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Senior Lecturer
Willingness to take Ph.D. students: Yes
Dr Arne Kruse has worked at Volda University College, the University of Lund, the University of Wisconsin. He has been employed at the Scandinavian Section at the University of Edinburgh since 1989.
I welcome research applications in Scandinavian language history, place-name studies and dialectology, and I am keen to participate in interdisciplinary projects relating similar subjects.
My research is focused on place-names; in particular how larger patterns of name distribution can be used as a tool to indicate settlement history.
My research interest at the moment is on the early Viking period in Scotland and especially the early Norse place-names in the west of Scotland. Linked to this is my other area of research interest, which is languages and cultures in contact, as seen from onomastic studies but also from historical sources and archaeology. I have a number of publications centered on the Norse in Scotland and the Scandinavians in North America.
I am a founding member of the Hjaltland Network, see web address:
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DHAKA - Bangladesh accused Rohingya refugees from neighboring Burma on Monday, October 1, of being involved in attacks on Buddhist temples and houses following the publication of a photo deemed offensive to Islam.
"The attacks on temples and houses in Buddhist localities in Ramu and neighboring areas in Cox's Bazar (district) were perpetrated by radical Islamists," Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir told reporters in Dhaka, Reuters reported.
"Rohingyas and political opponents of the government were also involved in the attacks."Qur'an Photo Triggers Bangladesh Riots
Deadly riots rocked southern Bangladesh on Sunday after a Buddhist posted a photo of a burned Qur'an on Facebook.
Angry with the photo, thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims went on rampage, attacking Buddhist temples and houses in the southern areas.
A dozen temples and monasteries and at least 50 homes were set ablaze in the violence.
Property was also looted, including statues of the Buddha.
Police said violence spread to the port of Chittagong, where at least two temples were vandalized.
But the attackers were driven away by police, which tightened security around Buddhist areas.
Police said they arrested nearly 170 people on suspicion of vandalism and an investigation was ordered into the violence.
"The situation has been under control since Sunday but we are adding forces to vulnerable areas to ensure the peace is kept," said Serajul Haque Khan, top civil administrator of the Chittagong division.
The violence was one of the worst sectarian attacks in Bangladesh in decades.
Buddhists make up less than one percent of Bangladesh's 153-million population and reside mainly in southeastern districts, close to the border with Buddhist-majority Burma.
Although Bangladesh, where nearly 90 percent people are Muslims, has witnessed deadly clashes between Muslims and Hindus in the past, sectarian clashes involving Buddhists are rare.
Communal Hatred
Alamgir described the attacks as a "premeditated and deliberate attempt" to disrupt communal harmony.
"The government will strongly deal with those who want to spread the venom of communal hatred," he said.
Rohingyas, ethnic-Bengali Muslims, were involved in a week of sectarian violence with Buddhists in the western Burmese state of Rakhine in June after an attack on a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims.
Rights groups say Rohingya Muslims bore the brunt of a government crackdown to halt the violence.
Human Rights Watch has accused Burmese security forces of targeting Rohingya Muslims with killing, rape and arrest following the unrest.
Described by the UN as one of the world's most persecuted minorities, Rohingyas are facing a catalogue of discrimination in Burma.
They have been denied citizenship rights since an amendment to the citizenship laws in 1982 and are treated as illegal immigrants in their own home.
The Burmese government as well as the Buddhist majority refuse to recognize the term "Rohingya", referring to them as "Bengalis".
Many Rohingya Muslims take risky journeys by sea to neighboring Bangladesh to flee persecution in their homeland.Bangladesh does not accept them and pushed back out to sea refugees fleeing that unrest.
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At Fred's Diner, breakfast is king. Kneel at the feet of the most important meal of the day with a selection from the diner's menu. The three pancakes ($5.99)—with choice of sausage, ham, or bacon—forge a feast from flattened flour, while a three-egg cheese omelette ($4.99, with additional ingredients $0.85 each) sidekicks its stuffed sustenance with home fries and toast. Enjoy bread-bookended breakfast bites with a two-egg sandwich ($4.29), topped with choice of ham, bacon, or sausage, or simply feast on an uncomplicated half-pound of bacon ($2.50) with coffee ($1) or cranberry-orange juice ($2). Lunch-lovers are also in luck at Fred's Diner, with a fallout shelter's worth of soups, salads, sandwiches, and more on tap. Spoon-survey a bowl of Fred's famous chicken dumpling soup ($3.29), tenderly embrace the tenders of the grilled chicken salad ($7.49), or digestively dissect a 6-ounce rib-eye steak ($7.99). Specialty sandwiches include the Cuy-a-Hoagy ($6.39), topped with hot roast beef, and the triple-tiered tastiness of the Diner's Club ($6.99).
Fresh Start Diner has hallmarks of an American diner such as all-day breakfast starting as early as 7 a.m. Within these traditional parameters, however, the culinary team puts its own spin on the classic diner menu. Into a 14-inch pancake, they stuff vanilla ice cream and fruit or chocolate filling. Ham, crab cakes, corned-beef hash, or portobello mushrooms crown plates of eggs benedict. At 10:30 a.m. the diner introduces its lunch menu, which includes caesar salads with special house dressing and turkey melts. Fresh Start serves pancakes, omelets, salads, and sandwich entrees and bread including gluten-free products from Mrs. P?s Gluten Free Bakery.
Famous Gyro George's food-slinging chefs follow the cooking instructions listed on a menu that has dishes for every meal of the day. Sate egg cravings with a big breakfast platter of two eggs, two big pancakes, and four pieces of sausage ($6.99), or partake in lunch-focused fare with a famous philly gyro, which collects grilled mushroom, onions, and swiss cheese and stores them in the welcoming folds of a homemade pita ($6.99). A double-cheeseburger-deluxe combo slams two hamburger patties with lettuce, onion, tomato, and cheese, and balances the plate with fresh-cut fries and a fountain drink ($5.99). Dine post-dusk at one of George's 24-hour restaurants, which are open 24 hours a day in honor of Mark McGwire's age in 1988. Click here to view each location's hours.
Michael Petrakis immigrated to America in 1972 from the island of Crete, where dining is an integral part of social life. In opening Michael's, Petrakis aimed to bring the community some of the warm hospitality of Crete, an attitude embodied in his annual Thanksgiving dinners. Every year since 1983, he and his wife Anna have solicited the help of their staff and a dozen volunteers to serve free holiday dinner to everyone who comes through their doors––an average of 1,400–2,000 meals.
The quaint dining room at Michael's relies on homey touches such as stained glass windows and dangling flower baskets. Illuminated by natural light from large picture windows, diner-style tables support dishes ranging from Greek gyros to pizzas and build-your-own pasta. Those dishes are the work of Dino Tsarnas, a veteran of Cleveland Grill. He brings skills acquired there to a selection of Greek appetizers. Between trips to the restaurant's salad bar, guests can sip a glass of wine or connect to the restaurant's free WiFi.
Freedom Square Diner is a family-owned, community-centric restaurant that understands the value of a home-cooked meal. A friendly staff welcomes all foodies into a modern diner atmosphere where comfy seats cradle gastronomic cravings. An appetite can be cuddled by breakfast-menu bites such as a country breakfast with four eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, toast or English muffin, and a pair of pancakes ($7.99) and the crab or salmon Benedict over two poached eggs with an English muffin dressed in hollandaise sauce ($7.99).


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| November 9, 2009
Case packer, palletizer combination
Bergami case packer pairs with robotic mini palletizer in a small-footprint design.
By Jim Butschli,
Walt Langosch, sales and marketing director for
ESS Technologies, Inc.
describes the company's K 15 horizontal case packer/min palletizer cell combo during Pack Expo Las Vegas. The Bergami Model K 15 horizontal case packer is capable of running 15 cases/min.The robotic mini cell palletizer is equipped with a
M20iA robot. It operates at speeds to 30 cases/min. The combination is designed for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical, consumer goods, and medical device packaging lines.
