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Located in Berlins young and trendy Prenzlauer Berg, the Aurora Hostel offers affordable accommodation and small, cosy hotel. We are offer single, double and triple rooms with simple functionality and a relaxing atmosphere. Most rooms and the ground floor lobby feature Internet connections. Daily house keeping and fresh towels + linens upon arrival.
A wide choice of warm and cold meals are available at a cafe restaurant next door from 9am until midnight. Further, an in house vending machine provides hot beverages like coffee and tea. Selected snacks and soft drinks are available for purchase at the reception. Upon request we are happy to provide extra towels and a bunk bed for families with childen up to 12 years old.
We do not have a curfew, however you are supposed to 'check in' from 15:00 until 21:00.
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We are located close to the main Subway Liner No 2. The nearest Station is 'Eberswalder Strasse'.
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Actress Samantha Mathis Shares Her Real-Life Rear Window Story: 'We Thought a Guy Was Dead'
Originally posted 06/11/2015 05:05PM
Samantha Mathis can relate to Alfred Hitchcock's taut thriller Rear Window more than most.
Doris Day Is 90 – And Lookin' Great!
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She lit up movie screens and record charts in the '40s, '50s and '60s, and – as she turns 90 on April 3 – Doris Day remains one of America's Sweethearts.
Kim Novak Turns 81 with a LIFE.com Photo Spread
Originally posted 02/13/2014 01:15PM
She was a major box-office draw in the '50s, even topping the box-office standing of Marilyn Monroe, and Thursday, the day before Valentine's Day, marks the 81st birthday of Kim Novak.
Speaking to LIFE.com recently, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's critically revered Vertigo, as well as Picnic, Pal Joey, The Man with the Golden Arm and other screen landmarks of her era, recalled her photo shoot for the magazine's cover story of nearly 60 years ago.
"I hoped to show the world my soul," said Chicago's former Marilyn Pauline Novak, whose sultry voice is still very much intact, as evidenced by a highly revealing Turner Classic Movies interview that aired last year. (She told TCM host Robert Osborne that she expected her favorite leading man, Jimmy Stewart, to be waiting for her at the Pearly Gates, when her time comes.)
Joan Fontaine, Oscar-Winning Best Actress, Dies at 96
Originally posted 12/15/2013 08:45PM
Hollywood stalwart Joan Fontaine, best known for her roles in director Alfred Hitchcock's 1939 Rebecca and her Best Actress Oscar-winning role in his 1940 film Suspicion, died Sunday at her northern California home, according to several reports. She was 96.
Details of her death were not immediately available.
In addition to playing a mousey spouse in both the Hitchcock films, first alongside Laurence Olivier and then to Cary Grant, Fontaine's other well-known movies included 1943's The Constant Nymph, which got her a third Oscar nomination, 1944's Jane Eyre with Orson Welles, 1952's Ivanhoe with Robert Taylor, and 1957's controversial Island in the Sun with Harry Belafonte.
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Wartime Story for Life Magazine
Originally posted 05/30/2013 08:20AM
He's remembered as the Master of Suspense, the commanding director of such classic thrillers as Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo and Rear Window, but Alfred Hitchcock was also a patriot, and, in surprising news, a photojournalist.
In a 1942 photo essay the London-born Hitch did for Life magazine – and now appearing on LIFE.com (click here) – the respected filmmaker "directs" a riveting picture story about how wartime rumors can dangerously grow in small-town America.
"Between 1940 and 1945, Hitch made films for England's Ministry of Information as well as several excellent movies featuring plots that centered on the war," it is explained in the text accompanying the 18 photos.
Scarlett Johansson Unafraid to Film Psycho's Iconic Shower Scene for Hitchcock
Originally posted 11/06/2012 12:50PM
Say, "Ahhhhhh!"
Scarlett Johansson is a scream as Psycho star Janet Leigh in her new film, Hitchcock, which tells the story of the making of the classic horror movie in 1959.
Filming Pyscho's iconic shower scene had its challenges, Johansson 27, tells V magazine in a new interview.
"We only had the luxury to shoot the scene for a day, and everybody was feeling very nervous because it involved water and nobody wants the actor to get wet," she says. "They were concerned with modesty and all these things – but I don't care about any of that stuff and Janet Leigh never did either.
Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson Star in Hitchcock
Originally posted 10/07/2012 10:35AM
To star in the upcoming Hitchcock, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel had to channel classic Hollywood glam – well, at least one of them.
