And now there is a demand to naturalize them and give them full citizenship three friends originally from the Russian Republic of Chechnya were at a park in the French area of Montereau-Fault-Yonne when they spotted smoke two blocks away  They ran over to find a crowd yelling up to an elder man who took refuge on his patio whilst the smoke from a fire that entered his apartment from the hallway was so thick Dombaev scaled the building’s facade with Ouloubaev and Ahmedov close behind saw the fire was close to the patio itself then working as a team they lifted the man up and carried him from his patio to the adjacent patio all the while comforting the scared man whilst the crowd below cheered There was no time to wait for the firefighters  Others from the crowd had likewise climbed up to assist                                                                       And Reporters asked him if he was afraid  "I was doing gymnastics with my wife and my friend in Square Beaumarchais when I saw smoke coming from a neighboring building," recalled Dombaev  Tragically, the building fire took the life of a mother and her 3 year old daughter  Now the general public has called on the powers that be to naturalize these two men and make them full citizens  They have lived in France for seven and nine years  A petition www.change.org/… was started by the Monterelaise population to President Emmanuel Macron and to the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner A fire hit one of the Montereau neighborhoods on April 15 an old man was trapped on his balcony in the building fire Dombaev Dzhambulat and his friends Ouloubaev Aslan and Ahmedov Muhsinjon risking their own lives climbed the facade of the building up to the 3rd floor in order to rescue this frightened old man who had taken refuge in his balcony Dombaev Dzhambulat with the help of his friends went to look for the old man on his balcony passed him over the void and then put him safely on the neighboring balcony opened the doors and used fire extinguishers which he had recovered when he saw the fire in the distance This gesture facilitated access to the building for the firefighters Faced with these acts of bravery which aroused applause and great relief from the population President and Minister of the Interior to be able to give them another life We demand the regularization of the situation of these heroes of society These "lambdas" citizens did not hesitate for a second to put their courage at the service of others but I and the people of Monterrey wish to say THANK YOU  When told of the petition, Dombaev replied “I've been dreaming about this for 7 years Not signed up for Daily Kos yet? Create a free account Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Headteacher says garment is 'ostentatious religious symbol' I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice A teenage Catholic girl who converted to Islam has been banned from attending a school in the eastern Paris suburbs because her skirt is too long. The headteacher of the school in Montereau-Fault-Yonne told the 16-year-old that the length of her skirt meant that it was an “ostentatious religious symbol” – something forbidden in state schools in France since 2004. A meeting will be held at the school with the pupil’s parents to try to resolve the dispute, following a rash of similar incidents in other French schools last year. Long skirts if worn as a fashion statement are allowed in French schools. Long skirts worn as sign of allegiance to Islam – or any other religion – may fall foul of the 2004 law which enforces the principle that state schools are secular. The council of state, the final arbiter of the meaning of French laws, has been asked to rule on the “long skirt” issue but has not yet done so. The girl has been named only as K De Sousa, French of Portuguese origin. She converted to Islam, with the blessing of her family, a year ago. The French education system investigated whether she was part of a radical Islamic movement and decided she was not. Her mother Marie-Christine de Sousa told French magazine L’Obs: “My daughter respects the law. I respect her religion. Until now, the school has made no comment on the way she dresses. “Apart from chattering in class, she has no problems and doesn’t say much about her conversion. People shouldn’t jump to conclusions.” K De Sousa wears a headscarf in public but takes it off when she reaches school, as the 2004 law demands. The law was enacted after a series of rows in French schools about the wearing of headscarves. It was broadened to ban all “ostentatious religious symbols” to avoid seeming to stigmatise Islam. A handful of schools in France have begun to interpret long skirts won by Muslim girls as a religious symbol. Most do not. The education board covering K De Sousa’s school admitted that dialogue between the school and her family had “not gone entirely serenely”. “Talks will resume on Monday,” a spokesman said. “It is in everyone’s interest that this young woman should pursue her schooling normally. A long dress or skirt is not, in itself, a motive for excluding a pupil.” Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies A former French minister is planning a historical theme park dedicated to Napoleon complete with battle re-enactments and guillotines From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox There will be daily stagings of Napoleon's infamous 1815 defeat at Waterloo as well as an extravagant water show depicting the British Royal Navy's decisive victory over Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar Napoleonland will also re-create the death But "the greatest attraction will be the ski run," says Khateni which will allow visitors to ski through a battlefield strewn with "frozen bodies of soldiers and horses." Jégo is currently seeking private investors to help pony up the roughly $280 million needed to begin building the park in 2014 creating 3,000 jobs and bolstering French tourism in the process Napoleonland just might succeed if it follows in the footsteps of the "endlessly popular" Disneyland Paris "The French couldn't be more aware that spoon-fed entertainment is a winning formula." And even though everyone is cutting down on luxuries during these tough economic times "there is still an argument for the creation of a park like Napoleonland." A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Samantha RollinsSamantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism PARIS — Lance Armstrong’s kids were dressed in yellow When the seven-time Tour de France champion returned to the Tour podium Sunday And so was rival and teammate Alberto Contador — wearing the coveted and hard-won yellow jersey Armstrong capped his return with an impressive third-place finish They were among the massive crowd that poured out onto Paris’ most famous avenue for the finish — Norwegians in Viking helmets flag-waving Britons and an American in a stars-and-stripes top hat among them Contador cruised down the Champs-Elysees to win the Tour for a second time Sunday after 2,141 miles over three weeks of racing excelled in the two time-trials — winning a pivotal race against the clock in the 18th stage — and won the first Alpine stage Contador’s toughest rival in the mountains “It has been an especially difficult Tour for me but I savor it and it is more special because of it,” he said after the prize ceremony The body language on the winner’s podium said it all As the 37-year-old Armstrong climbed onto the stage he gave a perfunctory handshake to his teammate Contador then heartily grabbed Schleck’s hand with both hands Armstrong cast a long sideways glance at what had long been his spoils; he gave only a cursory glance to his own crystal trophy Asked on French TV what the hardest moment in this race Contador replied: “It was in the (team) hotel,” without elaborating Contador already is one of cycling’s greats having won all three Grand Tours of France Armstrong’s comeback after 3 ½ years of retirement raised questions about who would lead Astana during cycling’s most prestigious race Those questions remained through much of the Tour as tensions mounted over who was the No Armstrong and Contador shared glasses of champagne on the ride into Paris But it seemed to be more about keeping up appearances than a genuine celebration: After a few sips I did everything I could,” Armstrong said before the final stage it’s probably a healthy thing for them to see because they saw their dad that never lost and the kids in their class (say) ‘your dad never loses,’ so it’s good for them to see dad get third and still be cool with that and still be happy.” was talking less of squabbling within Astana and more about Contador’s greatness as a rider Contador has rebounded from a brush with death Contador fell in the first stage of the 2004 Vuelta a Asturias race went to hospital and learned he had a congenital cerebral vascular disorder he won the fifth stage of the 2005 Tour Down Under Today the only reminder of that scare is a large scar running down the side of his head the Tour has been won by a Spaniard for four straight years — Oscar Pereiro in 2006 Contador said he was more at ease in this year’s Tour than in 2007 then race leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark was sent home for lying about his whereabouts during pre-Tour doping controls the Tour got through three weeks with no positive doping cases But the leader of France’s anti-doping agency says not all results are in and more tests still could be carried out in the weeks who had to sit out last year because Astana was banned because of previous doping scandals diagonally across central and northeastern France to the Alps and then down to Saturday’s race climax on the dreaded Mont Ventoux in southeast France before the Paris finish After three straight Tours decided by less than a minute between first and second place Contador’s margin of victory was the largest since Armstrong