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Long ago, there was a wonderful thread in this forum for frugal recipes. I thought I'd start one up again since food can be quite costly (even with couponing and such). Here's a healthy recipe to get you started that is a staple in our house!
That looks delicious!!
That does look good! Thank you!
You're most welcome - it IS delicious! Please share one of your favorites, too!
Red lentil soup with spinach and lemon
Any Indian dish on this page (provided you have an ethnic market nearby to get inexpensive spices)
Sweet potato-black bean enchiladas (I just used green salsa for the pepper part and omitted the cheese. Again an ethnic market is ideal for the tortillas and beans - I could get both for $1 or less)
Sweet chili-lime tofu with collards and quinoa (or kale and plain rice!)
Again, I am helped by living in a large metropolitan area with ready access to Mexican, Indian and Asian markets - tortillas for $0.50, limes 20 for $1, tofu for $1.50, large sacks of rice, cheap spices, etc. Then again, no hunting, gardening, backyard chickens, farmers' markets are expensive, etc. Your frugal might be different.
Two other favorites are rice & beans and pasta.
We do rice & beans topped with whatever is inexpensive and/or in season - tomatoes, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, salsa (homemade or jar, depending on the season), avocado.
Pasta with red sauce - simmer a large can of tomatoes with a peeled onion & finish with salt and pepper and a pat of butter.
Soba w/ broccoli and tofu - boil water for soba and when you put the soba in, add cubed tofu and chopped broccoli - drain everything & add your favorite stir-fry sauce or peanut sauce (peanut butter thinned with hot water, plus garlic, lime & chili and a little sugar).
Pasta w/ spinach - while boiling pasta, wilt spinach (or just mix spinach into hot pasta - it will wilt) and fry a couple of eggs - top pasta with fried egg and wilted spinach (good additions: garlic and cheese)
I love simple rice and beans with fresh veggies and herbs(if we have them).
Breakfast for dinner
Channa masala and potato cauliflower curry
Fried rice
I like to cook lentils and brown rice in the rice cooker with indian spices and topped with fried onions
Chickpea noodle soup(vegetarian version of chicken noodle)
I love this soup/stew. I switch it up all the time. Add tomato juice instead of water,top with avocado,mango,olives,stir in corn and other veggies. It's crazy yummy and easy to make
My favorite cheap meal is pinto beans in a pot covered with homemade chicken broth (or water with a bit of boullion), add 1 t. cinnamon and 2 t. cumin ... simmer. I sometimes serve it over rice, but usually by itself and a side of cornbread. It's simple, fabulous, and everyone in my family loves it. My husband likes raw onion cut up in it too.
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My favorite cheap meal is pinto beans in a pot covered with homemade chicken broth (or water with a bit of boullion), add 1 t. cinnamon and 2 t. cumin ... simmer. I sometimes serve it over rice, but usually by itself and a side of cornbread. It's simple, fabulous, and everyone in my family loves it. My husband likes raw onion cut up in it too.
I have one that is good.
Hamburger beef vegetable soup
4 cups chicken broth(I make my own)
1 onion chopped
1 to 2 lbs ground beef depending on preference
1 can tomato sauce
2 cubes chicken boullion
2 packs or from allrecipes.com the onion soup mix for 2 packs
15 oz of frozen mixed veggies
garlic and pepper to taste
1 Brown beef and onions then drain.
2 Then add everything but veggies let simmer for about 45 mins till the right consistency. Them add veggies for another 15 to 20 min till thawed
You ladies are fantastic! Keep em coming! I'm going to try a couple of these this week for my family....now to find ones that are WW friendly. ;-)
Taco Soup:
1lb hamburger
1 can tomato juice
taco seasoning
1 bag frozen mixed vegees
1 can or more of black beans
Can add rice and cut down on meat
Fried Rice:
Cooked Rice
1 bag frozen mixed vegees
a few eggs
a little leftover chicken if you have it...or not
Really you can throw in what ever you have into a pan and fry it up...I do fry the eggs first though.
Sloppy Joes:
1/2 hamburger
1/2 lentils
mixture of ketchup, mustard, worsetichire (sp?), brown sugar, salt and pepper
pinto beans and rice (rinse beans well and soak in a slow cooker over night, drain and rinse again then cook on low all day, cover with a few inches of water and throw in several whole peeled cloves of garlic and a chopped onion; I add bacon if we have it but usually omit, about 30 mins before we eat I will add salt, pepper, cumin and chilli powder).
meatloaf (1/2 lb ground beef, 1/2 lb ground turkey, 1/2 large onion chopped, 1 green bell pepper chopped, one egg, one can diced tomatoes with juice, 1/2 cup of quick cooking oats-combine browned meat and other ingredients, shape into a loaf pan; combine 1/3 cup ketchup, 2 tbs brown sugar and 1 tbs mustard and spread over top of loaf; bake for an hour at 375).
Originally Posted by jjrsgirl
Long ago, there was a wonderful thread in this forum for frugal recipes. I thought I'd start one up again since food can be quite costly (even with couponing and such). Here's a healthy recipe to get you started that is a staple in our house!
My favorites are:
Black beans and rice, cooked with a homemade sofrito (onions, pepper, and garlic), homemade seasoning OR Goya seasoning packet, and brown rice.
Lentil curry: 1 cup red lentils, 4 cups water (I add a little chicken or vegetable stock), 1 bay leaf, lots of curry powder, cumin, coriander, ginger, vegetable of choice. Garam masala at the end. Serve with rice. Top with cilantro, if on hand. I also sometimes throw in hard-boiled eggs for extra protein.
Summer pasta: Boil pasta (I use whole grain penne), salt the water very generously, so that the water tastes like ocean water. Take a container of roasted cherry tomatoes (I cook at 450 for 15-20 minutes, tomatoes cut in half and covered with olive oil, pepper, and garlic). When pasta is cooked, add tomatoes and all juices to the pasta, and fresh basil. Stir, and add in diced mozzarella. Serve with a salad.
The last one is cheap for us, because we get cherry tomatoes with our CSA, and our nearby Earth Fare often has coupons for free mozzarella. You can use regular tomatoes, or parmesan, and it still tastes good.
watching for idea's.
we love these here! I use gluten free all purpose flour in place of the flour and add salt/pepper and use olive oil or bacon grease for the oil.
These are such fabulous ideas. :) One of my big money savers is actually breakfast foods. Since I got pregnant this time around I have been eating a big breakfast and smaller meals throughout the day. I make gobs of pancakes and freeze them, and do the same with egg-free waffles (I found a great recipe online). I add vanilla and cinnamon to my waffle and pancake batter to give it that little "something extra" and everyone seems to love it. That makes it really inexpensive. I also love making oatmeal various ways, and find it is REALLY cheap.
I make my own granola too, and use dried fruits and nuts from the dollar tree so I keep it inexpensive, but yummy. I get our honey from our local "Honey Man" (so fresh I found a bee leg in it when I opened the jar last time). He takes EBT and so I was able to get a quart of orange blossom honey for $11 on my EBT (we get $27 in EBT each month, so it doesn't go far, but I like to use it for things like this that I wouldn't normally spend $ on). That will last us a LONG time, and tastes amazing on the granola.