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Although all sorts of people enjoy boating, not everyone wants to go blasting across the waves in a noisy speedboat. If you're more content with quietly cruising the waterways, then you might like Sky-Yacht's electric Joyboat. We recently spied the watercraft, at the Dusseldorf boat show. Read More
Zayak Sea Sled clears the way for underwater close-ups
Looking like a cross between a raft and a massage table, the Zayak Sea Sled is a new snorkeling alternative. It opens up the same type of underwater views, only without the need to submerge your face and breathe through a tube. You can explore the sea without getting a single strand of hair wet. Read More
Ferruccio Lamborghini's Riva Aquarama restored
When you hear the word "Lamborghini," you tend to think of land, not water, yet the car maker has a page in one of the most famous chapters of boat design. After a three-year effort, Dutch Riva has announced the successful restoration of a piece of maritime history: Ferrucio Lamborghini's Riva Aquarama speedboat. Read More
Think it takes more time to build a boat than make a French omelette? Think again. The Quickboat is the first foldable boat we've seen that a team of two can put together in a minute or less. That's insanely fast compared to the build times of other foldable boats we've covered, such as the Transporter (10 minutes) and the Smartkat (20 minutes). In fact, the boat is so easy to construct says Deryck Graham, the Managing Director of Australian company Quickboats, that one person with a beer in hand could assemble one in three minutes even with friends around to distract them. Read More
Barnacles may look nice and nautical on things like rocks, but they're a major problem for watercraft of all sorts. On the hulls of ships, for example, they can drastically decrease the vessel's hydrodynamics, causing it to burn more fuel and emit more emissions in order to maintain its cruising speed. The most common way of keeping barnacles off those hulls involves the use of environmentally-unfriendly paints. Now, however, a scientist from Sweden's University of Gothenburg has developed what could be a less harmful alternative. Read More
Along with their writhing tentacles, octopi and squid sport another interesting feature – they swim not by swishing a tail, but by expelling a jet of water. This allows them to move very quickly and quietly. Scientists from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation have now copied this system, in a propulsion system that could ultimately find use in boats, recreational watercraft, or submarines. Read More
Recreational amphibious vehicles are nothing new, but most are one-offs, and most tend to be boats that can creep on land, or cars that slosh slowly through water. There are exceptions, notably entries from Gibbs, but arguably, amphibious vehicles have not made the grade as true all-round vehicles that can be driven to work during the week, and on the lake on weekends. WaterCar's new Panther straddles the divide. Read More
Given that people such as myself already have a tendency to mistake streamlined car-top boxes as whitewater kayaks, it shouldn't come as a surprise that someone has gone and done the obvious – made a roof box that converts into a boat. Instead of serving as a kayak, however, the Boatbox can be rowed like a dinghy, or even fitted with a small motor or a sail. Read More
Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Racing have launched their latest collaboration at the Miami International Boat Show. The 38-foot Top Gun Cigarette Racing hull is powered by an AMG electric drive pumping out 2,220 horsepower (1,656 kW) and 2,210 ft-lb (3,000 Nm) of torque for a top speed in excess of 100 mph (160 km/h or over 86 knots). The electrics are taken nearly whole from the SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive – the world's fastest and most powerful production electric car. Read More
Cigarette Racing and AMG turn out 42-feet of comfort and speed
Cigarette Racing and AMG have collaborated on the newest version of the Huntress performance boat, which was officially unveiled this week at the Miami International Boat Show. A little more roomy than classic go-fast boats, the 42-foot Huntress is ten feet high, has an 11-foot, 9-inch beam and a cabin below decks providing luxury accommodation for two. Oh, yes – it also comes with a 500 gallon fuel tank and five Mercury Racing outboards that can push it up to 78 mph (125 km/h or 68 knots). Read More
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Linux and the Gateway Solo 2500
Welcome! I set up this page to share my experiences about installing Linux on a Gateway Solo 2500 laptop. |
The star of the show - the Solo 2500!
CPU | Pentium MMX 199 MHZ |
SCREEN | 12.1 inch HPA SVGA; Resolution: 800 x 600; Color Depth: 262,000 colors (18-bit) |
VIDEO | NeoMagic NM2160 (MagicGraph 128XD) with 2 MB integrated RAM |
SOUND | NeoMagic NMA 2 |
FLOPPY | (internal) |
CDROM | 8/20x Panasonic UJDA 110 (internal) |
MOUSE | The Solo 2500 comes with a touchpad, which I don't use. Instead, I use a regular PS/2 mouse. |
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I installed RedHat Linux 7.1. The Solo came with 1 partition dedicated to Windows 95. I booted from the RedHat installation CD and proceeded to install a Laptop-class installation (with GNOME). Using Disk Druid, I deleted the Windows 95 partition and created the following partitions:
(on /dev/hda1
(on /dev/hda6
)When the installation was finished, I installed the rhn_register and up2date packages from RHN. Once I registered my PC, I ran up2date and fully updated the box. When all was said and done I was running a 2.4.20-20.7 kernel.
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I use the neomagic driver with XFree86 4.1.0. The chipset is NeoMagic's NM2160 (MagicGraph 128XD) Using the NeoMagic driver, I get a resolution of 800x600 at pixel depths of 8 and 16 (Note that the chipset can actually handle higher resolutions and bit depths. I'm limited to 800x600, 16 bpp by the 2500's LCD). Here's a copy of my XF86Config-4 file and my for the Solo 2500 (use at your own risk).
A brief note about window managers. I don't use either the GNOME or the KDE desktop environments. I prefer to simply run my current window manager of choice, Blackbox (although I have been known to run Ratpoison on occassion). In any case, here are some links to my configuration files for Blackbox:
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For networking, I use a SMC8040TX PCMCIA card. It is NE2000 compliant and therefore automagically loads the pcnet_cs.o module. So far, so good!
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After many fruitless Internet searches and hours of frustration, I finally
went to www.opensound.com and downloaded
4Front's Open Sound System. It is not free software (a license cost me $20),
but I am very happy with the results. I configured the NeoMagic NMA2 chip as
a "Generic Yamaha OPL3-SAX (YMF719) non-PNP". Here is a copy of my
, modules.cfg
and options.cfg
files, which reside in
, and a copy of my /etc/modules.conf
file. I used OSS' soundconf
utility to setup the card.
At the end of March 2004 I received a note from Andrew Haninger, who shared his experiences with me. Andrew is using the OSS drivers that came with the kernel. He wrote,
Just a note that I found your site while searching for tips on how to get the sound working on my Solo 2500 with Linux 2.4. I had it working previously in 2.2 with certain settings for io, mss_io, irq, dma, and dma2, but these settings did not work 2.4. Through much trial and error, I found that the following seem to work:
io 0x370 mss_io 0x530 irq 5 dma 0 dma2 1
I don't think it even matters what you put in the BIOS because when I was first playing with this, I remember changing things there and then using those settings when loading the module and they did not work.
Andrew later wrote me with some additional information, including the following modprobe line for his OSS driver:
modprobe opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1
He also wrote:
Also, I found later that I was wrong about the BIOS settings having no
effect on which options work. I think the irq setting actually needs to
match the IRQ set in the BIOS.
So far, I've found ALSA to be more difficult to set up than I think it
should be.
Thanks Andrew!
Update on ALSA and the Solo 2500
Andrew has written me again to keep me updated. He wrote
Hello once again. I wrote to you nearly a year ago when I was trying to get ALSA to work on my SOLO 2500. At the time I was using a 2.4 kernel. Since then, I've installed a 2.6 kernel. Trying to get ALSA to work on a 2.6 kernel on this laptop drove me nuts (and still does, but I'm not alone).
Since then, I've also begun to try to get this problem fixed once and for all with ALSA. After reading bug reports and talking with the OPL3SA2 driver author, we've found that there seems to be a bug in ALSA or Linux 2.6 (but misbehaving hardware is probably the biggest issue). I'm currently still working with the developer to get automatic detection of this card to work flawlessly. We've made some progress, but there is still a lot to do.
I was wondering, if you still have your 2500 and it's running a 2.6 system, if you could try out some of the patches that have been made available in my discussions with the developer. If not, could you put a link on your page to the most recent bug report I've filled out? Here's the URL: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1326. It will require a login for making comments, but you should be able to view them and download files without logging in. This way, maybe others who stumble upon your page will be able to help out further (and serve as a check to see if I'm doing everything right).
Oh yeah, in my last reports, I wasn't completely sure if the BIOS settings mattered. Well, it appears that, at least with the ALSA driver, the DMA1/DMA2 settings must be set to what they are in the BIOS, but the IRQ doesn't have to be set the same. I think the only options available for the IRQ are 5, 7 and 11, if these are otherwise free. Thanks!
Thank you Andrew!
