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Project Title: Nuevo Centro Urbano de Morelos (New Urban Center of Morelos)
Project Location: State of Morelos, Mexico
Project Type: Planning
Project Summary: Nuevo Centro Urbano Morelos (CU) sets the precedent for the development of new cities in Mexico.
Generally, most current Mexican cities are not planned with integrated systems or to satisfy the long-term needs of their
residents. Rapid urbanization of incoming poor from rural Mexico, chaotic economic expansion and growing automobile
dominance have negatively impacted life in urban Mexico. The vision for this new city is to strengthen the Mexican middle
class, embrace environmental stewardship and to build a diverse community while comprehensively designing a new seat
of government. This type of comprehensive planning is unprecedented in Mexican history.
Project Purpose: As it relates to urban growth and community expansion, Mexico is where the United States was sixty
years ago. In the 1950's the GI Bill and US federal housing policies encouraged home ownership, education and
suburban growth. Similarly, population growth, the effects of globalization and other national trends are influencing the
way Mexicans live, work and play today. Communities and cities must be planned to work with these modern
developments and help people fulfill their dreams. Nuevo Centro Urbano de Morelos is one of the first attempts in Mexico
at providing similar support mechanisms to those offered in the US in the 1950's that will encourage home ownership,
business prosperity and a cohesive middle class.
This project is aimed at providing financial and social support for the low income population, with the intent to encourage
home ownership, instill pride and confidence, improve individual business and professional performance and to put the
systems in place needed to promote successful middle class growth. The vision for the project was to create a model city
that will be home to 100,000 people (26,000 homes), house the new government center for the State of Morelos and, as
part of its framework, embrace the site's most important natural, physical and historic attributes, thereby creating a
precedent for the development of new communities in Mexico.
The goal of this effort was to create a new pattern that integrates the developer's traditional residential products with a
new seat of government for the public administration of the State of Morelos and the cities of Cuernavaca and Temixco as
well as the social and utility systems necessary for community prosperity. To meet these significant objectives, the
developer must provide much more than a collection of houses. Principles of city planning that recognize and reconcile
the necessary city systems such as transportation, utilities, open space, public space and a mix of uses are employed to
guarantee that the team delivers a project with soul and a sense of community. Our team is very proud to contribute to
the development of a sustainable community for Mexico's future, one that will benefit current and future generations.
Role of Landscape Architect: The design team worked with an industry-leading developer that is expanding its
capability from homebuilding to the building of cities across Mexico. In partnership with state and federal governments,
this developer has used its strategic power and leadership to bring together a consultant team to create city plans that will
set new standards for development in Mexico. The innovative consultant team that was convened to plan this new city
has global experience in water conservation, infrastructure design, environmental preservation and responsive planning.
The landscape architect was hired to master plan the new city; design the regional arterial, a City's urban plaza, a series
of neighborhood plazas (aka barrios) and the pedestrian boardwalk that defines the City Center to a schematic level; draft
design guidelines that ensure the vision is realized; design and analyze the financial feasibility of recreational amenities
on the property; as well as design streets and community gathering places.
Special Factors:
Existing Conditions. The site's existing, sensitive natural features provide the foundation for the plan and require
significant attention to prevent irresponsible degradation. The thirty meter deep ravines (barrancas) are independent
functioning ecosystems rich with wildlife, water and plants, and are threatened by careless development due to the effects
of increased stormwater runoff and resident debris. The plan presented strategies that would protect these environments
while embracing their presence, location and significance.
Social Inequity. There is a major disparity between the wealthy and the low income population in the project area.
Differences in income, wealth, education and family structure contribute to the differences in home ownership; the lack of
home ownership opportunities sustains the disparity in wealth, education, access to jobs and overall quality of life. This
project strives to minimize the gap in the home ownership differential in Cuernavaca, Mexico by giving the low income
population access to home ownership opportunities that they would otherwise not have.
Cultural Barriers. The Mexican culture traditionally focuses their living and business presence inward, away from the
public rights-of-way, rather than outward towards the public realm. They place the most value behind the walls that line
the streets. The security concerns and social barriers presented our team with especially motivating urban design
CCASLA 2011 Professional Awards
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challenges. Our goal was to find solutions to the walled approach so as to initiate community interaction and to create
inviting street design and safety.
Social Interaction. The interaction among residents was a key component to the formation of a functioning, thriving
community. Conceptually, 300 homes are organized around a barrio (neighborhood center) and 5,000 homes are
organized around a colonia (community center). These spaces provide safe meeting and gathering places within an
acceptable walking distance for recreation, social gathering and community services.
Significance: The planning and design team defined seven parts to the value proposition being delivered in this plan.
The following descriptions outline the design team's commitment to cutting edge implementation at CU:
City & Environment. The planning of CU deeply respects the historic function of the site's delicately vital environment.
