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"Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. History The Actes Sud was a publication of the "Atelier de cartographie thématique et statistique" (ACTeS). ACTeS was situated in Paradou, a village in the Vallée des Baux. Here, founder Hubert Nyssen, his wife Christine Le Bœuf, (which was the granddaughter of Belgian banker and patron Henry Le Bœuf), his sister Françoise Nyssen, Bertrand Py and Jean-Paul Capitani met and founded Actes Sud. In 1983 Actes Sud moved to Arles. Authors A selection of authors Actes Sud published: Prizes * 2004: the book The Scortas' Sun (Le Soleil des Scorta) by Laurent Gaudé, was the first book published by Actes Sud, receiving a Prix Goncourt (Prix Goncourt/Roman). The book sold 400,000 copies. * 2012: Sermon sur la chute de Rome by Jérôme Ferrari was the second book published by Actes Sud honoured by the Prix Goncourt. * 2015: Compass (Bussole) by Mathias Énard, also published by Actes Sud, received the Prix Goncourt. * 2017: The order of the day (L'Ordre du jour) by Éric Vuillard, published by Actes Sud, got the Prix Goncourt. * 2015: Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in Literature. * 2018: Nicolas Mathieu wins the Prix Goncourt for his novel Leurs enfants après eux. Programme Actes Süd provides a catalogue naming 11,500 titles. It has more than two hundred employees, mostly at the sites in Arles and Paris, about twenty external advisors and a plethora of translators work in France and elsewhere. References External links * Category:Book publishing companies of France Category:1978 establishments in France Category:Publishing companies established in 1978 Category:Arles "
"The Bacia do Rio Macacu Environmental Protection Area () is an environmental protection area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Location The Bacia do Rio Macacu Environmental Protection Area (APA) covers parts of the municipalities of Cachoeiras de Macacu, Itaboraí and Guapimirim in Rio de Janeiro. It has an area of . It includes areas of plains and lowlands and mountainous areas with springs and important remnants of forest. Its largest area is occupied by pastures, vegetable fields and quarries for sand to be used in construction. The Guapimirim-Macacu sub-basin is part of the Guanabara Bay basin. It is bounded to the north and northwest by the Serra dos Órgãos, to the northeast by the Serra de Macaé de Cima, to the east by the Serra da Botija and the Serra de Monte Azul, and to the south by the Serra do Sambê and the Serra dos Garcias. The Macacu River, the main river of the APA, is born in the Serra dos Órgãos at about in the municipality of Cachoeiras de Macacu, and runs for about to its junction with the Guapimirim River. Protected areas near the APA include the Serra dos Órgãos National Park with , Três Picos State Park with , Paraíso Ecological Station with , Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area with and Petrópolis Environmental Protection Area with . Most of these were created to protect springs and headwaters in the forested mountains as well as biodiversity. History The Bacia do Rio Macacu Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 4.018 of 5 December 2002. Its objective is to protect marginal areas in the basin of the Macacu River, the largest contributor to Guanabara Bay. It is included in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in December 2006. The management plan was prepared in 2009 by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) in cooperation with other institutions, within a regional planning strategy for the mosaic which considered opportunities for forming corridors between the protected areas and for ecologically sound agriculture. Notes Sources * * Further reading * * Category:2002 establishments in Brazil Category:Environmental protection areas of Brazil Category:Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state) "
"The Weber House is a historic building located in Guttenberg, Iowa, United States. It was built by Dr. Weber, a German immigrant surgeon, sometime before 1858. It is also possible his name was George Wehmer. with Subsequently, the house was associated with the Freidlein and Zimmerman families who owned a nearby saw mill and lumber yard. Initially, the 1½-story brick structure was in a "T" shape with a full size porch across the front. The house has been added onto on the rear. A two-frame kitchen wing had been added to the north side around 1900, and is no longer extant. There was also a summer kitchen on the property at one time. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. References Category:Houses in Guttenberg, Iowa Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Category:National Register of Historic Places in Clayton County, Iowa "