STATEN ISLAND, NY – October 30, 2018: Today, the Energy Department of the Archdiocese of New York along with five parishes joined Con Edison Solutions, one of America's leading energy services companies, and students from Blessed Sacrament School to launch a renewable energy pilot program. As part of the initiative, five parishes, including Blessed Sacrament, St. Clare, and St. Patrick on Staten Island and St. Ann and St. Anthony in Yonkers have installed rooftop solar arrays which will collectively generate approximately 700,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity through 1,717 solar panels. Photos from today's event can be found below.
The Archdiocese's initiative is in accordance with the appeals made by Pope Francis in 2015 in his second encyclical, On Care for Our Common Home ( Laudato Si'). In the encyclical, the pontiff called upon people all over the world to take unified action to fight global warming, practice responsible development, and protect the planet. Through these five solar projects, the Archdiocese of New York is doing its part to adopt environmentally-friendly programs while meeting its obligation to help its parishes run as economically as possible by significantly lowering energy costs.
On average, each solar project will provide approximately 50 percent of a parish's annual energy needs. Each parish has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Con Edison Solutions. Under the agreement, Con Edison Solutions will install, own, operate, and maintain the solar projects allowing the parishes to reduce energy costs by approximately 25 percent on average over the next two decades.
The Archdiocese of New York is also working with Con Edison Solutions on potential community solar projects at other parishes, schools, and other institutions in the archdiocese.
The Archdiocese of New York selected Con Edison Solutions through a competitive procurement process that included more than 10 solar developers. The two organizations have been working collaboratively since January 2017 to finalize the elements of the pilot program.
This solar energy initiative is part of a much larger energy program being led by the Energy Department of the Archdiocese of New York which includes several energy conservation efforts like energy audits, LED lighting upgrades, upgrades to higher efficiency heating and cooling options, tightening the building envelope and more efficient energy procurement.
The Archdiocese of New York serves the religious, spiritual, and pastoral, needs of Catholics throughout Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, and Dutchess Counties. It comprises 288 parishes, 212 schools, and more than 90 Catholic Charities agencies, serving people of all faiths and religious backgrounds.
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The ultimate Mount Kilimanjaro trek giving the best possible chance of reaching the elusive summit.
A successful ascent of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is achievable by any fit trekker. We have carefully researched the best way to increase your chances of succeeding on Kilimanjaro, which is essentially a summit that is achievable by any reasonably fit trekker. Without a doubt acclimatisation is the key and by climbing Mount Meru first and then by following one of the longer routes up Kilimanjaro, you dramatically increase your chances of success.
Mount Meru is a spectacular mountain in its own right and an excellent acclimatisation trek and preparation for the climb up Kilimanjaro. It is also an interesting contrast to Kilimanjaro, being situated in the Arusha National Park, home to leopards, giraffe, zebra and buffalo to name but a few of the animals that you will hopefully encounter on your trek up Meru's lower slopes. After a gradual start, Meru is an exciting scramble to the top, with a dramatic ridge walk and stupendous views of Kilimanjaro and the Tanzanian plains way below.
Kilimanjaro by contrast, is a vast mountain with several summits, arising out of the plains of northern Tanzania. It is a slow, steady walk to the top and your guide will rightly advise you to go 'pole, pole' (slowly, slowly), and if you do so, with our carefully designed itinerary to maximise acclimatisation, you will have the best possible chance of reaching the summit. The Lemosho route climbs through beautiful, peaceful forest to reach the Shira plateau, before walking around and gradually up the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro to the high camp at Barafu. From here your final ascent will start in the early hours of the morning and it is a long, steady climb to the crater rim at Stella Point at 5,752m/18,980ft. Once you have reached Stella Point, the gradient becomes easier for the walk up to the summit, Uhuru Peak. Standing at 5,895m/19,340ft, watching the sun rise over the African plains, and the icy glaciers and peaks of Kilimanjaro gradually coming into view is a tremendous thrill, and the perfect conclusion to your Kilimanjaro trekking holiday. Not only will you go home with wonderful memories and photos but you'll also receive a certificate to prove your summit success.
Thousands of mountain lovers undertake a Kilimanjaro trek (affectionately known as "Kili") on holiday every year, and Mountain Kingdoms provides a Kilimanjaro trek that gives you the best possible chance of reaching the summit.
You may have heard that there are national park fees to pay for climbing Kilimanjaro and Meru. Please note that these are included in your trek price, and there are no extras to pay on entering any parks.
Meal arrangements: All meals where stated are included. 12 breakfasts, 12 lunches & 12 dinners.
Fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Drive to Arusha National Park. Start trek up Mount Meru. Ascend to Saddle Hut.
Summit Mount Meru for sunrise, 4,556m/14,947ft. Descend to Miriakamba Hut.
Drive to Kilimanjaro. Trek to Shira 1.
Trek to Shira 2 and on to the Great Barranco Valley.
Trek to Barafu via Karanga Camp.
Ascend Mount Kilimanjaro, 5895m/19,340ft. Descend to Millenium Camp.
Trek to park gate. Drive to hotel and fly to London.
Depart UK for your flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Day 2 - Arrive in Kilimanjaro. Group transfer to lodge.
You will be met on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel, about an hour's drive from the airport. The hotel is set is stunningly beautiful gardens, and there are extensive grounds. Weather permitting you should get good views of Mount Meru from the lodge.
Day 3 - Drive to Arusha National Park. Start trek up Mount Meru, 2,514m/8,248ft - 5 hours.
You will be picked up in the morning by your guide for the one hour drive to the entrance of the Arusha National Park. There is an excellent view of your objective, the dramatic and rocky, Mount Meru from this spot. The half hour drive from here to the Momella Gate should give you glimpses of some of the diverse range of animals that you will be seeing over the next few days, including zebra, buffalo, giraffe and warthogs. At the Momella gate, 1,514m/4,975ft, you will meet your ranger and start the trek. The path is a well-graded track, winding gently uphill through pristine forest, with clearings, waterfalls and hopefully with plentiful sightings of animals. You will stop for lunch, possibly at Fig Tree Arch before continuing uphill to the Kitoto viewpoint with amazing views of the Momella Lakes to the east and the Ngurdoto crater. This area is home to giraffe and leopards. After a short descent you reach the Miriakamba hut.
Day 4 - Ascend to Saddle Hut, 3,570m/11,713ft - 5 hours.
The start of your walk today is uphill through beautiful forest. The path is very well-maintained and, after a couple of hours (and hopefully spectacular views of Kilimanjaro), you reach Elephant Point. This is an excellent place to stop and admire the views of the crater plain that you crossed yesterday and which is now way below. The path continues to zigzag up the ridge and then the flank of the mountain, with gradual changes in vegetation as you reach the alpine zone. You will get your first sightings of heather, senecio and if you are lucky chameleons, in this region. After a break at the Saddle Hut, you can walk to the top of Little Meru 3,820m/12,533ft, improving your acclimatisation. It will be an early night before your very early morning start up Mount Meru tomorrow.
Day 5 - Summit Mount Meru, 4,556m/14,947ft - 8 hours. Descend to Miriakamba Hut, 2,514m/8,248ft.
Your guide will wake you up in the very early hours for your start up Mount Meru. (This is excellent practice for Kilimanjaro). The aim will be to reach a good viewpoint on Mount Meru for the sunrise. The trek starts gradually, crossing the saddle before reaching a ridge at Rhino Point. The path then climbs to follow the edge of the crater rim. After 3 or 4 hours you reach the first of several false summits, and the final scramble to the top comes not a minute too soon. You return by the same route to the mountain hut, where you will have lunch before descending to 2,514m/8,248ft for the night.
Day 6 - Descend to Park Gate, 1,514m/4,960ft - 3 hours.
After the efforts of the previous three days, you have a pleasant walk back down to the park gate today. This follows a different route from the ascent and is a stunningly beautiful walk through parkland hopefully containing much wildlife. Amongst the many animals you may well see close by are baboons, giraffe, warthogs, and buffalo. A short detour takes you to the Tululusia Falls for a break before you walk across the plain at the bottom of the mountain. Your vehicle will meet you at the park gate before a one hour drive back to the hotel.
Day 7 - Drive to Kilimanjaro - 3-4 hours. Trek to Shira 1 Camp, 3,505m/11,499ft - 1-2 hours.
After breakfast your Kilimajaro guide will meet you at your hotel for a pre-trek briefing after which you will drive to Londorossi Gate at the National Park's western entrance. The gate is set right on the edge of beautiful forest and it is here that you will meet your trek crew and porters. After signing the book it is a short drive up a muddy track, past fields of potatoes and carrots, to the start of the trek. The path sets off climbing gradually through thick forest, full of birds and black and white Colobus monkey and the more common blue monkeys. After only a couple of hours you will reach your camp for the night.
Day 8 - Trek to Shira 2 Camp, 3,840m/12,598ft - 4 hours. Acclimatisation trek towards Lava Tower Camp.
Day 9 - Trek to Great Barranco Valley, 3,985m/13,074ft - 6-8 hours.
The route to the Great Barranco Valley today is via the Lava Tower. It is a steady walk uphill, around huge lava blocks and through sparse vegetation to reach the Lava Tower 4,640m/15,223ft, a huge block on the end of a cliff. There is a cold and windswept campsite here, but you will just have a lunch stop before descending to the Great Barranco Valley. The valley is a lovely spot, with giant lobelia and senecio and the magnificent views of the Heim Glacier, Kili's southern face and the Western breach. You will also be able to view your route up the Great Barranco wall tomorrow.
Day 10 - Trek to Karanga Camp, 4,040m/13,254ft - 4-5 hours. Acclimatisation walk.
Day 11 - Trek to Barafu Camp, 4,640m/15,223ft - 4-5 hours. Acclimatisation hike.
Day 12 - Ascend Kilimanjaro, via Stella Point, 5,895m/19,340ft - 7-8 hour trek. Descend to Millennium Camp, 3,820m/12,533ft - 2-4 hours.
Day 13 - Trek to Mweka Park Gate, 1,640m/5,381ft - 4-5 hours. Drive to hotel.
Day 14 - At leisure. Group transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport and fly to London.
Day 15 - Arrive UK.


