Any chance on expanding on the steam generator?
Rather than clutter that thread, I started a one.
I based it on Pintoshines one on AD. I use my 6kW keg boiler with a 4" to 2" reducer. On top of that I tri-clamp a 2" end cap that's been drilled & tapped to 3/4". A standard brass plumbing fitting screws into that. 3/4" copper pipe is then soldered in.
It runs up to a 3 way valve - 1 side is open to the atmosphere, the other goes to the wand. I mounted a t piece with a 15psi rated steam certified pressure relief valve. I used 2 unions so I could adjust the arm up & down as may be needed (I have a couple of different size vessels I use to mash in depending on batch size). the sparge ring is 3/8" with a heap of 1/8" (?) holes drilled in the bottom.
You know, I did some work a year or so back with a guy who was setting up a steam room in his basement. He was plumbing in a 6 or 9kw steam generator, not sure what kind of sauna unit. I know it was 240v single phase though. It had a water inlet that was connected to municipal supply, an integral safety valve, and some basic controls, on/off/timer.
Just perusing ebay, there seem to be quite a few of these units available. Anyone ever experiment with these?
Hi @grim, I looked at them before making this. Thought they were a neat solution, but cost won out.
Thanks @crozdog, I have seen pics of your setup B4 I believe on another post here but did not put 2&2 together. I actually have a steam shower in my master bath but the Misses get a little tense when I dissect things, I mean really they let me pull a nuclear core apart at work and she won't even trust me to replace a light bulb. :ar!
I have read Pints post and will need to revisit once the new still is finish, but will probably require some hand holding as I get ready to head down that path. Nice set up and pretty straight forward.
@Manofconstantsorrow, Once I got my head around Pint's build I looked at my copper supply & pipe fittings & found I only needed to buy a couple of parts on top of the end cap / 3 way valve & PRV.
My ones is almost the same as that if you need more pics?
I made one too using a propane heated keg as the kettle. My only issue was that I brazed the joints with a 56% silver solder. In the process I annealed the pipes so they got a bit soft and needed support. Just something to think about. Probablycould have got away with soft solder as there is not much steam pressure involved.
@crozdog how long does it take to get a 15gal mash up to temp with this setup, and about how much water do you use ?
@Telluride Could you elaborate a bit on the water level maintainer? Slick design if it works as simply as it looks.
@Cambo said: Telluride Could you elaborate a bit on the water level maintainer? Slick design if it works as simply as it looks.
Yes please help us understand better.
FYI, I do stock 2" 3" 4" SS split ring pipe hangers that can be used in lieu of the plumbers strap.
Very, very interested in this and listing it as a stock part @Telluride . Some drawings and an explanation would be fantastic.
Parts list would be great too.
So the small tank that is connected via some flare fittings houses a liquid level control switch and a solenoid valve. I had to offset these items so that the rapid boil wouldnt affect the level switch. I got the liquid level switch from auber instruments and wired it directly to a 120v solenoid valve that the water line is connected to. Ive ran this thing for close to 12 hours straight doing 4 brews in a day. At one point i had it set up to a pid controlling a solenoid valve off the temp in the mash tun, but ive found it easier to just control the amount of steam that enters the mash tun with a needle valve, now that pid just reads the temp inside the mash tun for me.
I am pretty sure I could get Punkin to rub your feet if there were a way to illustrate the functionality with a flow chart/diagram or the like. This unit is fascinating.
maybe 3 elements in a 4" end cap for super steam or lower watt-density?
The water level maintainer, or "stilling well" is the proper term, needs to be further away, you cant have it piggy backed right on the unit, this is due to the transfer of heat, right now it is just far enough away so that the stilling wells water doesn't start to boil after prolonged use. If the stilling well starts to boil, the liquid level switch bounces around and floods the system. The problem with switching the steam generator to a 2" from a 4" has to deal with the temperature change that the added water would have. I dont have a problem with maintaining at 260f in my current setup, if i were to decrease to a 2" it would decrease the volume of water to 1/4 of the amount in the 4", and surely would be quite a bit more affected by the incoming cold water to keep the water filled properly. Think of it this way, with a 2" you hold 1 quart of water boiling water, if you add 1/4 cup of 50 degree water, there is a greater affect on the temperature than if you were to add the 1/4 cup of 50 degree water to a gallon of boiling water. I have definitely thought about running a few of these, if i was doing cereal mashes I would, but i stick to a single malt for our whiskey and only have to bring the temperature from 140 to 155. Only takes about 10 minutes currently.
What size batches are those @Telluride?
@Telluride this contraption could be awesome but I'm still trying to get my head around it.
Waiting for your diagram/flow chart.
So is that a vertical inline boiler? You boil a small volume of water and keep topping it up as steam is produced? What size element?
Exactly what function does the top tube connecting the reservoirs serve?
equalises the pressure allowing the liquid to flow.
Wouldn't water flow by it entering the source tank and by the lower pressure in the generator tank? Wouldn't steam also go from the generator to the source tank heating it up?


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Rumor: Lawyer provides a caustic response when asked to demonstrate that the title to a Louisiana property was held before 1803.
Claim: Lawyer provides a caustic response when asked to demonstrate that the title to a Louisiana property was held before 1803.
A New Orleans lawyer sought a FHA (Federal Housing Administration) loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer three months to track down.
Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the proposed collateral back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin.
Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained from France, which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the then reigning monarch, Isabelle. The good queen, being a pious woman and careful about titles, almost as much as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to fund Columbus' expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that He also made that part of the world called Louisiana. He, therefore, would be the owner of origin. I hope to hell you find His original claim to be satisfactory. Now, may we have our damn loan?
Origins: The tale recounted above is an embellished version of a piece of legal humor that is periodically dusted off and circulated anew, always as a "true story." In 2006 it was updated with references to Hurricane Katrina and set loose again, and since 2008 it has been circulated as an account of a case supposedly handled by Barack Obama.
Questions as to flaws in title sometimes present investment difficulties. Lawyers are inclined to insist upon a complete abstract from which they can trace the ownership of land. An instance of caution and the ultimate of reassurance has recently come to light.
I traced your deed back to 1803. Here it is complete. As you probably know, Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803. France had acquired Louisiana from the Spanish as the result of a successful war against the Spaniards. The Spanish acquired Louisiana as the result of the explorations of an Italian named Columbus. Columbus was financially backed by Isabella and Ferdinand. Isabella and Ferdinand were given permission for Columbus' expedition by the Pope. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ. Christ is the Son of God. God made Louisiana.
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Decisions today regarding the environment and natural resources can affect our security for generations. Environmental threats do not heed national borders and can pose long-term dangers to our security and well-being. Natural resource scarcities can trigger and exacerbate conflict. Environmental threats such as climate change, ozone depletion and the transnational movement of hazardous chemicals and waste directly threaten the health of U.S. citizens. We have a full diplomatic agenda, working bilaterally and multilaterally to respond aggressively to environmental threats. The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is an important instrument for this cooperation. With 161 member nations, the GEF is specifically focused on reducing cross-border environmental damage. Our Environmental Security Initiative joins U.S. agencies with foreign partners to address regional environmental concerns and thereby reduce the risk to U.S. interests abroad. We have also undertaken development of an environmental forecasting system to provide U.S. policymakers advance warning of environmental stress situations which have the potential for significant impact on U.S. interests.
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Just when I thought I had all of my sewing and stitching kits corralled together, I found another one in a random drawer. This one is a Make Your Own Teddy Bear kit by Alicia Merrett, circa 1995.
The kit, which is in a box that is about 4 x 4 x 2 inches (10 x 10 x 5 cm), contains almost all of the materials necessary to make a small teddy bear: an instruction book, faux fur, matching thread, polyester filling, buttons for joints, beads for eyes, contrasting thread for facial features, and ribbon for a bow. The instruction book is a full 50 pages, with everything from the cutting and sewing instructions to a brief history of the teddy bear and a birth certificate for the final creation.
The instructions were clear and the teddy bear went together quickly and easily in my spare moments over the course of a couple of days. The biggest challenge was that the bear itself is small, so some of the pieces were fiddly.
The completed bear is about four inches (10 cm) tall while sitting, and 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) while standing. Although I opted for a classic ribbon bow around the bear's neck, the instructions included patterns for a knit scarf and a sewn shirt or vest as options for dressing the bear. There are even directions for a little sleeping bag.
As has happened with every other stuffed animal I've made, the shape of my bear is different from the kit's photos. This may be due to edits between when the photo sample was made and the instructions were completed, but I prefer to think go it as a bit of the maker's personality being imparted to the plushy.
And now, with this kit complete, all of my remaining kits are stored together. I think.


