letter contained such compliments as "you stink" and "I can't wait till (sic) they get rid of you."
I guess that's what you get for piloting the Brewers to the best record in baseball after most people picked the team to finish no higher than sixth.
I first met Treblehorn at the annual Diamond Dinner held each January by the Brewers. It's hard not to like the man. Words like "thoughtful", "organized" and "down-to-earth" come to mind when describing him. In many ways, he reminds you of a favorite teacher you once had. By now, you probably know that is exactly what Trebelhorn is in the off-season…a school teacher in Oregon.
Despite the long losing streak, on this day as on all others, the rookie skipper was upbeat and positive. When I told him that the name of the game that we were about to play was called Pursue the Pennant, he replied "That's what we'll be doing this year." Based on what had transpired in the first thirteen games of the season, he wasn't kidding. Lately well….
Like many of the "new breed" of managers, Trebelhorn is aware of the numbers which are necessary to make sound baseball decisions. He combed with delight the Project Scoresheet data I had along on opposition stolen bases vs. pitchers and catchers.
As a field general, Trebelhorn is aggressive. His teams will steal bases. The Brewers are 2nd in stolen bases compared to a dismal 9th last year under George Bamberger's reign. The hit and run play is often employed to stay out of the double play. Baserunners are more aggressive, going from first to third on singles, stretching base hits, forcing the other team in to making mistakes. Of course, the more chances you take, the more likely things are to backfire, but more often than not in 1987, Trebelhorn had been pushing the right buttons.
Meanwhile, Skibosh was still musing over the letter, describing the author in terms not to be repeated in a family publication such as this. Seemingly undaunted, Trebelhorn took up position behind his desk. He would manage the Brewers and I would manaage the Oakland Athletics in a "preview" of that night's major league game. It would be Mike Birkbeck vs. Dave Stewart.
We each began to construct our lineups for the game. There were no Pursue the Pennant cards for B.J. Surhoff or Terry Steinbach (although there will be in the upcoming rookie card set), but otherwise, we had all the key players from both teams. As I was making out my lineup, I mentioned to Trebelhorn that the A's seemed to be weak against pitching. He nodded in agreement.
I briefly explained how to play, and Trebelhorn rolled the dice for Birkbeck as Alfredo Griffin stepped in. He drew a walk, and Carney Lansford followed with a single to center. No outs, men on 1st and 2nd, and Davis, Canseco, Jackson and McGwire due up. I began to think that it looked like things were going just as they had on the current losing streak. My competitive fire took a back seat to secret longing that the Brewers would get out of it. After all, it's bad enough that Treblehorn's crew had been getting their brains beaten out in real life, without someone unloading on them in a baseball table-top game.
Birkbeck got out of it, but not without a scare. Davis flied to right, Canseco struck out, but Jackson walked to load the bases before McGwire stuck out.
Both teams went quietly until the bottom on the 2nd. With one out, Deer singled, Cooper walked, and Schroeder reached on an error to load the bases. With Gantner at bat, I explained that the squeeze play is also an option in PTP. Trebelhorn elected to swing away, and Gantner hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning. Wrong button.
In the bottom of the 3rd, the Brewers got something going again. Sveum led off with a walk. Molitor struck out. Yount flew out deep to left. Braggs singled to center, Sveum to 2nd. Greg Brock then pounded the next offering over the wall in left-center field. Calm, cool, and collected Trebelhorn noted "Brock will do that".
After Deer struck out to end the inning, Trebelhorn notified our Pursue the Pennant umpire (Andy Etchebarren, a Brewer coach) that he had to get back to work, and that the fourth would have to be our last inning. What a great managerial ploy if it could be worked into the Pursue the Pennant rule book. – RULE 7.03 The home team manager may call the game at anytime if he has to go back to work.
The Athletics loaded the bases with two out, but Birkbeck got Tony Phillips to fly out to Deer to end the game. I hoped that Brock would repeat his feat that night, but he didn't, and the Brewers troubles continued as they lost their seventh straight game.
After our game was over, Trebelhorn commented that he was impressed with Pursue the Pennant. "I saw some interesting things here, especially with all the information on the player cards, " he said. He then inquired about the price, commentiing that it would be fun for him and his son, an avid board game enthusiast.
Milwaukee Brewer fans can only hope that manager Tom Trebelhorn can find enough interesting things to get his team turned around and continue their pursuit of the pennant.
