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Is your browser up to date? According to the results of a new survey from security software vendor Kaspersky, nearly a quarter of the browsers currently in use are out of date. Surfing the Web with a vulnerable browser is a recipe for disaster.
The Web browser has evolved to become the primary software used on many PCs. People access their email, surf websites, create documents and spreadsheets, access cloud-based file storage and sharing sites, and share with others on social networking sites -- all through the browser. Attackers no this as well, which is why it is exceptionally risky to use a browser with known vulnerabilities.
Kaspersky gathered anonymous data through its cloud-based Kaspersky Security Network. Kaspersky researchers analyzed the browser usage data from millions of customers around the world, and uncovered some concerning trends.
- 23% of browsers are not current: 14.5% are still using the previous version, while 8.5% are using even older, obsolete versions.
- When a new version of a browser is released, it can take nearly 10 days for it to surpass the previous version in usage, and an average of about a month for a majority of users to upgrade.
The major browsers all have automatic update mechanisms in place. The easiest way to make sure your browser is current is to enable the automatic updates and let them do what they're meant to do -- keep your browser up to date without requiring you to manage the process yourself.
There are some valid reasons for holding off on upgrading to a new browser version. Some users might feel like new versions just add arbitrary features -- bells and whistles -- they simply don't care about, so they choose to stick with the browser they're already comfortable with. Some users have been burned in the past by updating to a new version and finding out the hard way that some sites or plug-ins no longer work as expected -- if at all.
Justifications aside, it's important to apply browser updates as quickly as possible. Why? Because attackers can craft new exploits and malware to attack vulnerabilities in a matter of hours. Users can't afford to shop online, check bank account balances, or access other sensitive data using a browser with known vulnerabilities.
As Kaspersky points out, the data also reinforces the need for users to have effective, up to date security software in place. Andrey Efremov, Director of Whitelisting and Cloud Infrastructure Research at Kaspersky Lab, said, "That means millions of potentially vulnerable machines, constantly attacked using new and well-known web-born threats. This is strong evidence of the urgent need for proper security software which is able to react to new threats in a matter of minutes, not days or even weeks."
With the holiday shopping season getting ready to kick off, millions of users will be researching gift ideas, and making holiday gift purchases online. Attackers have marked their calendars as well, and there will almost certainly be a spike in Web-based attacks. It's even more important during the holiday season to make sure you keep your browser, and your security software up to date.
This story, "Out-of-date, vulnerable browsers put users at risk" was originally published by PCWorld.


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D'oh Canada!
Team U.S.A. pulled off its biggest Olympic hockey upset since the "Miracle on Ice," stunning Canada 5-3 in the host country's signature sport on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals.
Brian Rafalski scored two goals and set up another for the U.S. as goalie Ryan Miller held off a flurry of shots one day short of the 30th anniversary of America's greatest hockey victory — the unfathomable win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Games.
U.S. & World
Canada outshot the United States 45-22 yet couldn't badly dent Miller, the goalie the Americans felt could best stand up to all of Canada's stars. He did, too, making 42 saves in the victory of a lifetime.
Later, Sweden beat Finland 3-0 in a rematch of the Turin Games final to conclude hockey's Super Sunday in Vancouver.
The result means the United States unexpectedly earned the top seeding going into Wednesday's quarterfinals thanks to a better goal differential than Sweden, which also was undefeated in regulation in group play.
The stunning men's hockey upset capped another banner day for Team U.S.A. after Apolo Anton Ohno skated into history Saturday by collecting the most individual medals ever by a Winter Olympian.
Ski star Bode Miller finally fulfilled his expectations and won his first Olympic gold medal, using a blistering slalom run Sunday to complete a super-combined victory.
Miller skied one of the fastest slalom legs for a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 44.92 seconds.
Miller has also won a silver and a bronze at the Vancouver Games — a sharp contrast from his no-medal disaster in Turin four years ago, when he made more headlines for his late-night partying than his skiing.
In ice dancing, Canada regained some glory late Sunday as Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the original dance portion of competition with a sultry, fiery flamenco number.
Virtue and Moir, medalists at the last two world championships, scored 68.41 points to edge Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White. With 111.15 points overall, Virtue and Moir lead Davis and White -- their training partners -- by 2.60 points going into Monday night's free dance. Russian reigning world champions Oksana Domnina and Maksim Shabalin -- the focus of negative attention this week for dressing up in gaudy aboriginal-themed costumes for their routine -- dropped to third.
Still, the U.S.-Canada hockey showdown was one the most anticipated events in Vancouver on Day 10, with the sport more than a way of life in maple leaf country. Early estimates were that half of Canada's 33 million people planned to watch. And the game didn't disappoint on drama.