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Lure of helping people to retire with dignity
Jacki Ellis, portfolio manager for retirement strategies at Aware Super, says she is passionate about issues relating to retirement. The big challenge for the industry is to engage with members earlier to make retirement seem "real".
Speaking last week (October 15) at the first of a series of webinars by Women in Super (WIS), called 'Women in Leadership', Ellis said she was concerned about the lack of "guard rails" placed around the Government's early access to super scheme – the Early Release of Super (ERS) – when asked by Sandra Buckley, moderator and chief executive of WIS.
"Financially they will be much better off leaving their money in the super system if at all possible. At Aware we have been engaging with members through the whole COVID period, including over the ERS. Where ramping up our communications, Ellis said. "There is so much regulation with super that it's not an easy thing to nail the member experience."
Buckley said that while many women had "decimated" their super balances through the scheme, she was, in a way, pleased to see that more men had than women. "This shows some recognition that super is seen as being very important by women," she said. "To me it says: women have taken note, because they know they won't earn as much as men and need to start saving early. [The ERS] could have been a lot worse than it was."
Ellis, who became this year only the second woman to win the ASI (AIST's Superannuation Investment conference) 'Rising Star Award', said that members would not engage and make additional contributions to their super until retirement became real for them.
"With the chance to start saving earlier and make additional contributions you allow the compounding interest to help the balance grow. By the lead-up to retirement it's too late for that," she said.
After obtaining a double degree in Psychology and Commerce from the Australian National University in Canberra, Ellis had a short stint at the Government's Australian Office of Financial Management, and then joined asset consultant Access Capital Advisors, also in Canberra, before moving to Sydney with Mercer, which she says is where she discovered what part of finance she was most interested in – how people can maximise their retirement.
"Retirement is an individual journey," she said. "We can often lose sight of the individual member because of our focus on accumulation."
In her role at Aware, which she joined in 2018, she reports to Michael Winchester, Aware Super's head of investment strategy, who was previously investment strategist and acting CIO at StatePlus, the NSW Government's financial planning network acquired by what is now known as Aware Super in 2016.
The 'Women in Leadership' series of webinars will run over the next 12 months. It involves conversations with up-and-coming women leaders. The next, to be held on November 4, is with Georgie Obst, the general manager, customer loyalty, at HESTA.
Greg has worked in financial services-related media for more than 30 years. He is a former economics writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and assistant editor and business editor for the Australian Financial Review.
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The Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed on October 24, 2000. It will take effect as America's third free trade agreement, and the first ever with an Arab state. The FTA is the capstone of growing U.S.-Jordanian collaboration in economic relations, which began with close bilateral cooperation on Jordan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and was followed by the conclusion of a trade and investment framework agreement and a bilateral investment treaty. The FTA serves as an example for Jordan's neighbors of the benefits of peace and economic reform.
The Jordan FTA achieves significant and extensive liberalization across a wide spectrum of trade issues. It will eliminate all tariff and non-tariff barriers to bilateral trade in virtually all industrial goods and agricultural products within ten years.
The FTA is the first trade agreement to include substantive provisions addressing electronic commerce, a step that should help advance a global free trade agenda in a sector critical to American high technology and multimedia companies. Both countries agreed to seek to avoid imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions, imposing unnecessary barriers to market access for digitized products, and impeding the ability to deliver services through electronic means. These provisions also tie in with commitments in the services area that, taken together, aim at encouraging investment in new technologies and stimulating the innovative uses of networks to deliver products and services. The agreement will significantly liberalize bilateral trade in services across a wide range of services sectors.
The FTA's provisions on intellectual property rights (IPR) build on the strong IPR commitments Jordan made in acceding to the WTO. The FTA incorporates the most up-to-date international standards for copyright protection, as well as data exclusivity for pharmaceuticals and stepped-up commitments on enforcement. Among other things, Jordan has undertaken to ratify and implement the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty within two years. These two treaties, sometimes referred to as the "Internet Treaties," establish several critical elements for the protection of copyrighted works in a digital network environment, including creators' exclusive right to make their creative works available online, as well as Jordanian adherence to new WIPO treaties on copyright protection in the internet.
The agreement also contains trade-related environmental and labor provisions. These provisions will not require either country to adopt any new labor or environmental laws, and each country retains the right to set its own labor and environmental standards and to change those standards. As part of the agreement, the two countries affirm the importance of not waiving or derogating from their labor or environmental laws in order to encourage trade, and commit to effective enforcement of their domestic labor and environmental laws.
The Jordan FTA places a premium on cooperative resolution of disputes. The Governments of the United States and Jordan exchanged letters in July 2001 acknowledging that few, if any, differences are expected to arise in how we interpret this Agreement, given the strong and cooperative relations between our countries. In the very unlikely event that differences arise, the Governments agreed in the letters that they expect to resolve such situations through consultations and other cooperative means, rather than through formal dispute settlement procedures.
The Jordan FTA creates a multi-step, transparent dispute settlement process. Any dispute that cannot be resolved through consultation may be referred to a panel of independent experts for a non-binding opinion. If a dispute cannot be settled after panel proceedings are completed, the FTA authorizes the affected party to take any ?appropriate and commensurate measure,? without specifying the form that this action should take. However, the party taking the action may not act in a manner that is inconsistent with its WTO obligations. Because the United States already has a Bilateral Investment Treaty with Jordan, the FTA does not include an investment provision.
Jordan became a member of the World Trade Organization in April 2000. In 2000, U.S. exports to Jordan were $306 million. Jordanian exports to the United States in 2000 were $73 million. Jordan has a population of roughly 5 million and is bordered by Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Syria.


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Q: mule 4 http listener - reconnection when to use? Using mule 4.4 runtime community edition on premise
Am trying to understand HTTP Listener better and came across this attribute: Reconnection

Documentation says:

When the application is deployed, a connectivity test is performed on all connectors. If set to true, deployment will fail if the test doesn't pass after exhausting the associated reconnection strategy

Now if this was a Database or Messaging broker connector I can relate to 'reconnection' , but in case of HTTP Listener what is it really connecting to ?
Does 'connection' here really mean the ability for the api to listen / serve incoming requests at specified port ( I am assuming that is what it means )
So if for some reason while the api was being deployed it could not come up then we can use this 'retry' mechanism ?