Learn more about DYNASTY League Baseball Powered by Pursue the Pennant including the original color brochure and details on the Board version along with versions for Apple Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone and Android.
The new DYNASTY League Baseball 2011 season player card set with Brewers Ryan Braun, Zack Greinke, Rickie Weeks, Prince Fielder, John Axford, Yovanni Gallardo, Corey Hart and Francisco Rodriguez is available at the Ticket Window store and also at DYNASTY League Baseball Online.
Moneyball 2002 Oakland A's now included in DYNASTY League Baseball Online Greatest Team bracket tournaments
Billy Beane championed under valued players using some of the metrics Bill James popularized back in the early 80's with his Baseball Abstracts. Now you can manage the Moneyball 2002 Oakland A's in daily live DYNASTY League Baseball Online Greatest Team bracket tournaments or leagues. The 2002 Oakland A's were just recenty made available along with the 1997 Baltimore Orioles in the Greatest Team bracket tournamets to bring the number of Greatest Teams to select from to 78.
How good were the 2002 Oakland A's? Their 103-59 regular season record is considerably better than any of the A's Dynasty teams from 1972-1974 and you even could include the 1971 (101-60) and 1975 (98-64) A's in their Dynasty as well. In the end, clutch performers from the 1972-1974 A's Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando and Gene Tenace are remembered for their three consecutive World Championships and the 2002 A's are forgotten for their failure in their first round exit even though they took the ALDS vs. the 2002 Twins to a deciding Game 5. Ironically in Game 5 of the 2002 ALDS vs. Minnesota, the A's did not draw a single walk after expousing the value of OBP during the season.
Can you take the 2002 A's further than Art Howe in the DYNASTY League Baseball Online Greatest Team bracket tournaments?
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From Gallup (09/28/10):
Residents of Gulf Coast-facing counties experienced a decline in their overall emotional health, as measured by the Gallup-Healthways Emotional Health Index, in the 15 weeks after the onset of the BP oil spill. Those living in inland counties in the same Gulf of Mexico states showed no such drops in emotional health in the oil spill's aftermath.
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From The Associated Press:
A Gallup survey released Tuesday of almost 2,600 coastal residents showed that depression cases are up more than 25 percent since an explosion killed 11 people and unleashed a three-month gusher of crude into the Gulf in April that ruined many livelihoods. The conclusions were consistent with trends seen in smaller studies and witnessed by mental health workers.
People just aren't as happy as they used to be despite palm trees and warm weather. A "well-being index" included in the Gallup study said many coastal residents are stressed out, worried and sad more often than people living inland, an indication that the spill's emotional toll lingers even if most of the oil has vanished from view.
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The Gallup survey was conducted in 25 Gulf-front counties from Texas east to Florida over eight months before and after the spill, ending Aug. 6. People reported 25.6 percent more depression diagnoses after then spill than before it, although the study didn't conclude the additional cases were tied directly to the oil.
The survey said people along the Gulf reported feeling sad, worried and stressed after the spill, while people living inland reported less over the same period. More than 40 percent of people in coastal areas reported feeling stress after the BP geyser blew, a 15 percent increase from before.
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[A]n earlier study conducted in 13 counties and parishes with a total population of 1.9 million showed that 13 percent of coastal adults from Louisiana to Florida suffered probable serious mental illnesses after the spill.
The level of mental illness was similar to that seen six months after Hurricane Katrina decimated the coast five years ago, and experts aren't yet seeing any improvement in mental health five months after the oil crisis began. Before Katrina, a study by the National Institute of Mental Health said only 6 percent of area residents had likely mental illnesses.
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Steve Barrileaux, a psychologist at the Gulfport center, said some of the problems leading to mental health issues are obvious, like the loss of work by a person who rented chairs on the beach. Others are more subtle.
Many people are deeply worried about the environment, for instance, or lament the lost moments they would have spent fishing recreationally with loved ones. Others are still afraid to eat seafood, even on the coast where livelihoods depend on it.
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To read the article in its entirety, click here. For a sample of related Situationist posts, see "Some Situational Effects of the BP Gulf Disaster," "The Situation of Mental Illness," "Inequality and the Unequal Situation of Mental and Physical Health," "The Situational Consequences of Uncertainty," "The Disturbing Mental Health Situation of Returning Soldiers."