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GreenPoint Offers Online Tool
GreenPoint Mortgage introduces a new online loan monitoring tool for the 18,000 mortgage brokers.
GreenPoint Mortgage, a leading national lender in non-conforming residential mortgages, has introduced a new online loan monitoring tool for the 18,000 mortgage brokers it works with in the continental United States.
Called Pipeline Manager, the new service was rolled out in July after being piloted with a limited number of brokers in northern California. Updated every 15 minutes, it provides 24-hour-a-day monitoring services exclusively for mortgage brokers through www.greenmort.com.
The service, which took six months to build, was created by GreenPoint's in-house technology team, according to David Anderson, vice president, Internet business development at GreenPoint Mortgage, a Novato, Calif.-based subsidiary of $13 billion GreenPoint Financial Corp. "Our technicians created all the codes, software, the queries and the replication process," he said. "It runs off of a Sun Microsystems server."
Twenty branches across the country transmit loan application information to an Oracle database. GreenPoint Mortgage replicates, or takes a snapshot, of the database and pushes that information out to the Web site. "This method prevents hacking and security problems," Anderson explained. At the Web site, brokers access four real-time reports provided by the mortgage company concerning their loans. In order to access the reports, each broker has an ID and password, which ensures confidentiality.
The Pipeline Summary report gives each broker the complete summary of all loans submitted with such information as: loan amounts, rates, rebates, lock expiration, and a list of the most recently funded, canceled, or denied loans.
The Loan Status report provides the status of each loan as well as its underwriting conditions. Anderson pointed out that it's important brokers understand these conditions so the loan can be approved.
The Loan Data Review allows brokers to check for details on the loan. A broker must be careful that the name is spelled correctly, and the address and phone number are correct. This report also shows pricing information and fees for each loan.
The Mail Tracking report provides added value for the brokers working with GreenPoint Mortgage, Anderson said. This report is also a to-do list. For example, on a particular loan, the broker may be asked to provide verification of employment. However, this report has another advantage because it allows brokers to know when the report was logged into the system as well as who has the report.
"We are in the information sharing business, and we want to make it as easy as possible for brokers to do business with us," said Anderson.
In the past, information was shared through the fax machine and phone. The Web is a more efficient way to move information in a secure manner. "Pipeline Manager allows a broker to know almost as soon as we do that a loan has certain conditions so the broker can notify the customer," said Anderson.
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Hello, just wanted to discuss a little about what I have been working on. Have been designing an add on for Gruntz .it is more of a campaign system for small scale gaming in the Gruntz setting of Heliopause. The working title is Outpost Security Force...or OSF for short. In it you will assume command of a small squad/ platoon of mercs responsible for providing security for a corporate outpost on a wild mining planet. 95% of the rules will be Gruntz, so ownership of Gruntz rules is necessary. It is primarily a solo campaign system, of man to man skirmish using the rich heliopause setting as a backdrop. There is character progression....and best of all...if it ever gets playable it will be a free download.
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Gasmask head packs combined with khurasan Paraguayan squad from his Chaco wars range in historical minis. I really like the way these guys turned out, inspiration for this came from lead adventure minis range of post apocalyptic minis by ratnik.
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ByFred Lay
Energy giant Shell said Tuesday that it will quit purchasing Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations, aviation fuels and different tasks in the country in the midst of worldwide strain for organizations to disavow over the invasion of Ukraine.
The company said in a proclamation that it would pull out from every single Russian hydrocarbons, including raw petroleum, oil based goods, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, "in a staged way."
The decision comes as surging oil prices have been rattling global markets and days after Ukraine's foreign minister criticized Shell for continuing to buy Russian oil, lashing out at the company for continuing to do business with President Vladimir Putin's government.
"We are keenly conscious that our choice last week to buy a freight of Russian unrefined petroleum to be refined into items like petrol and diesel – in spite of being made with security of provisions at the front of our reasoning – was not the right one and we are grieved," CEO Ben van Beurden said.
He said benefits from the organization's "limited, outstanding measures of Russian oil" would go to an asset for aid ventures for Ukrainians.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had been told Shell "discreetly" purchased the oil Friday and engaged people in general to pressure the organization and other international firms to stop such purchases.
"One question to Shell: doesn't Russian oil smell (like) Ukrainian blood for you?" Kuleba said on Twitter. "I approach all cognizant individuals all over the globe to demand multinational companies to cut all business ties with Russia."
Last week, Shell said it was "stunned by the death toll in Ukraine" and would end its joint endeavors with Gazprom, the enormous oil and gas company controlled by the Russian government.
While the U.S., Britain and the European Union have forced intense financial assents on Russia, they have avoided prohibiting oil and gas imports from Russia due to worries about the effect that would have on worldwide energy supplies. Russia is the world's second-greatest oil maker, representing over 12% of global production, as indicated by the International Energy Agency.
Ukraine and its allies have approached nations all over the planet to quit purchasing Russian oil to confine financing for Putin's military exploits. Yet, that is sure to influence customers.
A month prior, oil was selling for about $90 a barrel. Presently, costs are flooding past $120 a barrel as purchasers evade Russian rough, with numerous purifiers expecting that approvals could be forced from now on. They stress over being left with oil they couldn't resell as gasoline if sanctions were imposed in the near future.
"These societal challenges highlight the situation between coming down on the Russian government over its abominations in Ukraine and guaranteeing steady, secure energy supplies across Europe," van Beurden said.
He said Shell would work with governments "to assist with dealing with the expected effects on the security of energy supplies, particularly in Europe."
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'I would love to run for Prime Minister of India': Priyanka Chopra
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Published: | 03rd June 2019 05:21 PM
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she would like to run for Prime Minister of India.
In a recent interview, the Quantico actress opened up about the political aspirations she has for herself, and her husband and pop star Nick Jonas, reports media.
"I would love to run for Prime Minister of India. I would love Nick to run for President," Priyanka, 36, said. "I don't like the things associated with politics, but I know that both of us really want to make a change. Never say never."
While Priyanka said she has tried to remain apolitical throughout her life because she likes to "cheer for humanity", the actress could not deny the fact that Nick, 26, would make a great leader. "He's not afraid to use the word (feminist) and I love that," she said.
Priyanka, who got married to Nick in December 2018, previously praised the "Sucker" singer in April at Tina Brown's 10th Annual Women in the World Summit.
She said: "I call him 'Old Man Jonas'. That's my name for him 'OMJ'. He's such an old soul, extremely smart, so good for me because he grounds me so much. 'I'm a wild child, I do whatever I want, whenever I want and he always supports me."
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Popular Holdings Limited, more commonly known as just Popular or colloquially as the Popular Bookstore, is a Singaporean multinational bookstore chain. Aside from Singapore, it also has subsidiaries in countries such as Canada, China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), Malaysia and the United Kingdom.