Players from 10 NHL teams participated in the match on both sides of the ice: the Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane squared off against teammates Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews, all of whom are playing for Canada. NHL darling Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins also joined America's neighbors to the north.
While it was only a preliminary round game, fans wearing Canada's distinctive red maple-leaf jerseys lined up for hours outside Canada Hockey Place waiting to be admitted. They were loud and raucous most of the game but, after Kesler scored, the building was eerily silent.
Emotions were in play for the United States, too, with the Miracle on Ice anniversary. The Americans took a page out of 1960, too, by wearing uniforms nearly identical to those of the gold-medal winning team at the Squaw Valley Games.
Chris Drury and Jamie Langenbrunner scored Sunday to put the United States up 4-2 and hold off a relentless late surge by Canada that included Sidney Crosby's power play goal with 3:09 remaining.
Miller made an exceptional save on Rick Nash's shot from the slot with two minutes left to preserve it, and Ryan Kesler put it away by scoring with 45 seconds remaining.
Rafalski, Langenbrunner and Drury are three of the older, steadying hands on one of the youngest U.S. Olympic teams in history, one that averages 5 years younger per man than the 2006 team that didn't medal in Turin.
Canada, the gold medal favorite, was expected to coast into the medal round but now, after nearly losing to Switzerland and being outplayed on home ice by the Americans, must win a play-in game Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals. The Canadians still have a chance to win a gold medal, but now face a much tougher road that would include an additional game.
The rivalry on the ice between the U.S. and Canada kicked off Sunday afternoon, as Canada's undefeated women's curling team beat the U.S. 9-2 in session 8.
The men's curling team didn't fair much better as David Murdoch's world champion British team beat the U.S. 4-2, all but ending the American run in the competition.
The Vancouver Winter Games are here and Team USA is rocking.
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Building a Strong Workforce, Generation by Generation
At E.J. Ajax and Sons, a third-generation precision metalforming company located in Fridley, MN, a partnership between an experienced master tool and die maker from the Baby Boom generation and a Millennial manufacturing intern is leading to customer-focused cost-cutting innovations.
In many s, Paul Swirtz, the Baby Boomer (and former owner of his own tool and die company), and Talon Ganz, the Millennial, are true representatives of their respective generations.
• Boomers (born before 1965): Driven by work and career; goal-driven and self-managed; prefer in-person communication; sometimes challenged by technology.
Paul Swirtz, former owner of his own tool and die company, is a Baby Boomer—goal-driven and self-managed.
• Millennials (born between 1982 and 2001): Focused on work-life balance and flexibility; value feedback; want challenging and meaningful work with rapid advancement; technology-savvy.
Despite their differences in age and experience, Swirtz and Ganz joined the company at roughly the same time. E.J. Ajax acquired Swirtz's tool and die operation in 2012 after a 30-yr. relationship as a trusted tooling supplier. Although not ready to retire (characteristic of Boomers), Swirtz was ready to focus on his tool-building and design expertise and leave the sales, marketing and business details behind. E.J. Ajax was in need of expanded inhouse tooling capability to reduce lead times and better-manage costs for our customers.
Mentoring a Two- Street
Meanwhile, Ganz was one of the first recipients of the E.J. Ajax Scholarship in Manufacturing at Dunwoody College of Technology, which our company created to help address the shortage of skilled workers. We sought to place our company in front of the best and the brightest of today's post-secondary students. In addition to covering one semester of tuition and fees, we offered scholarship recipients a full-time paid internship during school breaks, and a few hours of work per week during the school year. Ganz immediately expressed an interest in tool and die making.
We asked Swirtz to mentor Ganz, but from the beginning theirs was a two- relationship. "We really did mesh well," says Ganz. "He has a skill set that's completely different from mine. He's good at 2D drawing and at conceptually visualizing how a stamping tool will work. And I'm able to create a 3D model, so we can prove that the tool will work in the press."
Talon Ganz, the Millennial—focused on work-life balance and flexibility, and in search of challenging and meaningful work.
Ganz knows that the mentorship he's receiving from Swirtz is invaluable. "The knowledge from the previous generation is material they didn't teach at school," Ganz says. "The hands-on experience compared with the book experience is extremely important and useful. What I'll learn (from Swirtz) during my apprenticeship over the next four years will enable me to become a really good tool designer. Right now I'm just a drafter."
On the other hand, Swirtz readily accepts Ganz's help in learning 3D drafting technology. The two punch out of second shift at 7:00 p.m. and spend time together working on SolidWorks designs.
"(Ganz) made it easy because he's such a bright kid," Swirtz shares. "He's got a very good grasp of SolidWorks and that's a direction I'm definitely headed in. Being around him inspires me—he's tutored me through my courses in SolidWorks."
