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Defend Ealing Maternity!
The Editor - 30th June 2015
EALING Hospital workers and other workers throughout Ealing and Southall are stopping work for two hours tomorrow and joining the march to keep the Maternity Unit open. Ealing Hospital Maternity has delivered more than 3,000 babies a year, for many a year, but management intends to close it down tomorrow....
Socialist Revolution To Put Bankrupt Bankers Out Of Their Misery
IN its latest annual report, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the 'central bank of central banks', has warned that capitalism is 'defenceless' against the next economic crash. According to the BIS the monetarist policies pursued by the world's central banks have not only failed to overcome the banking meltdown...
'It is not ok to drop a one ton bomb on a neighbourhood!'
AMERICAN jurist Mary Davis, who headed the independent United Nations probe into the events of 2014 aggression on the Gaza Strip, said that Israel must re-examine its policy of using its military might, because it led to what she called 'unprecedented destruction and to the killing of about 1,500...
'They are planning to get rid of the whole of Ealing Hospital!'
ANN FRANKLYN, 22 years a nurse and midwife at Ealing Hospital, carrying heavy bags, stopped at the occupation at 6.30pm on Friday evening. 'Today was my last day,' she said. 'I want to come back.' The West London Council of Action is calling on workers to stop work and shops...
Vote 'NO' and organise Greek Socialist Revolution!
THE Syriza party won the last Greek general election with its declarations that once elected it would put an end to the austerity dictatorship from Brussels and Berlin that has pauperised the Greek people. It immediately began to crumble and like the Labourites in the UK began to peddle a...
Greek Revolution Statement
STATEMENT BY THE REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST LEAGUE Athens, Saturday 27/6/15 For a strong class 'NO' vote in the referendum! No to the austerity accords! Out of EU, IMF and NATO! For a workers' and poor farmers' government! THE Greek working class, youth, poor farmers and small shopkeepers and professionals, must deliver a strong class vote of 'NO'...
Keep Ealing Maternity open!
A CAMPAIGN team was out on Southall Broadway yesterday fighting for this Wednesday's march and occupation to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity Unit. At the same time, campaigners were visiting shops to get them to close for two hours on Wednesday as well as visiting Gurdwaras, temples, churches...
Teachers Condemning Tory Poverty Policies!
TEACHERS' unions and charities joined the condemnation of the Tory policies that have driven over two million children into poverty. Office for National Statistics figures published on Thursday recorded 2.3 million children living in poverty and 9.6 million individuals were on relative low incomes in 2013-14. Meanwhile, the government is...
EU preparing Greek 'regime change'!
THE debt talks between Greece and its international creditors collapsed on Thursday night with German Chancellor Merkel telling the Greek PM Tsipras to shut up, and members of the Syriza government accusing the Troika of seeking to organise a Greek right-wing coup against the elected government. The reality is that...
Ealing Gmb To Take Action!
EALING Hospital workers are stopping work for two hours next Wednesday 1st July and joining the march and occupation to save the hospital's maternity unit. And they are calling all workers and shops in the area to do the same. GMB union members, employed at the hospital by private contractor...
EALING MATERNITY ENTRANCE OCCUPIED! – Stop work on July 1 and march to the hospital to save it!
THE occupation of Ealing Hospital is in full swing, with shifts ensuring that the entrance to the closure-threatened maternity department is occupied 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Local residents,workers, students and youth have all signed up to the rota to ensure that the maternity department at...
On the eve of massive cuts – the cry goes up to 'redefine poverty!'
THE number of children living in poverty in the UK remains 2.3 million, government figures show. This situation has seen thousands of families depending on food banks to feed themselves, while teachers' trade unions have said that many of their members are now bringing clothing and food to school with...
Ealing Hospital Workers Welcome The Occupation!
EALING Hospital staff members and patients welcomed the occupation of the entrance to the closure-threatened Maternity Unit yesterday. The occupation, to keep the unit open, organised by the West London Council of Action began on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 1pm. The Council of Action has called another march for Wednesday July...
Battle for 'living wage' is escalating
THE BATTLE for a living wage is escalating, with Southampton Solent University and Norwich City Football Club, being the latest employers who have now pledged to pay their workforce the living wage. The Greater London Authority has calculated the 2015 living wage as £9.15 an hour for London and the...
OCCUPY to stop NHS closures – demand unions call a general strike!
THE West London Council of Action spoke out and acted for many workers yesterday when it launched the occupation of the Maternity Unit at Ealing Hospital to stop it being closed. Its statement read: 'This is no protest action. We know that if they close the maternity in...
Disabled Occupy Parliament
Disabled people occupied the Central Lobby of Parliament yesterday against the abolition of their Independent Living Fund (ILP). They attempted to storm parliament itself, causing a melee and were pushed back by the police. John McDonnell said: 'Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), have taken direct action on the anniversary of...
Ealing Hospital is Occupied! Local residents, workers and youth occupied the entrance to the Maternity Department of Ealing Hospital yesterday to stop its closure. The hospital management and their security forces tried to bar the way to the Maternity Department and used the police – who were not too...
Israel committed war crimes during 2014 war on Gaza
A United Nations commission of inquiry has confirmed Israel committed 'war crimes' during the 2014 aggression against the Gaza Strip last summer. The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Gaza conflict issued a press statement on the UN Human Rights website, saying it has gathered 'substantial...
Workers' rights can only be secured by revolution
YESTERDAY the former 'hammer' of the teachers trade unions, Michael Gove, the new Justice Secretary who wants to abolish the Human Rights Act, was parading his alleged concern for the poor. He said that the 'creaking and outdated' justice system in England and Wales is failing society's poorest, while...
Suspend Cqc Says Bma
GP LEADERS at the BMA's Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) have called on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to suspend its current inspection regime after delegates overwhelmingly passed a motion describing the CQC as 'unfit for purpose'. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA GP committee chair said: 'Even though the vast majority...
Workers support Occupation!
EALING Hospital workers are ready to welcome the occupation of the maternity unit today. Today, the hospital management intends to commence turning away expectant mothers from Ealing Hospital maternity unit and to close it for good. The West London Council of Action is marching through nearby Southall to the hospital today...
Israeli police raid Jerusalem
The Editor - 23rd June 2015
ISRAELI police arrested two Palestinians early on Sunday during a police raid on the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya, while the Israeli army arrested three Palestinians, including a woman, in the West Bank, according to local and security sources. Member of the follow up committee in Issawiya, Raed Abu Riyaleh,...
Tories Lash Out At Poor And Migrant Workers
PM Cameron was yesterday pledging 'action on welfare' to ensure, as he put it, that 'work is always a better option' – not by raising wages but by cutting the benefits of the poor. Cameron has returned to the historic Tory theme that there is something basically wrong with the...
Rcn Warns Tories
TORY changes to immigration rules, will mean thousands of NHS nurses being driven out of the UK 'causing chaos', the RCN nurses' union warned yesterday. The NHS relies on the thousands of highly trained nurses from India, Africa, the Caribbean, the Philippines and many other countries all over...
Stop Maternity Closure Tomorrow!
The Maternity unit at Ealing Hospital is set to close tomorrow, Wednesday 24 June. This is a disaster for the densely populated part of London covering Southall, Ealing and Acton. A mass march is taking place from 11am in Southall to the hospital ready to occupy the Matenity to keep...
Ready To Occupy!
'IT'S BABIES, the newborns coming into this world, they must be protected and they must continue to be born in Ealing Hospital,' Southall College student Cleopatra Sweeney told News Line yesterday morning. Speaking ahead of Wednesday's march into Ealing hospital to occupy and stop the closure of the maternity unit...
Hundreds of thousands march against austerity! – WHILE LEADERS LIMIT DEMANDS TO 'TURNING TORIES BACK'
The Editor - 22nd June 2015
OVER 250,000 people took part in a huge anti-austerity demonstration in London on Saturday, organised by the People's Assembly. They took part in a rally outside the Bank of England before marching to the Houses of Parliament. Union leaders and celebrities including Russell Brand and Charlotte Church addressed the crowds. Tens of...
Massive turn-out of workers to fight Tory austerity
THE 250,000 workers and youth who marched on Saturday, along with the thousands who also marched in Glasgow and Liverpool, proved once again that the working class hates the Tory austerity regime, and despises Labour's 'more humane austerity' look-alike version of the same policy. It is becoming more and more...
BMA leader to condemn unreal government demands!
ADDRESSING the BMA's Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) this morning, Dr Mark Porter will reaffirm the BMA's position on seven-day hospital services – that patients should have access to high quality healthcare whenever they need it. But he urges the government to 'show us the detail of what you mean. Show...
Stop Maternity Closing At Ealing Hospital
US Imperialism desperate to dominate its rivals
INTERNATIONAL 'free trade' agreements represent the attempt by the vast multi-national capitalist corporations to completely dominate the globe. The domination they seek is over everything from the right of nations to improve wages, introduce laws regarding health and safety, down to insisting that all state-owned industries and services are...
Ealing Maternity must not close – demand Greenford bus drivers
'THEY HAVE abolished capital punishment in this country, but closing Ealing maternity is a sentence of death for mothers and babies,' Greenford Bus Garage Unite Rep, Hashi Jarma said yesterday morning. He spoke to News Line as busworkers at the garage pledged to support next Wednesday's march and occupation of...
Stop gagging asylum seekers' doctors – warns BMJ
IN THE British Medical Journal this week, two doctors criticise Australia for passing legislation that may be used to silence doctors working with asylum seekers. The Border Force Act 2015 says that from July 2015 contracted workers including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals face a prison sentence of up...
'We must save Ealing Maternity'
'I HAD both my babies here and I had the best possible care. I live in Southall, I know how important Ealing Maternity Unit is to the women of the area and I support occupying to stop the closure.' Local school dinner lady and GMB union member Parmjit Toor was...
Stop The Maternity Closing At Ealing Hospital
'Turkey has no right to deny Syria and Iraq the right to Euphrates water'
SYRIA's Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi on Wednesday met Iraqi Water Resources Minister Mohsen al-Shummari, discussing with him means to expand cooperation and establish joint projects. Premier al-Halaqi stressed the need to boost political, economic, and commercial relations between the two countries and to find new ways to bolster security in...
ASLEF calls July 8 Tube strike
ASLEF has announced a July 8 strike on London Underground after members voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay and rostas. ASLEF said: 'The company's decision to try to force through, without negotiation, new rosters would mean Tube drivers will have to work an unlimited number...
TUC leader pleads with EU president
YESTERDAY, Tory leader David Cameron hosted a breakfast meeting with the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, as part of his campaign to persuade the heads of the EU to allow Britain to re-negotiate the terms of membership. In advance of this meeting, the general secretary of the TUC,...
Labour saves Cameron
Just six weeks in power and the Tory government are so weak and divided that they can only survive through the treacherous support of the Labour Party. This was the message hammered home by the vote in parliament on Tuesday night over the arrangements for the in-out referendum on keeping...
Ealing meeting votes for maternity occupation
'CLOSING Ealing Hospital maternity is a real attack on the NHS and a real attack on the people of Southall, Ealing and surrounding areas,' Dave Wiltshire, National Secretary of the All Trades Unions Alliance, told a meeting of more than 100 workers, students and youth on Tuesday night. The meeting...
Labour Rescues Cameron Government
PM Cameron was rescued by Labour from a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons on Europe on Tuesday night after he faced his first significant rebellion of the new Parliament by Tory eurosceptics. Some 27 Tory rebels, supported by, among others, all 56 SNP MPs, six DUP MPs, four...
Women will give birth in A&E!
'I WORK in A&E and I have the feeling that we will actually get women coming into A&E to have their babies and it's not an appropriate place to give birth.' Royal College of Nursing member Maria Musty was talking to News Line at the front of Ealing Hospital yesterday...
Bar the way to Greece coup with socialist revolution
THE crisis in Greece has reached breaking point this week with the unelected European Commission threatening to declare a 'state of emergency' in the country over the refusal of the Syriza government to agree austerity cuts demanded in return for a further bail-out of the bankrupt Greek economy. The cuts,...
US Resumes Air Strikes On Libya
Al-QAEDA linked jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who allegedly masterminded the siege of an Algerian gas plant in which 38 hostages died, has been killed in a US air strike, Libya's internationally recognised government said on Sunday. 'American jets conducted an operation which resulted in the deaths of Mokhtar Belmokhtar and a...
Abolish water charges! demands Dublin conference
THE right to decent work, an end to the banks' veto on mortgage resolutions and the abolition of water charges are among the measures in a new policy platform drawn up by Right2Water activists at a conference in Dublin on Saturday. These policy measures will be presented at meetings across...


