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The UKSC Yearbook in the spirit of fan-fiction
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14 February 2018

..."and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?"

The UK Supreme Court Yearbook is more Wisden than Wonderland but passes Alice's test if you interpret 'conversation' generously. I'm asked to do a couple of drawings for re-issued back numbers.

First, would I depict the emblem? Logos are sacrosanct but I persuade myself that it would be OK to represent the iridescent wall panel in Court 2, in the spirit of fan-fiction. Apologies and respect to Yvonne Holton, Herald Painter in Scotland at the Court of the Lord Lyon and Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms, who created the emblem.

The editors select just the central posy (Tudor rose for England, flax flower for Northern Ireland, leek leaves for Wales, thistle for Scotland, let's not think about breaking the union). But here is the complete picture which includes omega (court of last resort) and Libra (justice), as well as my windblown colour tests.

Then, would I draw the building? I've got an unfinished sketch (a preliminary drawing for the cover of my harrowing exposé, The Supreme Court: A Guide for Bears), so I rub out my furry friends and continue. To allow a clear view I ignore a tree and the stone benches guarding the front.

I'm asked if the court is a little, erm, left-leaning. It's a fair cop - I have a strong left-handed curve. The original is above; in the Yearbook the court has shifted to the right.

The UK Supreme Court Yearbook, Volumes 1-8, published by Appellate Press, is available from bookshops including Wildy & Sons and online retailers. The latest issue has a drawing of Miller, the Article 50 appeal, by Robin Sukatorn, whose book Drawing Democracy is out this month.
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Supreme Court carols
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15 December 2017

The Treasury Singers are never knowingly over-rehearsed and a good thing too, considering the day job. This year they are raising money for Shelter by singing carols in the triple-height library of the Supreme Court, boosted by voices from the Parliamentary Choir, the Westminster Abbey Choir and the court's own Can't Sing Choir, a misnomer in Santa hats.

The library inscriptions include a quotation from Martin Luther King: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

The Lords and ladies are away leaping or dancing - no Justices are here. But are job applicants casing the joint? The bench has vacancies.

I find a discarded note downstairs in the café. A girls' school party has been observing today's appeal, which is not about cats. I learn from the internet that baffed [sic] is a word, distinguishable from baffled. Girls, judge not, that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1), or at least don't leave the evidence lying around.

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Supreme Court: smoked out
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01 November 2017

The tobacco-laden fug of Courtroom 1
The tawny sky over parts of England in October was the colour of a pub ceiling before the ban on smoking in some public places.

But what is a public place? Today’s appeal, R (on the application of Paul Black) v Secretary of State for Justice, asks whether the Health Act 2006 applies by necessary implication to a prison administered by the Crown.

Mr Black, a prisoner, complains that the ban is not enforced in his prison’s common parts. He says prisoners should have anonymous access to the NHS Smoke-Free Compliance Line which allows callers to shop violators to the local authority. To be practical, this line does not exist. Perhaps that indicates how long the case has been in the courts. A number that does come up online, 0800 587 1667, is unobtainable.

Philip Havers QC (who must be fed up with being described as Nigel Havers's brother) points out that some 80% of prisoners smoke. This is more than four times the national rate. I know nothing about smoking or prison so I asked someone who has experience of both to comment. The following words in italics are his.

Surprised (and not surprised) they haven’t sorted this one out. When I was a guest, after the ban came into force, smoking happened in cells and all communal areas, but was officially allowed only in cells. Officers (in the open prison) usually went outside to smoke, but very likely smoked on the wing after lock-up. I don’t recall smoking in the gym or education block. I got the impression that the ban was not enforced because it could increase tension, violence etc, even riots. Also many prison officers smoke.

As we know well from the debate about the distribution of condoms in the early days of the AIDS crisis, prisons are public places (condoms could not be distributed to prisoners because homosexual acts were permitted only in private).

This is the Orwellian/Carrollian unreality of the prison system. The entire system is about fear, first of the ‘other’ who needs to be locked up, but much more pervasively from the point of view of the lower castes of the criminal justice system (prison officers, some police officers), fear of ending up on the wrong side of the door, very justified by the fact that the state monopoly on violence attracts these servants who take a deep enjoyment in the enactment of this violence. They are often people with strong criminal tendencies who are able to act out their natures in a structured and legalised manner.

Tobacco, clean urine, drugs etc are currency in prison. And as such vectors of violence. The removal of the privilege of being able to purchase tobacco from the canteen is also a major (violent) sanction available to the prison authorities.The health of prisoners is of no account. So that is not a reason to stop smoking in prisons. All actions by the prison are intended only for the benefit of the prison. It is a closed system: physically, emotionally, spiritually, legally, morally. Read Solzhenitsyn.

There are as many opinions on prison as there are prisoners; prison reformers - professionals and volunteers - would do their best to counter some of the views above. Meanwhile, the current situation on the smoking ban’s application to prisons seems to be an obscure tangle of expediency and riots.

He looked past him and seemed indifferent, but he noticed that after each puff (Tsezar inhaled at rare intervals, thoughtfully) a thin ring of glowing ash crept down the cigarette, reducing its length as it moved stealthily to the cigarette holder. Fetiukov, that jackal, had come up closer too and now stood opposite Tsezar, watching his mouth with blazing eyes. Shukhov had finished his last pinch of tobacco and saw no prospects of acquiring any more before evening. Every nerve in his body was taut, all his longing was concentrated in that cigarette butt—which meant more to him now, it seemed, than freedom itself—but he would never lower himself like that Fetiukov, he would never look at a man's mouth.
– Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Story Time, a free exhibition in the Supreme Court, features works by offenders, secure patients or detainees under 18.

Two items in particular catch my eye. The first, Inside, represents either the controversial Hymn by Damien Hirst, or the Humbrol toy of which Hirst asked technicians to make a 20-foot-high copy. In 2000 Hirst paid an undisclosed sum to avoid a breach of copyright action by the toy’s designer and manufacturer.

