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Colombia: Peace at Risk
Hundreds of community and trade union leaders have been murdered in Colombia since the November 2016 signing of the peace agreement in that country, according to a new report released by the ITUC today.
Nuclear weapons: ITUC calls for governments to ratify ban treaty
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is calling on governments to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), on the eve of a special signing ceremony for the Treaty at the UN in New York this week. The Treaty was adopted by the UN in July 2017, with a vote of 122-1, and requires ratification by 50 countries for it to come into force. So far 70 countries have signed it and 26 have completed ratification.
Colombia: threats against teachers
The ITUC has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating situation in Colombia, with the emergence of new threats against the lives of teachers and their representatives from trade union FECODE. The paramilitary group "Black Eagles" issued death threats against several leaders of the union on 3 September.
Workers' Rights Caught in the Crossfire in Mindanao, Philippines
Unions warn that further abuses are in sight following the extension of martial law in the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao. At the request of President Rodrigo Duterte, direct military control has been extended until the end of 2019.
ITUC World Congress: A fractured world needs strong unions
The ITUC World Congress in Copenhagen has opened with a debate on peace, democracy and rights which is fundamental for the security of workers and their families.
Peace • Documents
Freedom Report: Peace, Democratic Rights
International Youth Day 2016 Statement
PERC Statement on Peace, Democracy and Rights
Freedom: Frontlines Report on Global Risks
Peace • multimedia
Japan: Solidarity Message from Sharan Burrow
Actions at NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) Conference, New-York (May 2010)
Spotlight interview with K. Velayudam (NTUF- Sri Lanka)
Spotlight Interview with Michel Barka (UST - Chad)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri)
International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND)
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Prepared for the flood: Resilience building of vulnerable mountain communities in Pakistan
Please briefly describe your Water ChangeMaker journey
The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is prone to climate-induced hazards like floods and debris flow. Variability in intensity and frequency of rainfall pose further extremes at the sub-regional level, especially within the Upper Indus basin. Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), home to 12 of the world's 30 tallest mountain peaks, houses some of the most vulnerable mountain communities, especially prone to water-induced hazards. Furthermore, inadequate technological coping mechanisms and limited mitigation capacity of relevant institutions further exacerbate these vulnerabilities. Taking into account that local and indigenous methods of warning and preparedness are not sufficient to cope with the changing flood patterns, ICIMOD has integrated the community-based flood early warning system (CBFEWS) in five disaster-prone rivers in GB. CBFEWS comprises a set of simple instruments installed upstream to detect floods. It generates flood signals that are communicated to downstream communities. The primary goal of the intervention, also noted by the Hyogo Framework for Action and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has been to provide effective flood early warning to vulnerable communities in consultation with local communities and nodal disaster management authorities.
Please describe the change that your initiative created and how was it achieved
One of the key changes achieved through the initiative is strengthened community preparedness against water-induced hazards. Learning from our experiences in piloting CBFEWS in similar regions of the HKH (Afghanistan, India, and Nepal), we encouraged close community participation through hands-on, refresher, and field-based training. We prioritized community leadership and ownership by appointing community caretakers for the technology. We focused on upscaling the technology and ensuring its sustainability through close coordination and partnerships with relevant grassroots organizations, local government organizations, and civil society organizations. We formed a partners' consortium with organizations like World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA), and Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) to harness their expertise in piloting and implementing the CBFEWS approach in five disaster prone sites in GB. The partners also ensured further support in upscaling the technology to other disaster-prone areas in the region and joined hands for policy advocacy through evidence-based information.
How did your initiative help build resilience to climate change?
In a 2017 ICIMOD survey of 250 households in the GB region, around 26% of survey respondents attributed the lack of coping mechanisms as key to low resilience to climate. In that regard, enhancement of flood preparedness through capacity building trainings, technological support, and sensitization of flood risks has played a major role in building community resilience. Sherqilla village stands out as a success story where the community promptly responded to the alarm in two occasions of flash floods in 2017 and evacuated themselves and their livestock to safety. Further, piloting and demonstration of CBFEWS with the involvement of the GBDMA and civil society organizations has provided local-level authorities with a viable solution to replicate the technology in disaster-prone areas. Also, we pushed for the capacity enhancement of these institutions to help enable them to devise better flood preparedness strategies for minimal loss of lives and property.
What water-related decisions did your initiative influence or improve?
The lessons and evidence generated through the pilot interventions were used to support the disaster management strategies and policies of the relevant government institutions. Importantly, our initiative has demonstrated the importance of enabling stronger community preparedness for water-induced hazards. Given the effectiveness of CBFEWS as a disaster management solution, the GBDMA has signed a memorandum with partners to assume ownership of the five pilot CBFEWS interventions and to ensure its sustained functioning. In addition, the initiative has also helped the GBDMA to identify and revisit gaps in its plan. The existing disaster management plan is primarily focused on post-disaster relief and contingency management. Recognizing that disaster preparedness should also be prioritized, the institution has requested ICIMOD's support in revisiting the plan with the inclusion of the CBFEWS approach for further upscaling throughout the GB province. In addition, the initiative seeks to assist the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Pakistan to expand the disaster preparedness approach in plans prepared by other disaster management authorities in the country.
What were some of the challenges faced and how were they overcome?
Scattered populations, remote areas, and limited technological solutions offered by multiple stakeholders posed key challenges. Therefore, the initiative collaboratively worked with different humanitarian and government agencies in GB to tackle those challenges. Although managing partnerships among a diverse set of institutions was also a challenge, the initiative addressed this with clearly defined roles among partners and regular communication. Political sensitivities came into play during the transfer of the technology from the ICIMOD headquarters in Nepal to the communities in GB. CBFEWS was also put under scrutiny by local law enforcement agencies. This challenge was managed by engaging and enabling private sector partners in Pakistan to manufacture the equipment locally. Moreover, influencing government disaster management policies and strategies to integrate lessons from the pilot interventions was a time-consuming process. This process was supported further through roundtable discussions, technical backstopping, and development of relevant knowledge products for support in revisiting the strategies.
In your view: Will the change that was created by your initiative continue?
The GBDMA'S involvement with the initiative throughout the phases of risk assessment, installation, dissemination and communication, and response has been instrumental in the operation of CBFEWS in GB. This involvement will also be crucial for the sustainability of the CBFEWS approach. The willingness of relevant government departments to revisit disaster management policies and strategies indicates their intention to not only sustain the existing pilot interventions but also upscale the approach throughout all water-induced hazard prone areas in GB. Furthermore, capacities of the disaster management authorities, relevant civil society organizations, and communities have been enhanced to ensure sustainability. On the ground, the community caretakers have been appointed to manage the system, ensure timely repair and maintenance, and maintain accountability. We have also aimed to engage the private sector for supply of equipment so that the government can upgrade the products in a timely manner.
What did you learn during the initiative or after? And is it possible that others could learn from you?
Our lessons have been based on our interactions with communities through the pilot interventions and the collaboration with our implementation partners: 1) Engaging the relevant local government departments in the planning and implementation process can be helpful for the intervention's sustainability and upscaling 2) Harnessing relevant organizations' expertise through partnerships can be very helpful to bring in the relevant expertise and local knowledge 3) Working with local private sector organizations help bring in new and innovative technological solutions and technology transfer for potential outscaling 4) Working with the local communities for risk scoping, generating information, and dissemination of information is crucial for attaining successful results from the CBFEWS approach 5) Capacity enhancement and preparedness of local communities, government bodies, and other partners is important for the intervention's success
1.	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Nepal, South Asia
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Strengthening institutional capacity and participation
Type of change
Changing (one or more) organisation(s) and/or processes or structures within that organisation
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By mobilising the private sector , By helping manage floods and droughts
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/icimod/
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ESL, the world's largest esports company, and Mountain Dew today announced the renewal of the third year of the Mountain Dew League (MDL), the initiative aiming to give up-and-coming teams a shot at glory to participate in Pro League, the world's top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) competition. Building on the success of the past two years, this year's seasons will have new ways for fans to get involved, including "Next Big Caster" and an All-Star Match.
As MDL provides rising players with a direct spot into Pro League, the debut of the "Next Big Caster" program will work to do the same for shoutcasters. Through an application and audition process, individuals will have the opportunity to cast North American MDL matches throughout the coming 2018 seasons, while fans vote on their favorite talent at the conclusion of each season. Those chosen will to fly to the Local-Area Network to cast live with professional shoutcasters and potentially qualify for the professional caster rotation for ESEA TV the following season.
This year MDL will also have its first All-Star Match to highlight standout players from each season. Fans will get to choose their favorite MDL players for the chance to compete for prize money and bragging rights. The match will be streamed exclusively on the Mountain Dew Twitch Channel.
The third year of MDL will be split into three seasons. During the first and third seasons the top team from North America and Europe will gain an automatic slot in the following season's CS:GO Pro League.
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Q: Calling controller method without a view associated with it I am trying to write a quick plugin for my website where given: localhost:port/email/sendemail/foo@bar.com will send out an email.
Is it possible to write an email controller with a method of emailsend that can be called from anywhere in the application or even the address bar without having to define a view or redirect for it?
I have tried the following
public class EmailController : Controller
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult SendEmail(string email)
        {
            ....Code
            EmailSender.NewEmail(email);
        }
}