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This is one you will want to see. The large kitchen is gorgeous with all SS Kitchen Aid Appliances beautiful granite counter tops and over sized island with built in wine rack. So much room for family gatherings. The home has beautiful outside views from kitchen, dining, living and master. Tall seamless windows make the whole home bright with natural light. Wonderful 10 and 12 ft ceilings throughout the house. 2 BR's down and 2 BR's up with a large game room and bar. You will love the master bath with its beautiful tub and separate walk in shower. Upstairs media room for fun family movie night. Wooded creek aligns the West side of home. Home is completely energy efficient. One side of garage is tandem parking.
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Discover Lake Highlands splendor in this elegant, traditional home located on a quaint cul-de-sac. Home features an array of updates including new tile, counters, hardwood flooring and new HVAC. Its spacious floor plan provides ample room for family and friends, with four bedrooms and three baths split off the kitchen. It also has substantial yard space and room for a pool, making it excellent for entertaining. Enjoy the convenience of walking to the nearby park, tennis courts, spray park, rec center, running track and more. Not only is it beautiful, it also offers plenty of opportunity to expand in value due to its prime location. This one is not to be missed!
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Trade exchange between China, African states hits $170 bln in 2017, Chinese official tells MENA
MENA , Saturday 25 Aug 2018
File Photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shankes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-sisi (Photo: AFP)
Egypt cabinet discusses preparations for President Sisi's upcoming visit to China
Egypt anticipates opening new areas of cooperation with China: FM Shoukry tells VP Qishan
Trade exchange between China and African states increased 14 percent year-on-year in 2017, registering $170 billion, minister counsellor for economic affairs at the Chinese embassy in Cairo Han Bing said on Saturday.
In statements to MENA, Han revealed that Chinese investments in Africa recorded $3.1 billion in 2017.
China sees major opportunities for the expansion of economic cooperation with African countries in fields such as agriculture, investment, energy and natural resources, he said.
The Chinese official said that Beijing intends to carry out several projects in African countries, including a modern agriculture centre and another one for ocean research.
He also unveiled plans to foster cooperation among Chinese and African banks.
Han also said that his country will host the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which will include a ministerial conference on 1 and 2 September, and then another meeting at the level of Chinese and African heads of state on 3 and 4 September.
He added that a business forum and a roundtable are set to be held on the sidelines of the forum, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivering a speech at the inaugural session.
FOCAC aims to bolster cooperation between Beijing and African states at the political, economic and cultural levels, to maintain security and stability as well as promote anti-terrorism efforts, Han said.
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday that the 2018 FOCAC summit aims to build a stronger community with a shared future between China and Africa.
"First, the summit will make a renewed call for a stronger community with a shared future between China and Africa," Wang said.
"Second, the forum will usher in a new era for the Belt and Road Initiative and Africa's development, and China will engage with Africa in equal consultation, planning together, working together and benefiting together," Wang stressed.
The summit will connect the Belt and Road Initiative with Agenda 2063 of the African Union and the UN 2030 Agenda on sustainable development, he noted.
The foreign minister also vowed that the summit will push cooperation between China and Africa to a new high level.
"During the summit, we will adopt the Beijing Declaration and the Beijing Action Plan, a number of bilateral cooperation agreements will also be signed, which will give a plan for Chinese and African cooperation in the next three years and beyond," Wang said.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
package configfiles

import (
	"fmt"
	"path/filepath"
	"testing"

