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Her hope more imaginative and free-flowing recording atmosphere even if it meant forgoing the metronome track musicians use in the studio to stay in time and the three gathered in a close circle to play — Okumu on bass to Allen's right separated by a small partition to minimize bleed the other two wandered into his watery rhythm we were floating," Wasser would later tell me on a sun-splashed October afternoon in the backyard of a Brooklyn restaurant The trio played for several hours without stopping three sets of cultural references — Allen with his unique take on West African rhythm Wasser the prodigious songwriter sketching soulful rock-pop impressions Okumu's melting-pot London studio acumen fueling and midwifing their shared pluralism — overlapped Okumu would describe the session as "a kind of reverie intimate and profound," and you can hear it in the deep crevices of the tapes where a between-song interlude captures the gregarious Wasser joking about turning this one-time engagement into a weekly gathering: The men's laughter in response sounds uninhibited When Wasser finally put Allen and Okumu in a cab afterwards of the album she would come to finally release at the twilight of 2021 — credited to all three artists and titled The Solution Is Restless "The route I took was: 'I can drink you under the table I can carry that 215 bass cabinet by myself Her second chapter was largely spent in the shadow of a relationship with singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley — or under the dark cloud of his May 1997 death The two were engaged just a few days before Buckley accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River during the recording of his follow-up to Grace "It changed my life so profoundly," she says "and it got me on a very clear trajectory of thinking about death." She briefly formed a band and though their main mission was medicating their sadness — they never released any music — Wasser says that post-traumatic period was one of creative growth By the early aughts she was a presence among the left-field experimentalists hanging around Tonic one of downtown Manhattan's last great music outposts you could find her onstage as a member of Antony and the Johnsons alongside any number of downtown jazz players at a studio session for Sheryl Crow or RZA or in one of Willner's conceptual all-star projects Joan as Police Woman was born to augment that diffuse sideperson career with something of her own. The moniker was a gift from a friend, who saw the lifelong fashion maven in a powder-blue pantsuit and called it out as an homage to the 1970s TV cop drama starring Angie Dickinson Yet the stage name also worked logistically legitimizing her as a songwriter to audiences inclined to misread her shows as violin recitals She says her early compositions reflected a woman on the run: "Terror with some love songs in there for hope's sake I was so overwhelmed with feelings that I just did my best to get them down." With a small rotation of talented New Yorkers rocked-up soul music — captivated by Dilla and Madlib beats and Al Green's Hi Records sessions The lyrics constantly returned to mortality and "the very thin line between here and there" that Wasser a child of adoption who has lost all four parents "I really do just learn by following the music," she repeats again and again like a mantra One such journey involved befriending Damon Albarn and joining Africa Express an intermittent decade-long tour that the Blur singer cultivated as a collaborative space for musicians of the global South and West she got up the nerve to ask him if he'd do a session with her the next time she came through Paris There were no expectations for the session that became The Solution Is Restless Though Wasser had instigated the collaboration she was playing things by ear as usual: purposefully arriving with no music written just the hope of jamming something into being The date was inching close when she sensed the need for a third and tapped her friend Okumu — a London-based multi-instrumentalist and mighty "musician's musician" whose long scroll of credits includes membership in Mercury Prize-nominated trio The Invisible producing Jessie Ware's early records and a few prior sessions with Allen as the lockdown wore on and the album took shape in Brooklyn Okumu remained a supportive presence across the internet wire "I really felt like it was important for her to have as much space as she needed with that material," Okumu says by Zoom from his London studio "She would send me things — every few weeks or months one song or a few songs — and sort of say or take something off?' We embarked on a kind of creative dialogue before coalescing around Wasser's ominous distorted violin Okumu's bass line and chorus trumpet fanfares added by Cole Kamen-Green Its primary magnet is a metaphor-filled lyric that feels like a cross-dimensional creative chat about rhythm mathematics the singer asking for a critique: "How do you like it?" Wasser would don protective gear and bike to Trout Recording where she and engineer Adam Sachs cloistered as a two-person pod Devoting herself to the music offered an escape: "I was super aware that many people around me were really crumbling