In the film, which tells the story of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's life and marriage at the time he was making his 1960 horror classic Psycho, Johansson, 27, and Biel, 30, play the parts of that film's leading ladies, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles, respectively.
"When we took that still of Scarlett behind the wheel and put it up against the still of Janet behind the wheel in Psycho, it was eerie," says Hitchcock director Sacha Gervasi. "The extent to which Scarlett was able to channel Janet [was] a real surprise. She brought it in such a way that no one really anticipated."
As for Biel, embodying Miles – a longtime Hitchcock collaborator who had infuriated the mercurial auteur when she dropped out of his Vertigo to have a baby – proved more of a stretch.
Do You Recognize Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock?
Originally posted 04/18/2012 04:05PM
Sir Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for playing one of the biggest psychos of all time, Hannibal Lecter, in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs.
Now he's playing the man who directed the movie that had all of America screaming, Alfred Hitchcock, at the time the Hollywood legend was making his classic 1960 film Psycho.
Here, in this first look from the movie Hitchcock, which began shooting last Friday (Hitch would have loved the date, Friday the 13th), Hopkins, 74, is seen as the bald, portly and droll 60-year-old.
Scarlett Johansson Is Stepping into the Psycho Shower
Originally posted 03/02/2012 11:05AM
Movie history proved golden at this year's Oscars – what with the winning The Artist and Hugo, as well as the nominated My Week with Marilyn – so, what's next?
How about a look-back to Tinseltown's glorious and goriest past with Scarlett Johansson and Anthony Hopkins, who are set to costar in the upcoming Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, reports Variety.
Johansson will play leading lady Janet Leigh, who took the screen's most famous shower in the 1960 classic of its genre. James D'Arcy (Madonna's W.E.) will play Anthony Perkins, whose acting career never quite recovered after he was typecast as Norman Bates, a motel owner with something of a mother complex.
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Type 1 diabetes happens when your immune system destroys cells in your pancreas called beta cells. They're the ones that make insulin.
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a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
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Ron Suttil is keeping busy here in the greenhouses of Suttils Garden.
"Just tomatoes, just transferring them over into single packs," Suttil said. "Normally I've got some of the gallon-sized ones that are three feet tall, but not this year."
All the plants are further behind because of the weather.
"Wet," Suttil said. "It's been wet and cloudy."
That's why he hasn't sold too many plants or seeds to gardeners.
"Well, no, on account of the weather," Suttil said. "It's just been so wet, and cool, you just can't get in the garden."
He hasn't been able to spend much time in his fields either.
"We've got a little bit going outside," Suttil said. "Not very much. Onions, potatoes, fava beans, stuff like that."
Right now those onions are just about underwater.
"Oh, we've pumped about three different days," Suttil said. "40,000, 50,000 gallons of water."
This a big change from the challenges this farm faced in 2012.
"Last year was awfully dry," Suttil said. "It was a lousy year."
Then it was a matter of hauling thousands of gallons of water to the fields.
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While most farmers may prefer a wet spring, Ron's operation prefers the other kind.
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As the rain comes down this spring, he can appreciate the greenhouses he put up decades ago.
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Making sure the produce makes it to market has been his chosen career for well over 50 years now.
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The Old Capitol Farmers Market in downtown Springfield kicks off May 15.
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I suspect this is a feature request rather than a support query, but you never know!
I frequently have tasks that are going to take me several days to complete and have a deadline. At the moment, I would have to schedule such a task for the day when I wanted to start it and then keep postponing it daily until it was finished. Whilst this works, it doesn't feel very good (and it probably damages my Karma!).
I would like to be able to schedule a task that has a deadline and a start date so that I remember to do it before the deadline but don't feel like I'm failing because I have to postpone it every day!
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Hi Pete,
Unfortunately, we don't have a built in way to set start date for tasks. Have you tried using labels? I assign an "active" label for tasks that needs to be done but doesn't have a deadline. That way, I can just pull out those tasks to see what I need to work on aside from my regular due tasks.
I too REALLY miss such a feature, and since there are two of us taking our time to make a suggestion here, certainly there are a lot more of users who think the same way.
I think the dev team should seriously consider a way to adding it. In many fields of work, a certain task like "make research about subject X" can take several days, and it might be just a step of the project.
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The world's highest railway track now reaches even closer to Mount Everest, as China stretches the track connecting Tibetan cities of Lhasa and Shigatse.