The deep-cut ravines and underlying aquifer make it functionally significant, beautiful and sensitive to the impact of
development. During planning, every precaution was taken to ensure preservation of the canyons' integrity. These
features are deserving of National Park status and will require ongoing maintenance and management. Most important is
the idea that the neighborhoods of CU can be sustainably built and exist within this precious environment.
City & Community. The developer has created residential products that appeal to the Mexican market. The easiest
opportunity for success within CU was to incorporate the developer's traditional residential products. However,
adjustments to the typical layout of the residential products were made to allow the urban design and social objectives to
be achieved. While 60% of the project achieves affordable status the real cutting-edge objective is to mix classes to
achieve social progress. In the barrios and colonias, select units will be available that allow for commercial uses on the
ground floor and residential uses on the second floor.
CU is more than a collection of houses; it is based on the idea that communities and cities are the key to developing
families and human resources. Several ideas are key to making CU more than just a collection of homes. First, individuals
must recognize the value of the whole place in order to create city pride. Historically, Mexican people have focused on
the value of their own residence, not necessarily on the greater values of the community. This awareness will mix people
by income levels within each neighborhood by varying the product types that are placed next to one another. Powerful
benefits are achieved in the mixing of people who help each other to grow and who build a humanistic outlook. The two
key ideas are achieving the awareness and respect for the community and getting the demographic range of residents to
mix in public spaces and institutions.
City & Employment Centers. The employment base of CU is anchored by the government employees at the state and
municipal palaces. Not only are there government employees, but additional employees and business owners will benefit
from proximity to the palaces. Corporations and other businesses will soon expand into the new city. The supply of
housing in a range of price points for workers offers businesses the employment base for success. Mixed use
development is promoted in the central business district to reinforce the commercial viability of the city. Office
accommodations, in addition to those related to government activity will strengthen the opportunity for this to be the
region's new business destination. Accommodation of a mall and big-box retail completes the range of retail and
commercial offerings that establish this as the Urban Center.
City & Connectivity. Without movement, the processes of business and the development of culture cannot be
accomplished. The economic engine of this development is built on the connection between the old and new roads from
Mexico City to Acapulco. Substantial sums are being spent on bridges and the "backbone" road that links the geography
of CU across the canyons that create development plateaus. Movement of people and goods are essential to the
business integrity of CU and Cuernavaca. The beautiful streets, system of open space and plazas, and preserved ravines
increase the emphasis on pedestrian modes of circulation. For residents of CU, mass transit is provided by buses. Bus
stops, holding areas and other operational elements of the transit program are incorporated in to the city plan.
Intelligent Urban Design. Urban design offers methods for delivering social cohesion and livability, for making CU a
national model for building the middle class in Mexico. In the simplest terms urban design organizes systems to satisfy
community needs. Systems include hierarchy of streets, mass transit, schools, parks and open space and other features
that make the city livable and encourage positive interactions between people. The most significant organizers of space
on this site are existing ravines which define plateaus and establish reasonably flat development sites. The urban systems
are overlain on the plateaus to make barrios (community centers), colonias (neighborhood centers) and, collectively, the
city. Intelligent urban design is what builds the community from a mass of houses and roads into a city. Urban design aims
to make the public spaces the pride of the community and the opportunity for people to meet and mix.
Nuevo Centro Urbano de Morelos (New Urban Center of Morelos)
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Nuevo Centro Urbano 01 Located in Morelos, Mexico, the site is adjacent to a major route from Mexico City to
Acapulco. The movement of people along this roadway promotes settlement near
commercial centers, allowing for the creation and relocation of government industry and
Nuevo Centro Urbano 02 The Morelos area was settled by the native Tlahuicas who named the area Temixco or
"the stone cat's place". The current city of Temixco is located 10km from the city of
Cuernavaca. Today, due to the climate, geography and political location, these two cities
in Morelos represent the ideal location for one of the most ambitious and innovative
developments in Mexico.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 03 The defining characteristics of the site are the natural ravines formed by water flow from
the surrounding mountains. These barrancas are ecologically sensitive and merit federal
protection. The integrity of this ecosystem will be preserved using a careful strategy of
canals & detention basins that will intercept post-development stormwater, and release it
at pre-development rates.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 04 A source of community pride in the new city will be the preservation of the barrancas.