and having a terrible time creating this world." Gliding through quiet empty streets on the way to and from the studio Wasser saw some of the devastation firsthand encountering EMT sirens and paramedics wheeling people out of buildings in giant plastic bags "There was a feeling of insanity to living in the city at the time," she remembers "It was such a liminal space." As The Solution Is Restless evolved into form its songs became a soundtrack to living in that space Some react directly to the headlines: Though it never names names Wasser says that "Take Me to Your Leader" is a poetic acclamation of New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern's early handling of the pandemic in her country Some simply mark the days: The short "Dinner Date" documents a studio ritual Wasser and Sachs' evening meal break listening to Sly Stone But often, the songwriting feels like a seamless continuation of Joan as Police Woman's career-long dance with survival. "The Barbarian," which features a counterpoint bassline by Meshell Ndegeocello is a therapeutic platform for acceptance of that early "tough guy" side while "The Love Has Got Me" is a love note to music sealed with Wasser singing a little of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision." "Get My Bearings," with layered piano parts and a late vocal entrance by Damon Albarn is an existential gospel song about death and renewal written directly under the spell of Willner and Allen's absence When the Grim Reaper registered his presence in our conversation about how these songs address other people's impermanence the 51-year-old Wasser expertly pointed the camera to herself take place on the second anniversary of the Villetaneuse session the pandemic was still very much in motion the creative work made during its deadly first act was beginning to refract the public record and mass memory of the event "I was determined to write a collection of songs that never referenced the pandemic — which But I still ended up with an album about that very specific time." She speaks of an "indescribable" cognitive camaraderie that clicked from the very first moment like meeting a mirror: "I felt such a kinship to the way he lived his life which feels a little bit like how I live my life," she said at one point there's this other project that has nothing to do with anything I've ever done because that's how I feel." If it was a familiar restlessness that guided one of her heroes into the studio with her the same restlessness attended her side in the months that followed as she was left to steer his parting creative act through an ocean of loss Anne Litt shares her take on the week in KCRW music FLASH SALE: Snag The OG Black Zip-Up designed by LA artist Chuy Hartman— inspired by the 24/7 service we provide to the LA community ends tonight Get the latest from KCRW in your inbox 3x a week. Text description provided by the architects. The long-awaited Villetaneuse Université interchange is now taking shape. Although this is a good thing in terms of urban development, it also exacerbates the division between north and south due to the ensuing concentration of networks and traffic lanes. Consequently, the footbridge serves a twofold role: access to the station and a link between neighbourhoods. It needs to play its part in the interchange at the same time as fulfilling its role as an urban connection between North and South, improving traffic flow. As an urban landmark, it must also create clarity for the town’s flagship spaces and buildings: the Town Hall, University, sailing centre, interchange, and so on. © Cyril SancereauTo render its use natural, we designed the bridge to appear to emerge from the shape of the ground, both for the span across the tracks and in terms of width, protecting users from the overhead wires either side and from the rain above. This has resulted in the footbridge resembling a plant, rather like a leaf curling and unfurling along its length. © Jean-Paul HoudryDue to its dimensions (156 meters long and 8 meters wide) and its opening on the outside as well as the FSC certified wooden coating to take the footbridge is to begin a journey in a cosy pontoon bridge atmosphere You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email The Night of Solidarity is an operation that counts the number of homeless people in a particular area on a given night The seventh Night of Solidarity in Paris took place during the night of the 25th to 26th January 2024 mobilising over 2,000 volunteers and professionals of the social fields the Greater Paris - Grand Paris Metropolis - coordinated their third Night of Solidarity with nearly 2,000 volunteers and 120 partner non-profit associations in the 32 volunteer municipal Communes: Alfortville 785 people were met on the same night in the 32 volunteer municipal Communes of Grand Paris Metropolis Apur processes your data to manage sending out the newsletter. For more information on the management of your personal data and to exercise your rights, please click here voters in Seine-Saint-Denis favour Macron over Le Pen had missed the final by just over one percentage point She is now one of the millions of Mélenchon-fan kingmakers whose second-round vote could decide the election as Emmanuel Macron tries to