February in Review & DST Spring Forward ! #StayHome

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Reprieve from the long hours of darkness is just around the corner, when spring brings with it Daylight Saving Time and the turning forward of the clocks.

Although it means one less hour of sleep, the increase in daylight will feel worth it in the long-run.

In the US and Canada the clocks gone forward last 8 March at 2am.

In Europe will go forward tonight Sunday, 29 March at 1am. Most countries in The European Union (EU) and  other European countries will spring forward one hour at 01:00 UTC on March 29, 2020. Local time for the change is different in each time zone. 

To make the time change easier, which can take your body up to a week to adjust to.

The human circadian clock is actually a little longer than 24 hours, so it’s easier for us to stay up later than to fall asleep earlier in relation to our usual bedtime.

Isn’t the easiest sell for children. You can probably already anticipate what’s going to happen for several nights after it occurs: It won’t be dark at your child’s bedtime and it will “feel” much earlier to him, so your youngster will battle you at bedtime.  There are a few things you can do today to make this transition easier for both you and your child.

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And now, time to the review of the most popular posts of February...

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

Women in Science : Katherine Johnson ! Resources 

La BD : On parle de Claire Bretécher ! Albums & outils

Meet the Scottish scientist Mary Sommerville, the queen of 19th Century Science ! 

#SID2020 : Protecting children's digital identity & online privacy  

Young Champions of the Earth 2020 

If you live in Europe, don't forget at 1am. Spring Forward!

Hoping you're enjoying to teach online. Your students need you! It's fun to teach online. I love it!

The most important message: #StayHome 

Stay safe! We need hope and resilience all over the world! And be kind to those we need you.

G-Souto

28.02.2020

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Au revoir M. Albert Uderzo : hommage

crédits: Nob

@nobfactory

"Le dessinateur d’Astérix s’est éteint la nuit de lundi, le 23 mars au mardi, le 24 mars. Celui qui rêvait dès son plus jeune âge de devenir clown rejoint son complice de toujours, René Goscinny, au paradis des irréductibles créateurs."

Partout sur les réseaux sociaux, les dessinateurs du monde entier rendent leur hommage à Albert Uderzo avec des créations originelles ou repérant des illustrations iconiques de Uderzo comme celle de Je suis Charlie (2015).

Albert Uderzo (2015)

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Albert Uderzo avec René Goscinny, il avait créé en 1959 les Gaulois les plus célèbres du monde : Astérix et Obélix. Ils cosigneront 24 albums. 

Albert Uderzo

Photograph: Laurent MAOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Anti-archétype du Gaulois viril, Astérix fait son apparition dans le premier numéro du magazine Pilote en octobre 1959, à la page 20. Le numéro s'arrache. 

Pilote, 1961

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En 1961 paraît Astérix le Gaulois, premier album d'une longue série. Rapidement, le dessinateur aux traits si expressifs ne se consacrera plus qu'aux aventures du Gaulois à gros nez et de ses amis, archétypes des Français.

Albert Uderzo [1927-2020]

photograph: Pascal Vila/Vsd/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

À la mort de Goscinny, Uderzo dessinera huit albums avant de définitivement passer la main. Oui, à Jean-Yves Ferri (scénario) et Didier Conrad (dessin).

Albert Uderzo, Didier Conrad et Jean-Yves Ferri

crédits: Joel Saget/ AFP

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Grâce à Uderzo et Goscinny, la bande dessinée a conquis le grand public. Le succès est toujours au rendez-vous, sans compter celui des films.

Toujours avec la complicité de René Goscinny, il avait dessiné Jehan Pistolet, le corsaire, Oumpah-Pah, l'Indien, Luc Junior, reporter, ou encore Benjamin et Benjamine, histoire d'un couple trépidant.

"Albert Uderzo n’en faisait pas mystère : il préférait Obélix à Astérix. D’abord parce qu’il créa de lui-même le livreur de menhirs, sans René Goscinny, en 1959, quand fut lancée la série dans les pages du magazine Pilote. Ensuite parce que, sans jamais oser se l’avouer à lui-même, Obélix, c’était un peu lui."

D’Obélix, Albert Uderzo possédait également la sensibilité à fleur de peau et cette générosité sans calcul qui lui valut, tout au long de sa carrière, de croiser un certain nombre d’aigrefins attirés par le succès commercial d’Astérix, série aux plus de 375 millions d’albums vendus. 

" Faut-il attendre que je meure pour qu’on parle en bien de moi ? "

Albert Uderzo, 2017

via skizzenblog

Oui, Monsieur Uderzo! Il a fallu attendre que vous soyez mort pour qu'on parle de vous. Et en bien! Depuis mardi tout le monde vous rend des hommages, les lecteurs, les dessinateurs, les journaux du monde entier, en toutes langues.