collected his last title in 2005 And Armstrong was the second-oldest rider to reach the Tour podium Raymond Poulidor of France was 40 he placed third in 1976 The 24-year-old Schleck won the white jersey awarded to the Tour’s best young rider Franco Pellizotti of Italy picked up the polka-dot jersey given to the race’s King of the Mountains And Thor Hushovd of Norway beat the 24-year-old Briton rider Mark Cavendish for the green jersey given to the Tour’s best Tour sprinter Cavendish collected his sixth stage win of this year’s Tour in a sprint after the 101.9-mile course ride from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to the Champs-Elysees to become the first rider to win six Tour stages in a sprint winning by several bike lengths in the last mad dash trailed in second by his own lead-out man on the Columbia team Tyler Farrar of the United States was third winning on the Champs-Elysees is a dream for every single sprinter — to see the Arc de Triomphe in the distance,” Cavendish said “I can’t go home from this Tour being disappointed.” who’s already trying to figure out how to win a third Tour He’ll lead a new squad sponsored by RadioShack Astana likely will welcome back Alexandre Vinokourov Whether Astana will still have room for Contador and whether the Spaniard will want to team with Vinokourov What’s very clear is Armstrong and Contador already are relishing the chance to face off again next year freed of the need to paper over the obvious cracks in their relationship “We are totally incompatible,” Contador said LLC | www.heraldextra.com | 1200 Towne Centre Blvd You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The most recently woninclude: three turnkey projects to supply and install submarine inter-arraycable systems in France worth an excess of €220 million; the development of submarine power cable links for the UK’s Hornsea Project Two – the world’s biggest offshore wind farm; a submarine inter-array cables system to be provided for the Borssele III & IV off shore wind farms project in the North Sea and a contract awarded by Northwester NV for a submarine inter-array powercable system to NSW a subsidiary of General Cable which is now part of Prysmian Group represent an important milestone for Prysmian as they are related to the first major projects in this market and demonstrate that the Group’s ambition of becoming a one-stop service provider for the entire supply chain is credible and sustainable Offshore wind projects for over €650 million in 2017-2018 have been secured coming at a very important time for the Group awarded by the French-Canadian venture Eolien Maritime France supply and installation of inter-array cables for the offshore wind farms of Fécampand Courseulles-sur-Mer for the Saint Nazaire Wind Farm (also owned by Eolien Maritime France),is in the process of being secured in a consortium between Prysmian and Louis Dreyfus TravOcean Prysmian will provide 33 kV three-core submarine cable systems with XLPE insulation with a total of around 345 km of cables The Fécamp project will involve connecting 83 WTGs with a total capacity of 498 MW while Courseulles-sur-Mer will connect 75 WTGs with a total capacity of 450 MW accessories and terminating services shall be provided by Prysmian for the 80 WTGs/480 MW capacity of Saint Nazaire The projects will lead to the construction of France’s first large-scale offshore wind farms Prysmian will rely on the strategic and immediately available facilities of General Cable’s subsidiary NSW Cable cores will be manufactured at the Group’s centre of excellence in Montereau-Fault-Yonne and then assembled and finished in Nordenham Global Offshore Wind 2018 brought together in the British city supply chain companies and technical experts to discuss the progress and opportunities of offshore wind Prysmian Group chose this prestigious stage to present its Power Link Cable Solutions our new enhanced asset management service for critical power links to supply submarine inter-array cables for what will become theworld’s largest offshore wind farm will supply well over 1.3 million homes withgreen renewable power once it becomes operational in 2022 Prysmian Group will be responsible for the design termination and testing of theinter-array submarine cables system that will connect 110 of the 165 wind turbines to the offshore substation platform The project involves more than300 km of 66 kV inter-array cables with EPR insulation and single-wire armouring systems All the submarine cable cores will be produced at the Group’s centre of excellence in Wrexham while the armouring and assembling process will be performed in Drammen,Norway The project is a clear display of confidence in the UK’s flourishing renewable sector and will contribute to improving quality of life in the UK for generations to come the Dutch central government wants to reduce the Netherlands' emissions of greenhouse gases to zero and plans to make 16% of all energy used in the Netherlands sustainable by 