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Continuing its commitment to social value, Wates Group has announced that every one of its business units will achieve Living Wage Recognised Service Provider (RSP) status within five years.
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Wates FM, the Group's facilities management business, is already a Living Wage RSP and the Living Wage Foundation has now also confirmed Wates Residential as an RSP and Wates Developments as a Living Wage Employer.
The Living Wage pledge is part of Wates' commitment to challenging inequality, one of three key themes comprising the company's newly published five-year social value strategy, Creating Opportunities.
Alongside challenging inequality, the strategy focuses on inspiring and educating young people about careers in the built environment and supporting and scaling the social enterprise sector.
Creating Opportunities includes the following commitments and targets for 2025:
Challenging inequality
Create opportunities for those furthest from the workforce, employing at least one person from an identified group* on every Wates project
Lead the construction sector in striving for fairer payment by Wates Group achieving Living Wage Recognised Service Provider status (RSP).
Inspiring and educating young people about careers in the built environment
Inspire 25,000 young people about careers in construction and the built environment by 2025
Launch a new primary school engagement programme, Build Yourself: Junior, to help encourage children to consider construction as a career at a younger age.
Supporting and scaling the social enterprise sector
Spend £25 million with the social enterprise sector, resulting in a cumulative total of £45 million by 2025
Pilot a new Mentoring for Growth programme in 2021, supporting Wates employees so they can act as business mentors to help at least five identified Social Enterprises to achieve national scale by 2025.
Wates Group Chief Executive, David Allen said: "At Wates we are driven by our purpose of working together to inspire better ways of creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow. Delivering social value is intrinsic to that purpose and to our goal of being a progressive and responsible employer. By considering social value in our business decisions, including the way we employ staff, engage with communities and buy products and services, we can cultivate a more sustainable and inclusive society, and demonstrate that business done well can be a force for good. This social value strategy is rooted in our belief that how we do business, is as important as what we do."
* identified groups: care leavers; ex-offenders; ex-Services; disabled; unemployed/NEET; homeless people
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This is How 3 Emerging Technologies Are Transforming The Future of Nursing
2020 has been a year of rapid change. To say this change has felt overwhelming at times would be an understatement: PPE shortages, shifting protocols, and the loss of patients and co-workers due to COVID-19 too often have left nurses feeling burnt out, and powerless.
But while it's true that there are many things we can't control right now, you may have more tools for change at your disposal than you realize. The emerging technologies, outlined below, aren't cure-alls or fast fixes—but they can help you to work smarter, lead more effectively, and make informed decisions as you design the nurse-led solutions our health system needs.
The fact is, nurses don't stay powerless for long—when the going gets tough, nurses innovate.
1. Big Data For Better Healthcare
Transforming the future of frontline nursing research
Many nurses think about data science as something that's specialized, or peripheral to their day-to-day work. And yet, across specialties, nurses are uniquely positioned to use big data to tackle the health system challenges they encounter at the frontlines of care.
What is big data? It's typically described as data that are so vast that it "exceeds human comprehension" and the "capabilities of traditional computers" (Brennan and Bakken, 2015). Big data repositories often contain millions or billions of data points which, once organized, can reveal hidden cause-and-effect relationships between people's health habits, treatment plans, outcomes, and more.
These data may be gathered from
Wearables like smartwatches, and other places
Project NeLL
*Nurses' notes feature is coming soon, currently under development.
Nurse leaders of all levels can now access big data using hands-on repositories like Project NeLL, which contains 800+ million de-identified electronic medical records. These data can help to streamline dissertations, grant proposals, and clinical change management projects.
"Project NeLL was designed by nurses for nurses, to address the real, everyday frustrations of nursing research," says Vicki Hertzberg, Ph.D., FASA, PStat, Director of Emory School of Nursing's Center for Data Science. Some of the things NeLL lets you do:
Explore big data
Extract insights
Download data sets directly to your computer
And NeLL's repository is just one part of a hands-on suite of apps for teaching, learning, and practicing nursing data science. "Our aim is to make data science a foundational skill set for nurses across the US," says Hertzberg, "and then watch the ripple effect of healthcare transformation that follows."
NeLL is currently being pilot tested by select nursing schools. To find out about your program becoming a Project NeLL test site, contact ProjectNeLL@emory.edu.
2. Predictive Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Keeping nurses a step ahead
Many people who die by suicide seek medical care ahead of time, often for symptoms that seem, at least on the surface, to be unrelated to mental health. Imagine the impact you could have, as a nurse, if your computer could warn you about your patient ending their life before you sent them home. At the very least, you could start a conversation, let the person know they're not alone, and advocate for the care they need.
That's just one example of how predictive analytics—the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to study healthcare data in real-time and "predict" what's likely to happen next—is helping to reimagine nursing today. Nurse scientists are working with AI to assess:
System and population-level risks (such as the likelihood of an ER going on diversion during a tropical storm)
And individual-level risks (such as a patient's own, personal odds of recovering from COVID-19 after being on a ventilator)
They're then applying these insights to sidestep poor outcomes—instead of responding to those outcomes after it's too late.
"Many nurses are playing lead roles in developing healthcare predictive analytics," says Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Vice President of Practice and Innovation for Emory Healthcare. "Like my colleague Jessica Keim-Malpass at University of Virginia, who's using analytics to predict sepsis in children."
But you don't necessarily need to know how to create advanced technologies like predictive analytics on your own, Cunningham explains. If you have an idea for a process or problem that could be improved upon with new technology—but you're not a computer scientist or engineer—reach out to someone who is and work together.
"We need to look outside of nursing and move beyond the silos of nursing literature," he continues. Just like interdisciplinary clinical teams are improving individual patient care plans, nurse-led teams that bring together business, engineering, and other disciplines can pioneer remarkable change for patient care systems.
3. Worldwide Connections Through Hybrid Models of Learning and Care
Rejecting borders, rejecting boundaries, and connecting us all.
As COVID-19 has shown us, nurses can work—and learn—from anywhere. Smart connected devices, in particular, are pushing the boundaries of what many previously thought possible for nursing. Pocket EKG machines, personal ultrasound wands, and smart contact lenses (that can sense blood sugar spikes for people with diabetes) are just a few examples of the technologies that are making healthcare delivery simple and seamless.
When it comes to nursing education, smart connected classrooms (SCCs) are helping students to rethink their options as well. SCCs make it possible to learn, no matter how far away your professor might be. Advanced classrooms can include features such as:
Smart connected nursing simulation equipment
Fully immersive VR "caves" that can simulate war zones, disasters, and other nursing field scenarios
Live, multilingual translation of lectures, and more.
The Emory-Ethiopia Ph.D. in Nursing Program is one program that's enabling students in different countries—in this case, Ethiopia and the US—to learn together across distance and time zones. "Hybrid learning is here to stay," says Rebecca Gary, Ph.D., Co-Director of the program. "Necessity has forced many programs to finally make new types of learning user friendly and tailored to people's lives."
That means students who might have counted themselves out of advanced nursing degrees in the past should not count themselves out now, she continues. "When you get that Ph.D. or DNP, it carries your career to another level in terms of what you can accomplish as a nurse. Research puts you in the driver's seat and lets you make changes to patient care from a perspective that's uniquely nursing."
"That's a powerful ability that each nurse possesses," she adds, "even if they haven't discovered it yet."
Nursing news, education and community stories. Nurse.org. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nurse.org/.

