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☆ LVMH's Berluti to design Olympics opening ceremony uniforms for French teams
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The new logo of Paris 2024 Olympics is seen on a pin during a ceremony in Paris, France, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Luxury giant LVMH's (LVMH.PA) Berluti brand will design the summer Olympics and Paralympics opening ceremony uniforms for the French teams, boosting the profile of the upscale menswear label known for buffed leather shoes and tailored suits. Antoine is credited with negotiating LVMH's 150 million euros ($166 million) worth Olympics sponsorship deal initially announced in July. Paris, which has hosted two previous Olympics, will stage the summer Games after a 100 years. LVMH's sponsorship includes its top fashion brands Louis Vuitton and Dior, as well as Moet Hennessy champagne and spirits labels and jeweller Chaumet, which will design medals for the event.

Persons: Pascal, Antoine Arnault, Bernard Arnault, Antoine, Louis Vuitton, Moet Hennessy, Chaumet, Leon Marchand, Melanie de Jesus dos Santos, Enzo Lefort, Pauline Deroulede, Mimosa Spencer, Nivedita Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Louis, Dior, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Tokyo

☆ Storms, Rising Seas and Salty Drinking Water Threaten Lower Louisiana
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jacey Fortin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the reprieve to New Orleans meant little to those who live south of the sill. The corps shipped fresh water to treatment plants in lower Plaquemines, and parish officials used booster pumps to pull water from upstream. In mid-October, they told residents that the water was finally safe. Ironton’s water is piped from upstream, and like New Orleans, the salt did not reach it this fall. But residents say that after decades of neglect, they avoid drinking the water anyway.

Persons: “, Ms, LeFort, “ I’m, Ike, Isaac, Ida, Wilkie Declouet, Declouet Organizations: Hurricanes, Deepwater Locations: New Orleans, Ironton

☆ French send deep diving robot to help Titanic sub search
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Louise Dalmasso | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, June 21 (Reuters) - A French robot that can dive to 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) underwater is on its way to help find a tourist submersible that vanished as it descended to the Titanic wreck and it could help free the sub if it is trapped, its operator said on Wednesday. "Victor is not capable of lifting the submarine up on its own," said Olivier Lefort, the head of naval operations at Ifremer, the state-run French ocean research institute which operates the robot. But he told Reuters the robot could help hook the 10-tonne submersible called Titan to a ship with the capacity to lift it to the surface. Ifremer was part of the team that located the wreck of the Titanic in 1985 with American underwater archaeologist Robert Ballard. French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who is reported to be among the five people inside the missing submersible, previously worked at Ifremer and piloted its flagship Nautile submarine that was used to examine the Titanic wreck.

Persons: Victor, Olivier Lefort, Ifremer, Robert Ballard ., Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Lefort, Michel Rose, Edmund Blair Organizations: Reuters, British, U.S . Navy, U.S . Coast Guard, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Ifremer, Robert Ballard . French, U.S

☆ Paul-Henri Nargeolet: French diver on missing sub is Titanic expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Layli Foroudi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Johann convinced Nargeolet to write his book 'In the depths of the Titanic' because he said his kids were super-fans. The underwater explorer needed convincing to write a book, Johann said, because he wanted to spend all of his time diving. CAREER IN FRENCH NAVYDirector of underwater research for RMS Titanic, which owns the rights to the ship's remains, Nargeolet started researching and exploring the Titanic wreck when he joined the French ocean research institute Ifremer in 1986, after a 22-year career in the French navy. They met after Marsh contacted the explorer to ask for the contact of a Frenchman who had survived the Titanic. The president of RMS Titanic, Jessica Sanders, said in a statement on Wednesday that Nargeolet's experience was unparalleled and "no-one has a better chance of navigating equipment failures than he does".

Persons: Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Mathieu Johann, Harper Collins, Johann, Nargeolet, Olivier Lefort, James Cameron, Nargeolet's, Anne, Michele Marsh, Marsh, Frenchman, Jessica Sanders, Bernard Cauvin, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Thomson Locations: PARIS, France, French, Connecticut, American, Cherbourg

☆ Vladimir Tismăneanu, 03 noiembrie 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-03 | by ( ) moldova.europalibera.org time to read: +6 min

Ideologia etnocentrică, la fel de amăgitoare precum cea comunistă, a devenit noul crez salvaționist, o sursă cvasi-mitică de identificare. Ea oferă ființelor umane iluzia identității, a demnității și a moralității în același timp cu înlesnirea ruperii de toate acestea”. Mai mult ca orice altceva, marxismul a reprezentat o grandioasă invitație făcută ființelor umane de a se angaja într-o căutare pasionată a Cetății lui Dumnezeu și de a o construi hic et nunc. Potrivit lui Leszek Kołakowski, „marxismul a fost cea mai mare fantasmă a secolului XX”. O filosofie care a proclamat praxisul drept criteriu al adevărului și a insistat că realitatea concretă reprezintă testul propriei validități, a fost în mod dramatic gonflată de imposibilitatea practică a propriei implementări potrivit planurilor originale.

Persons: György Konrad, Havel, Dumnezeu, Leninismul, Eric Weitz, Leszek, Andrzej Walicki, Marx, Claude Lefort, Rachel Walker, Jan, Werner Müller, Müller, Jurek Becker, Becker, Uwe Timm, Raymond Aron conchidea Organizations: Genocide Locations: RDG, RFG

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