As far as mentoring goes, Swirtz says of Ganz:
"He's respectful and attentive. He understands what I'm saying and can wrap his mind around the concepts. I'm sure he doesn't take everything I say as gospel, but he's respectful and he appreciates my input."
The Dynamic Duo Pays Dividends
But this is much more than just a heart-warming story of two generations connecting. E.J. Ajax is a for-profit metalforming company in a highly competitive global marketplace. Acquiring Swirtz's company, funding Ganz's scholarship and putting the two of them together all were strategies to support the growth of the business. Those moves already have paid off. Early in 2013, a long-standing customer came to us with an opportunity to land a complex multi-million dollar stainless-steel project. But the company had to meet a very tight deadline. Our first estimate for designing and creating the tooling and producing the production stampings was a deal-killing 12 weeks.
That's when Swirtz and Ganz stepped up to the plate. Swirtz designed the tooling in just a couple days, and then Ganz took the drawing and made 3D models. "He was right there with me, Ganz says of Swirtz. "He told me where certain holes needed to be, where certain punches and pilots went. It took us less than a week to complete all of the modeling and design drawings and prepare for tooling production."
With an innovative, turnkey tooling design born from generations of experience turned into 3D models that could be outsourced for quick production, we reduced the 12-week lead time to less than six weeks. Our customer landed the job, and as a result our two companies will benefit for many years to come.
That's a happy ending that represents just the beginning of what promises to be a very long and rewarding intergenerational partnership in the E.J. Ajax toolroom. MFArticle submitted by Erick Ajax, vice president of E.J. Ajax and Sons; www.ejajax.com.
See also: Ajax Metal Forming Solutions, LLC
Related Enterprise Zones: Fabrication, Presses, Tool & Die, Training


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As the weather starts to get a little cooler, nothing sounds better than slipping on a warm and cozy fleece jacket or curling up under a fleece blanket.
Fleece is a great fabric to work with! It's easy to sew; you don't have to finish the edges and most times the wrong side looks just as good as the right!
Here are a few quick tips you might not think about when sewing with fleece, and some great pattern ideas!
If you are using a solid color it is often hard to tell the right side form the wrong side, especially after you start cutting out pieces. It's always a great idea to mark the wrong side with a marking pencil, chalk or even pins before you get started.
If you've laid out your fleece and realize you don't know which side is up, the selvage will naturally roll to the right side of the fabric.
Avoid directly pressing fleece. Use a press cloth or some kind of towel between the fabric and the iron. If you still have seams that don't lay as flat as you want, try topstitching. Along the same lines, don't dry your fleece in a hot dryer, use low heat.
Use a longer stitch length when sewing with fleece. Shorter stitches can pull through the fabric.
Fleece tends to be fairly bulky, so it's best to cut fleece one layer at a time.
Fleece can tend to shed more than other fabrics. Remember to clean any fuzzies out of your machine using canned air or a small brush.
Fun Fleece Patterns!


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BOSTON, July 30 (UPI) -- Breastfeeding for six months to a year is associated with better language at age 3 and verbal and non-verbal intelligence at age 7, U.S. researchers say.
Dr. Mandy B. Belfort of Boston Children's Hospital and colleagues examined the relationships of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity with child cognition at ages 3 and 7. Researchers used assessment tests to measure cognition -- attention, memory, producing and understanding language, learning, reasoning, problem solving and decision making.
"Longer breastfeeding duration was associated with higher Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test score at age 3 and with higher intelligence on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test at age 7," the researchers said.
However, the study found breastfeeding duration was not associated with Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning scores.
"In summary, our results support a causal relationship of breastfeeding in infancy with receptive language at age 3 and with verbal and non-verbal IQ at school age," the study authors wrote in the study. "These findings support national and international recommendations to promote exclusive breastfeeding through age 6 months and continuation of breastfeeding through at least age 1 year."
The findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics.


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Flying Korea's Bullet Train
Sep 21, 2010
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David Rich 700 Words
Flying the Korea's Bullet Train
I began writing this as South Korean bullet train KTX #139 pulled out of Seoul Station bound diagonally across the country to Busan, guaranteed two hours of mesmerisation. Moments before I'd sat entering a photography contest in Vienna, Austria, courtesy of onboard wifi. Exactly on the second of its scheduled departure KTX #139 pulled out smoothly without the hint of a clickety-clack, ride like silk.
This was nothing like any train I'd ridden anywhere. The overhead screen listed arrival times at the three stations en route and presto, we were up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour, the speed also displayed on the inch-thin monitor when smooth as a feather we hit 177 mph (285 kph). The almost complete lack of sound was courtesy of continuous welded rail. Check it out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail with photos of bullet trains from around the world.