During the financial year of 2011, it had a turnover of approximately S$735.9million.

Overview
The first Popular Bookstore was set up in 1936 by Chou Sing Chu in North Bridge Road, Singapore, initially focusing on retailing Chinese books and stationery. In March 2006, Popular Holdings was the main organiser of BookFest@Singapore, the first Chinese-language book fair ever held outside of China.

In May 2006, Popular Holdings staged the inaugural BookFest@Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. It is a platform for established publishers to showcase their latest publications and renowned authors to meet and interact with the readers. The inaugural BookFest@Hong Kong was organized in 2008. By 2009, the annual BookFest has become a major event of the book industries in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

The company was founded with the intention to publish, distribute and retail Chinese language books or books catering to the interests of Singaporeans. Ever since, one of the company's goals has been to cater to the interests of a wider, more diverse clientele.

Board of directors
Popular is headed by Chou Cheng Ngok, who is the Group chief executive officer and Executive Director of the Group. Lim Lee Ngoh heads the operations in Malaysia and Singapore, while her counterpart in Greater China is Poon Chi Wai, Ponch. Desmond Wee Guan Oei is the Non-Executive chairman and Executive Director of the Board and other directors include Lim Soon Tze, David Chia Tian Bin and Christopher Chia.

Former directors include Ching Ging Oong, Poh Ping Tek, Ching Cheng Pong, Ang Tuak Liak, Vangatharaman Ramayah and Chim Choon Cheng.

Group of Companies
The Group currently carries out its publishing activities through subsidiaries operating in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Canada. Its bookstore operations currently have a network of over 130 Popular Bookstores in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. It now has its core businesses in retail, distribution, publishing and e-learning.

Retail
Back in 1936, Popular focused on the retailing of Chinese books and stationery. It has now expanded its product offerings to include English books, Malay books, textbooks and assessment books, Gadgets & IT products, household appliances, titbits, stationery, multimedia products and many more. It currently has stores in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Bookfest
POPULAR held its first BookFest in 2006. It had started out with the objective of promoting the reading of Chinese across regions and bringing in the foremost works of Chinese literature.

Distribution and Publishing
In 1999, POPULAR Group set up a purchasing office in Taiwan to purchase Chinese books for Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. With the expansion of the business, Popular Book Company Ltd was established in 2003 as a subsidiary of POPULAR Group. POPULAR Group now exports Chinese books in Taiwan, distributes books to Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong through around 188 POPULAR outlets. Novum Organum, also a subsidiary of POPULAR, is the distributor for the Group's house brands and focuses on the book markets in Singapore and Malaysia.

E-Learning
POPULAR made an early foray into e-Learning in Hong Kong, with the establishment of Popular e-Learning (HK) Ltd. ('PeLH') in 2000. It provides e-Learning software and solutions to schools in Hong Kong, South East Asia and Taiwan. In 2001, Guangzhou Cyber Progress Information Technology Limited (GCPIT) was established to support PeLH in its efforts.