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Die jüdische Gemeinde in Norden bestand über einen Zeitraum von rund 450 Jahren von ihren Anfängen im 16. Jahrhundert bis zu ihrem Ende im Oktober 1940. Zur Gemeinde in Norden gehörten auch die Juden auf Norderney, die ab 1878 eine eigene Synagoge betrieben, ihre Toten jedoch weiterhin auf dem jüdischen Friedhof in Norden beerdigten.

Geschichte der Jüdischen Gemeinde in Norden

Wann genau sich die ersten Juden in Norden niedergelassen haben, ist nicht mehr zu ermitteln. Eine zeitgenössische Quelle erwähnt 1581 zum ersten Mal einen im Ort ansässigen Juden. Aufgrund späterer Quellen ist jedoch davon auszugehen, dass es zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits eine jüdische Gemeinde im Ort gegeben haben muss. Das geht aus einem Schreiben des in Norden ansässigen Hofjuden Meyer Calmans an die Fürstin Christine Charlotte hervor. Er schrieb am 22. August 1669, dass die Juden in Norden schon vor hundert Jahren ein Stück Land gepachtet hatten, um darauf einen Friedhof anzulegen. Dies war der älteste jüdische Friedhof in Ostfriesland. Auch die Juden von Emden und Aurich begruben ihre Toten zunächst hier. Bei der Erneuerung des Pachtvertrages im September 1669 wurden diese Angaben bestätigt und darauf hingewiesen, dass die Juden nach Anweisung die Heuer alle Jahr richtig bezahlt und erstattet hätten.

16. Jahrhundert bis 1933
1577 verfassten die Juden von Norden und Emden ein Schreiben an die Gräfin Agnes von Hoya (Agnes von Hoya war mit dem Grafen Johann II. von Rietberg und Herren des Harlingerlandes verheiratet und war die Mutter von Walburga, der Erbtochter der Grafschaft von Rietberg und späteren Frau Enno III.), brachten ihre Bedenken gegen eine drohende Ausweisung aus Ostfriesland zum Ausdruck und baten sie, sich für die Juden Ostfrieslands beim Grafen Edzard II. einzusetzen. Grund für dieses Schreiben war ein Streit zwischen der Stadt Emden und dem Grafen in Aurich, die beide jeweils für sich und allein die Erhebung von Schutzgeldern und Judengeleiten in Anspruch nahmen. Ob sich Agnes für die Juden eingesetzt hat, ist unbekannt, jedenfalls scheint der Graf als Sieger aus diesem Konflikt hervorgegangen zu sein, denn die Juden wurden nicht ausgewiesen. Der Konflikt war damit jedoch keineswegs gelöst und die ostfriesischen Städte setzten ihre Beschwerden gegen die Juden fort.

Die (erste) Synagoge wurde 1804 errichtet. Im Gegensatz zu den anderen ostfriesischen Orten sah sich die jüdische Gemeinde in Norden allerdings mit einem offenen Antisemitismus konfrontiert, der sich mit dem verstärkten Zuzug von polnischen und russischen Juden infolge der Pogrome von 1881 bis 1884 sogar noch verstärkte: So wurde Recha Freier (* 29. Oktober 1892 in Norden, Ostfriesland; † 2. April 1984 in Jerusalem, Israel; geborene Schweitzer) schon in ihrer Kindheit mit diesem Antisemitismus konfrontiert, als sie mit ihrer Familie durch ein Schild am Betreten des Blücherplatzes gehindert wurde.

Darüber hinaus gab es zur Jahrhundertwende Gerüchte, wonach die zugezogenen Juden die Cholera übertragen würden. Der Ostfriesische Kurier schrieb dazu (u. a.), das mehr ungezogene als ernst zu nehmende Gebaren gegen die Fleischnot birgt auch in Bezug auf die drohend ihr Haupt erhebende Cholera ernste Gefahren. Denn mit der Oeffnung der Grenze kommen nicht nur russische Schweine, sondern auch – russisch polnische Juden über die Grenzen! Das amtliche Kreisblatt von Norden schlägt in dieselbe Kerbe und schreibt: Viel gefährlicher sind in ihrer unglaublichen Unsauberkeit die russisch-polnischen Juden.

Dieser offene Antisemitismus in Norden dürfte dazu beigetragen haben, dass sich der Zionismus von Norden aus über Ostfriesland und die Niederlande ausbreitete. Ab 1897 gab es zionistische Vorträge in Norden. In einem Artikel von Die Welt heißt es dazu:

1903 erfolgte ein Neubau der Synagoge an gleicher Stelle. Neben ihr bildeten eine Schule, ein Mikwe (rituelles Tauchbad), Häuser für den Lehrer, den Kantor und den Synagogendiener sowie das Sekretariat das jüdische Gemeindezentrum im Synagogenweg (ehemals Judenlohne genannt).

1933 bis 1938

Nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten im Jahre 1933 hatten die Juden in Norden, wie überall in Deutschland, unter den Repressionen des NS-Staates zu leiden: Zunächst wurden sie registriert, die Gestapo überprüfte bei einigen von ihnen überdies die politische Gesinnung. Vereine, Organisationen und Veranstaltungen standen mit Beginn der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur gleichfalls unter Beobachtung. Am 28. März 1933 wurden alle jüdischen Geschäfte in Norden geschlossen. Am selben Tag erließ Anton Bleeker, der Standartenführer für Ostfriesland, ein Schächtverbot für alle ostfriesischen Schlachthöfe und ordnete an, dass die Schächtmesser verbrannt werden. Am 29. März wurde die Bevölkerung von Norden mit einer Anzeige der SA im Ostfriesischen Kurier über die weitere Durchführung des Boykotts informiert, in der es hieß:

Die Namen der Bürger, die weiterhin in jüdischen Geschäften kauften, wurden in der Presse veröffentlicht. Der Boykott wurde am 5. April offiziell beendet, da die Hetze inzwischen vollständig verstummt sei.

Dennoch wurde die Diskriminierung mittels Propaganda, Verordnungen und Gesetzen weiter betrieben. So wurde 1934 die jüdische Schule zur "Privatschule" erklärt, was die staatlichen Zuschüsse auf ein Minimum reduzierte.

In Norden gab es Übergriffe der SA gegen einen jungen Juden und seine "arische" Freundin wegen sogenannter "Rasseschändung": Bei diesen Übergriffen klatschten die Zuschauer Beifall. Wenig später wurde eine junge Frau aufgegriffen, der Beziehungen zu einem Juden vorgeworfen wurden, sie wurde öffentlich durch die Stadt geführt und auf dem Schild, das sie um den Hals tragen musste, war zu lesen: "Ich bin ein deutsches Mädchen und habe mich vom Juden schänden lassen".

"Reichspogromnacht" 1938

In der Nacht vom 9. auf den 10. November 1938 kam es auch in Norden zu den von Goebbels und Hitler befohlenen Ausschreitungen gegen die Juden, die später als "Reichskristallnacht" oder Novemberpogrome 1938 bezeichnet wurden, die allerdings einen in dieser Nacht für die damaligen Verhältnisse zunächst ungewöhnlichen Verlauf hatten:

Der Kreisleiter der NSDAP von Norden-Krummhörn, Lenhard Everwien, wurde erst um Mitternacht von dem zufällig in Emden anwesenden Gauhauptstellenleiter Meyer erreicht. Dieser teilte ihm mit, dass der zuständige SA-Führer in Norden, Sturmbannführer Wiedekin, nicht erreichbar sei. Ewerwien solle, so im Ablauf, "dies nun persönlich in die Hand nehmen". Nachdem Ewerwien zunächst untätig blieb, wurde er dann gegen 1 Uhr in der Nacht direkt von Oldenburg aus aufgefordert, Wiedekin zu wecken. Everwien rief daraufhin die Partei- und die SA-Führung sowie die Feuerwehr in den frühen Morgenstunden des 10. November zusammen. Er informierte sie über die Weisung, dass die Synagoge anzuzünden und alle Juden zu verhaften seien. Von der Feuerwehr verlangte er Garantien zum Schutz der Nachbarhäuser. Der inzwischen geweckte Wiedekin gab nach der Alarmierung der SA den Befehl an die ihm unterstellte SA in Dornum weiter.