	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
	kubeletconfigv1beta1 "k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1"
	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
	kubeletscheme "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme"
	utilfiles "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/files"
	utiltest "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/kubeletconfig/util/test"
	utilfs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/filesystem"
)

const configDir = "/test-config-dir"
const relativePath = "relative/path/test"
const kubeletFile = "kubelet"

func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
	cases := []struct {
		desc   string
		file   *string
		expect *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration
		err    string
	}{
		// missing file
		{
			"missing file",
			nil,
			nil,
			"failed to read",
		},
		// empty file
		{
			"empty file",
			newString(``),
			nil,
			"was empty",
		},
		// invalid format
		{
			"invalid yaml",
			newString(`*`),
			nil,
			"failed to decode",
		},
		{
			"invalid json",
			newString(`{*`),
			nil,
			"failed to decode",
		},
		// invalid object
		{
			"missing kind",
			newString(`{"apiVersion":"kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"}`),
			nil,
			"failed to decode",
		},
		{
			"missing version",
			newString(`{"kind":"KubeletConfiguration"}`),
			nil,
			"failed to decode",
		},
		{
			"unregistered kind",
			newString(`{"kind":"BogusKind","apiVersion":"kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"}`),
			nil,
			"failed to decode",
		},
		{
			"unregistered version",
			newString(`{"kind":"KubeletConfiguration","apiVersion":"bogusversion"}`),
			nil,
			"failed to decode",
		},

		// empty object with correct kind and version should result in the defaults for that kind and version
		{
			"default from yaml",
			newString(`kind: KubeletConfiguration
apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1`),
			newConfig(t),
			"",
		},
		{
			"default from json",
			newString(`{"kind":"KubeletConfiguration","apiVersion":"kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"}`),
			newConfig(t),
			"",
		},

		// relative path
		{
			"yaml, relative path is resolved",
			newString(fmt.Sprintf(`kind: KubeletConfiguration
apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
staticPodPath: %s`, relativePath)),
			func() *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
				kc := newConfig(t)
				kc.StaticPodPath = filepath.Join(configDir, relativePath)
				return kc
			}(),
			"",
		},
		{
			"json, relative path is resolved",
			newString(fmt.Sprintf(`{"kind":"KubeletConfiguration","apiVersion":"kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1","staticPodPath":"%s"}`, relativePath)),
			func() *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
				kc := newConfig(t)
				kc.StaticPodPath = filepath.Join(configDir, relativePath)
				return kc
			}(),
			"",
		},
	}

	for _, c := range cases {
		t.Run(c.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
			fs := utilfs.NewFakeFs()
			path := filepath.Join(configDir, kubeletFile)
			if c.file != nil {
				if err := addFile(fs, path, *c.file); err != nil {
					t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
				}
			}
			loader, err := NewFsLoader(fs, path)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
			}
			kc, err := loader.Load()
			if utiltest.SkipRest(t, c.desc, err, c.err) {
				return
			}
			if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(c.expect, kc) {
				t.Fatalf("expect %#v but got %#v", *c.expect, *kc)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestResolveRelativePaths(t *testing.T) {
	absolutePath := filepath.Join(configDir, "absolute")
	cases := []struct {
		desc   string
		path   string
		expect string
	}{
		{"empty path", "", ""},
		{"absolute path", absolutePath, absolutePath},
		{"relative path", relativePath, filepath.Join(configDir, relativePath)},
	}

	paths := kubeletconfig.KubeletConfigurationPathRefs(newConfig(t))
	if len(paths) == 0 {
		t.Fatalf("requires at least one path field to exist in the KubeletConfiguration type")
	}
	for _, c := range cases {
		t.Run(c.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
			// set the path, resolve it, and check if it resolved as we would expect
			*(paths[0]) = c.path
			resolveRelativePaths(paths, configDir)
			if *(paths[0]) != c.expect {
				t.Fatalf("expect %s but got %s", c.expect, *(paths[0]))
			}
		})
	}
}

func newString(s string) *string {
	return &s
}

func addFile(fs utilfs.Filesystem, path string, file string) error {
	if err := utilfiles.EnsureDir(fs, filepath.Dir(path)); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return utilfiles.ReplaceFile(fs, path, []byte(file))
}

func newConfig(t *testing.T) *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration {
	kubeletScheme, _, err := kubeletscheme.NewSchemeAndCodecs()
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
	}
	// get the built-in default configuration
	external := &kubeletconfigv1beta1.KubeletConfiguration{}
	kubeletScheme.Default(external)
	kc := &kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration{}
	err = kubeletScheme.Convert(external, kc, nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
	}
	return kc
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for Ironworkers Local Union #440 is conducting recruitment starting April 1 for five outside ironworker apprentices, according to the New York State Department of Labor.
Applications can be found at the local union hall 440, which is located at 10 Main St., Suite 100, Whitesboro.
They can be garnered on Tuesday and Wednesday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., and every third Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
You can also call the union hall at 315-735-4531 or by visiting the Working Solutions One-Stop Center at 207 Genesee Street, 2nd Floor, Utica, during normal business hours.
All application must be received no later than April 10, 2020.
•Must have a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma (such as TASC or GED).
•Must pass a drug test and physical exam.
•Must have reliable means of transportation.
•Must reside within the jurisdiction of Local Union #440. This includes Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego and Lewis counties; Eaton, Madison, Lebanon, Earlville, Brookfield, Smyrna, Sherburne, Columbus, Plymouth, North Norwich and New Berlin townships; the townships of Indian Lake, Arietta, Lake Pleasant, Speculator and Morehouse; the townships of Oppenheim, Stratford and Ephratah; and the townships of Minden, St. Johnsville, Palatine and Canajoharie.
•Must be physically able to perform the work of an ironworker (outside), which may include lifting objects weighing 30-100 lbs and climbing and working at heights of 100 feet or more.
•Must provide a copy of birth certificate, Social Security card, and current certifications, driver's license after selection and prior to indenture.
•Must provide DD-214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, if applicable.