A: This solved my issue, using a generic JsonResult was the way to go.
 [HttpGet]
            public JsonResult SendEmail(string guid)
            {
               //Validation here
                return Json("Email Sent", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
            }

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Q: Change List in Embedded For Loop in Django Template I have the following code in my Django template:
{% for matrix_row in request.session.matrix_rows %}
    {% for radio in form.matrix_row_one_column_value %}

{{ radio }}

    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

How can I change the list for the inner for loop as the outer for loop is iterated over? For example, the lists for successive passes of the outer for loop should be as follows:
form.matrix_row_one_column_value
form.matrix_row_two_column_value
form.matrix_row_three_column_value
form.matrix_row_four_column_value
form.matrix_row_five_column_value
form.matrix_row_six_column_value

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

A: Why don't you do the work in the view instead of trying to come up with something complicated in the template?
For example, in your Python:
names = ['apple', 'orange', 'carrot']
colors = [ ['red', 'green'], ['orange', 'red'], ['orange', 'yellow'] ]
fruits = zip(names, colors)

And then in your template:
{% for name, colors in fruits %}

  {{ name }} -
  {% for color in colors %}
    {{ color }}
  {% endfor %}

{% endfor %}

A: If I understand you correctly, what you want to do is something like form[matrix_row]
{% for matrix_row in request.session.matrix_rows %}
    {% for radio in form[matrix_row] %}

{{ radio }}

    ...

That isn't possible in Django templates, so you would need to add your own simple templatetag for that. Something like this
@register.filter
def keyvalue(dic, key):
    """Use a variable as a dictionary key"""
    return dic[key]

And now you can do
{% for matrix_row in request.session.matrix_rows %}
    {% for radio in form|keyvalue:matrix_row %}

{{ radio }}

    ...


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Miers est une commune française, située dans le nord du département du Lot en région Occitanie.
Elle est également dans le causse de Gramat, le plus vaste et le plus sauvage des quatre causses du Quercy.

Exposée à un climat océanique altéré, elle est drainée par  et par divers autres petits cours d'eau. Incluse dans le bassin de la Dordogne, la commune possède un patrimoine naturel remarquable :  et trois zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique.

Miers est une commune rurale qui compte  en , après avoir connu un pic de population de  en 1821.  Elle fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Gramat. Ses habitants sont appelés les Miersois ou  Miersoises.

Cette station thermale possède un riche patrimoine préhistorique.

Géographie

Accès
Miers est situé dans le Quercy, sur le causse de Gramat, à  au sud de la Dordogne. Ce village du département du Lot est à  au nord de son chef-lieu de canton Gramat et à  au nord de la préfecture Cahors.

La route départementale 20, reliant Alvignac à  au sud et Carennac à  au nord, contourne Miers. Les grands sites touristiques de Padirac et Rocamadour sont à proximité : respectivement à  et .

Communes limitrophes

Relief
La borne IGN du lieu-dit Forges marque le point haut de Miers, à  d'altitude, en direction de Thégra. Les zones les plus basses de la commune, à  d'altitude, se trouvent au nord-est près de l'ancien couvent des Fieux et de la ligne de chemin de fer Brive-Rodez.

Au sud, la combe Molière, le plan d'eau et le ruisseau se dirigeant au nord-est vers le gouffre de Roc de Corn marquent la limite de Miers avec Alvignac. Le bourg de Miers est établi sur les terrains du Limargue à  au sud de la faille de Padirac qui barre le paysage d'est en ouest. Le causse caillouteux et sec débute ici par les collines de Pech de Rhodes () et du Pech Clapié. Au nord, le causse à la forme d'une dépression d'orientation E-SE - W-NW venant de Padirac et descendant vers la Dordogne par les Fieux en direction de Gluges et Montvalent.

Géologie

Le sous-sol de Miers est composé de roches sédimentaires qui se sont formées du Lias (-200 Ma) au Jurassique (-140 Ma), dans une mer chaude bordant le Massif central et recouvrant le nord du bassin aquitain. Ces roches avaient une épaisseur de .

Ce plateau tabulaire a émergé et l'érosion a raboté  de calcaire en 20 Ma. Il a aussi subit une tectonique cassante de faible intensité qui créa la faille de Padirac et des plis de direction pyrénéenne (WNW-ESE). La partie qui se trouve au sud de la faille, sur laquelle se trouve le bourg de Miers a été surélevé et forme le horst de Miers-Alvignac. L'érosion a entièrement décapé sa couverture calcaire du Jurassique, laissant apparaître les sédiments plus anciens du Lias : marnes imperméables et calcaires argileux propices à l'agriculture.

Les calcaires situés au nord de la faille occupent plus de  sur le territoire de Miers et sont karstifiables : propice au creusement de galeries.

Hydrogéologie

Toutes les eaux collectées sur la commune de Miers sont dirigées vers le réseau souterrain de Padirac qui alimente le bassin collecteur de la Dordogne. Les exsurgences se situent en bordure du plateau calcaire sur la commune voisine de Montvalent : la fontaine Saint-Georges, celle dite du Lombard, le Gourguet et la Finou.

Trois parties peuvent être distinguées :
 Au sud, le bassin affluent repose sur les marnes noires et schistes du Toarcien. Ces roches imperméables drainent l'eau vers des ruisseaux. En bordure sud, la combe Molière, le plan d'eau et le ruisseau de Cazelle conduisent les eaux dans le gouffre du Roc de Corn. Ailleurs, Elles s'enfoncent sous terre dès qu'elles atteignent la limite des calcaires perméables ;
 À  au nord du bourg, sur la faille de Padirac, s'alignent de l'est à l'ouest toutes les pertes : celles de Goubert, du Batut, de Miers, de la Valade, de Roc de Corn.
 Au nord, le plateau calcaire perméable du Jurassique collecte les ruisseaux précédents ainsi que les eaux de pluie en direction ouest - nord-ouest. Dans le prolongement des pertes, des vallées sèches, témoins d'un réseau aérien fossile, convergent toutes pour se diriger vers le nord-ouest.

Spéléologie
Au nord de la faille de Padirac, Miers s'étend sur plus de  de plateau calcaire du Jurassique. Dans cette zone, plus de vingt phénomènes karstiques : pertes, gouffres et igues, permettent parfois aux spéléologues l'accès à de grands réseaux souterrains. L'un des plus vastes du Lot, le réseau du gouffre de Padirac, traverse le territoire de Miers d'est en ouest avec ses  de galeries explorées.

Quelques cavités de Miers :
 l'igue du Cheval ou de Magic Boy, trop plein de la perte du Batut, explorée à partir de 2001,  de profondeur et plus de  de développement ;
 La perte de Miers ou des Ayrals : siphon d'entrée pompée en 1998 par Lesur, Dutarte et Boudsocq, explorée en 2007 sur  par le spéléo club les Nyctalopes Ambidextres, puis par le Clan des Explorateurs de Cavernes de 2007 à 2015. Ces derniers ont découvert  de galerie descendant à  de profondeur. Ce réseau rejoint celui du gouffre de Padirac à  de son entrée naturelle : le fil d'ariane et les traces de pas du spéléo-plongeur Clément Chaput, qui avait réitéré en  avec Bernard Gauche la jonction Padirac - résurgence, ont été identifiés. Une coloration a montré une confluence avec la perte de Magic Boy à  de la perte de Miers.
 L'igue de Barrières (du nom du hameau abandonné voisin), improprement notée « igue de Barrière », explorée par les assistants d'Édouard-Alfred Martel : Gaupillat, Armand et Foulquier, le . Ils décrivent un puits de  de profondeur et une galerie descendant  plus bas. Les explorations reprennent à partir de 1970. De nombreux clubs de spéléologie s'acharnent sans succès à trouver une suite au bas du puits d'entrée. Ce sont les frères Bitard et Jean Lesur qui franchissent la coulée de calcite et découvre  de galerie. Une monnaie romaine fut découverte prise dans la calcite par Louis Bex le . Cette pièce fut frappée entre 317 et 350 à l'époque de l'empereur d'Occident Constantin II. Une deuxième, découverte par J.J. Stoeffler, se rattacherait à l'empereur byzantin Anastase  ;
 la grotte préhistorique des Fieux découverte le  par Jean Lesur, J. Bouchereau, L. Perrier et le propriétaire des lieux, Elie Caminade.

Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat océanique altéré », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du même type de climat dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Ce type de climat, Il s'agit d'une zone de transition entre le climat océanique et les climats de montagne et le climat semi-continental. Les écarts de température entre hiver et été augmentent avec l'éloignement de la mer. La pluviométrie est plus faible qu'en bord de mer, sauf aux abords des reliefs.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent à la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. Ces changements peuvent être constatés sur la station météorologique de Météo-France la plus proche, « Beaulieu S/dor. », sur la commune de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, mise en service en 1952 et qui se trouve à  à vol d'oiseau, où la température moyenne annuelle est de  et la hauteur de précipitations de  pour la période 1981-2010.
Sur la station météorologique historique la plus proche, « Gourdon », sur la commune de Gourdon, mise en service en 1961 et à , la température moyenne annuelle évolue de  pour la période 1971-2000, à  pour 1981-2010, puis à  pour 1991-2020.