This has not been the norm in surrounding neighborhoods where ravines have been
Nuevo Centro Urbano 05 In general, most cities in Mexico today have not been designed and planned to satisfy the
long term needs of residents. Significant population growth and the dominance of
automobile transportation have negatively impacted the quality of life in urban Mexico.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 06 The site's existing physical features were incorporated into the plan including: natural
ravines and topography, picturesque views of a Volcano to the east, a utility powerline, a
cemetery, a mine, a shrine, a federally protected tree grove and road rights-of-way.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 07 The site for the new city offers sloping areas eminently suitable for building. Combining
community and environmental systems within the site resulted in a plan that fulfilled the
developer's business goals without compromising future community needs.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 08 The vision for the new city is to embrace environmental stewardship and reduce
congestion and traffic problems by providing a comprehensively designed new seat of
government for the public administration of the State of Morelos and the cities of
Cuernavaca and Temixco.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 09 The new city will be situated on 1800 acres in an area of Mexico known as "The Land of
Eternal Spring" in a tropical wet/dry season climate. It will be a place unlike any other in
Mexico – urban, modern, welcoming to the emerging middle class, and set sensitively
within its environment.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 10 Existing communities pay little attention to public space, therefore one of the primary
project goals is to create safe, beautiful public spaces. Neighborhood plazas, also known
as barrios, promote a social network and may have a variety of uses within them. Each
plaza serves as a neighborhood identity element and creates social cohesion. Each
barrio is connected to other barrios by pedestrian and bicycle paths. The plazas are
primarily demarcated by roads and residential uses that front them.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 11 Units will border these barrio plazas so that residents take ownership of them, thus
providing a different kind of security beyond the typically used concrete walls.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 12 Some of the plazas will be grand spaces, such as the Temixco Plaza near the new
government offices. Here the mayor will address crowds from the balcony and citizens
can attend events or visit the plaza on a daily basis.
Nuevo Centro Urbano 13 The central business district will be positioned around one of the ravines, creating a
pedestrian experience unique to the region. It will also be the home of new government
offices for the City of Cuernavaca and the State of Morelos.
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Happy Friday. Want to sound smart when talking about Syria but still aren't sure where that country is on the map? The Washington Post has you covered. A country defined by European powers long-ago has been fighting a civil war for some two years but the new threat of its domestic chemical warfare has put it on the world stage. Here are the nine questions about the country you may want to know: [WaPost].
Topping the news: The Utah Attorney General's Office has turned over the investigation involving a development near Draper's FrontRunner Station because of a possible conflict of interest with former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. [Trib] -> The Sugar House streetcar line, or "S line" is completed, costing $37 million and scheduled to open in December. [Trib] [DNews]
-> Drug screening for welfare applicants saved the state money but critics are skeptical of the data. [Trib]
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Investigators believe Marcus Bedell, 25, of Washougal and Charles Sample, 32, of Vancouver kidnapped the man last Sunday and took him to the upper Washougal River area off North Fork Road.
"They stripped him of his clothing, tied him to a tree, physically assaulted and then robbed him," said Dave Cox, Undersheriff with the Skamania County Sheriff's Office. "Overnight he was able to work himself free and make his way to North Fork Road where a passing motorist picked him up."
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CMV is a virus related to the herpes virus group of infections. Like herpes, it is inactive at times, but it is incurable and is a life-time infection. CMV is the most common congenital viral infection. It is also called congenital cytomegalovirus or cytomegalovirus inclusion disease.
CMV without symptoms is common in older babies and young children. It is found in saliva, urine, semen, and other body fluids. The virus is easily spread in households and in daycare centers. It can be transmitted to the fetus during pregnancy (called congenital CMV) and to the baby during delivery or in breast milk.
Over half of women of childbearing age are infected with CMV prior to becoming pregnant. There appear to be few risks for complications of CMV for this group and only a few babies have the infection at birth. These babies appear to have no significant illness or abnormalities.
According to the CDC, 1 to 4 percent of women have primary infections with CMV during pregnancy. When a woman's first infection occurs during pregnancy, there is a higher risk that after birth the baby may have CMV-related complications. About 1 in 150 babies with congenital CMV will have signs of the infection at birth. Of these, about half will have serious complications including hearing loss, visual impairment, developmental delay, or epilepsy.
Unlike congenital CMV, transmission at time of delivery or through breast milk does not typically cause illness in the baby.
Most babies with congenital (present at birth) CMV do not have symptoms of the infection at birth However, each baby may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
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The symptoms of CMV may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your baby's doctor for a diagnosis.
Most infections with CMV in the mother are not diagnosed because the virus produces few symptoms. A mother who has had CMV infection before may have antibodies present in her blood stream. The virus can also be cultured from the throat or urine of the mother or baby.
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Situated in the city center, this residence is close to Ecole polytechnique and Abbey of Saint-Louis-du-Temple. Area attractions also include Villacoublay Golf Club and Velizy-Villacoublay Air Base.
Property Features
In addition to a restaurant, Residhome Paris Massy features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a coffee shop/café and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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Dining options at the residence include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to an indoor pool, Residhome Paris Massy provides a sauna and a steam room. This Massy residence also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Residhome Paris Massy is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 150
- Number of floors - 5
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Residhome Paris Massy has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Recreational amenities at the residence include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a steam room.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.
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When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
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Your pets
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 14 years of age.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 16.50 for adults and EUR 8 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 12 per night
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Schisms and Sects
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Hinduism encompasses a number of major sects, as well as countless subsects with local or regional variations. On one level, it is possible to view these sects as distinct religious traditions, often with very specific theologies and ritual traditions; on another level, however, they can understand themselves to be different means to reach a common end. Likewise, although there is a wide variety of theological and ritual variance within Hinduism, it would not really be accurate to call any single movement, after the major breaks with Buddhism and Jainism, a schism.