The KTX was a far cry from the piercing shriek of screeching jet engines aloft yet we traveled faster, discounting the hour or two advance check in at airports, and at half the price of a plane ticket. In addition to perfect quiet a fetching cabin attendant slid a steaming cappuccino onto my table as I again pulled up the Vienna photography contest, passing adjacent freeway traffic like it was standing still. Oh yeah, rush hour in Seoul, it was standing still.
As usual on Korean public transport I was the only gringo in sight but everyone is always so solicitous. I only have to effect a blank look, which I can do with remarkable ease, and I'm kindly asked, May I help you? Thus after control paneling my keyboard into Korean a twenty something kid had helped me log onto the wifi, which required Korean. An hour later I found out it wasn't free wifi he'd logged me into but gratuitously into his personal pay-to-surf account, the well-beyond politeness typical of most Koreans I've encountered.
I sat back and watched the scenery slide by on fast forward:
• ubiquitous tunnels flashing like black blips
• over sprawling rivers like, whoa, was that a mighty river we crossed?
• passing buses going 100 kph in their special freeway lanes as we flew by at 300 kph+
• past Korean cities looking like high-rise Legolands of apartments to the horizon since 80% of Koreans go home in an elevator
It was like Imax in surround, valleys filled with greenhouses, orchards and rice fields, church steeples embellished with vertical Korean letters as 30% are Christians and thoroughly modern cities under a glinting autumn sun. Of course many developed countries fly bullet trains for principal public transportation from Japan and France to Germany, China and Korea. California might be next.
To reach my final destination I reluctantly disembarked the KTX, taking a Mugunghwa train, which must be Korean for slow with many stops:
• jerkety jerk starting up and slight clunkety clack though no clickety clack
• no table for my laptop
• across wide meandering rivers we wove and weaved about and must have gotten up to 60 mph on a couple of occasions
• noisy
• traffic on the next-door freeway drawing inexorably ahead as we snaily rolled along
• stopping every twenty or ten minutes, commuters on and off, inching ahead infinitesimally.
Would I ever reach Andong? One thing I'd learned. The Governator had better get on the stick and buy a few cool-cool bullets; get away from the last century's Mugunghwas!
When you fly Korean KTX: Conductors in Korea don't check tickets, never bothering the passengers except those boarding without tickets, sitting in seats for which no ticket has been purchased, which are few and far between on KTX. Korea is a third the size of California with a population of 50 million people, more internationally sold car brands than the USA and further advanced technologically in many areas, particularly public transportation where bus-stop electronic sign boards update bus arrivals by the minute and smart cards are used to pay for almost everything from public transportation to convenience stores. For example The Seoul Metropolitan Subway is one of the most heavily used subway systems in the world with more than 8 million daily trips. It is also one of the biggest subway stations worldwide, running 179.4 miles in length; generally see


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Step-Up Your Shadows in Photoshop
One goal of many digital scrapbookers is to create a digital page that looks just like a tradition layout. Focusing on your drop shadows can help you achieve that goal and create a layout that really stands out just like this page by Lynette Penacho.
Camping Fun by Lynette Penacho, as seen in the May/June 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
Note: These instructions are written for Photoshop. If you're using Photoshop Elements, check back soon for the article with instructions that apply to you.
In Photoshop you can choose to stick with the default settings, or just like photography, you can take it off auto. Play around with the distance, spread, and size sliders to see how they affect your shadow.
Also, try different opacities, colors and blend modes. Linear burn can sometimes produce a drop shadow much more realistic than the default, multiply.
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Asian stocks advanced, with the regional benchmark index posting its biggest weekly gain in a month, after reports on US retail sales, housing starts and manufacturing beat estimates and China's economy showed signs of stabilization.
Li & Fung Ltd (利豐), a supplier of toys and clothes to retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc, climbed 8.5 percent in Hong Kong. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (中國工商銀行), the world's biggest lender by market value, rose 2.8 percent as China's retail sales and exports accelerated last month. Softbank Corp jumped 7.3 percent in Tokyo after Japan's third-largest mobile phone company agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint Nextel Cor for US$20.1 billion.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced 2.3 percent to 123.55 this week, the most since the period ended on Sept. 14. Through Friday, the gauge had climbed 13 percent from this year's low on June 4, as stimulus measures in Europe, the US, Japan and China boosted market sentiment amid a global economic slowdown and Europe's crisis.
"We see good signs of stabilization and we can probably say the US economy is not going backwards," said Tim Leung, a portfolio manager who helps manage about US$1.5 billion at IG Investment Ltd in Hong Kong. "The market is enjoying a moment of relatively less hostile news from Europe."