win them over in order to hold back the far-right Marine Le Pen “Not a single vote for Le Pen!” Mélenchon thundered to his supporters after polls showed up to one-third of them might be tempted to give an “anti-system” vote to Le Pen because they despised Macron “Of course, I’ll now vote for Macron without a second’s hesitation – not for his platform but to keep out Le Pen, otherwise we’ll drift into far-right dictatorship,” Aminata said. She hoped to work abroad, but if Le Pen was elected she feared having to cut short her studies and leave France straight away which Le Pen wants to ban from all public spaces she lived through the difficulties of home-working during Covid and thinks Macron handled that well,” Aminata said “But I felt Mélenchon was a vote of hope for young people; he was the only candidate with a real anti-racism platform and he came so close.” Its residents were now mulling over what to do. Aliya, 19, a law student who had voted Mélenchon alongside her mother, a district nurse, would now choose Macron in order to block Le Pen. “It’s a no-brainer – Le Pen’s anti-immigration programme against foreigners is unconstitutional, and runs counter to people’s religious freedoms to wear a headscarf. I’ll vote Macron to keep Le Pen out and everyone I know will do the same.” The youth vote will be crucial over the next two weeks. Mélenchon came top among 18-24-year-olds in France, taking 31% support. Young people’s second favourite candidate was Le Pen, with 26%, followed by Macron with only 20%. But low turnout among 18-24s will be a key factor in the second round – 42% of young people failed to vote in the first round and it remains to be seen whether they will now mobilise. Read more“I’m worried about people not bothering to turn out to vote in the final round,” said Amin, 24, outside a supermarket. “I voted Mélenchon because he was fighting for equality and there were a load of racists running for president,” he said, referring to Le Pen and the far-right TV pundit Éric Zemmour. “I’m wondering what to do myself, whether to vote Macron or just a blank ballot.” Turnout in Seine-Saint-Denis as a whole had been historically low in the first round – 30% of people didn’t vote, and Amin feared they wouldn’t mobilise. It was Macron’s Covid vaccine pass that had upset him, which had been required for entry to cafés, restaurants and a host of public spaces, with the centrist president saying he wanted to put the non-vaccinated “in the shit”. despite most of her friends choosing Mélenchon Her parents were originally from Mauritius and her pro-Macron father had tried to persuade her against the far right “Marine says that no one under 30 would pay income tax “I also do think France has let in too many foreigners.” She was angry with Macron over the Covid vaccine pass so for ages couldn’t go the gym or restaurants,” she said But she completely disagreed with Le Pen’s ban on the Muslim headscarf “That is stigmatising – but it’s also so far-fetched that I don’t think she’ll be able to actually ever carry that out.” Her brother voted Mélenchon and tried to persuade her against Le Pen because their Algerian grandmother in Seine-Saint-Denis wears the hijab “But I don’t think Le Pen is as bad as everyone says,” she said “And I don’t think she’ll really go as far as banning headscarves.” The national rail operator RFF acknowledged the error on Tuesday explaining that it had given national railway company SNCF measurements for stations 30 years old or newer when most of France's stations are at least 50 years old France has already spent about $110 million widening its train platforms but hundreds more stations have to be retrofitted so the fat trains can pass through The real problem is France's "absurd rail system," said Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier France spun RFF off from long-time national railway company SNCF they're still apparently working out the kinks From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine the Alstom Citadis tram entered service on line 8 of the Ile-de-France tram network linking Saint-Denis with Epinay-sur-Seine and Villetaneuse president of STIF and of the Ile-de-France region managing director of Alstom Transport France This new service is a result of the contract between RATP and Alstom The trams for the Ile-de-France region are financed by STIF The line serves 17 stations and covers a distance of more than 8 kilometres It improves transport services to the north-western Seine-Saint-Denis area and provides easier access to centres of learning and business parks Alstom has been able to offer RATP and STIF a product with a personalised design both for the exterior and the interior of the trams These integrate our latest improvements in terms of accessibility - wider seats and door control buttons more suited to people with reduced mobility," said Giros Rather than implement a job protection plan the decision finally taken has been to sell the company New Look instead decided to let its Belgian subsidiary go bankrupt and also worked with GL Bijoux from 2013 to 2014 British fast-fashion retailer New Look currently operates a network of 32 stores in the country where it has been facing significant financial difficulties The company reported sales of 57.9 million