A: Sources in connectors -the HTTP Listener in this case- that use connections need to obtain their connection objects. The HTTP Listener is not trying to connect to an external server but needs to setup the HTTP server connection. If there is an error the source may attempt to reestablish the connection. It doesn't mean that it will reach out, just that the 'connection' object is correctly setup and error handling is taking place as the documentation links explain.

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Kesha shares new release date for upcoming album 'High Road'
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You'll have to wait a bit longer
Watch Kesha team up with Brian Wilson and Sturgill Simpson on new single 'Resentment'
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It is taken from her forthcoming album 'High Road'
Kesha releases new song 'Raising Hell' and shares details of new album
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Пына́р Чагла́р Генчтю́рк (; р. 1982 года, Измит) — турецкая актриса театра, кино и телевидения.

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Карьера Пынар началась с театра Коджаэли. Примерно в то же время, она получила стипендию в Стамбульской театральной академии. В 2003 году Генчтюрк поступила в университет Едитепе, после чего окончила магистратуру на факультете кино и телевидения в Стамбульском университете имени Кадира Хаса.

В 2009 году Пынар получила свою первую роль в кино (Хавва в «7 мужей Хюрмюз»). Год спустя актриса сыграла роль Арзу в фильме «Все ли обманывают?». Дебютной ролью на телевидении для Пынар стала роль Бейхан Султан в телесериале «Великолепный век». Затем Генчтюрк появилась в «Голой правде» в роли Гюльшен. После этого актриса снялась в телесериале «Королёк — птичка певчая» (роль Мюневвер).

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Don't forget to set up the security features of your Android device
Most Android devices these days have many security features. These allow you to stay safe in dangerous situations, contact authorities when needed, and even send automatic alerts when you're involved in a car accident. As these settings can be a real life-changer, they should be set up just in case something should happen. Here's how you can do it.
Two sets of solid performing Android devices have some of the best security features around. Both Google's Pixel series and Samsung's Android devices running the latest One UI 5 feature a range of tools you can use to help you stay out of danger or get help when you need it.
When setting up a device for the first time, these settings can easily be overlooked. After all, getting a new phone is more than exciting. However, we might argue that having a security suite set up correctly for your preferences is just as important as any other setting on your device.
Google Pixel security app
In the Pixel listing, Google uses the Personal Security app. This app is a direct hub for all the personal safety features that can be built into your phone use. For example, the Personal Security app allows you to set up an emergency SOS, share an emergency, detect road accidents, and much more.
The emergency SOS feature is an invaluable tool, though we hope it's never used. When using it, your Pixel phone will immediately contact local authorities, send a text message with your real-time location and updates to emergency contacts, and even record a video of the situation. This can be activated by pressing the power button five times in a row, though we recommend you only do this in real-world emergencies.
Another cool feature is emergency sharing. Emergency Sharing is another tool that allows you to contact friends and family, as well as automatically update them with your whereabouts and the status of your phone. Emergency SOS is a longer and less urgent version of Emergency SOS, although it is still only used in times of distress. There is no button shortcut, it has to be activated through the Personal Security app on your Pixel phone.
If you need to get out of the house and don't want to take risks, the Pixel also has a feature called Safety Check. The safety check, in essence, is temporary. If you don't close it before the countdown ends, your emergency contacts will be alerted to your location. This is great for going on long walks or even heading to the grocery store at night. Whatever the case, having a great safety net.
The last big feature we recommend enabling is traffic accident detection, which is as straightforward as it sounds. If your Pixel phone detects that you've been in a car accident, it will start a countdown. If you don't respond to the request in time, Pixel will contact the authorities to alert them of your location and your vehicle's accident data. If you are going to create any of these, this is probably the most important. In fact, Pixel's car accident detection has been credited to contribute to saving lives after real car accidents.
To enable any of these and find helpful demos — we highly recommend using them to learn about them — just head to the Security app on your Pixel phone.
on your Pixel phone, Open the security app.
Click on Cog settings.
Scroll through each feature And Configure your preferences.
success offers To see each feature in action.
Samsung security features
Just like Google, Samsung loads Galaxy devices with invaluable security features that may be put to use. While there isn't a separate app, Samsung does have a settings page with some of the same tools found on other devices, like Emergency SOS and Emergency Alerts.
The Emergency SOS mode is a bit different in One UI 5. This mode does not automatically call the local authorities, instead, you have to designate an emergency contact as the recipient. An alternative solution is to set up an emergency contact with the emergency number for the local authorities. From there, you can call them in SOS mode in case of an emergency. Besides, you can send an emergency message to multiple contacts. This action is activated via the side switch – the power button – and can be configured to three or four button presses.
Another useful tool in Samsung's suite is Wireless Emergency Alerts, which consist of Severe Threats, Severe Threats, and AMBER Alerts. Within a similar feature, you can also activate earthquake alerts, although the tool is limited to certain regions.
Setting up Samsung security features is easy and only takes a few minutes.
On your Galaxy device, head to settings.
Scroll down and search Safety and emergency. Click on it.
Go through everywhere And Configure it according to your preferences.
All in all, it only takes a few minutes to properly set up the security features on your Android device, whether you're using a Pixel phone or a Galaxy device. Even Nothing Phone (1) uses Google's security app. Every device contains important tools that can become invaluable at any moment.
More on Android:
Galaxy S23 Ultra unboxing leaks with zoom samples in low light
The Galaxy S23 Ultra could be a low-light beast


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Q: Celery : different server for producer and consumer with Django We are using Django with Celery for async task like this
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We want a dedicated separate server to consume this tasks. same CODE is used on consumer and producer side(All server)


This sweet little holiday village will pop up right before your very eyes. What it come to life as you decorate these delicious gingerbread cookies with festive details.
Prepare gingerbread recipe. Cut with Gingerbread Boy Trio Cutter. Bake and cool. Use tip 1 and full-strength white color flow icing to outline snow on base and roofline, door, house sides. Use tip 1 and full-strength white color flow icing to also pipe eye outlines, mouths zigzag trims on chimney and gingerbread boys and swirl buttons; let set. Use tip 1 and thinned down white icing to pipe in snow. Use 1 and thinned down green icing to fill in roof, icicles, doorframe and hands and feet on one gingerbread boy; add green sugars to green areas; all use to pipe in eyes. Use tip 1 and thinned down red color flow icing to fill in hands and feet one gingerbread boy and roof; add red sugars to red area; let set.


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Q: Problems Validating Form With PHP I'm working on a short contact form for my website, but I'm having some problems. Everything displays properly, but other than notices about undefined variables (since I'm using $post[$value] to retain data in my form inputs), the validation no longer functions at all. I've compared it to functioning code that I've written before, but I'm not seeing any significant differences. Here's the code for the form:
<?php
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                "last_name" => "Last Name:",
                "company" => "Company*:",
                "email" => "Email:",
                "phone" => "Phone Number*:",
                "subject" => "Subject:",
                "message" => "Message:");
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A: You can use AJAX to submit your form data to your PHP script. In this case you can get the validation or success result as JSON and make it into action.


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Birgitta Ågren Böhlin, född 16 april 1948, är en svensk tidigare ämbetsman.

Birgitta Böhlin avlade ekonomexamen vid Handelshögskolan i Göteborg 1971. Från 1992 till 1995 var hon sjukhusdirektör för Huddinge sjukhus,, därefter generaldirektör för Försvarets materielverk 1995-2005. Åren 2005-2011 var hon verkställande direktör för Samhall. Efter att Christina Lugnet fått lämna tjänsten som generaldirektör för Tillväxtverket tillförordnades Böhlin som generaldirektör 2012–2013. I april 2017 tillträdde hon som generaldirektör för Statens Fastighetsverk, efter att generaldirektör Björn Anderson fått lämna sin tjänst efter misstankar om korruption vid myndigheten.