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The new track will pave railway connectivity from Beijing all the way to Shigatse Shigatse, a gateway to Everest, which lies just 240 kilometers (150 miles) away, on the border with Nepal.
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Discussion in 'Galaxy S3 Accessories' started by zacedward, Jul 6, 2012.
Hi has anyone found a good case for the Samsung s3
I hve an Otterbox communter waiting for my s3 to get here Monday.
What color will it make it way bulky
Where did you get the OB case from? I tried on Amazon and they were delayed. I want color cases for myself and wife.
I bought the flip case but will be looking at something more protective.
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I have heard good things out of these guys, if your looking for a cost effective case, and they have some pretty cool looking ones. Never used one, but I plan on getting one if I get the S3. http://amzn.to/NeCKIu
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I'm using the Flexible TPU Diztronic case and I love it! It has a nice matte look and feel and while it is flexible, it doesn't a finish that makes it difficult to remove from your pocket. The rim around the screen is harder plastic to make it sturdy
i have a speck candyshell on mine, feels like itll protect to my liking and looks amazing.
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*update one day later and the case is covered with hair line scratches, not too noticeable unless you are examining it under a light.
I've got the flip case. My phone won't be here til tomorrow, so I'm not even sure if I'll like the idea yet
My Cheap $5 Case.
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Speck Candyshell on the way, cheapo E-Bay TPU case for the moment. Considering a wet-application screen protector too, as the clingy ones seem to get fudged up by the raised bezel. Had problems with LDI's tripping before with the wet application ones though :/
I got this one, and I really like it.
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I got mine from ebay and it came with the case, screen protector and a car charger. The case doesn't make the phone bulky...at least to me but I'm coming from a thunderbolt with a sedio case.
I got a cheap SLine gel case w/stand clear/black. Decent enough to hold me over til I figure out what I really like
Since I want this phone to last for as long as possible so I can keep my unlimited data I felt like some upgraded protection was justifiable.
I got an otterbox commuter (first otterbox I have ever owned, had every other kind in the past). I must say it was well worth the $28 off amazon. Everything about it seems higher quality, my phone feels well protected, and the commuter does not seem to add too much bulk.
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Seeing 2 issues when trying to setup replication for the first time between two clusters -
1.Frequently seeing error messages on creating the 1st time replication from cluster1 to cluster2.
"Failed to grab remote bucket info, vbucket.."
Both the buckets on source/destination are available for a long period of time, so it does not look like it is an issue w/ bucket not being ready.
I dont have logs on this currently, will add soon.
Seeing this across platforms - linux / windows and on most 2.0.1 runs.
2.Replication replicates data as expected, and these error messages persist for over an hour on the xdcr-last 10 errors. This gives user a wrong idea about the state of replication.
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Please release-note this.
Logs from the node it is trying to reach :
Hi Aliaksey,
I ve added logs from one of the nodes. Could you take a look?
Please re-assign this to me/ Jin after you do so.
Change added here http://review.couchbase.org/#/c/24986/, will be part of next branch.
Added as known issue to RN 2.0.1:
When you create a replication between two clusters, you
may experience the incorrect error message
"Failed to grab remote bucket info, vbucket". Replication will start as
and function expected, but the incorrect error message may persist for some time.
Please ignore this incorrect error.
I would not call the error incorrect. It's just that replication is able to recover from it.
Redo as:
When you create a replication between two clusters, you
may experience two error messages:
"Failed to grab remote bucket info, vbucket" and "Error replicating vbucket X". Nonetheless,
will still start and then function as expected, but the error messages may appear
for some time in the Web Console. Please ignore this behavior.
Looks good to me.
Not sure who to assign on.
Code-wise we've fixed it. It was caused by thundering herd of those remote bucket info requests and we don't allow that anymore.
I believe folks wanted to add this to release note.
Anyways Aliaksey is done with that.
karen, are you finished documenting this?
just flagging this for you for release note.
Will assign to Ketaki for verification/closing.
I add this to the 2.0.1 release notes as minor known issue to ignore. Is the message now fixed for 2.0.2?
As can be seen above it is fixed.
pls verify / close.
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On a recent long drive, I stayed awake by making a mental list of tools I hope never to live without. While the full contents of list are still a bit hazy (more to follow, rest assured), I am absolutely certain that one of the top entries will be a table saw. When I bought a house a few years ago and finally had room for a table saw, I didn't have much experience with one, but knew that it had to beat a circular saw for ripping long or narrow boards. Once assembled, I grew so fond of making quick, precise, and blissfully repeatable cuts that I made my wife promise not to make me choose between her and my table saw.