The Guardian wrote: ‘The artist has also agreed to restrictions on future reproductions of the polychromatic bronze figure, described by one critic as " a masterpiece" and "the first key work of British art for the 21st century", which Hirst admitted was inspired by his son Connor's anatomy set.’

I am also intrigued by Vinopoly, a cryptic board game by an entrant from Vinney Green Secure Unit (detail shown here). The exhibition, run by the Koestler Trust with Victim Support and the Supreme Court Arts Trust, ends on 7 December 2017.
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Supreme Court: there's rue for you
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27 October 2017

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where I live, runs a special group for young mothers. A mother has to be at least 12 years old to join.

For the 40-odd years of their fertility, girls and women are playing in a fixed match where the other side doesn’t get pregnant.

At university I was naively surprised to meet otherwise educated girls – even biochemistry students – who were slapdash about contraception. It seemed that they were more likely to come from secure, well-off families which could cope privately with any consequence, rather than humbler stock haunted by ancestral fears of ruin. I never met my Toxteth grandmother who was a teenage unmarried mother without chances.

Fifty years later, metropolitan women could sign up at the Margaret Pyke Centre, a legendary NHS birth-control research and training powerhouse (now shrunk by the cuts). Back in the day you might have got an appointment there with one-time physician to The Grateful Dead Dr Sam Hutt, aka country and western singer Hank Wangford, whose albums include Cowboys Stay on Longer

I remember him being rather touched during a coffee shortage in the 1970s when grateful vasectomy patients plied him with jars of instant. He still trains doctors and nurses between gigs.

Until 2002 the Centre was led by the non-judgmental Professor John Gillebaud who in his book The Pill points out that giving a child or a woman the right to say no is a powerful contraceptive. He is concerned with population and sustainability, and as we move to standing-room-only we are reminded that the planet has the right to say no to the lot of us.

Nobody would advocate abortion as primary birth control, but when there’s a failure of hardware or society or health a pregnant woman may find out who claims to own her.

Today’s case (day two of a three-day hearing) is In the matter of an application by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for Judicial Review. It asks if failure to allow abortion in cases of serious foetal malformation, rape or incest violates the European Convention on Human Rights.

In Northern Ireland, abortion is allowed only to preserve the mother’s life, because the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply there, and the maximum penalty for illegally procuring a miscarriage is life imprisonment. Some of the cases cited today are heartbreaking.

In The London Review of Books (17 Aug 2017), Joanna Biggs writes: ‘Northern Irish feminists can’t rely on Westminster: many people reminded me of the moment in 2008 when Harriet Harman blocked a move to extend the 1967 act to Northern Ireland in order to gain votes from the DUP for 42-day detention of terrorism suspects. If it makes travel to England harder, Brexit will make access to abortion harder too.’

She adds: ‘The 1967 act was preceded by the Bourne case of 1938, when a gynaecologist turned himself in having performed an abortion at St Mary’s Paddington on a 14-year-old girl who had been raped by several soldiers. (She had been turned away by St Thomas’s on the grounds she might be carrying a future prime minister.)’

We have a prime minister who is still in hock to the pro-life DUP. A report on abortion law in Northern Ireland, completed last year, is yet to be released because of the stasis in Stormont.

In a letter responding to Biggs’s article, writer Elizabeth Gabriel describes what happened after a condom failure when she was a student at Bristol before the Abortion Act: ‘I knew that I wasn’t ready to have a baby, so I tried jumping off tables (gingerly), taking scalding baths, drinking a lot of whisky. Then a friend gave us the name and number of a midwife in the docks who sometimes provided abortions to dockers’ wives whose husbands refused to use contraception.’ Legal minds will know whether that was technically an assault by a husband on a wife.

In court today, Lady Hale pounces on a contronym: she asks counsel if he is using the word ‘sanction’ to mean ‘permit rather than punish’. Contronyms have contradictory meanings, such as cleave and oversight. I am at the stage of life where I feel more keenly how quite a lot of things harbour their opposite, including life itself.

‘It’s an emergency,’ says the young woman asking the pharmacist in Boots for a continuation supply of the Pill without a prescription. The pharmacist and I glance at the self-conscious emergency himself, standing beside her. She gets her supply. True privilege is not knowing how privileged you are.

Counsel cites Lord Bingham on Pretty beneath his portrait

 'There's rue for you,' says Hamlet's Ophelia, handing out an abortifacient. Is she pregnant?

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Supreme Court: a shard of history
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05 October 2017

I wish I'd watched a recent episode of Coronation Street in which an artist breaches section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 by drawing live action inside one of the lower courts (i.e. not the Supreme Court, which doesn't sit in Weatherfield).

In real life, an artist has to draw such scenes from memory. This was not a plot line but a collective mistake. The subject of the picture is the alleged victim of sexual abuse so she would not be portrayed anyway, even from memory. It has led to complaints to Ofcom and apologies from Corrie chiefs.

This is Lady Hale's first session as President, joined by two of the three new Justices, Lady Black and Lord Lloyd-Jones. All is serene on the bench while courtroom nerves are about normal: just before the second half, a lawyer breaks a glass. Symbolists would say this represents a ceiling.

The usher emerges cheerfully from behind the scenes: 'Did someone make an impact in there? Everything OK? I've seen a lot worse.' He sorts everything out.

The appellant, who in 2010 was the first barrister to become a partner in a legal disciplinary practice, is here to observe. Daphne Evadne Portia O'Connor v Bar Standards Board asks whether, in a claim that a prosecution breaches human rights, the time limit for bringing proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 runs from the date of acquittal/conviction or the date on which any appeal is concluded. And was the High Court judge right to conclude, for the summary judgment application, that Portia O'Connor's claim of indirect discrimination under ECHR had a realistic prospect of success?

Counsel are softly-spoken. Lady Hale reminds them: 'The first duty of any advocate is to be heard,' adding that the microphones are mainly for recording and transmission, with only a small amount of amplification.