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Gergely Kolba · 08/02/2019
World-famous cyclists making cycling in Hungary more popular
Hungary Italy outdoor sports Spain
facebook.com/kometacyclingteam
Alberto Contador (on the right) is a Spanish former professional cyclist and one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice, the Giro d'Italia twice and the Vuelta a Espana three times. Ivan Basso (on the left) is an Italian former professional cyclist and the best one among mountain riders. What is common in these two sportsmen? They both would like to make cycling more popular in Hungary.
Világgazdaság reported that Ivan Basso gave an exclusive interview to MTVA (Hungarian television), in which he said that:
"In my opinion, cycling will soon expand as a sport in Hungary and soon will become a national sport. We would like to contribute to this procedure and make cycling more popular and lovable among people, to create more competitions, and have more cyclists on the roads."
His team held a training camp between January and the beginning of February where six young Hungarian cyclists trained together with international sportsmen and their improvement was so remarkable that they will become the members of the continental Spanish-Italian team. Besides having six Hungarian cyclists on their team, Contador and Basso would like to establish a stronger relationship with the Hungarian Cycling Federation.
Photo: www.facebook.com/kometacyclingteam
"We are thinking about long-term plans which means that we would like to embrace the Hungarian cycling to the next level with the help of the Alberto Contador Foundation." – added Basso.
They would like to share their experience and thoughts with the Hungarian Federation, to take care of new reinforcements and to invite more Hungarian cyclists to their camps and choose which one of them can join to the Kometa Cycling Team led by Contador.
"We would like to establish an institution where, from a very young age, we could collect the future racers for the team, and after they reached 15-17 they could learn more in Spain or Italy to make their improvement more efficient." – said Contador.
They are full of energy and enthusiasm and would like the future generation of their team to feel the same way. Also, they do not want to be remembered only for their achievements but also for what they did to make this sport more popular.
They also reported that both had a great time during the Tour de Hongrie which was a remarkable and special competition with a great atmosphere and environment, but the Hungarian cycling still needs to improve a lot in the future.
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Source: www.vg.hu
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Dua Lipa's Newest Gig Is All About Freedom
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Fragrance campaigns, and the protagonists in them, are often just one Vespa ride away from being the plot of a blockbuster romance. They're inherently aspirational, but usually for a life plucked from Pinterest. YSL's newest fragrance, Libre, doesn't share the same goal.
The French brand's secret sauce isn't a devastatingly attractive man or dreamy European backdrop — it's Dua Lipa. While other prestige brands tend to tap Hollywood veterans like Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Charlize Theron, YSL partnered with Lipa, the 24-year-old singer who's spent most of her career obliterating expectations, like that time she won two Grammys as a newbie. Now, she's the face of Libre, YSL's "fragrance of freedom".
It's an impressive landmark in her career, Lipa knows. "I'm pinching myself," she tells me while lounging on a black leather couch that's hidden away from the rest of the city near New York's Hudson Yards. "Freedom is the ethos of [YSL]. It's about strength and empowerment, especially for women."
She's right. Yves Saint Laurent, the founder of his eponymous brand, gained notability for creating a tuxedo for women in 1966, decades before gender fluidity was implanted in the zeitgeist. In short, Libre is Le Smoking suit in a bottle.
While the masculine energy of the satin ensemble had critics cringing in the '60s, Libre has Lipa grinning from ear to ear. "I love the idea of working with a brand that stands by that," she says, noting that the fragrance's lush fusion of orange blossom, musk and lavender is just as flattering on women as it is on men. "It's kind of the merging of worlds where [men and women] are, and should be treated as, equals. That in and of itself is freedom."
Lipa admits that the freedom she speaks of isn't exactly a 24/7 reality yet. "Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to express their freedom the way that they want to, especially women. We constantly get criticised for doing the things that we are rightfully entitled to," she says. "[This fragrance] is a hopeful statement. It's something we want to aspire towards."
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Dua Lipa on the set of YSL's Libre fragrance campaign.
The truth is, Lipa says that if she were a man, her career would be...different. She may have been called the "Madonna of gen Z" but she's not immune to the biased criticism female entertainers are so frequently met with. Even so, Lipa tells me that the public platform that inherently attracts trolls and haters is exactly the place where she feels empowered the most. "I feel the most free when I'm on stage," she says. "I've been so spoiled because, more often than not, I come off stage and go, 'Oh my god, that was the best show, ever.' I get that so often. Those moments I get to share with my fans are really important to me. I give 110% — and what I give to them, I get back."
As long as Lipa is feeling comfortable and confident, she's free. "If I have those two things, then nothing else can really change my mood or what I'm thinking," she says. "If I've decided to wear something I'm happy with that makes me feel confident, that makes me feel sexy because I like the way I feel in it, then [I'm free]."
This ethos echoes throughout the campaign —literally. It's no coincidence that the song accompanying the visuals is Lipa's cover of '90s Scottish alternative-rock band The Soup Dragons' "I'm Free". Just as she lyrically croons in the video — I'm free to do what I want any old time — she, in so many words, repeats to me in person with conviction, "That's how I like to think of my freedom: Doing things on my own terms."
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However, management rights for XETRA-AM were sold to a firm called Grupo Latino de Radio, which introduced XETRA's current format.
However, Grupo Latino has continued a local marketing agreement with Clear Channel to this day.
The out-of-market team was carried because the son of station manager John Lynch was on scholarship with the team; the younger Lynch would go on to star in the National Football League. The station's best-known sportscaster in the sports format is Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton, who hosted a nightly sports talk program from 1987 until 2005, and was also the play-by-play voice of the Chargers from 1987 to 1996.
It primarily serves the Los Angeles area, even though the station has a stronger signal in San Diego, due to its close proximity to Rosarito, and a dramatically stronger signal south of the Rosarito site, towards Baja California. Jorge Rivera, founder of XEAC in 1936, had a dream to create the world's most powerful AM radio station, In the US, the FCC had limitations for radio station broadcast strength.
XEAC eventually became XEAK-AM ("the Mighty 690", a moniker that its XETRA-AM successor would use in later years), playing the hits of its time.


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A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in VLC media player and can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a user's system.
The flaw is located in libmodplug, a third-party library used to load and render music module files in multiple formats including .669, .amf, .ams, .dbm, .dmf, .dsm, .far, .it, .j2b, .mdl, .med, .mod, .mt2, .mtm, .okt, .psm, .ptm, .s3m, .stm, .ult, .umx, and .xmSound.
The libmodplug package is present by default in many Linux distributions, including Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, as well as some media players.
"The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "CSoundFile::ReadS3M()" function in src/load_s3m.cpp, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted S3M file," vulnerability research vendor Secunia explains.
The flaw was discovered by M. Lucinskij and P. Tumenas of the SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab and was patched in libmodplug 0.8.8.2, released at the beginning of April.
However, the latest VLC binary packages, such as those for Windows and Mac OS X, still contain an outdated version of the library.
Because there is still no patch for VLC and proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available, Secunia rates the vulnerability for the media player as highly critical.
The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting VLC media player 1.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Highly critical .
I notice that patches were issued 9/4/11....so I expect the psi detection rules will be amended shortly.
If you read the VideoLAN advisory carefully , you will note that there are workarounds for existing versions ; as the Secunia PSI cannot monitor the correct application of "workarounds" , so Secunia does not consider them a security patch/update for it's display purposes .
The patched version 1.1.9 "will" fix the problem "when" it is released . I am sure that Secunia will update their SA 44022 and the PSI's detection rules accordingly .
By the Secunia rules , VLC player 1.1.8 shows as fully patched , as in , because all "available" patches are applied .
As I have often said , it is a shame that the PSI does not display this info as it does for browsers in the"Secure Browsing" module ; however commercial priorities take precedence . Ironic really , considering the VLC Player plug-in bug that affects the "secure browsing" display .
Hope that is clear .
The PSI now shows (on my PC) that version 1.1.8 is insecure and gives the link to version 1.1.9 ; have just completed the update and the "individual programme re-scan" confirmed a satisfactory update .
The plug-ins for all browsers continue to show as insecure in "secure browsing" and the Mozilla Firefox plug-in is still NOT selected by default ; so one would assume that the Firefox vulnerability of SA41810 has not been fixed and the PSI display bug will continue for now .