It is typically held that Hinduism has four major sects: Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shakta, and Smarta. Although this is in a sense technically accurate, it is also only one of many potential ways of classifying the varieties within Hinduism. In practice, these divisions often overlap, and individual Hindus do not necessarily define themselves in such terms.
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For instance, the term smarta, which comes from the Sanskrit "smrti," or "remembered," generally refers to those Hindus who understand the ultimate form of the divine to be abstract and all encompassing, Brahman. This theological position is most saliently associated with the Upanishads, a genre of literature that posits that the cosmos is permeated by Brahman (indeed, it is Brahman). The philosopher/saint Shankara (or Adi Shankara, or Shankaracarya), who lived in the 8th century C.E., is often seen as the founder of the Smarta tradition. Shankara is said to have travelled throughout India spreading his theological message, and is credited with founding four monasteries (maths) where monks could live and cultivate his teachings.


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clerestory windowSaltos de línea: clere|story win¦dow
1Each of a series of windows in a clerestory.
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- In addition to the translucent panels, a ribbon of glass tops many of the interior and exterior walls and acts as a giant clerestory window, flooding the space with light.
- The tent-like roof enclosure floats atop a shallow clerestory window, transforming the sanctuary into the primeval cavern of man's first and most primitive dwelling.
- Two other windows, even taller and thinner, are spaced along the right wall of the nave, while a round clerestory window is visible high up near the ceiling.
1.1A window with no crosspiece dividing the light.
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- The old 'Auto Hotel' contrasts with the new, upper portion of building with a clerestory window that lights the changing-exhibition gallery.
- For daylight, the architects devised a light scoop to collect and redirect daylight from a new clerestory window to the workspaces below.
- The entry hall was bathed in a warm light from three art-glass clerestory windows.
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Naive online daters turn into today's drug mules
One day, Sharon's and Catherine's online dates, called "Frank" and "Marc," asked them to finally meet in person, but not before one last favor: going to Argentina to pick up some sensitive documents.
The two women eventually agreed, thinking their dream had finally come true.
However, the documents, hidden in a secret compartment of their luggage, turned out instead to be cocaine.
That's how Sharon Mae Armstrong, 55, former deputy chief executive of the Maori Language Commission from New Zealand, and Catherine Blackhawk, 49, an American nurse, suddenly and unknowingly became the final links in a drug trafficking chain.
Astonished, they ended up behind bars in the same federal prison on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in April and June 2011, respectively.
Their cases reveal that dating deceits — which rose by 150 percent in 2011 alone, fraud protection agency Iovation reveals — are moving beyond the simple take-the-money-and-run scheme.
"Cartels are looking for people who clearly can't focus properly to realize what kind of business they have been thrown into," Claudio Izaguirre, president of the Argentine Anti-Drugs Association, told Metro.
"People like Sharon are thrown into the fray with a luggage where the cocaine is easily detectable; she is just a decoy, a scapegoat. The real mules are behind her, managing to get through while the attention falls on her," he added.
In January of this year, a third person fell into the same cyber-trap and got caught at Buenos Aires airport: Paul Howard Frampton, 69, a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy based at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Frampton has said he was lured into meeting a woman he thought he had been chatting with on the Internet, Czech-born lingerie model Denise Milani. He was given luggage to carry by someone claiming to be Milani's intermediary; the case had 2 kilograms of cocaine inside.
Just like Armstrong and Blackhawk, Frampton was perceived to be vulnerable and financially secure.
Julieta Lacroze, Sharon's lawyer from Buenos Aires-based law firm Estudio Durrieu, believes they are just the tip of an iceberg, but admits it is hard to find exact figures on the dating scam trend.
"It is easy for criminal organizations — they just have to sit down and chat," she said. "Three months of work via the Internet, and that's it. For 5 kilos of cocaine, it's a fairly good deal."
Normally, dating website rip-offs tend to go unreported due to victims feeling embarrassed or humiliated.
The unwitting drug mules detained in Argentina now fight a battle behind bars to raise awareness about their plight.
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A well-educated Western professional feeling lonely and looking for a mate on a dating website: That's the perfect profile for the next-generation drug mule. Watch out: That seductive, sweet-talking cyber-mate might in fact just turn out to be a cover for a drug cartel in need of smugglers who are beyond suspicion.
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Being a professional cyber-love scammer requires an outrageously creative brain. Investigators believe that the organization that tricked Sharon used her own money to pay for the whole operation: In more than four months of a virtual relationship with "Frank," Sharon agreed to send him $20,000 in different installments via Western Union.
"Every time, he had a different excuse," her lawyer, Lacroze, pointed out.
"Who in Argentina would ever accept to send this much money to a stranger? No one."