'I can't hear anything,' says the woman behind me. She adds, 'They are all beautiful,' referring to the row of students in front of us, and leaves.

Outside, another bench, another beginning.

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Bench pressing: 'Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity'
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03 October 2017
Are you bench-fit? There's a handy 'Am I Ready?' guide on the Judicial Appointments Commission website.

I picked up this tip in Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity (Routledge, £115) edited by Graham Gee and Erika Rackley. These essays by the great and good and their observers commemorate the tenth anniversary of the JAC. The writers spotlight key questions, such as the level to which judicial appointments should be political.

And what is merit? Sir Thomas Legg, former Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, writes: 'We appear to owe the concept of merit for public appointments originally to the Chinese Civil Service in the Qin and Han dynasties.' I would like a whole chapter on this, with sample exam papers and ink drawings of Confucius, but it is not to be.

Legg expresses doubt about lay members of selection committees: 'For many reasons, lay members are often likely to defer to their judicial colleagues in these decisions.' This is countered by Jenny Rowe, the first Chief Executive of the Supreme Court: 'The judges were always very respectful of these levels of expertise and welcomed the perspective offered by lay members. Indeed, in a situation where inevitably many of the applicants were known to the judges, the lay members were well placed to identify and probe issues which may not have been so apparent to those more familiar with their day to day work. There was no shortage of lively discussion and debate, and no question at all of the lay members being supine.'

Sadly, proof-reading budgets are slashed nowadays. For example, page 34, with its three references to the 'Prime Minster' [sic], sounds the Proof-Reader Attention Deficit Alert (PRADA), pointing to that trippy state in which subconscious urges to be skimming Vogue over-ride what you see. But cost-cutting doesn't allow for a second proof-reading and sometimes not even a first.

Sketch of Christopher Allan at Judicial Images workshop
Uncritically, I would say that the best bit of the book is Appendix IV - included in Amazon's free preview - which is about how I came to draw the cover illustration. I'm indebted to Christopher Allan, Court and Ceremonial Manager at Ede & Ravenscroft, for giving me a close-up view of the robes in his care, groomed like champion race-horses.

If you think you're hard enough for the bench, then - even without issues of diversity - you'll be interested in the matters this book raises.

Coda: if you prefer the soft and fluffy, may I recommend The Supreme Court: A Guide for Bears.
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The Supreme Court: a guide for bears
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08 September 2017

The fundamental decency of teddy bears should encourage reflection. They know how you treat the weak. You can’t escape a bear’s benign but probing gaze - particularly in the UK Supreme Court café, where the souvenir bears wait to graft themselves onto a suitable buyer. Unless, as Lord Neuberger mentions in the foreword of this book, they get half-inched by a passing VIP. That’s OK, these bears are soft power wherever they go.

As someone who occasionally draws from the court’s public seats, I get asked questions. This picture book (a children’s book for adults and vice versa) is a tangential way of answering some of them. At the beginning, the bears’ quest for judicial diversity makes them the victims of a graffiti campaign by some unkind heraldic beasts. I wouldn’t take that too seriously though.

For more conventional information, please consult the court’s literature, most of it free and some of it in several languages, and its comprehensive website.

They said it

“A charming guide for adults and children alike” – Joshua Rozenberg

“Filled with adorable artwork” – Estates Gazette

“Clever, funny, informative” – Ann McAllister, Judge

“Quirky yet serious… You laugh out loud and you learn a lot.” – Elizabeth Taylor and Phillip Taylor, barristers

Available from the UK Supreme Court, Avizandum, Blackwell's (Oxford), Daunt Books (Chelsea, Holland Park, Marylebone), Heffers, Heywood Hill, John Sandoe, Wildy & Sons, Amazon and me at £6.95 + postage if charged.

Each night your childhood bear, whether or not it still exists, in the loft or landfill or as disassembled molecules, seeks a wan comfort in crooning an old pop ballad to itself while it thinks of you. It likes Ray Davies’s demo version best.

 I go to sleep

 And imagine that

 You’re there

 With me

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Supreme Court: one for the road
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30 July 2017

Whisky. Horrid. Had some once. Never again. Some people like it so much that it kills them.

Attempts to find political solutions are charged; the agenda can change. I'm reminded of an upset from 2009 - here's a quote from The Guardian: 'Professor David Nutt, the government's chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.'

Over two days, starting on the anniversary of the forced abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, Scotch Whisky Association and others v The Lord Advocate and another asks whether the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 is incompatible with EU law and therefore unlawful under the Scotland Act 1998.

Over the road in the House of Commons, the merest mention of the ECJ can provoke boorish jeering and it's a relief to be in a more enlightened setting.

Should alcohol be subject to a minimum price of 50p per unit, which producers claim would make them less competitive? Or, as counsel asks at the beginning: 'Why not tax?' It's pointed out that Buckfast Tonic Wine, already more than 50p per unit, fuels a lot of crime.

There is passing mention of people who can afford 'a decent Burgundy from Waitrose' but the focus is on the one per cent of drinkers who are 'hazardous and harmful drinkers in poverty'.

You don't have to walk far from the court to meet street drinkers. Beyond the issue of price, tackling drunkenness involves looking at poverty, unemployment, deprivation, family breakdown, homelessness and mental illness. Once you've done volunteering stints somewhere like Crisis you don't just see a street-drinker shape: you look into a face and wonder if you've met that person.

William Hogarth's engraving from 1751, Gin Lane, depicts the plague of cheap spirits. The Gin Act of 1736, which raised taxes and attempted to impose licences on the legions of gin sellers, was widely flouted.

This is Lord Neuberger's last hearing as President but it's business as usual. There is no epoch-marking verbal posy presented to him by counsel - not while I'm in the courtroom, at least. Instead, there's a beginning: Philip Simpson QC finishes bang on lunchtime, saying: 'This has in fact been my first appearance before the Supreme Court or indeed the House of Lords and it's been a privilege to address you in this case.'

'Mr Simpson,' says Lord Neuberger, 'it may have been your first appearance here but you have timed your ending of your submissions extremely well.'