Taiwan's TAIEX fell 0.4 percent this week to 7,408.76, down from 7,437.04 on Oct. 12.
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average rallied 5.5 percent, the biggest weekly advance since December, as the yen weakened against the US dollar, which could help boost earnings of Japanese exporters.
South Korea's KOSPI added 0.6 percent as Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 1.9 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index increased 2 percent, while China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.1 percent.
The Asian benchmark traded at 13.1 times estimated earnings on average, compared with 13.7 for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and 12.2 for the STOXX Europe 600 Index.
Exporters advanced as reports showed industrial production and retail sales gained more than expected in the US last month, adding to signs of a recovery of the world's biggest economy is taking hold.
China's economic growth has started to stabilize, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (溫家寶) said in remarks published on Wednesday by Xinhua News agency. The government is confident of achieving annual targets and the economy will continue to show "positive changes," Wen said, according to Xinhua.
Chinese lenders and developers advanced. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC, 中國工商銀行), China's biggest bank, gained 2.8 percent to HK$5.10 in Hong Kong. Agricultural Bank of China Ltd (中國農業銀行) rose 2.2 percent to HK$3.29. China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd, China's biggest real-state firm traded in Hong Kong, climbed 4.6 percent to HK$20.25.
Emerging-market stocks fell, paring the biggest weekly rally in more than a month, as disappointing earnings at Microsoft Corp dragged down computer companies and foreign investment in China fell more than economists forecast.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost 0.7 percent to 1,006.07 at the close of trading in New York, its first retreat in four days. Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), the world's largest laptop maker, declined for a third day in Taipei and Samsung Electronics Co fell for the first time in five days in Seoul.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Male Employee Fired After Alleging He Was Sexually Harassed by Female Supervisor, Federal Agency Charges
MOBILE, Ala. – Mobile Community Action, Inc. has agreed to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the private domestic non-profit corporation violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by firing Donte Bumpers after he opposed sexually discriminatory practices.
According to the suit filed by the EEOC in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Civil Action No.1:10-CV-00403), Bumpers was exposed to numerous instances of unwelcome and offensive sexual remarks and sexual touching by a female supervisor. His resistance to the misconduct influenced the supervisor to retaliate by requiring him to perform demeaning personal tasks unassociated with his job responsibilities. When he complained about the behavior, he was discharged, the EEOC said.
Sexual harassment and retaliation for complaining about it violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The settlement terms, set forth in the consent decree, require Mobile Community Action to pay $65,000 in compensatory damages to Bumpers plus reasonable attorneys fees. The decree also contains non-monetary provisions to ensure that the supervisors and managers are properly trained to fully comply with employment discrimination laws. The terms of the decree further require Mobile Community Action to establish workable procedures employees can take to report sexual misconduct. Further, it requires posting a notice for employees, reinforcing the company's policies on Title VII, in addition to establishing guidelines for investigating discrimination complaints.
"This settlement further illustrates the fact that sexual harassment in the workplace is not gender-specific," said EEOC District Director Delner Franklin-Thomas. "All employees should be allowed to perform their jobs without being subjected to abuse or to retaliation for reporting it."
C. Emanuel Smith, regional attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District Office, said, "This settlement achieves the EEOC's objectives by providing appropriate relief to the victim while implementing measures to prevent this kind of misconduct in the future."
Mobile Community Action, Inc. is a private domestic non-profit corporation incorporated in 1966, with the assistance of grants from the Alabama Department of Economic Assistance (ADECA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Head Start), operates a Head Start program and provides other community services (e.g., Weatherization, Utility Assistance, GED preparation classes) to qualifying families in the Mobile area. It employed 352 people at the time the discrimination charge was filed.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. The EEOC's Birmingham District consists of Alabama, Mississippi (except 17 northern counties) and the Florida Panhandle. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Date: 12/22/2008
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Indiens Ponkas Campés sur les bords du Missouri.
Punka Indians Encamped on the Banks of the Missouri.
Aquatint by Karl Bodmer, from "Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834", an account of the expedition of the German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist, Prince Maximilian.
For those who need larger images, for publishing or or larger projects or anything else, I have them for sale on Alamy as much larger files. I earn money on Alamy sales through this link, and you can see the entire portfolio here: the Karl Bodmer Page at Alamy.


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Junior • 2012
Rowed witht the fourth varsity eight four times and once with the third varsity eight ... Won at the EARC Sprints with the fourth varsity eight ... Helped the third varsity eight defeat Boston University ... Contributed to the fourth varsity eight's win against Syracuse and Holy Cross ... Helped the Crimson to victory against Brown.