As usual, I also didn't have much money (see "I just bought a house", above) and was therefore in search of a really great value, which lead me directly to the Ridgid TS3650. I personally believe this saw to be pretty much in a league of its own as far as value, and others seem to agree.
While I won't rehash these reviews, I'll mention that this sucker is really heavy at about 270 lbs., most of that in one totally unmanageable box. Apparently, Ridgid has recently made a few changes, repackaged the saw in a single box (from two), renamed it the TS3650, and changed the shipping weight to an even 300 lbs. Personally, I had to unpack the box in the garage and carry it to my basement shop one piece at a time. If you bench press locomotives for sport, maybe you'll do better.
Next, I'll suggest that you immediately throw away the blade that comes with the saw and buy a really great one. I'm a big fan of the Freud blades, specifically the LU84R and the LM72R. Before I upgraded the blade, I was pretty happy with the saw. Immediately afterward, I was consistently able to make glassy smooth cuts in the hardest woods, honest-to-goodness splinter-free cuts in plywood, and burn-free rips through thick hardwoods. Ah, bliss.
Perhaps my next suggestion will be more obvious to the world than it was to me, but for Pete's sake, connect your shop vac up to the dust port under the saw. For quite some time after I got my saw, I cut boards with eyes squinted behind safety glasses and lips pursed against the bombardment of sawdust that blasted at me and pretty much everywhere else. After I noticed the mound of sawdust conveniently located under the dust port, I figured I'd give it a shot. What a difference! Now, the vast majority of dust goes down the hatch and I can actually cut boards with my eyes open (still behind safety glasses, of course).
Finally, I will mention that my saw came out of the box with the blade slightly out of alignment with the rip fence and slots in the table. This is fixed by loosening the trunnions from the cast-iron table and wiggling a little lever at the back of the saw. It's not exactly difficult, but does require some patience and persistence. A good article on aligning blades on contractor saws is here.
As I consider what I have written here and what is certainly one of my favorite tools, it occurs to me that there are tons of features I haven't addressed. Those that spring into my mind include the really solid, deflection-free rip fence, flat cast-iron tables, a remarkably unobtrusive splitter, and the Herc-U-Lift base. Fortunately, plenty has been written about all of these features and others. Browse through the links in this post and see what others have said. When you're through, I believe you'll have reached the same conclusion that I have. If you do find a better saw for the money, let me know!


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Squadrons of the 305th BG
364th Bombardment Squadron - Heavy
365th Bombardment Squadron - Heavy
366th Bombardment Squadron -Heavy
422nd Bombardment Squadron - Heavy
Assigned 8th AAF: September 1942
Wing/Command Assignment
VIII BC, 1 BW Sep 1942
VIII BC, 1 BW, 102 PCBW: Feb 1943
VIII BC, 1 BD, 40 CBW: 13 Sep 1943
1 BD, 40 CBW 8 Jan 1944
1 AD, 40 CBW 1 Jan 1945
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GRAFTON UNDERWOOD 12 September 1942 to 11 December 1942
CHELVESTON 6 December 1942 to 20 July 1945
Group COs
Col. Curtis E. LeMay 4 June 1942 to 15 May 1943
Lt. Col. Donald K. Fargo 18 May 1943 to late October 1943
Col. Ernest H. Lawson November 1943 to 18 June 1944 - KIA
Col. Anthony Q. Mustoe 22 June 1944 to 22 October 1944
Col. Henry G. MacDonald 23 October 1944 to 22 April 1946
First Mission: 17 November 1942
Last Mission: 25 Apr 1945
Missions: 337
Total Sorties: 9,231
Total Bomb Tonnage: 22,363 Tons
Aircraft MIA: 154
Major Awards:
Distinguished Unit Citations:
11 January 1944 to all 1 BD units
4 April 1943: Paris
Two Medals of Honor
1 LT. William R. Lawley Jr. 20 February 1944
1 LT. Edward S. Michael 11 April 1944
Claims to Fame
Under Col. LeMay the Group pioneered many formations and bombing procedures that became Standard Operating Procedures in the 8th AAF
The 422nd Bomb Squadron undertook the first night attacks by the 8th AF
Suffered heaviest loss of the 14th October 1943 Schweinfurt mission, and for this reason was given the Nazi flag found flying in the city when it was captured by the US troops
Early History:
Activated 1 March 1942 at Salt Lake City AB, Utah. They trained there until the 2nd of March 1943. Then moved to Geiger Field, Washington on 11 June 1942 Intensive training at Muroc Lake AB, California from the 29t June to 20th August 1942. The ground unit went by train to at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The ground unit sailed on the Queen Mary on the 5th September 1942, and disembarked from Greenock on the 12th of September 1942. the Aircraft assembled at Syracuse, New York and spent six weeks in advance flight training. They received new B-17F bombers, and left for the United Kingdom in October 1942 via the presque Isle, and Gander to Prestwick.