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20 U.S. Code § 55 - Acceptance of other sums
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to receive into the Treasury, on the same terms as the original bequest of James Smithson, such sums as the Regents may, from time to time, see fit to deposit, not exceeding, with the original bequest, the sum of $1,000,000. This shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof.
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Would you take a few punches to the face if it were for a good cause? Almost 100 guys were doing just that Wednesday night at Notre Dame, and it's part of a decades old tradition. This is the 83rd year of the Bengal Bouts. It raises money for the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh.
The motto of these bouts is "Strong bodies fight, that weak bodies may be nourished." The money raised from these boxing matches goes to Bangladesh for schools, health care clinics and more. "Still one of the poorest countries in the world," said Terry Johnson, "so we knew not only were we competing athletically but we were doing it for a great cause." Johnson has been a referee for the Bengal Bouts since the 70's. Before that he boxed in them himself. "Back then it was legendary boxing coach Dominic "Nappy" Napolitano."
Dominic "Nappy" Napolitano started the Bengal Bouts in 1931. Just years after Knute Rockne started boxing at Notre Dame to keep football players in shape in the off season. 83 years later it's turned into a huge tradition at the University. "It's a good mix of staying in shape, learning boxing, learning a new sport but the charity aspect of it is huge too. All the work we do in Bangladesh is really important...really special," said Danny Leicht. Leicht is boxing in the bouts for his third year. He was able to really understand why just last year. "Last summer I spent 8 weeks over in Bangladesh," said Leicht, "a lot of people are in situations that are pretty dire."
He said now that he's seen where the money from the bouts is going he has a lot more people in his corner this year. "You're not just fighting for yourself, you're fighting for everyone we met over there. Priests, sisters, children"
Wednesday night was only the quarter finals of the Bengal Bouts, the finals will be held in March. After the finals they'll know how much money they've raised this year. Their goal is to beat last year when they raised over $200,000.
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You may have heard of the Warm Home Discount in the news, but what exactly is it, how much is it, and does it apply to you?
The Warm Home Discount provides rebates on electricity bills. For the winter of 2014-2015, this amount has been set at £140 and will take the form of a one-off discount on your electricity bill.
This means the funds are not given directly to you, but applied to your energy bill between October and March, meaning the discount is effectively handled by your energy supplier.
It is going to be phased in over a four year period starting from 2011, and will eventually replace the social tariffs currently offered by suppliers.
The Warm Home Discount provides rebates on electricity bills. For the winter of 2014-2015, this amount has been set at £140 and will take the form of a one-off discount on your electricity bill.
Households in Northern Ireland can apply to a similar scheme entitled Warm Homes.
Am I eligible for the Warm Home Discount?
The Warm Home Discount, like the Social Tariff scheme it is replacing, is designed to help those who are vulnerable or may need help covering their energy bills during the winter months, when energy bills tend to be the most expensive.
So who gets the Warm Home Discount? You are automatically eligible for the Warm Home Discount if on the 12 July 2014 you were:
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You also have to check that your supplier was part of the scheme (see below) and your name (or your partner's) appeared on the bill at that time.
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I think I'm eligible for the Warm Home Discount. How can I claim my payment?
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Just like when we actually did the intro diet for GAPS, I am slowly progressing through the stages of Intro in this blog. Part of me is kind of glad that I wasn't blogging at the time we were going through this, because we were just so miserable and tired at the time … we watched the entire history of Weeds over the course of about two weeks … wondering what marvelously deliciously awful things were going to happen next was about the only thing that kept us going through the first few intro stages! There's no way I could have been patient or consistent enough to blog about it!
At the same time, even though I took copious notes on how to progress through intro, it's harder to look back, and relate to what I was going through — and to probably what you're going through, if you're reading this in search of help with the intro diet. But in light of that, I would tell my intro-diet self, and anyone in the intro stages reading this, that it will be worth it — both in knowing that you can do it, and in the healing that will occur from doing it. Intro by no means solved my problems, certainly, but it did give me some significant, immediate progress, led to some huge detoxing, and taught me some basic fall-back foods for keeping me going when I have felt crappy since finishing intro.
Stage 3: Additions
- Avocados, the first raw veggie to be introduced (hurray!)
- Nut Butter, all-nut (so no Jiffy!), preferably homemade with pre-soaked and dehydrated crispy nuts. This can be used to make nut butter "pancakes" once you've successfully added:
- Whole, cooked eggs, can be fried, scrambled, boiled, or however else you like them
- Raw fermented veggies, like sauerkraut, or lacto-fermented pickles, or (homemade) giardiniera. We had good success with Caldwell's starter to make these. (However, I found that personally, Stage 3 was not the appropriate time for me to introduce these — the sauerkraut I ate just a few bites of caused me a couple of days of pain afterwards!)