Böhlin har varit styrelseordförande för SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut, Apoteksgruppen, Lernia, Mittuniversitetet, Statens servicecenter och Almi. Hon är ledamot av Innovationsrådet.

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Over the last couple of decades, the internet has changed just about every aspect of our lives.
From the way we shop to the way we gain information to the way we connect with friends, the Information Age is a very different world. The internet has made so many things easier, but sometimes that convenience comes at the cost of quality. This is definitely the case for so-called "telemedicine" solutions like online eye exams.
What Is An Online Eye Exam?
The purpose of an online eye exam is to give the user their prescription for corrective lenses from the comfort of their own home. Some tests can even include exams for color blindness and contrast sensitivity. Many of these sites will have licensed eye doctors verify the results, but these the results aren't always accurate. In fact, the exams are so rudimentary compared to in-person comprehensive eye exams that the FDA might not continue to allow websites offering this service to use the phrase "eye exams" to describe what they do.
Most online eye exams do little more than check for visual acuity—in other words, they do just enough to get you a prescription. But problems with visual acuity aren't the only things that can go wrong with your eyesight or with the health of your eyes. Anyone who relies solely on online eye exams might be able to keep their glasses prescription up to date, but they won't know if they're developing any sight-threatening eye conditions, such as retinal detachment, glaucoma, or macular degeneration.
So what do optometrists do that an app or website can't? In-person eye exams come with the benefit of having an experienced medical professional right there with you in a fully equipped exam room. We don't simply update your prescription, we make sure your eyes are healthy. Your eyes are also the window to your overall health. This means that when we look at your retinas, we can see the signs of health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.
Schedule Your Next Exam Today!
If you've taken an online eye exam to get a quick prescription update, that's okay. Sometimes it can be difficult to make room for an in-person eye exam in a busy schedule. Just remember that an online eye exam is not an effective substitute for a comprehensive eye exam from us, and we strongl y recommend that you continue to schedule yearly appointments.
We'll be seeing you soon!
Top image by Flickr user Elvis Batiz used under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original.
Copyright © 2019 Everett Eyecare Center. All rights reserved.


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AMUNDSEN, Roald. Large photogravure portrait in sepia.
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AMUNDSEN, Roald. Large photogravure portrait in sepia. Chicago, Skandinaven, [c. 1925].
Printed on stiff, thick paper, measuring 56 x 36 cm; well-preserved.
This print must have been issued in connection with the end of the Polar expedition in the ship Maud, which had been frozen in the Arctic Sea of the Northeast passage, and finally managed to break free and sail to Seattle in 1921. 'In 1918, with a newly-built polar ship, the Maud, Roald Amundsen started on a new expedition which was to drift over the Arctic Ocean and maybe over the North Pole. With him were nine men, including scientific leader H.U. Sverdrup. It took two years for them to sail through the ice-filled Northeast Passage, and one more year stuck in the ice north of the Bering Strait before Amundsen gave up and tried instead to fly over the Arctic Ocean. Meanwhile the Maud continued with a reduced crew until 1925 without managing to get into the east-west current. The main result of the Maud expedition was the important scientific data which Sverdrup collected and analysed during the entire expedition' (Fram Museum, online). The hull of the ship has been transported back to Norway from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, where she had been frozen in and sank in 1930.
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CD: Thom Yorke - Anima
Thom Yorke is frontman of Radiohead, a festival-headlining rock band who sell out stadiums all over the globe. His artistic aspirations, however, right back to Radiohead's Kid A album 19 years ago, often seem to lie elsewhere, in the world of...
Public Service Broadcasting, Caerphilly Castle review - rising to the occasion
Among the summer gigs being held in Caerphilly this summer, it seemed a tall order for electronic/math rock instrumentalists Public Service Broadcasting to pack out a castle. They may be more current, but the others (The Stranglers, Groove Armada,...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 50: Depeche Mode, Black Midi, Primal Scream, U2, Nazareth, Quantic and more
So theartsdesk on Vinyl reaches its 50th edition. That's at least a novels' worth of words. Maybe two! But we're not stopping yet. The heat of the summer has arrived but the vinyl deluge hasn't dried up, so check in for everything from Germanic...
CD: Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Nineteen years, seven albums and untold side projects into their career, Hot Chip have for the first time enlisted outside producers: Rodaidh McDonald and French disco/house don Philippe Zdar. And it's worked. Over the course of the previous albums...
CD: Jane Weaver - Loops in the Secret Society
If contemplated without a context, Loops in the Secret Society initially appears to be a bold 68-minute, double-album fusion of Hawkwind's hum and whir, Krautrock insistence, spacey electronica and folky otherness. Jane Weaver's voice is disembodied...
CD: Kate Tempest - The Book of Traps and Lessons
Here's a strange thing: sit in a quiet room reading through the poems that make up Kate Tempest's third album and her swirling collage of words drags you in. It's an opaque concept work, mingling themes of a broken Britain, teetering on the brink of...
Donnerstag aus Licht, Pascal, RFH review – indulgent genius at work
What happens on the stage of Stockhausen's first opera would fill a book – quite a bad novel – but the plot is simple enough. Michael grows up with a domineering, game-hunting father and mentally unstable mother; discovers sex; passes his exams;...
CD: Flying Lotus - Flamagra
It's five years since Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus released an album, and it's not entirely clear how far he's moved creatively. To be fair he's been busy branching out in other directions, producing for superstar rapper Kendrick Lamar, making...
CD: K-X-P - IV
Five years ago, the Swedish tech company Elektron began marketing the first version of the Analog Four, an all-in-one instrument marrying analogue oscillators with a digital sequencer, digital processing and a multi-track capability. That past-...
CD: Clinic – Wheeltappers and Shunters
Before we get to the music, there's the title of Clinic's first album in seven years to deal with. It comes from the title of a 1970s Granada TV series, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, a northern entertainment revue presented by,...
CD: Editors – The Blanck Mass Sessions
Editors' last album, the electronic-infused Violence, was hailed as a big departure for the indie rock band on its release a little over a year ago. It wasn't really, it was simply the latest stage of a transformation that can be traced back to...