I make my own bread for a side dish for a lot of meals. If you can make some yummy dips this is a great option, and VERY inexpensive. Try it with hummus that you make from scratch using canned chick peas. :) YUM.
Potatoes are always a go-to here. Baked potatoes go a LONG way to make a meal yummy and filling. there are a dozen and a half ways you can make potatoes to keep them interesting and different texture wise, and when you add spices it really changes the flavor. We serve them fried, baked, in the crock pot, microwaved, boiled, mashed, and smashed.
Pasta stretches good ingredients a long way. Like potatoes, you can make pasta a dozen and a half different ways.
One of our favorite dishes is tomato soup with garlic added in, and noodles. It is SO simple, but SO filling, and tastes amazingly hearty. Serve with grilled cheese sandwiches if you have the stuff for it, but if not it is amazing just as is, or with crackers!
Another favorite is "hunter stew." We call it that because you just "hunt" for whatever you have and throw it in. I usually do this when we don't have anything substantial enough to make a real meal. Throw in a can of tomato paste or sauce with any leftover meats or beans, veggies, rice, noodles, potatoes, whatever you have on hand. Clear out the veggie drawer from things that are about to go bad, and use them up! Add some boullion if you need for extra flavor, but I find an onion, garlic, and some seasonings out of the spice cabinet do a nice job too.
On that note, I do a "canned" soup too, that doesn't taste at all canned. I just dump whatever I have in the pantry into the crock pot on really slim days. No one knows it's "frugal" cooking, or a last ditch effort to make a meal when we don't have much else, and it lasts a long time. I usually start with a can of tomatoes or tomato paste/sauce, and dump in any veggies I can find in the cans in the cabinet. I add in canned beans and any canned meats or potatoes if I don't have fresh (though usually I don't have those on hand). Add a cut up onion and some garlic if you have it, and you'll have a really nice soup. Rice and noodles can help this stretch too.
Hope that helps a bit.
I'm glad you mentioned potatoes! I think I've probably posted this 10 times already on various threads, but crock pot baked potatoes are the bomb. Scrub and dry a bunch of potatoes, wrap in foil, toss in the crock pot *without* any water, and cook until soft (pierce with a fork to test). Top with your usual baked potato toppings. Yum!
I totally want to make that Hamburger Beef Vegetable Soup, but I think I would be the only in my family to eat it, maybe DH. Sounds so homey.
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More Great Salads with Cabbage and/or Cilantro:
Mexican-Inspired Slaw ~ All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
Vietnamese Cabbage Salad with Chicken and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
Chopped Asian Chicken Salad ~ A Dash of Sanity
Red Cabbage and Chicken Asian Salad with Tangy Cilantro Dressing ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Cilantro Lime Chicken Chop Salad ~ Your HomeBased Mom
Spicy Mexican Slaw with Lime and Cilantro ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Low-Carb Spicy Cilantro-Peanut Slaw
(Recipe adapted from Crunchy Peanut Slaw found at The Kitchn, makes 4-6 servings.)
1/2 large head green cabbage, very finely chopped
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped (or more)
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
1 bunch cilantro, chopped (use at least 1/2 cup chopped cilantro, or more)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Dressing Ingredients:
2 T rice vinegar (not seasoned)
1 T sweetener of your choice (I used Monkfruit Sweetener)
2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. Sriracha sauce (or less, or this can be left out for a less spicy version)
1/4 cup canola or peanut oil
In large plastic or glass bowl, gently combine chopped cabbage, sliced green onions, and chopped cilantro. Add dressing a little at a time, until salad seems as wet as you'd like it. (You may not need all the dressing.) Add chopped peanuts, and stir a few times until peanuts are mixed in. Taste salad for seasoning, and add salt and freshly ground black pepper as desired. Serve immediately.
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The Missouri Tigers hit the road still looking for their first true road win of the season on Saturday. This time, Missouri goes to Boulder, CO to take on the Buffaloes, who are a much improved team in their first year under Jeff Bzdelik. PowerMizzou.com breaks down the matchup.
Stefhon Hannah has been up and down this season. He was phenomenal against Texas with 15 points, six rebounds and six assists. But against Iowa State, Hannah scored just eight in the first 39 minutes of the game and had a back-breaking turnover with 32 seconds to go. He scored a game-high 23 against Kansas, but took a ton of shots to do it. Jason Horton started conference play very strong, but has been very little threat offensively in the last couple of games. He hit two huge shots to briefly bring the Tigers to within three late against Kansas, but has not done much scoring. On the Buffs' side, they have the highest-scoring guard in this one. At one time, Richard Roby considered leaving for the NBA after his sophomore season. After a very, very tough junior year, Roby is back to averaging 16.9 points and nearly seven rebounds a game. He is probably the best individual player in this game. Senior Marcus Hall (11.9 ppg) and freshman Cory Higgins (8.4) give the Buffs nice balance in the backcourt
Edge: Colorado
DeMarre Carroll is Missouri's leading scorer. But even Carroll has been up and down. He was great in Ames, terrible against Kansas and then solid before fouling out against Texas Tech. Carroll is the most capable player of becoming Mizzou's go-to guy, but his shot selection simply has to improve. Matt Lawrence continues to draw the starting nod at small forward, though indications are that could change in Boulder today. When Lawrence is on, he is one of the country's best shooters, but that hasn't happened nearly enough for the Tigers so far this season. Simply put, he has to find his stroke and find it fast or Missouri is in a lot of trouble. Vaidotas Volkus is coming off back to back starts and has played well, though his minutes have still been limited. CU's Xavier Silas had a very good freshman season and has been solid as a sophomore, averaging just over ten points per game. Marcus King-Stockton is the only Buff in the lineup bigger than 6-foot-6. He can give the Tigers some trouble down low. But outside of Stockton, Missouri has a size advantage. If Carroll can get any sort of help down low, Mizzou could have a strong showing in the paint for the second straight game.
Edge: Missouri
To put it bluntly, this will ride completely on Leo Lyons. In the last two road games, Lyons has a combined eight points. Missouri can't beat anybody in the Big 12 like that. If Lyons decides to show up again, he can step in alongside Carroll and the Tigers should control the paint. If not, Carroll will once again be a one-man show. Keon Lawrence had probably his best half as a Tiger in the second half in Lubbock. The last time he played well (against Texas), he followed it up with two clunkers. Can Keon find some consistency? Big question. Freshman Justin Safford looks to be earning some more time and the team was better at Tech with him on the floor. Freshman Levi Knutson is the only Buff off the bench averaging more than five points. Jermyl Jackson-Wilson can provide some experience, but otherwise, the Colorado bench is largely an unknown commodity with all the turnover in the program. CU is not that deep and if the Tigers can speed the game up and get it played at their pace, it should be a major advantage for Mizzou.
