Kraljevska fabrika soli u Ark e Senanu, Francuska – Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, France

Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, France

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Zahvaljujući svojim poznanstvima na dvoru Luja XVI, Klod Nikola Ledu imenovan je 1771. godine za upravnika solana u Franš Konteu, Loreni i Troa Evešeu. To nije bila mala odgovornost jer su rudnici soli punili državnu blagajnu i ta služba bila je jedna od najnepopularnijih u starom režimu. Ledu je rođen u Dormanu 1736. godine i studirao je arhitekturu na poznatoj privatnoj školi Žaka Fransoa Blondela u Parizu. Njegovi učitelji najviše pažnje posvećivali su tradiciji francuskog baroka, ali nisu zanemarivali ni englesku arhitekturu. Pri kraju studija Ledu je već radio za dvor kao projektant mostova. Njegov prvi potez kao upravnika bio je da posjeti Salen le Ben, selo u Juri, poznato kao “grad bijelog zlata” (cité de l’or blanc), čiji je jedini razlog postojanja bio rudnik soli. Ustanovio je da je to mjesto prilično neprijatno, neudobno i, što je još gore, da je u tom kraju šuma u velikoj…

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Espetáculos de danças, formatura e mais na coluna da Jackie —

Barbara Crane Navarro

E-mail: jackiepinheiro@gmail.com Instagram: @jackiepinheiroac Facebook: Jackie Pinheiro Espetáculos de dança virtual realizados pela Cia. Garatuja foram sucesso No seu 31º aniversário de fundação, a Cia. Garatuja de Artes Cênicas realizou a X Mostra Garatuja de Dança e III Fedaquiry – Festival de Dança do Aquiry, em parceria com o Movimento de Dança do Acre(MODA).…

Espetáculos de danças, formatura e mais na coluna da Jackie —

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¿Te estás decorando con oro? … « La selva está sangrando, lo puedo sentir en mi corazón. » | Barbara Crane Navarro

“Gold miners pour more poisoned mercury into the ground than the weight of gold they carry away. They are like the undead, covered in golden mud. » – Chieftain Raoni Metuktire

Source: ¿Te estás decorando con oro? … « La selva está sangrando, lo puedo sentir en mi corazón. » | Barbara Crane Navarro

A Change that is Drastic Will Help Us to Stop Polluting Mother Earth With Plastic

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If we spread the word about the need for environmental care and do more recycling, reusing and reducing

More jobs will be created and problems will not be the only things we are producing

We need to do more to change the mindset of our people so they will take action that is drastic

We just can’t continue polluting the environment with plastic

Micro plastics in the air we breathe and the water we drink cannot be good at all

And we should not wait until our backs are against the wall

Since there are solutions we can use, to send the plastic pollution problem away

We need to simply encourage more people to do what it takes, so we can plan for a brighter day

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Unemployment is a problem that is being faced in almost every country out there

And so many more…

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Pandemic Poems, First Wave: Olive Senior’s fragments of last summer

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Our first wave of COVID-19 in Jamaica was the summer of 2020. Almost a year later, we seem to be just creeping out of the second – and fearing a third.

The summer of 2020, at least for me, was a slow recognition – a dawning – that life wasn’t simple any more. It wasn’t a smooth run, despite the cliché of “flattening the curve” and other phrases that are losing their meaning now. We are moving on to other catch phrases, like “vaccine hesitancy.”

Our Poet Laureate Olive Senior’s collection is a reflection of our mood – or rather, our myriad moods – during that period as the first wave slowly gathered momentum way out at sea, and Black Lives Mattered. Then, that wave and everything it brought with it broke on the shore, and Merry Christmas seemed a tawdry dream.

In her introduction, Ms. Senior explains…

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B.C. First Nation opposes jade mining, wants reality TV show ‘Jade Fever’ taken off the air – BC | Globalnews.ca

Jade is mined from mountainsides or through placer mining, a smaller-scale excavation ranging from old-style gold panning to digging in and around riverbeds for deposits of minerals washed away over time.

B.C.’s consultation with the nation over jade mining permit applications has been “minimal,” Day said, and in recent years the nation has expressed opposition to new permits and the industry overall.

Ten jade mining permits remain active in Tahltan territory, the ministry said, while 34 are inactive after operating between 2015 and 2019. Another seven permits are not being used because the operators’ certificates are suspended, it said.

In response to the Tahltan’s concerns, B.C. has stopped issuing some permits and says it is in negotiations with the Tahltan about further mining restrictions.

Source: B.C. First Nation opposes jade mining, wants reality TV show ‘Jade Fever’ taken off the air – BC | Globalnews.ca

De El Paraíso a la Calle Real, un paseo por la historia, las recetas, los sabores y las tradiciones

Google translation of the title: From El Paraíso to Calle Real, a walk through history, recipes, flavors and traditions –

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

Autor del texto: Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

Acervo documental y fotográfico: Gerardo Torres Calderón

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Cuando mi padre y yo visitamos, por primera vez, la ciudad de Morelia (1), en julio de 1983, pernoctamos en una posada familiar con la idea de recorrer, al siguiente día, el centro histórico con sus palacios de cantera, sus conventos y sus templos virreinales, sus portales típicos, sus balcones románticos, sus jardines prodigiosos con fuentes y bancas de piedra o hierro, sus portones de madera y sus rincones insospechados. Morelia representaba, para nosotros, una tierra desconocida, un paréntesis dentro de nuestras existencias, la posibilidad de iniciar una historia en un terruño.

Aquel año de nuestras existencias, preferimos viajar en autobús de primera clase, lujoso y cómodo, perteneciente a la línea Tres Estrellas de Oro. No existía, entonces, la autopista México-Morelia-Guadalajara, que sería construida…

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Whānau the secret of success for Te Ao With Moana | Stuff.co.nz

The result is Te Ao With Moana, a weekly current affairs show that examines national and international stories through a Māori lens. Now in it’s third season, Maniapoto says while there have been a few upsets, on the whole the response has been positive.

Moana Maniapoto, from Te Ao With Moana, works on the show with her son and says they have “a really good relationship”.

Source: Whānau the secret of success for Te Ao With Moana | Stuff.co.nz