- Fresh Raw Meats, which are not on the official list in the book, but I decided that since raw fermented fish was on the previous step, that raw, non-fermented meats could be appropriate to eat at this stage. Raw meats can actually be more digestible than cooked meats for some systems, and we regularly include them in our diets, so I wanted to pull them into the intro program as early as I thought would be reasonable.
- Pan-sauteed veggies and caramelized onions, the first non-boiled, cooked veggies. This was huge for me, as caramelized onions (I talk about how to make them here — prior to the dehydration steps) add so much flavor and sweetness to foods — and I was still seriously craving sweet things! Caramelized onions definitely helped those cravings A LOT.
- Kefir, if you haven't introduced it yet, and tolerate dairy, should be a regular part of your diet by the time you finish Stage 3; the probiotics in kefir are so beneficial, above and beyond so many other probiotic options.
This stage was the first stage where we really felt like we had any chance of successfully feeding ourselves out of the house, either at parties (where we would take food to share) or restaurants. Foods/dishes we enjoyed on Intro Stage 3 included:
- Raw oysters. We often go to an oyster bar when we have a night out on the town; the place we go has "Buck-a-shuck" happy hour (along with a fantastic chef who happens to be super-sensitive and careful about food allergies), which means that a generous amount of oysters can be had quite reasonably, along with other foods, altho possibly not much that is intro-legal. After going whole-hog on the oysters for the first time on intro, tho, I realized that it was crucial to take some sort of high-fat, moderate-carb snack in my bag to eat as a snack before or after the meal — a dozen oysters on an empty stomach prior to a two-hour show definitely was not one of my best ideas. Even with extra HCl, my stomach was not happy about the disbalance of excess protein, even if it was high-quality, easily digestible protein!
- Almond butter and coconut oil "candies". Mix warmed almond butter and liquid coconut oil together, pour into molds or ice cube trays. You can also add in a spoonful of yogurt or sour cream to add probiotics and tang, and a pinch of (green!) stevia if you tolerate it. Chill thoroughly. Pop out and store in a jar in the fridge to have on hand for a quick snack. Makes for a good pre- or post-oyster (or other high-protein restaurant meal) snack, particularly during the winter months, when they'll stay solid in your bag. (With the weather we're having now, I definitely wouldn't try to take these out of the house outside of a very well-sealed container!!)
- Frittata. Mix leftover, chopped up meats and veggies with several well-beaten eggs, and possibly a few spoonfuls of sour cream. Pour into a pre-heated, well-greased skillet, and cook on the stove on med-low until the sides are frim and can be gently pulled away from the edge of the pan; they should look crispy and possibly browned (could take 15-30 minutes, depending), and the middle should seem relatively firm, tho not completely cooked through. Pop under broiler until top is nicely browned. Serve and top with sour cream if desired. This can also just be baked for an hour or so in the oven at about 350.
- Egg-drop soup. Beat up a couple of eggs in a bowl. Into chicken broth (or chicken soup) which you already have at a good steady boil, gradually pour eggs into soup while stirring slowly. Eggs will cook in strands as they hit the hot liquid.
- Hard boiled eggs. These made taking lunches to work much easier for J. Doing intro not at home for every meal can be a serious challenge, especially if you don't have a kitchen at work to heat up soup, so making it to hard boiled eggs can be a very important milestone. Along with a spoonful of ghee or mashed avocado, some pepper and salt, they can make a decent lunch, especially with a cup of broth on the side. And, cut in half, they can be useful for taking to parties along with fermented veggies for finger foods. You might even try making a sort of "deviled eggs" by mixing the yolks with mashed avocado, salt, and pepper, and maybe a little warmed coconut oil or ghee if you need to thin the stuffing mixture out — that actually sounds really yummy! I might have to try it next time I need to make deviled eggs!
Photo Credit: judepics on Flickr.
This post is part of Works for Me Wednesday, Real Food Wednesday, Gluten Free Wednesday, Pennywise Platter Thursday, and Simple Lives Thursday.
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gina says:
as far as the onions go, it IS okay to use them in itro stage one if I boil them in a soup, correct? I haven't done this yet, and I want to make sure I don't give my little ones onions if they are potentially "harmful".
also, if you have any advice, my son (2 1/2) and my daugter (1yr) have been on stage one intro for 5 days. my son has NOT pooped, and my daughter has only gone once. i'm concerned. he will NOT drink apple cider vinegar, so i put some in his food, and even that was as struggle for him to eat. prior to gaps, he has NEVER had a solid poop. always soft and mushy (sorry for all the details), so i'm wondering if this is just what he needs to go through? i'm worried!
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Yeah, this can happen. Have you read my poop post? http://www.yolkskefirandgristle.com/2011/07/22/sht-happens-or-it-doesn%e2%80%99t/ There are some things listed there that might be helpful to try. Poop is important, so I would say, do what you need to do, and aim for it to happen every day. It will eventually, but there are some things that can help.