2023 Prysmian Group will do its part to reach this important goal by providing sustainable and carbon-free electricity to more than 800,000 households in the Netherlands thanks to the development of a submarine inter-array cables system for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farms project located near the southern border of the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Borssele III & IV will have a total installed capacity of 731.5 MW with individual wind turbine capacity of 9.54 MW Prysmian will be responsible for the design supply and testing of about 175 km of 66 kV three-core cables with XLPE insulation of various cross-sections will be produced in Prysmian’s centre of excellence in Pikkala produce and deliver 25 km of 33 kV submarine power cables for the inter-array cabling of the Northwester 2 NSW will also be responsible for pre-operation cable termination and testing The submarine cables are scheduled for delivery in summer 2019 The Northwester 2 Offshore Wind Farm comprises 23 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind 164-9.5 MW turbines the wind farm will provide renewable energy to more than 220,000 homes NSW is one of the world’s leading companies in the field of submarine power and telecommunication cables a strategic location close to the North Sea NSW can leverage on enviable experience in: developing and producing repeaterless and repeater fibre-optic submarine cable systems and accessories for submarine networks; turnkey submarine power cable systems; repair and maintenance services and offshore oil and energy systems for the offshore industry The project begins in a 315 MW photovoltaic plant located in the Jujuy Province at the North-West border with Chile at an altitude of 4,100 m and in one of the areas with the greatest solar resource in the world The solar park will be able to generate a monthly average of 55,073 MWh which will be transmitted to the 345-kV line that links the Chilean town of Andes with that of Cobos in the province of Salta offering the Argentinian system an annual average of 660,887 MWh for 20 years The Cauchari Solar Park is the first project officially signed by the governments of Argentina and China as part of the One Belt Prysmian Group will provide more than 3,600 km of instrumentation and control low voltage and solar cables from its Chinese Tianjin and Yixing plants; more than 1,100 medium-voltage accessories and connectors from the Yixing plant alone; 100 Pry-Cam Grids and 1 Pry-Cam Portable from Prysmian Electronics and supervision services for both MV accessories and Pry-Cam supplied by the team in Argentina Prysmian’s solid and long-lasting collaboration with the Italian operator is becoming even stronger thanks to a framework contract for the supply, installation and emergency repairs of 220 kV cables to upgrade the national power grid Awarded to Prysmian as lead contractor in the Temporary Association of Companies (RTI) involving CEBAT S.r.l (which will carry out the civil engineering installation works through its subsidiary Terna Rete Italia SpA) the turnkey project is worth about €50 million and will last for three years with an option to extend in terms of time and value Prysmian Group is also building the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnection between France and Italy and the new submarine cable connection between Sorrento and the island of Capri Once again, Prysmian Group has confirmed its commitment in developing the Mediterranean region’s power grids and, in particular, ‘deep water’ cable installation. The Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) awarded Prysmian a €21-million contract for two interconnections between the Cyclades islands of Evia supply and install two turnkey High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cable systems – consisting of 150 kV three-core cables with XLPE insulation and double wire armouring – and the associated fibre optic cable system reliable and sustainable power transmission Delivery and commissioning are scheduled for Q3 2019 The system will cover a total route of over 18 km –16.5 km submarine and 2 km land – with maximum water depth expected to be in the range of 550 m in the link between the islands Evia and Andros This new project follows the 2014 contract awarded by IPTO for the submarine interconnection between the island of Syros and the mainland power transmission system in Lavrion fully-integrated world-class manufacturing complex of JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG) is located 120 km south of Metro Manila in Batangas City it houses polymer plants and the first and only naphtha cracker plant in the Philippines Prysmian Group will support the first expansion phase to the existing facilities, providing a complete ‘Plant & Petrochemical Cables’ package of power and telecommunication cables (approximately 820 km in total) JG Summit is a new and extremely important client for a market like the Philippines an area with