Subsidiaries
The list of its subsidiaries is listed below:

Active & Independent Education Limited
Ampress Limited
Arajasa Corporation Sdn Bhd
CD Rama Limited
CD Rama Sdn Bhd
Cyber Progress Technology Limited
Educational Publishing House Limited
Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd
Educational Publishing House, Limited
Eduland Pte Ltd
EduSmart Company Limited
English Language Publishing Limited
EPH Publishing (M) Sdn Bhd
Epilogue Catering Ptd Ltd
Guangzhou Cyber Progress Information Technology Limited
Guangzhou Pan Lloyds Information Technology Development Company Limited
Harris Book Company (M) Sdn Bhd
Harris Book Company Limited
Harris Book Company Pte Ltd
Kam Pui Enterprises Limited
Kinder Education Press Limited
New Chapter Book Company Pte Ltd
Novum Organum Publishing House (M) Sdn Bhd
Novum Organum Publishing House Pte Ltd
Pan Lloyds Education Limited
Pan Lloyds Publishers Limited
Popular Book Company (Canada) Limited
Popular Book Company Limited
Popular Book Company Pte Ltd
Popular Book Co. (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Popular e-Learning (Beijing) Ltd
Popular e-Learning (H.K.) Limited
Popular e-Learning Holdings Pte Ltd
Popular Land Investment Pte Ltd
Popular Land Pte Ltd
Popular Modern Books Company Limited
Popular Warehouse and Distribution Pte Ltd
PopularWorld (Beijing) Limited
PopularWorld.com Pte Ltd
Prologue Publishing Pte Ltd
Seashore Publishing (M) Sdn Bhd
Smart English Company Limited

References

External links

 Popular Singapore official site (Singapore)
 Popular Holdings official site (International)

Book publishing companies of Singapore
Publishing companies established in 1924
Retail companies established in 1924
1924 establishments in Singapore
Companies formerly listed on the Singapore Exchange
Singaporean brands

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SESAME SEEDS, The First Recorded Seasoning In History
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It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world
and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods.
The sesame plant, originating in Africa as early as 1500 BC, was the first recorded seasoning in history. Today it is cultivated in Central America, India, Sudan, China, and the United States. It is an annual that grows three to six feet high. Its stems have white, lilac or pink flowers and bear capsule-like fruit, which contains the seeds. The fruit is harvested by hand, and the capsules shatter when fully ripe, releasing the seeds. Hulled seeds are pearly white, tear-shaped and flat. Because of their oil content, sesame seeds have a shelf life of about two years if stored tightly capped in a cool, dry place or in the refrigerator.
Babylonians used the oil to make sesame cakes, wine, brandy, and toiletries. Sesame has been cultivated for its seed and oil since ancient times in the Old World. Sesame arrived in China around the early Han period, where the grain was enjoyed by Emperor Ling (168-188 CE). Today in china, two types of sesame seeds are used: white and black. Both forms are popular in Chinese sweets, often to form a nutty coating for texturally chewy yet crunchy deep-fried snacks such as deep fried glutinous rice flour balls; or mixed with crushed peanuts for filling or dressing for sweet snacks.
There are many ancient sesame confections in Middle Eastern and Greek cuisines which can still be found today in stores specialising in foods of these regions. Both sesame paste and sesame oil are used in Middle Eastern, Central and Far East Asian cuisines. Their oil is cold-pressed, giving a light to golden coloured oil with a nutty flavor. It has a high smoke point, making it a good cooking oil. Chinese and Japanese sesame oils are made by pressing roasted white sesame seeds. The resultant oil has a much more pronounced flavor with regional variations in color (from light honey to dark brown) with a toasted sesame seed flavor. Sesame paste is made from grinding toasted sesame seeds. The Middle Eastern paste, tahini (or tahina), differs from the Chinese versions in that the seeds are roasted to a greater degree in the latter.
Burger King Sesame Seed Hamburger Bun
Sesame seeds are rich in calcium, vitamins B and E, iron, and zinc, and are high in protein and contains no cholesterol. It has been used for its healing properties for thousands of years. It also has been shown to have a cholesterol-lowering effect in the body, enhance the immune response, and decrease the risk of certain cancers. It has natural antibacterial and antiviral properties, and is used as a natural anti-inflammatory agent.
Last year alone, the United States imported more than 102 million pounds of sesame seed, the majority of which were put on top of hamburger buns.
Recipes:
with Honey and Sesame Seeds
I've made this recipe many times and it's so good that I put it into my first cookbook! The marinade gives the pork a wonderful flavor, then the toasted sesame seeds really finish this off nicely.
3/4 pound pork tenderloin
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
4 tablespoons sesame seeds
Combine soy sauce, garlic, ginger and oil. Place in a zip-lock bag with tenderloin. Toss to coat and marinate in the refrigerator for 3 to 6 hours, turning occasionally.
Remove the tenderloin and discard marinade. In a shallow plate mix together honey and sugar. Roll the tenderloin in honey mixture, coating all sides. Roll tenderloin in seeds to cover meat.
Place the tenderloin in a preheated grill for 20 to 30 minutes, turning 2 or three times, until meat thermometer reaches 155˚F. Slice and serve. Makes 4 servings.
Sesame Snow Pea & Tofu Stir-fry
2 tablespoons mirin or dry sherry
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 pound firm tofu, patted dry and cut into large dice
3 medium shallots, thinly sliced
4 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 pound snow peas
1 tablespoon white sesame seeds
Basic Steamed White Rice, for serving
Whisk together soy sauce, mirin, sugar, cornstarch, vinegar, and red pepper flakes in a small, nonreactive bowl; set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large frying pan over high heat. When it smokes, add tofu and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 3 minutes. Remove to a plate and set aside.
Reduce heat to medium, add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, shallots, and garlic and cook until starting to brown, about 1 minute. Add snow peas and sesame seeds and cook, stirring frequently, until peas are bright green, slightly softened, yet still crisp, about 5 minutes. Add reserved tofu and soy sauce mixture and cook just until tofu is warm and sauce has thickened slightly, about 1 minute more. Serve immediately over steamed rice. Makes 4-6 servings.
Grilled Ahi with Sesame Crust
1/4 cup chopped scallions
1 teaspoon ground fresh ginger
4 tuna steaks, about 6 ounces each
1/2 cup sesame seeds, white and black combined, or white only
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
In a large zip-top bag, combine soy sauce, chopped scallions, lemon juice, sesame oil and fresh ginger. Swish around in bag to combine. Add tuna steaks, turning within bag to coat, and marinate in refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
Preheat contact grill to "Sear" or highest temperature setting. Place sesame seeds on a plate. Remove tuna steaks from marinade bag, brushing scallions off the steaks and reserving marinade. One at a time, coat the steaks in sesame seeds on all sizeds, pressing the seeds into the steak so they'll stick.
Spray the grill plates lightly with nonstick spray and place the steaks on the grill, closing the cover so the top grill rests evenly on the steaks. Grill for about 3 minutes (longer if you prefer your tuna cooked through). Remove from grill and keep warm.
Meanwhile, pour marinade into a small saucepot and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch, stirring with a whisk. Cook for about 3-4 minutes, until sauce thickens. Drizzle tuna steaks with sauce before serving. Makes 4 servings.
Sesame Vinaigrette
Sesame vinaigrette is wonderful on a salad. Try fresh mango slices, tomatoes, and slivers of red onion on a bed of watercress, topped off with a few tablespoons of sesame vinaigrette and toasted sesame seeds. Or roast some beets, slice them and drizzle with sesame vinaigrette, serve beets while they are warm. Or blanch some asparagus in salted boiling water for a couple of minutes, run cold water over them to stop the cooking process. Pour sesame vinaigrette over them and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds. Or use it in a potato salad with roasted red peppers and hard-cooked egg.
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
2 medium garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 2 medium limes)
2 tablespoons mirin (Japanese sweet cooking wine)
1 tablespoon white miso (You can find miso paste refrigerated at most grocery stores)
1 anchovy fillet
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 red Thai chile, seeds and ribs removed and finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon togarashi (Togarashi powder, a Japanese mixture of spices that always contains chiles, can be found in ethnic markets. (It may also be labeled shichimi togarashi.)
Heat the sesame oil in a small frying pan over medium heat until shimmering. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Scrape the oil and the garlic into a blender. Add the olive oil, lime juice, mirin, soy sauce, miso, anchovy, and sugar and blend until smooth. Remove to a small bowl, add the sesame seeds, chile, and togarashi, and stir to combine. Makes enough for 6 salads.
Sesame Rice Crackers
1 1/4 cup rice flour
1 cup roasted sesame seeds
3 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Mix everything together in a mixing bowl. The dough shouldn't be too sticky and should come together. You can add a little more rice flour if it seems too sticky and wet. Let the mixture sit for five minutes.
Spray a large baking sheet. Take teaspoon size pieces of dough and roll in to balls. Take a small square of oil sprayed parchment paper and press the ball on to the pan. You can use your hands, or you could use a heavy glass. You want the cracker dough to be very thin, but you don't want it to rip. Even if it rips though, it's still tasty. The crackers do shrink a little in the oven - so it's ok if your dough rounds are touching. Bake in oven for around 15-17 minutes. Check to make sure they don't burn. Cool on rack.
Sesame Coconut Bars
Ingredients for the cookie base:
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter
3 1/2 ounces (1/2 cup) raw brown sugar or organic sugar
6 ounces (1 1/2 cups) whole-wheat pastry flour, sifted
Ingredients for the sesame-coconut layer:
1 ounce (1/4 cup) whole-wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 ounces (1/2 cup, firmly packed) unsweetened shredded coconut
1 to 2 ounces (1/4 to 1/2 cup) sesame seeds, coarsely ground
Make the cookie base. Butter a 9-by-13-inch pan and line with parchment. Butter the parchment.
Cream the butter with the salt and sugar. Add the sifted flour and blend together. Using your hands, press out the dough over the bottom of the parchment-lined pan in an even layer. Using a fork, make holes all over the surface of the dough (this is called docking). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350˚F.
Bake the cookie base for 20 minutes, until it is just beginning to brown. Remove from the heat and cool for at least 5 minutes before topping.
Sift together the flour and baking powder. Beat the eggs with an electric mixer or whisk until light and thick. Add the honey and vanilla and beat until well blended. Add the flour and baking powder and beat to blend. Add the coconut and sesame seeds and stir together. Spread in an even layer over the cookie base, scraping out every last bit with a rubber spatula. Place in the oven and bake 20 minutes, until the surface is just beginning to color. Remove from the heat and allow to cool before cutting into squares. Makes 18 to 20 squares.
Sesame-Honey Gelato
Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream, but there's not as much fat in gelato as ice cream, so it doesn't coat the mouth in the same way, and the flavors are more intense.
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/8 teaspoon fine salt
2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a medium heatproof bowl; set aside.
Place 2 1/4 cups of the milk, the cream, honey, corn syrup, sesame oil, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat and cook, whisking frequently, until the mixture begins to steam but does not come to a boil, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the remaining 1/2 cup milk, cornstarch, and dry milk in a small bowl and whisk until smooth and the dry ingredients have dissolved.
When the mixture in the saucepan is ready, whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Reduce the heat to medium low and bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a spoon or rubber spatula until thickened, about 8 minutes.
Pour the mixture through the strainer into the bowl and discard the contents of the strainer. Press a sheet of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the mixture to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 4 hours.
Meanwhile, place the sesame seeds in a small frying pan over medium heat and toast, shaking the pan occasionally, until fragrant, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and set aside.
Freeze the gelato base in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. While the gelato is still in the bowl of the ice cream maker, fold in the reserved sesame seeds with a rubber spatula. Serve immediately for a soft gelato, or transfer the mixture to an airtight container and freeze until solid. Allow the gelato to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving if frozen solid. Makes about 1 quart.
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Jared Leto is credited with starting the latest craze for this style… by turning up at the 2014 Golden Globes with his long hair tucked neatly into a bun behind his head, all held in place with a band. For most right minded men that should be the show stopper, given that any hair style which requires pins, clips or slides to hold it in place must be a complete non-starter. The upshot of this misguided fashion statement, has been a steady stream of men heading to see trichologists to find out why they are losing their hair. What is Traction Alopecia Traction Alopecia is seen when hair is pulled into a style, usually by women it has to be said, that produces tension at the root. It is not difficult to imagine that with your hair pulled up tight onto the top of your head and tied in a knot, a strain is put on all the hair – That strain is most keenly felt at the hairline, consequently this is where Traction Alopecia tends to present. The issue is made worse by the fact that the man bun is positioned at the back of the head, which differentiates it from the equally hateful top-knot. So you have a style where long hair (and it is very much a style for long hair) is pulled right over the top of the head from the frontal hairline and then further tightened into a knot. What could possibly go wrong!? Well, according to Dr Sabra Sullivan, a leading US dermatologist talking to the Daily Telegraph, it has resulted in her seeing a couple of patients every week reporting hair loss that she can directly attribute to the wearing of a man bun. Celebs To Keep An Eye On Here are just a handful of the celebrities seen stepping out wearing the man bun. It would be a sad state of affairs if this site, of all sites, were to wish hair loss on anyone… it is important not to confuse the offence taken at such a terrible fashion faux pas with anything more sinister. Just the same we do view taking such liberties with hair, by those who have it in such abundance, mildly irritating.


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pot hole I~ By Noel Wallace
Mind the pockmarks on the road
Every dip just slings my memories back to a time
Where you and I were
Perfectly remote
And I had a brown carpet
The color of wet bark
Crawling with fleas
Pausing scenes
To peel them off me
Distracted from someone's mythology
When I had
A red vest
They gave me
So I wouldn't get shot
But I never
I swear to you
Never thought about it
Just as long as I could be alone
I sang myself in circles and
Stared down a bull and
Climbed all the trees that still smoked with lightning scars
In a world without
Noel Wallace is a writer, translator, and poet. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, her passion for writing was kindled at a very young age. After graduation from university, she spent four years living abroad in Japan. There, she taught English at over twelve Japanese secondary schools. Achieving fluency in Japanese, she eventually became an official lecturer and children's book translator for Tokyo Red Cross.
She returned to America in 2015, but still manages to embark on the occasional adventure. In 2016, she traveled to South Korea to write and became involved in volunteer efforts against animal abuse.
Her English poetry and prose has been published in the Tyler Laurel, Hello Horror, and Quantum Fairy Tales.