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Posted on January 1, 2019	by janetrogerson
OUR 2019 COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED. WINNERS WILL BE INFORMED BY 2 MAY 2019.
We are pleased to announce the 7th poetry competition run by Poets & Players, one of Manchester's leading organisers of poetry and music events.
OUR JUDGE FOR 2019 WILL BE KEI MILLER
Kei Miller is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer and broadcaster. His many books include the novel Augustown (W&N, 2016) and poetry collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion (Carcanet, 2014) which won the Forward Prize (Best Poetry Collection of 2014). In 2010, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the Silver Musgrave medal for his contributions to Literature. He has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow and is currently a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. Kei Miller is represented by Renaissance One
What previous judges have said about the Poets & Players Competition:
When Poets & Players asked me to judge their competition I happily agreed. It's an organisation I have long admired, from its earliest days with the inspiring founder Linda Chase, to today's impressive incarnation in the splendid Whitworth Gallery. (Pascale Petit, 2018)
Poets & Players is one of the most significant and impressive poetry organisations in the country: the quality of the readings it puts on, its presence in the city is remarkable, so I'm delighted to be part of it in judging this competition. (Michael Symmons Roberts, 2017)
What was electrifying about this year's entries … was not just the wide and eclectic range of subject matters … but also the range of forms and tones, the many tongues and registers that together created a resonating and distinct entry of poetry. (Jackie Kay, 2016)
What a fabulously organised competition… One tries to dissuade people from the idea of competitions but if you're going to have one have it like this. (Paul Muldoon, 2015)
It was actually really fun judging the competition because you get the sense of what is happening in poetry right now … it was fascinating to take the temperature, as it were, of contemporary poetry. I'd like to thank Poets and Players organisation for running the competition, for wanting to run the competition, but also in general for the work that they do in promoting poetry in Manchester and the broader area, it's a commendable organisation and I'm delighted to be associated with it. (Vona Groarke, 2014)
This competition was scrupulously organised, and I loved the fact that the anonymity of the entries allowed each poem to speak for itself. (Jacob Polley, 2013)
POETS & PLAYERS PRIZE
Kei Miller will read ALL poems. All poems will be judged anonymously.
1st Prize: £600
2nd Prize: £200
3rd Prize: £100
Commended poets at the judge's discretion.
Closing Date: 13 March 2019
Winners will be informed by 2 May 2019 and will be invited to read alongside Kei Miller at the prize awarding ceremony on the afternoon of Saturday 18 May 2019 at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. If you have not been notified by 2 May 2019, we are afraid you have not been successful.
RULES AND OTHER INFORMATION
The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16, except for members of the Poets & Players committee.
Poems must be in English, typewritten in single space, font size 12. Please begin each poem on a new page but multiple online entries should be contained in a single document.
Poems can be on any subject, in any style or form, but must be the author's own original work. They should not have appeared anywhere before, online or in print. Please do not submit poems that are currently under consideration elsewhere.
Maximum line length for individual poems is 40 lines (excluding title). Please do not include photographs or illustrations.
No changes can be made to poems once submitted and we regret that we are unable to provide feedback or make any refunds.
You may submit as many poems as you wish, accompanied by the appropriate payment and application form.
Please note that all competition entries must reach us by 13 March 2019, (online entries may be submitted up to 12 midnight on this date (GMT); postal entries must be received in our mailbox no later than 13 March 2019). Entries arriving after this date will not be considered.
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ALL entries must be accompanied by a completed application form (see the link below):
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Please post the completed Competition Application form and poems to: Poets & Players Poetry Competition, Poetry Dene, 16 Clifton Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5DY.
If you wish to receive confirmation of your entry please enclose a prepaid envelope.
Poems must be printed on separate, numbered sheets, word processed (or typed) and clearly legible (single spaced and font size 12).
Please do not include your name or other identifying information on the same page as the poem/s. All poems will be judged anonymously.
You may enter as many poems as you wish but please ensure you add all poem titles to the application form.
Entry fee is £4 per poem or 3 for £10. Please do not send cash. Postal entries must be paid by cheque or postal order (only email entries may use PayPal). Please make payable to 'Poets & Players' and send together with your poem/s and Competition Application form to the address above.
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Please ensure that all poems are sent as a single attachment and not in the body of the email. Please use your name as the title of the document (poems and application form can be in the same document but must be on separate pages). If you are submitting more than one poem you should include them all in the same attachment but please ensure pages are numbered and start each poem on a new page. Single spaced and font size 12. Please save documents as doc, docx or PDF.
Entry fee is £4 per poem or 3 for £10. Email entries must be paid by PayPal. IMPORTANT please include the PayPal reference number on the application form.
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Entrants retain copyright of their poem, however, we would hope to receive permission to make a video recording of the winners reading at the awards ceremony for our website, and to publish the winning poems on our website and/or in the Whitworth Art Gallery for one year after the competition.


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Have you figure out what's special yet from the photos? Well, there weren't any real life models standing around all day to be gawked by the thousands of visitors to the Grand Palais. Instead, surreal projection of faces can be found in the first rooms of the exhibition, looking at you, speaking to you, singing at times too. Jean Paul Gaultier was even found "giving a press conference"!
The exhibition moved through a few themes and gave a taster of the creations that Gaultier made his name on. From sirens and mermaids to marine stripes, from Madonna's cone dresses to accentuated corsets, from Paris to Eurotrash. Many were deliberately provocative, no wonder he was dubbed the enfant terrible of French fashion. Then again, he does give a good dose of uniqueness in his works, which I must applaud.
Even for a fashion clueless like me, one can't help but be in awe. Although I won't be buying nor wearing any of his clothes anytime soon, I have to recognise the genius in his (apparent) madness when it comes to his creative works.


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#51 4th Oct 2017 at 5:18 AM
Found this post from Mootilda back in 2010:
The Director's Cut at MoreAwesomeThanYou has a mod named AntiVisitCampus, which will do what you want.
Go to http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/ffs/ and select your latest EP. Download the moreawesomethanyou.zip file from that directory. You can then extract the antivisitcampus.package and throw the rest out, if you don't want it.
Also found on the Sims Wiki that sometimes there is a glitch when visiting campus and Sims bring back a trash bag instead of a pizza! Now I don't know whether to install the mod or look out for the glitch.
velvetina
It's not a glitch, they bring objects inside that bag, but it only happens in the greek houses in the highest level.
I don't think you have to be at the highest level. I never track levels. Once past the lower levels, they seem to come back with Stuff about as often as they come back with pizza.
Devon Aster
I tried them a couple of times, once I think I played one of the sororities on its own and once I made my own because I was playing so many students who were close friends and family. I honestly didn't find anything I could do with a Greek House that I couldn't do in a dorm or a private residence, so I don't bother with them anymore. The Join a Greek House want is one of the few wants I will outright ignore because it's too much hassle to bother with.
simsfreq
My Greeks are definitely a method of townie ageing! I invite townies to fill up the lot and if they ever graduate, I townify them unless by that point they have married a playable or something.
The only GH I have ever really enjoyed playing was the one Tybalt Capp started in Veronaville. I just felt like it was the kind of thing the Capp family would do. Only sims who are prestigious enough to be associated with them are allowed to join, and DEFINITELY no Montys! I think there were just about enough Capps trailing through university to keep the house occupied steadily. Oh, and I noticed about halfway through Juliet's time there that all of the townies I had picked were coincidentally redheads, so that became an unofficial guideline too
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Having a Monty Greek House as well would certainly bring new meaning to "two households, both alike in dignity"...
#57 5th Oct 2017 at 12:39 PM
My Montys in that hood rarely go to university but that's true, I should really add that in, they could fight over members... hmm....
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#58 5th Oct 2017 at 3:07 PM
Originally Posted by inspiredzone
. There was also an American TV show called Greek
I wasn't interested in Greek houses until I watched the show Greek. I have 5 Greek houses in the university I use for my megahood (I think it's simstate? I have all 3 attached but at the moment there's so little students I only require 1). I can't remember the names of them, but they're quite stereotypical. There's two frats - one is for rich upper-class Sims and those with 3+ scholarships and will get kicked out if their GPA is under 3.8, and the typical party house that throw toga parties at the start of every semester. Then there's two sororities - one is quite girly and more on the upper-class scale (although not as much as the fraternity) and then one that was dubbed the 'pregnant sorority's due to a party that resulted in every member becoming pregnant. but they're slowly building up their reputation now that Etsu Cho has become president and finally, there's the Delta house - which is more for those who don't really go into Greek houses (for now, all my univeristy Sims have to go to a greek house for ease of play), they're my more down to earth Sims, or geeky, or just don't buy into the Greek system.
I have played the original Greek houses shipped with the game, but they've all graduated and at the start of my megahood new uni students were few and far between so eventually they died off, until I made my own Greek houses.
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DENVER, Colo. – In 2013, Colorado landscape photographer John Fielder took a raft trip down the Yampa River, starting at Steamboat Springs, in preparation for his latest coffee-table book.
An accountant by training, Fielder is that rare individual who has figured out a way to actually earn a living from his love of being in wilder places. When working at a department store chain in metropolitan Denver, he started heading out to the mountains on weekends, lugging around a large-format camera, then began producing books of his photographs, 32 altogether now, along with wall and engagement calendars, notecards, and other merchandise.
He keeps hours that most would consider eccentric. He's usually out before dawn, to get the special effects of first light, and just as often will return to camp after dark, again in an effort to capture the loveliness of evening light.
For this latest book, Fielder and Patrick Tierney, a former river guide on the Yampa who wrote a 50,000-word text, gamboled on the Flat Tops, a volcanic range between Steamboat Springs and Glenwood Springs, where the Yampa River originates under the name of Bear River.
Four dams block the river in the first 50-mile segment of bucolic hay meadows before it reaches Steamboat. From there, however, it flows without interruption for 200 miles to Dinosaur National Park, where it joins the Green, which itself is swallowed by the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. It's this latter segment of the Yampa that is referenced when people say it's the last undammed river in the Colorado River system.
In the 1950s, that was in question. The Bureau of Reclamation wanted to erect a dam in Dinosaur, to hold back the waters. David Brower of the Sierra Club, the writer Wallace Stegner, and others snorted loudly with indignation and the plan was eventually quashed — although, as a tradeoff, they did begrudgingly accede to the drowning of Glen Canyon, downstream in Utah, creating what is now called Lake Powell.
Showing his photographs to a sold-out crowd at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science last week, Fielder conceded that the Yampa was not entirely the story of unblemished nature that his photographs generally showcase. The river passes two major coal-fired power plants.
But even Steamboat Springs has altered natural flows of the river, said Bill Atkinson, an aquatic biologist who works for the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife. He said the river is best understood as a canyon in Steamboat, because of adjoining railroad tracks and roads and other intrusions. They together create channel-forming flows, delivering sediments, and altering the biology of the river downstream.
Even so, said Atkinson, the Yampa ranks as No. 1 among the 13 major tributaries to the Colorado in terms of ecosystem function.
Will it stay so relatively pristine? Probably not, if for no other reason than local population growth. But there's always the Front Range of Colorado. Since at least the 1950s, entrepreneurs have considered what it would take to get some of that water several hundred miles to cities from Fort Collins to the Boulder-Denver metropolitan area. In 2006, that vision was articulated with a conceptual plan — not quite a proposal — to divert water from near Dinosaur National Park, requiring about 300 miles of pipeline.
Colorado's Dan Birch, deputy general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, cautioned against assuming much water exists available for appropriation. Downstream the water levels in Lakes Mead and Powell continue to drop, he said, even after some good water years.
For now, though, the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas continues its oohs-and-aahs inspiring fountain shows, and the lettuce and broccoli fields of California's Imperial Valley continue their steady succession of planting and harvesting, some of the water coming from the Yampa.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Precipitation has been coming off the Pacific Ocean to drench California. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was at 107 percent of its historic average approaching mid-January, with more storms barreling inland and meteorologists confident that El Niño will continue at least through March and maybe May.
But how will you know when the drought is over, asked the Los Angeles Times.
Mike Anderson, the California state climatologist, says that if California receives 150 percent of snowpack by April, that should be enough to fill the biggest reservoirs and probably end the drought.
After three years of eye-popping drought, water officials have been ecstatic. "It's glorious. I went up to the Sierra last week and I wanted to kiss each snowflake," said Felicia Marcus, director of the State Water Resources Control Board.
But this glass if far from half full. While rains since December have boosted Shasta Lake, the state's largest reservoir, by 12 feet, this only increased Shasta's storage by 4 percent. It's now 33 percent full, the Times noted.