huge projected future growth on the petrochemical and LNG front Cables are produced at Prysmian Group plants located in Tianjin and Suzhou JGSPG consists of JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation – the largest manufacturer of polyolefins in the Philippines and the first and only integrated PE and PP resin manufacturer in the country – and JG Summit Olefins Corporation (JGSOC) one of the country’s largest conglomerates FlexRibbon™ is Prysmian’s new line of telecom products, featuring MassLink™ with FlexRibbon™ Technology. It’s able to reach 3,456 optical fibre to offer increased functionality to data centres operated by major companies worldwide Designed to maximise fibre density and duct-space utilisation Prysmian’s MassLink™ with FlexRibbon™ Technology products compact the maximum fibre count into the smallest cable possible by using extremely flexible fibre ribbons that can be rolled up for high packing densities or laid flat for ribbon splicing Motiviation & PurposePassion doesn’t always come easily Discover your inner drive and find your true purpose in life Sleep may be the most powerful tool in our well-being arsenal tools and strategies for a better relationship with your money We often come across stories of everyday heroes--a state trooper giving his protective mask to a doctor a woman getting a third job at a nursing home to stay close to her mother etc And while these stories are absolutely heartwarming--don't get us wrong!--there are some tales of everyday heroism that are nothing short of mindblowing This is the story of two friends who would give any Marvel superhero a run for their money--and this without any superpower Back in April 2020, a fire of a voluntary nature started in a seven-story building located in Montereau-Fault-Yonne The incident unfortunately caused the death of a mother and her three-year old daughter The survivors were put through quite an ordeal two brace superheroes were there to the rescue Dombaev Dzhambulat and Ouloubaev Aslan are two Chechen friends who have been living in France for seven and nine years respectively When Dombaev saw the smoke from a distance "I was doing gymnastics in Square Beaumarchais when I saw smoke coming from a neighboring building," Dombaev told Tellerreport with the help of his wife he saw the carnage and heard the screams of the residents He saw the poor old man who was trapped on his balcony having difficulty breathing with all the smoke I can't walk," the old man told Dombaev "I then piled up trash cans and went up to him," continues Dombaev Dzhambulat Since the poor old man was too afraid to walk He then proceeded to extract him from the smoky balcony taking him in his arms so he could be safe in the other adjacent balcony "I saw an old person in the wrong and I did not hesitate to climb. I was not afraid because it is not the first time that I have rescued people, " Ouloubaev Aslan said through his son While Dombaev doesn't consider his incredible actions to be heroic--for him it was the normal thing to do--the residents warmly applauded the two men for their bravery The one thing Dombaev hopes for is to obtain his residency in France where he has been working as a mechanic for years “I've been dreaming about this for 7 years not all of us are capable of climbing a building on fire and carrying a victim in our arms across a balcony But there are other ways in which we can save each other Jennifer Hudson faced a horrific family tragedy Hudson's mother and brother were brutally attacked in their family home and her seven-year-old nephew was kidnapped What followed was a heart-wrenching manhunt to rescue her nephew and seek justice against the man who took her family Hudson speaks from the heart in this video on what happened to her family and how she was able to move forward Racism is considered the marginalization and/or oppression of people of color based on a socially constructed racial hierarchy that privileges another race The term is applied in many areas of a society that perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race or strengthen racial inequalities in education the concept of biological race is considered a cultural invention that has no scientific basis The progress over the past half-century has been impressive but the nation still has a long way to go to reach true racial equality The following racism quotes contain inspiring perspectives to help you reflect and do whatever you can to make the world a better place for you and generations yet to come Showing that you care about other people’s well-being that you are an ally in promoting inclusion and equity are some great actions you can take to help overcome the consequences of racism Just because racism doesn’t happen among the people you know Passive racism is probably the most insidious factor that contributes to the ongoing problem quotes to help fight prejudice and injustice: These quotes remind us of the joy of being part of something bigger than ourselves