Ab jetzt unterscheidet sich der Ablauf nicht von anderen Orten:
Kurz darauf brannte die Synagoge, die Feuerwehr wurde herbeigeholt, um eine Ausbreitung des Feuers auf "nichtjüdischen" Besitz zu verhindern, jedoch nicht die brennende Synagoge zu retten. Die Juden wurden anhand einer Judenkartei von der SA zusammengetrieben, gedemütigt und misshandelt und zum Norder Schlachthof getrieben. Am nächsten Tag wurden sie zunächst zu Aufräumarbeiten an der Synagoge eingesetzt, wobei die SA sie zwang, noch erhaltene Kultgegenstände zu verbrennen. Anschließend wurden die Frauen entlassen und die Männer zum Teil in der Schule, zum Teil im Norder Gefängnis untergebracht. Am 11. November wurden sie schließlich zusammen mit etwa 200 anderen jüdischen Ostfriesen nach Oldenburg "überstellt", wo sie in einer Kaserne zusammengetrieben wurden. Ca. 1.000 jüdische Ostfriesen, Oldenburger und Bremer wurden anschließend mit einem Zug in das Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen nördlich von Berlin deportiert, wo sie bis Dezember 1938 oder Anfang 1939 inhaftiert blieben.

Nach und nach freigelassen, mussten sie aber die Folgekosten der angeordneten Zerstörung der Synagoge selbst aufbringen; der Wiederaufbau der Synagoge selbst wurde verboten. Alle Konten jüdischer Bürger wurden gesperrt und mit einer "Judenabgabe" von 500 bis 3000 Reichsmark belegt, sie erhielten lediglich einen Freibetrag von 150 Reichsmark im Monat.

Exodus, Vertreibung und Ermordung
Nach den Novemberpogromen löste sich die Jüdische Gemeinde in Norden schnell auf. Wohnten 1938 noch 78 Juden im Ort und weitere 10 im zur Synagogengemeinde gehörenden Marienhafe, sank diese Zahl bis zum 16. April 1940 auf 11 Personen. Neun von ihnen wurden kurz darauf abtransportiert, während die beiden halbwüchsigen Söhne eines jüdischen Vaters und einer nichtjüdischen Mutter ab Oktober 1940 bei auswärtigen Verwandten versteckt werden konnten und nicht mehr auffindbar waren. So oder so, seitens der nationalsozialistischen Dienststellen konnte Norden nun "judenfrei" gemeldet werden.

Nachkriegszeit
Fast 50 % der jüdischen Norder wurden im Holocaust ermordet. In Norden selbst wurden die Prozesse gegen die Hauptverantwortlichen 1948 und 1951 geführt. Das Gericht verhängte in beiden Prozessen bei 13 Verfahrenseinstellungen und sieben Freisprüchen Freiheitsstrafen zwischen ein und vier Jahren, von denen der größte Teil auf Bewährung ausgesetzt wurde. Eine jüdische Gemeinde existiert nicht mehr.

Gemeindeentwicklung
Die jüdische Gemeinde in Norden unterhielt ab 1878 eine Außenstelle auf Norderney, um den vielen dortigen jüdischen Badegästen gerecht zu werden. Weitere Orte, deren jüdische Bürger von der Norder Synagogengemeinde aus betreut wurden, waren Hage, Marienhafe und Westerende.

Gedenkstätten

An die jüdische Gemeinde erinnern die Gedenkstätte für die niedergebrannte Synagoge am Synagogenweg und ein Mahnmal auf dem jüdischen Friedhof. Die Gedenkstätte auf dem Grundstück der ehemalige Synagoge entstand 1987 auf Initiative der Ökumenischen Arbeitsgruppe Synagogenweg. Zentraler Bestandteil des kleinen Platzes ist ein bereits im September 1985 freigelegtes Grundmauerfragment der alten
Synagoge. Das sich unterhalb des Straßenniveaus befindliche Mauernfragment wird über eine mehrstufige terrassenförmig angelegte Treppe erschlossen. Ein Hinweisschild über dem Mauernfragment erklärt seine Bedeutung. Abgerundet wird der Platz der Synagoge durch einen Gedenkstein zur Erinnerung und zur Mahnung. Die Einweihung der Anlage erfolgte aus Anlass der Woche der Begegnung 1987 im Beisein ehemaliger Norder Juden und deren Angehörigen. Der bis dahin Judenlohne genannte Weg wurde durch die Stadt in Synagogenweg umbenannt. Weitere Gebäude des alten jüdischen Gemeindezentrums sind im unmittelbaren Umfeld der ehemaligen Synagoge vollständig erhalten.

Siehe auch
 Geschichte der Juden in Ostfriesland
 Ostfriesland zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus

Literatur
 Lina Gödeken: Rund um die Synagoge in Norden. Die Geschichte der Synagogengemeinde seit 1866. Aurich 2000, ISBN 3-932206-18-5.
 Herbert Reyer, Martin Tielke (Hrsg.): Frisia Judaica. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Juden in Ostfriesland. Aurich 1988, ISBN 3-925365-40-0.
 Das Ende der Juden in Ostfriesland. Katalog zur Ausstellung der Ostfriesischen Landschaft aus Anlaß des 50. Jahrestages der Kristallnacht. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1988, ISBN 3-925365-41-9.
 Hans Forster jun., Günther Schwickert: Norden. Eine Kreisstadt unterm Hakenkreuz. Dokumente aus der Zeit der Gewaltherrschaft 1933–1945. Norden 1988 (hrsg. von den Norder Jungsozialisten und vom SPD-Ortsverein Norden; im Eigendruck)
 Daniel Fraenkel: Norden / Norderney. In: Herbert Obenaus (Hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit David Bankier und Daniel Fraenkel): Historisches Handbuch der jüdischen Gemeinden in Niedersachsen und Bremen. Wallstein, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89244-753-5, S. 1122–1139.
 Ökumenische Arbeitsgruppe Synagogenweg Norden (Hrsg.), Bernd Bohnsack, Walter Demandt, Almut Holler: erinnern, gedenken, hoffen unter dem davidstern. Woche der Begegnung vom 19. bis 24. Juni 2005 in Norden. Norden 2006.

Einzelnachweise

Judische Gemeinde
Norden
Gemeinde Norden
Religion (Norden, Ostfriesland)

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In 2017 an extension of support from the Australian Research Council allowed Stem Cells Australia to expand and target its scientific portfolio towards medical and technological advances.
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ANKARA (Sputnik) – The first reactor of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, to be constructed under a Russia-led project in Turkey, will start operating no later than in 2022, the Turkish Energy Ministry's deputy undersecretary said Thursday.
"The licensing process of Akkuyu nuclear power plant is moving forward rapidly. The first reactor will be put into operation no later than in 2022," Necati Yamac said, as cited by the Anadolu news agency.
Turkey imports 72 percent of its energy sources from abroad, spending about $60 billion a year, Yamac added.
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Baconnes est une commune française, située dans le département de la Marne en région Grand Est.

Le village a obtenu quatre fleurs au concours des villes et villages fleuris.