euros in the market in 2017 It's not yet clear what Cécillon's plan of action will be but he has already stepped into his new role at the chain's Parisian offices as the company's employees were informed on 15 November Following the study carried out by the Apur on outer Paris cemeteries (2006) and in the framework of the one the Apur began in 2010 on  cemeteries of the Paris Regional Inter-municipal Funeral Syndicate  -SIFUREP- the Joncherolles Inter-municipal Funeral Syndicate -SICJ- expressed the wish that a more thorough examination of its territory be made The report also gives an opportunity to get to know the architectural landscaping and environmental qualities of inter-communal cemeteries better and to asses not only their historical depth but also their integration into the metropolis and their development as enclosed spaces The Joncherolles Cemetery is one of the three largest inter-municipal cemeteries in the Paris region and was designed and constructed by the architect Robert Auzelle (1913-1983) a figure internationally recognised for the quality of his reflection on funeral architecture and its place in the context of urban planning Knowing this heritage better can give guidance when making choices in the future the significant changes underway outside and inside the cemetery are taken into account when defining short and long term actions Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. 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Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! twitterpinterestinstagramAbout us Contact us The initial line of the Dijon Tramway System the second line of the tramway opened in December 2012 Line T1 is 8.5km long and T2 is 11.5km long The entire tramway system includes 37 stations The tramway was constructed by means of a public-private partnership involving Grand Dijon Urban Authority and Cofely Ineo The Tramway System secured the 2012 best environmental project award The Dijon tramway was completed with an investment of approximately $550m The tramway construction generated approximately 6,700 jobs The two lines are used by an estimated 87,000 people every day The new tramway meets the travelling needs of the Greater Dijon population The project is a primary element of the programme aimed at developing urban transportation infrastructure in an environmentally friendly manner The tramway passes through several commercial zones in the city Approximately 76,000 people reside within half a kilometre of the stations constructed along both the lines The park-and-ride facility of the tram system is projected to minimise the volume of traffic in the city by prohibiting cars on some specific roads France is rapidly developing a world class high speed railway network and the grand plan has been enhanced by the approval of a funding package worth €2.3bn for the first phase of the TGV Rhine-Rhone high speed line Additionally, the Citadis tram set being used on the lines is designed to emit a low level of noise which is five decibels quieter than that of average road traffic The energy consumed by the tram sets is ten times les than buses and even the greenhouse emission levels are much lower when compared with those of a car There has been a growth in commercial activity of Dijon which is the point where the T1 and T2 converge is steadily developing as the new hub of Dijon Several new restaurants and cafes have been opened along the tram line The tram route runs through the city centre and several other locations in the vicinity of the main hospital It also covers the residential and commercial zones of Chenove The T1 passes through 16 stations starting from Dijon Railway Station to Quetigny while T2 covers 21 stations of the Valmy- Chenove stretch Interchanges are formed at the Dijon-Ville station to ensure that the passengers have convenient access to other means of transportation Six shelters to park bicycles were provided at important stations The tram sets running on the Dijon Tramway System are of the sophisticated Citadis family of Alstom which are manufactured to provide maximum comfort to passengers The Citadis tram sets feature integral low floors closed-circuit video surveillance and passenger information systems and can accommodate more than 200 passengers The sets are designed to reach a top speed of 70km/h The contract for supplying 33 tram sets for the Dijon Tramway System was awarded to Alstom Cofely Ineo was selected to design and construct the electrical systems for the tramway The contractor will also provide maintenance services for command systems and electrical equipment for 26 years The European Investment Bank (EIB) provided approximately €200m ($262m) for the Dijon Tramway Project The funding from EIB encompasses construction of T1 and T2 Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Bob Hammer writes about one of the most under-appreciated considerations in rolling stock design: How wide can you make your train procured the rolling stock based on their own specifications and advice from the regional rail operator RFF despite the cooperation between the two organisations they forgot to check with the per-way engineer The result was that some 1300 platforms needed remedial work to trim back the platform edges at a cost of