WHISTLER, B.C. – Spinach on pizza? Yuck, students at Whistler Secondary School used to say. But now that the students are growing their own vegetables even in the dark days of winter, spinach has lost its yuck factor. The students have been growing cucumbers, peppers, and other plants.
Pique Newsmagazine explains that the school spent $3,600 for three tower gardens. Fluorescent grow-lights shine for 11 hours a day, and a low-wattage submersible pump distributes a nutrient solution to the plants in lieu of soil.
The decision to purchase the towers came out of a discussion about the carbon footprint of food. With no reason to ship the vegetables, growing locally has a lower carbon output, explained student Sophie St. Jacques.
PARK CITY, Utah – Uber, the car-sharing business, has been disrupting the commercial and physical landscape in Park City, as will likely be evident during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 21-31.
The busiest time of year for Park City, Sundance used to be a profitable couple of weeks for taxis. But last year, an estimated 150 to 200 Uber drivers shoehorned their way into the marketplace. And the local taxi drivers were upset — rightfully so, says The Park Record.
Local taxi companies pay taxes and contribute to local nonprofits. As for the Uber riders, they don't, and apparently escape local regulation. Salting this wound, Uber has gotten the right to a prime spot to do business at this year's festival.
The newspaper reports an effort to create taxi stands, but also advises taxi companies that they'll need to adjust their business models to compete with Uber by lowering rates and adopting mobile apps.
Can autonomous cars operate safely in snow?
DETROIT, Mich. – OK, it's one thing of have a self-driving car in the Silicon Valley of California or in Las Vegas. But how about snow country? How well will they do there?
The Colorado Department of Transportation has started betting on autonomous-driving vehicles by putting together an information network on Interstate 70 between Denver and Summit County.
But another piece of this puzzle comes out of Detroit, where Ford has plans for what it calls the industry's first self-driving car tests in winter weather, according to the website re/code.net.
Re/code says that wintry weather is cited as the primary technical hurdle for self-driving cars getting on the road nationally. In particular, snow hides other vehicles, lane markings, and signals from the car sensors.
Ford hopes to leap the hurdle by using Lidar sensors combined with its own 3-D maps that, according to Ford, reads things like signs, landmarks, and topography.
Google reported in December that it has begun to test its self-driving cars in rainy and snowy conditions, including wintry roads at Lake Tahoe.
PARK CITY, Utah – Former Olympians living in Park City were in the news around Christmas, foremost with the passing of Stein Eriksen, who died at the age of 88.
A Norwegian by birth, he took gold and silver in the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, then three gold at the 1954 World Alpine Ski Championships, a feat not repeated for another 45 years.
Soon after, he emigrated to the United States, influencing at least a generation of skiers with his fluid style and his legendary flip. He had postings in Michigan, Colorado, and California, but credited Averill Harriman, founder of Sun Valley Resort, with instigating his move to where? In Park City, though, he sank deep roots. He got there in 1969 and then became a fixture on the slopes of Deer Valley after it opened in 1981.
Accolades rolled in. "Stein Eriksen may have been born a Norwegian, but his charisma and passion for the sport touched every skiing nation," said Tom Kelly, a columnist for The Park Record.
Aspen wanted to claim him as its own. "Though Eriksen became synonymous with Deer Valley Resort as its 35-year director of skiing and personality behind the mid-mountain lodge that bears his name, his heart remained in Aspen and Snowmass. Here, he left a legacy that shaped and continues to impact the Snowmass ski school," wrote Madeleine Osberger in The Aspen Daily News.
Also, writing in the Aspen Daily News, Lorenzo Semple told of the profound effect Eriksen had on his skiing.
"Stein Eriksen's tell-tale technique brought two elements to the sport of skiing sorely lacking today — elegance and grace. Yesteryears' instructor strikes me as a handsome, chiseled renaissance-type man who could teach you to ski during the day, drink with you after skiing, cook for you, entertain you with song, dance, and maybe even serenade you with an accordion. Stein Eriksen embodied that stereotype for me," he wrote.
The other ex-Olympian in the news at Park City was Picabo Street, who faces three misdemeanor charges stemming from domestic violence involving her 76-year-old father just before Christmas. She lives part-time in Park City, said the Idaho Mountain Express, after growing up at Triumph, near Ketchum.
ASPEN, Colo. – When McDonald's arrived in Aspen 31 years, there were arched eyebrows of disapproval. Now that the fast-food restaurant is gone, there are regrets.
If the walk-in restaurant seemed to keep busy, it was financially underperforming, owners told the Aspen Daily News. But customers were distressed by the exit of the only place available for a cheap cup of coffee and quick calories.
Aspen now has just one other fast-food national franchise, a Domino's Pizza outlet.
ASPEN, Colo. – What a busy Christmas it was in Aspen. But what a lull for January, with the distinct absence of Australians and their week-long visits.
Reporting on Christmas, Bill Tomcich, director of Stay Aspen Snowmass, a central reservations agency, reports eight consecutive nights in Aspen with occupancies of 90 percent or greater. That included four nights in excess of 97 percent. Nearby Snowmass was packed too, but not quite so much, with just five nights in excess of 90 percent occupancy.
The normal January lull in bookings this year is longer but also noticeably deeper, in part because of the drop in business from Australia.
The Aspen Times fingers the strength of the American dollar, which makes a trip by Aussies to the U.S. 40 to 50 percent more expensive as compared to two years ago.
That figure comes from David Withers, managing director of Travelplan Australia, a major ski tour operator. He said the company's business fell 30 percent in trips to Colorado this winter.
Australia is the top international market for Aspen-Snowmass, which gets up to about 20 percent of its business from the international market. International business is especially important in mid-winter.
With the economy pounding on all cylinders and storms delivering good snowfall, Aspen reported a 12.9 percent increase in skier visits during the first third of the year. Colorado Ski Country USA also reported major gains in visits in the early season.
But there is evidence of a slowdown. Ralf Garrison, of DestiMetrics, a research firm that tracks occupancy and booking trends at mountain resorts, said there has been very small growth in overall bookings rates during the last four or five months. This comes after double-digit gains in years past.
WARD, Colo. – Colorado has few glaciers, and they're small. Soon, they will likely vanish, report researchers after observing the decline of ice in Arikaree Glacier.
The glacier covers 22 acres and is located in a cirque along the Continental Divide between Boulder and Granby. Most of Colorado's glaciers are located in the same area in and near Rocky Mountain National Park.
Arapahoe Glacier, four to five times larger, will also likely disappear about the same time, he said.
In addition to the changes occurring on Arikaree Glacier, scientists have seen decreases in ice in three rock glaciers (large mounds of ice, dirt and rock) as well as in subsurface areas of permafrost, frozen soil containing ice crystals.
Williams and other researchers also discovered increases in discharges of water from the valley below the glacier in late summer and fall. The increases appear to be due to higher summer temperatures melting "fossil" ice present for centuries or millennia in glaciers, rock glaciers, permafrost, and subsurface ice.
Scientists have been gathering information at Niwot Ridge, near where the Arikaree Glacier, is located, since the 1940s.
They also discovered that at one site, at about 11,600 feet, once-magnificent wildflowers are being replaced by shrubs, particularly willows.
He said the transition has been hastened by a positive feedback. The patches of shrubs now act as snow fences, causing the accumulation of more water and nutrients and the growth of more shrubs Additional nitrogen, from vehicle emissions and agricultural and industrial operations on the Front Range and elsewhere in the West, is being deposited in the tundra, altering the vegetative mix.
Williams said the changes along the Continental Divide are probably influenced by global change. "The mountains are sentinels of climate change. We see things there before we see them" on the Great Plains, where Denver and other Front Range cities are located.
He said the changes documented at the site are probably happening elsewhere in Colorado's higher country. "We've made a case many times that the research … is representative of the Colorado Front Range, (and) in many cases of larger alpine areas in Colorado," he told one reporter.