The President has set a swift pace and in the afternoon proceedings end with an hour in hand.

'The Court is now adjourned,' says Lord Neuberger.
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The Supreme Court: on tour in Edinburgh
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25 June 2017

'This fetch is looking good.'

'A bit of a zigzag here but they're on line most of the time.'

'I think that's one of the best drive turns we've seen.'

'If they do well over the rest of the course they should qualify for the Supreme…

‘Three hundred and thirty-eight points scored - he's through to the Supreme!’

Yes, I’ve been watching sheepdog trials on BBC Alba (in Gaelic with subtitles), reflecting that Lord Neuberger's 'Yup' could sound a bit like a Highland shepherd’s call.

The Supreme Court is playing to a full house in Edinburgh’s City Chambers, equipped with a sparkly new Instagram account and its travelling livery. The thistle in the court’s emblem seems more secure since the general election but the blue flax flower of Northern Ireland looks pale.

The home of Edinburgh City Council, City Chambers is an eighteenth century building with Victorian-Gothic/Celtic-twilight décor incorporating earnest cod-mediaeval scenes of Scottish history. The unavoidable Scott Monument looms outside.

There are a trio of local cases. Sadovska and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department considers where the burden of proof lies in an alleged marriage of convenience.

Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority v Elsick Development Company Limited is an intricate examination of planning obligations, compliance and jurisdiction.

Brown v The Scottish Ministers and others asks if recalled extended sentence prisoners should benefit from the duty under the European Convention on Human Rights to facilitate rehabilitation and release.

Counsel cites Lord Atkin’s question, "Who then, in law, is my neighbour?", a pillar of Donoghue v Stevenson known to all law students, even the drop-outs. We are close to the cradle of this litigation with its trail of known unknowns - e.g. what was the gender of May Donoghue’s friend? Was there actually a snail in the ginger beer bottle? The first hearing took place in the Court of Session just over the road in 1929.

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Supreme Court: something of the night
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17 May 2017

Today's case is about Soho sex shops but punters' eyes will glaze over: in R (on the application of Hemming (trading as Simply Pleasure Limited) and others) v Westminster City Council, is the council's scheme of charging fees for licensing sex shops permitted by Directive 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market, as implemented by the Provision of Services Regulations 2009?

The source of strife is how the council makes licence-holders subsidise the cost of dealing with unlicensed sex shops.

This case has bounced back from the European Court of Justice. 'We weren't anxious to come here, my Lord,' says Philip Kolvin QC. He is Chair of London's Night Time Commission, working to keep the city open all hours.

The nine interveners include the Bar Standards Board, the Law Society and, for reasons I am unable to explain but which may have something to do with rogue blacksmiths, the Farriers Registration Council.

On the bench, Lord Neuberger is a stranger to repose.

Counsel are going at breakneck speed - there's a lot to get through. Even so, the bench is lenient: 'I wonder if you are conceding that too readily,' muses Lord Reed, offering an opening.

'There's an air of Alice in Wonderland about all this though, isn't there,' says Lord Clarke.
'My Lord, with respect...' says Victoria Wakefield.
'Alice Through the Looking-Glass,' says Lord Neuberger.

On the way up to the courtroom this morning I glimpsed Lord Carnwath in a looking-glass as he entered a mirrored lift with a tennis racket on his back. The optical and philosophical possibilities would have kept Velázquez happy for months but I did not pursue this image and the doors closed.

When I worked in an office in daytime Soho, the sex industry was just one of many lattices laid over the area: it was possible not to see it at all. The last time I went to Soho was for the launch of a periodical called The Amorist which despite the title is stocked in WHSmith - forgive the plug but I'm in the first issue. I found myself talking to a woman with exquisite manners carrying a feather duster like the plumes on Louis XIV's bed ('I'm here as Cynthia Payne') who turned out to be Koo Stark.

Waiting for reinforcements on Parliament Sq...

Going into the courtroom...

Sorting out the bundles...

Taking a note of proceedings...

Coda: you are welcome to a law and art salon in London on 23 May. I'll be joined by intellectual property lawyer/organist Hubert  Best, crime writer/former criminal lawyer Frances Fyfield and artist Jacqueline Nicholls - details here.

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Concern for everything around you

Romprest tests the first hybrid truck in Eastern Europe, for waste management activities

04 octombrie 2012

Romprest, in partnership with Volvo and the District 1 City Hall, tests for the first time, both in Romania and Eastern Europe, the first hybrid truck technology - Volvo FE, dedicated to waste management services. Romprest wants to purchase, in the next period, several hybrid devices for current activities in Bucharest.

Volvo FE hybrid truck uses 30% less fuel, it is environmentally friendly, CO ₂ emissions are 30% lower and produces up to 50% less noise compared to a conventional diesel truck. Volvo FE will be used by Romprest both in waste management and street cleaning activities like - watering, spraying and mechanical sweeping.

“Waste management is a challenging field, where, in an effort to protect the environment, numerous innovations shall be made. We are very happy that together with our partners, Volvo and The District 1 City Hall, we bring for the first time in Romania and Eastern Europe, a hybrid truck dedicated to waste management activities. Volvo FE is tested in Bucharest to see its benefits, both for the population, by noise reduction and for the environment. After the trial period we will decide if we make the planned investment in purchasing more hybrid trucks, an investment estimated at around 3 million Euros”, says Marin Necula, Romprest CEO.

“Public health is essential for The District 1 City Hall! Therefore, in recent years we have developed a coherent strategy for environmental protection and elimination or limitation of the pollution sources in this administrative area. The extensive greening up program of District 1, the most modern waste selective collection center in the country, testing one of the most economical and less polluting waste management equipment on the market are some of the components of the strategy by which we aim to increase the quality of life for District 1 residents”, said Andrew Chiliman, Mayor of District 1.

