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Volunteering on Vacation
You may not be able to change the world during a week's vacation, but you can change a little corner of it. Volunteering your vacation time puts your green living principles front and center. Whether you help build a house, assist in a remote archeological dig, comb beaches for signs of endangered species, or clear trails in a storm-damaged park, you'll return from your vacation knowing that what you've done has made a difference in the world. And there's a very good chance that you'll also gain new skills and new friends at the same time.
Knowing what to expect
You really need to do your research before committing to a volunteer vacation. In many cases, you share fairly basic accommodations with other volunteers in anything from tents to dormitories to local homes. You also should fully understand the level of physical strength or stamina that may be required. Mentoring journalism students, for example, may require specialized knowledge but little in the way of brute strength. If you're building rock retaining walls to protect against coastal erosion, however, you shouldn't be surprised when someone points to a rock and asks you to "lift!"
Find out how much assistance you'll receive in getting to the volunteer site: In many cases, you travel with other volunteers; in others, you travel alone. Either way, you'll likely be met at a transportation hub near your destination by organizers who take you the rest of the way. Organizers may provide cooked meals for you on-site, or you may be responsible for some or all of your own meals. Knowing these details can help to ensure that your expectations are realistic — and met.
Most organized volunteer vacation opportunities ask you to pay for your trip, including transportation, accommodation, and meals. Some organizations also ask for a monetary donation as a portion of the trip fee in order to further their work; they may ask you to provide this yourself, or you may have the option of fundraising at home before you head out on your vacation.
Check your federal tax regulations: In the United States and Canada, charitable donations can be tax-deductible, so it's possible that at least a portion of your trip cost could be deducted from your taxes.
Finding volunteer opportunities
If you already support a cause or a nonprofit organization, that's a natural place to ask about volunteer vacations. Otherwise, an Internet search on volunteer vacations will produce hundreds of options. (Try narrowing down the overwhelming results by refining your search with a geographic destination or a skill; for example, you may want volunteer vacations Nicaragua or volunteer vacations trail building.) These organizations also can help:


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"180 strokes" ? My God - who has the energy or time for that?
Zefal already make the excellent HPX pump. A frame fitting full length pump with a narrow barrel that means you can easily and quickly get to very high pressures, and an easy to use quick release clamp to get a good seal on the valve. It's also cheaper than this complicated piece of kit.
I lost my last one and immediately bought another.
The Profil Mini Trackpump RG01 is small enough to carry on your bike and has enough punch to get your tyres back up to full pressure – rather than 'get me home' pressure – if you have to fix a flat.
I must say, though, that I think calling this a trackpump is pushing it. It's more of a frame-mounted pump with a stabilising foot.
It's 34.5cm long with an aluminium barrel and piston. The lengthy (60cm) hose features a gauge to show how much pressure you have in your inner tube while the lockable aluminium head is suitable for both presta and schrader valves. It's not a smart head – you have to unscrew the end and reverse the rubber seal to swap between the two different types.
Fold out both the foot and the piston's dual-compound T-handle and you can use this like a trackpump... kind of. That foot doesn't lock into place so the RG01 isn't nearly as steady as a dedicated trackpump, and the handle is big enough for only one hand – although I found that gripping one hand with the other was the best technique. That said, as long as you're relatively careful to avoid losing stability, you can get a lot of power behind the piston – certainly a lot more than with most minipumps.
We managed to get 120psi into a 700x23c tyre in 180 strokes, and 100psi into a 35mm tyre in 225 strokes. Zefal reckon you can get up to 160psi with this pump. The highest we achieved was 140psi. That was relatively easy until the last few strokes. The gauge is pretty accurate too – within 4psi of the figures we got with a standalone digital gauge.
The hose hooks around the handle and the head clips back onto the foot to hold everything together, and the whole thing fits to a nylon bracket mounted to your bottle cage bosses. A rubber strap holds it securely in place and it hasn't slid down to batter the paintwork over rough roads.
Big Shaun Audane bent the piston of the first one of these pumps that we got in so we sent it back. We'd expect any similar failure to be replaced under warranty too. We put it down to bad luck because we've had no issues at all with the replacement.
Frame-mountable pump that's capable of getting full pressure into your tyres out on the road.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Zefal Profil Mini Trackpump RG01
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Zefal say, "High pressure pump with inline gauge ideal for road bikes.
- Max pressure 11 bar/160psi
- Extra long hose 600mm
- Ergonomic dual compound handle
- Lockable T-handle
- Foldable aluminium base
- Supplied with bike mounting clip
- Length 345mm
- Reversible head for Schrader & Presta valves"
It's not especially small or lightweight but it works well to get your tyres up to full pressure.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
The inline pressure gauge is pretty accurate according to our measurements.
It's not especially small or light compared to a minipump.
The handle is pretty small but it's certainly useable even by those with large hands.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
It achieved realistic road tyre pressures in respectable times without requiring superhuman efforts.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
It's a neat design that mounts to your bike without too much trouble.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
I wish the handle was a bit bigger. Plus, it would be good if the foot would lock into place for extra stability.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Possibly.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
About the tester
Age: 41 Height: 190cm Weight: 75kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now pushing 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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"180 strokes" ? My God - who has the energy or time for that?

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Kerry Says Snowden Should 'Man Up,' Return to U.S.
Edward Snowden continues to haunt the Obama administration -- and it's evident from the official pushback that there is little officials can do beyond professing annoyance.
Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the administration's now-standard position: Mr. Snowden is no patriot, he should come home and face justice and there's no honor in what he's done.
Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has spent the last year on the lam, is in the news this week thanks to an interview he gave to NBC News in which he talked up his credentials, saying that he was a true spy.