approximately 50 million Euros Those of us with longer memories didn’t laugh as loudly as others In the approach to the 1995 NSW state election the then state government decided to bring a tilt train to NSW to demonstrate their proposed upgrade for the country trains One X2000 train was leased from the Swedish Railways and duly delivered by ship to Sydney Surely a standard gauge train from Europe can run on standard gauge track in Australia The train was too wide to fit within the NSW structure gauge and guess what – many of the station platforms on the routes on which the train ran had to be trimmed by up to four inches to allow the train to pass Despite the tilt train trial the Fahey government lost the election and was replaced by Labour The train was packed up and returned to Sweden When the details of the trial came to light in 2002 the then Minster for Transport took great delight in reminding the opposition of the issues caused by and the $7 million wasted by what he labelled “an electioneering stunt”[note]NSW Government The French problem appears to have been caused by not asking the right people the right questions The NSW problem appears to have been caused by political imperatives over-riding common sense It does not appear to have caught the NSW railway authority by surprise as their budget for the tilt train trial included an allowance of $500,000 for infrastructure modifications Both situations are reminders of the risks of interfaces between engineering disciplines and of one group not being aware of the constraints imposed by another This type of problem will continue to occur when decisions are made in isolation from the full picture Just recently I had some lively informal discussions with colleagues about dimensions for potential new passenger trains for NSW you can have passenger cars 3.05 metres in width (as per the Tangaras) and yes you can have passenger cars approximately 24 metres in length (as per the V-sets) but no you can’t have passenger cars that are both 3.05 metres wide and 24 metres in length as they will not fit within the allowable transit space – although you could always cut the platform edges back again To hear more about how various rail disciplines can work together to achieve common goals visit www.informa.com.au/railworkshop for information on the 2nd Annual Inter-Disciplinary Rail Engineering Workshop There are barely four days to go before the start of AusRAIL PLUS to be held in Sydney from Feb 28 to March 2 Sydney Trains and Parramatta Light Rail are some of the key projects within the transportation sector All content published on this site is the property of Prime Creative Media The first application for a permit to operate a non-state, non-profit university as a branch will be submitted on Friday the application will be for the licensing of a branch to be named “French University of Greece.” Dean of the School of Political and Social Studies They will be accompanied by Nicolas Eybalin Cultural Attaché of the French Embassy in Greece and Director of the French Institute of Greece It is worth noting that this application implements a law that was passed non-profit universities to operate in the country thereby integrating Greece into a path of internationalization Université Sorbonne Paris Nord is one of the thirteen independent universities that succeeded the University of Paris which was known as the “Sorbonne University.” It is a public university and ranks among the top academic and research institutions in France The university has campuses in five locations: Villetaneuse It is worth mentioning that the University also operates a university hospital as part of its Medical School Université Sorbonne Paris Nord is a founding member of Campus Condorcet one of the world’s leading research centers in the humanities and social sciences It is also part of the Sorbonne Paris-Cité university alliance with Université Paris-Cité the Non-State Non-Profit Universities will be established based on the law with the strictest founding criteria in Europe They will offer full academic and professional rights a crucial condition for licensing is that research must be conducted at non-state universities and they must comply with requirements concerning building infrastructure as well as necessary technical equipment and laboratories the application must be submitted by the parent institution which must then receive approval from the National Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE) The National Organization for Certification of Qualifications & Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP) must provide a positive opinion within 120 days (Article 135) Regarding the granting and maintenance of the operating license Each NPEE offers at least one first-cycle study program for each school All of the above must be accompanied by the necessary documents including the statute of the respective NPEE a bank guarantee letter from a recognized bank based in Greece for €500,000 for each school a fee of at least €500,000 per application floor plans of all spaces with usage designation and a description of accessibility for people with disabilities for all buildings as well as full details on the criteria for selection Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr