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Many dog owners are chasing the idea of a dog park or having designated hours in Cupertino parks where their pets would be allowed to run free. They say they’re frustrated at having to drive 10 to 15 minutes to the nearest dog park in a neighboring city.
“It’s so silly to have to put your dog in a car for 15 minutes just to get them out and be able to run leash-free,” said Betsy Dougherty, a dog owner and Cupertino resident.
Owners say a dog park in Cupertino would benefit more than the dogs.
“I’ve met a lot of people that I would never have met if I didn’t have a dog,” Lisa Geifer said. “It promotes a tremendous sense of community.”
Geifer, a Cupertino planning commissioner, and other residents near Linda Vista Park, created Cupertino Doggie Mamas. The group has met up for brunch and dog-dates at the beach.
A dog park, Geifer said, would also benefit people with disabilities and elderly dog owners who are unable to take their dogs on long walks.
“They would be able to take their dogs to an off-leash area and sit on a park bench, all while being in compliance with the law,” she said.
A group of dog owners, including Doughery and Mike Hsu, had begun meeting early mornings with their dogs at a Cupertino park before they were informed by Santa Clara County’s division of animal control that having their dogs off leash was a misdemeanor.
“When we were at parks early in the morning, no one else was ever there,” Dougherty said. “It’s an underutilized time at the park. It would be nice to use that time for the dogs.”
Dog owners suggest designating early hours at parks for their dogs to go off leash. They say that option would be legal and less expensive than creating a dog park.
Therese Smith, director of Cupertino Parks and Recreation Department, says creating a dog park or designating park hours for dogs to be off leash at local parks is unlikely because nearby residents and park users would most likely be against the idea.
“It’s not a good place in any of the local parks because it’s always going to impact somebody,” Smith said. “No one wants a dog park right near their backyard fence.”
Smith added that the limited space in Cupertino’s already small parks would also be an issue.
“You would need a minimum of half an acre for a dog park and our parks are pretty small. You would need enough of an area that wouldn’t displace something else like soccer,” Smith said.
Smith also expressed safety concerns with establishing designated hours when dogs can run free.
“It’s not a very good solution for people who are terrified of dogs,” she said. “People will worry for the safety of themselves and their children.”
Hsu says the dogs that owners take to local parks aren’t the dogs residents should be worried about.
“If you cannot control your dog, they should not be off the leash. The majority of the dogs you find at the park are friendly and love to socialize,” Hsu said. “A tired dog is a well-behaved dog. Our dogs need to have a place to exercise.”
What dog owners need, Geifer said, is a dog park advocate.
“The topic has been on and off for at least a decade. We’ve had prior city council members advocating dog parks, but it always fell through,” she said.
Dougherty once attempted to be that advocate and contacted Cupertino Parks and Recreation. She was told there was not enough interest by residents.
Last October, Dougherty started an online petition to gauge just how many people were interested in establishing a dog park, off-leash area or designated hours for off-leash dogs at local parks. Today the petition has more than 300 signatures.
Dougherty’s petition to have a Cupertino dog park can be found at www.thepetitionsite.com/1/cupertino-dog-park.

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If there is any tradition in Ireland that is common among Irish families it would be that of a burial of a loved one. Although it’s a sad occasion our spiritual & religious beliefs help us get through a mournful time.
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A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Gill wrote. COVID Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this ’s WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
A Matter of Life and Death. The tradition of the Irish wake, with rituals that predate The Death of an Irish Tradition book, is our legend, “the best guide to life you could ever have,” he writes.
In the book Author: Ann Neumann. Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The Death of an Irish Tradition by Bartholomew Gill, ApAvon edition, Mass Market Paperback in EnglishPages: The Death of an Irish Tradition Peter McGarr Series, Book 17 Chief Inspector Peter McGarr is puzzled by the strange death of a seemingly harmless old woman whose apartment contains not a trace of her past life — and by the heinous crime's apparent links to the upcoming equestrian event.
Nearly everyone associated with the unfortunate. The Irish fascination with death notices, Mass cards, with shaking hands at funerals and the like, gives weight to Sheeran's claim that death in Ireland is an obsession.
Even our drinking toasts Author: IAN KILROY. Divinity In Irish Mythology. Depending on the sources, the importance of gods and goddesses in Irish mythology varies. The geographical tales, Dindshenchas, emphasize the importance of female divinities and powerful ancestors, while the historical tradition focuses on the colonizers, inventors, or male warriors with the female characters only intervening in episodes.
The Scottish-born son of Irish parents, Mr. Toolis has become something of an expert on death in Ireland, having written a book on the subject, “My Father’s Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Author: Megan Specia.
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Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium. As in most of the predominantly oral societies of prehistoric Britain, Welsh mythology and history were recorded orally by specialists such as druids (Welsh: derwyddon).This oral record has been lost or altered as a result of.
New wave of Irish experimental writing: Mike McCormack, author of Solar Bones, is featured in The Other Irish Tradition edited by Rob Doyle. Photograph: Chris Bellew / FennellAuthor: Kevin Gildea.
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ANN MASSEY says the Irish have some long-held beliefs and practices when it comes to honouring their dead. Check out these funeral traditions of Ireland. The Irish are known for their religious beliefs, superstitions and celebration of life and these traits are reflected in : Ann Massey.
The Dublin Horse Show is one of the city's proudest traditions — a grand institution tarnished this year by the murder of elderly Margaret Caughey. Chief Inspector Peter McGarr is puzzled by the strange death of a seemingly harmless old woman whose apartment contains not a trace of her past li.
Roberts' semi-monthly magazine, Volume 1 had these comments and more on the traditional Irish wake. The most anxious thoughts of the Irish peasant through life revert to his death; and he will endure the extreme of poverty in order that he may scrape together the means of obtaining "a fine wake" and a.
Like so many rites in Irish life, death is a social event as much as it is a time of mourning. But a ban on large gatherings because of the coronavirus outbreak has meant that funeral rituals have Author: Megan Specia.
On the island, death still calls in an ancient voice, louder and wiser, than our Whisper Death World. The island may be far away, but that voice is close if you want to listen. 5Author: Kevin Toolis. Irish Death Poem - Lament For Black Finn's Son Salieri's Magic Pick'n'Mix. I picked up a book or two in my childhood about Irish mythology but The Lord Of The Rings was more interesting.
Death is marked in so many ways around the world that an understanding of different rituals can be helpful, particularly in a cross cultural environment. It’s not death, as such, which is a universal experience, but the expression of grief that differs so much between cultures.
In Korea, where cremation is becoming commonplace nowadays, there. BBC presenter Marie-Louise Muir used her own experience of grief while exploring the fading tradition of keening at Irish funerals, writes Richard Fitzpatrick. THE practice of.
Irish Wake and Funeral Customs of Old. Until modern times, Irish wake customs ran the gamut from profound grieving to what appeared to be rollicking good fun. This was especially true if the deceased was elderly. This curious mixture borne of a cultural blend of paganism and Christianity survives today in a severely toned-down fashion.
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If it’s too hard to address, then death cleaning can be a way to start the conversation,” Magnusson writes in the book. And on that point, Magnusson is on to something, Morin says. Get this from a library. The death of an Irish tradition: a Peter McGarr mystery. [Bartholomew Gill] -- The Dublin Horse Show is one of the city's proudest traditions -- a grand institution tarnished this year by the murder of elderly Margaret Caughey.
Chief Inspector Peter McGarr is puzzled by the. August 22nd marks the anniversary of the death of Michael Collins, the commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State army, minister of finance, and chairman of the provisional government, in the dusk hours near a small crossroads in west County Cork called Béal na Bláth during the Irish Civil War.
Ireland prides itself on doing death well, and the Irish wake, rooted in Roman Catholic tradition, has a certain formula to it — a routine built into the muscle memory of how a family, and a place, grieves. It’s a communal goodbye.
People are waked in their homes, and in most places an entire community visits to pay their respects. This entry was posted in Cultural Perspectives and tagged A note on the door, Death, Death in France, end of life traditions, France, French Death Traditions, French funeral tradition, French philosophy, Honore de Balzac, Jean-Paul Sartre, living memory, word of.
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In Japanese Death Poems, Yoel Hoffmann tells the story of one Narushima Chuhachiro, who started drafting death poems at fifty lest he die unprepared. Chuhachiro sent this one to his poetry teacher: “For eighty years and more, by the grace of my sovereign / and my parents, I have lived / with a tranquil heart / between the flowers and the moon.”.Dowling’s book – which spans the pre-eighteenth century through union with Britain, famine, revival, right through to the present day in the North – is perhaps the first truly contemporary historiographical monograph concerning the imagined entity we call Irish traditional music.For Irish descendants, a wake is often quite extended and may include drinking and singing.
As it is a type of party to celebrate the person's life, it will often be referred to as 'waking' the person who has died.
An Irish Wake usually lasts 3 full days. On the day after the wake the funeral takes place.

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Not So Fake News: Your Twitter Might Have Been Compromised
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Dave Grohl has some pretty exciting news to share—he's written a book.
On Tuesday (April 6), Grohl announced Dave Grohl: The Storyteller will be hitting store shelves in the very near future. The book comes on the heels of Grohl's Instagram account Dave's True Stories, which he launched last year. The book will build on the platform with even more “tales of life and music” for fans of the musician.
“So, I’ve written a book,” Grohl shared with his fans. “Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (‘It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!’), I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand."
“The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I’ve recorded and can’t wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the KISS posters on my wall as a child," Grohl continued. “This certainly doesn’t mean that I’m quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it’s like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician."
Grohl will shared a number of exciting stories from his life, ranging “from hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters… the list goes on."
Grohl says he looks "forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.” Dave Grohl: The Storyteller will be available on October 5, 2021. Will you be picking up a copy?
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From what I understand about the issues with a double tap are:
- Multiple wires under 1 lug could work loose.
- Multiple devices on one breaker could cause overheating and or overload.
A local electritian just told me that you can legally splice into the wires running to a breaker rather than double tapping them.
Wouldn’t this still pose the same concern of multiple devices on one breaker, and therefore require to be fixed.


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The City of Olmsted Falls consists of the former Villages of West View and Olmsted Falls. These Villages were merged, consolidated and combined ("annexed," in the language of the statute) by action of their voters under authority of Ohio R.C. 709.22 et seq. The effective date of the consolidation was January 1, 1971.
The Report of the Annexation Commission to the Councils of the Village of West View, Ohio, and the Village of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, provided (Section 25) that the ordinances of the Village of West View were to become the effective ordinances of the consolidated community and that the ordinances of the Village of Olmsted Falls were to be effective only to the extent that their subject matter was not covered by West View ordinances. These Codified Ordinances were codified and edited accordingly. The complete Report is set forth below.
REPORT OF THE ANNEXATION COMMISSION
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The Councils of the Village of West View and Olmsted Falls have appointed the undersigned to act on behalf of both communities to study and formulate terms and conditions under which both entities should be merged, consolidated or combined into one community. It is understood that this legal action was initiated by the majority of registered voters of the Village of Olmsted Falls to be annexed to the Village of West View according to the prescribed procedures set forth in the State of Ohio Revised Code, Sections Nos. 709.24 and 709.26.
It is further understood that the term "annexation" is the only legal term used in the above State of Ohio Revised Code covering the merging of these two communities. This Commission prefers to use the term "consolidation", considering it more appropriate “in spirit”, and thus uses this term throughout the following unanimously agreed upon conditions of "consolidation'':
1. The question of the consolidation of the Village of Olmsted Falls and West View shall be submitted to the electors of both communities on May 5, 1970, for such electors’ approval or disapproval, based upon the conditions and terms contained within this contract. In the event that the proposed consolidation shall receive the approval of the electors, simple majority, in both communities, proceeding as outlined in Sections 709.32, 709.33, and 709.34 shall commence. In the event that the proposed consolidation shall be defeated by the electors, then the consolidation as proposed herein shall not take effect.
2. The issue of the consolidation of the Village of West View and the Village of Olmsted Falls shall be voted upon by registered voters of both villages at their designated election polls. An election ballot will include the following:
"Shall the Village of Olmsted Falls be annexed to the Village of West View?
YES ________ NO________ "
3. From and after midnight December 31, 1970, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this contract, the combined territories of Olmsted Falls and West View shall be governed as one with an administration, consisting of a Mayor, Clerk, and Treasurer, elected in the general election of November, 1970. For the purpose of nominating and electing said new administration, any person who has been a qualified elector in either of the two villages for three years or more may be nominated for Mayor, Clerk, or Treasurer, by petition of any twenty-five qualified electors, who shall be designated as his sponsors. The terms of the new Mayor, Clerk, and Treasurer shall be for four years according to the provisions of Chapter 733 of the Ohio Revised Code.
4. Three councilmen from the Village of West View have submitted signed resignations to a trustee, which shall become effective at such time as the consolidation becomes legally effective. (See Appendix A for the form of resignation. ) The vacancies thus created shall be filled at the first council meeting in January of 1971, according to the procedure set forth in Ohio Revised Code 731.43. Prior to December 22, 1970, the Council of the Village of Olmsted Falls shall designate three of its members, or two of its members and the Mayor of Olmsted Falls, to be the three new councilmen of the consolidated community, by secret ballot conducted by the Clerk of the Village of Olmsted Falls in which each member of council shall vote for not more than three individuals. The three receiving the greatest number of votes must be appointed to the council vacancies which will occur in West View, should annexation become effective.
In the event that the Council of the Village of Olmsted Falls fails to follow the above procedure by the prescribed time, then the three members of this Consolidation Commission representing Olmsted Falls shall make the selection by simple majority vote on each of the three positions.
At such time as the selection of councilmen to fill the proposed vacancies is made, the names of the resigning West View councilmen shall be announced and these resignations and the names of the men who will fill the vacancies shall be a matter of public record.