"I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas — pretending to work in a job that I'm not — and even being assigned a name that was not mine," Mr. Snowden said.
He also blamed the State Department for his exile in Russia.
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"I had a flight booked to Cuba and onwards to Latin America and I was stopped because the United States government decided to revoke my passport and trap me in the Moscow Airport," Mr. Snowden said in the portion of the interview released Tuesday night. "So when people ask 'Why are you in Russia?' I say, 'Please ask the State Department.'"
In his own NBC interview, Secretary of State John Kerry called Mr. Snowden's remark "a pretty dumb answer" and said he is welcome to return to United States to "make his case" at any time.
"If Mr. Snowden wants to come back to the United States today, we'll have him on a flight today," Mr. Kerry said. "We'd be delighted for him to come back. And he should come back, and that's what a patriot would do."
Mr. Kerry added: "If he cares so much about America and he believes in America, he should trust in the American system of justice. But to be hiding in Russia, an authoritarian country, and to have just admitted that he was really trying to get to Cuba, I mean, what does that tell you, really? I think he's confused. I think it's very sad."
In a separate interview with CBS, Mr. Kerry said Mr. Snowden should "man up and come back to the United States."
Last June, Mr. Snowden was charged with three felonies in federal court in Virginia. Were he to return to the U.S. he would presumably be arrested and his court proceedings would begin. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters en route to President Barack Obama's West Point commencement address that Mr. Snowden should "return here to face these charges."
Mr. Kerry said Mr. Snowden's whistleblower claims ring hollow as long as he remains overseas.
"Let him come back and make his case," Mr. Kerry said. "The fact is that he should – if he cares so much about America and he believes in America, he should trust in the American system of justice."
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What are skin tests?
Skin tests may be done to diagnose skin allergies, food allergies, bacterial or fungal skin infections, and other diseases. Skin tests are also done to tell the difference between cancer (malignant) cells and noncancer (benign) growths.
What are the most common skin tests?
Allergy Testing. Skin tests for allergies include:
Patch testing. Patch tests are used to help diagnose skin allergies leading to contact dermatitis. Possible allergens are applied to the skin (usually the back) with adhesive patches. They are left for a period of time, usually 2 days. The skin is then checked for any reaction 2 to 4 days later.
Prick tests. Allergens are applied to the skin. The skin is pricked so the allergen goes under the skin's surface.
Intradermal tests. A small amount of allergen is injected into the skin with a needle.
Skin biopsy. This test is used to diagnose skin cancer or skin disorders. A skin sample is removed and checked in a lab. Local anesthesia is injected to numb the area first. The sample may then be removed with a scalpel. For a shave biopsy, the skin sample may be removed with a razor blade. The sample is removed with a special tool (cylindrical punch) for a punch biopsy.
Culture. Skin, hair, or nails may be cultured to find bacteria, fungi, or viruses.
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Tucker stars in Corpus Christi's Minute Maid game
HOUSTON -- Astros fans on Tuesday got a glimpse of the future. And it looks promising. Especially for Corpus Christi's Preston Tucker, the Astros' No. 20 prospect, who homered twice in a losing effort.
The club's Double-A affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks hosted the San Antonio Missions in the first regular-season Texas League game played at Minute Maid Park, before 5,336 fans. The offensive talent was displayed by both teams, combining for six home runs and 32 hits.
HOUSTON -- Astros fans on Tuesday got a glimpse of the future. And it looks promising. Especially for Corpus Christi's Preston Tucker, the Astros' No. 20 prospect, who homered twice in a losing effort.
The club's Double-A affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks hosted the San Antonio Missions in the first regular-season Texas League game played at Minute Maid Park, before 5,336 fans. The offensive talent was displayed by both teams, combining for six home runs and 32 hits.
Yeison Asencio's two-run, one-out triple scored two runs in the top of the ninth off Andrew Robinson (4-2) to give San Antonio the lead for good, and the Missions went on to a 15-14 win over the Hooks.
"Today was special," said Hooks manager Keith Bodie. "Both teams played at another level. We've had some battles with San Antonio. Neither team wanted to lay down."
The game wasn't decided until Tucker lined out sharply to a diving Cody Overbeck at first base with the bases loaded to end the game off closer Frank Garces, making a winner of Jerry Sullivan (3-2). Tucker's eighth-inning solo home run, measured at 436 feet, was his league-leading 17th and broke a 12-12 tie.
Tucker was 2-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs in what should be the first of many games he'll play at Minute Maid Park.
"It's something to look forward to," said Tucker. "It was cool playing here tonight and it definitely gives you a positive outlook and hopefully moving up the ladder.
"None of us were disappointed [playing at Minute Maid Park]. We thought it was awesome. The best ballpark I've been to. Hopefully I can play here a lot more, a good hitter's eye. I liked it. I felt comfortable."
On a night San Antonio's Reymond Fuentes scored three times and had four of the Missions' 17 hits and the Missions' Casey McElroy had five RBIs and one his team's three home runs, it was Tucker who wowed the pro-Hooks crowd.
"He put on a show tonight," said Bodie. "He showed what type of player he is. He's a pleasure to be around."
Hooks (31-33) second baseman Jio Mier had three hits and three runs and catcher Rene Garcia had three hits. For San Antonio (33-31), Asencio had three RBIs and he, along with McElroy, Rymer Liriano and Hagerty, had two hits each.
It didn't take long for the home crowd to have something to cheer about. Tucker hit his 16th home run leading off the bottom of the second, part of a four-run explosion. Jonathan Meyer's first home run of the season, a three-run blast into the Crawford Boxes in left field, tied the game, 8-8, in the fifth.