Subsequent History:
Between 20-27 July 1945 the Group moved to St. Trond, Belgium, where it conducted photo-mapping flights which was called Project: Casey Jones over Europe and North Africa. On the 15th December 1945 moved to Lechfeld, Germany which they had bombed on the 18th March 1944. The 364th Bomb Squadron was inactivated on the 1st of July 1946. The 423 Bomb Squadron of the 306th Bomb Group was attached to the Group after this date but by the end of October 1946 the Group ceased all operations. Officially the unit was inactivated on the 25th of December 1946. On the Continent came under the 9th Air Force and on the 15th of November 1945 under USAFE. The unit was reactivated in 1951 as a Strategic Air Command B-29 unit and as the 305th Bomb Wing and converted to B-47s in 1953. Then became one of the USAF's two B-58 Hustler units.


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Executive Summary of the Evaluation of the First Ten Years of the Lambi Fund of Haiti
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Prepared By: INFODEV Centre de Documentation et de Formation Continue en Développement Center for Development Documentation and Continuing Education, Port au Prince, Haiti.
The Lambi Fund of Haiti contracted INFODEV, an indigenous for profit evaluation firm founded in 1998 in Haiti, to conduct an evaluation of the first ten years of work done by the Lambi Fund. INFODEV's basic mission is to contribute to strengthening the human resource capacity of Haiti, both in rural and urban settings, and to provide high-quality professional services in the area of development project management. This executive summary was distilled from a 150 page report compiled by INFODEV and provides an overview of the evaluation, key findings and recommendations. The evaluation's mandate was to:
Appraise the strategy used for the organization's work during its first ten years of existence.
- Evaluate the relationships between Lambi Fund and its beneficiary organizations.
- Evaluate a sample of 11 projects, financed by Lambi from 1993 to 2003, that represent the three project categories and that took place in Lambi's geographic areas of focus.
- Appraise the results of Lambi's on-site work.
- Appraise the impact of Lambi's work on the beneficiary organizations and their communities.
- Evaluate the viability of Lambi's approach.
- Evaluate the institutional performance of Lambi.
To reach these goals, all of Lambi's records were consulted and analyzed. Next, structured interviews were conducted with all the technical and administrative departments of the organization. A formal evaluation was organized in each of the home communities of the 11 local organizations that ran the projects. results of the prior external evaluations of four other projects. Next, the assembled results of these 15 projects were compared and crosschecked the Haiti staff based on the records of the 86 other projects previously evaluated internally by Lambi and the implementing (or "partner") community organizations. Therefore, this evaluation covers all 101 projects financed by the Lambi Fund during its 10 years of operations. EVALUATION RESULTS The main findings of this evaluation can be classified into the following basic categories:
- The adequacy of Lambi's mission vis-à-vis its approach and the functioning of its technical and administrative structures
- The supported projects and their impact.
- The institutional analysis of the groups and the projects' impacts on these organizations.
- General recommendations that can provide both the orientation and the prospects for the next decade.
I. The Lambi Fund: Its Mission And Approach
As a result of the solidarity between the Haitian and American people, the Lambi Fund, a nonprofit foundation, was created in September 1993 by a group of Americans and Haitians living in the US. The organization's goal is to provide direct support to democracy in Haiti by giving financial assistance to grassroots organizations engaged in economic development and the struggle for social justice. This mission has evolved with the course of the political and socio-economic situation in the country. Lambi continues to aid grassroots organizations that are working to fulfill their communities' socioeconomic needs by emphasizing protection of the natural environment and democratic institutional functioning.
The Lambi Fund has a four-piece organizational structure with two entities in the US and two in Haiti:
- A Board of Directors (USA) – governs the entire organization
- A US-based staff – raises funds and awareness of Haiti in the U.S.