Within seven days after the vacancies created by the resignation of the three councilmen from the Village of West View have been filled pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 731.43, the legislative authority of the newly consolidated community shall meet for the purpose of determining which two councilmen shall serve the remaining one-year terms, and which four councilmen shall serve the remaining three-year terms. Said determination shall be resolved by lot by the newly elected mayor in the presence of all the members of council. The mayor shall prepare six slips of white paper measuring approximately two inches square, of which four slips shall each be marked with the numeral 3, two slips each marked with the numeral 1. The marked slips shall then be placed by the mayor in a container of his choosing and drawn by each councilman in alphabetical order. The number drawn by each councilman shall constitute the number of years of his or her term.
5. The name of the consolidated community shall be "Olmsted Falls". For purposes of clarity, the term "West View", whenever used in this contract, refers to the presently existing Village, and when used in speaking of matters following the effective date of consolidation, the consolidated community. The term "Olmsted Falls", as used in this contract, refers only to the presently existing Village of Olmsted Falls.
6. The inhabitants and residents of the Village of West View and the Village of Olmsted Falls, after consolidation, shall operate and have equal rights and privileges as specified by the constitution and laws of the State of Ohio.
7. The consolidation shall not affect any rights or liabilities existing at the time of consolidation, either in favor of or against either municipality except such as are effected by the terms and conditions of consolidation. Pending suits and suits founded upon such rights and privileges may be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment or decision as though consolidation had not taken place.
8. Special Assessment Bonds for streets, sewers or other improvements in either the Village of West View or the Village of Olmsted Falls, payable as assessments so made and authorized, shall remain obligations against the properties assessed until paid.
9. The property on the tax duplicate of the Village of West View shall become subject to the payment of the pre-existing general obligation bonded indebtedness of the Village of Olmsted Falls, and likewise, the property on the tax duplicate of the Village of Olmsted Falls shall become subject to the payment of the pre-existing general obligation bonded indebtedness of the Village of West View.
10. The Village of Olmsted Falls has been ordered by the State of Ohio to build a new sanitary sewer system. It is estimated that the cost of this system will be approximately $2.7 million, of which obligations totaling approximately $90,000 have already been met for plant design, assessment, and right-of-way estimates, and financial counsel. No contracts have been let for actual construction. Should the consolidation be approved, the sewer system would become the responsibility of all residents of the consolidated community, except those excluded by law. Since all residents would benefit, if consolidation is approved officials of the community shall petition the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board for an extension of the construction starting date so that the plans can be expanded to meet the needs of the entire area. It is recommended that present water lines be extended to areas of the community not presently served by such lines.
11. All contractual obligations, including but not limited to rubbish pick-up and insurance, of both Olmsted Falls and West View Villages shall remain in effect until time of expiration or until renegotiated by the government of the consolidated community.
12. All books, documents and records belonging to the Village of West View and to the Village of Olmsted Falls shall become the property of the consolidated community.
13. All monies, bank accounts, funds, accounts, and taxes receivable, accounts payable, bonds, notes, and trust funds of the Village of West View and the Village of Olmsted Falls shall be consolidated into common accounts of assets and liabilities, and all obligations incurred or payable by said Villages shall be assumed and payable by the consolidated community. If approved by the electors as provided by law and as provided herein, the certification of these terms and conditions of consolidation shall thereupon operate as an assignment of and transfer of all the assets and liabilities, both real estate and personal property of said Villages, to the consolidated community.
14. All areas affected by the consolidation shall be continued in their existing zoning classifications until amended by the government of the consolidated community.
15. Liquor laws now in effect in existing areas will be continued for said areas within the consolidated community.
16. The use of municipally-owned or leased buildings and properties will be determined by the government of the consolidated community.
17. Consolidation as provided for in this contract is made for municipal purposes only. Therefore, school districts and postal zones shall not be affected.
18. The yearly salaries of the newly-elected officials shall be as follows:
Mayor - $ 2,400
Councilman - $ 360
Treasurer - $ 600
Clerk - $ 3,000
19. All contracts and agreements entered into by the Village of West View and by the Village of Olmsted Falls for the hiring of various village employees, including but not limited to the police, law director, engineer and building inspector, shall be subject to termination upon consolidation and if terminated, shall be considered null and void.
20. It is not the intent of this contract to detail specific positions for permanent employees. However, if the consolidation is adopted, all full-time employees will be assured of employment as determined by government of the consolidated community. A Civil Service Examination or its equivalent shall be a dominant factor in determining officers of the safety departments.
21. The Commission recognizes the urgent need for a full-time fire department and therefore strongly recommends that such a fire department be established at the earliest possible time after consolidation.
22. Both villages need and use part-time employees. It is assumed that all part-time employees will continue to serve as determined by the normal procedure of favorable vote by the government of the consolidated community.
23. The appointed position of Law Director, Engineer and Building Inspector will be determined by the normal procedure of favorable vote by the government of the consolidated community.
24. The following committees or commissions shall be appointed:
Board of Building Standards
Zoning Board of Appeals
Citizens Advisory Committee
Their members shall be appointed by the government of the consolidated community.
25. The ordinances of the Village of West View shall become the effective ordinances of the consolidated community. The ordinances of the Village of Olmsted Falls that are not covered by West View ordinances shall be in effect for the consolidated community until review and codification of ordinances for the consolidated community is consummated. This review and codification shall be initiated immediately.
26. Each section of this contract is separate and independent from the other sections and if any section fails for reasons of illegality or unconstitutionality, or because it exceeds the powers of this Commission, all other sections shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, a majority of the commissioners duly appointed to study and formulate the terms and conditions under which the Village of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, should be annexed to the Village of West View, Ohio, have hereunto subscribed our names on this 12th day of January , 19 70 .
Commissioners of the Commissioners of the
Village of Olmsted Falls, Ohio Village of West View, Ohio
/s/ Chester A. Atkinson /s/ Joy Gannett
Chester A. Atkinson Joy Gannett, Commission Secretary
/s/ Donald G. Cunningham /s/ Bertram B. Lewis
Donald G. Cunningham Bertram B. Lewis
/s/ Charles W. Wright /s/ Norman R. Sherbert
Charles W. Wright Norman R. Sherbert,
Commission Co-Chairman Commission Chairman
Council of the Village of West View
9722 Columbia Road
West View, Ohio 44138
In order to facilitate the amalgamation of the communities, I am hereby resigning from the Village Council of the Village of West View in the event that the annexation of the Village of Olmsted Falls becomes effective. I request that this notice of resignation be retained by a trustee and that it be kept in confidence until such time as the Village of Olmsted Falls agrees to make public its choice of three councilmen to fill the vacancies to be created on the West View Council. I wish it to be understood that this resignation shall be null and void if, for any reason, the pending annexation fails.
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF OLMSTED FALLS, OHIO

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Lamprell Sells Services Division to Pay Down Debt
LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) – Dubai based rig-maker Lamprell said on Monday it sold its International Inspection Services (INSPEC) division to Intertek for $66.2 million to reduce its debt and focus on its core business.
Lamprell is attempting to pay down debt after a disastrous 2012 in which the company issued multiple profit warnings prompted by delays and cost overruns on its gas turbine repair vessels.
Intertek will pay for INSPEC with cash and Lamprell said it would use part of the proceeds to pay down a substantial part of a secured debt facility put in place last year.
INSPEC carries out inspections for infrastructure-intensive industries including desalination and energy projects.