But the Missions, and San Diego Padres faithful, also have to be encouraged about the future. McElroy, Hagerty and Lee Orr all homered off Alex Sogard in the Missions' six-run fifth inning that gave them an 8-5 lead. Leadoff hitter Fuentes reached base safely five times.
Hooks first baseman Telvin Nash singled in two runs and center fielder Delino DeShields, who left the game after four innings, singled in two runs in the second inning with a stolen base. DeShields, the Astros' first-round pick in the 2010 Draft, was taken out of the game after not running out a popup to first base in the fourth inning.
DeShields' replacement, Leo Heras, had a three-run triple in the Hooks' six-run fifth that gave the Hooks an 11-8 lead.
McElroy tied the game 5-5 with his three-run home run to deep right field off Sogard, who was facing his first batter after replacing starter Mike Hauschild. The Missions took a 6-5 lead in the fifth on Hagerty's sixth home run, into the left-field Crawford Boxes. Orr's sixth homer of the season hit the foul pole in right field.
The left-handed-hitting Tucker, who played three positions on Tuesday -- left, right and first base -- connected on a full count off right-hander Josh Geer for a solo home run over the right-field wall on a hard liner, giving the Hooks a 1-0 lead.
The Hooks banged out 15 hits and excelled on defense. Nolan Fontana displayed a strong arm at shortstop, and catcher Garcia picked off a runner at second base in the fourth inning with the Hooks holding a 4-2 lead. Garcia also laid down a perfectly placed bunt for a single that loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth, prior to Heras' bases-clearing triple off Adys Portillo.
Hauschild was staked to an early 4-0 lead, but he couldn't make it through the fifth inning. In four-plus innings, Hauschild allowed four runs and six hits with two strikeouts and two walks.
Geer, who was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 College Classic at Minute Maid Park while pitching for Rice, also pitched four-plus innings. He was tagged for seven runs and seven hits.
Richard Dean is a contributor to MLB.com.


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As far as I can tell, most aliens are a lot like Vikings. They're mainly interested in resources and occasionally, women. They don't operate with any sort of value system, and they're more than willing to sneak up on you. They're the type of assholes who will kill you while you're taking a shit or during the last five minutes of the X Factor results show. There's no moral compass in play, and if they can smite you while your back is turned, all the better. That's why you need to be willing to utilize anything around you as a weapon.
Think of an extraterrestrial brawl like an episode of Project Runway. Sometimes you'll be given a half hour to shop at Mood, but more often than not, you'll be dropped off at a pet store with a hundred bucks in your pocket and told to make it work. It takes craftiness to wow Michael Kors, and it takes that same outside the box ingenuity to slay Martians. You're not going to have mad scientists engineering absurd and deadly doodads for you like Tommy Lee Jones, and Big Willy one-liners will only amuse the creatures for so long. You need to exploit the terrain around you, and the best place for inspiration is movies.
Later this week, Attack The Block will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray. In its honor, Cinema Blend is proud to bring to you 7 crazy examples of movie characters killing aliens in utterly bizarre ways. In the event you do find yourself endangered by hideous creatures, think of the following weapons and act just as creatively. Nothing is ever off limits.
What do you think? What's your favorite way an alien has been killed? Sound off by voting in the poll below, or let us know if we missed another bizarre and brilliant murder by leaving a comment.
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Randy Rodgers on 03 Oct 12The DIY online club awards badges (called 'Skills' on the site) to students and kids of all ages in exchange for completing tasks. DIY Makers share their work with the community and get patches for the Skills they earn. Each Skill consists of a set of Challenges that help them learn techniques to get the hang of it. Once a Maker completes a Challenge, they add photos and video to their Portfolio to show what they did.


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It took more than 40 years, but John Lennon has finally got in his furious response at having Revolution, one of his most famous songs with the Beatles, unfavourably compared to the BBC radio drama Mrs Dale's Diary.
The jibe that the Beatles had sold out to the establishment was made in 1968 in a letter to Tariq Ali's radical journal Black Dwarf – which had concluded that the Beatles' mortal rivals, the Rolling Stones, had superior radical credentials.
Now, an apparently forgotten interview reveals how Lennon felt about the criticism at the time. "It's no good knocking down a few old bloody Tories!" Lennon raged, at the end of a year when Europe had been convulsed by student, trade union and political demonstrations and strikes. "The system's a load of crap. But just smashing it up isn't gonna do it."
Today's music fans will be stunned by the circumstances of the interview: Lennon spoke for six hours at his home in Surrey, sustained only by macrobiotic bread and jam made by Yoko Ono, to an overawed first-year student from Keele University who had hitchhiked hundreds of miles to meet him after applying by a letter sent to a fan magazine.
A snippet was duly published in the Keele student magazine, but most of the material stayed in the files of Maurice Hindle, now an author completing a book on Lennon and an academic at the Open University – until today, when he finally publishes the full version in the New Statesman.
"Outside Weybridge station a Mini Cooper with smoked-glass windows skidded to a halt like something out of The Italian Job. In the driver's seat was Lennon, looking much as he does in the colour photograph included with the Beatles 1968 White Album faded blue Levi's jacket, white T-shirt and jeans, dirty white sneakers, his shoulder-length hair parted in the middle, and , wearing the now famous granny glasses.
"We students crammed into the back of the Mini and John drove us up the bumpy private road that led to his house, Kenwood. In a sitting room at the back of the house we sat down on thick-pile Indian carpets around a low table, cross-legged. Yoko said little, as we all knew this was primarily John's day – and he said a lot.