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To learn more about running Linux on laptops, please visit TuxMobil.org
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If you find this information useful, please drop me a note to let me know. You can also send comments, questions or updated information about Linux on the Solo 2500 to me at: joephayes@_NOSPAM_yahoo.com (Take out '_NOSPAM_', to send.)
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Experience a quality Australian accommodated walking holiday. Be guided through a tropical rainforest, along secluded beaches or across the ridges of a majestic mountain range. Whether you are traversing the famous Great Ocean Walk, exploring a canyon in the Blue Mountains or experiencing remote wilderness in the outback, you will be pampered at the end of the day in comfortable accommodation. Whether you call it walking, hiking, rambling, tramping, trekking or bushwalking, you'll love what we have to offer you. Go with Auswalk – Australia's leading walking tour operator offering great walks of Australia.
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An excellent way to explore the countryside with a group of like-minded people and a couple of knowledgeable guides. Two guides means we can offer you a choice of easier and harder walk options along the way. At night, enjoy comfortable accommodations, good food and wine and the company of new friends.
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Unique to Auswalk in Australia. You walk through national parks and forests, progressing from one delightful accommodation to the next. Your luggage is moved ahead while you walk. Choose a fully supported self-guided walking holiday, following the comprehensive walk notes supplied. Or go with a guide.
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Spilotes pullatus
Tropical Rat Snake
Some other names for this species:
Tiger Rat Snake, Thunder and Lightning Snake
Pook's Hill, Belize
This fairly large and colorful snake was found by the proprietors of Pook's Hill lounging in their young daughter's hut. Since it is a rat snake and not a young daughter snake, they weren't too worried, but they decided things would be better off overall if the snake were released in the rainforest nearby. Dr. Archie Carr III dutifully carried the snake 100 yards or so up the road and released it, whereupon it promptly turned around and sped back towards the daughter's hut as fast as its little ribs could carry it. We decided to tell the proprietors only the part about releasing it 100 yards away.


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John David Childers was born into Heaven on Friday, June 6, 2014, at 8:15 a.m.
He was the precious son of Jeremy and Ashlie Childers (Bonin) and little brother of Austyn Janna. He was our beautiful baby boy who impacted so many lives in such a brief time. He will always be remembered and loved as our cherished first son.
In addition to his parents and sister, he is survived by his grandparents, John and Deborah Childers of Cleveland, David Bonin of Canal Fulton, Ohio, and LaVonne Bonin of Columbus, Ohio; great-grandmother, Mary Childers of Anderson, S.C.; and many devoted uncles, aunts and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents: JC Childers, Donald and Meval Woods, Austin and Martha Ober and Paul and Rosalee Bonin.
A private graveside service will be held Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Garden Sanctuary Church of God, 831 Cedar St., Rock Hill S.C. 29730.
A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www. mcdougaldfuneralhome.com
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The aim of an Evaluation is that of assessing the relevance and fulfilment of objectives, developmental efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the intervention. The evaluation of a project must be impartial and independent, credible, useful, and carried out with the participation of the project's stakeholders. The scope of the evaluation includes review of all resources mobilised and activities implemented in the framework of the project.
In case the partner intends to request EC's funding for the external evaluation of the project, Terms of Reference (including methodology, duration and foreseen calendar) will have to be provided with the project proposal (or later on in the Interim or Pre-Final stage) and require the official agreement of EuropeAid.
To be considered eligible, evaluation costs have to be incurred (committed) before the end of the implementing period of the project (i.e. during the period running from the date of eligibility of expenditure of the operation established in the Special Conditions of the Grant Contract to the end of the implementation period). The evaluation itself must be carried out within three months of the end of the operation. Evaluation reports have to be submitted to EuropeAid with the final report.
Preparatory phase
The external evaluation team should be engaged via the applicable tendering/contracting procedure. The candidate contractor shall prepare a proposal in response to the ToR issued by the commissioning service. The contents of the proposal shall be as follows:
- understanding of the context, purpose and intended users of the evaluation;
- understanding of the themes or questions to be covered;
- indicative methodological design;
- core evaluation members, their field of expertise and their role;
- time scheduled;
- detailed budget;
- CVs in the standard format and declarations of absence of conflict of interest;
- CV of an expert from outside the evaluation team who will be in charge of quality control.
Inception phase
During the inception phase, which starts when the evaluation team is engaged and lasts a few weeks, team members collect basic documentation:
- project documents;
- ex-ante evaluation/situation analysis;
- EC documents setting the policy framework in which the project takes place (e.g. relative EC development and external relations policy, country strategy paper;
- Government strategy (e.g. PRSP).
The team shall also consult all relevant management and monitoring documents so as to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the project covering:
- full identification;
- resources planned, committed and used;
- progress of outputs;
- names and addresses of key informants;
- ratings attributed through the results-oriented monitoring system;
- availability of progress reports and evaluation reports.
The evaluation team then reviews the project logical framework as set up at the beginning of the project cycle and identifies the points which need clarification and/or updating. The analysis of the project logic covers:
- context in which the project has been launched, opportunities and constraints;
- needs to be met, problems to be solved and challenges to be addressed;
- justification of the fact that the needs, problems or challenges could not be addressed more effectively within another framework;
- objectives (general and specific);
- nature of inputs and activities.
Particular care shall be given to the identification of the different levels of objectives and their translation into various levels of intended effects:
- activities expressed (operational objectives) in terms of results for direct beneficiaries and/or outputs (tangible products or services);
- specific objective (project purpose) expressed in terms of sustainable benefit for the target group;
- overall objective(s) expressed in terms of wider effect.
The logical framework preferably includes "Objectively Verifiable Indicators (OVIs)" and "Sources of Information" which are useful for structuring the evaluators' work. In so far as OVIs have been properly monitored, including baseline data, they become a major part of the factual basis of the evaluation. Indicators may also be developed in the framework of the evaluation as part of a questionnaire survey, an analysis of a management database, or an analysis of statistical series. Indicators may be quantitative or qualitative.
Field phase
Once the analysis has been performed on the basis of official documents, the evaluation team starts interacting with key informants in the project management entourage. The first to be interviewed are generally the persons who are or have been involved in the design, management and supervision of the project. Interviews cover project management, EC services, and possibly key partners in the country/ies concerned. Other evidence is collected through direct observation of facts (including track records, photographs and alike); statements by informants who have been personally involved; identification and reference to proxies; indirect reporting on facts by informants who have not been personally involved. The evaluation team makes use of different participatory tools for research and dialogue and shall insure an ethical behaviour in collecting data.
Synthesis phase
The core evaluation report shall be based on seven criteria identified by the OECD/DAC and the EC itself. These criteria are the following:
- Relevance: the extent to which the objectives of a development intervention are consistent with beneficiaries' requirements, country needs, global priorities and partners' and donors' policies
- Effectiveness: the extent to which the development intervention's objectives were achieved, or are expected to be achieved, taking into account their relative importance.
- Efficiency: a measure of how economically resources/inputs (funds, expertise, time, etc.) are converted to results.
- Sustainability: the continuation of benefits from a development intervention after major development assistance has been completed. The probability of continued long-term benefits. The resilience to risk of the net benefit flows over time.
- Impact: positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by a development intervention, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended.
- Coherence/complementarity: this criterion may have several dimensions: - Coherence within the Commission's development programme; - Coherence/complementarity with the partner country's policies and with other donors' interventions; - Coherence/complementarity with the other Union policies.
- Union value added: the extent to which the project/programme adds benefits to what would have resulted from Member States' interventions in the same context.
Once a self-assessment of the reliability of data and validity of analyses has been carried out and the quality control guaranteed, the evaluation team reviews the findings with the view of confirming them, and formulates a series of conclusions, recommendations and lessons learnt. The evaluation team then finalises the drafting of the evaluation report following the standard EC format.
The evaluation team leader attaches a quality certificate to the draft final report, indicating the extent to which:
- Evaluation questions are answered.
- Reliability and validity limitations are specified.
- Conclusions apply evaluation criteria in an explicit and transparent manner.
- The present guidelines have been used.
- Tools and analyses have been implemented according to standards.
- The language, layout, illustrations, etc. are according to standards.