"The group has been actively pursuing options to dispose of certain of its service businesses and this disposal is a key part of that strategy," Lamprell Chief Executive James Moffat said in the statement.
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It tastes great when … It tastes amazing when served with Kara bhoondi ,potato chips or papad. Add the washed toor dal (lentils), rice, water, jiggery, and stir well. Click the Cancel button on the Instant Pot. To this, add the cooked rice slowly. Once hot add mustard seeds and let them pop. This literally translates into ‘Hot Lentils Tamarind Rice’. It is very tasty and sour based. bisi bele bath masala powder recipe | karnataka style bisibelebath powder recipe with detailed photo and video recipe.bisi bele bath – a popular kannada (bangalore) recipe which can be easily served for breakfast, lunch and even for dinner. You can use any vegetables of your choice. Nov 21, 2018 - Bisi bele bath is a aromatic, healthy & delicious dish made with rice, dal, veggies, spices & bisibelebath powder. Instructions for stovetop & instant pot. Serve this delicious Bisi Bele Bath dish … The traditional preparation of this dish is quite elaborate and involves the use of spicy masala, toor dal (a type of lentil), rice, ghee and vegetables. Bisi bele bath or bisi bele huli anna translates to hot dhal sambar rice is one of the most popular lunch recipes and is from Karnataka. Bisi Bele Hulianna, more colloquially Bisi Bele Bath, pretty much a standard dish in any restaurant serving Udupi cuisine. You can prepare the bisi bele bath powder at home, and its available even in stores. https://www.spiceupthecurry.com/bisi-bele-bath-powder-recipe Bisi bele bhath is a rice and lentil based dish from Karnataka. Take rice,dal,chopped vegetables,salt,turmeric powder,2 drops of oil and 6 cups of water. Add the bisi bele bath powder, the red chili powder, the turmeric powder, the tamarind extract, and the salt. Bisi bele bath is a one pot meal made with rice, lentils, vegetables and this spice blend, perfect dish for lunch or dinner, picnic, or to feed a crowd in party. Add the bisi bele bath powder and the cooked vegetables and the dal. it is the most aromatic and flavourful rice recipe of karnataka after puliyogare and tomato rice. Start by cooking … This tastes best when eaten hot . In a another pan or the tadka (tempering) pan, heat ghee or oil first. Pressure cook with 5 cups of water for 5 whistles in low medium flame.Allow the pressure to … Vegetables such as drumstick, beans, capsicum and chopped carrots are often added to Bisi Bele Bath for enhanced taste. Bisi means hot in Kannada (the language spoken in Karnataka) and bele means dal and bath is a dish with rice. Bisibelebath is a rice, lentil, and vegetable dish from Karnataka, South India. When everything is cooked and prepared according to the above instructions, gently mix all of the ingredients together in one pot or a very large skillet and heat well. Bisi Bele Bath is often topped with a small portion of ghee, cashew nut pieces, asafoetida (hing), curry leaves and dry red chilli for visual appeal and enhanced taste. Bisi Bele Bath/How to make bisibelebath with step by step pictures. Mom cooks it in two ways – cooking rice and sambar separately and mixing both, or cooking everything together in the pressure cooker. It's prepared from rice, lentil & vegetables, spice up with specially prepared spice powder. Offered with a … In kannada, Bisi means hot, Bele means lentil and Bath means a rice dish. This is best filling dish on ekaadashi or upvas days. Wash the vegetables and cut it into big uniform chunks. Quinoa Bisibelebath/Bisi Bele Bath recipe is a healthy ,delicious one pot meal made with quinoa, lentils and mixed vegetables in Instant pot pressure cooker or stove top. Sis and I will ask mom to cook this frequently. This wholesome, delicious dish has its origins in the royal kitchens of the Mysuru palace. Keep stirring, or the mixture can get burnt. Keep mixing the rice in between to ensure there are no lumps. Here is the recipe to our favorite wholesome food avalakki bisibele bath. It is an authentic food of South India, Karnataka. No onion no garlic recipe. Some versions of the dish are prepared with up to thirty ingredients. Essential spices required to make authentic bisi bele bath powder Marati moggu (kapok buds) is the key ingredient in this recipe that elevates the flavour and aroma of bisi bele bath. Avalakki bisibele bath is easy and delicious breakfast dish. Bisi bele bath. When my mom cooks Bisi Bele Bath, the aroma of ghee and the flavor of the dish fills the entire house. Bisi bele bath recipe | Bisibelabath recipe – A Karnataka special piping hot lentils and rice dish made with few vegetables and freshly ground powder.Also called the sambar sadham but the actual Tamil style sambar sadham is little bit different from this one. Bisi bele bhaath served with raita and papad. Now take the bisi bele bath powder,grated coconut and soaked tamarind along with little water in a mixie jar. Bisi Bele Bath also known as the spicy mixed vegetable sambar rice is a traditional south indian dish made from cooked rice and lentils, mashed along with a spicy tamarind and vegetable curry/sambar that is simply delicious. Seasoning: Bisi Bele Bath is best served hot. Bisi bele bath is a very popular breakfast/lunch recipe from Karnataka(South India).In kannada, bisi means hot, bele means lentil and bath means rice. 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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
"The treatment should be performed by a doctor expert in children with OCD, in coordination with a psychologist for psychotherapy".
DR. FELIPE ORTUÑO SÁNCHEZ-PEDREÑO
CODIRECTOR. PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
What is OCD?
The obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which the child or adolescent usually presents obsessions and also compulsions, although sometimes only has obsessions or only compulsions. At least sometimes the child recognizes that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or absurd.
These repetitive behaviors are intended to prevent or reduce anxiety or keep something bad from happening, although they have no connection with the action they are trying to prevent or are clearly excessive.
Almost 90% of the cases of patients with TOC are associated with other disorders, especially depressive episodes and less frequently with anxiety and tics (as in the syndrome of Tourette).
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What are the symptoms of OCD?
The obsessive component is words, ideas, images or repetitive beliefs, recognized by the subject as irrational or annoying.
The most frequent contents are fear of contamination (to be infected, to body secretions, etc.); doubts and insecurity (to suffer from a serious illness, moral scruples, etc.); need of symmetry and order in things and rejection of dirt.
Also frequent are obsessive impulses to hurt another person or to have sexual behaviors that he rejects; as well as mental and interminable discussions.
Compulsions are also repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person is forced to perform in order to stop an obsession or by following strict rules. They can be simple or become more complex (rituals). Although they temporarily relieve the obsessive component, they are experienced as annoying and as irrational or disproportionate.
The compulsions to avoid contact in the face of possible contamination, or to clean-wash in the face of obsessions with dirt, or to bring order to the needs of symmetry or behavior for the component of insecurity, stand out. They are often associated with a marked inability to make decisions and to slow down.
The most common symptoms are:
- Fear of contamination.
- Need for symmetry.
- To wash oneself.
Do you have any of these symptoms?
You may have obsessive-compulsive disorder
What are the causes of OCD?