Edge: Missouri
Missouri Keys to the Game
The Tigers have to get the game sped up. CU wants to slow it down like Iowa State. Missouri needs to force the Buffs to play their pace. Next, somebody, anybody, has to make some outside shots. Missouri has been shooting cold since beating Texas. Someone needs to step up offensively. Finally, the Tigers have to show up for tip off. The last couple of road games, Missouri has been down eight by the first timeout. Tip time is 3 o'clock.
Colorado Keys to the Game
Conversely, the Buffs want to get this in a half-court game. A game in the 60's really favors Colorado. Next, CU needs to get Roby going. If he's hot from outside, it opens up a whole different game for the Buffalo offense. Finally, CU needs to pound the offensive glass. Missouri has been a terrible rebounding team much of the season. If Colorado can get some second-chance garbage points, it makes a win much easier.
The Wild Card
This time, we're going with a matchup. It is King-Stockton versus Lyons. If Missouri can get King-Stockton in foul trouble, Colorado becomes one of the smallest teams you will see. However, that cannot happen if Lyons continues his recent slump. Lyons is a nightmare matchup for just about any big man. He needs to play well and exploit that matchup. If King-Stockton can control the paint against Volkus, Darryl Butterfield and the rest, Roby can get hot from outside and Missouri is in for a long afternoon.


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Even scientists who study bugs have an irrational fear of spiders
If you have arachnophobia — an irrational and excessive fear of spiders and other arachnids (such as scorpions) — you're not alone.
Far from it. An estimated 9 million American adults (3.5 percent of all adults in the country) — experience some kind of dread and panic whenever they encounter one of these eight-legged, multiple-eyed, carnivorous creatures.
In fact, even many entomologists — scientists who study bugs of all kinds — are scared of spiders, according to a fun and fascinating paper published in the fall issue of the American Entomologist.
In the paper, Richard Vetter, a retired arachnologist from the University of California, Riverside, surveyed 41 entomologists who willingly admitted to having some level of irrational aversion to spiders. Most had only a mild fear (Vetter refers to them as "arachno-adverse"), but the aversion was strong enough to cause them to react differently to spiders than to other bugs, even such disgust-triggering insects as cockroaches and maggots.
As one entomologist who participated in the survey put it: "I would rather pick up a handful of maggots than have to get close enough to a spider to kill it."
(Spiders and other arachnids are not insects, by the way. Insects, have six legs, antennae and many other features that differentiate them from arachnids.)
'Ugly and disgusting'
The reasons entomologists cite for being freaked out by spiders are the same as those cited by the rest of us: Spiders have many legs. They make fast, jerky movements and show up unexpectedly. They create webs that feel "creepy" against human skin. They are "ugly and disgusting."
"It is curious that entomologists, who work with hexapods, would find the additional pair of legs in spiders to be a significant negative feature," observes Vitter.
Also intriguing, he adds, was the finding that the entomologists' dislike of spiders is based on the perception that a spider may be dangerous rather than on a rational consideration of whether or not the creature is actually dangerous.
And few spiders — only about 60 of the 3,000 or so spider species in the United States — can cause "medically significant bites," according to the University of Minnesota Extension's website.
Furthermore, most spider bites are less painful than a bee sting. Yet even entomologists who study the behavior of bees and wasps expressed a greater negative reaction in the survey to spiders, which are much less likely to cause them pain.
But, then, arachnophobia is the irrational fear of spiders.
Teased as children
Vetter found that the entomologists' aversion to spiders often started at a young age, and it didn't abate even after decades of working with insects.
Many of the respondents traced their fear of spiders to being teased as a child. According to Vitter, one entomologist said that "when she was seven years old, her father teasingly threatened her with a large spider in a container. At age 19, she witnessed an egg sac hatching on her mattress; the large number of liberated spiderlings 'made [her] skin crawl.' "
A year later, the woman had an encounter with a large spider that caused a 15-minute panic attack. Yet, when she was introduced to cockroaches during a college science class, she became "hooked" on entomology and decided to make it her career.
Over the years, she has considered getting counseling for her arachnophobia, but has avoided it, says Vitter, because she fears she will have to interact with live spiders as part of the therapy.
'Utter, shocking horror'
Although most of the entomologists who participated in the survey were found to be only "arachno-adverse," several had scores that suggested they were clinically arachnophobic. When asked, for example, to respond to the statement "Spiders are one of my worst fears," they checked off the box that said "totally agree."
One respondent — a scientist who has published research papers on spiders — wrote that he was "terrified" of any spider he encounters unexpectedly at very close range. He then gave this account of a run-in with a Cheiracanthium, otherwise known as a yellow sac spider:
[It was] running around on the inside windshield of a van I was driving at night. This was a common occurrence with this vehicle, due to its worn door seals and the prevalence of yellow sac spiders in that neighborhood, but almost always the intruder would stay on the glass long enough for me to pull over and crush it with a wadded up paper towel (from a roll I kept by the driver's seat specifically for that purpose).
This time it disappeared, and, in a few seconds of utter, shocking horror for me, began running over my face and into one of my nostrils. Somehow maintaining control of the vehicle, I snorted out with all my force, and dislodged it. After finding a place to park and collect my wits, I searched the van in vain for almost an hour, before giving up and getting back on the road.
That was not a good day.
I think that would have been a bad day for most of us.
You can read Vetter's paper in full at the American Entologist's website.
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This is an interesting article, and I'm not at all surprised to learn that many of the people who study these things also fear them.
Of all the things in my house, I probably mind spiders the least. We don't have any real nasty ones. Most of them are those nearly transparent ghost spiders that appear mainly in the winter. Summer brings more of the black ones with a narrow silvery-blue diamond-shaped pattern. Can't find which species that is. They're bigger and faster but still not all that offensive. I also see a lot of jumping spiders, but those are tiny.
But why do people fear arachnids and not insects? There are some fundamental differences between the two. First, arachnids are carnivores; most insects are not. I think I read that arachnids are more primitive than insects. They've been around longer. Insects became far more successful with two fewer legs and most are harmless compared to spiders. How did that happen anyway?
Second, their behaviour compared to insects is generally more peculiar. They move slower or faster on a whim. They're more solitary than insects, probably because they're also cannibals. Sometimes they lie in wait for hours or days for food. No insect does that.
We have centipedes in our house, and nothing bothers me more than those things. They're fast and unpredictable. They're startling in movement and appearance. On the other hand, the arachnids in our house do some insect control, but I'd rather have insects than centipedes. Spiders I can live with, and I've taught my three-year-old the same thing.
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Montrose's Vickers falls in 4A state tennis consolation semis
PUEBLO — Winning an individual state championship is the goal of every prep tennis player.
That goal was out of reach Friday for May May Vickers, but the Montrose High School senior did have a shot to play for third at the Class 4A state tournament.
Unfortunately for Vickers, she came up short in that bid, losing to Cheyenne Mountain's Kristina Barber 6-1, 6-4 in the consolation semifinal at City Park.