Apart from a short break, when Yoko fed us macrobiotic bread and jam she had made, Lennon talked continuously for six hours."
Lennon was enraged by the open letter by John Hoyland published in Black Dwarf. The Beatles might have changed their image, but had lost none of their fire, he insisted.
"OK so we mop-topped it to get where I am – I'm here," he said. "There have been millions of changes, of course, but I'm still doing exactly the same thing I was doing at school, or at art school, and as a Beatle. "I'm not going to get myself crucified if I can help it, and so I've compromised. But I just want to see someone who hasn't, and who's still alive.""I've always said that 'don't drop out man – just stay in and subvert it!'"
Memories of the altercation were revived last year when most of the surviving protagonists were interviewed for various documentaries marking the anniversary of the 1968 protests and uprisings.
John Lennon died on December 8 1980, shot on the doorstep of his Dakota building home in New York by Mark Chapman - but by then had long since made his peace with Tariq Ali, and regained his radical laurels.The American journal Counterpunch four years ago finally published in full a long 1971 interview by Ali and Robin Blackburn, originally for the Trotskyist Red Mole, in which Lennon agreed with Ali that he was becoming "increasingly radical and political".
There was nothing new about this, Lennon insisted. "I've always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo. It's pretty basic when you're brought up, like I was, to hate and fear the police as a natural enemy and to despise the army as something that takes everybody away and leaves them dead somewhere."


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The Swiss rower quartet defense the European title
Neither the rough Betzsee nor the Olympic silver medalist from Great Britain could defend the title of Simon Niepmann (Seeclub Zürich/Basler Ruderclub), Lucas Tramèr (Club d'Aviron Vésenaz/Basler Ruderclub), Mario Gyr (See- Club Luzern) und Simon Schürch (Seeclub Sursee). However, the British made the Swiss crew to defend the title not simple and started better in the race. In the windshield of a small island in half distance the quartet entered a spurt and overtook the British and took the lead routinely to the finish. "It was an extremely challenging race. We are happy that we make it victorious and could defend our title." For Simon Niepmann and Lucas Tramèr the European title is already the fourth in series.
The two double sculls with Nico Stahlberg and Roman Röösli respectively in the lightweight class with Frédérique Rol and Patricia Merz reach both the strong 4th places. Thus, the Swiss Rowing Federation met its objective of a medal and two Top 6 ranks clearly.
On Photo: (f.l.t.r.) Mario Gyr, Simon Niepman, Simon Schürch, Lucas Tramèr. ©Swiss Rowing/Detlev Seyb


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Benefits of Senior Formula Foods
Is a senior formula food right for your pet? Well, we'd say it depends on what kind of food it is. Many commercial pet food makers have blindly copied human diet trends for older people in their pet food formulas, disregarding the physiological differences between human and canine or feline species. Lower protein and fat content with higher fiber and more carbohydrates is not the one-size-fits-all answer for senior pets. Cats in particular have trouble digesting carbohydrates, as they lack the enzymes that omnivores like humans and dogs have.
What's worse, the generally poor quality of ingredients in most commercial pet foods can cause more harm than good in aging pets. Fiber ingredients in these foods may come from peanut hulls or even newspaper pulp – not something you want your pet eating!
While reducing protein content may be of benefit to your pet, it isn't an absolute. Keep in mind that most pets thrive on a diet that mirrors what their wild counterparts eat (almost all protein). Unless your pet has a medical condition that requires reducing dietary protein, don't assume that the food with the lowest protein percentage is the best option for your senior companion. For more information about the importance of protein in pets' diets, please see our article, "The Role of Protein in Good Nutrition."
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European Stock ETFs
Europe is a good place to hold ETFs because it boasts the oldest, most established stock markets in the world: the Netherlands, 1611; Germany, 1685; and the United Kingdom, 1698. Relative to the stocks of most other nations, European stocks, as a whole, are seemingly low-priced (going by their price-earnings [P/E] ratios, anyway).
Europe's strengths include political stability (well, for the most part . . .), an educated workforce, and a confederation of national economies making for the world's largest single market. Germany, the largest economy in Europe, has been growing its export industry faster than any nation on the planet.
Europe's great weaknesses include a persistently high rate of unemployment (outside of Germany); a rapidly aging population; and a few member nations, most notably Greece and Portugal (and to a lesser extent Spain, Italy, and Ireland), whose governments have racked up some very serious debt. These nations are collectively — and none too flatteringly — known as the "PIGS" (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain) or sometimes "PIIGS" (with Italy thrown in).
Even with its weaknesses on full display, the European market definitely deserves a piece of your portfolio.
Vanguard MSCI Europe ETF (VGK)
Indexed to: MSCI Europe Index, which tracks approximately 465 companies in 16 European nations
Expense ratio: 0.14 percent
Top five country holdings: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain
This ETF has everything going for it: low cost, good diversification, and tax efficiency. You can't go wrong (unless the European stock market falters, which, of course, could happen).
The mix of many nations and currencies (Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc, Swedish Krona) gives this fund an especially good balance and an especially good way to help protect your portfolio from any single-country (or currency) collapse. Like all Vanguard ETFs, VGK trades free of commission if held at Vanguard.