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The change is constant. Just compare the computing power, software, and networking present in cars today to those from five years ago.
But for all the change in the automotive industry, there are players in this game that have seen innovation stuck on pause – automotive parts manufacturers.
The vehicles they help to create may be more digital and connected, but the parts aren't. The gear boxes, pedals and brake pads themselves do little to offer the insight and innovation brands need to differentiate themselves and deliver greater value to their customers.
And this is where great opportunities for product digitization lie.
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Product digitization is a huge opportunity for automotive supplier brands selling physical products – be it filters, brake pads, diesel injectors, or even tires. With digitized products, you can unlock otherwise hidden insights across the entire supply chain, enable new innovations that deliver greater customer value, and streamline your own internal processes.
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Der Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi (auch Palazzo Rospigliosi) ist ein Palast in der Via XXIV Maggio 43 in Rom. Er enthält eine der größten privaten Kunstsammlungen in Rom. Seinen heutigen Namen erhielt das Bauwerk durch Papst Clemens IX., der es für seinen Neffen, Giambattista Rospigliosi und dessen Frau Maria Camilla Pallavicini, übernahm. Benachbart sind der Quirinalspalast und die Scuderie del Quirinale.

Baugeschichte
Der Palast wurde ab 1605 im Auftrag des Kardinals Scipione Caffarelli Borghese, einem Neffen vom Papst Paul V., auf den Ruinen der Thermen von Kaiser Konstantin auf dem Quirinal noch ganz im Stil der Renaissance errichtet. Bevor der Bau von Flaminio Ponzio begonnen werden konnte, wurde das abschüssige Gelände durch den Gartenarchitekten Giovanni Vasanzio in drei Stufen terrassiert. Jede dieser Stufen wurde mit einem Pavillon versehen, in denen sich Skulpturen befanden und die mit Fresken geschmückt waren.

Das Casino Rospigliosi wurde mit Marmorblöcken der beim Bau gänzlich zerstörten Konstantinsthermen erbaut. Es beherbergt das berühmte, 1614 vollendete "Aurora-Fresko" von Guido Reni, eines seiner Hauptwerke. Die Wände der Nebenräume sind mit Fresken von Paulus Bril (Vier Jahreszeiten), Giovanni Baglione und  Domenico Passignano versehen. Die Loggia vor einem halbrunden Brunnen auf der zweiten Terrasse ist von Orazio Gentileschi und Agostino Tassi mit den Musen dekoriert. Der Pavillon der dritten Terrasse wurde 1876 mit dem Ausbau der Via Nazionale zerstört.

Nach dem Tod von Ponzio im Jahr 1613 übernahm Carlo Maderno den Weiterbau des Palastes, dessen Räume und Gänge von Paulus Bril und Guido Reni mit Fresken dekoriert wurden. Kurz nach der Fertigstellung veräußerte der Kardinal die Palastanlage an Giovanni Angelo Altemps, der sie aber angesichts der hohen Ausbaukosten 1619 an die Familie Bentivoglio aus Bologna verkaufte. Kardinal Guido Bentivoglio, Vorsitzender der Inquisition und 1641 Unterzeichner des Urteils gegen Galileo Galilei, nahm hier seinen Wohnsitz und ließ die Räume zwischen 1622 und 1627 dekorieren. 1641 übernahm Kardinal Giulio Mazarini  (Jules Mazarin) den Palast, der dann französische Botschaft wurde, bevor er 1704 in Besitz der fürstlichen Familie Pallavicini Rospigliosi kam. Die beiden Familienzweige Pallavicini und Rospigliosi teilten sich den Palast. Die Hälfte der Pallavicini fiel über weibliche Erbfolge heute an Don Sigieri und Don Moroello Diaz Della Vittoria Pallavicini. Die Hälfte der Rospigliosi, einschließlich ihres Teils der Kunstsammlung, wurde aber verkauft, nachdem Fürst Girolamo Rospigliosi (* 1907) überschuldet war und auch seine Paläste in Zagarolo und Fiumicino-Maccarese verkaufen musste. Ein Teil des Palastes gehört daher heute der Coldiretti (Confederazione Nazionale Coltivatori Diretti), einem Verband, der die italienische Landwirtschaft vertritt.

Der Pavillon
Das Gebäude mit einer Gesamtfläche von 220 m² besteht aus einer zentralen Halle, die durch zwei kleinere Hallen flankiert wird. So bildet der Komplex die Form eines "C" und wurde im Landhausstil des 15. Jahrhunderts angelegt. In der Haupthalle befindet sich das Gemälde von Guido Reni mit dem Wagen der Aurora, neben einer Gemäldesammlung werden Marmorbüsten und wertvolle Skulpturen ausgestellt.

Das Casino dell'Aurora ist eine Loggia, die sich insbesondere mit der Thematik um Liebe, Tod und die Unsterblichkeit der Seele befasst. Hier werden in einigen Bildern alte mythologische Geschichten wiedergegeben. In den drei Räumen des Casino dell'Auora wurden fünfundsechzig Gemälde aufbewahrt. Neben religiösen gibt es auch Landschaftsdarstellungen und wenige Genredarstellungen oder Porträts.

Gemäldesammlung
Der Palazzo enthält zahlreiche Gemälde und Kunstgegenstände, so beispielsweise einen Sarkophag aus römischer Zeit, auf dessen Vorderseite Jagdszenen zu sehen sind. Guido Renis Auroragemälde im Casino dell'Aurora wurde für die Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Carrara-Marmor nachgebildet. Zu Zeiten Giuseppe Vasis, der den Palazzo in einem Stich darstellte, befand sich vor dem Gebäude noch die Statue eines römischen Konsuls.

Bedeutend ist die Kunstsammlung Galleria Rospigliosi, die von Kardinal Lazzaro Pallavicini begonnen wurde und heute mehr als 540 Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen zählt, darunter Werke von solch bedeutenden Künstlern wie Sandro Botticelli,  Annibale Carracci, Sebastiano Conca, Pietro da Cortona, Domenichino, Luca Giordano, Guercino, Lorenzo Lotto, Nicolas Poussin, Mattia Preti, Guido Reni, Mariano Rossi, Peter Paul Rubens, Andrea Sacchi und Luca Signorelli. Die Kunstgalerie hat allerdings keine regulären Öffnungszeiten.