Volvo FE is a parallel hybrid. The energy from the diesel engine and the electric motor can be used together or independently of each other. The system switches automatically between the two power sources. If the hybrid truck is driven in the first gear, the vehicle is powered solely by its electric motor. Later, when the vehicle accelerates, the diesel engine and the electric motor will work in parallel to optimize fuel consumption.
Depending on the duty cycle, Volvo FE Hybrid may reduce the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 20%. In addition, by using an electric compactor for waste collection trucks, the percentage may increase up to 30%.

The hybrid truck is powered by a 7-liter diesel engine, the latest generation, available in two versions of power, 300 hp and a torque of 1,160 Nm and respectively 340 hp and a torque of 1,300 Nm. The diesel engine works in tandem with an electric motor of 120 kw. Volvo FE is equipped with an automatic system of changing gear -Volvo I-Shift. The electric motor receives power from the last generation lithium-ion batteries.

“One of the core values of the Volvo Group is the care for the environment and over the years we have developed many alternative fuel solutions for commercial vehicles. Volvo FE Hybrid aroused great interest in Europe and I am very proud that we can offer this product to our customers in Romania. We test this equipment together with our traditional partner, Romprest, a company that shares the same interest in environmentally friendly solutions”, says Sigurd Wandel, Volvo Romania CEO.
Romprest has been working for over 10 years with Volvo, acquiring in this period over 250 equipments and accessories, investing over 50 million Euros. Romprest is currently the largest Eastern European Volvo customer for equipment with major environmental impact.

About Romprest

Romprest provides integrated facility management services, landscape architectural services, DDD (Deratization, Disinfection, Disinsection) and waste management services. With a team of over 6,000 employees, as a group, Romprest is one of the leading operators in the field. The company serves over 48 local councils and over 5,000 businesses in Bucharest and in the country.

Volvo's hybrid technology

In 1985 the Volvo Group started developing the hybrid technology. And in 1995 it was presented the first concept of green truck (ECT-Environmental Concept Truck) powered by a gas turbine and an electric motor. In 2009 -2010 the first trucks were tested in the waste management field and distribution in UK, France and the Netherlands. Since 2011 it has begun the series production for the Volvo FE Hybrid.

Romprest sustine Let's Do It Romania, si in 2011!

Let's Do It Romania!, campanie de curatenie generala la nivelul tarii, aflata la cea de-a doua editie in Romania, se doreste un succes la nivel national si in 2011. Comunitatea Let's Do It, World! a pornit de la iniţiativa Estoniei, ţara care a lansat in 2008 conceptul de curăţenie în toată ţara, într-o singură zi. După Estonia şi alte ţări au preluat ideea, iar acţiunea s-a transformat intr-o adevărată mişcare socială. Peste 1 350 000 participanţi au luat parte la proiect în întreaga lume până în prezent: • Estonia (2008): 50.000 de voluntari – ţara de origine • Letonia: 50 000 (2008), 110 000 (2009), 150 000 (2010) • Lituania: 6000 (2008) 100 000 (2009) 200 000 (2010) • Portugalia (2010): 110 000 de voluntari • Slovenia (2010): 275 000 de voluntari • România (2010): 200 000 de voluntari • New Delhi, India (2010): 50 000 de voluntari • Kerala, India (2010 [...]

Romprest caută colaboratori pentru deszăpezire 2017-2018

01 noiembrie 2017

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Refreshe Root Beer: Store Brand on a Snow Day

Having recently moved from Nevada an Ohio Snow Day comes too fast.... regardless of when it arrives!!!!  Our Snow Day landed at the outset of the new year...... kids everywhere were overjoyed with the gift of no school and fluffy snow.  I on the other hand longed for my warm memories of Las Vegas.   As I searched for comfort I quickly discovered a brew within my stash that reminded me of those blessed hot days in the desert valley..... a store brand no less.

Safeway is a rather large western grocery store that dots towns in Nevada, California, and Arizona.... in fact I have even seen these stores in other states including Delaware.   While visiting a Safeway back in the west I discovered yet another store brand, "refreshe" not sure what they were going for by departing from our modern English spelling but they get an "A" for unique name....

As my mind pondered the warm memories of the desert sun I chilled my store brew in the 6 inches of snow just outside my front door.  After an hour the brew was ready for review......

As store brands go this one lived up to its name, it was rather refreshing during this cold winter day.  It was just what I needed to pass the time between shoveling my back porch and my front sidewalk.... granted there is just about a million things I would rather do than shovel this cold wet stuff but drinking root beer was well on the top of the list.   The brew was rather sweet with a splash of vanilla creaminess but mostly it covered my palate with fluffy flakes of root beer extract.   It was a solid root beer, no real frills, cheap, tasty...... far better than snow... on any day but Christmas!!!!
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Forgive me Brother, for I have Sinned

It has been far too long since my last post.  In addition to this transgression, I have neglected a promise to review the "Purely Natural" root beer from my friends at Thomas Kemper. Adam sent this to me because he knows how much of a dedicated fan of TK I am. He scored this limited (and no longer produced brew) from our pal Eric.  I, of course will get to the details of this review later but will continue on with explaining myself for yet another moment.

There are reasons for my recent and long termed departure. First and foremost, I had been previously occupied with writing my dissertation which tied up about 98.789% of my time for about a year or so. When Adam had given me the bottle, it was April. I thought I had the time but I guess from the present date, I apparently did not. That is the end of the excuses. Here is the reason and the review.

This stuff was quite possibly the WORST (with the exception of the Amish  yeast-brew) I have ever had. Thank all things holy that they do not make it anymore. Seriously. It not only threatened my most esteemed opinion of Thomas Kemper (don't worry guys we're cool), but nearly turned me away from Root Beer altogether. Well, that and a little red headed boy's obsession with Orange soda.

This stuff was fruity in a kind of vile and disgusting way. The only thing purely natural about this stuff is that it appeared to have "naturally" passed through someone's urinary tract without the aid of any flavor improving chemicals. There was an aftertaste that lasted longer than it took for the rest of it to go down the drain ( I gave it to the kids).