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Mae West Ruled Fashion in 1933
Mae West in 1933. Photo: General Photographic Agency / Getty Images
A documentary of the life of Mae West, the vampy Brooklyn-born actor and writer premiered last night on American Masters. While it seems easy to dismiss West as being simply OTT—especially after having been schooled in all things camp in the lead up to last year's Costume Institute exhibition and gala—her influence on fashion cannot be dismissed. In 1937 Elsa Schiaparelli launched her fragrance Shocking in a bottle in the shape of West's famously curvy silhouette. Schiap pal Salvador Dalí was also a huge fan of the actor.
Like Jean Harlow, West set the stage for generations of blonde bombshells including Marilyn Monroe and Madonna, but at a time when the French set the mode—"fashions originate in Paris," the star once told Vogue—it's perhaps even more impressive to see how her unapologetic style, which harked back to the "Gay Nineties" (as in the 1890s) trickled up after the 1933 release of She Done Him Wrong. This is the film in which the unapologetically seductive West uttered the line "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"
With the American Masters doc in mind, we charted West's influence on fashion as it was reported in Vogue. Aesthetics aside, it's the symbolism that is most interesting here. The First World War begat a nihilistic and Gatsby-like generation who lived like there was no tomorrow. After the crash of 1929 the future looked bleak indeed. America was in the midst of a Depression when West appeared in She Done Him Wrong, and her love of excess, her oozing femininity was something to revel in. (It's interesting to note, too, that the corseted hourglass shape she made fashionable, was revisited post-World War II and called the New Look.) All the more so because there was nothing saccharine about the silver-tongued Brooklynite.
Here, a timeline of Mae West's fashion takeover in Vogue.
"Vogue's Spotlight on the Current Shows," by David Carb, April 15, 1933
"When Mae West says 'Come up to my room sometime,' the temperature in the movie theater goes up twenty degrees. For this amply cushioned lady of the yellow hair and the leering lip has It to an overpowering extent. She literally hurls it at you."
Mae West herself cast Carey Grant in She Done Him Wrong. Lore has it that she spotted the actor and said, "If this one can talk, I'll take him."Photo: Universal Studios / Archive Photos / Getty Images
"Midsummer News from Paris with a Prophetic Slant," by Marcelle McGuane, June 15, 1933
"Maybe jazz is losing its grip on the world or maybe Mae West, whom Paris currently idolizes, has something to do with it— but the Café de Paris these Friday nights (every one goes on Friday) has a distinctly new rhythm. Syncopation has given way to dreamy waltzes and tangoes—and the floor is an enchanting picture of whirling and twirling tulle dresses, billowing white cotton point d'esprit ones, and crisp, flower-like organdies."
Mae West in She Done Him Wrong (1933).Photo: Bettmann / Getty Images
"Vogue's Eye View of the Mode," by Marya Mannes, July 1, 1933
"Mae West in She Done Him Wrong created a furore in Paris, convincing the French that the hefty bosom, the opulent hip, and the glittering facade were the natural attributes of women and due for a comeback. With Mae, a tidal wave of correspondingly big gestures rolled in: enormous bags, huge blobby crystal bracelets and rings, mammoth hats, and cigarette-cases bigger than the Lucky box for fifty. In other words—and in a coconut-shell—Inflation."
Mae West as Lady Lou, 1933. Photo: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
"Paris Goes Mae West," by John McMullin, August 1, 1955
"Paris parties, this summer, have been gay with beautiful ladies in ostrich-feathered capes, organdie ruffles, little capes of osprey made by Schiaparelli that tickled my ears at dinner, and flowery dresses in many colours, competing with the floral decorations in the white-and-gold Paris drawing-rooms….
At the Etienne de Beaumonts', the women sitting on big cushions on the floor to watch the ballet (which the host himself arranged for the season at the Chatelet, looked like groups of ladies in the Winterhalter pictures, with their spreading skirts overlapping one another. Not long ago, such costumes could have been seen only at a costume party—now, they scarcely differ from 'fancy dress.'
But, amid the voluminous, extravagantly beruffled femininity, I fancied that I heard the faint tinkling of a bell—a bell announcing the lady of to-morrow. I have caught a fleeting glance of her in the form of the Marquise de Paris, wearing a tight sheath dress (with a skirt that was almost a hobbled skirt) from Augustabernard, and Lady Abdy at the Opera in a new white dress from Mainbocher, with a long tight skirt, a little fish-tail train wiggling behind her, and a tight short-waisted Empire jacket with pailletted raglan sleeves and a pailletted cravat that made a high neck-line. This, I think, is the silhouette of to-morrow —a return, if I am not mistaken, of the ladies of 1908.
With the return of the 1908 lady, I predict the 'come back' of big hats, very much trimmed with feathers, flowers, or tulle. Mae West in 'Lady Lou' (She Done Him Wrong, in New York) has become the idol of the cinema fans in Paris, and 'Lady Lou,' with her big hats and her big ways, has superseded the Greta Garbo-Marlene Dietrich school. She has brought on a craze for masquerading in pre-War attire. One has only to look at the photographs of the big hats worn at these parties….to see how becoming they are. And, after all, they are the hats that were worn with the sheath dress of 1908— so why shouldn't they return with the sheath of 1933? In my opinion, nothing is more flattering than a big hat drooping with feathers or supporting a garden of flowers and butterflies."
"Mae West Reveals the Foundation of the 1900 Mode," by Cecelia Ager, September 1, 1933"Out in Hollywood, Mae West smooths her ever-so-gently undulating hips, swells her bosom, and, jiggling easily on one knee, hearkens to the tales of a Paris gone Mae West with the quiet equanimity of your true zealot vindicated—a crusader now suddenly become prophet, who can take it. 'So Paris is beginning to understand about the freedom of the knees— hmmmm,' she murmurs, smiling a little. 'My 'corseted' silhouette—what is it but a return to normal, the ladies' way of saying that the depression is over? Just a tug at the waist-line, and you have it—an optical illusion, really.' ...
Always, Miss West has believed in fundamentals—honest, straightforward things like Nature. Always, she's appreciated the worth of Nature's beacons. When, as a girl, she used to look upon the Venus de Milo (and she did it often, she says), her whole being fired with the ambition to emulate her celebrated measurements.
The Mae West silhouette so unselfishly revealed in She Done Him Wrong is not, then, chance—but the ultimate triumph of a lifelong conviction. Miss West's childhood instincts, it turns out, have not betrayed her."
Protest— (To Mae West) [Excerpt], by Frances Shattuck, October 15, 1933
"Mae, we've worked for years and years,
With diets, girdles, and brassieres,
To subdue
As Lady Lou
Have made the latest Paris rage!"
"The much-bruited Mae West is pictured in the full flush of her Gainsborough ideal."Illustration by René Bouët-Willaumez, Vogue, October 15, 1933
"Fashion Inhibitions," by Marya Mannes, October 15, 1933
Mae West : "I have hundreds of suppressed fashion desires. I yearn for the return of the bouffant skirt, hats with large, drooping, and flattering brims, and lingerie that is ridiculously lacy and absurdly feminine. I actually pine for the return of negligees that submerge the wearer in ribbons and ruffles and display a hint of slips beneath, likewise weighted with more ribbons and more ruffles. In short, I want the fashions of Gainsborough's ladies to return. When a large rose could be worn at a deep neck-line of a frock without causing rude stares and giggles, when a woman could swathe her hat and features in a dramatic veil without accusations of affectation—those are the modes I would have revived. Femininity is making definite attempts to return to the mode, and I hope this means a trend back to the frivolous fads we have ignored for so many years."
The satin embroidered dress designed by Travis Banton for She Done Him Wrong (1933). Photographed by Francesco Scavullo, Vogue, December 1974
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MAJA, autumn 2012
Written by Michaela Widergren
In the early 1950s the founders of Marimekko, Armi and Viljo Ratia began experimenting with fabric, prints and color. A fashion show was held, showcasing the beautiful and modern prints. The couple wanted to show what every woman could look like and accomplish with her sewing machine and the playful textiles of Marimekko. The original prints were seen as the most avant garde and became a natural success among the women in Finland.
When living in a habitat that's pale white and grey most of the year, being drawn to vibrant colors becomes inevitable.
Sixty years later I'm invited to one of Marimekko's concept store openings and for an interview with the people behind Marimekko. The first feeling I get when meeting these women is controlled but still most passionate. There is no doubt they live and breathe for the brand and its reputation.
I can feel the national romantic mentality of the designers and creators in the air, a mentality that is absolutely required to survive and develop for as long as Marimekko has done.
I had an inspirational talk with Erja Hirvi, one of the twenty five designers behind Marimekko's current style. Erja is a designer of prints; she told me that all designers have their own interpretations of the world and that's what most of them are trying to present. She said that the atypical interpretations of our world make Marimekko's design differ from others.
It's how you choose to present it, not what you choose to present that's essential. Nature is a familiar theme, that evolves and never grows old, Erja feels that since nature is visible everywhere, that's why it's the biggest inspiration of all, always.
I'm told a quote from founder Armi:
"There is no reason to mess up a print with a color unless there is a reason."
I think I understand what she meant and I decide to agree.
KLAPI, autumn 2012
JURMO, autumn 2012
SONJA, winter 2012
MELOONI, winter 2012
KULTAKERO, winter 2012
photography by SAGA WENDOTTE
stylist MADELEN MÖLLARD
white lace dress IDA SJÖSTEDT
grey dress KARIN SÄBY
gloves & bracelet BEYOND RETRO
other jewelry STYLIST'S OWN
Photography by Saga Wendotte by Sandra Myhrberg
blouse BEYOND RETRO
necklace STYLIST'S OWN
feather SVT REKVISITFÖRÅD
corset BEYOND RETRO
lace pants IDA SJÖSTEDT
jewelry STYLIST'S OWN
hoodie SILENT
bracelet BEYOND RETRO
beaded top DESIGN BY MADELEN MÖLLARD
ruffled shorts & bracelets BEYOND RETRO
make up & hair HANNAH BIRGERSSON
model OLIVIA D/Mikas
special thanks to VASAKÄLLAREN
lace jacket & beaded purse BEYOND RETRO
shorts IDA SJÖSTEDT
copyright PHILIPPE JARRIGEON
Written by Justine Lévy by Michaela Widergren
I remember when I went to my first meeting in a famous Trend Lab in Paris. I was asked to imagine a photo shoot that would define a new trend. I think it was for 2010 and we were in 2008, something like that.
So there I was at that meeting, we were maybe 4 stylists and 4 photographers. And, there was this woman whose job it was to put some words on the new trends. That is to say, throw some words on a piece of paper, words that would translate a new life style, a whole new atmosphere, a new base for the designers to work on, a new inspiration for fashion world.
I was really impressed by what a mission she had, and excited to read it all ! Here are new and fresh ideas, a new lecture of aestheticism that I would have to tell a story about in a photo shoot !
So she gives me my paper, the one and only, on which was written all our stylistic future. I'm surprised by something that concise, but all the more intrigued !
Luxurious sand
Beige bourgeois
natural ivory
bright shell
wooded light
That was it. More or less, because there were tons of shells on the floor, mixed with pictures from magazines (furniture, fashion shoots, piece of art)…
That's a trend. That's how trends are "created".
A few weeks after, I worked on that trend with a friend of mine, one of my favorite artists/photographer/funniest guy ever, Philippe Jarrigeon. And one of the pictures was a rabbit with a banana on his head and wooden glasses on his tiny nose.
They loved it, and so did we.
The trend book of the season was sold out. I think it costs around 1500€. And all the professionals in fashion buy it. Designers, artistic directors, stylist, investors etc…
I worked for this trend lab for another season after that, then we stopped.
The reason why I tell that story is that it brings the discussion about Trend and Style.
In the dictionary you can read that the definition of trend is « a general inclination. A direction in which something tends to move. »
The definition of style is « The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed. ».
Style is a speech, that each season you treat differently. Style is a position. It is strong. It's the end of a long intellectual and creative process that the designer had in himself before he started his brand, and that he goes through again every season. It's a point of view on beauty. You agree or you don't. You wear it or you walk naked. Each collection is a new argument that joins the speech, a new expression that enrich the definition of your style.
Trend is the opposite of it. To me, it has nothing to do with creation. It's a proof of sensitivity. You have to be sensitive to digest and interpret a new trend every 6 months. And I can understand for sure that when you have a brand, and you want to fit to the market, because you want to sell, because you want your clothes to live on the girls in the street, you follow the trend, obviously.
Look at last summer collections, 2011. Colour block. Everywhere. And for fall 2011, color forms, And we do we need talk about that military look that comes and goes every 4 seasons ?
So now, you, the designer that followed the right path of fashion glory, have the right trend.
When you'll describe your collection, you'll be able to tell a story, about a woman, gorgeous and happy in flashy colours that contrast with the greys of the sad notes. Your style is set, you don't have any. But you'll never be has been. At least for a moment. A trend moment.
I'm consultant in Paris for fashion houses, and I also have a brand. I never worked with a fashion house that followed a trend. And of course, I never buy the trend lab book for my brand.
I tend to feel that big fashion houses will definitely stop following trends, and we're gonna feel a come back to the essence of the style of each of them. Some of them already did it, because their creative director wanted to rethink the roots of the brand's style. Guillaume Henry at Carven is the perfect example. As well as Pheobe Philo at Celine and Christophe Lemaire at Hermes who are doing a fantastic work on Style.
If there were more styles, and fewer trends, the shops would look like museums, full of creativity. There would exist fewer brands, and Asian factories would become real playgrounds.
Fashionistas would stop being angry and have real taste. And Zara would have to find a creative director. Because even if you can copy trends, you cannot copy an entire style.
« Fashion passes, only style remains. » Coco Chanel.
Favourite nail polish shades right now.... atleast this week!
SAYING GOOD NIGHT
Some prints and stuff made under the week
Black and white and a dose of self-awareness
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