We do not know yet the cause of OCD, although we do know that it does not arise as a response to an alleged "intrapsychic conflict" nor by a "repressed sexual conflict" as the ancient psychoanalytic theories said. Nor is it due to the effect of parents on the child, or the birth of a younger sibling, or the stress of school, etc. For the effectiveness of antidepressants serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of OCD, it is thought that is due to an alteration of serotonin.
Genetic studies indicate that OCD is related to some tic disorders, such as Tourette's disorder (motor and vocal tics). They have also found alterations in the function of brain circuits that communicate an area of the brain, basal ganglia, with the cerebral cortex, and specifically in an area called caudate nucleus.
Some children with a throat infection by streptococcus have a subsequent outbreak of OCD, produced by an autoimmune response of antibodies against streptococcus that injure areas of the caudate nucleus.
What is the prognosis?
Generally a longer pharmacological treatment is needed (more than 1 year) and a higher dose than that needed to treat depression, but if it is done correctly, very satisfactory results are obtained.
In the cases where there is a possible origin in a streptococcus infection it can be treated with antibiotics and immunological therapy to remove the harmful antibodies that are attacking the caudate nucleus. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy does not help children with OCD and wastes months or years of valuable time.
The association of behavioral treatment to medication, increases the likelihood that the child remains symptom-free when in the future is gradually interrupted medication. It is important that parents who believe that their child may be suffering from OCD go soon to your pediatrician or child psychiatrist.
Support groups for parents of children with OCD, national or regional associations of OCD patients, and information on the Internet can also be useful.
How is obsessive compulsive disorder treated?
The symptoms may respond to psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment.
The first choice psychotherapeutic treatment is exposure therapy with response prevention. The response is better when the compulsive component predominates.
The aim is to achieve a tolerance to the anxiety involved in exposure to the stimulus without having to resort to ritual to mitigate it, and thus extinguish the system of compulsive response to obsessions. In a second line or as support to this technique, the cognitive therapy is also useful, directed fundamentally to correct false or overvalued ideas.
The pharmacological treatment of OCD is the serotonin reuptake inhibitors, starting with selective inhibitors (SSRIs) such as paroxetine, fluoxetine, sertraline, escitalopram or fluvoxamine.
These drugs have a better and more tolerable side effect profile than previously used drugs such as clomipramine. Approximately half of the patients do not respond satisfactorily, so strategies of empowerment are considered, among which the combination of antipsychotics, preferably second generation, stands out.
There are other biological treatments that can be used in certain circumstances such as electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation or psychosurgery. There are more and more indications of the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in resistant cases, with a significant clinical improvement and in the quality of life.
Where do we treat it?
IN NAVARRA AND MADRID
The Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology of the
of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Through a multidisciplinary work, the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology assists patients in a comprehensive way: it identifies the main causes of the disease and provides an individual approach with the most appropriate and effective treatments.
Thanks to the experience of its team, it is able to offer the most advanced biological therapies, as well as an adequate psychotherapeutic orientation. In this way, the patient is helped to solve both personality problems and alterations in interpersonal and family dynamics.
Organized in specialized units
Why at the Clinica?
- Integral evaluation of the patient.
- Personalized diagnosis.
- Multidisciplinary team.

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Letchworth Rewind: Sir Ebenezer Howard founder of the Garden City Movement
By Layth Yousif
2nd Jan 2024 | Local Features
Letchworth Rewind: Sir Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928) founder of the Garden City Movement
Rewind: Here's a piece on an oil painting portrait of Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the Garden City Movement, by Clare Winsten, featured at the brilliant North Herts Museum.
Howard was a prominent British town planner who wrote the famous publication Garden Cities of To-morrow (1898), in which he proposed utopian cities where residents lived harmoniously together with nature. The publication led to the founding of the Garden city movement, that led to several Garden Cities in Letchworth and Welwyn at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The portrait was exhibited at the Fourth Exhibition of Welwyn Garden City Art Club between 24 September-20 October 1927.
The artwork of Howard, a keen proponent of unity and peace is believed to have painted by Winsten just over a year before his death, during a sitting with Howard in early 1927.
Ebenezer Howard died on May 1, 1928 in Welwyn, his second garden city. There is also a blue plaque on the outside of a home he lived at in Stamford Hill, North London.
Howard believed he had a duty to preach the 'gospel of the garden city' and to tackle the Victorian housing crisis by attempting to build a New Jerusalem in the Hertfordshire countryside, where the town of Letchworth is now. Howard also wanted garden cities to be places of spiritual exploration.
The artist Clare Winsten was the only female member of the 'Whitechapel Boys' group of artists and poets. Born Clara Birnberg she and her husband Stephen Weinstein, another Whitechapel Boy, adopted the married name Winsten with Clara also taking the name Clare.
Visit the North Hertfordshire Museum that showcases the History of North Herts. The museum, cafe and gift shop are open. Drop in for free.

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Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”


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There is a lot of stress in the world and abundant reasons to feel it. Whether you’re dealing with work issues, personal stuff, money, fitness, or anything else, there will always be a lot swirling in your mind. Everybody wants to find a way to calm things down and find a little zen now and then. We’re not talking about the formal Buddhist school of zen right now. Instead, we’re referring to general peace of mind. If you’re more interested in real zen, you can find better zen masters to help you with that journey. If you’re looking for a little more mental relaxation, we have some tips that will help.
Take a deep breath
No, really. A deep breath has surprising biomechanical effects on the systems in your body that manage stress. A single deep breath can make a world of difference. Several deep breaths are even better. The more hectic things feel, the more effective this technique is. The University of Michigan has a whole thing about it.
Here’s how it works. A deep breath forces you to slow down in a physical sense. It also fills your lungs with oxygen, which allows you to catch up if you’re a little low. The small but meaningful oxygen dump allows your heart to slow down a little too. These minor shifts proliferate through your body and can even have an impact on hormone regulation. All of the chemical stuff in your body related to stress, anxiety, pressure and everything else loses a little of its edge from every deep breath you take.
Now, let’s set some expectations. A single deep breath won’t magically cure chronic anxiety. It’s not a perfect solution to all things. That said, taking deliberate deep breaths helps a little, and it can slow you down just enough to move into other methods that help you chill your mind.
You probably assumed that meditation would be on this list, and there's a reason for that. Meditation is a technique that is specifically used to help people access deliberate states of mind and exercise more control over their general biomechanics. That’s a lot of fancy words, but we can oversimplify meditation and it will make sense.
Meditation is the act of stopping everything and focusing on breathing and clearing your mind for a few minutes or more. As you focus on breathing, you can quiet your mind and pay less attention to all of the external stressors that might otherwise invade your mental space. With a little practice, meditation can work as a bit of a mental and physical reset. You can even use it to explore feelings and thoughts and get into some pretty deep stuff. But, on the surface, sciency level, it’s sustained focused breathing.
What’s more is that you can pair meditation with other stress relievers. You can meditate through the practice of yoga. You can do deliberate muscle relaxation while you meditate. There are really no limits to how you can practice and apply meditation once you have a feel for it.
Try a relaxing activity
Abandoning deliberate breathing, you can devote time to an activity that helps you de-stress. For some, it’s a long warm shower or a hot bath. For others, it might be mild physical activity that you don’t have to think about. It can be reading (for pleasure), writing, guided imagery, yoga, stretching, taking a walk, practicing an art form . . . You can see how this is open-ended.