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The Story - Lucas Grace Bible Church
Sunday, February 12, 2012
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Lucas, OH
"The Story" comes to Lucas Grace Bible Church going on now through August 12th during the 8:30am and 11am Sunday Services. Residents in Richland, Ashland and the surrounding counties are welcome to attend. The Story Bible experience for the entire family, co-authored by New York Times best-selling author, Max Lucado, and pastor of Oak Hills Church (San Antonio, TX), Randy Frazee.
The Story is an exciting new experience that unites and equips participants of all ages as they engage the Bible. Reading like a novel, The Story offers a seamless, compelling narrative. Condensed into 31 accessible chapters, The Story sweeps readers into an unfolding chronological progression of Bible characters and events. Come find your story in God's story!
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What do you set your thermostat to overnight?
What about during the day (and are you home during the day?) If you have pets in the house, what are your settings? I know my dog loves cooler weather, but I don't want to make it too cold. I am usually home for most of the day, then I go to work. Dog stays in the kitchen. We hit the sack at around 2 a.m., at which time I turn it down to about 66 and set it to stay there until about 10 a.m. I need to finally read the instruction book for the programmable thermostat! |
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I'm home all day and am gone for just a few hours at night for work, so I generally leave it on 70°F. When I was working days (12+ hrs), I did 60°F while gone, 70°F while home. That's for heating. Cooling, 77°F home, 82°F work. |
69 or 70 during the day (we are home most of the time), 65 at night and in the winter we sleep with the bedroom window open about an inch. |
- Posted by laxsupermom (My Page) on Sun, Dec 21, 08 at 8:35
64 all the time in the winter. 78 in the summer. We're home all the time. I'm a SAHM w/ 2 kids. DH works from home. |
I leave mine at 62 almost all of the time. It's not bad; if I'm sitting, I pull an afghan over me. If I'm working throughout the house (cooking, cleaning, or whatever), I'm warm enough. |
66 during the day; 56 at night. I'm a Minnesotan! I like to sleep in a chilly room with a sheet, a wool blanket, a huge down comforter, and two bottle-warmer cats. |
- Posted by tishtoshnm (My Page) on Sun, Dec 21, 08 at 20:33
Our house has zones for the heat. We keep the master bathroom at 70-75 (to keep the boiler from freezing) and all of the other thermostats are generally switched off. Sometimes the zone for the kids bedrooms and bathroom is turned on when Dh leaves for work and I turn it off after a couple of hours. The kids and I are home all day. In general, we try to use only the woodstove. Our only form of cooling comes from ceiling fans in the summer. We never turn the swamp cooler on. |
After paying an obscene amount of money for heating oil when it was at it's highest, I now have the thermostat set for 62 when I'm home and about 56/57 at night. My cat doesn't seem to mind and I've acclimated myself to the day temp. I sleep with flannel sheets and a down alternative comforter, so I don't feel the lower temp at night. The tank has been going down LOTS slower since I started this. |
- Posted by arizonarose (My Page) on Mon, Dec 22, 08 at 12:12
We leave it on 70 day & night in the winter (which is about 6-8 wks of the yr) and keep it on 80 in the summer. We have an electric heat pump. Summer electric bills are the pits :( |
- Posted by dilly_dally (My Page) on Mon, Dec 22, 08 at 12:44
Posted by bmmalone: In the winter we sleep with the bedroom window open about an inch. Why? Why open a window and let all the heat out? |
- Posted by suesan_2008 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 22, 08 at 13:03
Usually 74. My husband is very skinny and is always cold. He also sits in front of a space heater almost all the time that he's sitting, plus wears a heavy polartec robe over his clothes and heavy wool socks. I'm hardly fat, but it's still particularly miserably hot when he's baking. P.S. Been wondering what DH is? De Husband? |
- Posted by western_pa_luann (My Page) on Mon, Dec 22, 08 at 13:20
usually Dear Husband or Darling Husband... sometimes D@mn husband |
- Posted by tishtoshnm (My Page) on Tue, Dec 23, 08 at 0:01
About 10 years ago when I first started visiting message boards I would giggle because I thought that it meant dumb husband until I saw that people used it for their kids too. |
We live in SW Florida so for us it is how high can you go. We did not turn on the heat at all last year. We only had a couple cold nights so we used small electric heaters in the bedrooms and added extra blankets. Summer however is tough. We set the AC at 80 and do not go below unless the humidity is out of control. When we leave we turn it off for the day. We are gone long hours at a time so we just suffer a short period when we first get home. |
We have obscene weather flucations here in Kansas, often from hour to hour, let alone day to day. This morning it was 27°F at 5 a.m. when I got up, which was 30°s WARMER than yesterday morning. We don't heat any of the bedrooms, just the main area of the house (living, dining, and kitchen), and keep the temperature 60-62°F. Up to 66°F in the afternoon with the help of the sun or after baking something. The bedroom will be anywhere from 52°-57°. All beds have cozy flannel sheets and down comforters. We didn't turn our furnace on this year until Sunday when the temperatures were below zero and we were traveling out of town for several days. We normally use a Sun Cloud Infrared Heater, and occasionally our energy efficient gas fireplace. BTW, our gas bill is 75% lower and electricity is less than half what our neighbor's is (similar square footage). I can't stand the heat, so I thrive on this frigid weather. I'm one of the first ones to crank the air conditioner on, however ;-). -Grainlady |
- Posted by dilly_dally (My Page) on Tue, Dec 23, 08 at 13:26
"About 10 years ago when I first started visiting message boards I would giggle because I thought that it meant dumb husband until I saw that people used it for their kids too." What makes you think that someone would not use DD/DS and mean dumb. Kids do a lot of dumb stuff. Young kids and grown up kids. |
SW PA here. 64 when we first turn on the furnace - usually November. It's boosted up to 66 once winter truly sets in. We have central air, but usually don't use it. for those 2 miserable weeks in July or August when we break down, it's set at 80 just to take the moisture out of the air. |
- Posted by newgardenelf (My Page) on Sun, Dec 28, 08 at 14:54
60 during the day, 50 at night, 65 from 6 pm to 9 pm. Weekends 60 with a fire if necessary. Down comforters on the beds and L.L.Bean slippers for all. |
65 during the day if we're home, if not 60 until we get home. 50 at night. We live in Central Ohio. Both myself and DS #2 wear sweatshirts and shoes all the time. DH and DS#s 1 and 3 walk around barefoot and in tshirts all the time. They complain about my parents' house because my folks keep it at 78 all day. I love visiting my folks! They're trying to spend my inheritence in heating oil! |
- Posted by breenthumb (My Page) on Sun, Dec 28, 08 at 21:54
Set to 68 during the day and 55 at night. Upstate, NY. These posts used be more relevant when we all had our location or at least zone alongside our names. Now most of them aren't even our pages. |
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I meant ON our pages. |
- Posted by nancylouise (My Page) on Mon, Dec 29, 08 at 7:56
During the day when we are at work and the kids are at school and then again when we go to bed, the temp is set at 62 degrees. About a 1/2 hour before we get up in the morning or are to arrive home the timer clicks on the thermostat and raises the temp to 66 degrees. That is plenty warm for our family. We live in Maine and are accustom to the cold. Our pets don't mind it either. It's the summer heat that does me in. NancyLouise |
Programeable thermostat zone 5 wake = 68 18 y/o cat loves heated cat bed (4 watts and thermostated) |
Wow have never heated our house! Live in Qld, Aust and its subtropical. During Oct-Mar (summer) we will turn on the air-con if its sticky to combat the humidity. Temps are usually 28-34 C (83F-93F), but its the humidity that wilts you. So fans are useless & just blow around humid air...yuk. We will set the air-con down to 24 during summer when humidity is up over 75-80%. Yep its almost raining by then :) Winter is gorgeous. Never goes below 20 C (68F) by day and a beautiful 10 C (50) at night. No need for heating! |
- Posted by ilene_in_neok (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 09 at 8:57