BLDRS Europe 100 ADR (ADRU)
Indexed to: The Bank of New York Mellon Europe 100 ADR Index, a market-weighted basket of 100 European market-based ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) representing the United Kingdom (about half the money pot) and major nations of the European continent, in addition to, for some unknown reason, Israel
Expense ratio: 0.30 percent
Top five country holdings: United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany
Not as diverse as the Vanguard European ETF, but with 100 stocks, it's plenty diverse enough. The yearly expense ratio is about midway between the Vanguard European offering and the iShares Europe offering. All told, the BLDRS Europe is a good choice, although it may not be the best. (That, as usual, would be Vanguard.)
iShares S&P Europe 350 (IEV)
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Like iShares domestic offerings, their foreign ETFs good products. The diversification is excellent. The indexes make sense. The tax efficiency is top notch. The only drawback: they're relatively expensive. At roughly 3.3 times the cost of the Vanguard European offering, IEV just isn't anything to write home about.


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Widely cultivated in the Far East and Indian subcontinent, the sad neglect of the bright green mung bean deprives busy cooks elsewhere of a nourishing and time-saving friend. Soaked overnight, mung beans cook in as little as 20 minutes and provide an easily digestible source of protein, dietary fibre as well as thiamin, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and copper. Best of all, the mild and slightly astringent taste of mung beans pairs easily with almost any variety of vegetables and spices for simple, wholesome and delicious dishes that form a complete meal when served with rice or other grains.
Use this recipe as a simple template for quick and easy mung bean and vegetable soups, adjusting spices to suit your taste and incorporating your own favourite vegetables at intervals suited to their cooking times. In this case I used three carrots added with the beans at the beginning of boiling, and half a cup of fresh garden peas 5 minutes before finishing. Wholesome, warming and delicious, this mung bean and vegetable soup is thick enough to serve on a bed of rice or on its own in a bowl, and is a satisfying dinner solution when time is a cook's precious commodity.
Asafoetida powder — the ground resin of a fennel-like plant found in Asia — is a pungent spice reminiscent of onions and garlic but far more digestible (many Indians avoid onions and garlic altogether in favour of asafoetida). It is easily found in Indian and Asian grocers, and should be added to hot oil for only a few moments. If you don't have asafoetida, add one clove of minced or crushed garlic with the other spices.
This is my contribution to My Legume Love Affair, one of my favorite events started by Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook and hosted this month by Monsoon Spice.
Mung Bean and Vegetable SoupOther mung bean dishes you may enjoy:
1 cup dried mung beans
1 to 2 cups chopped vegetables
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
Rinse the mung beans under cold running water and soak overnight in a bowl covered in several inches of cold water with a little yogurt whey or lemon juice added.
Drain and rinse the soaked beans and add to a medium saucepan. Cover with 3 cups of fresh cold water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to low, stir in the cayenne and turmeric, and cover. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes or until the beans are soft, stirring occasionally.
If using root vegetables such as potatoes or carrots, add to the pan with the beans and water. Add other vegetables at intervals suited to their cooking times (e.g., after 10 minutes for green beans, after 15 to 20 minutes for corn or peas).
When the beans and vegetables are cooked, remove from heat. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add the olive oil, wait a few moments, then swirl to coat the pan. Toss in the brown mustard seeds, wait a few moments to let the seeds start to splutter, then quickly stir in the cumin and coriander. Toss in the asafoetida, stir once, then pour the seasonings into the soup. Let the soup sit for a few minutes to let the flavours mingle.
Season with salt to taste, and serve hot or warm. Serves 4.
Indian Sour Mung Bean Soup
Mung Bean and Coconut Soup
Mung Bean and Tamarind Dal
West Bengali Mung Bean & Tomato Soup
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Bruce Adams, chairman of the San Juan County Commission, recently took a three-hour tour of the White Mesa Mill. He came away with a renewed appreciation for the size and scope of the operation.
Adams said, "I really had no idea how big the operation is and what a pillar it is to the economic health of San Juan County. It is the crown jewel of private enterprise in southeastern Utah."
Undoubtedly the largest private employer in the county, Denison Mines employs 150 people full time at the mill, another 60 in mining and trucking necessary to provide feedstock to the mill. They also employ 35-40 miners at the Arizona 1 Mine near Kanab. There are many people who act as subcontractors that provide goods and services to the mill operation but are not on Denison's payroll.
The annual operating budget at the mill is $31 million. In addition to that, Denison spent $35 million to refurbish and retrofit the mill when they started milling uranium again. Another $12 million was spent on a state-of-the-art tailings cell.
Each day, more than 400 tons of ore are delivered to the mill by trucks. In-state truckers are allowed to pull pups (trailers), while interstate trucks are not. Most of the ore comes from the Pandora and Beaver mines near La Sal and the Arizona 1 Mine near Kanab. There is also ore purchased from a private producer who mines in the Fry Canyon area of San Juan County.
The world price for yellowcake has risen from $40 per pound last year to $73 per pound at the present time. The White Mesa Mill is running at less than half capacity because they cannot mine or buy enough ore to run at full capacity.
That is the reason the mill runs for 10 days and then shuts down for four. "We would love nothing more that to be able to run 24 hours a day year around," said Hochstein, "but until we open more of our own mines or we are able to buy ore from independent miners, this will be the way we will have to operate. The mill is designed to handle 2,000 tons of ore per day.
Even so, the White Mesa Mill produces 24 percent of all the yellowcake produced in the United States at the present time. Last year, 1.2 million pounds of yellowcake uranium and 2.2 million pounds of vanadium were produced. The present world price for vanadium is $7 per pound. Vanadium's principle use in industry is to harden steel.
Yellowcake from Blanding is shipped to Metropolis, IL. It is further refined there and then shipped to several other places around the country before it ends up in the fuel rods that are the energy source for nuclear power plants.
Last year, Denison Mines paid San Juan County $950,000 in property taxes. The ripple effect of the money Denison spends in the county, in addition to wages, benefits and taxes, would be difficult to calculate.