When Barber defeated Vickers, it also clinched the team title for the Indians with 73 points.
"Playing against Kristina was kind of different because we're good friends," Vickers said. "We've played a bunch of junior tournaments this past year as doubles partners. I just had a tough match."
The 5-foot-5 standout has had a nagging right shoulder throughout the season and it flared up in the Barber match. As a result, Vickers had to serve underhand, and then on the last point of the match, she twisted her right ankle and had to be carried off the court.
"May May was coming back despite her shoulder injury," Montrose coach Jim Aragon said. "She had a good tournament, and she just lost to some very good players."
Vickers reached the consolation bracket when D'Evelyn's Erin Gebes beat Cheyenne's Barber 7-5, 6-1 in the semifinals.
Gebes defeated Vickers 6-0, 6-1 in Thursday's quarterfinals.
With new life Friday, Vickers ousted Golden's Callie Morlock 6-1, 7-6 (7-1), but was upended by Barber.
"I was happy with the way I played in that first match," Vickers said.
Montrose's No. 2 doubles team of Kaitlynn Wieland and Marcia Wanner also dropped into the consolation bracket, thanks to Cheyenne Mountain's Frances Adams and Katie Boe moving on to the finals. Wieland and Wanner met Broomfield's Amy Haberthier and Bailey Schnoor in a playback match, losing 6-0, 6-2.
"This tournament was a good learning experience for us, and hopefully we will bring even more players to state next year," Aragon said.
Steamboat Springs' Kylee Swiggert lost to Shelby Cercovnik of Regis 6-1, 7-5 in the No. 2 singles semifinals. Swiggert did bounce back against Niwot's Morgan Mulshine 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the third-place match at 9 this morning against Candice Krammer of Greeley West.
"That was an awesome match against Swiggert," Niwot coach Mia Keronen said. "She just played a little better than us."
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The Crawley Observer and Crawley Museum have taken part in a BBC project looking at life on the home front during World War One.
Jonathan Parrett, assistant curator at the museum, and Observer reporter Karen Dunn were interviewed by BBC Radio senior producer Simon Furber on the topic of Crawley Cottage Hospital and how Crawley contributed to the war effort 100 years ago.
Their stories will be used as part of the ongoing BBC project.
Simon said: "My mission is to tell the story of what it was like to live in our area during World War One, using places and events. I hope these stories will help our audiences understand what happened during WW1 by showing them what life was like in our communities."
"Each story will be broadcast on the radio and will feature online at bbc.co.uk/ww1."
He added: "The museum is doing great work to help us all understand what life was like in Crawley during the Great War.
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The landmark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, that a delay in deciding mercy pleas was a valid supervening circumstance for commuting capital punishment to life imprisonment, could pave the way for the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to escape the gallows, according to experts.
Noted human rights lawyer, R Vaigai, told Express that all that is required now is the direct application of the Shatrugan Chauhan case verdict to the petition that the convicts filed against the rejection of their mercy pleas by the President, which too is currently pending before the Supreme Court.
The case was transferred to the apex court from the Madras High Court in May 2012 following a petition by members of the Moopanar Peravai attached to the Tamil Nadu Congress.
Vaigai, who was one of the lawyers who represented the convicts when the petitions challenging the President's decision was filed in the Madras High Court in August 2011, confirmed that the main argument in the case of Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan was similar to the matter on which the bench headed by Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam, adjudicated on Tuesday.
Their contention was that an inordinate delay in deciding on the mercy pleas, in their case over a decade, was enough reason to nullify the death sentence.
"We welcome the verdict wholeheartedly. The legal position on the issue of delay as a ground for commutation had been clear for long. But unfortunately, ambivalent positions were taken in later instances. It is good that the apex court has confirmed the position now," Vaigai said.
K Radhakrishnan, noted human rights lawyer, said the apex court had taken a similar stand on the issue as early as in 1989 in the Triveniben case. The current verdict was a strong reiteration of the previous order.
In fact, in the Tuesday judgement itself, Justice Sathasivam pointed out that between 1989 and 1997, the impact of the 1989 Triveniben verdict on mercy pleas was witnessed with the disposal time coming down from four years to an average of five months.
Arputham Ammal, the mother of one of the convicts, Perarivalan, said she was elated at the verdict and the decision was a victory to all those who fought against the death penalty. "I will continue to fight for abolishing the death sentence from our country," she said.
Meanwhile, Perarivalan's counsel S Prabhu Ramasubramanian termed it an "excellent judgment."
The counsel said that the verdict would be clearly applicable to Perarivalan, Santhan and Murugan.
"There are similarities in the case of these 15 convicts and that of Perarivalan and the other two convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case," said the Delhi-based advocate.
The case will come for hearing before the same Constitutional Bench comprising Justice P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh on January 29. It took more than 11 years for the Central Government to communicate to the petitioners that their clemency pleas were rejected by the President, said the counsel.
Reacting to the SC order, Perarivalan and Santhan said that they were happy. A prison official, quoting the duo, said they expressed their happiness over the judgment. However, they were not keen on discussing the verdict elaborately with anyone, the official added.
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We missed Al Gore and a bearded Keith Olbermann by a day. A little birdie told us Current TV's head and recent new hire were "full of fire" and all smiles as they undoubtedly plotted Keith's debut. Funny enough, Olbermann's replacement, Lawrence O'Donnell, was also there and took it all in from the other side of the room. It's such a small world, isn't it?
Meanwhile, things today were a bit more low key but pretty crowded in the dining room. The fancy folks and artistes from The Getty Museum were in from the Left Coast to celebrate the kick-off to their sponsorship of 60 exhibits in museums all over Los Angeles. What's the New York connection, you ask? Well, proprietor Michael McCarty's other restaurant is in Santa Monica, and he and his wife Kim McCarty (an artist whose works are on view here) are great patrons of the arts.
I was joined by my good friend Randy Jones, founder of Worth and author of The Greatest Stock Picks of All Time and The Richest Man in Town. Let's just say Randy knows a thing or two about money. It makes perfect sense then that he is now working with Lynn Tilton as managing director of media and entertainment/talent acquisition of her company, Patriarch Partners, LLC. If you haven't heard of Lynn, trust me, you will. (And honestly, don't you read The Wall Street Journal?) She runs the largest woman-owned business in the United States as a private equity chief who owns all or some of 74 different businesses with revenues of more than $8 billion. (Take that, Oprah!)
Randy is keeping pretty busy at Patriarch with plenty of projects in the hopper. You heard it here first: Patriarch has a development deal with The Sundance Chanel to bring "The Diva of Distress" (It's the working title) to the small screen some time soon. Randy describes the series as a "docu-drama" in which Lynn will star and go around the country looking for businesses on the brink to work with endangered entrepreneurs in an attempt to get them back on track. The most deserving business owners could score an equity investment from Patriarch or a much needed loan. "That's one of the most amazing things about Lynn," says Randy. "When she buys or invests in a company, she doesn't sell them — she keeps them. She wants good people to succeed." Amen. Oh, and by the way, if you're in the market for a new job, Randy is looking to hire a CEO for Petry Media. If you're thinking of applying, just make sure you've got a track record in digital platforms and have the goods to build "a true 21st century media company." You can thank me later.