Milieux naturels et biodiversité

Espaces protégés
La protection réglementaire est le mode d'intervention le plus fort pour préserver des espaces naturels remarquables et leur biodiversité associée.

La commune fait partie du parc naturel régional des Causses du Quercy, un espace protégé créé en 1999 et d'une superficie de , qui s'étend sur  du département du Lot. La cohérence du territoire du Parc s'est fondée sur l'unité géologique d'un même socle de massif karstique, entaillé de profondes vallées. Le périmètre repose sur une unité de paysages autour de la pierre et du bâti (souvent en pierre sèche), de l'empreinte des pelouses sèches et du pastoralisme et de l'omniprésence des patrimoines naturels et culturels. Ce parc a été classé Géoparc en mai 2017 sous la dénomination « géoparc des causses du Quercy », faisant dès lors partie du réseau mondial des Géoparcs, soutenu par l'UNESCO.

La commune fait également partie de la zone de transition du bassin de la Dordogne, un territoire d'une superficie de  reconnu réserve de biosphère par l'UNESCO en juillet 2012.

Zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique
L'inventaire des zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) a pour objectif de réaliser une couverture des zones les plus intéressantes sur le plan écologique, essentiellement dans la perspective d'améliorer la connaissance du patrimoine naturel national et de fournir aux différents décideurs un outil d'aide à la prise en compte de l'environnement dans l'aménagement du territoire.
Deux ZNIEFF de  sont recensées sur la commune :
les « pelouses sèches et bois de la partie Nord du causse de Gramat et rivière souterraine de Padirac » (), couvrant  du département et
les « prairies naturelles et boisements de la combe Molière et du Bos del Moussur » (), couvrant  du département
et une ZNIEFF de  :
le « plateau et bassin d'alimentation du système karstique de Padirac » (), couvrant  du département.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Miers 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 Gramat, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de 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 forêts et milieux semi-naturels (59,6 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (59,6 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (54,6 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (35,6 %), forêts (5 %), prairies (4,8 %).

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).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Miers est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), feux de forêts, mouvements de terrains et séisme (sismicité très faible). Il est également exposé à un risque technologique,  le transport de matières dangereuses. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels
Miers est exposée au risque de feu de forêt. Un plan départemental de protection des forêts contre les incendies a été approuvé par arrêté préfectoral le  pour la période 2015-2025. Les propriétaires doivent ainsi couper les broussailles, les arbustes et les branches basses sur une profondeur de , aux abords des constructions, chantiers, travaux et installations de toute nature, situées à moins de  de terrains en nature
de bois, forêts, plantations, reboisements, landes ou friches. Le brûlage des déchets issus de l'entretien des parcs et jardins des ménages et des collectivités est interdit. L'écobuage est également interdit, ainsi que les feux de type méchouis et barbecues, à l'exception de ceux prévus dans des installations fixes (non situées sous couvert d'arbres) constituant une dépendance d'habitation.

Les mouvements de terrains susceptibles de se produire sur la commune sont des affaissements et effondrements liés aux cavités souterraines (hors mines) et des glissements de terrain. Par ailleurs, afin de mieux appréhender le risque d'affaissement de terrain, l'inventaire national des cavités souterraines permet de localiser celles situées sur la commune.

Le retrait-gonflement des sols argileux est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. 99 % de la superficie communale est en aléa moyen ou fort (67,7 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019,  sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 99 %, à comparer aux 72 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Par ailleurs, afin de mieux appréhender le risque d'affaissement de terrain, l'inventaire national des cavités souterraines permet de localiser celles situées sur la commune.

La commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par les inondations et coulées de boue survenues en 1982, 1989 et 1999. Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risques technologiques
Le risque de transport de matières dangereuses sur la commune est lié à sa traversée par une infrastructure ferroviaire. Un accident se produisant sur une telle infrastructure est susceptible d'avoir des effets graves sur les biens, les personnes ou l'environnement, selon la nature du matériau transporté. Des dispositions d'urbanisme peuvent être préconisées en conséquence.

Toponymie
Le toponyme Miers est basé sur le mot latin medius, avec l'idée de milieu, de mitoyenneté ou de colon partiaire.

Histoire

Préhistoire
Les premières traces humaines remontent au Paléolithique moyen ( BP) comme l'a révélé le site préhistorique des Fieux.

La commune possède un patrimoine mégalithique particulièrement riche avec de nombreux dolmens visibles, principalement au nord-ouest du territoire de la commune :

 Dolmens de Barrières : ce site comporte trois dolmens.
Le dolmen  est un petit dolmen qui a perdu sa table mais conservé sa dalle de chevet. Le dolmen  est un beau dolmen avec une haute chambre sépulcrale encore protégée par sa table ( x  * ).   Le dolmen , aussi appelé Dolmen de la Pierre Levée, a conservé son tumulus dont il émerge à peine : c'est une belle construction dont la table ( de long pour  de large et une épaisseur de ) doit approcher les . Les orthostates dépassent les  de long.

 Dolmen de Gniars : bien qu'encore enchâssé dans son tumulus, il ne possède plus sa table.
 Dolmen de Peyrebru : la table de  de long repose sur des orthostates de  de hauteur pour  de long, l'ensemble constituant une chambre sépulcrale très haute inclinée vers l'arrière.
 Dolmen de la Carture :
 Dolmen de Moussié : dolmen double situé à l'est de Miers en direction de Padirac.
 Dolmen des Fieux :
 Dolmen du Pech des Auques :

Moyen Âge

Les Hospitaliers
Un monastère fut fondé en 1203, au lieu-dit actuel "le Couvent des Fieux", par Gerbert de Thémines. En 1271, Barascon de Thémines, fils du fondateur de l'Hôpital-Beaulieu fit don du fief des Fieux au prieur de Saint-Gilles Guillaume de Villaret. Un hôpital y était installé pour les pèlerins et les malades. Il relevait du précepteur de Latronquière, commandeur de l'ordre de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem pour le Quercy. Comme ses parents, Barascon souhaitait établir un prieuré d'hospitalières sur sa baronnie. Il obtint ce droit de Philippe le Bel en 1295.

En 1296, il était gouverné par Jourdaine de Villaret, sœur de Guillaume de Villaret qui sera le vingt-quatrième grand maître des Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem.

Le  à Fronton, Pierre Ramon (ou de Raymond), commandeur des maisons du Quercy de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem rétrocéda à Barascon les Fieux contre des terres qui agrandirent la commanderie d'Espédaillac. Barascon y fit construire une maison de religieuse et "pour la dévotion et le salut de son âme" en fit don à l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. Ce prieuré était composé de douze religieuses, percevait des aumônes sur les paroisses de Bio, Albiac, Thémines et Rueyres.

En 1304, le vicomte de Turenne Raimond VII mit sous la dépendance des Fieux le prieuré de Saint-Georges d'Issordel. Le , le prieuré de Curemonte fut rattaché au Fieux. Malgré ces revenus, le couvent des Fieux restait très pauvre. En 1370 et 1372, les seigneurs de Miers firent dons de leur domaine de Lacalmète à Loubressac, en échange du choix de la prieure dans leur famille : la maison des Miers-Vayrac. Le , pour éviter l'abandon des Fieux à la suite des guerres anglaises, le pape Benoît XIII unit provisoirement les Fieux à l'église de Montvalent. En 1479, Raymond de Richard, Grand Prieur de Saint-Gilles, visita les lieux et les trouva si délabrés qu'il en interdit l'entrée de novices. Malgré les mauvaises conditions de vie, la Vicomté de Turenne y envoya en 1524 Gabrielle de Laqueille-Castelnau qui devint prieure. Cette dernière devint en 1528 prieure de l'Hôpital-Beaulieu. Le , Galiote de Gourdon-Ginouillac-Vaillac prit la direction des Fieux qui avaient été dévastés pendant les Guerres de Religion.

Face aux difficultés, Galiote et ses compagnes décidèrent du rattachement des Fieux au prieuré de l'Hôpital-Beaulieu. Cette annexion fut confirmée par une bulle du pape Paul V le  et par lettres patentes du roi Louis XIII du . Lors de l'inventaire du  rapporte que les revenus du domaine des Fieux et de ses dépendances s'élevaient à 3250 livres.

En 1679, le couvent des Fieux était désert et en ruine. Il le resta jusqu'en 1793, date à laquelle il fut vendu comme bien national à la famille Caminade.

Au , le prieuré des Fieux comportait :
 une nef de  de long par  de large à deux travées éclairées par deux fenêtres étroites () ;
 un cimetière attenant au sud de l'église ;
 le couvent ;
 l'hôpital-hôtellerie ;
 une cour, un colombier, un puits et un jardin potager ;
 une muraille en quadrilatère entourant le tout de 80 à  de côté et 7 de hauteur ;
 400 hectares de terres et de forêt de chênes.