Sophomore • 2011
Raced in the six seat with the third varsity eight and raced with the varsity four at the IRA National Championships … Aided in a second-place finish at the EARC Sprints … Contributed to victories over Navy, Penn, Princeton, Brown and Cornell.
Freshman • 2010
Helped the fourth varsity win its race as the Crimson captured its 30th Rowe Cup at EARC Sprints … Rowed in the three seat of the second freshman eight during the dual season, contributing to wins against Princeton, Brown and Cornell.


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DPS names school after Ruben Valdez, 1st Hispanic House speaker
A Denver school is being named for former House Speaker Ruben Valdez, a fixture in Colorado politics and government for more than 40 years.
The Denver Public Schools Board of Education on Thursday voted to name the campus at 2626 W. Evans Ave. the Ruben Valdez Achievement Campus. A ceremony is planned for August. A number of the board members, including Barbara O'Brien, Happy Haynes and Rosemary Rodriguez, have known Valdez for years.
"I was just thrilled and honored," said Valdez, a Trinidad native.


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These ridiculous people at National Auto Warranty Services (US Fidelis) are the only people to ever spam-call me on my cellphone. Now I know why.
After I told them to take me off their call list for the fifth time, I suspected something was fishy. This Reddit user finds out that they just don't give a shit about anything.
The company's been making calls since January '08, and has even been sued by AT&T and Verizon for spam calling their customers. For some reason, they still keep calling and making offers (legit or not, I'm not sure) about extending your factory insurance for your vehicle. If you've been getting these calls—and a lot of us here have been—hit up Reddit to see how you can file a complaint. [Reddit via Boing Boing Boing Boing Boing Gadgets]


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Women popping the question. Careful now.
The British Isles started the tradition of women only being allowed to propose to man on February 29th of a leap year. Interestingly, particularly for these austere times, if the proposal was met with a refusal, then it was traditional for men to pay a fine to the woman in the shape of £100 or a silk gown or – as in Denmark – 10 pairs of gloves.
So if you could do with the cash, have a tendency to lose gloves or genuinely have found that man or woman that you are prepared to exclusively have sex with for the rest of your life, then here are some tips for women on how to do it.
Public proposals
Whether it's printing "Think of the Tax Breaks!" on a billboard or taking the opportunity at half-time during the football, you must be sure that you are going to get a positive answer. A public forum does not necessarily mean your beau will be embarrassed into saying yes as this painful film demonstrates. If you are still unsure of which answer you will get but you really want those gloves (bear in mind the refusal fine is not legally binding) or you are really OK with being humiliated in front of thousands of people, do bear in mind that the only football teams playing tonight are Sheffield United, Scunthorpe, Ayr, Ross County, Arbroath, and Airdrie. That doesn't bode well now does it?
Flash mobs (or any variation on singing and dancing your proposal)
Do Not Do This Under Any Circumstances. To arrange a flash-mob to encircle your beloved and perform an awkward zumba class will reveal yourself to be a despicable human being. If, in fact, they would enjoy such a ghastly experience, then they will show themselves to be without shame and therefore likely to climb on a table during the wedding reception to perform their John Prescott impression with their buttocks. You have been warned.
The Engagement ring
This is incredibly difficult area when a woman is doing the proposing. If you are proposing to a woman you'll still need to fork out for a diamond while heterosexual men in Britain rarely wear engagement rings. Thus when you are on bended knee to a man, what are you going to proffer? They might appreciate a slice of cake, but this hardly has the symbolism of a ring. So try to find something ring-like that says "man". My heart is telling me cock-ring but my head is telling me "your heart has the sense of humour of a 12 year old". Also in capitalism's rush to make us buy useless things, engagement rings for men are now being marketed as "management rings". Only propose with one of these if you met your partner at a strategic business procurement conference because you're clearly made for each other.
On bended knee
It is convention that you propose on bended knee which both discriminates against the arthritic or those who cannot sit down or stand up without making an "ooft" noise. Also, there is a high chance that a loved one may misconstrue the action of a woman kneeling down in front of them as the start of a sexual encounter. If you hear the sound of a fly being unzipped you have got perhaps 10 seconds to get through your proposal, so make it quick.
Don't be too creative
Some people chose to propose while bungee-jumping or jet-skiing or somesuch. Presumably, they are under the impression that your potential betrothed will be so petrified they will say yes. But even something as simple as dropping a ring into a drink can result in your romantic gesture being delayed by the digestive tract of your loved one. No one wants their engagement to begin with searching for jewellery in their own faecal matter. Keep it simple; Hand Them The Ring.