Here's the rundown on today's crowd:
1. Edelman's Kathy Lacey and pals
2. First quarter: Bet they had plenty to talk about: Jets' EVP Matt Higgins and Mets' chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon. Second act: Harvey Weinstein (If that wasn't a Members Only jacket, it sure looked like one), his daughter and a pal.
3. Moneyman Steven Swid
4. Beauty biz icon Evelyn Lauder with a dark-haired power gal we didn't recognize.
5. Producer Jean Doumanian with an equally chic-looking pal.
6. Most of the 'Imber Gang;' Dr. Gerald Imber, Jerry Della Femina, Jeff Greenfield and Andy Bergman. I bumped into Jerry's wife, fashionista Judy Licht, who was instrumental in getting Full Frontal Fashion off the ground. She told me she's busier than ever these days with her new site, firstcomesfashion.com which streams the shows at Bryant Park live for civilians who can't get those coveted tickets to Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs and the like. Sounds like a great idea to us. Why schlep to the West Side in this lousy weather and fight all those never-eating women for a goodie bag when you can watch all the action at home in your pj's? We know how we'll be watching the whole shebang next week.
7. Joe Califano and attorney Morton Pierce
8. Quest editor in chief David Patrick Columbia, who dashed in to greet his well-heeled guest.
9. G7 Group's Jane Hartley
10. Donna Soloway and Colleen Rein
11. John Arnhold
12. Former Worldwide Pants head honcho Jim Peterson
14. Cablevision president Tad Smith
15. Peter Price
16. United Station Radio's Nick Verbitsky, enjoying some wine with a table full of pals.
17. Judy Price, Peters' wife. (Just for the record: They did exchange hellos before sitting down at their respective tables.)
18. Randy Jones and yours truly
20. Conde Nast mouthpiece Maurie Perl
21. The New School's Jim Murtha
22. Alan Jones
23. ENI Petroleum's chairman Enzo Viscusi
24. John Kennedy
26. The Wall Street Journal's David Sanford
27. Producer Chuck Pfeifer (loved the groovy shades!) who, in case you didn't know, was 'The Marlboro Man' back in the day.
28. Michael Brown
Faces in the crowd: It was SRO at the bar where I spotted Fortune's Patty Sellers and checked in with my good pals 'The Bar-ettes' Kira Semler and Vi Huse who were enjoying their monthly champagne lunch at the bar. Some people just know how to live!
Please send comments and corrections to DianeClehane AT mediabistro Dot com and lunch at mediabistro DOT com.


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UNDATED - Power officials say nearly 70,000 customers, mostly in metro Atlanta, remained without power early Friday morning after a system of severe thunderstorms slammed into the state.
There were several reports of downed trees throughout north Georgia before dawn on Friday, as crews worked to clear debris from roads and restore power.
Georgia Power said that by 5:30 a.m. Friday, about 65,000 customers were without power in metro Atlanta, with many of them in northern suburbs that were hart-hit by the storms. Georgia Electric Membership Corp. said 3,600 of its customers were also without power in the metro area as of 6 a.m.
Statewide, Georgia Power said it had 97,000 customers without power shortly after 3 a.m. Friday.
According to Bonnie Jones, Communications Director for Jackson EMC, roughly 4,000 customers in the company's service territory were left without electricity at the height of the storm last night as a result of damage caused by lightning, high winds, and downed trees and tree limbs.
1,449 customers were affected in Hall County, 392 in Lumpkin, 1,625 in Clarke and 635 in Jackson, she said.
Jones said there were a number of areas that saw a concentrated amount of outages during today's storms.
Those areas are:
- The southern portion of Dawson County in the area of Old Dawsonville Highway.
- Flowery Branch, the Clarkes Bridge Road area of northern Hall County and the area near Highway 53 in west Hall County.
- The Tallahassee Road and Commerce Road areas of Clarke County.
- Jackson County, starting near Jefferson in the areas of Highway 11 and Highway 124, extending west.


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DANIEL Day-Lewis doesn't grace the cinematic world with his presence very often but when he does, he certainly makes an impression.
His new film, Lincoln, has proved no exception to that rule - winning Day-Lewis a slew of awards including a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild statue. And if Hollywood buzz is to be believed, his name is practically engraved on the Best Actor Academy Award already.
This fiercely private actor has a knack for disappearing from public view, and is even better at disappearing into his characters. Widely credited as being the world's best male actor - to Meryl Streep's perpetual best female - in Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg, he retraces the final four months of America's 16th president.
For all his on-screen solemnity, in person, Day-Lewis, 55, is unexpectedly funny and charming. "I feel that I aged just playing the president," he says of the two-month shoot in Virginia. Softly spoken, his hair is short and is worn in its natural shade of silver-grey. Dressed in a dark suit, he looks lean and fit, though not in a way that implies he spends hours in the gym, like his American counterparts.
Despite his previous Oscar wins (My Left Foot, in 1989, and There Will Be Blood, in 2007), there was some trepidation in taking on such an iconic role. "Well, I would not wish to be the person that forever desecrated the memory of the most loved president that the United States has ever known. I had to ask myself whether I could genuinely serve this story, and serve Steven," he says.
"It seemed like an outlandish idea to take somebody that grew up in the southeast of London and make him president of the US," he smiles. Like Christian Bale and Sean Penn, Day-Lewis famously adopts the method technique in perfecting his work, which inspires as much awe as it does ridicule by fellow actors, and the process of becoming his character, in which he remains immersed, starts in the preparation long before shooting.
He says, "You try to create an understanding of this person's life in a very personal way. So you begin by reading, but the problem obviously in the case of Lincoln was that I could be reading for the rest of my lifetime and into the next life, so I chose the books carefully." He reportedly read 100 books on the subject. But it seems there's a limit as to the extent of how "method" Day-Lewis is prepared to go for the sake of artistic integrity.
"Well, look, if I'm making a film in the middle ages, I live in the middle ages and I will try as far as possible to do without the trappings of modern life," he says. "But there are certain forms of communication that I'm very grateful for and a text message is a very brief and easy way to stay in communication with people. It was certainly one of the principle forms of communication with Steven because we didn't talk much on the set, just a few words to each other now and then, and some words of encouragement."
The image of Day-Lewis in full Lincoln regalia texting amid the backdrop of a mid-19th century battlefield would have cut quite a picture. His co-star, Sally Field, who plays his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, says, "Daniel would frequently text me in character. It was hard to figure out how to use that vernacular, the way they spoke to each other," she laughs. The project was a long time in the making. Liam Neeson was cast in 2005 but by July 2010, when the film was gearing up again, he left the project, many believe due to his wife's death a year earlier.
In November that year, it was announced Day-Lewis would replace him. The script was adapted by the Pulitzer-prize winning Tony Kushner (Angels in America) from Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and the movie also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Strathairn, James Spader, and Tommy Lee Jones.