After consuming this Root Beer, I entered a sort of fugue. I drank the last of my home brew and perhaps made another at the request of my children; but the distancing of me and the fabled concoction had begun. It was official, I was turned off. And it would take a seemingly divine intervention to restart the engine.

Enter my little man. My four year old son loves him some Orange Soda. He believes in its power to maintain the redness/orangeness of his (and my) hair. Since my brief and unholy encounter had struck my RB senses numb, I had began cheating on my sweet lady. He and I began having more than our fair share of the sinful citrus nectar.

Time passed, we relocated and the home-keg was drained and packed away. We moved to central Virginia and I began having a tryst with the fountain of Orange Fanta in the lunchroom at the new workplace. Then, one evening after class, I had stopped in to get something to drink at a local gas station when I walked into the door, I saw and heard an old friend. A 20oz bottle of the standard was trying its old lines. It was time I gave in. I took a drink on the way to the counter and before I had gotten out to the car, I threw the empty bottle away. I had never chugged and loved so sweetly, so quickly, so perfectly. A belch or ten later and I was back off the wagon.

The boy still likes his Orange soda. That may never change. I still like one myself every now and then. But only when I am lonely. I tried a local taste at a microbrew (more on that soon). And soon I will get a water filter so I can get back to brewing my own. Since I am writing less these days, I will get back on the stick.

Here is the lowdown: Gross, .5 mug for no HFCS, .5 for glass and .5 for an old friend, TK. Don't change guys, it ain't worth it.


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Update: January 25, 2018

We have taken the RootsWeb Mail system offline for the next few weeks so that we can upgrade the Mailman system. Mailman is the software which runs the mailing lists. While the system is down, you will not be able to send or receive email. We thank you for your patience.

Update: January 23, 2018

Great news on the progress of getting RootsWeb back online. Today, we are bringing WorldConnect, one of our most valued features, back online. As we make WorldConnect available, it will initially be in a read only state. You can now search for people and view information as you did in the past; but for now, we cannot accept new uploads or modifications to existing GEDCOM files. We expect to add this additional functionality in the coming weeks.

Also, here are answers to a few questions we’ve heard from the community:

Why is this taking so long? RootsWeb has many terabytes of data uploaded by users across its various features. The site also has hundreds of thousands of lines of code. We have been scanning the data using a variety of tools, and that takes time. We’ve also been examining the code and the underlying systems. Some code is being refurbished, and some will need to be more fully rewritten to add the layers of security needed in this day and age. We know it may be frustrating, but we are committed to returning data to you in a safe manner.

Have you found any other security problems? We haven’t found any other problems, but we want to thoroughly update systems to ensure the safety of your information.

Is Ancestry going to start charging for RootsWeb? Ancestry is not going to start charging for RootsWeb. When functionality returns to the site, you will still be able to view content for free.

I’ve heard not everything is coming back online, is that true? We will be returning WorldConnect and Mailing Lists back to their full functionality. Other features are still being evaluated. In cases where we are unable to bring back previous functionality or content, we will explore ways for people who uploaded data to retrieve it if we don’t feel we can put it back online safely.

Care to share your thoughts with us?

Update: January 9, 2018

We have spent the last few weeks reviewing the functionality on RootsWeb and have created a plan to bring many of your contributions back online over the next few months. As we stated before, our first priority is security, and ensuring that every part of RootsWeb meets our stringent security standards. Our next priority is getting you, the users of RootsWeb and its services, access to your content.

Right now, the best way for us to meet both goals is to begin bringing portions of RootsWeb back online in a read-only state. This means you will have access to content, but you will not be able to load new content in these sections. While this may not be ideal, it is the best way for us to protect RootsWeb users while also providing the ability to use the content you value. This is an interim step while we continue to evaluate the potential for bringing more of the RootsWeb services back online in a more complete manner.

Here’s our current plan:

Hosted Web Sites: Soon we will begin bringing Hosted Web Sites back online. We will start with a few hundred and then add more over time, giving us a chance to scan the content.

Family Trees/WorldConnect: Family Trees or WorldConnect allows you to upload a GEDCOM file and publish it for others to see. It is currently being reviewed by our software engineers and security team and we plan on having a read-only, searchable version up in the next few weeks. The ability to upload new GEDCOM files will be available in the coming months.

Mailing Lists: Mailing Lists have been functioning as normal, but the archives have been unavailable. We plan to make the archives available to you once we have WorldConnect available to you in a readable version.

We will be making decisions about other functionality over time.

We appreciate your patience as we bring the different pieces of RootsWeb back online in a secure manner. You, our contributors and viewers, are what has made RootsWeb the vibrant free genealogy community it is.

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Monday, March 11, 2013

A New Challenge Blog!

I am so OVER-THE-TOP excited to tell you about a new challenge blog - Rose Blossom Garden!  You have visited our blog hops and know just what kind of creativity there is when it comes to my Rose Blossom team!  Head over to the challenge blog and read what it's about!  We'd love for you to follow and play along with us!

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Last week I had the privilege of participating in the fall meeting of the Business Advisory Council of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, and I came away with an even greater appreciation for the outstanding things that are happening there.

Last week I had the privilege of participating in the fall meeting of the Business Advisory Council of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, and I came away with an even greater appreciation for the outstanding things that are happening there.

As you may remember from previous comments, CHSAS is a magnet school in the Chicago Public School district that first opened its doors in September 1985. Its goal is to offer students talented in science and math pathways to opportunities in various agricultural disciplines.

CPS students apply for a limited number of openings at CHSAS — initially at 600 students (150 per grade level), the school is now expanding classes to 180 per grade level. This year’s 3,041 applicants for the 180 freshman openings are an indicator of the integrity and reputation of this institution.

Students complete basic course offerings and initial ag classes in their first two years as they prepare to embark on one of six ag pathways in their junior/senior years — horticulture science, animal science, ag mechanics, ag finance, food science, and the newly added ag education. The school boasts a 95 percent attendance rate, and test scores have continued an upward trend in this college preparatory environment.