Le château
Le château de Miers est déjà en 1297 mentionné dans l'acte de création du prieuré des Fieux. Les co-seigneurs Bertrand de Miers, Pierre de Salgues, Bertrand de Vassignac, Hébrard d'Hardenssa, Guillaume de Miers (prieur), Pons d'Aymer, Guéraud de Fossat et Géraud de la Valette rendent hommage à leur suzerain Gérin de Castelnau pour le château, la châtellenie et la juridiction de Miers.

Le chemin de Rocamadour
Au , nombreux étaient les pèlerins qui suivaient la « route des Flandres ». Ils partaient de Bruges et Tournai, franchisaient la Dordogne et passaient par Miers avant d'arriver à Rocamadour. De même, les pèlerins de Lorraine y arrivaient par la « voie carolingienne », ceux du Puy-en-Velay par la « voie mariale ».

Politique et administration

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Population et société

Démographie

Enseignement

Miers possède une école publique, à deux salles de classe, créée en 1926. Elle dépend de l'académie de Toulouse et fait partie du Regroupement pédagogique (RPI) "l'étoile" qui rassemble les enfants des communes d'Alvignac, Miers, Padirac, Rignac et Rocamadour. Elle accueille dans une classe unique les enfants de  et  du cycle 2 (CP et CE1) du RPI.

L'école dispose d'une BCD (Bibliothèque Centre de Documentation) et de services de garderie et de restauration scolaire.

En 2012, la mairie de Miers y a réalisé la remise aux normes de l'installation électrique et des moyens d'accès pour les personnes à mobilité réduite. Dans le cadre du plan de relance économique de la France de 2008-2009 et des actions pour les écoles rurales, la classe a été dotée d'un tableau blanc interactif.

Manifestations culturelles et festivités
 L'archéosite des Fieux propose des activités de découverte de la préhistoire : initiation aux techniques de fouille, identification des traces d'animaux, tir au propulseur, tir à l'arc ;
 En juillet et août, des agriculteurs et des traiteurs (artisans alimentaires) tiennent un marché sous la marque commerciale « Marchés des Producteurs de Pays » tous les vendredis de 17 h à 20 h sur la place de l'Église de Miers. Des démonstrations de tonte de moutons sont effectuées.

Santé
 Le médecin et le pharmacien les plus proches se trouvent à Alvignac : , 6 minutes.
 Les hôpitaux voisins sont ceux de Saint-Céré (, 26 minutes), Brive-la-Gaillarde (, 51 minutes), Figeac (, 52 minutes), et Cahors (, 1 heure et 17 minutes).

Sports
Le club de football FC Miers a été créé en 2011. Il évolue en promotion de  district.

Économie

Revenus
En 2018, la commune compte  fiscaux, regroupant . La médiane du revenu disponible par unité de consommation est de  ( dans le département).

Emploi

En 2018, la population âgée de  s'élève à , parmi lesquelles on compte 79,5 % d'actifs (70,9 % ayant un emploi et 8,6 % de chômeurs) et 20,5 % d'inactifs. En  2018, le taux de chômage communal (au sens du recensement) des  est inférieur à celui de la France et département, alors qu'en 2008 il était supérieur à celui du département et inférieur à celui de la France.

La commune fait partie de la couronne de l'aire d'attraction de Gramat, du fait qu'au moins 15 % des actifs travaillent dans le pôle. Elle compte  en 2018, contre 60 en 2013 et 84 en 2008. Le nombre d'actifs ayant un emploi résidant dans la commune est de 197, soit un indicateur de concentration d'emploi de 43,4 % et un taux d'activité parmi les 15 ans ou plus de 57,2 %.

Sur ces 197 actifs de 15 ans ou plus ayant un emploi, 66 travaillent dans la commune, soit 33 % des habitants. Pour se rendre au travail, 80,5 % des habitants utilisent un véhicule personnel ou de fonction à quatre roues, 1,6 % les transports en commun, 3,6 % s'y rendent en deux-roues, à vélo ou à pied et 14,3 % n'ont pas besoin de transport (travail au domicile).

Activités hors agriculture
32 établissements sont implantés  à Miers au . Le tableau ci-dessous en détaille le nombre par secteur d'activité et compare les ratios avec ceux du département.

Le secteur du commerce de gros et de détail, des transports, de l'hébergement et de la restauration est prépondérant sur la commune puisqu'il représente 28,1 % du nombre total d'établissements de la commune (9 sur les 32 entreprises implantées  à Miers), contre 29,9 % au niveau départemental.

Agriculture
La commune est dans les Causses », une petite région agricole occupant une grande partie centrale du département du Lot. En 2020, l'orientation technico-économique de l'agriculture  sur la commune est la polyculture et/ou le polyélevage.

Le nombre d'exploitations agricoles en activité et ayant leur siège dans la commune est passé de 42 lors du recensement agricole de 1988  à 45 en 2000 puis à 28 en 2010 et enfin à 26 en 2020, soit une baisse de 38 % en 32 ans. Le même mouvement est observé à l'échelle du département qui a perdu pendant cette période 60 % de ses exploitations. La surface agricole utilisée sur la commune est restée relativement stable, passant de  en 1988 à  en 2020. Parallèlement la surface agricole utilisée moyenne par exploitation a augmenté, passant de 33 à .

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

 L'église Saint-Martin de Miers ;
 La source Salmière : exsurgence située en limite de la commune d'Alvignac aux eaux fortement minéralisées et laxatives ;
 Le plan d'eau de la source Salmière ;
 La grotte ornée des Fieux classée par arrêté du  aux monuments historiques ;
 Le gisement préhistorique des Fieux inscrit par arrêté du  aux monuments historiques ;
 L'ancien couvent des Fieux qui dépendait de l'hôpital d'Issendolus.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Voir aussi

 Liste des communes du Lot
 Liste des anciennes communes du Lot

Références

Site de l'Insee

Autres sources

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

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

Commune dans le Lot
Commune touristique en France
Station thermale du Massif central
Station thermale en région Occitanie
Commune abritant une commanderie de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem
Aire d'attraction de Gramat

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Charitable Giving — Its Public And Private Face
Andrew Carnegie, Ben Ryder, Bill Gates, charitable giving, Eric Konigsberg, John D. Rockefeller, narcissism and charity, one-percenter's impackt on charity, public policy versus private giving, vanity as a facotr in chairitable giving
In the past, making an anonymous contribution to charity was the norm, according to writers, Erick Konigsberg and Ben Ryder. Many one-per centers in their day, like John D. Rockefeller, contributed large amounts of cash to colleges and other public institutions with no fanfare. Andrew Carnegie was an exception. He endowed so many libraries that bear his name, Mark Twain felt compelled to write "[he] bought his fame and paid cash for it." ("The Name Game, by Eric Konigsberg & Ben Ryder How, Town&Country, April 16, 2016, pg. 171.)
Modesty may have been the reason Rockefeller kept his gift giving to himself, but it's equally plausible he wanted to avoid being overwhelmed with appeals. As it was, he received approximately 500 request each day. (Ibid, pg. 72)
Fast forward to the 21st Century and charitable giving has a new face. Recognition is the name of the game. One member of the super rich, Joan Weil, failed to convince a small college to change its name to hers, so she took her money and went home in a huff. (Ibid pg. 171.) She's not alone in her vanity. But vanity isn't the only one reason why attitudes about charity have changed. The new thought is that public donations encourage others to do the same and shames those who hang back. Bill Gates is an example of a donor who uses transparency to recruit his fellow billionaires to contribute to his foundation.
Narcissism aside, (Blogs 10/23/12, 9/10/14), philanthropic behavior affects how a society deals with its social needs. Whether those decisions should be influenced by billionaires, as they are today, or whether that money should be taxed by the government to await the public's decision, is a question (Blog 4/27/12). After a period of study, we may find that charitable work arising from gifts of the super rich have a negative impact on some institutions — the way Bill Gates' support for alternative schools has affected public education. Or, it may be that their presence has little impact and hearing no applause, the rich lose interest.
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I. By a Decision of this Board concerning this appeal dated 3 September 1984 a point of law concerning the right of a proprietor of a European patent to file a notice of opposition against that patent was referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal. The relevant facts and the submissions of the appellant are summarised in that Decision.
II. By its Decision dated 24 July 1985 the Enlarged Board of Appeal held that a notice of opposition against a European patent is not inadmissible merely because it has been filed by the proprietor of that patent.
1. In its earlier Decision dated 3 September 1984 this Board has already decided that the present appeal is admissible.
2. The Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal dated 24 July 1985 is binding on this Board by virtue of the provisions of Article 112(3) EPC.
3. This Board considers that the said Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal is decisive for the purposes of the present appeal and that, accordingly, the Decision under appeal must be set aside and the case remitted to the Opposition Division for examination of the opposition in accordance with the provisions of Articles 101 and 102 EPC.
1. The Decision of the Opposition Division (Formalities Section) of the European Patent Office dated 30 March 1984 finding the Notice of Opposition to European Patent N°. 0007735 to be inadmissible pursuant to Rule 56(1) EPC is set aside.
2. The opposition is remitted to the Opposition Division for examination.