Day-Lewis recalls of his final day of filming. "It was with a tremendous sense of sadness. There wasn't a single day when I wasn't grateful to be exploring that man's life and I felt a sense of privilege to be allowed to do that. I grew to love him so much and I really didn't want to part company," he says. "But the beautiful thing in this case is that I can now go back to loving Lincoln from the other side of the line."
The other side of the line for Day-Lewis is between his homes in Manhattan, where his 17-year-old son Gabriel lives, (whose mother is French actress Isabelle Adjani), and a house in the Wicklow mountains, south of Dublin, where he resides with wife of 16 years, Rebecca Miller (daughter of playwright Arthur Miller), and their two sons, Ronan, 14, and Cashel, 10.
How do they view their father, who has clearly done a spectacular job in keeping them from far from the media?
He laughs. "My kids didn't even know what I did until a couple of years ago. In fact, my 14 year old boy was asked a couple of years ago what I did for a living, and he said, 'I think he's in construction,"' he laughs. Born in London, Day-Lewis is the son of poet Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon. He boarded at Sevenoaks School in Kent, before transferring to Bedales school in Hampshire where his love of wood-working and acting began. For a time he had his heart set on a career as a cabinet-maker, but was then accepted into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School which set him on his way.
His film career took off in 1985 in My Beautiful Launderette, in which he played a gay man in an interracial relationship, and the next year starred in A Room with A View. It became evident he would enjoy a diverse career and could play traditional leading man as evidenced in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, to a disabled writer and painter in My Left Foot. His other roles include The Last of the Mohicans, In The Name of the Father, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, and Nine.
Asking him about whether he feels a certain kinship with similarly esteemed actor, Meryl Streep, he offers, "I'm sure she doesn't regard herself in that kind of lofty way any more than I do. It would be very dangerous to think of oneself in that way." He pauses. "I tend to give the impression that I take myself very seriously, but that's just the work. That's not my life."
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FRANK LANGELLA as Richard Nixon (2008)
Frank Langella was nominated for an Academy Award for his powerful performance as Richard Nixon in Ron Howard's film adaptation of the acclaimed stage play Frost/Nixon. The film looks at how interviewer David Frost (Michael Sheen) managed to coax a partial confession about Watergate from the former President.
BENJAMIN WALKER as Abraham Lincoln (2012)
It's fair to say Walker's performance as the 16th President of the United States in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was less well received than Daniel Day- Lewis's. That could have something to do with the fact the film is utter nonsense, its serious tone jarring with its ludicrous premise.
JOSH BROLIN as George W Bush (2008)
Brolin was third choice to play George "Dubya" Bush, after Harrison Ford and Christian Bale (who bailed out, dissatisfied with the prosthetic make-up tests). Brolin, who didn't "misunderestimate" the challenge, spent months perfecting Bush's accent and mannerisms, to really get under the former President's skin in Oliver Stone's controversial biopic.
ANTHONY HOPKINS as Richard Nixon (1995)
Another decade, another Oliver Stone movie featuring a portrayal of a much maligned American president. Hopkins was nominated for an Oscar for his complex portrait of the flawed man, released just a year after Nixon's death.
BILL PULLMAN as Thomas J Whitmore (1996)
Former combat pilot Whitmore leads an aerial attack against the alien mothership. He gives a ludicrously stirring speech saying July 4 will go down in history as the day the world declared: "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on, we're going to survive. Today we celebrate our independence day!" Applause.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Glasgow hotel in City Centre Glasgow, walk to George Square
Popular property highlights
Located in City Centre Glasgow, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Pavilion Theatre, George Square, and Gallery of Modern Art. Glasgow Cathedral and The SSE Hydro are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A bar/lounge, a meeting room, and dry cleaning are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a 24-hour front desk, a computer station, and express check-in are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 118 rooms offer free WiFi, coffee makers, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Free newspapers, hair dryers, and showers are among the other amenities that guests will find.
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- Friendly, helpful staff
- Good location
- Proximity to public transit
- Overall value of stay
- Clean guestrooms
- Comfy beds
Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Theatreland
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, dry cleaning/laundry services, and express check-in.
Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Theatreland is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 118
- Number of floors - 5
- Bar/lounge
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- One meeting room
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1998
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Offsite parking discounted rates available
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free newspaper
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 16 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Hotel Name
- Glasgow Theatreland
- Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Theatreland
- Holiday Inn Express Glasgow City Centre - Theatreland Scotland
- Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Theatreland Hotel
- Holiday Inn Express Theatreland Hotel
- Holiday Inn Express Theatreland
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Children 16 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitScotland, the National Tourist Board for Scotland.


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Intestinal Permeability in Response to Treatment in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Patients
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|Eosinophilic Esophagitis
|Other: Absorbable sugars
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Determination of Intestinal Permeability and Response to Treatment in Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- To assess patients gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with EoE by means of standard validated questionnaires [ Time Frame: 30 days ]heartburn, trouble swallowing
- To determine if patients with eosinophilic esophagitis have increased small intestinal permeability and if this changes in response to topically administered esophageal steroids. [ Time Frame: 2 hours ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Absorbable sugars
Lactulose (1,000 mg) and mannitol (200 mg). For the liquid formulation, these sugars will be administered in 250 ml of water. After oral ingestion of the sugars in liquid form, urine will be collected every 30 minutes for the first 2 hours.
Other: Absorbable sugars
Lactulose (1,000 mg) and mannitol (200 mg). For the liquid formulation, these sugars will be administered in 250 ml of water. After oral ingestion of the sugars in liquid form, urine will be collected every 30 minutes for the first 2 hours.
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Eosinophilic esophagitis is an allergy mediated disease in which antigens exposed to the gastrointestinal tract trigger a combined immediate hypersensitivity.
The investigators anticipate that patients with active eosinophilic esophagitis will have increased intestinal permeability on urine collection of sugars. The investigators are not sure whether these findings will be found in patients who have been successfully treated with topical esophageal steroids. Improvement in intestinal permeability would be perceived as indicating that esophageal disease drives the intestinal permeability. Lack of improvement would indicate that eosinophilic esophagitis is a more systemic disease in which increased small bowel permeability is a marker or perhaps important driver of the disease.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects between the ages of 18 and 80 with Eosinophilic Esophagitis diagnosed by compatible symptoms, endoscopic findings, histology and lack of response to proton pump inhibitors or negative pH study.
- Vulnerable populations, such as those with diminished mental acuity, will be excluded.
- Patients allergic to Lactulose
- Women who are pregnant or lactating.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01641913
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic in Rochester
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|Principal Investigator:
|David Katzka, MD
|Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
|Responsible Party:
|David A. Katzka, Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01641913 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 10, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 20, 2014
Keywords provided by David A. Katzka, Mayo Clinic:
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Leukocyte Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
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Revell Starter Class Compressor
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The Revell Starter Class Compressor is an oil-free piston air compressor.