Géographie
Village situé à égale distance de Reims et Châlons-en-Champagne, Baconnes se trouve sur une ancienne voie romaine.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Baconnes est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Reims, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (88,6 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (89,3 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (88,6 %), forêts (6,1 %), milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (3,4 %), zones urbanisées (1,9 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Histoire
Baconnes est un village situé entre deux voies romaines, de Reims à Verdun, et de Reims à Bar-le-Duc, à mi-chemin entre Reims et Châlons-en-Champagne. Ce village est passé longtemps, sans doute à tort, pour la station Basilia de l'itinéraire d'Antonin. Il est mentionné aussi dans le polyptyque de l'abbaye Saint-Remi de Reims : .

La seigneurie appartint à la commanderie du Temple de Reims et passa, à l'extinction de cet ordre, aux chevaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. Au mois de juin 1257, Guillaume le Sec, gendre de Guy, sénéchal héréditaire de l'archevêché de Reims, vendit à l'archevêque, outre le quart de la seigneurie de Thuisy, tout ce qu'il possédait à Baconnes du chef de sa femme.

En 1691, le village possède 46 feux (foyers) et 24 laboureurs (possesseurs de terre). Ces chiffres sont comparables à l'époque, à ceux de Livry, Louvercy et Mourmelon-le-Grand.

Sur le territoire existait la cense Pontvray, du côté du village d'Aubérive, en haut du lieu-dit Rouvroy, laquelle existait encore au commencement du  et où était une chapelle, des ruines de laquelle on tira des pierres pour les remparts de Reims.

Baconnes était entouré de remparts ou fosses encore visibles dans la partie sud-est du village. L'origine de ces remparts est assez controversée. Ils semblent gallo-romains  et contemporains de l'oppidum de La Cheppe. Certains affirment que Baconnes fut fortifié en 1578 comme certains villages du bord de la Suippe. D'autres, enfin, pensent que les fosses protégeaient le village des inondations.

Une légende rapportée par Jules Romains dans Prélude à Verdun et Verdun, deux volumes de la fresque romanesque Les hommes de bonnes volonté, dit que les habitants de Baconnes descendent d'une horde de Huns qui se serait retranchée et perpétuée en vase clos à Baconnes après la déroute des champs Catalauniques.

Armand Jourdan, né en 1888 à Saint-Georges-de-Chesné (Ille-et-Vilaine), soldat au 124e régiment d'infanterie, fut fusillé pour l'exemple le  à Baconnes pour « refus d'obéissance ».
Baconnes fut détruit à 80 % lors de la Première Guerre mondiale et 14 de ses fils ne revinrent pas de la guerre. La commune a reçu la Croix de guerre 1914-1918 le  octobre 1920.

À la reconstruction, la mare, qui occupait toute la place, fut rebouchée avec des décombres et le monument aux morts fut édifié sur une partie de l'emplacement de cette mare. L'électricité et l'eau courante furent installées dès 1925.

Par décret du , la commune est détachée le  de l'arrondissement de Reims pour intégrer l'arrondissement de Châlons-en-Champagne.

Politique et administration

Démographie
Les habitants de la commune sont les Baconnais et les Baconnaises.

Économie
L'agriculture restait tributaire de la pauvreté du sol jusqu'aux années 1940-1950. La mécanisation (tracteurs et moissonneuses-batteuses), le travail en groupe, l'emploi des engrais, des désherbants, des semences sélectionnées, l'extension de la betterave sucrière, font qu'à Baconnes, comme dans toute la « Champagne pouilleuse », les rendements n'ont rien à envier à ceux de la Brie, de la Beauce ou de la Picardie.

L'élevage de vaches laitières disparait en 1973 et il faut attendre le milieu des années 1980 pour voir les derniers ateliers de taurillons engraissés à l'aide de granulés de luzerne et de pulpes de betterave.

Aujourd'hui, sur un territoire  de , il ne reste à Baconnes que huit exploitations agricoles. L'une d'entre elles s'est diversifiée dans le maraichage puis dans l'horticulture il y a près de 30 ans, suivant la tendance de fleurissement du village. Il s'agit de la SCEA la Tumoise. Elle emploie jusqu'à 25 personnes en pleine saison. De nombreux agriculteurs des communes voisines viennent cultiver sur le territoire. L'assolement est diversifié à base de céréales (escourgeon, blé tendre et orge de printemps), colza, betterave, luzerne, tournesol et pois protéagineux. À la différence de nombreux villages marnais, il n'y a pas de production de pommes de terre sur les terres baconnaises.

Il existe également sur les terres de la commune de nombreuses parcelles boisées à grande dominante de résineux (pins noirs) et de quelques feuillus (bouleaux, érables, trembles).

Un territoire de chasse privé, le « Domaine de Baconnes », est un rendez-vous des passionnés de chasse au gros gibier. Le site comprend 2 parcs clos de 250 et 330 hectares abritant sangliers, cervidés, daims, mouflons et chevreuils ainsi qu'un étang d'un hectare environ. Y sont pratiqués battue, approche et affût, occasionnellement des chasses en battue royale.

Lieux et monuments

Église Saint-Memmie
L'église de Baconnes, classée monument historique, est placée sous le patronage de saint Memmie. Elle est massive et bâtie en carreaux de craie et en pierre. La nef, sans grande beauté et sans style apparent, n'a ni bas-côtés, ni piliers. Elle se réduit à une salle plafonnée, percée d'une rangée de fenêtres en plein cintre, trois de chaque côté.

Le chœur, arrondi en cul de four, est d'un roman assez archaïque, bien qu'il ne doive pas remonter au-delà du . Ce style roman s'affirme avec la croisée du transept que soutiennent quatre lourds massifs de colonnettes, munies de chapiteaux d'exécution soignée. En guise de bras du transept, deux petites chapelles très basses et exiguës, voûtées de larges ogives, sans clé de voûte, éclairées l'une par un oculus et l'autre par une petite fenêtre romane.

L'abside, très réduite, est ajourée par trois fenêtres plein cintre et voûtée de branches d'ogive qui s'arrêtent sur des consoles placées entre les fenêtres. Le portail occidental se réduit à une porte plein cintre surmontée d'un oculus.

La tour, à bâtière, mais d'une forme très particulière, large et courte, est comme écrasée. Chacune de ses faces, sauf à l'ouest, est ouverte par des baies, en nombre inégal : une au sud et à l'est, deux au nord, géminées, sur des colonnettes ornées de chapiteaux à palmettes.

La cloche pèse environ  et porte la date de 1508. Il y est inscrit les noms de maître Thomas Martin, curé de Baconnes, Rémi Charpentie, Domance Francoise Catherine Raulet et encore Katrine qui pourrait bien être son nom de baptême.

Autres monuments
La mairie de la Reconstruction est l'œuvre de l'architecte Hubert de Châlons-sur-Marne.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Marne
 Anciennes communes de la Marne

Liens externes
 Baconnes sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Commune dans la Marne
Aire urbaine de Reims
Ville décorée de la croix de guerre 1914-1918


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Chajtarma (krym.tat. Qaytarma, tłum. Powrót) – ukraiński film fabularny oparty na historii wysiedlenia Tatarów krymskich w 1944 roku.

Fabuła
Oparty na faktach film przedstawia historię deportacji narodu krymsko-tatarskiego, zarządzonej przez Stalina w 1944 roku.

Głównym bohaterem filmu jest Sułtan Amet-Chan (postać autentyczna) - pilot radzieckiego myśliwca, dwukrotnie odznaczony najwyższym odznaczeniem radzieckim - gwiazdą bohatera ZSRR. W maju 1944 roku, po wyzwoleniu Sewastopola spod niemieckiej okupacji, Amet-Chan przyjeżdża na kilka dni do rodzimej Ałupki. Mimowolnie staje się świadkiem deportacji Tatarów krymskich.

Obsada
Większość ról zagrali aktorzy niezawodowi. Rolę głównego bohatera zagrał Achtem Seitabłajew, reżyser filmu. Pozostali odtwórcy ważniejszych ról to Jurij Curiło, Ołeksij Horbunow, Andrij Saminin, Usnije Chaliłowa, Dinara Awaz, Walerij Szytowałow.

W scenach zbiorowych wzięli udział Tatarzy krymscy, spośród których wielu osobiście przeżyło wysiedlenie.

Twórcy filmu
 Reżyseria: Achtem Seitabłajew
 Scenariusz: Nikołaj Rybałka
 Zdjęcia: Władimir Iwanow
 Muzyka: Dżemil Karikow, Siergiej Krucenko
 Scenografia: Szewkiet Sejdamietow
 Producent: Lenur Isljamow

Informacje dodatkowe
"Chajtarma" to pierwszy pełnometrażowy film na temat wysiedlenia Tatarów. Jest to jednocześnie pierwszy film na ten temat zrealizowany przez samych Tatarów krymskich.

Premiera filmu miała miejsce w przeddzień 69. rocznicy wysiedlenia. Uroczysty pokaz miał miejsce w teatrze im. Tarasa Szewczenki w Symferopolu. Wśród obecnych na sali byli m.in. wiceprzewodniczący Rady Ministrów ARK Georgij Psarew, przewodniczący Medżlisu krymsko-tatarskiego Mustafa Dżemilew, wnuczka Sułtana Amet-Chana Weronika Amet-Chan oraz dyrektor muzeum w Ałupce Mustafa Mustafajew.

Polska premiera filmu (pod tytułem "Chajtarma") miała miejsce 15 kwietnia 2014 w Kinie Iluzjon (kinie Filmoteki Narodowej). Po pokazie odbyła się debata z udziałem reżysera filmu. Pokaz pod honorowym patronatem prezydenta m.st. Warszawy, współorganizowany był we współpracy Komitetu Obywatelskiego Solidarności z Ukrainą (KOSzU), Związku Ukraińców w Polsce, oraz Filmoteki Narodowej.

Natomiast polska premiera telewizyjna (pod tytułem "Chajtarma - Powrót") w TVP1 3 czerwca 2014, tj. dzień przed wręczeniem pierwszej Nagrody Solidarności Mustafie Dżemilewowi - przywódcy Krymskich Tatarów i jednocześnie jednemu z inicjatorów krymsko-tatarskiego powrotu. Pokaz odbył się dzięki staraniom KOSzU.

Nagrody i wyróżnienia
 2014 - nagroda "Nike" w kategorii "Najlepszy Film WNP i krajów bałtyckich" (ex aequo z litewskim filmem "Ekskursantė" w reż. Audriusa Juzėnasa).

Zobacz też
 Wysiedlenie Tatarów krymskich w 1944 roku
 Tatarzy krymscy
 Sułtan Amet-Chan

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Tatarzy krymscy
Ukraińskie dramaty filmowe
Ukraińskie filmy z 2013 roku


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La Torre d'en Carreras és una obra del municipi de Manresa (Bages) protegida com a bé cultural d'interès local.

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Gran casal aïllat format per diversos volums amb un cos adossat i allargat de dues plantes, destinat a la petita colònia obrera, de 40 habitatges. Al costat l'edifici de la fàbrica.

Edifici de planta retranquejada, bastit sobre terreny en pendent. Té cinc plantes per la part més baixa, amb l'accés principal situat a Ponent, corresponent al tercer pis.

Les façanes són de totxo arrebossat. Composició ordenada, amb finestres i balcons alternats, i persianes de llibret. L'edifici s'aixeca sobre un sòcol de paredat comú igual als murs de contenció.

La decoració de les façanes és de regust neoclàssic, amb les obertures emmarcades amb pedra artificial, balustres als balcons, porta principal amb arc sobre columnes, impostes i potent ràfec (cos principal).

Les cobertes són de teula àrab. Els diferents cossos estan coberts a quatre aigües, amb barbacanes.

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Aubrey Whelan a the Philadelphia Inquirer offers a piece on the pure chaos that a killer caused when he shot police officers and bystanders.
Nicholas Glenn strode up Sansom Street just before midnight with a 9mm Ruger in his hand.
In his back pocket was an envelope with a feverish, rambling letter inside, and two words scrawled on front.
It was Friday night, and down the street at the Maximum Level Lounge, the door was open and the drinks were flowing. A few blocks away, a young woman and her boyfriend pulled up to her apartment. Philadelphia Police Sgt. Sylvia Young, a 19-year veteran of the force, parked her squad car at the corner of 52nd and Sansom. Her shift was almost over.
Glenn, a man with a long criminal record and an apparent grudge against law enforcement officers, walked up to Young's squad car and fired 18 rounds into the window.


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Autograph document
Title: [Invoice for soldier payment and clothing purchases for men in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]
Records money distributed to officers to pay members of the regiment and to purchase clothing.
Date: 13 May 1776 - 24 June 1776
Cheever, Ezekiel (1741-1826)
Title: [Invoice for money distributed for ordnance and pay in Knox's artillery regiment]
Cheever was commissary of artillery for Knox's regiment.
Indicates that he is sending Knox ordnance and apologizes for the delay caused by wagon availability. Also explains his lack of manpower. If Knox sees General James Reed first, asks that he explain Cheever's inability to comply with a request to supply Reed with an officer, as was requested. Cheever was the commissary of military stores.
Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)
He is anxious for news, which has not come in twelve days. He is also worried about the upcoming December because there are rumors that few in the old army will reenlist. Discusses possible solutions. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of Captain Lieutenant John Johnson, who was taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island, was glad to receive a letter from Knox. Thinks it wise for Lucy Knox to stay in Boston for the winter. Inquires about a Mr. Cheever (possibly Ezekiel Cheever), who was possibly wounded.
Treat, Samuel (d. 1777)
Autograph note signed
Title: to Ezekiel Cheever
Asks Cheever to deliver "twenty five yards of that White Duffle you have in your possession & two or three coats" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket, signed by Hall, states that he received thirty yards of "Duffle," five coats, and "one Laced Hatt"
Asks Cheever to deliver "three coats & fifteen yards white duffle" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket states that "three Coats & six yds of W Duffell" were received. Endorsed by Jonathan Terry on verso.
Ruddock, John (fl. 1779-1796)
Title: [Account of clothing pertaining to Lieutenant Colonel E. Cheever's company]
Possibly relates to Colonel Ezekiel Cheever, Commissary General of Artillery Stores. Includes account information from 28 December 1776-5 April 1777. Notes that clothing came from Fort Washington. Lists who ordered the clothes and to whom they were delivered.
Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)
Signed by Shaw for Knox. Details a list of artillery items to send to Fishkill, New York as soon as possible.
Title: [Receipt]
Receipt for $2,500 accountable to Cheever, Comissary of Military Stores and Artillery. Written in Shaw's hand.
Barber, Nathaniel, Jr. (1728-1787)
Writes to Knox to ask for help in settling his pay with the state assembly of Massachusetts. Relates that the assembly has recently settled with Ezekiel Cheever, a Deputy Commissary General of Military Stores, and is willing to settle with him, except they will only agree to pay him 40 dollars per month for the amount of time he worked as a Commissary, beginning in February 1777. According to documents he has from Knox, who appointed him, he is owed 50 dollars per month (paid in specie) for the first year as Commissary and then 60 dollars per month thereafter.
Date: 1 April 1782
Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824)
Marked "copy." Written from the War Office. Declares that he has not yet responded to Cheever's last letter because he had not yet been able to get his account overlooked by the people whose business it is to do so; he is confident they will soon, though, "a proper arrangement being now made for the adjustment of those a like Circumstanced in every department." Is saddened to hear that "those you have nourished & brought up have rebelled against you," but assures Cheever that he has never seen any reports from them that were prejudiced against him.
Mentions that he has taken the liberty of enclosing a letter by Mr. Commissary [Samuel] Hodgdon regarding Cheever's continued grievances (possibly regarding his pay and benefits: see GLC02437.01379 and GLC02437.01553). Remarks that Hodgdon's letter is "flattering, but [...] a poor boon." Adds that he hopes Knox will be able to "use your influence in my behalf, my perplexed circumstances I trust will apologize for this request." Place name listed as Wesford, possibly Westford, Massachusetts. "Public service" written on address leaf.


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Home UKSA News Two additional donations secured for UKSA's new accommodation centre project
Two additional donations secured for UKSA's new accommodation centre project
Building work has now commenced on UKSA's new 136-bed accommodation centre. This transformative project has been made possible by a number of generous donations including two new grants secured this week which total £415,000, putting UKSA in an even stronger position as it begins an 18-month build programme.
The Garfield Weston Foundation has confirmed it is making a substantial £300,000 grant to support the development of UKSA's new building. The non-profit maritime charity has been recognised by the Foundation for its work with young people and the significant impact it has in driving diversity and cultural change in the maritime sector. In addition to this, a private funder has donated a further £115,000 to the project.
The new centre on its waterfront site in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight will enable an additional 3,000 children and young people to visit UKSA each year, allowing the organisation to continue growing its impact on life skills and career prospects. The building represents a pivotal moment in UKSA's history, putting the organisation on an exciting new course for the future.
The configurable, modular accommodation will provide greater flexibility, alongside improved safeguarding and better disabled access.
Ben Willows, CEO of UKSA, comments: "The new accommodation centre is critical for us to provide the services and training to our young people and students in the future. I am incredibly grateful for not one, but two generous donations we have received this week, putting us in a very strong position as we begin the building programme. It has been humbling to have received such generous support; we have now raised more than £4m meaning we will realise our full ambitions for the project which we set out in 2017."
The UKSA site will remain fully operational throughout the development works, with completion of the works planned for mid-2022.
Follow the developments
The build can be followed through the UKSA's dedicated web page here.


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Observe the heart of our solar system with Back Bay Amateur Astronomers during this daytime viewing of our sun at Elizabeth River Park. With surface temperatures of about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit and a diameter over 100 times that of our earth, the sun dominates our solar system in sheer size, power and mass. Join club members to learn more about our sun and as they safely guide you through viewing the sun and its features. This solar viewing is weather dependent and may be canceled.


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Partly cloudy skies. Low 62F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.
The site of a proposed road linking Northeast Fourth Street and Highway 395 in Hermiston across the street from Home Depot.
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston looks to roads to recruit businesses
By JADE MCDOWELL News Editor
Jade McDowell
That's the question Hermiston city councilors grappled with Monday night as they discussed whether to go after funding for two new roads leading to commercial and industrial land.
Ready-made access to property makes it more attractive to potential developers. But there is no guarantee that once a new road is built that the expense will pay off — something Pendleton knows well after spending $9.5 million to construct Barnhart Road in 2009.
A decade later, the promised new development there has yet to materialize.
"I think we need to be careful, because the 'build it and they will come' model hasn't worked well in Eastern Oregon," Hermiston city councilor John Kirwan said Monday.
The roads the council discussed Monday would be smaller than Barnhart Road and not be paid for by loans, however.
Commercial access
During a work session Monday, city staff presented a plan that would increase access to about 15 acres of undeveloped commercial property on the north side of Walmart. Currently the land has access off of Northeast Fourth Street, but staff are proposing a new road that would run east-west along the property, connecting Fourth Street to Highway 395 just north of Roger's Toyota and giving potential businesses coveted access to Hermiston's busiest traffic corridor.
"Our biggest challenge is 395 frontage," assistant city manager Mark Morgan said of recruiting new retailers and restaurants to Hermiston. "They want direct visibility and frontage on 395."
He said businesses often take into account traffic flow when deciding where to locate. One popular restaurant chain told the city it won't locate anywhere where fewer than 25,000 vehicles pass per day, and Hermiston's busiest intersection (Elm Avenue and Highway 395) only sees 22,000 trips per day.
The new intersection with Highway 395 would include a traffic signal. A possible second phase of the project would add a road across from the traffic signal running in a north-south direction, connecting Theater Lane to Harper Road in front of Home Depot.
The project could be paid for in two ways: a local improvement district or an urban renewal district.
With an LID, the city would come up with a formula to split the cost of the new road among the project's neighbors and place a lien on the properties. If 60% of the property owners opposed, they could block formation of the district.
In an urban renewal district the city would freeze the tax rate in a certain zone, then skim off any extra revenue generated by increases in property value and funnel it into the road project. In a hypothetical example, a property might be worth $50,000 and pay $5,000 (10%) a year in property taxes. If a restaurant were built on the property and its value increased to $200,000, taxing districts such as the city and fire district would continue to receive $5,000 per year while the additional $15,000 would be diverted to the urban renewal district.
The money would take longer to accumulate than a local improvement district, and would depend on property values increasing. But property owners and developers looking at the property wouldn't be charged extra for the improvements.
"The assumption is that if we form the (urban renewal) district and development occurs, we will say 'You still have to pay property taxes, but those taxes are going directly to these improvements that you would otherwise have to pay for," Morgan said.
While councilors were interested in the idea of new roads to boost the attractiveness of commercial land, they said they would need more information — including the cost of the project — before making any decisions.
"Right now I could go either way," Kirwan said.
During its regular session, the city council set in motion a different local improvement district, located in the South Hermiston Industrial Park near Ranch & Home.
If the project is finalized, it would be Hermiston's first LID since 2004.
The district would require neighboring properties along Campbell and Penney drives to pay to pave the remainder of Campbell Drive, install water and sewer mains in the area and create what would essentially be a new road — called Southeast 10th Street — connecting East Penney Avenue to Highway 395 across from Bellingers and creating access to a piece of industrial land owned by the Port of Umatilla.
"It's important to note that the right of way for Southeast 10th exists, legally and on paper, but if you were to go out there, there's nothing — not even a goat trail," Morgan said.
He said at least 50% of the project could be paid for by a federal Economic Development Administration grant that the city is eligible for based on large layoffs at Hermiston Foods and Union Pacific in recent years. The city would be willing to put in 8% of the matching funds needed for the grant and Umatilla County would be willing to pay 2%, leaving the project's neighbors to pay for about 40% of the project instead of what would normally be 100%.
The council voted Monday night to complete a feasibility study for the LID, assessing how much money would need to be raised and how much each property would pay. That study will be presented during the council's July 8 meeting, after which the council can decide to abandon the idea or hold the necessary public hearings to pursue an LID. If 12 of the 20 neighboring property owners oppose the LID it won't happen.
"It's exciting when you can get a 60% match on your dollar," mayor David Drotzmann said. "That makes it much more palatable."
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Mexico, one of the most visited countries on the planet, is an exciting and challenging place. Here here are some things you should know before traveling to the country that ranks 13th in the world, if we refer to the surface. I want to start from a curiosity: everyone has seen pictures of Mexicans wearing those huge sombreros but when you arrive in Mexico, strange is that nobody have sombreros on their head.
Mexico, located on the North American continent and officially named the United Mexican States, is one of the most interesting countries in the world. Dense forests, desert landscapes, cities full of bustle, volcanic peaks covered by snow, a magnificent coastline and lagoons where wildlife is impressive – Mexico brings together more contradictions than you could ever think of. The ancient ruins of Mayan and Spanish magnificent creations, dating from the colonial period up to modern museums and art galleries, music and dance scene full of energy, everything seems to exist here in harmony. Even cooking enthusiasts will be spoiled with unique and spicy flavours and sensational liqueurs.
Whether it is your first trip to Mexico, or you've been here before, the country will seem different each time, managed to amaze you at every opportunity.
Those who have Mexico on their bucket list need to know a few useful things before landing here.
1. Tourism is a leading industry in Mexico, and most tourist activities are concentrated around the beach or around the mountain plateau of central Mexico. Those wishing to stray from the beaten track, can go in the interior regions of the north. For most American tourists, the most popular destinations are the Baja Peninsula, Cancun and Puerto Vallarta. But Europeans prefer places like Playa del Carmen, San Cristóbal de las Casas or Guanajuato.
2. Is important to know the weather. In Mexico are different types of climates, depending on where you go. Inside the country, the lower regions have an arid climate, while the highlands of northern regions tend to be colder. On the other hand, the most northern side of Baja peninsula, located on the Pacific coast has a Mediterranean climate, while the southern part of the Sea of Cortez is characterized by an arid climate. Moreover, La Paz and Cabo, located in the extreme south of the Baja Peninsula, have a desert climate, while from Tampico region to Cancún climate is tropical.
3. You need time to get accustomed to this country. Mexico has a varied landscape and some of the most beautiful places in this country are situated at high altitude. If these locations are already listed on your itinerary, then you already know that your body needs time to adjust to the heights and it might confront with malaise. Symptoms of altitude sickness include dizziness, difficulty breathing, severe headaches and dehydration. In addition to drink plenty of water, it's important not to push your limits and give your body the time required (at least a week) to adjust to new conditions.
4. In your quality as non-Mexican, you will be easily identified. Most cities and towns have a homogenous population, so you'll easily be identified from the position of tourist. The way you look, you dress, the way you talk and others will make you stand out and people will start to stare at you. Taxi drivers can become willing to take you in different places and you can become easy prey for beggars. Although it's good to pay attention to what is happening around you, notice that most of these people are just curious and do not want to harm you.
5. Some things will be completely different (and challenging). A trip to Mexico, especially if you are alone, can become a dangerous mission. You will face many situations that have not met or you do not expect. Crossing busy roads is one of them; vehicles, especially buses do not slow to pedestrians. What might seem scary to you at first, will become habit after you will face that situation many times.
6. In Mexico there are many tourist traps. The country is famous for this, and if you are not careful you could fall into one of them. Foreign tourists, especially those Americans and Europeans are often cheated when shopping on the street or are approached by strangers with apparently tempting offers. If you're not absolutely sure about the people you interact, it is recommended to politely refuse their offers and do not trust anyone. It is a good idea to use a guide from the site to avoid unpleasant situations.
7. It's good to have some basics in Spanish. Learn some basic phrases before coming here. You need to communicate with people such as porters, taxi drivers, waiters, bus drivers etc. If you're staying at a larger hotel, you will always find people speaking English, but if you speak the local language, always helps. Get a dictionary, in case you have not seen enough soap operas in your life.
8. Do not ignore personal safety. Sometimes violent crimes take place in Mexico so we must always be cautious. Moreover, drug trafficking has reached alarming levels lately and although tourists are routinely targets of traffickers, it's better to lookout. Take safety precautions – Do not trust strangers, do not leave personal belongings unattended and avoid to go out alone at late hours.
9. Tap water can be dangerous. Unlike America and most European countries, in Mexico, tap water is not potable. Even if you stay in a luxury hotel, do not drink tap water unless stated explicitly that it is potable and safe. Buy bottled water bottles.
10. Best time to visit Mexico is the period between November and March, when the weather is pretty good across the country. From June to October is the hottest period and also wet.
Conclusion: come in this country, try new things, explore all the attractions and take part in some adventure. Surely you will return home with unforgettable memories. See some of the photos i collected and you will definitely love this Marvelous Travel Destination.


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Nigeria + 3 more
Missing Childhoods: The impact of armed conflict on children in Nigeria and beyond
Evelyn with her 1-year-old daughter Rose in a camp for internally displaced people in north-east Nigeria. Evelyn and her children were forced to flee their homes after Boko Haram attacked their village. © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0476/Esiebo
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800,000 children forced to flee violence in Nigeria and region – UNICEF
A year on from the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, UNICEF focuses attention on devastating impact of conflict on children
DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 13 April 2015 – Around 800,000 children have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the conflict in northeast Nigeria between Boko Haram, military forces and civilian self-defence groups – according to a new report from UNICEF.
Released one year after the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Missing Childhoods reveals that the number of children running for their lives within Nigeria, or crossing over the border to Chad, Niger and Cameroon, has more than doubled in just less than a year.
"The abduction of more than 200 girls in Chibok is only one of endless tragedies being replicated on an epic scale across Nigeria and the region," says Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa. "Scores of girls and boys have gone missing in Nigeria – abducted, recruited by armed groups, attacked, used as weapons, or forced to flee violence. They have the right to get their childhoods back"
The figures come as UNICEF draws attention to the devastating impact of the conflict on children across the region using the hashtag #bringbackourchildhood.
As part of this drive, UNICEF is using Snapchat – a social platform where messages disappear – to highlight the plight of the hundreds of thousands of children who are missing out on their childhoods as a result of the conflict.
To tell the stories of the children who have fled the violence, UNICEF and leading Snapchat artists will share images based on drawings from children in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The artwork reflects what children miss from home and the emotional wounds and suffering they have endured, including seeing their parents and siblings killed, tortured or abducted.
The public will also be invited to share what they would miss most if they were forced from home – either on Snapchat, or on other social channels using the hashtag #bringbackourchildhood.
Missing Childhoods outlines how the conflict is exerting a heavy toll on children in Nigeria and across the region in an increasing number of ways:
Children are being used within the ranks of Boko Haram – as combatants, cooks, porters and look-outs.
Young women and girls are being subjected to forced marriage, forced labour and rape. Students and teachers have been deliberately targeted – with more than 300 schools damaged or destroyed and at least 196 teachers and 314 schoolchildren killed by the end of 2014. UNICEF has stepped up its humanitarian response to the crisis. Over the past six months, UNICEF has provided over 60,000 children affected by the conflict in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad with counselling and psychosocial support to help them ease the pain of their memories, reduce stress and cope with emotional distress.
UNICEF is also working with partners to provide safe water and life-saving health services, restore access to education by creating temporary learning spaces, and deliver therapeutic treatment to malnourished children.
Faced with a severe funding shortfall, UNICEF is urging international donors to ramp up their financial support for relief efforts in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries. UNICEF has received only 15 per cent of the US$26.5 million required for its humanitarian response in Nigeria for 2015, and no more than 17 per cent for its overall humanitarian funding appeal for Cameroon, 2 per cent for Niger and 1 per cent for Chad.
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On Snapchat? Add @UNICEF and send them a snap showing what you would miss the most if you were forced to leave your home.
Not on Snapchat? Send UNICEF a comment about what you would miss on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #BringBackOurChildhood
For more information visit UNICEF's campaign Tumblr at bringbackourchildhood.tumblr.com
Children's stories, accompanying photos and new video are available for download at: http://uni.cf/1CuqidB
About UNICEF UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
For more information about UNICEF and its work visit: www.unicef.org
For further information, please contact: Laurent Duvillier, UNICEF West and Central Africa in Dakar, + 221 77 740 35 77, lduvillier@unicef.org Rose Foley, UNICEF New York, + 1 917 340 2582, rfoley@unicef.org
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My winning portfolio of 3 images shown at BSoUP's 2012 'Underwater Excellence' competition. Images were taken in Sweden, Canada and Norway.
A portfolio of 3 images shown at BSoUP's September meeting. Images were taken in Sweden, Canada and Norway and voted the winning 2012 portfolio.
1. Shoal of Perch by a jetty in the Stockholm archiopelago, Sweden.
2. Alabaster nudibranch from the Browning Pass area of Vancouver island, Canada.
3. Anglerfish from the Lofoten Islands in Norway.


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Cincinnati Buckeyes
During the late 1800s and the early 1900s, professional baseball teams and leagues were segregated. Whites prohibited African Americans from playing on teams with white players and usually prevented white teams and African American teams from playing in the same professional leagues. As a result of this segregation, there were separate leagues and teams for whites and African Americans in professional baseball's early decades.
The Cincinnati Buckeyes was a professional African American baseball team that played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team played in the Negro American League. Established in 1942, the Cincinnati Buckeyes' owners changed the club's name to the Cincinnati Clowns that same year. In 1944, the team became known as the Indianapolis-Cincinnati Clowns, playing some of its home games in Cincinnati and others in Indianapolis, Indiana. The next season, the Clowns returned exclusively to Cincinnati. In 1946, the team permanently relocated to Indianapolis and became known as the Indianapolis Clowns. The Indianapolis Clowns remained in the Negro American League until 1950.
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Gharibjanyan (in armeno Ղարիբջանյան )  è un comune di 953 abitanti (2001) della Provincia di Shirak in Armenia.

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Ambigrams into Smargibma
By PrintMagPosted April 10, 2009 ∙ 2 min. read
If you like games, love type, and play type games, John Langdon may be your favorite typographical gamesman with his ambigrams (examples top and bottom)–they're like typographic palindromes. He is also an inspiration for Da Vinci Code writer Dan Brown's latest movie Angels & Demons–well, kind of.
Here's the story from the type master's mouth: "In '92, Dan Brown's (mathematician) father bought a copy of [Langdon's book] Wordplay, and sent me an admiring letter. We corresponded for a while, and eventually he asked me to do an ambigram of "Angels & Demons" for his son's next CD. Dan was, at the time, a singer/songwriter, but not for long. He gave up that career and began writing novels, naming his second one Angels & Demons (published in 2000). He asked me for permission to use the ambigram again, and a few weeks later said he'd like me to create some ambigrams to use in the story. He never gave me a hint as to what the story was about. Later, apparently in appreciation, he called to tell me he would name the main character after me."
"In the book, he didn't seem to be quite as good-looking as me, but in the movie that seems to have changed," Langdon adds. "Robert Langdon's astonishing ability to solve puzzles is way beyond mine, but more on a par with Dan's ability to create them." Throughout the film there are ambigram references, so check it out next month when it's out. (And see Print's review of Langdon's typeface Flexion here.)
What type of type games do you play? Don't be shy in the comments!
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Review: The House of Hawthorne by Erika Robuck
Although I have never been a particular fan of Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing, I recognize that he is a lynchpin of American literature. His works capture the particular mores of his time and the great changes fomenting all around. How better to understand where his inspiration came from than to plumb the depths of his personal life, even if only fictionally? Erika Robuck's newest novel, The House of Hawthorne, looks at Hawthorne and his wife Sophia intimately, drawing their life together in bold strokes.
Narrated in the first person by Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, the novel is framed by the last journey Hawthorne takes, old and ailing but determined to meet up with his long time friend Franklin Pierce. From Sophia's misgivings at saying goodbye to her beloved, ill husband, the novel jumps backwards in time to her life before she met Nathaniel. Sophia Peabody is a talented artist from a family which values art and education, even in its daughters, but practicing her art causes her to have debilitating headaches. After an extended sojourn in Cuba with her sister at the home of some family friends, a trip that was intended to restore Sophia to more robust health but instead exposed her first hand to the horrors of slavery and to a passion that could never be fulfilled, Sophia returns to her New England home and to her previous pursuits. Back at home, Sophia eventually meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne and the two of them forge a soul deep connection. They endure a long courtship as Hawthorne tries to find the financial footing to marry. Despite lifelong worries about money, the two of them do eventually marry, building a life together, facing hardship and loss, and weathering periods when the creative muse has seemingly abandoned Hawthorne or when Sophia's talent has sparked the pain of another blinding headache. Through it all, raising children, scrabbling for jobs, living a peripatetic life, and participating in the illustrious society of some of the leading lights of the day, the Hawthornes remain devoted to each other and passionately in love.
Robuck has drawn a portrait of two artists who are partners even as she shows the uncomfortable difficulties that beset them. She highlights their connection and friendship with other authors, early feminists, and politicians and details their desire to remain above the politics of the day, especially since several of Hawthorne's jobs depended on political appointments or favors. Sophia's periodic illnesses never kept her from her friends and socializing while the socially awkward Nathaniel preferred solitude or only the company of his "Dove." While Sophia longed to make a home and send down roots, Nathaniel was content to roam New England and the world. These many small differences ultimately didn't matter in this grand literary romance though. And a romance this is, although the over the top sweet nothings, intimate scenes, and constant declarations of love were just too much sometimes, melodramatic, and unsubtle, causing the reader many eye rolls rather than swoons of envy. As much as an insight into the world of Nathaniel Hawthorne as this was, it also shined a light on the sacrifices of Sophia as she forsook her own art for motherhood and in building a family and a home for her talented husband. In fact, it was Sophia's choices that were the more fascinating (and the more heartbreaking) as she eventually conformed to the time's ideals of womanhood in order to support her husband. Over all, the insight into a two artist relationship was interesting but it was the society around them and the way that attitudes were changing rather than Sophia and Nathaniel themselves that made for the most compelling reading.
Thanks to the publisher for sending me a copy of the book for review.
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Two firebrands, separate in their political allegiances, but equal in their reliance on personality politics. As the battle intensifies for the province of the Eastern Cape in South Africa's general election on Wednesday, the outcome is becoming increasingly dependent on this pair of mavericks.
With the help of an overhead projector and a few corny jokes, the emigration consultant has taken just one hour to deliver a narrative that starts with resentment and ends with the 100, mostly white, people in audience dreaming of a better life somewhere else.
Not surprisingly, the Kosovan Albanians have been first in line. Persecuted, exterminated and forced to flee their homes, at least the parallels with regard to them are not completely absurd. With Blair casting Milosevic as Hitler, they at least have symmetry on their side. Not to mention Steven Spielberg. The Yugoslav officer who saved 4,000 ethnic Albanians from a death squad has become 'Schindler'; an ethnic Albanian journalist has compared his flight from Kosovo to a scene from Schindler's List.
Welsh secretary Alun Michael today branded the additional member voting system `a little bit like a bingo game'. His predecessor Ron Davies described voting as 'something of an ordeal' - this from a man who, post-Clapham Common, knows something of ordeals.
Not that the new system has nothing to recommend it. Parties are no longer encouraged to concentrate their resources on a few marginals, but can spread their energies into every electoral nook and cranny they can find.


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