As for onions, the GAPS book says to include them, well–boiled, along with lots of other veggies, in Intro Stage 1 soups, and elsewhere Dr. Natasha has commented that they can be very useful for healing. However, if you've had onion problems before, now is not the time to reintroduce them. I realized well after finishing intro that I did in fact have a problem with onions, even cooked ones. But I still made it through intro just fine, and had a ton of healing happen even though I also ate a TON of onions throughout it! Onions are, for most people, going to be far less potentially harmful than things that the Intro (and Full GAPS) diet completely prohibits!
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This is a question that I get asked a lot. My usual response is stop raising your voice to him, he will never realize he can't hear if you increase your volume. He thinks you sound normal.
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Sergei Kochkin, Ph.D. Former Executive Director of the Better Hearing Institute has some very good advice in his article: Stop being the ears of people with hearing loss denial. The following are some excerpts from this article.
One of the most aggravating aspects of living with an individual with hearing loss, who is in denial (everyone mumbles they say), is constantly repeating yourself, speaking louder, or interpreting the world for them. There is a way to release yourself from this maddening co-dependent relationship and at the same time to motivate your loved one to seek help for their hearing loss.
Sergei encourages all people caught in the trap of being the ears for their loved one to read Dr. Richard Carmen's book: How hearing loss impacts relationships: Motivating your loved one.
Sergei then summarizes some of the key aspects of Dr. Carmen's book:
- Understand that being the ears of your loved one is not an act of love.
- Assisting loved ones in denial is counterproductive and encourages co-dependent relationships. Continuing to give help could lead to your loved one's failure in life as well as impact many aspects of their quality of life such as performance on the job. It is important you understand the areas impacted by untreated hearing loss as documented on the Better Hearing Institute website.
- And remember if you continue to help them why should they seek help?
- Make it your ULTIMATE goal to have your loved one hear independent of you; and don't do it alone. Get your entire family and their friends in your corner in a productive conspiracy to get your loved one in denial to finally realize they have a hearing problem.
- Dr. Carmen's practical tips are: STOP repeating yourself! STOP raising your voice! STOP being the messenger by carrying the communication load for the family! In essence this means, STOP BEING THEIR EARS!
This may sound like a really mean way to go about it but believe me since hearing loss is so gradual your dad may not really know he is hard of hearing. Once he realizes just how bad his hearing is encourage him to seek professional help . In my next article I will give you an example of an intervention that you might be able to use.
(References courtesy of The Better Hearing Institute)
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Welcome to My A to Z Challenge
Are you looking for inspiration for a series of blog posts? Would you like to share your posts with a wider audience? Do you want to find other great bloggers … Continue reading
R is for Ruins
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I LOVE Ruins. But what ARE they? How can we describe"ruins"? ? Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once complete, as time…
Q is for Quorn
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Quorn… What a word!!! What a logo!!! ? ? I would have been impressed by the sound of it – if it hadn't been served as…
P is for preadamic
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What is "preadamic"? The words actually means: "before Adam". Preadamic is therefore "believing in the theory that there were humans before Adam". A person being preadamic…
O is for Owl
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I LOVE OWLS. They're absolutely beautiful and even can become very tame and affectionate towards people. I don't say it should be like this, but unfortunately…
N is for Nachos
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Nachos are a Mexican dish of tortilla chips (totopos) covered with melted cheese or cheese-based sauce, often served as a snack. More elaborate versions add more…
G is for Gardens and Parks
It's been a while since my last letter, but I'm back and hoping to post a bit more often. Summer has arrived and so the season for parks and picnics … Continue reading
M is for Masturbation
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'U' is for Ula
My Personal A-Z of Poland has taken me down many routes and shared many stories. Dad, along with millions of others, paid the price of a war torn Europe. His family … Continue reading
L is for Luxury
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There are new details on Montgomery Public Schools' request for a state monitor after the board voted unanimously to request state help a surprise move Tuesday night.
WSFA 12 News has learned more about what that request means, and Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange is weighing in on what it means for the City of Montgomery.
The State Board of Education is currently still investigating MPS. It's an extension of the investigation into grade changing allegations that MPS asked for, but the move to request a state monitor came as a surprise to Mayor Strange.
In a last-minute addition to the agenda, Montgomery school board member Durden Dean proposed to ask the state for help. The board unanimously agreed. Montgomery Superintendent Barbara Thompson says, "asking for an outside monitor, monitor from the State, it's something that people do. We've already asked them to do the investigation."
It's an investigation into grade changing allegations, and the system's credit and grade recovery program, an investigation the state decided to extend as a result of its findings.
"It's an interesting development," Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange says, though he still wants to know how deep the monitoring will go. "If the monitor is for that credit recovery program, singly and solely, I think that would be fine. If you try to expand that past that and it is more of monitoring the entire system, that's a little more problematic and I think would require some understanding and some conversation as to what the end game is," the mayor said.
And if the state's end game is to take over MPS, the Mayor says the city will step in. "We cannot take over the school system," he admits, "We would have to create a whole new system."