2017 Summer Social | Vancouver Running Company Inc.
With SeaWheeze just around the corner it's time for Vancouver Run Co.'s third annual shakeout run! This year we are shaking things UP a bit too and have partnered with lululemon YVR to take this night to new heights. On August 10th, 2017 we are delighted to bring you: Summer Social.
We're looking forward to kicking off the best weekend with you at the Summer Social, can't wait to see you there!
I think that your Summer Social Event is sold out for August 10th.
I just want to double check with you if there's any ticket available. I would love to participate as I just moved to Vancouver and it would be such a good timing to meet new people doing fun stuff.


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Leaders | Business risk
Climate change and the threat to companies
Firms urgently need to rethink how they approach climate risk
Feb 21st 2019
CHIEF EXECUTIVES who care about climate change—and these days most profess to—often highlight headquarters bedecked with solar panels and other efforts to lower their carbon footprint. Last week Volkswagen, a carmaker, told its 40,000 suppliers to cut emissions or risk losing its custom. Plenty of investors, meanwhile, say they are worried about being saddled with worthless stakes in coal-fired power plants if carbon taxes eventually bite. Yet the reality is that meaningful global environmental regulations are nowhere on the horizon. The risk of severe climate change is thus rising, posing physical threats to many firms. Most remain blind to these, often wilfully so. They should start worrying about them.
Nature disrupting supply chains is nothing new. Businesses have coped with floods, droughts and storms since long before the joint-stock company became popular in the 19th century. Two things have changed. First, supply chains have grown complex and global (just look at VW). As links have multiplied so, too, have points of possible failure. Many sit in the tropics, more given to weather extremes than the temperate West.
Second, global warming is fuelling more such extremes everywhere (see article). In 2017 Houston experienced its third "500-year flood" in less than four decades, California suffered five of its 20 worst wildfires ever and parts of the Indian subcontinent were underwater for days following epic monsoon downpours. That year insurers paid out a monumental $135bn in compensation. Another $195bn in estimated losses was uninsured. Power plants often run slow because the river water they use for cooling is too hot. Last year commercial traffic along the Rhine, the world's busiest waterway, ran aground when rains failed to replenish its sources.
Corporate-risk managers have just about come to grips with tangled supply chains. But they are rotten at assessing their exposure to a changing climate (see article). Unfamiliar with bleeding-edge climate models, which tell you what disruption to expect next, risk managers fall back on retrospective tools like flood maps, which are tried, tested—and wrong.
One study last year found that accounting for physical risks to corporate assets would shave 2-3% off the total market value of over 11,000 globally listed firms. That is less than many stocks move in a given day, and a fraction of the estimated 15% downward effect of a transition to cleaner energy. Unlike the energy transition, though, some physical harm to corporate assets is all but guaranteed. Not only that, but the risks rise as the world warms. And the average conceals a huge range. Some companies would lose nearly one-fifth of their enterprise value. Most have no clue where they stand.
They have few pressing incentives to find out. Markets tend to punish honesty about previously unacknowledged risks, not reward it. Rather than learn that nature poses a "material" threat—which firms are obliged to disclose to shareholders—it is safer not to look in the first place. Although credit-raters and insurers are busily reassessing climate risk, companies' premiums and credit have scarcely got more expensive. On the rare occasion markets do reprice a company's risk, they do so in a hurry. PG&E, a Californian utility, was forced into bankruptcy protection in January after insurers and creditors fled when they concluded that it could be on the hook for billion-dollar liabilities over its possible role in sparking wildfires.
Such cases would be rarer if companies were legally obliged to assess and disclose their climate vulnerabilities. An international group set up by the Financial Stability Board, a global set of regulators, issued voluntary guidelines for public companies in 2017. These should be made mandatory.
It is in businesses' long-term interest to own up to the threats they face. A post-disaster payout from a cheap insurance policy is better than nothing—but a lot worse than avoiding disruption. Adaptation could mean erecting flood barriers around factories or battening down warehouse roofs to withstand stronger gales. Insurers reckon a dollar spent on such measures saves five in reconstruction. It may involve lobbying politicians to fill the estimated $110bn-280bn shortfall in annual public spending on resilience. In extreme cases, it may require retreat from a business. If this lays bare the seriousness of global warming's effects, the world may even get serious about tackling its causes.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "Hot, unbothered"
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The fragmentation of the big parties
The perils of learning in English
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Q: Random Forest using ngrams with R Im new with R, I try to do sentiment analysis using customer reviews using Random Forest.
Fo this I would like to use ngrams (bigrams and trigrams) as feautures (I used the quanteda R package quanteda package.
Here is the R code :
train <- Data_clean[train.index, ]
test <- Data_clean[test.index, ]
grams <- train$Reviews %>% tokens(ngrams = 1:3) %>% # generate tokens
  dfm  # generate dfm

#Compute tf-idf, inverse document frequency, and relative term frequency on document-feature matrices
tf.idf.ngrams <- tfidf(grams, normalize = FALSE, scheme = "inverse")

# train random forest classifier

ndsi.forest <- randomForest(tf.idf.ngrams[train.index, ], as.factor(train$Note.Reco[train.index]), ntree = 100)

But I get an error when building the Random Forest classifier :
> ndsi.forest <- randomForest(tf.idf.ngrams[train.index, ], as.factor(train$Note.Reco[train.index]), ntree = 100)
Error in t.default(x) : argument is not a matrix

Can you help me to resolve this error please?
Thank you


An individual who is manipulated.
Customer Service manager Manuel "Trickster" Camingitty was able to manipulate Nancy Assdid to do exactly as he had so painstakingly planned to ensure she would do what she had told him she had made up her mind long ago to never do, especially at work. For months, he continued manipulating and in other ways abusing his new employee who in his self-talks he referred to as his "favorite female manipulee", and who his best friend, an Italian-American singer, jokingly called his "manipulah."
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d-Cycloserine
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d-Cycloserine is a naturally occurring cyclic amino acid that can be thought of as an oxidatively cyclized version of its namesake d-serine. It is produced by Streptomyces bacteria and has been used to treat the tuberculosis pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
d-Cycloserine, also called oxymycin and D-4-amino-3-isoxazolidone, was the subject of a flurry of articles published in issue 8 of the 1955 volume of JACS. In succession, Merck researchers reported its isolation from Streptomyces garyphalus; scientists at Eli Lilly and Commercial Solvents Corp. reported similar results from Streptomyces ocrhidaceus ; and Merck chemists synthesized racemic cycloserine.
Fast-forward to 2015: Psychologist Robert S. Asarnow and co-workers at UCLA were building on earlier research in lab animals that showed that N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) signaling in the brain is involved in strengthening synapses during learning.
They hypothesized that D-cycloserine, an NMDAR signal booster, might have the same effects in humans. Using electroencephalography (EEG), they found that healthy subjects treated with the compound exhibited larger "learning spikes" in their EEG traces than did untreated individuals.
Psychologist Stefan G. Hoffmann at Boston University says that this finding is an indication that D-cycloserine or other NMDAR signal enhancers might be useful for enhancing forms of cognition that are relevant to psychiatric disorders.


Taste test: This chocolate bar had a 3x4 grid, with the Hershey's logo visible on the top of each section.
It was hard to break into those defined sections, as the nuts took away from the integrity of the bar and it tended to break between sections rather than on the fault lines. There were lots of nuts almost jutting out of the bottom, but from the top it looked like it was nearly all chocolate. With four different kinds of nuts inside (almonds, cashews, peanuts and pecans) it was kind of hard to judge the taste, because it kept changing depending on which kinds of nuts were in any given bite, and you couldn't really see them ahead of time. If you happen to like all four kinds of nuts, and you're willing to play nut roulette as you eat, you might like this. But the lack of taste consistency from bite to bite seemed like a negative to me.
Smell test: Creamy chcolate smell, and you can smell the nuts too.