At the Sept. 18 meeting, we heard from dozens of students who completed a variety of fascinating summer internships and special study opportunities, including Chicago State University’s aquaponics program, community garden programs, Quaker Foods, Eli’s Cheesecake, Cal Poly University and more. Career fairs, job shadowing, educational partnerships and other topics filled the balance of the meeting.

The advisory board includes Marc Shulman (CEO of Eli’s Cheesecake), WGN Radio broadcaster Orion Samuelson, Illinois Director of Agriculture Bob Flider, state Sen. Bill Cunningham and a diverse mix of interested supporters.

Stephenson County Farm Bureau is exploring some partnering opportunities with CHSAS including job shadowing, and I look forward to rejoining this group for the spring meeting at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show where the students always have an incredible horticultural and floral display.

Cultivating our AAL relationship
While in Chicago, I also had the chance to have lunch with our new adopted legislator, Rep. Fran Hurley, whose district overlaps CHSAS. She shared the positive comments received from those in attendance for our “Day in the Country” trip to Stephenson County with a busload of her constituents on Sept. 7, and we discussed a number of ideas for future interaction both in her district and with future trips here.

The Illinois Farm Bureau’s Adopt-a-Legislator program, now in its 12th year, has paired 72 urban legislators from Cook and the collar counties with county farm bureaus to help promote advocacy for ag issues in Springfield while expanding understanding of the unique issues of each area. We are very excited about our new partnership and look forward to many rewarding new experiences.

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My wife, Andrea, and I traveled to Morton Illinois on Sept. 14 to run in the Pumpkin Festival 10K race, my first race of that length (6.2 miles). I was apprehensive as I had not been able to train much in recent weeks and had never run more than 4.25 miles previously, but when I crossed the finish line at full speed, I was thrilled that I had not only finished but had run my best pace ever.

My first three mile splits were progressively the quickest I’d run. I beat my previous 5k best by a minute, and most importantly, I felt GREAT. I now look forward to cheering on Andrea at her first half marathon in a few weeks, and I’m anxious for my next outing.

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As 89th District state Rep. Jim Sacia prepares to step down after 10 years of outstanding service to the constituents of northwest Illinois, we welcome his very competent successor, Freeport businessman Brian Stewart. Stewart has a diverse and accomplished resume and brings a keen business acumen and strong connections to the job. He will assume the seat on Oct. 1 and will serve through 2014, at which time he will likely run for election to the seat.

I’ve had the privilege of working with Stewart in various circles, and I am confident that he will represent the district with the utmost of integrity and commitment. We wish Sacia the very best in all his future endeavors and hope that our paths cross frequently, as he has been a fixture for my entire time here in Stephenson County.
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The Stephenson County Health Department will be conducting a well-sealing demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 10 a.m. at the Park Hills Golf Course Maintenance Facility at 2892 W. Stephenson St. in Freeport. Attendees will observe an abandoned well being properly sealed by a licensed well driller, and they will also receive a free radon kit and information on radon hazards. No registration is required, and you can call 815-599-0344 for more information.

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The Bitter Tears' "Jam Tarts" will Warm Winter Nights

A Vibrant New Album: I imagine it goes without saying that I listen to a lot of albums. That said, "love at first listen" is a decidedly rare occurrence - I doubt it happens more than four times a year. The alt-country stirrings and diverse influences on "Jam Tarts in the Jakehouse" the sophomore album from Chicago's The Bitter Tears (March 3 on Carrot Top) made it easy to fall for this upbeat and quirky record.

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March 3 on Carrot Top Records

Jam Tarts gives us a rock-country flavored album spiced with a dash of south-of-the-border. A couple of the songs ("Starlight" and "Worthless Sleeze") even have a Squirrel Nut Zippers vibe. (On other tracks we hear elements of Cracker and Of Montreal!) Its just these kind of vibrant, shining moments, strung together that makes summer seem not so far away.

The Bitter Tears are Alan Scalpone (vocals, guitar, brass, woodwinds), Michael McGinley (vocals, brass, strings), Bill Borton (drums), John Leonard (piano) and Greg Norman (vocals, guitar, trombone). Besides the astounding number of instruments, much of what you read about them is that their live shows are "really something". Apparently their last tour involved a fair number of wedding dresses being worn. Reviewers also frequently threw around the term "vaudevillian" in describing their performance which suggests a pretty entertaining show.

This is a great CD, pick it up March 3rd.

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Low-Wage Work in Germany

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In recent years, the German government has intentionally expanded the low-wage work sector in an effort to reduce exceptionally high levels of unemployment. As a result, the share of the German workforce employed in low-paying jobs now rivals that of the United States. Low Wage Work in Germany examines both the federal policies and changing economic conditions that have driven this increase in low-wage work. The new “mini-job” reflects the federal government’s attempt to make certain low-paying jobs attractive to both employers and employees. Employers pay a low flat rate for benefits, and employees, who work a limited number of hours per week, are exempt from social security and tax contributions. Other factors, including slow economic growth, a declining collective bargaining system, and the influx of foreign workers, also contribute to the growing incidence of low-wage work. Yet while both Germany and the United States have large shares of low-wage workers, German workers receive health insurance, four weeks of paid vacation, and generous old age support—benefits most low-wage workers in the United States can only dream of. The German experience offers an important opportunity to explore difficult trade-offs between unemployment and low-wage work.

GERHARD BOSCH is professor of sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

CLAUDIA WEINKOPF is deputy director of the Institute for Work, Skills, and Training at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Amongst other outdoor entertainment features, a fire pit or fire place can be very entertaining… This is one option you should consider whenever your planing your outdoor living space. Fire features are not only a great focal point, but may also define the theme and mood of any occasion.

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1846 – Antonio Abetti was born on June 19, 1846 in San Pietro di Gorizia, then Gorz, Italy.

1867 – He received a degree in mathematics and engineering from the University of Padua.