With uranium prices on the rise, the company is contemplating opening the Tony M Mine near Tickaboo, UT west of Lake Powell. Denison owns many other mining properties across the Colorado Plateau and plans to open more as the price of uranium rises.
Sixty-five percent of the employees at the mill, and a substantial number of their miners, are Native Americans.
When asked about what the most difficult aspect of uranium mining is, Hochstein replied without hesitation, "it is the self proclaimed groups in the country who seem to think it is their duty to do everything they can to thwart or delay the development of energy sources."
He continued, "I don't even call them environmentalists any more…they are fringe groups which are out to stop anything that will help the United States become energy independent."
Denison Mines has been in a legal battle with various groups for some time now because Denison wants to expand their mines in the La Sal area and drill vent holes so fresh air can be pumped into the mines.
"We are challenged at every turn and I don't know when we will finally get permission from the State and the BLM to do what we need to do in La Sal. It is tremendously expensive to spend years in litigation before being able to do almost anything in the energy business these days.
"On the one hand, the Obama Administration says they want clean energy and more energy independence from OPEC countries, but they allow roadblocks and red tape in such quantities that it will make true energy independence virtually impossible." Hochstein said.


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Dispatchers Won't Send Police to Minor Incidents So They Can Work on Reducing Number of Homicides
CHICAGO—Police here stopped physically responding to some 911 calls for non-life-threatening issues this week so officers can focus on stemming the city's rising homicide rate, a strategy that other big cities have implemented with sometimes controversial results.
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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A New York town's board members have decided it's OK to boo at their meetings — but only if it's done politely.
The Riverhead board voted to ban booing earlier this month. But Newsday reports that the board voted 4-1 on Tuesday to strike the anti-boo rule from the books.
The board on Long Island retained another part of its code. That part prohibits disruptive behavior and disruptive demonstrations.
No explanation was given on how to boo without being disruptive.
Councilman James Wooten says the town supervisor should be able to keep order at a meeting without written rules.
Supervisor Sean Walter defends the intent of the anti-booing rule. He says there are similar regulations in towns across New York state.
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The Ridge House is located in Rome, Georgia, near New Echota, the Cherokee national capital. The two windows to the left of the front door were part of the earliest part of this house, a log cabin of two rooms separated by an open breezeway. By the time of the relocation, Major Ridge had enlarged the cabin into a fine house, with eight rooms, 30 glass windows, four brick fireplaces, and paneling in the parlor. The two one-story wings were added in the 20th century.
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2. Can you see any features that might indicate that this house was built by a Cherokee? In what ways do you think the design of the house reflects Ridge's attitudes towards accommodation to white society?
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This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?
This practical activity challenges you to create symmetrical designs by cutting a square into strips.
How can you make a curve from straight strips of paper?
This is a simple paper-folding activity that gives an intriguing result which you can then investigate further.
Make new patterns from simple turning instructions. You can have a go using pencil and paper or with a floor robot.
Nearly all of us have made table patterns on hundred squares, that is 10 by 10 grids. This problem looks at the patterns on differently sized square grids.
Here is a chance to create some attractive images by rotating shapes through multiples of 90 degrees, or 30 degrees, or 72 degrees or...
Here is a chance to create some Celtic knots and explore the mathematics behind them.
In abstract and computer generated art, a real object can be represented by a simplified set of lines. Can you create a picture using mathematical instructions?
Anamorphic art is used to create intriguing illusions - can you work out how it is done?
How can you represent the curvature of a cylinder on a flat piece of paper?
Use functions to create minimalist versions of works of art.
How many different colours of paint would be needed to paint these pictures by numbers?
What groups of transformations map a regular pentagon to itself?
How many different colours would be needed to colour these different patterns on a torus?
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This problem generated concise statements of general rules based on clearly presented evidence.
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In this game, try not to colour two adjacent regions the same colour. Can you work out a strategy?
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Moroccan Mint Tea Recipes
Moroccan Mint Iced Tea Recipe (Video)
Iced tea is so refreshing on those hot days of summer. Today, I infused fresh spearmint from the garden in green tea. The invigorating fragrance of mint makes it pleasing to even the most refined palate.
I just finished filming the cooking tutorial. You'll see how easy it is to prepare. Sit back, watch, sip and relax!
Full Recipe...
Mint and Cardamom Flavored Arnold Palmer (Lemonade with Iced Tea)
An Arnie Palmer is quite refreshing on those dog days of summer. The drink is named after the American professional golfer, Arnold Palmer. Legend has it that while golfing in his country club in Colorado, he requested that lemonade be added to his iced tea but the bartender initially refused. After some cajoling, the bartender finally relented. And thus the Arnold Palmer was born.
I infused some fresh mint from the garden in the tea and some cardamom seeds in the lemonade. You can of course either just make a Morrocan tea or a cardamom lemonade but the combination of the two is simply divine.
This drink is dedicated to our friend Scott who is an avid golfer. Summer is on its way and I bet he's going to be back on the greens very soon. Scott: I promise that next time you stop by the house, I'll make an Arnold Palmer for you and Lulu.
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FTC gives time on Do Not Track
The Federal Trade Commission supports attempts by Web browsing companies, advertisers and privacy groups to develop industry standards on Do Not Track technology and wants to see ongoing talks play out before backing a legislative solution, top officials have told POLITICO.
At the same time, the commission isn't taking a position on a fight between stakeholders about whether to make DNT a default setting in Web browsers, even as Microsoft butted heads with Yahoo last month over its announcement that it would turn on those signals by default in the next version of Internet Explorer.
