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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Dear Friends<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Here is a photo of a stove ‘not used for cooking’ in rural Tajikistan:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img width=302 height=497 style='width:3.1458in;height:5.177in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D21CE2.BEA77D80" alt="cid:image001.png@01D21CDA.919699A0"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>And that is typically what you find sitting on top of such a ‘space heating’ stove.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Interpretations of what constitutes cooking are culturally rooted!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Stoves are most often placed just inside to the right of a doorway.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img width=302 height=410 style='width:3.1458in;height:4.2708in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D21CE2.BEA77D80"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>These stoves are made from recycled steel pipe removed from the district heating system. It is a great material and the stoves last 5-10 years. The door is cut out of the pipe using an angle grinder . The insert visible around the cut-out. It is welded on the inside and is done so well that closing the door completely shuts off the air supply. This would allow for effective air control but it really is only possible using the lower door: open or closed. It is not very effective as a control mechanism – too coarse.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>So an alternative was prepared that can be made just as easily:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><img width=302 height=164 style='width:3.1458in;height:1.7083in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D21CE2.BEA77D80"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>This solution gives really good air control. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Crispin<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>