Albert Uderzo était un géant de la bande dessinée, et du dessin tout court. En témoignent une œuvre extraordinairement prolifique et des planches inoubliables.

Extrait du « Bouclier arverne » (1968)

Les Éditions Albert René

S’il fallait une preuve que la bande dessinée est un art, la planche 31 du Bouclier arverne (1968) pourrait la constituer. Cette scène de bouderie et de réconciliation entre Astérix et Obélix à la composition étudiée – champ et contrechamp, point de vue extérieur du chien Idéfix, décor au fort symbolisme naturaliste, – est un des chefs-d’œuvre d’Albert Uderzo, et un hymne à l’amitié. 

L’original a été offert par le dessinateur au musée de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême.

"Albert Uderzo, avec son compère de toujours René Goscinny, laisse derrière lui les héros de bande dessinée franco-belge les plus connus au Monde et probablement un portrait de notre société le plus pertinent et le plus piquant qui soit."

Festival d'Angoulême, Uderzo 1927-2020, hommage

Albert Uderzo avec ses créations Obélix & Astérix

Photograph: Romuald Meigneux/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

"Depuis plus de 60 ans, il a fait 60 ans en 2019, Astérix a suscité chez des millions de lecteurs à travers le monde, page après page, et à chaque relecture, un plaisir et une profonde joie.

Devenu un véritable mythe, le petit Gaulois fait aujourd’hui partie du patrimoine littéraire et artistique universel, et continuera longtemps encore de porter ses valeurs de tolérance et de résistance dans ses aventures."

hommage sur la page d'acueil du site Astérix

crédits: Elix

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Mes hommages, M. Albert Uderzo

G-Souto

25.03.2020

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Culture: Le Monde/ Le Figaro/ Le Point

Let's talk about Water Day : Clean Care is Safe Care !

World Water Day

https://www.worldwaterday.org/

World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, focuses on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. 

It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis, in support of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

In 2020, Water day was linked to COVID-19 as we all remember...

"All of us face a common threat – the coronavirus – COVID 19.

Today’s declaration of a pandemic is a call to action – for everyone, everywhere.

It’s also a call for responsibility and solidarity – as nations united and as people united.

As we fight the virus, we cannot let fear go viral.

Together, we can still change the course of this pandemic – but that means addressing inaction."

António Guterres, Secretary-General UN message

On Water Day, the United Nations is actively addressing the global COVID-19 outbreak by for example providing situation:

• reports, 

• technical guidelines,

• advice for the public.

In the light of the global spread of the virus and following instructions from national authorities and guidance from the World Health Organization.

UN Water

https://www.unwater.org/ 

• Clean Care is Safe Care:

Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others by doing the following:

Wash your hands frequently

Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.

https://www.who.int/

Why? 

Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.

https://www.who.int/

Maintain social distancing:

Maintain at least 1 meter (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

https://www.who.int/

Why? 

When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person coughing has the disease.

• Be Kind to support loved ones during #Coronavirus

https://www.who.int/ 

Resources: 

Teachers and educators and parents will find a lot of resources on WHO  website.

World Water Day and Climate:

World Water Day 2020

https://en.unesco.org/

“A water crisis is a global crisis. Without sustainable access to water, we will be unable to achieve goals such as quality education or the development of more prosperous, fairer societies. History has demonstrated this."

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, UNESCO

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. 

This Day is an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference. Water is an essential building block of life. 

"This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change. With 2020 a make-or-break year for climate action, this focus is timely."

 UN chief António Guterres

WWDR/ Open Access

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/

On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change will require major shifts in the way we use and reuse the Earth’s limited water resources. 

World Water Day and its campaign is still ongoing. However, as many may need to make changes to their plans, a dedicated web page has been made available where organizations and stakeholders can find advice on how to keep meetings and workplaces safe, help limit the spread of the coronavirus and adjust their plans accordingly.

Theme 2020:

"Water and Climate Change."

World Water Day 2020, on 22 March, is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked.

Adapting to the water effects of climate change will protect health and save lives.

Using water more efficiently will reduce greenhouse gases.

We cannot afford to wait. Everyone has a role to play.

http://www.fao.org/

Education:

Teachers and students will find different resources to learn, share, act, be safe.

You can use social media, learning networking online (individual or in group) to be safe and participate.

Aquametragem

short animated by Marina Lobo

https://lisboaenova.org/aquametragem/

Visit the post Aquastory, animated film SDGs in Action ! UN winner 2019. Schools have an important role promoting environmental education as a Civics value across all the school curricula.

@GlobalGoalsUN

Remember as well, this World Water Day, and any other day, please wash your hands regularly with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub.

This #WorldWaterDay, let’s show our best hand hygiene moments to fight #COVID19. #SafeHands on #WorldWaterDay! 

G-Souto

22.03.2020

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