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The officials said during a meeting Friday that they're trying to support consumer privacy by stepping in when they think companies have gone over the line and promoting values like transparency and choice across the online ecosystem. That includes the agency's work with Internet stakeholders to design a system whereby consumers have a choice about where their data goes, although that has been a "two steps forward, one step back" process, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said.
Discussions among World Wide Web Consortium members about Do Not Track standards seem to be moving forward, the officials said, and the FTC wants to nurture that process. "We support a self-regulatory approach. The W3C is part of that," Leibowitz said.
There is plenty of room for positive development among W3C members, Leibowitz said, even though discussions are not immune to hiccups or sometimes heated rhetoric. Talks on the issue have been in the works for more than a year, and could determine the extent to which users can tell websites not to serve them targeted advertising.
The parties are much closer to an agreement than they used to be, said FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck. And the agency would like to see those talks progress before backing a legislative solution — although the clock is ticking, to some extent.
"If by the end of the year or early next year, we haven't seen a real Do Not Track option for consumers, I suspect the commission will go back and think about whether we want to endorse legislation," Leibowitz said.


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Last night I tried this delicious, refreshing combo: MANGO + COCONUT WATER + LIMES
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Allgaier Finishes 11th in Phoenix NNS Race
November 8, 2008
AVONDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 8, 2008) - Justin Allgaier, piloting the No. 12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge Charger, posted an 11th-place finish in Saturday's Hefty Odor Block 200 race at Phoenix International Raceway. It was his best finish in only his third NASCAR Nationwide Series start for Penske Racing.
Allgaier had qualified the No. 12 machine in the 20th spot for Saturday afternoon's 200-lap race at the one-mile oval just outside of Phoenix. As soon as the green flag dropped, Allgaier informed the Penske Truck Rental team that the car was tight-handling off the corners, and came down pit road on lap 22 for four tires, fuel and wedge adjustments. Allgaier restarted in 26th place and by lap 30, was closing in on the top-20.
On lap 47, still working on the No. 12's handling, Allgaier got "loose" under another competitor and spun. "I got a little lower on the bumps and started hopping and wouldn't turn left," Allgaier radioed to Penske Truck Rental team crew chief Matt Gimbel. "I got in under the (No.) 59 and it wouldn't hold and spun."
Gimbel brought the No. 12 machine down pit road for four fresh tires, and Allgaier restarted the race in 33rd position. Soon after, Allgaier had some challenges with a tight-handling condition and came down pit road again for fuel and a wedge adjustment. He restarted the race in 10th, as Gimbel elected not to change tires on that stop.
Unfortunately the adjustments did not change the tight condition, and additionally, Allgaier reported the No. 12 was "too loose" coming off the corners. On lap 123, Gimbel brought the young driver back down pit road for four tires, fuel and an additional wedge adjustment.
As the race progressed and the sun drifted lower in the Arizona sky, visibility through turn one became difficult for Allgaier, but he maintained times as fast as the leaders while running in 15th place. By lap 180, Allgaier advanced to 12 th spot, but at that point was put one lap down by the leader.
When the caution flew on lap 194, Gimbel brought Allgaier down pit lane one last time for two right side tires. Allgaier restarted 12th on lap 199 for the green/white/checkered finish and picked up another spot as a crash on the front stretch occurred. This enabled Allgaier to post an 11th-place finish in only his third race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Penske Racing
"I couldn't be happier for the Penske Truck Rental team," Allgaier said after the event. "These guys on this crew have worked so hard to run well and this is a tribute to their hard work. It was a long day, we got around early unfortunately and these guys never gave up on me. I wish we could have brought home a top-10, but hey, we'll take 11th and our first good finish of the season."
Allgaier will be back in the No. 12 Penske Racing Dodge at Homestead-Miami Speedway Saturday, November 15, for the running of the Ford 300. The race will be broadcast on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. EST and will air on MRN radio at 4:30 p.m. EST.


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Well, I thought I would stop by to wish everybody a happy Halloween, and I couldn't help but create a ghost family tree:
By the way, did you know that Halloween means Hallows Eve (the eve before the Day of the Dead, on the 1st of November), and its origins are Celtic?
2,500 years ago the Celtic people from what is now the UK celebrated New Years Eve at the end of the summer, not in December, and for them this day was the 31st of October. For some reason, the Celts thought that on this day the spirits would come out of their tombs and walk the earth. To scare off the spirits, people decorated their houses with bones and other scary objects that would ward off the spirits.
Nowadays, Halloween is most celebrated in Anglo-saxon cultures where people dress up like monsters and fantasy creatures and do Trick-or-Treating. Most homes, as you may have noticed, put a Jack-o-lantern outside on the doorstep.
I must say that while I knew about Halloween when I was in Italy, unless you knew some Americans or English people, nobody would celebrate it. The day to put your mask on is "Carnevale", instead, which comes 40 days before Easter, but I will talk about this when time comes.
It is indeed incredible how things might change in just a few years though...
From what I have noticed, many people in Italy now celebrate Halloween too.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
The Shoe Repair Shop
Funny enough, the tv show The Mentalist recently featured the main character going into a shoe repair shop for the annual fix of his one pair of shoes. He took his shoes off and then waited. He ended up having to get a loaner pair of sneakers for the rest of the show.
I remember growing up in Connecticut and having a shoe repair shop in my town. The proprietor was an Italian immigrant and he operated from a little hole in the wall shop. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the shop anymore. Though I do remember my mother going there on many occasions to get her heels repaired. Nowadays people would be more likely to throw their shoes away rather than get them fixed.
It got me thinking - this is an example of the intersection of the present and history within our own lifetime. Something that starts out as a normal, active part of our daily lives quietly recedes in the past to be forgotten. We don't even notice it slipping away. Until one day, if we're lucky, we realize that thing is gone from our lives.