Literatur

 Il Casino dell'Aurora Pallavicini. Percorsi, immagini, riflessioni. Eliograf, Rom 1985.
 Daniela Di Castro, Anna Maria Pedrocchi, Patricia Waddy: Il Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi e la Galleria Pallavicini. Fotografia di Abbrescia Santinelli. Allemandi, Turin 1999, ISBN 88-422-0751-9.
 Silvia Bruno: I Barberini e il loro entourage in Francia. In: I Barberini e la cultura europea del Seicento / Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici. Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte … Per cura di Lorenza Mochi Onori, Sebastian Schütze, Francesco Solinas. De Luca, Rom 2007, ISBN 978-88-8016-742-6, S. 317–330.
 Arnold Witte, Hermits in high society. Private retreats in late "Seicento" Rome. In: David R. Marshall (Hrsg.), Art, site and spectacle. Studies in early modern visual culture (= Melbourne Art Journal. 9/10). The Fine Arts Network, Victoria 2007, ISBN 978-0-9803807-0-5, S. 104–119.

Weblinks

 Kurzbeschreibung und Bilder auf romeartlover.it (englisch)
 Offizielle Seite des Casino Aurora (englisch)
 Note sulle origini del giardino segreto di montecavallo (italienisch)

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Interview: Invadür Guitarist Sean Haidul Talks Gear, Analog Recording and Influences
By Andrew Bansal 2013-06-19T19:19:57Z Feature
Massachusetts-based hard rock/heavy metal band Ivadür, which got its start in 2011, released an impressive debut album earlier this year.
This band's simple goal is to play the kind of music they enjoy listening to, and their passion for all things classic is pretty clear when you listen to this album, which is — through and through — a 100 percent analog recording.
I first interviewed drummer Scott Smith to discuss some basics about the band, and you can read that right here. Then I spoke to guitarist Sean Haidul to find out more about gear and the recording process, among other things. Read our conversation below, and check out Invadür on bandcamp and Facebook.
GUITAR WORLD: In terms of your own setup, what gear did you use for this album?
For this recording I used my Gibson SG Supreme. That's my ultimate. It's an emerald burst with gold inlays, and it's kind of like my baby. I've got a couple of extras, but that's the one I use. And as far as amps, we used Soldano. Scott being the drummer is a giant gear head when it comes to all that stuff. And yeah, nothing really crazy with any of the effects or anything, we just tried to keep it simple and that's kind of how we went with it. Of course, my SG is the one that's most important to me, I think [laughs].
You guys recorded the album the analog way. Did that make any difference to your setup, or did you just use the same thing as you would have normally used?
We used the same, man. The only pedal I used was my Dunlop MXR Carbon Copy, which is for the analog delay. There's a little bit of that, and we did a bit of tweaking in the post-production. But that's really it as far as that stuff is concerned. It was definitely recorded in 100 percent analog, which I don't think any of us have done before. We were thinking back on all the old stuff we grew up on. We're big fans of the classic stuff, and there's no mistakes made on those albums. So we played seven songs over and over again in the studio, until we got really good at recording them. That was an awesome and challenging experience for us, especially for me. We'd love to do that again, and that's certainly the plan for upcoming recordings with Invadür.
Scott said the whole recording was done within five or six days. In terms of playing the songs over and over again, how many times did you actually play them?
The first day of recording was drum, bass and guitar. We were all locked in one room with all the amps put to one side. I got to do the overdubs because I'm the guitarist, but basically first we had to make sure these tracks had solid bass and drums, and some of the songs we even played 20 times each, just small parts. One miss, and it's all over! We had to start all over again. As frustrating as it could be sometimes, it was definitely a great experience. It made us a hell of a lot tighter in no time, too. But it's part of the gig!
In terms of your guitar playing, who has inspired you over the years?
If I had to go to anything, I would seek out Megadeth and Iron Maiden. As much as Dave Mustaine can be a knucklehead, the guy musician-wise has done some of the greatest things I've ever heard. Maiden and Adrian Smith are big influences to me as well. Mercyful Fate, K.K. Downing of Judas Priest as well, and we can go on forever with this stuff. But I've always been a fan of the early '80s thrash and heavy metal. That's the stuff that moved me the most.
You mentioned the Gibson SG. Why that guitar? Did you see anybody else using it?
It's actually funny because I've been a self-taught guitarist my whole life. I've mostly learned from tablature. Megadeth's Rust In Peace was one of the first albums I tried to learn. But a really close friend of mine, who's a guitar teacher, always played Gibson. He's got tons of Gibson guitars. I would go to him, he would teach me some stuff and I would play his guitars. SG just seemed to be the fit for me, especially for the classic sounding thing we were trying to do. It just made more sense to use that.
Over the years, have you been the kind of guy who practices and spends a lot of time on the guitar, or is it more spontaneous?
Well, I used to practice a lot. I would play some Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica and even the first couple of Queensrÿche albums. Then I started joining bands, and as I got older (I'm 30), I kind of played when I felt like it. I don't pick up the guitar every day, and instead I do it just a couple of times a week just to see what I have. Especially now, I really believe that I have to feel it to come up with something that's creative enough. When I pick it up, I just practice some scales, and I try to come up with a riff that I'm into, you know. That's kind of really where I'm at in terms of guitar playing in my life.
I believe you're also in a black metal band with Scott. Can you tell me more about that?
The band is just a two-man project called Plagues. We did our first demo and put it out ourselves. There are probably 10 more songs we're getting ready to record at the end of the summer. Basically heavy metal, black metal and punk hardcore is the music I grew up on, but the intensity of black metal is something I've always loved.
I've heard that you and Scott wrote music for this two-man project, but those song didn't fit in with the project's style so you started Invadür. Is this the sort of band you've always had in the back of your head — a classic heavy band?
Yeah, I think so. When you're young and are a guitar player at any level, you try to reinvent the wheel. You try to do something special. But through the bands that I've done, at some point I just felt like playing what I enjoy. Play what's fun to you and play what you listen to. I think with Invadür, that's kind of the riffs we did. I would totally listen to that. It reminded me of stuff I loved to listen to! We shared a love for Mercyful Fate, Maiden and stuff, and as much as I love black metal, sometimes it's draining and too intense. I was kind of like, "You know, let's mess around with something else here." So we did and had a blast. It was too fun and too easy to just not do. We started putting it together, got a singer and bass player, and here we are! It's been probably one of the most enjoyable recording and band experiences I've ever had.
How are you going forward? Will you be working both the black metal project and Invadür?
Believe it or not, it's actually easier than it sounds because they're so different. From the minute I wake up to the time I go to bed, it's easy to channel my influences. With the black metal stuff, I like to play a little bit more melodic, but I feel I have to express different feelings for both, as weird as it sounds. I always try to be active in music, because that's just what I do. It's definitely something I plan on doing for a long time, one way or another.
Andrew Bansal is a writer who has been running his own website, Metal Assault, since early 2010, and has been prolific in covering the hard rock and heavy metal scene by posting interviews, news, reviews and pictures on his website — with the help of a small group of people. He briefly moved away from the Los Angeles scene and explored metal in India, but he is now back in LA continuing from where he left off.
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WestJet travellers pissed off as IT outage causes delays, redirected flights – Winnipeg
By Susan P. Snodgrass Last updated Nov 7, 2022
Travellers at the Winnipeg International Airport are feeling frustrated by flight delays and cancellations with the company WestJet.
The airline tweeted Sunday morning that all its systems were online and stable and that teams were busy working to recover from a system-wide outage.
All systems are now online and stable. We unfortunately anticipate further disruptions as we work to recover from the system-wide outage. We are sincerely sorry for the significant inconvenience.
— WestJet (@WestJet) November 6, 2022
The chief operator of WestJet in Calgary told Global News there was an issue with the cooling of the data centre, causing a complete outage of their IT system for nine hours for the entire airline and many travellers stranded.
"We are doing everything we can to restore our operation and to get the guests safely to where they want to go," said Diederik Pen, WestJet COO.
Pen says on Saturday, about 140 flights were impacted and, on Sunday, there are about 100 flights impacted. In total, thousands of guests were affected, and 27 aircraft arrived at the wrong airport.
Westjet is trying to rebook guests as well as find ground transport for them if needed, as well as hotel stays, however, delays and cancellations are expected for the next two days, Pen added.
"At 11:30 p.m. last night, my flight was cancelled," said traveller Maggie Grall.
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Grall is currently staying at the Lakeview and was told she could get on a flight in ten days.
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"I said, you cannot strand me in Winnipeg for ten days, so I have a booked flight for the 8th but I am here to see about compensation for hotels and meals," she said.
"I live about two hours south of Montreal, so I have got a ways to go."
Grall says the wait time for the help desk was five hours, which was very frustrating as she couldn't stay up all night waiting to speak with someone.
A similar experience was had by Winnipegger Raghav Sharma, who says he waited two hours in line to be told he can't get on a flight.
"When you call them, they say they are helping other customers, so you can't even call them. If you do get through, it's like a four-hour wait," he said.
Sharma is trying to get to Toronto so he can get on a connecting flight to see his family in Delhi, India, who he has not seen for five years.
"This is the worst day, to be honest," he said.
Traveller James Grieve was set to travel home to Kelowna after visiting Winnipeg for the week. He says he got bumped and was going to go through Calgary, but then he got an email saying he was going to go through Vancouver. When he arrived at the airport, he was told he would be leaving Tuesday.
Grieve is understanding that these things happen and hoping the company will make it right.
"I am a loyal WestJet guest and so I am really interested to see what they are going to do about this, because it is inconvenient," he said.
Westjet is having a constant dialogue with the company's IT department to ensure they have efficient backup systems for the future and the company will be doing a full audit to ensure this doesn't happen again, Pen said.
As flight delays, cancellations grow, what compensation are Canadian passengers entitled to?
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Naveen writes to union culture ministry for ASI office at Puri
Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By Odishatv Bureau On May 23, 2013 - 8:19 AM
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to ensure better conservation and restoration of Puri temple, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday asked the union ministry of culture to open a supporting office of Archeological Survey of India (ASI) which has been entrusted with the task of maintenance of the 12th century shrine in Puri.
In a letter to the union culture minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch, Naveen said the ASI does not have a dedicated unit office at Puri to look after the day to day upkeep of the monuments. He further said that the Director General of the ASI had assured him to station a senior archeologist to co-ordinate the conservation work of the temple.
"While discussing with the Director General of the ASI in February, 2012, I was assured that a senior officer in the rank of Deputy Superintending Archeologist will be stationed at Puri to supervise and co-ordinate the conservation work of Sri Jagannath Temple", Naveen said in his letter.
Further, the temple managing committee had also written to the ASI to open an office in Puri consisting of a Deputy Superintending Archeological Engineer along with other supporting staff, the letter said.
Naveen requested Katoch to take immediate step in this regard before the famous Nabakalebara festival-2015. In view of the Technical Expert Committee report, he also asked the union minister to give similar priorities on the conservation of the subsidiary shrines of the main temple.