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Mississippi River Bridge Papers Exhibit to Coincide with 75th Anniversary of Bridge Opening
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.,
Sept. 4, 2003 –An exhibit featuring a collection of documents concerning the construction of the Mississippi River Bridge more than 75 years ago will open Sept. 8 in Kent Library on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University.
A ceremony, which is open to the public, will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the library's third floor Reading Room to formally open the exhibit. Speakers will include Dr. Sarah Cron, director of Kent Library; Dr. Lisa Speer, Special Collections librarian; David Glastetter, the engineer who discovered the collection; and Dr. Joel Rhodes, Southeast assistant professor of history and associate director of the Regional History Center. Rhodes will speak on the significance of the bridge to the region.
The Mississippi River Bridge Papers exhibit will be displayed on the main floor of Kent Library and will provide the community, during the bridge's 75th anniversary, with the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for the bridge and its historical significance.
The exhibit coincides with the upcoming opening of the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge connecting Cape Girardeau, Mo., with East Cape Girardeau, Ill. The exhibit is titled the Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc., Mississippi River Bridge Papers and will be featured throughout September, the month marking the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the current bridge.
The Mississippi River Bridge Papers is a collection of documents consisting of several hundred photographs of the bridge in various stages of surveying and construction, many of which picture Cape Girardeau in the 1920s, before the floodwall. Also included in the exhibit are the daily journals of the chief engineer for the project, correspondence from major parties involved, hand-drawn plans for the bridge and toll-house (which is no longer standing), plans for alternate rejected designs, legal documents, financial records and other items.
Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc., an engineering firm located in Kansas City, Mo., donated the papers to the Special Collections and Archives department of Kent Library. David Glastetter, a design engineer at the firm, found the old photos and plans in the company's basement during a relocation move. The 1926 bridge designs were drawn with graphite on old onion paper, but were still in good condition when Glastetter found them. The original firm that designed and built the Mississippi River Bridge in 1928 was Harrington, Howard and Ash. That same year, the company split and Harrington & Cortelyou, Inc. was established.
The discovery of the bridge papers can be seen as fortuitous. Documents for similar bridges have been thrown away after the bridges were demolished. The Mississippi River Bridge is scheduled for demolition sometime in 2004, after the opening of its replacement, the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge. While the Missouri Department of Transportation does have an original copy of the 1926 plans, the Harrington & Cortelyou collection provides deeper insight into and historical context for the construction of the bridge.
The building of the Mississippi River Bridge carried great significance for Cape Girardeau, said Rhodes, who will speak at the exhibit opening.
"This far-sighted endeavor by the Chamber of Commerce created the only bridge between St. Louis and Memphis. It allowed the City of Cape Girardeau to tie into a growing network of highways, thereby giving it economic and social advantages."
Rhodes explained that with the building of the bridge, focus shifted from the river ᾰ which had long been a source of revenue and transportation for the region ᾰ to the highway. Yet focus is once again generating towards the river. The new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, along with the Lewis & Clark bicentennial celebration, the upcoming opening of the River Campus, plans for a new mural on the riverwall and a new esplanade on the riverwalk, is indicative of the new resurgence of interest in the downtown river area, he said.
For more information, please call Speer at (573) 986-7446.


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THE SOLAR WIND HAS ARRIVED: Arriving a day earlier than expected, a stream of solar wind is enveloping Earth's magnetic field. Its source is a hole in the sun's atmosphere. We're just in the outskirts of the stream now. NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of G1-class geomagnetic storms on Jan. 24th when Earth moves deeper inside the high-speed flow. Aurora Alerts: SMS text, email.
"This is a happy shot!" says Hemmerich. "The shot just before and the shot just a few seconds later show nothing. The fireball was short-lived and I'm glad I caught it in this 2-second exposure."
Dozens of reliable images and videos of the impact have surfaced in the days since the eclipse. Analyzing one sharp image taken by Christian Fröschlin of the Netherlands, geologist Justin Cowart has estimated the selenographic coordinates of the impact site: 29.47S, 67.77W +/- 4km. This puts it just to the west of the lunar crater Lagrange H. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter may be able to use such coordinates to target its cameras and photograph the crater.
The rare thing about this strike is that it was photographed during a full Moon, when lunar glare usually overwhelms the glow of any fireball. During the eclipse, Earth's shadow turned lunar day into almost-night for an hour, allowing the fireball to be seen.
You can have it for $119.95. The students are selling these spherical glass pendants to support their cosmic ray ballooning program. Each one comes with a Valentine's card showing the pendant in flight and telling the story of its journey to the edge of space and back again.
On Jan. 23, 2019, the network reported 10 fireballs.
On January 23, 2019 there were 1947 potentially hazardous asteroids.


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[Viewpoint] The inequality trap
As evidence mounts that income inequality is increasing in many parts of the world, the problem has received growing attention from academics and policy makers. In the United States, for example, the income share of the top 1 percent of the population has more than doubled since the late 1970s, from about 8 percent of annual GDP to more than 20 percent recently, a level not reached since the 1920s.
While there are ethical and social reasons to worry about inequality, they do not have much to do with macroeconomic policy per se. But such a link was seen in the early part of the 20th century: Capitalism, some argued, tends to generate chronic weakness in effective demand due to growing concentration of income, leading to a "savings glut," because the very rich save a lot. This would spur "trade wars" as countries tried to find more demand abroad.
From the late 1930s onward, however, this argument faded as the market economies of the West grew rapidly in the post-World War II period and income distributions became more equal. While there was a business cycle, no perceptible tendency toward chronic demand weakness appeared. Short-term interest rates, most macroeconomists would say, could always be set low enough to generate reasonable rates of employment and demand.
Now, however, with inequality on the rise once more, arguments linking income concentration to macroeconomic problems have returned. The University of Chicago's Raghuram Rajan, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, tells a plausible story in his recent award-winning book Fault Lines about the connection between income inequality and the financial crisis of 2008.
Rajan argues that huge income concentration at the top in the U.S. led to policies aimed at encouraging unsustainable borrowing by lower- and middle-income groups, through subsidies and loan guarantees in the housing sector and loose monetary policy. There was also an explosion of credit-card debt. These groups protected the growth in consumption to which they had become accustomed by going more deeply into debt. Indirectly, the very rich, some of them outside the U.S., lent to the other income groups, with the financial sector intermediating in aggressive ways. This unsustainable process came to a crashing halt in 2008.
Joseph Stiglitz in his book "Freefall," and Robert Reich in his "Aftershock," have told similar stories, while the economists Michael Kumhof and Romain Ranciere have devised a formal mathematical version of the possible link between income concentration and financial crisis. While the underlying models differ, the Keynesian versions emphasize that if the super-rich save a lot, ever-increasing income concentration can be expected to lead to a chronic excess of planned savings over investment.
Macroeconomic policy can try to compensate through deficit spending and very low interest rates. Or an undervalued exchange rate can help to export the lack of domestic demand. But if the share of the highest income groups keeps rising, the problem will remain chronic. And, at some point, when public debt has become too large to allow continued deficit spending, or when interest rates are close to their zero lower bound, the system runs out of solutions.
This story has a counterintuitive dimension. Is it not the case that the problem in the U.S. has been too little savings, rather than too much? Doesn't the country's persistent current-account deficit reflect excessive consumption, rather than weak effective demand?
The recent work by Rajan, Stiglitz, Kumhof and Ranciere, and others explains the apparent paradox: Those at the very top financed the demand of everyone else, which enabled both high employment levels and large current-account deficits. When the crash came in 2008, massive fiscal and monetary expansion prevented U.S. consumption from collapsing. But did it cure the underlying problem?
Although the dynamics leading to increased income concentration have not changed, it is no longer easy to borrow, and in that sense another boom-and-bust cycle is unlikely. But that raises another difficulty. When asked why they do not invest more, most firms cite insufficient demand. But how can domestic demand be strong if income continues to flow to the top?
Consumption demand for luxury goods is unlikely to solve the problem. Moreover, interest rates cannot become negative in nominal terms, and rising public debt may increasingly disable fiscal policy.
So, if the dynamics fueling income concentration cannot be reversed; the super-rich save a large fraction of their income; luxury goods cannot fuel sufficient demand; lower-income groups can no longer borrow; fiscal and monetary policies have reached their limits; and unemployment cannot be exported, an economy may become stuck.
The early 2012 upturn in U.S. economic activity still owes a lot to extraordinarily expansionary monetary policy and unsustainable fiscal deficits. If income concentration could be reduced as the budget deficit was reduced, demand could be financed by sustainable, broad-based private incomes. Public debt could be reduced without fear of recession, because private demand would be stronger. Investment would increase as demand prospects improved.
This line of reasoning is particularly relevant to the U.S., given the extent of income concentration and the fiscal challenges that lie ahead. But the broad trend toward larger income shares at the top is global, and the difficulties that it may create for macroeconomic policy should no longer be ignored.
Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2012.
* The author, a former minister of economy in Turkey, is vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution.
by Kemal Dervis


The Silk Road YTL9383 not only offers the stability needed to take the perfect picture but the patent pending Y-Tube centre column design is 30% more compact when folded compared to a similar sized tripod. This versatile tripod features robust aluminium construction, an easy lever leg locking system and foam hand grips. Add to that a 3D centre column, graduated leg markings, 3 leg angle adjustment positions and a screw thread that converts between 3/8" and 1/4" and you have to ask "Y hasn't anyone thought of this before?"
The centre column on the YTL9383 brings a different dimension to tripod design – allowing legs to be stowed in a much more compact way, without the 'bulk' of tripods that use a traditional circular centre-column. The legs are constructed from die-cast aluminium, with galvanised steel screws to allow the product to be robust and durable over a long time period. You can be confident that if looked after properly your tripod will perform superbly for years. The YTL9383 will support a maximum weight of 8kg making it ideal for a range of DSLR and lens configurations.
The 'Y' shaped centre column has the added benefit of reducing both the size and the weight of the tripod whilst providing the same camera support that users expect. The overall space saved equates to about 30% verses a traditional design, saving you room in a gadget bag or lightening the overall load that you carry.
The tripods versatility is further enhanced by the addition of the 3-D centre column function which allows you to remove the centre column from its vertical position, rotate it through a 180 degree angle and lock where required. This combined with the variable leg angle settings makes this tripod ideal for a wide range of photography.
The 3D centre column can be moved through a 180-degree arc, giving even more creative flexibility to the user. This model also includes a low angle adaptor as part of the tool kit so you can fully remove the column and get extremely low to the ground. These features can often prove helpful for macro or still-life photography where the camera needs to be positioned closer to the subject.
The tripod can be set as low as 20cm for fantastic versatility in use. The column includes a useful hook on the bottom to hang a bag (or likewise) off to gain a bit of extra stability too.
The three leg sections extend to a maximum height of 151cm (without centre column extended) or 183cm with the centre column raised. Consider this alongside a choice of three leg-angle positions (low, medium and high) and a centre column that can be reversed and you have a really flexible working solution for all types of photography.
The YTL9383 features quick action lever leg locks to make set up quick and easy. These can also be individually tensioned with an allen key (included with the kit) if necessary. It has graduated markings on the lowest leg sections to aid when setting up the tripod at less than full extension.
The Giotto's Silk Road YTL9383 is a very versatile tripod and will suit a variety of photography types. The head mounting thread on the tripod can be switched between 3/8 and 1/4 inch easily. This allows a wide range of heads from both Giotto's and other manufacturers to be fitted if required.
Foam grips on the top of each leg section mean that repositioning of the tripod is comfortable and the quick release locks allow the leg angles to be adjusted independently on each leg for use on uneven terrain or for low level use.
The whole unit folds up to only 68cm and weighs just 1.88kg making it a popular choice due to it's versatility and compact shape being so easy to use.