There are a couple of simple rules to keep in mind when you explore relaxing activities. First, the activity is about relaxation more than enjoyment. Even if you love to read, spending an hour on an intense thriller or horror book probably won’t help you get into a zen groove. You want to read something that promotes a sense of peace, and it should be easy reading.
Games are another example. If you have a relaxing game, that’s great. If you have a game that pisses you off every time you lose, it’s off-limits for this activity. You get the idea.
The other rule is that it shouldn’t be physically strenuous. Exercise has its place, and it can absolutely help you find your zen, but that’s a different idea that we’ll cover in a moment. A relaxing activity can be physical, but it shouldn’t leave you gasping for air or sweating buckets. Those activities introduce levels of physical stress that limit what you can get out of your relaxing practices.
Despite everything we just said, exercise can be used to help you find your zen. Some people have a workout that allows their mind to go free, and it really helps them get rid of some stress. Other people push through stress with a workout, and that’s also effective.
If you aren’t one of those types, exercise will still help with your zen, but it’s indirect. That’s what we’re going to focus on here.
This is all about getting the endorphins pumping. You have to be your own guide with exercise for peace of mind. Ideally, you can break a sweat doing something that is rote and doesn’t require you to learn new moves or techniques. Using an exercise bike or jogging are probably the most obvious examples. Rowing, swimming and a whole host of other exercises all work great too.
The idea is to get lost in the exercise. You can really get after it if it feels good. You can go for as long or short as you need. When you get your heart rate up and those endorphins flowing, you can break out of a slump. You can quiet your mind. If nothing else, you can exhaust yourself into a good sleep when you come down from the workout. Exercise is really one of the best things for your brain, and that will help you chill your mind. The workout might not leave your mind feeling chill, but regular exercise will help your brain deal with the world, and that makes your zen attempts more successful.
Focus on chemistry
The science of brain chemistry can’t answer everything, but it can definitely help you grasp your zen. There are natural and medicinal approaches, and they often intersect.
Let’s start with nature. Improving your brain chemistry is mostly a matter of three things. You need good, regular exercise (you can refer to the above section for that). You need a good diet and regular sleep.
If there is something missing from your diet, try to make consistent changes. You don’t have to eat perfectly every day, but every healthy meal is progress and will help your zen. If you’re paying attention to how your mind feels when you eat a certain way, it will both guide and motivate your efforts.
Also, cutting one bad snack or meal a day helps a lot. It’s not about making forever changes. Instead, embrace the idea of having better zen today. Tomorrow is not your concern. That’s your future self’s problem.
While you’re thinking about diet, sleep is obviously paramount. If you’re struggling with consistent, good sleep, there is not always a quick fix. But, the first two parts of your zen chemistry will help with sleep struggles. Everything else on this list can also help you sleep better. Zen and sleep go hand-in-hand.
When natural methods come up short, you can ask a health professional. Doctors work on this problem on a regular basis, and there are entire specialties dedicated to helping you with your state of mind. Let them share their knowledge and methods with you. Give it a little time, and you’ll find something that works. Once you can find some zen, you’ve found the cornerstone of your positive feedback loop. A little zen helps a lot with sleep, which helps with having energy for exercise and all of the other stuff. You see how this goes.
Finding your zen isn’t a one-and-done kind of thing. It’s a practice, and you don’t have to be perfect at it. You don’t even have to be a master. As long as you continue the pursuit, you’ll see mental health benefits, and that’s the real goal.
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The men, aged 29 and 30, and the 41-year-old woman were held in Coventry on Tuesday in an operation supported by West Midlands Police.
All three have been taken to a central London police station, where they remain in custody. They are being interviewed by Anti-Terrorist Branch officers.
All three suspects were arrested between 3pm and 4pm on Tuesday, March 1.
It is not yet known whether they are British nationals. The three are believed to be of Asian origin.
The 30-year-old man was arrested in a street in the Great Heath area of Coventry in a swoop by anti-terrorist detectives and armed officers from West Midlands Police.
A short time later, the 29-year-old man was held at a business address in the Holbrooks area of the city, while the woman was held at her home in Great Heath.
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Green Flag breakdown says 21 million cars on the roads are faulty and drivers “ignore the problem” while racking up bills.
Drivers are spending an average of £574 per year – a national average of £21.5 billion – on car repairs; and 47 per cent of these repairs could have been cheaper if the issue had been addressed sooner, the research reveals.
According to those surveyed, drivers have an inbuilt “fault filter” – where they stop noticing their car’s issue, thus delaying repair. A third (33 per cent) of drivers say they’ve become de-sensitised to their car’s fault, no longer noticing the issue, while a fifth of drivers (21 per cent) state that even though they still notice their car’s faults, they are no longer annoyed by them. This could prove dangerous, particularly under the new MOT rules which are set to come into effect on 20th May 2018.
Nick Reid, Head of Automotive Technology at Green Flag, said, “Driving a faulty car is a huge issue. Not only is it dangerous for you, your passengers and other drivers on the road; not getting issues seen to only makes them worse, which means a bigger bill for you.
“This research indicates that many drivers have a ‘fault filter’ and are switching off to the problems before getting them seen to. We are advising that everyone checks their cars with a knowledgeable family member or friend to ensure that they’re running normally and, if they aren’t, that they get them fixed before the problem worsens.”
When asked about getting their car repaired, drivers revealed they wait an average of 10 weeks before they get the issue seen to. More than half (57 per cent) of drivers say repairs are too expensive, 27 per cent say they don’t have the time and 23 per cent say they simply can’t be bothered.


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New London City Council's access to report it commissioned on Ackley complaint denied
New London - A report on allegations by the police chief that a former city councilor meddled in police business is complete, but the City Council has yet to see it.
City Attorney Jeffrey Londregan told the council Tuesday that former Superior Court Judge Beverly Hodgson has filed a written report on the allegations made by Chief Margaret Ackley against former City Councilor Michael Buscetto III.
But when the council asked for a copy, Londregan told them they would have to obtain a copy from the mayor.
"The council ordered that report, and you're not going to share it with us?'' council President Michael Passero said. "The council is the client.''
But Londregan said that under the new charter, "pending claims" fall under the mayor's authority, and it would be up to the mayor to release it. The report has been handed over to Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio.
Councilor Adam Sprecace, who said the council should be able to see the report, asked that a letter be sent to Finizio asking for a copy. His motion was approved unanimously.
"We sanctioned it. We need to see it when it's complete,'' Sprecace said after the meeting.
In October, the council hired Hodgson to look into Ackley's allegations.
Last summer, Ackley reached a retirement agreement with the city manager. At a City Council meeting in August, Ackley alleged that Buscetto was "causing her distress" by meddling in police affairs and that she was unable to do her job.
At that meeting, she threatened a lawsuit against the city and submitted a list of her complaints against Buscetto. That list has not been released to the public, and a Freedom of Information request The Day has filed is pending.
At the time of the allegations, Buscetto was a candidate for mayor. Ackley's agreement with the city allowed her to retire Dec. 31 but also included an "opt-out" clause which allowed her to change her mind before Dec. 15 and remain as chief. Buscetto lost the election, and Ackley opted not to retire.