Oklahoma here. Like Grainlady from KS said, we have wild fluctuations in our weather. In winter, we run 70 (F) during the day and 65 at night. DH does a lot of sitting around and so he gets cold. He wears his robe and slippers in the evenings after his bath and a sweatshirt jacket over his jeans and shirt during the day. Neither of us go without shoes and socks during the day, and I wear my socks to bed because it's real hard to sleep when your feet are cold! I do a lot of moving around during the day -- puttering around in the kitchen, doing my housework, etc., and I get too warm. We've had our house reinsulated in the walls and in the attic. Our natural gas bill that we just got was about $120. I really could stand it to be a little cooler, but DH has the attitude that he's going to be warm in his old age regardless of the cost. It is a stretch getting him to wear that sweatshirt jacket in the house. He also has the attitude that he worked hard all his life and now that he's retired, if he wants to sit in the La-Z-Boy all day, that's his right. That's also why he gets cold quicker than I do. Men. I'm thinking of getting him some kind of heating pad or something he could slip in his chair. But the chair is leather, something he just had to have. And maybe it was a good thing as he tends to wear out upholstery cloth. Would the heat damage the leather, though? The last place I worked, I had to sit in a draft. As soon as I got home, I would go take a hot bath and that would be the first time my feet would have been warm all day. So glad I can stay home now. In summer, we don't turn the AC on until June. Some of our neighbors have theirs cranked up 'way earlier than that, but I think they must not be very well insulated. We have an attic fan that pulls the hot air out of the house in an instant. I would recommend an attic fan to anyone who doesn't have one. You do get a draft from the louvers in the winter, but we have built a styrofoam box that we keep in the attic. We climb up there and put the box over the fan in the winter. We run our AC at about 80 during the day and 85 at night, but I have to watch DH as he keeps turning it down more until I notice I'm cold, and then I go adjust it back. It's really hard to be a frugal wife when your DH is not. There's been some discussion elsewhere over how low you can turn your temperatures in the winter before it isn't cost-effective. I'm not sure I understand the logistics of it, but I did get a bit of an understanding of it one time when we went to visit DH's brother in Illinois. Their guest room was upstairs where normally they don't heat in the winter. Even though they cranked the heat up for us, that was the coldest darned bed I ever tried to sleep in. It was like laying on a block of ice. All the surfaces were cold. I guess that's one way you can keep family from visiting too often! LOL |
We heat with wood at home, always comfortable. At work, M-F job always little chilly. Weekend job- COLD! Wear long sleeves, Lab jacket, and coat or blanket is normal. I waited so long for Hot Flashes that didn't last long enough! GrainLady- where in KS are you? I'm in NE KS! Cold and windy today! |
- Posted by stargazzer (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 09 at 22:15
not to low here. i usually keep the thermostat at 70 in the winter, my friends wrap up in throws and blankets and i won't do that as long as i have money to pay the bills. i will put on a sweater, but with this broken arm i do a lot of sitting and i feel like i am freezing to death. i can't put on jeans which are warm, so have it set it on 71 most of the time and sometimes on 72. sure will be glad when this is healed. |
pammiesue - I'm out here at about the bellybutton of Kansas - central. And you're right, it WAS cold yesterday - even for me - but much nicer today. :-) -Grainlady |
- Posted by western_pa_luann (My Page) on Mon, Jan 5, 09 at 16:13
68 degrees here... plenty warm enough with winter weight fabrics and/or layers on. |
Chicago suburbs here. A few weeks ago wind chills was -49F. Yes, 49 BELOW zero. Away from home: 60 |
- Posted by colorcrazy (My Page) on Fri, Jan 9, 09 at 17:57
N. Virginia here. Programmable thermostat. 60 when we are not home or sleeping and 65 when we get up and from 6 - 11 PM and on weekends. I tried to get DH to set it at 55 at night, but he says he hates to see me so cold. Summer, we keep it around 75 when home and 85 when not home. DH has promised he will help me finish insulating the upstairs this month. Did the eaves and part of the ceiling two years ago and it helped. No way to get insulation in the walls, sigh. |
I used to try to keep it about 60 - 62, which is O.K. when doing chores, as one is moving around. But when sitting, at computer, reading, writing, or whatever where there's little movement of one's body (only in the head), I find that a bit coolish, despite having about half a dozen layers on the torso, but two on the legs - sometimes put a blanket or coat over the knees: sometimes wear coveralls. The non-working hand is O.K. - I can slip it under the bum when it gets too cold. But life was rather hard for the mouse-operating hand ... till I pinned the two ends of one side of a washcloth and slipped it over my wrist. Since I have minimal hair on top ... a cap is essential in the house ... they say that a substantial amount of the heat that our body radiates comes from the head. But I have an unproductive habit - I tend to stay up late during the cold night, then sleep part way through the day, when usually the sun is out to add warming. Hi Ilene who's O.K. in n-e somewhere, When you visited the relatives in Illinois, did they have flannelette sheets on the bed? Many of us find them less chilly to slip into on a cool winter evening. If I feel cold after about 5 min. to warm up in the bed, I pull on another blanket (folded at the foot, for easy, i.e. unchilly, access). Memo to folks who feel that it's solely their business how much energy they use for heating/cooling: our glaciers are melting, the Arctic ocean is getting more ice-free each summer (and blue water absorbs a lot more heat than does white ice) ... ... plus permafrost is melting, which releases methane, adding far more increase to global warming than does the carbon dioxide that we've been fussing about. ole joyful |
- Posted by seattlemike (My Page) on Mon, Jan 12, 09 at 10:43
Enjoyed reading this thread, esp. from the folks up north, in the midwest, and Canada. Don't have any lower temps to offer, except that I recall my mother breaking out her mittens, scarves, and heavy coats when the temps got below 70. This was back in Hawaii, where blood runs a bit thinner. |
Maryland here. In winter, 65 degrees when we are home and awake, 55 when away or asleep, and we watch TV, work on the computers, and sleep upstairs. In summer, we keep the temperature between 70-75 degrees and mostly live in the lower levels of this split-level house. |
The lowest of course, is to turn it completely off! :-) |
RI here: 62 during the day. At night, I tried to turn it down to 58-60, but boyfriend got cranky. Until, I pulled out all the recent oil receipts and showed him the frequency of oil we are going through. So, now the thermostat is 58 at night. So, we wear knitted hats to bed if it is really cold, and have heating blankets if necessary. |
very interesting thread.. Winter 63-64,except from 4-8pm,where it is set for 68 for that time frame summer 73-74...ceiling fans make it feel closer to 70,which is where i'd prefer it..LOVE the cold,hate the heat |
South Central Pa here Furnace set at 58 degrees for nightime sleeping. Propane fireplace runs during the day when someone is home (which is nearly all the time!) It keeps the house at a balmy 72-74 degrees (I like being comfy).....furnace kicks on at 64 degrees during the day if nobody is home/fireplace not on. |
Mid west Michigan here 9am -5 pm 58 degrees (working) 5pm-10 pm 68 degrees 10pm-6 am 58 degrees 6am-8:30 am 65 degrees, that is during the week. and week ends 68 if we are home 58 if were gone. After sleeping all night when I get up is when I am the warmest one of the only times my feet get warm. I am going to make more effort to not go bare foot in the house. seems like a no brainer, feet always cold don't go barefoot. This was posted by a man! :) |
Hi dadoes, When you turn it off completely ... ... that's just before you move out, I imagine? Up here in Ontario, there's a big difference between turning the thermostat to the lowest level and turning the furnace off completely (unless you have no freezable stuff in the house). At lowest level, and in cold weather you'd better have someone check the place every couple of days to ensure that the furnace is operating, the temp usually runs around 55 degrees - stuff doesn't freeze. Throw the switch, the furnace goes to sleep, within a few days, freezable stuff has friz. When daughter and hub. bought a house that had been unoccupied for a while several years ago, the bank swore that heat had been maintained. Yeah? Well, if so, how to account for pipes, having frozen, now be leaking in about 8 places in the walls?? Big difference between thermostat turned to lowest level and throwing the switch, in many areas. Hope you can find all of the hot air that you need (at this time of year). ole joyful |
- Posted by stargazzer (My Page) on Wed, Jan 28, 09 at 19:50
Also you can break your little toe by going barefoot. LOL I broke the same one twice. |
- Posted by slateberry51 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 29, 09 at 13:49
we do 57 at night, but fill a hot water bottle for each of the kids. they love it so much, they beg for them in spring and fall, even though they don't really need them. My mil smiled when she heard about our practice. Growing up in MN in the 20's and 30's, they were given a brick off the stove wrapped in an old blanket to take to bed, and loved those too. |
- Posted by joann23456 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 29, 09 at 14:30
The temperature is set at 66° for an hour in the morning when we get ready and in the evening when we're home and awake. At night and during the day (when we're at work/school), it's set at 60. It's not a sacrifice - we all like it cool. The trouble comes in the summer, when I want to set the air conditioner at 66 ... |
Temporary stay in AZ. Warm. Delightfully warm. Three layers top, instead of six. No washcloth over mouse hand. No chattering teeth. Great. (Arizona tourist bureau should take me on). ole joyful |
Just visiting from ther GardenWeb site and saw this thread. We are transplants from AZ (Zone 7b) to Niagara, NY (Zone 5)and try to kep the house about 70F. Everyone wears long underwear, sweaters, socks and slippers. If we let the house get below 70 it gets cold quick and takes all day to get back up. When its 15F outside or windy, we really struggle to get up to 69F inside with hot water baseboards and 4 space heaters. Have not been warm since we left AZ so don't mind not having A/C in NY. Does not seem necessary here although some have it anyway. |
Hi fleethart, Have you taken on some alcoholic beverage on occasion? Some anti-freeze in the veins might help ... do ya think? ole joyful |
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New Transportation Tax
I saw on the news where Perdue and the state congress passed a new sales tax to shuffle out to localities for transportation purposes---whatever that is.
Now if we can just get our county sales tax through for paying our debts here in PTC, we will be all the way to 8% sales tax.
Then if Boortz and company can get the 30% sales tax through instead of federal tax, we will be as well off as Switzerland! 38% sales tax.
(I know he says 23% but he is trying to fool us.)
Man alive, $12 a pound steak will then be $17 per pound.
$3.29 loaf of edible bread will only be $5
Sliced ham and cheese goes then for $14 a pound.
A $30,000 car would be $41, 400 only.
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If money is needed for transportation projects, put a higher tax on gasoline and automobiles. If new bypass is needed, set up a toll booth. Money has to come from somewhere. Roads and bridges must be repaired. Cities tend to build things they don't need. This has got to stop. SPLOST is NOT the answer.


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I had potted a store bought turmeric rhizome into a potting mix.I had kept it moist all the time for about 4 weeks now.The rhizomes are still plump and look good...but they have not yet sprouted.can anyone help me out and tell if i am doing something wrong or do they take much longer to sprout.?Also I have planted a few ginger rhizomes..bought from store too..so any advice on its care and how long does it take to sprout. Thanks,
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Hi Norma: Turmeric as many other gingers have a long season where all the folliage wilts and dies and the tubers remain dormant for several month (maybe six month or so). My turmeric tuber sprouted about a month ago. So my recomendation is be patient, it may take a mont or so for it to start sprouting. Keep them moist but avoid overwatering so they won't rot. My experience has been they are very easy to grow and produce a lot in a period of one year. Hope that may be of help... cocomo |
Thanks Cocomo...actually did not expect anyone to reply back..so did not check back for a long time.Just as you said it took a few more weeks from the time i started this thread...but both my ginger and turmeric have sprouted.Infact all 3 of my turmeric roots have sprouted and have gorgeous long leaves and the plants are about a foot tall.It was absolutely exciting to see these things come to life after a long time. Btw what location do you plant them ? Is full shade fine.Also plant them in 5 gallon coantainers or in the ground.Do they survive the winter in Z10 or do they die back? Thanks , |
Hi again: I plant my turmeric in partial sun / partial shade. Or bright shade. Not in full shade. I have planted mine so far in 1 to 3 gallon containers and they have grown fine. They do survive perfectly here without any mulching. But the folliage, as i said, always dies and the tuber gets dormant for several months. |
Thanks so much cocomo.Appreciate it. |
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This glass mosaic backsplash looked like a perfect compliment to my countertop on the sample sheet. I'm just not sure it works well with the Gaya quartzite countertop now that its been installed. |
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I think it works nicely and will look better once the mirror is in - what kind of mirror? Unframed or framed? |
Still on the fence about the mirror. But leaning toward an unframed full wall mirror since there is about three feet of counter space between the inside edges of the sinks. Plus I like the contemporary look of a full width mirror. |
That's what I'm doing - also my sinks are the same as yours - Kohler Ladena? |
I like it. I think it blends well with the counter and the color of the cabinet. I think you will like it better when all the elements are installed. Right now you are concentrating too hard on the backsplash. |
I think it ties the colors in the wood and the counter tops together nicely. I agree that you will like it when everything is finished. |
I think the backsplash and the counter look good together. My DIL gave a suggestion to add a strip of the countertop above the mosaic, to tie it in. |
- Posted by treasuretheday (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 21:35
I think they look great together! Your backsplash has such a variety of colors in it...I really do love it! Get your mirror in and some accessories that compliment some of the other tones in your mosaic and it will come together beautifully. |
They look terrific together!!!!! |
Another thumbs up! |
I agree, it's all beautiful! |
Thank you all for the responses! I feel better about my decision now. I'm always second-guessing myself - a problem inherent being a Libra I guess... Gina, the sinks are Ronbow. |
BTW - are you a fan of Robert Fripp or is that your name? |
Perhaps it IS Robert Fripp :) |
No I am not Robert Fripp, but I am a fan. And a fan of Eno too! Fripp was my great grandmother's maiden name and I like it. In fact, I think I'll put on some Roxy Music now that you got me in the mood... Have a great weekend! |
Once the mirrors, paint and accessories done it will pull together nicely. I always second guessed my decisions as it went in piece by piece but when pulled together it fell into place. |
I think it looks fabulous; it ties in with both the vanity and the counter beautifully. Those are gorgeous tiles! And I think you should do an unframed wall mirror full-length and all the way to the ceiling. I did this in our bathroom and was shocked (in a good way) at how much difference the extra foot or so on top made to opening up the room and making it seem much more spacious. Mind you, I only have 8-foot ceilings - I don't know how it would look with higher ones. |
I think it's very pretty. Any chance of finding a pencil strip that matches your counter, to top the backsplash? |
"Perhaps it IS Robert Fripp :)" - LOL! I'm going to the ceiling with my unframed mirror - within a few days I'll know how it looks and post a picture as well. |
please post the pic of the mirror to ceiling as next week I'm getting measured for the mirror and don't want to mess this up. |
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The first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 6 April 2014 was a fantastic success. By organizing your own event and showing your support to the White Card campaign, you have shown just how powerful sport and its core values can be in educating younger generations and fostering social stability, unity and dialogue among different communities.
Here are just some of the types of events and activities you carried out in 2014 to celebrate 6 April:
Symbolic action
You rallied your network around a group action representing 6 April (run for peace, musical compositions, photos/videos conveying a particular message etc.).
Artistic event
You gave free rein to your imagination by holding art competitions, designing posters and using a range of other artistic mediums to show how sport can be a tool for peace and development.
Debate / Conference
You brought together political leaders, sporting champions, specialists and influential figures from your community to talk about the impact of sport on society.
Open day
You held open days at your business or association for members of your community to give them an insight into your daily activities.
Sporting event
You held sports matches, tournaments and Olympic-style games to raise awareness among the participants and general public about the formative values of sport.
Working group
You organized workshops, open-to-all discussion sessions and awareness raising activities on the topic of peace and development through sport.


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"This was very good! We served this for dinner tonight. I did add Kashi Pilaf, butternut squash instead of carrots (I didnt have any on hand), butter beans, and minced garlic instead. Low-cal, low-fat, nutritious, and just very healthy! Nice warm soup on a cold winter night! This will go in my remake recipes. Thank you for sharing!"
"I love chocolate! Oh my gosh fantasticly soft and fudgy tasting! They fixed my chocolate craving without so much guilt! These were great! I added a 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour in place of a 1/2 c of a/p flour for extra fiber and nutrition in which I added an extra tablespoon of canola oil to the recipe. These were great and my kids loved them an..."
"Great recipe, nice flavor and easy to make. I did use sweet vidalia onion and breakfast sausage instead, added a little milk, italian bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese to the mixture. My kids loved it and so did I. This is a dish I will make again. Thank you! :-)"
"Tried these tonight. Great side dish. Very simple, easy, and tasty. I put zucchini in a ziplock and poured 2 T canola oil and 1 T of melted butter and shook it to get them evenly coated then layered them on the baking sheet and sprinkled the seasonings on it. I baked mine at 375 and then broiled the last 10 minutes. Turned out nicely golden bro..."
"I saw this recipe tonight and had split chicken breasts laid out for dinner. In all fairness I won't rate the recipe because I didn't have enough parmesan cheese on hand. I didn't have enough parmesan cheese so I sprinkled it on top of the chicken and then added 2 T soy sauce, 2 T Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, 2 tsp. minced jar garlic, 1 T Honey,..."
"Yummy! Served this yesterday at our family cook out and most everyone loved it! (those that didn't were older and non-spice pallated eaters) I didn't have lime juice so I used lemon juice nor did I have red wine vinegar so I used apple cider vinegar and a couple small splashes of soft red wine, I also used dried cilantro & parsley but it turned ou..."
"This recipe had a great flavor and texture and was simple to make. We made this for lunch today and we all loved it. There were hardly any leftovers. I did add italian herbs and a few dashes of parmesan cheese in the dough. I will make this again. This would be fun for kids to make for personal pizza's for birthday parties or sleepovers. Sprink..."
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"This was a great hit at our house! I altered the recipe a little for what I had on hand. I was out of cottage cheese for the egg mixture so I used 1/2 c. sour cream and 1/3 c. half-n-half, 1/3 c. parmesan cheese, 1 tsp. italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 c. of the spaghetti sauce and added the 1 tsp. of sugar to the egg (used 2 eggs) mixture ..."


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Dr. Ali Askari, MD
Rheumatology, University Hospital Medical Group
- 3909 Orange Pl Ste 3100
Beachwood, OH 44122 - 2 Office Locations
- (216) 896-1774
Dr. Ali Askari graduated from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 1966. He works in Beachwood, OH and 1 other location and specializes in Rheumatology. Dr. Askari is affiliated with University Hospitals Case Medical Center and University Hospital Ahuja Medical Center. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Years in Practice: 49 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Graduation Date: 1966
Hospital Affiliations: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, University Hospital Ahuja Medical Center
Specialties: Rheumatology
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A mentor, n., serves as a role model, coach, and confidante, offering knowledge, insight, perspective, or wisdom useful to the mentee. Since 2003, I have helped professionals make the decisions and choices that guide them toward fulfilling work and personal development and creativity.
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My interest in people development stemmed from my passion for reading - somewhere between Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie, I discovered Carl Jung and Margaret Meade and was hooked. If I'm not reading or working with clients, I'm probably hiking. Some of my other passions are studying cultures and anthropology, water preservation and organic gardening and, very important, that first sip of coffee every morning!


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Olympic 50km Race Walk silver medallist Denis Nizhegorodov who is only 24 is already viewed by many in Russia's race walking community as the favourite for the 2008 Olympic Games.
"I would not have been capable of getting up"
Nizhegorodov who comes from the little out of the way settlement of Aleksandrovka in the Mordovian Republic turned out to be one of the heroes of the Athens Olympics. The dramatic finish in the 50km race in which this thin gentle guy staggered exhausted and dehydrated towards the stadium, first made the public tremble at his suffering and then applaud his courage. For the last 1.5 km of the longest distance in the whole athletic programme he was struggling not only with Robert Korzeniowski but with the heat as well. Exhausted and practically out of his mind, he collided with the barriers on the course and nearly fell down.
"If I had fallen," Nizhegorodov admitted, "I would not have been capable of getting up. So I grabbed all the consciousness I had left and managed to go on."
As soon as he crossed the finish the inevitable fall came, and his relatives back home in Russia watching on TV were convinced he had died.
He had felt that he was on the verge of dying 8 kilometres before the finishing line. The 35 degree heat and the 80 percent humidity taking a heavy toll on a guy who was more used to cold weather.
"It (the race in Athens) was like being in a steam bath, I've never experienced such a feeling. And I do hope I never will again."
Maybe the struggle with Korzeniowski who was rushing relentlessly to his fourth Olympic victory was too much of a good thing for Nizhegorodov. He tried his utmost to beat the Pole and due to those efforts the duo left a crowd of opponents far behind.
So what was in his mind just prior to the finishing line? Only the words of his coach which had been shouted to him 2km from the finish: "Try it, be patient, you'll do it!"
"The next Olympics are yours"
Despite unbearable pain in every part of his body Nizhegorodov managed to get up off the track after the finish, and was first approached by the gold medallist 'Robert the Great' whose congratulations couldn't have been clearer: "The next Olympics are yours."
But it is difficult to say what will happen in 2008 in the Chinese capital. Yes, in July of 2008 Nizhegorodov will be only 28 years old. That's the flourishing age for athletes contesting the 50km distance. In Athens he was the youngest of those who started at the longest distance in athletics. It was only his fourth performance at 50km, and of the other three races all were 'big time' - twice he had won the Russian national championships, and he had placed 5th at the Paris 2003 Worlds.
Chegin's coaching brilliance
Coach Victor Chegin considers it is senseless to set any limits on his pupil's abilities. The doctor who measured Nizhegorodov's blood pressure and pulse beat after the finish in Athens was amazed. The athlete who was absolutely broken after the finish recuperated very quickly and after half-an-hour was back to near normal.
Nizhegorodov only started race walking six years ago. Originally he was coached by his father, a teacher of physical culture in the village school, who was sure that his son would be an excellent runner. Gennadiy Ivanovich Nezhegorodov was a runner himself and even won a Mordovian Republique title. But still it was not by chance that his son switched to race walking, as another villager, Yevgeniy Maskinskov had won the Olympic 50km silver medal in 1956 in Melbourne.
It was this reason why Nizhegorodov's father made up his mind to introduce his son to the well known coach Victor Chegin – the founder of the famous school of race walkers in the city of Saransk. In the Republic of Mordovia, race walking is the most favourite – national – sport. Chegin immediately accepted the new disciple into his school realising Nizhegorodov's potential was enormous.
Athens Bronze too
It is also important to remember that in Athens Chegin celebrated a double success, as the bronze medal was won by another of his athletes, Aleksey Voyevodin.
Voyevodin started race walking only at the age of 20 in 1990 and along with Nizhegorodov does not like 20km. It is too short a distance for them both. May be the reason is that they both lack speed but have got the fantastic endurance that is an absolute must at 50 km.
Voyevodin is now firmly established in the world race walking elite. He was the bronze medal winner at the Russian national winter championships at 35km in 1995. But then came a period of total disappointment. After several years he decided to change coach and asked Victor Chegin to help him. Since that time he has twice won the IAAF Race Walking World Cup and was fourth at the 2003 World Championships.
20 year-old former World Junior champion Vladimir Kanaykin, another disciple of the same Victor Chegin has also been performing well recently over 35km. At the recent Russian national championships (12/13 March) his 2:33:17, was the fastest ever time for this odd distance. Then there is another star, Vladimir Porvatkin, also 20, who won the 20km at the same championships with a very promising result – 1:18:06 – which is the 9th best in the history. He too is coached by Victor Chegin. What a training group, what a coach!
Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov for the IAAF


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The tool brand Craftsman makes manly-man things like lawnmowers, hammers, and drill kits.
All things you probably shouldn't operate at The Craftsman bar, officially open now.
Formerly known as gastropub The Yard, the space has been lightened up to look like the living room of a beach house. Think sea green walls and vintage sofas facing into old drafting tables, backdropped by old surfing footage from a pull-down projection screen.
Underneath the drafting tables, you'll find games -- Taboo, Jenga and Connect Four -- all things you should operate here. Especially under the influence of the Rosetta Stoned, a whiskey and scotch blend, summer-ified with lemon and orgeat. (It's an almond syrup with hints of orange and rose -- we had to ask, too.)
Challenge an opponent to a game and bet not in money but sliders. There are seven kinds, created by a former Campanile chef, and one even has a pork sausage patty and a fried egg. Don't lose.
Oh, and if you get bored with games of the board variety, this place even has old-school, arcade-style Donkey Kong tables.
In which case, it's cool to throw hammers in here. Fiery ones even.
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Noise: 3 (out of 4)
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Hot seat: At one of the arcade tables or the lounge area in the middle
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By Alex Schechter
Posted: April 28, 2008, from the August 2007 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
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How does a sunless tan actually work? One of the most popular ways a sunless tan in created is through the presence of one main ingredient: dihydroxyacetone, commonly referred to as DHA. DHA is an FDA-approved, sugar-based ingredient, typically derived from beets or sugarcane, which reacts with the top layer of the skin to turn it a brown or tan color. This color takes up to several hours to fully develop, and thus, users are advised to avoid washing, swimming, and if possible, sweating heavily for up to eight hours after a sunless tanning session.