The price of football is ever increasing and whenever someone starts totting up how much it'll cost there's always the price of beer added into the equation and now we know the cheapest place in the Premier League to grab a pint.
Beer is the foundation of most male friendships, and some female ones too but generally it's our side of the human race that need the help. Needing to be social with work mates you don't really know? Beer! Never get to meet up with your friends? Suggest a pint! Require a boost of confidence before your Tinder date? Well that's a job for beer!
Of course alcohol is also a substance that helps when it comes to your favourite football team. In need of drowning your sorrows? Beer! Time to celebrate? Beer!
In England fans can't enjoy beer in the ground as much as they'd like because you can't take alcohol to your seat, unlike in the continent where it's allowed.
However that doesn't mean that you can't enjoy a pint in the concourse before kick off and at half time but depending where you do it you might need to remortgage your house, not that any of us can afford that these days.
According to OddsMonkey, via the Mirror, Burnley and Huddersfield charge the least for a pint at their grounds, charging just £3.20 with Chelsea's Stamford Bridge beer costing £4.80.
Wherever this match took place these lads are off for a cheap pint.
That seems like a staggering amount at the home of the Blues but it's arguably not the dearest in terms of everything being relative.
You see compared to the area surrounding the ground, and it'll be expensive in west London, it's actually Cardiff City who charge the most in England's top tier.
The Welsh side charge £4.30 at the stadium and that's a whopping £1.30 more than the average cost of a pint in the city, the biggest mark up around.
Cardiff fans seen here complaining about the price of a pint.
West Ham and Arsenal, on the flip side, actually charge less than the surrounding area. The report says the two clubs charge £3.90 a pint, costing 3p less than outside the ground.
Peter Watton of OddsMonkey said: "It was no surprise that the price of a pint in Burnley's city centre is considerably cheaper than the prices in London.
"However, what was surprising to us was the amount of pubs that don't accept away supporters and how difficult it is to find somewhere that does."
The city's of Burnley and Huddersfield also charge the least at £2.20 and £2.55 respectively, so there's your weekends away sorted!


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Steve Ellman March 14, 2002 4:00AM
"America to me should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but, please, not just one droning glamorous reasonable voice."-- George Saunders, My Flamboyant Grandson
By night, WPBR broadcasts Creole-language programming for Palm Beach County's Haitian community. Most of the time is held in a block by Radio Galaxie International, with news and music from the island; the rest is taken up by the impassioned oratory of the Creole Catholic clergy.
WPBR's daytime lineup, on the other hand, is for the most part English-speaking, white, and damn proud of it. Following Dick Farrel's morning show, these hosts shout loudest.
Reality News Radio: Tuesday, 9-10 a.m.
Host Wil Van Natta openly advocates everything the station's conservative callers accuse liberals of secretly supporting -- like socialism. A 46-year-old, New Jersey-born, Washington State-raised professional lifeguard, Van Natta keeps RNN to a rigid format, a single guest in a one-on-one interview, with call-in questions at show's end. The guest list -- well-credentialed activists and academics -- has been impressive, but Van Natta's often-frenzied temperament can turn interviews to mush.
A recent discussion with Florida Grandmothers for Peace leader Willa Elam starts with the guest's feminist theory of war but quickly passes through Mumia Abu-Jamal, the commercialization of sports, genetically engineered food, and gated communities. "Palm Beach County's main road is called Military Trail," Van Natta, dismayed, tells the antiwar activist. "Everything is so bad," Elam responds, swept away in the sociopolitical tirade. In all the excitement, listeners learn little about the guest's life and work. Elam departs, the show's theme music rises, and Van Natta, pressed for time, signs off. "Save the planet!" he cries.
Let's Talk: Monday-Friday, 10-11 a.m.
With regular host Dan Gregory recovering from a stroke, the Gregory chair is currently held by Jane Thomas, who for many years, on a variety of South Florida AM stations, produced a health and fitness show. Gregory is a fitness buff himself, but such topics were rarely the focus of his shows. Thomas, accordingly, focuses on "whatever's in the news," mainly reproductive issues.
A fervent critic of abortion rights, Thomas calls "right to life a scientific issue, not a religious one." The linchpin of her argument? "That an unborn child's DNA is different from the mother's." On embryonic stem-cell research, Thomas says she'd rather die than benefit from "the sacrifice of an unborn life." After all, she says, "There's a better place to go to." Thomas is unfailingly pleasant with her callers, going to mind-bending lengths to find common ground. Pressed to the limit by one God squad caller's recent "God is real" rant, Thomas finesses him with "Reality is the only truth." Who can argue with that?
Palm Beach Confidential: Monday-Friday, 1-3 p.m.
Host Andy Martin made an unusual debut at WPBR last spring, phoning in communiqués to Dick Farrel's morning show from quarters at the Palm Beach County Jail, where Martin was serving a sentence for contempt of court ("orchestrated by Jeb Bush," he says). He claims a career as a "public interest lawyer" but has no law license. Still, he's filed so many suits through the years that he's been sanctioned by courts in two states for his "vexatious and vindictive" abuse of "his imagined enemies." His vocabulary is that of a well-educated person, but his self-importance is such that he lectures listeners like Castro at a party congress.
Martin is eminently rational for the most part, however (especially compared to some of his callers), and is not without a sense of humor. When Talmud-toting Mark from Boca calls in to proclaim Israel's biblically sanctioned origins -- after linking the oil companies, 1950s U.S. government radiation experiments, "PC multiculturalists," and the "Bush crime family" -- Martin points out that Israel's West Bank occupation violates international law. But when Martin's "U.N. Resolution 242" is countered by Mark from Boca's "Ezekiel 17," Martin, gracefully, laughs.
The Constitution Hour: Monday-Thursday, 4-5 p.m.
Host Mann Killian's show grew from his role as president of the Second Amendment Coalition of Florida. He plays the gun-toting redneck, whooping and hollering along to "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" to open the show, closing the hour with the tag line, "It's time to feed the hawgs!" His callers are highly focused, enthusiast-hobbyists for firearms, besieged by feminists, environmentalists, multiculturalists, and globalists.
The intricacies of gun regulation, legal theory, and constitutional history are the show's bread and butter. A typical recent hour includes a long series of calls on the question of private gun sales to felons. Careful not to dispense legal advice, Killian is concerned for "nonviolent felons" and their gun rights. "After all," he says, "everybody violates an average of 28 laws a day."
"Your readers are going to say I'm a right-wing radical gun nut," Killian told New Times. But the way he sees it, he's simply devoted to the sanctity of the United States Constitution. Isn't that document subject to interpretation? "It means what it says," Killian proclaims.
Steve Ellman