When the council hired Hodgson, the city law director at the time, Thomas J. Londregan, said the report would not be made public because it falls under attorney-client privilege.
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text: Greetings, We are with our friends from Charleston, David and Brenda Waldron. We did a road trip last year with them to the parks in Utah. This time we are covering some of the same area but our focus is on the Native American parks and sacred areas. Our first stop was Chaco Canyon, about four hours from Santa Fe. It is in the middle of nowhere. But, one thousand years ago, when it was at its peak, it was the center of the West. People came here from hundreds of miles away for trade, ceremonies and celebrations. Archeaologists are not completely sure what all went on here because the site was looted, making it difficult to understand why these giant buildings were constructed. Wood for support beams and flooring came from forests fifty miles away. There were no beasts of burden at this time, so it was carried in. The stone walls were perfectly aligned and the windows are true. The buildings were four and five stories tall and had hundreds of rooms. Kivas, the design inspired by early pit houses, were large enough to hold hundreds of people. Their importance to ceremonial life is still true today for most Southwest native peoples. The engineering skills to build this site are comparable to what was happening in Europe at the time. Then, suddenly, the population moved on. War? Drought? Depletion of local resources? No one knows why they left but most believe that they were the ancestors to the area Puebloean people, the Hopi, Zuni, Taos, etc., and they relocated to NM and AZ. Their descendents return to this site, walking among the ruins that were once home to their ancestors.


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Looking for the perfect fall cocktail? Try a Salted Caramel Appletini! This homemade caramel apple martini, made with homemade salted caramel infused vodka, is a sweet dessert drink to serve for any occasion. Makes enough salted caramel vodka for 4 drinks.
When I think about the fall, apples immediately come to mind.
My husband and I got married in late October.
After we tied the knot, we took a short honeymoon to the mountains in East Tennessee. While there, we discovered a tiny orchard that offered the best cider I’ve ever had the opportunity to drink… and we stocked up.
That long weekend, we spent the twilight hours on our cabin porch, sipping cider spiked with whiskey.
It was perfect on so many levels, and whenever I drink cider or whiskey, I think back to that week.
Why I love this recipe:
This Salted Caramel Apple Martini is a little different than a lot you’ll find to make at home or in a bar because it doesn’t call for apple schnapps, another apple liqueur, Sour Apple Pucker, apple brandy or even apple juice.
This appletini recipe is made with simple ingredients that you might already have at home—salted caramels, vodka, apple cider and caramel sauce. That’s it.
Now, I need to tell you that I’m a little bit obsessed with infused alcohol, as evidenced by my Candy Cane Vodka and Toasted Pecan Whiskey… but if you’re not into this, you can purchase Salted Caramel Vodka at your liquor store.
I chose to infuse my own vodka for this cocktail because when I have purchased bottles of flavored vodkas, they’ve sat on shelves for months or years.
I love this recipe because the infused caramel vodka makes enough for four cocktails. That’s it.
The end result of this appletini is a delight. It’s got wonderful apple flavor without it being overwhelming or cloying. It’s not super tart, as you’d experience in a Sour Apple Martini.
After all: It’s a Caramel Apple Martini. And what’s not to love about this combination of two fantastic seasonal flavors?
Need more ideas for drinks? Check out my Cocktail Recipe Index for more ideas.
What you need to make this recipe:
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- Mason jar
- Mini angled measuring cup or a jigger for measuring out the dessert drink ingredients
- Cocktail shaker
- Martini glasses
Let’s talk ingredients!
In addition to the tools above, you’re going to need some ingredients to make this recipe, too! Chances are, you might already have some of them in your fridge or pantry. Scroll down to the recipe card for the full measurements and instructions.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Salted caramels — all you need are a handful of these beauties to infuse your vodka for the most delicious appletini ever!
- Vodka — use a brand that you enjoy drinking. Tito’s is a favorite in our house, but whatever you have on hand should work!
- Apple cider — purchase your favorite brand for this! It should be nice and sweet.
- Salted caramel vodka — this is the base for our drink, and it’s integral to transforming this from a classic Appletini to a Salted Caramel Appletini. If you don’t want to take the time to infuse your own vodka, purchase Salted Caramel Flavored Vodka from your local liquor store.
- Caramel sauce — like the kind you would use on ice cream! We’re going to use this as a drizzle and for the rims of our glasses for a little extra flavor. Feel free to make your own caramel sauce if you’re feeling adventurous, but store-bought is totally fine, too.
How to make an Apple Martini with Salted Caramel Vodka
Make the Salted Caramel-Infused Vodka
Before we get started, this vodka infusion could take up to 24 hours. If you don’t have time for this or aren’t interested in doing this, purchase Salted Caramel Flavored Vodka from your liquor store and skip on down to the steps to make the apple martini recipe itself.
Pour the vodka into a pint-sized mason jar. Add the salted caramels, too.
Screw on the lid and shake vigorously.
Let the vodka infuse overnight. This could take up to 24 hours, depending on how large the caramels are.
As the salted caramel vodka infuses, shake occasionally until the caramels are completely dissolved into the vodka.
There will be a film on top of the vodka, so shake it vigorously before using.
Make the Salted Caramel Appletini recipe
Once your vodka is infused, add ice to a cocktail shaker.
If desired, dip the rim of your martini glasses into caramel sauce. It will be sticky.
Measure the apple cider and salted caramel vodka into the cocktail shaker. Drizzle in the caramel sauce, too, for some extra caramel flavor.
Shake vigorously for up to 40 seconds.
Pour into the prepared martini glass. You may garnish with apple slices, too.
Frequently Asked Questions
I don’t think any drink should be considered a girl drink because everyone’s tastebuds are different. This appletini recipe tends to go toward sweetness, so be aware of that if you make it at home.
This recipe is beautifully balanced between the acidic sweetness of apple cider, as well as the bite of vodka paired with the creaminess of salted caramel.
More caramel vodka drinks:
- Spiked Caramel Apple Cider (swap out the bourbon with caramel vodka)
- Caramel Apple Moscow Mule
- Caramel Apple Cider Mimosas
Now are you ready to learn how to mix this drink?
Scroll on down to find the recipe, as well as learn what else has been shared during #AppleWeek!
Salted Caramel Appletini with Salted Caramel-Infused Vodka
Salted Caramel Vodka (Makes enough for 4 cocktails)
- 1.1 oz. salted caramels about 4-1½” homemade caramels
- 8 oz. vodka
Salted Caramel Appletini
- 2 ½ oz. apple cider
- 2 oz. Salted Caramel-Infused Vodka recipe above
- ¼ oz. caramel sauce
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Make the Salted Caramel-Infused Vodka
- Pour the vodka into a pint-sized mason jar.
- Drop the salted caramels into the vodka.
- Screw on the lid, shake, then let sit overnight. (This could take up to 24 hours, depending on how large the caramels are.)
- Shake occasionally until the caramels are completely dissolved into the vodka. (There will be a film on top, so before you use this vodka, please shake well.)