It is small and portable and works best with our starter class airbrush. The Revell Starter Class compressor is ideal for the beginner who wants a reliable introduction to the airbrush skill.
The Starter Class compressor does not have the standard 1/4" fitting so is NOT COMPATIBLE WITH AZTEK AIRBRUSHES.
- Type: Oil-free piston compressor (220-240 V/50 Hz/90 W)
- Maximum pressure: approx. 3 bar
- Output in litres of air: approx. 11.5 l/min.
- Noise level: approx. 57 db
- Extras: Pressure regulator, carrying handle
- Connectors: Fitted as standard with the connector for the hose (38230) of the 'starter class' spray gun.
- The hose is not included in the set.
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Even as we attempt to mitigate climate change, we must still plan for its impacts. The long lifespan of our buildings means that they are particularly at risk from climate change, especially considering 87% of existing buildings will still be standing in 2050.
According to Defra's 2009 UK Climate Change Projections, in this country we are likely to experience hotter drier summers, warmer wetter winters, a rise in sea levels and an increase in extreme weather events. These climactic changes will impact on our daily lives and the buildings that we work and live in must be adapted to cope with such changes.
Both existing buildings and the construction of new buildings will have to adapt to cope with the conditions climate change may produce. A Technology Strategy Board (TSB) report, Design for Future Climate: Opportunities for adaptation in the built environment, proposes a range of new ways to design, construct, upgrade and occupy buildings so that they are more energy efficient as well as resilient to threats such as flooding and drought.
The Climate Change Adaptation Plan from BIS emphasised certain priority areas and sets out how to address the challenges and use the emerging evidence for current and future policy and strategy decisions.
The National Adaptation Programme report has been drawn up by the Government, with the support of industry and other non-government organisations, to set out what they are doing to become more climate ready.
The Committee on Climate Change was established as a result of the Climate Change Act 2008, to provide independent advice to Government on how to reduce greenhouse gases and how to manage climate change.
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) helps public, private and voluntary organisations to adapt to inevitable climate change. The site also contains information on adaptation in the built environment including details about planning, construction and management and useful links to other organisations involved in these areas.
The Town & Country Planning Association (TCPA) published a report called Climate change adaptation by design: a guide for sustainable communities to help communicate the importance of adapting to climate change, and to show how adaptation can be integrated into the planning, design and development of new and existing communities. It contains useful information on policy and legislative drivers for adaptation and it proposes a range of adaptation options using practical examples and a suggested framework for delivering them.
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- Climate Change Toolkit (not available until the 18th October)
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Please contact us to suggest additional definitions or expansion of this page. Standard Definitions:Nation reconstruction refers to the planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of efforts to construct infrastructure, policy, and governance following a conflict or national hazard.Capacity development or building often refers to assistance that is provided to entities, usually societies in developing countries, which have a need to develop a certain skill or competence, or for general upgrading of performance ability. Counter Insurgency (COIN) is a military term for the armed conflict against an insurgency by forces aligned with the recognized government of the territory in which the conflict takes place. In the main, the insurgents seek to destroy or erase the political authority of the defending authorities in a population they seek to control, and the counter-insurgent forces seek to protect that authority and reduce or eliminate the supplanting authority of the insurgents.Counter-insurgency operations are common during occupation and armed rebellions. Counter-insurgency may be armed suppression of a rebellion, coupled with tactics such as divide and rule designed to fracture the links between the insurgency and the population in which the insurgents move.Operations Support - for ongoing or future peacekeeping operations, humanitarian crises, or coalition/multinational operations. Includes strategic and tactical level capacity-building, including for military, paramilitary, counterterrorism units, etc.; USG management of civilian stabilization operations (e.g. peacekeeping operations, responding to humanitarian crises, or coalition/multinational operations); direct support to ongoing/existing operations(for example, deployment of U.S. and foreign personnel and support for international and regional organizations); support for corrections facilities, VIP and facility protection; and armed physical security for civilians and to secure humanitarian access.Defense, Military and Border Restructuring, Reform and Operations - Develop the capacity of partners' security forces (including military, paramilitary, gendarmes, maritime security, border security, counterterrorism units, specialty units, etc.) to maintain a country's territorial integrity, including self-defense against external threats, securing ungoverned/remote spaces, participating in regional defense, protecting borders, providing essential and/or emergency disaster response services, and providing force protection for coalition/U.S. forces.Insurgencies:There are several types of insurgents. These first four seek to completely change the existing political system: - Anarchists seek disorder as their desired end state and consider any political authority illegitimate. - Egalitarians seek to impose a centrally controlled political system to ensure equitable distribution of resources and a radically transformed social structure. - Traditionalists desire a return to some golden age or religious-based value system. Often their goals are regional or international, and their rigid ideological structure leaves little room for compromise or negotiation. Some fringe religious groups, such as Aum Shinrikyo in Japan, envision creating a new world order by precipitating an apocalypse through terrorism. - Pluralists profess traditional Western values, such as freedom and liberty, and aim to establish liberal democracies." The remaining types of insurgents do not seek total political power in a state: - Secessionists seek to withdraw altogether to pursue their own independent destiny or to join a different state. - Reformists aim to use violence to make changes within a state to create a more equitable distribution of political and economic power. - Preservationists use their own illegal violence against anyone trying to make changes or institute reforms. - Commercialists pursue economic gain, a behavior seen in some clans and warlords in less developed societies.Though the previous passages highlight the many varieties of insurgency, they share some common attributes. An insurgent organization normally consists of five elements:
1. Leaders2. Combatants (main forces, regional forces, local forces)3. Political cadre (also called militants or the party)4. Auxiliaries (active followers who provide important support services)5. Mass base (the bulk of the membership) The proportions of these elements relative to the larger movement depend on the strategic approach adopted by the insurgency. A conspiratorial approach does not pay much attention to combatants or a mass base. The focoists downplay the importance of a political cadre and emphasize military action to generate popular support. The People's War approach is the most complex: If the state presence has been eliminated, the elements can exist openly. If the state remains a continuous or occasional presence, the elements must maintain a clandestine existence.1. Leaders: The leaders control the insurgent movement. They are the "idea people" and the planners. They usually exercise leadership through force of personality, the power of revolutionary ideas, or personal charisma. In some insurgencies, they may hold their position through clan or tribal authority.2. Combatants: The combatants do the actual fighting and provide security. They are often mistaken for the movement itself. They exist only to support the insurgency's broader political agenda. The combatants maintain local control. They also protect and expand the shadow government and counter state, if the insurgency seeks to set up such institutions.3. Political Cadre: The cadre is the political core of the insurgency. They are actively engaged in the struggle to accomplish insurgent goals. They may also be designated as a formal party to signify their political importance. They implement guidance and procedures provided by the leadership. Modern noncommunist insurgents rarely, if ever, use the term "cadre," but usually include a group that performs similar functions. The cadre assesses the grievances in local areas and carries out activities that satisfy them. They then attribute the solutions they have provided to the insurgent movement itself. As the insurgency matures, deeds become more important to make insurgent slogans meaningful to the population. Larger societal issues, such as foreign presence, facilitate such political activism, because these larger issues may be blamed for life's smaller problems. Destroying the state bureaucracy or preventing national reconstruction after a conflict to sow disorder and sever legitimate links with the people is a common insurgent tactic. In time, the cadre may seek to replace that bureaucracy and assume functions in a shadow government.4. Auxiliaries: Auxiliaries are active sympathizers who provide important support services. They may run safe houses or store weapons and supplies but do not participate in direct action.5. Mass Base: The mass base consists of the followers of the insurgent movement, the supporting populace. Mass base members are often recruited and indoctrinated by the cadre, though in many politically charged situations or traditional insurgencies such active pursuit is not necessary. Mass base members may continue in their normal positions in society. Many, however, lead clandestine lives for the insurgent movement. They may even pursue full-time positions within the insurgency. For example, combatants normally begin as members of the mass base before becoming armed manpower. Such roles are particularly hard to define in a tribal or clan-based insurgency, where there is no clear cadre, and people will drift between combatant, auxiliary, and follower status as needed.