Use desperation
All of the old cartoons of women proposing on a leap year depict ugly desperate women running after poor freedom-loving bachelors . Uphold this honoured tradition by clawing at their legs while you pop the question and sobbing. Why not wear your already-bought bridal gown? And entice them by taking pictures of yourself in the dress and photo-shopping your soon-to-be fiancé in? Nothing says "there's no going back" like a tattoo of their face under an "I Love My Hubby" t'shirt. You'll get a yes or a restraining order, either way your relationship will finally be legally defined.
Alternatively, women save yourselves embarrassment, rejection, expense and awkwardness by blissfully living in sin. We can then use 29th February for other things that we are not generally allowed to do; such as being a government minister.


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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth, 1985 (ICPSR 8546)
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Lloyd D. Johnston, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; Jerald G. Bachman, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; Patrick M. O'Malley, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
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This is the eleventh annual survey in this series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. The students are randomly assigned one of five questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions, but all containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are about 1,300 variables across the questionnaires. Full details on the research design and procedures, sampling methodology, content areas, and questionnaire design, as well as percentage distributions by respondent's sex, race, region, college plans, and drug use, appear in the annual ISR volumes MONITORING THE FUTURE: QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM THE NATION'S HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
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Percentage distributions provided in the codebook were generated using full weights, which are not available on the public use files. Therefore, these results cannot be replicated using the public use files. The differences between results produced using the full weights and those produced using the sampling weights available on the public use files are estimated to be below 1 percent.
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Multistate area probability sample design involving three selection stages: (1) geographic areas or primary sampling units (PSUs), (2) schools (or linked groups of schools) within PSUs, and (3) students within sampled schools. Of the 74 PSUs, 12 were selected with certainty and 62 were selected with probability proportionate to size based on the size of the senior class. In schools with more than 400 seniors, a random sample of seniors or classes was drawn. In schools with less than 400 seniors, all seniors were asked to participate. Each school was asked to participate for two years, so that each year one-half of the sample is replaced. Schools refusing participation were replaced with similar schools in terms of geographic location, size, and type of school (e.g., public, private/Catholic, private/non-Catholic).
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High school seniors in the contiguous United States.
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- Johnston, Lloyd D., Jerald G. Bachman, and Patrick M. O'Malley. Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth, 1985. ICPSR08546-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08546.v2
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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Friday, December 22, 2006
UPDATE 5PM: We have phone and internet access again! The technician came late in the day and my husband just phoned and said it was patched up, so, barring any big windstorms, it should hold until he comes back. Sunday there is a forecast of winds up to 90k an hour, but that's less than the last big storm that hit.
In the meantime, I'm keeping busy making food ahead of the holiday and doing a little decorating. Yesterday I made two seitan "pork" roasts:
and two seitan "turkey" roasts :
I also made some vegan Tourtière (a French-Canadian "meat" pie which DH, who comes from Quebec, MUST have every year on Christmas Eve):
The recipe was in an article that I wrote for Vegetarian Times magazine in 1995-- but now I use a package of Yves "Ground Round" (vegan "hamburger" crumbles) instead of the ground seitan. The recipe, unfortunately is not available online, though you can access it through your local libary electronic magazine archives. (NOTE: In the recipe on that site, the baking time inexplicably reads "SO"-- it should read "50-60 minutes, or until the pastry is done to your liking".) You'll find other French-Canadian recipes there, and some background on the Réveillon (REV-e-yawn), or Christmas Eve, feasting and traditions. UPDATE: DEC. 2014: See my new vegan Tourtière recipe here!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL (and I'd love to hear about your vegan holiday feasting)!
12 comments:
- veganmum said...
Happy holidays, Bryanna!
I do a tourtiere every Christmas Eve, too. I made the pastry today, but haven't yet made the filling, so I am going to check out your recipe. We will have ours with some raw vegetables and crackers with dips and pate.
I had hoped to make one of your fabulous pumpkin pies for Christmas dinner, but everyone in town is sold out of canned pumpkin, apparently. If I find the inclination and the time, I will make it from scratch, using a buttercup squash we were recently given. Your pumpkin pie really makes the holiday for us, especially for my husband.
Thanks so much for continuing to update us throughout this ordeal, and I certainly hope you are back online soon. Have a safe and happy holiday.
- Fri Dec 22, 04:16:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
I just heard from DH that they poatched up the phone line, so, barring any really heavy winds, we should be okay until after Christmas! YAY!
have a wonderful holiday, veganmum!
- Fri Dec 22, 04:57:00 PM PST
Your holiday treats look amazing. That roast would satisfy even the most omnivorous of family members.
Happy holidays.
- Sat Dec 23, 08:37:00 AM PST
- Susan Voisin said...