- An Advisory Board (Haiti) – functions as a grant-making committee and advisors to Haiti office
- An Executive Office in Haiti – directs all program functions in Haiti; primary liaison to grassroots groups in Haiti.
A symbiosis between the inductive method of popular education and a "bottom-up" relationship with the grassroots communities dominates Lambi's overall approach. This system allows community organizations to express and defend the needs of their communities and to develop their own project proposals. Lambi Fund then evaluates these project proposals through a system of on-the-ground investigations that verify the legitimacy and feasibility of these projects as well as the institutional capacity of the organizations involved.
Next, the projects are further developed according to the principles of "participatory planning" involving both the Haiti staff and the grassroots organizations. Finally, both the Haiti Advisory Board and the US Board of Directors approve the projects.
In general, Lambi's approach is a modern one that was inspired by the lessons learned by the founders and the staff during their prior experiences in other working environments. This approach provides several important advantages which makes it relatively more reliable when compared to other development approaches that create dependency and a mercenary spirit in grassroots groups. The Lambi Fund partners with grassroots organizations in a manner that respects the principles of self-determination. Priority is placed on local realities, the needs of the communities, and the mobilization of groups' internal potential. Before a project starts, Lambi organizes training for the members of the organizations to enable them to mange the project better. Finally, Lambi gives organizations a strategic orientation that is consistently strengthened by systematic reflections on major local, national, regional and even international problems.
II. Funded Projects And Their Impact
The Funded Projects From 1993 to 2003, the Lambi financed a total of 101 projects organized into the following program categories: agricultural, food processing, environmental, and community initiatives such as micro-credit unions. These projects impacted over one million Haitians as defined below:
|BENEFICIARIES OF PROJECT SERVICES (in 10 years)
|Number of Project Participants
|Members of Families
|Community Residents
|Community Initiatives
|Grand Total
These three project types were initiated over time in response to the needs expressed by the organizations themselves. Lambi did not choose the projects or the organizations. The organizations solicited the support of Lambi and identified their own projects. Conversely, the projects were approved through eligibility procedures based on certain pre-established criteria.
Geographic Coverage of Projects
The Lambi Fund supported development projects for the last ten years in the 9 geographic departments of the country to varying degrees. The Artibonite with 32.67% of the projects financed (33 of 101 projects), the South with 29.70% (30 of 101) and the West with 15.84% (16 of 101) were the three principal zones of Lambi's work. The lower Central Plateau and the Nippes Region are a second group, each benefiting from 6.93% (7 of 101) of the projects. The regions with the least number of projects are the North (2 projects), the North-East (1), the North-West (2), and the South-East (3).
Thus, a seemingly unplanned focus was placed upon three departments. According to the Haiti staff, the tendency to focus on these groups can be explained by the intensified demand for projects coming from the first groups and the exchange of information among those groups and others. The presence of Lambi Regional Monitors (locally-based staff agronomists) in the Artibonite and the South, as well as the location of the central office of Lambi in Portau- Prince, also reinforces this tendency.
Unlike the tendency of many development organizations in Haiti to support geographically dispersed projects, Lambi tended to form "Project Concentration Pockets" (PCP) in its primary geographic regions. There are two PCPs in the Artibonite (Gonaives/Gros-Morne and Perrin/Petite-Riviere-de-L'Arbonite), one large PCP in the South (Camp Perrin/Maniche, Torbeck/Cayes) a PCP in the Lower Central Plateau (Belladere/ Lascahobas/Savanette), one PCP in the West (Porte-au-Prince/Delmas) and one in Nippes (Miragoanes/Anse-a-Veau)
Integrated Approach (Projects Clusters)
An integrated approach was taken into consideration for certain groups that would benefit from two or more projects together. This is called a Project Cluster, or an ensemble of projects that benefit one single group. One example of two such integrated projects directed at improving food security is "The Credit for Planters Project" and "The Community Farmland Project" of APCE of Chemin-Neuf in the Ennery area.
Organization of Regional Training Conferences for the Grassroots Organizations
During its second five years of existence, Lambi organized 16 regional training conferences for current grantees covering the following topics: pig husbandry, sustainable agriculture, project planning and management techniques, organizational development, food security and agricultural production, and cooperative grain storage. Additionally, Lambi coordinated training programs specifically for women. This effort augmented the capacities of 177 women on the following topics: problems facing women and women's organizations in Haiti; problems in community organizing and mobilization; the environment and solar energy; and organizational development
Project Impact
The members of the projects surveyed indicated the following impacts.
Economic Change
- From a socio-economic standpoint, all project categories contributed to the improvement of the standard of living of the beneficiary families. The projects enabled their beneficiaries to more easily pay for the education of their children, to procure health care and to improve their food security. These improvements in their economic situation are the result of the following changes:
- Increase in harvests and in associated revenue
- The increased prices attained with the processed products and the rebate that members were given in food processing projects
- The economic profits in micro-enterprises
- Reduction in Emigration
The irrigation, mechanization, and grain storage projects allowed the farmers in the communities to stabilize themselves in their home areas. Instead of mortgaging their agricultural endeavors to go into the large cities searching for a better economic situation, they chose to pursue better living conditions within their home communities by improving their agricultural enterprises.
Changes in the production system Thanks to the agricultural projects mentioned above, farmers reduced the amount of time their fields remained uncultivated. The number of harvests increased because of the availability of irrigation and agricultural inputs which led to a 50 to 75% increase in agricultural production in these communities. This also encouraged diversification of agricultural production. The food-processing projects also led to an increase in the agricultural production by affecting the size and number of fields under cultivation compared to the situation before the project.
Availability of food in project areas The results show that before Lambi's intervention, a storage project would increase the number of months food was available to 2.5 months per year but after Lambi's intervention, food availability was increased by 4.3 months per year. The population of this community has also indicated a net increase in the availability of grain and vegetable seed.
Political Impact
One example of political impact is the irrigation project in Duvivier (KRD), which led to a considerable decrease in the amount of political pressure exerted on farmers in Duvivier by certain Port-au-Prince families. These families were claiming ownership of land vacated by HASCO (Haitian American Sugar Company). The reparation claims significantly diminished after the group received training in community organizing. With the support of this project, KRD has become an advocacy group and has even solicited the intervention of the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INARA) to make agrarian reforms in Duvivier.
Reduced Erosion and Improved Environment
The evaluators observed an increasing cover crop with the establishment of groves of trees and crop rows planted along contour lines, which had already begun to stabilize the soil.
Former pig farmers return to raising pigs The evaluators saw former pig farmers return to pig farming after having left this occupation. The income of several farmers increased by 30 to 40%. The value of certain local products was equally improved.
Benefits From Water Supply Projects
The construction of community cisterns helped improve water quality and water supply by:
- increasing the availability of potable water for drinking and household use; and
- freeing up time for family members whose responsibility it is to carry water to the home.
III. Institutional Analysis Of Lambi-Funded Organizations And The Impact Of Projects On Organizations And In The Communities.
The evaluation team noted that the projects had a positive influence on the functioning of the grassroots organizations and their communities:
Democratic Functioning
Only 25% of organizations studied in the evaluation held periodic elections before their collaboration with Lambi. Because of Lambi's democratic training program, this percentage has surpassed 75%, improving the process of installing new leadership in organizations. In all the organizations consulted, people stressed net improvements in member participation in the decision-making processes, both concerning day-to-day operations and also the organization's futures.
Growth of Organization's Membership Size
The total membership of these organizations is increasing daily. The membership increased by more than 84% in less than three years in OPG in Guerin, by 30% in APS in Selle, and by 40% in APCE in Chemin-Neuf (source: evaluation focus groups). This is a sign of the population's confidence in these organizations.
Gender Equity in the Organizations
The Lambi Fund supported the development efforts of 68 community organizations, of which 16 were women's organizations (23.52%). The rest, or 76.47%, were organizations including both men and women. The number of women members has also increased considerably over time. A prime example is AFKB, which, having only 3 women in its membership in 1996, had 30 women at the time of the evaluation – a 900% increase.
Along with the sheer number of women in beneficiary organizations, it's important to stress their integration and their participation in all aspects of the organizations. Women are the primary beneficiaries in the food processing projects. In these projects, they occupy high-level management positions and take part in the decision-making process. In the grain storage projects, women play a primary role in the selling of the grain.
Female participation in the project specific and regional trainings was vital. Women comprised 36% of the participants in the pig husbandry training. The regional conference that Lambi organized for organizations on sustainable agriculture included more than 24 women out of approximately 99 participants
Management Capacity
More than 50% of the organizations in the sample made enormous progress in:
- the application of management tools for the projects;
- the management of information through use of a methodical organization system;
- the use of accounting tools (accounting books, recording daily transactions, inventory books, estimates, invoices); and
- the application of eligibility criteria for the admission of new members.