1868 – Abetti was a civil engineer but turned his interest to astronomy after a year he became a civil engineer. He became director of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri and a professor at the University of Florence.

1874 – He was part of an expedition led by Pietro Tacchini to observe a transit of Venus with a spectroscope. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and the Royal Astronomical Society.

1893 – He worked at the local observatory as an astronomer.

1921 – In 1921, aged 75, he had to retire but continued his researches at the observatory.

1928 – He died in Arcetri (Florence) on the February 20, 1928.

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Day of Coordination fee is priced at a flat rate of $750. 50% deposit due upon booking your date. In the event of cancellation, $200 of your deposit is non-refundable. The balance is due one week prior to the wedding.  Additional time beyond our day of guidelines will be billed at $75/hour.  For receptions held in center city Philadelphia please add an additional $150.  References are available upon request.

While I did not get my dress from Sabrina Ann, I did use them for Day Of Coordination services for my wedding. I cannot recommend Rachel highly enough! She made our wedding day feel seamless – filling in all of the blanks that would otherwise have been missed. When we unexpectedly had rain on our wedding day, Rachel worked with our caterer to move our ceremony and dinner plans from outside to inside. She had an emergency kit that was really helpful – sewing a button onto my husband’s suit and providing heel pads and band aids to the wedding party when needed. Rachel also helped us stick to our timeline, making sure that the ceremony started on time, that the speeches were given, and that everything else we wanted was done. Rachel was also great to work with before the wedding – she was always prompt and responsive to all of my questions, even when they seemed out of the realm of her job. She helped me to find a seamstress to press my dress as well as a cleaner for after the wedding, in addition to all of her assistance on the day of our wedding. The best part of working with Rachel was knowing that I didn’t have to worry about any of the details on our wedding day – she just made sure everything happened when it was supposed to. It gave me great peace of mind. I would highly recommend working with Rachel or another Day of Coordinator from Sabrina Ann.
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Aloo Rasedar (no onion no garlic recipe)

Aloo Rasedar ~ North Indian Food (Uttar Pradesh style)

puri aloo rasedar sabzi
Puri served with Rasedar Aloo ki Sabzi

Who doesn’t love Puri Bhaji? It is India’s most loved indulgent vegetarian North Indian breakfast fare. The mere sight of Puri Bhaji is enough to set my spirits high and comfort my soul especially on a rainy or gloomy day. I do indulge myself and my family to a plate of puri bhaji every now and then and I also like to try out different versions of the potato curry to go with puri especially those that do not require too much work. One particular potato curry that has caught my fancy in the recent past that requires no onion and no garlic is Aloo Rasedar. It was during a weekend visit to a family friend’s home that I learnt about Aloo Rasedar. My friend tells me that she learnt this North Indian style potato curry from her mother in law who belongs to Uttar Pradesh and it is served with puri in their home. She also mentioned that back at her in-laws home town, each home cook gives her own twist to the versatile Aloo Rasedar and the mix of spices might differ. There is also another version which calls for tomato puree which I’m told is delectable and the addition of matar aka green peas makes it irresistable. My friend was kind enough to share with me the recipe of aloo sabzi that is served with Kachori. I am looking forward to make it during the winter days.

Aloo Rasedar is a simple recipe with an eclectic mix of fragrant spices that perk up the wet sabzi. The only preparation work involved is boiling the potatoes and in less than 15 minutes, you have a simple yet flavorful rasedar aloo ki sabzi ready to be served with warm puffed up puris. Do try Rasedar Aloo the next time you venture to make Puri Bhaji for your family. Let me tell you that it is an addictively comforting meal! 🙂

aloo rasedar
Aloo Rasedar

Aloo Rasedar (no onion no garlic)

  Prepare time:
 Serves: 5

 Main Ingredients:

  •  potato

  •   Potatoes - 3, large, boiled and peeled
  •   Red chili powder - 1 tsp
  •   Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  •   Roasted cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
  •   Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsps
  •   Fennel seed powder - 3/4 tsp
  •   Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
  •   Kasuri methi - 1 tsp, crushed
  •   Salt to taste
  •   For tempering/poppu/tadka:
  •   Oil - 1 tbsp
  •   Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
  •   Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  •   Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
  •   Asafoetida - pinch (optional)
  •   Dry red chilis - 1 or 2, tear and de-seed (optional)

Method for making Aloo Rasedar (no onion no garlic)

In a bowl, crumble two boiled and peeled potatoes into pieces using your fingers. Mash the other potato and keep aside the bowl.
In another small bowl, add red chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, saunf powder and garam masala powder and 2 tbsps of water. Mix well and keep aside.
Heat oil in a cooking vessel or kadai. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. Add the cumin and methi seeds and allow the seeds to turn red. Add red chilis and asafoetida and saute for few seconds.
Add crushed kasuri methi and the spice mixture and give it a good stir. Immediately add the crumbled potatoes and mashed potatoes and mix well with rest of the contents in the vessel.
Add a cup of water and salt to taste and simmer with lid till your achieve the gravy you desire. Turn off flame and remove to a serving bowl. Serve warm with puris.

  •   Asafoetida is optional. You can add 1/2" minced ginger at the time of tempering.
  •   You can add 1/2 tbsp ghee and 1/2 tbsp oil for tempering.
  •   For a runny gravy, add more water.
  •   You can garnish with fresh coriander.

Aloo Rasedar recipe, a gem among many styles of Uttar Pradesh aloo recipes with no onion and no garlic. Puri Rasedar Aloo ki sabzi , best North Indian food.
  • Manasa Murty

    YUm…definitely making this soon

    • basudev kutumb

      i loved the recipe it was very nice to taste ..thank you fof this recipe.

  • Anil Reddy

    Perfect Indian recipes guide, thanks for sharing. Jonna Rotte is the best combination for this recipe.

  • usha thyagaraj

    I tried this today.. came out very delicious, my hubby loved this. Thanks for Sailu….

  • Yasmin Malik

    i tried this just now, its brilliant! my family liked it alot! Thanks for this awesome recipe!

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