The software nasty targets machines running 64-bit GNU/Linux and a web server, and acts like a rootkit by hiding itself from administrators. A browser fetching a website served by the compromised system will be quietly directed via an HTML iframe to malicious sites loaded with malware to attack the web visitor's machine.
Details of the attack first surfaced in a post to the Full Disclosure mailing list.
Marta Janus, an antivirus analyst at security biz Kaspersky Labs, said the Linux malware appears to be a prototype and is possibly still undergoing development.
"The malware module was specially designed for the kernel version 2.6.32-5-amd64, which happens to be the latest kernel used in 64-bit Debian Squeezy," she wrote on her employer's Securelist blog. "The binary is more than 500KB, but its size is due to the fact that it hasn't been stripped (i.e. it was compiled with the debugging information).
"Perhaps it's still in the development stage, because some of the functions don't seem to be fully working or they are not fully implemented yet."
Drive-by-downloads expose web surfers to malicious code that attempt to exploit unpatched software vulnerabilities in the web visitor's PC or handheld. Security holes in web browsers, Java and Flash plugins and the underlying operating system are typical targets.
The experimental Linux malware is indiscriminate: it doesn't just hijack one specific website, nor target a particular scripting language or web app platform. Instead, it infiltrates every site hosted by a HTTP server on the compromised box. The rootkit part, which burrows into the Linux kernel to prevent detection by software and superusers, ensures the cunning scam is not immediately blown - not until web surfers hitting the server complain of being hacked by the drive-by-download redirects, at least.
As such the malware is the equivalent of moving up from a rifle taking pot shots at users to a prototype buried gun turret that pops up to silently strafe anyone within reach.
The Linux malware is designed to load itself into memory on startup before hooking itself into kernel functions. Rootkit Linux Snakso-A, as Kaspersky Lab dubs the software, uses various ninja-style tricks to hide itself before crafting network data packets containing the HTML iframes; these are then tucked into the server's output to visiting web browsers. The malicious payload delivered to surfers through these iframes is pulled from a mastermind's command-and-control server.
"The iframe injection mechanism is quite interesting: the malware substitutes the system function tcp_sendmsg - which is responsible for building TCP packets - with its own function, so the malicious iframes are injected into the HTTP traffic by direct modification of the outgoing TCP packets," Janus explained.
"In order to obtain the actual injection payload, the malware connects to the C&C server using an encrypted password for authentication."
Kaspersky Lab warned the malicious command-and-control server behind the attacks was still active at the time it completed its analysis.
A detailed analysis of the malware by security startup CrowdStrike asserted that the malware could be used to infect websites regularly frequented by employees at a targeted organisation as part of an espionage-style attack.
"The rootkit at hand seems to be the next step in iframe-injecting cyber-crime operations, driving traffic to exploit kits," Crowdstrike analysts concluded. "It could also be used in a waterhole attack to conduct a targeted attack against a specific target audience without leaving much forensic trail."
Crowdstrike reckoned the malware is the work of a contractor, probably based in Russia.


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Brothers Movie Review | Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff and Jacqueline Fernandez
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Brothers Movie Review
DIRECTOR: Karan Malhotra
STARRING: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff, Shefali Shah
Excessive running last week had dislocated my knee cap and it hurts. BADLY. And then I go and watch the gorefest Brothers where bones are crunched mercilessly, shoulders are broken pitilessly, causing a relationship between my palm and knee. It's still caressing the broken joint!!
Brothers was made by putting the DVD of Warrior in a Xerox machine. Alas the paper got stuck, the Xerox machine's ink expired and what came out was a bad, melodramatic, manipulative, painfully long version of the original.
Papa Gary is cranky. Cranky has two sons, Grumpy (David) and Grouchy (Monty). Grumpy is a Physics teacher. Grouchy is... ummm... just grouchy. And besides being forever upset, they have one more thing in common: they all are fighters.
The first half establishes the characters.
Cranky was a fighter who destroyed his life and family by excessive drinking. He even strays in marriage. His wife is Maria, played by Shefali Shah who has moved from one dysfunctional family to the other, alas from a yacht to a 'Kohli'. But her million expressions remain intact. Don't get me wrong. She is a fine actor but her big eyes are like Hrithik Roshan's nostrils, fluttering and fluffing a bit too much. Calm down, don't exhaust all your expressions. This is not your last film.
Grumpy is your cool teacher with tattoos. There is a tattoo for everything. A cross. Oh, he is a Christian. Roman numbers tattoo on his chest. Oh Roman Catholic. A wild bird tattoo on the neck. MMA fighter hence established. That's not all. The director has very smartly dealt with Akshay's famous problem of forgetting his lines. He has engraved the films script all over his torso!
Grouchy is Guru reloaded. He still seems to be on the sets of Ek Villain. Sidharth-now-available-in-a-beard-Malhotra has worked hard on his physique. And that's only fair. Who cares about body of work when you have a body to flaunt?
There is tension between Cranky and Grumpy. It takes them 62 songs and 51 flashbacks to address what the issue is. It's an emotional story, I agree, but done so painfully slow that I could see Akshay Kumar's beard grow and turn white.
The second half is like a WWF YouTube that never ends! It's an MMF fight, a sport I don't know much about. Educate me. Engage me. I didn't care about hockey, but Chak De India made me fall in love with the national sport. We know both the brothers will reach the final and full sacrifice for bhaiyya will happen, emotions will run high, and scenes will be written to cajole a tear or two. But I knew Bhuvan and his team would win the match in Lagaan, yet I sat on the edge of my seat with my heart hanging in my mouth as that gora took the catch, thankfully beyond the boundary.
In Brothers, between David and Monty, I cheered for the end of the film. I wanted it to get over so that I could go check out the sale in the mall.
Our Grumpy and Grouchy looked so incompetent in front of the international line up of fighters. Against the Shaolin fighter, the Olympic winner, the MMA fighter, we had a Physics teacher and a fighter who has been a YouTube sensation. Errr what???
Jacqueline Fernandes looked gorgeous. She can emote too. Her unsaid mere suhaag ko chod de kutte expression towards the end of the movie is epic!!
Brothers, despite being a powerful story, lost the plot in the telling. I suggest get a DVD of Warrior instead.
WHAT THE RATINGS MEAN:
5 stars: Loved it. (This could make to top ten movies you must watch before you die!)
4 stars: Liked it. Recommend it. (This will help you sound intellectual and give you stuff to add at water cooler conversations.)
3 stars: Didn't hurt. Watch it once.
2 stars: It put me to sleep. Watch it if you are an insomniac or a newly wedded couple. Winks!
1 star: Do I even need to explain this?


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Queuing, who actually likes to do that?
As a country we are pretty good at doing it. We can form orderly lines at bus stops, theme parks, cash machines and of course the bar. But we want to limit the queuing you have to do at Vibration Festival bars and stalls because it means that you are missing out on all the other awesome things that are going on!
To make things slick we are implementing a token system, with an online sales portal right here to buy the tokens.
Simple 3 step process – buy online, collect tokens on the event day, swap them for drinks at the bar or merchandise at the stalls.
No one will need to fiddle with change or hold everyone up because they've forgetten their wallet or have lost their money, it'll be a simple system swapping tokens for drinks or t-shirts. Easy!
Not only are we trying to cut down on queues, but we want to reward the early birds with an awesome bonus. We have put in place a tiered discount on the token bundles. Event day tokens will have no discount applied.
Buy before the event itself and you will save money. Early bird tier is short, so get in quick to save a mega 12.5% before the 14th of April. Discount drops to 7.5% for Tier 1 after that so don't delay and miss out!
There will be a collection point at the festival to pick them up, just head there as soon as you arrive and the festival party can will start early!