Because DHA reacts with the outermost layer of the skin, it is important for users to exfoliate properly before receiving a spray tan or self-tan so that the DHA can react with a smooth, fresh layer of skin, ensuring the best results. The exact length of time the sunless tan will last varies depending on the sunless product, its application and the user's pre-sunless tan preparation and post-tan maintenance regimen, but typically results can be expected to last up to a week.
How many ingredients does a sunless tanning product have? When looking at the label of a sunless tanning product, check out the number of ingredients. A great sunless tan doesn't require a laundry list of additives; it can be achieved with a minimal number of ingredients. As a general rule, the more ingredients any product has, the greater the probability that a user will have an adverse or allergic reaction to it. Look for products that have the fewest ingredients but still deliver optimum results. Also keep in mind that the number of ingredients is only one part of the equation; it is also critical to understand what else is in there.
What else is in a sunless tanning product? When looking at a sunless tanning product's label, see what other ingredients are going into the solution. Does it contain oil, aloe vera, alcohol or fragrances?
Because DHA tends to have a drying effect on the skin, many sunless tanning products, particularly spray tan solutions, include oils or aloe vera to add moisture back into the skin. However, the downside to having oils or aloe vera in the tanning solution is that it can make the skin feel sticky or tacky, and it dramatically increases the drying time of a spray tan. Some sunless solutions can take almost 20 minutes to dry, even in front of a fan, which can be an inconvenience to the client and to your business.
Also, see if the sunless tanning solution contains ethyl alcohol, commonly referred to simply as alcohol, as it is an ingredient to avoid. Ethyl alcohol is often used to speed up drying time to counter the effect of the presence of oil or aloe vera, but the result is that it can be very drying to the skin.
An additional note about alcohol is that there are different ingredients that belong to the chemical group of alcohols contained in cosmetic products, which have completely different functions from ethyl alcohol. For instance, stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol and others are used as emollients, emulsifiers and thickening agents, and therefore do not have a drying effect.
Another ingredient to look for in a sunless tanning product is fragrance. Fragrance, as defined by the FDA, is "any natural or synthetic substance or substances used solely to impart an odor to a cosmetic product."3 According to the FDA, fragrances have been cited by the North American Contact Dermatitis Group as the number one "most common cause of allergic and irritant reactions."3 Thus, it is ideal to find sunless solutions that are fragrance-free.
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Always look at a sunless tanning product's label, and don't be afraid to ask questions. All manufacturers should be able to explain what their labels mean and why their products include certain ingredients, so you can feel confident that you are using a quality product that is also healthy for the skin.
1. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-218.html
2. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-tan4.html
3. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-safe.html
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So nobody probably noticed this cause I have like three readers (not to sound thankless, as I really appreciate your attention and tolerance of my rants), but I haven't posted in a while. No worries … life and work both really ramped up in the last few weeks. Life on the wedding planning side, work on the building-a-wedding-planning Website side.
This may not sound like a relevation to anyone, but when you get completely overloaded and busy, nothing you do seems to come out like you want it to. For example, I've been writing a Web site lately, but I'm so hurried to get it done to move on to another project that it really sounds like crap (and I'm not the only one that thinks this, as my business partner commented on how it wasn't up to my usual standards). And, I cooked dinner tonight for Groomasaurus Gal and myself, and I even went to the effort to make pesto with fresh basil out of our yard, but I put like waaaaaaaay to much of it on our veggies to the point that both of us felt nauseous because it was too rich.
There's something about being so rushed that the details seem to slip through your hands, like taking the time to comment on how great your sig other looks before they walk out the house to go to work, or sitting on the floor with your dogs for 5 full minutes of bellyrubs (instead of focusing on your laptop or the TV screen while they watch you).
In fact, the only thing I've gotten right lately is giving Groomasaurus Gal a goodnight headrub (and, no, I'm not headed down any kinky path here). She finds it calming if I stroke her hair and massage her scalp when she's trying to fall asleep, and I think I'm better at this than anything else in life. That may sound lame, but actually I find it comforting, because when we try to do a thousand things perfect we will disappoint ourselves at every turn, but if we focus on the simple things, the things that make people around us happy, all the other crap drifts away like smoke wafting into the night.
So here's to the simple things and to headrubs.
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text: Category: Art & Culture Dates: Friday, 31 May 2013 to Sunday, 22 September 2013 The Royal Academy of Arts is opening a new exhibition called Sir Hugh Casson PRA: Making Friends from May 31st to September 22nd 2013. It will provide a comprehensive showcase of the works of the renowned British architect, a former president of the Royal Academy known both for his designs and his skills in bringing them to life in watercolours. His various drawings and paintings were used both to evoke his own architectural ideas and to illustrate other people's works, with many of his images being published in books and articles. Luxury London hotel guests can learn more about Sir Hugh by attending the new exhibition, which is open from 10:00 to 16:00 Tuesdays to Fridays and 10:00 to 18:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. Book an Art and Culture at the Royal Academy of Arts deal at The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel and receive two free tickets to any chosen special exhibition at the museum, as well as daily full English breakfasts.


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Hi, I always make teas out of most of my herbs. I have read books on making tinctures and am lost. I would love to make some of my herbals as tinctures but do not have a fortune to put out. I have been on this site for awhile and just found THIS forum. Maybe someone can help Thanks so much for your time |
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Basicly to make a ticture you masacrate the herbs in alcohol. I don't know what alchols are cheap in your part of the world; but here I use gin or vodka, they being the cleanest spirits,( perhaps you may have one in your locality made from apples).Sometimes I make a digestive useing cheap sherry. Tinctures may also be made useing vinagar as the carrier. also glycerine; but I've no experiance of this. Hope this is of some help, drop me an email if you want to know anything else I'll try to answer. Yours Aub |
- Posted by daisyduckworth Aust (My Page) on Sat, Jun 24, 06 at 18:13
Basic method for making a tincture: Cover 200g dried or 300g fresh herb with vodka or rum in a bottle, seal the bottle and leave for about 2 weeks, shaking the bottle every 2 days or so. Put a piece of cloth inside a sieve and pour the liquid through, pressing down to extract as much of the liquid as possible. Discard the solid matter. Pour the tincture into dark bottles, seal and label. A tincture has a much stronger action than an infusion or a decoction. The usual dosage is 5ml 2-3 times a day diluted in 25ml water or fruit juice. |
- Posted by bizzarbazzar 3/4 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 24, 06 at 19:10
Thanks so much, both of you! I am going to try that. I figured its about time I learn :)Have a great day too |
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Global energy company, Royal Dutch Shell plc ( RDS.A ) has postponed its Arctic drilling plans for a year after a spill containment dome sustained damage during the course of a testing session. The company will carry out preliminary work this year and will drill for oil next year. The containment dome, which should have been in place before drills could enter oil bearing rocks in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, was smashed. But the company remains positive about future prospects of the project. As of now, Shell would drill 1,400 feet below the seafloor and close the hole to resume drilling in 2013. The company has already spent $5 billion and was hoping to complete the drilling of five Alaska wells this year in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. The company has two drilling ships and more than twenty supporting vessels, which were built for that area. As per federal reports, the U.S. Arctic waters contain an estimated 26 billion barrels of oil and 130 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Shell expects to tap this huge resource. Royal Dutch Shell plc owns one of the largest integrated oil and gas businesses in the world. The group has operations all over the world and is involved in various activities related to oil and natural gas, chemicals, power generation, renewable energy resources, and other energy related businesses. Royal Dutch Shell divides its operations into three major segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. We believe that Shell's strong and diversified portfolio of development projects offer lucrative long-term opportunities to the company and will continue to boost revenue and earnings growth over the next few quarters. However, the company is particularly susceptible to its high exposure to the downstream business, its major natural gas focus, as well as lofty capital spending, which may result in reduced returns going forward. Royal Dutch Shell - Europe's most valued oil company, ahead of BP plc ( BP ) and Total SA ( TOT ) currently retains a Zacks #3 Rank that translates into a short-term Hold rating. We are also maintaining our long-term Neutral recommendation on the stock.
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12 Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity. | 12 Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity. |
13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. | 13 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. |
14 Let all that you do be done in love. | 14 Do everything in love. |
15 Now I urge you, brothers--you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints-- | 15 You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. I urge you, brothers, |
16 be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. | 16 to submit to such as these and to everyone who joins in the work, and labors at it. |
17 I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence, | 17 I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. |
18 for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. | 18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition. |
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