Traveling to Richmond, Virginia? Don't miss these incredible, family friendly sites that are fun and inviting for families with young kids!
Trevor's been reciting this phrase for days.
It all started when we walked into the "Speed" exhibit at The Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond.
As soon as we stepped into the exhibit, we all zeroed in on the race track with the giant digital timers overhead.
Visitors could sprint down the track as the digital clocks recorded race times.
Displays compared how well those recorded times stacked up against the top speeds of Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt.
Of course we had to try!
First, Chris and I raced.
Then Tru had to get in on the action, so I raced Tru.
Of course, none of us came close to Bolt's time.
And Trevor didn't even understand the goal of beating the race times that were displayed.
During our travels to Richmond, Virginia, we found so many sites that were fun and inviting for families with young kids.
Of all of the sites we explored in Richmond, the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was my favorite.
The grounds were so scenic and the gardens were gorgeous.
To make things even better, the Botanical Garden is really welcoming of children.
The conservatory had a cottage that was Trevor-sized.
There was an International Village display, complete with mini replicas of globally inspired homes and gardens native to that region.
Plus a huge fruit and vegetable garden where kids were free to explore.
And we all loved walking the ramps up to the top of the Treehouse, for incredible views of the garden lake and surrounding fields.
We even saw a small splash park and fountains, although the weather was too cold for Trevor to try it out.
The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is such a special place for families!
We visited the Children's Museum of Richmond Downtown (the West Broad Street location), and thought it was the perfect spot for families with young kids.
In our opinion, this museum seems to be geared mostly to toddlers and preschoolers.
Trevor, age 2, loved everything!
…to the Tree House, where he could climb up high and then ride down a tunnel slide.
Chris and I loved the region around the Virginia State Capitol because of its fascinating history.
And Trevor loved the area because the park, with rolling hills and fountains and statues, was for pedestrians only. So he was free to roam and explore!
This area of Richmond was beautiful, clean, and really scenic.
We loved checking out the Virginia Washington Monument and the Old City Hall building.
Some family friendly sites are great for kids.
The Science Museum of Virginia was different.
Chris and I loved it too!
We especially loved the "Speed" exhibit that I described in the intro to this post (above).
Oh, and if you're wondering, that massive plane suspended from the ceiling in the photo above?
That's an SR-71 Blackbird supersonic jet.
These aircraft were used during the Cold War and flew at speeds beyond 2,000 mph!
Tru (and Chris and I!) loved trying out all of the interactive experiences.
Chris and Trevor, for example, had so much fun trying to beat a robot at air hockey.
First, the robot won a game. Then Chris beat the robot, 2-1!
The museum building is also fascinating!
The building was actually a train station that opened in the early 1900's.
I enjoyed checking out the towering arched windows and beautiful columns in the lobby.
Another cool feature: the gorgeous domed ceiling is now a movie theater for the museum.
Visitors can buy popcorn and tickets for astronomy- and nature-themed movies that are displayed on a giant IMAX screen.
Maymont is the perfect place for families.
There are acres of rolling hills and pathways through beautiful gardens.
We loved checking out the Maymont Mansion (tours through the interior of the mansion are available).
There are stunning waterfalls and lakes and fountains.
In addition, there's also a nature center and a farm with wildlife exhibits and animal encounters.
Maymont is one of those ideal sites that appeals to both children and parents too.
I loved that Maymont was really scenic.
I enjoyed taking photos and learning about the history of the property.
And Trevor loved that was he was free to run, roam, and explore!


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Hamlin applauds RCR's recovery in signing Kyle Busch
By JENNA FRYER - Sep. 15, 2022 03:05 PM EDT
Denny Hamlin, right, gives autographs to fans before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin said Kurt Busch is under no pressure to hurry up his recovery from a concussion and that 23XI Racing is not pushing at this time to get Tyler Reddick in its cars a year early.
Richard Childress Racing had a full-throttle response to Reddick's planned move to 23XI, the Toyota team owned by Hamlin and Michael Jordan. Childress, blindsided by Reddick and furious, steadied his organization this week by snatching Kyle Busch, the crown jewel of Toyota's fleet.
Not only did Childress sign the free agent of the decade, but he signed him to drive the No. 8 Chevrolet — Reddick's car.
With Reddick's crew chief.
Reddick, it seems, can drive some other Chevrolet that doesn't yet exist as he rides out the final year of his RCR contract. Reddick told Childress in July he was moving to 23XI Racing in 2024.
Hamlin on Thursday applauded Childress' recovery in landing Busch, the Cup Series' only active multiple champion and winningest Toyota driver in all three NASCAR national series. Busch and Hamlin have been teammates at Joe Gibbs Racing since Busch moved there in 2008.
"Our announcement with Reddick, if you want me to take this from a fan perspective, it would be that RCR was caught off guard by it, understandably so, and this was their answer to that," Hamlin said.
"More than likely they got together and said, 'Well how are we going to respond?' Well, the way they responded was to get a 60-time winner and two-time champion to fill that seat. They probably got with their manufacturers and said, 'How can we make this happen?' and they responded, and I think they responded well."
The problem is that Childress seems determined to hold Reddick through the end of his 2023 deal, only now he's moving him to a third car. Childress said he'd get a charter for the third Chevrolet but didn't say who was selling, and the buying price is north of $20 million right now.
23XI wasn't in a rush to get Reddick in the organization because Kurt Busch is under contract through 2023, and Hamlin said there's even an option on Busch for 2024. But Busch has been sidelined since July with a concussion and there's been speculation the 44-year-old champion will retire.
Hamlin said 23XI still plans for Reddick to join the organization in 2024, and there is no pressure on Busch to get back in his car. Bubba Wallace is currently driving Busch's No. 45 Toyota and won last week at Kansas; Ty Gibbs is in Wallace's No. 23 Toyota.
"We still feel like Kurt is going to run next year, if he doesn't, we've already got contingency plans for the 45 car," he said. "If (Reddick) was pushed to the side, I think we would take him. But I don't know that we need to get into pushing to get him early.
"Tyler has really said, and I believe it, that he wants to live out his contract at RCR. Mostly he wanted to do it for his team and his guys. With him being taken out of the (No.) 8 car, I don't know if that changes, but I know Tyler wanted to end what he started there."
The Series next races Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee in the first elimination race of the playoffs. Hamlin is the FanDuel favorite to win the race, while Kyle Busch picked up his only Cup win of the year at Bristol in the spring when the concrete surface was covered in dirt.
Four drivers will be cut from the 16-driver field after Bristol, and Kyle Busch is below the cutline at 13th in the standings. Also in danger of elimination are Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe and Kevin Harvick.
More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports


Motion, Emotion and should used to be first released in 1963, while it was once one of many first books to impress critical curiosity within the feelings and philosophy of human motion. nearly 40 years on, Anthony Kenny's account of motion and emotion continues to be crucial analyzing for an individual drawn to those topics.The first a part of the booklet takes an old examine the feelings within the paintings of Descartes, Locke and especially Hume. within the moment half, Kenny strikes directly to speak about a few of the experimental paintings at the feelings by means of twentieth Century psychologists like William James. Separate chapters hide emotions, causes, wish and enjoyment. This variation contains a fresh preface by way of the writer.
On the middle of Kant's ethics lies the declare that if there's a very best precept of morality, then it isn't a utilitarian or Aristotelian perfectionist precept, or perhaps a precept comparable to the 10 Commandments. the one manageable candidate for the ultimate precept of morality is the Categorial crucial.
Spinoza murio en enero de 1677. En noviembre de ese mismo ano vio l. a. luz su etica, incluida en un paquete de obras postumas financiado por sus amigos. Al siguiente, 1678, ya estaba condenada esa obra por el gobierno holandes. Hubo que esperar mas de un siglo a que irrumpiera el rescate del pensamiento de Spinoza, iniciado por l. a. vena mas profunda de l. a. ilustracion alemana y el neopaganismo romantico de Goethe y continuado por el romanticismo filosofico y el idealismo absoluto germanos.
Will we run our lives and govern our societies through cause? The query provoked Socrates to redirect philosophic inquiry in a political course, and it has remained basic to Western inspiration. Martin Heidegger explored this challenge in his profound critique of the Western metaphysical culture, and Leo Strauss spoke back to Heidegger with an try to get well the classical suggestion of the guideline of cause.
During this quantity, a few of ultra-modern such a lot amazing philosophers survey the total box of ethics, from its origins, during the nice moral traditions, to theories of ways we should stay, arguments approximately particular moral matters, and the character of ethics itself. The e-book should be learn immediately via from commencing to finish; but the inclusion of a multi-layered index, coupled with a descriptive define of contents and bibliographies of proper literature, signifies that the amount additionally serves as a piece of reference, either for these coming afresh to the examine of ethics and for readers already conversant in the topic.
Thus, one can feel cold or feel the cold; feel hungry or feel hunger; feel lonely or feel loneliness. The slight differences of nuance between the members of these pairs of expressions are of no interest to the philosopher. What is of interest to him is the difference between the cases where such translation between constructions is possible, and those where it is not. To feel anger may be to feel angry, but to feel a lump is not to feel lumpish. Feeling fear does not differ from feeling afraid, but feeling the earth is not at all the same as feeling earthy.
When both come to die, the mountain-climber's biography will contain more records of feelings of fear of heights than that of the man who was timidly anchored to sea-level. There may indeed be a certain correlation between estimates of the intensity of an emotion obtained in these two different ways. It may be that the man who takes most pains to avoid heights is also the man who will show the most violent bodily symptoms of fear if he is taken against his will to the top of a precipice. But the bodily symptoms thus experimentally induced are in a sense no longer the natural manifestation of the fear of heights; for by taking the subject against his will to an exposed high place we have deprived his fear of its most natural expression.
2 For instance, it soon became clear that many of the somatic phenomena characteristic of particular emotions occurred also in connection with quite 1 Even with animals, there is a certain artificiality in attempting to give precise quantitative estimates of the strengths of motives ("measures of drive"). For the mathematical results obtained may differ if different measurable phenomena are taken as the criterion of strength for the motive. The strength of hunger in rats in a Skinner box, for example, may be measured either by the rate at which they will press a lever for small amounts of nutrient solution, or by the amount of food which they will ingest.