Chris Palmer (born September 23, 1949) is an American college athletics administrator and former football coach. He is the athletic director at the University of New Haven. Palmer served as the head coach for Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1999 to 2000 and in the same capacity with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League (UFL) in 2010. He was the head football coach at the University of New Haven from 1986 to 1987 and at Boston University from 1988 to 1989. Palmer has also served as an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans and the Buffalo Bills of the NFL.
Palmer played high school football at Immaculate High School a small Catholic high school located in Danbury, Connecticut. After high school, he attended and played college football at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). Palmer played quarterback for Southern Connecticut State from 1968 to 1971. He earned both bachelor's and master's degrees at SCSU, where he was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Hall of Fame at New Haven and Immaculate High School.
After graduation from Southern Connecticut State University, Palmer coached under Larry Naviaux at the University of Connecticut. While at Connecticut, Palmer also devoted his time to help develop sports talent, as quoted by Jeff Naviaux "Chris helped me learn the importance of a team". Palmer coached the freshman defensive line in 1972 and the varsity wide receivers in 1973 and 1974. In 1975, he became the wide receivers coach at Lehigh University. The following year, Palmer was named the offensive coordinator at Colgate University, where he stayed for seven years. In 1977, the Red Raiders led the nation in total offense with an average of 486 yards a game.
Prior to entering the NFL, Palmer was a college football coach. He was the head coach at Boston University in 1988 and 1989 and at the University of New Haven in 1986 and 1987, when the Chargers posted consecutive 8–2 records.
Palmer's first professional coaching experience came in 1983, when he was the offensive line coach for the Montreal Concordes in the Canadian Football League. The following year, he coached the wide receivers for the USFL's New Jersey Generals. In 1985, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. That year, Palmer's offense featured quarterback Doug Flutie and running back Herschel Walker, who rushed for 2,411 yards.
Palmer's first NFL coaching experience was as the Houston Oilers wide receivers coach from 1990 to 1992 when Kevin Gilbride was the Houston offensive coordinator. During those three seasons, the Run 'N Shoot Oilers had the NFL's most productive passing attack. Four Houston wide receivers—Curtis Duncan, Ernest Givens (twice), Drew Hill and Haywood Jeffires (twice)—made the Pro Bowl while being coached by Palmer.
Palmer first worked under Bill Parcells as the New England Patriots wide receivers coach from 1993 to 1995. In 1996, he became the quarterbacks coach, where he worked with Drew Bledsoe as they advanced to Super Bowl XXXI.
Following Super Bowl XXXI, he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars, spending the 1997–98 seasons as offensive coordinator under head coach Tom Coughlin.
Palmer became the head coach of the reborn Cleveland Browns for the 1999–2000 seasons, the first two for the "new" Browns after the original team had moved to Baltimore. With a roster full of inexperienced players and cast-offs from other franchises, Palmer struggled to make the team competitive, especially on offense. Palmer was fired after posting a 5–27 record in two seasons, and was succeeded by former University of Miami coach Butch Davis. During his tenure in Cleveland, he starred as himself on an episode of The Drew Carey Show, which took place in Cleveland.
In 2002, he became the offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans under head coach Dom Capers. He remained with Houston until he was fired in Week 2 of the 2005 NFL season as a result of Houston's lackluster offense.
In January 2006, several months after his firing from Houston, Palmer was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the quarterbacks coach. He was reunited with head coach Bill Parcells and quarterback Drew Bledsoe with whom he had worked during his days with the New England Patriots.
In January 2007, Palmer was hired by the New York Giants as their new quarterbacks coach, reuniting with the team's head coach, Tom Coughlin, with whom he had worked in Jacksonville.
On January 29, 2010 Palmer announced his retirement.
Following his retirement from the NFL, Palmer was named as the head coach and general manager of the United Football League's Hartford Colonials.
On February 15, 2011, the Tennessee Titans named Palmer as the new offensive coordinator, which was previously held by Mike Heimerdinger. Under Palmer during the 2011 season the Titans scored 325 points (20.3/g), 21st of 32 in the NFL. On November 26, 2012, Palmer was fired by the team midway through the season, and replaced by quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains.
During the 2014 season, the San Francisco 49ers had Palmer as an offensive assistant. 2014 was the inaugural season playing their home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. At the end of the season, the 49ers released Greg Roman, offensive coordinator, and ultimately Palmer as well.
Palmer followed Roman to Buffalo, served as an offensive assistant on Rex Ryan's staff from 2015 to 2016. He was not retained upon Ryan's dismissal.
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Dimenzije: 30,50 x 23,50 cm.
Hrvatska mala škola "sv. Josipa" - Album – izbjeglički logor Fermo.
This book-Album is a high quality reproduction of two albums from the post-World War II refugee camp located in Fermo, Italy. Thee albums contain original photos of the school children, their life in the camp and daily activities. Their teacher, Mrs. Marija Ramljak, who made the albums, also wrote the heart-moving text that accompanies the black and white photographs taken by the well- known Croatian photographer, August Frajtić. The original Albums are kept at the Croatian Ethnic Institute in Chicago. Ante Čuvalo prepared this valuable edition and wrote an introduction that provides a general background on the refugee camp of Fermo.
Jelavich, Charles: Južnoslavenski nacionalizmi: jugoslavensko ujedinjenje i udžbenici prije 1914.


What does the daily life and schedule of a volunteer abroad look like?
What the Daily Life and Schedule of a Volunteer Abroad Looks Like?
Information on the factors which may influence a volunteer's schedule.
Volunteer with confidence on our well structured, organized volunteer abroad programs.
Get a glimpse of the average day in a working volunteer's week.
Learn more about the possibilities for free time activities and exploring.
Your volunteer abroad daily schedule will depend on several factors – your location, your work placement, the season, and of course, how you decide to arrange it.
Although you will be expected to be at your work placement every weekday, the rest of your time abroad is essentially left up to you to decide how to use it.
Your daily schedule may change, as well, so you'll need to be flexible and ready to adjust.
In general, expect to work 4-6 hours per day. Volunteers usually wake up early, around 7 or 8 and have breakfast. After breakfast, their workday begins, usually somewhere between 8 and 10 AM.
There will be lunch in the middle of the day, around 12, which is either provided by your workplace, host family, or purchased by you. Your workday will usually end around 2 or 3 PM.
Depending on your organization, you may then have language classes, cultural immersion classes, or free time. Many volunteers spend the evening time with their host family, exploring the city/town, catching up with other volunteers, visiting internet cafes, or resting. This is your time do what you want. Dinner usually takes place between 6 and 8 PM.
Of course, volunteer abroad daily life varies greatly, so if you are still wondering what daily life would look like as a volunteer abroad, below are some example schedules from some of the most popular work placements.
9:00 am – children depart for school and volunteers can assist with cleaning, planning activities, or lesson plans.
4:00 pm – children return to the orphanage from their school day. Volunteers can teach the children English, Math, or any other subjects including conservation and personal hygiene, drawing, painting, rhymes and many other topics.
In general, there are two projects: volunteers run several night shifts in order to supervise the nesting turtles, or they can choose an in-water project, which means they'll be out on the boats checking the turtles while they are in the water. Because of the nature of the projects, it's difficult to specify the exact hours.
Is there an orientation before the project starts?
Yes, most volunteer organizations include an orientation. Some organizations provide brief one or two day orientations that cover basic information on safety, culture, language, project life, and work responsibilities.
give longer, more in depth orientations that focus on cultural immersion and language. These can last up to 7 days. Usually, longer orientations are optional and require an additional fee. Check with your volunteer organization to see what they provide.
Can I change my project if I am dissatisfied?
This depends on the organization and the time of year that you are volunteering. In general, smaller organizations are more flexible and don't mind if you change your volunteer placement. Bigger volunteer organizations tend to be more rigid in their rules about switching placements.
Whether your organization will let you switch projects also depends on the season in which you are volunteering. For instance, in the summer when there is a higher volume of volunteers, it may be harder to find space for you in a new volunteer placement. Availability is higher in the off-seasons.
I was not ready to leave when my two months were up. It was an unforgettable experience.
This was an amazing trip. I was immersed in new experiences, cultures, languages and people.
This experience was both exceptional and valuable. Project was extremely enlightening.
How many hours do I work per day?
Volunteer abroad daily schedules are very different. In general, volunteers work 4-6 hours per day. This may differ depending on the organization, work placement, country, and season.
Most volunteers find that their schedule is very flexible, with few defined hours. This means you will need to act responsibly in order to get all your work done. In general, volunteers work 5 days a week, although some also work on Saturdays.
Will I have free time? What can I do during my free time?
Yes, you will most likely have plenty of free time during your time abroad. Free time is after work during the week (usually after 2 or 3 PM) and on the weekends.
During their free time, some things volunteers like to do are go shopping, visit fellow volunteers, do short excursions, visit the internet cafe, study the local language, hang out with their host family, go for walks, relax, take part in cultural events, etc.
Talk to locals to find out what kind of events are happening around town. The weekends are a great time to make trips further out of the city/town. Ask your in-country coordinator on tips for the best places to go and how to organize your volunteer abroad daily life.
Can I work on more than one project?
This is up to your volunteer organization. Many organizations do all you to work on two projects if they are closely related and located. For instance, some volunteers work in an orphanage in the morning and then work in a nearby school in the afternoon.
This is typically allowed. It's a little more difficult with medical or wildlife projects, because they are usually located in remote areas or islands or have more unpredictable hours.
Also, sometimes working for two different projects means you will need to pay an extra fee. Talk with your volunteer organization to see what your options are.
Who supervises me if there is a problem?
If you have a problem at your work placement, you should first talk to your work supervisor. On your first day at work, you should be given a short orientation from one of the staff members at your placement.
Your responsibilities and role as a volunteer will be explained. This person will most likely continue to be your main contact person at work, but keep in mind that as a volunteer, you may not always be watched closely by a supervisor.
You should at least be familiar with one person in a middle or high position that you can go to if you have a question or problem at work. If that person cannot resolve your issue, you should speak to your in-country coordinator.
This depends mostly on the size of your volunteer organization, the size of your project, and the season in which you volunteer. Larger volunteer organizations sometimes have multiple volunteers working at the same placement.
This is not as common for smaller organizations. Similarly, if your work placement is at a large NGO, for instance, you may be working with other volunteers who may or may not come from the same volunteer organization as you.
When you volunteer in the summer time, you also have a higher chance of working with other volunteers, as this is the time of year when organizations receive the greatest number of volunteers.
What will the distance be between my project and my accommodations?
Your volunteer organization will do their best to place you in a work placement that is a short distance from your accommodations. Usually, volunteers who live in a main city also work in the city, or just outside of it.
But the distance between your home and work really varies depending on many factors, such as the location of your project, the type of work you are doing, the location of your accommodation, the size of the city you live in, the amount of traffic, etc. Even if you live close to your work place, there may be so much traffic that it takes you an hour to get to work.
On the other hand, some volunteers are so close to their placement that they can simply walk. In general, the distance between your home and work is anywhere from a 5 minute walk to a 1 hour bus ride.
You will want to find out the details about this before you leave for your trip abroad, so speak with your volunteer organization. Oftentimes, they do not cover the cost of transportation to work, so you will need to factor in this expense for your budget.
The most common way volunteers commute to work is by walking or taking the bus or other popular form of public transportation. This will most likely not be arranged for you – you will have to find out the schedule of the local transportation systems. If your work placement is much farther away, you may have to take a train, if that is an option.
Can I extend my stay if I want to?
This depends on the organization. Small and medium sized volunteer organizations are more flexible and will generally allow you to extend your volunteer service. Larger organizations may not allow it. If you are volunteering in the summer time, it may also not be possible to extend because of the high volume of volunteers. Talk with your volunteer organization to find out your options.
In general, no, there is no dress code for volunteers, but this also depends on where you are working. For instance, if you are volunteering in the medical field, you may have a medical coat or other type of uniform that you'll need to wear.
While there may not be a strict dress code, it's important to remember that you are in a foreign country, which may follow religious, or cultural dressing norms. Respect the customs of the country you are living in and dress conservatively.
Also, as a volunteer you are representing your country and your volunteer organization, so be prepared to act like a role model, especially if you are working with children.
Will someone be there to help me while I'm at work?
Please refer above to the answer for "Who supervises me if there is a problem?"
What can I do on the weekends?
Please refer above to the answer for "Will I have free time? What can I do during my free time?"


We've all seen something in a magazine or online that we wish we had in our closet, or that we wish we could do in our home. Sometimes actually making that happen isn't always possible because that outfit might be too expensive or you aren't sure where you can get the products (at a reasonable price!) to recreate the look in your living room. We are here to help with our #MagazineMatch. When we see some decor in a magazine that we think you might like, and we have similar products, we are going to put it together for you and with a KP twist!
We came across the above picture in the Inspiration Gallery on the Country Sampler website. We loved the simple country charm of its use of watering cans to make a patriotic display. It will be great for the Fourth of July, Memorial Day or even year-round because Americana is in style across all seasons! All the products we used are for indoor use only, so find a nice little corner in your house for it, maybe a mantel, or you can put watering cans in different areas and it doesn't have to be a trio display.
Watering cans are perfect for displaying florals and picking a watering can with just the right finish will complete the country farmhouse look that we love. We went with our large galvanized watering can but it is all about the look you are wanting to achieve and your personal tastes. Take a look at some other great options here, you might like a rusty watering can, bucket, or milk can better.
The floral options for this are truly endless and you can really let your personality shine with the types of flowers you choose! What makes florals in a display like this so fun is that you can easily switch them out based on the season and don't really have to change much else once you get a setup you love. Since we are getting Fourth of July ready we went with a beautiful, red geranium bush, rusty star spray, and tea stained American flag. We have two other flags that will look great nestled in some florals: American flag on a stick and a vintage Betsy Ross flag.
Depending where in your home you are setting up the display, there are other add-ons that would be excellent options to make the area really stand out. Since we have ours on a bench, we added a garland to the back of the bench. We felt our Country Mix pip garland would look best with its burgundy, ivory, and navy pips. It really adds an extra touch of the Americana look we love! Maybe even a barn star on the wall behind where you put your watering cans will look great too!
To make one of the cans stand out a little more and add some symmetry, we removed the rusty star spray from the middle watering can and replaced it with the burlap star pick. We also moved the tea stained American flag to the middle watering can. Stars are a fun, easy way to add a patriotic feel to your decor and we love these burlap ones. The burlap colored stars add some great texture and give a nice rustic touch. We have a large selection of patriotic florals for you to browse so you can add your own custom touch.
We were so happy when we stepped back and took in the view of our completed display! We hope you like it too! If you recreate this look at home, be sure to send us a picture! We'd also love to see what KP products you currently have in your home that is Americana style. Are there any looks you want to see us give a KP Creek makeover in our #MagazineMatch? Let us know and it could be featured in a blog post in the future!


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Chris Haggard singled to right field.
Cody Crowder walked; Chris Haggard advanced to second.
Preston Ludwick walked; Cody Crowder advanced to second; Chris Haggard advanced to third.
Cameron Guin hit by pitch, RBI; Preston Ludwick advanced to second; Cody Crowder advanced to third; Chris Haggard scored.
Tyler Welch singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Cameron Guin advanced to second; Preston Ludwick scored; Cody Crowder scored.
Brandon Griffin doubled down the rf line, RBI; Tyler Welch advanced to third; Cameron Guin scored.
Arjun Thakar to p for Mark Tindall.
Shane Salzman out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt, RBI; Brandon Griffin advanced to third; Tyler Welch scored.
Rafe Chaumette singled through the left side.
Michael Goodrich singled through the right side.
Dalys Binder singled to right center; Michael Goodrich advanced to third.
Brian Cardone pinch hit for Jimmy Tatum.
Brian Cardone walked; Dalys Binder advanced to second.
John Tucker reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Brian Cardone out at second 2b to ss; Dalys Binder advanced to third; Michael Goodrich scored.
Jack Wisniewski reached first on a fielding error by ss, RBI; John Tucker advanced to second; Dalys Binder scored.
Charlie Allbritton singled to center field.
Charlie Allbritton advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Brandon Griffin singled to pitcher, bunt; Tyler Welch advanced to second; Charlie Allbritton advanced to third.
Mason Meredith reached first on a fielding error by 1b.
Michael Goodrich reached first on a fielding error by ss; Mason Meredith advanced to second.
Michael Goodrich advanced to third on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt; Mason Meredith scored on the error, unearned.
Logan Morrison hit by pitch; Jack Wisniewski advanced to second.
Connor Cudd to p for Andy Purpura.
Rafe Chaumette doubled to right field, 2 RBI; Logan Morrison scored; Jack Wisniewski scored.
Mason Meredith singled to right field, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b; Rafe Chaumette advanced to third.
Cameron Guin singled to center field.
Tyler Welch singled to right center; Cameron Guin advanced to third.
Carter Fronk to p for Arjun Thakar.
Brandon Griffin walked; Tyler Welch advanced to second.
Shane Salzman singled to third base, RBI; Brandon Griffin advanced to second; Tyler Welch advanced to third; Cameron Guin scored.
Andrew Russell reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Shane Salzman out at second 2b to ss; Brandon Griffin advanced to third, scored on the throw; Tyler Welch scored.
Logan Morrison advanced to third on a balk.
Mason Meredith flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Logan Morrison scored.
Chris Haggard reached first on a dropped fly by 3b, advanced to second on the error.
Logan Morrison singled up the middle.
Jake Martin walked; Logan Morrison advanced to second.
Mason Meredith singled to shortstop, RBI; Logan Morrison scored.
Blake Johnson pinch hit for Jack Wisniewski.


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Bet365's New York Sports Betting Deal Signals Greater Ambitions For US Regulated Market
Scott Longley
The deal between European online betting and gaming powerhouse bet365 and New York casino proprietor Empire Resorts has the significance that might resonate beyond state borders.
The "strategic alliance," announced Nov. 14, to build a bet365-branded online and land-based sportsbook at the Resorts World Catskills marks a departure for the Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire-based firm.
The 20-year agreement, which will come into force if New York issues regulations on sports betting, is more than just a 50/50 distribution deal. Under its terms, bet365 will also acquire up to $50 million of Empire Resorts shares at a price of $20 a share, representing 5 percent of the company. This understandably put a rocket under Empire's share, which rose 50 percent on the week:
Empire Resorts share price — Oct. 18, 2018, to Nov. 15, 2018
What does the bet365 deal mean?
Such an equity stake is unusual for privately held bet365, which remains wholly in the hands of the founding Coates family and its close associates. It also signals a step-change in the UK market leader's US ambitions compared to the skin arrangement with Hard Rock in New Jersey.
Partly the deal with Empire Resorts is an acknowledgment that, as it stands, New York licenses might be scarce. With the legislation as proposed, there could be potentially only one license for each of the four casinos currently in operation within the state.
With the other three having also chosen partners — DraftKings Sportsbook for Del Lago, FanDuel Sportsbook with Tioga Downs and Rush Street/Sugarhouse with Rivers — it left Empire as the last game in town.
If you can make it there
The nature of the arrangement in New York suggests bet365 sees more scope and potential there compared with New Jersey, said Simon French, longtime gaming and leisure analyst in the UK and also now a partner at advisory and consultancy Bixteth Partners.
"This is a bigger deal in New York than what they have in New Jersey with Hard Rock, where it is a simple branding deal," he said.
"New Jersey is a crowded market and you have to question how many of them are going to be profitable there. Whereas New York, it is likely to be the biggest state that will open up for a while and even though it isn't up-and-running right now, it means that getting in now will give bet365 the opportunity to shape the market."
Lee Richardson, a consultant with Gaming Economics, agrees the arrangement with Empire Resorts is a "slow burn deal."
Nevertheless, the status of bet365 in its home country and further afield means that any move the company makes is inherent of interest, he added. "It is such a goliath in the UK, Europe and Asia, of course."
The revenue backdrop
According to the last annual results available from 2017 through Companies House in the UK, bet365 made a total of £2.15bn ($2.75 billion) in gaming turnover and a pre-tax profit of £525m ($671 million.)
Sources close to the company previously indicated the geographic revenue split is roughly one-third UK, a third from the rest of Europe with the last third coming from Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.
One analyst who preferred to remain anonymous pointed out that the UK business had done "exceptionally well" throughout the past decade, adding that it been "helped" by the Asian liquidity.
Talking of the Empire move, he added it was "very interesting, particularly given bet365's activity in Asia … all it takes is one state to have an issue with that."
Opaque areas could be an issue
When it comes to regulated sports betting and gaming, the Asian markets remain a gray area — as does, apparently, the attitude of US state regulators toward that type of activity on the part of their licensees.
Speaking on a panel at G2E in Las Vegas in October, Jay McDaniel, deputy director at the Mississippi Gaming Commission, indicated the thinking of state regulators is nuanced and evolving.
"We wouldn't license anyone who has broken the law," McDaniel said. "Is it a gray market or is it truly illegal? … We have to stay on top of that. If they don't have licenses where they operate, why?"
George Rover, managing partner at Princeton Global Strategies and previously deputy director at the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) added on the same panel that US state regulators "can't be the policeman of the world."
The Asian connection to the Empire deal
Asia looms large with the Empire Resorts deal for other reasons. While bet365's US subsidiary Hillside New York is putting in $50 million to buy shares in Empire, it was also announced that Empire's largest shareholder Kien Huat Realty III had also committed itself to purchase $126 million in convertible preference shares at the same strike price of $20 a share.
Kien Huat Realty is the investment vehicle of the Lim family, the founders of Asian gaming giant Genting of which it still controls 39 percent. As well as owning casino interests in Malaysia, Singapore and the UK, Genting is also set to expand the Resorts World franchise to Nevada in 2020.
French noted that the stake in Empire Resorts might be the opening gambit in the move toward bet365 becoming a "global, omnichannel operator."
"Could this be the start of something huge?" French said. "The move is particularly interesting given bet365's reportedly huge Asian business and Genting's position in Asia, but also soon in Nevada. It is quite possible we might see bet365-branded sportsbooks in Genting casinos. This could be a big, strategic play."
Scott Longley has been a journalist since the early noughties covering personal finance, sport and gambling. He has worked for a number of publications including Investor's Week, Bloomberg Money, Football First, eGaming Review and Gambling Compliance. He now runs his own editorial consultancy Clear Concise Media and writes for a number of online and print titles.
Bet365 Ready For Q2 Launch In Colorado, Partner Says
By Matthew Waters
Analysis: Will Bet365 Ever Make A Splash In US Sports Betting?
Bet365 Finds A Partner For New York Sports Betting In Empire Resorts
By Eric Ramsey


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Kajghuneh (, also Romanized as Kājghūneh and Kāzhghūneh) is a village in Rezqabad Rural District, in the Farah Dasht District of Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 271, in 80 families.

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Populated places in Kashmar County