Hopefully, at that moment we realize history in the making and strive to capture it by gathering photos or stories or ephemera before all connection is lost.
Have you ever given a thought to history in the making? Have you ever realized that you'd better capture something, whether in photos or a recording, before it's gone?
Do you know of any shoe repair shops still open near you? What else has disappeared from your life?
Food for thought on this Thursday morning!
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Last week, I passed through South Station in Boston on the way to the bus hub. I saw a sign for the shoe repair shop there. I remembered when I regularly commuted into Boston by train that I would have my favorite boots and shoes resoled at the shop inside North Station. I wondered if that was still there, too.ReplyDelete
Even having shoes that can be resoled is old-fashioned. Vibram soles can be done, but I'm not sure about sneakers, Nikes, whatever.
What about knife-sharpeners? We've lost things that our grandparents took for granted, like the rag man.
Great posting. Made me think.
An interesting train of thought Marian. I remember when Dad used to do the soles and heels at home. Whilentalking about being environmentally friendly we're still throwing repairable items in the garbage. here are several shoe repair places not far from me...interesting that's so different here in Nth Australia.ReplyDelete
There was a shoe repair shop in Derry for years and years. We used to have shoes, purses, suitcases, (you name it!) repaired there. My daughter used to like to see the cowboy boots and saddles lined up on the shelves when she was little. He closed a few years ago and misssed it very much, and now we have to go to Nashua or Manchester for shoe repairs. I recently walked into the Derry History museum and there on the counter was a large, multicolored ball of wax. The entire family shouted out "From the shoe guy!". I'm glad that my daughter (now 25) knew what it was. Future generations will see it as only a ball of wax, but to us it will always represent the little shoe shop in Derry that smelled like leather, steam heat and hot wax.ReplyDelete
I still take my hiking boots to a shoe repair shop! Unfortunately of all the shoes I own, that is the only one that can be repaired. Modern shoes have such different construction, soles, materials and stitching that shoe repair shops won't touch them.ReplyDelete
I worked part-time at a shoe shop back in the 80's! The owners have since retired and the shop is closed because they could not find a buyer. The closing was in the local paper because the shop had been open for so long. But it is no more, unfortunately.ReplyDelete
My husband used to take his military boots to be resoled. But the man retired and closed up his shop a couple of years ago. I wonder if current military boots can even be repaired today? I am not sure I have any shoes that could be fixed. Sad!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 18, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I commute daily from Connecticut to NYC. I can't think of any shoe repair places near my home in Connecticut, but in NYC they are a bit more common. There are several shoe repair spots right at Grand Central Terminal, where they also have polishing stations set up. I use them often, and been surprised at just what they've been able to repair. There is also a man who comes in a few times a week to my office building. He'll come pick up your shoes to be repaired, and bring them back to you in a day or two.ReplyDelete
We have a shoe repair shop as a neighbour, just two doors away, here in Chipping Sodbury. As well as doing excellent shoe repairs, the owner does key cutting, lock repairs and engraving. He also sells useful items like batteries, slippers and suitcases and takes in parcel deliveries for us. He is a local treasure. One of the advantages of living in a small market town, I guess.ReplyDelete
There's a shoe repair place in my parents' small town - I don't know how he stays open, as all of his repairs seem to cost $6. (Maybe if I had nicer shoes, it would be a more expensive repair?) Now living in NYC, there are plenty of places to get shoes repaired. I have a pair of boots I've been meaning to take to the one near my home for a couple of weeks now . . . I should get on that!ReplyDelete
Wow, Marian, I didn't know you grew up in CT! What town? We're in Fairfield, and we used to have several shoe repair shops during our stay here (40 years). Now we're down to one. Tailor and dressmaker shops are also fading into the past, as are sewing centers. When we first moved here, you could buy cloth and patterns and sewing notions at several stores, which have now disappeared. If you want a hem altered or a blouse stitched back together, you have to ask the dry cleaners. Near here, in Westport, they do have a quality tailor's. But for how long?ReplyDelete
One more point. We're a throw-away society now, alas. Waste, pollution. CT is starting a "zero waste" program, I read (too many toxic incinerators), and I'll bet repair shops for appliances, shoes, dresses, and whatever else will re-appear. I surely hope so!
There is a shoe repair shop in Centrailia, MO. We have used them for several leather repair needs, not just shoes.ReplyDelete
Growing up, our neighbor down the street had a shoe repair in his basement. When we would get a new pair of shoes they would go there to have cleats put on the heels to make them last. But they would find their way back to be re-heeled or soles. Where I live now there is a weekend market with many shops, one of them is a shoe repair. It always seems very busy when I go by and It always reminds me of the shop of my childhood.ReplyDelete
I use to always bring my shoes to a shoe shop to be replaced. I alwasy found even then that most were in bigger cities. I remember having to bring shoes with me on the train to Boston if I wanted them repaired. A couple of years ago I found out about a shoe repain place in Nashua because I had boots I really liked and wanted the heals replaced. I don't remember if I just called or brought them in but it would have more to fix then replace and they were not even sure they could fix them. They don't make things like they use to.ReplyDelete


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I sympathise.That seems to me to be unreasonable. How can one develop the skills of people about whom one knows nothing?. If they are really new to English, they have no skills in any case.
I think in those circumstances, if I didn't tell the people concerned what they could do with their job, I'd fall back on a 'find someone who... ' or 'ask your neighbour if s/he ..."type of task. This can serve as a very quick diagnostic test and give some, albeit limited, opportunity for feedback and remedial work.


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