Insurgents use the technological, economic, and social aspects of globalization to create networks involving a wide array of partners. Networking is a tool available to traditional territorially-rooted insurgencies, such as the FARC in Colombia and the Zapatistas in Chiapas, and extends the range and variety of both their military and political actions. Other groups exist almost entirely in networks with little physical presence in their target countries. Networked organizations do not have a center of gravity in the traditional sense—rather the network's links themselves may become centers of gravity. Networked organizations are very hard to destroy and tend to heal, adapt, and learn rapidly. However, they have a limited chance of attaining strategic success themselves because they have a difficult time mustering and focusing power. The best they can hope for is to create a security vacuum leading to a collapse of the targeted regime's will and then to gain in the competition for the spoils. However, their enhanced abilities to sow disorder and survive present particularly difficult problems for counterinsurgents.Relevant Sources: DOD Counterinsurgency: Final drafthttp://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24fd.pdfPost-Conflict Reconstruction Essential Taskshttp://www.cic.nyu.edu/Lead%20Page%20PDF/Annex %20E.pdfForeign Assistance Standardized Program Structure And Definitions"http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/141836.pdf
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Eight months ago vampires released the Revenant Virus on humanity. Both species were nearly wiped out. For Mike Robson, the situation could be far worse. He s joined up with a small band of humans and the last coven of vampires who are riding out the zombie apocalypse in an old fort along the coast of southern Maine.
The group s uneasy alliance is strained by the arrival of the creator of the Revenant Virus. He claims there is a vaccine that will make them immune to the virus, but it s located in a secure underground facility 500 miles away. To retrieve the vaccine, Robson leads a raiding party of humans and vampires down the devastated East Coast. Yet none of the horrors Robson has faced match what awaits in the underground facility."


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The government is busy making changes to its student loan repayment programs. They say they're trying to help student borrowers and encourage cost-consciousness. In reality, the government is taking advantage of 18-year-olds who make decisions based on hope instead of reality...
Government backed student loans mean that nearly everybody can afford to go to college on borrowed money. That's a pretty good thing, what with higher education being an important public good. Plus, the only thing you can do with a high school diploma anymore is press license plates.
But a negative externality of the government guaranteeing loans is that schools can charge whatever they want. Whatever they want. Quick, what's the highest priced college in America? Nope, it's not Harvard or Yale or Princeton... those schools don't even crack the top ten. They've got the kinds of endowments that allow them to (relatively) keep tuition prices competitive. The most expensive school is Sarah Lawrence, just north of Yonkers, New York.
But what does a student care if Sarah Lawrence charges a ton of money? If they "like" the school, they can borrow the money. Sure, they'll have to pay it back, but that will be years — decades even — away. Surely they'll be rich or solidly middle class by then, and be able to pay off their debts without much problem. Many 18-year-olds just don't know what carrying, say, $150,000 of debt before they land their first job will do to the rest of their lives. And once they figure it out, well that's when you get 22-year-olds trying to turn their Comparative Post-Modern Literature degrees into law degrees... and taking on even more debt to do it.
The government has a solution to all of this. It's called many different things: the official name is the "Public Sector Loan Forgiveness" (PSLF) program. The initiative uses income-based repayment to help students who choose public sector (or qualified non-profit) jobs right out of school, instead of making as much money as they possibly can to pay off their debts. Loan payments are currently capped at 10% of "discretionary" income, and after ten years the government forgives your student debt. And yes, by "the government," I mean "taxpayers pay the rest." The school always gets its money.
Politicians from both parties, and President Obama, have called for changes to this program. You can see why. The program was intended to encourage public service by college graduates. Instead, it's being used as a carrot by expensive schools trying to entice students to take out more loans to afford their overpriced educations.
The new Senate budget proposal expands the program so that it can apply to more students. Currently, PSLF is only open to students who can show "financial hardship"; now, the government will assume anybody paying tuition at these prices and not working for Google probably needs some assistance. But there's a big catch: the government will not be nearly as "forgiving." From the bill:
Capping Public Sector Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) at the aggregate loan limit for independent undergraduate students to protect against institutional practices that may further increase student indebtedness, while ensuring the program provides sufficient relief for students committed to public service;
Establishing a 25-year forgiveness period for borrowers with balances above the aggregate loan limit for independent undergraduate students.
And the amount forgiven will be capped at $57,500, which is barely a year of tuition at the nation's most expensive schools.
White House officials argue that these proposals will encourage students to be cost-conscious about their school choice, while also encouraging schools to keep tuition costs under control. But that is utter hogwash from the White House.
I've explained on Above the Law that there is absolutely nothing in these proposals that will encourage students to take a low-cost educational option. Students don't choose education based on what might go wrong. Education is an aspirational choice that people make in hopes of what might go right. Nobody is going to go to the University of Tennessee at a discount over Vanderbilt at twice the price because the government might only pay off $57,500. They're thinking that Vanderbilt will give them much better options. How much better? Options to do what? They don't freaking know. They're 18. "I'll get a good job that allows me to pay my bills. Also, I'm going to change the world, end up with a spouse who will love me forever, and have a house with a big yard for my unicorn."
But whatever, if the new program makes one student think more critically about financing his or her education, maybe it's worth it. The problem is that this does nothing to encourage schools to be more cost-conscious. Schools can still charge whatever they want while promising students government backed loan forgiveness. So it'll take 25 years instead of ten... isn't our expensive private school education worth it? Isn't it worth it for your future?
You want to do something that would actually make schools think twice about their price? You've got to make them put some skin in the game. Maybe the school should pay the taxpayers back after 25 years? What would be wrong with that? If their students can't pay back all the money the schools charged them after 25 freaking years, the schools should be on the hook for the rest of the loan.
I bet that would make a school think twice before jacking up tuition another 5% to pay for a faculty lounge.
Changes To Government Loan Forgiveness That Totally Miss The Mark [Above the Law]