Make the Salted Caramel Appletini
- Fill a stainless steel bar shaker with ice.
- Measure the apple cider and Salted Caramel-Infused Vodka into the shaker. Drizzle the caramel sauce in.
- Mix vigorously, then pour into a martini glass rimmed with the caramel sauce.
- Enjoy immediately!
More recipes from Apple week!
Looking for an apple-themed main dish? You should try Cheddar Apple Grilled Cheese, Apple-Glazed Pork Chops with Raisins, Chopped Apple Salad, Harvest Brats with Apple Slaw, Sausage Stuffed Apples, Sage Pork Chops with Apple Pan Gravy and Slow Cooker Apple Cider Pulled Pork.
Want to bake dessert with apples? Check out Apple and Nut Drop Cookies, Apple Brown Betty, Apple Cider Caramel Sauce, Apple Dumplings, Apple Oatmeal Cookies, Homemade Apple Pie, Mom’s Apple Pie in a Jar, Baked Apples with Chocolate and Caramel, Mini Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust and Sparkling Cider Pound Cake.
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- Apple-Cinnamon Pancake Mix in a Jar by A Palatable Pastime
- Apple Cinnamon Stovetop Potpourri by Amy’s Cooking Adventures
- How to make Apple Suncatchers by Crafty Mama in ME
- Caramel Apple in a Jar by Family Around The Table
- Knit Apple Hat by Jolene’s Recipe Journal
Extra Apple Goodness
- 1 Minute Caramel Apple Dip by Corn, Beans, Pigs and Kids
- Apple Brown Betty by A Palatable Pastime
- Apple Bundt Cake With Cider Caramel by Cooking With Carlee
- Apple Cinnamon Shortcakes by Jolene’s Recipe Journal
- Apple Crisp Shortbread Bars by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Homemade Apple Fritters by Grumpy’s Honeybunch
- Apple Pie Skillet by A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Caramelized Apple and Bacon Jam Crostini by Caroline’s Cooking
- Creamy Peanut Butter Apple Dip by New South Charm
- Individual Apple Crisp by Family Around The Table
- Smoky Apple Pulled Pork by Amy’s Cooking Adventures
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The Republican's attacks on Obama are more rhetorical than substantive. Is he trapped by his party's longstanding foreign-policy divisions?
It's considered bad form for a president's political opponents to bash him overseas, so Mitt Romney, who is about to embark on a weeklong trip to England, Israel and Poland, decided to get the criticism out of his system while still on U.S. soil Tuesday. In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Romney unloaded on President Obama, even going so far as to accuse him of deliberately weakening American defenses.
"If you don't want America to be the strongest nation on earth, I am not your president," Romney said. "But with these cuts to the military, you have that president today."
Romney's speech was full of such blustery rhetoric, accusing Obama of adopting too weak and apologetic a posture toward the rest of the world. Tone is important in diplomacy, and it's possible that simply by taking a tougher rhetorical stance a President Romney would make a major change in the way the U.S. relates to the rest of the world.
But Democrats question whether Romney has real, substantive differences with Obama's foreign policies. For example, Romney harshly criticizes Obama for his timetable for pulling troops out of Afghanistan by 2014, calling it election-oriented political posturing; yet Romney, too, would pull out of Afghanistan by 2014. Similarly, Romney and his advisers blast Obama for not being sufficiently loyal to Israel, but the No. 1 thing he would do differently, according to his campaign, is a symbolic gesture: making Israel the destination of his first presidential trip. (Here's the full white paper on Romney's foreign policy proposals.)
Meanwhile, the defense cuts Romney blames Obama for are the result of a bipartisan agreement intended to scare Congress into reaching a budget deal. And his claim that the White House was to blame for leaking national security secrets was sourced to a Democratic senator who now says she was only speculating.
If Romney's foreign-policy disagreements with Obama are more tonal than substantive, that could be because Obama's foreign policy record, unlike his economic performance, remains broadly popular. And in an election likely to be decided mainly on economic grounds, foreign policy isn't likely to play a major role.
But Romney also appears to be trapped by his own party's foreign-policy divisions -- the ongoing battle between neocons and pragmatists within the Republican Party establishment. Reuters' Mark Hosenball recently described a Romney foreign-policy team "bogged down in feuding and dysfunction":
The team includes personalities strongly identified with contending factions whose internecine battles have dogged Republican foreign policy circles for a generation. One, more pragmatic, group is known as the "moderates." Members of the other, with a harder ideological edge, are loosely known as "neocons," short for neo-conservatives.
Already, fights have broken out over touchstone issues such as Russia and China, according to individuals close to the campaign.
One Romney campaign contributor who has interacted with the outside advisers said they held only one meeting as a group, in the offices of former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. It ended in an argument between moderates and neocons over Afghanistan policy.
Some Republican heavyweights from the more pragmatic, realpolitik school, including President George H.W. Bush national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, have declined thus far to endorse Romney.
And the New York Times' David Sanger reported in May:
Mr. Romney's own advisers, judging by their public writing and comments, possess widely differing views -- often a result of the scar tissue they developed in Iraq, Afghanistan and other Bush-era experiments in the exercise of American power. But what has struck both his advisers and outside Republicans is that in his effort to secure the nomination, Mr. Romney's public comments have usually rejected mainstream Republican orthodoxy. They sound more like the talking points of the neoconservatives -- the "Bolton faction," as insiders call the group led by John Bolton, the former ambassador to the United Nations. In a stormy tenure in the Bush administration, Mr. Bolton was often arguing that international institutions, the United Nations included, should be routed around because they so often frustrate American interests.
Curiously for a Republican candidate with virtually no foreign policy record, Mr. Romney has made little effort to court the old-timers of Republican internationalism, from the former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft to the former secretaries of state James A. Baker III, George P. Shultz and even the grandmaster of realism, Henry A. Kissinger. And in seeking to define himself in opposition to President Obama, Mr. Romney has openly rejected positions that George W. Bush came around to in his humbler second term.
If Romney doesn't have a clear path on foreign policy, that may be because these days, his party doesn't either.


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Exportación creció 100% entre enero y mayo 2011
Between January and May, exports of canned peppers (mainly capsicum pepper, piquillo pepper Bell), reached US$39.6 million, 113.0% more than the same period last year.
The increase in exports of canned peppers was explained by the increased demand in Germany (over 1,000% growth in export volume), Argentina (240.9% growth), Spain (140.7%), Puerto Rico (125.4%), Belgium (128.9%) and Canada (101.1%). The main markets during the analyzed period were Spain (42.1%) and the U.S. (34.9%), it should be noted that this last position reported a growth of 31.3% in the volume of exported canned peppers. The good quality of piquillo pepper and more preferably in the U.S. and European markets will boost the export of the product in subsequent years.
In 2010 exports of canned peppers grew US$83.4 million, 8.3% from the previous year and reached 45.8 thousand volumes of MT. The main exporters of canned peppers were Gandules (26.5%), Eco Acuícola (20.5% part.), Camposol (17.2%), Sociedad Agrícola Virú (12.7%), Consorcio Murcia (6.7%), Danper Trujillo (5.9%) and Agroindustrias AIB (5.2%), according to alert@economica