Many of the protests' organisers, and some journalists, convened last night in a smoke-filled small theatre hall in Moscow, which turned into the makeshift headquarters of an alternative vote count.
Critics say the policy is discriminatory against the roughly 20,000 Roma in France, most of whom trace their origins to Bulgaria and Romania and who have not been offered viable alternatives to squalid makeshift settlements.
Consider the level of suffering that must be endured for a Syrian family to pack their things and walk out of the Middle East on foot, seeing makeshift boats and hazardous waters as better alternatives to the Assad regime's hell.
The Fan Fest on Copacabana beach was throbbing five hours before the final, its inhabitants broiling in the midday sun, while many others had already started to seek out alternative venues to watch the match at the makeshift bars and restaurants nearby.
Since someone picked up the world's economy and threw it into a massive pit a few years ago, alternative currencies have made a resurgence as a makeshift damper against the inflation and general Holodomor of terrible that is the current incarnation of the Pound Sterling.
(Meanwhile, the Brooklyn jazz scene has its own strengths, revolving around more alternative, rootsy joints that are cheaper to access, with makeshift bars and no food, such as Roulette, Ibeam, Jack and the Firehouse Space).
Karthik was selected for his first Indian squad in August 2004 for the ODI team, after the selectors decided to cease using Rahul Dravid as a makeshift wicket-keeper and also due to the poor form of alternative wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel.
The burn pits began as a makeshift solution in a war zone, and critics say they remained in place long after alternatives, like incinerators, could be used.
"Lack of alternative accommodation or tents has forced most of the affected population to stay outside their homes in makeshift tents, while hundred of families simply sleep outside".
The lineup remains makeshift.