"Two years ago, I did not think it was the right thing to do, Today I'm not sure whether it's the right thing to do, but I can be educated as to whether it is or it isn't," Mayor Strange says.
"I think we're way too early to be thinking about this. What we heard last night was a request by the board of education to the state superintendent, I'm waiting to hear what the state superintendent's attitude is about that," Strange added.
In a written response, State Supt. Dr. Tommy Bice says the term "monitor" is one that Montgomery County BOE chose to use. He says the state offers assistance in all areas of education to all districts. Dr Bice says this monitor will assess programs, recommend improvements, and timelines.
Dr. Bice says he was not surprised by the request, saying it aligns with the state's anticipated actions based on the extended investigation.
The State school board is meeting Thursday for a work session. At this point, Montgomery's request is not on the agenda.
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Voices of Water: Bill Hopkins
Bill Hopkins has studied the effects of coal ash and associated contaminants on aquatic organisms for over 15 years and has published more than 50 scientific papers on the subject. This Tuesday we were very fortunate to visit one of his study sites in South Carolina.
There, the Department of Energy has facilitated critical long term studies on the ecological effects of coal ash settling basins. As Hopkins points out, it's not acute disasters like the TVA spill, as horrible as they are, that should be our primary concern about ash disposal,. The real culprit lies in the long term costs of mixing water and coal ash.
Let's start by talking about what we're seeing piled up in the middle of this meadow, all this coal ash.
This is primarily fly ash which is a major byproduct from coal combustion. Coal itself is a concentrated source of trace elements in an organic matrix and when coal is burned you basically volatilize that organic material and you're left with an even further concentrated source of trace elements - things like Selenium, Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Nickel, Thalium, Boron.
And so the concern with this material is that it is produced in high volumes and has very high levels of a variety of elements that are potential health concerns both to humans and to fish and wildlife.
So why do we accept having fly ash in our environment?
The production of ash is the hidden cost of clean air. We've cleaned up our air but in doing that we've basically concentrated those potentially toxic substances into a solid waste. And so the big struggle that we face in society is deciding what to do with the more than 120 million tons of this material that are produced every year in the US.
Should fly ash be regulated as a toxic substance?
What I can tell you is that currently the way ash is managed in ponds, in my opinion, is not safe. A lot of ash is placed in these settling ponds that we're going to talk about today and that particular technology has a lot of risks associated with it.
So my concern after studying this for 15-16 years is that when we mix these materials with water we are creating a long-term legacy of contamination of aquatic systems because the trace elements liberated from coal combustion don't just go away, they persist in the environment.
Then, what is the take home message when we're dealing with coal ash?
I think there are ways to manage or recycle these wastes in a safe way. I firmly believe that, but I don't think mixing them with water is one of the answers.
It's become more and more clear to us that when you mix ash with water bad things can happen and when you minimize contact with water, the evidence we have suggests that there's not that big of a problem. The unfortunate part is that it tends to cost more money to landfill the materials, creating a trade off. You have to balance financial decisions and political decisions with ecological decisions.
And at the end of the day the ecological decisions, in my opinion, should be the primary driver, because that affects all of us.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – The Black Leaf Chemical site in West Louisville was home to numerous pesticide manufacturing companies up until the 1970s. The EPA discovered the soil was contaminated three years ago. Since then, the agency has ordered the site to be cleaned up. But, residents in the Park Hill neighborhood could still be in danger of becoming ill because of the contamination. Now, doctors and Metro Councilman David James are trying to get them tested for contamination.
Concerns swirled around the basement of the California Community Center. Dozens of Park Residents learning more about proposed medical testing for exposure to dangerous toxins around the Black Leaf Chemical site.
Resident Ricky Hite said, "I'm within eyeshot of the factory. I grew up in the area, then I moved back. So, I'm really concerned about my children mainly."
EPA testing found a long list of chemicals on properties in the area. Marvin Hayes had his yard and his well tested. "Well, I don't want to be hurt. You know, get poisoned, get accidentally poisoned or nothing like that."
Metro Councilman David James is using Neighborhood Development funds to help pay to test for lead and arsenic contamination, along with money from Russ Barnett at the University of Louisville. But, there's only money for 100 residents to be tested and only adult residents, which is upsetting news for some parents.
"I'm pretty concerned about my health too, but I'm an adult, I've been exposed to chemicals forever, so right now, I'm just worried about the development and how my kids is growing up," Hite explained.
If contamination is found, residents say they want former owners of the property held accountable. Dr. Matthew Cave will head up the testing. He says the Black Leaf site is a complicated problem. People are concerned about their property values and their health. He can't help with everything, but he plans on doing what he can.
"I'm not really qualified to comment on all facets, but, what I do want to work on as a physician is to study the health of the residents and determine if they've been affected by these chemicals."
At least 69 homes have been designated as eligible for cleanup as a result of EPA soil contamination testing.
There will be more meetings to discuss possible legal action if contamination is found in residents.


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