Bryanna, these all look so delicious, especially the Tourtiere (I'm clicking over to the recipe right after I send this). Thanks for all you do to make delicious vegan cooking accessible to everyone. Happy holidays to you and your family--I'm keeping my fingers crossed for no more storms!
- Sat Dec 23, 11:51:00 AM PST
im with Susan, thanks for everything!
- Sat Dec 23, 08:41:00 PM PST
Compliments of the season Bryanna. Given your link to a couple of new veggie groups in South Africa so hope they pop in and enjoy your blog as much as I do :)
- Mon Dec 25, 04:03:00 PM PST
- Vegan Knitting said...
Hi Bryanna,
I'm making the Tourtiere right now but unfortunately, the article says to bake the pie for "SO" minutes - looks like perhaps an optical scan typo, so I don't know how long to bake it. I'm trying 30 minutes and then checking it after that.
- Mon Dec 25, 07:08:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Thanks so much, Jackie!
vegan knitting-- Oh, I didn't see that! It should be 50-60 minutes, or until the pastry is done to your liking, actually. Hope you enjoyed it!
Happy Boxing Day and first day of Kwaanza to all!
- Tue Dec 26, 09:01:00 AM PST
- michelle (meiji) said...
Hi Bryanna - I am going to try making the tourtiere for Thanksgiving, since we won't be visiting my French Canadian Mother-In-Law this year (although, she makes the traditional meat version. I would really love to make a Vegan one that tastes exactly the same). If I use the Yves Ground Round, do I need to adjust the amount of marmite, ketchup, & seasoning mixture? Thank you!
- Tue Nov 24, 08:00:00 PM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Michelle, I use the same seasonings with the Yves as I do with the ground seitan. You can, of course, adjust the seasonings to your own taste.
- Tue Nov 24, 10:10:00 PM PST
- michelle (meiji) said...
Thank you, Bryanna. I picked up some marmite last night & tried it for the first time. That's some potent umami right there!
- Wed Nov 25, 07:50:00 AM PST
- michelle (meiji) said...
I made the tourtiere last night, & we couldn't wait for Thanksgiving. We dug into it last night. DELICIOUS! It didn't taste exactly like my mum-in-law's, but I just need to tweak the seasoning & maybe the amount of mashed potato flakes (my husband is used to a less dense filling). Just like all family recipes, everyone is used to what they're used to, so I'm going to have to take good notes on the seasoning ratio next time I'm at the in-laws. Thanks Bryanna! This is definitely a hit in my household & something I just wasn't sure I could recreate, but now I can, thanks to your recipe.
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Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Samples (ICPSR 18)
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This data collection contains 132 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) files from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing. Information is provided in these files on the housing unit, such as occupancy and vacancy status of house, tenure, value of property, commercial use, year structure was built, number of rooms, availability of plumbing facilities, sewage disposal, bathtub or shower, complete kitchen facilities, flush toilet, water, telephone, and air conditioning. Data are also provided on household characteristics such as the number of persons aged 18 years and younger in the household, the presence of roomers, boarders, or lodgers, the presence of other nonrelative and of relative other than wife or child of head of household, the number of persons per room, the rent paid for unit, and the number of persons with Spanish surnames. Other demographic variables provide information on age, race, marital status, place of birth, state of birth, Puerto Rican heritage, citizenship, education, occupation, employment status, size of family, farm earnings, and family income. This hierarchical data collection contains approximately 214 variables for the 15-percent sample, 227 variables for the 5-percent sample, and 117 variables for the neighborhood characteristics sample.
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Each 1970 Public Use Sample is a representative sample of the records from the 1970 Census sample questionnaires. The primary sample size is 1-in-100 or one sample unit (household, vacant unit, or person in group quarters) for every 100 such units in the population. Two long-form Census questionnaires were used in the 1970 Census: one for a 15-percent sample of the population, the other for a 5-percent sample. Of the 1970 samples, three 1/100 samples were drawn from the 15-percent sample data, and three from the 5-percent sample data, one for each of the three options for geographic information: (1) county groups, (2) states, and (3) geographic divisions with neighborhood characteristics. Any one sample contains only one of these types of information.
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All persons and housing units in the United States in 1970.
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- United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Samples. ICPSR00018-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00018.v1
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Laura Kennedy '12 was an International Studies Major. She lives an hour south east of Pittsburgh, PA in a small town called Ligonier.
It was in her Spanish class in high school that she discovered a love for the Spanish language and culture. On campus, Laura was the founder and president of the Washington College Chapter of Students Helping Honduras; an organization dedicated to helping impoverished and vulnerable children in Honduras.
Laura was also an active member of Campus Christian Fellowship, the Chess Club, the International Relations Club and lettered in soccer her freshman year.


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