Organizational Resources
The evaluators noted an evolution in the availability and efficient use of organizational resources (physical, local, human, and financial). These are strengths that can be used to manage future efforts, thus continuing to benefit the communities and increasing the confidence of funders who might be interested in funding further projects for these organizations.
Organization's Investment Capacity
The organization's investment capacity was enhanced with the help of the projects financed by Lambi. These organizations are beginning to finance micro-enterprises in their areas using the resources generated by the projects.
Strengthening Family Ties in the Local Communities
Several years ago, women involved in marketing grains and other processed agricultural goods left their homes to sell their products elsewhere and were sometimes away from home for several days. This caused conflicts in families faced with this situation, especially in the Bayonnais area. With the grain processing projects, women were able to regain stability at home because they were able to find local or nearby mills. A farmer in Bayonnais commented, "Thanks to the local mill, our wives don't have to hang around on the roads or buses; they can come home at night. Because of this, we are less worried. The children are better taken care of."
Increased Solidarity Among Communities
It is interesting to note that some localities, which had no ties of any kind before the projects, now have greatly increased their connections to each other. Training conferences bring them together fairly regularly. The periodic group meetings also build deep relationships between leaders and local groups.
Collaboration Between Grassroots Organizations and Other Groups
Through the support of the Lambi Fund, the organizations developed relationships with a network of both public and private institutions. This approach enhances the negotiating capacity of the organizations and their chances of accessing financial resources and training opportunities. It also enables them to build of a network of solidarity among these organizations and institutions.
IV. General Recommendations Of The Evaluation
Making the most of the Showcase Areas At this ten-year mark in Lambi's existence, many localities with successful projects that have continued to function (Bayonnais, Duvivier, Nan Mack, etc) have been identified as Showcase Areas. We recommend using these showcase areas for marketing and fundraising for other projects, by organizing visits to these areas for potential funders.
Making the most of the Project Concentration Pockets Project Concentration Pockets have been identified in the South, the Artibonite, the West and the Lower Central Plateau. We recommend that the Lambi Fund use these PCPs to: a) create a network of organizations that will share social and economic services b) promote integrated projects with a regional scope.
Developing the available social capital (grassroots organizations) The Lambi Fund has contributed to the institutional strengthening of 68 diverse organizations. We recommend that Lambi meet with these organizations and reflect with them on a strategic plan to develop this social capital in order to benefit local communities further.
Developing inter-institutional relationships The Lambi Fund has developed relationships, some formal, some informal, with local institutions, including training centers, coalitions, public institutions, private institutions, international institutions and socio-professional institutions. On the basis of the experiences gained and the lessons learned from these institutions, we recommend that the Lambi Fund consider opportunities for formal partnerships with some of these institutions to benefit from a variety of available activities. These include fund-raising opportunities; sharing of experiences; coordination of on-site activities; and integration of coalitions.
Systematizing internal policies and processes For the upcoming decade, the Lambi Fund should revise its internal policies and processes to update them and to adapt them to the current context of the institution. In a detailed manner, Lambi should formalize its description of its internal organizational regulations and should prepare a financial and administrative procedures manual.
Systematizing initial investigation of projects The Lambi Fund should improve and systematize the methodology used up until now to conduct project investigations. This methodology should enable Lambi to assess the status of the fundamental indicators targeted by the project objectives. In order to improve project investigations, during the last 5 years Lambi has asked for assistance from other institutions or technicians, therefore they should add the cost for investigations to the budget.
More formal structure for project follow-up The Lambi Fund should formalize more its system for doing follow-up with approved projects that have begun operation.


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Unusual Ivory Piece - Possibly Victorian?
I was hoping someone could help shed some light on what the purpose of this ivory piece is and possibly when it would be from. The center is a rose and it is set into a track that is part of the elephants. This allows the row of elephants to spin freely around the rose. It is about 2 inches across. I was thinking maybe it was a toy, but I have my doubts about that due to the size. Hopefully someone can help me with this. Thank you in advance for any help.
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Hum, let me get someone on it! Stay tuned!
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It's hard to say how old these things are without some sort of provenance or markings. These tend to be "Doodles", like worry beads or stones they are something to play with to take you attention away from what ever is bothering you or boredom.
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