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Revisionist Personalities
Faurisson, Robert
Faurisson Convicted of Racial Defamation
Biased Verdict Being Appealed
By Hadding Scott
On 27 September 2016, Robert Faurisson, emeritus professor of literature at the University of Lyon, was prosecuted before the XVIIth correctional chamber of the High Court of Paris for three alleged crimes: two counts of "disputing crimes against humanity" and one count of "racial defamation" (diffamation raciale).
The two charges of disputing crimes against humanity were dismissed.
Faurisson was convicted, however, of racial defamation, and, in addition to receiving a suspended sentence of four months, is required to pay 9,000 euros: 4,000 as a penalty, 3,000 for damages supposedly suffered by LICRA (the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism), and 2,000 to cover the legal expenses that LICRA incurred in its undertaking to assist the prosecutor.
The statement for which Professor Faurisson is supposed to pay 9,000 euros is from his speech "The Victories of Revisionism," which he delivered on 11 December 2006 during an international Revisionist conference in Tehran:
"The alleged Hitlerite gas chambers and the alleged genocide of the Jews form one and the same historical lie, which has permitted a gigantic political and financial swindle whose main beneficiaries are the State of Israel and international Zionism and whose main victims are the German people – but not their leaders – and the Palestinian people in their entirety."
To convict Professor Faurisson of racial defamation, the tribunal must find that the statement pertained to an entire race, and that it was defamatory. The tribunal's verdict stretched the truth arguably on both points.
Faurisson's criticism was said to be racial because it was "not limited to a criticism of the political representatives of the State of Israel or of the Zionist ideology," but implicated "the Jewish community as a whole."
Faurisson's statement, however, says nothing about "the Jewish community as a whole," only about the State of Israel and international Zionism.
It was said that Faurisson's criticism of the State of Israel and international Zionism was defamatory because:
"... the imputation that the Jews exploit an historical lie, about the gas-chambers and the alleged genocide, so as to facilitate a political and financial swindle, is obviously defamatory in character."
The tribunal's assertion that Faurisson's statement is obviously defamatory (présente à l'évidence un caractère diffamatoire) implies that the tribunal did not consider whether it might be true.
This conviction was immediately appealed.
On the bright side, every time the French Republic prosecutes Robert Faurisson, the propositions that he represents receive additional publicity, and this has been going on for decades:
"At the hearing, Robert Faurisson, age 87, again used the tribunal as a forum to present his Revisionist theories for several hours." (Le Figaro, 27 September 2016)
A separate prosecution, for statements about gas-chambers uttered during an interview on Meta TV in June 2014, was to commence the following day before the same tribunal, according to a communiqué from Faurisson's attorney Damien Viguier.
Author(s): Hadding Scott
Title: Faurisson Convicted of Racial Defamation, Biased Verdict Being Appealed
Sources: http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/09/27/97001-20160927FILWWW00224-faurisson-condamne-pour-diffamation-raciale.php http://meta.tv/robert-faurisson-au-bal-des-quenelles http://robertfaurisson.blogspot.it/2006/12/victories-of-revisionism.html
First posted on CODOH: Oct. 2, 2016, 4:57 p.m.
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